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Denominations. | Summary for 1903. | ||
Ministers. | Churches. | Communicants. | |
Adventists (6 bodies)............................... | 1,556 | 2,377 | 89,476 |
Baptists (13 bodies).............................. | 35,829 | 51,492 | 4,725,775 |
Brethren (River) (3 bodies)......................... | 151 | 108 | 3,605 |
Brethren (Plymouth) (4 bodies).................. | 314 | 6,661 | |
Catholics (8 bodies)........................... | 13,422 | 11,185 | 9,891,869 |
Catholic Apostolic................. | 95 | 10 | 1,491 |
Chinese Temples...................... | 47 | ||
Christadelphians...................... | 63 | 1,277 | |
Christian Connection............................... | 1,348 | 1,340 | 101,597 |
Christian Catholics (Dowie)....................... | 104 | 110 | 40,000 |
Christian Missionary Association..................... | 10 | 13 | 754 |
Christian Scientists...................... | 1,118 | 559 | 60,283 |
Church of God (Winebrennarian)................ | 460 | 580 | 38,000 |
Church of the New Jerusalem. ..................... | 143 | 144 | 7,969 |
Communistic Societies (6 bodies)................. | 22 | 3,084 | |
Congregationalists.......................... | 6,213 | 5,891 | 659,704 |
Disciples of Christ...................... | 6,567 | 11,157 | 1,235,798 |
Dunkards (4 bodies).............................. | 3,231 | 1,171 | 115,194 |
Evangelical (2 bodies).......................... | 1,415 | 2,642 | 162,998 |
Friends (4 bodies)........................... | 1,354 | 1,093 | 116,555 |
Friends of the Temple................. | 4 | 4 | 340 |
German Evangelical Protestant..................... | 100 | 155 | 20 000 |
German Evangelical Synod............................ | 945 | 1,213 | 209,791 |
Jews (2 bodies).................................... | 301 | 570 | 143,000 |
Latter-Day Saints (2 bodies).......................... | 1,525 | 1,324 | 342,072 |
Lutherans (22 bodies)................................... | 7,343 | 12,275 | 1,715,910 |
Swedish Evangelical Miss. Covenant........................... | 291 | 307 | 33,400 |
Mennonites (12 bodies)............................... | 1,138 | 673 | 59,892 |
Methodists (17 bodies)............................. | 39,634 | 57,572 | 6,192,494 |
Moravians................................ | 127 | 115 | 16,095 |
Presbyterians (12 bodies)............................... | 12,393 | 15,452 | 1,661,522 |
Protestant Episcopal (2 bodies)............................. | 5,150 | 6,867 | 782,543 |
Reformed (3 bodies)............................. | 1,919 | 2,491 | 390,578 |
Salvation Army.......................... | 2,361 | 696 | 25,009 |
Schwenkfeldians.................................. | 3 | 4 | 306 |
Social Brethren...................... | 17 | 20 | 913 |
Society for Ethical Culture.......................... | 4 | 1,500 | |
Spiritualists.................................... | 334 | 45,030 | |
Theosophical Society........................ | 70 | 1,900 | |
United Brethren (2 bodies)........................ | 2,368 | 4,861 | 280,114 |
Unitarians............................ | 540 | 452 | 71,000 |
Universalists.......................................... | 734 | 786 | 53,538 |
Independent Congregations............................. | 54 | 156 | 14,126 |
Grand total in 1903.......................................... | 149,963 | 196,719 | 29,323,158 |
Grand total in 1902........................................... | 147,732 | 194,072 | 28,840,699 |
 
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