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History
split into Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) (1881) |
The Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) is a Holiness church founded in 1881 by Daniel S. Warner, a minister of the General Eldership of the Churches of God in North America, now called the Churches of God, General Conference. |
Membership Data
Year | Clergy | Churches | Members |
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1933 | - | 1,201 | 81,709 |
1935 | 1,920 | 1,326 | 82,529 |
1937 | - | 1,351 | 82,990 |
1940 | - | 1,428 | 74,497 |
1942 | - | 1,412 | 83,875 |
1946 | - | - | 93,325 |
1947 | - | 1,665 | 92,604 |
1950 | 2,455 | 1,964 | 107,094 |
1951 | 2,315 | 1,904 | 100,814 |
1952 | 2,400 | 1,989 | 111,011 |
1953 | 2,600 | 2,051 | 113,698 |
1954 | 2,535 | 2,089 | 118,696 |
1955 | 2,702 | 2,146 | 123,523 |
1956 | 2,711 | 2,195 | 127,395 |
1957 | 2,646 | 2,210 | 131,420 |
1958 | 2,634 | 2,234 | 133,214 |
1959 | 2,668 | 2,244 | 135,294 |
1960 | 2,752 | 2,278 | 142,796 |
1961 | 2,735 | 2,292 | 142,823 |
1962 | 2,763 | 2,289 | 145,241 |
1963 | 2,701 | 2,274 | 144,145 |
1964 | 2,745 | 2,276 | 143,725 |
1965 | 2,705 | 2,287 | 143,231 |
1966 | 2,780 | 2,261 | 143,364 |
1967 | 2,753 | 2,247 | 144,243 |
1968 | 2,767 | 2,265 | 146,807 |
1969 | 2,763 | 2,267 | 147,752 |
1970 | 2,793 | 2,282 | 150,198 |
1971 | 3,352 | 4,095 | 152,787 |
1972 | 2,906 | 2,261 | 155,920 |
1973 | 2,866 | 2,235 | 157,828 |
1974 | 2,905 | 2,239 | 161,401 |
1975 | 2,987 | 2,251 | 166,259 |
1976 | 2,951 | 2,270 | 170,285 |
1977 | 3,022 | 2,274 | 171,947 |
1978 | 2,924 | 2,264 | 173,753 |
1979 | 3,018 | 2,259 | 175,113 |
1980 | 3,025 | 2,271 | 176,429 |
1981 | 3,072 | 2,275 | 178,581 |
1982 | 3,186 | 2,275 | 184,685 |
1983 | 3,229 | 2,286 | 182,190 |
1984 | 3,192 | 2,271 | 185,404 |
1985 | 3,227 | 2,291 | 185,593 |
1986 | 3,313 | 2,296 | 188,662 |
1987 | 3,238 | 2,314 | 198,552 |
1988 | 3,315 | 2,336 | 198,842 |
1989 | 3,410 | 2,338 | 199,786 |
1990 | 3,504 | 2,339 | 205,884 |
1992 | 3,576 | 2,330 | 214,743 |
1993 | 3,563 | 2,314 | 216,117 |
1995 | 4,271 | 2,307 | 224,061 |
1996 | 4,630 | 2,327 | 229,240 |
1997 | 4,123 | 2,347 | 229,302 |
1998 | 5,468 | 2,353 | 234,311 |
2002 | 6,114 | 2,290 | 247,007 |
2004 | 6,064 | 2,240 | 252,419 |
2006 | 5,974 | 2,215 | 249,845 |
2007 | 5,992 | 2,248 | 252,905 |
2008 | 5,992 | 2,248 | 252,905 |
2009 | 5,150 | 2,192 | 250,202 |
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]