¶ Last year the 20 major Protestant denominations of the U. S. collected $15,000,000 more than the year before. So last week reported the United Stewardship Council, representing 23 U. S. and Canadian churches. The council's report bore out the familiar U. S. dogma that country folk are more religious than city people; churches with rural constituents showed the greatest increase in giving. Highest per cent gains were in the Church of the Brethren, 16%, and the Church of the Nazarene, 13%. The Southern Baptists gave $2,300.120 more than the year before, an...
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