Rural churches -- Ohio; Social surveys -- Ohio; Sociology, Rural
1 2 3 4 5 6
No. churches whose membership
is reported 4,941 100 451 100 5,392 100
No. of these whose membership
is less than 101 3,351 67.8 325 72 3,676 68
No. of these whose membership
is less than 76 2,704 54.7 252 56 2,956 55
No. of these whose membership
is less than 51 1,817 36.7 153 34 1,860 36
No. churches whose membership
data are not available 1,119 18 131 23 1,250 19
Calculated minimum number of
churches whose membership
is less than 101 4,110* 68 419* 72 4,529 68
Calculated minimum number of
churches whose membership
is less than 76 3,316* 55 325* 56 3,641 55
Calculated minimum number of
churches whose membership
is less than 51 2,227* 37 198* 34 2,425 37
No. churches reporting whose
membership is from 1 to 25 651 13 45 10 696 13
No. churches reporting whose
membership is from 26-50 1,116 23 108 24 1,274 24
No. churches reporting whose
membership is from 51-75 887 18 99 22 986 18
*Note: Reckoned as follows: 3351 + .678 x 1119 = 4110
2704 + .547 x 1119 = 3316
1817 + .367 x 1119 = 2227
325 + .72 x 131 = 419
252 + .56 x 131 = 325
153 + .34 x 131 = 198
No. churches reporting whose
membership is from 76-100 647 13 73 16 720 13
No. churches reporting whose
membership is 101-150 757 15 62 14 819 15
No. churches reporting whose
membership is from 151-200 375 8 32 7 407 8
No. churches reporting whose
membership is more than 200 458 9 32 7 490 9
Calculated number of churches
whose membership is more
than 200 561 9 40 7 601 9
In 313, or 27 per cent, of the strictly rural townships, no church has a
resident minister (see Table III); in 575, or 39 per cent of the villages,
no church has a resident minister; and in 4,007, or 66 per cent, of the
churches, there is no resident minister. Only 982 churches, or 16 per
cent, have the full time service of a minister; 1,581 churches, or 26 per
cent, have one-half the service of a minister; 5,026, or 83 per cent, have
one-half time service or less; 3,445, or 57 per cent, have one-third time
service or less; 2,320, or 39 per cent, have one-fourth time service or
less; while 721, or 12 per cent of the 6,060 churches in the strictly
rural townships have no regular service of a minister at all.
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