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General Conference Mennonite Church (1860 - 2002) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Mennonite/Amish
Religious Tradition: Evangelical Protestant
Description: The General Conference Mennonite Church was founded in 1860 through the union of more liberal and innovative Mennonite congregations under the leadership of John H. Oberholtzer. In 2002, it merged with the Mennonite Church to create the Mennonite Church USA.
Official Site: Not available

Connections: General Conference Mennonite Church


 
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Maps: General Conference Mennonite Church1

Adherence Rate per 1,000 (1980)

Congregations (1980)



Top 5 General Conference Mennonite Church States (1980)1 [View all States]

Rank State Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Kansas 44 14,478 6.13
2 South Dakota 11 3,012 4.36
3 Nebraska 5 2,239 1.43
4 Montana 7 551 0.70
5 Oklahoma 18 1,874 0.62

Top 5 General Conference Mennonite Church Counties (1980)1 [View all Counties]

Rank County Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Marion County, KS 7 2,438 180.30
2 Turner County, SD 4 1,557 168.23
3 Harvey County, KS 11 4,161 136.29
4 McPherson County, KS 8 3,506 130.55
5 York County, NE 1 1,646 111.23

Top 5 General Conference Mennonite Church Metro Areas (1980)1 [View all Metro Areas]

Rank Metro Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 McPherson, KS Micro Area 8 3,506 130.55
2 Decatur, IN Micro Area 1 1,566 52.87
3 Hutchinson, KS Micro Area 4 1,617 24.88
4 Beatrice, NE Micro Area 2 531 21.71
5 Blackfoot, ID Micro Area 1 520 14.25

General Conference Mennonite Church, Members (1925 - 1999)2


General Conference Mennonite Church, Ministers & Churches (1925 - 1999)2


General Conference Mennonite Church, Trends (1925 - 1999)2

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1925 19,937 208 126
1929 21,582 223 136
1935 25,561 241 156
1936 26,535 142
1937 34,819 170
1942 36,032 178
1945 40,000 240
1947 45,200 230
1950 35,290 412 276
1951 35,000 305 185
1953 36,170 360 187
1954 35,831 376 187
1955 34,589 200 180
1956 38,118 410 198
1957 36,060 446 206
1959 35,531 448 208
1960 35,491 443 209
1961 35,415 439 191
1963 39,450 401 207
1964 35,651 437 190
1966 35,841 416 188
1967 53,584 796 284
1968 36,337 423 181
1969 35,613 409 189
1970 49,105 416 187
1971 36,314 314 192
1972 36,129 329 189
1973 36,483 348 188
1974 35,534 357 188
1976 36,397 518 187
1979 36,775 196
1980 36,736 202
1981 36,644 505 218
1983 37,000 400 213
1984 37,000 212
1985 36,318 211
1986 35,170 365 215
1987 34,889 400 214
1988 34,693 379 224
1989 33,982 392 220
1990 33,535 409 218
1991 33,937 394 229
1993 33,629 401 224
1994 32,782 786 221
1995 35,852 792 268
1996 35,333 1,025 265
1997 34,731 687 264
1998 36,600 444 313
1999 35,759 541 295
       

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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