The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-12-13
KENTUCKY BApT|STS
ADOPT LARGE BUDGET
S235, 1000 For Board OF Missions
State Divided Into Five
Districts.
The Courier-Journal of Dec. 9Th

Inc COurler-JOuTndl VI DeC. oth
says.
The largest budget in the history
of the Baptist church in Kentucky
the sum of $685., 900. was adopted
by the Boa1l of Directors of the
State Board of Miss ons at an alt
day business session held yester-
day in the Walnut-street Baptist
church, Third and st. Catherine
streets. The action followed the ia
vorable report of committee APP
pointed by the General Association
to investigate the advisablity of us
ing the budget system. The COM
mittee was composed of the Rev.
DR.. II. l.. Winburn, pastor of the
Walnut-street church, chairman;
DR.. w. w. Landrum, of Louisville;
DR.. r. G.. Bowers, of Paducah: DR..
William Stallings, of Georgetown,
and DIR. ]. w. Porter, of Lexington.
Under the new plan, the State will
be divided into five districts, the di-
vision being according to popula-
ton. A like number of evangelsts
will then be placed in charge of the
districts, whose duties will be to
look after the varied interests of the
denomination and to work for the
support of and cooperation in the
budget system by the individual
churches. Salaries of from $1,000
to $500 per year will be paid these
workers, whose activities will begin
Immediately.
Large Sums For Missions.
Two principal items in the 1916
1917 budget are $4,000 for foreign
missions and $4,000 for home mis-
sions. About 100000 was appro-
priated for experimenting the sala-
ries of ministers in weak" churches,
and $4,000 was set aside for the
Baptist Children's Home at Glen
dale, near Elizabethtown, Ky, which
it is planned to enlarge in order to
meet increased demands of appli-
cants for admission.
In the line of church building APP
preparations were made yesterday
for fifteen churches in various parts
of the State. About fifty churches
are helped each year by the State
Board.
Under the budget system, which
receives its first application this
year, all churches will send their
contributions, as outlined by the
General Association, to the cores
ponding secretary and treasurer, DR..
w. ID. Powell, of Louisville, who is
now authorized to distribute the
funds on percentage basis for the
different lines of church work in the
State. Because of the additional
work entailed under this plan by DR..
Powell, who yesterday was unani
mously reelected to his office, the
Rev. o. f. Bryan, of Louisville, who
has been working as n State evan
Gelist, was made assistant secretary.
DR.. Bryan is originally of Waco, Tex.
The Rev. Mr.. Brock Reelected.
The Rev. W. l.. Brock. of LeXing-
ton, was reelected as Sunday School |
secretary, and Paul Powell, son of
DR.. Powell, who was b. Y. p. L.
secretary of Louisiana, was made his |
assistant. The Rev \. 7. Barnes, |
of Louisville, was reelected secre-
tary of the Kentucky Il. =. p. L, and |
A. Z. Wohlbold made office secre-
tary and assistant treasurer. /
additional appropriations We're
voted the Baptist WomGn's Mission
AIRY Union to enable them TO enlarge
their sphere Of usefulness. The un-
ion now has over LOO organiza-
tons in the State.
Aside from the budget the board
has also taken on ite"... os part OF
the coming years pro-ram. the stu
dy of plans ard the raising Of be
tween 100000 and 100000 for
the endowment and equipment of
the denomiuational schools and col
legos throughout the State.
The meeting yesterday was at
tended by the full membership of
thirty-four pastors and workers. The
State Board Of Missions represents
sovcnty-sly districts i'm which are =
$40 churches with a constituency of
over 100000 persons.
Following acceptance of the re-
'ignatiOn yesterday of J. A. Booth,
Of Horse Cave, KY, from the board
IN account of i'll health the Rev. DIR.
r. G. Crume, of Latonia, vas named
n his place.
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