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Evangelical Church Alliance (1887 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Independent Fundamentalist
Religious Tradition: Unclassified
Description: The Evangelical Church Alliance (ECA) is an interdenominational organization of ministers who have united to promote evangelical Christianity throughout the world. The ECA began in 1887 as the World's Faith Missionary Association.
Official Site: https://www.ecainternational.org/

Evangelical Church Alliance, Members (2005 - 2010)1


Evangelical Church Alliance, Ministers & Churches (2005 - 2010)1


Evangelical Church Alliance, Trends (2005 - 2010)1

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
2005 293,375 2,347
2006 293,375 2,347
2007 293,375 2,428
2008 293,375 2,437
2009 295,001 2,435
2010 300,000 2,538
       

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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