Church of the Nazarene Presence in the Great Lakes Megaregion 1900-2014

Source: www.America2050.org

3,444 Churches Organized.
There are 30 years since 1916 that averaged one church organized per week. 
The last time this happened was 1958.

172 more churches have only a start date; not yet organized.

1958  The year with the most churches organized

90 Churches organized in 1958 

93 Churches organized between 2005-2014 

In the 1970s, 
one church was organized for 
every church closed. That's a ratio of 1:1.

Before 1970, 
the ratio was 2.2 churches organized 
for every one church closed.

After 1979, 
the ratio is one church organized 
for every 2.4 churches closed.

Since 1990, 
this ratio is one church organized 
for every 3.6 churches closed.

1 : 1


2.2 : 1


1 : 2.4


1 : 3.6

There have been 2,358 churches closed between 1909-2014.
More on this in a later post.

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Sources
www.america.2050.org

Nazarene Research Services, Lenexa, KS

Church of the Nazarene District Journals 2014

Raw Data - Nazarene Research Services - June 2015