Central Yearly Meeting of Friends (1926 - Present) - Religious Group
Religious Family: Friends/BrethrenReligious Tradition: Evangelical Protestant
Description: The Central Yearly Meeting of Friends was formed in 1926 by several meetings in eastern Indiana who were protesting the liberalism of the Five Years Meeting. This group is evangelical and conservative on matters of personal holiness.
Official Site: https://www.holinessmovement.org/central-yearly-meeting-of-friends/
Maps: Central Yearly Meeting of Friends1
Adherence Rate per 1,000 (2010)
Congregations (2010)
Top 3 Central Yearly Meeting of Friends States (2010)1 [View all States]
Top 5 Central Yearly Meeting of Friends Counties (2010)1 [View all Counties]
| Rank | County | Congregations | Adherents | Adherence Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randolph County, IN | 2 | 107 | 4.09 |
| 2 | Wells County, IN | 1 | 22 | 0.80 |
| 3 | Arkansas County, AR | 1 | 10 | 0.53 |
| 4 | Hamilton County, IN | 1 | 105 | 0.38 |
| 5 | Wayne County, IN | 1 | 24 | 0.35 |
Top 4 Central Yearly Meeting of Friends Metro Areas (2010)1 [View all Metro Areas]
| Rank | Metro | Congregations | Adherents | Adherence Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richmond, IN Micro Area | 1 | 24 | 0.35 |
| 2 | Terre Haute, IN Metro Area | 1 | 22 | 0.13 |
| 3 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area | 1 | 105 | 0.06 |
| 4 | Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area | 1 | 22 | 0.05 |
Central Yearly Meeting of Friends, Members (1941 - 1963)2
Central Yearly Meeting of Friends, Ministers & Churches (1941 - 1963)2
Central Yearly Meeting of Friends, Trends (1941 - 1963)2
| YEAR | MEMBERS | MINISTERS | CHURCHES |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 879 | 14 | |
| 1944 | 770 | 12 | |
| 1947 | 682 | 11 | |
| 1950 | 584 | 41 | 10 |
| 1951 | 584 | 41 | 10 |
| 1952 | 579 | 11 | |
| 1953 | 554 | 30 | 9 |
| 1954 | 551 | 32 | 10 |
| 1955 | 552 | 39 | 10 |
| 1956 | 522 | 31 | 10 |
| 1957 | 509 | 38 | 11 |
| 1958 | 514 | 40 | 11 |
| 1959 | 515 | 40 | 11 |
| 1960 | 506 | 46 | 11 |
| 1961 | 530 | 47 | 13 |
| 1962 | 544 | 46 | 12 |
| 1963 | 534 | 40 | 12 |
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.
