Seventh-Day Adventist Church

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

Over Time

Membership Data Year Clergy Churches Members 1925 835 2,253 112,255 1929 915 2,250 119,843 1931 - - 128,313 1933 - 2,277 135,766 1935 995 2,274 149,595 1937 - 2,362 156,205 1940 - 2,565 176,218 1942 - 2,491 186,478 1944 - 2,531 194,832 1946 - - 208,030 1947 - 2,589 215,545 1950 1,752 2,712 237,168 1951 1,449 2,728 245,974 1952 1,482 2,776 253,889 1953 2,084 2,835 260,742 1954 1,628 2,845 270,079 1955 2,106 2,858 277,162 1956 2,167 2,880 283,140 1957 2,357 2,912 291,567 1958 2,252 2,956 301,826 1959 2,532 3,002 311,535 1960 2,563 3,032 317,852 1961 2,210 3,054 329,152 1962 - 3,261 335,765 1963 2,802 3,125 346,286 1964 2,829 3,326 370,688 1965 2,394 3,156 364,666 1966 2,315 3,163 374,433 1967 3,266 3,180 384,878 1968 3,443 3,202 396,097 1969 3,151 3,216 407,766 1970 3,341 3,218 420,419 1971 3,365 3,235 433,906 1972 3,422 3,278 449,188 1973 3,490 3,301 464,276 1974 3,606 3,333 479,799 1975 3,630 3,386 495,699 1976 3,207 3,446 509,792 1977 3,939 3,482 522,317 1978 4,016 3,591 535,705 1979 4,388 3,672 553,089 1980 4,266 3,730 571,141 1981 4,480 3,769 588,536 1982 4,541 3,826 606,310 1983 4,434 3,907 623,563 1984 5,070 3,949 638,929 1985 4,308 4,009 651,954 1986 5,481 4,055 666,199 1987 4,512 4,096 675,702 1988 4,537 4,145 687,200 1989 4,493 4,193 701,781 1990 4,582 4,217 717,466 1991 4,485 4,229 733,026 1992 4,355 4,261 748,687 1993 4,684 4,270 761,703 1994 4,799 4,303 775,349 1995 5,075 4,297 790,731 1996 5,184 4,363 809,159 1997 4,912 4,348 825,654 1998 5,044 4,405 839,915 1999 5,116 4,421 861,860 2000 5,249 4,486 880,921 2001 5,148 4,594 900,985 2002 4,946 4,619 918,882 2003 5,060 4,683 935,428

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]