Virginia (1906) religious affiliation, as reported in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV, Copyright 1912 by Robert Appleton Company, stated as of 1906, a census listed Church membership as 793,546, consisting of:
<Baptists-415,987 members
Methodists-200,771 members
Presbyterians-39,628 members
Catholics-28,700 members
Protestant Episcopal-28,487 members
Disciples-26,248 members
Lutherans-15,010 members
Dunkers, Christians, and other denominations had small percentages, such as Quakers, who were the first to call for an end to slavery.> 1906VA001
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The 1906 religious affilition of Virginia was reported in The Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition:, published 1911:
<Out of the total of 793,546 members of religious denominations in 1906, more than half, 415,987, were Baptists; the Methodists numbered 200,771; and there were 39,628 Presbyterians, 28,700 Roman Catholics, 28,487 Protestant Episcopalians, 26,248 Disciples of Christ, and 15,010 Lutherans.> 1906VA002
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1906VA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Virginia, 1906, religious affiliation, as reported in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV, Copyright 1912 by Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15451a.htm.
1906VA002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Virginia, 1906, religious affiliation, as reported in The Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition:, published 1911. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Virginia#Population.