There is a considerable
work done also by the city mission societies, which work independently
in part. In some places, local churches also maintain missions among the
Italians, Hungarians, and Slavs.
MISSION WORK OF THE CONGREGATIONAL HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY IN 1906
Total number of Missionaries 215
German Missions 73
Scandinavian Missions 89
Bohemian " 20
Polish " 5
French " 7
Spanish Missions 10
Finnish " 6
Danish " 2
Armenian " 6
Greek " 1
Chinese and Japanese 22
STATEMENTS SHOWING NUMBER OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES FOR FOREIGN
SPEAKING PEOPLES, WITH THEIR TOTAL MEMBERSHIP
Churches Members Average to a Church
Germans 170 8,000 47
Scandinavians 95 7,495 79
Slavs 12 636 58
All other Nationalities,
(including Italians, French,
Greek, Armenian, Chinese,
Welsh, etc) 102 8,222 78
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379 24,353 262
WORK OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH AMONG THE FOREIGN
POPULATION
The Domestic Section of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States carries on work to
a limited extent among the Swedes.
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