The country church in industrial zones; the effects of industrialism upon the church life of adjacent rural areas as illustrated by two typical counties . ?ruebanism The town of Catawissa is a good example of rural industrialism. Here are busy rail-road yards furnishing employment for a large proportion of the inhabitants, and sideby side with them fertile fields and a truly rural population. 99 THE COUNTRY CHURCH IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES Too Many Churches—Not Enough Church Work It is to this religious situation that the survey would particularlyaddress itself. In certain respects, the churches hav
The country church in industrial zones; the effects of industrialism upon the church life of adjacent rural areas as illustrated by two typical counties . ?ruebanism The town of Catawissa is a good example of rural industrialism. Here are busy rail-road yards furnishing employment for a large proportion of the inhabitants, and sideby side with them fertile fields and a truly rural population. 99 THE COUNTRY CHURCH IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES Too Many Churches—Not Enough Church Work It is to this religious situation that the survey would particularlyaddress itself. In certain respects, the churches have made realprogress, but on the whole they are much less effectively organizedthan are the educational, public health and economic agencies. Thedefiniteness with which the farm bureaus, for example, plan theirwork, formulate and then check up on their special projects mightwell be commended to the Church. The schools also have led theway rather than the churches in certain forms of community ac-tivity. Of course, the schools and the economic organizations havethe great initial advantage of unity of aim and direction. The lackof this unity is th
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