The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-04
BAP fists WILL
MEET ON TUESDAY
Annual State Convention in
North Carolina to Be Held at
Winston-Salem.
Especial to The T4mes-Dispatch.1

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Charlotte. NJ c.. December a.-The
last OF the annual meetings Of re-
ngious bodies for the year in North
Carolina is that of the Baptist state
Convention The convention will meet
this year in It's eighty first session on
Tuesday evening. December s. and the
place Of meeting will be tho First
Baptist Church, of winston Salem.
Tho convention has boon held only
twice in Winston Salem, the first time
being In 1881. and the other 1901, Just
| twenty years later. Winston Salem ia
easy of access from all parts of tho
State. and the attendance upon this
session OF the convention, 1t Is an
ticipated, Will be unusually large.
w. c. Dowd. of Charlotte, is prcsi-
dent of the convention. having been
elected to that office two years ago.
N. B. Broughton. of Raleigh, Is re-
cording secretary, he having served
In this capacity since the convention
or 1882. The official organ of the
state Convention Is the Biblical Re-
corder, published in Raleigh and OF
which Rev. Hight c. Moore is editor.
He has this year Issued the North
Carolina Baptist Hand Book for 1912.
The Pastors Conference is held each
year the day preceding the opening
OF the State Convention and con-
tinuing through the morning OF the
day upon which the State Convention
opens. The pastors meet in these
sessions for conference with special
reference to the work of the pastoratc.
The Baptist State Convention in
cludes In Its territory all OF the state
of North Carolina The convention is
divided into sixty-one associations:
| each association holds annual meet
ings, and the statistics of the State
Convention are complied largely from
those secured for the associational
meetings.
The membership of the State Con-
vention consists OF the Baptist min
listers of North Carolina and three
male members from each white asso-
citation in the State, and one annual
male representative appointed by the
churches for every $40 contributed to
its funds. and of such life members
as have been made SO By the pay
Inent of $40 at any one time to the
treasurer for the objects of tho con.
rention. The constitution provides
that no one shall be q member OF the
State Convention who Is not a mem
Der in good standing of a Baptist
church In fellowship with the other
churches OF the convention. and the
same rule applies to life members.
Tho last published report OF the
statistical secretary of the State Con-
vention shows that In the bounds of
the State Convention there are 1904
churcht s, and total membership of
22l.5lS from 1872 churches reporting.
thirty-two churches not having sub
mitted IMPORTS. According to these
figures there was gain in member
ship during last year of 1910. Other
gains reported, to the convention dur
ing last year were as follows:
Churches. 8; Sunday-schools, 218; Sun
day school enrolment, 1912; officers
and teachers, 94S; women's societies.
%; contributing churches. -; gain in
contributions to State Missions. 3d.
1850; gain In contributions to Home
Missions, s2,l10.50; gain in contrlbu
button to Foreign Missions. S1.325.s5:
gain in contributions to the orphan
age, S3,Sl7.96; gain in contribution to
ministerial education. sl.335.37: gain in
contributions to ministerial relief,
SI,0o9.S7; making a total gain to all
objects of the convention, S13,364.7S.
The amount of money contributed
to the various claims of the State Con-
vention last year. according to the re-
port of statistics published, was as
follows: To State missions. S9.26S.70;
to homo missions. s23.143.72; to foreign
missions, $3S,597.52; to Sunday school
missions. S2.0ol.s7; to the orphanage,
$S6,lO6.30; to ministerial education,
$5.999.G5; to aged ministers, S4,Si9.11;
making a total to all causes $3.50. 250.11.
There are three colleges and thtr-
teen academies which are conducted
under tho direction of the State Con-
vention of North Carolina. During
last year 405 students were enrolled
in Wake Forest College, 400 students
in Meredith College for women and
9. 500 students were enrolled in the
thirteen secondary schools.