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back to Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, USA
| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference | USA | 31,178 | - | 194 units |
- | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | - |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference | USA | 36,864 | - | 201 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. |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference | USA | 38,956 | - | 227 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 Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference | USA | 37,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (viewed circa Nov. 1998); "last updated October 1998 " | Table: "Christian Organizations "; "Membership numbers, as supplied by various denominations " |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference | Vermont | 156 | 0.03% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 124. [Listed as 'Conservative Congregational Christian Conference.'] |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference | Virginia | 129 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 102. [Listed as 'Conservative Congregational Christian Conference.'] |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference | Washington | 87 | 0.00% | 2 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': 72. [Listed as 'Conservative Congregational Christian Conference.'] |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference | Wisconsin | 1,995 | 0.04% | 11 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': 1,569. [Listed as 'Conservative Congregational Christian Conference.'] |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference | world | 29,718 | - | 181 units |
2 countries |
1987 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); pg. 173. | "Conservative Congregational Christian Conference... St. Paul, MN [H.Q.]... Membership: In 1987, the conference reported 29,429 members, 176 congregations... in the U.S., and 289 members, 5 congregations.. in Canada. " |
| Conservative German Baptist Brethren | Ohio | 10 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1980 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); pg. 315. | "In 1980... had two congregations, one in New Madison, Ohio, with ten members and one in... Pennsylvania... " |
| Conservative German Baptist Brethren | Pennsylvania | 25 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1980 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); pg. 315. | "In 1980... had two congregations, one in... Ohio... and one in Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania, with twenty-five members. " |
| Conservative German Baptist Brethren | world | 35 | - | 2 units |
1 country |
1980 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Chapter: European Free-Church Family; section: Brethren; pg. 315. | "Conservative German Baptist Brethren is a small Brethren body which dates to the 1930 withdrawl of a group under the leadership of Clayton F. Weaver and Ervin J. Keeny from the Dunkard Brethren Church in Pennsylvania... Membership: In 1980... had two congregations, one in New Madison, Ohio, with ten members and one in Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania, with twenty-five members. " |
| Conservative Judaism | Canada | - | - | 43 units |
- | 1993 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993); pg. 156. | "A census by the Religious Dept. of the Canadian Jewish Congress indicates 53 of the synagogues are Orthodox, 43 are Conservative, 14 are Reform and two are Reconstructionist. " |
| Conservative Judaism | North America | 2,240,000 | - | - | - | 1986 | Noss., David S. & John B. Noss. A History of the World's Religions. Macmillian (1990).; pg. 440. | "One study completed in 1986 found that 10 percent of Jews surveyed described themselves as Orthodox, 32 percent as Conservative, 23 percent as Reform, and 35% as "just Jewish. " I combined this percentage with the 7 million Jews in North America figure. |
| Conservative Judaism | North America | 2,400,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Kertzer, Morris N. & Lawrence A. Hoffman. What is a Jew (New & Completely Revised Ed.); New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 10, 14. | "Of America's 6 million Jews [pg. 10]... In 1990, approximately 40% of North American Jews claimed to be Conservative, but the number was shrinking from what it had been ten years earlier. [pg. 14] " |
| Conservative Judaism | North America | 2,400,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Kertzer, Morris N. & Lawrence A. Hoffman. What is a Jew (New & Completely Revised Ed.); New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 10, 14. | "Of America's 6 million Jews [pg. 10]... In 1990, approximately 40% of North American Jews claimed to be Conservative, but the number was shrinking from what it had been ten years earlier. [pg. 14] " |
| Conservative Judaism | North America | 2,000,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | *LINK* Religious Requirements & Practices of Certain Selected Groups: A Handbook for Chaplains (1993) - (online ed. - 1998); contract #: MDA903-90-C-0062 w/ Dept. of Defense; J. Gordon Melton, Project Director & James Lewis. | "MEMBERSHIP: The United Synagogue represents over 800 Conservative congregations throughout North America and is closely associated with the Masorti Movement in Israel. Some 2 million Jews identify with Conservative Judaism, making it the largest branch of the Jewish faith. " |
| Conservative Judaism | Tennessee - Middle | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | *LINK* web site: "Shirley Zeitlen and Company Realtors "; web page: "Religion " [in Nashville, Tenn.] (viewed 15 June 1999). | "There are approximately 6,000 Jews in Middle Tennessee who comprise four Jewish congregations, one Orthodox, one Conservative, two Reform, and a Jewish day school. " |
| Conservative Judaism | USA | 300,000 | - | - | - | 1935 | Hertzberg, Arthur. The Jews in America: Four Centuries of an Uneasy Encounter: A History; New York: Simon & Schuster (1989); pg. 279. | "In 1935 a reasonably reliable estimate showed a million Jews who identified themselves as Orthodox. The Conservative synagogues, the newest denomination, claimed 300,000, and Reform had only 200,000. " |
| Conservative Judaism | USA | - | - | 250 units |
- | 1937 | Glazer, Nathan. American Judaism (Second Edition); Chicago: University of Chicago Press (1972); pg. 108. | "Jewish statistics demonstrating this 'Jewish revival' are as unreliable as any other privately collected statistics. Nevertheless, even viewed critically, the changes shown by the figures are impressive. Conservativism, which claimed 250 synagogues and 75,000 member families in 1937, claimed over 500 synagogues and 75,000 member families in 1956. |
| Conservative Judaism | USA | - | - | 200 units |
- | 1945 | Hertzberg, Arthur. The Jews in America: Four Centuries of an Uneasy Encounter: A History; New York: Simon & Schuster (1989); pg. 328. | "By... 1953, among the Conservatives alone, the membership of the United Synagogue, their association of congregations, had risen from less than 200 in 1945 to 443 congregations. " |
| Conservative Judaism | USA | - | - | 500 units |
- | 1952 | Ahlstrom, Sydney E. A Religious History of the American People; Yale University Press: New Haven & London (1973); pg. 977. | "A half-century after Schechter's arrival in the United States [in 1902], Conservatism embraced 450 rabbis and over five hundred synagogues. " |
| Conservative Judaism | USA | - | - | 443 units |
- | 1953 | Hertzberg, Arthur. The Jews in America: Four Centuries of an Uneasy Encounter: A History; New York: Simon & Schuster (1989); pg. 328. | "By... 1953, among the Conservatives alone, the membership of the United Synagogue, their association of congregations, had risen from less than 200 in 1945 to 443 congregations. " |
| Conservative Judaism | USA | - | - | 473 units |
- | 1954 | Herberg, Will. Protestant-Catholic-Jew: An Essay in American Religious Sociology; Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company (1960); pg. 195. | "Figures for the three 'denominations' in American Jewry are no more precise. In 1953-54 Reform claimed 461 congregations, conservatives 473, and American Orthodoxy 720, with an uncertain number, mostly of the older Orthodoxy, unaffiliated. " |
| Conservative Judaism | USA | - | - | 500 units |
- | 1956 | Glazer, Nathan. American Judaism (Second Edition); Chicago: University of Chicago Press (1972); pg. 108. | "Jewish statistics demonstrating this 'Jewish revival' are as unreliable as any other privately collected statistics. Nevertheless, even viewed critically, the changes shown by the figures are impressive. Conservativism, which claimed 250 synagogues and 75,000 member families in 1937, claimed over 500 synagogues and 75,000 member families in 1956. |
| Conservative Judaism | USA | 1,000,000 | - | 600 units |
- | 1957 | Welles, Sam. The World's Great Religions, New York: Time Incorporated (1957); pg. 148. | "The Conservatives (United Synagogue of America) attempt to make Orthodoxy compatible with modern life. In the 600 Conservative congregations with approximately one million members... " |
| Conservative Judaism | USA | 1,000,000 | - | - | - | 1958 | Welles, Sam. The World's Great Religions, New York: Western Publishing Co. (1972). [11th printing; original edition: 1958]; pg. 106. | "The Reform movement has, like the Conservatives, about a million members as against two millions for the Orthodox. " |
| Conservative Judaism | USA | 1,500,000 | - | - | - | 1980 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 125. | "In 1980, Conservative Judaism reported 1.5 millionmembers; Reform, 1.2 million; Orthodox, 1 million; and Reconstructionist, some 60,000. " |
| Conservative Judaism | USA | 2,062,080 | 0.86% | - | - | 1983 | *LINK* web page: "A REVIEW OF DATA ON JEWISH-AMERICANS " (1998) [Orig. source: Feldstein, Donald. The American Jewish Community in the 21st Century - A Projection. New York, NY: American Jewish Congress (March 1984)] | "In 1983, there were 5,728,000 persons who identified themselves as Jews in the U.S., comprising 2.4 percent of the population... 26% of Jews today identify themselves as Reform; 36% as Conservative; 6% as Orthodox; and 32% are not affiliated. " |
| Conservative Judaism | USA | - | - | - | - | 1985 | Wertheimer, Jack. A People Divided: Juadism in Contemporary America. New York: Basic Books (A Division of Harper Collins) (1993); pg. 53. | "Identification with Conservative Judaism continues at a high level in evry Jewish community... In some cities, such as Philadelphia and Minneapolis-St. Paul, Conservatism has maintained formidlbe strength: in the mid-1980s, 53% of Jews in Minneapolis, 55% of Jews in St. Paul, and 41% of Jews in Philadelphia identified with Conservative Judaism. It also holds the allegiance of a high percentage of Jews in the Sunbelt communities... such as southern Florida, and in burgeoning communities, such as Atlanta. " |
| Conservative Judaism | USA | 1,500,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Wertheimer, Jack. A People Divided: Juadism in Contemporary America. New York: Basic Books (A Division of Harper Collins) (1993); pg. 52-53. | "The Conservative movement has remained virtually stationary, maintaining over one and a half million self-identified adherents... " |
| Conservative Judaism | USA | 2,365,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | 16% of U.S. Jews are Orthodox; 43% Conservative; 35% Reform; 6% Recons. or none (Figures refer to Core Jews (the 5,500,000 religious and nominally religious Jews, out of total 6,840,000 "Jewish Identified Population ", or total Jews including merely ethnic.) |
| Conservative Judaism | USA | 2,580,000 | - | - | - | 1994 | Neusner, Jacob (ed). World Religions in America: An Introduction; Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press (1994); pg. 170. | "The majority of [the 6 million] American Jews are integrationist: 35% are Reform, 43% Conservative, and 2% Reconstructionist. " |
| Conservative Judaism | USA | 1,600,000 | - | 800 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. 213. | "U.S. synagogues/temples: Over 2,000 total; Reform: 890; Conservative: 800...; U.S. membership: 4.1 million total; Reform: 2 million; Conservative: 1.6 million...; (1995 data fom each denomination's central office, except Orthodox) " |
| Conservative Judaism | world | - | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 193. | "Conservative Judaism is, at present, the largest of the three main groupings in American Judaism and has established branches in Israel and Latin America. The movement's center is the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City... " |
| Conservative Judaism | world | - | - | - | - | 1999 | Jacobs, Louis. Oxford Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press (1999); pg. 30-31. | "Conservative Judaism: The form of the Jewish religion that occupies the middle ground between Orthodox and Reform Judaism, with its centre in the United States, where it is the largest of the three movements, and with adherents in other parts of the world. The main institution for the training of Conservative Rabbis is the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, with branches in Los Angeles and Jerusalem. Conservative Judaism, published as a quarterly in New York, is the house organ of the movement. Conservative Rabbis are organized in the Rabbinical Assembly of Conservative Rabbis, the RAC, which meets annually in conference, publishing the proceedings in Proceedings of the Rabbinical Assembly. " |
| Conservative Judaism | world | - | - | - | - | 1999 | Jacobs, Louis. Oxford Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press (1999); pg. 30-31. | "Conservative Judaism: ...The two key thinkers of Conservative Judaism are Zachariah Frankel and Solomon Schechter; the former describes his religious position as that of 'positive historic Judaism', the latter stresses the idea of 'Catholic Israel,' that the ultimate seat of authority in Judaism resides in the consensus of the Jewish people as a whole on the meaning of Judaism... Despite wide divergences and pluralistic tendencies, all Conservative congregations agree in affirming the basic institutions of traditional Judaism--observance of the Sabbath and festivals, the dietary laws, circumcision, daily prayer, marriage and divorce, conversion in accordance with Jewish law, the centrality of Hebrew in the synagogue service, and, above all, the study of the Torah as a high religious obligation. " |
| Conservative Judaism - affiliated | USA | 75,000 | - | - | - | 1937 | Glazer, Nathan. American Judaism (Second Edition); Chicago: University of Chicago Press (1972); pg. 105. | "In 1937-38 the synagogue... represented a minority of the American Jews. The American Jewish Year Book estimated that Reform congregations in that year had 50,000 members, Conservative congregations 75,000 members... " |
| Conservative Judaism - affiliated | USA | 1,200,000 | - | - | - | 1957 | Welles, Sam. The World's Great Religions, New York: Time Incorporated (1957); pg. 148. | "Among the approximately four million U.S. synagogue members (out of a total U.S. Jewish population of 5.2 million), some 40% are Orthodox, 30% Conservative and 30% Reform. " |
| Conservative Judaism - affiliated | USA | 1,092,902 | 0.46% | - | - | 1985 | Wertheimer, Jack. A People Divided: Juadism in Contemporary America. New York: Basic Books (A Division of Harper Collins) (1993). [Orig. source: Nine City Sample, North American Jewish Data Bank]; pg. 53. | "Synagogue membership is claimed by 73% of Jews who identified themselves as Orthodox, 53% as Conservative, 37% as Reform. " |
| Conservative Judaism - affiliated | USA | 890,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | Jews affiliated with synagogues in 1990 (NOTE: Many households do not have a synagogue affiliation): "Conservative synagogues reported 890,000 members; Reform, 760,000; Orthodox, 355,000; and Reconstructionist, some 50,000. " |
| Conservative Judaism - attend at least monthly | USA | 433,037 | 0.18% | - | - | 1985 | Wertheimer, Jack. A People Divided: Juadism in Contemporary America. New York: Basic Books (A Division of Harper Collins) (1993). [Orig. source: Nine City Sample, North American Jewish Data Bank]; pg. 53. | "Synagogue attendance twelve or more times annually is claimed by 55% of self-identified Orthodox Jews, 21% of Conservatives, and 12% of self-proclaimed Reform Jews. By contrast, 45% of the Orthodox claimed to attend synagogue once or more a week, compared with only 8% of Jews who identified themselves as Conservative and 2.5% who identified as Reform. " |
| Conservative Judaism - attend weekly | USA | 164,966 | 0.07% | - | - | 1985 | Wertheimer, Jack. A People Divided: Juadism in Contemporary America. New York: Basic Books (A Division of Harper Collins) (1993). [Orig. source: Nine City Sample, North American Jewish Data Bank]; pg. 53. | "Synagogue attendance twelve or more times annually is claimed by 55% of self-identified Orthodox Jews, 21% of Conservatives, and 12% of self-proclaimed Reform Jews. By contrast, 45% of the Orthodox claimed to attend synagogue once or more a week, compared with only 8% of Jews who identified themselves as Conservative and 2.5% who identified as Reform. " |
| Conservative Judaism - Rabbinical Assembly | world | 1,000 | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 193. | "Conservative Judaism... The rabbinic group, called the Rabbinical Assembly, numbers more than one thousand members. " |
| Conservative Lutheran Association | USA | 1,530 | - | 12 units |
- | 1987 | 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 table's "inclusive membership " column, not sometimes smaller "full communicant " col.) Listed in table as "Conservative Lutheran Association. " |
| Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario | Canada | 300 | - | 8 units |
1 country |
1975 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Chapter: European Free-Church Family; section: Russian Mennonites; pg. 308. | "Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario... Bishops Moses H. Roth and Curtis C. Cressman became the spokespersons of the traditionalist position. They and the ministers and congregatoins which followed them were expelled in 1959, whereupon they formed the Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario... Membership: In the 1970s there were 8 congregations with less than 300 members. " |
| Conservative Mennonite Conference | Pennsylvania: Mifflin County | - | - | - | - | 1980 | Hostetler, John A. Amish Society (3rd ed.; 1st ed. pub. 1963). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (1980); pg. 282, 289. | "...Mifflin County in central Pennsylvania. This region encompasses Kishacoquillas Valley..., which has in it 12 Amish-related groups. All originated in whole or in part among the Amish who came to this region from southeastern Pennsylvania as early as 1791... The Locust Grove or Conservative Mennonite Church was organized in 1898 under the leadership of Bishop Abraham D. Zook by members of the Allensville and Belleville meeting-house churches who felt the change in their community was taking place too rapidly. The congregation is affiliated with the Conservative Mennonite Conference, but the styles of dress that once distinguished it from the Allensville or Maple Grove Mennonite churches no longer prevail... Many of the group's young people, like those of other Mennonite congregations in the area, attend college. " |
| Conservative Mennonite Conference | USA | 7,882 | - | 92 units |
- | 1983 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 150-151. | "Membership in the U.S. numbered 7,882 in 1983, with 92 congregations in 20 states... Churches have been planted in the U.S., Central America, Germany, and Turkey. " |
| Conservative Mennonite Conference | USA | 8,856 | - | - | - | 1992 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | - |
| Conservative Mennonite Conference | USA | 9,395 | - | 99 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "USA/Canada: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | USA... Conservative Mennonite Conference; Members: 9,395; Congregations: 99; [Listed in 'USA' rather than 'USA/Canada' section.] |
| Conservative Mennonite Conference | world | - | - | - | 1 country |
1991 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Chapter: European Free-Church Family; section: Amish; pg. 312. | "Conservative Mennonite Conference.... Grantsville, MD [H.Q.]... After the establishment of the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church, more liberal Amish gradually began to separate from the church. Some of these congregations became associated and, in 1910, met at Pigeon, Michigan, for a first general conference. These congregations took the name Conservative Mennonite Conference... Conservative Mennonites are located primarily in the Midwest, but congregations are locateed as far away as Florida, Arizona, and Delaware. " |
| Conservative Mennonite Fellowship | Guatemala | 90 | - | 5 units |
- | 1994 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | GUATEMALA... Conservative Mennonite Fellowship, Inc.; Members (1994): 90+/-; Congregations: 5 |
| Conservative Mennonite Fellowship | world | 3,380 | - | 73 units |
- | 1967 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Chapter: European Free-Church Family; section: German Mennonites; pg. 304. | "Conservative Mennonite Fellowship (non-conference)... Hartville, OH... The Conservativ Mennonite Fellowship (nonconference) was the result of a protest in the main branches of the Mennonite Church in the mid-1950s. The conservatives were concerned that... Membership: Not reported. In 1967 there were 23 congregations with 980 members and an additional 50 cooperating congregations with 2,400 members. " |
| Constitutional Free Church of Tonga | Tonga | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1986 | Douglas, Norman & Ngaire Douglas. Tonga: A Guide. Newstead, Brisbane, Australia: Albion Press (1989); pg. 46. | "Within two years they [i.e., the remaining Wesleyan Church] too had split, to create yet another Methodist congregation, the Church of Tonga. The three groups have remained apart ever since. They became four in 1986, with the founding of the Constitutional Free Church of Tonga. " [Apparently the "Constitutional Free Church of Tonga " is a distinct name of the "Free Church of Tonga, " which is what the dissenting Wesleyan Church became known as.] |
| Convencao Baptista de Angola | Angola | 15,470 | - | 87 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Baptist World Alliance web site; page: "BWA Statistics " (viewed 31 March 1999). | "Figures are for BWA affiliated conventions/unions only (no independents included). "; Table with 3 columns: Country, "Churches ", & "Members "; "1997/1998 Totals " |
| Convencao Brasileira das Igrejas Irmaos Menonitas | Brazil | 4,059 | - | 39 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | BRAZIL... Convencao Brasileira das Igrejas Irmaos Menonitas; Members: 4,059; Congregations: 39 |
| Convencion Bautista de Nicaragua | Nicaragua | 10,000 | - | 87 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Baptist World Alliance web site; page: "BWA Statistics " (viewed 31 March 1999). | "Figures are for BWA affiliated conventions/unions only (no independents included). "; Table with 3 columns: Country, "Churches ", & "Members "; "1997/1998 Totals " |
| Convencion Bautista de Panama | Panama | 6,400 | - | 90 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Baptist World Alliance web site; page: "BWA Statistics " (viewed 31 March 1999). | "Figures are for BWA affiliated conventions/unions only (no independents included). "; Table with 3 columns: Country, "Churches ", & "Members "; "1997/1998 Totals " |
| Convencion de Iglesias Evangelicas Menonitas de Nicaragua | Nicaragua | 3,050 | - | 63 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | NICARAGUA... Convencion de Iglesias Evangelicas Menonitas de Nicaragua (CIEMN); Members: 3,050; Congregations: 63 |
| Convencion de Iglesias Menonitas en Uruguay | Uruguay | 250 | - | 7 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | URUGUAY... Convencion de Iglesias Menonitas en Uruguay; Members: 250; Congregations: 7 |
| Convencion de las Iglesias Evangelicas Nivacle | Paraguay | 1,962 | - | 8 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | PARAGUAY... Convencion de las Iglesias Evangelicas Nivacle; Members: 1,962; Congregations: 8 |
| Convencion de las Iglesias Evangelicas Unidas | Paraguay | 3,800 | - | 11 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | PARAGUAY... Convencion de las Iglesias Evangelicas Unidas; Members: 3,800; Congregations: 11 |
| Convencion de los Hermanos Evangelicos Lengua | Paraguay | 1,714 | - | 7 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | PARAGUAY... Convencion de los Hermanos Evangelicos Lengua; Members: 1,714; Congregations: 7 |
| Convencion Evangelica de Iglesias Paraguayas Hermanos Menonitas | Paraguay | 2,200 | - | 42 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | PARAGUAY... Convencion Evangelica de Iglesias Paraguayas Hermanos Menonitas; Members: 2,200; Congregations: 42 |
| Convencion Evangelica Menonita Paraguaya | Paraguay | 1,205 | - | 25 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | PARAGUAY... Convencion Evangelica Menonita Paraguaya; Members: 1,205; Congregations: 25 |
Convencion Evangelica Menonita Paraguaya, continued 