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Denominational Profile
History
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Separate Baptists in Christ, General Association of |
continuedSeparate Baptists in Christ, General Association of |
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merged intoUnited Baptists (1786) |
| The Separate Baptists in Christ trace their history to the "separation" of people from the Congregational Church in the early 18th century because of their acceptance of Baptist doctrines. Although many of the Separate Baptists were absorbed by other Baptist groups through mergers, a few survived and in 1912 organized the General Association of Separatist Baptists. |
Membership Data
| Year | Clergy | Churches | Members |
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| 1925 | 50 | 55 | 4,000 |
| 1929 | 54 | 66 | 4,900 |
| 1935 | 71 | 70 | 5,100 |
| 1937 | - | 71 | 5,160 |
| 1940 | - | 59 | 5,287 |
| 1944 | - | 90 | 6,490 |
| 1946 | - | 92 | 6,942 |
| 1952 | 93 | 86 | 6,435 |
| 1954 | 105 | 87 | 6,896 |
| 1955 | 98 | 87 | 7,065 |
| 1956 | 109 | 92 | 6,942 |
| 1957 | 104 | 87 | 7,272 |
| 1958 | 101 | 90 | 7,215 |
| 1959 | 110 | 85 | 7,209 |
| 1960 | 105 | 85 | 7,358 |
| 1962 | 106 | 84 | 7,496 |
| 1972 | 106 | 84 | 7,496 |
| 1982 | 160 | 100 | 8,800 |
| 1983 | 175 | 101 | 9,051 |
| 1988 | 165 | 101 | 10,000 |
| 1992 | 140 | 100 | 8,000 |
Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. The National Council of Churches' data collection was discontinued after the 2012 Yearbook was published, and has been resumed by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). The tables and graphs will be updated when the new collection is available. See the Yearbook of Churches. Denomination descriptions provided by Dr. J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR). [More information on data sources]
