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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Idaho | 465 | 0.05% | 4 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': 335. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Illinois | 5,309 | 0.05% | 41 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': 4,229. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Indiana | 2,352 | 0.04% | 27 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': 1,869. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Iowa | 102 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 79. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Kansas | 645 | 0.03% | 9 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': 501. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Kentucky | 16,470 | 0.45% | 129 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': 13,089. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Louisiana | 459 | 0.01% | 5 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': 345. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Maine | 109 | 0.01% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 87. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Maryland | 494 | 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. More exclusive 'members': 402. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Michigan | 5,007 | 0.05% | 33 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': 3,998. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Mississippi | 6,214 | 0.24% | 59 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': 4,919. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Missouri | 19,676 | 0.38% | 174 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': 15,686. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Montana | 55 | 0.01% | 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': 43. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Nebraska | 73 | 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': 58. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | New Hampshire | 121 | 0.01% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 98. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | New Jersey | 99 | 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': 78. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | New Mexico | 192 | 0.01% | 5 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': 146. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | North Carolina | 36,346 | 0.55% | 230 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': 29,373. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Ohio | 14,222 | 0.13% | 150 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': 11,336. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Oklahoma | 25,376 | 0.81% | 241 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': 20,129. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Oregon | 266 | 0.01% | 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': 213. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Pennsylvania | 430 | 0.00% | 4 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': 346. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Rhode Island | 42 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 34. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | South Carolina | 17,789 | 0.51% | 117 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': 14,122. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | South Dakota | 32 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 25. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Tennessee | 30,826 | 0.63% | 219 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': 25,247. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Texas | 4,936 | 0.03% | 55 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': 3,883. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Texas | 3,883 | 0.02% | - | - | 1990 | Ramos, Mary G. (ed). 1996-1997 Texas Almanac. Dallas, TX: Dallas Morning News (1995). [Source: Glenmary: "Churches & Church Membership in the U.S., 1990 "]; pg. 325-327. | Table: "Religious Groups, Members/Adherents, In Texas, 1990 "; pg. 7: Texas pop. (1990 U.S. census): 16,986,335; "Data based on reports from 133 church bodies. "; This figure is from MEMBERS column ( "Members " in this study includes only communicant, confirmed members with full membership status), not the more inclusive "adherents " column. |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Texas | 4,936 | 0.03% | - | - | 1990 | Ramos, Mary G. (ed). 1996-1997 Texas Almanac. Dallas, TX: Dallas Morning News (1995). [Source: Glenmary: "Churches & Church Membership in the U.S., 1990 "]; pg. 325-327. | Table: "Religious Groups, Members/Adherents, In Texas, 1990 "; pg. 7: Texas pop. (1990 U.S. census): 16,986,335; "Data based on reports from 133 church bodies. "; This figure is from ADHERENT column ( "Adherents " defined as all members, incl. regular participants not considered as communicant.), not the more restrictive "member " column. |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | USA | 400,000 | - | - | - | 1956 | Ahlstrom, Sydney E. A Religious History of the American People; Yale University Press: New Haven & London (1973); pg. 958. | - |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | USA | 203,000 | - | 2,275 units |
- | 1979 | Armstrong, O.K. & Marjorie Armstrong. The Baptists in America. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. (1979) [revised 2nd edition; originally published in 1967 under the title The Indomitable Baptists]; pg. 265. | "A general reorganization took place in 1935, resulting in the present National Association of Free Will Baptists. Its 203,000 members in 2,275 churches support a Bible college and two liberal arts colleges in the States. " |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | USA | 293,448 | - | 2,461 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | USA | 209,223 | - | 2,496 units |
- | 1991 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993); pg. 248-255. | Table 2: US Current Stats. (# of adherents from table's "inclusive membership " column, not sometimes smaller "full communicant " col.) Listed in table as "Free Will Baptists, National Association of. " |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | USA | 213,716 | - | 2,491 units |
- | 1995 | *LINK* web site for Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches (accessed 1998); [Orig. source: Source: Kenneth B. Bedell, editor, Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, annual.] | Table: 1997 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches: U.S. Religious Bodies with more than 60,000 Members "; "...prepared for the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census... for the 1997 edition of the Statistical Abstract of the U.S. " |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | USA | 213,716 | - | 2,491 units |
- | 1996 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998; K-III Reference Corp.: Macwah, NJ (1997). [Orig. sources: 1997 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 651. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in U.S. "; Membership figs. generally based on reports from officials by each group. Figs. are inclusive: refer to all "members, " not simply full communicants. |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | USA | 210,305 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "Religions and Health Care " by Fr. J Mahoney, M.Div.; web page: "Membership Reported " (viewed 20 Feb. 1999); [Orig. source: J. Gordon Melton. Encyclopedia of American Religions, 6th edition, copyright 1999, Gale Publishing] | Table: "Membership Reported "; 3 key columns: "Religious Group ", "Year ", "Membership " (which always specifies location, whether U.S., North America, or Total]; listed in table as "National Association of Freewill Baptists, Inc. " |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | USA | 210,305 | - | 2,320 units |
- | 1998 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000. Mahwah, NJ: PRIMEDIA Reference Inc. (1999). [Orig. sources: 1999 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 692. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in U.S. "; Based on reports from officials by each group. Figs. inclusive; refer to all "members ". Listed as Free Will Baptists, Natl. Assn. of |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Virginia | 12,086 | 0.20% | 98 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': 9,688. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Washington | 510 | 0.01% | 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': 397. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | West Virginia | 14,616 | 0.81% | 179 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': 11,753. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Wyoming | 86 | 0.02% | 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': 67. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Freemasonry | Europe | - | - | - | - | 1717 | 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. 266. | "Freemasonry. The common designation of secret fraternal orders and related groups descended from medieval guilds of stonemasons. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries these guilds were joined by persons who were not 'operating' masons... The movement was stimulated by the formation of the Grand Lodge of England in 1717. " |
| Freemasonry | Europe | - | - | - | - | 1735 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 8). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1037. | "One of the most surprising features of Speculative Freemasonry's early history is the Craft's vigorous and speedy expansion in Europe. An English Lodge was founded in Paris in 1732 and three years later Freemasonry had reached Portugal, Holland and Sweden. The first German Lodge was established at Hamburg in 1737. During the next decade the Craft took root in many other European centres... " |
| Freemasonry | France | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1732 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 8). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1037. | "One of the most surprising features of Speculative Freemasonry's early history is the Craft's vigorous and speedy expansion in Europe. An English Lodge was founded in Paris in 1732... " |
| Freemasonry | Germany | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1737 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 8). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1037. | "The first German Lodge was established at Hamburg in 1737. " |
| Freemasonry | New York | 560,000 | - | 2,000 units |
- | 1970 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 8). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1038. | "Another feature of American Freemasonry is the very large membership of many Lodges. Some years ago the average membership in each of the thousand or so Lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of New York was about 280. " |
| Freemasonry | Spain | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1728 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 8). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1037. | "The first overseas Lodges were constitued in Bengal, Gibraltar and Madrid by 1728. " |
| Freemasonry | Texas | 86,000 | - | 43 units |
- | 1970 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 8). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1038. | "It is also on record that very recently there were 43 Lodges in Texas with between a thousand and three thousand members. " |
| Freemasonry | United Kingdom | - | - | 64 units |
- | 1725 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 8). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1037. | "There was a rapid expansion of interest in Freemasonry during the 1720s A list of Lodges published in 1725 includes 64 names. The first Provincial Grand Masters, namely those for North and South wales, were appointed in 1726. The first overseas Lodges were constitued in Bengal, Gibraltar and Madrid by 1728. " |
| Freemasonry | United Kingdom: England | - | - | - | - | 1717 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 8). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1036. | "Speculative Freemasonry was a British development of the early 1700s. Operative Masons continued into the 17thy century, as survivors of the medieval guild system, with its complex traditions and practices in which mutual aid was a prominent feature. Then late in that century men who were not professionally connected with biulding began to join the so-called Lodges of the Operative Masons... a notable event occurred in the year 1717 when the members of four London Lodges met at a tavern near Covent Garden and constituted themselves 'A Grand Lodge pro Tempore... in Due Form and... resolved to hold the Annual Assembly and Feast... All Freemasonry in existence today can be traced, through one channel or another, to the Grand Lodge of England thus constittued in 1717. " |
| Freemasonry | United Kingdom: Great Britain | 1,000,000 | - | - | - | 1975 | 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. 267. | "In the 1970s there were nearly six million Freemasons worldwide, of whom four million were in the U.S. and one million in Great Britain. " |
| Freemasonry | USA | - | - | - | - | 1730 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 8). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1038. | "In North America Speculative Freemasonry had already taken root by 1730, on lines approved by the Grand Lodge in London. Benjamin Franklin, who was hostile to the Craft in the early days, nevertheless became a Mason in 1731 and remained devoted to the cause until his death in 1790. George Washington was Master of his Lodge when he became the first President of the United States in 1789. " |
| Freemasonry | USA | - | - | - | - | 1970 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 8). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1038. | "Such is the size of the United States that there is no single Grand Master but, instead, a Grand Lodge for each State. Another feature of American Freemasonry is the very large membership of many Lodges. Some years ago the average membership in each of the thousand or so Lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of New York was about 280. It is also on record that very recently there were 43 Lodges in Texas with between a thousand and three thousand members. " |
| Freemasonry | USA | 4,000,000 | - | - | - | 1975 | 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. 267. | "In the 1970s there were nearly six million Freemasons worldwide, of whom four million were in the U.S. and one million in Great Britain. " |
| Freemasonry | world | - | - | 64 units |
1 country |
1725 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 8). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1037. | "There was a rapid expansion of interest in Freemasonry during the 1720s A list of Lodges published in 1725 includes 64 names. The first Provincial Grand Masters, namely those for North and South wales, were appointed in 1726. The first overseas Lodges were constitued in Bengal, Gibraltar and Madrid by 1728. " |
| Freemasonry | world | - | - | - | 4 countries |
1728 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 8). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1037. | "There was a rapid expansion of interest in Freemasonry during the 1720s A list of Lodges published in 1725 includes 64 names. The first Provincial Grand Masters, namely those for North and South wales, were appointed in 1726. The first overseas Lodges were constitued in Bengal, Gibraltar and Madrid by 1728. " |
| Freemasonry | world | - | - | - | - | 1750 | 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. 266. | "In the eighteenth century Masonic lodges were popular among freethinkers, deists, and political progressives, and did much to disseminate such ideas, as well as the teachings of Swedenborgianism and Rosicrucianism... " |
| Freemasonry | world | - | - | - | - | 1970 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 8). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1035. | "...[Freemasonry], which is banned in all Communit countries, in Roman Catholic Spain and Portugual, although not in Italy, continues to attract members on a worldwide scale. Its appeal clearly operates on two different levels. For some the attraction is obviously social... For others, however, Freemasonry's rituals, teachings and symbolism have a deeper and more spiritual current... Freemasonry is neither a religion nor a substitute for religion. It embraces all forms of religious belief which conceive of a Supreme Being and in a Lodge men of all creeds meet in complete amity. Its rituals, which in some respects resemble short Morality Plays or moral charades, simply reflect in symbolic terms concepts of idealism, humanity, charity and fraternity. " |
| Freemasonry | world | 6,000,000 | - | - | - | 1975 | 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. 267. | "In the 1970s there were nearly six million Freemasons worldwide... " |
| Freemasonry | world | - | - | - | - | 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. 267. | "In the English-speaking world Freemasonry is now relatively nonideological, and for many members as much social as spiritual. In Latin countries, however, it retains a strongly anti-clerical and rationalistic character. " |
| Freemasonry | world | - | - | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Hexham, Irving. Concise Dictionary of Religion. Carol Stream, USA: InterVarsity Press (1994). (v. online 6 Oct. 1999) | "FREEMASONRY: an international organization whose principles are embodied in SYMBOLS and ALLEGORIES connected with the art of building and involving an oath of secrecy. The origins of the movement probably lie in twelfth century Europe. There are two major divisions: the Old Charges which date 1390 and 1400; and The Masonic Word, which is a Scottish institution of obscure origin. From the eighteenth century there developed 'Speculative Masonry' or modern FREEMASONRY. The Grand Lodge was formed in 1717 to co-ordinate other Lodges... The movement places considerable emphasis on social welfare activities... " |
| Freemasonry | world | - | - | - | - | 1996 | Mackey, Albert Gallatin. The History of Freemasonry. New York: Gramercy Books (1996); pg. ix. | "The fraternal order of Free and Accepted Masons, or the Freemasons, is a secret society, yet its influence and effect on Western society have been great. Many of the Founding Fathers of the U.S.--George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, and Paul Revere--were Masons. Simon Bolivar, the great freedom fighter of South America, and Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italy's distinguished patriot, were also members, as were the great writers Voltaire and Goethe, and the composers Franz Joseph Haydn and Amadeus Mozart. " |
| Freemasonry | world | 5,000,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: New Religious Movements (University of Virginia) (1998) | Freemasonry is not itself a religion, it is a fraternal order |
| Freimaurer | Germany | 14,500 | - | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* web site: "Religionswissenschaftlicher Medien- und Informationsdienst e.V. " [REMID: Religious Studies Media and Information Service, Marburg, Germany]; web page: "Informationen und Standpunkte " (viewed 2 Aug. 1999). | Table: "Religious communities in Germany: Numbers of members " [data published July, 1999]; Listed as "Freimaurer " in table. Source: Meier-Hüsing. |
| French Baptist Conference | North America | - | - | - | - | 1979 | Armstrong, O.K. & Marjorie Armstrong. The Baptists in America. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. (1979) [revised 2nd edition; originally published in 1967 under the title The Indomitable Baptists]; pg. 265. | "Many ethnic Baptist groups swell the total of the fellowship in the United States: Finnish Baptist Union of America, French Baptist Conference, Hungarian Baptist Union, Italian Baptist Association, Polish Baptist Conference in the U.S.A. and Canada; Roumanian Baptist Association and the Czechoslovak Baptist Convention of America. " |
French Baptist Conference, continued 