United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Religious Bodies 5 5
N o . 8 0 . R e l i g i o u s B o d i e s — S e l e c t e d D a t a — C o n tin u e d
[See headnote, p. 54]
RELIGIOUS BODY
Year
Churches
reported
Membership
(1,000)
Pastors
serving
parishes
Sunday
school
enrollment1
(1.000)
Bodies with membership of 50,000 or more—Con,
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, The......................................................... 1680 5,694 2,626 4,633 640
Mennonlle Church......................................................................................... 1980 1,140 100 1,769 123
N a tio n a l B a p tis t C o n v e n tio n o f A m e ric a ......................................................... 195 6 1 1 ,39 8 2 ,6 6 9 7 ,5 9 8 (NA)
N a tio n a l B a p tis t C o n v e n tio n , U .S .A ., In c ........................................................ 1958 2 6 ,0 0 0 5 ,5 0 0 2 6 ,0 0 0 (NA)
N a tio n a l P rim itiv e B a p tis t C o n v e n tio n , In c 197 5 6 0 6 2 5 0 4 6 0 (NA)
North American Old Roman Catholic Church................................................. 1980 134 61 102 13
Old Order Amish Church................................... 1980 535 80 2,141 (NA)
O rth o d o x C h u rc h in A m e ric a ........... 197 9 4 4 0 1,000 4 5 7 (NA)
Pentecostal Church of God............. 1980 1,147 113 (NA) (NA)
P e n te c o s ta l H o lin e s s C h u rc h ........................................................................................ 1 9 7 7 2 ,3 4 0 86 1 ,3 2 9 (NA)
Plymouth Brethren............................................................................................... 1980 1,100 98 (NA) (NA)
P o lis h N a tio n a l C a th o lic C h u rc h o f A m e ric a ................................................... 1960 1 62 2 8 2 1 41
(NA)
Presbyterian Church In America................................................................................... 1980 487 91 (NA) 44
Presbyterian Church In the U .S .................................................................................... 1980 4,159 836 3,170 390
P rim itiv e B a p tis ts ..................................... 196 0 1,000 7 2 (NA) (NA)
P ro g re s s iv e N a tio n a l B a p tis t C o n v e n tio n , In c ................................................. 1 9 6 7 6 5 5 5 2 2 (NA) (NA)
Reformed Church In America......................................................................... 1980 902 346 833 105
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.............................. 1980 1,056 190 16,574 (NA)
Roman Catholic Church, The....................................... 1980 24,188 50,450 (NA) 8,083
R u s s ia n O rth o d o x C h u rc h In th e U .S .A ., P a tria rc h a l P a ris h e s o f th e ............... 1 9 7 5 4 1 5 2 5 5
(NA)
R u s s ia n O rth o d o x C h u rc h O u tsid e R u s s ia , T h e ............ 1 9 5 5 8 1 5 5 9 2 (NA)
Salvation Army, The...................................................................................... 1980 1,056 417 2,550 103
S e rb ia n E a s te rn O rth o d o x C h u rc h fo r th e U .S .A . a n d C a n a d a ....................... 1 9 6 7 5 2 6 5 5 6 (NA)
Seventh-day Adventists.................................................................................. 1980 3,730 571 1,986 441
Southern Baptist Convention................................................... 1980 35,778 13,600 33,600 7,426
T riu m p h th e C h u rc h a n d K in g d o m o f G o d in C h ris t (In te rn a tio n a l)................. 197 2 4 7 5 5 4 8 6 0 (NA)
U k ra in ia n O rth o d o x C h u rc h in th e U .S .A ........................................................ 196 6 1 07 88 1 0 7 (NA)
U n ita ria n U n iv e rs a lis t A s s o c ia tio n ... 197 9 9 6 8 139 5 5 0 (NA)
United Church of Christ................ 1980 6,642 1,736 5,116 477
U n ite d F re e W ill B a p tis t C h u rc h ...
1 9 5 2 8 3 6 100 7B 4 (NA)
United Methodist Cnurch, The......
1980 38,444 9,585 20,410 4,222
United Pentecostal Church, Internationa!....................................................... 1960 2,829 465 2,956 (NA)
United Presbyterian Church In the U.S.A., The.............................................. 1980 8.770 2,424 7,710 825
Wesleyan Church, The................................................................................... 1980 1,710 103 1,348 200
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod......................................................... . 1980 1,139 407 978 46
Bodies with membership of less than 50,000.............................. w 13,796 1,467 12,090 337
NA Not available. X Not applicable. 1Includes pupils, officers, and teachers. ‘Estimate of size of Jewish community
provided by American Jewish Yearbook.
N o . 8 1 . R e l i g i o u s B o d i e s — C h u r c h M e m b e r s h i p , 1 9 5 0 t o 1 9 8 0 , a n d N u m b e r o f C h u r c h e s ,
1 9 8 0
[Membership in thousands, except as Indicated. See headnote, table 80. See also H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im a s to 1 9 7 0 ,
series H 793-799]
RELIGIOUS BODY
MEMBERSHIP
1950 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980
Number
of
churches,
1980
Total................................................................ 86,830 114,449 124,682 131,046 131,012 134,817 336,281
Members as percent of population1................... 57 64 64 63 61 59 (X)
Average members per local church.................... 304 359 382 399 393 401 (X)
Buddhist Churches of America...... 73 20 92 100 60 60 60
Eastern Churches......................... . 1,650 2,699 3,172 3,850 3,696 3,823 1,606
Jews1.......................................... 5,000 5,367 5,600 5,870 6,115 5,920 3,500
Old Catholic, Polish National Catholic, and
Armenian Churches............................................... 250 590 484 848 846 924 436
The Roman Catholic Church 28,635 42,105 46,246 48,215 48,682 50,450 24,188
Protestants3.......................
Miscellaneous4..................
51,080
142 J 63,669 69,068 [71,713
449
71,043
372
73.479
161
305,273
1,218
X Not applicable. 1Based on Bureau of the Census estimated total population as of July 1. ‘ Estimates of the Jewish
community including those Identified with Orthodox, Conservative and Reformed synagogues or temples. ‘ Includes nonprotestant
bodies such as "Latter-day Saints" and "Jehovah's Witnesses." includes non-Christian bodies such as "Spiritualists,"
"Ethical Culture Movement," and "Unitarian-Universalists."
Source of tables 80 and 81: National Council o f the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, New York, N.Y.,
Yearbook o f American and Canadian Churches, annual. (Copyright.)