Word: protestantism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Membership in six major U.S. religious groups: Protestant, 57,124,142; Roman Catholic, 32,403,332; Jewish, 5,500,000; Eastern Orthodox, 2,024,219; Old Catholic and Polish National Catholic, 367,918; Buddhist, 63,000.
¶There is no agreement as to what constitutes a church member. "For example, Jewish [groups] estimate the number of Jews in communities having congregations. The Eastern Orthodox churches include the persons in the cultural or nationality group served. Roman Catholics, and a few Protestant bodies, number all baptized persons...
Total church membership, for what it may be worth, is now equal to 60.3% of the population of the continental U.S.-a gain of 2.8% for 1954. Protestant increase: 2.3%. Roman Catholic increase: 2.9%. Population increase: 1.7%.
For the first time in my life, I am really ashamed to admit that I am a Southerner and a Protestant.
¶ Restored tax exemption to churches, both Roman Catholic and Protestant.