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CHAPTERXLVLCITY SURVEYSPRESENT STATUS OF CHURCHES IN SHANGHAIExtracts from a Report, read before the Shanghai MissionaryAssociation in the Fall of 1915W. W. LocfcwoodIn the latter part of 19.13 it was decided by the ShanghaiMissionary Association to make a survey of the Protestantchurches of Shanghai. The objects of this survey were :To show the results of seventy years mission work inShanghai as far as these can be reduced to facts and figures;to provide facts which each mission coiild use in readjustingor extending its programme of work; to voice the needs of thedistinctively evangelistic work before missionaries and beforemission boards; to make clear the task before the localChurch as regards this city; to stimulate support andenthusiasm of leading Chinese Christian laymen to en;courage men of the strongest type to enter the ministry; tomake possible the best use of our present missionary force;to make available facts invaluable to the mission boardsrepresented in Shanghai and make possible the largestservice of such general bodies as the China ContinuationCommittee; to be the basis of a forward, co-ordinatedprogramme of all missions and all churches in Shanghai,this programme to be based upon peculiar needs and opportunities as revealed in the survey.A committee was appointed, consisting of both Chinesepastors and missionaries.It was agreed to limit the investigation to certain maini acts such as are given in this report, leaving a more detailedsurvey to another time. It proved most fortunate that thecommittee carefully delimited its task, for considerabledifficulty was encountered in getting intelligent and accurateanswers to the comparatively few questions which were asked.