954 Wyoming Conference
CHAPTER XVII
BRIEF STATISTICAL
SUMMARY
parson- pastors’ benevo-
members churches
valuation ages valuation salaries lences
1852 1862 1872 1882 i892 1902 |
10,775 13,593 22,509 26,305 36,292 42.938 |
157 270 310 359 413 |
249,100 1,025,000 1,209,640 1,164,300 2,097,800 |
32 54 116 136 166 203 |
$23,050 51,625 231,800 211,521 295,250 420,100 |
$20,623 39,193 126,857 126,493 158,628 185,667 |
$3,503 4,817 18,839 22,878 45,749 58,721 |
The above summary will
indicate the growth of the Confer-
ence. It
should be borne in mind that in 1869 Chenango and
Otsego Districts came
into the Conference. In 1868 these two
districts had 5,726 members, 80 churches valued at $196,400, 37
parsonages valued at $50,000, paid their pastors $32,617, and
raised $4,796 for benevolences.
In the above table
membership does not include probationers.
Pastors' salaries
include house rent and donations, and be-
nevolences
include the amount raised for Conference Claimants,
with Missions, Sunday School Union, Freedmen's Aid, Church
Extension, etc., Tract
Society, Bible Society, Education, and other
benevolent purposes.