Six Thousand Country Churches :: TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I
CONDITIONS AND REMEDIES
		Page
Introduction		xiii
Chapter
I.	How the Facts were Gathered	3
II.	The Rural Church Maps of Ohio	5
III.	Summary of Results	8
	Oversupply of Churches—The churches small and weak—Attendance—An absentee ministry—Divided effort of the ministry—Short term of minister’s service—Defective overhead organization—Ministers’ salaries—Educational equipment of the minister.
IV.	Where Church Efficiency is Lowest	12
V.	The Church in the Eighteen Counties	19
VI.	A Policy and Program	40
	1. A better program—2. A better ministry—3. Better support—4. Better acquaintance—5. Re-arrangement of circuits—6. More resident ministers—7. Interchurch coÖperation—8. Community churches—9. Non-sectarian support.
VII.	Federated Churches	59
	1. Greene Township—2. Aurora—3. Garrettsville—4. Northfield—5. Federated churches in other states.
VIII.	Other Progressive Churches	75
	1. A church federation—2. CoÖperation with other social forces—3. Community service and Christian unity—4. Christian unity by necessity—5. The church as a force for righteousness—(a) Old Fort—(b) Lakeville.
IX.	Agricultural CoÖperation	88

PART II
TABULAR SUMMARIES AND MAPS
I.	Geographical Distribution of the Denominations	93
II.	Tabular Summaries for the State	110
	Table I.—Population, average number of Persons and Churches, and average number of Persons to a Church, by Townships	111
	Table II.—Churches classified according to the number of their members	112
	Table III.—Amount of Ministerial Service by Townships, Villages, and Churches	114
	Table IV.—Number of Churches in Villages and in the Open Country	115
	Table V.—Resident Ministers in Strictly Rural Townships in the Open Country and in Villages	118
	Table VI.—Terms of Service of Methodist Episcopal Country Ministers, 1917	119
	Table VII.—Average number of Persons to a Church in 1170 Rural Townships	121
	Table VIII.—Average number of Persons to a Church in Rural Townships, Suburban Townships, and Cities	122
	Table IX.—Salaries of Methodist Episcopal Country Ministers, 1917	123
	Table X.—Salaries of Country Ministers, United Brethren in Christ, 1917	123
III.	Tabular Summaries by Counties	124

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