Professional and Religious Backgrounds
Religious Professions Represented
TCP participants have served in a wide variety of religious professions, including rabbi, imam, pastor, priest, nun, monk, chaplain, evangelist, worship leader, religious counselor, missionary, and theologian.
| Participants | Percentage (%) | |
| Currently Serving | 264 | 25.6% |
| Formerly Serving | 787 | 74.4% |
Religious Traditions Represented
Beyond its initial focus on Christian clergy, TCP quickly broadened to include a wide range of religious traditions, including over thirty different streams of Christianity.
| Participants | Percentage (%) | |
| Christianity | 1027 | 97.1% |
| Judaism | 19 | 1.8% |
| Buddhism | 6 | 0.006% |
| Hinduism | 2 | 0.002% |
| Islam | 1 | 0.005% |
| Scientology | 1 | 0.001% |
| Native American Tribal Beliefs | 1 | 0.001% |
Christian Sects
- Baptist
- Catholic
- Charismatic
- Christian Scientist
- Church of Africa
- Church of Canada
- Church of Christ
- Church of God
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Church of Scotland
- Church of the Brethran
- Community of Christ, Mormon
- Disciples of Christ
- Eastern Orthodox
- Episcopal/Anglican
- Jehovah’s Witnesses
- Lutheran
- Mennonite
- Methodist
- Nazarene
- Nondenominational
- Pentecostal
- Presbyterian
- Quaker
- Reformed
- Reformed Netherdutch
- Salvation Army
- Unitarian
- United Church of Christ
- Vineyard
- Wesleyan
Updated May 2020