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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR BUREAU OF THE CENSUS E. DANA DURAND, DIRECTOR SPECIAL REPORTS RELIGIOUS BODIES: 1906 PART I SUMMARY AND GENERAL TABLES WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1910 THIS REPORT IS PUBLISHED IN TWO PARTS, AS FOLLOWS: PART I—SUMMARY AND GENERAL TABLES.PART II—SEPARATE DENOMINATIONS: HISTORY, DESCRIPTION, AND STATISTICS Volume I. SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF COLORED ORGANIZATIONS.

This summary includes statistics for all colored organizations reported, whether these organizations were connected with denominations consisting entirely of such organizations, or with denominations in which colored organizations represented only a part of the membership. The term “colored organization,” as used in this connection, signifies an organization whose membership is composed wholly of negroes or those of negro descent. Including the National Baptist Convention (a branch of the regular Baptists), 17 bodies are reported which are wholly made up of colored organizations, as against 10 given in the report for 1890. Of those given in the report for 1890 two—the Congregational Methodist Church and the Evangelist Missionary Church—have disappeared, while the following 9 appear for the first time in the report for 1906: Colored Primitive Baptists in America; United American Freewill Baptists; Church of God and Saints of Christ; Churches of the Living God (3 bodies); Voluntary Missionary Society in America; Free Christian Zion Church of Christ; and Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church. The denominations composed in part of colored organizations are 26 in number, as against 18 in 1890. For these denominations the general and divisional officers were requested to indicate either the divisions (associations, conferences, etc.) that were made up wholly of colored organizations, or the scattered organizations that were composed wholly of colored members, and this method was supplemented, in the case of several denominations, by special correspondence, through which additional lists of colored organizations were secured. In this way an attempt was made to secure a substantially full report of colored organizations, although it is probable that some distinctively colored churches have been omitted. This effort was restricted, however, to churches comprising colored members only, and no attempt was made to ascertain the number of colored communicants belonging to local white churches.

GENERAL SUMMARY FOR 1906.

The general statistics for all the colored organizations at the close of the year 1906 are given in Tables 11, 12, and 14 (pages 538, 540, and 564). The total number of organizations reported for 1906, as shown by these tables, is 36,770. The total number of communicants or members, as reported by 36,563 organizations, is 3,685,097; of these, as shown by the returns for 34,648 organizations, 37.5 per cent are males and 62.5 per cent females.

According to the statistics, these organizations have 35,160 church edifices; a seating capacity for church edifices of 10,481,738, as reported by 33,091 organizations; church property valued at $56,636,159, against which there appears an indebtedness of $5,005,905; halls, etc., used for worship by 1,261 organizations; and parsonages valued at $3,727,884. The number of Sunday schools, as reported by 33,538 organizations, is 34,681, with 210,148 officers and teachers and 1,740,099 scholars.

Compared with the report for 1890, these figures show increases of 13,308 in the number of colored organizations, 1,011,120 in the number of communicants or members, 11,390 in the number of church edifices, and $30,009,711 in the value of church property.

COMPARISON OF ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS, AND VALUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY, FOR 1906 AND 1890.

The next table shows for 1890 and 1906, by denominations in detail, the number of colored organizations, the number of communicants or members, 1 and the value of church property.

Of the total number of organizations reported for 1906 as shown by this table, 31,393, with 3,207,307 communicants and church property valued at $44,673,049, belonged to the denominations made up wholly of colored organizations, while 5,377, with 477,790 communicants and church property valued at $11,963,110, were connected with denominations made up only in part of colored organizations.

Including denominations made up either wholly or in part of colored organizations in 1906, 6 Baptist bodies reported 19,891 organizations, with 2,354,789 communicants, and church property valued at $26,562,845; and 10 Methodist bodies reported 15,317 organizations, with 1,182,131 communicants and church property valued at $25,771,262. These 2 denominational families reported 35,208 organizations, or 95.8 per cent of the total number of colored organizations reported; 3,536,920 communicants, or 96 per cent of the total number of colored communicants reported; and church property valued at $52,334,107, or 92.4 per cent of the total value of church property reported by colored organizations.

Denomination. Number of Colored1 Organizations. Number of Communicants or Members Reported. Value of Church Property Reported. 1906 1890 1906 1890 1906 1890 All denominations consisting in whole or in part of colored1 organizations 36,770 23,462 3,685,097 2,673,977 $56,636,159 $26,626,448 Denominations consisting wholly of colored organizations 31,393 19,158 3,207,307 2,321,313 44,673,049 20,525,141 Baptist bodies: Baptists—National Convention 18,534 12,533 2,261,607 1,348,989 24,437,272 9,038,549 Colored Primitive Baptists in America2 797 323 35,076 18,162 296,539 135,427 United American Freewill Baptists 251 . . . . . 14,489 . . . . . 79,278 . . . . . Church of God and Saints of Christ 48 . . . . . 1,823 . . . . . 6,000 . . . . . Churches of the Living God: Church of the Living God (Christian Workers for Friendship) 44 . . . . . 2,676 . . . . . 231,175 . . . . . Church of the Living God (Apostolic Church) 15 . . . . . 752 . . . . . 25,700 . . . . . Church of Christ in God 9 . . . . . 848 . . . . . 9,700 . . . . . Evangelistic associations: Voluntary Missionary Society in America 3 . . . . . 425 . . . . . 2,400 . . . . . Free Christian Zion Church of Christ 15 . . . . . 1,835 . . . . . 5,975 . . . . . Methodist bodies: Union American Methodist Episcopal Church 77 42 4,347 2,279 170,150 187,600 African Methodist Episcopal Church 6,647 2,481 494,777 452,725 11,303,489 6,468,280 African Union Methodist Protestant Church 69 40 5,592 3,415 183,697 54,440 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2,204 1,704 184,542 349,788 4,833,207 2,714,128 Congregational Methodist Church . . . . . 9 . . . . . 319 . . . . . 525 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church 2,381 1,759 172,996 129,383 3,017,849 1,713,366 Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church 45 32 3,059 2,346 37,875 15,000 Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church 58 . . . . . 4,397 . . . . . 36,965 . . . . . Evangelist Missionary Church . . . . . 11 . . . . . 951 . . . . . 2,000 Presbyterian bodies: Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church 196 224 18,066 12,956 203,778 195,826 Denominations consisting in part of colored1 organizations 5,377 4,304 477,790 352,664 11,963,110 6,101,307 Adventist bodies: Advent Christian Church 2 . . . . . 72 . . . . . 3,800 . . . . . Seventh-day Adventist Denomination 29 . . . . . 562 . . . . . 6,474 . . . . . Baptist bodies: Baptists—Northern Convention 108 406 32,639 35,221 1,561,326 1,087,518 Baptists—Southern Convention . . . . . 7 . . . . . 651 . . . . . 3,875 Free Baptists 197 5 10,876 271 186,130 13,300 Primitive Baptists3 4 . . . . . 102 . . . . . 2,300 . . . . . Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists . . . . . 15 . . . . . 265 . . . . . 930 Christians (Christian Connection) 92 63 7,545 4,989 69,505 23,500 Churches of God in North America, General Eldership of the 15 . . . . . 329 . . . . . 5,500 . . . . . Congregationalists 156 85 11,960 6,908 459,497 246,125 Disciples or Christians: Disciples of Christ 129 277 9,705 18,578 170,265 176,795 Churches of Christ 41 . . . . . 1528 . . . . . 14,950 . . . . . Independent churches 12 . . . . . 490 . . . . . 2,750 . . . . . Lutheran bodies: United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South . . . . . 5 . . . . . 94 . . . . . 1,750 General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America 1 . . . . . 15 . . . . . 5,000 . . . . . Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America 6 5 224 211 10,000 13,400 Methodist bodies: Methodist Episcopal Church 3,750 2,984 308,551 246,249 6,104,379 3,630,093 Methodist Protestant Church 64 54 2,612 3,183 62,651 35,445 Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America 22 . . . . . 1,258 . . . . . 21,000 . . . . . Independent Methodists . . . . . 2 . . . . . 222 . . . . . 4,675 Moravian bodies: Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum) 2 . . . . . 351 . . . . . 8,000 . . . . . Presbyterian bodies: Presbyterian Church in the United States of America 417 233 27,709 14,961 752,387 391,650 Cumberland Presbyterian Church 1 . . . . . 50 . . . . . 1,000 . . . . . Presbyterian Church in the United States 44 45 1,183 1,568 32,850 22,200 Associate Reformed Synod of the South 1 . . . . . 18 . . . . . 200 . . . . . Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America . . . . . 1 . . . . . 76 . . . . . 1,500 Protestant Episcopal Church 198 49 19,098 2,977 1,773,279 192,750 Reformed bodies: Reformed Church in America 2 . . . . . 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reformed Episcopal Church 38 37 2,252 1,723 28,287 18,401 Roman Catholic Church 36 31 38,235 14,517 678,480 237,400 United Brethren bodies: Church of the United Brethren in Christ 10 . . . . . 277 . . . . . 3,100 . . . . .

1 Negroes or persons of Negro descent .

2 The organizations shown for this denomination in 1890 were returned at that census as belonging to the Primitive Baptists.

3 The colored organizations returned for this denomination in 1890 are included in the present report as belonging to the Colored Primitive Baptists in America.

Of the total increase in the number of organizations, 12,235, or 91.9 per cent, were in denominations consisting wholly of colored organizations; of the total increase in the number of communicants, 885,994, or 87.6 per cent; and of the total increase in the value of church property, $24,147,908, or 80.5 percent. Including the denominations made up either wholly or in part of colored organizations, the Baptist bodies show an increase over 1890 of 6,602 organizations, or 49.7 per cent, and the Methodist bodies of 6,199, or 68 per cent, these 2 families reporting an increase of 12,801 organizations, or 96.2 per cent of the total. The increase in the number of communicants reported by the Baptist bodies is 951,230, or 67.8 per cent, which is 94.1 per cent of the total increase. For the Methodist bodies the figures show a slight decrease in the number of communicants, owing to the decrease in the number reported for the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, due, as already explained (see page 26), to the fact that the number given in the report for 1890 was too high. The increase in the value of church property shown by the Baptist bodies is $16,283,246, or 158.4 per cent, and by the Methodist bodies, $10,945,710, or 73.8 per cent, these 2 families showing an increase in the value of church property of $27,228,956, or 90.7 per cent of the total increase.

It is to be noted that the figures for the Baptists—Northern Convention, include only those colored organizations and members connected with white associations, while those organizations and members connected with exclusively colored associations have been transferred to the Baptists - National Convention (Colored). As a result, in the comparison with 1890 there appears a decrease in the figures for the Baptists—Northern Convention, though the total for the two conventions is not affected. It should be stated, also, that the decrease shown for the Disciples or Christians in the number of organizations and of communicants is probably due in part to incomplete returns for 1906.

STATISTICS OF DENOMINATIONS.

The following tables furnish detailed statistics for those denominations, for each of which at least 10,000 members of colored organizations were reported in 1906, the remaining 26 denominations being combined under one head as “all other bodies.” Those denominations composed in part only of colored organizations are indicated by the word “part” connected with the title. The selected denominations are given in each table in the order of their rank according to the membership reported for 1906.

DENOMINATION COLORED1 ORGANIZATIONS. Number. Percent Distribution. Increase from 1890 to 1906. Rank in number. 1906 1890 1906 1890 Number. Percent. 1906 1890 Total 36,770 23,462 100.0 100.0 13,308 56.7 . . . . . . . . . . Baptists—National Convention (Colored) 18,534 12,533 50.4 53.4 6,001 47.9 1 1 African Methodist Episcopal Church 6,647 2,481 18.1 10.6 4,166 167.9 2 3 Methodist Episcopal Church (part) 3,750 2,984 10.2 12.7 766 25.7 3 2 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2,204 1,704 6.0 7.3 500 29.3 5 5 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church 2,381 1,759 6.5 7.5 622 35.4 4 4 Roman Catholic Church (part) 36 31 0.1 0.1 5 (2) 15 13 Colored Primitive Baptists in America3 801 323 2.2 1.4 478 148.0 6 7 Baptists—Northern Convention (part) 108 406 0.3 1.7 4298 473.4 14 6 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (part) 417 233 1.1 1.0 184 79.0 7 9 Protestant Episcopal Church (part) 198 49 0.5 0.2 149 (2) 9 12 Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church 196 224 0.5 1.0 428 412.5 11 10 United American Freewill Baptists (Colored) 251 . . . . . 0.7 . . . . . 251 . . . . . 8 . . . . . Congregationalists (part) 156 85 0.4 0.4 71 (2) 13 11 Disciples or Christians (part)5 170 277 0.5 1.2 4107 438.6 12 8 Free Baptists (part) 197 5 0.5 (6) 192 (2) 10 14 All other bodies (26) 724 368 2.0 1.6 356 96.7 . . . . . . . . . .

1 Negroes or persons of Negro descent.

2 Percentage not shown where base is less than 100.

3 For 1906 includes 4 organizations reported by the Primitive Baptists.

4 Decrease.

5 Includes Disciples of Christ and Churches of Christ.

6 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent.

The body reporting the greatest number of organizations for 1906 is the Baptists—National Convention (Colored), with 18,534, or 50.4 per cent of the total number of colored organizations in the country, while the African Methodist Episcopal Church is next in order with 6,647, or 18.1 percent of the entire number. The 3 leading colored Methodist bodies taken together, with the addition of the colored organizations belonging to the Methodist Episcopal Church, report an aggregate of 14,982 colored Methodist organizations, or 40.7 per cent of the entire number of colored organizations. These 5 bodies, therefore, contain 33,516 colored organizations, or 91.2 per cent of the entire number reported.

The denomination showing the greatest absolute increase in the number of organizations from 1890 to 1906 is the Baptists - National Convention (Colored), with 6,001, the African Methodist Episcopal Church coming next, with 4,166. In the per cent of increase, however, the African Methodist Episcopal Church leads, with 167.9 per cent, while that of the Baptists—National Convention (Colored)—is 47.9 per cent. The decrease shown in the table in the number of colored organizations connected with the Baptists—Northern Convention—and with the Disciples or Christians is due to the reasons already stated. It will be seen from the table that while the rank of the different denominations in 1906 differs considerably from that in 1890, the relative position of the 5 principal bodies is the same for the two years, except that the Methodist Episcopal Church (part), which was second in 1890 in the number of colored organizations, changed places in 1906 with the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which was third in 1890.

Denomination. Colored1 Organizations—Communicants or Members. Organizations reporting communicants or members: 1906. Number of communicants or members reported. Per cent distribution. Increase from 1890 to 1906. Rank in 1906. Average per organization reporting. Number. Increase. Number. Percent. 1906 1890 1906 1890 Number. Per cent. Number. Percent. Total 36,563 99.4 3,685,097 2,673,977 100.0 100.0 1,011,120 37.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Baptists—National Convention (Colored) 18,492 99.8 2,261,607 1,348,989 61.4 50.4 912,618 67.7 1 1 7 122 African Methodist Episcopal Church 6,608 99.4 494,777 452,725 13.4 16.9 42,052 9.3 2 4 11 75 Methodist Episcopal Church (part) 3,682 98.2 308,551 246,249 8.4 9.2 62,302 25.3 3 2 10 84 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2,197 99.7 184,542 349,788 5.0 13.1 2165,246 247.2 4 15 14 84 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church 2,365 99.3 172,996 129,383 4.7 4.8 43,613 33.7 5 3 9 73 Roman Catholic Church (part) 36 100.0 38,235 14,517 1.0 0.5 23,718 163.4 6 5 3 1,062 Colored Primitive Baptists in America3 791 98.8 35,178 18,162 1.0 0.7 17,016 93.7 7 6 4 44 Baptists—Northern Convention (part) 108 100.0 32,639 35,221 0.9 1.3 22,582 27.3 8 13 12 302 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (part) 417 100.0 27,799 14,961 0.8 0.6 12,838 85.8 9 9 5 67 Protestant Episcopal Church (part) 193 97.5 19,098 2,977 0.5 0.1 16,121 541.5 10 7 2 99 Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church 196 100.0 18,066 12,956 0.5 0.5 5,110 39.4 11 11 8 92 United American Freewill Baptists (Colored) 247 98.4 14,489 . . . . . 0.4 . . . . . 14,489 . . . . . 12 8 . . . . . 59 Congregationalists (part) 156 100.0 11,960 6,908 0.3 0.3 5,052 73.1 13 12 6 77 Disciples or Christians (part)4 170 100.0 11,233 18,578 0.3 0.7 27,345 239.5 14 14 13 66 Free Baptists (part) 195 99.0 10,876 271 0.3 (5) 10,605 3,913.3 15 10 1 56 All other bodies (26) 710 98.1 43,051 22,292 1.2 0.8 20,759 93.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

1 Negroes or persons of negro descent.

2 Decrease.

3 For 1906 includes 4 organizations, having 102 members, reported by the Primitive Baptists.

4 Includes Disciples of Christ and Churches of Christ.

5 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent.

The body reporting the greatest number of communicants or members for 1906 is the Baptists—National Convention (Colored), with 2,261,607, or 61.4 per cent of the entire membership of colored organizations, while the denominations next in order are the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 494,777, or 13.4 per cent of the total; Methodist Episcopal Church (part), 308,551, or 8.4 per cent; African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 184,542, or 5 per cent; and the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, 172,996, or 4.7 per cent. The 3 leading colored Methodist bodies, with the addition of the colored organizations belonging to the Methodist Episcopal Church, report a total of 1,160,866 members, or 31.5 per cent of the entire membership of colored organizations; and with the further addition of the Baptists—National Convention (Colored), a total of 3,422,473 members, or 92.9 per cent of the entire membership of colored organizations.

The denomination showing the greatest absolute increase in the number of communicants from 1890 to 1906 is the Baptists—National Convention (Colored), with 912,618; followed by the Methodist Episcopal Church (part), with 62,302, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church with 42,052. In the per cent of increase, however, the Free Baptists (part) lead with 3,913.3 per cent, the report for this body with respect to communicants in colored organizations in 1890 having apparently been incomplete. Next in order are the Protestant Episcopal Church (part), with 541.5 per cent, and the Roman Catholic Church (part), with 163.4 per cent.

In respect to the average number of members per organization, as shown by the table, the Roman Catholic Church (part), leads with 1,062, this being in keeping with the usual large average shown by this body. It is followed by the Baptists—Northern Convention (part), with 302; and the Baptists—National Convention (Colored), with 122.

DENOMINATION. COLORED1 ORGANIZATIONS—COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS: 1906 Organizations reporting sex. Communicants or members. Total number. Reported by sex. Number. Per cent of total. Total. Male. Female. Number. Percent. Number. Percent. Number. Percent. Total. 34,648 94.2 3,685,097 3,527,660 95.7 1,324,123 37.5 2,203,537 62.5 Baptist—National Convention (Colored). 18,034 97.3 2,261,607 2,201,549 97.3 822,162 37.3 1,379,387 62.7 African Methodist Episcopal Church 6,486 97.6 494,777 481,997 97.4 177,837 36.9 304,160 63.1 Methodist Episcopal Church (part) 3,183 84.9 308,551 271,821 88.1 102,740 37.8 169,081 62.2 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2,156 97.8 184,542 180,501 97.8 67,096 37.2 113,405 62.8 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church 2,309 97.0 172,996 169,252 97.8 64,988 38.4 104,264 61.6 Roman Catholic Church (part) 33 (2) 38,235 35,430 92.7 16,838 47.5 18,592 52.5 Colored Primitive Baptists in America3 329 41.1 35,178 17,881 50.8 6,386 35.7 11,495 64.3 Baptists—Northern Convention (part) 98 90.7 32,639 29,802 91.3 10,694 35.9 19,108 64.1 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (part) 356 85.4 27,799 23,898 86.0 8,935 37.4 14,963 62.6 Protestant Episcopal Church (part) 151 76.3 19,098 15,487 81.1 5,446 35.2 10,041 64.8 Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church 196 100.0 18,066 100.0 8,405 46.5 9,661 53.5 United American Freewill Baptists (Colored) 135 53.8 14,489 7,835 54.1 3,438 43.9 4,397 56.1 Congregationalists (part) 155 99.4 11,960 11,952 99.9 4,613 38.6 7,339 61.4 Disciples or Christians (part)4 168 98.8 11,233 11,179 99.5 4,414 39.5 6,765 60.5 Free Baptists (part) 175 88.8 10,876 8,951 82.3 3,397 38.0 5,554 62.0 All other bodies (26) 684 94.5 43,051 42,059 97.7 16,734 39.8 25,325 60.2

1 Negroes or persons of Negro descent.

2 Percentage not shown where base is less than 100.

3 Includes 4 organizations having 102 members—45 males and 57 females—reported by the primitive Baptists.

4 Includes Disciples of Christ and Churches of Christ.

From the foregoing table it appears that 34,648 organizations, or 94.2 per cent of the total number, made report as to the sex of communicants; that the number of communicants thus reported was 3,527,660, or 95.7 per cent of the total, and that of this number, 1,324,123, or 37.5 per cent, were males and 2,203,537, or 62.5 per cent, were females. The denominations showing the largest proportion of males are the Roman Catholic Church (part), 47.5 per cent; the Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 46.5 per cent; and the United American Freewill Baptists (Colored), 43.9 per cent. The denominations showing the smallest proportion of males are the Protestant Episcopal Church (part), 35.2 per cent; the Colored Primitive Baptists in America, 35.7 per cent; and the Baptists—Northern Convention (part), 35.9 per cent.

Comparing the colored bodies with the corresponding white bodies, it appears that in almost every instance the colored bodies show a slightly lower percentage of males. Thus the per cent of males for the Methodist bodies as a whole is 38.5; of the African Methodist bodies, 37.3; of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 37.4; of the colored organizations in that body, 37.8; of the Baptists—Northern Convention, 36.5; of the colored organizations, 35.9; of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 35.5; of the colored organizations, 35.2; of the Roman Catholic Church, 49.3; of the colored organizations, 47.5. In 2 bodies reporting both white and colored organizations, the Congregationalists and Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, the reverse is true, the percentage of males for the Congregationalists being 34.1, for the colored organizations, 38.6; of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, 36.5; of the colored organizations, 37.4.

As shown by the next table, places of worship, either church edifices or halls, etc., were reported by all but 2.7 per cent of the total number of colored organizations. Of the 35,160 church edifices reported for 1906, the Baptists—National Convention (Colored) are credited with 17,913, or 50.9 per cent; the African Methodist Episcopal Church, with 18.6 per cent; the Methodist Episcopal Church (part), with 10.4 per cent; the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, with 6.6 per cent; and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, with 6.1 per cent, the per cent distribution for the various bodies corresponding very closely to that for 1890. As compared with 1890, the table shows an increase in the number of church edifices of 11,390, or 47.9 per cent. The denominations showing the greatest absolute increase are the Baptists - National Convention (Colored), with 5,926, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church, with 2,414. Of the denominations reporting more than 100 church edifices in 1890, the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America shows the highest per cent of increase in the number of church edifices for colored organizations, 91.5 per cent. The total number of halls, etc., reported for 1906 was 1,261 as against 1,358 for 1890. Of these the Baptists—National Convention (Colored), are credited with 40.3 per cent, as compared with 48.8 per cent in 1890, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church, with 21.3 per cent, as compared with 2.3 per cent in 1890.

DENOMINATION. COLORED1 ORGANIZATIONS—PLACES OF WORSHIP. Organizations reporting places of worship: 1906. Organizations reporting church edifices: 1906. Church edifices reported. Organizations reporting halls, etc.: 1906. Number. Per cent distribution. Increase from 1890 to 1906. Number. Per cent distribution. Number. Per cent of total. 1906 1890 1906 1890 Number. Per cent. 1906 1890 1906 1890 Total 35,707 97.3 34,506 35,160 23,770 100.0 100.0 11,390 47.9 1,261 1,358 100.0 100.0 Baptists—National Convention (Colored) 18,340 99.0 17,832 17,913 11,987 50.9 50.4 5,926 49.4 508 663 40.3 48.8 African Methodist Episcopal Church 6,500 98.7 6,292 6,538 4,124 18.6 17.3 2,414 58.5 268 31 21.3 2.3 Methodist Episcopal Church (part) 3,631 96.8 3,556 3,672 2,800 10.4 11.8 872 31.1 75 165 5.9 12.2 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2,157 97.9 2,079 2,131 1,587 6.1 6.7 544 34.3 78 114 6.2 8.4 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church 2,330 97.9 2,252 2,327 1,653 6.6 7.0 674 40.8 78 64 6.2 4.7 Roman Catholic Church (part) 36 100.0 34 36 27 0.1 0.1 9 (2) 2 3 0.2 0.2 Colored Primitive Baptists in America3 545 68.0 501 505 291 1.4 1.2 214 73.5 44 33 3.5 2.4 Baptists—Northern Convention (part) 105 97.2 99 106 324 0.3 1.4 4218 467.3 6 72 0.5 5.3 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (part) 380 91.1 363 383 200 1.1 0.8 183 91.5 17 21 1.3 1.5 Protestant Episcopal Church (part) 161 81.3 150 171 53 0.5 0.2 118 (2) 11 2 0.9 0.1 Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church 196 100.0 195 195 183 0.6 0.8 12 6.6 1 34 0.1 2.5 United American Freewill Baptists (Colored) 157 62.5 149 152 . . . . . 0.4 . . . . . 152 . . . . . 8 . . . . . 0.6 . . . . . Congregationalists (part) 147 94.2 133 137 69 0.4 0.3 68 (2) 14 11 1.1 0.8 Disciples or Christians (part)5 161 94.7 137 140 183 0.4 0.8 443 423.5 24 75 1.9 5.5 Free Baptists (part) 178 90.4 173 173 3 0.5 (6) 170 (2) 5 2 0.4 0.1 All other bodies (26) 683 94.3 561 581 286 1.7 1.2 295 103.1 122 68 9.7 5.0

1 Negroes or persons of Negro descent.

2 Percentage not shown where base is less than 100.

3 For 1906 includes 4 organizations, having 4 church edifices, reported by the Primitive Baptists.

4 Decrease.

5 Includes Disciples of Christ and Churches of Christ.

6 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent.

The next table shows that 33,091 colored organizations, or 95.9 per cent of the total number reporting church edifices, reported a seating capacity of 10,481,738. Of this number the Baptists—National Convention (Colored) reported 53.5 per cent; the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 17.5 per cent; the Methodist Episcopal Church (part), 8.6 per cent; the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, 7.2 per cent; and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 6.6 per cent—these 5 bodies showing 93.4 per cent of the entire seating capacity reported by colored organizations.

DENOMINATION. COLORED1 ORGANIZATIONS—SEATING CAPACITY OF CHURCH EDIFICES. Organizations reporting seating capacity of church edifices: 1906. Seating capacity of church edifices reported. Amount. Per cent distribution. Increase from 1890 to 1906. Average per organization reporting. Number. Per cent of total reporting church edifices. 1906 1890 1906 1890 Amount. Per cent. Total 33,091 95.9 10,481,738 6,800,035 100.0 100.0 3,681,703 54.1 317 Baptists—National Convention (Colored) 17,316 97.1 5,610,301 3,440,970 53.5 50.6 2,169,331 63.0 324 African Methodist Episcopal Church 6,178 98.2 1,832,600 1,160,838 17.5 17.1 671,762 57.9 297 Methodist Episcopal Church (part) 3,094 87.0 901,812 635,252 8.6 9.3 266,566 42.0 291 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2,048 98.5 690,951 565,577 6.6 8.3 125,374 22.2 337 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church 2,214 98.3 758,328 541,464 7.2 8.0 216,864 40.1 343 Roman Catholic Church (part) 32 (2) 12,640 8,370 0.1 0.1 4,270 51.0 395 Colored Primitive Baptists in America3 322 64.3 95,423 96,699 0.9 1.4 41,276 41.3 296 Baptists—Northern Convention (part) 94 (2) 41,860 92,660 0.4 1.4 450,800 454.8 445 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (part) 360 99.2 113,701 56,280 1.1 0.8 57,421 102.0 316 Protestant Episcopal Church (part) 148 98.7 42,700 11,885 0.4 0.2 30,815 259.3 289 Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church 191 97.9 71,165 52,139 0.7 0.8 10,026 36.5 373 United American Freewill Baptists (Colored) 137 91.9 39,825 . . . . . 0.4 . . . . . 39,825 . . . . . 291 Congregationalists 130 97.7 39,500 19,360 0.4 0.3 20,140 104.0 304 Disciples or Christians (part)5 133 97.1 34,320 41,590 0.3 0.6 47,270 417.5 258 Free Baptists (part) 165 95.4 43,850 800 0.4 (6) 43,050 5,381.3 266 All other bodies (26) 529 94.3 152,762 76,151 1.5 1.1 76,611 100.6 289

1 Negroes or persons of Negro descent.

2 Percentage not shown where base is less than 100.

3 For 1906 includes 4 organizations having 4 church edifices with seating capacity of 1,200, reported by the Primitive Baptists.

4 Decrease.

5 Includes Disciples of Christ and Churches of Christ.

6 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent.

The per cent distribution for the several denominations, as shown by the table, does not vary much from that for 1890. The increase in seating capacity from 1890 to 1906, according to the table, was 3,681,703, or 54.1 per cent. The denominations showing the greatest absolute increase are the Baptists—National Convention (Colored), 2,169,331, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 671,762. In per cent of increase, however, the Free Baptists (part), lead with 5,381.3 per cent, this large increase being due apparently, as previously stated, to incomplete returns in 1890. Next comes the Protestant Episcopal Church (part), with 259.3 per cent.

The average seating capacity per organization reporting, as shown by the table, is 317, ranging from 445 for the Baptists—Northern Convention (part), to 258 for the Disciples or Christians (part).

DENOMINATION. COLORED1 ORGANIZATIONS—VALUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY Organizations reporting value of church property: 1906. Value of church property reported. Average per organization reporting. Amount. Per cent distribution. Increase from 1890 to 1906. Rank in 1906. Number. Per cent of total. 1906 1890 1906 1890 Amount. Per cent. Amount. Rank. Total 34,660 94.3 $56,636,159 $26,626,448 100.0 100.0 $30,009,711 112.7 . . . . . $1,634 . . . . . Baptists—National Convention (Colored) 17,890 96.5 24,437,272 9,038,549 43.1 33.9 15,398,723 170.4 1 1,366 9 African Methodist Episcopal Church 6,299 94.8 11,303,489 6,468,280 20.0 24.3 4,835,209 74.8 2 1,794 7 Methodist Episcopal Church (part) 3,585 95.6 6,104,379 3,630,093 10.8 13.6 2,474,286 68.2 3 1,703 8 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2,104 95.5 4,833,207 2,714,128 8.5 10.2 2,119,079 78.1 4 2,297 5 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church 2,264 95.1 3,017,849 1,713,366 5.3 6.4 1,304,483 76.1 5 1,333 10 Roman Catholic Church (part) 32 (2) 678,480 237,400 1.2 0.9 441,080 185.8 9 21,203 1 Colored Primitive Baptists in America3 512 63.9 298,839 135,427 0.5 0.5 163,412 120.7 11 584 14 Baptists—Northern Convention (part) 97 89.8 1,561,326 1,087,518 2.8 4.1 473,808 43.6 7 16,096 2 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (part) 365 87.5 752,387 391,650 1.3 1.5 360,737 92.1 8 2,061 6 Protestant Episcopal Church (part) 159 80.3 1,773,279 192,750 3.1 0.7 1,580,529 820.0 6 11,153 3 Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church 192 98.0 203,778 195,826 0.4 0.7 7,952 4.1 12 1,061 13 United American Freewill Baptists (Colored) 151 60.2 79,278 . . . . . 0.1 . . . . . 79,278 . . . . . 15 525 15 Congregationalists 137 87.8 459,497 246,125 0.8 0.9 213,372 86.7 10 3,354 4 Disciples or Christians (part)4 141 82.9 185,215 176,795 0.3 0.7 8,420 4.8 14 1,314 11 Free Baptists (part) 173 87.8 186,130 13,300 0.3 (5) 172,830 1,299.5 13 1,076 12 All other bodies (26) 559 77.2 761,754 385,241 1.3 1.4 376,513 97.7 . . . . . 1,363 . . . . .

1 Negroes or persons of Negro descent.

2 Percentage not shown where base is less than 100.

3 For 1906 includes 4 organizations having 4 church edifices with seating capacity of 1,200, reported by the Primitive Baptists.

4 Includes Disciples of Christ and Churches of Christ.

5 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent.

Of the total number of colored organizations, 34,660, or 94.3 per cent, reported value of church property in 1906. Of the total value reported, $56,636,159, the Baptists - National Convention (Colored) reported 43.1 per cent; the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 20 per cent; the Methodist Episcopal Church (part), 10.8 per cent; the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 8.5 per cent; and the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, 5.3 per cent, these 5 principal bodies holding 87.7 per cent of the entire value of church property reported in 1906 by colored organizations, as compared with 88.4 per cent in 1890. If the Baptists—Northern Convention (part), and the, Protestant Episcopal Church (part), are added to these 5 bodies, the 7 bodies represent 93.6 per cent of the value of Church property reported in 1906 as compared with 93.2 per cent for the same bodies in 1890. The increase in value from 1890 to 1906, as shown by the table, is $30,009,711, or 112.7 per cent. In absolute increase, the Baptists—National Convention (Colored) rank first; the African Methodist Episcopal Church, second; the Methodist Episcopal Church (part), third; the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, fourth; the Protestant Episcopal Church (part), fifth; and the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, sixth. In per cent of increase, however, the Free Baptists (part) come first, with the Protestant Episcopal Church (part), second. In the average value of church property per organization reporting, as shown by the table, the Roman Catholic Church ranks first, with $21,203; and is followed by the Baptists—Northern Convention (part), with $16,096; and the Protestant Episcopal Church (part), with $11,153. The denomination showing the lowest average value is the United American Freewill Baptists (Colored), with $525, and the one showing the next lowest average, the Colored Primitive Baptists in America, with $584.

DENOMINATION COLORED1 ORGANIZATIONS—DEBT IN CHURCH PROPERTY: 1906. Organizations reporting debt on church property. Debt reported. Number. Per cent of organizations reporting value of church property. Amount. Per cent of value of church property. Average per organization reporting. Total 9,003 26.0 $5,005,905 8.8 $556 Baptists—National Convention (Colored) 3,100 17.3 1,757,190 7.2 567 African Methodist Episcopal Church 2,574 40.9 1,191,921 10.5 463 Methodist Episcopal Church (part) 1,372 38.3 611,166 10.0 445 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 724 34.4 474,269 9.8 655 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church 692 30.6 215,111 7.1 311 Roman Catholic Church (part) 8 (2) 75,650 11.1 9,456 Colored Primitive Baptists in America3 34 6.6 6,968 2.3 205 Baptists—Northern Convention (part) 55 (2) 356,993 22.9 6,491 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (part) 59 16.2 39,208 5.2 665 Protestant Episcopal Church (part) 28 17.6 113,246 6.4 4,045 Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church 18 9.4 10,407 5.1 578 United American Freewill Baptists (Colored) 22 14.6 3,485 4.4 158 Congregationalists (part) 32 23.4 32,106 7.0 1,003 Disciples or Christians (part)4 36 25.5 18,029 9.7 501 Free Baptists (part) 43 24.9 16,227 8.7 377 All other bodies (26) 206 36.9 83,929 11.0 407

1 Negroes or persons of Negro descent.

2 Percentage not shown where base is less than 100.

3 Includes 4 organizations, having no debt on church property, reported by the Primitive Baptists.

4 Includes Disciples of Christ and Churches of Christ

Of the, 34,660 colored organizations reporting value of church property, 9,003, or 26 per cent, reported debt on church property. In the case of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 40.9 per cent of the organizations reporting property also report debt; and of the Methodist Episcopal Church (part), 38.3 per cent. In the case of the Baptists—Northern Convention (part), for which, however, only 97 organizations reported the value of church property, practically 4 out of 7 report debt. The denomination showing the lowest percentage is the Colored Primitive Baptists in America, only 6.6 per cent of the organizations which reported value of church property also reporting debt.

The total amount of debt reported, as shown by the table, is $5,005,905, or 8.8 per cent of the value of church property reported. The denominations showing the highest percentage of debt as compared with the value of property are the Baptists—Northern Convention (part), 22.9, and the Roman Catholic Church, 11.1; while the denomination showing the lowest percentage is the Colored Primitive Baptists in America, 2.3 per cent. The average for each organization reporting debt is $556. The denominations showing the highest average per organization are the Roman Catholic Church, $9,456; the Baptists—Northern Convention (part), $6,491; and the Protestant Episcopal Church (part), $4,045. The denominations showing the lowest are the United American Freewill Baptists (Colored), $158, and the Colored Primitive Baptists in America, $205. By comparison with the previous table it will be seen that the 5 bodies named rank the same in respect to average debt as in respect to average value of church property reported.

DENOMINATION. COLORED1 ORGANIZATIONS—PARSONAGES: 1906. Organizations reporting parsonages. Value of parsonages reported. Number. Per cent of total. Total. Average per organization reporting. Total 4,779 13.0 $3,727,884 $780 Baptists—National Convention (Colored) 709 3.8 617,241 871 African Methodist Episcopal Church 1,783 26.8 1,255,246 704 Methodist Episcopal Church (part) 1,206 32.2 777,715 645 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 348 15.8 350,690 1,008 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church 421 17.7 237,547 504 Roman Catholic Church (part) 22 (2) 109,400 4,973 Colored Primitive Baptists in America3 21 2.6 10,095 481 Baptists—Northern Convention (part) 17 15.7 35,500 2,088 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (part) 75 18.0 66,430 886 Protestant Episcopal Church (part) 58 29.3 164,950 2,844 Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church 8 4.1 5,825 728 United American Freewill Baptists (Colored) 6 2.4 1,475 246 Congregationalists (part) 36 23.1 46,125 1,281 Disciples or Christians (part)4 4 2.4 1,950 488 Free Baptists (part) 13 6.6 13,100 1,008 All other bodies (26) 52 7.2 34,595 665

1 Negroes or persons of Negro descent.

2 Percentage not shown where base is less than 100.

3 Includes 4 organizations having no parsonages, reported by the Primitive Baptists.

4 Includes Disciples of Christ and Churches of Christ

The table shows that of the 36,770 colored organizations, 4,779, or 13 per cent, reported parsonages. The denomination showing the highest proportion of parsonages as compared with church organizations is the Roman Catholic Church (part). Of the 36 colored organizations reported by this body, 22, or nearly two-thirds, owned parsonages. Of the total number of colored organizations reported by the Methodist Episcopal Church (part), 1,206, or 32.2 per cent, reported parsonages. For the Protestant Episcopal Church (part), the percentage is 29.3; for the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 26.8; and for the Congregationalists (part), 23.1. The denominations showing the lowest percentages are the United American Freewill Baptists (Colored), and the Disciples or Christians, with 2.4 each. The total value of parsonages reported, as shown by the table, is $3,727,884. Of this amount, the African Methodist Episcopal Church reported $1,255,246, or a little more than one-third, while the next in order are the Methodist Episcopal Church (part); Baptists—National Convention (Colored); African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; and Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, these 5 bodies together reporting $3,238,439, or 86.9 per cent of the total value of parsonages reported. The average value for each organization reporting is $780. The denominations showing the highest average per organization reporting are the Roman Catholic Church (part), $4,973; the Protestant Episcopal Church (part), $2,844; Baptists—Northern Convention (part), $2,088; and Congregationalists (part), $1,281. The denominations showing the lowest are the United American Freewill Baptists (Colored), $246; the Colored Primitive Baptists in America, $481; and the Disciples or Christians (part), $488.

DENOMINATION. COLORED1 ORGANIZATIONS-SUNDAY SCHOOLS CONDUCTED BY CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS: 1906. Organizations reporting Sunday schools. Sunday schools reported. Sunday school officers and teachers. Sunday school scholars. Number. Per cent of total. Number. Per cent distribution. Number. Per cent distribution. Number. Per cent distribution. Total 33,538 91.2 34,681 100.0 210,148 100.0 1,740,099 100.0 Baptists—National Convention (Colored) 17,478 94.3 17,910 51.6 100,069 47.6 924,665 53.1 African Methodist Episcopal Church 6,056 91.1 6,285 18.1 41,941 20.0 292,689 16.8 Methodist Episcopal Church (part) 3,522 93.9 3,745 10.8 26,044 12.4 204,810 11.8 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2,060 93.5 2,092 6.0 16,245 7.7 107,692 6.2 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church 2,207 92.7 2,328 6.7 12,375 5.9 92,457 5.3 Roman Catholic Church (part) 30 (2) 33 0.1 220 0.1 3,151 0.2 Colored Primitive Baptists in America3 166 20.7 166 0.5 911 0.4 6,224 0.4 Baptists—Northern Convention (part) 102 94.4 106 0.3 1,382 0.7 12,827 0.7 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (part) 405 97.1 433 1.2 2,791 1.3 24,904 1.4 Protestant Episcopal Church (part) 180 90.9 188 0.5 1,189 0.6 13,779 0.8 Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church 192 98.0 192 0.6 933 0.4 6,952 0.4 United American Freewill Baptists (Colored) 100 39.8 100 0.3 382 0.2 3,307 0.2 Congregationalists (part) 150 96.2 174 0.5 1,056 0.5 10,339 0.6 Disciples or Christians (part)4 134 78.8 141 0.4 712 0.3 4,916 0.3 Free Baptists (part) 168 85.3 177 0.5 868 0.4 5,732 0.3 All other bodies 588 81.2 611 1.8 3,030 1.4 25,655 1.5

1 Negroes or persons of Negro descent.

2 Percentage not shown where base is less than 100.

3 Includes 4 organizations making no returns for Sunday schools, reported by the Primitive Baptists.

4 Includes Disciples of Christ and Churches of Christ

The table shows that of the total colored organizations, 33,538, or 91.2 per cent, reported Sunday schools. The denominations showing the highest percentages of Sunday schools, as compared with the total number of organizations, are the Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with 98 per cent, and the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, with 97.1 per cent. The denominations showing the lowest percentages, as compared with the total number of organizations, are the Colored Primitive Baptists in America, with 20.7 per cent, and the United American Freewill Baptists (Colored), with 39.8 per cent, the low percentage shown for these 2 bodies probably being due in part to incomplete returns.

The total number of Sunday schools reported is 34,681. Of these, the Baptists—National Convention (Colored) reported 51.6 per cent, a little more than one-half; the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 18.1 per cent; the Methodist Episcopal Church (part), 10.8 per cent; the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, 6.7 per cent; and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 6 per cent, these 5 bodies reporting 32,360 Sunday schools, or 93.3 per cent of the total number reported by colored organizations.

The total number of Sunday school officers and teachers reported was 210,148. Of these the Baptists—National Convention (Colored) reported nearly one-half; the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 20 per cent; the Methodist Episcopal Church (part), 12.4 per cent; the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 7.7 per cent; and the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, 5.9 per cent, these 5 bodies reporting 196,674 Sunday school officers and teachers, or 93.6 per cent of the entire number reported by colored organizations.

The total number of Sunday school scholars reported by colored organizations is 1,740,099. Of these, the Baptists—National Convention (Colored) reported 924,665, or a little more than one-half; the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 16.8 per cent; the Methodist Episcopal Church (part), 11.8 per cent; the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 6.2 per cent; and the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, 5.3 per cent, these 5 bodies reporting 1,622,313 Sunday school scholars, or 93.2 per cent of the entire number reported by colored organizations.

DISTRIBUTION OF COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS BY STATES AND TERRITORIES.

The statistics of colored organizations for 1906, for all denominations, are given by states and territories in Table 12 (page 540). The following table shows this distribution for communicants or members alone for 1890 and 1906, and the relative position of each state at the two periods:

STATE OR TERRITORY. COLORED1 ORGANIZATIONS—COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS. 1906 1890 Number. Rank. Number. Rank. Total23,685,097 . . . . . 2,673,977 . . . . . Georgia 507,005 1 341,433 1 Alabama 397,178 2 297,161 3 South Carolina 394,149 3 317,020 2 Mississippi 358,708 4 224,404 6 Virginia 307,374 5 238,617 5 North Carolina 283,707 6 290,755 4 Texas 227,032 7 186,038 7 Louisiana 185,918 8 108,872 9 Tennessee 172,867 9 131,015 8 Arkansas 146,319 10 106,445 10 Kentucky 116,918 11 92,768 11 Florida 105,678 12 64,337 12 Maryland 71,797 13 58,566 13 Pennsylvania 60,161 14 26,753 15 Missouri 50,074 15 42,452 14 District of Columbia 46,249 16 22,965 16 Ohio 33,667 17 19,827 17 Illinois 32,058 18 15,635 19 New York 30,482 19 17,216 18 Oklahoma3 29,115 20 880 33 New Jersey 28,015 21 12,720 21 Indiana 23,133 22 13,404 20 Kansas 17,273 23 9,750 22 West Virginia 14,949 24 7,160 23 Delaware 10,583 25 6,595 24 Massachusetts 9,402 26 3,638 27 California 4,564 27 3,720 26 Connecticut 4,492 28 1,624 30 Iowa 4,108 29 2,643 28 Michigan 3,235 30 3,957 25 Colorado 2,507 31 1,171 31 Rhode Island 2,114 32 1,999 29 Minnesota 1,453 33 958 32 Nebraska 1,007 34 399 34 Washington 614 35 66 39 Wisconsin 310 36 268 36 New Mexico 221 37 62 40 Arizona 208 38 155 37 Oregon 160 39 291 35 Montana 135 40 32 42 Wyoming 45 41 154 38 South Dakota 38 42 . . . . . . . . . . Utah 30 43 7 43 Maine 25 44 45 41 New Hampshire 20 45 . . . . . . . . . .

1 Negroes or persons of Negro descent.

2 Idaho, Nevada, North Dakota, and Vermont had no colored organizations in 1906 or 1890.

3 Oklahoma and Indian Territory combined.

From the number of communicants given in this table, it appears that 1 state reports a membership of over 500,000; 4 report a membership of from 300,000 to 400,000; and 7, a membership of from 100,000 to 300,000. These 12 states report a total colored membership in 1906 of 3,202,853, or 86.9 per cent of the entire membership of colored organizations. The same states reported a membership in 1890 of 2,398,865, or 89.7 per cent of the entire membership of colored organizations at that time. The relative position of the different states varied somewhat at the two censuses. Georgia was the leading state at each census, while 5 others of the 12 states—Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Texas, and Virginia—held the same relative position in 1906 as in 1890. On the other hand, South Carolina, which was second in 1890, changed places in 1906 with Alabama, which was third in 1890, while North Carolina changed places with Mississippi, and Louisiana with Tennessee.

In addition to the 12 states already named, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, in the South Atlantic division, and Oklahoma, in the South Central division, reported a comparatively large colored membership. These 2 geographic divisions, the South Atlantic and South Central (see Table 12), reported in 1906 a total membership for colored organizations of 3,375,546, and in 1890 the same states reported a corresponding membership of 2,495,031, or somewhat more than nine-tenths—91.6 and 93.3 per cent, respectively—of the total colored membership reported for continental United States at each census.

Outside of the South Atlantic and South Central divisions, the states reporting in 1906 the largest membership for colored organizations are, Pennsylvania, 60,161; Missouri, 50,074; Ohio, 33,667; Illinois, 32,058; and New York, 30,482. Ohio held the same relative position in 1906 as in 1890, while Pennsylvania changed places with Missouri, and Illinois with New York. Of all the states and territories, Oklahoma shows the highest percentage of increase in members of colored organizations, namely 3,208.5 per cent. Five states—North Carolina, Michigan, Oregon, Wyoming, and Maine--report a smaller number of members in 1906 than in 1890. The decrease shown for North Carolina is due largely to the decrease in the number of members reported for the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, which is especially strong in North Carolina. The states reporting no members of colored organizations either in 1890 or 1906 are Idaho, Nevada, North Dakota, and Vermont.

COLORED MINISTERS.

The number of ordained colored ministers connected with denominations made up wholly of colored organizations, as reported for 1890 and 1906, is given in detail by denominations in Table 8 (page 514). The table following shows for each of these denominations the number of ministers and the number of organizations reported in 1906.

DENOMINATION. Colored1 organizations in 1906. Colored ministers in 1906. Total number 31,393 31, 624 Baptists—National Convention (Colored) 18,534 17,117 African Methodist Episcopal Church 6,647 6,200 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2,204 3,082 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church 2,381 2,671 Colored Primitive Baptists in America 797 1,480 Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church 196 375 United American Freewill Baptists (Colored) 251 136 Other bodies: Church of God and Saints of Christ (Colored) 48 75 Churches of the Living God (Colored)—3 bodies 68 101 Voluntary Missionary Society in America (Colored) 3 11 Free Christian Zion Church of Christ (Colored) 15 20 Union American Methodist Episcopal Church (Colored) 77 64 African Union Methodist Protestant Church 69 187 Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church (Colored) 45 33 Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church (Colored) 58 72

1 Negroes or persons of negro descent.

The table shows that for the denominations made up wholly of colored organizations, the total number of ministers reported for 1906 was 31,624, and the total number of organizations 31,393. Of the total number of ministers, 17,117, or 54.1 per cent, were connected with the Baptists—National Convention (Colored); 6,200, or 19.6 per cent, with the African Methodist Episcopal Church; 3,082, or 9.7 per cent, with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; 2,671, or 8.4 per cent, with the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church; and 1,480, or 4.7 per cent, with the Colored Primitive Baptists in America, these 5 bodies having 30,550 ministers, or 96.6 per cent of the entire number of ordained ministers reported for denominations composed wholly of colored organizations. For 3 of these bodies, namely, United American Freewill Baptists (Colored), the Church of God and Saints of Christ (Colored), and the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the number of ministers is estimated because complete information was not obtainable. The number of colored ministers connected with denominations partly made up of colored organizations is not known. Estimating it on the basis of the number of ministers per organization for each of these denominations as a whole, the number is approximately 3,600. If this number be added to the number connected with denominations composed wholly of colored organizations, an estimated total is obtained of 35,224 ministers of Colored organizations in continental United States, as compared with 36,770 colored organizations belonging to the denominations in question.

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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR BUREAU OF THE CENSUS E. DANA DURAND, DIRECTOR SPECIAL REPORTS RELIGIOUS BODIES: 1906 PART II SEPARATE DENOMINATIONS HISTORY, DESCRIPTION, AND STATISTICS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1910 THIS REPORT IS PUBLISHED IN TWO PARTS, AS FOLLOWS: PART I—SUMMARY AND GENERAL TABLES.PART II—SEPARATE DENOMINATIONS: HISTORY, DESCRIPTION, AND STATISTICS Volume II. NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION (COLORED). HISTORY.

The early history of colored Baptists in the United States is so interwoven with that of the white Baptists that it can scarcely claim any distinctive record. In the days of slavery these people were always under the supervision of their masters, and for the most part attended services in the same churches. The first distinctively colored Baptist church was one formed at Williamsburg, Va., in 1785, which, however, afterwards disbanded and was reorganized. The first to have an unbroken history is the First African Baptist Church of Savannah, Ga., organized on January 20, 1788, at Brampton's Barn, 3 miles west of Savannah, by Abraham Marshall, white, and Jesse Peter, colored. Its first pastor was a slave named George Leile, who was liberated by Mr. Henry Sharp, of Burke county, Ga., and afterwards became pastor of a colored Baptist, church at Kingston, Jamaica.

This First African Baptist Church grew, and in 1802 and 1803, two more churches were organized, the Second Colored Baptist Church with 200 members, and the Ogeechee Colored Baptist Church with 250 members. These are still in existence and are strong and prosperous churches. In 1805 the Joy Street Baptist Church, the first in New England, was organized in Boston, Mass.; in 1808, the Abyssinian Baptist Church, in New York City; and in 1809, the First African Baptist Church, in Philadelphia. These three were the first colored Baptist churches in the North. Meanwhile colored Baptists had multiplied in the South, but, since they had no ecclesiastical organization, any attempt to present a consecutive history is extremely difficult.

The First Baptist Church of Washington, D.C., organized in 1802, included in its membership many colored people. In 1833, when the congregation removed to a new edifice, the colored members were encouraged to continue in the old building. In 1839 they organized as the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, and the building passed into their hands. This experience in Washington was repeated in many places in the South, where the colored members worshiped with white organizations until it seemed wise them to have their own churches. Thus, even before the civil war, a large number of colored Baptist churches existed, both in the North and the South, and since then the growth had been remarkable.

 DOCTRINE AND POLITY.

In doctrine and polity the colored Baptists are in close accord with the Northern and Southern conventions. They represent the more the more strictly Calvinistic type in doctrine, and in polity refer the settlement of any difficulties that may arise to an ecclesiastical council. Their churches unite in associations, generally along state lines, for the discussion of topics relating to church life, the regulation of difficulties, the collection of statistics, and the presentation of annual reports. These meetings are consultative and advisory rather than authoritative. Probably the oldest of these associations is the Wood River Association of Illinois, organized in 1838. The first one organized in the South was in Louisiana in 1865.

In addition to the associations there are conventions, which are held for the consideration of the distinctively missionary side of church life, and not infrequently extend beyond state lines. The first of these was organized in North Carolina in 1866, the second and third in Alabama and Virginia in 1867, the fourth in Arkansas in 1868, and the fifth in Kentucky in 1869.

 WORK.

Previous to 1880 there were three general organizations or societies among the colored Baptists for evangelistic and educational work. These were the New England Missionary Convention, the Consolidated American Missionary Convention, and the General Association of Western States and Territories. In 1880 the National Baptist Convention was organized and the Consolidated Convention and the General Association were merged in it. The New England Convention still retained its identify, but now works through the National Convention. The special object of the National Convention, at the time of its organization, was stated to be “to consider the moral, intellectual, and religious growth of the denomination, to deliberate upon the great questions which characterize the Baptist churches, and further, to devise and consider the best methods possible for bringing us more closely together, both as churches, and as a race.”

In the same year the Foreign Mission Convention of the United States was organized, and in 1890 the National Baptist Educational Convention. In 1895 both the Foreign Mission Convention and the Educational Convention were merged in the National Baptist Convention, in accordance with the following minute: “Whereas, it is the sense of the colored Baptists of the United States of America, convened in the city of Atlanta, Ga., September 28, 1895, in the several organizations known as the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention of the United States, hitherto engaged in mission work on the west coast of Africa; the National Baptist Convention, which has been engaged in mission work in the United States of America; and the National Baptist Educational Convention, which has sought to look after the educational interest, that the interests of the Kingdom of God require that the several bodies above named should, and do now, unite in one body. The object of this convention shall be to do now, unite in one body. The object of this convention shall be to do mission work in the United States of America, in Africa, and elsewhere abroad, and to foster the cause of education.”

Membership in the National Baptist Convention is of two classes: (1) Churches, Sunday schools, or other organizations which pay an annual fee of $5 are entitled to membership through delegates; (2) individuals may become members by a payment of $1 annually, or life members by the payment of $10. At the annual meetings of the convention, the general interests of the churches are considered, and members of the following boards are elected: Foreign Missions, Home Missions, Education, Baptist Young People's Union, Publishing, and National Beneficial Association. The last-mentioned board has for its object ministerial relief.

The Lott-Carey Convention for Foreign Missions was organized in 1897, and conducted its work independently until 1906, when it became a district convention of the National Convention. In 1900 the Colored Women's National Baptist Convention, auxiliary to the older society, was organized, having similar boards, and electing its members in the same way.

The home mission work of the colored Baptists is carried on chiefly through the Home Mission Board, with headquarters at Little Rock, Ark. This board cooperates with the Southern Baptist Convention; supported 66 missionaries in 1906, and collected $17,628. Its principal work is in the Southern states, though it is not confined to them. In close relation with the Home Mission Board is the Sunday School Publishing House at Nashville, Tenn., the largest and best equipped of its kind among the colored people, with property valued at $200,000 and a business amounting, in 1906, to $160,152.

The foreign mission work, under the care of the Foreign Mission Board, located at Louisville, Ky., is carried on in Central Africa, South Africa, West Africa, the West Indies, and northern South America. In 1906 there were reported 8 missionaries and 132 native helpers, occupying 72 stations; 33 churches with 8,074 members; 32 schools with 5,781 pupils; and contributions to the amount of $18,727. The property owned is valued at $29,650.

There are 57 schools among the colored Baptists, 31 of which are supported by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York, while 26, with 5,200 students, are owned and controlled by the National Baptist Educational Board, with headquarters at Nashville, although they receive assistance from other sources. The 31 schools under the American Baptist Home Mission Society include 12 colleges and 19 secondary schools, with property valued at $1,200,000, for the support of which, during the year 1906, $201,779 was contributed by the society. The schools controlled by the National Board include 9 colleges and 17 schools for secondary education, with property valued at $600,000, for the support of which the colored Baptists gave, during the year, $80,000. Recently the Colored Women's National Baptist Convention has purchased a school in the District of Columbia, the Woman's Baptist Training School.

The denomination supports 14 philanthropic institutions, having approximately 1,000 inmates and property valued at $100,000.

The young people's work is under the general supervision of the National Baptist Young People's Union, with headquarters at Nashville, Tenn., which reports 8,694 societies and 342,050 members. The contributions made to the Union in 1906 were $10,100, and it has property valued at $6,000. The aim is to have a local union in each church to cooperate with the National Union, develop the spirit of personal Christian activity, and stimulate denominational pride.

The colored Baptists have a number of religious and denominational papers. The National Baptist Union at Nashville is the accredited organ of the denomination, but the Christian Banner of Philadelphia has the largest circulation, and the American Baptist of Louisville is the oldest among the colored Baptist journals. All are doing good service in the development of denominational and church life.

 STATISTICS.

The general statistics of the National Baptist Convention at the close of the year 1906, as derived from the returns of the individual church organizations, are given by states and ecclesiastical divisions in the tables which follow. As shown by these tables, the convention has 18,534 organizations, contained, with the exception of 184 unassociated, in 571 associations, located in 33 states, the territory of New Mexico, and the District of Columbia. Of these organizations, more than one-half are in the South Central division. The state having the largest number is Georgia with 2,504; followed by Mississippi with 2,236; Alabama with 1,977; and Texas with 1,763.

The total number of communicants reported is 2,261,607; of these, as shown by the returns for 18,034 organizations, about 37 per cent are males and 63 per cent females. According to the statistics, the convention has 17,913 church edifices; a seating capacity for church edifices of 5,610,301, as reported by 17,316 organizations; church property valued at $24,437,272, against which there appears an indebtedness of $1,757,190; halls, etc., used for worship by 508 organizations; and 709 parsonages valued at $617,241. The Sunday schools, as reported by 17,478 organizations, number 17,910, with 100,069 officers and teachers and 924,665 scholars.

The number of ministers connected with the convention is 17,117, and there are also a large number of licentiates.

As compared with the report for 1890, these figures show an increase of 6,001 organizations, 912,618 communicants, and $15,398,723 in the value of church property.

It should be noted that, as already explained (see page 27, Part 1), the figures here given for the National Baptist Convention include organizations in colored associations in Northern states, while in the report for 1890 the colored associations then existing in the Northern states were reported in connection with the Northern Baptist Convention. For this reason the figures are not entirely comparable with those for 1890.

 ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS, AND PLACES OF WORSHIP, BY STATES AND TERRITORIES: 1906.

STATE OR TERRITORY. Total number of organizations. COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS. PLACES OF WORSHIP. Number of organizations reporting. Total number reported. Sex. Number of organizations reporting— Number of church edifices reported. Seating capacity of church edifices. Number of organizations reporting. Male. Female. Church edifices. Halls, etc. Number of organizations reporting. Seating capacity reported. Total for denomination. 18,534 18,492 2,261,607 18,034 822,162 1,379,387 17,832 508 17,913 17,316 5,610,301 North Atlantic division. 230 229 40,152 225 13,668 25,044 194 30 197 191 70,749 New Hampshire 1 1 20 1 8 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Massachusetts 26 26 5,274 26 1,854 3,420 21 2 21 21 9,575 Rhode Island 4 4 624 4 22 412 4 . . . . . 4 4 2,100 Connecticut 13 13 2,218 13 768 1,450 13 . . . . . 13 13 4,121 New York 13 13 1,763 12 615 1,114 11 2 11 9 3,610 New Jersey 70 69 9,884 69 2,899 6,985 63 5 63 63 20,415 Pennsylvania 103 103 20,369 100 7,312 11,651 82 21 85 81 30,928 South Atlantic division. 7,291 7,266 1,077,761 7,102 394,003 652,973 7,051 174 7,092 6,859 2,439,760 Maryland 65 65 17,951 53 4,480 8,382 58 4 58 50 18,735 District of Columbia 60 60 26,203 58 6,529 16,949 43 17 44 43 27,337 Virginia 1,374 1,368 268,206 1,312 102,392 153,459 1,343 21 1,367 1,318 474,358 West Virginia 148 148 10,057 143 4,703 5,192 103 38 103 100 30,910 North Carolina 1,163 1,155 153,189 1,140 59,158 92,525 1,130 17 1,131 1,102 410,446 South Carolina 1,317 1,317 219,841 1,296 76,071 138,702 1,304 8 1,310 1,272 487,016 Georgia 2,504 2,495 333,943 2,447 122,601 207,824 2,428 56 2,436 2,364 860,448 Florida 660 658 48,371 653 18,069 29,940 642 13 643 610 130,510 North Central division. 883 883 82,313 851 28,719 49,525 808 52 813 794 223,278 Ohio 163 163 17,400 146 6,016 9,777 145 8 147 141 43,316 Indiana 88 88 13,526 87 4,907 8,319 83 5 84 82 26,525 Illinois 158 158 16,081 155 5,848 10,158 145 10 145 143 40,355 Michigan 14 14 747 14 293 454 13 . . . . . 13 13 3,460 Wisconsin 2 2 60 2 18 42 1 1 1 1 100 Iowa 33 33 2,352 33 879 1,473 27 6 27 26 5,970 Missouri 288 288 22,136 278 7,094 13,235 262 18 264 258 70,181 Kansas 137 137 10,011 136 3,664 6,067 132 4 132 130 33,371 South Central division. 10,0997 10,081 1,069,053 9,829 285,335 651,116 9,751 248 9,783 9,444 2,869,169 Kentucky 531 529 76,239 506 29,796 44,681 505 18 506 499 148,041 Tennessee 759 757 93,303 740 32,334 59,658 729 21 729 707 228,223 Alabama 1,977 1,974 259,825 1,935 98,260 156,302 1,924 39 1,940 1,863 640,715 Mississippi 2,236 2,232 240,982 2,155 81,291 153,035 2,188 37 2,191 2,124 626,434 Louisiana 1,411 1,410 133,510 1,385 45,821 83,749 1,375 25 1,381 1,313 401,961 Arkansas 1,115 1,113 93,364 1,099 37,289 55,159 1,086 16 1,087 1,049 303,571 Oklahoma1 305 305 16,952 298 6,769 9,762 280 17 280 271 62,900 Texas 1,763 1,761 144,878 1,711 53,775 88,770 1,664 75 1,669 1,618 457,324 Western division. 33 33 2,328 27 437 729 28 4 28 28 7,345 New Mexico 1 1 11 1 4 7 1 . . . . . 1 1 100 Washington 5 5 174 5 78 96 5 . . . . . 5 5 1,300 Oregon 2 2 60 2 20 40 1 1 1 1 500 California 25 25 2,083 19 335 586 21 3 21 21 5,445

1 Oklahoma and Indian Territory combined.

 ORGANIZATIONS, VALUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY, DEBT ON CHURCH PROPERTY, PARSONAGES, AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS, BY STATES AND TERRITORIES: 1906.

STATE OR TERRITORY. Total number of organizations. VALUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY. DEBT ON CHURCH PROPERTY. PARSONAGES. SUNDAY SCHOOLS CONDUCTED BY CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS. Number of organizations reporting. Value reported. Number of organizations reporting. Amount of debt reported. Number of organizations reporting. Value of parsonages reported. Number of organizations reporting. Number of Sunday schools reported. Number of officers and teachers. Number of scholars. Total for denomination. 18,534 17,890 $24,437,272 3,100 $1,757,190 709 $617,241 17,478 17,910 100,069 924,665 North Atlantic division. 230 200 1,688,606 130 389,170 19 48,900 224 1,932 17,489 New Hampshire 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 3 24 Massachusetts 26 23 284,050 19 94,494 1 3,000 26 26 283 2,520 Rhode Island 4 4 41,146 3 13,500 1 5,000 4 4 46 372 Connecticut 13 13 106,500 7 14,650 2 1,300 13 13 127 1,162 New York 13 10 79,875 4 25,988 . . . . . . . . . . 11 11 90 619 New Jersey 70 67 325,835 49 69,525 7 10,900 68 68 511 4,181 Pennsylvania 103 83 851,200 48 171,013 8 28,700 101 101 872 8,611 South Atlantic division. 7,291 7,067 9,946,541 1,113 669,960 191 174,310 6,918 7,136 41,149 410,914 Maryland 65 58 313,983 30 36,642 6 8,400 59 62 550 6,207 District of Columbia 60 43 962,900 33 180,386 2 1,300 57 58 482 5,599 Virginia 1,374 1,341 2,641,090 254 204,659 40 44,310 1,308 1,402 9,372 86,686 West Virginia 148 108 199,876 31 13,775 7 12,500 142 145 876 6,810 North Carolina 1,163 1,136 1,216,162 146 38,526 22 21,875 1,101 1,145 7,469 67,483 South Carolina 1,317 1,309 1,404,648 202 45,816 29 20,015 1,286 1,315 8,242 89,260 Georgia 2,504 2,431 2,615,744 334 95,651 34 31,835 2,351 2,388 11,058 121,962 Florida 660 641 592,138 83 44,505 51 34,075 614 621 3,100 26,907 North Central division. 883 814 2,330,811 269 266,147 101 110,834 836 846 5,670 37,070 Ohio 163 147 595,371 44 59,164 19 20,100 153 156 1,194 8,378 Indiana 88 81 246,775 38 36,503 11 17,600 86 89 658 4,802 Illinois 158 148 421,798 49 54,214 19 18,450 152 156 1,055 7,294 Michigan 14 14 31,950 5 1,625 4 3,700 13 13 99 498 Wisconsin 2 2 950 2 146 . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 8 45 Iowa 33 27 53,975 10 6,031 6 3,900 29 29 177 1,233 Missouri 288 263 712,450 73 95,534 21 30,850 269 269 1,592 9,709 Kansas 137 132 267,542 48 12,930 21 16,234 132 132 887 5,111 South Central division. 10,097 9,780 10,274,564 1,576 406,315 391 276,197 9,470 9,673 51,137 457,849 Kentucky 531 510 961,202 92 41,654 29 22,550 495 498 3,235 25,215 Tennessee 759 736 1,208,610 91 53,639 30 31,100 732 740 3,917 31,828 Alabama 1,977 1,923 1,889,648 324 67,369 53 45,355 1,882 1,938 10,056 99,776 Mississippi 2,236 2,186 1,970,237 298 59,102 55 41,330 2,100 2,142 10,799 104,825 Louisiana 1,411 1,385 1,651,607 267 81,061 94 57,552 1,320 1,353 6,806 62,828 Arkansas 1,115 1,090 837,664 167 29,156 52 31,735 1,049 1,066 5,863 47,216 Oklahoma1 305 281 179,666 52 8,760 3 2,500 284 289 1,506 10,636 Texas 1,763 1,669 1,575,930 285 65,574 75 44,05 1,608 1,647 8,955 75,525 Western division. 33 29 196,750 12 25,598 7 7,000 30 31 181 1,343 New Mexico 1 1 800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2 9 Washington 5 5 19,600 3 1,475 . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 25 125 Oregon 2 1 15,000 1 1,200 . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 4 30 California 25 22 161,350 8 22,923 7 7,000 23 24 150 1,179

1 Oklahoma and Indian Territory combined.

 ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS, AND PLACES OF WORSHIP, BY STATES AND ASSOCIATIONS: 1906.

STATE AND ASSOCIATION.Total number of organizations.COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS.PLACES OF WORSHIP.Number of organizations reporting.Total number reported.Sex.Number of organizations reporting—Number of church edifices reported.Seating capacity of church edifices.Number of organizations reporting.Male.Female.Church edifices.Halls, etc.Number of organizations reporting.Seating capacity reported.Total for denomination18,53418,4922,261,60718,034822,1621,379,38717,83250817,91317,3165,610,301Alabama District53539,538533,5425,996521525219,080Alabama Midland20202,333208911,44220. . . . .21206,425Auburn55558,126523,0484,630531555124,180Autauga24242,174249871,18724. . . . .24207,725Bethel35355,814332,1273,08735. . . . .363410,873Bethlehem, No. 130306,132302,1683,96430. . . . .303011,181Bethlehem, No. 243435,364432,0853,27943. . . . .444314,711Bethlehem Blount Springs32321,2683250876027527274,885Bibb County23232,000237621,23822122225,700Bladen Springs12121,789126971,09212. . . . .12124,050Bowen, East20204,062191,3612,46119120177,550Canaan Pickensville15151,1251446962415. . . . .15154,150Dallas County50505,999502,1833,81649. . . . .494511,200Davis Creek-Holly Springs11117571030139411. . . . .11102,550Early Rose23232,003237721,23123. . . . .23235,235East Alabama16161,4331655288116. . . . .16155,445East Alabama Union11111,857117621,09511. . . . .11115,485East Dallas22223,397221,2952,10222. . . . .22225,425East Hope17172,321178281,49317. . . . .17165,150East Perry661,14564427036. . . . .661,375East Star12121,0291239863112. . . . .12123,550Ebenezer15151,5731565092315. . . . .15144,320Eufaula878713,065865,0148,00687. . . . .917931,380Evergreen38382,923381,0851,838361363613,500Flint River22221,0692245961021. . . . .21204,650Friendship, Western Union17178931735753617. . . . .17175,550Gildfield15153,596151,4032,19315. . . . .15146,150Good Samaritan11111,682116731,00911. . . . .11113,600Green County19192,009197321,27719. . . . .191914,470Hardaway13131,686136291,05713. . . . .14123,150Helicon9989193345579. . . . .971,800Hope Hill20203,780201,4122,36820. . . . .20205,075Kinterbish88697255858. . . . .82800Lebanon28282,457288931,56428. . . . .29278,360Lily Star19198141934746712712121,650Little River8859472063757. . . . .771,518Mobile Sunlight626212,431624,7927,63962. . . . .626022,850Montgomery Antioch565510,150543,6816,069551565426,815Morning Star23232,115239451,17023. . . . .23237,735Mount Calvary16168921640348914114144,500Mount Hermon20201,768206361,13220. . . . .20204,800Mount Pilgrim747411,533734,3596,877676676722,840Mount Pleasant, No. 127273,764271,4772,28727. . . . .272613,385Mount Pleasant, No. 210101,2701051275810. . . . .10102,850Mount Zion, Coosa Valley22228611729344417. . . . .17175,440Mulberry20201,1241938268318. . . . .18175,175Muscle Shoals59598,405593,2265,179572585520,130Needham Creek14141,859147431,11614. . . . .14143,470New Antioch Bethlehem28282,853281,1211,73228. . . . .28268,430New Cahaba18182,729181,1291,60018. . . . .18184,900New Pine Grove14141,616146141,00214. . . . .14143,565North Alabama and Tennessee15159831531666715. . . . .15153,990North Dallas18181,774186891,08518. . . . .18174,575Northbound Bethlehem15151,3551555280315. . . . .15142,810Oak Grove6644961592906. . . . .662,700Old Landmark10109701036960110. . . . .10103,650Old Pine Grove25254,343251,6182,72525. . . . .25259,987Perote12128871235353412. . . . .12112,700Regular24232,071227681,26224. . . . .24238,435Rehoboth, Elmore County15151,760156561,10415. . . . .15155,950Round Island Creek15151,3931565773614114143,075Rushing Springs44445,526422,2223,01244. . . . .444312,405St. Mary22222,126227821,34422. . . . .22225,815Salem Enterprise15152,233159011,33215. . . . .15156,400Selma661,15564137426. . . . .662,750Shady Grove23233,203231,2891,91423. . . . .23237,870Shelby Springs45453,581441,3662,029387403611,575Snow Creek36363,368351,2912,03835135347,900Southeast Alabama24241,980237581,14324. . . . .24216,375Southeast District17171,711176521,05917. . . . .17174,200Southwestern Union99546921832881882,550Spring Creek10105041020230210. . . . .10101,545Spring Hill16168,477162,3176,16016. . . . .16158,575Star of Hope27272,718271,0321,68627. . . . .27277,750Town Creek22222,640229891,65122. . . . .22229,600
STATE AND ASSOCIATION.Total number of organizations.COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS.PLACES OF WORSHIP.Number of organizations reporting.Total number reported.Sex.Number of organizations reporting—Number of church edifices reported.Seating capacity of church edifices.Number of organizations reporting.Male.Female.Church edifices.Halls, etc.Number of organizations reporting.Seating capacity reported.Troy-Ozark32325,795322,1913,60432. . . . .323214,900Union District38375,207351,8192,91038. . . . .383511,840Uniontown929221,103878,43011,422911919135,810William Dorsey6673563134226. . . . .661,500Wills Creek21218292032249520120204,850Arkansas:Antioch31302,517301,0201,49730130307,185Arkansas River12125781223834012. . . . .12111,845Bethlehem16168001633246816. . . . .16164,110Big Creek15155381521632215. . . . .15143,475Bradley38382,474389921,48238. . . . .383812,000Central55553,931551,5402,39155. . . . .555113,280Chicot County44442,886441,2111,67544. . . . .444411,585Consolidated White River84848,413843,5034,910813818129,914Cypress Creek13137221229835413. . . . .13133,020Eastern50506,212502,7303,48249. . . . .494917,855Jefferson Springs18181,1551846169418. . . . .18175,850Lafayette-Miller28282,307289611,34628. . . . .28286,850Little River12127171227644111. . . . .11112,007Middle28282,587281,0761,51127127278,095Mississippi County30302,656301,0281,62830. . . . .30306,930North59595,665592,3073,35858. . . . .585015,080Northeastern22222,012228231,18921. . . . .21206,550Onachita54535,311532,1093,20253. . . . .535214,330Ozan70705,734651,9403,17370. . . . .706919,900Phillips, Lee, and Monroe72728,480723,5274,953711727021,620St. Marion50503,334501,2892,04549. . . . .494813,015Southeastern90906,033822,1843,624798797320,260South western44443,928441,5322,396431434213,580Union County21212,235217631,47217. . . . .1772,000Union District87877,311872,9964,315861868625,710Valley District17171,0611745161017. . . . .17174,410Watson33331,739336881,05133. . . . .33275,600Western19191,2841953674818. . . . .18173,765Unassociated3344031852553. . . . .331,000California:General14145701419137912112123,020Western991,283514420781882,125Unassociated22230. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .1111300District of Columbia:First Washington151510,718153,0557,66314114149,817Mount Bethel666621,077645,54712,260597605825,865Washington Union55113543701411100Unassociated16164,798151,2403,43311511115,940Florida:Bethel19193991914825119. . . . .19192,550Bethlehem, No. 110210111,3051004,0637,197100. . . . .1009427,958Bethlehem, No. 289895,641892,2443,39789. . . . .898210,115Central41412,221418471,37441. . . . .41415,935East Florida-Bethany81816,613802,1394,22481. . . . .817915,681Florida, East Coast23231,5322357995323. . . . .23233,620Jerusalem67674,530671,8182,71267. . . . .686111,785Macedonia17175771719138617. . . . .17172,190Orange Hill15155201520032015. . . . .15131,610South Florida70703,130691,3491,7565910595312,261Suwanee River15154971423325114. . . . .14143,025Union St. James26262,340269071,43326. . . . .26257,390West Coast37372,263379021,36136136355,285West Florida, No. 128283,288281,1622,12628. . . . .28289,220West Florida, No. 225253,425251,2612,16423223235,550Georgia:Atlanta383812,843385,0577,786362363519,700Benevolence17172,572179311,64117. . . . .17175,320Berean565610,898493,2567,333512524827,300Blue Springs13137051327443113. . . . .13132,275Buckeye1191,16393787859. . . . .994,000Cabin Creek646415,509626,1028,84464. . . . .656225,945Camilla24242,677241,0391,63824. . . . .24229,505Camp Creek18181,1031857053318. . . . .19176,425Carrollton Union32323,052321,0322,02031131318,410Central15152,412148671,51615. . . . .15156,160Chattahoochee River28282,496289701,52628. . . . .28289,760Covenant16161,797166571,14016. . . . .16166,350Ebenezer19195,429191,8373,59218118189,400Flint River, No. 130302,945291,0551,79530. . . . .303010,825Flint River, No. 236351,903336841,16736. . . . .363111,729Fowltown, No. 147476,938472,5914,347442444119,990Fowltown, No. 216167011627442715115153,800Frank Cooper9951651101358187977Friendship27272,006277891,21727. . . . .27279,250Georgia Central7738271262567. . . . .771,550
STATE AND ASSOCIATION.Total number of organizations.COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS.PLACES OF WORSHIP.Number of organizations reporting.Total number reported.Sex.Number of organizations reporting—Number of church edifices reported.Seating capacity of church edifices.Number of organizations reporting.Male.Female.Church edifices.Halls, etc.Number of organizations reporting.Seating capacity reported.Georgia Union26263,207261,2101,997251252514,100Great Eastern36361,33536472863231323236,850Gum Creek38384,019381,4252,59438. . . . .383814,360Harrison Union14141,7131344594814. . . . .15144,150Hopewell18181,0381834968917117174,600Jeruel61608,004602,6695,335601605925,385Kennesaw37372,775379801,795343343310,650Kiokee39395,315351,7683,35239. . . . .393112,300Macedonia11111,776116861,09011. . . . .11117,150Madison40405,177391,9943,12040. . . . .404018,125Middle Georgia, No. 1747411,912704,3097,20274. . . . .757331,600Middle Georgia, No. 213131,893124981,19513. . . . .13125,900Middle River24242,815241,0311,78424. . . . .24247,140Montgomery20205852023335220. . . . .20203,825Mount Calvary32327,008322,2714,737311313112,025Mount Carmel38383,307361,1321,98938. . . . .383619,800Mount Moriah, No. 114142,166148921,27414. . . . .141411,450Mount Moriah, No. 213135651321135413. . . . .13131,430Mount Olive17179,074163,0515,96716. . . . .16158,050Mount Olive Union10105721021535710. . . . .10102,050Mount Pleasant16168411632551616. . . . .16165,225Mount Sinai Butler6634061202206. . . . .661,550Mount Zion, No. 132322,629318221,60732. . . . .323010,143Mount Zion, No. 2871,19075106807. . . . .772,085Mount Zion, Western31314,550311,7552,79531. . . . .31308,800Mulberry River9971392414729. . . . .992,300New Hope35356,700352,3894,311341343411,125New Macedonia30304,987301,7093,27830. . . . .303011,150New Towaliga13139111332358812112123,050Noah's Ebenezer34345,709332,1063,55334. . . . .363211,125North Georgia, No. 118188161734046918. . . . .18183,000North Georgia, No. 245453,788451,3042,48445. . . . .454412,875Northeast Georgia8872283663568. . . . .882,400Northwestern, No. 120202,504207771,72718218189,200Northwestern, No. 220201,812206331,17920. . . . .20208,375Orthodox Middle Georgia25255,492222,1343,22122. . . . .22226,350Pilgrim46464,588461,9252,66346. . . . .464516,270Pleasant Grove24211,780186581,02921. . . . .21184,250Progressive991,461957388881884,175Quarterman1110325814215671751,120Rehoboth, No. 142426,313421,9604,35342. . . . .424223,725Rehoboth, No. 248483,141471,1661,94745345449,550Rosemont23232,654231,1231,53123. . . . .23236,425St. John34341,3653449886731331316,450Savannah River22223,030221,2001,83022. . . . .22227,675Shiloh, No. 1898919,162897,31511,84789. . . . .908835,035Shiloh, No. 226264,540261,7972,74326. . . . .25249,100Shiloh, No. 341415,650402,4583,13441. . . . .414117,375South Georgia-Florida16156301320938414. . . . .14131,650South western808011,545804,3867,15980. . . . .807825,605Tatnall41412,206418251,38141. . . . .41419,100Thomasville85858,891843,1875,635813817719,425Union, No. 167679,014673,4375,577661666514,975Union, No. 213138941328560912. . . . .12125,050Walker10010016,663996,6859,972982989529,950Washington30305,371292,2223,05430. . . . .30288,050Western Union707011,864704,3407,52470. . . . .707033,674Willacoochee15151,0831539468915. . . . .15154,350Yellow River28282,899289301,96928. . . . .282810,325Zion949412,495944,4878,008877878427,915Unassociated3367321462122200Illinois:Landmark551744591012222750Mount Olive38383,465381,2562,20937137369,550Mount Olive, East19191,1971946473319. . . . .19184,230North Wood River42426,847412,4134,42033733339,650Wood River55554,296541,6072,642541545415,325Indiana:Eastern18182,654178661,48817117176,100General686810,714683,9836,731644656420,125Iowa:Iowa31312,161318121,34925625245,245Kansas:Kaw Valley26264,565251,6272,65826. . . . .262610,000Neosho Valley18189311838354818. . . . .18174,000Northeastern18181,4691852494518. . . . .18183,845Smoky Hill River27271,0452739265324324244,650Southeastern28281,658286461,01228. . . . .28287,366Southwestern17176251723638915115143,460Unassociated11140145951. . . . .11367
STATE AND ASSOCIATION.Total number of organizations.COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS.PLACES OF WORSHIP.Number of organizations reporting.Total number reported.Sex.Number of organizations reporting—Number of church edifices reported.Seating capacity of church edifices.Number of organizations reporting.Male.Female.Church edifices.Halls, etc.Number of organizations reporting.Seating capacity reported.Kentucky:Central616115,962595,7189,944592605922,215Consolidated535314,203505,4198,687511514918,415First District51518,546513,9134,63351. . . . .515119,850Green River Valley36364,003361,5372,46634134349,525Howards Creek30293,248291,1712,07727127275,480Liberty37373,311341,2671,45536136349,750Little River and Cumberland Valley36363,727351,4952,18433333317,287London161684628919814. . . . .14144,800Mount Calvary9936181331639. . . . .991,699Mount Pleasant24243,752241,7222,03024. . . . .24247,100South District27274,039271,5752,46423423237,180Union44444,445441,8552,59044. . . . .444411,920United14149481437757113113132,380West Kentucky, Green Valley26262,008268231,18526. . . . .26266,750Young Ministers33333,840331,4912,34931231317,265Zion29282,200278711,12926126265,615Unassociated44143445984. . . . .44860Louisiana:Bayou Macon, Boeuf, and Ouachita River49493,359491,2372,122445444310,775Calcasieu24241,1742334352418519194,881Calvary, North40405,438401,9453,49340. . . . .404015,510Concordia26262,120266891,43126. . . . .26267,450Eighth District, Educational40403,927361,225601382383412,380Eighth District, No. 132322,960321,0201,94032. . . . .32328,280Eighth District, No. 215151,3261541491215. . . . .15132,800Fifth District52526,399512,2394,129502525016,088First District77779,470753,0996,219722727025,233Fourth District81819,398813,0196,37981. . . . .817929,193Freedmen's56564,297551,4962,75056. . . . .575217,355Gum Spring53535,558482,0672,99251. . . . .514819,870Liberty Hill25252,629251,0491,58025. . . . .25238,030Little River27271,4022442876026126257,325Mount Olive, Second District35353,248351,0412,20735. . . . .35339,221New Hope30302,402309111,49130. . . . .31296,645Ninth District10610612,4751034,0388,057104210410427,737North18181,918186501,26818. . . . .18184,465Northwest, No. 138384,253371,6762,56237137379,620Northwest, No. 253534,518511,5992,809511514717,280Second District36363,064361,0452,019351353510,057Seventh District53534,861531,6353,22653. . . . .535312,875Seventh District, Educational12129641231764712. . . . .12122,915Sixth District47473,804471,2892,51547. . . . .484312,700Southeast Eighth, Educational28282,738289681,77028. . . . .28286,875Southern11107911030448782851,150Tenth District85858,916843,2245,662841847519,707Third District27276712722844327. . . . .272710,900Thirteenth District83838,357822,8775,43083. . . . .838026,471Twelfth District, No. 167673,829671,3302,49967. . . . .676316,775Twelfth District, No. 217171,4721749397915. . . . .15134,330West Seventh District25251,2202543378725. . . . .25256,868Unassociated10107701027549510. . . . .1082,250Maryland:Potomac River44290242484. . . . .441,000Simmons Memorial662446851592422350Unassociated323210,670232,3934,05830. . . . .302210,000Massachusetts:Colonial43438,061432,8175,244372373715,396Michigan:Chain Lake15158551533352214. . . . .14143,760Mississippi:Amite and Homochitto14142,770141,0861,68414. . . . .14144,800Amite River21212,388196751,46521. . . . .21196,890Antioch58585,769561,8193,830552555114,687Bethlehem39394,367361,3772,503381383511,650Bolivar County82828,594822,7885,806811817520,258Brookhaven20202,317208451,47218218175,900Claiborn35353,638351,1512,48735. . . . .353410,370Coahoma District32325,592321,7863,80632. . . . .323112,145Copiah-Lincoln County20202,824201,1451,67920. . . . .20205,375East True Light10101,1961032886810. . . . .10102,460Educational35354,579351,7872,79234134339,005Enterprise, No. 164646,033642,0314,002622626214,715Enterprise, No. 227271,936276811,25526126266,200Franklin County14148701425461614. . . . .14132,410Franklin-Lincoln County21212,582218271,75521. . . . .21214,865Gethsemane-Mount Moriah25251,536244731,04725. . . . .25245,100Grenada44442,861449771,88444. . . . .444410,575Gulf Coast32322,563279131,50430. . . . .31266,900Hinds County606010,466603,4447,022591595618,240Issaquena County9938291142689. . . . .991,450
STATE AND ASSOCIATION.Total number of organizations.COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS.PLACES OF WORSHIP.Number of organizations reporting.Total number reported.Sex.Number of organizations reporting—Number of church edifices reported.Seating capacity of church edifices.Number of organizations reporting.Male.Female.Church edifices.Halls, etc.Number of organizations reporting.Seating capacity reported.Mississippi—Continued.Issaquena County, Educational 33 332,324 33 766 1,558 31 1 31 296,725Jackson 50507,628 50 2,425 5,203 50 . . . . . 50 47 16,575Lebanon107 107 10,552 1064,0266,286104310410125,226 Leflore County14 14 954 14 347607 14 . . . . . 1414 3,350Lone Pilgrim14141,434144291,00514. . . . .14142,750Madison County 28 28 6,285 28 1,686 4,599 28 . . . . . 28 2810,200Mississippi 52 52 9,702 49 3,056 6,444 51 . . . . . . 515123,730Mississippi Union30303,291301,4701,82130. . . . . 31307,723Mount Hope 35 35 3,216 . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .35. . . . .353510,500Mount Olive District30302,206309971,02930. . . . .303013,900Mount Olivet1111119,4931083,2635,835111. . . . .11110625,592Mount Olivet, North 66668,174662,4885,68666. . . . .666626,880New Hope, No. 127273,554271,1852,36927. . . . .27279,425New Hope, No. 335353,358351,1742,18434134349,350Palo Alto 25 25 1,958 23 612 1,141 25. . . . .25257,315 Pearl River 12 12 1,472 12 372 1,100 12 . . . . . 12 12 7,450Pleasant Hill 60604,641531,7032,593582585617,546Pontotoc 29 29 2,641 29 1,094 1,547 28 128 28 7,500Rankin County18181,4811752790418. . . . .18173,300 St. John13131,509133951,11413. . . . .13133,610Sardis, East 45455,784441,8893,81245. . . . .454514,850Sardis, North32 32 3,196 32 1,375 1,82132. . . . .323210,739Second New Hope and Meridian, Consolidated787810,678783,9396,73978. . . . .787834,100 Sharkey County32 32 2,806 31 1,027 1,726 30 2 30 30 6,680Spring Hill, No. 140 40 4,117 40 1,549 2,56840 . . . . .414011,105Spring Hill, No. 2 29 29 4,754281,788 2,949 27. . . . . 27 26 10,005 Spring Hill Triumph 42 42 2,759 41 1,0451,42439339377,540Swan Lake26263,011269772,03424224245,615Sweet Pilgrim, No. 127272,213277471,46621621215,700Sweet Pilgrim, No. 227 27 1,909275641,34527. . . . . 27274,045Tallahatchie18188831839548818. . . . . 18183,020Tunica County 32 32 2,994 31 1,193 1,771 32 . . . . .32308,155Warren County 63638,700622,5986,072621625920,900Washington County75756,616732,3344,146723727018,766Washington County, Educational 25252,548258981,65024124226,300Whitfield 19199951839755819. . . . .19174,310Wilkinson County 38353,061349292,07634. . . . .34338,020Yazoo County 73736,649732,1974,45273. . . . .737321,422Zion 32323,876301,3482,47532. . . . .32328,750Zion Spring Leaf Brushy Creek25244,031231,5152,27625. . . . .25205,725Unassociated 8861482094058. . . . .881,670Missouri: Antioch 24244,408221,2632,56920421195,925Berean 29291,3172946485326326265,675Central 39392,559327761,39238138389,615Mount Carmel 47473,049471,1761,87342342409,935 Mount Zion 47472,838479721,866441444411,800North 33332,270337591,51131231307,725 Shiloh 25253,125246111,31422123228,333 Southwestern 17176941726243216. . . . . 16163,231 Third District 20201,2652044582017217175,400Union 10104191014327691991,700Unassociated 1131211002121. . . . .111,250 New Jersey: Middlesex Central 991,12394167079. . . . .992,750Seacoast26253,232251,0872,14522222226,625Unassociated 34345,501341,3794,122313313110,790New York:Unassociated13131,763126151,1141121193,610North Carolina: Bear Creek37372,564348251,70234. . . . .343410,519 Beulah 20203,570201,4082,16220. . . . .20206,800Brunswick Atlantic 11114961118131510110102,640Cedar Grove 31313,279291,0921,77731. . . . .31319,475East Cedar Grove36364,544351,7562,644351353510,818Ebenezer 24242,2172172197822. . . . .22225,975French Broad 15151,909155271,38214114142,875Hammonds Creek 14136611328138013. . . . .13134,310High Point 23231,6392370293722122215,950 Johnson District 34342,847341,1291,71832232298,875Kenasnville, Eastern 35355,058351,7133,34535. . . . .353518,050Lake Waccamaw 10106401022941110. . . . .10101,875Lanes Creek 10106011020939210. . . . .10103,450Lumber River 25253,678251,4922,18625. . . . .252412,025McDowell661945108795. . . . .552,150 Middle 18184,561181,8832,67818. . . . .18175,925Middle District50506,029492,3823,62250. . . . .504816,975Middle Ground 19149641434961514. . . . .14103,750Mount Pleasant14149181434457412212125,050Mountain-Catawba. 18189671831964815315157,000
STATE AND ASSOCIATION.Total number of organizations.COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS.PLACES OF WORSHIP.Number of organizations reporting.Total number reported.Sex.Number of organizations reporting—Number of church edifices reported.Seating capacity of church edifices.Number of organizations reporting.Male.Female.Church edifices.Halls, etc.Number of organizations reporting.Seating capacity reported.North Carolina—Continued.Mud Creek11111,631115171,11411. . . . .11113,500Neuse River666610,569664,1196,45066. . . . .666225,975New Hope42413,859411,6222,23742. . . . .424113,226Newbern, Eastern46465,316462,1123,20446. . . . .464312,485Old Eastern60606,408602,3094,099591595921,225Pee Dee28284,158281,6182,54027. . . . .272713,855Reedy Creek40406,724402,7543,97040. . . . .404015,325Roanoke707014,465706,1148,35170. . . . .727030,248Roanoke, West626216,094626,8569,23862. . . . .626131,955Rowan58587,553582,7204,83358. . . . .595522,923Shiloh60609,893604,0265,867552535321,200Shiloh, West15152,099147311,22515. . . . .15145,300Trent River-Oakey Grove24241,1742439278223123235,445Union25252,348227401,38624124249,775Wake38386,644382,5714,07338. . . . .383815,300Western Union15151,889156691,22015. . . . .15143,900Yadkin19191,830195721,25819. . . . .19195,600Yadkin Valley15147831427550815. . . . .15153,415Zion25253,365251,3442,02125. . . . .25259,382Unassociated222582801781111650Ohio:Eastern Union52526,175422,0293,173443454213,511Northern11115721020233971771,914Providence32322,164307731,22330230307,075Western Union64648,141602,8594,847611625819,591Oklahoma:Central Wayland34341,749347341,01531331295,855Chickasaw34342,294349131,38134. . . . .343410,050Collate35352,679351,0701,60935. . . . .35347,030Creek45452,539451,0361,50345. . . . .454411,055Eastern Oklahoma20201,0371841158315415154,100North Central22221,5542258497018118174,335Northeastern23237372331542223. . . . .23233,830Oklahoma551915811104144430South Central11114661118528110. . . . .10101,705Southeastern15157801532645414114132,650Southwestern Creek and Seminole23231,7062062279322122215,750Western37371,2053548463428628265,960Oregon:Unassociated2260220401111500Pennsylvania:Allegheny41415,290412,0483,242338343212,287Keystone665,49251,8592,7846. . . . .864,470Union20204,929201,9133,01616416167,150Youghiogheny11117801132545583882,135Unassociated27274,048251,2372,25421621215,361Rhode Island:Unassociated1175125501. . . . .11400South Carolina:Antioch8846482032618. . . . .86700Ashley10710715,3891075,3959,994105111010340,405Beaver Creek16163,458161,0742,38416. . . . .16166,900Berca12123,433121,1782,25512. . . . .12124,450Bethlehem27276,857272,5954,26227. . . . .272610,850Black River28283,994281,5852,40927127258,300Bright Light19192,239197221,51719. . . . .19197,850Central3331631002163. . . . .331,150Charleston Pilgrim23233,859231,5602,29923. . . . .23237,445Enoree River16164,344161,4872,85716. . . . .161610,250Enoree River, North11119361133660011. . . . .11113,700Four Mile8873182794528. . . . .881,970Gethsemane707013,090684,0598,68470. . . . .707031,175Kingston Lake23231,4042353886623. . . . .23214,025Little Pee Dee24242,961249322,02924. . . . .24247,850Little River31316,091302,3663,36031. . . . .313114,326Lovely Hill21211,8262059085620120195,350Macedonia18183,899181,3412,55818. . . . .18187,400Mount Calvary13132,997128992,09412. . . . .12124,950Mount Canaan22225,117222,2362,88122. . . . .222112,950Mount Carmel56569,561563,1376,424551555517,900Mount Olive16161,696155971,03916. . . . .16165,705Nazarene23233,239231,2042,03523. . . . .23215,615New Ashley51514,518511,5702,948501514711,195New Enoree17172,528167831,71717. . . . .17166,225New Zion27273,295271,0972,19825. . . . .25246,650North Augusta14142,051147181,33314. . . . .14134,100North Pacolet3388533455403. . . . .331,900Oolenoy River9981092945169. . . . .994,150Orangeburg County37376,275371,8554,42037. . . . .373714,900
STATE AND ASSOCIATION.Total number of organizations.COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS.PLACES OF WORSHIP.Number of organizations reporting.Total number reported.Sex.Number of organizations reporting—Number of church edifices reported.Seating capacity of church edifices.Number of organizations reporting.Male.Female.Church edifices.Halls, etc.Number of organizations reporting.Seating capacity reported.Pacolet River28283,895251,0141,60128. . . . .282710,350Pee Dee757516,268735,8819,92375. . . . .757431,800Reedy River11111,713116131,10011. . . . .11114,900Ridge Hill15152,473158151,65815. . . . .15157,150Rocky River32329,555313,5095,72432. . . . .323216,975Rosa Spring551,76057709905. . . . .551,900St. Matthew8846381543098. . . . .881,250St. Paul7750671573497. . . . .771,275St. Vaughnsville10101,2871043485391994,200Sandy River45456,695442,3614,06145. . . . .454017,825Savannah Valley22222,568229371,63122. . . . .22216,150Seneca River26263,172261,0602,11226. . . . .26268,700Simmons Ridge38389,315383,2656,05038. . . . .383814,515Spartanburg15152,538158291,70915. . . . .15145,150Spring Grove771,21674128047. . . . .773,100Storm Branch23234,878211,2012,60223. . . . .23238,700Thickety Mountain16161,798167021,09616. . . . .16144,550Tiger River20202,905208952,01020. . . . .20207,825Tumbling Shoals27274,746261,6252,88127. . . . .272712,350Union22222,033186771,12621. . . . .21216,285Wateree Lower55558,536552,9885,54855. . . . .555421,740Wateree, Upper535311,908534,1087,800512515117,390Unassociated441,15444537014. . . . .431,200Tennessee:Bethel-East Tennessee24241,1072439271522222214,602Browns Creek23233,110231,0852,02522122225,870Buena Vista14149001428761314. . . . .14143,595Cumberland River, Middle Tennessee, and South Kentucky49496,816472,7643,986443444412,580Duck River29292,045297731,27228128287,795East Fork31312,885308501,82231. . . . .31297,235Elk River41412,476407911,535391393910,885Farmers Indian Creek15151,1461544270414114132,800Friendship35354,904351,7353,16935. . . . .353312,150Little Fork, North Tennessee, and Mount Zion.20203,291201,2902,00119119197,625Little Zion10102,256106571,59910. . . . .10102,700Loudon18189331831162218. . . . .18185,775Mississippi Valley35352,696351,1661,53033233318,640Nashville City13131,2701342684412112124,600New Tennessee River9821086614471771,450North Chickamauga and Chattanooga26263,356261,1062,25024224247,650Obion River57575,495572,2243,27157. . . . .575619,710Pleasant Grove25254,674251,2283,44625. . . . .25258,566Richland Creek31312,324299451,35030130289,635Richland District10105071018432310. . . . .10102,500Riverside Union18182,203186961,50717117174,600Smith Fork12125251220032511111113,300Stone River575710,986574,0076,97957. . . . .575421,660Tennessee River21218142127753719119183,325West Tennessee686815,966615,26710,09165. . . . .656024,375West Tennessee, Central33323,186291,1211,93232. . . . .32299,325West Tennessee, East Arkansas, and North Mississippi38386,968382,0724,896362363615,525Zion18182,410187351,67518. . . . .18183,675Unassociated882,25086151,6358. . . . .883,900Texas:American56564,709561,5943,11556. . . . .565512,470Bowen, General46463,041451,0581,8333510353412,070Bowen, No. 222221,3952265973620220204,775Central, No. 114142,820141,0841,73614. . . . .14146,800Central, No. 258584,712581,8292,883562565317,963Cypress34342,892319801,69834. . . . .34349,285East Texas92929,853913,8795,95990. . . . .908926,290East Texas-Bethel31313,123311,2921,83131. . . . .31319,735Emanuel30301,673285981,00529129286,020Friendship65644,647521,6252,75459. . . . .595813,690Goodhope, Western59594,463541,5392,70657. . . . .575413,540Guadalupe42424,029411,4902,46938438358,950Hopewell16161,4251650092516. . . . .16164,850La Grange66664,301651,4752,701611616114,415La Grange, West27261,2502343278425125213,975Lebanon20209182032359520. . . . .20203,650Lincoln, Southern26261,1262644867825125255,970Lone Star15156541524241213213132,790Mount Zion64644,820621,7552,669577575617,125Mount Zion, East Texas19198451933351219. . . . .19196,350Mount Zion, Lively Hope34341,679336461,00331231307,460New Home, No. 133331,900326681,21331131296,525New Home, No. 27735871442147. . . . .772,250New Light12126511222342812. . . . .12122,430North49495,115491,7113,404454454511,643
STATE AND ASSOCIATION.Total number of organizations.COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS.PLACES OF WORSHIP.Number of organizations reporting.Total number reported.Sex.Number of organizations reporting—Number of church edifices reported.Seating capacity of church edifices.Number of organizations reporting.Male.Female.Church edifices.Halls, etc.Number of organizations reporting.Seating capacity reported.Northeast43432,992431,0321,96043. . . . .433810,105Northwestern66666,903662,2104,693651656519,425Old Landmark39395,168392,2582,910381383814,350Palestine24242,536249541,58224. . . . .24216,350Ritter Lake25259712535661522322224,265Robertson County11114571121424392992,550Sabine Valley50502,683501,0831,600464464415,590St. John66667,172662,9724,20066. . . . .676421,515St. John Landmark17171,4061748791914314142,930St. Paul17171,0151732169417. . . . .17173,728South41411,5813459687337. . . . .37316,150Southwestern Central48484,052471,6722,23048. . . . .484819,825Texas-Louisiana676710,879654,1076,49767. . . . .686623,563Trinity Valley55552,611509531,5714411444311,190Twentieth Century19191,3401844384718119184,450Union34342,486348681,61828628286,924Unity38384,424371,6862,68837. . . . .373611,405West14144121414826414. . . . .14142,460Willow Grove24241,1002440569523. . . . .23233,775Zion70707,263702,6714,59270. . . . .716820,545Zion Hill22222,283228501,43322. . . . .22227,875Zion Progressive21212,134217481,38620121194,753Zion Rest17177901727551513413132,800Unassociated33122350723. . . . .33730Virginia:Amelia Protective15153,564151,2992,26515. . . . .15144,550Banister26268,319253,3154,80026. . . . .262613,900Berean Valley63636,643592,5913,746621635913,855Bethany11711726,8691159,65314,423117. . . . .11811349,167Bluestone51519,113483,5205,00751. . . . .514914,985Cherrystone50507,477472,5454,23349. . . . .494916,740Clinch River13138291234448012. . . . .12115,400Cornerstone32323,680221,1481,30232. . . . .323012,379Harmony20203,571191,3252,09620. . . . .20205,980Hasadiah363611,508354,7166,49236. . . . .383617,085James River12122,372129641,40812. . . . .12124,000Lebanon35354,717341,8952,76735. . . . .353510,245Macedonia24232,985231,0671,91820320204,215Mattaponi696914,224675,4758,46868. . . . .706822,425Norfolk Union717123,416687,88914,19071. . . . .726930,055Northampton19183,448181,2842,16418. . . . .20186,025Northern1021019,7341003,6145,9208812908722,850Northern Neck29298,626293,7874,83929. . . . .322915,650Pamunkey10102,008101,06394510. . . . .1194,216Peaks of Otter19192,030198281,20218118184,750Piedmont40405,516392,1793,18240. . . . .424011,425Pig River19176801518437617. . . . .17163,384Rockfish54547,945492,9234,52454. . . . .545315,875Schaeffer Memorial30303,011291,0321,93929132299,700Shiloh585827,8345310,71415,54057. . . . .595527,320Slate River38386,887382,7064,18138. . . . .383811,625Southside-Rappahannock38389,465373,8875,42838. . . . .383816,405Staunton River20203,161181,1341,86219119175,650Sunnyside20192,700191,0631,63719119195,775Tidewater Peninsula606015,561605,9409,621563575624,462Tuckahoe21213,685191,1112,13521. . . . .21216,915Valley838313,726826,0566,93483. . . . .848328,715Wayland Blue Ridge50506,782482,8103,66450. . . . .504916,760Unassociated551,39754659325. . . . .551,700Washington:Unassociated55174578965. . . . .551,300West Virginia:Flat Top45453,685451,8731,812384383712,305Mount Olivet28282,490281,0971,393141314144,330Mount Zion12126961126337911111113,250New River Valley58583,265541,4771,6803916393810,900Tygart Valley88231811311853541,275

 ORGANIZATIONS, VALUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY, DEBT ON CHURCH PROPERTY, PARSONAGES, AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS, BY STATES AND ASSOCIATIONS: 1906.

STATE AND ASSOCIATION.Total number of organizations.VALUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY.DEBT ON CHURCH PROPERTY.PARSONAGES.SUNDAY SCHOOLS CONDUCTED BY CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS.Number of organizations reporting.Value reported.Number of organizations reporting.Amount of debt reported.Number of organizations reporting.Value of parsonages reported.Number of organizations reporting.Number of Sunday schools reported.Number of officers and teachers.Number of scholars.Total for denomination18,53417,890$24,437,2723,100$1,757,190709$617,24117,47817,910100,069924,665Alabama:Alabama District535344,875112,241115053553143,197Alabama Midland202016,35065571300202183855Auburn555462,370103,46155,82555593313,871Autauga242418,14021,031. . . . .. . . . .1823981,230Bethel353540,6504301. . . . .. . . . .35362332,008Bethlehem, No. 1303030,6508473115030301521,773Bethlehem, No. 2434325,024388. . . . .. . . . .42462302,008Bethlehem Blount Springs322812,3353154. . . . .. . . . .3030123809Bibb County232215,300255. . . . .. . . . .2323126889Bladen Springs12126,025269. . . . .. . . . .121264708Bowen, East202022,7253228. . . . .. . . . .18201381,331Canaan Pickensville15159,350398. . . . .. . . . .141460347Dallas County504927,635141,304. . . . .. . . . .49492082,180Davis Creek-Holly Springs11114,930342. . . . .. . . . .101046382Early Rose232211,302. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .141470630East Alabama161614,095. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .161666729East Alabama Union11117,53545551700111177845East Dallas22209,11025021,300222273801East Hope171621,15073,418. . . . .. . . . .171892953East Perry666,700. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .6634525East Star12114,450. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .111262458Ebenezer151513,9004281. . . . .. . . . .151570701Eufaula878772,350323,29361,28086904914,158Evergreen383826,040355. . . . .. . . . .38391791,793Flint River22219,9754275. . . . .. . . . .212381704Friendship, Western Union17178,1506215. . . . .. . . . .171787838Gildfield15159,90013. . . . .. . . . .151588823Good Samaritan111110,900. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .111174660Green County191912,960776. . . . .. . . . .1919881,455Hardaway13137,4253100. . . . .. . . . .131363683Helicon993,700110. . . . .. . . . .9940266Hope Hill20209,950. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .202093581Kinterbish884,550. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .22860Lebanon282813,6004136. . . . .. . . . .2727118882Lily Star19123,200. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .131346405Little River874,500172. . . . .. . . . .8829327Mobile Sunlight6261176,4401713,31636,50062633854,175Montgomery Antioch5655106,865157,24143,30053553984,180Morning Star232213,560461. . . . .. . . . .22221031,231Mount Calvary16149,4503188. . . . .. . . . .151558598Mount Hermon20206,8652100. . . . .. . . . .202074551Mount Pilgrim7467169,8001910,731811,55069724185,619Mount Pleasant, No. 1272723,93541,790. . . . .. . . . .27291311,393Mount Pleasant, No. 210106,400. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .101037265Mount Zion, Coosa Valley22179,300110. . . . .. . . . .151559363Mulberry20208,5701150. . . . .. . . . .2022101757Muscle Shoals595774,67581,970180055552783,218Needham Creek14148,000252. . . . .. . . . .141459768New Antioch Bethlehem282843,959546921,2002224851,094New Cahaba181811,950137. . . . .. . . . .181887739New Pine Grove14148,800132. . . . .. . . . .141570769North Alabama and Tennessee15156,675. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .151580537North Dallas181816,1751105. . . . .. . . . .181980613Northbound Bethlehem15158,250130. . . . .. . . . .131340517Oak Grove661,600. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .6624140Old Landmark101019,25017001500101054430Old Pine Grove252529,60010728. . . . .. . . . .23231011,357Perote12124,6804113. . . . .. . . . .101048379Regular242414,9252120. . . . .. . . . .2427105719Rehoboth, Elmore County151511,450220. . . . .. . . . .151584676Round Island Creek15148,125. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .141470566Rushing Springs444424,390496111,50042442262,281St. Mary222211,049150. . . . .. . . . .2222127989Salem Enterprise151512,375. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .151577730Selma665,9001200. . . . .. . . . .6632420Shady Grove232320,2504503. . . . .. . . . .23231371,011Shelby Springs453829,400111,770265044482511,717Snow Creek363529,650215032,10031321541,305Southeast Alabama242412,630275. . . . .. . . . .24251171,452Southeast District17177,8403209. . . . .. . . . .161666660Southwestern Union984,300261. . . . .. . . . .8832253Spring Creek10105,450110. . . . .. . . . .9933295Spring Hill161631,5001140. . . . .. . . . .16171871,756Star of Hope272712,325114. . . . .. . . . .2626137919Town Creek222218,1002269. . . . .. . . . .222282745Troy-Ozark323234,23563,418. . . . .. . . . .32321601,454Union District383828,175534921,10038391841,881Uniontown9289158,889161,37696,45091927239,002William Dorsoy662,400110. . . . .. . . . .5530210Wills Creek212014,215. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .131354451
STATE AND ASSOCIATION.Total number of organizations.VALUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY.DEBT ON CHURCH PROPERTY.PARSONAGES.SUNDAY SCHOOLS CONDUCTED BY CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS.Number of organizations reporting.Value reported.Number of organizations reporting.Amount of debt reported.Number of organizations reporting.Value of parsonages reported.Number of organizations reporting.Number of Sunday schools reported.Number of officers and teachers.Number of scholars.Arkansas:Antioch3130$22,9503$230482,45031311441,195Arkansas River12123,255. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .9941259Bethlehem16166,7754315125141476618Big Creek15153,735. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .141559369Bradley383826,64510882. . . . .. . . . .38401921,272Central555436,400103,364286054542862,108Chicot County444417,3927348. . . . .. . . . .44441951,525Consolidated White River848280,374172,95151,92578804833,930Cypress Creek13135,300. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .111149310Eastern504943,269690565,95049502962,449Jefferson Springs18189,3502110. . . . .. . . . .181882634Lafayette-Miller282811,725110. . . . .. . . . .26271781,359Little River12113,440170. . . . .. . . . .121269396Middle282817,6062550. . . . .. . . . .28281651,235Mississippi County303016,3804707. . . . .. . . . .161679738North595840,150151,09923,62558583192,851Northeastern222114,8752108. . . . .. . . . .22231351,007Ouachita545330,525637131,55049502522,274Ozan707038,898132,344245070714483,732Phillips, Lee, and Monroe7271115,685138,89193,19065664364,022St. Marion505027,9856363. . . . .. . . . .48492551,931Southeastern907947,735191,533360078793832,873Southwestern444442,625763862,65042432602,113Union County21176,620. . . . .. . . . .72,62021211072,597Union District8786123,965102,41846,50083835083,490Valley District171714,600246512001718100656Watson333311,1504217. . . . .. . . . .33331551,029Western19195,825267. . . . .. . . . .192092869Unassociated331,400. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .3434257California:General141375,850518,62354,750141483511Western9884,00034,30022,2508959568Unassociated211,500. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .118100District of Columbia:First Washington1514379,0001265,961140014141641,863Mount Bethel6659489,3002973,81021,60061684655,934Washington Union511,000150. . . . .. . . . .5516119Unassociated1611241,800858,950. . . . .. . . . .16161421,295Florida:Bethel19196,550. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .161644284Bethlehem, No. 1102100147,99616966107,550991005145,506Bethlehem, No. 2898963,3007781447588904173,624Central41417,735. . . . .. . . . .220041411771,093East Florida-Bethany8180134,6471229,75543,10081814333,524Florida, East Coast232327,35041,85053,95023231791,069Jerusalem676636,3204359. . . . .. . . . .65662652,370Macedonia17173,7052110. . . . .. . . . .8842345Orange Hill15152,75512513008825243South Florida705954,565202,10295,40063643492,667Suwanee River15144,0251501100131446420Union St. James262626,2503580108,30025251961,238West Coast373628,175490221,30037371441,468West Florida, No. 1282834,37566,93233,50025251371,561West Florida, No. 2252415,075287150023241481,531Georgia:Atlanta3838160,900127,01532,800373928117179,375. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .171765Berean5651205,4001321,16537,20047523253,828Blue Springs13134,950. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .131340413Buckeye1197,300150. . . . .. . . . .8838410Cabin Creek646489,515991712564643754,613Camilla242425,1503380. . . . .. . . . .24241421,436Camp Creek18189,775101,407. . . . .. . . . .181884860Carrollton Union323122,0106435. . . . .. . . . .30301281,295Central151514,4003292. . . . .. . . . .151571634Chattahoochee River282815,205181,840. . . . .. . . . .27271321,184Covenant16167,950. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .151565621Ebenezer191867,05076,90532,7001919961,314Flint River, No. 1303018,150. . . . .. . . . .160029291491,831Flint River, No. 2363615,675545918002222831,128Fowltown, No. 1474621,7802168112546461621,289Fowltown, No. 216166,5001200. . . . .. . . . .9936373Frank Cooper971,075341. . . . .. . . . .7728289Friendship272723,5003205115027271091,174Georgia Central772,7002230. . . . .. . . . .7721220Georgia Union262524,390. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .212196833Great Eastern362217,950. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .3636117910Gum Creek383830,2756381. . . . .. . . . .37371571,656Harrison Union141410,2001150. . . . .. . . . .131468767Hopewell18169,800110. . . . .. . . . .181862560
STATE AND ASSOCIATION.Total number of organizations.VALUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY.DEBT ON CHURCH PROPERTY.PARSONAGES.SUNDAY SCHOOLS CONDUCTED BY CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS.Number of organizations reporting.Value reported.Number of organizations reporting.Amount of debt reported.Number of organizations reporting.Value of parsonages reported.Number of organizations reporting.Number of Sunday schools reported.Number of officers and teachers.Number of scholars.Jeruel6160$51,3253$2951$50060603343,814Kennesaw373325,9354660. . . . .. . . . .36361581,352Kiokee393922,1255151. . . . .. . . . .37411691,967Macedonia111113,800. . . . .. . . . .12,0001111671,075Madison404041,515103,881. . . . .. . . . .37371731,865Middle Georgia, No. 1747499,800142,056145072743323,755Middle Georgia, No. 2131314,3004282. . . . .. . . . .131355459Middle River242416,9154148. . . . .. . . . .24241151,139Montgomery20209,9851100. . . . .. . . . .171749415Mount Calvary323144,95042,77522,35031311671,813Mount Carmel383821,385. . . . .. . . . .150031311191,284Mount Moriah, No. 1141421,250. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .141475680Mount Moriah, No. 213132,775. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .101048319Mount Olive171587,15025,91015,00017181041,471Mount Olive Union10104,375. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .101037320Mount Pleasant161611,550. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .151569755Mount Sinai Butler661,800. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .6625225Mount Zion, No. 1323220,95071,622323527281001,002Mount Zion, No. 2862,175. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .7740346Mount Zion, Western313116,250. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .31311381,502Mulberry River995,050. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .9945435New Hope353461,26532,500. . . . .. . . . .35351651,920New Macedonia303027,25011,550. . . . .. . . . .30301411,615New Towaliga13126,7501150. . . . .. . . . .121240405Noah's Ebenezer343436,87591,544. . . . .. . . . .31331481,702North Georgia, No. 118187,275. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .161653455North Georgia, No. 2454552,20071,62711,50045451912,028Northeast Georgia883,500138. . . . .. . . . .8832265Northwestern, No. 1201821,80061,800. . . . .. . . . .191986985Northwestern, No. 2202015,450. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .181894888Orthodox Middle Georgia252244,15031,050. . . . .. . . . .21211271,665Pilgrim464643,0387683. . . . .. . . . .43451991,944Pleasant Grove242110,200120. . . . .. . . . .181872740Progressive984,500. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .9939310Quarterman1172,0003123. . . . .. . . . .8840253Rehoboth, No. 1424254,3502250. . . . .. . . . .42421972,105Rehoboth, No. 2484521,060. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .42421591,487Rosemont232317,050226115002021901,164St. John343118,5752125. . . . .. . . . .3232109882Savannah River222224,1006730. . . . .. . . . .22241221,529Shiloh, No. 18989174,2251411,060. . . . .. . . . .89934245,389Shiloh, No. 2262632,4008831280024261331,859Shiloh, No. 3414135,915281,989. . . . .. . . . .41411502,623South Georgia-Florida16144,000. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .101034340Southwestern808078,145101,162. . . . .. . . . .79804014,441Tatnall414128,980. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .2929104828Thomasville858345,666121,326130084854043,827Union, No. 1676639,6452330140067682823,079Union, No. 2131312,575110. . . . .. . . . .131460610Walker10098122,39581,01521,80095974745,663Washington303024,520293. . . . .. . . . .27271281,444Western Union707069,7058977. . . . .. . . . .68693994,813Willacoochee15158,900. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .151559622Yellow River282825,05071,335. . . . .. . . . .28281291,468Zion948884,690162,748150084853854,101Unassociated326251200. . . . .. . . . .22435Illinois:Landmark536,52512,000. . . . .. . . . .5531150Mount Olive383852,50285,08131,40038392291,420Mount Olive, East191926,70077,75621,2001818103640North Wood River4235186,8461520,87245,15041433172,503Wood River5554146,4751918,6011010,70051523732,559Indiana:Eastern181646,80075,110412,6001818140990General6863197,2753031,09364,40067705133,768Iowa:Iowa312549,47595,63163,90027271651,147Kansas:Kaw Valley2625117,20094,59247,40026262411,848Neosho Valley181826,45081,49064,9501616135552Northeastern181843,02552,0221500181891649Smoky Hill River272432,30091,10963,1002525143690Southeastern282840,01761,10233,5842727165989Southwestern171624,20081,59632,2001717110450Unassociated113,500. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .11987Kentucky:Central6160197,9502416,90552,10061614204,191Consolidated5351253,765106,82544,00048503543,094First District5151115,57563,02577,35050505013,655Green River Valley363463,00072,59022,65035352161,681Howards Creek302823,85051,930. . . . .. . . . .27271041,009Liberty373723,7756750. . . . .. . . . .33332631,712Little River and Cumberland Valley363223,07012531,85032331871,620London161311,2252128. . . . .. . . . .141456602Mount 994,500175. . . . .. . . . .7731142
STATE AND ASSOCIATION.Total number of organizations.VALUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY.DEBT ON CHURCH PROPERTY.PARSONAGES.SUNDAY SCHOOLS CONDUCTED BY CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS.Number of organizations reporting.Value reported.Number of organizations reporting.Amount of debt reported.Number of organizations reporting.Value of parsonages reported.Number of organizations reporting.Number of Sunday schools reported.Number of officers and teachers.Number of scholars.Mount Pleasant2424$33,1004$700. . . . .. . . . .2424150958South District272462,22555,1003$1,60026261901,455Union444458,55051,88511,25039392381,659United14137,8751501500121267371West Kentucky, Green Valley262631,700560031,10026261121,098Young Ministers333240,3057558. . . . .. . . . .30301761,228Zion292810,137. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .2727151637Unassociated443,3502410. . . . .. . . . .3316123Louisiana:Bayou Macon, Boeuf, and Ouachita River494826,11761,115237547471931,653Calcasieu242012,0283506342522271301,067Calvary, North404066,292510,218. . . . .. . . . .40402211,721Concordia262614,145117. . . . .. . . . .2626118852Eighth District, Educational403961,365111,88531,90840412171,730Eighth District, No. 1323241,50084,14041,75031311711,314Eighth District, No. 215156,660290. . . . .. . . . .141462393Fifth District525199,687236,957179,87550523243,417First District7773253,7332424,9171217,15075753824,286Fourth District8181118,539154,30342,00080834404,129Freedmen's5656122,610174,12974,17553532462,304Gum Spring535172,187460011,80050532353,159Liberty Hill252522,100134. . . . .. . . . .25261181,195Little River272611,000. . . . .. . . . .150025251171,089Mount Olive, Second District353533,812203,95463,66134341581,539New Hope303017,4007501120030341411,496Ninth District10610450,960. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .77773143,535North 18187,405. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .181892681Northwest, No. 1383721,2505351. . . . .. . . . .38401932,419Northwest, No. 2535135,917131,62321,07953533171,864Second District363427,93091,836470531311701,209Seventh District535396,000183,34983,10052542783,189Seventh District, Educational121211,370673221,625121252523Sixth District474770,889183,853103,62447492182,291Southeast Eighth, Educational282822,3197339. . . . .. . . . .28291511,113Southern11104,8522115. . . . .. . . . .101041339Tenth District858491,050141,286. . . . .. . . . .76813853,919Third District272727,650. . . . .. . . . .1900262691569Thirteenth District838396,47592,32711,00082834933,294Twelfth District, No. 1676750,4507940. . . . .. . . . .47472781,741Twelfth District, No. 217155,6054336. . . . .. . . . .151597526West Seventh District252523,4812231130025251121,124Unassociated10105,0383123. . . . .. . . . .8827270Maryland:Potomac River442,35026513004637142Simmons Memorial621,2002700. . . . .. . . . .6631162Unassociated3230206,9331328,20247,40028293223,611Massachusetts:Colonial4339426,69628118,64449,30043434544,050Michigan:Chain Lake151533,15061,92554,3001414104542Mississippi:Amite and Homochitto141317,18061,57313001415851,273Amite River212113,3221300. . . . .. . . . .20201311,103Antioch585350,8601168412,50055562432,466Bethlehem393833,9616128125038402122,014Bolivar County828077,850132,18162,50082874273,401Brookhaven201814,9001600. . . . .. . . . .20201091,013Claiborn353526,215353011,00028281431,534Coahoma District323146,10084,51121,30032322442,385Copiah-Lincoln County202011,200. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .20201041,090East True Light10103,240. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .101066507Educational353327,60072,459175034362041,831Enterprise, No. 1646439,6852700. . . . .. . . . .56562812,065Enterprise, No. 2272618,1352200. . . . .. . . . .191984Franklin County14146,215290. . . . .. . . . .121355484Franklin-Lincoln County212119,50021,400. . . . .. . . . .2121105831Gethsemane-Mount Moriah252522,950. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .252560554Grenada444428,40041,165. . . . .. . . . .262665687Gulf Coast323045,02572,00122,00026261531,583Hinds County606089,600163,80221,55060603383,880Issaquena County993,9501200. . . . .. . . . .9925198Issaquena County, Educational333215,8235127250031311181,078Jackson505051,578131,46736,80050532532,770Lebanon107105102,759121,50911,0001001014874,700Leflore County141412,200. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .121257280Lone Pilgrim141412,200. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .1414105835Madison County282827,200. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .27271921,560Mississippi525158,9007956. . . . .. . . . .50515496,081Mississippi Union303032,450240029503030186Mount Hope353516,750. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .35351491,450Mount Olive District30303041,600. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .29292051,330Mount Olivet11111195,236193,08032,4501081114725,128Mount Olivet, North666649,00081,17572,20066681963,475New Hope, No. 1272726,705. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .2728153506New Hope, No. 3353423,4753192. . . . .. . . . .32331551,189Palo Alto252517,475. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .2525140989
STATE AND ASSOCIATION.Total number of organizations.VALUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY.DEBT ON CHURCH PROPERTY.PARSONAGES.SUNDAY SCHOOLS CONDUCTED BY CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS.Number of organizations reporting.Value reported.Number of organizations reporting.Amount of debt reported.Number of organizations reporting.Value of parsonages reported.Number of organizations reporting.Number of Sunday schools reported.Number of officers and teachers.Number of scholars.Pearl River1212$9,200. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .1111991,011Pleasant Hill605746,46016$2,1972$75050512512,045Pontotoc292918,6352700. . . . .. . . . .28291711,190Rankin County18188,9756195. . . . .. . . . .181971954St. John13138,440. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .131385626Sardis, East454536,95091,34021,55044442502,238Sardis, North323222,33051,087150032322151,266Second New Hope and Meridian, Consolidated787795,300112,38534,40076763425,995Sharkey County322923,4354215130030301221,087Spring Hill, No. 1404026,6147889. . . . .. . . . .40411701,626Spring Hill, No. 2292721,5807125. . . . .. . . . .27331611,759Spring Hill Triumph424013,805364. . . . .. . . . .39392141,519Swan Lake262414,5753615. . . . .. . . . .2525145835Sweet Pilgrim, No. 1272111,050150. . . . .. . . . .26261321,100Sweet Pilgrim, No. 2272714,600175. . . . .. . . . .252581670Tallahatchie18183,8054156. . . . .. . . . .182068650Tunica County323220,4505204150029291441,093Warren County6362126,7001310,62933,70060613644,197Washington County757265,080141,58331,70069703283,105Washington County, Educational252423,30051,474. . . . .. . . . .2222100915Whitfield19199,9003496. . . . .. . . . .181865929Wilkinson County383416,40023225802525941,068Yazoo County737399,17582,945130073753742,994Zion323233,725101,24011,00030301221,652Zion Spring Leaf Brushy Creek252525,4102230. . . . .. . . . .22251261,420Unassociated887,300. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .7728245Missouri:Antioch2420158,550515,30415,00024241731,311Berean292643,3001012,700. . . . .. . . . .2929134764Central393748,020101,47733,15035352061,221Mount Carmel474372,85095,217195038382141,147Mount Zion474392,135143,77444,80045452761,468North333051,89573,23536,70030301791,130Shiloh2523102,500118,73622,0002424147909Southwestern171719,600367521,250171796502Third District201832,35072,83531,5002020112798Union1096,500. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .101046260Unassociated1170,000143,000. . . . .. . . . .1114125New Jersey:Middlesex Central9944,50065,53222,7008860360Seacoast262482,4451812,00345,20025251491,666Unassociated3433197,8902451,89013,00034342962,135New York:Unassociated131079,875425,988. . . . .. . . . .111190619North Carolina:Bear Creek373428,3004735. . . . .. . . . .32322271,508Beulah202018,1003135. . . . .. . . . .20231331,065Brunswick Atlantic11104,450. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .111177397Cedar Grove313120,9154205115029311711,633East Cedar Grove363523,0404175. . . . .. . . . .32352041,423Ebenezer242215,965. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .22221161,196French Broad151410,0251200. . . . .. . . . .131385431Hammonds Creek14136,385276. . . . .. . . . .141451644High Point232218,7504283. . . . .. . . . .2222931,058Johnson District343222,570639711,00034342371,853Kenansville, Eastern353539,400. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .34342682,166Lake Waccamaw10103,950. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .9951307Lanes Creek10105,950. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .101049432Lumber River252534,95052,250. . . . .. . . . .25261991,742McDowell653,800265. . . . .. . . . .5530350Middle181821,47513017518191441,365Middle District505038,33118222,30050502592,518Middle Ground19147,65061,150. . . . .. . . . .121371715Mount Pleasant14139,2002650. . . . .. . . . .131382467Mountain-Catawba181815,8092550. . . . .. . . . .1717121850Mud Creek111115,67521,850. . . . .. . . . .111187590Neuse River666668,8523212290065674553,897New Hope424241,368102,490. . . . .. . . . .41432842,572Newbern, Eastern464633,86061,08021,30043432742,216Old Eastern605946,930121,42411,50052552942,549Pee Dec282727,4752175150027281911,780Reedy Creek404035,9102115. . . . .. . . . .40412693,020Roanoke7070121,500113,64523,00070725135,527Roanoke, West626294,700131,760. . . . .. . . . .60693713,970Rowan5858171,0051611,31078,15057614945,032Shiloh605667,70051,555. . . . .. . . . .58594493,950Shiloh, West151513,5553185. . . . .. . . . .151577757Trent River-Oakey Grove242310,165261. . . . .. . . . .2223102574Union252523,70239612,00024271741,184Wake383867,70046,00011,00038383873,641
STATE AND ASSOCIATION.Total number of organizations.VALUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY.DEBT ON CHURCH PROPERTY.PARSONAGES.SUNDAY SCHOOLS CONDUCTED BY CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS.Number of organizations reporting.Value reported.Number of organizations reporting.Amount of debt reported.Number of organizations reporting.Value of parsonages reported.Number of organizations reporting.Number of Sunday schools reported.Number of officers and teachers.Number of scholars.Western Union1515$9,9001$100. . . . .. . . . .1213931,310Yadkin19198,2552130. . . . .. . . . .1616122950Yadkin Valley15155,020. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .131458546Zion252514,7003365. . . . .. . . . .25271871,895Unassociated212,500. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .1113150Ohio:Eastern Union5245235,4201118,67010$13,60048514123,144Northern11819,97546,2901750111170470Providence323032,65082,900130032321981,268Western Union6460284,7261929,05463,95057574733,274Oklahoma:Central Wayland343211,867952215002730146966Chickasaw343423,250573822,00033341731,220Collate353522,5958411. . . . .. . . . .35362031,529Creek454523,85571,245. . . . .. . . . .45452261,506Eastern Oklahoma201619,76522,825. . . . .. . . . .171791577North Central221929,1505696. . . . .. . . . .21211371,640Northeastern23238,400. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .232397409Oklahoma54750. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .5522109South Central1192,815. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .101057347Southeastern15134,394250. . . . .. . . . .151575460Southwestern Creek and Seminole232215,675101,443. . . . .. . . . .2222116944Western372816,9504830. . . . .. . . . .3030159917Oregon:Unassociated2115,00011,200. . . . .. . . . .11430Pennsylvania:Allegheny4134278,1002151,32438,00039393232,599Keystone66192,500449,10029,90066931,747Union2016221,900721,15026,80020201811,999Youghiogheny11839,000512,425. . . . .. . . . .111168469Unassociated2721134,8001137,01414,00027272201,877Rhode Island:Unassociated115,00014,000. . . . .. . . . .11528South Carolina:Antioch882,55039101158824338Ashley107105100,937256,79742,8001031045685,358Beaver Creek161616,7502750. . . . .. . . . .16161001,165Berea121211,735125. . . . .. . . . .1212871,250Bethlehem272724,6251521,30027292082,436Black River282723,6506833260026261501,423Bright Light191915,400. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .1919118979Central332,600. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .3319100Charleston Pilgrim232325,840101,24521,25021241612,060Enoree River161672,70035,80023,50016171331,635Enoree River, North111111,3003327. . . . .. . . . .111169603Four Mile885,050. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .81042463Gethsemane7070139,55043,690395068684575,260Kingston Lake23236,541475. . . . .. . . . .2323121805Little Pee Dee242412,0501175. . . . .. . . . .24241281,528Little River313148,865122,021. . . . .. . . . .31322712,659Lovely Hill212113,550594. . . . .. . . . .2121108816Macedonia181811,6001257. . . . .. . . . .18201261,752Mount Calvary131214,5501150. . . . .. . . . .121283935Mount Canaan222217,80041,040. . . . .. . . . .22261492,485Mount Carmel565533,4005840. . . . .. . . . .54543143,788Mount Olive161611,8755878. . . . .. . . . .1616101856Nazarene232315,450350. . . . .. . . . .23231251,166New Ashley515025,910154,33721,65049512331,908New Enoree171718,5005735. . . . .. . . . .16161141,182New Zion272610,230331. . . . .. . . . .27271721,594North Augusta141410,100. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .141465800North Pacolet3312,5001150. . . . .. . . . .3326235Oolenoy River998,350. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .8842316Orangeburg County373751,47531,640. . . . .. . . . .37372262,565Pacolet River282837,565439022,50024241241,712Pee Dee757586,200101,69031,80074754766,833Reedy River111110,200118. . . . .. . . . .111184771Ridge Hill151524,900. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .1515981,130Rocky River323281,47574,37522,30031342793,119Rosa Spring555,7002200. . . . .. . . . .5530619St. Matthew882,650. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .8831292St. Paul772,050. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .7735282St. Vaughnsville1097,2003100. . . . .. . . . .9959452Sandy River454547,450111,501250044462772,717Savannah Valley222214,6005243. . . . .. . . . .21211161,000Seneca River262626,925238. . . . .. . . . .24251591,463Simmons Ridge383847,70051,100. . . . .. . . . .38402412,477Spartanburg151515,70065091500141480918Spring Grove778,500. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .7744501Storm Branch232315,8502260. . . . .. . . . .23251782,144Thickety Mountain161615,650150. . . . .. . . . .161667729Tiger River202034,950. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .20201531,127Tumbling Shoals272738,200150. . . . .. . . . .26262492,406
STATE AND ASSOCIATION.Total number of organizations.VALUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY.DEBT ON CHURCH PROPERTY.PARSONAGES.SUNDAY SCHOOLS CONDUCTED BY CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS.Number of organizations reporting.Value reported.Number of organizations reporting.Amount of debt reported.Number of organizations reporting.Value of parsonages reported.Number of organizations reporting.Number of Sunday schools reported.Number of officers and teachers.Number of scholars.Union2222$10,7301$21. . . . .. . . . .22221471,066Wateree, Lower555550,07578561$35055553353,484Wateree, Upper535338,3807940. . . . .. . . . .33534085,322Unassociated441,290. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .3315125Tennessee:Bethel-East Tennessee242212,725150. . . . .. . . . .202198781Browns Creek232210,835. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .21211051,054Buena Vista14146,6251100. . . . .. . . . .141447282Cumberland River, Middle Tennessee, and South Kentucky494531,280101,908260045472691,859Duck River292829,350235. . . . .. . . . .2828127862East Fork313140,970257150031311741,197Elk River414127,020260285040402131,229Farmers Indian Creek15158,3003710. . . . .. . . . .151550397Friendship353547,4752250120034351551,613Little Fork, North Tennessee, and Mount Zion201915,000331212002020106669Little Zion101043,30012,00011,000101069663London181814,700. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .181867521Mississippi Valley353320,1337831135034341801,103Nashville City131312,5602165. . . . .. . . . .131371492New Tennessee River982,175. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .6622110North Chickamauga and Chattanooga262336,30032,500130026261281,336Obion River575746,32061,166290056573442,038Pleasant Grove252534,650140. . . . .. . . . .25251321,130Richland Creek313126,2254337. . . . .. . . . .28281311,265Richland District10106,475. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .8824220Riverside Union181832,3502500. . . . .. . . . .171774710Smith Fork12115,150. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .121255335Stone River5757210,9001114,82555,95056573883,106Tennessee River21195,3452275. . . . .. . . . .212179481West Tennessee6865192,5971613,035612,60064644704,883West Tennessee, Central333226,9257781130032341451,094West Tennessee, East Arkansas, and North Mississippi3836245,600411,65067,50038381802,060Zion181811,0751100. . . . .. . . . .181874