The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-10
bAPT|sTs TO HAVE
GREAT CHURCH IN
FAR WEST END
Initial Step Taken to Secure
Lot and Handsome Build
ing May Follow
GRACE STREET MAY
UNITE WITH CALVARY
AND BUILD JOINTLY
Committees from the Two
Congregations Appointed
to Consider All Phases
of the Matter

The Baptists of Richmond will. in
| all proba uility. erect a magnificent
church In the growing West End with
In the next lew years.
This may involve the consolidation
OF Grace street ana CALVARY cnurcnes,
and united movement Tor hand
| some temple, perhaps on Monument
| avenue. or II may result III the re-
moyal of only one OF these churches.
or, again, both churches may remain
in their present locations ana still
the West End movement be pushed
to success.
The f1rst plan OF the three sug-
gested is regarded as the one most
+ likely to be pursued. though. the sec
ond Is not unlikely. The third Is re-
garded q Very remote posi- ollity.
The whole question has been mere
. " opened up. and no line OF action
has been ADOPTED, but committees
: from the two churches to consider
| the matter in all of its details and
bearings have been appointed as fol-
lows.
Calvary church-Messrs. John T.
Lewis, W. u. Duke. George II. Whit
field. f. T. keeton and Is. Ill. Cot
trell
Grace Street church-Messrs. Her
bert +. Cox. John T. Wilson, Frank
=. Powell
Calvary Makes Move.
The present movement Is the out
growth of feeling held for several
years by far-sighted Baptists that this
denomination should build great
church in the far West End. prefer
ably on Monument avenue. The ini-
ual steps were taken by Calvary
church. whose board OF deacons first
70 metz ~
Street church deacons and other steps
have been taken, until now both con-
gregations have appointed commit
tees to take the whole scheme under
consideration.
Calvary has gone little further
than Grace Street. and its committee
Is clothed with more authority than
that OF the mother church. The for
mer church authorized its committee.
In cooperation with committee
from Grace Street. 10 select and en-
gage site for the proposed church
in the West End. The Grace Street
committee has no power further than
TO confer and report back to the
CHURCH.
What Has Been Done.
The progress thus far made in the
matter Is shown by the following
statement given out yesterday by
terested. who is thoroughly familiar
with the situation:
A week or two ago the board
Of deacons of the Calvary Eap-
list church invited the board of
deacons OF the Grace Street Bap
fist church to appoint a commit
tee OF their number to meet a
similar committee OF the Cal
vary Baptist church to consider
ogether the wisdom OF uniting
the two churches and OF ultimate
removal to some point IN the
western residential section of the
city.
These committees met and held
a long fraternal conference. re-
sulting in the adoption Of resolu-
tons expressing the conviction
that there ought to be another
Baptist church In Lee District.
and favoring further considera-
ton of some plan OF union be-
tween the two churches. These
committees duly reported to their
respective hoards-
The Calvary deacons recon-
mended to their church the APP
pointment OF a committee OF Ave
TO meet q similar committee from
the Grace Street church, and this
Recommendation was adopted by
the Calvary church and the COM +
mfttee was appointed.
The deacOns of the Grace
Street church sent to the church
the report OF their subcommit-
tee without recommendations.
and this report waa considered
IT special meeting OF the male
members OF the church held at
$3.50 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
There was large attendance
and free and fraternal discus
sion resulting In the passage OF
= resolution appointing a COM
mittee OF five to meet the CAL
vary committee and to consider
the questions involved in all their
details and to report to the
Church. The committee was
given NO power to act in the
premises and Its appointment, it
was expressly understood, in no
way committed the Grace Street
church to the proposition.
The movement grew out OF the
TACT that the business OF the city
y rapidly encroaching on the res
idential section OF Grace street,
and that tho membership OF the
two churches has steadily and
rapidly moved westward. 1t la
stated by some who claim to
have looked into It carefully, that
30 per cent. OF the Grace street
membership lives west OF Ryland
street. and IS per cent. of them
wsst OF Pine street. and 1t h said
that similar state Of affairs
holds good Of Calvary church.
Both Largo Churches.
Gracs Street ana Calvary are both |
Arge and strong churches. The for
nsr has = membership Of nearly 900 |
md the latter Of some s3s. Calvary. |
vAtch went out from Grace. Street |