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Reformed Episcopal Church (1873 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Anglican/Episcopal
Religious Tradition: Evangelical Protestant
Description: The Reformed Episcopal Church is an independent Anglican jurisdiction founded in 1873 by Right Reverend George David Cummins and former members of the evangelical wing of the Episcopal Church.
Official Site: http://www.rechurch.org/

Connections: Reformed Episcopal Church


 
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Maps: Reformed Episcopal Church1

Adherence Rate per 1,000 (1990)

Congregations (2020)



Top 5 Reformed Episcopal Church States (1990)1 [View all States]

Rank State Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 South Carolina 32 2,848 0.82
2 Maryland 5 1,008 0.21
3 Pennsylvania 16 1,290 0.11
4 New Jersey 7 529 0.07
5 Illinois 2 281 0.02

Top 5 Reformed Episcopal Church Counties (1990)1 [View all Counties]

Rank County Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Berkeley County, SC 14 1,387 10.77
2 Charleston County, SC 15 1,408 4.77
3 Carroll County, MD 1 146 1.18
4 Baltimore County, MD 3 794 1.15
5 Abbeville County, SC 1 25 1.05

Top 5 Reformed Episcopal Church Metro Areas (1990)1 [View all Metro Areas]

Rank Metro Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area 30 2,807 5.54
2 Tyler, TX Metro Area 1 115 0.76
3 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area 5 1,008 0.42
4 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area 2 91 0.41
5 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area 2 210 0.37

Reformed Episcopal Church, Members (1925 - 2009)2


Reformed Episcopal Church, Ministers & Churches (1925 - 2009)2


Reformed Episcopal Church, Trends (1925 - 2009)2

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1925 8,622 70 68
1935 8,470 66 68
1939 9,000 69
1942 8,639 68
1944 8,939 67
1947 8,928 71
1951 8,733 69 31
1952 8,571 74 67
1953 8,567 80 69
1954 8,579 75 68
1955 8,015 73 74
1957 8,928 75 70
1960 7,652 76 64
1962 7,007 82 66
1963 7,007 81 64
1966 7,085 90 75
1972 6,532 90 64
1977 6,211 91 68
1980 6,200 101 70
1986 6,000 133 80
1987 6,066 138 94
1988 6,274 122 78
1990 6,565 147 83
1995 6,084 160 102
1998 6,400 185 125
2002 10,665 204 137
2003 11,281 211 142
2008 15,573 221 149
2009 15,573 221 149
       

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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