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100 1 _aGill, Charles Otis,
_d1868-1937?
245 1 0 _aSix Thousand Country Churches
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2010
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2010-08-30
508 _aProduced by Tom Roch and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University and The Internet Archives.)
520 _a"Six Thousand Country Churches" by Charles Otis Gill and Gifford Pinchot is a sociological account written in the early 20th century. The work investigates the conditions of rural churches in Ohio and aims to address the challenges they face, focusing on the implications for community life and religious practice. Through data collection and analysis, the authors seek to identify the factors affecting church efficiency and propose solutions for improvement. The opening of the publication introduces the origins of the research, detailing how previous investigations in Vermont and New York led to a broader study across Ohio, guided by the Commission on Church and Country Life. The authors highlight the collaborative effort involving various stakeholders, including church leaders and local communities, to gather comprehensive data on church attendance, ministerial presence, and community engagement. Through this groundwork, they set the stage to confront the stark realities of church life in rural Ohio, suggesting that many country churches are overpopulated and poorly supported, which hinders their growth and effectiveness within the community. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aSociology, Rural
653 _aRural churches -- Ohio
653 _aSocial surveys -- Ohio
700 1 _aPinchot, Gifford,
_d1865-1946
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33587
999 _c74433
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