Chapter VIII: The Native Church

The end of the station, a Native Church This end a condition into which the Church must be growing Survey must therefore deal with the Native Church The reason for beginning with self-support The meaning of self-supporting Churches In rare cases it means independence of external support In most cases it means attainment of an arbitrary standard In most cases it does not represent the power of the people to supply their own needs In most cases it is not sure evidence of growing liberality Nevertheless we must begin by considering the self-supporting Churches We ask for proportion of self-supporting Churches This will not reveal the power of the Churches to stand alone We inquire then the proportion of inquirers in self-supporting Churches We inquire then the proportion of unpaid workers in self-supporting Churches Where self-supporting Churches are not recognised we inquire--

(i) Power of Christians to conduct their own services
(ii) Power to order Church government
(iii) Power to provide expenses of Church organisation

CHAPTER IX.

SURVEY OF DISTRICTS WHERE TWO OR MORE SOCIETIES ARE AT WORK. SURVEY OF MISSIONS WITH NO DEFINED DISTRICTS.

I. The possibility of united survey by missionaries of two or more
Societies
The evil of ignoring the work of others
Survey is concerned with facts not with ecclesiastical prejudices
The difficulty of obtaining the facts
The use of estimates
II. The mission which has no defined district--A
general expression of the purpose of such a mission
In its widest terms survey of the work of such a mission would
involve survey of the whole state of society
In its narrower terms it is survey of a mission establishing a Church
In this case most of the preceding tables could be used, omitting
proportions to area and population
Then we could see force at work
Then we could see forms of work
Then we could place the mission in a survey of the Country