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Denominational Profile
Notes
The Pentecostal Church of God was founded by Reverend John C. Sinclair in 1919 and took the present name in 1922. |
Membership Data
Year | Clergy | Churches | Members |
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1936 | - | 81 | 4,296 |
1944 | - | 601 | 37,048 |
1949 | 1,471 | 685 | 63,000 |
1951 | 1,120 | 620 | 48,000 |
1952 | 1,066 | 650 | 55,000 |
1953 | 1,117 | 550 | 38,000 |
1954 | 1,104 | 624 | 43,200 |
1955 | 954 | 850 | 60,000 |
1956 | 1,068 | 900 | 103,500 |
1957 | 1,057 | 915 | 105,000 |
1958 | 1,169 | 900 | 103,500 |
1961 | 1,250 | 1,099 | 109,900 |
1962 | 1,300 | 1,125 | 112,000 |
1963 | 1,300 | 1,150 | 115,000 |
1965 | 1,282 | 958 | 115,000 |
1967 | 1,325 | 975 | 115,000 |
1975 | 1,900 | 1,300 | 135,000 |
1977 | 2,168 | 1,189 | 110,870 |
1980 | 1,574 | 1,147 | 113,000 |
1981 | 1,564 | 1,118 | 83,860 |
1982 | 1,542 | 1,107 | 91,008 |
1983 | 1,540 | 1,120 | 89,559 |
1984 | 1,593 | 1,138 | 93,338 |
1985 | 1,597 | 1,142 | 89,508 |
1986 | 1,595 | 1,144 | 90,900 |
1987 | 1,565 | 1,166 | 88,616 |
1988 | 1,584 | 1,157 | 86,000 |
1989 | 1,603 | 1,165 | 90,870 |
1990 | 1,634 | 1,174 | 91,300 |
1991 | 1,679 | 1,160 | 92,060 |
1992 | 1,657 | 1,170 | 101,786 |
1993 | 1,741 | 1,174 | 102,760 |
1994 | 1,781 | 1,209 | 113,400 |
1995 | 1,788 | 1,224 | 119,200 |
1996 | 1,818 | 1,230 | 111,900 |
1998 | 1,802 | 1,237 | 104,300 |
1999 | 1,796 | 1,237 | 105,200 |
2000 | 1,788 | 1,212 | 102,000 |
2001 | 1,741 | 1,186 | 102,000 |
2002 | 1,762 | 1,197 | 104,000 |
2003 | 1,706 | 1,190 | 104,000 |
2004 | 1,642 | 1,158 | 117,000 |
2005 | 2,870 | 1,170 | 117,000 |
2006 | 2,870 | 1,170 | 117,000 |
2007 | 1,599 | 1,158 | 90,030 |
2008 | 1,572 | 1,134 | 98,579 |
Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Denomination descriptions provided by Dr. J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR). [More information on data sources]