Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

• Introduction
• Distribution
• Over Time
• Related Surveys
• Data Sources

Over Time

Membership Data Year Clergy Churches Members 1925 6,845 8,715 1,441,462 1929 7,389 8,399 1,573,245 1931 - - 1,432,265 1933 - 8,192 1,566,772 1935 7,256 8,118 1,608,752 1937 - 8,056 1,597,779 1940 - 7,974 1,658,966 1942 - 7,919 1,655,580 1944 - 7,917 1,672,354 1946 - - 1,889,066 1947 - 7,765 1,703,010 1950 8,208 7,769 1,767,964 1951 8,249 7,835 1,792,985 1952 8,035 7,851 1,815,627 1953 - 7,864 1,847,954 1954 7,598 7,925 1,881,911 1955 7,339 7,951 1,897,736 1956 7,523 7,982 1,922,484 1957 7,929 8,001 1,943,599 1958 8,617 7,945 1,943,599 1959 7,744 8,060 1,801,414 1960 7,582 8,001 1,801,821 1961 7,000 7,968 1,797,466 1962 7,609 7,973 1,779,046 1963 - 8,027 1,834,206 1964 7,476 8,067 1,920,760 1965 7,669 8,081 1,918,471 1966 7,540 8,066 1,894,927 1967 7,590 7,965 1,875,400 1968 7,428 5,862 1,592,609 1969 7,306 5,228 1,444,465 1970 6,970 5,114 1,424,479 1971 6,886 4,868 1,386,374 1972 6,749 4,569 1,352,211 1973 6,702 4,544 1,330,747 1974 6,567 4,524 1,312,326 1975 6,554 4,514 1,302,164 1976 6,793 4,426 1,278,734 1977 6,596 4,377 1,256,849 1978 6,635 4,347 1,231,817 1979 6,607 4,324 1,231,061 1980 6,626 4,295 1,177,984 1981 6,608 4,296 1,173,135 1982 6,608 4,291 1,156,458 1983 6,668 4,608 1,145,918 1984 6,771 4,264 1,132,510 1985 6,793 4,214 1,116,326 1986 6,806 4,221 1,106,692 1987 6,802 4,195 1,086,668 1988 6,849 4,159 1,073,119 1989 6,897 4,113 1,052,271 1990 6,899 4,069 1,039,692 1991 6,912 4,031 1,022,926 1992 7,018 3,996 1,011,502 1993 7,081 3,961 958,017 1994 7,150 3,933 937,644 1995 7,115 4,036 929,725 1996 7,100 3,840 910,297 1997 7,266 3,818 879,436 1999 6,073 3,765 831,123 2000 7,022 3,781 820,286 2001 6,936 3,717 804,842 2002 7,049 3,691 786,334 2003 7,197 3,717 770,793 2004 7,220 3,737 744,397

Notes

" Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches [More information on data sources]