MISSIONS THE WORLD OVER

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 19, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 20.

MISSIONS THE WORLD OVER.

A VERY comprehensive survey of mission work during 1893 has been prepared, and ought to prove of immense value to many. The report is too lengthy to give in full, but the main facts and figures follow in a comparative table, giving the strength of the denominations in the United States, and their contributions to home and foreign missions.

	Member-ship.	Cont. Home M's. 1891.	Cont. For. Miss. 1892.
Congregational	491,985	$1,655,507	$840,804
Presbyterian (North)	753,749	1,137,205	931,292
Presbyterian (South)	161,742	74,003	130,276
Reformed (Dutch)	88,812	66,120	112,163
United Presbyterian	101,858	111,614	114,636
Cumberland Presbyterian	160,185	27,216	20,430
Reformed (German)	194,044	45,000	20,000
Baptists (North)	780,000	633,267	569,172
Baptists (South)	1,100,000	214,334	114,325
Free Baptists	86,297	13,073	28,173
Seventh day Baptists	9,100	4,857	6,000
Meth. Episcopal (North)	2,236,463	573,750	725,367
Meth. Episcopal (South)	1,161,666	245,836	304,917
Meth. Protestant	147,604	11,842	---
We-leyan Methodist	18,000	20,000	3,000
Protestant Episcopal	470,076	657,018	275,000
Evangelical Association	145,703	183,330	15,647
United Brethren	199,703	38,653	25,000
Moravian	11,858	15,594	16,950
Lutheran	1,188,876	268,358	55,676
Disciples	750,000	216,279	70,320
Miscellaneous	1,632,500	764,664	603,768
Grand total (U. S.)	11,889,427	$6,717,558	$1,983,516

The amount given by Seventh-day Adventists for foreign missions in 1892 was $66,094.56, or about $2.00 per member. In 1893 it was greatly in excess of that, but the exact figures we have not at hand.