Episcopal Church USA: Changes in Numbers Since 1970

 

Reported by the American Religious Data Archive, the American Episcopal Church has decreased in membership in nearly every year since 1970 while simultaneously increasing its numbers of Clergy.  Total numbers of churches increased slightly.

Year	Ministers	Churches	Members
1970	11355	7069	3285826
1971	11108	7116	3217365
1972	11566	6891	3062734
1973	11507	6768	2917165
1974	11573	7087	2907293
1975	12186	7192	2857513
1976	12240	7116	2882064
1977	12302	7054	2818830
1978	12310	7009	2815359
1979	12600	7022	2841350
1980	12672	7215	2786004
1981	12908	7234	2767440
1982	12974	7095	2794139
1983	13342	7387	2794690
1984	13648	7379	2775424
1985	13940	7274	2739422
1986	14111	7054	2504507
1987	14355	7387	2462300
1988	14694	7360	2455422
1989	14831	7372	2433413
1990	14878	7354	2446050
1991	14878	7367	2471880
1993	15000	7388	2504682
1995	15073	7415	2536550
1996	14925	7390	2364559
1999	14428	7359	2300461
2000	16712	7364	2333327

A Top Ten List

From August 4th 1998 as reported in the monitor:

Religion              Members
——————–  ———————-
Christianity         1.9 billion
Islam                 1.1 billion
Hinduism           781 million
Buddhism           324 million
Sikhism                19 million
Judaism                14 million
Baha’ism              6.1 million
Confucianism        5.3 million
Jainism                 4.9 million
Shintoism             2.8 million