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Congregational Christian Churches (1931 - 1957) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Congregationalists (United Church of Christ)
Religious Tradition: Unclassified
Description: Formed in 1931 by the merger between the National Council of the Congregational Churches and the Christian Church, the General Council of Congregational and Christian Churches lasted until it merged with the Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1957 to form the United Church of Christ.
Official Site: Not available

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Congregational Christian Churches, Members (1931 - 1961)1


Congregational Christian Churches, Ministers & Churches (1931 - 1961)1


Congregational Christian Churches, Trends (1931 - 1961)1

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1931 910,828
1933 1,024,887
1935 1,012,953 5,912 6,129
1937 1,030,914 6,109
1939 1,049,575 6,041
1941 1,052,701 5,827
1943 1,075,401 5,753
1946 1,140,824
1947 1,157,764 5,640
1949 1,204,789 5,744 5,679
1951 1,241,477 5,789 5,620
1952 1,269,466 5,760 5,597
1953 1,283,754 5,816 5,573
1954 1,298,205 5,764 5,425
1955 1,342,045 5,938 5,561
1956 1,379,394 6,014 5,549
1957 1,392,632 6,011 5,544
1958 1,381,124 6,041 5,341
1959 1,414,959 5,447
1960 1,427,863 6,224 5,401
1961 1,436,884 6,287 5,402
       

Sources

1 All data on clergy, members, and churches are taken from the National Council of Churches’ Historic Archive CD and recent print editions of the Council’s Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. The CD archives all 68 editions of the Yearbook (formerly called Yearbook of the Churches and Yearbook of American Churches) from 1916 to 2000. Read more information on the Historic Archive CD and the Yearbook.

Membership figures are "inclusive." According to the Yearbook, this includes "those who are full communicant or confirmed members plus other members baptized, non-confirmed or non-communicant." Each denomination has its own criteria for membership.

When a denomination listed on the Historic Archive CD was difficult to identify, particularly in early editions of the Yearbook, the ARDA staff consulted numerous sources, including Melton’s Encyclopedia of American Religions and the Handbook of Denominations in the United States. In some cases, ARDA staff consulted the denomination’s website or contacted its offices by phone. When a denomination could not be positively identified, its data were omitted.

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