The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-01-21
TO HOLD CONFERENCE
In Greenwood, Sunday February the
Second. The United Missionary
Campaign in the United States Are
Now Busy Arranging Programme.
Delegates Will be Present From
Greenwood, Abbeville and Laurens.

S1Onary conference to be held IL
Greenwood on February the End, is
taken from The Greenwood Index:
The. various local committees in
charge of the Conference to be held
here February 1st and End, as part OF
the United Missionary Campaign in
the United States and Canada are
hard at work now and are getting
everything in shape for a most sue
cessful conference.
This Conference was arranged by
Prof. R. E. Gaines, member of the
faculty of Richmond College; but now
on leave of absence for one year, hay
ing been granted this leave Of absence
in order to devote his time to the
work of this campaign. The details
of the campaign are in the hands of
the Laymen's Missionary Movement
and Prof. Gaines has entire charge
of this work in the South.
A number Of prominent speakers
will be in Greenwood for this meet
ing, names to be announced late as
we'll as the detailed program.
The Conference at Greenwood will
seek to enlist ministers and laymen
not only in the town and county Of
Greenwood, but also of the counties
of Abbeville and Laurens. Special in
vitations to these will be sent OUT by
the committee in charge Of this part
of the work.
Following is a full and complete ex-
planation of what this United Mission
ary Campaign is:
F0rewOrd.
On March 10, 1913, at a meeting o.
representatives of the Home Missions
Council of the United States and the
Conference of Foreign Missions
Boards of North America, decision
was reached to engage In United
Missionary Campaign for the purpose
of introducing more adequate method
Of missionary education and finance
in the churches of North America,
that they may discharge their full
missionary obligation at home and
abroad.
The following features have been
approved by the Central Committee of
the United Missionary Campaign.
/. The campaign is in behalf OF
missionary work both at home and
abroad, and aims at the enlistment Of
the entire membership Of all the COM
munions as intelligent ana regular
supporters of missions. Ooe feature
of the>campaign is to be nationwide
simultaneous, every-membeH, canvass
for home and foreign missions and all
regular benevolences in March, 1914,
on the part of as many congregations
as can be led to undertake it at that
time (unless communion decides ur
On some other period.)
2. To prtpare the congregations OF
the country for such a canvass as
many missionary conferences as pos
sible between September Is, 1913, and
February Is, 1914, will be held. The
conferences will begin with an even
ing session and continue through the
following day. Local committees will
have large responsibilities In prepar-
ing for these conferences. The Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Lnymen's
Missionary Movement has been re-
quested to organize and direct these
nterdenominationa conferences and
has consented to do so.
8. The campaign aims not only at
securing larger missionary offerings
but at the development Of tRe latent
spiritual resources of Christian peo-
pie. Prayer, personal Bible study:
personal service and stewardship will
all be emphasized in their relation to
Christian efficiency.
4. Deputation work by volunteer
speakers will be undertaken as widely
as possible to bring the inspiration
and message of this united campaign
to every community and evess congre
cation.
5. The observance of S,Shday Feb
ruary Is, IS Missionary Day with ex-
change of pulpits wherever practical
BILE, and with special missionary fea-
lures in all the services of that day,
in preparation for the simultaneous
canvass for missions and berevolen-
ces in March.
6. The widest possible use Of care
fully selected and specially prepared
missionary literature. In response to
the invitation of the Central Commit
tee, the Missionary Education Move
ment is giving special attention to
this feature of the campaign.
7. Still larger and more general as
sistance Of the public press IN secur-
ing religious and missionary news,
and in interpreting the spirit Of Chrs-
tianity as the spirit of individual and
universal service and helpfulless.
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