Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1872 — North Western Indiana Methodist Episcopal Conference. [ARTICLE]

North Western Indiana Methodist Episcopal Conference.

The North Western Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church held its last session at Thorntown, Indiana, September 4th to 10th, Bishop Janes presiding.— The territory of this Conference is the northwest quarter of Indiana, the line beginning at the State line west of Terre Haute and running east to Indianapolis, but not including any part of the city; thence north to South Bend by way of Logansport, but not including the latter place. —T-ho f’oflowing is-a brief smnniary of the statistics of the M. E. Church in this portion of our State: Number of members on probation, 2,960, increase during—the year, 201; number in full connexion, 20,831, increase, 636; total number of members, 22,897. Local preachers, 172. Church buildings, 262, valued at $855,285. Parsonages, 67, valued—at $90,450. Amount raised during the year for building churches and parsonages was $87,943; for foreign and domestic missions, §7,(311.94, Number of Sunday, schools, 314, increase, 8; officers and teachers, 3,304; scholars, 2-2,929, increase, 1,043; average attendance of teachers and scholars, 15,206. Whole amount of claims for ministerial support, $85,4&1„ amount received, $80,370. ~ . 5 D.