Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies
National Association of Free Will Baptists
National Association of Free Will Baptists
5233 Mt. View Rd.
Antioch, TN 37013-2306
United States
Attesting Officer
Media Contact
36.0528851, -86.6534405
This evangelical group of Armenian Baptists was organized by Paul Palmer in 1727 at Chowan, North Carolina. Another movement (teaching the same doctrines of free grace, free salvation and free will) was organized June 30, 1780, in New Durham, N.H., but there was no connection with the southern organization except for a fraternal relationship.
The northern line expanded more rapidly and extended into the West and Southwest. This body merged with the Northern Baptist Convention Oct. 5, 1911, but a remnant of churches reorganized into the Cooperative General Association of Free Will Baptists Dec. 28, 1916, at Pattonsburg, Mo.
Churches in the southern line were organized into various conferences from the beginning and finally united in one General Conference in 1921.
Representatives of the Cooperative General Association and the General Conference joined Nov. 5, 1935 to form the National Association of Free Will Baptists.
Membership
| Full Communicants | Average Attendance | Other Members | Total Inclusive Members | Total Churches | Membership Calculation Method | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 185,798 |
0 |
0 |
185,798 |
2,369 |
|||
| 2005 | 187,193 |
0 |
0 |
187,193 |
2,399 |
|||
| 2003 | 204,353 |
0 |
204,353 |
2,461 |
||||
| 2001 | 197,919 |
0 |
0 |
197,919 |
2,470 |
|||
| 2000 | 199,134 |
0 |
0 |
199,134 |
2,472 |
|||
| 1998 | 210,461 |
0 |
0 |
210,461 |
2,297 |
|||
| 1997 | 210,305 |
210,305 |
2,320 |
|||||
| 1996 | 210,305 |
210,305 |
2,491 |
|||||
| 1995 | 213,716 |
213,716 |
2,491 |
|||||
| 1994 | 207,576 |
207,576 |
2,496 |
|||||
| 1993 | 214,577 |
214,577 |
2,513 |
|||||
| 1992 | 209,223 |
209,223 |
2,495 |
|||||
| 1991 | 209,223 |
209,223 |
2,495 |
|||||
| 1990 | 197,206 |
197,206 |
2,506 |
|||||
| 1989 | 204,489 |
204,489 |
2,517 |
|||||
| 1988 | 204,382 |
204,382 |
2,496 |
|||||
| 1987 | 200,387 |
200,387 |
2,524 |
|||||
| 1986 | 205,546 |
205,546 |
2,483 |
|||||
| 1985 | 217,838 |
217,838 |
2,548 |
|||||
| 1984 | 212,527 |
212,527 |
2,485 |
|||||
| 1983 | 226,422 |
226,422 |
2,480 |
|||||
| 1982 | 243,658 |
243,658 |
2,505 |
|||||
| 1981 | 216,848 |
216,848 |
2,479 |
|||||
| 1980 | 227,888 |
227,888 |
2,452 |
|||||
| 1979 | 231,167 |
231,167 |
2,437 |
Clergy
| Serving Churches | Retired | Other Service to the Church | Total Clergy | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
3,915 |
||
| 2005 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
3,901 |
||
| 2003 | 4,035 |
|||||
| 2001 | 2,470 |
0 | 101 |
4,104 |
||
| 2000 | 2,472 |
0 | 101 |
4,229 |
||
| 1998 | 2,800 |
0 | 100 |
2,900 |
||
| 1997 | 2,800 |
2,900 |
||||
| 1996 | 2,800 |
2,900 |
||||
| 1995 | 2,800 |
2,900 |
||||
| 1994 | 2,800 |
2,900 |
||||
| 1993 | 2,800 |
2,900 |
||||
| 1992 | 2,800 |
2,900 |
||||
| 1991 | 2,800 |
2,900 |
||||
| 1990 | 2,800 |
2,900 |
||||
| 1989 | 2,800 |
2,900 |
||||
| 1988 | 2,800 |
2,895 |
||||
| 1987 | 2,800 |
2,895 |
||||
| 1986 | 2,800 |
2,895 |
||||
| 1985 | 2,800 |
2,895 |
||||
| 1984 | 2,800 |
2,895 |
||||
| 1983 | 2,790 |
2,867 |
||||
| 1982 | 2,815 |
2,890 |
||||
| 1981 | 2,789 |
2,864 |
||||
| 1980 | 2,762 |
2,837 |
||||
| 1979 | 2,762 |
4,525 |
Education
| Total Schools | Staff | Pupils | Total Individuals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2,369 |
0 |
106,397 |
106,397 |
||
| 2005 | 0 |
0 |
108,949 |
108,949 |
||
| 2003 | 120,691 |
120,691 |
||||
| 2001 | 2,470 |
0 |
132,462 |
132,462 |
||
| 2000 | 2,472 |
0 |
131,709 |
131,709 |
||
| 1998 | 2,297 |
0 |
135,867 |
135,867 |
||
| 1997 | 2,494 |
132,859 |
||||
| 1996 | 2,491 |
145,294 |
||||
| 1995 | 2,491 |
145,294 |
||||
| 1994 | 2,496 |
140,527 |
||||
| 1993 | 2,513 |
143,683 |
||||
| 1992 | 2,495 |
145,870 |
||||
| 1991 | 2,495 |
45,870 |
||||
| 1990 | 2,506 |
145,704 |
||||
| 1989 | 2,517 |
159,944 |
||||
| 1988 | 2,496 |
155,666 |
||||
| 1987 | 2,524 |
159,390 |
||||
| 1986 | 2,483 |
155,766 |
||||
| 1985 | 2,548 |
163,353 |
||||
| 1984 | 2,485 |
168,353 |
||||
| 1983 | 2,480 |
179,169 |
||||
| 1982 | 2,505 |
195,333 |
||||
| 1981 | 2,479 |
178,203 |
||||
| 1980 | 2,452 |
193,554 |
||||
| 1979 | 2,437 |
173,868 |
Finance
| Total Benevolences | Total Financials | Total Giving | Local Expenses | Method | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | $25,980,945 |
$131,000,000 |
$105,000,000 |
||||
| 2005 | $24,644,091 |
$134,000,000 |
$109,000,000 |
||||
| 2003 | $24,259,093 |
$133,940,363 |
$109,681,270 |
||||
| 2001 | $23,233,840 |
$97,416,530 |
$74,182,690 |
||||
| 2000 | $0 |
$80,887,972 |
$80,887,972 |
||||
| 1998 | $17,734,725 |
$93,056,784 |
$75,322,059 |
||||
| 1997 | $14,800,000 |
$81,700,000 |
$66,900,000 |
||||
| 1996 | $16,000,000 |
$82,900,000 |
$66,900,000 |
||||
| 1995 | $13,900,000 |
$63,000,000 |
$49,100,000 |
||||
| 1994 | $11,300,000 |
$68,300,000 |
$57,000,000 |
||||
| 1993 | $11,300,000 |
$60,300,000 |
$49,000,000 |
||||
| 1992 | $12,300,000 |
$60,300,000 |
$48,000,000 |
||||
| 1991 | $12,300,000 |
$60,300,000 |
$48,000,000 |
||||
| 1990 | $11,700,000 |
$55,500,000 |
$43,800,000 |
||||
| 1989 | $10,500,000 |
$50,600,000 |
$40,100,000 |
||||
| 1986 | $10,400,000 |
$75,200,000 |
$64,800,000 |
||||
| 1978 | $5,698,231 |
$33,671,826 |
$27,973,595 |
||||
| 1974 | $3,347,000 |
$34,347,000 |
$31,000,000 |
||||
| 1973 | |||||||
| 1972 | $1,887,000 |
$13,597,644 |
$11,710,644 |
||||
| 1970 | $862,087 |
$10,751,963 |
$9,889,876 |
||||
| 1969 | $1,702,000 |
$10,202,000 |
$8,500,000 |
||||
| 1968 | $2,114,493 |
$9,883,145 |
$7,768,652 |
||||
| 1950 | $2,500,000 |
||||||
| 1923 | $105,000 |