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Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church (1885 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Methodist
Religious Tradition: Unclassified
Description: The Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church is a predominantly black church founded in 1885 by former members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Official Site: Not available
Interactive Timeline: Methodist Family Interactive Timeline

Connections: Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church


 
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Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church, Members (1925 - 1983)1


Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church, Ministers & Churches (1925 - 1983)1


Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church, Trends (1925 - 1983)1

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1925 2,272 48 25
1929 1,904 51 27
1935 1,904 51 27
1936 1,025 22
1937 27
1940 4,000 65
1942 3,000 43
1950 7,035 33 37
1951 11,000 45 40
1952 16,000 42 39
1954 11,000 37 33
1964 16,000 26 21
1965 16,198 31 21
1968 5,000 60 60
1969 5,000 60 60
1970 5,000 21 20
1974 2,192 22 18
1976 3,800 26 17
1983 3,800 33 18
       

Sources

1 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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