The 2000 edition of the Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, published by the NCC reports that for first time, the Southern Baptist Convention had a loss (1.03%) rather than a gain in membership last year. Membership totals for the 3 largest denominations are reported as follows: Roman Catholic Church, 62,018,436; Southern Baptist Convention, 15,729,356; United Methodists Church, 8.4 million (down from 10.2 million in ’67). The top 10 are rounded out in order of size by: (4) National Baptist Convention, USA; (5) Church of God in Christ; (6) Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; (7) Mormons; (8) Presbyterian Church (USA); (9) National Baptist Convention of America; (10) Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. The Assemblies of God was 11th with a membership of 1,453,907, up 1.24% for the year. (Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 2000)
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