Contributions to U.S. Protestant Churches

April 18, 2002 | Read Time: 2 minutes

	Members		Contributions
	Full or confirmed	Total	Total	Per full or confirmed member	Per member
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	1,080,256	1,296,662	$99,237,535	$91.86	$76.53
Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America ¹	2,203	2,203	$171,900	$78.03	$78.03
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	1,734	1,864	$5,275,226	$3,042.23	$2,830.06
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.	1,436,909	1,436,909	$398,660,887	$277.44	$277.44
Apostolic Faith Mission Church of God	8,291	10,661	$969,000	$116.87	$90.89
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	25,641	41,500	$40,952,973	$1,597.17	$986.82
Baptist Missionary Association of America ²	234,732	234,732	$70,087,434	$298.58	$298.58
Bible Fellowship Church	7,258	7,258	$12,963,005	$1,786.03	$1,786.03
Brethren in Christ Church	20,587	20,587	$30,852,143	$1,498.62	$1,498.62
Christ Community Church	1,027	1,690	$1,107,628	$1,078.51	$655.40
Christian and Missionary Alliance	185,133	364,949	$323,275,281	$1,746.18	$885.81
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	527,363	820,286	$482,691,744	$915.29	$588.44
Christian Reformed Church in North America	135,994	196,604	$291,100,000	$2,140.54	$1,480.64
Church of the Brethren	135,978	135,879	$84,329,261	$620.17	$620.62
Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A.	10,475	10,475	$9,550,000	$911.69	$911.69
Church of God (Anderson, Ind.) ³	234,311	234,311	$223,492,670	$953.83	$953.83
Church of God General Conference (Oregon, Ill., and Morrow, Ga.)	4,037	5,248	$3,842,273	$951.76	$732.14
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America	8,229	13,920	$12,284,566	$1,492.84	$882.51
Church of the Lutheran Confession	6,527	8,671	$5,394,097	$826.43	$622.08
Church of the Nazarene	633,264	636,564	$638,992,208	$1,009.05	$1,003.81
Church of the United Brethren in Christ ³	23,585	23,585	$27,184,899	$1,152.64	$1,152.64
Churches of Christ ³	1,500,000	1,500,000	$1,445,000,000	$963.33	$963.33
Churches of God, General Conference	32,380	32,380	$25,573,777	$789.80	$789.80
Community of Christ ³	137,038	137,065	$39,691,085	$223.96	$223.92
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference ⁴	40,414	40,414	$37,096,674	$917.92	$917.92
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	86,519	86,519	$46,744,751	$540.28	$540.28
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America ¹	15,142	15,142	$40,408,524	$2,668.64	$2,668.64
Episcopal Church ⁴	1,857,186	2,311,398	$2,146,835,718	$1,155.96	$928.80
Evangelical Church	12,475	12,475	$15,632,985	$2,153.15	$2,153.15
Evangelical Congregational Church	21,939	21,939	$19,642,117	$895.31	$895.31
Evangelical Covenant Church	101,003	101,003	$184,599,003	$1,827.66	$1,827.66
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	3,810,785	5,125,919	$2,298,427,601	$603.41	$448.39
Evangelical Lutheran Synod	16,569	21,729	$11,859,530	$715.77	$545.79
Evangelical Mennonite Church ⁵	5,278	5,278	$12,899,752	$2,444.06	$2,444.06
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches	2,150	2,150	$1,762,675	$819.85	$819.85
Free Methodist Church of North America	62,453	62,453	$112,284,044	$1,797.90	$1,797.90
General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches ¹	50,915	82,130	$65,851,481	$1,293.36	$801.80
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	12,990	14,528	$3,217,000	$247.65	$221.43
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod	1,934,057	2,554,088	$1,229,244,829	$635.58	$481.29
Mennonite Church	120,381	120,381	$130,664,814	$1,085,43	$1,085,43
Missionary Church	29,948	49,765	$60,803,450	$2,030.30	$1,221.81
Moravian Church in America, Northern Province	20,281	25,872	$14,337,156	$706.93	$554.16
North American Baptist Conference	47,097	47,097	$64,711,783	$1,374.01	$1,374.01
Open Bible Standard Churches ⁴	35,700	35,700	$4,416,377	$123.71	$123.71
Orthodox Presbyterian Church	17,914	26,008	$34,098,799	$1,903.47	$1,311.09
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	2,525,330	3,485,332	$2,915,880,334	$1,154.65	$836.61
Primitive Methodist Church in the U.S.A. ⁴	4,607	6,031	$4,733,757	$1,027.51	$784.90
Reformed Church in America	177,281	289,392	$263,776,862	$1,487.90	$911.49
Reformed Church in the United States ²	3,201	4,257	$3,657,850	$1,142.72	$859.26
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America ³	4,363	6,105	$6,446,899	$1,477.63	$1,056.00
Seventh-day Adventist Church	880,921	880,921	$991,562,883	$1,125.60	$1,125.60
Southern Baptist Convention	15,960,308	15,960,308	$8,437,177,940	$528.64	$528.64
United Church of Christ	1,377,320	1,377,320	$823,517,120	$597.91	$597.91
United Methodist Church	8,340,954	8,340,954	$4,761,148,280	$570.82	$570.82
Unity of the Brethren ²	2,548	3,218	$165,184	$64.83	$51.33
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches ²	n/a	44,000	$1,570,860	n/a	$35.70
Wesleyan Church	114,084	123,181	$232,848,597	$2,041.03	$1,890.30
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod ⁴	316,386	721,665	$223,183,803	$705.42	$309.26
Total	44,401,451	49,178,675	$29,464,889,024	$663.60	$599.14
n/a Not available. Note: The National Council of Churches did not provide separate figures for seven denominations included in the totals. Figures are for 2000 fiscal year unless otherwise indicated. 1. Figures are for 1996. 2. Figures are for 1998. 3. Figures are for 1997. 4. Figures are for 1999. 5. Figures are for 2001.
SOURCE: National Council of Churches