WESLEYAN METHODISTS.
A FLOURISHING DENOMINA- _. TION. '7~"x Wesleyan Methodists in New Zealand have, according to the latest Church return, a membership of 17.0 57. their numbers having increased by 442 during the year just ended. In addition there are 3368 junior members, and 300 on probation. The ministers of the denomination total 146, of whom eight are Maoris. Wesleyan Methodists are distributed throughout the Dominion in the following propor-
Totals 17,057 ... 3368 No fewer *thaiL 72,600 (persons are identified with the Wesleyan cause in Now Zealand either as members, adherents. or Sunday school scholars. The denomination possesses 324 churches, and the value of its properties £380,000. i as = ===
tions: — Province. Members. Juniors. Auckland ... ... 3-512 .. 373 ui ... 21S0 ... 301 Welliiigton .... 2487 ... 419 Nelson ... 1078 .. 244 Canterbury ... 3926 ... 488 Otago ... 22S9 .. 259 MaoriCilission ... 1579 .. 1284 —
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2441, 4 March 1909, Page 7
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133WESLEYAN METHODISTS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2441, 4 March 1909, Page 7
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