Church of the Nazarene

Nazarene Church Statistics

Nazarene Growth, 1997-2007
Annual statistics from the General Secretary's Reports

Total Local Churches	Total Membership
20,958 churches (15,359 organized) were reported worldwide in 2007.	Total membership is now 1,733,772.

New Churches	New Nazarenes
1,032 new churches were organized in 2007.	170,045 new Nazarenes were reported in 2007.

Statistical Comparisons-Annual/Decadal
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Office of the General Secretary
2006-2007
1997-2007

2007

2006

Annual
Increase/
Decrease

% Increase/
Decrease

1997

Decadal
Increase/
Decrease

% Decadal
Increase/
Decrease

Church Membership

1,733,772

1,622,669

111,103

6.85%

1,254,315

479,457

38.22%

United States

642,523

640,027

2,496

0.39%

619,576

22,947

3.70%

World Areas

1,077,822

969,269

108,553

11.20%

622,776

455,046

73.07%

Canada

13,427

13,373

0.40%

11,963

1,464

12.24%

New Nazarenes

170,045

111,683

58,362

52.26%

85,292

84,753

99.37%

Profession of Faith

144,643

92,402

52,241

56.54%

75,504

69,139

91.57%

Other Denominations

25,402

19,281

6,121

31.75%

9,788

15,614

159.52%

Organized Churches

15,359

14,567

792

5.44%

12,134

3,225

26.58%

Other Churches

5,599

4,123

1,476

35.80%

1,499

4,100

273.52%

Districts

429

428

0.23%

363

18.18%

Ordained Elders

14,869

14,314

555

3.88%

12,547

2,322

18.51%

Ordained Deacons

684

654

4.59%

350

334

95.43%

Licensed Ministers

7,435

7,133

302

4.23%

5,482

1,953

35.63%

A.M. Worship (U.S./Canada)

524,644

525,132

-488

-0.09%

500,394

24,250

4.85%

P.M. Worship (U.S./Canada)

141,462

154,621

-13,159

-8.51%

225,606

-84,144

-37.30%

Sunday School Responsibility List

1,475,604

1,444,675

30,929

2.14%

1,344,397

131,207

9.76%

Sunday School Av. Wkly. Attendance

793,089

803,990

-10,901

-1.36%

689,060

104,029

15.10%

NYI Members

396,723

381,343

15,380

4.03%

307,563

89,160

28.99%

Local NYIs

13,035

12,359

676

5.47%

9,819

3,216

32.75%

NMI Members

916,470

865,770

50,700

5.86%

698,145

218,325

31.27%

Local NMIs

12,688

11,923

765

6.42%

9,704

2,984

30.75%

Paid All Purposes

923,412,148

895,396,913

28,015,235

3.13%

586,908,906

336,503,242

57.33%

The per capita paid by the International Church was $532.60, an increase of -$19.21. Distribution: $439.50 to Local Interests, $25.57 to District Interests, $12.66 to Educational Interests, and $54.87 to General Interests. The per capita by region is: Africa - $14.74; Asia-Pacific - $298.62; Canada - $1,285.49; Caribbean - $50.96; Eurasia - $86.44; Mexico, Central America - $62.78; South America - $91.21; United States - $1,272.67.