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Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches (1985 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Methodist
Religious Tradition: Evangelical Protestant
Description: The Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches was formed by former members of the Methodist Protestant Church in New Jersey who opposed their church’s merger into the Methodist Church in 1939. It was founded as the Bible Protestant Church and adopted its present name in 1985.
Official Site: http://ffbcupdate.weebly.com/
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Connections: Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches


 
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Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches: Congregations (2020)1


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

Rank State Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 New Jersey 7 -- --
2 Michigan 3 -- --
3 New York 2 -- --
4 Pennsylvania 2 -- --
5 California 1 -- --

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

Rank County Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Genesee County, MI 2 -- --
2 Camden County, NJ 2 -- --
3 Gloucester County, NJ 2 -- --
4 Salem County, NJ 2 -- --
5 Orange County, NY 2 -- --

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


Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches, Members (1942 - 2007)2


Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches, Ministers & Churches (1942 - 2007)2


Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches, Trends (1942 - 2007)2

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1942 1,870 35
1944 2,000 36
1952 2,108 33 33
1953 2,134 31 34
1954 2,216 36 37
1955 2,300 28 39
1959 2,477 46 37
1960 2,480 42 49
1961 2,423 45 47
1962 2,634 48 42
1965 2,668 49 37
1966 2,610 48 43
1967 2,388 53 42
1968 2,254 59 42
1978 2,077 58 36
1984 1,840 52 31
1991 1,482 48 25
1992 2,090 52 25
1993 1,343 42 23
1994 1,343 42 23
1999 1,125 46 22
2004 1,208 48 22
2007 1,760 46 20
       

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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