The New York herald., 1922-02-13


North, reports an increase in member
ship of 220,S10 over the 1916 figures and
62.59o members over last year. it's pres
ent membership being 3.93s.655. II Is
the largest single Protestant com
munion. The Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, shows a gain OF 81, Slo
members for the preceding year. with
an addition of 23l 5SS over the 1916 fig
ures, its total now being 2,3i6,o67.
Protestant Episcopal Church.
The Protestant Episcopal Church has
recovered its war loss and now shows
gain OF II ,20S over the 1916 figures
of which 7l34 were reported last year.
Its total membership is 1.10l, ,029 persons.
An interesting fact is that the Saliva
tion Army with a reported membership
OF 35,969 shows an increase OF only
sixty-five persons over five years ago
The combined Baptist bodies present
gain of 6sl,93 persons over the fig
ures OF 1916. Each of the major Bap-
tist denominations shows an increase
for that period. The Northern Baptist
Convention, with membership of L.
253,S7S, apparently has a gain of only
2,113, but the explanation must be made
that during this period 1855 Missouri
Baptists, formerly affiliated with the
Northern Baptist Convention. trans
ferred their alignment to the Southern
Baptist Convention which now has 3d.
l99.0Oo members. This was the largest
gain made by any single con munion.
The National Baptists (colored) show
an increase of 177,746. Fourteen other
Baptist bodies have loss of 1851. The
Latter Day Saints. or Mormons, as they
are generally known, report member
snip or 5S,JlS, an increase of $4,000 over
the 1916 census figures.
The last available figures regarding
membership of the various denomina-
tions and their gains during the last
five years are as follows:
Congregational churches sl9,225, gain
2. 9ol; Presbyterians u. S. "A. (North)
]. .I22.36l, gain III, ,1l0 Presbyterians L.
S. (South) 397.05S, gain s9.2S9: United
Presbyterian Church of North America
l60,52s. gain 1873; Reformed Presbyterian
Church in North America, General
synod 2.40O. gain IA; Society of Friends
(Orthodox) 96l35, gain 1856; Disciples of
Christ 1,2lO,O23, gain 1905; Evangelical
synod of North America 1850, gain
64,9s3; Evangelical Association 10000,
gain 1924; Seventh Day Baptists S,o44,
gain Ga; Christian Church american
Christian Convention) 97.0S4, gain 21.653
United Lutheran Church organized
''sf.'' ii'C ySdi PtilOu IIOlIi STOup
Of Lutheran churches), 400; Primi-
tive Methodists 1886. gain 1.6S3; Mo
ravians Onitas Fratrum) 31,767 gain
1884; Reformed Episcopal Church IL, ,022,
gain 1.S72; Reformed Church i'm America
1864. gain 9.295; Reformed Church in
.he United States 33l. 1863, gain 1905;
Christian Reformed Church 43,9O2, gain
5,234; Church of the United Brethren in
Christ S64,22e. gain 15.4Ol; United Evan
gelical Church 9O.096. gain 322; National
Baptist Convention (colored) 3.116.325,
gain 17,746; African Methodist Episco-
pal Church (colored) 551,766, gain 3,411;
African Methodist Episcopal Zion 49,
32S. gain 155,159. and Colored Methodist
Episcopal Church in America. 245,749.
The membership of some Of the better
known smaller bodies is as follows:
Social Brethren. $50: Society of Ethical
Culture. 3,2l0; Spiritualists. 105. .s37; Theo-
sophical Society. 621s0; Unversalists.
1856; Bahais. 1854: Adventists (five
bodies), 1928; Armenian Church. 27,450;
Church of the New Jerusalem (Sweden-
borgian, two bodies), S,0S7; Friends
-four bodies), 7.239. and Volunteers Of
America, 10000.