Reformed Church in the United States (1934 - Present) - Religious Group
Religious Family: Presbyterian/ReformedReligious Tradition: Evangelical Protestant
Description: In 1934, the majority of the Reformed Church in the United States (formed in the 1720s) merged with the Evangelical Synod to form the Evangelical and Reformed Church (now a constituent part of the United Church of Christ). At that time, the Eureka Classis (based in South Dakota) refused to join the merger and continued as the Reformed Church in the United States and laid claim to the history of that body from the eighteenth century. The Church is a member of the International Conference of Reformed Churches.
Official Site: http://www.rcus.org/
Interactive Timeline: Presbyterian/Reformed Family Interactive Timeline
Maps: Reformed Church in the United States1
Adherence Rate per 1,000 (2020)
Congregations (2020)
Top 5 Reformed Church in the United States States (2020)1 [View all States]
Rank | State | Congregations | Adherents | Adherence Rate |
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1 | South Dakota | 10 | 929 | 1.05 |
2 | Wyoming | 2 | 126 | 0.22 |
3 | Nebraska | 4 | 409 | 0.21 |
4 | North Dakota | 3 | 89 | 0.11 |
5 | Minnesota | 3 | 551 | 0.10 |
Top 5 Reformed Church in the United States Counties (2020)1 [View all Counties]
Rank | County | Congregations | Adherents | Adherence Rate |
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1 | McPherson County, SD | 1 | 108 | 44.79 |
2 | Clay County, NE | 2 | 264 | 43.25 |
3 | Campbell County, SD | 1 | 54 | 39.22 |
4 | Hutchinson County, SD | 1 | 144 | 19.39 |
5 | Lincoln County, CO | 1 | 48 | 8.46 |
Top 5 Reformed Church in the United States Metro Areas (2020)1 [View all Metro Areas]
Rank | Metro | Congregations | Adherents | Adherence Rate |
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1 | Mitchell, SD Micro Area | 1 | 96 | 4.10 |
2 | Vermillion, SD Micro Area | 1 | 39 | 2.61 |
3 | Aberdeen, SD Micro Area | 1 | 109 | 2.58 |
4 | Manitowoc, WI Micro Area | 1 | 135 | 1.66 |
5 | Watertown, SD Micro Area | 1 | 53 | 1.54 |
Reformed Church in the United States, Members (1961 - 2002)2
Reformed Church in the United States, Ministers & Churches (1961 - 2002)2
Reformed Church in the United States, Trends (1961 - 2002)2
YEAR | MEMBERS | MINISTERS | CHURCHES |
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1961 | 3,467 | 15 | 21 |
1962 | 3,431 | 15 | 21 |
1963 | 2,519 | 16 | 20 |
1964 | 3,487 | 15 | 20 |
1965 | 2,554 | 18 | 20 |
1967 | 3,423 | 19 | 20 |
1969 | 3,853 | 23 | 23 |
1971 | 4,038 | 25 | 25 |
1973 | 4,008 | 21 | 24 |
1974 | 3,940 | 22 | 24 |
1975 | 3,960 | 26 | 26 |
1976 | 3,861 | 25 | 26 |
1977 | 3,790 | 31 | 26 |
1980 | 3,660 | 27 | 29 |
1982 | 3,710 | 32 | 30 |
1984 | 3,807 | 33 | 33 |
1985 | 3,778 | 34 | 34 |
1992 | 4,178 | 36 | 37 |
1993 | 4,204 | 38 | 37 |
1994 | 4,172 | 40 | 36 |
1995 | 4,250 | 39 | 41 |
1997 | 4,246 | 42 | 38 |
1998 | 4,257 | 42 | 40 |
2002 | 4,369 | 50 | 48 |
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.