Change Over Time   Clergy Congregations Members 1990-2006 --- -134 (-1%) -43,851 (-2.6%) 1976-2006 --- -4,000 (-23.5%) -860,505 (-34.4%) 1929-2006 --- +6,774 (+108.8%) +1,205,781 (+278%)

Churches of Christ Trend Data (1929-2006) [Download .csv Data] Year Clergy Congregations Members 2006 --- 13,000 1,639,495 2005 16,350 15,000 1,639,495 1999 16,350 15,000 1,500,000 1997 15,850 14,400 1,800,000 1996 13,000 14,000 2,250,000 1995 10,000 13,020 1,655,000 1994 10,000 13,013 1,651,103 1993 10,000 13,013 1,651,103 1992 --- 13,174 1,684,872 1990 --- 13,134 1,683,346 1989 --- 13,375 1,626,000 1987 --- 13,364 1,623,754 1985 --- 13,150 1,604,000 1984 --- 13,100 1,600,500 1983 --- 13,056 1,600,000 1982 --- 12,750 1,605,000 1980 --- 12,271 1,600,222 1979 --- 12,700 1,600,000 1978 16,200 17,550 3,000,000 1976 12,800 17,000 2,500,000 1968 6,200 18,000 2,400,000 1965 7,000 18,500 2,350,000 1961 10,000 18,500 2,250,000 1960 8,366 18,680 2,163,493 1959 --- 17,850 2,007,650 1958 12,500 17,500 2,000,000 1957 --- 16,500 1,750,000 1956 8,500 16,250 1,700,000 1955 15,500 16,500 1,600,000 1954 --- 16,500 1,600,000 1953 --- 15,000 1,500,000 1952 15,500 16,000 1,500,000 1951 --- 14,500 1,000,000 1947 --- 10,000 682,172 1946 --- --- 309,551 1936 --- 3,815 309,551 1935 2,507 6,226 433,714 1933 --- --- 433,714 1931 --- --- 433,714 1929 2,507 6,226 433,714

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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).