Unknown by those who seek wealth, power or place,
But very dear to those who seek His face—
The Country Church! O holy, holy ground,
For there the Lord Himself is sought and found!
(447)
Table No. 2—Distribution by Families and Denominations. (See [Church Statistics].)
| DENOMINATION | Number of bodies: 1906 | RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS | |||||
| Number | Per cent distribution | Increase from 1890 to 1906 | |||||
| 1906 | 1890 | 1906 | 1890 | Number | Per cent | ||
| All denominations | 186 | 212,230 | [1]165,151 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 47,079 | 28.5 |
| Protestant bodies | 164 | 195,618 | 153,054 | 92.2 | 92.7 | 42,564 | 27.8 |
| Adventist | 7 | 2,551 | 1,757 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 794 | 45.2 |
| Baptist | 14 | 54,880 | 42,909 | 25.9 | 26.0 | 11,971 | 27.9 |
| Christian (Christian Connection) | 1 | 1,379 | 1,424 | 0.6 | 0.9 | [2]45 | [2]3.2 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist | 1 | 638 | 221 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 417 | 188.7 |
| Congregationalist | 1 | 5,713 | 4,868 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 845 | 17.4 |
| Disciples or Christians | 2 | 10,942 | 7,746 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 3,696 | 51.0 |
| Dunkers or German Baptist Brethern | 4 | 1,097 | 989 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 108 | 10.9 |
| Evangelical bodies | 2 | 2,738 | 2,310 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 428 | 18.5 |
| Friends | 4 | 1,147 | 1,056 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 91 | 8.6 |
| German Evangelical Synod of N. A. | 1 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 335 | 38.5 |
| Independent churches | 1 | 1,079 | 155 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 924 | 596.1 |
| Lutheran bodies | 24 | 12,703 | 8,595 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 4,108 | 47.8 |
| Mennonite bodies | 14 | 604 | 550 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 54 | 9.8 |
| Methodist bodies | 15 | 64,701 | 51,489 | 30.5 | 31.2 | 13,212 | 25.7 |
| Presbyterian bodies | 12 | 15,506 | 13,471 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 2,035 | 15.1 |
| Protestant Episcopal Church | 1 | 6,845 | 5,018 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 1,827 | 36.4 |
| Reformed bodies | 4 | 2,585 | 2,181 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 404 | 18.5 |
| Unitarians | 1 | 461 | 421 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 40 | 9.5 |
| United Brethren bodies | 2 | 4,304 | 4,526 | 2.0 | 2.7 | [2]222 | [2]4.9 |
| Universalists | 1 | 846 | 956 | 0.4 | 0.6 | [2]110 | [2]11.5 |
| Other Protestant bodies | 52 | 3,694 | 2,042 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1,652 | 80.9 |
| Roman Catholic Church | 1 | 12,482 | 10,239 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 2,243 | 21.9 |
| Jewish congregations | 1 | 1,769 | 533 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1,236 | 231.9 |
| Latter-day Saints | 2 | 1,184 | 856 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 328 | 38.3 |
| Eastern Orthodox Churches | 4 | 411 | 2 | 0.2 | [3] | 409 | [4] |
| All other bodies | 14 | 766 | 467 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 299 | 64.0 |
[1] Exclusive of 26 organizations in Alaska.
[2] Decrease.
[3] Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent.