United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

54 Population
No. 80. R eligious Bodies—S elected D ata
[Represents latest information available from religious bodies with memberships of 50,000 or more; excludes a few groups giving
no data. Not all groups follow same calendar year nor count membership in same way; some groups give only approximate
figures. Roman Catholics count all baptized persons, including infants; Jewish statistics are estimates of the number of persons
Jiving in Jewish households including as a consequence of Intermarriage, approximately 7.4 percent non-Jewish persons. Eastern
Orthodox Churches include all persons in their nationality or cultural groups; most Protestant bodies count only persons who
have attained full membership, and previous estimates have indicated tnat alt but a small minority of these are over 13 years of
age; however, many Lutheran bodies and The Episcopal Church now report all baptized persons, and not only those confirmed.
Data which appear in italics are "noncurrant," i.e., they are reported for 1979 or earlier. All other data are ‘^current" and were
reported In 1980 or 1981]
RELIGIOUS BOOV
Year
Churches
reported
Membership
(1,000)
Pastors
serving
parishes
Sunday
school
enrollment1
(1,000)
Total................................................................................................. (x) 336,281 134,817 279,366 33,451
Bodies with membership of 50,000 or more.............♦........................ (X) 322,485 133,350 267,276 33,114
Current data............................................................................................. (X) 247,407 1 1 4 ,7 9 1 215,189 (NA)
N o n c u rre n t d a ta ...............i........................................................................ lx) 7 5 ,0 7 8 1 8 ,5 5 9 5 2 ,0 8 7 (NA)
African Methodist Episcopal Church.............................................................. 1980 6,000 2,050 5,800 106
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church...................................................... 1980 6,020 1,134 6,491 192
American Baptist Association....................................................................... 1981 5,000 1,500 5,000 850
A m e ric a n B a p tis t C h u rc h e s in th e U S A ...... ................................................ 197 9 5 ,8 1 4 1 ,6 0 1 5 ,4 9 8 (NA)
A m e ric a n C a rpa th o -R u s s ia n O rth o d o x G re e k C a th o lic C h u rc h ...................... 1976 7 0 1 00 6 1 (NA)
American Lutheran Church, The........................ .......................................... 1980 4,664 2,353 4,475 635
A n tio c h ia n O rth o d o x C h ris tia n A rc h d io c e s e o f N o rth A m e ric a , T h e................ 1 9 7 7 110 1 5 2 1 2 0 (NA)
A p o s to lic O v e rc o m in g H o ty C h u rc h o f G o d ......... .......................................... 1956 g o o 7 5 3 0 0 (NA)
A rm e n ia n A p o s to lic C h u rc h o f A m e ric a ......................................................... 1972 2 9 1 2 5 2 3 (NA)
A rm e n ia n C h u rc h o f A m e ric a , C h e e s e o f th e fin d , D io c e s e o f C a lifo rn ia )...... 1979 6 6 4 5 0 4 5 (NA)
Assemblies of God.... ......................................... ........ 1980 9,773 1,732 10,073 1.390
Baptist General Conference............................ ........ 1680 770 133 833 106
Baptist Missionary Association of America... . ........ 1980 1,416 225 1,400 102
B u d d h is t Ch u rc h e s o f A m e ric a .......................... ........................................... 197 6 SO 6 0 8 0 (NA)
B u lg a ria n E a s te rn O rtho d o x C h u rc h (D io c e s e o f N . a n d S , A m e ric a a n d
A u s tra lia )...................................................... ........................................... 1971 13 8 6 (NA) (NA)
Christian and Missionary Alliance.............,..... .............................................. 1980 1,362 190 1,308 153
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)............................................................ 1980 4,295 1,178 4,000 355
Chrl8tJan Churches and Churches of Christ................................................... 1981 5,605 1,063 6,121 (NA)
Christian Congregation, Inc., The.......................................... ............................... 1980 1,266 89 1,266 51
Christian Methodist EpiscopaJ Church............................................................ 1981 2,883 787 2,483 118
Christian Reformed Church in North America................................................ 1980 626 214 593 58
C h urch o f G od , T h e ..................................................................................... 1978 2 ,0 3 5 7 6 1 ,9 1 0 (NA)
Church of God (Anderson, Ind.).................................................................... 1980 2,271 176 1,826 227
Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.),..... ......................... 1980 6,170 435 6,765 354
C h urch o f G o d in C h ris t, T h e ...................... ................... 1 9 6 5 4 ,5 0 0 4 2 5 4 ,0 0 0 (NA)
C h u rch o f G o d in C h ris t, in te rn a tio n a l, T h e ............ 1971 1 ,0 4 1 S O I (NA) (NA)
Church of God of Prophecy, The.................................. . 1981 1,977 73 (NA) (NA)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The ... 1980 7,369 2,811 22,137 2,632
Church of the Brethren........................................... . 1980 1,063 171 (NA) (NA)
Church of the Nazarene........................................ .......... 1980 4,853 484 3,892 880
C h u rch e s o f C h ris t............................................................. 1979 1 2 ,7 0 0 1 ,6 0 0 (NA) (NA)
C o m m u n ity C h u rc h e s , N a tio n a l C o u n c il o f ............... 1979 1 8 5 1 9 0 2 1 0 (NA)
Congregational Christian Churches, National Association of.................................. 1961 443 104 467 (HA)
Conservative Baptist Association of America.............................................................. 1980 1,126 225 (NA) (NA)
Coptic Orthodox Church....................... 1980 25 100 22 4
Cumberland Presbyterian Church....... 1980 857 97 544 50
Episcopal Church, The.......................... 1980 7,215 2,706 7,281 550
Evangelical Covenant Church of Amenca 1980 539 78 502 66
E v a n g e lic a l F re e C h u rc h o f A m e ric a .......................................... 197 9 7 3 2 7 8 (NA) (NA)
Evangelical Lutheran Churches, The Association of........... 1980 266 100 348 19
F ree M e th o d is t C h u rc h o f N o rth A m e ric a ............................... 197 9 1 ,0 1 3 6 7 (NA) (NA)
Free Will Baptists............................................................. .............. 1980 2,452 226 2,762 194
Friends United Meeting............................................................. . 1980 530 81 3 3 0 2 6
Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers, International........................ 1980 394 59 807 39
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches.............. 1981 1,571 243 (NA) (n a )
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Independent Fundamental Churches of America........................................................ 1980 1,019 120 782 137
Lutheran Church In America.........................................................- ............................ — 1980 5,800 2,923 5^005 674
See footnotes at end of table.