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.