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Title: Church Cooperation in Community Life

Author: Paul L. Vogt

Release Date: July 23, 2008 [EBook #26114]

Language: English

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Church Cooperation in Community Life

By
PAUL L. VOGT

THE ABINGDON PRESS
NEW YORK CINCINNATI

Copyright, 1921, by
PAUL L. VOGT

Printed in the
United States of America

TO

MY FATHER AND MOTHER

WHOSE PUBLIC-SPIRITED AND LIFELONG LOYALTY TO
RELIGIOUS WORK IN A COUNTRY COMMUNITY
HAS BEEN A CONSTANT INSPIRATION
TO CHRISTIAN SERVICE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

PREFACE 7

I. SOME PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS 9

II. THE BASIS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE 26

III. THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGE TO THE CHURCH 44

IV. THE SOCIAL CHALLENGE TO THE CHURCH 69

V. BUILDING FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE 84

VI. THE CHURCH AND RURAL PUBLIC THOUGHT 94

VII. ADJUSTING THE LOCAL CHURCH TO THE COMMUNITY 104

VIII. INTERDENOMINATIONAL READJUSTMENT 124

IX. THE CHURCH AND OTHER RURAL AGENCIES 142

X. MISSIONARY PROGRAMS AND RURAL COMMUNITY SERVICE 152

XI. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 169

PREFACE

Many books have been written during the past few years on the rural
church. Some of these have given excellent concrete illustrations of
methods that are proving successful in solving local problems. Others
have discussed the general rural church situation. The rural life
movement, however, has been so rapid that it is b