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Group	Where	Number of Adherents	% of total pop.	Number of congreg./ churches/ units	Number of countries	Year	Source	Quote/ Notes
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	New York	141,883	0.78%	733 units	-	1995	LINK official organization web page: Comparative Statistics; [original source for states pop. data: U.S. Bureau of the Census]	Table: "PCUSA Membership by State/Territory -- 1995 "; Columns: "Number of Members ", "Members as a Percent of State Population " and "Number of Congregations "
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	New York	136,878	0.75%	724 units	-	1997	LINK official organization web page: Comparative Statistics; [original source for states pop. data: U.S. Bureau of the Census]	Table: "PCUSA Membership by State/Territory -- 1997 "; Columns: "Number of Members ", "Members as a Percent of State Population " and "Number of Congregations "
Presbyterian Church in America	New York	2,042	0.01%	13 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,699. [Listed as 'Presbyterian Church in America.']
Primitive Methodist Church in the U.S.A.	New York	474	0.00%	2 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 294. [Listed as 'Primitive Methodist Church U.S.A..']
Protestant - no denomination supplied	New York	-	6.90%	-	-	1990	Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93.	Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York.
Quaker	New York	-	10.90%	24 units	-	1776	Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 277-281.	Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 220.
Quaker	New York	-	1.63%	24 units	-	1776	Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 277-281.	Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 220. Denominational % (10.9%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 15%.
Quaker	New York	4,346	0.02%	62 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 3,540. [Listed as 'Friends.']
Ramakrishna Order	New York	-	-	2 units	-	1998	LINK official organization web site	Counted from "Ramakrishna Order Centers in the West " list
Reformed Church in America	New York	79,865	0.44%	253 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 38,407. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in America.']
Reformed Episcopal Church	New York	120	0.00%	2 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 92. [Listed as 'Reformed Episcopal Church.']
Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	New York	-	-	4 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America.']
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	New York	-	-	28 units	-	1998	LINK official organization web site (1998)	Counted listings in directory of parishes.
Salvation Army	New York	8	-	-	-	1880	McKinley, Edward H. Marching to Glory: The History of the Salvation Army in the United States of America, 1880-1980. San Francisco: Harper & Row (1980), pg. 1.	"Led by an amiable eccentric... were seven women... down the gangplank of the steamer Australia at castle Garden, New York City, on March 10, 1880, to claim America for God. George Scott Railton, the leader of the 'splendid seven,' was a pioneer in more ways than one. His arrival in New York made him the first officially-authorized Salvation Army missionary, the first sent... to carry the gospel... beyond the confines of its native Britain. "
Salvation Army	New York	6,711	0.04%	77 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 5,893. [Listed as 'Salvation Army.']
Salvation Army - German corps	New York	-	-	2 units	-	1893	McKinley, Edward H. Marching to Glory: The History of the Salvation Army in the United States of America, 1880-1980. San Francisco: Harper & Row (1980), pg. 49.	"A German corps was opened in Buffalo in 1893, and then a second in New York. "
Salvation Army - Scandinavian corps	New York	-	-	3 units	-	1980	McKinley, Edward H. Marching to Glory: The History of the Salvation Army in the United States of America, 1880-1980. San Francisco: Harper & Row (1980), pg. 203.	"The Eastern territory has 8 'Scandinavian' corps.; in five of them--New York Central Citadel on East Fifty-second Street; Worcester, Massachusetts, Quinsigamond Corps; Brooklyn Bay Ridge and Jameston Temple in New York--the Swedish language is still frequently used in services; Jamestown Temple even sponsors a Swedish-language radio program. The remaining four corps are Erie Temple, Pennsylvania; Providence, Rhode Island; Hartford Temple and New Britain, Connecticut. "
Santeria	New York	300,000	-	-	-	1998	LINK web site: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Scientology	New York	-	-	1 unit	-	1975	LINK linked to Brett Achorn's OPPOSING VIEW web site "Hard Data on Scientology " (1998)	Organization count based on very detailed analysis of incorporations, creations, closures, etc.
Scientology	New York	-	-	6 units	-	1998	LINK official organization web site (1998); section: "Global Locator for Scientology Organizations "	Counted listings of churches and missions in directory. (1) Church of Scientology Mission (CosM) of Middletowm, 45 Dolson Ave., Middletown, NY; (2) CoSM Queens, 56-03 214TH ST., Bayside, NY; (3) CoSM Rockland, 7 Panoramic Drive, Valley Cottage, NY; [directory link] (4) CoS of Buffalo, 47 West Huron Street, Buffalo, NY; [directory link] (5) CoS of Long Island, 99 Railroad Station Plaza, Hicksville, NY; (6) CoS of New York, 227 W. 46th Street, New York, NY; (7) CoS Celebrity Centre New York, 65 E. 82nd Street, NY, NY
Seicho-No-Ie	New York	-	-	1 unit	-	1998	LINK official organization web site (1998)	worldwide directory of "Truth of Life Centers ": [directory link] "Seicho-No-Ie New York, 247 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022 "
Sephardic Judaism	New York	23	-	-	-	1654	Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 267.	"The first wave of Jewish immigration to the New World had begun in 1654, when a party of 23 Sephardic Jews from Brazil arrived in the community tht was known as New Amsterdam under Dutch rule and later as New York. "
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference	New York	882	0.00%	11 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 708. [Listed as 'Seventh Day Baptist General Conference.']
Seventh-day Adventist	New York	58,740	0.33%	220 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 47,599. [Listed as 'Seventh-Day Adventists.']
Seventh-day Adventist	New York	-	0.40%	-	-	1990	Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93.	Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York.
Shakers	New York	-	-	2 units	-	1787	Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally published as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 674.	"Shakers (Christian). A celibate communistic sect founded by Ann Lee (1736-84). Converted in 1758 in England to the Shaking Quakers... Lee received revelations indicating that... she was to take her small group to the New World to establish the millennial church. Shaker communities came into existence in 1787 at New Lebanon and Watervliet, New York. "
Shakers	New York	-	-	2 units	-	1925	Andryszewski, Tricia. Communities of the Faithful: American Religious Movements Outside the Mainstream. Bookfield, Connecticut: Millbrook Press (1997), pg. 38.	"By 1925, only six Shaker villages remained: the original settlement near Albany (by this time known as Watervliet) and the settlements at New Lebanon [New York]; Hancock [Massachusetts]; Canterbury, New Hampshire; Alfred, Maine; and Sabbathday Lake, Maine. "
Shakers	New York	-	-	1 unit	-	1946	Williams, Jean Kinney. The Shakers. Danbury, Connecticut: Franklin Watts (1997), pg. 93.	"In 1947, New Lebanon [New York], now known as Mount Lebanon, closed, its sisters moving to Hancock, Massachusetts. The Great Depression of the 1930s hastened the difficult situation of the sect, and Canterbury in New Hampshire and Sabbathday Lake [Maine] were the only other remaining Shaker villages. "
Southern Baptist Convention	New York	22,917	0.13%	157 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 18,605.
Spiritism	New York	-	-	-	-	1848	Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally published as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 713.	"The modern [Spiritualist] movement dates from 1848, when... Margaretta and Katie Fox, of Hydesville, New York... "
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch	New York	1,600	0.01%	3 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch (Archdiocese of The U.S.A. and Canada).']
Syrian Orthodox Church of Malabar	New York	150	-	1 unit	-	1991	Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 144. Section: Non-Chalcedonian Orthodoxy.	"The Syrian Orthodox Church of Malabar has established a mission in New York directly under the patriarch of Antioch. There is only one congregation (as of 1967) which meets at Union Theological Seminary every Sunday... Its approximate 150 members are drawn from students, diplomatic personnel, and permanent residents. Periodic services are held in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and Chicago... Membership: Not reported. "
Theosophical Society	New York	-	-	8 units	-	1998	LINK web site: "Theosophical Society "	official organization directory
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America (Ecumenical Patriarchate)	New York	-	-	5 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Amer (Ecum Patr).']
Unification Church	New York	-	-	-	-	1981	Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally published as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 775.	"Unification Church... World mission headquarters are located in mid-town Manhattan, and many activities are centered on an estate at Tarrytown, N.Y. and a seminary at Barryton, N.Y. "
Unitarian/Unitarian Universalist	New York	13,648	0.08%	64 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 10,474. [Listed as 'Unitarian Universalist Association.']
Unitarian/Unitarian Universalist	New York	-	0.30%	-	-	1990	Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93.	Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York.
United Brethren in Christ	New York	71	0.00%	2 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 60. [Listed as 'United Brethren in Christ.']
United Church of Christ	New York	73,353	0.41%	300 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 59,555. [Listed as 'United Church of Christ.']
United Church of God	New York	-	-	5 units	-	1998	LINK official organization web site	Counted the churches in their listing.
United Methodist Church	New York	466,586	2.59%	1,478 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 376,410. [Listed as 'United Methodist Church.']
Unity Church	New York	-	-	23 units	-	1998	LINK official organization web site (viewed 1998)	Counted the churches in their directory.
Unity Fellowship Church	New York	-	-	1 unit	-	1997	LINK web site: "Unity Fellowship Church Roster " (viewed 27 Feb. 1999); "Last updated: 08/25/97 "	Counted churches from listing. "Following is a current roster of the Unity Fellowship Churches across the country:... Unity Fellowship Church (New York City)... "
Universal Foundation for Better Living	New York	-	-	2 units	-	1998	LINK official organization web site	directory
Urantia Book Readers, Fellowship of	New York	-	-	8 units	-	1997	LINK official organization web site (1998)	directory: "1996-1997 International Study Group Directory for readers of The Urantia Book "
Wesleyan Church	New York	19,704	0.11%	121 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 6,253. [Listed as 'The Wesleyan Church.']
white supremacist groups	New York	-	-	7 units	-	1992	Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994), pg. 30. [Source: Klanwatch]	Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " Klan, Nazi, Skinheads and/or Other.
white supremacist groups - other	New York	-	-	3 units	-	1992	Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994), pg. 30. [Source: Klanwatch]	Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 "; 'Other' (Not Klan, Skinhead or Nazi)
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	New York	498	0.00%	6 units	-	1990	Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990.	By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 365. [Listed as 'Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.']
Yoruba Temple	New York	-	-	-	-	1981	Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 106.	"Members of the Yoruba Temple, a black nationalist sect based in New York, claim to follow the practices of ancient African Yoruba religion. "
Zen Center of Rochester	New York	-	-	-	-	1981	Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 137.	"The monastic atmosphere tends to prevail even in Buddhist centers with American teachers. Examples here include the San Francisco Zen Center and the Rochester Zen Center in New York. In these groups only a small percentage of the particpants are formally ordained as monks or nuns, yet the atmosphere tends toward that of the monastery and emphasis is given on the cultivation of teaching relationships between members of the group. "
Catholic	New York: Brooklyn	-	35.00%	-	-	1946	Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988), pg. 3-5.	Pg. 3: "Marchers filed pat the reviewing stand hour after hour. The day was Thursday, June 6, 1946; the place, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York. "; pg. 4-5: "The Brooklyn parade was, and had been for many years, orchestrated by Protestant leaders as a deliberate show of strength against the 35% of their community who were Roman Catholics. "
Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church of North and South America	New York: Brooklyn	-	-	2 units	-	1991	Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 140. Section: Non-Chalcedonian Orthodoxy.	"Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church of North and South America... Brooklyn, NY [H.Q.]... in Brooklyn there are two churches, one with a Latin and one with a Coptic Ethiopian rite, the rite commonly followed by the church... Membership:.... It is estimated that several hundred members can be found in the 3 parishes in New York and Pennsylvania. "
Hasidic Jews	New York: Brooklyn	-	-	-	-	1990	Gilbert, Martin (ed.) The Illustrated Atlas of Jewish Civilization: 4,000 Years of Jewish History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. (1990), pg. 217.	"...there are areas of Brooklyn in New York City -- notably Williamsburg and Boro Park -- that have become the preserve of ultra-orthodox Jews, who wear the traditional eastern European dress of black kaftan and broad-brimmed hat as well as sidelocks... "
Hasidic Jews	New York: Brooklyn	150,000	-	-	-	1998	Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 776.	"Brooklyn, New York, has North America's largest concentration of Hasidim--an estimated 150,000, located mainly in the neighborhoods of Boro Park, Williamsburg, and Crown Heights. "
Hasidic Jews - Lubavitch	New York: Brooklyn	-	-	-	-	1950	Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 439.	"Lubavicher movement... Yaakov Yosef (1880-1950), the sixth zaddik, escaped Poland on the eve of the holocaust and settled in Brooklyn, New York. He built an extensive educational system... "
Hasidic Jews - Lubavitch	New York: Brooklyn	30,000	-	-	-	1996	Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. New York: Doubleday (1996), pg. 250. Chapter: Judaism.	"the most recent leader of the Lubavitcher community, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson... Among the Brooklyn community of 30,000, the men invariably wear dark suits and overcoats, black hats, and full beards... "
homosexual	New York: Brooklyn	-	-	-	-	1995	Witt, Lynn; S. Thomas & Eric Marcus (ed.) Out in All Directions: A Treasury of Gay and Lesbian America. New York: Warner Books (1995), pg. 339.	Table: "Gay Neighborhoods Around the Country "; "In many large cities, there are neighborhoods where gay people live, own businesses, or just hang out. Each has its own local designation "; Park Slope, Brooklyn
Jehovah's Witnesses	New York: Brooklyn	-	-	-	-	1931	Stack, Peggy Fletcher. A World of Faith. USA: Signature Books (1998), pg. 23.	"Jehovah's Witnesses... By 1931 many people agreed with him [Charles Taze Russell]. They established The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in Brooklyn, New York, and called themselves 'Jehovah's Witnesses.'... Illustration: World Headquarters in Brooklyn, New York... "
megachurches	New York: Brooklyn	12,000	-	5 units	-	1992	LINK Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary.	Table, grouped by state, columns for city, state, "size " (avg. weekly attendance), etc. From study finding all U.S. megachurches (congreg. w/ "consistent weekly attendance of at least 2,000 persons ").
Occidental Orthodox Parishes, Association of	New York: Brooklyn	-	-	1 unit	-	1984	Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 116.	"Membership: In 1984 the Association had 5 parishes (New York City; Brooklyn, NY; Chicago; Dorchester, MA; and Fullerton, CA) and a monastery in Jacksonville, Florida. "
Orthodox Catholic Church in America	New York: Brooklyn	-	-	1 unit	-	1991	Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 127-128.	"Churches are located in Dallas & Lubbock, Texas; Erie, Pennsylvania; Chicago, Illinois; Racine, Madison, Watertown, & Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Davenport, Iowa; St. Petersburg, Florida; Ludington, Michigan; Brooklyn, New York; & Ottawa... "
primal-indigenous	New York: Brooklyn	-	-	-	-	1968	Pinney, Roy. Vanishing Tribes. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1968), pg. 6.	"'Tribe' popularly has an exotic flavor. But why are the Navaho and the Tutsi called 'tribes,' and not the Irish, or the inhabitants of Brooklyn? "
Hasidic Jews - Lubavitch	New York: Brooklyn: Crown Heights	20,000	7.00%	-	-	1994	Kephart, William M. & William W. Zellner. Extraordinary Groups: An Examination of Unconventional Life-Styles (5th Ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press (1994), pg. 183.	"Of the 300,000 residents of Crown Heights, 80% are black, 10% are white, 9% are Hispanic, and 1% are Asian. Most of the white population is Lubavitcher Hasidim. "
Hasidic Jews - Lubavitch	New York: Brooklyn: Crown Heights	20,000	-	-	-	1995	Andryszewski, Tricia. Communities of the Faithful: American Religious Movements Outside the Mainstream. Bookfield, Connecticut: Millbrook Press (1997), pg. 95.	"Since mid-century, the number of Lubavitchers has doubled about every ten years, so that by the mid-1990s there were perhaps a quarter of a million of them worldwide (making them the largest of the Hasidic courts today), with 15,000 to 20,000 living in Crown Heights [in NYC]. "
African Methodist Episcopal Church	New York: Buffalo	300	-	1 unit	-	1926	Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 8. [Orig. source: 1926 U.S. govt. census from Bureau of the Census, 1930, vol. 1]	"Table 31. Number of churches, membership [incl. children]... 1926 "; Reports prepared by pastors/boards of elders. Listed in table as African Methodist Episcopal Church under subheading "Methodist bodies ".
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	New York: Buffalo	780	-	1 unit	-	1926	Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 8. [Orig. source: 1926 U.S. govt. census from Bureau of the Census, 1930, vol. 1]	"Table 31. Number of churches, membership [incl. children]... 1926 "; Reports prepared by pastors/boards of elders. Listed in table as African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church under subheading "Methodist bodies ".
American Rescue Workers	New York: Buffalo	53	-	3 units	-	1926	Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 8. [Orig. source: 1926 U.S. govt. census from Bureau of the Census, 1930, vol. 1]	"Table 31. Number of churches, membership [incl. children]... 1926 "; Reports prepared by pastors/boards of elders. Listed in table as American Rescue Workers.
Armenian Apostolic Church	New York: Buffalo	126	-	1 unit	-	1926	Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 8. [Orig. source: 1926 U.S. govt. census from Bureau of the Census, 1930, vol. 1]	"Table 31. Number of churches, membership [incl. children]... 1926 "; Reports prepared by pastors/boards of elders. Listed in table as Church of Armenia in America. [Table does not make it entirely clear which Armenian rel. body these figures represent.>
Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church	New York: Buffalo	406	-	1 unit	-	1926	Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 8. [Orig. source: 1926 U.S. govt. census from Bureau of the Census, 1930, vol. 1]	"Table 31. Number of churches, membership [incl. children]... 1926 "; Reports prepared by pastors/boards of elders. Listed in table as Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America under subheading "Lutherans ".
Bahai Faith	New York: Buffalo	15	-	1 unit	-	1926	Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 10. [Orig. source: 1926 U.S. govt. census from Bureau of the Census, 1930, vol. 1]	"...city of Buffalo, New York... In 1926 the Baha'is had one church and 15 members, all of them age thirteen and over. "
Bahai Faith	New York: Buffalo	15	-	1 unit	-	1926	Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 8. [Orig. source: 1926 U.S. govt. census from Bureau of the Census, 1930, vol. 1]	"Table 31. Number of churches, membership [incl. children]... 1926 "; Reports prepared by pastors/boards of elders. Listed in table as Baha'is.
Baptist	New York: Buffalo	8,648	-	30 units	-	1926	Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 8. [Orig. source: 1926 U.S. govt. census from Bureau of the Census, 1930, vol. 1]	"Table 31. Number of churches, membership [incl. children]... 1926 "; Reports prepared by pastors/boards of elders. Two groups: "Negro Baptists " and "Northern Baptist Convention " under subheading: "Baptist bodies ".
Baptist - black denominations	New York: Buffalo	2,383	-	5 units	-	1926	Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 8. [Orig. source: 1926 U.S. govt. census from Bureau of the Census, 1930, vol. 1]	"Table 31. Number of churches, membership [incl. children]... 1926 "; Reports prepared by pastors/boards of elders. Listed in table as Negro Baptists under subheading: "Baptist bodies "
Catholic Apostolic Church in America	New York: Buffalo	136	-	1 unit	-	1926	Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 8. [Orig. source: 1926 U.S. govt. census from Bureau of the Census, 1930, vol. 1]	"Table 31. Number of churches, membership [incl. children]... 1926 "; Reports prepared by pastors/boards of elders. Listed in table as Catholic Apostolic Church.

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