Christian Congregation, Inc., The

• Introduction
• Over Time
• Related Surveys
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Over Time

Membership Data Year Clergy Churches Members 1935 - 2 150 1940 - 7 1,250 1942 - 22 3,200 1944 - 26 3,820 1947 - 38 4,260 1950 77 - - 1951 78 73 6,127 1952 83 72 7,260 1953 102 87 9,987 1954 108 95 10,220 1955 138 138 12,860 1956 140 142 14,890 1957 156 156 15,260 1958 169 164 16,240 1959 180 167 26,240 1960 - 178 31,280 1961 208 187 35,376 1962 227 206 39,140 1963 249 228 40,790 1964 257 237 42,419 1965 254 245 43,734 1966 258 251 44,914 1967 263 256 45,767 1968 264 257 45,995 1969 260 257 46,224 1970 265 260 50,801 1971 267 263 51,310 1972 305 297 52,585 1973 371 363 55,090 1974 506 495 59,600 1975 767 748 67,784 1976 1,131 1,107 79,230 1977 1,137 1,120 80,411 1978 1,144 1,133 81,604 1979 1,169 1,159 83,199 1980 1,275 1,266 89,379 1981 1,435 1,426 100,245 1982 1,443 1,435 100,694 1983 1,438 1,429 101,351 1984 1,446 1,438 102,813 1985 1,449 1,441 103,990 1986 1,455 1,450 105,478 1987 1,461 1,456 106,831 1988 1,460 1,456 107,902 1989 1,457 1,454 108,881 1990 1,455 1,453 109,919 1991 1,450 1,447 110,716 1992 1,433 1,437 111,324 1993 1,433 1,437 112,437 1994 1,433 1,437 112,437 1995 1,429 1,431 113,259 1996 1,435 1,437 114,685 1997 1,438 1,438 115,881 1998 1,438 1,438 117,309 1999 1,437 1,438 118,209 2000 1,438 1,439 119,391 2003 1,567 1,482 120,972 2004 1,575 1,496 122,181

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]