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Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (2003 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Mennonite/Amish
Religious Tradition: Evangelical Protestant
Description: The Fellowship of Evangelical Churches grew out of a spiritual awakening among the Amish of Indiana in 1866. Its founder was Bishop Henry Egly. This group adopted the name "The Defenseless Mennonite Church" in 1898, and became known as the Evangelical Mennonite Church in 1948. It took its present name in 2003.
Official Site: https://www.fecministries.org/

Connections: Fellowship of Evangelical Churches


 
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Maps: Fellowship of Evangelical Churches1

Adherence Rate per 1,000 (2020)

Congregations (2020)



Top 5 Fellowship of Evangelical Churches States (2020)1 [View all States]

Rank State Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Indiana 13 2,374 0.35
2 Kansas 7 957 0.33
3 Illinois 21 3,578 0.28
4 Ohio 13 2,042 0.17
5 Idaho 1 158 0.09

Top 5 Fellowship of Evangelical Churches Counties (2020)1 [View all Counties]

Rank County Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Fulton County, OH 2 1,007 23.58
2 Harvey County, KS 1 442 12.99
3 Oscoda County, MI 1 89 10.83
4 Moniteau County, MO 1 155 10.02
5 Woodford County, IL 3 371 9.64

Top 5 Fellowship of Evangelical Churches Metro Areas (2020)1 [View all Metro Areas]

Rank Metro Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Peoria, IL Metro Area 10 3,022 7.51
2 Angola, IN Micro Area 1 237 6.88
3 McPherson, KS Micro Area 1 128 4.24
4 Marion, IN Micro Area 1 278 4.17
5 Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area 8 1,619 3.86

Fellowship of Evangelical Churches, Members (2003 - 2010)2


Fellowship of Evangelical Churches, Ministers & Churches (2003 - 2010)2


Fellowship of Evangelical Churches, Trends (2003 - 2010)2

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
2003 13,043 178 37
2004 6,496 178 37
2005 12,906 180 42
2006 14,078 172 42
2007 6,621 188 42
2008 6,933 179 44
2009 7,137 181 45
2010 7,754 185 46
       

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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