South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-30
GREAT MISSIONARY
CAMPAIGN IN FALL
10000 Churches Invited to
Send Delegates to rs Cities
Where Conventions Meet.

NEW YORK June 2b. - About
10000 churches are 10 be invited %
send delegates 10 the conventions -
the National Missionary campaign. %
oe held IN seventy-five OF the leading
cues OF the United States beginning
I'm October. All the iunr--a-- r7-5s.
slonary boards and societies ~ ia
country, including those carving on
nome missionary work. as wen 49, tho
foreign mission organizations are co..
operating in the campaign which ia
being organized hy the Interdenomlra-
uonal Laymen's MISSIONARY Movements
OF this city.
The attendance Of registered deI.-
gates at the couN cntiOuS is eNpeCrc1 In
exceed 10000 men and the mission
airy agencies believe the Carupa.En
VIII give a new impetus 20 an forms
OF mission work. Many OF the besr
known business and professional men
In the countr~ are members Of con-
venuon committees and viii be dele
gates. Several of the committees in
the larger cities are planning for !. 600
10 1000 registered delcSates an their
conventions. While men only viii be
allowed 10 register as delegates WOE
men as well as men may attend ass
visitors
There arc TO be conventions i'm 80
states and the campaign Will eliminate
I'm a national missionary congress i'm
Washington. u. c.. April rs 90 go.
1916. Each convention viii last two
10 three days, and during next autumn
winter and spring. two and three con-
VentionS VIII frequently he going ON
simultaneously i'm different states
The churches of a population of 3d.
100000 people in the $ convention
districts, viii be directly influenced
by the campaign and its indirect i'm
fluence viii extend 20 every part Of
the country
The convention programs viii in
clude addresses ON and discussions ,f
all branches of Christian work abroad.
the problems of the Home missions.
with probably speeches on the effect
OF the war on mission work los mis-
sionaries who have been recalled from
foreign lands. Recent Missionary
Progress. New Conditions. Present
Needs and Americas Responsibility
are among the general topics which
viii go on the convention programs.
I'm order that the programs ~ all The
conventions may be effcctiNely carried
out at least three teams of speakers
viii be organized 10 go from one con-
Vention to another. Secretaries of mis-
sion boards and other men who know
mission problems thoroughly are 20
he speakers and several missionaries
specially recalled from their work
will bring the latest information direct
from the fields.
The main detectives OF the cam
paign as announced by the Laymens
Missionary Movement. are:
To consider new world conditions
and Americas enlarged responsibility.
To study the missionary progress
Of recent years.
To project plans looking toward the
accomplishment Of our whole mission
airy duty.
To emphasize the adequacy OF the
gospel 10 meet modern social condi-
tons
To increase the spiritual power and
efficiency OF the local church.
To secure the general use Of the
best methods of missionary education
and finance.
To inspire laymer 70 take their part
in the extension Of the kingdom Of
Christ
In the last six years. since a similar
missionary campaign was carried out
in 1909-1910. the receipts Of the For
eign Missionary organizations in
creased $5.S51.000.