Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches (1985 - Present) - Religious Group
Religious Family: MethodistReligious 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/
Interactive Timeline: Methodist Family Interactive Timeline
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 |
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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 |
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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]
Rank | Metro | Congregations | Adherents | Adherence Rate |
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1 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area | 6 | -- | -- |
2 | Flint, MI Metro Area | 2 | -- | -- |
3 | Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY Metro Area | 2 | -- | -- |
4 | Lebanon, PA Metro Area | 1 | -- | -- |
5 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area | 1 | -- | -- |
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 |
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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.