National Baptist Evangelical Life and Soul Saving Assembly of the U.S.A. (1936 - Unknown) - Religious Group
Religious Family: BaptistReligious Tradition: Unclassified
Description: The National Baptist Evangelical Life and Soul Saving Assembly of the U.S.A., a predominantly African American Baptist church, was founded in 1920 by A. A. Banks as a city-based mission in Kansas City under the National Baptist Convention of America. The growing mission remained part of the National Baptist Convention of America for 15 years until it declared its independent identity in 1936. The association appears to have dissolved.
Official Site: Not available
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Connections: National Baptist Evangelical Life and Soul Saving Assembly of the U.S.A.
Group (Active) | Group (Defunct) | Other |
National Baptist Evangelical Life and Soul Saving Assembly of the U.S.A., Members (1940 - 1951)1
National Baptist Evangelical Life and Soul Saving Assembly of the U.S.A., Ministers & Churches (1940 - 1951)1
National Baptist Evangelical Life and Soul Saving Assembly of the U.S.A., Trends (1940 - 1951)1
YEAR | MEMBERS | MINISTERS | CHURCHES |
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1940 | 55,897 | 176 | |
1944 | 59,743 | 451 | |
1945 | 70,843 | 644 | |
1946 | 70,843 | ||
1947 | 70,843 | ||
1951 | 57,674 | 137 | 264 |
Sources
1 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.