Evangelical Covenant Church
Denominational Profile
Notes
| The Evangelical Covenant Church, a Swedish Pietist church, was founded in 1885 as a merger of the Swedish Lutheran Mission Synod and the Swedish Lutheran Ansgarius Synod to form the Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant Church of America. In 1937 the "Swedish" was dropped; in 1957 the word "mission" was dropped; and in 1983 the words "of America" were dropped. |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1925 |
442 |
320 |
33,550 |
| 1929 |
493 |
398 |
40,460 |
| 1935 |
480 |
430 |
44,153 |
| 1937 |
- |
441 |
44,930 |
| 1940 |
- |
- |
45,634 |
| 1942 |
- |
- |
46,881 |
| 1944 |
- |
446 |
48,000 |
| 1946 |
- |
- |
49,003 |
| 1950 |
- |
- |
50,679 |
| 1951 |
488 |
489 |
51,850 |
| 1953 |
508 |
476 |
52,085 |
| 1954 |
519 |
488 |
53,388 |
| 1956 |
545 |
493 |
55,311 |
| 1957 |
574 |
497 |
56,321 |
| 1958 |
473 |
497 |
57,414 |
| 1959 |
607 |
514 |
59,396 |
| 1960 |
613 |
510 |
60,090 |
| 1961 |
621 |
513 |
61,108 |
| 1962 |
641 |
518 |
62,389 |
| 1964 |
659 |
532 |
64,685 |
| 1965 |
656 |
533 |
65,780 |
| 1966 |
665 |
521 |
64,950 |
| 1967 |
660 |
517 |
65,496 |
| 1968 |
676 |
514 |
66,021 |
| 1969 |
654 |
531 |
67,522 |
| 1970 |
650 |
527 |
67,441 |
| 1971 |
671 |
526 |
68,428 |
| 1972 |
671 |
523 |
68,711 |
| 1973 |
683 |
524 |
69,922 |
| 1974 |
683 |
508 |
69,960 |
| 1975 |
704 |
513 |
71,808 |
| 1976 |
717 |
512 |
73,458 |
| 1977 |
716 |
515 |
74,060 |
| 1978 |
751 |
520 |
74,678 |
| 1979 |
770 |
529 |
76,092 |
| 1980 |
803 |
539 |
77,737 |
| 1981 |
818 |
542 |
79,523 |
| 1982 |
897 |
550 |
81,324 |
| 1983 |
863 |
554 |
82,943 |
| 1984 |
900 |
561 |
84,185 |
| 1985 |
912 |
566 |
85,150 |
| 1986 |
930 |
570 |
86,079 |
| 1987 |
973 |
575 |
86,741 |
| 1988 |
1,260 |
584 |
87,750 |
| 1989 |
1,264 |
592 |
89,014 |
| 1990 |
1,267 |
590 |
89,735 |
| 1991 |
1,028 |
596 |
89,648 |
| 1992 |
1,028 |
596 |
89,648 |
| 1993 |
992 |
597 |
89,511 |
| 1995 |
- |
- |
91,458 |
| 1997 |
1,110 |
622 |
93,414 |
| 1998 |
1,117 |
628 |
96,552 |
| 1999 |
1,117 |
636 |
98,526 |
| 2000 |
1,259 |
800 |
101,003 |
| 2002 |
1,096 |
718 |
103,549 |
| 2003 |
1,297 |
734 |
105,956 |
| 2004 |
1,256 |
757 |
115,620 |
| 2005 |
1,512 |
775 |
117,962 |
| 2006 |
1,833 |
783 |
114,283 |
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]
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