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Denominational Profile
Notes
The Association of Vineyard Churches is a conservative evangelical fellowship founded in 1986 by evangelical teacher John Wimber (d. 1997), formerly associated with Calvary Chapel. |
Membership Data
Year | Clergy | Churches | Members |
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2003 | 1,200 | 600 | 140,000 |
2004 | 1,205 | 600 | 140,000 |
2007 | 2,495 | 592 | 188,000 |
2009 | 2,463 | 556 | 189,000 |
2010 | 2,852 | 554 | 181,474 |
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]