Church of the Brethren

• Introduction
• Distribution
• Over Time
• Data Sources

Over Time

Membership Data Year Clergy Churches Members 1925 3,500 1,036 120,103 1929 2,725 1,026 134,620 1931 - - 134,102 1933 - 1,031 154,169 1935 3,048 1,032 160,335 1937 - 1,025 164,784 1940 - 1,017 176,908 1942 - 1,019 179,843 1944 - 1,019 180,287 1946 - - 182,497 1947 - 1,021 184,584 1950 2,975 1,029 186,201 1951 3,000 1,030 186,358 1952 3,100 1,021 188,467 1953 3,103 1,028 190,263 1954 2,455 1,035 193,547 1955 2,366 1,049 195,609 1956 2,133 1,052 197,290 1957 2,246 1,062 199,936 1958 2,230 1,069 200,282 1959 2,025 1,070 201,219 1960 2,250 1,074 199,947 1961 2,223 1,070 200,788 1962 2,205 1,064 201,220 1963 2,177 1,069 201,958 1964 2,147 1,070 199,854 1965 2,118 1,067 194,815 1966 2,089 1,056 191,402 1967 2,070 1,052 189,558 1968 2,056 1,054 187,957 1969 2,027 1,045 185,198 1970 2,030 1,038 182,614 1971 2,011 1,036 181,183 1972 2,026 1,037 179,686 1973 1,990 1,035 179,333 1974 1,948 1,038 179,387 1975 1,935 1,041 179,336 1976 1,897 1,041 178,157 1977 1,929 1,041 177,534 1978 - 1,061 175,335 1979 1,911 1,061 172,115 1980 1,909 1,063 170,839 1981 1,912 1,064 170,267 1982 1,913 1,063 168,844 1983 1,940 1,067 164,680 1984 2,108 1,044 161,824 1985 1,962 1,045 159,184 1986 1,963 1,059 155,967 1987 1,972 1,052 154,067 1988 1,553 1,079 151,169 1989 2,436 1,102 149,681 1990 1,541 1,095 148,253 1992 1,214 1,139 147,912 1993 1,229 1,135 146,713 1994 1,267 1,127 144,282 1995 1,966 1,114 143,121 1996 1,946 1,106 141,811 1997 1,945 1,095 141,400 2000 1,915 1,071 135,879 2001 1,833 1,070 134,828 2002 1,887 1,069 134,844 2003 1,874 1,062 132,481 2004 1,896 1,068 131,201

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]