Brethren in Christ Church

• Introduction
• Distribution
• Over Time
• Data Sources

Over Time

Membership Data Year Clergy Churches Members 1935 75 90 4,426 1937 - 100 4,443 1940 - 62 5,134 1941 - 126 5,129 1944 - 142 5,171 1947 - 109 6,013 1950 273 125 6,807 1951 192 105 5,680 1952 200 103 5,760 1953 343 112 5,950 1954 217 113 5,894 1955 224 114 6,017 1956 299 121 6,092 1957 191 136 6,453 1958 247 150 6,453 1959 245 151 6,698 1961 - 150 7,358 1962 - 156 7,578 1963 286 155 7,578 1965 302 159 8,251 1966 245 159 8,593 1967 245 156 8,806 1968 229 155 8,954 1969 230 155 9,145 1971 235 151 9,550 1972 197 151 9,730 1973 311 156 9,877 1974 256 157 10,255 1975 280 158 10,784 1976 279 159 11,375 1977 279 156 11,384 1979 266 164 15,283 1981 211 167 16,201 1983 236 172 15,058 1984 255 173 16,382 1985 235 185 16,783 1986 227 183 16,693 1987 241 186 16,877 1988 233 193 17,081 1989 239 189 17,240 1990 486 189 17,277 1992 284 184 16,697 1993 353 188 17,986 1994 290 198 18,152 1995 315 200 18,529 1996 318 199 18,424 1998 311 210 19,577 1999 343 252 20,070 2000 342 229 20,587 2001 295 232 20,739

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]