Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
TO OUTLINE WORK
Missionary Council of NJ. E.
Church South to Meet Here.
SESSION APRIL 10 TO II
Plans for Coming Year to Be Made
and Review Given.
COMBINED UNDER ONE HEAD
Three Organizations Formerly Labor
ed as Separate Institutions in
Different Fields.
SESSION APRIL 10 TO II
COMBINED UNDER ONE HEAD

Preparations are being made for the
meeting of the Woman's Missionary
council OF the Methodist Episcopal
church South, which is to be held in the
Mount Vernon Place Church from April
I'D to IL. 1t will have large attendance
OF women from all parts Of the country
and particularly of the southern states,
where the denomination is strong
The organization is the woman's de-
partment of the general board of mis-
sions of the church. The general board
carries two distinct departments of work,
home and foreign missions, and is COM
posed of ten laymen, ten preachers, ten
women and the officers. The officers are
an equal number Of men and women, for
eign and home secretaries. editorial and
educational secretaries, two each, and
man and woman treaSurers. Dr. W. W.
Pinson is the general secretary of the
organization, with headquarters in Nash
vile, Tenn
The womans part of the work is plan
ned at this council meeting. when re-
view of the work done by the women Is
lined. missionaries accepted and new
work enterprised. All of these plans go
in the form of a recommendation to the
general board of missions, which con-
of this council.
Boards Consolidated in 1910.
Until the last general conference the
missionary operations of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South were managed
by three distinct organizations, known as
the general board of missions, the wom-
ans board of home missions and the
W0nan'S of y,,iSc In
1910 at the last general conference, these
three bodies were brought together I'M
der the name of the general board of
missions. which is Differed and directed
equally by the men and women.
The woman's foreign department was
organized in 1878 as the woman's board of
foreign missions. In thirty-fOur years
there have been esta blished large educa-
tional institutions in China, Korea Brazil
Mexico. Cuba and among the Indians of
the United States. 1t has los woman mis-
stonarieS at work in these different fields
1t raises annually between S2OO,UO and
S30O.OUO for the maintenance of this work
In addition to the foreign missionaries it
has large number of native teachers
and Bible women and chain of small day
schools.
The woman's home mission depart
mint was organized as the Woman'S
board of home missions in 1885, Its first
work was done through the board of
church extension in building parsOnageS
on the frontiers. With the coming of the
foreigners to this country a large i'm
migrant work developed Within the last
decade it has perfected a system of city
missions. which reaches these through
their gospel settlements known as Wes-
ley houses.
1t also maintains a chain of Wesley
houses in cotton mill districts, and has
deaconnesses in mining sections. 1t has
schools among the mountaineers, among
the foreigners. among degenerate and
dependent children; it maintains CO.
operative homes for working girls; hos
pital work and seamen's rests at two
different ports. The work and Office of
deaconess of the NJ. E. Church South is
under the direction of this department Of
the board of missions.
Collections During the Year.
In addition to the correctional con-
structive missionary work most of the
local church work done in the church
where there are home mission organiza-
tions is maintained by this department.
The collections last year were-for local
work, S2s1. 1859; for correctional work.
S1SS, 1854; total S470, 1S4.S3.
AT the coming council meeting women
will be busy planning for the work. Ten
deaconesses will be cOnsecrated April 10
and six home missionaries accepted.
There will be a number of foreign mis-
sionary candidates accepted, who will be
appointed to the various mission fields.
The personnel of this body, it is pointed
out, is interesting in that it brings to-
gether the leading women from all over
the country, from California to Florida.
, There will be a number of missionaries
from the foreign field and deaconesses
from the home mission field. Addresses
will be made by them and reports Of
their work will be presented
Miss Belle II. Bennett of Richmond KY,
is the president of the body. The secre-
taries are: Foreign department, Mrs. j. B.
Cobb. Nashville. Tenn, and home de-
partment, Mrs. r ". MacDonell Nash
Vile. Tenn Mrs. F. III. E. Ross, Nash
Vile Tenn. Is treasurer