The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-02-16
RELIGIOUS
''''''''' STATISTICS
Strength Of The Various
Churches.
And Census Report as to Dis
tribution of Creeds in
This Country.

The general order of strength of the
principal religious bodies, according
to the last census report was: Meth
odhsts 64,7O1 organizations; Baptis.s
$3.50; Prssbytsrdans 1896; Llther-
Jams, 1903; Roman Catholics, r.
4S2; Discipesl or Christians, 1892;
protestant Episcopals, 6,S45; Con-
gregaadonalists, 5,713; United Brdh-
rem, 4,3O4; Evang dical Association,
ass; Reformed, 1856; AdveniJisls, o.
ISL; Jewish congr CARTONS, 1769,;
Christian Connection, 1870 Gsrman
Evangelical Synod, 1905; LaI5er Day
Saints, LISA; Friends, 1,145; Dumkeis
1,097. The Me hodisit and Baptist
bodies represent CONSIDERABLY more
than pne+half TIL, church oa,ganiza1iO
in the UUnited StaNs. I'm all thu
Protestant Churches this membership
is practically adult, while i'm the
Roman Caahlicc Church all parsons
baptized including Infants, ARE rdturn-
ed as mambeas.
" In 80 Stats a majority of The
church m anbeTs belong to PROTESTANT
bodies, i'm 16 S.a.k,s 10 the Roman
Catholics and in ONE Stale (Utah) to
the Latter-Dny SainEs, or Moumols,
In Georgia $40 pr cent. of all church
1s11n 70, U.1ra iil-lt lss1f
in Mississippi $50, are BapItisIds; in
Alabama $40; in Virginia 52.4, and
in South Carolina 52.3 The hlghas,
percentage shown for Methodist
bodies is for d beware, 45.5; for
L,lahsran bodies, North Dakon, 3d.;
for Presbyterian boGi IS, T1nnass-e
ia; for The Disciples, X n.uchy, 1913;
for the Pro asant Episcopal Church,
the District of Columbia, 10; for 1he
Congr5 gait onalLlsts, Va.mOnt, 10.
In conn act,on Wi n the comparative
statistics OF Plr3tla;tant and Roman
Catholic bodies, it should be under
stood that very many of the contestan
attendants of tte Pro is1tanc churches
are not regarded as m. mbers, whila
the Roman Catho'Lc strength is eS,i-
mated by the number of bap1z9d,
which includes infants, and ilhe actual
communicates include all Ov-r Uhe ag5
of s. wen.
ahttr,c n
memb srship incpaalsd 1887 $50 Ur
6O.4 per com. Tina increasIs is dis
tinc.ly Protestant bodies was $780,
555, or 44.S per cent. The baptist
bodies Increased 1896, or 62.5 per
cent. The Congregationaldisi1s lncrsaIs-
ed 1878, of 1866 per cant. The
Disciples added sol, 1868, or 31.6 per
cent. The Lutheran bodies increased
by SS1,422, Or 71,6 pyr emit. The
Methodist bodies rank first i'm organ
izations and membership, whit an in
crease of 1851 PSF Cent. giving them
the largest addltiOns of amy Of the
denominations.
Regarded i'm the light of percentages
which ars apt TO dacdve phe mIwary
the Christian Science have increased
more rapidly than any othsr religious
body. In 1890 thy numbered S,724
and S5,717 in 1906, showing an in
crease of SS2.5 Per cent.
According to the as.imate of NJ.
FOumiie d. Flank the number of pr
sons in North and Souh America
affiliated with tine Catholic Church is
58,39S,SS1 and with the Protestant
Ohairchss 57,294,0l4. Ocnania Catho-
lies, 6,574,4S1; Prote;tanlds, 2.724.7Sl;
Catholics 2,655,920; Professionals j.
744.OSO; Mohammadans, 100000
Asia: Ca holics, 3,O07,250; PioIt5s-
tants 662,75O; Orthodox Grsen
Church, $500; Mohammedans, 109,-
532.5S5. Confucianls,s, Hindus and
Buddhis.s Asa Ware not ESTIMATED.
The church property in the United
StaDas eSdimat by the last c.n.us
is set down at 257,J75, S67. This
incAuds the BUILDINGS that are us d
for worship, organs. b,lls, sc. of
this sum $685. ,942,57S was cnaadited to
the Pro .stanss and $292, G3S,7S7 to
tine Catholic Church, while $2S 1884,
502 belong TO che Jiwish and odhvr
todis.s Chrisf an IL raid A l,narac