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THE GREEKS IN AMERICA 133Protestant churches exclusively among the Greeks.The need is extremely great, and the field scarcelytouched. There is no social settlement, institutionalchurch or evangelism exclusively for theGreeks. They get the benefit of the^general servicesin English in factories, open-air meetings, and othermethods of evangelism. Settlements such as HullHouse, Chicago, are coming into touch with Greeksas well as other races. The Protestant EpiscopalChurch welcomes the Greeks to the facilities, privilegesand social advantages of their church houses,as well as to its church services. Doubtless otherchurches would give the same welcome. But theGreek responds more readily to the ProtestantEpiscopal call.EVANGELICAL WORK AMONG THE GREEKS BYPROTESTANT CHURCHESThe Congregational churches first took a specialinterest in the Greeks in America and started missionarywork among them. The missions in theNear East, and so the Greek field, is under theAmerican Board, consequently Greek Protestantimmigrants usually affiliate with the Congregationalchurches. The Massachusetts Home Missionary Societyof the Congregational churches has had foryears Greek evangelical work in Boston, Lowell, andHaverhill, Mass.In general the other Protestant denominationsassume that the Greek field belongs to the Congregationalists,and they in turn confess they are not ina position to carry the work alone without the helpof other denominations.The Protestant Episcopalians are against anyProtestant work among the Greeks. They are veryfriendly and ever ready to help the Greeks to helpthemselves. They loan them churches, chapels and