Ministers. Churches. Communicants. 1842 6,000 9,000 750,000 1859 7,150 11,606 925,000 1862 -- -- 966,000 1863 7,952 12,551 1,039,400 1865 7,867 12,702 1,040,303 1866 -- 12,675 1,043,641 1868 8,346 12,955 1,094,806 1869 8,695 12,011 1,121,988 1870 8,787 -- 1,221,349 The average annual increase of the denomination during twenty-five years has been as follows: Ministers. Churches. Members. In 25 years 94 158 13,796 20. The "Free-will Baptist Connection" made its first organized appearance in this country in 1780. In 1827, a General Conference was organized to represent the whole connection. The statements of their numbers have been as follows: Ministers. Churches. Communicants. 1842 898 1,057 54,000 1850 1,082 1,252 56,452 1859 947 1,170 56,600 1862 -- -- 58,055 1863 1,049 1,277 57,007 1865 -- -- 56,783 1866 1,063 1,264 56,288 1867 1,100 1,276 59,111 1868 1,161 1,279 61,244 1869 1,141 1,375 66,691 The average annual increase of the denomination during the last twenty-five years has been as follows: Ministers. Churches. Members. In 25 years 8 9 204 21. The "Seventh-Day Baptists" are so-called because they differ from all other Protestant denominations in their views of the Sabbath. They have gradually spread in the Eastern, the Central, and some Northwestern and Southern States. Little is known of their numbers, but they have been stated as follows: Ministers. Churches. Communicants. 1842 40 50 6,000 1850 43 52 6,243 1858 50 56 6,736 1863 77 66 6,686 1865 -- -- 6,796 1866 73 68 7,014 1867 -- 68 7,038 1869 -- 75 7,129 The annual average increase of the denomination has been as follows: Ministers. Churches. Members. In 25 years 1⅓ ¾ 41