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    Diversity and Demographics

    Annual Growth (Updated 8/31/23)

     YearActive ClergyFormer Clergy
    2011   1883
    201242183
    20133797
    20142978
    20152978
    20162153
    20171665
    20183159
    20193359
    20202460
    2021
    2022
    2023
    2024

    CURRENT TOTAL
    23
    21
    25
    16

    356
    46
    34
    39
    33

    973

    Gender Composition (Updated 12/07/2024)

    ParticipantsPercentage (%)
    Male112084.4%
    Female20015.0%
    Nonconforming90.007%
    Total1329

    Countries of Residence (Updated 12/07/2024)

    • Australia – 20
    • Belgium – 1
    • Belize – 1
    • Brazil – 3
    • Canada – 87
    • China – 3
    • Colombia – 1
    • Costa Rica – 1
    • Croatia – 1
    • Denmark – 1
    • Dominican Republic – 1
    • Egypt – 1
    • Finland – 1
    • France – 1
    • Kenya – 1
    • Germany – 8
    • Ghana – 1
    • India – 3
    • Iran – 1
    • Ireland – 2
    • Israel – 2
    • Italy -1
    • Japan -1
    • Kenya -1
    • Latvia -1
    • Lithuania -1
    • Malaysia – 1
    • Mexico – 3
    • Namibia – 1
    • Netherlands – 3
    • New Zealand – 3
    • Nigeria – 5
    • Norway – 3
    • Pakistan – 1
    • Panama – 1
    • Paraguay – 1
    • Peru – 1
    • Philippines – 3
    • Poland – 1
    • Portugal -1
    • Qatar – 1
    • Romania – 1
    • Russia – 2
    • Rwanda -1
    • Saudi Arabia – 1
    • South Africa – 13
    • South Korea – 1
    • Spain – 4
    • Sweden – 4
    • Thailand – 5
    • Turkey – 2
    • Uganda – 1
    • Ukraine – 1
    • United Kingdom – 39
    • United States – 992
    • Vietnam – 1

    U.S. Residency (Updated 12/07/2024)

    • Alabama – 17
    • Alaska – 2
    • Arizona – 26
    • Arkansas – 17
    • California – 109
    • Colorado – 29
    • Connecticut – 6
    • Delaware – 5
    • DC – 1
    • Florida – 51
    • Georgia – 22
    • Hawaii – 3
    • Idaho – 1
    • Illinois – 39
    • Indiana – 19
    • Iowa – 8
    • Kansas – 9

    • Kentucky – 16
    • Louisiana – 14
    • Maine – 5
    • Maryland – 12
    • Massachusetts – 11
    • Michigan – 27
    • Minnesota – 18
    • Mississippi – 11
    • Missouri – 22
    • Montana – 2
    • Nebraska – 6
    • Nevada – 1
    • New Hampshire – 5
    • New Jersey – 12
    • New Mexico – 4
    • New York – 36
    • North Carolina – 51
    • North Dakota – 0

    • Ohio – 42
    • Oklahoma – 12
    • Oregon – 17
    • Pennsylvania – 34
    • Puerto Rico – 2
    • Rhode Island – 4
    • South Carolina – 13
    • South Dakota – 3
    • Tennessee – 39
    • Texas – 72
    • Utah – 4
    • Vermont – 3
    • Virginia – 24
    • Washington – 38
    • West Virginia – 3
    • Wisconsin – 21
    • Wyoming – 0

    Canadian Residency (Updated 12/07/24)

    • Alberta – 20
    • British Columbia – 20
    • Manitoba – 4
    • Newfoundland – 2
    • Nova Scotia – 1
    • Ontario – 22
    • Quebec – 1
    • Saskatchewan – 3

     

    Clergy Project Big Ten Denominational Dis-Affiliation

    • Baptist – 209
    • Pentecostal – 149
    • Catholic – 97
    • Methodist – 95
    • Anglican/Episcopal – 79
    • Presbyterian – 73
    • Church of Christ – 62
    • Lutheran – 58
    • Evangelical – 57
    • Nondenominational – 55