The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-01-30
Statistics For Churches 1907.

To the Editor of The Republican.
DR.. H. X. Carroll, who is the leading
authority on church statistics in the
United States, has just published his
report for 1907. In it we find that the
net gains for all denominations for last
year were ministers 2,3O1; churches,
4,2l4; communicates, 627, 546.
The Baptists IA Bodies have. IS, 279
ministers, 80, 294 churches and 5,224, 3O5
communicates; gaining last year 259
ministers, SIC churches and 1913, 1858
| communicates.
The Catholics @ bodies have -, 89l
ministers; 1871 churches and II, 645,-
495 communicants; gained last year 622
ministers, 2S2 churches. and 266, 900
communicates.
The Lutherans five general bodies
and eighteen Independent synods), minis
tiers 500; churches, Is. 1863; communi-
cants 2,022, COS: Gains being given for
the five general bodies and eleven
Synods as follows; Ministers les; chur-
ches 1875; communicates Go, l75.
Methodists az bodies ministers IL,
1893; churches, 61,51S; communicates
$3.50, 78l. Gains, ministers 381; chur-
ches 1916; commandments, lO1, 696
Presbyterians az bodies ministers
| Il, 1913; churches 16, AS; communicates
1,S21, 504. Gains, ministers Is; churches
| $50, communicates 1862.
Protestant Episcopal z bodies,
namely Protestant Episcopal and Re-
formed Episcopal, ministers 5,197;
| churches 7,779; communicates $50, $50.
| No figures are given to show gains of
the Reformed Episcopal but the Protes-
tant Episcopal shows a decrease of 81
ministers and 10, 833 communicates and
a gain of 212 churches. In note DR..
Carroll says Episcopal Year Books
disagree. Decrease probably due to
defective statistics" This note refers
to decrease in numbcr of churches and
not to number Of commandments.
United Brethrens(2 bodies), ministers
2,16S; churches 1859: COMMITMENTS
$50, 652 z Gains are only given for one
branch which shows a gain Of 8
churches, 3,414 communicates and de
crease of 70 ministers.
The statistics show that there were
4,2ll churches built in this country last
year and all the denominations did not
make report. This is nearly fourteen
churches gained for every working day
in the year besides the new ones built
to take the place of others.
The Methodist Episcopal church made
the largest gain in number of any
Protestant denomination COMMITMENTS
81, 406. They gained in ministers l67
and in churches PA.
The African Methodist Episcopal with
its $50, 600 members built more than
one-fourth the churches gained, they
making gain in churches to the num-
Der Of /, 49l the total for the country
being 4,2ll,
There are according to DR.. Carroll
1858 Roman Catholic Priests being
gain of 592'oyer previous year, an in
crease Of 251 churches and a gain of
246,000 in membership, malang the
total number Of communicates in that
church u,371 go and total number
OF churches y, 482.
There are 1861 Methodist Episcopal
ministers, 1866 churches and 3,o36, 667
members.
The Lutherans added ,l72 to the
| number of communicates reported for
1906. The Disciples Of Christ, 20, 365.
Token as a whole the report of DR..
Carroll is very interesting to any one
interested in the great work of the
churches of our country.
Among many other things which are
| of value to note in that the second
| Protestant denomination to make the
| largest increase of members is the
Regulars (colored) Baptist being ga
| (estimate), and also that the African
Methodist Episcopal church as stated
above built more than one-fourth of
the, churches that was gained last year.
Ignorance and prejudice will never
solve the colored problem. The religion
of Him who went around doing good
and who spoke as never Man spake will,
and Christianity is the only thing that
will solve this great problem
We can get vast amount of inforJ
nation and encouragement from these
valuable statistics which DR.. Carroll
has compiled.
Very truly,
A. F. GEORGE.