Church Life in the Rural South - Hardcover

Brunner, Edmund De Schweinitz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0837119944 ISBN 13: 9780837119946

Publisher: Greenwood Press,London

Synopsis

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1923 edition. Excerpt: ...while nearly one-third comes through plate collections, and 1 per cent, in other ways. Of all the money received 42 per cent, goes to the ministers in salaries, 37 per cent, is contributed for benevolent purposes and 21 per cent, is apportioned for new buildings, up-keep and miscellaneous expenses. The proportion of money given to benevolences is high. Prior to the Great War it was the exceptional country church which gave as much as 25 per cent, of its income to others. The effect of the recent denominational drives, and probably a surviving effect of the war campaigns, have raised the level of giving, and especially benevolent giving, so that it is not unusual, in whole counties, for the churches to donate an average of from one-quarter to one-third of their income to benevolent causes. A record of 37 per cent, for a group of half-a-dozen counties is unusually good. It should be stated, however, in regard to this record that it is easy for a church whose budget averages less than $500 annually, and which has a non-resident minister and therefore small overhead expense, to maintain a high proportion of benevolent giving which may not necessarily indicate high per capita offerings. This is true of the South, whose average per capita offering of a little over $10.00 is low. The second factor contributing to this high proportion of benevolent giving is the exceptionally good work being done in certain of the town and village churches which have progressive congregations and resident pastors with missionary vision. Home Mission Aid In the United States one church out of every six in the town and country region is helped by the national, state or district home mission aid. In the six basic counties under survey, forty-five churches, or approximately...

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenwood Press,London
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0837119944
• ISBN 13: 9780837119946
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 117