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I. HOW THE FACTS WERE GATHERED 3

II. THE RURAL CHURCH MAPS OF OHIO 5

III. SUMMARY OF RESULTS 8

Oversupply of Churches--The churches small and weak--
Attendance--An absentee ministry--Divided effort of the
ministry--Short term of minister's service--Defective
overhead organization--Ministers' salaries--Educational
equipment of the minister.

IV. WHERE CHURCH EFFICIENCY IS LOWEST 12

V. THE CHURCH IN THE EIGHTEEN COUNTIES 19

VI. A POLICY AND PROGRAM 40

1. A better program--2. A better ministry--3. Better
support--4. Better acquaintance--5. Re-arrangement of
circuits--6. More resident ministers--7. Interchurch
cooperation--8. Community churches--9. Non-sectarian
support.

VII. FEDERATED CHURCHES 59

1. Greene Township--2. Aurora--3. Garrettsville--4.
Northfield--5. Federated churches in other states.

VIII. OTHER PROGRESSIVE CHURCHES 75

1. A church federation--2. Cooperation with other social
forces--3. Community service and Christian unity--4.
Christian unity by necessity--5. The church as a force
for righteousness--(a) Old Fort--(b) Lakeville.

IX. AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION 88

_PART II_ TABULAR SUMMARIES AND MAPS

I. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE DENOMINATIONS 93

II. TABULAR SUMMARIES FOR THE STATE 110

Table I.--Population, average number of Persons and
Churches, and average number of Persons to a Church,
by Townships 111

Table II.--Churches classified according to the number
of their members 112

Table III.--Amount of Ministerial Service by Townships,
Villages, and Churches 114

Table IV.--Number of Churches in Villages and in the
Open Country 115

Table V.--Resident Ministers in Strictly Rural Townships
in the Open Country and in Villages 118

Table VI.--Terms of Service of Methodist Episcopal
Country Ministers, 1917 119

Table VII.--Average number of Persons to a Church in
1170 Rural Townships 121

Table VIII.--Average number of Persons to a Church in
Rural Townships, Suburban Townships, and Cities 122

Table IX.--Salaries of Methodist Episcopal Country
Ministers, 1917 123

Table X.--Salaries of Country Ministers, United Brethren
in Christ, 1917 123

III. TABULAR SUMMARIES BY COUNTIES 124

_PART III_ THE COUNTY MAPS

EXPLANATORY NOTE 145

COUNTRY CHURCH MAPS OF THE EIGHTY-EIGHT COUNTIES OF OHIO 147