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the work of the Church is as widespread in the Colony as possible.
Druirig the year, the Committee supported the American Baptist Mission
in conducting a church survey. According to the information available,
it shows the church situation in Hong Kong is as follows:

a ) Of the 23 ma.ior denominational groups;, 8 have over 5000 members

Denomination Churches in 1965 Members in 1965

}i.K.. Klrg._ N.T. Total

Anglican
(Sheng Kung Hui) 9 13 4 26 16,917

Baptist 19 34 5 58 17,961

C.C.C. 5 11 11 27 20,259

Evangelical Lutheran 6 12 15 33 9,523

Methodist 5 3 1 9 8,568

Mo . Lutheran 6 11 4 21 7,718

Rhenish 2 2 4 8 6,561

Tsung Tsin (Basel) 2 2 9 13 7,211
Total: ~54 88 63 195 94,726

(2) Location of Churches
1962 1965 Increase

Hong Kong 88 97 9

Kowloon 163 186 23

New Territories • 93 97 4

Total: 344 380 36 (or 105$)

(3) Increase in Number of Churches of 150 members and over
1962 1965 Increase

Hong Kong 42 48 6

Kowloon 64 67 3

New Territories 36 44 8

Total: 142 159 17 (or 12 )
%
(4) Increase in Church Membership

Reported in 1962 Reported in 1965 % Increase
Churches Members Churches Members in Numbers

Hong Kong 63 43,900 72 48,218 4,318 10 %

Kowloon 109 47,820 119 56,052 : 8,232 1 it 1
—
New Territories 65 20,480 72 21,990 1,510 7 %

Total: 232 112,200 263 126,260 14,060 12$