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Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church (1882 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Methodist
Religious Tradition: Black Protestant
Description: The Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church was founded in 1869 by Reverend James Howell as a split from the African Methodist Episcopal Church. It was originally named the Zion Union Apostolic Church but was reorganized in 1882 under its present name.
Official Site: http://rzua.org/
Interactive Timeline: Methodist Family Interactive Timeline

Connections: Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church


 
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Maps: Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church1

Adherence Rate per 1,000 (2020)

Congregations (2020)



Top 2 Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church States (2020)1 [View all States]

Rank State Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Virginia 37 4,708 0.55
2 North Carolina 1 76 0.01

Top 5 Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church Counties (2020)1 [View all Counties]

Rank County Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Brunswick County, VA 16 1,972 124.42
2 Lunenburg County, VA 3 480 40.21
3 Mecklenburg County, VA 11 1,088 35.89
4 Emporia city, VA 1 76 13.18
5 Petersburg city, VA 1 180 5.38

Top 2 Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church Metro Areas (2020)1 [View all Metro Areas]

Rank Metro Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area 3 760 0.42
2 Richmond, VA Metro Area 1 180 0.14

Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church, Members (1925 - 1965)2


Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church, Ministers & Churches (1925 - 1965)2


Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church, Trends (1925 - 1965)2

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1925 8,500 48 61
1935 5,420 23 52
1940 3,548 29
1942 12,000 50
1943 3,000 52
1947 10,000 52
1950 4,500 40 55
1952 12,000 30 52
1953 13,500 35 52
1954 12,000 35 52
1955 15,000 50 52
1956 12,000 35 52
1965 16,000 4 50
       

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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