TABLE OF LARGEST HISPANIC DENOMINATIONS IN THE USA: 1993 & 2006

(A WORKING COPY)
STATISTICAL TABLE OF HISPANIC DENOMINATIONS IN
THE USA (1993-2009): SORTED ALPHABETICALLY BY ENGLISH NAME

Compiled by Clifton L. Holland, director of PROLADES

#	DENOM-CODE	CLASS-CODE	NAME OF GROUP/ DENOMINATION	DATE DENOMIN-ATION FOUNDED	DATE OF FIRST HISPANIC CHURCH	NO. OF CONGRE- GATIONS 1993	ESTIMATED MEMBER- SHIP 1993	NO. OF CONGRE- GATIONS 2000-2001	ESTIMATED MEMBER- SHIP 2000-2001	NO. OF CONGRE- GATIONS 2004-2007	ESTIMATED MEMBER- SHIP 2004-2007	NO. OF CONGRE- GATIONS 2008-2009	ESTIMATED MEMBER- SHIP 2008-2009
1	AVC	B3.201	ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH	1863	1990s
3	APJCC	B4.1108	ALMIGHTY JESUS CHRIST CHURCHES	1985	1985							10
2	AOPC	B4.99	ALPHA & OMEGA PENTECOSTAL CH.	1995	1995							37
4	ABA	B2.2307	AMERICAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION	1924
5	ABC	B2.2302	AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES IN USA	1707	1901	73	6,570	192	31,120
6	APPC	B4.0332	ANCIENT PATH PENTE. CHURCH, THE	1996	1996			9				37
7	AAFCJ	B4.0304	APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY OF FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST – USA	1914	1914	451	40,590	600	45,000	700	52,000
8	ACFJC	B4.03041	APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST – MEXICO	1914	1914					201	6,917
9	AUCPCJ	B4.0334	APOSTOLIC UNIV. CHRISTIAN PENTE. CHURCH OF JESUS	1993						6
10	AGGC	B4.0401	ASSEMBLIES OF GOD, GENERAL COUNCIL*	1914	1915	1,107	99,630	1,367	139,586	1,713	217,440	2,200	293,000
11	ACC	B4.02133	ASSEMBLY OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES	1939	1939			100	9,000
12	APCJC	B4.0499	ASSEMBLY OF PENT. CHURCHES OF JESUS CHRIST	1947	1947
13	APCJCNJ	B4.0499	ASSEMBLY OF PENT. CHURCHES OF JESUS CHRIST NEW JERUSALEM	1997
14	ARPC	B1.2204	ASSOCIATE REF. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH	1782						2
15	BHMUSA	B4.99	BANQUET HOUSE MINISTRIES IN THE USA	1979
16	BBF	B2.2316	BAPTIST BIBLE FELLOWSHIP	1950	1960s
17	BGC	B2.2104	BAPTIST GENERAL CONFERENCE	1879	1960s					41	4,100
18	BMAA	B2.2315	BAPTIST MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA	1950
19	BCAO	B2.3105	BRETHREN CHURCH (ASHLAND, OH)	1883	1979							4	200
20	BIC	B2.3205	BRETHREN IN CHRIST CHURCH	1879		27				33	3,300
21	CCME	B4.11074	CALLED TO CONQUER MINISTRIES EBENEZER
22	CCHAP	B4.0805	CALVARY CHAPEL	1965
30	CMA	B2.508	CHRISTIAN & MISSIONARY ALLIANCE	1887	1921	69	6,210
31	CCDC	B2.601	CHRISTIAN CHURCH- DISCIPLES OF CHRIST	1832	1899
32	CCNA	B4.0206	CHRISTIAN CONG. IN NORTH AMERICA	1907
33	CFCI	B4.1112	CHRISTIAN FRIENDSHIP CHURCH INTERNATIONAL	1990s
34	CRC	B1.2102	CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH	1857	1960s							36	3,600
48	CCA	B2.603	CHURCH OF CHRIST (A CAPELLA)	1832	1919
49	CCNI	B2.6034	CHURCH OF CHRIST NON-INSTITUTIONAL	1960s
35	COGA	B2.503	CHURCH OF GOD (ANDERSON, IN)	1881	1931
36	COGCT	B4.0201	CHURCH OF GOD (CLEVELAND, TN)*	1886	1912	264	23,760	640	44,533	728	60,000
37	COG7D	B3.302	CHURCH OF GOD (SEVENTH DAY)	1933								5	250
39	CGDODH	B4.99	CHURCH OF GOD IN DIVINE ORDER “DOOR OF HEAVEN”									4
41	COGMB	B4.02011	CHURCH OF GOD MISSION BOARD									5
42	COGP	B4.0212	CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY	1886	1960s	86	7,740					190
40	COGI	B4.0411	CHURCH OF GOD, INC.	1938								64
38	GG7DGC	B3.301	CHURCH OF GOD, SEVENTH DAY, GEN. CONFERENCE	1866
43	CJC	B4.0330	CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, INC.	1938
44	CB	B2.3104	CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN	1723
45	CLGJC	B4.0331	CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD “JESUS IS COMING”	1974	1974							27
46	CNAZ	B2.506	CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE	1895	1908	114	10,260	298	16,096	393	19,481	439	26,430
47	CUBC	B2.3205	CHURCH OF THE UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST	1767	1920s
23	CC-UCC	B1.2301	CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH / UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST	1648
24	CHC	B4.0211	CONGREGATIONAL HOLINESS CHURCH	1921								29
25	CBA	B2.2314	CONSERVATIVE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION	1947	1953
26	COD	B4.02132	COUNCIL OF MISSIONARY CHURCHES OF CHRIST	1938	1987							22
27	CPCJC	B4.04014	COUNCIL OF PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES OF JESUS CHRIST	1938	1938
28	CHSF	B4.1007	COUNCIL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE
29	CPC	B1.2203	CUMBERLAND PRESB. CHURCH	1810	1829
50	DCC	B4.0219	DAMASCUS CHRISTIAN CHURCHES	1957	1957
51	DF	B4.0408	DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH	1925	1944
52	ECCG	B4.1107	EBENEZER CHURCH OF CHRIST – GUATE	1989
53	ECCH	B4.11072	EBENEZER CHURCH OF CHRIST – HOND	1994
54	EMHCC	B4.11073	EBENEZER MINISTRIES HOSANNA CHURCH OF CHRIST	1994	1994							31
56	PMIEL	B4.1106	ELIM CHRISTIAN MISSION (GUATE-PALABRA MIEL)	1974
57	ELIM	B4.0701	ELIM FELLOWSHIP	1933								2
55	ECM	B4.0903	ELIM INTL. MISSION (EL SALVADOR)	1977	1986
58	EPIS	B1.302	EPISCOPAL CHURCH, THE	1607	1860s	57	5,130					325
65	ELCA	B1.101	EVANG. LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA	1748	1920s	99	8,910
60	ECCAPM	B4.010211	EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH APOSTLES & PROPHETS MISSION EPH. 2:20	1991								16
59	ECAP	B4.01021	EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF APOSTLES & PROPHETS USA	1927								29
61	ECJC	B4.02134	EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, INC. – FORMERLY OLAZABAL COUNCIL	1936
62	ECGC	B4.99	EVANGELICAL CHURCHES OF GOD COUNCIL
63	ECC	B2.3301	EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH	1885	1960s
64	EFCA	B2.3302	EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH OF AMERICA	1950	1960s					60	6,000
66	ELS	B1.108	EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD	1853
67	EMC	B2.3217	EVANGELICAL METHODIST CHURCH	1946
68	EPC	B1.2210	EVANGELICAL PRESB. CHURCH	1981
69	FFBC	B2.407	FELLOWSHIP OF FUNDAMENTAL BIBLE CHURCHES
70	FGBC	B2.3106	FELLOWSHIP OF GRACE BRETHREN CHURCHES	1729	1993
71	FIEL	B2.403	FIEL-HUSA (CAM INTL)	1891	1982					16	1,600
72	FCM	B4.11071	FINAL CALL CHURCH OF CHRIST MINISTRIES	1988	1986	--	--	30	7,500	63	15,000
73	FSCC	B4.0809	FOUNTAIN OF SALV. CHRISTIAN CHURCHES	1978	1978							11
74	FMC	B2.501	FREE METHODIST CHURCH	1860	1917
75	FCQ	B2.1402	FRIENDS CHURCH – QUAKERS – CAMF	1681	1915
76	GARB	B2.2312	GENERAL ASSOC. OF REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCHES	1922	1960s
77	HVCC	B4.0904	HEAVENLY VISION CHRISTIAN CENTERS G12	1993	1993
78	HMC	B2.1106	HISPANIC MENNONITE CHURCH	1932	1932	70	2,450	68	3,471
79	HUPC	B4.03211	HISPANIC UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH	1971
80	CCCOC	B2.604	INDEP CHRISTIAN CHURCHES / CHURCHES OF CHRIST (INSTRUMENTAL)	1927	1945	223	20,070	500	45,000	700	70,000
81	IFBC	B2.406	INDEP. FUNDA-MENTALIST CHURCHES OF AMERICA	1923								13
82	MIEPI	B4.0481	INDEP. PENTECOSTAL EVANGELICAL CHURCH MOVEMENT	1930
140	INP	B2.7	INDEPENDENT NON-PENTECOSTALS	NA	NA
141	IPENTE	B4.99	INDEPENDENT PENTECOSTALS	NA	NA
86	ICM	B4.0902	INTERNATIONAL (G12) CHARISMATIC MISSION	1983
83	IECSCC	B4.0501	INTERNATIONAL EVANG. CHURCH SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST	1922	1969
84	ICC	B2.606	INTL. CHURCH OF CHRIST	1980s
85	ICFC	B4.0407	INTL. CHURCH OF THE FOURSQUARE GOSPEL	1923	1929	108	9,720	150	13,500	300	27,000
87	ICCFJC	B4.0419	INTL. COUNCIL OF CHURCHES FREED BY JESUS CHRIST	1997	1997							2
88	IFCA	B2.02062	INTL. FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLIES	1907
89	IMPPPR	B4.11111	INTL. MINISTRY PRINCE OF PEACE PENTE. RESTORATION	1997	1997
90	ICOG	B3.30211	ISRAELITE CHURCH OF GOD	1919								27
91	KJIM	B4.1110	KING JESUS INTER-NATIONAL MINISTRY	1996	1996
92	LACCC	B4.0213	LATIN AMERICAN COUNCIL OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES (CLADIC)	1923	1923			115	8,500
93	PCOGMI	B4.04015	LATIN AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD, MI – PUERTO RICO	1929	1929
94	CLANY	B4.04016	LATIN AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF NEW YORK – CLANY	1954	1954					514
95	UPCI	B4.03211	LATIN AMERICAN UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH	1989	1989							81
96	FLUZ	B4.99	LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH – FARO DE LUZ									5
97	LCMS	B1.102	LUTHERAN CHURCH, MISSOURI SYNOD	1847	1926	81	7,290	85	9,445	143	10,000
98	MWRM	B4.1104	MARANATHA WORLD REVIVAL MINISTRIES	1974	1974					27
100	MBC	B2.1110	MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH	1876	1937
99	MCUSA	B2.1102	MENNONITE CH. USA	1725	1932
101	MPCC	B4.0207	METHODIST PENTE. CHURCH OF CHILE	1909
102	MIEZ	B4.110721	MIEZ EBENEZER MINISTRIES	2006
103	MAPC	B4.99	MISSIONARY ASSOC. OF PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES	2003	2003
104	MCDJC	B4.05011	MISSIONARY CHURCH OF DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST	1970	1970							5
106	MCGC	B4.99	MISSIONARY CHURCH OF GOD COUNCIL
105	TMC	B2.528	MISSIONARY CHURCH, THE	1883	1975							107	7,300
107	NAFWB	B2.2101	NATIONAL ASSOC. OF FREE WILL BAPTISTS	1727								14
108	NABC	B2.2304	NORTH AMERICAN BAPTIST CONFERENCE	1851
109	OBC	B4.0410	OPEN BIBLE (STANDARD) CHURCHES	1935								41	4,100
110	OPC	B1.2206	ORTHODOX PRESB. CHURCH	1936
111	IDPMI	B4.04013	PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD, INTL. MOVEMENT	1916	1954
112	PCJC	B4.0499	PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, INTL. MISSION	1938	1938
113	PHC	B4.0205	PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH	1908	1931
114	PMC	B4.0335	PENTECOSTAL MOVEMENT COUNCIL	1972	1981							15
115	PB	B2.401	PLYMOUTH BRETHREN – SALAS EVANGELICAS	1917
116	PCUSA	B1.2211	PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA)	1829		87	7,830	160	19,360	200	25,000	245	31,850
117	PCA	B1.2208	PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA	1973
118	PPHPM	B4.11112	PRINCE OF PEACE CHURCH HISPANIC PENTECOSTAL MOVEMENT									3
119	PPEM	B4.1111	PRINCE OF PEACE EVANGELICAL MISSION (GUATEMALA)	1955								4
120	RCA	B1.2101	REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA	1628
121	RCCC	B4.0499	REHOBOTH COUNCIL OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES	1944	1944							24
122	RIA	B4.0333	RHEMA INTL. ASSOCIATION	2004	2004							57
123	RM	B4.1109	RHEMA MINISTRIES									2
124	TSA	B2.502	SALVATION ARMY, THE	1879	1933
125	SEC	B4.0413	SAMARIA EVAN. CHURCHES	1941	1941					4		6
126	SDAGC	B3.101	SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST, GENERAL COUNCIL	1863	1905	312	28,080	600	79,895	1008	133,634
127	SDARM	B3.102	SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST REFORM MOVEMENT	1925	1970s
128	SBC	B2.2305	SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION	1845	1849	747	67,230	1,300	58,500	2,602	117,000
129	SECC	B4.03042	SPIRITUAL EVAN. CHRISTIAN CHURCH – MEXICO	1926
142	MISC	B5.0	UNCLASSIFIED PROTESTANT GROUPS	NA	NA
130	UMC	B2.3202	UNITED METHODIST CHURCH	1784	1853	170	15,300
131	UPCI	B4.0321	UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH INTL.	1945		50	4,500	250	17,500	500	35,000
132	UCJCC	B4.02131	UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST COUNCIL, INC.	1938								2
133	VO	B4.0417	VICTORY OUTREACH	1967	1967
134	VINC	B4.0806	VINEYARD CHURCHES	1982	1991
135	WC	B2.525	WESLEYAN CHURCH, THE	1843
136	WELC	B1.106	WISCONSIN EVAN. LUTHERAN CHURCH	1850
137	WOFI	B4.1113	WORLD OF FAITH INTL.	1991	1991							14
138	WCOG	B3.4	WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD – GRACE COMMUNION INTL.	1934								11	550
139	WMM	B4.0416	WORLDWIDE MISSIONARY MOVEMENT	1963
			TOTALS

*Note 1: statistics only apply to Hispanic churches in Hispanic districts and not to Hispanic churches in Anglo districts.
Note 2: Estimates are in RED.

SOURCES

1. "A Special Report for HABBM: An Update on the National Study of Hispanic Protestant Church Growth in the USA" (IDEA/PROLADES, October 13, 1993), produced by Clifton L. Holland based on an analysis of 6,500 Hispanic Protestant congregations in the National Hispanic Database, maintained by IDEA/PROLADES.

2. "Hispanic Pentecostalism" by Everett L. Wilson and Jesse Miranda in The New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, by Stanley M. Burgess, Editor; and Eduard M. Van Der Mass, Associate Editor. Revised and Expanded Edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002-2003.

3. PROLADES survey of major Hispanic denominations in the USA in 2004-2007, conducted in September-October 2008 by Clifton L. Holland.

4. PROLADES survey of major Hispanic denominations in the USA in 2008-2009, begun in July 2009 to date, by Clifton L. Holland.

5. “Profiles of Protestant Denominations with Hispanic Ministry in the USA,” compiled by Clifton L. Holland (draft copy 5 May 2010), available at: http://www.hispanicchurchesusa.net/denominations/HSUSA_ENCYCLOPEDIA_DRAFT.pdf

NOTE: The denominational classification codes (classcode) are based on the 10 September 2008 version of Toward a Classification System of Religious Groups in the Americas by Major Traditions and Family Types, produced by PROLADES and available at: http://www.prolades.com/clas-eng.pdf

Produced by Clifton L. Holland, Director of PROLADES
Programa Latinoamericano de Estudios Sociorreligiosos

Last revised on 12 May 2010

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