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Domestic News
February 12, 1835
Virginia Free Press
Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
The Synod of Pittsburgh reports a urgent need for 2000 additional Presbyterian ministers to serve vacant congregations and establish new churches, excluding annual vacancies from deaths.
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Want of Ministers.—The synod of Pittsburg, in a late report on the subject of education, says;—
"It has been stated by the general agent of the Assembly's Board of Education, whose position has afforded him the means of information on this subject, that 1000 additional ministers of the Gospel are now urgently needed in the Presbyterian Church alone, to supply our vacant congregations with faithful pastors, and that 1000 more could be immediately and most usefully employed in those destitute places where no church has ever been planted, and all this exclusive of vacancies occasioned by the death of ministers from year to year."
"It has been stated by the general agent of the Assembly's Board of Education, whose position has afforded him the means of information on this subject, that 1000 additional ministers of the Gospel are now urgently needed in the Presbyterian Church alone, to supply our vacant congregations with faithful pastors, and that 1000 more could be immediately and most usefully employed in those destitute places where no church has ever been planted, and all this exclusive of vacancies occasioned by the death of ministers from year to year."
What sub-type of article is it?
Religious Event
Education
What keywords are associated?
Presbyterian Church
Ministers Shortage
Synod Of Pittsburg
Board Of Education
What entities or persons were involved?
General Agent Of The Assembly's Board Of Education
Where did it happen?
Pittsburg
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Pittsburg
Event Date
Late Report
Key Persons
General Agent Of The Assembly's Board Of Education
Event Details
The Synod of Pittsburg's report on education states that 1000 additional ministers are urgently needed for vacant Presbyterian congregations and another 1000 for destitute areas without churches, excluding annual vacancies from deaths.