Denominational Profile
History
(German) Reformed Church in the United States |
split into Reformed Church in the United States (1934) |
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| In 1934, the majority of the Reformed church in the United States (formed in the 1720s) merged with the Evangelical Synod to form the Evangelical and reformed church (now a constituent part of the United Church of Christ). At that time, the Eureka Classis (based in South Dakota) refused to join the merger and continued as the Reformed Church in the United States and laid claim to the history of that body from the eighteenth century. The Church is a member of the International Conference of Reformed Churches. |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1961 |
15 |
21 |
3,467 |
| 1962 |
15 |
21 |
3,431 |
| 1963 |
16 |
20 |
2,519 |
| 1964 |
15 |
20 |
3,487 |
| 1965 |
18 |
20 |
2,554 |
| 1967 |
19 |
20 |
3,423 |
| 1969 |
23 |
23 |
3,853 |
| 1971 |
25 |
25 |
4,038 |
| 1973 |
21 |
24 |
4,008 |
| 1974 |
22 |
24 |
3,940 |
| 1975 |
26 |
26 |
3,960 |
| 1976 |
25 |
26 |
3,861 |
| 1977 |
31 |
26 |
3,790 |
| 1980 |
27 |
29 |
3,660 |
| 1982 |
32 |
30 |
3,710 |
| 1984 |
33 |
33 |
3,807 |
| 1985 |
34 |
34 |
3,778 |
| 1992 |
36 |
37 |
4,178 |
| 1993 |
38 |
37 |
4,204 |
| 1994 |
40 |
36 |
4,172 |
| 1995 |
39 |
41 |
4,250 |
| 1997 |
42 |
38 |
4,246 |
| 1998 |
42 |
40 |
4,257 |
| 2002 |
50 |
48 |
4,369 |
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]
