A rural survey in Maryland, made by the Department of church and country life of the Board of home missions of the Presbyterian church in the . for men. Eigh-teen have no organizations at all except the Simday-school. As a Social Centre. The colored church appears to occupy a largerplace socially in the lives of its members than does the white great majority of the churches have some regular social relation between the chiurch, the school and the lodge is usually aclose one; close as their respectivebuildings which are frequently builtupon the same lot. Most of
A rural survey in Maryland, made by the Department of church and country life of the Board of home missions of the Presbyterian church in the . for men. Eigh-teen have no organizations at all except the Simday-school. As a Social Centre. The colored church appears to occupy a largerplace socially in the lives of its members than does the white great majority of the churches have some regular social relation between the chiurch, the school and the lodge is usually aclose one; close as their respectivebuildings which are frequently builtupon the same lot. Most of the en-tertainments held have the samefinancial significance as in the whitechurches; but their social significanceis also great. (f) The Commimitys Service to the Church The annual budgets of the churchestotal $10,867, an average of about $272per church. Of this amount, $6,560is for salaries. The average salary is$; the maximum is $748 andthe mmimum $50. If the total ex-penditure were equally distributedamong the members it would amountto $ per year. The annual ex-penditure on the colored schools is$11, Figuring in the same 101. AN HUMBLE COLORED CHURCH manner as with the budgets of the white churches and schools, thecolored schools cost $ each per day in use and the colored churches,$ RELIGIOUS STATUS In its general religious status Montgomery Coimty is above theaverage. Church facilities are more than ample. On the side of thepeople it should be said that they support their churches only about a third of the population are on the church rolls asmembers, there is Uttle or no antagonism to religion or to the churches are sympathetically regarded. The church as an institution enjoys better than ordinarily good is, however, as yet no large vision of a social ministry for thechturch. There is very slight contact with the practical daily problemsof the people and very little attempt to serve them aside from the usu
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