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Free Methodist Church – USA (1860 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Holiness
Religious Tradition: Evangelical Protestant
Description: The Free Methodist Church – USA, previously called the Free Methodist Church of North America, was founded in 1860 as the result of a split in the Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Official Site: https://fmcusa.org/

Connections: Free Methodist Church – USA


 
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Maps: Free Methodist Church – USA1

Adherence Rate per 1,000 (2020)

Congregations (2020)



Top 5 Free Methodist Church – USA States (2020)1 [View all States]

Rank State Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Washington 37 10,446 1.36
2 Michigan 66 7,833 0.78
3 Idaho 8 974 0.53
4 Connecticut 9 1,814 0.50
5 Kansas 12 1,189 0.40

Top 5 Free Methodist Church – USA Counties (2020)1 [View all Counties]

Rank County Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 McPherson County, NE 1 46 115.29
2 Bond County, IL 2 456 27.26
3 Osborne County, KS 1 82 23.43
4 Chelan County, WA 1 1,528 19.32
5 Payette County, ID 1 487 19.18

Top 5 Free Methodist Church – USA Metro Areas (2020)1 [View all Metro Areas]

Rank Metro Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Batavia, NY Micro Area 1 847 14.51
2 Wenatchee, WA Metro Area 2 1,753 14.37
3 McPherson, KS Micro Area 4 360 11.91
4 Jackson, MI Metro Area 5 1,782 11.11
5 Warren, PA Micro Area 4 408 10.57

Free Methodist Church – USA, Members (1925 - 2010)2


Free Methodist Church – USA, Ministers & Churches (1925 - 2010)2


Free Methodist Church – USA, Trends (1925 - 2010)2

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1925 37,561 1,324 1,189
1929 39,997 1,399 1,279
1935 46,078 1,160 1,213
1937 48,776 1,259
1940 45,890 1,275
1942 45,940 1,295
1944 46,783 1,172
1947 45,379 1,169
1950 50,033 1,870 1,201
1951 48,574 1,939 1,211
1952 48,954 1,212
1953 51,952 1,991 1,268
1954 50,660 2,057 1,211
1955 51,437 1,986 1,215
1956 54,014 1,599 1,225
1957 54,673 1,619 1,222
1958 54,942 1,605 1,212
1959 55,568 1,533 1,203
1960 55,338 1,553 1,193
1961 55,520 1,584 1,156
1962 55,655 1,639 1,182
1963 56,826 1,538 1,158
1964 58,164 1,566 1,159
1965 59,415 1,550 1,162
1966 60,175 1,517 1,147
1967 62,090 1,738 1,124
1968 63,611 1,752 1,126
1969 64,394 1,771 1,106
1971 65,040 1,749 1,264
1972 65,167 1,744 1,091
1973 65,179 1,744 1,059
1974 65,210 1,760 1,046
1975 67,043 1,580 1,058
1976 68,180 1,591 1,059
1977 69,134 1,593 1,036
1978 73,294 1,805 1,148
1979 67,394 1,637 1,013
1981 69,949 1,703 1,010
1982 70,657 1,733 1,012
1984 72,072 1,755 1,051
1985 72,223 1,773 1,048
1986 71,682 1,765 1,048
1987 73,225 1,786 1,072
1988 73,647 1,802 1,071
1989 75,869 1,790 1,066
1990 74,313 1,805 1,096
1991 73,572 1,863 1,063
1992 74,168 1,854 1,055
1993 74,585 1,859 1,050
1995 74,707 1,902 1,068
1996 74,855 1,902 1,050
1997 72,834 1,956 1,029
1998 73,236 1,898 990
1999 70,556 1,869 971
2000 1,871 971
2001 69,342 1,883 978
2003 71,459 1,888 1,008
2004 73,539 1,913 1,008
2005 75,885 1,913 1,032
2006 74,059 1,888 991
2007 75,150 2,021 1,030
2008 75,115 2,055 991
2009 75,586 2,104 1,053
2010 75,020 1,947 1,051
       

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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