The story of Pittsburgh: Education

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623714

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241132

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Education

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 14

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: [ca. 80] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Greater Pittsburgh's churches

Collection:: Economics Books

GREATER PITTSBURGH'S CHURCHES There are more than 2,000 church properties within a thirty-mile radius of Pittsburgh, which have a valuation of more than $100,000,000. This value averages about $53 for each inhabitant of the district, and almost $70 for each person affiliated with the churches. Of Greater Pittsburgh’s church- es, 561 are located in the City of Pittsburgh, and 1,301 in Allegheny County. The remainder of the total given as with- in the 30 mile radius are in portions of Butler, Beaver, West- moreland and Washington Counties, within a circle extend- :ng 30 miles from the Pittsburgh court house. Proportionally the church population of Pittsburgh is one-fifth larger than that of the rest of the United States. Almost a million and a half people are affiliated with the churches of Greater Pittsburgh. The church population of Greater Pittsburgh is larger than the combined population of the five states of Arizona, Delaware, Nevada, New Jersey and Wyoming. More than 2,200 clergymen conduct services in the community and religious instruction is given in Sunday schools with almost 450,000 Greater Pittsburgh’s youths. Allegheny County has more Sunday schools than any other county in the State of Pennsylvania. It has twelve schools where the regular attendance is over 500, and one with a registered list of 1,100 persons. Greater Pittsburgh is the seat of bishops of the Protes- tant Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal. Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic churches. Within the Greater Pittsburgh district the following enu- meration of churches may be made: Roman Catholic, 300; Presbyterian, 275; Methodist Episcopal, 267; Evangelical Lutheran, 227; Baptist, 203; United Presbyterian, 178; Pro- testant Episcopal, 75; Hebrew, 62; Reformed, 48; Christian, 46; Greek Catholic, 45; Free Methodist, 32; African Metho- dist Episcopal, 81; Evangelical, 24; Methodist Protestant, 23; United Brethren, 21; Christian and Missionary Alliance, 16; Greek and Russian Orthodox, 14; Evangelical Church of North America, 10; Africian Methodist Episcopal Zion, 14; Re- formed Presbyterian, 18; Church of God, 12; Spiritualist, 11; Primitive Methodist, 11; Christian Science, 10; Congrega-

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