RELIGIOUS WORSHIP

Publishing Committee · Rochester, N. Y. · Aug 21, 1855

RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.

Churches . . . . . . . . . . . 38,183 Total value of church property . . . . . . $89,983,028 Average value of churches . . . . . . . $2,357 Capacity of accommodation . . . . . . 14,360,038 Average capacity of accommodation . . . . . 376

The Methodists have the largest church accommodations. Next are the Baptists, then the Ptesbyterians. There are, on the average, 4 churches to every 300 square miles, or one to every 75 square miles of territory. In Massachusetts, there are nearly 19 churches to every 100 square miles, whilst in Texas, the number is only 1 to about every 700, and in Arkansas, 1 in 175 square miles.

The Methodists and Presbyterians have a larger amount of church property than any other denomination, that of the former amounting to $14,826,148, and that of the latter, $14,557,089. The Baptist and Episcopal are next, and are also about equal. The Catholics, though they have but one-eleventh as many churches as the Methodists, have much more than half the church property.