Protestant Reformed Churches in America
Denominational Profile
History
Christian Reformed Church in North America |
split into Protestant Reformed Churches in America (1926) |
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| The Protestant Reformed Churches in America (PRC) originated as a result of controversy in the Christian Reformed Church in 1924 involving the adoption of the "Three Points of Common Grace." Three ministers and their consistories rejected the doctrine and founded the new denomination in 1926. |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1955 |
19 |
18 |
2,385 |
| 1956 |
19 |
17 |
2,462 |
| 1958 |
20 |
19 |
2,645 |
| 1959 |
18 |
19 |
2,754 |
| 1960 |
18 |
21 |
2,822 |
| 1961 |
20 |
21 |
2,924 |
| 1963 |
16 |
19 |
2,798 |
| 1964 |
17 |
19 |
2,885 |
| 1965 |
16 |
19 |
2,906 |
| 1966 |
15 |
19 |
3,061 |
| 1968 |
17 |
19 |
3,061 |
| 1970 |
17 |
19 |
3,187 |
| 1976 |
24 |
21 |
3,609 |
| 1977 |
24 |
21 |
3,900 |
| 1978 |
25 |
21 |
4,040 |
| 1979 |
30 |
21 |
4,383 |
| 1980 |
31 |
21 |
4,544 |
| 1995 |
38 |
27 |
6,318 |
| 1996 |
38 |
27 |
6,391 |
| 1997 |
39 |
27 |
6,494 |
| 1998 |
39 |
27 |
6,551 |
| 1999 |
41 |
27 |
6,730 |
| 2000 |
39 |
28 |
6,713 |
| 2001 |
38 |
27 |
6,825 |
| 2002 |
40 |
27 |
6,915 |
| 2003 |
41 |
28 |
7,080 |
| 2004 |
40 |
28 |
7,157 |
| 2005 |
41 |
28 |
7,328 |
| 2006 |
41 |
27 |
7,457 |
| 2007 |
41 |
29 |
7,630 |
| 2008 |
42 |
30 |
7,625 |
| 2009 |
42 |
30 |
7,651 |
| 2010 |
43 |
31 |
7,806 |
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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