The Washington herald., 1915-10-09
BAPTIST.

On October "a, twenty-one Baptist
churches in Washington and vicinity
will begin cooperative evangellstlc
meetings which will last three weeks.
Dr. Weston Bruner. of Atlanta, Ca
superintendent of evangelism at the
Baptist Home Mission Board, together
with an able corps of evangelists and
singers, will assist the local pastors.
Some years ago. DR. Bruner was pas
tor of the First Baptist Church. OF
WASHINGTON. where he did notable
work both in evangelism and church
development. Already several prepara-
tory meetings have been held and cot
tage prayer meetings are being ar
ranged in all sections of the city.
At recent meeting Of all the CO.
operating pastors and representative
laymen from the respective churches
held at the Calvary Baptist Church.
plans were outlined for the campaign,
and special duties were assigned. DR..
]. ]. Muir. pastor Of the Temple Bap-
tist Church. was named chairman or
the committee on schools and col
leces: DR.. G. G.. johnson. pastor OF
the Emmanuel Baptist Church, chair :
man of the committee on personal l
work; DIR. B. D. Cav. pastor OF west
Washington Baptist Church, chairman
of the committee on census: hey: Jonn
Il. BrlRSS, pdSlOE Va thS
Church, chairman of the committee on
publicity; Rev. H T. Stevenson. pas
tor of the Bethany Baptist Church
chairman of the committee on shops
and factories: Rev. W. w. McMaster.
pastor of First Baptist Church, chair
man of the committee of street ana
rescue work; r. A. Ford. chairman OF
the committee on advertising. and Z. T..
Vrooman, chairman OF the committee
on finance. These, together with Rev.
I G. Ball, pastor of the Metropolitan
Raptist Church. compose the executive
committee. The assignment OF evan
relists and singers to assist the re-
spective pastors and churches Is as
follows:
First and Temple Baptist Churches
which will combine in these meetings
=. V. Lamb, evangelist; ]. p Schoe'
field, singer Emmanuel. Ray Palmer
evangelist: I. A. Ruby. singer. ruin
Weston Bruner. evangelist; Z. l.. Wais'
lasel. singer. Bethany, T. y. Reese.
evangelist; w. B. Schoefield, singer. Wcs'
WASHINGTON, F. D. King. evangelist; J
1. BIankenship singer. Petworth. Ralph
Wright. evangelist; W. E. Rodgers
singer. Metropolitan. W. NJ. Anderson
evangelist: Plunket Martin. singer Sec
ond. L. c.. Wolfe, evangelist. Maryland
Avenue. J. w. Hickerson, evangelist
Centennial, A. ]. Cotass. evangelist. Ana
costa. 8. w. Kendrick, evangelist. Con
gress Heights. F. W. Fisher. evangelist
Randall Highlands, ]. E. McManaway
evangelist. Clarendon. Evangelist Scott
Cherrydale. Henry Miller evangelist
! Kendall, evangelist to be announced
later.
At the noon hour services will be helt
1 at shops, factories. car barps. and DOS
sibly in some department stores. Services
also will be conducted In rescue missions
| lecture halls, and on the streets.
On Friday night, October Is. grea.
Union Personal Workers meeting VII
be held at the Immanuel Baptis
Church, under the direction Of DR.. g
| G. johnson. DIR. George b Adams
of Philadelphia. who was one OF ths
leading spirits In the Billy Sunday
meetings in the Quaker City. viii b
the principal speaker. Each morning
during the campaign Evangelist r
Wright will conduct q personal work