Denominational Profile
History
National Council of Community Churches |
renamed toInternational Council of Community Churches (1946) |
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| The International Council of Community Churches was founded in 1946 as an association of interdenominational community (mostly liberal Protestant) congregations. |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1983 |
245 |
250 |
173,500 |
| 1984 |
300 |
290 |
185,000 |
| 1986 |
- |
350 |
200,000 |
| 1987 |
350 |
350 |
200,000 |
| 1988 |
350 |
200 |
200,000 |
| 1989 |
350 |
200 |
250,000 |
| 1990 |
350 |
210 |
250,000 |
| 1991 |
- |
398 |
250,000 |
| 1992 |
616 |
410 |
500,000 |
| 1993 |
616 |
423 |
500,000 |
| 1994 |
619 |
423 |
500,000 |
| 1995 |
501 |
517 |
250,000 |
| 1998 |
263 |
150 |
250,000 |
| 1999 |
296 |
180 |
200,000 |
| 2000 |
352 |
217 |
200,263 |
| 2002 |
340 |
192 |
115,812 |
| 2003 |
374 |
126 |
108,806 |
| 2004 |
374 |
137 |
108,806 |
| 2005 |
374 |
150 |
108,806 |
| 2006 |
591 |
157 |
73,174 |
| 2009 |
628 |
137 |
69,276 |
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]
