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are: Inactive members of the church, non-resident Baptists, unchurched people,
other nationalities, and homes of juvenile delinquents.
3. Mission Stations operated by the local church have been a large part
of the City Mission Program. These have reached as high as 340 at some
periods of the work. Some of these become arms of the church as permanent
missions, and others develop into churches in due process.
4. New churches have been a vital part of this Program. There have been
166 new churches constituted through the City Mission Program. These new
churches are sponsored and helped by another local church or churches and thus
are good denominational units in full fellowship with all the other churches, and
able to carry on their work before organized.
5. Institutional services in jails, prisons, homes for children and aged, hospitals,
schools, shops, stores, factories, etc., have become a vital project in the
City Mission Program. In 1945 there were reported nearly 6,000 such services
conducted by the churches.
6. Tent and Mission Revivals are conducted in unchurched areas with a
Vacation Bible School in the morning hours and preaching services at night.
Some cities have tents for this purpose and others are securing them as fast
as they are available. In 1945 there were 407 such Mission Revivals arid 369
Mission Vacation Bible Schools.
7. Distribution of Bibles, portions of scriptures, tracts, magazines and various
forms of religious literature is another important phase of work in the
City Mission Program. In 1945 more than one million such pieces of literature
were given to people through the mission services.
8. Special services with and for the Jews, Deaf Friends, Foreigners and
Negroes are definitely a part of this Church Mission Program. More than 4,000
services were held in 1945 for these groups.
There are other forms of Mission services which the churches find need for
in their own communities. There have been more than 25 kinds of Mission
services reported through the Home Board Office.
IV. REPORTS OF WORK
1. Report of City Mission Program for 1945
(This includes the entire work of the City Mission Program.)
Sermons and addresses 21,127
Mission Revivals 407
Assemblies, Institutes and Schools of Missions 134
Conferences and Committee meetings 14,597
Communities visited and surveyed 1,752
Church and Mission Station Visits 6,327
Other special services 18,108
Professions of Faith 15,761
Additions to Churches 12,549
2. Report of Churches for 1945
Cities in City Mission Program 48
Churches in the Cities ' 1,763
Churches making monthly reports 530
Communities surveyed for work 1,752
Conferences and committee meetings 14^597
Mission Stations in operation '340
Home Fellowship Hours 14 622
Institutional Services 6'299
Mission and Tent Revivals '407
Mission Vacation Bible Schools 369
Special Bible School Classes 9 732
New Churches organized ' g2
Bibles and Literature given 1,136,862
Total Mission Services 82*244
Total Volunteer Workers 90051
Sermons and Addresses 20765
Professions of Faith 15)761
Additions to Churches 12^204
Total attendance at Mission Services 2,811,196