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65 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER
and 8 churches with a total membership of 477, from the Evangelicals as a
result of the 1946 merger. Virginia Conference did not gain as much by the
merger as other conferences.
The following report showing the growth of the Virginia Conference
from 1946 to the Annual Conference of 1963 was given by Conference
Superintendent Dr. Floyd L. Fulk, at the request of the author of this history.
Church membership increased from 19,803 to 22,304 or 12.7%. Average
attendance at main worship service increased from 6,958 to 9,625 or 32.6%.
Sunday school enrollment increased from 13,548 to 17,122 or 26%. Sunday
school attendance increased from 7,781 to 9,280 or 19%. In 1946 there were
1,281 Telescope Subscriptions and in 1964 there were 5,173 Church and Home
Subscriptions or 303.8%. For this same period church properly values increased
from $1,210,114 to $6,051,998 or 400%. (In 1946 there was no debt on any
church property in the Virginia Conference; in 1963 there were debts totaling
$387,065, leaving a net value of $6,051,998.) Pastor’s support increased
from $81,454 to $278,004 or 241.3%. Total giving for all purposes was
$234,166 in 1946 and $951,419 in 1963 or an increase of 306%. Per capita
giving increased from $12 to $43 or 258%. Minimum salary in 1946 was
$1,300, in 1963 $4,200 or an increase of 223%. In 1946 there were 13 Annual
and Quarterly Conference Licentiates and in 1963 there were 24 for an increase
of 85%. Active Itinerant Elders who were seminary graduates increased from 20
in 1946 to 32 in 1963, for an increase of 60%. The number of young people
attending college increased from 162 to 271, or 67%. Number of charges
increased from 41 to 57 or 39%.
Thus we see that notwithstanding the unfavorable circumstances which
hindered the growth and expansion of the Church of the United Brethren in
Christ in Virginia during the first sixty years of its history, it has now become
a great church of more than 22,000 members within the bounds of the Virginia
Conference.
and 8 churches with a total membership of 477, from the Evangelicals as a
result of the 1946 merger. Virginia Conference did not gain as much by the
merger as other conferences.
The following report showing the growth of the Virginia Conference
from 1946 to the Annual Conference of 1963 was given by Conference
Superintendent Dr. Floyd L. Fulk, at the request of the author of this history.
Church membership increased from 19,803 to 22,304 or 12.7%. Average
attendance at main worship service increased from 6,958 to 9,625 or 32.6%.
Sunday school enrollment increased from 13,548 to 17,122 or 26%. Sunday
school attendance increased from 7,781 to 9,280 or 19%. In 1946 there were
1,281 Telescope Subscriptions and in 1964 there were 5,173 Church and Home
Subscriptions or 303.8%. For this same period church properly values increased
from $1,210,114 to $6,051,998 or 400%. (In 1946 there was no debt on any
church property in the Virginia Conference; in 1963 there were debts totaling
$387,065, leaving a net value of $6,051,998.) Pastor’s support increased
from $81,454 to $278,004 or 241.3%. Total giving for all purposes was
$234,166 in 1946 and $951,419 in 1963 or an increase of 306%. Per capita
giving increased from $12 to $43 or 258%. Minimum salary in 1946 was
$1,300, in 1963 $4,200 or an increase of 223%. In 1946 there were 13 Annual
and Quarterly Conference Licentiates and in 1963 there were 24 for an increase
of 85%. Active Itinerant Elders who were seminary graduates increased from 20
in 1946 to 32 in 1963, for an increase of 60%. The number of young people
attending college increased from 162 to 271, or 67%. Number of charges
increased from 41 to 57 or 39%.
Thus we see that notwithstanding the unfavorable circumstances which
hindered the growth and expansion of the Church of the United Brethren in
Christ in Virginia during the first sixty years of its history, it has now become
a great church of more than 22,000 members within the bounds of the Virginia
Conference.
