The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-16
LYNCHBURG CHURCH
HOST TO BAPTISTS

3.sie by letter. 769 by exclusion and
2'i19 by crasurc. giving net gain OF
1886 members for the ycar The gain
In totals over the year preceding was
2so9 The net gain for each pastoral
charge vas n little more than six mem
bcrs
The Sunda" school statistics FOR the
same year showed the number OF sun
DAY schools IN The general association
TO II" $50. the number OF officers and
teachers. 1000 and the number Of
scholars. lOG.O2l Tho number OF con-
versions reported in the sunday schools
that year was 3737 and the number
OF church members enrolled was H.
%ci. IN" collections III tn. Sunday
schools amounted that year 10 S:9.-
$3.50
Liberal Contributions.
EotwithstandInE the fact that many
OF tn" members Of The Baptist d,uom-
nation arr men and women OF mod
crate In.aAs. that denomination being
unusually successful in It's mission 20
IN. working c!asa.s. the contributions
10 The various causes Of thc general
assoc!a lion ARC such AS 20 cl.t.iaci,.
them liberal to marked dcg'c. IN
almost every instance. Til" amount
Sinia last year 10 Tho support OF pas
tors was s3l3.T55l3: to current OK
pcnscs. Sll9,S6? 15: TO the support OF
sunday schools, s47.9Sa.s?; 10 the aid
Of the poor. Sl3.502 80; 20 church build
ing and improvements Soi9.5G..ia: to
associational fund, s2.34o52. TO misccl-
lanrous causes. S6i.9i5.73 making a
total Of contributions to home causes
amounting TO Ssl3.027.05. The value of
church property in the Virginia Zap
t!st General Association is SIZES,
SO
All Of the work OF the general asso-
citation is directed 10y -four boards of
managers State mission board a
home mission board. foreign mis-
sion board. and an educational board
these boards being elected annually.
The amount OF money which the gen
eral association contributed las; Yea:
&c state missions Was S40,9oi.I3; 20
sunday school and colportagc work. So
1898, TO the educational board. So.
3VS.21; to foreign missions. 5000 90:
10 home missions. s315Ss27: to min
istcrs' relief fund S5.+G7.61: to orphan
age. 3l.0969a; to educational com
mission S72255 making n total Il
s2O1.'O1.o1 to these causes. The con-
tri.uiion of tho Womans Missiona-I
u IN for the year was $6lT46.5G. =
rain OF S1.S602i over what was CON
tiibuted the year previous.
Under the cnre of the education boa rd
of the General Association Of Virginia
'"t'' are ten StuHcntS IN the southern
BAPTIST Thcolog ical Seminary at Louis
Vile. and forty students at Richmond
college, who are being educated to
become Baptist ministers.
How Association liz Made.
The number of messengers enrolled
at the session of the general associa
ti"n held last year at Petersburg was
aS3. and 1t is probable that the mum
her VIII he larger during the session
at Lynchburg next week. The mem
bcrShlp OF the general association is
regulated AS follows: all who hold life
membership, and in addition to these
any regular Baptist church shall be
cntiticd TO one representative for every
$50 contributed to the funds of the
general association, with the provision
that no church shall be entitled TO
more than fifteen messengers, and that
no one shall be a member of the gen
eral association who is not an orderly
member in some regular Baptist church
The president. four vice-presidcnts. re-
cording secretary. treasurer and audi
tor OF the general association, are
elected annually. while the statistical
secretary Is appointed by tho general
association. and shall continue in Office
ut Its pleasure. The officers arc ex
officio members of the four boards OF
the general association; these fou
boards Of managers are also elected M
nually.
The minister selected to preach the
sermon at the opening session Of the
general association this year is Rev.
L. NJ. Winfrey. Of Culpeper, and Rev.