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Denominational Profile
History
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Mennonite Brethren Church of North America (Bruedergemeinde) |
renamed toMennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of (1860) |
| The U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches was founded by Pastor Edward Wuest in 1860 and came to the United States in 1879 under the leadership of Abraham Schellenberg. |
Membership Data
| Year | Clergy | Churches | Members |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 128 | 108 | 15,528 |
| 1975 | 131 | 120 | 16,155 |
| 1976 | - | 121 | 16,956 |
| 1977 | 137 | 122 | 15,963 |
| 1978 | 135 | 120 | 16,042 |
| 1979 | 114 | 123 | 16,165 |
| 1980 | 100 | 127 | 17,183 |
| 1981 | 119 | 124 | 17,065 |
| 1984 | 259 | 141 | 16,942 |
| 1985 | - | 128 | 16,942 |
| 1986 | - | 128 | 17,065 |
| 1989 | 181 | 130 | 16,794 |
| 1991 | 470 | 144 | 16,843 |
| 1993 | 214 | 147 | 19,218 |
| 1994 | 272 | 148 | 19,218 |
| 1995 | 283 | 149 | 20,524 |
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]
