General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
Denominational Profile
History
Northern Baptist Convention |
split into General Association of Regular Baptist Churches (1932) |
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| The General Association of Regular Baptist Churches grew out of the Baptist Bible Union, which was created by fundamentalist members of the Northern Baptist Convention in 1922. |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1936 |
- |
84 |
22,345 |
| 1947 |
- |
445 |
70,000 |
| 1953 |
1,025 |
690 |
113,878 |
| 1955 |
- |
726 |
124,039 |
| 1956 |
- |
759 |
129,100 |
| 1957 |
1,100 |
809 |
122,038 |
| 1958 |
1,100 |
843 |
126,268 |
| 1959 |
- |
887 |
130,612 |
| 1960 |
- |
934 |
136,292 |
| 1961 |
- |
992 |
143,782 |
| 1962 |
- |
1,031 |
148,416 |
| 1963 |
- |
1,100 |
154,767 |
| 1966 |
1,556 |
1,244 |
170,299 |
| 1969 |
- |
1,361 |
190,000 |
| 1971 |
- |
1,426 |
210,000 |
| 1972 |
- |
1,426 |
204,357 |
| 1973 |
- |
1,473 |
214,000 |
| 1974 |
- |
1,495 |
225,000 |
| 1975 |
- |
1,503 |
250,000 |
| 1976 |
- |
1,528 |
250,000 |
| 1977 |
- |
1,542 |
240,000 |
| 1978 |
- |
1,542 |
235,918 |
| 1979 |
- |
1,544 |
240,000 |
| 1980 |
- |
1,557 |
244,000 |
| 1981 |
2,045 |
1,571 |
300,839 |
| 1989 |
2,050 |
1,582 |
216,468 |
| 1990 |
- |
1,574 |
168,068 |
| 1992 |
- |
1,532 |
160,123 |
| 1993 |
- |
1,505 |
154,943 |
| 1994 |
- |
1,458 |
136,380 |
| 1996 |
- |
1,440 |
115,950 |
| 1998 |
- |
1,415 |
101,854 |
| 1999 |
- |
1,398 |
92,129 |
| 2002 |
- |
1,415 |
129,407 |
| 2005 |
- |
1,383 |
132,900 |
| 2007 |
- |
1,321 |
132,700 |
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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