Headquarters of Religious Denominations Source: World Almanac Questionnaire Adventists, Seventh-day-General Conference, American Lutheran Church-57 E. Main St., Dr. E. E. Ryden, 2310 12th St., Moline, Ill.; Secretary, Rev. Lawrence M. Stavig, 1304 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield, Minn. Apostolic Episcopal-9148 193d St., Hollis, L. I., N. Y. Bishop, Rt. Rev. Arthur W. Brooks; Vicar Gen. Very Rev. Charles W. Keller, Archpresbyter; Chancellor, Very Rev. Harold F. Jarvis, Archpresbyter; Secretary, William J. Harriott; Rector of the St. John's Society, Rt. Rev. Victor Alexander; Reader Superior and Bursar, Rev. Lawrence J. Ormsby; Knight Commander of the Order of St. James the Apostle, William J. Harriott; Superior of the Order of Deaconesses, Sister Adele M. Ormsby. Associate Presbyterian Church of North America, Synod of Washington, Iowa. Moderator, Rev. A. M. Malcolm, Albia, Iowa; Clerk, Rev. R. K. Atchison, D.D., Rimersburg, Pa. Baptist Convention, U. S. A., Inc., National President, Rev. L. K. Williams, 3115 S. Parkway, Chicago, Ill. Secretary, Rev. J. M. Nabrit, D.D., American Baptist Theological Seminary, White's Creek Pike, Nashville, Tenn. Baptist Convention, Northern President, Rev. William A. Elliott, D.D., Ottawa, Kan.; Corresponding Secretary, Rev. J. C. Hazen, 152 Madison Ave., N. Y. City; Recording Secretary, Rev. Clarence M. Gallup, 152 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y.; Treasurer, Harold J. Manson, 177 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y. New York City offices, 152 Madison Ave. Baptist, Seventh Day, General Conference of President. Harley D. Bond, Salem College, Salem, W. Va.; Corresponding Secretary, Courtland V Davis, 510 Watchung Ave., Plainfield, N. J. Baptist Convention, Southern-President, Dr. W. W. Hamilton, Baptist Bible Institute, New Orleans, La. Secretary, Dr. Hight C. Moore, 161 Eighth Ave. No., Nashville, Tenn. Baptists, Free, General Conference of-(United with the Northern Baptist Convention.) Christian, General Convention of Christian Church -Now united with the Congregational Churches; see Congregational Christian Churches. Christian Reformed-Stated Clerk of Synod, Rev. Henry Beets, 737 Madison Ave., S. E., Grand Rapids, Mich. Church of Christ, Scientist-Christian Science Mother Church. The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, President, John Randall Dunn; Clerk, Ezra W. Palmer; Adiministrative Board, The Christian Science Board of Directors. Address. 107 Falmouth St., Boston, Mass. Churches of God in North America (General Eldership), Harrisburg, Pa. General Representative, Rev. C. H. Lefever, 508 E. Main St., Roaring Spring, Pa.; President, Rev. H. C. Gonso, Westminster, Md.; Clerk, Rev. Elza Beery, 4119 Bellevue Road, Toledo, Ohio. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Mormon), Salt Lake, Utah. President, Heber J. Grant. Counsellors, J. Reuben Clark, Jr. and David O. McKay. President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Rudger Clawson. Presiding Bishop of the Church, Le Grande Richards. Secretary to the President, Joseph Anderson. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Reorganized - President, Frederick M. Smith, Secretary, O. W. Newton, Independence, Mo. Congregational Christian Churches of the U. S. of A., General Council of-287 Fourth Ave., N. Y. City. Hon. William E. Sweet; Minister, Rev. Douglas Horton; Associate Secretary, Rev. Frederick L. Fagley, 287 Fourth Ave., N. Y. City. The Board of home Missions of the Congregational Christian Churches. 287 Fourth Ave., N. Y. City, 14 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.; 19 So. La Salle St., Chicago, Ill.; The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 14 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.; the Missions Council, 287 Fourth Ave., N. Y. City; Mid-West Regional Office, 19 So. La Salle St., Chicago, Ill. Disciples of Christ, International Convention— of Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference North America-President, Prof. L. Fuerbringer, D.D., 801 DeMun Ave., St. Louis, Mo.; Secretary, Prof. George V. Schick, Ph.D., 801 DeMun Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America-President, Dr. P. O. Bersell, 415 Harvard St., S. E., Minneapolis, Minn. Secretary, Dr. N. J. W. Nelson, Balaton, Minn.. Evangelical and Reformed Church, The, General Synod of President, Rev. L. W. Goebel, D.D.. LL.D., 77 W. Washington St., Chicago, Ill. Secretary, Rev. William E. Lampe, Ph.D., LL.D., 1505 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa. Treasurer, F. A. Keck, Evangelical Synod Bldg., 1720 Chouteau Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Board Centers: Schaff Building, 1505 Race St., Phaledlphia, Pa.; Evangelical Synod Bldg., 1720 Chouteau Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Evangelical Synod of North America-(All ecclesiastical functions now taken care of by the Evangelical and Reformed Church.) Friends' General Conference of the Religious Society of Friends-Chairman, Arthur C. Jackson, 317 North Chester Rd., Swarthmore, Pa.; Secretary, J. Barnard Walton, 1515 Cherry St., Philadelphia, Pa. Friends, The Religious Society of, of Philadelphia and Vicinity-Secretary, Edward W. Evans, 304 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Friends, Society of. Five Years' Meeting-Secretary, Executive Committee, Walter C. Woodward. 101 So. 8th St., Richmond, Ind. Friends' General Conference, Secretary, J. Barnard Walton, 1515 Cherry St., Philadelphia, Pa. American Friends Service Committee (a cooperative committee of all Friends in America), Secretary, Clarence E. Pickett, 20 So. 12th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Hebrew Congregations, Union of American- Holy Orthodox Church in America-Primate, Most Jewish Congregations of America, Union of Ortho- Lutheran Free Church-President, Dr. T. 0. Minn. Secretary, Rev. Olaf Rogne, Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, Minn. Lutheran Synod of New York, United-39 E. 35th St., N. Y. City. President, Rev. Samuel Trexler, D.D.; Treasurer, Henry Beisler; Secretary, Rev. Paul C. White, Ph.D. Lutheran World Convention-Executive Committee. American Members: 1st Vice Pres., Rev. Dr. F. H. Knubel; Ass't Treas., Rev. Dr. Ralph H. Long, 39 E. 35th St., N. Y. City; Rev. Dr. L. W. Boe, Northfield, Minn.; Rev. Dr. A. R. Wentz. Gettysburg, Pa. Methodist, The Council of Bishops: President, Bishop A. Frank Smith, Houston, Tex.; VicePresident, Bishop Ernest G. Richardson, Philadelphia, Pa.; Secretary, Bishop G. Bromley Oxnan, 581 Boylston St.. Boston, Mass. The Executive Committee: Bishops A. Frank Smith, Ernest G. Richardson, G. Bromley Oxnam, William W. Peele, Adna W. Leonard. Secretary, The General Conference, Rev. Lud H. Estes, 1120 Faxon Ave., Memphis, Tenn. Methodist Episcopal, African-Senior Bishop, Joseph S. Flipper, 488 Houston St., N. E. Atlanta, Ga. Secretary Bishops' Council, Bishop John A. Gregg, 1150 Washington Blvd., Kansas City, Kansas. Methodist Episcopal, African Zion-Bishop, G. C. Clement, 1633 Jefferson St., Louisville, Ky. Moravian, Northern Province-President, Rev. S. H. Gapp, 69 W. Church St., Bethlehem, Pa.; Vice-President (Eastern), Rev. F. P. Stocker, M.A., Bethlehem; (Western), Rev. Carl Mueller, Watertown, Wis. Secretary, The Rev. C. D. Kreider, Nazareth. Pa. Moravian, Southern Province-President, The Rt. Rev. J. Kenneth Pfohl, 459 So. Church St., Winston-Salem, No. Car.; Vice-President. The Rev. Howard E. Rondthaler, Winston-Salem, No. Car. National Lutheran Council-President. Dr. E. B. Burgess, 73 Haldane St., Crafton, Pa.; Executive Director, Dr. Ralph A. Long, 39 E. 35th St., N. Y. City: Secretary, Dr. Peter Peterson, 411 Dickens Ave., Chicago, Ill. Nazarene, Church of the-General Church Secretary, Rev. C. Warren Jones, D.D., 2923 Troost Ave., Kansas City, Mo. New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian or New Church), General Convention of the President, Rev. F. Sidney Mayer, 3812 Barrington Rd., Baltimore, Md.; Recording Secretary, B. A. Whittemore, 134 Bowdoin St.. Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, Albert P. Carter, 511 Barristers Hall, Boston, Mass. Old Catholic Church in America-Presiding Bishop, Archbishop William Henry Francis, D.D., Woodstock, N. Y.; Secretary, The Most Rev. Bishop Joseph Zielonko, D.D., 48 Charles St., South River, N. J. Orthodox Patriarchal Synod, American-Arch- Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A.-Stated Clerk, Rev. William Barrow Pugh, D.D., National Headquarters, Witherspoon Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. The Christian Education and Pension Boards are at Witherspoon Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.; National and Foreign Missions Boards at 156 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City. Presbyterian Church, Cumberland Moderator. Rev. L. L. Thomas, McKenzie, Tenn.; Stated Clerk, General Traveling Secretary and Treasurer, Rev. D. W. Fooks, 117 8th Ave., So., Nashville, Tenn. President, Board Trustees of General Assembly, W. F. Chestnut, Bowling Green, Ky. Presbyterian, United-Moderator, Rev. R. L. Lanning, D.D., LL.D., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Principal Clerk, Rev. O. H. Milligan, D.D., LL.D., 805 Taylor Ave., Avalon, Pittsburgh, Pa. Protestant, Episcopal, National Council of-281 Fourth Ave., N. Y. City. President, The Right Rev. Henry St. George Tucker, D.D. Secretary, the Rev. Franklin J. Clark, D.D. The Departments of Domestic Missions, Foreign Missions, Christian Education, Social Relations, Finance, Rabbinical Assembly of America, 3080 Broadway, Rabbis of United States and Canada, Union of Reformed Church in America, General Synod of Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, Salvation Army, The General George L. Carpenter. National Secretary, Edward J. Parker, National Headquarters, 120-130 W. 14th St. N. Y. City. Territorial Commissioners and Headquarters-Eastern, Alexander M. Damon, 120 W. 14th St., N. Y. City; Western, (Lt. Commissioner) Donald McMillan, 115 Valencia St., San Francisco, Calif.; Central, Ernest I. Pugmire, 719 No. State St., Chicago, Ill.; Southern, (Lt. Commissioner) Wm. C. Arnold, 54 Ellis St., Atlanta, Ga. Synagogue Council of America, 1181 Broadway, West, N. Y. City: President, Rabbi Edward L. Israel; Secretary, Benjamin Koenigsberg. Statistical Bureau-Director, Dr. H. S. Linfield, as above. Synagogue of America, United, 3080 Broadway, Universalist-President, Hon. Louis Annin Ames, Wesleyan Methodist Connection (or Church) of America-President, I. F. McLeister, Secretary, E. D. Carpenter, 330 E. Onondago St., Syracuse, N. Y. 352 133,254 538 2,659 2,700,155 3,782,464 Census of Religious Bodies in U. S., 1936 Source: United States There were in continental United States in 1936, 256 Religious Bodies with 199,302 organizations and 55,807,366 members, as compared with 213 denominations reporting 232,154 organizations and 54,576,346 members in 1926. Each church was requested to report the number of members according to the definition of membership in that church or organization. In some religious bodies the term member is limited to communicants; in others it includes all baptized persons; and in still others it covers all enrolled persons. Member- 55,807,366 Bureau of the Census At the census of 1938 the total expenditures were $518,953,571, as compared with $817,214,528 in 1926. Under this item are included the amount expended for salaries, repairs, etc.; for payments on church debt; for benevolence, including home and foreign missions; for denominational support; and for all other purposes. The value of church edifices in 1936 was $3,411.875,467, as compared with $3,839,500,610 in 1926. All figures for 1936 are preliminary and subject to correction. Denomination Churches of Christ in Christian Union of Churches of God, Holiness.. 26,258 General Eldership of the Churches of God 1,250 Churches of the Living God: 4,163 General Convention of the New Jeru- Divine Science Church.. 1,329,044 Eastern Orthodox Churches: Membership, 1936 3,568 5,872 30,820 Church of the Living God, Christian 4,525 Church of the Living God, "The Pillar 4,838 5,099 865 976,388 2,167 1,196,315 4,085 Albanian Orthodox Church.... 3,137 American Holy Orthodox Catholic American Baptist Association. 115,022 Apostolic Eastern Church.... 1,420 Christian Unity Baptist Association. 188 Colored Primitive Baptists. 43,897 Duck River and Kindred Associations Apostolic Episcopal Church (The Holy 6,389 Construction and Housing in the United States Source: United States Bureau of Labor Statistics NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES PROVIDED FOR IN NEW DWELLINGS IN 257 IDENTICAL CITIES Percentage of families provided for in Number of families provided for in Multi 1-family 2-family family 1-family 2-family Multifamily 1 Includes 1- and 2-family dwellings with stores. 2 Includes multifamily dwellings with stores. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, FAMILIES PROVIDED FOR, AND INDEX NUMBERS THEREOF, IN 257 IDENTICAL CITIES; (1921=100) Index Estimated (Index) Additions, alterations, and repairs No. 1,147,796,781 181.9 351,699,718 128.9 849,386,873 134.6 247,068,224 90.6 622,830,444 98.7 188,357,233 69.0 103,445,244 11.1 275,509,435 43.7 102,264,769 37.5 9.8 8.2 211,895,852 22.7 183,006,040 29.0 107.928,136 39.6 136,248,077 49.9 183,196,018 67.2 347,024,011 55.0 237,238,744 87.0 421,171,854 67.2 277,366,368 101.7 226,703,966 83.1 245,118,829 89.9 242,979,093 89.1 (Revised. AVERAGE COST PER FAMILY OF NEW DWELLINGS IN 257 IDENTICAL CITIES MultiAll types 1-family 2-family family All types 1-family 2-family family of dwellings dwellings dwellings dwellings dwellings dwellings dwellings dwellings |