The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-04
HOME MISSIONS AT
 BAPTIST MEETING Advocate Establishment of Building Loan Fund
 HOMELESS CHURCHES
Dr. Warren Says Southern Baptists Have Many Such--Another COnven- tion Will Be Held Next Year, the
 Place to Be. Decided Later
The Programme Today


 Equipinent-T W. Palmer presiding. 9:S0--Prsyer and praise service. Prof. Stephen Allsop. a:40-"The Layman and His Read ing" Spright Dowell.
 1o:05--fThe I4ayman and His Bible, ? N. A. Barrett.
 1o:2o--"The I.ayman and His De- nominational Paper Col. c. L. Conner. 10:s5-"Men's Monthly Missionary Meeting" H. z Duke.
 10:50-"Equipment in Rural Dis tricts," R. E. Lambert.
 11:0b--Open conference.
 1I:25-"The AlI-'Round Layman," w. ". Campbell.
 AFTERNOON.
 Down to Business-W. ". Campbell presiding.
 2:oc-Prayer and praise service. Prof. Stephen Allsop.
 2:15-'Business in Religion" D. II. Marbury.
 2:s5-sWeekly Giving" presiding of ffcer.
 2:bo--Every-Mem Giving-"why," Ed S. Moore; How" ]. S. Clancy; "Tes- timonies," D. H. Green.
 s::2e-Christian Education and Mis- sions-"The Christian College Fac tor in Denominational Llfe," J. R. Ed wards; "The Christian College and Mis- sions," P. V. Bomar.
 4:00--"State Missions and Education, ' H. l.. Strickland.
 NIGHT.
 Missions in Other Lands-w. F. Tor 7:15-Prayer and praise service, D. H. Marbury.
 7:45-sMissions in Other Lands" pr. T. B. Ray and others.
 The general subject for the meeting of the men of the Baptist church in Alabama at the First Baptist church last night was ''Missions in the Home land," and representatives, of the best oratorical talent in the ranks of the Baptist church in the south delivered inspirational talks. The general trend of the addresses stressed the import ance of establishing a church building loan fund and figures were introduced by several speakers which showed how numerous were the homeless churches in the south.
 P w James presided over last nights sessions and first called ,pon Dr. C. s. Gardner of Louisville, Ky. Dr. Gardner took his topic. Chris tian Citizenship defining the meanings of the term in it's many ramifications. Dr. L' B. Warren, secretary of the department of church extension of the home mission board of the Southern Baptist church, with headquarters at Atlanta, followed pr. Gardner, produc- ing mass of figures showing the con ditiop of the Baptist church in the south. He said the Baptist church in the south had 2,500,000 members, 24,0o0 organized congregations and an annual income of $500, 100000. He said also that the Southern Baptist denomination has more homeless churches than all other denominations in the south combined Of 3369 homeless churches he said 50t ham district alone
 Raise Building Fund
 "The remedy for this condition said Dr. Warren, "is in the instruction of the Southern Baptist convention to it's home mission board to raise a s1,000.- 900 church building loan fund" He then told how much money had been ex- pended in this direction by other de- nominations in the south.
 Dr. Warren was followed by Dr. B. D. Gray, corresponding secretary Of the home mission board, with head quarters in Atlanta. -Dr. Gray made a feeling appeal for the church build ing fund, pointing out that with the enGing of the European war it would be absolutely necessary for the United States to furnish the missionaries to carry the gospel into heather lands. He said it was necessary that buildings be furnished homeless churches in or der that they might worship and at tract others to their fold
 pr. Gray made pointed reference to Birmingham in a portion of his ad- dress, saying that the great iron nd coal industries of this district made il natural that people of all races should congregate here. For this reason, h.