The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-12
baptist CHURCH
| WORK IN IOWA
State Annual Says There Are Nearly
$4,000 Members In the 1913
Churches and s51 Sun
| day Schools.
CHURCH VALUE s2,34s,s2o
Activity Of the Church in the State
is Set Forth byFW. E. Oar
row Who Gives Statistics
and New Plans.
CHURCH VALUE s2,34s, 1920

w. f. Darrow, has recently compil-
ed the following statistics for the Bap-
fist church in iowa, and has sent out
the following information with re-
Iquest that it be published. The infor-
lmation will be OF interest to the mem
lbers of the denomination in this city.
1t is as follows:
According to the Baptist State
Annual just issued, there are In Iowa
twenty-five associations, thirty-nine
churches and 44,92s members. 2.437
have been received by baptism. There
are 351 Sunday schools with 1881 Of
ficers and teachers and 29,742 schol-
ars. Value Of church edifices $2,34s,-
go and other property $411,49S. Total
$2.760,41S. Debt on same $95,122
1,247 have been baptized from the
Sunday school. Amount expended for
current expenses S267,541.64; other
items $55, Sunday school ex-
penses $20,051.56; total $312,731.42.
Total benevolence s56,sS5.9s. Total
for all purposes 1898, 62O.4O.
At the meeting Of the board of man
layers held in Des Moines Tuesday,
February 2. much business of import
ance to the denomination was consid,
cred. The missionary secretary, DR..
G. P. Mitchell, reported fifty-four mis-
sionaries and workers who supplied
sixty-four churches and ten out-sta-
tons and rendered 600 weeks Of serv-
ice. They preached 1,541 sermons,
held GIT prayer meetings, made 1922
reiigious visits baptized 119 candi-
dates. OF the churches served the
total membership is 4,417. DR.. Mitch
ell himself the past four months has
visited sixty places, delivered sixty
six sermons and addresses, attended
three associational meetings, one
ordination, one convention and held
seventeen conferences. In his work
he has travelled S,131 miles.
Professor J. A. Lapham, as director
iof Sunday school work and young
peoples work has travelled the past
quarter 5,2S5 miles, visited twenty-six
churches and eighteen Sunday schools,
preached twenty-five sermons and de-
livered eighty-two addresses. He has
also visited thirteen young peoples
societies and held twenty-six insti-
tutes. -
The young peoples commission, a
committee of the Iowa Baptist con-
vention, is doing aggressive work. OF
the commission, Miss Mate Goodell.
Des Moines, is chairman Rev. w. e.
barrow, Mt. Ayr, vice chairman; Rev.
J. Frederic Catlin, Estherville, secre-
tary; Rev. w. E. Darrow, Baptist
Record Editor. It's rally committee,
with Professor Lapham as chairman,
is holding about thirty conferences
over the state. DR.. Mitchell is helping
in the conferences. It's assembly COM
mittee is working for an attendance
of 500 at the Iowa Falls assembly
this year. It's educational committee
is boosting for the standard Of excel
lence and for better acquaintance with
the Bible and other sacred literature
among young people. It's junior COM
mittee is looking after the work among
the juniors.
The treasurer Of the convention, ].
H. Cochrane, reports for the quarter
just ended receipts $4,334.45 and ex-
penditures $6,015.19. Budget secre-
tary, DR.. s. E. Wilcox, reports collec-
lions for missionary work good.
though possible of great Improvement
with some Of the larger churches.
A new line of work under the direc-
ton Of the convention is that being
done by the commission on mems
work. OF the commission, F. B Sage
of Washington, IS chairman, and Ma
thew Westrate of Waterloo, secretary
Members of the commission met in
Des Moines, December 2, 1914, and
for work. Organized mems
work will be pushed by the. commits
sion.
The convention Is working this year
under a new constitution. This COIL
stitution co-ordinates the activities of
the Baptist denomination in Iowa, and
makes possible greater efficiency in
administration of Baptist affairs. Bap-
list headquarters are in rooms 507-5oS
5. and L. building, Des Moines.