Church of the Nazarene

Nazarene Church Statistics

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

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

Membership
Total membership is now 1,837,393.
New Nazarenes
156,525 new Nazarenes were reported.
New Churches 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

0.93%

389

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.