American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.

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

Over Time

Membership Data Year Clergy Churches Members 1971 8,222 6,035 1,562,636 1972 7,599 6,029 1,484,393 1973 7,632 6,020 1,502,759 1974 8,564 6,005 1,579,029 1975 8,416 5,990 1,603,033 1976 8,566 5,937 1,593,574 1977 7,087 5,815 1,316,760 1978 7,299 5,897 1,271,688 1979 8,600 5,814 1,600,521 1980 6,843 5,817 1,607,541 1981 6,951 5,939 1,621,795 1982 6,780 5,851 1,637,099 1984 7,350 5,745 1,620,153 1985 7,822 5,814 1,559,683 1986 7,678 5,864 1,576,483 1987 7,872 5,833 1,568,778 1988 8,276 5,839 1,549,563 1989 8,242 5,833 1,548,573 1990 8,356 5,808 1,535,971 1991 8,421 5,862 1,527,840 1992 7,515 5,875 1,534,078 1993 7,545 5,796 1,516,505 1994 7,670 5,686 1,507,934 1995 8,381 5,823 1,517,400 1996 7,929 5,807 1,503,267 1997 7,846 5,830 - 1998 7,846 3,800 1,507,400 1999 9,049 5,775 1,454,388 2000 8,922 5,756 1,436,909 2001 8,856 5,786 1,442,824 2002 8,582 5,836 1,484,291 2003 8,577 5,834 1,433,075 2004 8,582 5,793 1,424,840

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]