| The Community-Serving Church and Its Allies |
| I. | Opportunity and Function of the Country Church |
| | Its necessity to rural progress. |
| | Stages in its evolution, and its changing ideals. |
| | The test of its efficiency. |
| | The church’s broad function: community service. |
| | Its high responsibility: spiritual leadership. |
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| II. | Some Elements of Serious Weakness |
| | A depleted constituency. Economic weakness. |
| | Lack of social cooperation. Wasteful competition. |
| | Poor business management. Moral ineffectiveness. |
| | Narrow vision of service. Inadequate leadership. |
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| III. | Some Factors Which Determine Its Efficiency |
| | A worthy constituency. |
| | Local prosperity and progressive farming. |
| | Community socialization. A community serving spirit. |
| | A broad vision of service and program of usefulness. |
| | United Christian forces in the community. |
| | A broad Christian gospel; not sectarian preaching. |
| | A loyal country ministry adequately trained and paid. |
| | A liberal financial policy. Adequate equipment. |
| | Masculine lay leadership developed and trained. |
| | A community survey to discover resources and needs. |
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| IV. | Some Worthy Allies of the Country Church |
| | The country Sunday-school. |
| | The Rural Young Men’s Christian Association. |
| | The County Work of the Young Women’s Christian Association. |
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| V. | Types of Rural Church Success |
| | Some real community builders. |
| | The church in the open country. |
| | Oberlin, the prince of country ministers. |