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Number of ordained clergy serving U.S. religious parishes 2009, by church

Number of ordained clergy serving religious parishes in the United States in 2009, by church

The data displays the number of ordained clergy serving religious parishes in the U.S. in 2009, by church. In 2009, about 105 thousand clergy members were serving the Southern Baptist Convention.

African Methodist Episcopal Church	6000
Assemblies of God	19421
Baptist Bible Fellowship International	4200
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	5525
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	4273
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	4877
Church of God of Prophecy	4340
Church of the Nazarene	5543
Episcopal Church	4868
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	8654
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	6738
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc.	4500
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	7142
Southern Baptist Convention	105906
The Catholic Church	27614
The Church of God in Christ	28988
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	40422
The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod (LCMS)	5336
The United Methodist Church	23944
United Pentecostal Church International	9224

Number of ordained clergy serving U.S. religious parishes 2009, by church

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