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Covers 1958 giving trends compared with 1957, including totals for congregational expenses and benevolences, per-member averages, and rankings among major denominations. Includes financial notes on foreign mission work, new church building expenditures, and a series of named foundation grants and bequests. 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Congregational expenses rose almost six percent while benevolences increased about seven percent.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How are giving figures broken down between congregational expenses and benevolences?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"The report provides total gifts for congregational expenses and total gifts for benevolences, along with per-member averages for each. It also shows per-member giving for all purposes among participating church bodies.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"Which types of fundraising activities are highlighted beyond general contributions?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The document highlights foreign mission work and new church building expenditures, each with separate figures. It also lists specific foundation grants and bequests, followed by a section of giving directed to health and welfare.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},325903,1790135001,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":14,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":19,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":52},1374391974468,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_29158cc5080c5b710cf443261637dec0","# A Compilation\n\nof News and Notes  \nRelated to  \nFund-Raising  \n1  \n2v  \nQUOTE_  \nGIVING BY PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS  \n2LEASE DOVO)REM  Vetin  \nof THE AMERICAN ASS0CIATION 0F FUND-RAISING COUNSEL  \nVOLU ME 5Novem ber 2,1959Num ber 17  \nThe bulk of money for services comes from tax sources.....There alwayshas been and always will be voluntary service in our country.The two,inpeaceful partnership,must help create a favorable climate for adequatefinancing of both.....To believe that we have reached a ceiling in giving -or spending -for social welfare is as ridiculous as to believe we areapproaching a ceiling in our gross national income or gross national product.I  \nRalph H.Blanchard,Executive Director,United Community Funds and Councils ofAmerica---Before the National SocialWelfare Assembly.  \nOverall contributions made by members of forty Protestant and EasternOrthodox denominations in the United States in 1958 increased almost sevenpercent over 1957.  \nContributions reported in 1958 by forty-nine Protestant and Orthodox com-munions totaled $2,352,159,290.Gifts for benevolences --home and foreignmissions and overseas relief--amounted to $473,911,895.This was 20.2percent of the total,slightly above the percentage of the whole in 1957.  \nThese figures were announced by the Rev.T.K.Thompson,executivedirector of the Department of Stewardship and Benevolence of the NationalCouncil of Churches,and based on 1IThe Statistics of Church Finances,\"tabulated by the Bureau of Research and Survey of the National Council ofChurches.  \nForty church bodies provided comparable data for 1957 and 1958.On thebasis of those figures,he reported that total congregational expenses--ministers'salaries,building maintenance,repairs,utilities --rosealmost six percent.Gifts for benevolences increased about seven percent.  \nBased on reports made by the same forty denominations,per member givingfor congregational expenses went up 5.1 percent and benevolences showed again of 4.9 percent.  \nReports of the forty denominations showed the following:  \n$1,811,719,806  \nTotal gifts for congregational expensesTotal gifts for benevolence s  \n451,905,341  \nPer member average for congregational expenses $Per member average for benevolences$  \n49.82  \n12.43  \nPer member giving for all purposes among the forty church bodies washighest in the Free Methodist Church:$243.95.The next four highest aver-ages were:Seventh-Day Adventists,$217.31;Pilgrim Holiness Church,$194.85;Evangelical Free Church of America,$182.27;Orthodox Presby-terian Church,Inc.,$153.87.  \nPer member giving to benevolences among the forty church bodies was high-est among the Seventh-Day Adventists:$169.72.The next four highest aver-ages were:Free Methodists,$145.41;The Evangelical Mennonite Church,$82.80;Evangelical Free Church of America,$71.49;Brethren in Christ,$51.45.  \n1958 figures on contributions in six Canadian church groups showed totalgiving was $101,099,963.Gifts for benevolences were 19.1 percent of thetotal.  \nThe total membership of the forty-nine church bodies included in the reportis 37,528,592.The fifty-one denominations that reported in 1957 had atotal membership of 37,013,368.  \nThe statistics on giving for foreign mission work alone are divided into twocategories.Forty-six of the forty-nine bodies in the current report gave atotal of $86,944,184 for overseas missionary work.The total for the fortycommunions which reported in 1957 and 1958is $84,492,407.The per mem-ber figure for this same group is $2.32,a gain of 3.1 percent over 1957.  \nFinancial statistics on new church building in 1958 were also announced.Twenty-five denominations reported expenditures of $358,358,112,or 32.5percent of the total of $1,101,232,849 contributed to all cong regational pur-poses.In 1957,twenty-one communions reported that $267,932,650 wasspent for new buildings,equal to 28 percent of the $941,603,638 receivedfor congregational expenses.  \nFord Foundation announced first grants in program in science and ","cbCaip50Fbi2q3yD","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaip50Fbi2q3yD","pdf",293433,"English","# Quote Giving by Protestant Denominations\n## Overall contribution and benevolence totals (1958 vs 1957)\n## Per-member averages and highest giving denominations\n## Canadian church giving figures\n## Foreign mission work categories\n## New church building expenditures\n## Foundation grants and named bequests\n# GIVING For Health and Welfare\n## Health and welfare gifts at major institutions","[{\"question\":\"What do the 1958 fundraising statistics state about contributions versus 1957?\",\"answer\":\"Overall contributions reported in 1958 increased almost seven percent over 1957, and gifts for benevolences were 20.2 percent of the total, slightly above 1957. Congregational expenses rose almost six percent while benevolences increased about seven percent.\"},{\"question\":\"How are giving figures broken down between congregational expenses and benevolences?\",\"answer\":\"The report provides total gifts for congregational expenses and total gifts for benevolences, along with per-member averages for each. It also shows per-member giving for all purposes among participating church bodies.\"},{\"question\":\"Which types of fundraising activities are highlighted beyond general contributions?\",\"answer\":\"The document highlights foreign mission work and new church building expenditures, each with separate figures. It also lists specific foundation grants and bequests, followed by a section of giving directed to health and welfare.\"}]","A Compilation of News and Notes Related to Fund-Raising - Volume 5 - Number 17 - Quote Giving by Protestant Denominations | PDF",1789971691]