Their numbers have been stated as follows:
| Ministers. | Churches. | Members. | |
| 1860 | 65 | 80 | 7,000 |
More recent statements make no important alteration in these numbers.
28. The "Disciples of Christ," or, as the denomination is often called, "Baptists," "Reformed Baptists," "Reformers," "Campbellites," etc., originated in the early part of the present century. The first advocates were Thomas and Alexander Campbell in Pennsylvania.
The statements of their numbers have been as follows:
| Ministers. | Churches. | Members. | |
| 1842 | — | — | 200,000 |
| 1850 | 848 | 1,898 | 218,618 |
| 1863 | 1,500 | 1,800 | 300,000 |
| 1867 | — | — | 300,000 |
The average annual increase, according to these statements, has been in twenty-one years, in members, 4,762.
29. The first appearance of the Puritans, since known as "Congregationalists," was in the early part of Queen Elizabeth's reign. The first church formed upon Congregational principles was that established by Robert Browne in 1583. The denomination is the largest in New England, and exists in small bodies in a number of the states.
Their numbers are stated to be as follows:
| Ministers. | Churches. | Members. | |
| 1742 | 1,150 | 1,300 | 160,000 |
| 1850 | 1,687 | 1,971 | 147,196 |
| 1858 | 1,922 | 2,369 | 230,093 |
| 1861 | — | — | 259,119 |
| 1862 | 2,643 | 2,884 | 261,474 |
| 1863 | 2,594 | 2,729 | 253,200 |
| 1864 | — | 2,856 | 268,015 |
| 1865 | 2,761 | 2,723 | 263,296 |
| 1866 | 2,919 | 2,780 | 267,453 |
| 1867 | 2,971 | 2,825 | 278,362 |
| 1868 | — | 2,951 | 291,474 |
| 1869 | — | 3,043 | 300,362 |