Six Thousand Country Churches

Name: Six Thousand Country Churches
Author: Pinchot, Gifford

Pinchot, Gifford

Rural churches -- Ohio; Social surveys -- Ohio; Sociology, Rural

The percentages do not materially differ in the suburban townships. In the
combined total of 1,343 rural townships and suburban townships which
contain sections of open country and villages of less than 2,500
inhabitants, we find that 335, or 25 per cent, of the townships have no
churches served by a resident minister; that in 634, or 40 per cent, of
the villages there is no resident minister; that 4,431, or 67 per cent, of
the churches have no resident minister; that only 1,065 churches, or 16
per cent, have the full time service of a minister; that 1,766, or 27 per
cent, have one-half the service of a minister; that 5,521, or 84 per cent,
have one-half time service or less; that 3,755, or 57 per cent, have
one-third time service or less; that 2,518, or 38 per cent, have
one-fourth time service or less; while 755, or 11 per cent, of the 6,642
country churches of Ohio, have no regular service of a minister at all.


TABLE III

AMOUNT OF MINISTERIAL SERVICE BY TOWNSHIPS, VILLAGES AND CHURCHES

  Key:
  1 _Rural townships_
  2 _Per cent_
  3 _Other rural sections_
  4 _Per cent_
  5 _All rural sections_
  6 _Per cent_

                                      1      2    3      4      5     6
  No. townships whose churches are
    without resident ministers        313   27    22     12     335   25
  No. villages which have a
    resident minister                 901   61    54     48     955   60
  No. villages without a resident
    minister                          575   39    58.5   52     634   40
  No. churches with resident
    minister                        2,053   34   158     28   2,211   33
  No. churches without resident
    minister                        4,007   66   424     74   4,431   67
  No. churches with full time
    service of a minister             982   16    83     14   1,065   16
  No. churches with 1/2 time
    service of a minister           1,581   26   185     32   1,766   27
  No. churches with 1/2 time
    service of a minister or less   5,026   83   495     85   5,521   84
  No. churches with 1/3 time
    service of a minister or less   3,445   57   310     53   3,755   56.5
  No. churches with 1/4 time
    service of a minister or less   2,320   39   198     34   2,518   38
  No. churches with no regular
    service of a minister             721   12    62     11     755   11
  No. churches with 1/3 time
    service of a minister           1,125   19   112     19   1,237   19
  No. churches with 1/4 time
    service of a minister             970   16    96     16   1,066   16
  No. churches for which data are
    not available                      52    1     4      1      56    1

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Six Thousand Country Churches

Pinchot, Gifford

Rural churches -- Ohio; Social surveys -- Ohio; Sociology, Rural

The percentages do not materially differ in the suburban townships. In the
combined total of 1,343 rural townships and suburban townships which
contain sections of open country and villages of less than 2,500
inhabitants, we find that 335, or 25 per cent, of the townships have no
churches served by a resident minister; that in 634, or 40 per cent, of
the villages there is no resident minister; that 4,431, or 67 per cent, of
the churches have no resident minister; that only 1,065 churches, or 16
per cent, have the full time service of a minister; that 1,766, or 27 per
cent, have one-half the service of a minister; that 5,521, or 84 per cent,
have one-half time service or less; that 3,755, or 57 per cent, have
one-third time service or less; that 2,518, or 38 per cent, have
one-fourth time service or less; while 755, or 11 per cent, of the 6,642
country churches of Ohio, have no regular service of a minister at all.


TABLE III

AMOUNT OF MINISTERIAL SERVICE BY TOWNSHIPS, VILLAGES AND CHURCHES

  Key:
  1 _Rural townships_
  2 _Per cent_
  3 _Other rural sections_
  4 _Per cent_
  5 _All rural sections_
  6 _Per cent_

                                      1      2    3      4      5     6
  No. townships whose churches are
    without resident ministers        313   27    22     12     335   25
  No. villages which have a
    resident minister                 901   61    54     48     955   60
  No. villages without a resident
    minister                          575   39    58.5   52     634   40
  No. churches with resident
    minister                        2,053   34   158     28   2,211   33
  No. churches without resident
    minister                        4,007   66   424     74   4,431   67
  No. churches with full time
    service of a minister             982   16    83     14   1,065   16
  No. churches with 1/2 time
    service of a minister           1,581   26   185     32   1,766   27
  No. churches with 1/2 time
    service of a minister or less   5,026   83   495     85   5,521   84
  No. churches with 1/3 time
    service of a minister or less   3,445   57   310     53   3,755   56.5
  No. churches with 1/4 time
    service of a minister or less   2,320   39   198     34   2,518   38
  No. churches with no regular
    service of a minister             721   12    62     11     755   11
  No. churches with 1/3 time
    service of a minister           1,125   19   112     19   1,237   19
  No. churches with 1/4 time
    service of a minister             970   16    96     16   1,066   16
  No. churches for which data are
    not available                      52    1     4      1      56    1

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