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Evangelical Church of North America (1968 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Holiness
Religious Tradition: Evangelical Protestant
Description: The Evangelical Church of North America was founded in 1968 by former members of the Evangelical United Brethren who rejected that church's merger into the United Methodist Church.
Official Site: https://theevangelicalchurch.org/

Connections: Evangelical Church of North America


 
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Maps: Evangelical Church of North America1

Adherence Rate per 1,000 (2020)

Congregations (2020)



Top 5 Evangelical Church of North America States (2020)1 [View all States]

Rank State Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Montana 21 2,816 2.60
2 Oregon 39 3,095 0.73
3 Wyoming 3 297 0.51
4 North Dakota 3 246 0.32
5 Washington 13 862 0.11

Top 5 Evangelical Church of North America Counties (2020)1 [View all Counties]

Rank County Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Golden Valley County, ND 1 91 52.42
2 Stillwater County, MT 4 377 42.06
3 McCone County, MT 1 64 37.02
4 Sweet Grass County, MT 1 115 31.27
5 Cavalier County, ND 1 95 25.65

Top 5 Evangelical Church of North America Metro Areas (2020)1 [View all Metro Areas]

Rank Metro Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Great Falls, MT Metro Area 1 727 8.61
2 Kendallville, IN Micro Area 2 263 5.54
3 Albany-Lebanon, OR Metro Area 6 665 5.17
4 The Dalles, OR Micro Area 2 125 4.69
5 Billings, MT Metro Area 9 859 4.66

Evangelical Church of North America, Members (1970 - 2000)2


Evangelical Church of North America, Ministers & Churches (1970 - 2000)2


Evangelical Church of North America, Trends (1970 - 2000)2

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1970 9,200 130 112
1971 9,451 160 115
1972 9,843 168 118
1973 10,150 174 120
1974 10,714 183 122
1975 11,171 186 125
1976 11,502 194 127
1977 11,909 240 135
1978 12,210 251 138
1979 12,581 227 142
1980 13,088 208 143
1984 12,591 244 138
1987 17,417 288 155
1989 16,113 342 185
1990 16,398 349 185
1994 12,458 269 134
1995 12,444 242 132
1996 12,352 245 134
1997 12,430 234 134
1998 12,369 250 132
2000 12,475 255 133
       

Sources

1 The 2020 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include data for 372 religious bodies or groups. Of these, the ASARB was able to gather data on congregations and adherents for 217 and on congregations only for 155. [More information on the data sources]

2 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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