State tables.—Tables 3, 4, 5, and 6 present the statistics for the Northern Baptist Convention by States. Table 3 gives for each State the number and membership of the churches classified according to their location in urban or rural territory and the total membership classified by sex. Table 4 gives for selected States the number and membership of the churches for the three censuses from 1906 to 1926, together with the membership for 1926 classified as under 13 years of age and 13 years of age and over. Table 5 shows the value of church property and the debt on such property, for 1926 alone. Table 6 presents, for 1926, the church expenditures, showing separately the amounts expended for current expenses and improvements, and for benevolences, etc., and also gives the data for Sunday schools. Ecclesiastical divisions.-Table 7 presents, for each association in the Northern Baptist Convention, the more important statistical data shown by States in the earlier tables, including number of churches, membership, value of church edifices, debt on church edifices, expenditures, and Sunday schools. TABLE 3.-NUMBER AND MEMBERSHIP OF CHURCHES IN URBAN AND RURAL TERRITORY, AND TOTAL MEMBERSHIP BY SEX, BY STATES, 1926: NORTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION United States... 7, 6112, 860 4,7511,289,966 885, 363 404, 603 489, 199 757, 183 43, 584 64, 6 TABLE 4.-NUMBER AND MEMBERSHIP OF CHURCHES, 1906 to 1926, and MemBERSHIP BY AGE, 1926, BY STATES: NORTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION United States. 7,611 8,319 9,585 1, 289, 966 1,244, 705 1, 133, 464 || 49,897 1, 122, 211 | 117,858 4.3 STATE TABLE 5.-VALUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY, AND CHURCH DEBT, BY STATES, 1926: NORTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION United States. 7,611 7,722 7, 297 $185, 370, 576 1, 603 $16, 004, 041 3,716 $18, 279, 770 717 $1,847, 285 1 Amount for Maryland combined with figures for Delaware and amount for Utah combined with figures for Nevada, to avoid disclosing the statistics of individual churches. TABLE 6.-CHURCH EXPENDITURES AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS, BY STATES, 1926: NORTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION United States. 7, 6117,380 $34,318, 486 $27,647,658 $6, 656, 755 $14,0736,999 114, 237 1,052, 794 TABLE 6.-CHURCH EXPENDITURES AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS, BY STATES, 1926: NORTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION-Continued TABLE 7.-NUMBER AND MEMBERSHIP OF CHURCHES, VALUE OF EDIFICES, DEBT, EXPENDITURES, AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS, BY ASSOCIATIONS, 1926: NORTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION ASSOCIATION Total Arizona: Arizona.. California, Northern: Central.. Clear Lake.. German.. Pacific. Sacramento.. Sacramento River. San Francisco Bay. San Joaquin Valley. California, Southern: Imperial Valley. Nevada-Sierra.. 14 7,611 1,289,966 7,297 $185,370,576 1,603 $16,004,041 7,380 $34,318,486 6,999 1,052,794 14 2,475 8 26,742 1, 191 6,850 8 23, 219 4,500 5 15, 741 14, 250 6 20, 676 8, 325 9 67,578 1,613 TABLE 7.-NUMber and MemBERSHIP OF CHURCHES, VALUE OF EDIFICES, DEbt, EXPENDITURES, AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS, BY ASSOCIATIONS, 1926: NORTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION-Continued Amount included in the figures shown on the line designated "Combinations," to avoid disclosing the statistics of individual churches. 97, 625 120, 600 319, 550 30,725 42351 12,500 16 38,900 7 43, 004 25, 477 27, 275 40, 769 400 20 13, 178 3,010 1, 884 3,299 5,122 65 731 749 8,582 454 4,706 10 469 333 1,805 243 879 2,231 3, 348 34 4,083 |