The Negro's church,.

Appendix 307 TABLE 21-ENROLLMENT AND AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF SUNDAY CHURCH SCHOOLS IN 609 URBAN NEGRO CHURCHES, COMPARED WITH CHURCH-MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE, BY SIZE-GROUPS Per Cent. S.C.S. CHURCHES SUNDAY CHRCH SCHOOLS EnrollPer Per ment Total Average Cent. Average Cent. of Church Number of Num- Mem- Attend- Attend- Num- Enroll- Attend- Attend- MemberMembers ber bership ance ance ber ment ance ance ship Lessthan 1,000.. 513 152,986 73,970 48.4 512 62,323 38,566 61.9 40.7 1,000-2,000..... 59 78,733 38,375 48.7 59 24,624 14,162 57.5 31.3 2,000-3,000..... 21 47,900 17,600 36.7 21 9,564 5,627 58.8 20.0 3,000-4,000..... 7 23,179 7,800 33.7 7 3,594 2,026 56.4 15.5 4,000andabove. 9 54,371 14,000 25.7 9 9,760 4,830 49.5 18.0 Total....... 609 357,169 151,745 42.5 608 109,865 65,211 59.4 30.8 TABLE 22-DISTRIBUTION OF 608 URBAN NEGRO SUNDAY CHURCH SCHOOLS, BY NUMBER OF WORKERS Number of Number of Sunday Persons Church Schools 1- 4...................... 171 5- 8..................... 177 9-12..................... 102 13-16..................... 55 17-20..................... 38 21-24..................... 14 25-28..................... 17 29-32..................... 9 33-36..................... 7 37-40..................... 4 41-44..................... 0 45-48..................... 6 49-52..................... 1 53-56..................... 3 57-60..................... 2 100......................... 1 105........................ 1 Total................. 608 TABLE 23-DISTRIBUTION OF 720 WHITE CHURCHES, BY DENOMINATIONS Denomination No. of Churches Presbyterian................................... 157 Lutheran...................................... 82 B aptist....................................... 77 M ethodist Episcopal............................. 62 Episcopal..................................... 48 Methodist Episcopal, South....................... 43 Congregational................................. 33

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The Negro's church,.
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Mays, Benjamin Elijah.
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Russell & Russell,
1933.
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Churches -- United States.

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