38 | RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS 
Religious Denominations. 
BAPTIST. 
By Rev. A. H. BurtincHam, D, D. 
Pastor Second Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri. 
The first Baptist Church organized in what is now the State of 
Missouri, was founded near the present site of Jackson, Cape 
Girardeau county, in 1806, under the labors of Rev. D. GREEN. 
The growth of the denomination has been marked. It has gone 
steadily on in its increase until now it marshalls a great host, and 
it is still rapidly enlarging in numbers and advancing in intelli- 
gence and general thrift. 
The Annual of the Baptist General Association of Missouri, for 
1871, gives the following statistics : 
Number of District Associations (into which the General Asso- 
ciation is divided) 
Number of Baptist Churches in Missouri 1,266 
Ordained Ministers « 846 
. Church Members < 75,922 
It is thought to be a fair estimate that two-thirds of these 
churches have houses of worship with an aggregate value of 
$1,120,000. ‘There are Baptist houses of worship in every county 
(except Stone) in the State, and Baptist ministers in every county 
with perhaps one exception ; though several counties have but two 
or three churches and ministers each. 
Rev. 5. W. Marston, D. D., Missionary Secretary of the Mis- 
souri Baptist Sunday School Convention, in his Report for 1871, 
gives the following summary : 
—— of ~~ or Schools in the State 806 
School Teachers 6,247 
sé “é “ 6 Scholars 48,261 
The Bible and Publication Society, with headquarters in Phila- 
delphia, has a branch house, under the management of Rev. G. J. 
Jounson, D. D., in successful operation in St. Louis. 
The Baptist periodicals of the State are the Central Baptist, pub- 
lished in St. Louis by Messrs. LurHeR and TEaspALeE and edited 
by Rev. J. H. Lurner 1D. D., and Ford’s Repository, of St. Louis, 
edited and published by Rev. S. H. Forp, LL. D. 
The Baptist seats of learning in Missouri are: William Jewell 
College at acer Rev. THos. Rampaut, LL. D.— 
Students, 1 
Stephens’ College at Columbia—(for young ladies)—President, 
ev. E. S. Dutin, D.D. LL. D.—Students, 154; 
Mount Pleasant College at Huntsville, (for ladies and gentle- — 
men)—President J. W. Territt, A. M.—Students, 180; 
Baptist Female College at Lexington—President, Rev: LS ae : & 
SELPH, —Students, 110; 
Klineey . we College, Ltée Posten, Rev. A. MACHETT. 
. —Students, 78 ; 
LaGrange College at LaGrange, (for ladies and gentlemen)— 
President, Rey. J. F. Coox, LL D.—Students, 185 ; 
Bethel College at Palmyra, (for ladies and gentlemen)—Presi- 
dent, Rev. .—Students, 80 ; 
Baptist College at ‘-cpisiann — Present Rev. J. T. Wittiams 
St. Louis Seminary, ie young ladies) at Jenning’s Station— 
President, B. F. BLEwetrr, LL. D. 
CONGREGATIONALIST. 
By Rey. Tt: M. Posy, D.D., 
Pastor First Trinitarian Congregational Church of St. Louis. 
The First Trinitarian Congregational Church of the city of St. 
Louis was organized in 1852, with seventy-seven members, and 
under the pastorate of T. M. Post, was at that time, and until the 
war—with the exception of the Church at Hannibal, formed in 
1859—the only church of its order in the State of Missouri, and 
with the exception of the Circular Church in Charleston, South 
Its first house of 
worship was on Sixth street near Franklin avenue. 
Carolina, the only one in the slaves States. 
It is now 
located on the corner of Tenth and Locust streets. 
There are now in the State of Missouri, a State Association, five 
District Associations, sixty-four churches, with sixty-nine ordained 
These 
churches are scattered sparsely, yet extensively through the State, 
ministers, 2,736 members and 4,348 Sabbath scholars. 
and though still young, and for the most part feeble, are peneially 
in rapid and prosperous growth. 
EPISCOPAL. 
By Rr. Rev. C. F. Rospertson, D.D., 
Bishop of the Diocese of Mo. 
The first service of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Missouri, 
was held October 24, and Christ Church, St. Louis, was organized 
as a parish November 1, 1819. The Rev. Joun Warp, previously 
of Lexington, Kentucky, was the first minister. Six persons 
united in the first service. ; 
The following are the statistics of the denomination: 
Present number of communicants, 3,706; of ministers, 49 ; 
church buildings, 48. Sunday Schools—schools, 55; scholars, 
3,470; teachers, 444. The denomination controls 4 schools, with 
200 scholars, and 13 teachers. There are church buildings in 29 
counties ; ministers resident in 22; and churches organized in 43. 
The Diocese of Missouri is conterminous with the State of 
Missouri. 
ISRAELITE. 
By Rev. Dr. S. H. SONNESCHEIN, 
Rabbi of Temple of the Gates of Truth. 
There is scarcely one county in the State of Missouri, where not 
at least a dozen of Jewish families are settled. Jefferson City, 
Sedalia, Springfield, Rolla, Washington, Macon City, Louisiana, 
Hannibal and different other places have wealthy, influential ,Jew- 
ish citizens, but too few in numbers to form independent religious 
communities. Only in St. Louis, St. Joseph and Kansas City have 
they established Congregations, Sabbath Schools, houses of worship 
and institutions of charity. 
The oldest Hebrew congregation in Missouri, was organized in 
1838, in St. Louis. 
statement of the congregations in Missouri: 
The following summary gives an approximate 
