Religious body Yr reported Churches Membership Clergy
African Methodist Episcopal Church 1999 4,174 2,500,000 7,741
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2007 3,337 1,400,000 3,777
The Alliance of Baptists 2006 127 65,000 320
The American Baptist Association 2000 1,760 275,000 1,740
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. 2007 5,558 1,358,351 3,336
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of N.A. 2007 256 430,000 480
Armenian Apostolic Church of America 2007 36 360,000 28
Armenian Apostolic Church, Diocese of America 2007 72 650,000 49
Assemblies of God 2007 12,362 2,863,265 19,790
Association of Vineyard Churches 2007 592 188,000 601
Baptist Bible Fellowship International 1997 4,500 1,200,000 (NA)
Baptist General Conference 2007 1,071 147,500 (NA)
Baptist Missionary Association of America 2007 1,306 177,463 1,239
The Catholic Church 2007 18,479 67,117,016 (NA)
Christian Brethren (or Plymouth Brethren) 2006 1,150 86,000 (NA)
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 2007 3,731 689,507 3,859
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ 1988 5,579 1,071,616 5,525
The Christian Congregation, Inc. 2004 1,496 122,181 1,574
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church 2006 3,500 850,000 3,106
The Christian and Missionary Alliance 2007 2,009 420,006 2,805
Christian Reformed Church in North America 2007 776 191,000 685
Church of the Brethren 2007 1,055 125,418 779
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) 2007 2,248 252,905 5,130
The Church of God in Christ 1991 15,300 5,499,875 28,988
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) 2007 6,588 1,053,642 5,574
Church of God of Prophecy 2007 1,860 89,674 4,340
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2007 13,201 5,873,408 39,603
Church of the Nazarene 2007 5,096 642,523 5,572
Churches of Christ 2006 13,000 1,639,495 (NA)
Community of Christ 2007 935 178,328 (NA)
Conservative Baptist Association of America 2006 12,000 200,000 1,800
Coptic Orthodox Church 2000 100 300,000 140
Cumberland Presbyterian Church 2007 730 78,451 631
Episcopal Church 2007 7,055 2,116,749 5,498
The Evangelical Church Alliance 2007 293,375 2,428
The Evangelical Covenant Church 2006 783 114,283 1,486
The Evangelical Free Church of America 2003 1,420 350,000 2,025
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 2007 10,448 4,709,956 8,808
Evangelical Presbyterian Church 2007 207 89,190 385
Free Methodist Church of North America 2007 1,030 75,150 (NA)
Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers
International 2007 1,273 432,632 2,631
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches 2007 1,321 132,700 (NA)
General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches 1996 368 82,130 590
Grace Gospel Fellowship 1992 128 60,000 160
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America 2006 560 1,500,000 553
IFCA International, Inc. 1998 659 61,655 (NA)
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel 2006 1,875 353,995 6,738
International Council of Community Churches 2006 155 73,174 630
International Pentecostal Holiness Church 2007 2,010 320,135 2,814
Jehovah’s Witnesses 2007 12,487 1,092,169 (NA)
The Lutheran Church-- Missouri Synod (LCMS) 2007 6,167 2,383,084 5,373
Mennonite Church USA 2006 935 109,174 1,076
National Assoc. of Congregational Christian Churches 2001 432 65,392 507
National Association of Free Will Baptists 2007 2,369 185,798 (NA)
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. 2000 (NA) 3,500,000 (NA)
National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc. 2004 9,000 5,000,000 (NA)
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America 1992 (NA) 2,500,000 (NA)
National Primitive Baptist Convention, Inc. 2002 1,565 600,000 (NA)
Old Order Amish Church 2001 898 80,820 3,592
The Orthodox Church in America 2004 737 1,064,000 824
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. 2006 1,750 1,500,000 4,500
Pentecostal Church of God 2007 1,158 90,030 1,233
Polish National Catholic Church of America 2004 126 60,000 112
Presbyterian Church in America 2007 1,645 340,736 3,508
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 2007 10,820 2,941,412 8,221
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. 1995 2,000 2,500,000 (NA)
Reformed Church in America 2007 891 264,863 807
Religious Society of Friends (Conservative) 2004 1,200 104,000 (NA)
The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia 2006 190 480,000 210
The Salvation Army 2007 1,438 413,028 2,526
Serbian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. and Canada 2005 68 67,000 60
Seventh-day Adventist Church 2007 4,833 1,000,472 2,713
Southern Baptist Convention 2007 44,696 16,266,920 102,439
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations 2007 1,046 221,476 (NA)
United Church of Christ 2007 5,377 1,145,281 4,425
The United Methodist Church 2006 34,398 7,931,733 24,934
United Pentecostal Church International 2006 4,358 646,304 9,224
The Wesleyan Church 2007 1,626 138,164 2,288
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
1/22/2012 2007 1,276 394,241 1,300
Table 76. Religious Bodies - Selected Data
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HEADNOTE
[Includes the self-reported membership of religious bodies with 60,000 or more
as reported to the Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches. Groups may be
excluded if they do not supply information. The data are not standardized
so comparisons between groups are difficult. The definition of "church member"
is determined by the religious body]
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