The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-05-06
TWELFTH DISTRICT LEADS IN
MISSIONARY COLLECTION
African Methodist Churches in Ten.
nesee and Alabama Raise
$3,420,OO

African Methodist Churches in Ten.
nesee and Alabama Raise
$4,000.
Special to the Globe:
New York, N. Y, April 2S.-"Every
civilized nation should contribute to.
ward sending the gospel of Jesus
Christ to the unfortunate and heather
in this world" declared Bishop C. T.
Shaffer in addressing the Missionary
Board of the African Methodist Epis-
copal Church in its annual session
held for two days in the headquar-
ters, G1 Bible House.
The report showed that the re-
ceipts for The past year had been as
follows: First District, Bishop Wes-
ley j. Gaines, $9O6.59 Second Dis
trict, Bishop L. J. Coppin, $1414.6S;
Third District, Bishop w. B. Derrick,
$146S9; Fourth District, Bishop c..
T. Shaffer, $1,O49.S9; Fifth District,
Bishop A. Grant, $97729; Sixth Dis
trict, Bishop C. S. Smith, $2.1126O;
Seventh District, Bishop B. F. Lee,
$1,00S.65; Eighth District, Bishop e..
w. hampton, $663.S3; Ninth District,
Bishop ]. s. Flipper, $95222; Tenth
District, Bishop Evans Tyree, $2O9.-
SO Eleventh District Bishop Moses
B. Salter, $3O7.46; Twelfth District,
Bishop H. B. Parks, $S,42O61;
amount collected from all sources,
$19,970.56; expenditure, $19,762.2S,
leaving balance of $20S.28.
Bishop Shaffer announced a list of
committees and a recess was had in
order to give committees time to pre-
pare reports.
In the afternoon session Bishop
Heard delivered an address telling
about the needs of the work in West
Africa, and an appropriation of
$4,000 was made for that work. He
declared that Africa needed mission
aries and money.
Bishop H. B. Parks, who Is the pre-
siding bishop over the twelfth dis
trict, constituting the states of Ten
nessee and Alabama, was very much
pleased with the showing made by
his conferences in their contribution:
for missions. He always lays specia
stress on the feature of church work
BISHOP H. B. PARKS AT ST. JOHN
Next Sunday at II o'clock Bishol
H. B. Parks, D. d., of Chicago, ILL.,
will preach at st. John A. M. E
Church. The occasion is the annua
rally, and there is unusual activit!
among the members. Rev. A. Brooks
the pastor, has been planning for thl'
rally for several weeks and from wha
can be learned indicates that he ha
his people thoroughly organized.
st. John is the oldest African Meth
odist Church in this state. 1t has
history that is unique in many ways
Some of the ablest men in that con
nection have served as pastor of tha
congregation. The church editice wa
originally the stone building now ocC
cupied by the Tabernacle Baptis
Church, situated a few doors beloy
the present site. The new buildin
was erected during the pastorate o
DR.. A. e. Thompson, who is at thi
time a presiding elder in Kentucky
and was completed ana dedicated b
the late Rev. ]. A. Davis. Bisho
= Evans Tyree was pastoring thi
church in 1900 when he was electe
bishop in Columbus, o.
The occasion Sunday promises to b
one long to be remembered. Fiv
services will be held beginning a
$3.50 with the Sunday-scnool; preacl
, ing at 11:O0 o'clock a. m, and 80
= o'clock p. m. Christian Endeavc
Society at Z o'clock p. m, an
a preaching at 500 o'clock p. n
, Several of the leading pastors of tn
city are expected to visit some of tn
services during the day.