Denominational Profile

Notes

The principles and practice of Divine Science were developed in the late nineteenth century through the work of Aletha Brooks Small, Fannie Brooks James, Nona Lovell Brooks (all sisters), and Malinda E. Cramer. When the sisters, who lived in Denver, Colorado, met Cramer, they all realized they had developed similar ideas independently. They joined forces in 1898 and organized the Divine Science College and the First Divine Science Church of Denver.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1935	25	22	7,000
1936	-	18	4,085
1937	-	26	7,000
1953	-	28	7,107

Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Denomination descriptions provided by Dr. J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR). [More information on data sources]