About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1923)
TUESDAY AFTERNO °K SEPTEMBER 18, 1923 W.OOIM CASH IS RAISED W BAPTISTS Fund Makes Possible Large Ad vance in Missions, Education and Benevolences Up to May 1,~ 1923, the Baptist churches of the South had paid in cash the sum of $44,003,005.70 on tie 75 Million Campaign, the five-year program for extending the general missionary, educational and benevol ent work of the denomination, it is announced by the general headquar ters of that movement. This sum was contributed by the va rious states of the Southern Baptist Convention as follows: Alabama, , $1,890,687.35; Arkansas, $1,331,899.65; |a ■Xj DR. O. E. BRYAN Budget and Stewardship Director for Southern Baptists District of Columbia, $202,583.15; Florida, $732,213.96; Georgia, $4,018,- 008.93; Illinois, $329,087.87; Kentucky, $4,937,270.93; Louisiana, $1,144,398.79; Maryland, $556,589.25; Mississippi, $2,329,293.67; Missouri, $1,822,353.66; New Mexico, $217,828.33; North Car olina, $3,630,998.83; Oklahoma, sl,- 113,781.19; South Carolina, $3,516.- 853.19; Tennessee, $2,953,050.09; Tex as, $6,468,098.42; Virginia. $4,923,225.- 34. Specials: Louisiana, $110,035.13; New Mexico, $419,739.18; Oklahoma. $59,000.00; Illinois, $191,175.11; Home Board Specials, $15,340.00; Foreign Board Specials, $86,103.00; raised by local churches on foreign fields and ex pended by them there, $1,003,390.68. Large Results Achieved These larger resources have made possible large advances in every de partment of work fostered by South ern Baptists. Indicating the growth in the homeland during the campaign | period, it is announced that there has been a gain of 57 district associations, 881 active ministers, 3.068 local churches, 3,287 Sunday schools with 459,223 pupils, 8,688 Baptist Young People’s Unions with 233,917 mem bers. and 7,094 Woman’s Missionary Union organizations. During this time there have been 762,880 persons baptized Into the local Baptist churches, $45,405,118 has been in vested in local church property, and the Increase in offerings to missions and benevolences has been more than $28,000,000 over the corresponding period preceding the Campaign. Among the many gains on foreign mission fields are included 34.344 baptisms, 386 churches, 1,800 mission stations, 39 houses of worship. 53,666 members, 687 Sunday schools with 31,292 pupils, the sending out of 275 new American missionaries, the ap pointment of 2,029 native workers, entry into six new foreign countries and the larger equipment for all forms of work on sixteen fields. Workers of the Home Mission Board have baptized 173.602 persons during the Campaign period, have re ceived 277,968 persons into the mem bership of the churches, enlisted IL -772 young persons in definite forms of Christian service, built or improved 1,872 church houses, organized 935 churches and 2,898 Sunday schools. Stabilize Church Finances To. reach the original goal it will be necessary for Southern Baptists to raise $31,000,000 additional for the Campaign program by the end offt hat movement in 1924. In the hope of bringing the churches of the denomi and the church members to a fuller realization of their obligation to sup port religious work the Campa g Commission has employed Dr. O. Ek Brvan of Atlanta, superintendent of evangeUm and enlistment, of the Home Mission Board, as stewardship and church budget d,rector ’ ’ Dr Bryan has assumed his new duties and working through the va- Hous state offices and the agencies of the district associations he isi see ?n B to bring the Baptist churches of the South to the adpotlon of a yearly budget for both their local work and the general missionary and benevo lent interests of the denomination the aim being to enlist every member of every church in weekly and monthly contributions to religions causes. COLUMBUS NEEDS CASH FOR MILK FOR CHARITY COLUMBUS. 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