THE i!i:\ 11:111 IDLY AUGUST SEPTEMBER 1959 A SURVEY OF SOUTHERN BAPTIST PROGRESS the I survey The Quarterly REVIEW THIRD QUARTER With this issue, The Quarterly Review introduces an important change. The Southern 1959 Baptist Handbook, an annual publication carry­ ing official denominational statistics, is being Volume 19 Number 3 merged with this publication. In the future, the third quarter issue of The Quarterly Editor Review will be The Southern Baptist Hand­ J. P. EDMUNDS book. Undergraduate years are a time without parallel in life. No other Associate Editors period evokes quite the nostalgia, memories, and friendships. And what This is being done for several reasons, pri­ are those four years filled with? MARTIN BRADLEY marily because, as a periodical, the Handbook NORMAN COX may be ordered by the churches along with There’s the Freshman, eager with anticipation, busily making new their regular order of literature. 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CONTENTS Digest, SBC Statistics, 1958 9 Divorces, 1950-19OT .......................................................................................................... 69 Section I—The Baptist Population Section II—The World of Religion E Section III—Facts of Interest Education Commission, Directory ............................................................................... 85 Section IV—Baptist Directories Educational Attainments in United States ............................................................. 74 Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, Directory 78 SUBJECT INDEX F A Families, Characteristics of .......................................................................................... 69 Additions by Letter, Southern Baptist Churches 21 Financial Reports from Religious Bodies ............................................................... 66 Additions by Letter, Churches Reporting, by State and Location ....... 12-13 Foreign Mission Board, Worldwide Ministry ....................................................... 40 Aged, Southern Baptist Homes for the 57 Foreign Mission Board, Directory 78-79 Alcohol Facts .... 75 Foundation, Southern Baptist, Directory 92 American Baptist Seminary,Directory 84 G Assemblies, Baptist State 58 Gifts, Mission, Increase, 1938-1958 .......................................................................... 37 B Gifts, Mission, Number Churches Reporting, by States 12-13 Baptisms, Churches Reporting, by State and Location 12-13 Gifts, Mission, Southern Baptist Churches, by Location 36 Baptisms, Ratio to Membership 20-21 Gifts, Mission, Southern Baptist, by Years, 1845-1958 54-55 Baptisms, Southern Baptist Churches, by Location 21 Gifts, Per Capita, Total and Mission, 1958 37 Baptisms, Southern Baptist Churches, by Years, 1845-1958 54-55 Gifts, Per Capita, Total, by Location 34 Baptisms, What Portion of Southern Baptist Churches Reported 11 Gifts, Per Capita, Total, Southern Baptist Convention by States 35 Baptist Brotherhood, Directory........................................... 85 Gifts, Total, Number Churches Reporting, by States 12-13 Baptist Joint Public Affairs Committee, Directory 92 Gifts, Total, Number Churches, with Specified Size 33 Baptist World Alliance, Directory 93 Gifts, Total, Size of, by Location of Church 34 Baptist World Statistics 59-62 Gifts, Total, Southern Baptist Churches, by Location 35 Baptists, Southern, Are Growing 8 Gifts, Total, Southern Baptist, by Years, 1845-1958 54-55 Bible Study, Southern Baptists in 23 Giving, Per Capita, of Larger Denominations in the United States 67 Births, United States, 1950-1958 69 Giving, Southern Baptist, Comparison of Gifts and if Southern Book Stores, Directory 83-84 Baptists Tithed 38 Brotherhood, Number Churches Reporting, by States 12-13 Brotherhood Enrolment, Southern Baptist Churches, by Location 30 H Brotherhood Enrolment, Southern Baptist, by Years 54-55 Historical Commission, Directory 85 Brotherhood Enrolment, What Portion of Southern Baptist Churches Home Mission Board, Directory 80-81 Reported 11 Home Missions 41 Hospitals, Southern Baptist, Directory 92 C Hospitals, Southern Baptist, Statistical Information 52-53 Carver School of Missions and Social Work, Directory 93 Children, How Many Do U.S. Families Have 71 I Children’s Homes, Southern Baptist Convention 56 Income, Per Capita Personal, 1957 72 Choir Enrolment, Southern Baptist Churches 31 J Choir Enrolment, What Portion of Southern Baptist Churches Reported 11 Choir, Number Churches Reporting, by State and Location 12-13 January Bible Study, Southern Baptist Churches 26 Christian Groups in United States, Directory 67-68 L Christian Life Commission, Directory 85 Libraries, Church, Southern Baptist Churches 31 Church Libraries, Southern Baptist Churches 31 Church Membership, Southern Baptist, by Location 19 M Church Membership, United States 63 Marriages, United States, 1950-1958 69 Church Membership, U.S., Per Cent of Total Population 62 Married, Per Cent of United States Population 70 Church Property Value, Number Churches Reporting, by State and Membership, by Location, Southern Baptist Churches 19 Location 12-13 Membership, Church, As Per Cent of Total Population 62 Churches, SBC, by Location, Number of 14 Membership, Selected Large Denominations 65 Churches, SBC, by Size of Membership, Number of 16-17 Membership, Southern Baptist Churches, by Years, 1845-1958 54-55 Churches, SBC, by Number of Services 16 Membership Statistics of Larger Religious Bodies in the United States 64 Churches, SBC, Number by Years, 1845-1958 54-55 Missions, Number Reported by Southern Baptist Churches 18 Churches, Summary of Southern Baptist, by States 9 Missions, Ratio to Number of Churches 18 College Graduates, Proportion of U.S. Population Aged 25-29 74 P College and Schools, Southern Baptist ........