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214 The Negro's Church
TABLE XIII-CHURCHES IN FIVE NORTHERN CITIES, BY
DENOMINATIONS
Denomination Number of Churches Per Cent.
Baptist................................... 466 45.3
Holiness................................... 244 23.7
Spiritualist................................... 78 7.6
African Methodist Episcopal..................... 77 7.5
Methodist Episcopal........................... 43 4.2
African Methodist Episcopal Zion................ 19 1.8
Colored Methodist Episcopal..................... 19 1.8
Presbyterian.................................. 15 1.4
Episcopal.................................... 14 1.3
Catholic................................... 12 1.2
Christian................................... 9 0.9
Community.................................. 7 0.7
Seventh Day Adventist......................... 6 0.6
Lutheran................................... 4 0.4
Congregational............................... 3 0.3
Evangelical................................... 3 0.3
Unity................................... 3 0.3
Methodist, other than above..................... 2 0.2
Universal.................................... 2 0.2
African Orthodox............................. 1 0.1
Kodesh Church..................1............. 0.1
Friends Church..................1............. 0.1
Total................................... 1,029 100.0
Cincinnati
The situation in Cincinnati may be taken by way of illustration. According to the 1930 Census, Cincinnati has a
Negro population of 47,818. It has 112 churches, or a
church for each 427 Negroes. Counting only adults, those
13 years old and over, Cincinnati has an adult Negro population of 37,594, or a church for each 336 adults. But considering only the 22,341 who have their names on church
rolls, there is a church in Cincinnati for each 199 adult
members. If the Cincinnati churches spent in 1930 sums
that equaled $12.27 for each adult enrolled member, the
average church had for expenditures $2,441.73. Of the 51
Cincinnati churches studied, 30, or approximately three-fifths,
raised less than $3,000 in 1930.
The situation in the other northern cities is similar, as
Table XIV shows.