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POPULAR EVENING CLASSES How the Work of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles Touches the Religious Life of the City and its Nearby Suburbs
T HE Bible Institute o f Los Angeles ,i through its Popular Evening Classes, conducted every Friday night in the Bible Institute Auditorium, is making its influ ence for good felt, not only upon the churches o f Los Angeles, but also on those o f the surrounding suburbs for many miles. The average attendance at these classes is over 1200. At an enrollment taken, in which 695 persons o f those present signed enrollment cards, the following interesting facts were gathered: T. One hundred thirty-one individual churches were represented, which means that members from this number o f churches are in regular attendance upon these Fri day night classes. 2. Thirty-six different denominations are represented. As an illustration, there are representatives in these classés from 20 different Methodist Episcopal churches, 15 Presbyterian churches, 13 Baptist churches, 5 Episcopal churches, 7 Christian churches, 4 Lutheran churches, 4 Congre- tional churches, in Los Angeles and suburbs. This is a fair illustration o f the large denominational representation. 3. In addition to churches in Los Ange
les itself, 29 suburban churches are repre sented. W e have in mind one instance in which 20 members come from a church in one o f the suburbs, thirty or forty miles from the city. 4. Many o f those who are in attendance are tourists. The following States and coun tries were represented in this enrollment: Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Ken tucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jer sey, New Mexico, North Dakota, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Wash ington, Washington, D. C., Alaska, Aus tralia, 'Canada, New Zealand, Persia. The programme o f these Popular Friday Evening Bible Classes is as follows: At 5 :30—“ Studies in the Prayer Life” —A heart to heart talk by Rev, John H. Hunter, based on Dr. Andrew Murray’s “With Christ in the School o f Prayer.” From 7 :00 to 8:00—“ Through the Bible” FrStudies in the Pentateuch by Dr. William Evans. From 8:00 to 9:00—Expository Studies in the Book o f Acts by Dr. R. A. Torrey, o f special interest to Sunday, School teach ers.
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