Project Gutenberg 2010-08-30 Public domain in the USA. 157 Gill, Charles Otis 1868 Pinchot, Gifford 1865 1946 19017903 Six Thousand Country Churches Produced by Tom Roch and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University and The Internet Archives.) "Six Thousand Country Churches" by Charles Otis Gill and Gifford Pinchot is a sociological account written in the early 20th century. The work investigates the conditions of rural churches in Ohio and aims to address the challenges they face, focusing on the implications for community life and religious practice. Through data collection and analysis, the authors seek to identify the factors affecting church efficiency and propose solutions for improvement. The opening of the publication introduces the origins of the research, detailing how previous investigations in Vermont and New York led to a broader study across Ohio, guided by the Commission on Church and Country Life. The authors highlight the collaborative effort involving various stakeholders, including church leaders and local communities, to gather comprehensive data on church attendance, ministerial presence, and community engagement. Through this groundwork, they set the stage to confront the stark realities of church life in rural Ohio, suggesting that many country churches are overpopulated and poorly supported, which hinders their growth and effectiveness within the community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/33587/33587-h/images/frontistmb.jpg Reading ease score: 55.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Sociology, Rural Rural churches -- Ohio Social surveys -- Ohio BV Text Category: Religion/Spirituality Category: Sociology 596264 2025-07-13T13:19:54.630193 text/html 558638 2010-08-30T10:14:52 text/html 19051565 2025-07-13T13:20:15.399646 application/epub+zip 19037494 2025-07-13T13:20:00.480188 application/epub+zip 173337 2025-07-13T13:19:57.666231 application/epub+zip 19274359 2025-07-13T13:20:23.648575 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 19207022 2025-07-13T13:20:12.121667 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370596 2022-09-15T10:42:27.591281 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 284791 2025-07-13T13:19:51.188271 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 284512 2010-08-30T10:14:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 284505 2010-08-30T10:18:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21991 2025-07-13T13:20:23.859582 application/rdf+xml 16490 2025-07-13T13:19:58.336170 image/jpeg 4024 2025-07-13T13:19:58.019199 image/jpeg 88229 2010-08-30T10:18:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 18539579 2010-08-30T10:18:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 88186 2010-08-30T10:18:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 19169813 2025-07-13T13:19:55.109199 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia