The largest number of this denomination is found in the region of country around where its doctrines were first propagated. There are, however, societies of this class of Christians in other parts of the country, some adopting, and others rejecting, its views on baptism. The total number in the United States is about one hundred and fifty thousand.

Publications. The Disciples of Christ publish a periodical, the Millennial Harbinger, at Bethany, Va., (edited by Campbell, the founder of the sect,) and another, the Evangelist, at Carthage, Ohio.