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For current and former religious professionals without supernatural beliefs.

Diversity and Demographics

Annual Growth (Updated 12/5/25)

 YearActive Clergy 27%Former Clergy 73%
2011   1883
201242183
20133797
20142978
20152978
20162153
20171665
20183159
20193359
20202460
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
CURRENT TOTAL
23
21
25
16
16
356
46
34
39
33
25
996

Gender Composition (Updated 12/07/2024)

ParticipantsPercentage (%)
Male115885%
Female20815.0%
Nonconforming90.007%
Total1366

Countries of Residence (Updated 12/07/2024)

  • Australia – 20
  • Belgium – 2
  • Belize – 1
  • Brazil – 3
  • Canada – 93
  • China – 3
  • Colombia – 1
  • Costa Rica – 1
  • Croatia – 1
  • Denmark – 1
  • Dominican Republic – 1
  • Egypt – 1
  • Finland – 1
  • France – 1
  • Kenya – 1
  • Germany – 7
  • 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 – 5
  • Nigeria – 5
  • Norway – 3
  • Pakistan – 1
  • Panama – 1
  • Paraguay – 1
  • Peru – 1
  • Philippines – 3
  • Poland – 3
  • Portugal -1
  • Qatar – 1
  • Romania – 1
  • Russia – 2
  • Rwanda -1
  • Saudi Arabia – 1
  • South Africa – 13
  • South Korea – 2
  • Spain – 4
  • Sweden – 4
  • Thailand – 5
  • Turkey – 2
  • Uganda – 1
  • Ukraine – 1
  • United Kingdom – 40
  • United States – 1017
  • Vietnam – 1

U.S. Residency

  • Alabama – 17
  • Alaska – 2
  • Arizona – 25
  • Arkansas – 17
  • California – 111
  • Colorado – 30
  • Connecticut – 6
  • Delaware – 5
  • DC – 1
  • Florida – 53
  • Georgia – 24
  • Hawaii – 3
  • Idaho – 1
  • Illinois – 41
  • Indiana – 20
  • Iowa – 9
  • Kansas – 9

  • Kentucky – 16
  • Louisiana – 15
  • Maine – 5
  • Maryland – 12
  • Massachusetts – 11
  • Michigan – 27
  • Minnesota – 19
  • Mississippi – 11
  • Missouri – 22
  • Montana – 2
  • Nebraska – 6
  • Nevada – 1
  • New Hampshire – 5
  • New Jersey – 13
  • New Mexico – 4
  • New York – 38
  • North Carolina – 51
  • North Dakota – 0

  • Ohio – 42
  • Oklahoma – 11
  • Oregon – 17
  • Pennsylvania – 34
  • Puerto Rico – 2
  • Rhode Island – 4
  • South Carolina – 13
  • South Dakota – 3
  • Tennessee – 40
  • Texas – 74
  • Utah – 4
  • Vermont – 3
  • Virginia – 25
  • Washington – 39
  • West Virginia – 4
  • Wisconsin – 21
  • Wyoming – 0

Canadian Residency

  • Alberta – 20
  • British Columbia – 21
  • Manitoba – 5
  • Newfoundland – 2
  • Nova Scotia – 1
  • Ontario – 24
  • Quebec – 1
  • Saskatchewan – 3

 

Clergy Project Big Ten Denominational Dis-Affiliation

  • Baptist – 215
  • Pentecostal – 153
  • Catholic – 100
  • Methodist – 97
  • Anglican/Episcopal – 79
  • Presbyterian – 75
  • Lutheran – 58
  • Evangelical – 61
  • Nondenominational – 56
  • Church of Christ – 55

Also represented in our apostate community: Buddhism, Hinduism, Indigenous Tribal Beliefs, Raelianism, Wicca and Zoroastrianism.