East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-31
Church Census
Shows Over Half
Million Increase

AONn, Mdrcn Stu. P.)-
The church membership of the Unlted
States showed an increase Of 7sL727
in 1921. according to complete officia,
figures to be printed in the Christian
Herald, April l. This census of the
religious life of the United states was
made by Rev. H. X. Carroll.
The gain is an excess over that Of
6sT.007 reported in 1920. The Chris.
tian Herald will say:
Most of the denominations share In
the increase. The Methods, group
appears to have grown to the remark
able extent OF nearly 100000.
Nearly third of this, how
ever, is credited to the Colored Meth
odist Episcopal church. The Presby-
terian group advances by casa. 1t
should be noted that the Welsh Call
whistle church disappears from the
list of separate bodies this year, hav-
ing been merged in 1921 with. tbs
Northern Church.
I'm the Baptist group the three
large Baptist bodies. which are grow
ing rapidly. are represented by the re-
turns for 1920. for the reason that
their statistical year Is the calendar
, year and no figures for 1921 are avail
able. The Free Baptist body no longer
appears as a separate organization.
1t has been in the process of merging
with the Uorthern Baptist convention
for several years and has now praet-
cally disappeared. If Baptist increas-
es for 1921 were included the total Of
gains in 1921 would almost certainly
reach $4,000.
THE Salvation Army appears with
a remarkable increase, 59,247. The
net gain of the Lutheran group is
about $4,000. The gain of the Roman
Catholic church apepars much smaller
than usual In 1920 1t was 1859.
this year 1t is under $4,000, the small
est figure reported in many years. The
Disciples of Christ registered an ad-
vance of nearly $4,000.
"The Latter-Day Saints, Utah
branch, gained $4,000 and the Reor.
ganized branch 2,496. The increase Of
the Protestant Episcopal church is s.
1858, which is rather under its usual
gain.
The United Brethren in Christ
makes an advance of 1926 and the
Evangelical Association and United
Evangelical Church of 4,617,y y
1t will be noted that no figures are
tist The 1921 membership by de-
nomination in the census follows:
$50 Communi-
Denominations cants
Adventists ...............,..... 1862
Assemblies Of God -....-,.a.,..-s 4 l00Ou
4 alBaptists 7,S25,59S
Brethren (Dunkard) ............ 1919
Brethren (Plymouth) .......... 1924
Brethren (River) .......,........ 5.s62
Buddhist Japanese Temples. $3.50
Catholic Apostolic .............,.. 2,76S
Catholic, Eastern orthodox. 645,44i
Catholic Western ................15. .342,17l
Chistadelphians ..,,...,.,.,~..... 5,S9o
Christian, American Con-
Ia yention ............................... s7,osl
= Christian Onion .&.....,.,.s. 1880
4 Church of Christ Scieptist.,,.. .......
Chsrch of God and Saints of
Christ ................... s.s1l
Church of God (Winebren-
ner) ..................,.-~.,.......... 2ss7s
Churches of God, Gen. As
Sfmply .....-..........---.,.....-.... 1888
Churches Of the Living God
(colored) ...~...........,.,..... = 1900
Churches of the New .Jeru
salem ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 9,400
Communistic Societies ....... 1901
Congregations Churches. S1s,225
Disciples of Christ ............. 1,5t9,7l5
Evangelical ..........,.......,.... 21S,66t
Evangelistic Associations. 1929
Evangelical Protestant ....... 1882
Ivangelican Synod ,........ 274.SsO
Free Christian Zion .............. 6,22b
Friends 1881
Jewish Congregations ......... S57,135
Later-Day Saints .................. 6S7,701
Lutherans .........,........-........ 2,429,56l
Swedish Evangelical ..,......... 36.8o2
Mennonites ...................... S2.55S
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