Churches
Formal church membership in 1936 was reported as:
- Augustana Synod (Lutheran) – 1,203 churches – 254,677 members
- Baptist – 300 churches – 36,820 members
- Swedish Evangelical Free – 150 churches – 9,000 members
- Swedish Methodist – 175 churches – 19,441 members
- Mission Covenant – 441 churches – 45,000 members
The affiliated membership of a church is much larger than the formal membership.
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Famous quotes containing the word churches:
“Here, the churches seemed to shrink away into eroding corners. They seem to have ceased to be essential parts of American life. They no longer give life. It is the huge buildings of commerce and trade which now align the people to attention. These in their massive manner of steel and stone say, Come unto me all ye who labour, and we will give you work.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)
“He asked if I would sell my Christmas trees;
My woods the young fir balsams like a place
Where houses all are churches and have spires.
I hadn’t thought of them as Christmas trees.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“A few years ago, the liberal churches complained that the Calvinistic church denied to them the name of Christian. I think the complaint was confession; a religious church would not complain.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)