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RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS. 89 
In St. Louis — Number of congregations, 4; number of mem- 
bers, 370 ; number of ministers, 4; number of houses of worship, 
3; value of property, $225,000; number of Sabbath ‘Schools, 
3; number of teachers, 6; number of scholars, 265. 
In Kansas City—Number of congregations, 2; number of mem- 
bers, 80; number of ministers,2; number of houses of wor- 
ship, 2; number of Sabbath Schools, 2; number of teachers, 
2; number of scholars, 75. 
In St. Joseph—Number of congregations, 1; number of 
members, 45; number of ministers, 1; number of houses of wor- 
ship, 1; number of Sabbath Schools, 1; number of teachers, 
1; number of scholars, 50. 
Total number of congregations, 7; number of members, 495 ; 
number of ministers, 7; number of houses of worship, 6; num- 
ber of Sabbath Schools, 6; number of teachers, 9; number of 
scholars, 390. 
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN. 
By Rev. C. F. W. WaLTHER, 
President of Concordia College, St. Louis. 
The first Lutheran Church organized in the State of Missouri 
was founded in St. Louis in 1839. 
The following are the statistics of the denomination for the 
year 1872: 
Number of ordained ministers in Missouri, 54; Lutheran 
churches, 70 ; congregations, 73, parochial schools, 112. 
The Lutheran educational institutions of the State are : 
Concordia Seminary in St. Louis—Theological Students, 175 ; 
High School in St. Louis—Scholars, 40. 
The charitable institutions are : 
Lutheran Hospital and Asylum in St. Louis ; 
Lutheran Orphan Home in St. Louis County. 
At St. Louis are also located the Lutheran Central Bible Society 
and the Lutheran Book Concern of the German Evangelical 
Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States. 
The following are the Lutheran periodicals of the State, pub- 
lished in St. Louis: Der ZLutheraner (semi-monthly), Die Adend- 
schule (semi-monthly), Lehre und Wehre (monthly), Zvangel. Luth. 
Schulblatt (monthly). 
GERMAN EVANGELICAL. 
By Rev. ErnEst Roos, 
Pastor of St. Peter’s German Evangelical Church, St. Louis. 
The Evangelical Synod of the West presents the following sta- 
tistics for Missouri: Number of churches, 40; communing mem- 
bers, 7,000; clergymen, 40; Sunday Schools, 40; teachers, 400 ; 
Sunday School children, 4,200; parochial schools, 32 ; scholars, 
3,300; value of church property, $440,000.; of school property, 
$160,000 ; total church and school property, $500,000. The 
Friedensbote is the name of a newspaper published under the 
patronage of this denomination in Missouri. Evangelical Mis- 
souri College is the theological seat of learning of this Synod, and 
is located in Warren County, Missouri. 
METHODIST. 
By B. Srinson, Esq., 
Assistant Editor ‘* Central Christian Advocate.’’ 
The Methodist Episcopal Church in Missouri dates from an 
early period in the history of the State. Indeed, several societies 
were formed before it became a State, and these were a part of the 
old Illinois Conference, which, at one time, included large por- 
tions of the Northwest and Indiana and Missouri. 
When the secession of 1844-45 took place, and what is now 
called the Methodist Episcopal Church South was formed, the soci- 
eties in Missouri were broken up, with few exceptions, and the 
members either joined the Methodist Episcopal Church South or 
remained unable to effect a reorganization until the year 1848, 
when the Missouri Conference resumed its sessions. ‘These were 
held annually until the Great Rebellion broke out, when preachers 
and members were driven from nearly all the stations and circuits, 
and the membership was reduced to almost a nominal figure, so that 
reports could not indicate the facts. There were probably less 
than 3,000 in actual fellowship in 1861 and 1862. 
In May, 1862, the General Conference added Arkansas te the 
Missouri Conference, and it bore the name of ‘* The Missouri and 
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Arkansas Conference,’’ until the year 1868, when the Conference 
was divided —the societies north of the Missouri River retaining 
the old name of the Missouri Conference. The societies south of 
the river in Missouri, and those in Arkansas were formed into an 
annual Conference under the name of ‘‘ The Saint Louis Confer- 
ence.”’ 
In May, 1872, the General Conference again divided the Saint 
Louis Conference —the societies in Missouri south of the river 
retaining the name of the Saint Louis Conference, and those in 
Arkansas being set off as the Arkansas Conference. 
The statistics exhibit a remarkable increase during the past dec- 
ade. The number of members in the Missouri Conference in 187¢ 
and 1871, was 13,244; of probationers, 3,580; and of local 
preachers, 193. The church property is valued at $270,260, 
including 99 churches, value $257,610, and 21 parsonages, valued 
at $12,650. The number of Sunday Schools was 220; of officers 
and teachers, 1,780; of scholars, 10,854; and of volumes in 
library, 18,170. 
The Saint Louis Conference, not including Arkansas, reports for 
1871-72, 12,218 members, 2,459 probationers, and 213 lecal 
preachers. Its church property is valued at $451,116 — having 89 
churches, value $416,266; and 30 parsonages, value $34,850; 
Sunday Schools, 126; officers and teachers, 1,045 ; scholars, 7,032 ; 
volumes in library, 9,443—giving a total for the State of Missouri 
as follows: Members, 25,462; probationers, 6,039; local preach- 
ers, 406; value of church property, $721,376—Jincluding 188 
churches valued at $673,876, and 51 parsonages valued at $47,500; 
number of Sunday Schools, 346; officers and teachers in Sunday 
Schools, 2,825, scholars in Sunday Schools, 17,886 ; volumes in 
Sunday School libraries, 27,613. 
There are several schools and colleges in the State under the pat- 
ronage of the Church, the principal of which are, Lewis College, at 
Glasgow ; Johnson College, at Macon City; and Carleton Insti- 
tute, in Southeast Missouri. These are flourishing institutions. 
