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Review and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 26.

Sabbathless Christianity
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Church and Conference Work

Name of conference or mission Organized (a) Population (b) No. of churches Membership No. of companies Membership No. of isolated Sabbath-keepers Total Sabbath-keepers Total tithe receipts Tithe per capita (c) No. of church buildings Estimated value Approximate seating capacity Ordained ministers Licensed ministers Licensed missionaries Book and periodical canvassers Total laborers (d) Retail value of book and periodical sales
Canadian Union Conf. 1901 — — — — — — — 100.00 — — — — — 3 2 2 — 10,989.65
1 Maritime Conference 1902 980,000 10 232 1 7 41 280 3,514.72 12.55 6 4,500.00 1,000 — — 3 2 2 7
2 Ontario Conference 1899 2,182,942 25 450 5 51 20 521 7,153.91 13.73 8 13,000.00 1,000 — — 7 2 17 2
3 Quebec Conference 1880 2,005,305 4 120 3 16 24 160 2,070.97 12.94 5 10,000.00 800 — — 3 1 1 5
4 Newfoundland Mission 1897 250,000 1 57 — — — 57 571.89 10.08 1 1,000.00 200 — — 1 1 1 4
Totals — 5,418,247 40 859 9 74 85 1,018 13,411.49 13.17 20 28,500.00 3,000 — — 17 8 23 8
West. Canadian Un. Conf. 1907 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 — 2 — 3
5 Alberta Conference 1907 373,000 15 475 — — 325 800 11,882.42 14.85 6 5,600.00 420 — — 4 4 9 12
6 British Columbia Conf. 1902 325,000 17 352 1 12 96 460 10,226.51 22.28 11 26,856.70 1,250 — — 4 2 15 8
7 Manitoba Conf. 1903 495,869 7 205 1 8 27 240 5,051.12 21.06 5 4,200.00 375 — — 3 1 3 12
8 Saskatchewan Conf. 1912 453,000 9 252 — — 49 301 8,884.18 29.51 3 2,100.00 325 — — 3 3 4 14
Totals — 1,646,869 48 1,284 2 20 497 1,801 36,044.23 20.01 25 38,756.70 2,370 — — 15 10 23 46
Australasian Union Conf. 1894 — — — — — — — 10,621.17 — — — — — 8 9 10 — 28
9 New South Wales Conf. 1895 1,693,331 26 1,216 5 30 111 1,357 18,406.25 13.56 17 18,165.10 2,234 — — 5 2 11 16
10 New Zealand Conf. 1889 1,008,486 16 606 2 15 79 700 15,793.09 22.56 14 20,941.00 1,974 — — 3 3 8 16
11 Queensland Conference 1899 605,043 6 341 2 10 15 370 6,689.98 18.08 4 2,678.50 600 — — 3 3 1 11
12 South Australian Conf. 1899 416,047 10 364 6 52 54 470 8,680.31 18.47 7 6,277.43 960 — — 2 1 2 7
13 Victoria-Tasman’s Conf. 1888 1,245,519 28 1,150 — — — 1,150 21,242.88 18.47 14 25,056.15 1,810 — — 7 2 10 37
14 West Australian Conf. 1902 305,544 16 441 — — — 441 11,567.81 26.23 7 8,727.04 740 — — 3 1 13 7
15 Cook Islands Mission 1894 12,000 1 10 1 4 1 15 229.62 15.31 1 487.00 100 — — 1 5 — —
16 Fiji Mission 1889 126,000 12 203 6 35 5 243 501.55 2.06 5 1,363.00 550 — — 2 1 17 —
17 New Guinea Mission 1908 350,000 1 8 — — — 8 185.34 23.17 — — — — — 1 — 3 —
18 New Hebrides Mission 1912 50,000 1 4 — — — 4 101.44 25.36 — — — — — 1 — 3 —
19 Norfolk Island Miss. 1895 1,000 1 39 — — 1 40 162.60 4.06 1 487.00 200 — — 1 2 — —
20 Pitcairn Island Miss. 1890 153 1 56 — — 4 60 56.92 .95 1 730.50 250 — — — — — —
21 Samoa Mission 1895 40,000 1 5 — — 3 8 290.76 36.34 — — — — — 1 2 — —
22 Society Islands Mission 1892 30,500 2 21 — — — 21 340.78 16.22 4 1,948.00 450 — — 1 — — —
23 Tonga Mission 1895 23,000 1 12 1 6 — 18 96.73 5.37 2 876.60 200 — — 1 — 3 —
Totals — 5,906,623 123 4,476 23 152 277 4,905 94,967.63 19.36 77 87,737.92 10,068 — — 37 26 91 94
British Union Conference 1902 — — — — — — — 44.25 — — — — — 4 — 1 — 5
24 British Union District 1912 7,807,483 6 338 3 60 — 398 6,447.67 16.20 — — — — — 2 2 1 12
25 North England Conf. 1902 15,568,896 24 801 3 20 — 821 9,334.24 11.37 6 6,574.50 890 — — 2 4 6 72
26 South England Conf. 1902 11,035,000 14 517 — — — 517 7,018.03 13.57 — — — — — 3 1 5 36
27 Scotch Conference 1908 4,759,520 6 181 — — — 181 2,265.88 12.52 — — — — — 1 2 4 22
28 Wales Conference 1908 2,032,120 7 211 4 77 6 294 2,756.88 9.38 — 297.07 130 — — 2 1 4 21
29 Irish Mission 1902 4,381,950 6 144 — — — 144 2,172.38 15.08 3 1,448.82 450 — — 2 1 4 8
Totals — 45,584,969 63 2,192 10 157 6 2,355 30,039.33 12.76 10 8,320.39 1,470 — — 16 11 25 165
East German Un. Conf. 1909 — — — — — — — 7,211.54 — 1 1,500.00 400 — — 1 1 — —
30 East German District 1909 4,918,786 16 1,464 5 92 — 1,556 26,492.54 17.02 — — — — — 3 5 10 27
31 East Prussian Conf. 1903 2,064,368 10 352 33 717 5 1,074 9,288.91 8.65 — — — — — 3 6 2 30
32 Middle Hungarian Conf. 1912 4,040,000 10 331 8 87 9 427 3,252.24 7.62 — — — — — 2 2 5 8
33 Oder Conference 1901 2,360,061 7 382 12 141 2 525 7,773.16 14.81 — — — — — 2 3 2 18
34 Saxon Conference 1908 4,802,485 13 722 19 312 6 1,040 16,562.91 15.44 — — — — — 4 2 14 42
35 Silesian Conference 1907 5,266,311 11 377 16 445 8 830 10,000.46 12.05 — — — — — 3 2 8 37
36 Transylvanian Conf. 1910 2,461,000 2 84 27 555 7 646 3,583.84 5.55 — — — — — 3 1 2 9
37 Vistula Conference 1911 2,290,825 5 126 17 312 13 451 6,437.95 14.28 — — — — — 3 1 4 25
38 Warta Conference 1912 3,279,294 — — 25 515 10 525 6,712.80 12.78 — — — — — 2 2 5 20
39 Adriatic Mission — 3,766,000 — — 3 15 — 15 141.88 9.45 — — — — — 1 1 2 —
40 Bulgarian Mission — 4,329,108 — — 4 28 14 42 255.75 6.09 — — — — — 1 1 3 —
41 East Galician Mission — 5,601,996 — — 2 20 — 20 254.77 12.74 — — — — — 1 2 8 —
42 North Hungarian Mission — 3,512,000 2 33 5 35 3 69 840.53 10.73 — — — — — 1 2 3 3
43 Rumanian Mission — 6,960,000 — — 9 315 — 315 3,475.16 11.02 — — — — — 3 2 1 9
44 Theiss-Save Mission — 5,822,000 — — 12 145 — 145 1,184.56 8.17 — — — — — 2 2 6 8
45 West Galician Mission — 3,221,476 — — 2 8 — 8 116.53 14.07 — — — — — 1 1 2 —
46 West Hungarian Mission — 4,089,000 1 23 — — — 23 253.14 11.00 — — — — — 2 2 1 2
Totals — 68,784,710 77 3,894 199 3,740 77 7,711 103,836.67 13.47 1 1,500.00 400 — — 40 37 79 231
Latin Union Conference 1907 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
47 Latin Union District 1909 3,670,000 1 62 — — — 62 1,444.25 23.28 — — — — — 1 — — —
48 Leman Conference 1884 2,578,369 17 691 2 12 — 703 6,946.46 13.72 2 14,000.00 400 — — 4 3 6 5
49 French Conference 1907 14,829,766 9 150 7 69 — 219 1,776.84 8.11 — — — — — 1 5 3 1
50 Northern France Miss. 1908 19,190,781 — — 4 31 — 31 300.32 9.69 — — — — — 2 1 3 —
51 Italian Mission — 34,269,764 — — 3 46 4 84 375.28 4.47 — — — — — 1 2 3 —
52 Portuguese Mission — 5,423,132 2 53 — — — 53 283.02 5.34 — — — — — 2 — — —
53 Spanish Mission — 19,712,585 1 48 6 66 — 114 481.75 4.23 — — — — — 2 — 4 3
Totals — 99,675,397 33 1,050 23 216 — 1,266 14,307.92 11.30 2 14,000.00 400 — — 14 12 21 9
Levant Union Mission — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
54 Armenian Mission 1911 4,476,900 — — 1 15 9 24 111.51 4.64 — — — — — 1 1 1 3
55 Central Turkish Mission 1909 7,883,000 3 109 8 79 1 189 793.34 4.19 — — — — — 2 3 3 4
56 Cilician Mission 1912 2,487,200 1 15 9 73 7 93 369.33 3.97 — — — — — 1 — 3 3
57 Grecian Mission 1911 6,866,216 — — 1 4 7 11 127.56 11.59 — — — — — 1 1 — 1
Totals — 21,713,316 4 124 19 171 22 317 1,401.74 4.42 — — — — — — 5 7 11
Russian Union Conference 1907 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 — — — 5
58 Russian Un. Dist. 1911 400,000 3 380 — — — 380 5,019.22 13.21 — — — — — — 1 1 5
59 Azof Conference 1912 8,385,400 18 425 — — — 425 2,298.93 5.41 — — — — — 3 2 2 3
60 Baltic Conference 1907 6,239,300 10 348 — — — 348 2,374.92 6.82 2 4,000.00 700 — — 1 — 6 12
61 Little Russian Conf. 1909 13,836,400 19 572 — — — 572 1,733.12 3.03 1 500.00 300 — — 2 2 2 6
62 Nova Conference 1912 5,788,300 14 568 — — — 568 4,298.67 7.57 3 6,000.00 500 — — 3 2 4 17
63 North Caucasian Conf. 1911 5,505,800 30 826 — — — 826 3,195.99 3.87 2 2,000.00 250 — — 2 1 4 1
64 Black Sea Mission 1912 9,465,500 17 349 — — — 349 1,414.99 4.05 — — — — — 1 — 4 2
65 Middle Russian Mission 1909 28,838,700 6 81 — — — 81 1,598.93 19.65 — — — — — 1 1 3 3
66 Polish Mission 1912 11,671,800 3 109 — — — 108 1,370.35 12.70 — — — — — 1 — 3 6
67 Trans-Caucasian Mission 1912 5,692,600 14 287 — — — 287 1,773.02 6.18 — — — — — 2 1 4 1
68 West Russian Mission 1908 10,354,300 12 187 — — — 187 814.08 4.36 — — — — — 2 1 2 3
69 White Sea Mission 1912 8,327,500 4 37 — — — 37 154.86 4.18 — — — — — 1 — 2 1
Totals — 114,215,600 150 4,161 — — — 4,161 26,046.98 6.25 8 12,500.00 1,750 — — 19 10 37 54
No. Amount of tithe appropriated to fields outside of conference Total offerings to foreign missions (except as noted under 26 and 28) Total contributions for home missions work Total contributions for local church work No. of Sabbath schools Membership Total Sabbath-school contributions Total Sabbath-school offerings to foreign missions No. of church-schools No. of teachers Total enrolment Estimated value of buildings and equipment Expense of annual maintenance No. of young people’s societies Membership Contributions for foreign work Contributions for home mission work Contributions for local society work Total contributions
1 — 730.65 114.10 220.13 11 274 730.69 730.69 — — — — — 1 25 5.00 — 9.48 14.48
2 — 357.70 1,745.90 150.00 23 425 1,004.48 1,004.48 — — — — — 5 27 89.78 28.25 10.60 128.63
3 — 414.00 584.76 100.00 6 130 460.51 460.51 1 1 20 — — — — 150.00 — — —
4 — 212.80 25.00 258.72 3 99 116.19 116.19 1 1 46 — — 1 25 — — — —
Totals 771.70 3,274.20 389.10 1,078.85 43 928 2,311.87 2,311.87 2 2 66 — 675.00 7 77 94.78 28.25 20.08 143.11
5 — 602.93 2,735.25 3,421.00 25 478 2,020.94 2,020.94 1 2 60 2,000.00 400.00 2 53 142.65 82.75 7.00 232.46
6 — 511.28 1,957.63 1,935.94 21 539 1,597.00 1,597.00 5 6 110 600.00 1,600.00 7 80 37.30 12.52 60.00 109.82
7 — 253.05 1,768.68 1,473.70 10 255 805.56 805.56 — — — — — 1 12 — 12.90 — 12.90
8 — 441.25 1,569.52 466.00 12 387 1,490.52 1,490.52 8 8 76 500.00 1,794.00 — — — — — —
Totals 1,808.51 8,031.08 7,296.64 1,500.51 68 1,659 5,914.02 5,914.02 14 16 246 3,100.00 3,794.00 10 145 179.95 108.17 67.00 355.12
9 — 1,886.72 1,879.03 1,196.82 2,316.70 44 1,463 3,375.32 3,375.32 4 4 48 535.70 1,266.20 21 659 763.19 254.23 17.51
10 — 1,802.88 3,142.51 1,972.72 1,340.71 25 799 2,408.89 2,408.89 1 1 15 50.00 506.48 11 172 704.53 — 33.38
11 — 770.43 731.62 1,112.33 344.00 11 339 974.77 974.77 1 1 12 243.50 389.60 7 208 401.51 39.33 29.56
12 — 830.36 1,261.55 984.80 250.04 18 458 945.25 945.25 2 2 30 100.00 261.16 11 223 144.05 39.95 7.92
13 — 3,033.95 2,789.58 704.98 3,522.45 45 1,323 2,873.08 2,873.08 1 2 77 200.00 846.67 22 456 2,022.84 45.43 99.11
14 — 1,176.37 1,764.28 2,118.63 2,261.79 23 660 1,913.10 1,913.10 4 4 58 340.90 1,163.32 14 288 420.20 — 18.14
15 — 17.35 30.25 1.10 — 2 26 48.52 48.52 — — — — — — — — — —
16 — — 108.85 27.88 5.36 17 310 146.85 146.85 3 3 18 — — — — — — —
17 — — 63.31 — — 1 6 50.89 50.89 1 3 20 19.48 — — — — — —
18 — — 10.47 — — 1 4 10.77 10.77 — — — — — — — — — —
19 — — 36.55 1.46 4.87 1 52 73.37 73.37 — — — — — 1 21 — — 1.58
20 — — 63.15 — — 1 124 5.38 5.38 1 1 43 — — 1 72 — — —
21 — — 63.13 — — 1 13 88.11 88.11 — — — — — — — — — —
22 — — 6.05 6.35 2.92 2 49 117.29 117.29 — — — — — — — — — —
23 — — 34.70 — — 2 17 97.36 97.36 — — — — — — — — — —
Totals 9,578.06 12,134.85 8,127.07 10,048.95 194 5,643 13,128.95 13,128.95 18 21 321 1,489.58 4,433.43 88 2,099 4,456.32 380.77 207.20 5,044.29
24 — 4.99 — — 10 404 623.94 623.94 — — — — — 10 181 21.67 3.72 2.45 27.84
25 508.75 1,410.44 — — 32 735 732.48 732.48 — — — — — — — — — — —
26 2,556.36 1,048.85 — — 17 495 473.02 473.02 — — — — — — — — — — —
27 964.00 1,003.37 — — 13 180 224.30 224.30 — — — — — — — — — — —
28 — 260.75 — — 11 343 186.26 186.26 — — — — — — — — — — —
29 — 461.99 — — 9 87 198.24 198.24 — — — — — — — — — — —
Totals 4,029.20 4,437.66 — — 92 2,244 2,500.21 2,500.21 — — — — — 10 181 21.67 3.72 2.45 27.84
30 3,815.23 794.52 6,248.00 — 21 1,408 1,785.24 1,785.24 — — — — — 8 378 161.72 130.14 — 291.86
31 21,765.56 4,920.00 — 3,930.00 43 1,110 1,163.86 1,163.86 — — — — — 7 86 — — — —
32 4,228.36 2,226.12 — 1,000.00 14 400 287.40 287.40 — — — — — — — — — — —
33 — 387.63 — — 19 525 449.00 449.00 — — — — — 2 27 — — — —
34 3,240.24 893.14 — 750.00 32 1,047 1,206.27 1,206.27 — — — — — 5 108 28.16 28.16 80.36 136.68
35 6,808.51 2,748.55 — 2,500.00 27 681 843.15 843.15 — — — — — 3 51 — — — —
36 2,653.13 2,432.39 — 1,250.00 20 640 348.27 348.27 — — — — — — — — — — —
37 — 287.59 — — 22 407 444.12 444.12 — — — — — 2 34 — — — —
38 1,973.60 995.93 — 600.00 25 532 488.83 488.83 — — — — — 2 36 — — — —
39 1,940.67 1,170.84 — 750.00 25 532 488.83 488.83 — — — — — 2 36 — — — —
40 — 3.93 — — 3 13 12.87 12.87 — — — — — — — — — — —
41 — 38.83 — — 4 28 35.65 35.65 — — — — — — — — — — —
42 — 31.43 — — 2 15 20.61 20.61 — — — — — 1 9 — — — —
43 — 37.37 — — 6 56 48.09 48.09 — — — — — — — — — — —
44 — 176.72 — — 9 324 287.31 287.31 — — — — — — — — — — —
45 — 100.23 — — 12 156 119.98 119.98 — — — — — — — — — — —
46 — 43.39 — — 2 8 12.56 12.56 — — — — — — — — — — —
47 — 12.09 — — 1 13 12.06 12.06 — — — — — — — — — — —
Totals 46,324.79 17,306.70 6,248.00 10,780.00 271 7,362 7,565.27 7,565.27 — — — — — 30 729 189.88 158.30 80.36 428.54
48 — 44.46 — — 1 55 96.95 96.95 — — — — — — — — — — —
49 — 75.29 115.00 118.00 25 524 1,006.95 1,006.95 — — — — — 2 60 — 28.00 — 28.00
50 — 1,101.60 442.00 1,486.00 30 982 1,621.15 1,621.15 — — — — — 2 60 — — — 28.00
51 — 323.96 157.00 325.00 20 172 220.62 220.62 — — — — — — — — — — —
52 — 33.64 11.00 — 4 36 46.18 46.18 — — — — — — — — — — —
53 — 14.31 22.00 72.00 5 72 45.03 45.03 — — — — — — — — — — —
54 — 15.81 99.00 — 2 45 64.48 64.48 — — — — — — — — — — —
55 — 66.93 35.00 — 7 78 140.94 140.94 — — — — — — — — — — —
Totals 1,101.60 2,334.36 881.10 2,001.00 64 982 1,621.15 1,621.15 — — — — — 2 60 — 28.00 — 28.00
56 — 24.05 — — 3 24 8.47 8.47 — — — — — — — — — — —
57 — 144.41 — 75.00 11 199 49.55 49.55 — — — — — — — — — — —
58 — 57.64 — 50.00 9 93 35.05 35.05 — — — — — — — — — — —
59 — 39.96 — — 2 11 20.69 20.69 — — — — — — — — — — —
Totals — 266.06 — 125.00 25 317 113.76 113.76 — — — — — — — — — — —
60 — 117.80 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
61 — 1,199.55 — — 3 374 563.01 563.01 — — — — — — — — — — —
62 — 174.67 — — 18 433 281.66 281.66 — — — — — — — — — — —
63 — 323.56 — — 10 338 329.34 329.34 — — — — — — — — — —
64 — 132.42 — — 19 574 141.22 141.22 — — — — — — — — — — —
65 — 731.09 — — 14 517 569.66 569.66 — — — — — — — — — —
66 — 271.81 — — 30 1,125 371.90 371.90 — — — — — — — — — —
67 — 112.26 — — 17 400 132.29 132.29 — — — — — — — — — — —
68 — 195.96 — — 6 84 72.85 72.85 — — — — — — — — — — —
69 — 216.57 — — 3 122 126.55 126.55 — — — — — — — — — — —
70 — 166.54 — — 14 528 171.64 171.64 — — — — — — — — — — —
71 — 95.66 — — 12 278 73.25 73.25 — — — — — — — — — — —
72 — 10.81 — — 4 44 22.30 22.30 — — — — — — — — — — —
Totals — 3,748.40 — — 150 4,817 2,873.67 2,873.67 — — — — — — — — — — —
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