Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-01
STATE STATISTICS
Methodist Episcopal church, south.

Number oe churches, 1880; number
Of i,incrant preachers, $50; number OF
local preachers, 407 number of men,
bers. llG, 200; value Of church proper
fv. Sl,50O,000; contributions during
1885 for general religious purposes,
s27S,000; paid for ministerial support
in 1885 deal preachers receive no SAL
ary), s225. 600; number Of parsonage
ICE; value Of parsonages. 5000, 900;
number Of Sunday-school scholars,
C4,000.
N.B.-The above summary does not
include colored Methodists.
Missionary Baptis,s in Virginia
From the Baptist Yearbook for 1883
we compile the following sts'istlcs o'
the Baptists in Virginia Numoe, VI
Associations. a.: number of churches
Iao5. number of ordained minister's
as. number of baptismS during the
wear. 9.I52; total membership IN the
State. 22G.2 73. These figures include
colorcd as well as white Baptists. Con-
tribuuons to the General Association
sS3.qG3.49; to ministerial support.
cburch-building, education. and general
religious objects, sS9l'2l3.
pr,.,yt,fian synod OF virginia.
The following are the statistics OF
the synod for the year loS2 rreSoy-
ferries. 10: ministers, 2l2; licentlates'
y ~. candidates. so: churches. $40
elders. L.773; deacons, SCI added on
3 examination, els; added on certih-
cate SIS; total of communicates, 90
Co5: adults baptized, IG9; infants
d baptized. q32: number in Sunday
q schools. 2O.90l. Contributions; Sus-
& tentation, sls,270; eyangelistic fund,
q s6.-95: invalid fund, s3,l96; foreign
mission. sl7.459; education, So,
publication. -, 40; presbyterial, s.
500: pastors salaries actually paid
sllG.437; congregational purposes
s>2.37S miscellaneous, so, 193 Tus-
,aloosa Institute for colored men, s9i2;
total contributions, 500, GOO. Increase
over previous year Ministers, D
churches, 10; commandments, l,l4';
Sunday-school scholars, ,424 contrl-
buttons to all causes, about $1,000.
Protestant Episcopal Church.
From the reports to the last annual
Council of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in Virginia we condense the
following Bishops. ?; clergy, If9
lay-readers, SO; combinations report
ed by bishops, 1923; COMMITMENTS,
l5.3j3: Sunday schoolS-Teachers,
LEO. scholars, l1,7lG-l3.47G; Pa
rcchialscboolS- Teachers, 50; scholars
i.2s5-l,3I4 baptisms - Infants
229j. adults, 390-l.Glj: conirbu-
tons. s24l ,G09.07.
Evangelical lutheran Church IA virginia
Number Of district synods. I num-
her of churches, 10; number of COM
nuicants, about l4.oo0; number OF
SUNDAY school teachers, officers, and
scholars, 5000.
Catholic Dioce,e OF Richmond
The annual record gives the follow
IT. figures in relation to the entire do
CeSe
Churche>. 10; chapcls and stations,
.: priests on the mission. 81 clerical
students. q; female religious instltu-
ticus. IL: female academies, u: male
parochial schools, l.; male pupils,
100: female parochial schools. l.
female pupils. $50; orphan asylumS,
.: number of orphans. To-; beneyo-
lent and charitable institutions. 1. OF
the charitable institutions in the diocese
Richmond possesses two--St. JoSeph'S
Orphan ASYLUM. 50 orphans, and St.
>ophla's Home for the Aged, under the
care Of the Little Sisters of the Poor,
having - inmates and 10 Sisters. Nor
folk has the other twO-an orphan aSy-
lum and ho>pital-both under the
care of the Sisters OF Charity.
catholic population, lN,20o; COM
munions during the year, $500; chill
drcn attending Sunday schools. 2.Soj;
parish school ESQ; academies, lG5 ;
baptlsmS ll3; infants, 734
combinations, col; marriages. Al;
membership of confraternitieS, $3.50
Of societies, 1923; burlals, 400.
uuR,srIA> ,n;HCu ,pisrirLE,, ~
VIRGINIA.
district corporations, II 4; churches,
-: members, 300 value of church
property, $l75.000; for local church
work and support ofpreachers, $25, 600;
for missions. home and foreign, 50 600;
preachers, IS.
Two corporations of colOred people,
embracing about five preachers and 300
members.
The Virginia Christian Missionary
Society," is an organization IN the
tenth year Of its existence, composed of
Christian men and women, who arc en-
titled to membership upon annual pay
ments of certain amounts. and become
thereby iiedlrectors, lile-memberS, and
annual members. The Society is en-
larging its power and increasing its in
tuence annually. Its special mission is
to have the gospel Of the Lord Jesus
preached within the limits Of Virginia.
Virginia Bible society, Organized l>l%.i
Office of secretary. S2l east Main
street; depository with West, John
Ston & Co., Oh east Main street Pre-
sident, Rev. Charles Minnieerode, d.
D.; Secretary, Richard lrby; Urea
SuIer, Thomas Branch. The special
work Of the Society is TO put the Bible,
without note or comment, in the home
Of every family in the State. 1t is
supported by the donations Of the Pro-
testant churches.
trgiDia STATE sunday. hoOl tnioR OF M
DENOMINATIONS.
This undenominational State Sunday
School Union was organized by the Nir-
ginia State Sunday-School Convention
OF all denominations held in the city Of
Petersburg, October 10, 1852. 1t has
its headquarters in the city Of Rich.
mord. Officers President, Judge +.
II. Ftzhugh, Richmond; Recording
Secretary, William EllysOn, Richmond
Corresponding Secretary, Charles p.
Rsdy, Richmond; Treasurer, Thomas
Potts, Richmond.
This Society is composed Of all the
white evangelical Sunday schools In the
State Of all denominations, represented
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