E/CN.4/1999/58/Add.1 page 30 ANNEX Membership of religious groups in the United States 1 1. These membership figures generally are based on reports made by officials of each group, and not on any religious census. Figures from other sources may vary. Many groups keep careful records; others only estimate. Not all groups report annually. Christian Church membership figures reported in this table are inclusive and refer to all “members”, not simply full communicants or confirmed members. Definitions of “member”, however, vary from one denomination to another. Only data reported within the past 10 years are included. 2. The number of houses of worship appears in parentheses. An asterisk (*) indicates that the group declines to make membership figures public. Groups reporting fewer than 5,000 members are not included. If membership numbers are not given, only those Churches with 50 or more houses of worship are listed. Religious group Members Adventist Churches: Advent Christian Church (317) Church of God General Conference (Oregon, IL; Morrow, GA) (88) Seventh-Day Adventist Church (4,297) American Rescue Workers (15) Apostolic Christian Churches of America (80) Baha’i Faith 27,100 5,040 790,731 8,000 11,450 130,000 Baptist Churches: American Baptist Association (1,705) 250,000 American Baptist Churches in the USA (5,823) 1,517,400 Baptist Bible Fellowship International (3,600) 1,500,000 Baptist General Conference (857) 135,008 Baptist Missionary Association of America (1,355) 231,191 Conservative Baptist Association of America (1,084) 200,000 Free Will Baptist, National Association of America (2,491) 213,716 General Association of General Baptists (876) 74,156 2