|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pastors
|
|
RELIGIOUS BODY
|
Year
|
Churches
|
Membership
|
serving
|
|
reported
|
reported
|
(1,000)
|
parishes 1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Advent Christian Church
|
1998
|
305
|
26
|
290
|
|
African Methodist Episcopal Church
|
1999
|
6,200
|
2,500
|
(NA)
|
|
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
|
1998
|
3,098
|
1,252
|
2,571
|
|
Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America
|
1996
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
|
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection (Original Allegheny Conference)
|
1998
|
117
|
2
|
86
|
|
American Association of Lutheran Churches, The
|
1998
|
103
|
19
|
95
|
|
American Baptist Association
|
1998
|
1,760
|
275
|
1,740
|
|
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.
|
1998
|
3,800
|
1,507
|
4,145
|
|
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, The
|
1998
|
80
|
13
|
85
|
|
American Catholic Church
|
1997
|
100
|
25
|
80
|
|
American Rescue Workers
|
1999
|
15
|
3
|
35
|
|
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Diocese of North America
|
1998
|
220
|
65
|
263
|
|
Apostolic Christian Church of America
|
1998
|
89
|
13
|
301
|
|
Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene)
|
1993
|
63
|
4
|
217
|
|
Apostolic Episcopal Church
|
1999
|
225
|
12
|
225
|
|
Apostolic Faith Mission Church of God
|
1998
|
19
|
11
|
32
|
|
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, Oregon
|
1994
|
54
|
5
|
60
|
|
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America
|
1998
|
61
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
|
Apostolic Orthodox Catholic Church
|
1999
|
20
|
1
|
20
|
|
Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God, Inc.
|
1997
|
146
|
13
|
358
|
|
Armenian Apostolic Church of America
|
1998
|
28
|
200
|
25
|
|
Assemblies of God
|
1998
|
11,937
|
2,526
|
18,148
|
|
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (General Synod)
|
1997
|
238
|
40
|
194
|
|
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The
|
1997
|
243
|
33
|
141
|
|
Baptist Bible Fellowship International
|
1997
|
4,500
|
1,200
|
(NA)
|
|
Baptist General Conference
|
1998
|
876
|
141
|
(NA)
|
|
Baptist Missionary Association of America
|
1999
|
1,334
|
235
|
1,525
|
|
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches
|
1997
|
114
|
8
|
381
|
|
Berean Fundamental Church
|
1997
|
51
|
8
|
(NA)
|
|
Bible Church of Christ
|
1993
|
6
|
7
|
11
|
|
Bible Fellowship Church
|
1998
|
56
|
7
|
58
|
|
Brethren Church (Ashland, Ohio)
|
1998
|
116
|
13
|
82
|
|
Brethren in Christ
|
1998
|
210
|
20
|
108
|
|
Buddhist 2
|
1990
|
(NA)
|
401
|
(NA)
|
|
Christ Catholic Church
|
1996
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
|
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The
|
1998
|
1,964
|
346
|
1,629
|
|
Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren)
|
1997
|
1,150
|
100
|
(NA)
|
|
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
|
1997
|
3,818
|
879
|
3,419
|
|
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ
|
1998
|
5,579
|
1,072
|
5,525
|
|
Christian Churches of North America, General Council
|
1998
|
99
|
7
|
99
|
|
Christian Congregation, Inc., The
|
1998
|
1,438
|
117
|
1,436
|
|
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
|
1983
|
2,340
|
719
|
(NA)
|
|
Christian Reformed Church in North America
|
1998
|
733
|
199
|
655
|
|
Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A.
|
1998
|
167
|
10
|
199
|
|
Church of Christ, Scientist
|
1998
|
2,200
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
|
Church of God by Faith, Inc.
|
1991
|
145
|
8
|
155
|
|
Church of God General Conference (Oregon, IL and Morrow, GA)
|
1998
|
90
|
5
|
67
|
|
Church of God in Christ
|
1991
|
15,300
|
5,500
|
28,988
|
|
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite
|
1998
|
102
|
12
|
418
|
|
Church of God of Prophecy
|
1997
|
1,908
|
77
|
2,000
|
|
Church of God of the Mountain Assembly, Inc.
|
1994
|
118
|
6
|
(NA)
|
|
Church of God (Anderson, IN)
|
1998
|
2,353
|
234
|
3,034
|
|
Church of God (Cleveland, TN)
|
1995
|
6,060
|
753
|
3,121
|
|
Church of God (Seventh Day), The, Denver, Colo.
|
1997
|
175
|
10
|
94
|
|
Church of Illumination
|
1996
|
3
|
1
|
8
|
|
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The
|
1997
|
10,811
|
4,923
|
32,433
|
|
Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonites)
|
1989
|
63
|
3
|
183
|
|
Church of the Brethren
|
1997
|
1,095
|
141
|
827
|
|
Church of the Living God (Motto: Christian Workers for Fellowship)
|
1985
|
170
|
4
|
170
|
|
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America
|
1998
|
115
|
14
|
139
|
|
Church of the Lutheran Confession
|
1998
|
72
|
9
|
59
|
|
Church of the Nazarene
|
1998
|
5,101
|
627
|
4,598
|
|
Church of the United Brethren in Christ
|
1997
|
228
|
24
|
315
|
|
Churches of Christ
|
1999
|
15,000
|
1,500
|
14,500
|
|
Churches of Christ in Christian Union
|
1998
|
226
|
10
|
318
|
|
Churches of God, General Conference (CGGC)
|
1998
|
339
|
32
|
252
|
|
Congregational Holiness Church
|
1993
|
190
|
2
|
(NA)
|
|
Conservative Baptist Association of America
|
1998
|
1,200
|
200
|
(NA)
|
|
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference
|
1998
|
236
|
39
|
301
|
|
Conservative Lutheran Association
|
1997
|
6
|
1
|
9
|
|
Coptic Orthodox Church
|
1992
|
85
|
180
|
65
|
|
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
|
1998
|
774
|
87
|
634
|
|
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
|
1996
|
152
|
15
|
141
|
|
Elim Fellowship
|
1998
|
98
|
(NA)
|
600
|
|
Episcopal Church
|
1996
|
7,390
|
2,365
|
8,131
|
|
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, The
|
1997
|
21
|
4
|
10
|
|
Evangelical Church, The
|
1998
|
132
|
12
|
152
|
|
Evangelical Congregational Church, The
|
1998
|
148
|
23
|
110
|
|
Evangelical Covenant Church, The
|
1998
|
628
|
97
|
607
|
|
Evangelical Free Church of America, The
|
1995
|
1,224
|
243
|
1,936
|
|
Evangelical Friends International- North American Region
|
1995
|
92
|
9
|
(NA)
|
|
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
|
1998
|
10,862
|
5,178
|
9,646
|
|
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
|
1998
|
139
|
22
|
100
|
|
Evangelical Mennonite Church
|
1998
|
32
|
5
|
29
|
|
Evangelical Methodist Church
|
1997
|
123
|
9
|
105
|
|
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
|
1998
|
187
|
61
|
262
|
|
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches
|
1998
|
16
|
2
|
23
|
|
Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches
|
1999
|
22
|
1
|
29
|
|
Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches
|
1997
|
260
|
30
|
(NA)
|
|
Free Methodist Church of North America
|
1998
|
990
|
73
|
(NA)
|
|
Friends General Conference
|
1998
|
620
|
32
|
6
|
|
Friends United Meeting
|
1997
|
501
|
42
|
242
|
|
Full Gospel Assemblies International
|
1998
|
286
|
53
|
508
|
|
Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers International
|
1999
|
896
|
275
|
2,070
|
|
Fundamental Methodist Church, Inc.
|
1993
|
12
|
1
|
17
|
|
General Assembly of the Korean Presbyterian Church in America
|
1992
|
203
|
27
|
326
|
|
General Association of General Baptists
|
1997
|
790
|
72
|
1,085
|
|
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
|
1998
|
1,415
|
102
|
(NA)
|
|
General Church of the New Jerusalem
|
1999
|
34
|
6
|
27
|
|
General Conference Mennonite Brethren Churches
|
1996
|
368
|
82
|
590
|
|
Grace Gospel Fellowship
|
1992
|
128
|
60
|
160
|
|
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
|
1998
|
523
|
1,955
|
596
|
|
Hindu 2
|
1990
|
(NA)
|
227
|
(NA)
|
|
Hungarian Reformed Church in America
|
1998
|
27
|
6
|
27
|
|
Hutterian Brethren
|
1997
|
428
|
43
|
500
|
|
Independent Fundamental Churches of America
|
1999
|
659
|
62
|
(NA)
|
|
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
|
1998
|
1,851
|
238
|
4,900
|
|
International Council of Community Churches
|
1998
|
150
|
250
|
182
|
|
International Pentecostal Church of Christ, The
|
1998
|
68
|
6
|
63
|
|
International Pentecostal Holiness Church
|
1998
|
1,716
|
177
|
1,507
|
|
Jehovah's Witnesses
|
1999
|
11,064
|
1,040
|
(NA)
|
|
Jewish 3
|
1998
|
(NA)
|
6,041
|
(NA)
|
|
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, The
|
1998
|
72
|
16
|
50
|
|
Liberal Catholic Church--Province of U.S.A., The
|
1996
|
16
|
7
|
54
|
|
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, The
|
1998
|
6,218
|
2,594
|
5,227
|
|
Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, The, Diocese of North America and Europe
|
1997
|
65
|
30
|
33
|
|
Mennonite Church
|
1998
|
926
|
92
|
(NA)
|
|
Mennonite Church, The General Conference
|
1998
|
313
|
37
|
214
|
|
Missionary Church, The
|
1998
|
335
|
45
|
542
|
|
Moravian Church in America (Unitas Fratrum), Northern Province
|
1998
|
94
|
27
|
89
|
|
Muslim / Islamic 2
|
1990
|
(NA)
|
527
|
(NA)
|
|
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
|
1998
|
416
|
67
|
534
|
|
National Association of Free Will Baptists
|
1998
|
2,297
|
210
|
2,800
|
|
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.
|
1987
|
2,500
|
3,500
|
8,000
|
|
National Baptist Convention, USA,Inc.
|
1992
|
33,000
|
8,200
|
32,832
|
|
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America
|
1992
|
(NA)
|
2,500
|
(NA)
|
|
National Organization of the New Apostolic Church of North America
|
1998
|
401
|
34
|
960
|
|
National Spiritualist Association of Churches
|
1997
|
130
|
4
|
99
|
|
Netherlands Reformed Congregations
|
1998
|
23
|
9
|
8
|
|
North American Baptist Conference
|
1997
|
268
|
44
|
276
|
|
Old German Baptist Brethren
|
1998
|
57
|
6
|
253
|
|
Old Order Amish Church
|
1993
|
898
|
81
|
3,592
|
|
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.
|
1998
|
386
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
|
Orthodox Church in America
|
1998
|
625
|
1,000
|
700
|
|
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The
|
1998
|
199
|
23
|
(NA)
|
|
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A.
|
1985
|
38
|
10
|
37
|
|
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc.
|
1998
|
1,750
|
1,500
|
4,500
|
|
Pentecostal Church of God
|
1998
|
1,237
|
104
|
(NA)
|
|
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church
|
1996
|
27
|
0
|
(NA)
|
|
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, inc.
|
1998
|
150
|
28
|
175
|
|
Prebyterian Church in America
|
1997
|
1,340
|
280
|
1,642
|
|
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
|
1998
|
11,260
|
3,575
|
9,390
|
|
Primitive Advent Christian Church
|
1993
|
10
|
0
|
11
|
|
Primitive Methodist Church in the U.S.A.
|
1998
|
78
|
7
|
70
|
|
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.
|
1995
|
2,000
|
2,500
|
(NA)
|
|
Protestant Reformed Churches in America
|
1998
|
27
|
7
|
25
|
|
Reformed Church in America
|
1998
|
902
|
296
|
915
|
|
Reformed Church in the United States
|
1998
|
40
|
4
|
34
|
|
Reformed Episcopal Church
|
1998
|
125
|
6
|
150
|
|
Reformed Mennonite Church
|
1993
|
10
|
0
|
20
|
|
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
|
1997
|
86
|
6
|
70
|
|
Religious Society of Friends (Conservative)
|
1994
|
1,200
|
104
|
(NA)
|
|
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
|
1998
|
1,236
|
140
|
19,319
|
|
Roman Catholic Church, The
|
1998
|
19,584
|
62,018
|
(NA)
|
|
Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America, The
|
1996
|
37
|
65
|
37
|
|
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, The
|
1994
|
177
|
(NA)
|
319
|
|
Salvation Army, The
|
1998
|
1,388
|
471
|
2,920
|
|
Schwenkfelder Church, The
|
1995
|
5
|
3
|
8
|
|
Separate Baptists in Christ
|
1992
|
100
|
8
|
95
|
|
Serbian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. and Canada
|
1986
|
68
|
67
|
60
|
|
Seventh-day Adventist Church
|
1998
|
4,405
|
840
|
2,454
|
|
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference
|
1995
|
80
|
(NA)
|
46
|
|
Southern Baptist Convention
|
1998
|
40,870
|
15,729
|
71,520
|
|
Southern Methodist Church
|
1997
|
122
|
8
|
112
|
|
Sovereign Grace Baptists
|
1998
|
300
|
3
|
400
|
|
Swedenborgian Church, The
|
1998
|
37
|
2
|
25
|
|
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch
|
1997
|
21
|
33
|
14
|
|
True Orthodox Church of Greece (SOMC), American Exarchate
|
1993
|
9
|
1
|
18
|
|
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America (Ecumenical Patriarachate)
|
1986
|
27
|
5
|
36
|
|
Unitarian Universalist 2
|
1990
|
(NA)
|
502
|
(NA)
|
|
United Christian Church
|
1998
|
11
|
0
|
6
|
|
United Church of Christ
|
1998
|
6,017
|
1,421
|
4,317
|
|
United Methodist Church, The
|
1998
|
36,170
|
8,400
|
(NA)
|
|
United Pentecostal Church International
|
1995
|
3,790
|
(NA)
|
7,903
|
|
United Zion Church
|
1998
|
13
|
1
|
13
|
|
Unity of the Brethren
|
1998
|
27
|
3
|
25
|
|
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches
|
1998
|
300
|
44
|
324
|
|
Wesleyan Church, The
|
1998
|
1,590
|
120
|
1,806
|
|
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
|
1997
|
1,240
|
411
|
1,222
|
