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Missionary Church, The (1969 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Holiness
Religious Tradition: Evangelical Protestant
Description: The Missionary Church is a Holiness church out of the Mennonite tradition. It was founded in 1969 as a merger of the United Missionary Church and the Missionary Church Association.
Official Site: https://www.mcusa.org/

Connections: Missionary Church, The


 
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Maps: Missionary Church, The1

Adherence Rate per 1,000 (2020)

Congregations (2020)



Top 5 Missionary Church, The States (2020)1 [View all States]

Rank State Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Indiana 86 22,010 3.24
2 Hawaii 15 2,115 1.45
3 Michigan 69 7,069 0.70
4 Tennessee 22 3,093 0.45
5 Ohio 33 2,984 0.25

Top 5 Missionary Church, The Counties (2020)1 [View all Counties]

Rank County Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Wells County, IN 3 1,420 50.39
2 Franklin County, NE 1 102 35.31
3 Steuben County, IN 4 1,019 29.59
4 Elkhart County, IN 17 5,110 24.68
5 Allen County, IN 17 8,536 22.15

Top 5 Missionary Church, The Metro Areas (2020)1 [View all Metro Areas]

Rank Metro Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Bluffton, IN Micro Area 3 1,420 50.39
2 Angola, IN Micro Area 4 1,019 29.59
3 Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area 17 5,110 24.68
4 Decatur, IN Micro Area 4 762 21.28
5 Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area 18 8,536 20.34

Missionary Church, The, Members (1969 - 2008)2


Missionary Church, The, Ministers & Churches (1969 - 2008)2


Missionary Church, The, Trends (1969 - 2008)2

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1969 17,145 829 279
1970 17,950 483 281
1971 22,071 573 365
1972 20,078 470 273
1980 23,505 541 279
1981 24,742 476 289
1982 25,371 496 294
1983 26,055 507 290
1984 26,124 535 299
1985 26,734 513 303
1986 26,869 616 295
1988 26,332 615 290
1989 26,881 509 292
1990 26,910 578 302
1991 27,320 714 303
1992 28,196 765 309
1993 28,408 866 309
1994 28,821 854 300
1995 29,542 899 315
1996 31,548 883 325
1997 47,550 720 333
1998 45,277 863 335
1999 46,015 845 354
2000 49,765 908 368
2001 41,328 943 375
2002 35,287 951 386
2003 36,162 1,020 391
2005 35,528 1,055 426
2007 43,026 1,050 423
2008 38,206 746 431
       

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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