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Religious Society of Friends (Conservative) (Unknown - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Friends/Brethren
Religious Tradition: Unclassified
Description: No description available.
Official Site: Not available

Religious Society of Friends (Conservative), Members (1925 - 2004)1


Religious Society of Friends (Conservative), Ministers & Churches (1925 - 2004)1


Religious Society of Friends (Conservative), Trends (1925 - 2004)1

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1925 3,500 49 45
1929 3,500 49 45
1935 4,746 56 40
1936 3,351 31
1947 1,059 11
1950 987 9 11
1951 1,030 8 12
1952 993 9 11
1953 2,011 6 24
1954 1,931 0 24
1955 2,223 15 25
1956 1,974 12 23
1957 1,894 0 21
1960 860 0 10
1961 1,696 0 21
1971 1,835 0 26
1974 1,840 0 26
1976 1,728 0 27
1979 1,832 0 27
1984 1,744 17 28
1994 104,000 1,200
1995 1,800 0 27
2004 104,000 1,200
       

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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