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Seventh-day Adventist Church (1844 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Adventist
Religious Tradition: Evangelical Protestant
Description: The Seventh-day Adventist Church grew out of the work of William Miller, who predicted the Second Coming of Christ in 1843/44. After the failure of the prophecy, many attracted to his message reorganized. Some who continued as Adventists and also accepted sabbath worship found new leadership in the persons of Ellen G. White and James White. The church was formally organized in 1965.
Official Site: https://www.adventist.org/

Connections: Seventh-day Adventist Church


 
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Maps: Seventh-day Adventist Church1

Adherence Rate per 1,000 (2020)

Congregations (2020)



Top 5 Seventh-day Adventist Church States (2020)1 [View all States]

Rank State Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Oregon 155 41,151 9.71
2 Maryland 166 49,532 8.02
3 Washington 220 58,655 7.61
4 District Of Columbia 9 4,658 6.76
5 Idaho 61 11,828 6.43

Top 5 Seventh-day Adventist Church Counties (2020)1 [View all Counties]

Rank County Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Walla Walla County, WA 9 6,647 106.21
2 Berrien County, MI 25 10,924 70.79
3 Umatilla County, OR 11 3,819 47.69
4 Dillingham Census Area, AK 1 207 42.62
5 Hamilton County, TN 28 15,093 41.21

Top 5 Seventh-day Adventist Church Metro Areas (2020)1 [View all Metro Areas]

Rank Metro Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Walla Walla, WA Metro Area 9 6,647 106.21
2 Niles, MI Metro Area 25 10,924 70.79
3 Hermiston-Pendleton, OR Micro Area 13 3,970 43.03
4 Napa, CA Metro Area 11 5,021 36.38
5 Calhoun, GA Micro Area 5 1,791 31.12

Seventh-day Adventist Church, Members (1925 - 2010)2


Seventh-day Adventist Church, Ministers & Churches (1925 - 2010)2


Seventh-day Adventist Church, Trends (1925 - 2010)2

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1925 112,255 835 2,253
1929 119,843 915 2,250
1931 128,313
1933 135,766 2,277
1935 149,595 995 2,274
1937 156,205 2,362
1940 176,218 2,565
1942 186,478 2,491
1944 194,832 2,531
1946 208,030
1947 215,545 2,589
1950 237,168 1,752 2,712
1951 245,974 1,449 2,728
1952 253,889 1,482 2,776
1953 260,742 2,084 2,835
1954 270,079 1,628 2,845
1955 277,162 2,106 2,858
1956 283,140 2,167 2,880
1957 291,567 2,357 2,912
1958 301,826 2,252 2,956
1959 311,535 2,532 3,002
1960 317,852 2,563 3,032
1961 329,152 2,210 3,054
1962 335,765 3,261
1963 346,286 2,802 3,125
1964 370,688 2,829 3,326
1965 364,666 2,394 3,156
1966 374,433 2,315 3,163
1967 384,878 3,266 3,180
1968 396,097 3,443 3,202
1969 407,766 3,151 3,216
1970 420,419 3,341 3,218
1971 433,906 3,365 3,235
1972 449,188 3,422 3,278
1973 464,276 3,490 3,301
1974 479,799 3,606 3,333
1975 495,699 3,630 3,386
1976 509,792 3,207 3,446
1977 522,317 3,939 3,482
1978 535,705 4,016 3,591
1979 553,089 4,388 3,672
1980 571,141 4,266 3,730
1981 588,536 4,480 3,769
1982 606,310 4,541 3,826
1983 623,563 4,434 3,907
1984 638,929 5,070 3,949
1985 651,954 4,308 4,009
1986 666,199 5,481 4,055
1987 675,702 4,512 4,096
1988 687,200 4,537 4,145
1989 701,781 4,493 4,193
1990 717,466 4,582 4,217
1991 733,026 4,485 4,229
1992 748,687 4,355 4,261
1993 761,703 4,684 4,270
1994 775,349 4,799 4,303
1995 790,731 5,075 4,297
1996 809,159 5,184 4,363
1997 825,654 4,912 4,348
1998 839,915 5,044 4,405
1999 861,860 5,116 4,421
2000 880,921 5,249 4,486
2001 900,985 5,148 4,594
2002 918,882 4,946 4,619
2003 935,428 5,060 4,683
2005 964,811 5,210 4,750
2006 980,551 5,046 4,820
2007 1,000,472 5,205 4,833
2008 1,021,777 5,150 4,870
2009 1,043,606 5,067 4,892
2010 1,060,386 5,084 4,916
       

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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