Nazarene Church Statistics

Nazarene Growth, 1998-2008
Annual statistics from the General Secretary's Reports

 Total Local Churches
Chart of Worldwide Growth
22,807 churches
(16,209 organized) were reported worldwide.

 
Membership
Chart of Worldwide Growth
 Total membership is now 1,837,393.

New Nazarenes

 Chart of Worldwide Growth
 156,525 new Nazarenes were reported.

New Churches

 Chart of Worldwide Growth
1,005 new churches were organized.





Statistical Comparisons-Annual/Decadal
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Office of the General Secretary
2007-2008
1998-2008

2008 2007 Annual
Increase/
Decrease
% Increase/
Decrease
1998 Decadal
Increase/
Decrease
% Decadal
Increase/
Decrease
Church Membership 1,837,393
1,733,772 103,621 5.98% 1,304,009 533,384 40.90%
United States 645,048 642,523 2,525 0.39% 627,054 17,994 2.87%
World Areas 1,178,991 1,077,822 101,169 9.39% 664,913 514,078 77.32%
Canada 13,354 13,427 -73
-.54% 12,042 1,312 10.90%
New Nazarenes 156,525 170,045 -13,520 -7.95% 90,560 65,965 72.84%
Profession of Faith 131,265 144,643
-13,378 -9.25% 80,429 50,836 63.21%
Other Denominations 25,260 25,402
-142 -0.56% 10,131 15,129 149.33%
Organized Churches 16,209 15,359
850 5.53% 12,165 4,044 33.24%
Other Churches 6,598 5,599
999 17.84% 1,718 4,880 284.05%
Districts 433 429 4
0.93% 389 44
11.31%
Ordained Elders 15,149 14,869 280
1.88% 12,810 2,339 18.26%
Ordained Deacons 676
684 -8
-1.17% 367 309 84.20%
Licensed Ministers 8,240
7,435 805
10.83% 5,488 2,752 50.15%
A.M. Worship (U.S./Canada) 518,661
524,644 -5,983 -1.14% 504,360 14,301 2.84%
P.M. Worship (U.S./Canada) 132,940
141,462 -8,522 -6.02% 220,873 -87,933 -39.81%
Sunday School Responsibility List 1,499,335 1,475,604 23,731 1.61% 1,348,689 150,646 11.17%
Sunday School Av. Wkly. Attendance 812,672 793,089 19,583 2.47% 705,768 106,904 15.15%
NYI Members 415,041 396,723 18,318 4.62% 312,674 102,367 32.74%
Local NYIs 13,706 13,035
671 5.15% 9,741 3,965 40.70%
NMI Members 961,278 916,470 44,808 4.89% 712,355 248,923 34.94%
Local NMIs 13,446 12,688 758 5.97% 9,589 3,857 40.22%
Paid All Purposes 946,777,409 923,412,148
23,365,261 2.53% 615,386,347 331,391,062 53.85%
The per capita paid by the International Church was $515.28, a change of -$17.32. Distribution: $427.82 to Local Interests, $24.27 to District Interests, $11.54 to Educational Interests, and $51.65 to General Interests. The per capita by region is: Africa—$16.40; Asia-Pacific—$319.52; Canada—$1,109.85; Caribbean—$56.16; Eurasia—$85.42; Mexico and Central America—$68.52; South America—$106.45; United States—$1,286.42.