Index
back to Reformed Church in America, North America
| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reformed Church in America | North America | 340,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed.Net " (1998) | Graph: "Reformed Church in America, membership in thousands " [count is for total members] |
| Reformed Church in America | North America | 305,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed.Net " (1998) Page created 1997 by Daniel Knight. | Graphs: "Dutch Reformed Denominational Membership: North America and Netherlands "; "Data from denominational sources where possible. " [Note: figures here estimated from graphs] |
| Reformed Church in America | North Carolina | 626 | 0.01% | 3 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': 361. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in America.'] |
| Reformed Church in America | North Dakota | 1,116 | 0.17% | 6 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': 580. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in America.'] |
| Reformed Church in America | Ohio | 2,110 | 0.02% | 8 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': 1,125. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in America.'] |
| Reformed Church in America | Oklahoma | 1,445 | 0.05% | 3 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': 767. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in America.'] |
| Reformed Church in America | Oregon | 29 | 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': 16. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in America.'] |
| Reformed Church in America | Pennsylvania | 3,991 | 0.03% | 9 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': 2,066. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in America.'] |
| Reformed Church in America | South Dakota | 7,466 | 1.07% | 26 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': 4,266. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in America.'] |
| Reformed Church in America | Texas | 1,592 | 0.01% | 3 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': 760. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in America.'] |
| Reformed Church in America | Texas | 760 | 0.00% | - | - | 1990 | Ramos, Mary G. (ed). 1996-1997 Texas Almanac. Dallas, TX: Dallas Morning News (1995). [Source: Glenmary: "Churches & Church Membership in the U.S., 1990 "]; pg. 325-327. | Table: "Religious Groups, Members/Adherents, In Texas, 1990 "; pg. 7: Texas pop. (1990 U.S. census): 16,986,335; "Data based on reports from 133 church bodies. "; This figure is from MEMBERS column ( "Members " in this study includes only communicant, confirmed members with full membership status), not the more inclusive "adherents " column. |
| Reformed Church in America | Texas | 1,592 | 0.01% | - | - | 1990 | Ramos, Mary G. (ed). 1996-1997 Texas Almanac. Dallas, TX: Dallas Morning News (1995). [Source: Glenmary: "Churches & Church Membership in the U.S., 1990 "]; pg. 325-327. | Table: "Religious Groups, Members/Adherents, In Texas, 1990 "; pg. 7: Texas pop. (1990 U.S. census): 16,986,335; "Data based on reports from 133 church bodies. "; This figure is from ADHERENT column ( "Adherents " defined as all members, incl. regular participants not considered as communicant.), not the more restrictive "member " column. |
| Reformed Church in America | USA | 177,000 | - | - | - | 1959 | Stuber, Stanley I. How We Got Our Denominations: A Primer on Church History. New York: Association Press Revised Ed., 1959); pg. 186. | "...the Reformed Church in America... Approximate membership in the U.S.: Reformed in America, 177,000 members; Christian Reformed, 135,000 members. The Evangelical and Reformed Church is considered in Chapter 23 [it merged with another body to form the United Church of Christ] " |
| Reformed Church in America | USA | 362,932 | - | 917 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in America.'] |
| Reformed Church in America | USA | 340,991 | - | 967 units |
- | 1991 | 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 "Reformed Church in America. " |
| Reformed Church in America | USA | 306,312 | - | 908 units |
- | 1995 | *LINK* web site for Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches (accessed 1998); [Orig. source: Source: Kenneth B. Bedell, editor, Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, annual.] | Table: 1997 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches: U.S. Religious Bodies with more than 60,000 Members "; "...prepared for the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census... for the 1997 edition of the Statistical Abstract of the U.S. " |
| Reformed Church in America | USA | 306,312 | - | 908 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. |
| Reformed Church in America | USA | 304,113 | - | - | - | 1997 | *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 "Reformed Church in America " |
| Reformed Church in America | USA | 305,476 | - | 949 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 Reformed Ch. in America |
| Reformed Church in America | Washington | 3,663 | 0.08% | 9 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': 2,090. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in America.'] |
| Reformed Church in America | Wisconsin | 12,871 | 0.26% | 27 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': 8,184. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in America.'] |
| Reformed Church in America | world | 340,359 | - | 928 units |
- | 1986 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 215. | "Missionaries work in 19 countries abroad... Membership in 1986 stood at 340,359 in 928 churches, with greatest strength in New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Iowa, and California. " |
| Reformed Church in America | world | 558,736 | - | 957 units |
- | 1986 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); pg. 160-161. | "Reformed Church in America... New York, NY [H.Q.]... Membership: In 1986 the Church reported 346,846 members, an additional 211,890 active communicants, 957 churches... " |
| Reformed Church in America | world | 194,416 | - | 968 units |
- | 1992 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | "active, confirmed members " |
| Reformed Church in America | world | 300,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* Edmondson, Brad. "Editor's Note: Religious Wars " in Forecast (Sept. 1997); posted on web site: Forcast magazine (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); "Copyright 1997 Cowles Business Media. " | "In mid-August, the 5.2 million members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church voted to coordinate many aspects of their services and programs with the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. (with 3.7 million members), the Reformed Church in America (300,000), and the United Church of Christ (1.5 million). " |
| Reformed Church in America | world | 201,000 | - | 960 units |
2 countries |
1998 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed Church in America (Unofficial Site) ", sponsored by Net Ministries (viewed 27 Feb. 1999) | The denomination currently has about 960 churches in the United States and Canada, with 201,000 active confirmed members. |
| Reformed Church in America - professing | North America | 80,000 | - | - | - | 1880 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed.Net " (1998) | Graph: "Reformed Church in America, membership in thousands " [count is for total members] |
| Reformed Church in America - professing | North America | 95,000 | - | - | - | 1890 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed.Net " (1998) | Graph: "Reformed Church in America, membership in thousands " [count is for total members] |
| Reformed Church in America - professing | North America | 110,000 | - | - | - | 1900 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed.Net " (1998) | Graph: "Reformed Church in America, membership in thousands " [count is for total members] |
| Reformed Church in America - professing | North America | 100,000 | - | - | - | 1910 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed.Net " (1998) | Graph: "Reformed Church in America, membership in thousands " [count is for total members] |
| Reformed Church in America - professing | North America | 115,000 | - | - | - | 1920 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed.Net " (1998) | Graph: "Reformed Church in America, membership in thousands " [count is for total members] |
| Reformed Church in America - professing | North America | 125,000 | - | - | - | 1930 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed.Net " (1998) | Graph: "Reformed Church in America, membership in thousands " [count is for total members] |
| Reformed Church in America - professing | North America | 125,000 | - | - | - | 1940 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed.Net " (1998) | Graph: "Reformed Church in America, membership in thousands " [count is for total members] |
| Reformed Church in America - professing | North America | 150,000 | - | - | - | 1950 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed.Net " (1998) | Graph: "Reformed Church in America, membership in thousands " [count is for total members] |
| Reformed Church in America - professing | North America | 200,000 | - | - | - | 1960 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed.Net " (1998) | Graph: "Reformed Church in America, membership in thousands " [count is for total members] |
| Reformed Church in America - professing | North America | 233,020 | - | - | - | 1966 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed.Net " (1998) | "Membership peaked at 386,835 total members and 233,020 active professing members in 1966. The peak in non-professing baptized members was 119,465 in 1967... inactive members peaked at 47,982 in 1987. " |
| Reformed Church in America - professing | North America | 235,000 | - | - | - | 1970 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed.Net " (1998) | Graph: "Reformed Church in America, membership in thousands " [count is for total members] |
| Reformed Church in America - professing | North America | 220,000 | - | - | - | 1980 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed.Net " (1998) | Graph: "Reformed Church in America, membership in thousands " [count is for total members] |
| Reformed Church in America - professing | North America | 200,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed.Net " (1998) | Graph: "Reformed Church in America, membership in thousands " [count is for total members] |
| Reformed Church in the United States | California | 665 | 0.00% | 7 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center (Mars Hill, NC). Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. Courtesy of American Religion Data Archive. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members' column: 470. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in The United States.'] |
| Reformed Church in the United States | Colorado | 119 | 0.00% | 4 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': 85. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in The United States.'] |
| Reformed Church in the United States | Iowa | 196 | 0.01% | 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': 151. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in The United States.'] |
| Reformed Church in the United States | Missouri | 47 | 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': 41. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in The United States.'] |
| Reformed Church in the United States | Nebraska | 651 | 0.04% | 4 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': 498. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in The United States.'] |
| Reformed Church in the United States | North Dakota | 202 | 0.03% | 4 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': 172. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in The United States.'] |
| Reformed Church in the United States | Ohio | 141 | 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': 110. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in The United States.'] |
| Reformed Church in the United States | Pennsylvania | 21 | 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': 15. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in The United States.'] |
| Reformed Church in the United States | South Dakota | 1,250 | 0.18% | 10 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': 1,022. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in The United States.'] |
| Reformed Church in the United States | USA | 350,000 | - | 1,757 units |
- | 1942 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 642. | "...adopted the official title, The Reformed Church in the United States in 1869; in 1942... a merger became effective between [it] and the Evangelical Synod of North America, officially named, the Evangelical and Reformed Church. " |
| Reformed Church in the United States | USA | 3,778 | - | 34 units |
- | 1985 | 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 "Reformed Church in the United States. " |
| Reformed Church in the United States | USA | 3,778 | - | 34 units |
- | 1985 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); pg. 161. | "Reformed Church in the United States... Lincoln, NE [H.Q.]... Membership: In 1985 the church reported 3,778 members, 34 congregations... " |
| Reformed Church in the United States | USA | 3,722 | - | 35 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in The United States.'] |
| Reformed Church in the United States | Wisconsin | 395 | 0.01% | 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': 297. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in The United States.'] |
| Reformed Church in the United States | world | 3,787 | - | 34 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. 215. | "Since 1869 it has been known as the Reformed Church in the United States. In 1934 most of its churches merged with the Evangelical Church to become the Evangelical and Reformed Church; an din 1957, with Congregational and Christian churches, to become the United Church of Christ. One group, the Eureka Classis in South Dakota, refused to become part of the united church... There are 34 churches, with an inclusive membership of 3,787 baptized and communicant members... " |
| Reformed Church in the United States | world | 4,176 | - | 37 units |
- | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | "baptized and communicant members " |
| Reformed Church in the United States | world | 4,176 | - | 37 units |
- | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | "baptized and communicant members " |
| Reformed Church in the United States | Wyoming | 35 | 0.01% | 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': 20. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in The United States.'] |
| Reformed Church of Christ | Nigeria | - | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.; web page: news release represents a modest edit of the wrap-up prepared by the World Council of Churches (1998). Viewed 7 Oct. 1999. | "Membership of the WCC rose to a record 339 churches as the Assembly welcomed eight more... six of the new churches are African:.. the Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria, and the Congo's Anglican Church and Evangelical Lutheran Church. " |
| Reformed Churches of Australia | Australia | - | - | 40 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Web site: "Reformed Churches of Australia "; Section: "General Info " | "There are over 40 congregations of the Reformed Churches of Australia, offering fellowship and worship. All congregations have a Pastor or some other person who can help you if you need to contact them. " |
| Reformed Churches of Australia | world | - | - | 40 units |
1 country |
1998 | *LINK* Web site: "Reformed Churches of Australia "; Section: "General Info " | "There are over 40 congregations of the Reformed Churches of Australia, offering fellowship and worship. All congregations have a Pastor or some other person who can help you if you need to contact them. " |
| Reformed Churches, Canadian and American | Canada | 14,727 | - | 48 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 'Reformed Churches, Canadian and American'. Distinct from 'Reformed Church in Canada.'] |
| Reformed Congregations of North America | Canada | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1999 | Kerkelijk jaarboekje 1999. [Data from yearbook was sent to Adherents.com via email by P. Rouwendal, 23 May 1999, who wrote: "This is an official yearly booklet of this denomination--Gereformeerde Gemeenten in Nederland, containing all statistics. "] | Group: RCNA; Where: USA, Canada & South-Africa; Number of Adherents: 1452; Number of congreg.: Canada: 3; USA: 1; S-Africa: 1; Total: 5; Number of countries: 3 |
| Reformed Congregations of North America | North America | 1,800 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "Reformed.Net " (1998) Page created 1997 by Daniel Knight. | Graphs: "Dutch Reformed Denominational Membership: North America and Netherlands "; "Data from denominational sources where possible. " [Note: figures here estimated from graphs] |
| Reformed Congregations of North America | North America | - | - | 4 units |
- | 1999 | Kerkelijk jaarboekje 1999. [Data from yearbook was sent to Adherents.com via email by P. Rouwendal, 23 May 1999, who wrote: "This is an official yearly booklet of this denomination--Gereformeerde Gemeenten in Nederland, containing all statistics. "] | Group: RCNA; Where: USA, Canada & South-Africa; Number of Adherents: 1452; Number of congreg.: Canada: 3; USA: 1; S-Africa: 1; Total: 5; Number of countries: 3 |
| Reformed Congregations of North America | South Africa | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | Kerkelijk jaarboekje 1999. [Data from yearbook was sent to Adherents.com via email by P. Rouwendal, 23 May 1999, who wrote: "This is an official yearly booklet of this denomination--Gereformeerde Gemeenten in Nederland, containing all statistics. "] | Group: RCNA; Where: USA, Canada & South-Africa; Number of Adherents: 1452; Number of congreg.: Canada: 3; USA: 1; S-Africa: 1; Total: 5; Number of countries: 3 |
Reformed Congregations of North America, continued 