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Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church (1918 - Unknown) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Pentecostal
Religious Tradition: Evangelical Protestant
Description: The Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church was formed in 1918 by those in the Pentecostal Holiness Church, now the International Pentecostal Holiness Church, who wanted stricter standards concerning dress, amusements, tobacco, and association between the sexes. In 1921, the North Carolina Conference of the Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church joined the association. The association is defunct.
Official Site: Not available

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Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church: Congregations (2020)1


Top 5 Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church States (2020)1 [View all States]

Rank State Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Pennsylvania 9 -- --
2 Connecticut 5 -- --
3 Illinois 4 -- --
4 New York 4 -- --
5 Maryland 2 -- --

Top 5 Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church Counties (2020)1 [View all Counties]

Rank County Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Philadelphia County, PA 6 -- --
2 Cook County, IL 4 -- --
3 Fairfield County, CT 2 -- --
4 Baltimore city, MD 2 -- --
5 Wayne County, MI 2 -- --

Top 5 Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church Metro Areas (2020)1 [View all Metro Areas]


Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church, Members (1940 - 1996)2


Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church, Ministers & Churches (1940 - 1996)2


Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church, Trends (1940 - 1996)2

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1940 1,655 71
1942 1,810 69
1944 1,900 71
1947 1,344 76
1951 2,875 116 100
1952 1,920 121 84
1953 894 67 50
1954 812 60 48
1955 812 67 48
1956 839 67 43
1957 756 58 43
1958 615 60 42
1960 573 48 41
1962 574 45 36
1965 500 38 41
1967 545 80 41
1969 545 80 41
1992 234 26 27
1993 200 26 26
1996 223 28 27
       

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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