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Apostolic Christian Church of America (1832 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Froehlich Churches
Religious Tradition: Evangelical Protestant
Description: The Apostolic Christian Church of America, originally known as the Evangelical Baptist Church, was founded in Switzerland in the 1830s by former Swiss Reformed minister Samuel Heinrich Froelich. Swiss immigrants brought the church to America.
Official Site: http://www.apostolicchristian.org/

Maps: Apostolic Christian Church of America1

Adherence Rate per 1,000 (2020)

Congregations (2020)



Top 5 Apostolic Christian Church of America States (2020)1 [View all States]

Rank State Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Illinois 19 7,509 0.59
2 Iowa 8 1,783 0.56
3 Indiana 12 3,384 0.50
4 Ohio 9 2,774 0.24
5 Kansas 6 684 0.23

Top 5 Apostolic Christian Church of America Counties (2020)1 [View all Counties]

Rank County Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Lyon County, IA 1 640 53.63
2 Wells County, IN 2 1,485 52.70
3 Woodford County, IL 4 2,006 52.15
4 Stark County, IL 1 242 44.81
5 Nemaha County, KS 2 459 44.68

Top 5 Apostolic Christian Church of America Metro Areas (2020)1 [View all Metro Areas]

Rank Metro Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Bluffton, IN Micro Area 2 1,485 52.70
2 Pontiac, IL Micro Area 2 970 27.08
3 Wooster, OH Micro Area 2 1,353 11.57
4 Peoria, IL Metro Area 10 4,639 11.53
5 Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area 2 496 10.95

Apostolic Christian Church of America, Members (1936 - 2010)2


Apostolic Christian Church of America, Ministers & Churches (1936 - 2010)2


Apostolic Christian Church of America, Trends (1936 - 2010)2

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1936 6,425 57
1943 6,425 53
1950 7,300 22 56
1953 7,669 25 58
1954 7,669 25 58
1956 8,298 29 63
1957 8,325 30 65
1958 8,338 24 64
1959 8,400 25 65
1960 8,535 25 65
1961 8,535 28 64
1962 8,535 28
1963 8,535 28 64
1964 8,688 29 70
1965 8,700 30 72
1966 8,740 33 72
1967 8,750 203 75
1968 8,955 216
1969 9,100 230 75
1971 9,160 273 77
1973 9,500 273 78
1976 14,500 42 78
1977 17,888 243 80
1980 10,672 270 81
1981 9,500 279 81
1983 21,173 290 82
1984 22,450 285 83
1985 22,600 296 84
1986 16,916 347 80
1988 11,300 329 80
1989 11,450 340 80
1996 12,200 91
1997 12,538 89
1998 12,700 375 89
1999 12,800 387 91
2000 12,900 381 86
2002 12,930 404 86
2003 12,780 412 86
2004 12,880 420 86
2005 12,744 420 87
2006 12,840 424 87
2007 12,880 436 87
2008 12,900 440 87
2009 12,850 453 90
2010 12,850 461 93
       

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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