Religious Bodies Census Report
By Editor
The 1910 Census of Religious Bodies.—From one of our valued correspondents in Washington there have come to us advanced notes on the report of religious bodies of the United States Bureau of the Census, just issued. The last report will be found to be the most complete and comprehensive of its kind ever issued by the United States Government. The report shows that in 1906 there were 1,889 Seventh-day Adventist churches in the United States, with a membership of 62,211. It also gives the dates of the organization of the most of these churches. Prior to 1849 there were only three; in 1906 there were 1,889, as above stated; 1,620 of these conduct services in English only; 187 in foreign languages alone or in addition to English. There were 981 church buildings owned by this denomination; 968 of these are reported as having a seating capacity aggregating 169,540 and a valuation of $1,454,087. 121 of these reported an indebtedness of $77,984, 5.36 per cent of valuation, showing that they were very nearly free from incumbrance.