1 2 3 4 5 6
No. townships whose churches are
without resident ministers 313 27 22 12 335 25
No. villages which have a
resident minister 901 61 54 48 955 60
No. villages without a resident
minister 575 39 58.5 52 634 40
No. churches with resident
minister 2,053 34 158 28 2,211 33
No. churches without resident
minister 4,007 66 424 74 4,431 67
No. churches with full time
service of a minister 982 16 83 14 1,065 16
No. churches with 1/2 time
service of a minister 1,581 26 185 32 1,766 27
No. churches with 1/2 time
service of a minister or less 5,026 83 495 85 5,521 84
No. churches with 1/3 time
service of a minister or less 3,445 57 310 53 3,755 56.5
No. churches with 1/4 time
service of a minister or less 2,320 39 198 34 2,518 38
No. churches with no regular
service of a minister 721 12 62 11 755 11
No. churches with 1/3 time
service of a minister 1,125 19 112 19 1,237 19
No. churches with 1/4 time
service of a minister 970 16 96 16 1,066 16
No. churches for which data are
not available 52 1 4 1 56 1

Of the 6,060 churches in the wholly rural townships, 3,253, or 54 per
cent, are in villages whose inhabitants number from 51 to 2,500 persons,
while 2,807, or 46 per cent, are in the open country. (See Table IV.) In
the suburban rural townships 198, or 34 per cent, of the churches are in
villages containing from 51 to 2,500 persons, while 384, or 66 per cent,
are in the open country.

Of the 6,642 country churches in Ohio, therefore, 3,451, or 52 per cent,
are in villages containing from 51 to 2,500 inhabitants, and 3,191, or 48
per cent, in the open country.

In the strictly rural districts, 1,207, or 20 per cent, of the churches
are in villages or towns of moderate size, having from 501 to 2,500
inhabitants, while 2,046, or 34 per cent, are in small villages of from 51
to 500. No less than 4,853, or 80 per cent, of the churches in the
strictly rural districts are either in the open country or in the small
villages of 500 inhabi