World survey by the Interchurch World Movement of North America : revised preliminary statement and budget .. . crease as thecity grows larger and larger. The result is that there have been general re- treats and withdrawals of the Protestantchurches from the centers of the larger process has been gradual and has takenseveral forms. Congregations have selectedsites farther uptown or have moved to thesuburbs. Occasionally two or more congre-gations have united, disposing of their aban-doned buildings to create an adequate endow-ment; or sometimes organizations have givenup the stragg
World survey by the Interchurch World Movement of North America : revised preliminary statement and budget .. . crease as thecity grows larger and larger. The result is that there have been general re- treats and withdrawals of the Protestantchurches from the centers of the larger process has been gradual and has takenseveral forms. Congregations have selectedsites farther uptown or have moved to thesuburbs. Occasionally two or more congre-gations have united, disposing of their aban-doned buildings to create an adequate endow-ment; or sometimes organizations have givenup the straggle and died. In these central areas churches that cannotadapt their programs to alien populations andnew social conditions must in the end disin-tegrate. Many churches are able to continuebut not on a self-supporting basis; some con-tinue to live by means of endowments and otherswith the help of mission boards. In Philadelphia a recent survey of 250 blocksin the center of the city revealed the fact that PERCENTAGE OF URBAN POPULATION IN STATES HAVING MORE THAN50 PER CENT. LIVING IN CITIES U. 8 CENSUS, 1910. m^ URBAN POPULATIONI I RURAU POPULATION HOME MISSIONS: The Cities 25 PERCENTAGE OF PROTESTANT, NON-PROTESTANTAND NON-CHURCH MEMBERSHIP IN CITIES OF VARIOUS CLASSES Census of Religious Bodies, 1916 Rural Cities Cities and between between cities under and and Citiesbetween Cities and over 90% 10% 70%Non-Church > 60% \ \ ,,- «o% , <•;, 40% 30/, 2 <!, Protestant 1 69t ,,- ^ 20%Non-ProtettanI / / \ 10^t ! only 38 Protestant churches remained of 78that were there thirty years ago. The FirstWard in Chicago was practically abandoned bythe Protestant churches. Boston has manychurches of the non-self-supporting class. On the other hand the rapid growth of suburbsand new residence sections demands new churchbuildings. Many of these sections are
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