Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-09-05
Numbering Isreal.

The Independent has been sum
ming up the condition and progress
Of the churches of the United States.
1t appears to have gotten its informa-
tion largely from minutes and other
official documents.
Those claiming the name of Ad-
vcntists have 81 churches, 107 min
listers, 100 members; Second Ad-
vcntists have 5S3 churches, sol min
listers, and $500 communicates; the
Seventh Day Advcntists, who hold
the seventh day of the week sacred,
report 901 churches, 232 minister's
and 26, COMMITMENTS.
The Daptists have tho usual sub
divisions. The regular Bartists re-
turn $4,000 churches, 1920 minis
tcrs, and 2,997,79l communicates.
The names by which the other
branches Of the Baptist family are
distinguished are as follows: Anti.
Mission, Free, Other Free, Disciples
of Christ, Christians (NorthD, Chris
tians (South), Church Of God, Scv-
cnth Day Baptists, Dunkards (sub.
divided into Conservative, Progress.
i've and Old OrdcD, Six Principle
these last being the smallest in point
of numbers, giving in their returns
only 1G churches, the same number
of ministers and l,450 communicants
Altogether the Baptists number 49,
624 churches, 32,017 ministers, 4,07S,-
$50 communicates. The Christian
Union Church holds the distinctive
pccularity of the Baptist Church
It's principal doctrines are the unity
of the church, OF which Christ is sole
head; the Scriptures alone arc the
only rule Of faith and practice. 1t
numbers 1900 churches, 500 minis
tors, and 10000 members. 1t origi-
mated in the Western States about
thirty years ago.
The Congregational Church num-
bcrs 1860 congregations, 1924 min
listers, and 475,609 communicates.
The Society of Friends are distin-
guishcd rs Orthodox. Non-afliliat-
ing Orthodox and IIicksitc, which
latter branch is in sympathy with
Unitarianism. Altogether the
Friends number 763 churches, 1,017
ministers, and 10G,930 members.
The German Evangelical Church is
a branch of the Prussian Church,
numbering 675 churches, $50 minis
tcrs, and l25,000 communicates.
The Lutheran Church, embracing
the General Synod, the United
Synod South, the General Council,
the Synodical Conference, and the
Independent Synods, returns, G,971
churches, 4,lG1 ministers, and $685.
00S communicates. by far the
strongest numerically Of the Mctho-
dist family are the Episcopal Mctho-
dists. Included among the Mctho-
dists arc a number Of colorcd church
es, the United Brcthcrcn and Evan
gelical Association, of German origin,
the Methodist Protestant, Amcrinca
Wesleyan, Free Mcthodists, hide
pendent Mcthodists, Primitive Meth
olists, Union American Methodists
giving total Of 50,GS0 churches.
20,77O ministers, and l,723,SSl com
municants.
The Mcnonitcs are a body Of Ger.
man origin. a number Of those
driven out Of Russia found an asy-
lum in Manitoba, where they arc
peaceful, Industrious and exemplary
settlers. In the United States they
number 420 churches, G05 ministers
and 100000 COMMITMENTS. The
Moravians, of U1Ht0s .TTat,,no
founded by Count Iinzindorff, have
0S churches, III ministers, and H.,
2l0 communicates.
In the Presbyterian body arc
rcckoncd all that bear the name
The table includes the churches
North and South, the former having
G,5I3 churches, $3.50 ministers, and
722,02l communicates; the latter,
2,2S0 churches, 1929 ministers and
15G,240 communicants. Then there
are the Cumberland Presbytcrians