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Waste in Denominational Effort

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 4, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 31.

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Waste in Denominational Effort

MUCH has been said of late about the large amount of waste in Christian effort due to the fact of duplication of effort on the part of the various churches. This charge, however, seems not to be well founded, as applied to some sections of the country. Says the United Presbyterian of July 21:—
“A joint committee of forty, representing twenty-one denominations, undertook an investigation of conditions in Colorado, to discover whether or not there was such duplication of religious privileges and waste of missionary funds in that State. There has been a report made of the findings, and it gives little or no support to the familiar charge. It was found that there are 133 towns having populations of from one hundred fifty to one thousand which have no Protestant church of any sort.”