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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Methodist Church | Utah | 6,376 | 0.37% | 16 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 4,598. [Listed as 'United Methodist Church.'] |
| United Methodist Church | Vermont | 24,578 | 4.37% | 143 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 19,520. [Listed as 'United Methodist Church.'] |
| United Methodist Church | Virginia | 490,789 | 7.93% | 1,626 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 398,191. [Listed as 'United Methodist Church.'] |
| United Methodist Church | Washington | 89,499 | 1.84% | 252 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 70,644. [Listed as 'United Methodist Church.'] |
| United Methodist Church | Washington, D.C. | 18,321 | 3.02% | 35 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. |
| United Methodist Church | West Virginia | 182,731 | 10.19% | 1,458 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 148,712. [Listed as 'United Methodist Church.'] |
| United Methodist Church | Wisconsin | 152,426 | 3.12% | 516 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 120,304. [Listed as 'United Methodist Church.'] |
| United Methodist Church | world | 9,359,024 | - | - | - | 1982 | Allen, Charles L. Meet the Methodists: An Introduction to the United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press (1986). [Orig. source: 1984 General Minutes of the Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church (Evanston, Illinois: The General Council on Finance and Administration, 1984), pg. 29-30]; pg. 35. | "1984 Statistical Review of The United Methodist Church. Based on figures from the end of 1983 "; "Total lay members at the end of 1982: 9,359,024 " |
| United Methodist Church | world | 9,332,712 | - | 38,045 units |
- | 1983 | Allen, Charles L. Meet the Methodists: An Introduction to the United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press (1986). [Orig. source: 1984 General Minutes of the Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church (Evanston, Illinois: The General Council on Finance and Administration, 1984), pg. 29-30]; pg. 35. | "1984 Statistical Review of The United Methodist Church. Based on figures from the end of 1983 "; "Total lay members: 9,295,484; Total itinerant members: 37,228; Total full members at end of 1983: 9,332,712; Number of organized churches: 38,045 " |
| United Methodist Church | world | 9,405,164 | - | 38,181 units |
- | 1983 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), Section: Pietist-Methodist Family; pg. 186. | "Membership: In 1986 the [United Methodist] Church reported 9,405,164 members, 38,181 churches, and 36,676 ministers. " |
| United Methodist Church | world | - | - | - | 54 countries |
1984 | Allen, Charles L. Meet the Methodists: An Introduction to the United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press (1986); pg. 91. | "All the following countries experience some measure of United Methodist ministry: Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Canada, Central Congo, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Liberia, Malaya, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Okinawa, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Rhodesia, Sarawak, Sierra Leone, Singapore, So. Africa, Sothern Congo, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Uruguay, Yugoslavia, Zambia. " |
| United Methodist Church | world | 10,692,756 | - | - | - | 1984 | Allen, Charles L. Meet the Methodists: An Introduction to the United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press (1986). [Orig. source: 1984 General Minutes of the Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church (Evanston, Illinois: The General Council on Finance and Administration, 1984), pg. 66, 69]; pg. 35. | Table: "Membership in The United Methodist Church Lay and Ministerial for 1984 "; Total Full Members: 9,295,484; Total Preparatory Members: 1,360,044; Itinerant Ministers: 37,228 |
| United Methodist Church | world | 9,808,204 | - | 41,936 units |
- | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | - |
| United Methodist Church | world | 11,313,919 | - | 41,392 units |
- | 1994 | *LINK* official web site (viewed circa Sept. 1998) | Added follwing "outside USA " figures to USA figures above on same page: 1,035,820 lay members; 3,483 ordained members; 309,591 preparatory members; 4,833 organized churches; 510,925 Sunday school participants |
| United Methodist Church | world | 8,700,000 | - | 37,000 units |
- | 1995 | Magida, Arthur J. (ed). How to be a Perfect Stranger: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People's Religious Ceremonies. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing (1996); pg. 274. | Chapter on Methodists: "There are about 125 Methodist denominations aaround the globe and 23 separate Methodist bodies in the United States. Of these, the United Methodist church is numerically the largest... U.S. churches: 37,000; U.S. membership: 8.7 million (data from the 1995 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches) " |
| United Methodist Church | world | 13,141,480 | - | 42,475 units |
159 countries |
1996 | *LINK* official United Methodist Church web site; web page: "Facts and Figures " in "About the UMC " section, "Organization " subsection (viewed 21 March 1999). | "annual conferences in U.S. (Data compiled from 1996 from the latest official statistics except where noted) "; "8,456,986 lay members; 39,061 ordained members (1997); 1,227 consecrated diaconal ministers (1997); 1,366,632 preparatory members; 36,170 local churches; 25,943 pastoral charges;... UMC annual conferences outside territorial U.S. for 1996 (for the Central Conferences that report data): 1,387,803 lay members; 3,671 ordained members; 436,087 preparatory members; 6,305 organized churches; 334,788 Sunday school participants... 159 countries where the UMC is in mission " [total 1,827,561 adherents outside U.S., 9,863,906 in U.S., incl. preparatory] |
| United Methodist Church | world | 8,495,378 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Religions and Health Care " by Fr. J Mahoney, M.Div.; web page: "Membership Reported " (viewed 20 Feb. 1999); [Orig. source: J. Gordon Melton. Encyclopedia of American Religions, 6th edition, copyright 1999, Gale Publishing] | Table: "Membership Reported "; 3 key columns: "Religious Group ", "Year ", "Membership " (which always specifies location, whether U.S., North America, or Total]; listed in table as "United Methodist Church "; year uncertain. [Adherents.com: Although this table explicitly indicates 8.5 million as the world membership, having seen full reporting data from UMC I believe this is actually the U.S. membership.] |
| United Methodist Church | Wyoming | 13,099 | 2.89% | 39 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 10,090. [Listed as 'United Methodist Church.'] |
| United Methodist Church - black | USA | 360,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Chalfant, H. Paul, et al. Religion in Contemporary Society (3rd Ed.); Itasca, Illinois: F.E. Peacock Publishers (1994); pg. 381. | "Of the 9.4 million United Methodists, 360,000 are African-American... (Lincoln and Mamiya, 1990:65-68). " |
| United Methodist Church - charismatic | USA | 1,700,000 | - | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* web site: "End of Times Apostacy Online Database " (1998) [Orig. source: Way of Life Encyclopedia of the Bible & Christianity, David W. Cloud (1994), Way of Life Literature, 1701 Harns Rd., Oak Harbor, WA 98277.] | "there is a... charismatic movement within the UMC... Ross Whetstone... estimates that 1.7 million United Methodists--about 18%--are involved in the charismatic movement. (Christian News, May 19, 1986, p. 10) " |
| United Methodist Church - conservative | USA | - | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Sinatra, Amy. "Methodist Church Debates Same-Sex Marriages " in ABCNEWS.com 24 June 1999 (viewed online 25 June 1999). | "With this issue, opinions are also split geographically. Dell points out, for example, that the Methodists in the Southeast have historically been more conservative, while some urban areas are more liberal. " |
| United Methodist Church - liberal | USA | - | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Sinatra, Amy. "Methodist Church Debates Same-Sex Marriages " in ABCNEWS.com 24 June 1999 (viewed online 25 June 1999). | "With this issue, opinions are also split geographically. Dell points out, for example, that the Methodists in the Southeast have historically been more conservative, while some urban areas are more liberal. " |
| United Methodist Church - missionaries | world | 1,453 | - | - | - | 1958 | Reeves, Thomas C. Twentieth Century America: A Brief History. New York: Oxford University Press (2000); pg. 193. | "Data on missionary personnel reflected the trend. Between 1958 and 1971, the United Methodist overseas task force dropped from 1,453 to 1,175. " |
| United Methodist Church - missionaries | world | 1,175 | - | - | - | 1971 | Reeves, Thomas C. Twentieth Century America: A Brief History. New York: Oxford University Press (2000); pg. 193. | "Between 1958 and 1971, the United Methodist overseas task force dropped from 1,453 to 1,175. " |
| United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors | Georgia: Putnam County | 550 | 3.06% | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Copeland, Larry (USA Today). "Race, Religion, Rhetoric Simmer in Georgia Town " in Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sept. 1999 (viewed online 18 Sept. 1990). | "...United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors... Residents in the county of 18,000 that calls itself the 'Dairy Capital of Georgia' were curious at first. They would drive out State Highway 142 to gawk at the two 40-foot pyramids, the mile-long labyrinth, the multicolored obelisk and the giant statue of a sphinx.... some here admired the group's tenets of self-reliance, and a few locals joined them. Others visited during the Nuwaubians' summer festival, which drew thousands from around the world... York['s]... followers -- about 150 of whom live on the compound, with 300 to 400 others elsewhere in Putnam County... " |
| United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors | Georgia: Putnam County: Eatonton | 150 | 3.33% | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Copeland, Larry (USA Today). "Race, Religion, Rhetoric Simmer in Georgia Town " in Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sept. 1999 (viewed online 18 Sept. 1990). | "...Eatonton, county seat of Putnam County and birthplace of writers Alice Walker and Joel Chandler Harris. Folks here are proud of both, the black novelist whose work won the Pulitzer Prize in 1983 and the white creator of the Uncle Remus tales. Eatonton's residents also are proud of their town's record on race relations... Then, the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors came to town. The Nuwaubians' philosophy includes claims of being a sovereign nation and prophecies that they will be delivered by beings who will arrive in a spaceship. When they moved here from Brooklyn in 1993, they bought more than 400 acres west of town and built 'The Egypt of the West' in the fertile red earth that supported stands of white pine... York['s]... followers -- about 150 of whom live on the compound, with 300 to 400 others elsewhere in Putnam County... Many in the town of 4,500, about 80 miles southeast of Atlanta... " |
| United Old Catholic Church | USA | 100 | - | 3 units |
- | 1967 | Melton, J. Gordon. The Encyclopedia of American Religions, vol. 1. McGrath Publishing Co.: Wilmington, NC (1978); pg. 45. | - |
| United Old Catholic Church | world | 100 | - | 3 units |
- | 1967 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); pg. 95. | "United Old Roman Catholic Church; Most Rev. Armand C. Whitehead; 527 82nd St.; Brooklyn, NY 11209; The United Old Catholic Church resulted from the 1963 merger of three independent jurisdictions, the Catholic Episcopal Church and two other churches... Membership: In 1967, the United Catholic Church reported 3 parishes and approximately 3 members. As of 1984, Archbishop Whitehead was living in semi-retirement and recent information on activites of the church have not been reported. " |
| United Old Catholic Church | world | 100 | - | 3 units |
1 country |
1967 | Melton, J. Gordon. The Encyclopedia of American Religions, vol. 1. McGrath Publishing Co.: Wilmington, NC (1978); pg. 45. | - |
| United Order Effort | world | 10,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (viewed circa Nov. 1998); "last updated October 1998 " | "Other Mormon Faith Groups... United Order Effort: a polygamy practicing group of perhaps 10,000 members " |
| United Pentecostal Church International | Australia | 712 | 0.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Parliament of Australia web site; page: "Census 96: Religion " (viewed 18 Dec. 1999) | Self-identification, from 1996 govt. census. [Listed in table as "United Pentecostal "] |
| United Pentecostal Church International | Canada | - | - | 213 units |
- | 1992 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993); pg. 244-247, 167. | Table 1: CCS. (# of adherents is from table's "inclusive membership " column, not "full communicant " col.) Listed as "United Pentecostal Church in Canada. " Affiliated with United Pentecostal Church, Int'l (h.q.: Hazelwood, MO.) |
| United Pentecostal Church International | Canada | - | - | 213 units |
- | 1992 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993); pg. 244-247, 167. | Table 1: CCS. (# of adherents is from table's "inclusive membership " column, not "full communicant " col.) Listed as "United Pentecostal Church in Canada. " Affiliated with United Pentecostal Church, Int'l (h.q.: Hazelwood, MO.) |
| United Pentecostal Church International | Canada | - | - | 196 units |
- | 1996 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998; K-III Reference Corp.: Macwah, NJ (1997). [Orig. sources: 1997 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 653. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in Canada "; Membership figs. based on reports from group officials. Figs. are inclusive: refer to all "members, " not simply full communicants. |
| United Pentecostal Church International | Canada | - | - | 199 units |
- | 1998 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000. Mahwah, NJ: PRIMEDIA Reference Inc. (1999). [Orig. sources: 1999 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 694. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in U.S. "; Based on reports from officials by each group. Figs. inclusive; refer to all "members ". Listed as United Pentecostal Church in Canada |
| United Pentecostal Church International | New Zealand | 414 | 0.01% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "VisionNet Census " (created by a Protestant group); web page: Pentecostal groups (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); original source: Statistics New Zealand | Data taken from New Zealand national censuses, based on self-identification, down to denominational level. Listed in table as "United Pentecostal " |
| United Pentecostal Church International | North America | 500,000 | - | 3,600 units |
- | 1990 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 193. | "The church has 500,000 members in the U.S. and Canada, 3,600 churches, and 7,000 ministers. A foreign missions program supports 305 missionaries in 75 foreign countries... " |
| United Pentecostal Church International | North America | 500,000 | - | 3,700 units |
- | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | - |
| United Pentecostal Church International | North America | 407,657 | - | 3,764 units |
- | 1996 | *LINK* web site: New Religious Movements (University of Virginia) (1998) [Orig. source: These numbers were cited by Doug Joseph, Administrative Assistant for Home Missions at the UPCI during a phone conversation.] | In North America alone the UPCI claims that they have 3,764 different churches. Their estimated total attendance for the Easter Services in North America in 1996 is 407, 657 people. |
| United Pentecostal Church International | North America | 600,000 | - | 3,764 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site | UPCI in North America (United States and Canada) today lists 3,764 churches, reports a Sunday school attendance of more than 400,000, and has an estimated constituency of at least 600,000. |
| United Pentecostal Church International | North America | - | - | 3,728 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "United Pentecostal Church International " (unofficial) home page (viewed 1 March 1999). | UPCI has worldwide constituency of over two million, including over 3,728 churches and 7,500 ministers in the United States and Canada. UPCI is the largest Oneness Pentecostal body. 15,000 churches in over 120 nations. |
| United Pentecostal Church International | Tonga | - | - | - | - | 1989 | Douglas, Norman & Ngaire Douglas. Tonga: A Guide. Newstead, Brisbane, Australia: Albion Press (1989); pg. 167-168. | "Listed here are the main churches & [phone] numbers for confirming the times & locations of services... Anglican Church... Baha'I Faith... Catholic Church... Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... Church of Tonga... Feohi'anga Tokaikola... Free Wesleyan Church... Free Church of Tonga... Seventh-Day Adventist... Tonga Gospel Fellowship... United Pentecostal Church... Worldwide Church of God. " |
| United Pentecostal Church International | USA | 400,000 | - | 3,496 units |
- | 1988 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); pg. 270. | "In 1988 the Church reported 400,000 members, 3,496 churches in the U.S. and Canada served by 7,064 ministers. " |
| United Pentecostal Church International | USA | 500,000 | - | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Religions and Health Care " by Fr. J Mahoney, M.Div.; web page: "Membership Reported " (viewed 20 Feb. 1999); [Orig. source: J. Gordon Melton. Encyclopedia of American Religions, 6th edition, copyright 1999, Gale Publishing] | Table: "Membership Reported "; 3 key columns: "Religious Group ", "Year ", "Membership " (which always specifies location, whether U.S., North America, or Total]; listed in table as "United Pentecostal Church International " |
| United Pentecostal Church International | USA | 550,000 | - | 3,500 units |
- | 1992 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993); pg. 248-255. | Table 2: US Current Stats. (# of adherents from "inclusive membership " column, not sometimes smaller "full communicant " col.) Listed in table as "United Pentecostal Church International. " |
| United Pentecostal Church International | USA | - | - | 3,790 units |
- | 1996 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998; K-III Reference Corp.: Macwah, NJ (1997). [Orig. sources: 1997 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 651. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in U.S. "; Membership figs. generally based on reports from officials by each group. Figs. are inclusive: refer to all "members, " not simply full communicants. |
| United Pentecostal Church International | USA | 500,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Conkin, Paul K. American Originals: Homemade Varieties of Christianity, The University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill, NC (1997); pg. 310. | "Today 4 or 5 denominations reflect the Jesus-only doctrines, but by far the largest and most influential is the United Pentecostal Church, International, a product of a 1945 merger of two smaller sects... now claims over 500,000 members in the [US]. " |
| United Pentecostal Church International | USA | - | - | 3,790 units |
- | 1998 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000. Mahwah, NJ: PRIMEDIA Reference Inc. (1999). [Orig. sources: 1999 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 692. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in U.S. "; Based on reports from officials by each group. Figs. inclusive; refer to all "members ". Listed as United Pentecostal Ch. Intl. |
| United Pentecostal Church International | world | 1,200,000 | - | - | - | 1988 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Chapter: Pentecostal Family; section: Apostolic Pentecostals; pg. 269-270. | "United Pentecostal Church... Hazelwood, MO [H.Q.]... History: The United Pentecostal Church International was formed in 1945 by a merger of the Pentecostal Church, Inc. and the Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ. Both organizations dated to a 1924 schism of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World... Membership: In 1988 the Church reported 400,000 members, 3,496 churches in the U.S. and Canada.... There were 1,200,000 members worldwide. " |
| United Pentecostal Church International | world | - | - | - | 75 countries |
1990 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 193. | "The church has 500,000 members in the U.S. and Canada, 3,600 churches, and 7,000 ministers. A foreign missions program supports 305 missionaries in 75 foreign countries... " |
| United Pentecostal Church International | world | 1,500,000 | - | - | 75 countries |
1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | - |
| United Pentecostal Church International | world | 2,300,000 | - | 16,000 units |
132 countries |
1998 | *LINK* official web site | Moreover, it is also located in 131 other nations with 10,000 licensed ministers, 16,000 churches and meeting places, and a foreign constituency of over 1.7 million, making a total worldwide constituency of more than 2.3 million. |
| United Pentecostal Church International | world | 2,000,000 | - | 15,000 units |
120 countries |
1998 | *LINK* web site: "United Pentecostal Church International " (unofficial) home page (viewed 1 March 1999). | UPCI has worldwide constituency of over two million, including over 3,728 churches and 7,500 ministers in the United States and Canada. UPCI is the largest Oneness Pentecostal body. 15,000 churches in over 120 nations. |
| United Presbyterian | USA | 260,000 | - | - | - | 1958 | Stuber, Stanley I. How We Got Our Denominations: A Primer on Church History. New York: Association Press Revised Ed., 1959); pg. 163. | "Approximate membership in the U.S: Presbyterian, U.S.A., 2,800,000; United Presbyterian, 260,000; Presbyterian, U.S., 850,000. The first two bodies are now one, forming the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. " |
| United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America | USA | 3,160,000 | - | - | - | 1958 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Footnote on Presbyterian figures: "In 1958, United Presbyterian Church of No. America merged with Presbyterian Church in United States of America. Data for earlier years cover only the latter. "; [This body, PCUSA is NOT the same as PCUS (Presbyterian Church in the United States, also called "Southern Presbyterians ")] |
| United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America | USA | 3,102,572 | - | - | - | 1958 | Spence, Hartzell. The Story of America's Religions; New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1960) [1st printing 1957]; pg. 68-69. | "In 1958... United Presbyterian Church of North America [Scottish groups], merged its 311,025 members with the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. to form nat'l denomination of 3,102,572 under name of United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. " |
| United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America | USA | 3,210,000 | - | - | - | 1959 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Footnote on Presbyterian figures: "In 1958, United Presbyterian Church of No. America merged with Presbyterian Church in United States of America. Data for earlier years cover only the latter. " |
| United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America | USA | 3,060,000 | - | - | - | 1959 | Stuber, Stanley I. How We Got Our Denominations: A Primer on Church History. New York: Association Press Revised Ed., 1959); pg. 163. | "Approximate membership in the U.S: Presbyterian, U.S.A., 2,800,000; United Presbyterian, 260,000; Presbyterian, U.S., 850,000. The first two bodies are now one, forming the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. " |
| United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America | USA | 3,259,000 | - | - | - | 1960 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Footnote on Presbyterian figures: "In 1958, United Presbyterian Church of No. America merged with Presbyterian Church in United States of America. Data for earlier years cover only the latter. " |
| United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America | USA | 3,249,000 | - | - | - | 1961 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Footnote on Presbyterian figures: "In 1958, United Presbyterian Church of No. America merged with Presbyterian Church in United States of America. Data for earlier years cover only the latter. " |
| United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America | USA | 3,278,000 | - | - | - | 1962 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Footnote on Presbyterian figures: "In 1958, United Presbyterian Church of No. America merged with Presbyterian Church in United States of America. Data for earlier years cover only the latter. " |
| United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America | USA | 3,293,000 | - | - | - | 1963 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Footnote on Presbyterian figures: "In 1958, United Presbyterian Church of No. America merged with Presbyterian Church in United States of America. Data for earlier years cover only the latter. " |
| United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America | USA | 3,303,000 | - | - | - | 1964 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Footnote on Presbyterian figures: "In 1958, United Presbyterian Church of No. America merged with Presbyterian Church in United States of America. Data for earlier years cover only the latter. " |
| United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America | USA | 3,309,000 | - | - | - | 1965 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Footnote on Presbyterian figures: "In 1958, United Presbyterian Church of No. America merged with Presbyterian Church in United States of America. Data for earlier years cover only the latter. " |
| United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America | USA | 3,298,000 | - | - | - | 1966 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Footnote on Presbyterian figures: "In 1958, United Presbyterian Church of No. America merged with Presbyterian Church in United States of America. Data for earlier years cover only the latter. " |
United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, continued 