1962 SOUTHERN BAPTIST HANDBOOK Great Christian leaders have praised Matthew Henry's Commentary . and so will you! The Quarterly the survey “The greatest devotional commentary ever written.” REVIEW —Wilbur M. Smith THIRD QUARTER “Instructive to all . glittering with metaphors, rich in analogies, The year 1961 may well go down in history 1962 overflowing with illustrations.” —C. H. Spurgeon as our greatest year of scientific achievements. If we had not been on the scene to witness “One of the great theological classics of English literature." Volume 22 Number 3 these achievements, we would have had good —F. F. Bruce reason to doubt many of them. Editor '‘Only man among the creatures of the Now in one handy volume ... all that is best J. P. EDMUNDS earth,” wrote Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, and most useful in Matthew Henry’s monu­ Aiiociafe Editor Jr., "strives to penetrate the unknown and to mental work. As relevant today as ever, (lzt MARTIN B. BRADLEY understand the unknowable.” $9.95 In compiling this volume, the editors have Contributing Editor* not tried to "penetrate the unknown” but DAVIS C. WOOLLEY E. ODELL CROWE rather to record the events and the achieve­ AL CRAWFORD ments of a vibrant denomination. While these The following additional mem- achievements have not been as spectacular as ben of the Research and Sta­ our nation’s scientific achievements, they have tistic! Department «faff con­ been, in God’s sight, more important for we tributed to thi! special itsue: Jesse Williams, chart editor, have been about the Master’s business. Robert Dorrifl, Ras B. Robinson, With Southern Baptists, then, 1961 was a Mrs. Margaret Anderson, Vir­ ginia Burrow, Mrs. Marjorie year of great achievements. Some very im­ Gibson, Evelyn Hoppers, Mrs. portant trends may be noted. Elizabeth Hoyle, and Mary Alice Wright. Baptisms, always a spiritual barometer, were on the increase. 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The Editor CONTENTS D Section I—Baptist High Lights Debt, Church, SBC, by State and Location 39 Section II—The World of Religion Debt, Number Churches Reporting, by State and Location 12-13 Section III—Facts of Interest Denominations, Fastest Growing in the U.S.............................................................63 Digest, SBC Statistics, 1961 7 Section IV—Baptist Directories Divorces, 1950-1961 65 SUBJECT INDEX E Education Commission, Directory 81 A Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, Directory 73 Additions by Letter, Southern Baptist Churches ....................................... 11 Additions by Letter, Number Churches Reporting, by State and Location 12-13 F Aged, Southern Baptist Homes for the .......................................................................53 Families, Characteristics, 1960 68 American Baptist Seminary, Directory 80 Financial Reports from Religious Bodies 62 Annuity Board, Directory 76 Foreign Missions 37 Annuity Board's Protection Plan 16 Foreign Mission Board, Directory 73-74 Arrests, Persons Under 18 Years of Age 72 Foundation, Southern Baptist, Directory 90 Assemblies, Baptist State 98 B G Baptisms, Number Churches Reporting, by State and Location 12-13 Gifts, Mission, Southern Baptist Churches, by Location .....................................36 Baptisms, Ratio to Membership .............................................................................. 11 Gifts, Mission, Number Churches Reporting, by State and Location 12-13 Baptisms, Southern Baptist Churches, by Location 11 Gifts, Mission, Southern Baptist, by Years, 1845-1961 .................................. 54-55 Baptisms, Southern Baptist Churches, by Years, 1845-1961 54-55 Gifts, Mission, Per Capita, by Location 36 Baptist Joint Public Affairs Committee, Directory . 90 Gifts, Total, Per Capita, Southern Baptist Convention by Baptist World Alliance, Directory 91 States and Location ............................................................................................... 35 Baptist World Statistics 57-59 Gifts, Total, Number Churches Reporting, by State and Location 12-18 Births, United States, 1950-1961 65 Gifts, Total, Southern Baptist Churches, by Location ......................................... 35 Book Store, Directory 77 Gifts, Total, Southern Baptist, by Years, 1845-1961 ................................... 54-55 Giving, Southern Baptist ......................................................................................... 34 Brotherhood Commission, Directory 81 Growth, Ten Years of 8 Brotherhood, Number Churches Reporting, by State and Location 12-13 Brotherhood, Survey of Men 30 Brotherhood Enrolment, Southern BaptistChurches, by Location 31 H Brotherhood Enrolment, Southern Baptist by Years, 1942-1961 54-55 Historical Commission, Directory 81 BSU Chart 46 Home Mission Board, Directory 75 Home Missions 37 C Hospitals, Southern Baptist, Directory . 90 Carver School of Missions and Social Work, Directory 91 Hospital, Southern Baptist, Program 56 Census, High Lights of 1960 66 Hospitals, Southern Baptist, Statistical Information 43-45 Children’s Homes, Southern Baptist Convention 52 Choir Enrolment, Southern Baptist Churches, by Location 32 I Choir, Number Churches Reporting, by State and Location 12-13 Christian Groups in United States, Directory 63-64 Income, Personal, Per Capita 70 Christian Life Commission, Directory .... 81 Church Debt, Number Churches Reporting, by State and Location 12-13 J Church Debt, SBC, by Location, and State ................ 39 Juvenile Delinquency 72 Church Membership, Southern Baptist, by Location 18 Church Study Course Awards 33 Church Property Value, SBC, by Location, 1961-1960 38 M Church Property Value, by Years, 1845-1961 55 Marriages, United States, 1950-1961 65 Churches, SBC, by Location, Number of 14 Membership, Southern Baptist Churches, by Location 18 Churches, SBC, by Size of Membership, Number of 17 Membership, Southern Baptist Churches, by Years, 1845-1961 54-55 Churches, SBC, by Number of Services 15 Membership Statistics of Larger Religious Bodies in the United States 60 Churches, SBC, Number by Years, 1845-1961 54-55 Membership Strength of Denominations in United States 61 Churches, Number by Size of Sunday School Enrolment 21 Membership Strength of Protestant Denominations 61 Churches in Training ............ 26 Membership Trends, Southern Baptist 19 Churches, Summary of Southern Baptist, by States 9 College Enrolment and Costs ..................................... 70 O Colleges and Schools, Southern Baptist 48-51 Cooperative Program Contributions Received 41 Officers of the Convention 73 Cooperative Program Receipts,Distribution of 42 Older Americans, Facts on 69 Pag* 4 QvaH»rfy Review Pay 5 July, Augutt, September, 1962 SKCTION I Papers and Periodicals, Convention-wide 91-92 Papers, State Baptist ......................................................................................................97 Pastors, Number Churches Reporting, by State and Location 12-18 Pastor’s Salary, Average, Full-time 56 Population, Age, 1961-1970 67 Baptist High Lights Population, Race 67 Population, Mobility of Civilian . 67 Population, Sixty-five and over 69 1961-1960 Population and Southern Baptist Sunday School Enrolment by State and THE RECORD OF SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCHES Department ........................................................................................................... 24-25 Property Value, Southern Baptist Churches, by Location 38 Gain Property Value, Southern Baptist Churches, by Years, 1845-1961 54-55 1661 Protection Plan, Southern Baptist Participation in 16 28 State (xinventiona.................................... 1,152 1,134 18 Associations................................................. 36,260 34,147 2,113 R Miniateta (ordained)................................ 30,000 29,200 800 Active Pastors............................................ 29,764 29.204 560 Radio and Television Commission, Directory 81 Churcbea with Pastor.............................. 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