SPECIAL ISSUE 1960 ! i * PHB ’ JULY RHtUtT SEPTEMBER 1960 SURVEY OF SOUTHERN BAPTIST PROG the I survey The Quarterly REVIEW THIRD QUARTER In a recent issue of a leading news maga­ I960 zine, a feature article was carried under the subject: "Whose Century? Will It Be Russia’s? Volume 20 Number 3 Will It Be Europe’s? Will It Be America’s?” The article was a development of the idea that Editor America’s place as the world’s leader was fast J. P. EDMUNDS being challenged by other nations, and that in­ Associate Editor creased economic strength is necessary to main­ tain the lead among the nations of the world. MARTIN B. BRADLEY Christian leaders might well ponder the ques­ Contributing Editors tion, "Whose century? Will it be influenced by DAVIS C. WOOLLEY materialism, communism, or Christianity?” E. ODELL CROWE Christianity is being challenged here and RICHARD E. KORNMEYER throughout the world by forces that would The following additional mem- destroy. Christian leaders must answer the bert of the Research and Sta­ question—"Whose century will it be?” tistics Department staff con­ tributed to this special issue: Southern Baptists are striving to answer that Jesse Williams, Charles W. question. While we would be the first to ac­ Gray, Mary Alice Wright, Mrs. Margaret Anderson, Mrs. Mar­ knowledge our limitations, our shortcomings, jorie Gibson, Evelyn Hoppers, and our failures, we rejoice in the blessings of and Mrs. Dorothy Yarbrough. God which have accompanied our efforts. Since 195 0, our membership has increased nearly two The Quarterly Review is pub­ and a half million, a gain of 34 per cent. Dur­ lished quarterly by The Sunday School Board of the Southern Bap­ ing that same period our Sunday school enrol­ tist Convention, 127 Ninth Avenue, ment increased 44.8 per cent; Training Union, North. Nashville 3, Tennessee: James L. Sullivan, Executive Sec­ 81 per cent; and mission gifts 132 per cent. retary-Treasurer; Clifton J Allen. Editorial Secretary; W. L. Howse. Similar gains were recorded in other areas of Director. Education Division; Her­ man F. Burns, Art Director. our Baptist work. Printed in the U.S.A. We are indebted to thousands of church clerks, associational clerks, state leaders, and a Annual individual subscription 12.50 ; quarterly, 50 cents staff of competent workers for the information contained in this volume. We believe that church and denominational leaders may profit The Quarterly Review, copy­ righted 1960 by The Sunday School by a careful study of the statistical informa­ Board of the Southern Baptist Con­ vention, is fully protected by this tion presented. Such a study should awaken copyright, and nothing that appears in it may be reprinted, either wholly us to the challenge of our unfinished task, or in part, without special permis­ sion from the copyright owner. and should motivate us to claim this "century” for Christ. Second-class postage paid at Nash­ ville. Tennessee. The Editor CONTENTS Colleges and Schools, Southern Baptist .................... 48-51 Cooperative Program Contributions Received 43 Section I—The Baptist Population Cooperative Program Receipts, Distribution of 45 Section II—The World of Religion Crime ............................................................................................................................... 74 Section III—Facts of Interest Section IV—Baptist Directories D Digest, SBC Statistics, 1959 7 Divorces, 1950-1959 68 SUBJECT INDEX E Education Commission, Directory 82 A Education, Trends in United States 71 Additions by Letter, Southern Baptist Churches 23 Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, Directory 75 Additions by Letter, Churches Reporting, by State and Location 1243 Aging Population .............. 70 F Age Group, U. S. Population 70 Factual Bargain Counter 69 Aged, Southern Baptist Homes for the ............... 58 Financial Reports from Religious Bodies 65 American Baptist Seminary, Directory 81 Foreign Mission Board, Worldwide Ministry 42 Annual Changes in Southern Baptist Statistics .... .............. 8 Foreign Mission Board, Directory 75-76 Assemblies, Baptist State ............... 98 Foundation, Southern Baptist, Directory 90 Average American Spends Daily 73 G B Gains in Church Membership and Sunday School Enrolment 62 Baptisms, Churches Reporting, by State and Location 12-13 Gifts, Mission, Number Churches Reporting, by States 12-13 Baptisms, Ratio to Membership 22-23 Gifts, Mission, Southern Baptist Churches, by Location 41 Baptisms, Southern Baptist Churches, by Location 23 Gifts, Mission, Southern Baptist, by Years, 1845-1959 56-57 Baptisms, Southern Baptist Churches, by Years, 1845-1959 56-57 Gifts, Per Capita, Mission, by Location 41 Baptist Brotherhood, Directory .............. 82 Gifts, Per Capita, Total, by Location 38,40 Baptist Joint Public Affairs Committee, Directory ............... 90 Gifts, Per Capita, Total, Southern Baptist Convention by States 40 Baptist Student Union—Now and Tomorrow ....................................... 47 Gifts, Total, Number Churches Reporting, by States 12-13 Baptist World Alliance, Directory 91 Gifts, Total, Number Churches with Specified Size 37 Baptist World Statistics 59-61 Gifts, Total, Southern Baptist Churches, by Location 39,40 Baptists, Southern, As a Per Cent of All Denominations 62 Gifts, Total, Southern Baptist, by Years, 1845-1959 56-57 Births, United States, 1950-1959 68 Book Stores, Directory 80 H ■ Brotherhood Commission, Directory ................. 82 Historical Commission, Directory 82 I Brotherhood, Number Churches Reporting, by States 12-13 Home Mission Board, Directory 77 Brotherhood Enrolment, Southern Baptist Churches, by Location 32 Home Missions 42 Brotherhood Enrolment, Southern Baptist by Years, 1942-1959 56-57 Hospitals, Southern Baptist, Directory 90 Brotherhood Organizational Chart 33 Hospitals, Southern Baptist, Statistical Information 52-54 C I Carver School of Missions and Social Work, Directory . 91 Income, Per Capita Personal, 1958 68 Children’s Homes, Southern Baptist Convention 55 Choir Enrolment, Southern Baptist Churches 35 M Choir, Number Churches Reporting, by State and Location 12-13 Marriages, United States, 1950-1959 68 Christian Groups in United States, Directory ......................... 66-67 Membership, by Location, Southern Baptist Churches 21 Christian Life Commission 82 Membership, Southern Baptist Churches, by Year 1845-1959 56-57 Church Membership, Southern Baptist, by Location 21 Membership Statistics of Larger Religious Bodies in the United Church Property Value, Number Churches Reporting, by State States . 64 and Location 12-13 Mobility of Americans 72 Church Property Value, Southern Baptist Churches, by Location, 1959-1958 36 P Churches, SBC, by Location,Number of 14 Papers and Periodicals, Convention-wide 92 Churches, SBC, by Size of Membership, Number of 1? Papers, State Baptist 97 Churches, SBC, by Number ofServices 15 Pastors, Churches Reporting, by State and Location 12-13 Churches, SBC, Number by Years, 1845-1959 56-57 Pastor’s Salary, Average, Full Time 20 Churches, Average Size of Southern Baptist Churches 1® Population by Age Group 70 Churches and Membership, Comparison by Location I4 Population and Southern Baptist Sunday School Enrolment by Churches, Number by Size of Sunday School Enrolment 18 State and Department 26-27 Churches, Summary of Southern Baptist, by States 9 Population, Aging 70 Page 4 Quarterly Review July, August, September, 1960 Page 5 Progress, Signs of *..................................................................................... «. SECTION 1 Property Value, Southern Baptist Churches, by Location ...................... Property Value, Church, Southern Baptist, by Years, 1845-1959 56-57 Protection Plan, Southern Baptist Participation in .................................... 20 R Baptist High Lights Radio and Television Commission, Directory ............................................. 09 Ranking of SBC States According to Per Cent Net Gain by Item. 1959 over 1958 jq Receipts and Distribution of Funds, Executive Committee of the SBC 44 Receipts and Distribution of Mission Benevolence Funds by State Conventions .......................................................................................... 40 Record of Southern Baptist Churches, 1959-1958 ............................. 7 THE RECORD OF SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCHES 1959-1958 . Religions of the World 6g Relief and Annuity Board,Directory ............................................................ 7g Gain or % Gain Religious Bodies, Financial Reports ................................................................ 55 1959 1958 Loss State Conventions................................................................................ 28 27 I 3.7 s Associations .................................................................................. 1,129 1,111 . 18 1.6 Ministers (ordained)............................................................................ 34,130 29,959 4.171 13.9 Schools and Colleges, Southern Baptist . 48-51 Active Pastors .................................................................................... 29,500 25,600 3,900 16.2 Seminaries, Directories ................................................. 83-89 Churches with Pastors........................................................................ 28,938 28,647 291 1.0 Seminaries, Southern Baptist, Statistical Information 48 50 CHURCHES AND MEMBERSHIP Size Relationships of Churches, SBC, 1959 ’ 19 Churches.......................................................................................