Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-08-02 | Page 8 | Adventists Make a Good Showing

APEMTISTS MAKE A GOOD SHOWING The money paid by the Seventh-Day Ndventisfs into a fund to me used for missionary purposes amounted to seventeen sev-enteen millions of dollars from church members in North America alone luring the last year, according to the annual report of the statistical secretary. secre-tary. H. A. Rogers of Washington. D. C, The report has just been received 'n Ogden by Evangelist M. A. Hollls-tor Hollls-tor of the local church, and handed to tho papers. During 191f the members of the Adventlsts church in North America gave $2,542,6S2.99 for various church enterprises, a gain of $213,931.11 over 1914. The religions statistics compiled for the Layman's Missionary convention held in Los xVngeles March 1st, show that in California Seveuth-Day Adventlsts Ad-ventlsts led all other Protestant denominations de-nominations In per capita contributions contribu-tions in 191S, the amount being an average of $30.G1 for the year for every member in the state. Adventists throughout world gave during the nine years from 190G, to 1914 $20,100,550, and the sum contributed contrib-uted in North America last year would raise this to $22,643,236, but the world contribution of the last decade will be still further Increased when all the returns nre in from foreign fields. These are not yet available, as war conditions cause some delay in making complete compilations for the entire world. Secretary Rogers' report shows that Mio litlin nr tontli r,r Mm (inTvn i ,1 b'y the church members of North America in 1915 amounted to $1,337,-810.20. $1,337,-810.20. nnd that the offerings for foreign for-eign msslons, known as the 20-cents-a-yeek fund, totaled $692,477.71. More tflan 5,000 new members wore added ;'o the Adventist churches in America la3t year.