Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
METHODIST Church
MEMBERS INCREASE
IS of Fl Areas Report
BooStS-UnusuaIIy Large
Number of Deaths.

There are Is areas of the 81 in the
Methodist Episcopal Church that re-
ported an increase in membership for
1926. The total increase was 1926.
There was an unusually large number
of names dropped from the member
ship because of deaths. The Methodist
Year Book of 1927 gives the follow
ing increases in areas and confer
ences: Boston, SIS; Buffalo. 431; Chi
cago, 5,265; Denver, 1,016: Helena,
SCI; Indianapolis, $3.50; Kansas City,
4.116; New York, 500; Omaha. 3,075;
Philadelphia, Liza; Pittsburgh, sos;
Portland. ,999: San Francisco. 1858;
ST. Paul, Sc. and Washington, $500.
Increases in foreign territory are:
Africa. 446; Bangalore 2,057; BON.
bay, $3.50; Calcutta, 1924; Delhi, 1858;
southeastern Asia, including Manila
and Singapore, sos: north Germany,
$50, and Mexico City, 211.
Notable Increases.
Among the notable increases in con-
ferences are in Atlanta area, Florida
Conference, els; st. Johns River, 612;
Boston area, New England Confer
ence, 1876; New England Southern,
202: Buffalo area, Troy Conference,
1853; Chattanooga area, Holston Con-
ference, ,049; Chicago area, Central
Illinois Conference, 1877; Chicago
Northwest, 37S; Illinois, 1897; Rock
River, 1864; Cincinnati area, Ken
lucky Conference, $50; Northeast Ohio,
3,244: Covington area, Central MIS-
souri, Conference, 692; Denver area.
Colorado Conference. 748: Utah Mis-
sion, 206: Wyoming State, 564; Detroit
Tn
ter-Mountain Conference, $40; North
Dakota, 257; Indianapolis area, Indi--
ana Conference, zoos; Northwest In
diana, $40; Southern Illinois, 1.847;
Kansas City area, Kansas Conference,
94S: ST. Louis Conference, 3,528;
Southwest Kansas, 962; New Orleans
area, Mississippi Conference, 394: Up
per Mississippi sos; New York area,
New York, 157; New York East, 1929;
Omaha area, Iowa Conference, 1868;
Nebraska. 1870; Northwest Iowa, 564;
Philadelphia area, New Jersey Confer
ence, LOSS; Philadelphia, 1872. Wyo-
ming, 1928: Pittsburgh area, West
Virginia Conference, 1888; Portland
area. Columbia River Conference, 500;
Puget Sound, 1893: San Francisco
area, California Conference, 1,414;
Hawaii Mission, 1852; Southern Cali
fornia, 1902; st. Paul area, Dakota
Conference, 1854; Minnesota, 564;
Washington area, Baltimore Confer
ence, 1921; Central Pennsylvania, 934,
and Washington, 399.
Converts Wait Admittance.
In making public these statistics the
World Service Commission of the
Methodist Episcopal Church says:
80 remarkable has been the spir-
itual success of the missionaries in
India, Africa, China, Japan, Korea
and other foreign countries that this
success has embarrassed the church
treasurer Converts in foreign lands
are waiting to be received into the
church, and cannot because of the
lack of missionaries. Whole commu-
mites are asking for missionaries and
buildings.
1.-TWO million members did not sub
scribe to the church'S missionary and
benevolent enterprises in 1926. Care
full investigation shows that in certain
sections if not throughout the entire
church, the percentage of these non
contributors runs as high as 20 per
cent of the membership. Many of
these members are not giving to world
service because they have not had the
opportunity. They have not been APP
preached. TO bring the fullest infor-
nation to every member and to give
each member an opportunity to sub
scribe to the support of our mission
airy and benevolent work is the pur-
pose of the annual world service roll
call in May"