Sons of Italy; a social and religious study of the Italians in America . nof workers was also given attention, and as a result we haveto-day three institutions that have well-equipped depart-ments for the preparation of Italian es and pas-tors—Colgate Theological Seminary, which is providing menfor Baptist fields; Bloomfield Theological Seminary, whichis furnishing many workers for the Presbyterian Church;while the Bible Teachers Training School of New Yorkhas turned out men who have gone into the work of variousdenominations. ^Ve are entering now upon the third stage, which wemay ca
Sons of Italy; a social and religious study of the Italians in America . nof workers was also given attention, and as a result we haveto-day three institutions that have well-equipped depart-ments for the preparation of Italian es and pas-tors—Colgate Theological Seminary, which is providing menfor Baptist fields; Bloomfield Theological Seminary, whichis furnishing many workers for the Presbyterian Church;while the Bible Teachers Training School of New Yorkhas turned out men who have gone into the work of variousdenominations. ^Ve are entering now upon the third stage, which wemay call the intensive stage. There are still localities wherenew fields should be opened up as in the past; but the greattask before us during the next decade is to put upon a moreefficient basis the already existing work. We are face toface with the need of ministering more effectively and morethoroughly to the populations of our largest Italian these large groups of foreign peoples there are usually noProtestant churches, and a single worker or two in a com-. THE GOSPEL OF THE OPEN AIR Italian Summer School in City Mission Tent Campaign Street Meeting, Second Avenue Baptist Church, New York City - w^.i/tRY ASTOO, LNOXTILDEK FOUNQA I IONS LE CHIESE EVANGELICHE 165 munity of 15,000 or 20,000 Italians cannot meet the needsof the people. Jta other words some of our churches andmissions must become in reality community centers withfacilities and workers sufficient to serve well all the peopleof that community. It is well enough to have many minorinterests here and there, but we ought to have some intereststhat have a commanding influence. The church in its taskof foreign evangelization ought to see the value of concen-tration of effort as the great industrial organizations see are a few Italian churches that are sufficientlyequipped with buildings and workers and these are doing acomprehensive community work. The Good-will Centerof the Brooklyn City Mission is loc
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