Friday, May 15, 2026

Church Membership of African-Americans in Salt Lake City c. 1948

  

FIGURE 6

 

NEGRO CHURCH MEMBERSHIP, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

 

African Methodist Episcopal

191

Calvary Baptist

143

Pilgrim Baptist

34

Seven Day Adventist

25*

Church of God in Christ

30*

Latter Day Saint (Mormon)

40*

Catholic

45*

*Approximation of membership. These figures are not all necessarily active members.

 

Source: James Boyd Christensen, “A Social Survey of the Negro Population of Salt Lake City, Utah” (MA Thesis; University of Utah, 1948), 77.

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