Denominational Profile
History
Free Magyar Reformed Church in America |
renamed toHungarian Reformed Church in America (1958) |
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| The Hungarian Reformed Church in America was founded in 1922 by Hungarian congregations that did not follow the majority into a merger with the Reformed Church in the United States. They reorganized as the Free Magyar Reformed Church in America, taking the present name in 1958. |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1957 |
25 |
32 |
10,000 |
| 1958 |
33 |
38 |
10,000 |
| 1959 |
36 |
40 |
11,110 |
| 1968 |
33 |
27 |
12,000 |
| 1969 |
34 |
27 |
11,250 |
| 1974 |
36 |
28 |
11,679 |
| 1975 |
36 |
28 |
11,679 |
| 1978 |
39 |
29 |
10,500 |
| 1982 |
43 |
31 |
11,000 |
| 1988 |
26 |
31 |
12,500 |
| 1989 |
32 |
27 |
9,780 |
| 1998 |
30 |
27 |
6,000 |
| 2001 |
30 |
27 |
6,000 |
Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. The National Council of Churches' data collection was discontinued after the 2012 Yearbook was published, and has been resumed by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). The tables and graphs will be updated when the new collection is available. See the Yearbook of Churches. Denomination descriptions provided by Dr. J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR). [More information on data sources]
