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Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene) (1906 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Other Groups
Religious Tradition: Evangelical Protestant
Description: The Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene) was founded in the early 1900s by former members of the Apostolic Christian Churches of America. It has its origin in Samuel Froehlich's evangelical revival in Switzerland. Due to the influx of Eastern European immigrants (known in their places of origin as Nazarenes) with different customs and doctrine who disagreed with the pre-existing American association on multiple fronts (the growing of mustaches was no small part of the issue), the newcomers separated, forming the Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene).
Official Site: http://www.acc-nazarean.org/

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Maps: Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene)1

Adherence Rate per 1,000 (2000)

Congregations (2000)



Top 5 Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene) States (2000)1 [View all States]

Rank State Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Ohio 13 1,729 0.15
2 Arizona 2 370 0.07
3 Colorado 2 281 0.07
4 Illinois 4 558 0.04
5 Oregon 1 115 0.03

Top 5 Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene) Counties (2000)1 [View all Counties]

Rank County Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Richland County, OH 2 700 5.43
2 Tazewell County, IL 1 470 3.66
3 Medina County, OH 2 191 1.26
4 Summit County, OH 4 567 1.04
5 Benton County, WA 1 70 0.49

Top 5 Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene) Metro Areas (2000)1 [View all Metro Areas]

Rank Metro Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Mansfield, OH Metro Area 2 700 5.43
2 Peoria, IL Metro Area 2 542 1.48
3 Akron, OH Metro Area 4 567 0.82
4 Madera, CA Metro Area 2 58 0.47
5 Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area 1 70 0.36

Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene), Members (1951 - 2008)2


Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene), Ministers & Churches (1951 - 2008)2


Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene), Trends (1951 - 2008)2

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1951 4,500 113 50
1952 1,500 11 30
1954 1,650 9 25
1956 1,701 8 32
1957 1,807 9 34
1958 2,259 11 43
1959 1,960 10 37
1960 2,024 13 38
1961 2,030 13 38
1971 4,000 43
1972 3,771 134 54
1973 3,720 170 41
1974 4,000 152 39
1975 4,711 128 40
1977 4,804 140 42
1979 2,497 127 43
1981 2,684 153 46
1983 2,713 170 46
1985 2,799 178 48
1993 3,723 234 63
2005 3,629 201 57
2008 3,527 211 54
       

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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