In 1975, membership dropped below 10 million for the first time.
The union's membership has dropped in the last five years to about 200,000 from 275,000.
When Allen arrived, the church's membership had dropped to 370 members, down from 1,500 in the 1930s.
However, nowadays, the membership had dropped down to 16.3 million.
Over the next several years, the membership slowly dropped, and hit a low of around one hundred people, in the early 1990s.
It suffered a second crisis in 1969, when membership had dropped to 50 people and only seven of those were players.
They say the American membership has actually dropped to 1,000 to 3,000 from a high of about 6,000 in the 1970's.
When Carey took office, the union's membership had dropped by 500,000 members in the previous 15 years.
She said membership has dropped about 5 percent since last year.
By then membership had dropped to around 60 member families.