I PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICA’S RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE
Trends & Developments, 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Table 1. Longitudinal Inclusive Membership 1890–2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Table 2. U.S. Membership Church Ranking: Largest 25 Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 12
Table 3. Patterns of U.S. Membership Change of Selected Large
Churches 2004–2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Table 4. U.S. Financial Summaries 2000–2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
The Meaning of Membership: Reassessing the Counting of Sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

II DIRECTORIES
1. United States Cooperative Organizations, National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2. Canadian Cooperative Organizations, National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
3. Religious Bodies in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Religious Bodies in the United States Arranged by Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
4. Religious Bodies in Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Religious Bodies in the Canada Arranged by Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
5. Sources of Religion-Related Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
I. Directory of Selected Research Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

II. Directory of Selected Faith Communities in America . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
6. United States Regional and Local Ecumenical Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Index of Select Programs for U.S. Regional and
Local Ecumenical Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
7. Canadian Regional and Local Ecumenical Bodies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
8. Theological Seminaries and Bible Colleges in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
9. Theological Seminaries and Bible Colleges in Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
10. Religious Periodicals in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
11. Religious Periodicals in Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
12. Church Archives and Historical Records Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

III STATISTICAL SECTION
Guide to Statistical Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
1. Membership Statistics in Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
2. Membership Statistics in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
3. Membership Statistics for the National Council of Churches USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
4. Selected Statistics of Church Finances—Canadian Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
5. Selected Statistics of Church Finances—United States Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Trends in Seminary Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
IV A CALENDAR FOR CHURCH USE
A Calendar for Church Use, 2009–2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

V INDEXES
Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

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