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Reformed Church in America
Denominational Profile
Notes
| The Reformed Church in America, the oldest continuously existing Protestant church in the United States, perpetuates the religious life of the Dutch Reformed settlement of New Amsterdam (New York) in the seventeenth century. |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1925 |
808 |
730 |
145,373 |
| 1929 |
846 |
739 |
159,662 |
| 1931 |
- |
- |
156,486 |
| 1933 |
- |
725 |
158,892 |
| 1935 |
831 |
726 |
160,065 |
| 1937 |
- |
724 |
159,343 |
| 1940 |
- |
723 |
163,135 |
| 1942 |
- |
727 |
163,835 |
| 1944 |
- |
736 |
169,390 |
| 1946 |
- |
- |
176,244 |
| 1947 |
- |
748 |
178,318 |
| 1950 |
887 |
763 |
183,178 |
| 1951 |
904 |
767 |
187,256 |
| 1952 |
953 |
794 |
192,827 |
| 1953 |
958 |
787 |
197,616 |
| 1954 |
978 |
796 |
203,230 |
| 1955 |
996 |
804 |
205,323 |
| 1956 |
1,046 |
845 |
208,999 |
| 1957 |
1,062 |
839 |
213,544 |
| 1958 |
1,129 |
852 |
216,096 |
| 1959 |
1,120 |
867 |
219,770 |
| 1960 |
1,135 |
867 |
225,927 |
| 1961 |
1,152 |
907 |
230,210 |
| 1962 |
1,171 |
913 |
231,771 |
| 1963 |
1,175 |
921 |
228,924 |
| 1964 |
1,201 |
922 |
230,731 |
| 1965 |
1,208 |
927 |
232,414 |
| 1966 |
1,212 |
902 |
377,671 |
| 1967 |
1,292 |
939 |
384,751 |
| 1968 |
1,285 |
939 |
383,166 |
| 1969 |
1,281 |
935 |
380,133 |
| 1970 |
1,307 |
923 |
367,606 |
| 1971 |
1,277 |
921 |
369,951 |
| 1972 |
1,470 |
911 |
372,681 |
| 1973 |
1,283 |
905 |
360,746 |
| 1974 |
2,742 |
902 |
354,004 |
| 1975 |
1,428 |
902 |
355,052 |
| 1976 |
1,415 |
902 |
350,734 |
| 1977 |
1,487 |
896 |
351,438 |
| 1978 |
1,418 |
898 |
348,080 |
| 1979 |
1,456 |
904 |
348,417 |
| 1980 |
1,467 |
902 |
345,532 |
| 1981 |
1,500 |
910 |
345,762 |
| 1982 |
1,602 |
915 |
346,293 |
| 1983 |
1,549 |
920 |
344,520 |
| 1984 |
1,576 |
922 |
341,866 |
| 1985 |
1,614 |
926 |
342,275 |
| 1986 |
1,636 |
928 |
340,359 |
| 1987 |
1,621 |
925 |
338,348 |
| 1988 |
1,698 |
925 |
333,798 |
| 1989 |
1,727 |
928 |
330,650 |
| 1990 |
1,729 |
924 |
326,850 |
| 1991 |
1,617 |
967 |
340,991 |
| 1992 |
1,670 |
927 |
274,521 |
| 1993 |
1,763 |
923 |
316,553 |
| 1994 |
1,777 |
915 |
309,459 |
| 1995 |
1,819 |
908 |
306,312 |
| 1996 |
1,865 |
909 |
304,113 |
| 1997 |
1,888 |
949 |
305,476 |
| 1998 |
1,784 |
902 |
295,651 |
| 1999 |
1,874 |
901 |
293,147 |
| 2000 |
1,877 |
898 |
289,392 |
| 2001 |
1,866 |
901 |
285,453 |
| 2002 |
1,763 |
901 |
281,475 |
| 2003 |
1,811 |
897 |
278,739 |
| 2004 |
1,814 |
895 |
276,304 |
| 2005 |
1,838 |
894 |
269,815 |
| 2006 |
1,968 |
891 |
265,217 |
| 2007 |
1,976 |
891 |
264,863 |
| 2008 |
2,101 |
893 |
254,485 |
| 2009 |
2,112 |
896 |
250,938 |
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]
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