Swedenborgian Church, The
Denominational Profile
Notes
| Founded in North America in 1792 as the Church of the New Jerusalem, the Swedenborgian Church was organized as a national body in 1817 and incorporated in Illinois in 1861. Its biblically-based theology is derived from the spiritual, or mystical, experiences and biblical studies of the Swedish scientist and philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1925 |
75 |
80 |
5,440 |
| 1929 |
79 |
79 |
5,303 |
| 1935 |
67 |
79 |
7,185 |
| 1937 |
- |
81 |
4,953 |
| 1939 |
- |
75 |
4,894 |
| 1941 |
- |
70 |
4,780 |
| 1943 |
- |
77 |
5,175 |
| 1949 |
- |
77 |
5,119 |
| 1952 |
58 |
69 |
5,064 |
| 1953 |
58 |
63 |
4,219 |
| 1954 |
57 |
63 |
3,970 |
| 1955 |
56 |
55 |
4,273 |
| 1956 |
55 |
54 |
4,200 |
| 1957 |
51 |
54 |
4,212 |
| 1958 |
50 |
54 |
3,945 |
| 1959 |
49 |
60 |
3,941 |
| 1960 |
46 |
56 |
4,070 |
| 1961 |
47 |
52 |
4,053 |
| 1962 |
46 |
- |
3,907 |
| 1963 |
47 |
46 |
3,758 |
| 1965 |
63 |
63 |
3,743 |
| 1966 |
55 |
56 |
3,743 |
| 1967 |
49 |
56 |
4,450 |
| 1968 |
54 |
47 |
2,842 |
| 1974 |
51 |
47 |
2,329 |
| 1975 |
48 |
45 |
3,500 |
| 1977 |
51 |
47 |
2,640 |
| 1981 |
53 |
39 |
1,820 |
| 1985 |
51 |
49 |
2,245 |
| 1988 |
54 |
50 |
2,423 |
| 1996 |
59 |
38 |
2,096 |
| 1997 |
53 |
37 |
2,029 |
| 1998 |
45 |
37 |
2,113 |
| 2000 |
44 |
44 |
2,104 |
| 2001 |
44 |
44 |
2,104 |
| 2002 |
54 |
44 |
2,000 |
| 2003 |
60 |
40 |
1,677 |
| 2004 |
60 |
39 |
1,802 |
| 2007 |
70 |
35 |
1,608 |
| 2010 |
69 |
39 |
1,534 |
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]
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