Adventists top million; mainline slips: Presbyterians and Methodists post declines
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America has more than 1 million members, according to a report presented during the denomination’s recent general conference in St. Louis.
Officials said the church has grown by 153,000 new members since 2000 and that there are now 6,000 Adventist congregations in the U.S. and Canada. The denomination, founded in 1863, has headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland.