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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR BUREAU OF THE CENSUS E. DANA DURAND, DIRECTOR SPECIAL REPORTS RELIGIOUS BODIES: 1906 PART I SUMMARY AND GENERAL TABLES WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1910 THIS REPORT IS PUBLISHED IN TWO PARTS, AS FOLLOWS: PART I—SUMMARY AND GENERAL TABLES.PART II—SEPARATE DENOMINATIONS: HISTORY, DESCRIPTION, AND STATISTICS Volume I. SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF COLORED ORGANIZATIONS.

This summary includes statistics for all colored organizations reported, whether these organizations were connected with denominations consisting entirely of such organizations, or with denominations in which colored organizations represented only a part of the membership. The term “colored organization,” as used in this connection, signifies an organization whose membership is composed wholly of negroes or those of negro descent. Including the National Baptist Convention (a branch of the regular Baptists), 17 bodies are reported which are wholly made up of colored organizations, as against 10 given in the report for 1890. Of those given in the report for 1890 two—the Congregational Methodist Church and the Evangelist Missionary Church—have disappeared, while the following 9 appear for the first time in the report for 1906: Colored Primitive Baptists in America; United American Freewill Baptists; Church of God and Saints of Christ; Churches of the Living God (3 bodies); Voluntary Missionary Society in America; Free Christian Zion Church of Christ; and Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church. The denominations composed in part of colored organizations are 26 in number, as against 18 in 1890. For these denominations the general and divisional officers were requested to indicate either the divisions (associations, conferences, etc.) that were made up wholly of colored organizations, or the scattered organizations that were composed wholly of colored members, and this method was supplemented, in the case of several denominations, by special correspondence, through which additional lists of colored organizations were secured. In this way an attempt was made to secure a substantially full report of colored organizations, although it is probable that some distinctively colored churches have been omitted. This effort was restricted, however, to churches comprising colored members only, and no attempt was made to ascertain the number of colored communicants belonging to local white churches.

GENERAL SUMMARY FOR 1906.

The general statistics for all the colored organizations at the close of the year 1906 are given in Tables 11, 12, and 14 (pages 538, 540, and 564). The total number of organizations reported for 1906, as shown by these tables, is 36,770. The total number of communicants or members, as reported by 36,563 organizations, is 3,685,097; of these, as shown by the returns for 34,648 organizations, 37.5 per cent are males and 62.5 per cent females.

According to the statistics, these organizations have 35,160 church edifices; a seating capacity for church edifices of 10,481,738, as reported by 33,091 organizations; church property valued at $56,636,159, against which there appears an indebtedness of $5,005,905; halls, etc., used for worship by 1,261 organizations; and parsonages valued at $3,727,884. The number of Sunday schools, as reported by 33,538 organizations, is 34,681, with 210,148 officers and teachers and 1,740,099 scholars.

Compared with the report for 1890, these figures show increases of 13,308 in the number of colored organizations, 1,011,120 in the number of communicants or members, 11,390 in the number of church edifices, and $30,009,711 in the value of church property.

COMPARISON OF ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS, AND VALUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY, FOR 1906 AND 1890.

The next table shows for 1890 and 1906, by denominations in detail, the number of colored organizations, the number of communicants or members, 1 and the value of church property.

Of the total number of organizations reported for 1906 as shown by this table, 31,393, with 3,207,307 communicants and church property valued at $44,673,049, belonged to the denominations made up wholly of colored organizations, while 5,377, with 477,790 communicants and church property valued at $11,963,110, were connected with denominations made up only in part of colored organizations.

Including denominations made up either wholly or in part of colored organizations in 1906, 6 Baptist bodies reported 19,891 organizations, with 2,354,789 communicants, and church property valued at $26,562,845; and 10 Methodist bodies reported 15,317 organizations, with 1,182,131 communicants and church property valued at $25,771,262. These 2 denominational families reported 35,208 organizations, or 95.8 per cent of the total number of colored organizations reported; 3,536,920 communicants, or 96 per cent of the total number of colored communicants reported; and church property valued at $52,334,107, or 92.4 per cent of the total value of church property reported by colored organizations.

Denomination. Number of Colored1 Organizations. Number of Communicants or Members Reported. Value of Church Property Reported. 1906 1890 1906 1890 1906 1890 All denominations consisting in whole or in part of colored1 organizations 36,770 23,462 3,685,097 2,673,977 $56,636,159 $26,626,448 Denominations consisting wholly of colored organizations 31,393 19,158 3,207,307 2,321,313 44,673,049 20,525,141 Baptist bodies: Baptists—National Convention 18,534 12,533 2,261,607 1,348,989 24,437,272 9,038,549 Colored Primitive Baptists in America2 797 323 35,076 18,162 296,539 135,427 United American Freewill Baptists 251 . . . . . 14,489 . . . . . 79,278 . . . . . Church of God and Saints of Christ 48 . . . . . 1,823 . . . . . 6,000 . . . . . Churches of the Living God: Church of the Living God (Christian Workers for Friendship) 44 . . . . . 2,676 . . . . . 231,175 . . . . . Church of the Living God (Apostolic Church) 15 . . . . . 752 . . . . . 25,700 . . . . . Church of Christ in God 9 . . . . . 848 . . . . . 9,700 . . . . . Evangelistic associations: Voluntary Missionary Society in America 3 . . . . . 425 . . . . . 2,400 . . . . . Free Christian Zion Church of Christ 15 . . . . . 1,835 . . . . . 5,975 . . . . . Methodist bodies: Union American Methodist Episcopal Church 77 42 4,347 2,279 170,150 187,600 African Methodist Episcopal Church 6,647 2,481 494,777 452,725 11,303,489 6,468,280 African Union Methodist Protestant Church 69 40 5,592 3,415 183,697 54,440 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2,204 1,704 184,542 349,788 4,833,207 2,714,128 Congregational Methodist Church . . . . . 9 . . . . . 319 . . . . . 525 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church 2,381 1,759 172,996 129,383 3,017,849 1,713,366 Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church 45 32 3,059 2,346 37,875 15,000 Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church 58 . . . . . 4,397 . . . . . 36,965 . . . . . Evangelist Missionary Church . . . . . 11 . . . . . 951 . . . . . 2,000 Presbyterian bodies: Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church 196 224 18,066 12,956 203,778 195,826 Denominations consisting in part of colored1 organizations 5,377 4,304 477,790 352,664 11,963,110 6,101,307 Adventist bodies: Advent Christian Church 2 . . . . . 72 . . . . . 3,800 . . . . . Seventh-day Adventist Denomination 29 . . . . . 562 . . . . . 6,474 . . . . . Baptist bodies: Baptists—Northern Convention 108 406 32,639 35,221 1,561,326 1,087,518 Baptists—Southern Convention . . . . . 7 . . . . . 651 . . . . . 3,875 Free Baptists 197 5 10,876 271 186,130 13,300 Primitive Baptists3 4 . . . . . 102 . . . . . 2,300 . . . . . Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists . . . . . 15 . . . . . 265 . . . . . 930 Christians (Christian Connection) 92 63 7,545 4,989 69,505 23,500 Churches of God in North America, General Eldership of the 15 . . . . . 329 . . . . . 5,500 . . . . . Congregationalists 156 85 11,960 6,908 459,497 246,125 Disciples or Christians: Disciples of Christ 129 277 9,705 18,578 170,265 176,795 Churches of Christ 41 . . . . . 1528 . . . . . 14,950 . . . . . Independent churches 12 . . . . . 490 . . . . . 2,750 . . . . . Lutheran bodies: United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South . . . . . 5 . . . . . 94 . . . . . 1,750 General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America 1 . . . . . 15 . . . . . 5,000 . . . . . Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America 6 5 224 211 10,000 13,400 Methodist bodies: Methodist Episcopal Church 3,750 2,984 308,551 246,249 6,104,379 3,630,093 Methodist Protestant Church 64 54 2,612 3,183 62,651 35,445 Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America 22 . . . . . 1,258 . . . . . 21,000 . . . . . Independent Methodists . . . . . 2 . . . . . 222 . . . . . 4,675 Moravian bodies: Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum) 2 . . . . . 351 . . . . . 8,000 . . . . . Presbyterian bodies: Presbyterian Church in the United States of America 417 233 27,709 14,961 752,387 391,650 Cumberland Presbyterian Church 1 . . . . . 50 . . . . . 1,000 . . . . . Presbyterian Church in the United States 44 45 1,183 1,568 32,850 22,200 Associate Reformed Synod of the South 1 . . . . . 18 . . . . . 200 . . . . . Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America . . . . . 1 . . . . . 76 . . . . . 1,500 Protestant Episcopal Church 198 49 19,098 2,977 1,773,279 192,750 Reformed bodies: Reformed Church in America 2 . . . . . 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reformed Episcopal Church 38 37 2,252 1,723 28,287 18,401 Roman Catholic Church 36 31 38,235 14,517 678,480 237,400 United Brethren bodies: Church of the United Brethren in Christ 10 . . . . . 277 . . . . . 3,100 . . . . .

1 Negroes or persons of Negro descent .

2 The organizations shown for this denomination in 1890 were returned at that census as belonging to the Primitive Baptists.

3 The colored organizations returned for this denomination in 1890 are included in the present report as belonging to the Colored Primitive Baptists in America.

Of the total increase in the number of organizations, 12,235, or 91.9 per cent, were in denominations consisting wholly of colored organizations; of the total increase in the number of communicants, 885,994, or 87.6 per cent; and of the total increase in the value of church property, $24,147,908, or 80.5 percent. Including the denominations made up either wholly or in part of colored organizations, the Baptist bodies show an increase over 1890 of 6,602 organizations, or 49.7 per cent, and the Methodist bodies of 6,199, or 68 per cent, these 2 families reporting an increase of 12,801 organizations, or 96.2 per cent of the total. The increase in the number of communicants reported by the Baptist bodies is 951,230, or 67.8 per cent, which is 94.1 per cent of the total increase. For the Methodist bodies the figures show a slight decrease in the number of communicants, owing to the decrease in the number reported for the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, due, as already explained (see page 26), to the fact that the number given in the report for 1890 was too high. The increase in the value of church property shown by the Baptist bodies is $16,283,246, or 158.4 per cent, and by the Methodist bodies, $10,945,710, or 73.8 per cent, these 2 families showing an increase in the value of church property of $27,228,956, or 90.7 per cent of the total increase.

It is to be noted that the figures for the Baptists—Northern Convention, include only those colored organizations and members connected with white associations, while those organizations and members connected with exclusively colored associations have been transferred to the Baptists - National Convention (Colored). As a result, in the comparison with 1890 there appears a decrease in the figures for the Baptists—Northern Convention, though the total for the two conventions is not affected. It should be stated, also, that the decrease shown for the Disciples or Christians in the number of organizations and of communicants is probably due in part to incomplete returns for 1906.

STATISTICS OF DENOMINATIONS.

The following tables furnish detailed statistics for those denominations, for each of which at least 10,000 members of colored organizations were reported in 1906, the remaining 26 denominations being combined under one head as “all other bodies.” Those denominations composed in part only of colored organizations are indicated by the word “part” connected with the title. The selected denominations are given in each table in the order of their rank according to the membership reported for 1906.

DENOMINATION COLORED1 ORGANIZATIONS. Number. Percent Distribution. Increase from 1890 to 1906. Rank in number. 1906 1890 1906 1890 Number. Percent. 1906 1890 Total 36,770 23,462 100.0 100.0 13,308 56.7 . . . . . . . . . . Baptists—National Convention (Colored) 18,534 12,533 50.4 53.4 6,001 47.9 1 1 African Methodist Episcopal Church 6,647 2,481 18.1 10.6 4,166 167.9 2 3 Methodist Episcopal Church (part) 3,750 2,984 10.2 12.7 766 25.7 3 2 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2,204 1,704 6.0 7.3 500 29.3 5 5 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church 2,381 1,759 6.5 7.5 622 35.4 4 4 Roman Catholic Church (part) 36 31 0.1 0.1 5 (2) 15 13 Colored Primitive Baptists in America3 801 323 2.2 1.4 478 148.0 6 7 Baptists—Northern Convention (part) 108 406 0.3 1.7 4298 473.4 14 6 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (part) 417 233 1.1 1.0 184 79.0 7 9 Protestant Episcopal Church (part) 198 49 0.5 0.2 149 (2) 9 12 Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church 196 224 0.5 1.0 428 412.5 11 10 United American Freewill Baptists (Colored) 251 . . . . . 0.7 . . . . . 251 . . . . . 8 . . . . . Congregationalists (part) 156 85 0.4 0.4 71 (2) 13 11 Disciples or Christians (part)5 170 277 0.5 1.2 4107 438.6 12 8 Free Baptists (part) 197 5 0.5 (6) 192 (2) 10 14 All other bodies (26) 724 368 2.0 1.6 356 96.7 . . . . . . . . . .

1 Negroes or persons of Negro descent.

2 Percentage not shown where base is less than 100.

3 For 1906 includes 4 organizations reported by the Primitive Baptists.

4 Decrease.

5 Includes Disciples of Christ and Churches of Christ.

6 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent.

The body reporting the greatest number of organizations for 1906 is the Baptists—National Convention (Colored), with 18,534, or 50.4 per cent of the total number of colored organizations in the country, while the African Methodist Episcopal Church is next in order with 6,647, or 18.1 percent of the entire number. The 3 leading colored Methodist bodies taken together, with the addition of the colored organizations belonging to the Methodist Episcopal Church, report an aggregate of 14,982 colored Methodist organizations, or 40.7 per cent of the entire number of colored organizations. These 5 bodies, therefore, contain 33,516 colored organizations, or 91.2 per cent of the entire number reported.

The denomination showing the greatest absolute increase in the number of organizations from 1890 to 1906 is the Baptists - National Convention (Colored), with 6,001, the African Methodist Episcopal Church coming next, with 4,166. In the per cent of increase, however, the African Methodist Episcopal Church leads, with 167.9 per cent, while that of the Baptists—National Convention (Colored)—is 47.9 per cent. The decrease shown in the table in the number of colored organizations connected with the Baptists—Northern Convention—and with the Disciples or Christians is due to the reasons already stated. It will be seen from the table that while the rank of the different denominations in 1906 differs considerably from that in 1890, the relative position of the 5 principal bodies is the same for the two years, except that the Methodist Episcopal Church (part), which was second in 1890 in the number of colored organizations, changed places in 1906 with the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which was third in 1890.

Denomination. Colored1 Organizations—Communicants or Members. Organizations reporting communicants or members: 1906. Number of communicants or members reported. Per cent distribution. Increase from 1890 to 1906. Rank in 1906. Average per organization reporting. Number. Increase. Number. Percent. 1906 1890 1906 1890 Number. Per cent. Number. Percent. Total 36,563 99.4 3,685,097 2,673,977 100.0 100.0 1,011,120 37.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Baptists—National Convention (Colored) 18,492 99.8 2,261,607 1,348,989 61.4 50.4 912,618 67.7 1 1 7 122 African Methodist Episcopal Church 6,608 99.4 494,777 452,725 13.4 16.9 42,052 9.3 2 4 11 75 Methodist Episcopal Church (part) 3,682 98.2 308,551 246,249 8.4 9.2 62,302 25.3 3 2 10 84 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2,197 99.7 184,542 349,788 5.0 13.1 2165,246 247.2 4 15 14 84 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church 2,365 99.3 172,996 129,383 4.7 4.8 43,613 33.7 5 3 9 73 Roman Catholic Church (part) 36 100.0 38,235 14,517 1.0 0.5 23,718 163.4 6 5 3 1,062 Colored Primitive Baptists in America3 791 98.8 35,178 18,162 1.0 0.7 17,016 93.7 7 6 4 44 Baptists—Northern Convention (part) 108 100.0 32,639 35,221 0.9 1.3 22,582 27.3 8 13 12 302 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (part) 417 100.0 27,799 14,961 0.8 0.6 12,838 85.8 9 9 5 67 Protestant Episcopal Church (part) 193 97.5 19,098 2,977 0.5 0.1 16,121 541.5 10 7 2 99 Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church 196 100.0 18,066 12,956 0.5 0.5 5,110 39.4 11 11 8 92 United American Freewill Baptists (Colored) 247 98.4 14,489 . . . . . 0.4 . . . . . 14,489 . . . . . 12 8 . . . . . 59 Congregationalists (part) 156 100.0 11,960 6,908 0.3 0.3 5,052 73.1 13 12 6 77 Disciples or Christians (part)4 170 100.0 11,233 18,578 0.3 0.7 27,345 239.5 14 14 13 66 Free Baptists (part) 195 99.0 10,876 271 0.3 (5) 10,605 3,913.3 15 10 1 56 All other bodies (26) 710 98.1 43,051 22,292 1.2 0.8 20,759 93.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

1 Negroes or persons of negro descent.

2 Decrease.

3 For 1906 includes 4 organizations, having 102 members, reported by the Primitive Baptists.

4 Includes Disciples of Christ and Churches of Christ.

5 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent.

The body reporting the greatest number of communicants or members for 1906 is the Baptists—National Convention (Colored), with 2,261,607, or 61.4 per cent of the entire membership of colored organizations, while the denominations next in order are the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 494,777, or 13.4 per cent of the total; Methodist Episcopal Church (part), 308,551, or 8.4 per cent; African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 184,542, or 5 per cent; and the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, 172,996, or 4.7 per cent. The 3 leading colored Methodist bodies, with the addition of the colored organizations belonging to the Methodist Episcopal Church, report a total of 1,160,866 members, or 31.5 per cent of the entire membership of colored organizations; and with the further addition of the Baptists—National Convention (Colored), a total of 3,422,473 members, or 92.9 per cent of the entire membership of colored organizations.

The denomination showing the greatest absolute increase in the number of communicants from 1890 to 1906 is the Baptists—National Convention (Colored), with 912,618; followed by the Methodist Episcopal Church (part), with 62,302, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church with 42,052. In the per cent of increase, however, the Free Baptists (part) lead with 3,913.3 per cent, the report for this body with respect to communicants in colored organizations in 1890 having apparently been incomplete. Next in order are the Protestant Episcopal Church (part), with 541.5 per cent, and the Roman Catholic Church (part), with 163.4 per cent.

In respect to the average number of members per organization, as shown by the table, the Roman Catholic Church (part), leads with 1,062, this being in keeping with the usual large average shown by this body. It is followed by the Baptists—Northern Convention (part), with 302; and the Baptists—National Convention (Colored), with 122.

DENOMINATION. COLORED1 ORGANIZATIONS—COMMUNICANTS OR MEMBERS: 1906 Organizations reporting sex. Communicants or members. Total number. Reported by sex. Number. Per cent of total. Total. Male. Female. Number. Percent. Number. Percent. Number. Percent. Total. 34,648 94.2 3,685,097 3,527,660 95.7 1,324,123 37.5 2,203,537 62.5 Baptist—National Convention (Colored). 18,034 97.3 2,261,607 2,201,549 97.3 822,162 37.3 1,379,387 62.7 African Methodist Episcopal Church 6,486 97.6 494,777 481,997 97.4 177,837 36.9 304,160 63.1 Methodist Episcopal Church (part) 3,183 84.9 308,551 271,821 88.1 102,740 37.8 169,081 62.2 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2,156 97.8 184,542 180,501 97.8 67,096 37.2 113,405 62.8 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church 2,309 97.0 172,996 169,252 97.8 64,988 38.4 104,264 61.6 Roman Catholic Church (part) 33 (2) 38,235 35,430 92.7 16,838 47.5 18,592 52.5 Colored Primitive Baptists in America3 329 41.1 35,178 17,881 50.8 6,386 35.7 11,495 64.3 Baptists—Northern Convention (part) 98 90.7 32,639 29,802 91.3 10,694 35.9 19,108 64.1 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (part) 356 85.4 27,799 23,898 86.0 8,935 37.4 14,963 62.6 Protestant Episcopal Church (part) 151 76.3 19,098 15,487 81.1 5,446 35.2 10,041 64.8 Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church 196 100.0 18,066 100.0 8,405 46.5 9,661 53.5 United American Freewill Baptists (Colored) 135 53.8 14,489 7,835 54.1 3,438 43.9 4,397 56.1 Congregationalists (part) 155 99.4 11,960 11,952 99.9 4,613 38.6 7,339 61.4 Disciples or Christians (part)4 168 98.8 11,233 11,179 99.5 4,414 39.5 6,765 60.5 Free Baptists (part) 175 88.8 10,876 8,951 82.3 3,397 38.0 5,554 62.0 All other bodies (26) 684 94.5 43,051 42,059 97.7 16,734 39.8 25,325 60.2

1 Negroes or persons of Negro descent.

2 Percentage not shown where base is less than 100.

3 Includes 4 organizations having 102 members—45 males and 57 females—reported by the primitive Baptists.

4 Includes Disciples of Christ and Churches of Christ.

From the foregoing table it appears that 34,648 organizations, or 94.2 per cent of the total number, made report as to the sex of communicants; that the number of communicants thus reported was 3,527,660, or 95.7 per cent of the total, and that of this number, 1,324,123, or 37.5 per cent, were males and 2,203,537, or 62.5 per cent, were females. The denominations showing the largest proportion of males are the Roman Catholic Church (part), 47.5 per cent; the Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 46.5 per cent; and the United American Freewill Baptists (Colored), 43.9 per cent. The denominations showing the smallest proportion of males are the Protestant Episcopal Church (part), 35.2 per cent; the Colored Primitive Baptists in America, 35.7 per cent; and the Baptists—Northern Convention (part), 35.9 per cent.

Comparing the colored bodies with the corresponding white bodies, it appears that in almost every instance the colored bodies show a slightly lower percentage of males. Thus the per cent of males for the Methodist bodies as a whole is 38.5; of the African Methodist bodies, 37.3; of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 37.4; of the colored organizations in that body, 37.8; of the Baptists—Northern Convention, 36.5; of the colored organizations, 35.9; of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 35.5; of the colored organizations, 35.2; of the Roman Catholic Church, 49.3; of the colored organizations, 47.5. In 2 bodies reporting both white and colored organizations, the Congregationalists and Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, the reverse is true, the percentage of males for the Congregationalists being 34.1, for the colored organizations, 38.6; of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, 36.5; of the colored organizations, 37.4.

As shown by the next table, places of worship, either church edifices or halls, etc., were reported by all but 2.7 per cent of the total number of colored organizations. Of the 35,160 church edifices reported for 1906, the Baptists—National Convention (Colored) are credited with 17,913, or 50.9 per cent; the African Methodist Episcopal Church, with 18.6 per cent; the Methodist Episcopal Church (part), with 10.4 per cent; the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, with 6.6 per cent; and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, with 6.1 per cent, the per cent distribution for the various bodies corresponding very closely to that for 1890. As compared with 1890, the table shows an increase in the number of church edifices of 11,390, or 47.9 per cent. The denominations showing the greatest absolute increase are the Baptists - National Convention (Colored), with 5,926, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church, with 2,414. Of the denominations reporting more than 100 church edifices in 1890, the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America shows the highest per cent of increase in the number of church edifices for colored organizations, 91.5 per cent. The total number of halls, etc., reported for 1906 was 1,261 as against 1,358 for 1890. Of these the Baptists—National Convention (Colored), are credited with 40.3 per cent, as compared with 48.8 per cent in 1890, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church, with 21.3 per cent, as compared with 2.3 per cent in 1890.

DENOMINATION. COLORED1 ORGANIZATIONS—PLACES OF WORSHIP. Organizations reporting places of worship: 1906. Organizations reporting church edifices: 1906. Church edifices reported. Organizations reporting halls, etc.: 1906. Number. Per cent distribution. Increase from 1890 to 1906. Number. Per cent distribution. Number. Per cent of total. 1906 1890 1906 1890 Number. Per cent. 1906 1890 1906 1890 Total 35,707 97.3 34,506 35,160 23,770 100.0 100.0 11,390 47.9 1,261 1,358 100.0 100.0 Baptists—National Convention (Colored) 18,340 99.0 17,832 17,913 11,987 50.9 50.4 5,926 49.4 508 663 40.3 48.8 African Methodist Episcopal Church 6,500 98.7 6,292 6,538 4,124 18.6 17.3 2,414 58.5 268 31 21.3 2.3 Methodist Episcopal Church (part) 3,631 96.8 3,556 3,672 2,800 10.4 11.8 872 31.1 75 165 5.9 12.2 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2,157 97.9 2,079 2,131 1,587 6.1 6.7 544 34.3 78 114 6.2 8.4 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church 2,330 97.9 2,252 2,327 1,653 6.6 7.0 674 40.8 78 64 6.2 4.7 Roman Catholic Church (part) 36 100.0 34 36 27 0.1 0.1 9 (2) 2 3 0.2 0.2 Colored Primitive Baptists in America3 545 68.0 501 505 291 1.4 1.2 214 73.5 44 33 3.5 2.4 Baptists—Northern Convention (part) 105 97.2 99 106 324 0.3 1.4 4218 467.3 6 72 0.5 5.3 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (part) 380 91.1 363 383 200 1.1 0.8 183 91.5 17 21 1.3 1.5 Protestant Episcopal Church (part) 161 81.3