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494<br />

Baptisms<br />

216,820 256,699<br />

0<br />

1944 1945<br />

SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION<br />

Value of<br />

Church Property<br />

Number ol Churches Local Gift.<br />

25,853 26,134<br />

1944 1945<br />

Church Member* Mission Gifts<br />

5,660,192 5,865,554<br />

1944 1945<br />

SUMMARY OF SOUTHERN BAPTIST STATISTICS—1945<br />

Items 1944 1945 Gains<br />

Associations ; 920 923 3<br />

Churches 25,853 26,134 281<br />

Ordained Ministers 23,905 24,577 672<br />

Baptisms 216,820 256,699 39,879<br />

Church Members 5,660,192 5,865,554 205,362<br />

Sunday Schools 24,509 24,968 459<br />

Sunday School Enrolment 3,372,909 3,525,310 152,401<br />

Training Unions 48,879 50,391 1,512<br />

Training Union Enrolment 615,712 703,332 87,620<br />

W.M.U. Organizations 39,667 41,227 1,560<br />

W.M.U. Contributions (Missions<br />

<strong>and</strong> Benevolences) $6,387,599 $6,517,322 $129,723<br />

Church Houses 24,095 24,532 487<br />

Pastors' Homes 5,025 5,395 370<br />

Value of Church Property $259,534,009 $276,089,771 $16,555,762<br />

Gifts for Local Work 59,288,226 75,967,674 16,679,448<br />

Gifts for Missions <strong>and</strong> Benevolences.. 17,300,389 22,490,751 5,190,362<br />

Total Gifts for All Purposes $76,588,615 $98,458,425 $21,869,810<br />

*1944 totals are given for associations reported in state minutes.

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