<P> With a high number of adult baptisms, the Church is growing faster in Africa than anywhere else . It also operates a greater number of Catholic schools per parish here (3: 1) than in other areas of the world . </P> <P> In India, over 25,000 schools and colleges are operated by the Church . </P> <P> As the Reformers wanted all members of the church to be able to read the Bible, education on all levels got a strong boost . Compulsory education for both boys and girls was introduced . For example, the Puritans who established Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1628 founded Harvard College only eight years later . Seven of the first nine of what are called colonial colleges were founded by Christians including Colombia University, Brown University, Rutgers University and Yale University (1701); a nineteenth century book on "Colleges in America" says, "Eighty three percent of the colleges in (the U.S.) were founded by Christian philanthropy ." Pennsylvania also became a centre of learning as one of the colleges not specifically Christian . </P> <P> A large number of mainline Protestants have played leadership roles in many aspects of American life, including politics, business, science, the arts, and education . They founded most of the country's leading institutes of higher education . Princeton was a Presbyterian foundation . </P>

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