Evening star., 1927-05-08
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FOR g CHURCHES
Methodists Lead Protestant
Communions With Total of
Se7,O20,767.

The income of various communions
is recorded in the Handbook of the
Churches Just issued by the Federal
Council of Churches. According to the
latest obtainable figures, the Hand
book states. the incomes of the 2S com
munions constituting the council is
nearly s400 900 900 a year.
The q, ,455594 communicant mem
bers of the % bodies give a total of
S3S3.677.623. or an average of S17.14
The members of the Methodist Episco.
pal Church give the largest amount
$4,000, ,767.
The second largest sum is given
by members Of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States of
America, which gives $57,3S2 ,98S. The
Methodist Church South is third
with S42 .082 1877. The Episcopal Church
comes fourth with $39. .04Z.394. The
members of the Northern Baptist
Churches give S33, ,56S,616. The United
Lutheran Church stands next with
gifts of $1S.135,220.
OF the larger communions the
Epicopalians give the largest average
per member. which is $34.2T. The
Southern Presbyterian Church with
an average individual gift of S32.17,
stands second The Presbyterian
Church in the United States of Amer
lea is third with S30.61. The Congre-
gationalists are fourth with an aver.
age of $27l9.
The highest average gift of all the
conn unions is that of the United
Presbyterian Church with S39.26. The
Reformed Church in America equals
Al, .xtt%S nf bn ENrjnnno
Church.
Tire income reported by the various
bodies is as follows: Baptist, Northern
Convention, S33 ,56S 616; Baptist Ma.
tional Convention, $3,697,0S3; Baptist,
Seventh Day, $126,115; Baptist, Free
Gncluded in statistics of Northern
Baptist Convention) Christian Church,
General Convention, 1857 ,439
I Churches of God in North America
General Eldership), $46S,2S6; Congre-
gational Churches. $24,6S5,872 Dis
ciples of Christ, $4,731 1926; Evangeli-
cal Church, General Conference,
Sc $50 .965: Evangelical Synod of North
America, S., 5,045, ,309; Society of Friends
ORTHODOXY, 1886. .0S3; United Lutheran
Church in America consultative body)
$1S.135 ,220; Methodist Episcopal,
$97, ,020,767; Methodist Episcopal
kSqutn|, @4Z .D6Atllf, metHouisI EpiSco
pal (African). So 3.425, 900; Methodist
Episcopal Zion (African), $7S4,746
Methodist Episcopal in America Col
ol'ed) $37S.00e; Methodist Primitive
S316,257 Methodist Protestant. $S,0s0,'
seq; Moravian, Unitas Fratrum, $685.
769: Presbyterian Church, United
States of America, S57.3S2,9S Pres
bYterian Church, United States, $14,-
935,170: Presbyterian Church of North
America, United. S6,700,251; Prot
esltant Episcopal Church cooperating
through the National Council of the
protestant Episcopal Church in sew
eaaal departments of work., $39, ,047 .394
Reformed Episcopal Church, $67e,02S
Reformed Church in America, $4,S21,
C13: Reformed Church in United
States, $6,601 ,231; United Brethren in
Christ, Sc ,6SS. O56
Figures for one body, the Churches
Gf God in North America, are lacking.
The actual income of the various
t.ommunions probably exceeds the fig.
Tres reported, church leaders point
Gut. Some bodies do not include all
forms of church activity in making
ZAP their financial reports.
J. The Handbook credits the 81 bodies
reporting with 143 ,9s3 Sunday schools
, And 16, 392 900 Sunday school scholars