Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15
CHURCH STATISTICS.
Most of the Religions Denominations
Show Increased Membership.

" Show Increased Membership.
The religious statistics for 1900 show
that every Protestant denomination in
the United States, except the Dutch Re
formed Church, the Cumberland Pres
terrain, the German Baptist, the Sew
enth-Day Baptist, the Universalist, and
the Free-Will Baptist, has made consid-
cradle gains in membership in the last
ten years The Seventh-Day Adyentists
show an increase in ten years Of 50 min
listers, 475 churches, and 26,325 members.
The Northern Baptist Church shows a
gain in ten years Of 730 ministers, ll4s1
churches, and 1890 members. The
Colored Baptists show a gain in ten years
Of 1883 Esz..sters. 1921 churches, and
j15,G11 members.
The Roman Catholics report gain IN
ten years Of 2,4T0 ministers, l,o1o
churches, and 2,367 ,959 members, count
ing all of the Catholic population as
church members The Christian Scien-
lists number 991 900, and there has been
gain in church membership in ten years
of 100000. The Copgregationallsts nave
made a gain Of $50 ministers, t36
churches, and III, 1e3 members, or gain
OF % per cent in ten years.
The Protestant Episcopal Church has
gained in ten years SO ministers. l,66i
churches, and 1S4,337 members, or gam
of 3411h per cent. The Reformed Eplseo-
pal has made a gain of ID per cent. Inc
Orthodox Quakers have gained IN ten
years 166 ministers, 26 churches, and IL
213 members, but in the last year report
decrease in membership of 4I6. Inc
| Greek Orthodox Church reports a gam IN
ten years of 1890 members, and the
Russian Orthodox 81 ,496. OF the Greek
Church 1900 members were added IN
the year 1900.
The Jews report a gain in ten years of
101 ministers, 81 churches, and 92l,639
members, counting Jewish population as
church members. The Mormons report
gain in ten years of l, 131 ministers, 81
churches, and 155, 64S members. The re-
organized Mormon church reports gain
of 700 ministers. 169 churches, and 3D.
T27 members. The Methodist Episcopal
church reports a gain in ten years or
zoos ministers, BIT churches, and 49,
0S3 members; the Northern Presbyterian
Church a gain of ] ,401 ministers, 49,
churches, and 1S5.209 members. The
Cumberland Presby terian reports de-
crease of 127 ministers, 16O churches, and
1929 members.
The Salvation Army reports q gain in
ten years of 424 churches and 31,2oS
members. The Unitarians report an in
crease Of 3,251 members and the Univer-
salists a decrease of 76S members. The
Lutherans report a gain in ten years Of
| 2,119 ministers, 2.52S churches, and 434,-
| sos members. The Moravians, Mennon-
mites, Swedenborgians, Shakers, and
| Christadelphians report percepuble
gains.
The Baptists report a total member
ship in the Northern church of 973,S2O;
in the Southern church of 1,G0S,413, and
in the Colored church of 1,S64,SOO. The
Congregationalists have a total member
ship in the United States of 629,S74 the
Disciples of Christ, 1,149,9S2; the Prot
estant Episcopal Church, 716,431; the
Reformed Episcopal, 9,743; the Metho-
dist Episcopal, 2,716,4 the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, 1,457,S64 the
Presbyterian Church North, 973,433.
Among all the churches the Disciples
of Christ show the most remarkable
growth. This is accounted for by the
fact that it has given most attention to
church extension and distinctiyely
church education. The most phenome-
nal growth of any religious body during
the ten years is that of the Christian
Scientists, who reported in 1892, 26 min
listers, 221 churches, and S,T24 communi-
cants, and in 1900 $4,000 ministers, GOO
churches, and 991, 900 communicates.