TERMS OF SERVICE OF METHODIST EPISCOPAL COUNTRY MINISTERS, 1917
Key: 1 _State of Ohio_ 2 _Per cent_ 3 _Ohio Conference_ 4 _West Ohio Conference_ 5 _Northeast Ohio Conference_
1 2 3 4 5 Total number of ministers 664 100 144 226 294 No. beginning 1st or 2nd year of service in their charges 490 74 115 161 214 No. beginning their 1st year of service in their charges 318 48 78 97 143 No. beginning their 2nd year of service in their charges 172 26 37 64 71 No. beginning their 3rd year of service in their charges 110 16 20 37 53 No. who have been two years or more in their charges 174 26 29 65 80 No. who had served three years or more in their present charges 64 10 9 28 27 No. who had served four years or more in their present charges 18 3 3 2 13 No. who had served five years or more in their present charges 8 1 2 1 5 No. who had served six years or more in their present Less charges 3 than 0 0 3 one No. who had served seven years or more in their present charges 1 " 0 0 1 No. who had served eight years or more in their present charges 1 " 0 0 1
In Table VII it appears that in 2 of the 1,170 strictly rural townships there is a church for each 99 persons or less; that in 227 townships there are from 100 to 199 persons to a church; that in 446 there are from 200 to 299 persons; that in 270 townships there are from 300 to 399; that in 122 townships there are from 400 to 499; that in 53 townships there are from 500 to 599; and that in 45 townships there are 600 persons or more to a church.
In other words, in 675, or 58 per cent, of the townships, there are less than 300 persons, men, women, and children, to a church; in 945, or 81 per cent, of the townships, there are less than 400; in 1,067, or 91 per cent, there are less than 500; while in 103, or only 9 per cent, there are more than 500 persons to a church.
AVERAGE NUMBER OF PERSONS TO A CHURCH IN 1,170 RURAL TOWNSHIPS
Average No. of persons No. of Per cent to a church townships 1-99 2 Less than 1 100-199 227 19 200-299 446 38 300-399 270 23 400-499 122 10 500-599 53 5 More than 599 45 4 Townships without any church 5 Less than 1 Less than 300 to a church 675 58 Less than 400 to a church 945 81 Less than 500 to a church 1,067 91 More than 500 to a church 103 9