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Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio fOklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Organizations. 8,858 236 6,144 2,840 I,26l 1,364 467 288 3,346 IO,O26 673 9,308 6,829 6,259 4,975 6,512 3,8i3 i,532 2,756 3,031 5,605 4,72i 7,36i 9,172 542 3,300 86 832 2,750 624 9,227 8,554 1,961 9,807 4,466 1,290 12,748 8,i83 181 5,192 2,521 956 1,414 478 264 3,061 9,624 495 8,626 6,580 5,92i 4,107 5,894 3,630 2^814 2,983 4,882 4,280 6,997 8,146 407 2,847 67 851 2,875 522 9,193 8,188 1,325 2^09 i, 086 12,780 2,423,175 40,954 1,446,892 694,510 255,469 522,941 130,267 142,3" 688,986 3,063,866 121,775 2,685,352 2,132,181 1,617,467 1,054,976 i,775,i23 1,046,850 412,833 810,701 1,313,564 i,353,i8o 1,104,317 2,041,665 2,391,498 100,665 649,132 15,015 254,017 1,015,903 129,745 3,191,267 2,715,567 262,251 3,102,819 598,650 270,329 4,646,929 Not given in census of 1906- GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 419 BY STATES FOR 1906. Vnlu-! of Church Property. $13,314,993 798,975 6,733,375 28,065,261 7,723,200 29,196,128 3,250,105 10,025,122 5,795,859 17,929,183 1,726,734 66,222,514 31,081,500 30,464,860 14,053,454 18,044,389 10,456,146 9,955,363 23,765,172 84,729,445 27,144,250 26,053,159 9,482,229 38,059,233 2,809,779 12,114,817 402,350 7,864,991 50,907,123 956,605 255,166,284 14,053,505 4,576,157 74,670,765 4,933,843 4,620,793 173,605,141 Communi- cants. 824,209 45,057 426,179 611,464 205,666 502,560 71,251 136,759 221,318 1,029,037 74,578 2,077,197 938,405 788,667 458,190 858,324 778,901 212,988 473,257 1,562,621 982,479 834,442 657,381 1,199,239 98,984 345,803 14,944 190,298 857,548 137,009 3,591,974 824,385 159,053 1,742,873 257,100 120,229 2,977,022 Increase in Communicants, 1890-1906. Actual. Percentage. 265,038 47 18,085 67 129,971 44 330,845 118 118,829 137 193,219 62 22,572 46 42,556 45 79,584 56 349,986 52 50,542 210 874,609 73 244,545 35 231,580 42 121,461 36 251,927 42 378,909 95 52,717 33 93,839 25 619,870 66 412,975 73 301,852 57 226,635 53 463,400 63 66,236 202 151,337 78 9,056 154 87,307 85 349,197 69 31,260 30 1,420,152 65 139,191 20 99,557 I67 526,407 43 222,924 652 49,705 70 1,250,382 72 t Includes Indian Territory, given separately in 1890. 420 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE I.— RETURNS BY STA1 Organizations. Edifices. Rhode Island 507 493 South Carolina 5,373 5,290 South Dakota i>7Q8 1,461 Tennessee 7,963 7,400 Texas 12,285 9>5$9 Utah 537 516 Vermont 902 891 Virginia 6,605 6,480 Washington i,759 1,4*6 West Virginia 4,019 3,428 Wisconsin 4,880 4,562 Wyoming 226 160 Total for U. S. in 1906 210,418 192,795 Total for U. S. in 1890 165,271 142,605 Increase in 16 years 45,147 50,190 Seating Capacity. 195,688 1,774,437 285,197 2,323,285 2,822,460 169,369 235,661 1,974,332 341,812 949,812 1,206,385 35,250 58,536,830 43,591,575 14,945,255 * Exclusive GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 421 STATES FOR 1906. — Continued. Value of Church Communi- Increase in Communicants, 1800- Property. cants. Actual. P ercenl $9,533,543 264,712 116,704 79 10,209,043 665,933 157,448 3i 4,538,oi3 161,961 76,471 89 14,469,012 697,570 144,912 26 22,949,976 1,226,906 549,745 81 3,612,422 172,814 44,699 35 5,939,492 147,223 40,908 40 19,699,014 793,546 224,311 38 8,082,986 191,976 133,178 227 9,733,585 301,565 109,088 57 27,277,837 1,000,903 444,420 80 778,142 23,945 12,240 105 $1,257,575,867 32,936,445 12,332,990 60 679,490,789 20,603,455 $578,085,078 12,332,990 of Alaska. STATISTICAL TABLES FOR 1900 AND 1910 GAINS AND LOSSES OF Two DECADES 424 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. STATISTICAL SUMMARIES TABLE I. — MINISTERS, CHURCHES, AND COMMUNI For the In the United DENOMINATIONS. Ministers. Churches. ADVENTISTS: 1. Evangelical 34 30 2. Advent Christians 912 610 3. Seventh-Day 386 1,494 4. Church of God 19 29 5. Life and Advent Union 60 28 6. Churches of God in Jesus Christ 94 95 Total Adventists i>SO5 2,286 BAPTISTS: 1. Regular (North) 7,535 9,295 2. Regular (South) 12,560 19,669 3. Regular (Colored) 9,856 14,786 4. Six-Principle 8 12 5. Seventh-Day 124 95 6. Free 1,436 1,522 7. Freewill 1 20 167 8. General 484 423 9. Separate 113 103 10. United 25 204 11. Baptist Church of Christ 80 152 12. Primitive 2,130 3,530 13. Primitive (Colored) (i) 14. Old Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian. 300 473 15. Church of God and Saints of Christ (Col.) Total Baptists 34,77i 5°,43i BRETHREN (DUNKARDS OR DUNKERS) : 1. Conservative 2,612 850 2. Old Order 140 80 3. Progressive 231 145 4. Seventh-Day (German) 5 6 Total (Dunkard) Brethren 2,988 1,081 (i) Not reported GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 425 FOR 1900 AND 1910 CANTS IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY Year 1900. States Only. Communicants 88,705 Ministers. For the Year IQIO. In the United States Only. Churches. 1,153 2,488 Communicants. 1,147 cS ci8 ^481 26,500 '528 '550 c 26,799 54,539 517 1,826 65,122 647 C$2 c 20 c 611 3,000 C 12 C 12 C509 2,872 '56 C62 c 2,124 95,646 999,657 8,198 9,704 1,210,713 1,638,985 H,533 22,726 2,283,066 1,594,584 12,637 17,323 1,790,165 828 10 16 73i 9,095 98 82 8,119 86,535 1,186 1,112 70,880 12,000 604 623 40,578 24,775 550 545 33,6oo 6,479 C IOO C76 c 5,180 13,209 c 260 c 196 c 13,698 8,254 C99 '93 c 6,416 126,000 c 1,500 c 2,922 c 102,311 c 1,480 c 797 '35,076 12,851 '35 '55 c 781 '75 £48 ' 1,823 4,533,252 41,365 56,318 5,603,137 3,006 228 186 9 112,194 3,429 separately in 1890. c Census of 1906. 880 75 219 14 1,188 100,000 4,000 18,607 240 122,847 426 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE I. — MINISTERS, CHURCHES, AND COMMUNI For the In the United DENOMINATIONS. Ministers. Churches. BRETHREN (PLYMOUTH) : 1. Brethren (I.) .... 109 2. Brethren (II.) 88 3. Brethren (III.) 86 4. Brethren (IV.) 31 Total (Plymouth) Brethren 314 BRETHREN (RIVER): 1. Brethren in Christ 152 78 2. Old Order, or Yorker 7 8 3. United Zion's Children 20 25 Total (River) Brethren 179 m BUDDHISTS: 1. Chinese Temples 47 2. Japanese Temples (i) .... .... Total Buddhists 47 CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC: 1. Catholic Apostolic 95 10 2. New Apostolic .... .... Total Catholic Apostolic 95 10 CATHOLICS, EASTERN ORTHODOX: 1. Armenian Apostolic 15 21 2. Russian Orthodox 40 31 3. Greek Orthodox 5 5 4. Syrian Orthodox (2) .... .... 5. Servian Orthodox (2) .... 6. Roumanian Orthodox (2) .... .... 7. Bulgarian Orthodox (2) .... .... Total Eastern Orthodox 60 57 (i) Not in existence in 1890. Most of the temples in California. GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES, 427 CANTS IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY. — Continued. Year 1900. States Only. Communicants. 2,289 2,419 1,235 7l8 Ministers. For the Year 1910. In the United States Only. Churches. £134 c 128 cSi c 60 Communican c 2,933 c 4,752 c 1,724 6,661 4,000 214 525 174 €24 C 22 403 65 c 28 10,566 3,675 £423 ^749 4,739 1,491 220 C I CI4 15 102 C62 C 12 74 C II 4,847 c 3,165 3,165 c 2,907 c 2,020 1,491 8,500 40,000 5,ooo 33 14 no 7i 21 9 5 3 233 y immigration. 24 21 121 62 18 IO 5 3 240 c Census of 1906. 4,927 50,000 60,000 160,000 40,000 35,000 20,000 20,000 53,5oo (2) Introduced in recent years b 385,000 428 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE I. — MINISTERS, CHURCHES, AND COMMUNI For the In the United DENOMINATIONS. Ministers. Churches. CATHOLICS, WESTERN: 1. Roman Catholic 11,848 12,263 2. Polish National Catholic 19 18 3. Reformed Catholic 6 6 4. Old Catholic (i) 3 5 Total Western Catholics 11,876 12,292 CHRISTADELPHIANS .... 63 CHRISTIANS (2) 1,151 1,517 CHRISTIAN CATHOLIC (DOWIE) 55 50 CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION (i) 10 13 CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS 940 470 CHRISTIAN UNION 183 294 CHURCHES OF GOD (WINNEBRENNERIAN) 460 580 CHURCHES OF THE LIVING GOD (COLORED) (3): 1. Christian Workers for Friendship .... .... 2. Apostolic .... .... 3. Church of Christ in God Total Churches of the Living God CHURCHES OF THE NEW JERUSALEM: 1. General Convention 143 173 2. General Church (4) .... .... Total New Jerusalem Churches 143 173 COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES: 1 . Shakers .... 15 2. Amana .... 7 3. Harmony (i) .... i 4. Separatists (i) .... i 5. Altruists (i) i 6. Church Triumphant(KoreshanEcclesia)(i) 5 7. Christian Commonwealth (i) . . . . .... i Total Communists .... 31 (i) Dissolved. (2) Formerly reported in two branches. GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 429 CANTS IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY. — Continued. Year 1000. For the Year 1910. States Only. In the United States Only. Communicants. Ministers. Churches. C bmmunican 8,690,658 17,084 13,461 12 ,425,947 2O,OOO C24 c 24 c 15,473 1,500 7 6 2,100 8,712,583 I7,H5 13,491 12 ,443,520 1,277 .... 070 c 1,412 109,278 993 1,329 87,478 4O,OOO C35 c 17 c 5,865 754 48,930 2,208 I,IO4 85,096 18,214 ^295 C237 c 13,905 38,000 509 595 41,475 c 51 C 44 c 2,676 c so *T*T V .*; \S f W c 752 V ^J>^ c 20 C Q £858 V «p *_/ jv-r IOI 68 4,286 7,679 109 138 8,500 23 14 8l4 7,679 132 152 9,3H 1,650 ci3 *5i6 i, 600 .... c 7 c 1,756 250 .... .... 200 .... .... .... 25 .... .... 205 .... .... .... 80 4,010 22 2,272 (3) Organized since 1899. (4) Organized in 1897, as result of division. c Census of 1906. 430 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE I. — MINISTERS, CHURCHES, AND COMMUNI For the In the United DENOMINATIONS. Ministers. Churches. CONGREGATIONALISTS 5,625 5,624 DISCIPLES OF CHRIST: 1. Disciples of Christ 6,348 10,528 2. Churches of Christ (i) Total Disciples of Christ ' 6,348 10,528 EVANGELICAL BODIES: 1. Evangelical Association 877 1,617 2. United Evangelical Church 478 985 Total Evangelical bodies ij355 2,602 FAITH ASSOCIATIONS: (2) 1. Apostolic Faith Movement .... 2. Peniel Missions .... .... 3. Metropolitan Church Association .... 4. Hepzibah Faith Association .... 5. Missionary Church Association .... .... 6. Heavenly Recruit Church .... 7. Apostolic Christian Church .... 8. Christian Congregation .... 9. Voluntary Missionary Society (Colored) Total Faith Associations FREE CHRISTIAN ZION CHURCH (COLORED) (3), FRIENDS: 1. Orthodox 1,279 830 2. "Hicksite" 115 201 3. "Wilburite" 38 53 4. Primitive n 9 Total Friends 1,443 I >°93 (i) Not reported separately in i8go or 1000. A division. (2) All reported since 1900. GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 43 1 CANTS IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY. — Continued. Year 1900. States Only. Communicants. For the Year 1910. In the United States Only. Ministers. Churches. Communicants. 631,360 6,045 6,050 735,400 1,149,982 5,970 c 2,100 10,830 2,640 1,308,116 c i ^6,6^8 1,149,982 8,070 13,479 1,464,774 96,345 6o,993 980 509 1,657 997 108,666 73,399 157,338 1,489 2,654 182,065 c6 '538 '30 c 29 £36 '35 C II c6 C 10 '32 '703 c 466 '293 ' 1,256 '55 c 26 C27 €42 '9 '4,558 '395 C II '3 '425 241 C 20 146 9,572 1,835 92,468 21,992 4,468 232 1,302 97 c 10 830 211 £48 cS 100,072 19,595 c 3,880 c 171 119,160 1,456 1,097 123,718 (3) Organized in 1895 by withdrawals from Methodist and Baptist bodies. c Census of 1906. 432 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE I. — MINISTERS, CHURCHES, AND COMMUNI DENOMINATIONS. For the In the United Ministers. Churches. FRIENDS OF THE TEMPLE 4 4 GERMAN EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT 45 55 GERMAN EVANGELICAL SYNOD 909 1,129 JEWISH CONGREGATIONS (i) 301 570 LATTER-DAY SAINTS: 1 . Utah Branch 700 796 2. Reorganized 1,200 600 Total Latter-Day Saints 1,900 1,396 LUTHERANS: 1. General Synod 1,216 1,576 2. United Synod, South 214 390 3. General Council 1,205 1,882 4. Synodical Conference 2,029 2,650 5. United Norwegian 361 1,121 Independent Synods. 6. Ohio 457 604 7. Buffalo 26 36 8. Hauge's 95 212 9. Eielsen's 9 52 10. Texas n 14 11. Iowa 433 824 12. Norwegian 252 739 13. Michigan (3) . . % 53 78 14. Danish in America 47 66 15. Icelandic 8 26 16. Immanuel 45 50 17. Suomai (Finnish) 11 46 18. Finnish Apostolic (4) 19. Finnish National (4) 20. Norwegian Free 112 300 21. Danish United 88 150 22. Slovakian (4) 23. Church of the Lutheran Brethren (4) 24. Jehovah 6 6 Independent Congregations 85 200 Total Lutherans 6,763 11,022 (i) Reported in 1890 in two branches. (2) Including only heads of families. GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 433 CANTS IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY. — Continued. Year 1900. States Only. Communicants. Ministers. For the Year igio. In the United States Only. Churches. Communicants. 340 £3 C 2 £376 36,5oo ^59 c 66 c 34,704 203,574 1,024 1,314 236,615 143,000 (2) c 1,084 c 1,769 143,000(2) 300,000 1,223 780 350,000 43,824 1,260 570 50,650 343,824 2,483 1,350 400,650 199,589 i,333 1,785 302,440 38,639 248 468 48,921 356,401 2,298 459,224 581,029 2,713 3,356 766,281 130,000 550 1,464 161,964 77,362 585 784 127,430 5,ooo 28 42 5,200 12,540 150 347 36,357 2,800 6 26 1,130 1,700 21 32 2,800 74,058 527 940 106,593 66,927 382 1,000 100,000 10,000 "58 119 13,052 5,559 13 39 4,700 6,118 12 6 2,500 1 1 048 2 2 I7O 17,500 62 / 7* 11,000 20 / 3 4.0 6,000 38,000 i75 JfW 375 20,000 8,500 114 176 11,994 17 •2Q 9,500 12 16 7) J^** i, 800 350 9 ii 1,100 25,000 85 205 26,000 1,660,167 8,659 13,802 2,243,486 (3) Dissolved. (4) Organized since 1000. c Census of 1906. 434 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE I. — MINISTERS, CHURCHES, AND COMMUNI For the DENOMINATIONS. In the United SCANDINAVIAN EVANGELICAL BODIES: Ministers. Churches. i. Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant (i) 265 270 2. Swedish Evangelical Free Mission 3. Norwegian Evangelical Free Total Scandinavian Evangelical bodies 265 270 MENNONITES: i. Mennonite 418 288 2. Bruederhoef 9 5 3. Amish 265 124 4. Old Amish 75 25 5. Apostolic (2) 2 2 6. Reformed 43 34 7. General Conference 128 76 8. Church of God in Christ 18 18 9. Old (Wisler) 17 15 10. Bundes Conference 4i 16 ii. Defenceless 20 ii 12. Brethren in Christ 76 59 Separate Conferences (two) Total Mennonites 1,112 673 METHODIST: i. Methodist Episcopal 16,791 26,232 2. Union American Methodist Episcopal .... 125 155 3. African Methodist Episcopal 5,852 5,630 4. African Union Methodist Protestant 106 88 5. African Methodist Episcopal Zion 3,i55 1,906 6. Methodist Protestant 1,629 2,394 7. Wesleyan Methodist 595 506 8. Methodist Episcopal, South 5,989 14,212 9. Congregational Methodist 325 330 10. Congregational Methodist (Colored) (2)... 5 5 ii. New Congregational Methodist 192 366 12. Zion Union Apostolic 30 27 13. Colored Methodist Episcopal 2,061 i,433 14. Primitive 74 90 15- Free 922 944 16. Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal (3). 17. Independent Methodist 8 14 18. Evangelist Missionary (2) 48 13 Total Methodists 37,907 54,345 (i) Not reported in 1890. (2) Dissolved. (3) Result of secession in the GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 435 CANTS IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY. — Continued. Year 1900. States Only. Communicants. 30,000 30,000 Ministers. For the Year 19 10. In the United States Only. Churches. Communicants. 4O,OOO l8,000 4,000 62,000 22,443 C346 C 220 c 18,674 352 eg c8 £275 13,051 c*3* £57 c 7,640 2,438 c 141 ^46 c 5,043 200 ;7 i, 680 C34 £34 c 2,079 io,395 c 143 C90 c 11,661 47i ci7 c 18 c 562 610 ci8 eg ^655 2,950 £36 c 19 c 2,533 1,176 C26 c 14 ^967 2,953 ^70 c68 c 2,801 £35 C 21 c 1,908 58,728 i, 006 604 54,798 2,746,191 18,280 28,436 3,186,862 i5,5oo 138 255 18,500 675,462 6,353 5,527 500,000 3,563 200 125 4,000 536,271 3,488 3,298 547,2i6 183,714 i,393 2,432 188,437 17,201 598 571 19,178 1,468,390 6,611 16,332 1,851,149 20,000 337 333 15,529 •2IQ o *V 4,000 ^59 ^35 c 1,782 2,346 ^33 ^45 c 3,059 204,972 2,901 2,857 234,721 6,549 74 101 7,346 27,292 1,119 1,163 32,112 C 4.O c q8 c 4,000 2,569 •* ^Tw 2 *x ji*j 2 V t|.,NSW 1,161 2,010 .... 5,916,349 41,626 61,570 6,615,052 South from African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1885. c Census of 1906. 436 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE I. — MINISTERS, CHURCHES, AND COMMUNI For the In the United DENOMINATIONS. Ministers. Churches. MORAVIAN BODIES: 1. Moravian 117  FAITH CHURCHES (2) PENTECOSTAL BODIES: 1. Pentecostal Church (3) 2. Other Pentecostal Associations .... .... Total Pentecostal Bodies ~. T77! PRESBYTERIANS: 1. Northern 7,170 7,459 2. Cumberland (4) 1,596 2,957 3. Cumberland (Colored) 450 400 4. Welsh Calvinistic 89 158 5. United 918 911 6. Southern 1,461 2,959 7. Associate 12 31 8. Associate Reformed, South 104 131 9. Reformed (Synod) 124 113 10. Reformed (General Synod) 33 36 11. Reformed (Covenanted) i i 12. Reformed in U. S. and Canada i i Total Presbyterians n>959 i5»iS7 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL: 1. Protestant Episcopal 4,811 6,421 2. Reformed Episcopal 100 78 Total Protestant Episcopal 4,911 6,499 REFORMED: 1. Reformed (Dutch) 690 619 2. Reformed (German) 1*074 1,653 3. Christian Reformed 96 145 4. Hungarian Reformed (5) Total Reformed 1,860 2,417. (i) Organized in Texas in 1003 by immigrants. (2) Not reported in 1800. (3) Outcome of union of various Holiness associations at close of last century. GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 437 CANTS IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY. — Continued. Year 1000. States Only. Cornmunic&nts. For the Year igio. In the United States Only. Ministers. Churches. Communicants. 14,817 133 121 17,940 14,817 136 18,711 cso c 204 c 6,396 — 700 c 115 428 C30 20,000 c 1,420 815 458 21,420 983,433 180,192 30,000 12,152 8,980 917 C375 9,926 1,570 c 196 148 1,328,714 115,000 c 18,066 13,759 115,901 225,890 1,053 n,344 9,790 1,012 1,694 C 12 106 136 990 3,324 C 22 142 "5 135,010 281,920 C786 14,017 9,455 5,000 17 19 3,400 37 608 2 I 3 40 598 1,575,400 13,342 16,456 1,920,765 710,356 9,282 5,286 94 7,572 80 928,780 9,610 719,638 5,38o 7,652 938,390 107,594 242,831 18,096 728 1,226 138 c 18 684 ''189 116,815 297,116 29,006 c 5,253 368,521 2,110 2,6l9 448,190 (4) Losses due to union in 1006 with Northern Presbyterian Church. (5) Organized in 1904 by immigrants from Hungary. c Census of 1006. 438 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE I. — MINISTERS, CHURCHES, AND COMMUNI For the In the United DENOMINATIONS. Ministers. Churches. SALVATIONISTS: 1. Salvation Army 2,361 663 2. American Salvation Army (i) .... .... Total Salvationists 2,361 663 SCHWENKFELDERS 3 4 SOCIAL BRETHREN 17 20 SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL CULTURE 5 SPIRITUALISTS 334 THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 122 UNITARIANS 544 453 UNITED BRETHREN: 1. United Brethren 1)833 4,166 2. United Brethren (Old Constitution) 619 786 Total United Brethren 2,452 4,952 UNIVERSALISTS 730 770 INDEPENDENT CONGREGATIONS 54 156 GRAND TOTAL 143,401 190,805 TABLE II.— For the In the United DENOMINATIONS. Ministers. Adventists (6 bodies) 1,505 Baptists (15 bodies in 1910) 34,77* Brethren (Dunkards) (4 bodies) 2,988 Brethren (Plymouth) (4 bodies) .... Brethren (River) (3 bodies) 179 Buddhists (2 bodies in 1910) .... Catholic Apostolic (2 bodies in 1910) % 95 Catholic, Eastern Orthodox (7 bodies in 1910) 60 Catholic, Western (3 bodies in 1910) 11,876 Christadelphians .... Christians 1,151 Christian Catholic (Dowie) 55 (i) Not reported in 1890. GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 439 CANTS IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY. Continued. Year 1900. States Only. Communicants. Ministers. For the Year 1910. In the United States Only. Churches. Communicants, 19,490 3 ,137 896 25,839 f_59 C 20 £436 19,490 3 ,196 916 26,275 306 6 8 850 913 as ci7 c 1,262 1,300 7 6 2,450 45,030 1,000 150,000 3,000 114 3,100 71,000 '558 482 70,542 239,639 I ,890 3,721 283,682 26,296 303 545 19,637 265,935 2 ,193 4,266 303,319 52,739 730 881 52,150 14,126 267 879 48,673 27,383,804 170,499 218,507 35,145,296 SUMMARY. Year 1900. For the Year 1910. States Only. In the United States Only. Churches. Communicants. Ministers. Churches. Communicants 2,286 88,705 1,153 2,488 95,646 50,431 4,533,252 41,365 56,318 5,603,137 1,081 112,194 3,429 1,188 122,847 314 6,661 403 10,566 III 4,739 2 2O IO2 4,847 47 15 74 3,165 10 1,491 33 24 4,927 57 53,5oo 233 240 385,000 12,292 8,712,583 I7,H5 I3,49i 12,443,520 63 1,277 cjo c 1,412 i,5i7 109,278 993 1,329 87,478 50 40,000 35 17 5,865 c Census of 1006. 440 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE II.— For the In the United DENOMINATIONS. Ministers. Christian Missionary Association 10 Christian Scientists 940 Christian Union 183 Church of God (Winnebrennerian) 460 Churches of the Living God (3 bodies) Churches of the New Jerusalem (2 bodies in 1910) .... 143 Communistic Societies (2 bodies in 1910) Congregationalists 5,625 Disciples of Christ (2 bodies in 1910) 6,348 Evangelical bodies (2 bodies) 1,355 Faith Associations (9 bodies) .... Free Christian Zion Church Friends (4 bodies) 1,443 Friends of the Temple 4 German Evangelical Protestant 45 German Evangelical Synod 909 Jewish Congregations 301 Latter-Day Saints (2 bodies) 1,900 Lutherans (24 bodies in 1910) 6,763 Scandinavian Evangelical (3 bodies in 1910) 265 Mennonites (n bodies in 1910) 1,112 Methodists (17 bodies in 1910) 37,907 Moravians (2 bodies in 1910) 117 Non-sectarian Bible Faith Churches .... Pentecostal bodies (all bodies) Presbyterians (12 bodies) n,959 Protestant Episcopal (2 bodies) 4,911 Reformed (4 bodies in 1910) 1,860 Salvationists (2 bodies in 1910) 2,361 Schwenkfelders 3 Social Brethren 17 Society for Ethical Culture Spiritualists .... Theosophical Society Unitarians 544 United Brethren (2 bodies) 2,452 Universalists 730 Independent Congregations 54 Total 143,401 GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 441 SUMMARY. — Continued. Year 1900. States Only. Churches. Communicants. For the Year 1910. In the United States Only. Ministers. Churches. Communicants. 13 754 .... 470 48,930 2,208 1,104 85,096 294 18,214 295 237 13,905 580 38,000 509 595 4i,475 .... IOI 68 4,286 173 7,679 132 152 9,3H 31 4,010 .... 22 2,272 5,624 631,360 6,045 6,050 735,400 10,528 1,149,982 8,070 13,479 1,464,774 2,602 157,338 1,489 2,654 182,065 241 146 9,572 .... .... 20 15 i,835 1,093 119,160 1,456 1,097 123,718 4 340 3 2 376 55 36,500 59 66 34,704 1,219 203,574 1,024 1,3*4 236,615 570 143,000 1,084 1,769 143,000 i,396 343,824 2,483 i,350 400,650 11,022 1,660,167 8,659 13,802 2,243,486 270 30,000 593 573 62,000 673 58,728 i, 006 604 54,798 54,345 5,916,349 41,626 6i,570 6,615,052 122 14,817 136 136 18,711 .... So 204 6,396 .... 8i5 458 21,420 15,157 1,575,400 13,342 16,456 1,920,765 6,499 719,638 5,38o 7,652 938,390 2,417 368,521 2,110 2,619 448,190 663 19,490 3,J96 916 26,275 4 306 6 8 850 20 913 15 17 1,262 5 1,300 7 6 2,450 334 45,030 .... 1,000 150,000 122 3,000 114 3,100 453 71,000 '558 482 70,542 4,952 265,935 2,193 4,266 303,319 770 52,739 730 881 52,150 156 14,126 267 879 48,673 100,805 27,383,804 170,499 218,507 35,245,296 442 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE III. — ORDER OF ALL DENOMINATIONS ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF COMMUNICANTS, 1910. DENOMINATIONS. Communicants. 1. Roman Catholic 12,425,947 2. Methodist Episcopal 3,186,862 3. Southern Baptist 2,283,066 4. Methodist Episcopal, South 1,851,149 5. Colored Baptist 1,790,165 6. Northern Presbyterian 1,328,714 7. Disciples of Christ 1,308,116 8. Northern Baptists 1,210,713 9. Protestant Episcopal 928,780 10. Lutheran Synodical Conference 766,281 11. Congregational 735,4oo 12. African Methodist Episcopal Zion 547, 216 13. African Methodist Episcopal 500,000 14. Lutheran General Council 459,224 15. Latter-Day Saints, Utah 350,000 16. Lutheran General Synod 302,440 17. Reformed (German) 297,116 18. United Brethren. 283,682 19. Southern Presbyterian 281,920 20. German Evangelical Synod 236,615 21. Colored Methodist Episcopal 234,721 22. Methodist Protestant 188,437 23. Lutheran United Norwegian 161,964 24. Greek Orthodox 160,000 25. Churches of Christ, Disciple 156,658 26. Spiritualist 150,000 27. Jewish 143,000 28. United Presybterian 135,010 29. Lutheran Synod of Ohio 127,430 30. Reformed (Dutch) -. 116,815 31. Cumberland Presbyterian 115,000 32. Evangelical Association 108,666 33. Lutheran Synod of Iowa 106,593 34. Primitive Baptist 102,311 35. Orthodox Friends 100,072 36. Conservative Brethren, Dunkard 100,000 37. Lutheran Norwegian 100,000 38. Christian 87,478 39. Christian Science 85,096 40. United Evangelical 73,399 41. Free Baptist 70,880 42. Unitarian , , 70,542 GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 443 TABLE III. — ORDER OF ALL DENOMINATIONS ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF COMMUNICANTS, 1910. — Continued,. DENOMINATIONS. Communicants. 43. Seventh-Day Adventist 65,122 44. Russian Orthodox 60,000 45. Universalist 52,150 46. Latter-Day Saints, Reorganized 50,650 47. Armenian Apostolic 50,000 48. Lutheran United Synod, South 48,921 49. Church of God (Winnebrennerian) 41, 47 5 50. Freewill Baptist 40,578 51. Syrian Orthodox 40,000 52. Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant 40,000 53. Lutheran Hauge's Synod 36,357 54. Primitive Baptist, Colored 35,076 55. Servian Orthodox 35>ooo 56. German Evangelical Protestant 34,704 57. General Baptist 33, 600 58. Free Methodist 32,112 59. Christian Reformed 29,006 60. Advent Christian 26,799 61. Salvation Army 25,839 62. Roumanian Orthodox 20,000 63. Bulgarian Orthodox 20,000 64. Pentecostal Church 20,000 65. Lutheran Norwegian Free 20,000 66. United Brethren (0. C.) 19,637 67. Hicksite Friends I9,595 68. Wesleyan Methodist 19,178 69. Mennonite 18,674 70. Progressive Brethren, Dunkard 18,607 71. Union American Methodist Episcopal 18,500 72. Cumberland Presbyterian (Colored) 18,066 73. Swedish Evangelical Free Mission 18,000 74. Moravian 17,940 75. Lutheran Suomai Synod *7,5oo 76. Congregational Methodist J5,529 77. Polish National Catholic *5>473 78. Associate Reformed Synod, South 14,017 79. Christian Union 13,905 80. Welsh Calvinistic Presbyterian 13,759 81. United Baptist 13,698 82. Lutheran Danish in America 13,052 83. Lutheran Danish United n>994 84. General Conference, Mennonite 11,661 85. Lutheran Finnish Apostolic 11,000 444 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE III. — ORDER OF ALL DENOMINATIONS ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF COMMUNICANTS, 1910. — Continued. DENOMINATIONS. Communicants. 86. Reformed Episcopal 9,610 87. Lutheran Slovakian Synod 9,500 88. Reformed Presbyterian (Synod) 9,455 89. General Convention, New Jerusalem 8,500 90. Seventh-Day Baptist 8,119 91. Amish, Mennonite 7,640 92. Primitive Methodist 7,346 93. Baptist Church of Christ 6,416 94. Non-sectarian Bible Faith 6,396 95. Lutheran Finnish National Synod 6,000 96. Christian Catholic (Dowie) 5,865 97. Hungarian Reformed 5,253 98. Lutheran Buffalo Synod 5,200 99. Separate Baptist 5,i8o 100. Old Amish, Mennonite 5,043 101. Plymouth Brethren II 4,752 102. Lutheran Icelandic Synod 4,700 103. Apostolic Christian, Faith 4,55^ 104. Norwegian Evangelical Free 4,000 105. Old Order Brethren, Dunkard 4,000 106. Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal 4,000 107. African Union Methodist Protestant 4,000 108. Wilburite Friends 3,880 109. Brethren in Christ (River) 3,675 no. Reformed Presbyterian (General Synod) 3,400 in. Japanese Buddhists 3,165 112. Theosophists 3,ioo 113. Zion Union Apostolic, Methodist 3,059 114. Plymouth Brethren I 2,933 115. Catholic Apostolic 2,907 116. Brethren in Christ, Mennonite 2,801 117. Lutheran Texas Synod 2,800 118. Christian Workers for Friendship 2,676 119. Bundes Conference, Mennonite 2,533 120. Lutheran Immanuel Synod 2,500 121. Ethical Culture Society 2,450 122. Churches of God in Jesus Christ, Adventist 2,124 123. Reformed Catholic 2,100 124. Reformed Mennonite 2,079 1 25. New Apostolic 2,020 126. Free Christian Zion Church (Colored) 1,835 127. Church of God and Saints of Christ (Colored). . . 1,823 128. Lutheran Brethren 1,800 GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES, 445 ' TABLE III.— ORDER OF ALL DENOMINATIONS ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF COMMUNICANTS, 1910. — Continued. DENOMINATIONS. Communicants. 129. New Congregational Methodist ,782 130. Amana Society ,756 131. Plymouth Brethren III ,724 132. Christadelphian *. ,412 133. Social Brethren ,262 134. Missionary Church Association, Faith ,256 135. Independent Methodist ,161 136. Plymouth Brethren IV ,157 137. Lutheran Eielsen's §ynod 1,130 138. Lutheran Jehovah Synod 1,100 139. Defenceless Mennonites 967 140. Heavenly Recruit 938 141. Church of Christ in God (Colored) 858 142. Schwenkf elders 850 143. General Church, New Jerusalem 814 144. Associate Presbyterian 786 145. Old Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Baptist 781 146. Bohemian and Moravian Brethren 771 147. Apostolic, Living God 752 148. United Zion's Children (River) 749 149. Six-Principle Baptist 731 1 50. Peniel Missions, Faith 703 151. Old Mennonites 655 152. Church of God, Adventist 611 153. Reformed Presbyterian in U. S. and Canada 598 154. Church of God in Christ, Mennonite 562 1 55. Apostolic, Faith 538 156. Shaker 516 157. Life and Advent Union, Adventist 509 158. Evangelical Adventist 481 159. Metropolitan Church Association, Faith 466 160. American Salvation Army 436 161. Voluntary Missionary Association (Colored) 425 162. Old Order or Yorker (River) 423 163. Christian Congregation, Faith 395 164. Friends of the Temple 376 165. Hepzibah Faith 293 166. Bruederhoef, Mennonite, Faith 275 167. Seventh-Day German, Dunkard 240 168. Primitive Friends 171 169. Reformed Presbyterian Covenanted 40 170. Chinese Buddhists 446 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE IV.— NET Gains in Ten Years DENOMINATIONS. Ministers. Churches. ADVENTISTS: 1 . Evangelical : 2. Advent Christians 29 30 3. Seventh-Day 102 499 4. Church of God 5. Life and Advent Union 10 .... 6. Churches of God in Jesus Christ Total 141 529 BAPTISTS: 1. Regular (North) 850 1,388 2. Regular (South) 3,603 3,431 3. Regular (Colored) 4,388 2,253 4. Six-Principle d 6 d 6 5. Seventh-Day 9 Jn 6. Free d 57 d 64 7. Freewill 2 .... 8. General 152 24 9. Separate 94 79 10. United 11. Baptist Church of Christ 12. Primitive 90 308 13. Primitive (Colored) 14. Old Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian 15. Church of God and Saints of Christ (Colored) Total 9,125 7,402 BRETHREN (DUNKARDS OR DUNKERS): 1. Conservative 990 130 2. Old Order d 97 d 55 3. Progressive 7 17 4. Seventh-Day (German) Total 900 92 d Decrease. GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 447 GAINS IN Two DECADES. Ending in 1900. Gains in Ten Years Ending in 1910. Communicants. Ministers. Churches. Communica <*26 dl2 d666 684 ^384 d6o 299 25,548 131 332 10,583 .... 13 d 9 d 36 1,982 d 48 di6 d 2,491 28,214 <*352 202 6,941 199,207 663 409 211,056 358,919 i,973 3,057 644,081 245,595 2,781 2,537 195,581 d 109 2 4 <*97 ^48 d 26 d 13 ^976 d 1,363 d 250 d 15,655 136 484 456 28,578 3,413 66 122 8,825 4,880 d 13 d 27 d 1,299 235 dS 489 19 d 59 d 1,838 4,653 ^630 d 608 d 23,689 1,480 797 35,076 d 12,070 75 48 1,823 815,283 6,594 5,8*7 1,069,885 33,899 394 30 5,ooo £411 88 d 5 .... 4,911 ^45 74 5,607 4 8 46 38,399 441 107 10,653 448 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE IV.— NET GAINS IN Gains in Ten Years DENOMINATIONS. Ministers. Churches. BRETHREN (PLYMOUTH): 1 . Brethren I 2. Brethren II 3. Brethren III 4. Brethren IV Total BRETHREN (RIVER): 1. Brethren in Christ 24 2. Old Order or Yorker 3. United Zion's Children Total 24 BUDDHISTS: 1. Chinese Temples.. 2. Japanese Temples. CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC: 1. Catholic Apostolic 2. New Apostolic Total CATHOLICS, EASTERN ORTHODOX: 1 . Armenian Apostolic 8 15 2. Russian Orthodox 27 19 3. Greek Orthodox 4 4 4. Syrian Orthodox 5. Servian Orthodox 6. Roumanian Orthodox 7. Bulgarian Orthodox Total 39 38 d Decrease. GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 449 Two DECADES. — Continued. Ending in 1000. Gains in Ten Years Ending in 1910. Communicants. Ministers. Churches. Communicants. 644 2,333 489 439 3,905 22 d 13 ^325 17 I 209 2 3 224 dg 1 08 i 15 H 12 3,165 15 27 3,165 97 dSi i 1,416 19 13 2,020 97 <*62 14 3,436 8,165 di 41,500 26,496 70 90 20,000 4,900 66 57 155,000 .... 21 18 40,000 .... 9 10 35,ooo 5 5 20,000 3 3 20,000 39,56i 173 183 33i,5oo 450 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE IV.— NET GAINS IN Gains in Ten Years DENOMINATIONS. Ministers. Churches. CATHOLICS, WESTERN: 1. Roman Catholic 2,682 2,018 2. Polish National Catholic 19 18 3. Reformed Catholic d 2 d 2 4. Old Catholic 2 _i Total , 2,701 2,035 CHRISTADELPHIANS CHRISTIANS d 284 93 CHRISTIAN CATHOLIC (DOWIE) 55 50 CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS 914 249 CHRISTIAN UNION CHURCHES OF GOD (WINNEBRENNERIAN) d 62 101 CHURCHES OF THE LIVING GOD (COLORED): 1. Christian Workers for Friendship 2. Apostolic 3. Church of Christ in God Total.. CHURCH TRIUMPHANT (SCHWEINFURTH) d 12 CHURCHES OF THE NEW JERUSALEM: 1. General Convention 24 19 2. General Church Total 24 19 COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES: 1. Shakers 2. Amana 3. Harmony 4. Separatists 5. New Icaria d i 6. Altruists 7. Adonai Shomo d i 8. Church Triumphant (Koreshan Ecclesia) 9. Christian Commonwealth i Total "7777 d i d Decrease. GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 451 Two DECADES. — Continued. Ending in 1900. Gains in Ten Years Ending in 1910. Communicants. Ministers. Churches. Communicac 2,448,391 2O,OOO 5,236 5 1,198 6 3,735,289 d 4,527 500 I 600 d 240 d 3 "ds ^425 2,468,651 5,239 1,199 3,730,937 .... .... 7 135 5,556 ^158 d 21,800 40,000 d 20 d 33 d 34,i35 d 10 d 13 ^754 40,206 1,268 634 36,166 112 d 57 d 4,309 15,489 49 15 3,475 .... SI 44 2,676 .... 30 15 752 .... 20 9 858 .... IOI 68 4,286 *3ft4 584 <*34 <*35 821 23 14 814 584 *" d2l i,635 ^78 d 1,134 .... .... .... 156 .... .... dl d 250 .... dl d 200 d  452 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE IV.— NET GAINS IN Gains in Ten Years DENOMINATIONS. Ministers. Churches. CONGREGATIONALISTS 567 756 DISCIPLES or CHRIST: 1. Disciples of Christ 2,575 3>282 2. Churches of Christ.. Total FREE CHRISTIAN ZION CHURCH (COLORED) Total 2,575 3,282 EVANGELICAL BODIES: 1. Evangelical Association d 358 d 693 2. United Evangelical Church 478 985 Total 1 20 292 FAITH ASSOCIATIONS: 1. Apostolic Faith Movement 2. Peniel Missions 3. Metropolitan Church Association 4. Hepzibah Faith Association 5. Missionary Church Association 6. Heavenly Recruit Church 7. Apostolic Christian Church 8. Christian Congregation 9. Voluntary Missionary Society (Colored) FRIENDS: 1. Orthodox 166 36 2. "Hicksite" 3. "Wilburite" i 4. Primitive Total 166 37 FRIENDS OF THE TEMPLE GERMAN EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT i 3 d Decrease. GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 453 Two DECADES.— Continued. Ending in 1900. Gains in Ten Years Ending in 1910. Communicants. Ministers. Churches. Communica 118,589 42O 426 104,040 508,931 <*378 302 158,134 2,100 2,649 156,658 508,931 1,722 2,951 314,792 d 36,968 103 40 12,321 60,993 31 12 12,406 24,025 134 52 24,727 6 538 .... 30 ii 703 .... 29 6 466 .... 36 10 293 .... 35 32 1,256 .... 55 27 938 .... 19 42 4,558 .... 26 9 395 .... ii 3 425 241 146 9,572 20 15 1,835 11,8*3 139 23 10 di 7,604 d 2,397 ^588 n,952 13 4 4,558 344 14 d2 ii 36 d 1,796 454 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, TABLE IV.— NET GAINS IN Gains in Ten Years DENOMINATIONS. Ministers. Churches. GERMAN EVANGELICAL SYNOD „ 229 259 JEWISH CONGREGATIONS 101 37 LATTER-DAY SAINTS: 1. Utah branch 157 371 2. Reorganized branch d 300 169 Total d 143 540 LUTHERANS: 1. General Synod 250 152 2. United Synod, South 13 d 24 3. General Council 52 d 162 4. Synodical Conference 747 716 5. United Norwegian 252 d i INDEPENDENT SYNODS: 6. Ohio 160 183 7. Buffalo 6 9 8. Hauge's 37 37 9. Eielsen's (i) 9 52 10. Texas (i) n 14 11. Iowa (2) 433 824 12. Norwegian 58 250 13. Michigan (3) 16 13 14. Danish in America d 61 d 65 15. Icelandic 7 13 16. Immanuel 24 29 17. German Augsburg (4) d 49 d 23 18. Suomai, Finnish 3 35 19. Finnish Apostolic (5) 20. Finnish National (5) 21. Norwegian Free 112 300 22. Danish United 48 100 23. Slovakian (5) 24. Church of the Lutheran Brethren (5) 25. Jehovah 6 6 Independent Congregations 38 d 31 Total 2,172 2,427 d Decrease. (i) Not in existence in 1890. (a) Included in General Council in 1800. GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 455 Two DECADES. — Continued. Ending in 1900. Gains in Ten Years Ending in 1910. Communicants. Ministers. Churches. Communicants. 16,142 115 185 33,041 12,504 783 1,199 155,648 22,051 177,699 523 60 583 d 16 <f 46 50,000 6,826 56,826 34,949 117 209 102,851 1,182 34 78 10,282 31,555 302 4l6 102,823 223,876 684 706 185,252 10,028 189 343 31,964 7,857 128 180 50,068 758 2 6 2OO d 2,190 55 135 23,817 2,800 <*3 <*26 d 1,670 1,700 10 18 I,IOO 74,058 94 116 32,535 n,475 130 261 33,073 d i,935 <*53 ^78 d 9,547 diSi ii 53 3,052 3,568 5 13 <*859 538 <*33 d 44 <*3,6i8 d 7,010 .... .... 9,663 21 124 6,452 62 73 11,000 .... 20 40 6,000 38,000 63 75 d 18,000 5,007 26 26 3,494 .... 17 30 9,5oo .... 12 16 i, 800 350 3 5 750 d 16,953 5 1,000 429,095 1,896 2,780 583,319 (3) Dissolved after 1900. (4) Dissolved before 1900. (5) New bodies. 456 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, TABLE IV.— NET GAINS IN DENOMINATIONS. Gains in Ten Years SCANDINAVIAN EVANGELICAL BODIES: Ministers, churches. 1. Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant ( i ).. 265 270 2. Swedish Evangelical Free Mission (i) 3. Norwegian Evangelical Free (2) Total 265 270 MENNONITES: 1. Mennonite 82 42 2. Bruederhoef 3. Amish 37 27 4. Old Amish 4 3 5. Apostolic 6. Reformed 7. General Conference 33 31 8. Churches of God in Christ 9. Old (Wisler) 10. Bundes Conference 4 4 1 1 . Defenceless 2 2 12. Brethren in Christ 45 14 Separate Conferences (3) Total 207 1 23 METHODIST: 1. Methodist Episcopal 1,368 3,388 2. Union American Methodist Episcopal 93 120 3. African Methodist Episcopal 2,531 1,506 4. African Union Methodist Protestant 66 61 5. African Methodist Episcopal Zion 1,590 319 6. Methodist Protestant 188 470 7. Wesleyan Methodist d 5 164 8. Methodist Episcopal, South 1,188 1,524 9. Congregational Methodist 175 180 10. Congregational Methodist (Colored)* 11. New Congregational Methodist 172 349 12. Zion Union Apostolic 13. Colored Methodist Episcopal 261 d 220 14. Primitive 14 12 15. Free 265 324 1 6. Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal 17. Independent Methodist 18. Evangelist Missionary* i ip Total 7,907 8,207 (i) Not reported in 1890. (2) New bodies. (3) Included in General GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 457 Two DECADES. — Continued. Ending in 1900. Communicants. 30,000 30,000 Ministers. 112 328 Gains in Ten Years Ending in 1910. Churches. 20 133 150 303 Communicants. IO,OOO l8,000 4,OOO 32,000 5,365 d72 d77 2,950 d 134 d 67 d 5,411 4oo 66 21 2,605 .... d2 d2 d 209 25 d 9 .... 399 4,725 15 14 1,266 .... di gj .... i "d6 45 1,562 d 5 3 d 417 320 6 3 d 209 i,84o d6 9 d 152 35 1,908 17,187 dio6 <*69 d 3,930 505,837 1,489 2,204 440,671 13,221 13 IOO 3,000 222,737 5oi d 103 d 175,462 148 94 37 437 186,483 333 i,392 io,945 41,725 d 236 4,723 709 3 65 i,977 258,414 622 2,120 382,759 n,235 12 3 d 4,471 d 5 ^319 2,941 d 133 ^33X d 2,218 .... 3 18 713 75,589 840 1,424 29,749 1,785 ii 797 5,182 197 219 4,820 40 58 4,000 .... d6 d 12 d 1,408 1,059 d 48 d 13 d 2,010 1,327,065 3,719 7,225 698,703 Council in 1890. d Decrease. * Dissolved after 1900. 458 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE IV.— NET GAINS IN Gains in Ten Years DENOMINATIONS. Ministers. Churches. MORAVIAN BODIES: 1. Moravian 3 28 2. Union Bohemians and Moravians* . . . . .... Total ~~3 ~~l8 Non-Sectarian Bible Faith Churches* PENTECOSTAL BODIES: 1. Pentecostal Church* 2. Other Pentecostal Associations* Total.. PRESBYTERIANS: 1. Northern 1,236 742 2. Cumberland d 265 166 3. Cumberland (Colored) 57 176 4. Welsh Calvinistic d n d 29 5. United 187 45 6. Southern 332 568 7. Associate 8. Associate Reformed, South d 29 15 9. Reformed (Synod) d 2 10. Reformed (General Synod) 4 3 11. Reformed (Covenanted) d 3 12. Reformed in United States and Canada Total 1,511 1,681 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL: 1. Protestant Episcopal 665 1,402 2. Reformed Episcopal 22 d 5 Total 687 1,397 REFORMED: 1. Reformed (Dutch) 132 47 2. Reformed (German) 194 143  in 1900. GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 459 Two DECADES. — Continued. Ending in 1900. Communicants. Gains in Ten Years Ending in 1910. Ministers. Churches. Communicants. 3,036 3,036 16 3 So di 15 14 204 3,123 771 3,894 6,396 .... 700 428 20,000 .... n5 30 I,42O TT: 815 458 21,420 195,209 1,810 2,467 345,281 15,252 ^679 d 1,387 d 65, 192 17,044 d75 d 204 d 11,934 ^570 2 d 10 1,607 21,499 94 79 19,109 46,169 233 365 56,030 dg d 267 2,843 2 ii 2,673 ^784 12 2 ^335 398 di6 *x7 d i, 600 di 3 "*8 I 2 d 10 297,068 1,383 1,299 345,365 178,302 827 179,129 475 d6 469 2 1,153 14,624 38,813 5,626 59,063 38 152 42 18 250 65 77 44 16 202 9,221 54,285 10,910 5,253 79,669 d Decrease. 460 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE IV.— NET GAINS IN DENOMINATIONS. Gains in Ten Years SALVATIONISTS! Ministers. Churches. 1. Salvation Army 2,361 334 2. American Salvation Army Total 2,361 334 Schwenkfelders Social Brethren /..-.• .... Society for Ethical Culture i Spiritualists Theosophical Society -..-.- 82 Unitarians 29 32 UNITED BRETHREN: 1. United Brethren d 434 435 2. United Brethren (Old Constitution) 88 d g Total ^346 426 Universalists 22 d 186 Independent Congregations Grand total 32,365 30,859 TABLE V.— SUMMARY OF NET Gains in Ten Years DENOMINATIONS. Ministers. Churches. Adventists 141 529 Baptists 9,925 7,402 Brethren (Dunkards) 900 92 Brethren (Plymouth) Brethren (River) 24 .... Buddhists Catholic Apostolic Catholic, Eastern Orthodox 39 38 Catholic, Western 2,701 2,035 Christadelphians .... .... Christians d 284 93 Christian Catholic (Dowie) 55 50 d Decrease. GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 461 Two DECADES. — Continued. Ending in 1000. Communicants. 10,748 10,748 236 2,305 3,251 Ministers. 6,765,497 Gains in Ten Years Ending in 1910. Churches. Communicants. 776 233 6,349 59 20 436 835 253 6,785 3 4 544 d2 d 3 349 7 i 1,150 666 104,970 , . .. dS IOO 14 29 <*458 57 ^445 44,043 316 d 241 d 6,659 Ill 723 27,702 37,384 GAINS FOR Two DECADES. Ending in 1900. Communicants. 28,214 815,283 38,399 Gains in Ten Years Ending Ministers. Churches. d3$2 202 6,594 5,887 441 107 89 in 1910. Communicants. 6,941 1,069,885 10,653 3,905 108 3,165 3,436 331,500 3,730,937 135 d 21,800 <* 34,135 1,312 41 dg IS 27 d62 14 173 183 5,239 i,i99 ... 7 97 39,56i 2,468,651 5,556 40,000 d 158 d 188 d 20 d 33 462 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE V.— SUMMARY OF NET GAINS DENOMINATIONS. Gains in Ten Years Ministers. Churches. Christian Missionary Association .... .... .... Christian Scientists 914 249 Christian Union .... Church of God (Winnebrennerian) ... d 62 101 Churches of the Living God .... Church Triumphant (Schweinfurth).. .... d 12 Churches of the New Jerusalem 24 19 Communistic Societies .... d i Congregationalists 567 756 Disciples of Christ 2,575 3*282 Evangelical Bodies 120 292 Faith Associations .... .... Free Christian Zion Church (Colored) .... .... Friends 166 37 Friends of the Temple .... German Evangelical Protestant i 3 German Evangelical Synod 229 259 Jewish Congregations 101 37 Latter-Day Saints d 143 540 Lutherans 2,172 2,427 Scandinavian Evangelical bodies .... 265 270 Mennonites 207 123 Methodists 7,907 8,207 Moravians 3 28 Non-Sectarian Bible Faith Churches. Pentacostal bodies Presbyterians i>5ii 1,681 Protestant Episcopal 687 i>397 Reformed 354 236 Salvationists r . . . 2,361 334 Schwenkfelders .... Social Brethren .... Society for Ethical Culture i Spiritualists .... .... Theosophical Society 82 Unitarians 29 32 United Brethren d 346 426 Universalists 22 d 186 Independent Congregations .... .... Total 32,365 30,859 d Decrease. GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 463 FOR Two DECADES. — Continued. Ending in 1900. Communicants. Gains in Ten Years Ending in 1910. Ministers. Churches. Communicants. d 10 d 40,206 1,268 112 ' *O 634 d 57 •» / ot 36,166 15,489 49 IOI 15 68 3,475 4,286 ^384 584 d 39 dll d 21 do 1,635 d i 738 118,589 508,931 24,025 420 1,722 134 241 426 ' 52 146 104,040 314,792 24,727 9^72 20 ic. n,952 13 d i 4 4,558 36 344 16,142 I2,C.O4. 14 783 ii 185 1,100 d 1,796 177,699 429,095 30,000 17,187 1,327,065 3,036 583 1,896 328 d 106 19 CQ ^46 2,780 303 7,225 14 204 56,826 583,319 32,000 d 3,930 698,703 3,894 6,^06 8ic 458 21,4.20 297,068 179,129 59,063 10,748 1,383 469 250 835 •7 1,299 1,153 202 253 345,365 218,752 79,669 6,785 XAA dl 24O 236 7 I 666 1,150 IO4.07O 2,305 3,251 40,654 3,545 14 ^259 213 29 <f 686 in 723 100 ^458 37,384 ^589 34,547 6,765,497 27,098 27,702 7,861,492 464 RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. TABLE VI. — SHOWING NET GAINS IN COMMUNICANTS IN THE TWENTY YEARS, 1890-1910, IN THE ORDER OF INCREASE, 5,000 AND UPWARD. DENOMINATIONS. 1. Roman Catholic 2. Southern Baptist 3. Methodist Episcopal 4. Disciples of Christ 5. Methodist Episcopal, South 6. Presbyterian (Northern) 7. Colored Baptist 8. Northern Baptist 9. Lutheran Synodical Conference 10. Protestant Episcopal 11. Congregational 12. Latter-Day Saints (Utah branch) . .. 13. African Methodist Episcopal Zion. .. 14. Greek Orthodox 15. Churches of Christ, Disciples 1 6. Lutheran General Synod 17. Lutheran General Council 1 8. Lutheran Synod of Iowa 19. Colored Methodist Episcopal 20. Spiritualist 21. Presbyterian (Southern) 22. Reformed (German) 23. United Brethren 24. Christian Scientist 25. United Evangelical 26. Lutheran Synod of Ohio 27. Armenian Apostolic 28. German Evangelical Synod 29. African Methodist Episcopal ....... 30. Russian Orthodox 31. Methodist Protestant 32. Lutheran Norwegian Synod 33. Lutheran United Norwegian Synod.. 34. United Presbyterian (1) Not including the newer branch. (3) Included Iowa Synod in 1890. (2) Total number repo.-ted in 1906. (4) Total number reported in 1910. (5) Total number reported in 1910. Body not in existence in 1890. Net Gain. Per Cent. 6,183,680 99 1,003,000 78 946,508 (i) 5&7,p65 42 104 641,173 53 540,490 69 441,176 33 410,263 5i 409,128 115 396,726 75 222,629 43 205,648 142 197,428 44 159,900 (2) 156,658 137,800 84 (3) 134,378 41 (4) 106,593 .. 105,338 81 104,970 233 102,199 56 93,098 46 81,208 40 76,372 £U : (5) 73,399 57,925 83 49,665 49,183 26 47,275 10 46,496 344 46,448 33 44,548 80 41,992 35 40,608 43 GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. 465 TABLE VI.— SHOWING NET GAINS IN COMMUNICANTS IN THE TWENTY YEARS, 1890-1910, IN THE ORDER OF INCREASE, 5,000 AND UPWARD. — Continued. DENOMINATIONS. Net Gain. Per Cent. 35. Syrian Orthodox (l) 40,000 36. Swedish Evangelical Covenant (l) 40,000 37. Conservative Dunkards 38,899 64 38. Seventh-Day Adventist 36,131 125 39. Primitive Baptist Colored (l) 35,076 40. Servian Orthodox (i) 35,000 41. Independent Congregations 34,547 .. 42. Latter-Day Saints, Reorganized. . .. 28,877 133 43. Freewill Baptists 28,714 242 44. Hauge's Lutheran Synod. (i) 21,627 45. Norwegian Free Lutheran Synod 20,000 136 46. Roumanian Orthodox (l) 20,000 47. Bulgarian Orthodox (l) 2O,OOO .. 48. Pentecostal (l) 20,OOO .. 49. Orthodox Friends 19,417 24 50. Churches of God (Winnebrennerian) 18,964 84 51. Swedish Evangelical Free (l) 18,000 52. Salvation Army 17,097 200 53. Christian Reformed 16,536 133 54. Union American Methodist Episcopal l6,22I 712 55. Suomai, Finnish Lutheran (l) 16,115 56. Polish Catholic (l) 15,473 57. Jewish (2) 12,504 .. 58. General Baptist 12,238 57 59. Lutheran United Synod, South 11,464 60. Finnish Apostolic, Lutheran (l) 11,000 61. Progressive Dunkards 10,518 173 62. Free Methodist 10,002 45 63. Slovakian Synod, Lutheran (l) 9,500 64. Danish United Synod, Lutheran. . .. 