Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-03-10
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LAYMEN OF LUTHERAN
CHURCHES TO GATHER IN
ROANOKE, VA.

II InUkCHEo III Uh nEN In
ROANOKE. VA
THIRD BIENNIAL CONVENTION O
| LAYMEN'S MISSIONARY MOVEMENT
il OF LUTHERAN CHURCH WILL b
Il HELD IN ROANOKE, MARCH 14-f6.
Great interest is developing all DYE
the South in the approaching Con
vention of the Lutheran Laymen'
Missionary Movement to be held i
Roanoke, Va, March 14-l6.
DIR. E. G. Kronk, General Secretar
of the Movement in the Lutheran
Church in the South, has establishes
Convention Headquarters In Roam
oke, in .the Chamber of Commerce
Rooms. John Wood, Secretary O
the Chamber of Commerce and th
men on the Committees are behint
the Convention work In way tina
spells success.
]. b. Marstellar, Chairman o.
Registration, Is confident from the
advance registrations that the mum
Der will pass the one-thousand mark.
Delegates are coming from nearly
all of the Southern States and there
will be small parties from the North
and the Middle West. Special dele
cations from the Lutheran Colleges
ale registering.
All railroads in Virginia, Ten
nessee, North and South Carolina are
going to give Special Open Round
Trip Rates. The large delegation
from Columbia, S. c., has secured
special through Pullman Service to
Roanoke.
While the Convention is the official
biennial meeting of men of the Luth-
eran Church the program is of such a
high order that the members OF the
International Ministerial Association
are urging all of their men to register.
Among the speakers are men who
are leaders in every phase of Mis-
sionary activity. One glance at the
names and topics Of the speakers is
all that is needed to convince a man
who knows who's who in Missionary
affairs that this Convention is worth
mans time and money.
The speakers announced are: DR..
L. p. Wolf, Baltimore, Md, General
Secretary of the Board of Foreign
Missions of the General Synod; DR..
George Cromer, Newberry, S. c.,
Chairman of the Elective Committee;
DIR. Walter W. Lehuette, Columbia,
S. c., Resident Editor of American
Lutheran Survey; Hon. John L
Zimmerman, Springfield, Ohio; DIR.
r 8. Patterson, Charlotte, N. G.
General Secretary of the Board of
Home Missions and Church Extension;
DR.. w. A. Granville, Gettysburg,
Pa, President OF Pennsylvania Gel
lege; DIR. ]. c. Seegers, Columbia,
S. c., Vice President of Board of
Home Missions; Mr.. Hojime Inadomi,
Kurume, Japan, Student for the Min
istry at Roanoke College,; DR.. j. G..
Kunzman, Philadelphia, Pa, Super
of the Board of Home Mis-
sions of the General Council: Mr.. w.
E. Doughty, New York, Educational
Secretary of the Laymep's Mission
airy Movement Of the United States
and Canada; Dr.. John w. HORNE, |
S. c., Editor of the Luth-
eran Church Visitor; MIR. E. August
Miller. Philadelphia, Pa, PRESIDENT
of the Luther League of America;
hon. Kenneth Baker, Greenwood, S.
c., Treasurer of the Laymen's Mis-
sionary Movement; Mr.. w. F. Aberly, |
New Bern, N. c.; DR.. j. Henry Harms,
S. c., President of New
berry College; DIR. S. P. Long, Mans
field, Ohio; DR.. W. T. Ellis, Swarth-I
moro, Pa, Journalist; Mr.. George
Innes, Philadelphia. Pa, of the firm
of George Innes and Company; Rev.
Ambrose Herring, Pittsburg. Super
intendent of Pittsburg Inner Missions:
Dr. M. j. Eptin2, Pre- ident OF Boa q
of Foreign Missions; DR.. John Nelson
Mills, Washington, D. c., Traveller
and Lecturer.
The subjects are "The Laymen's
Call to the Church, the Church's Call
to the Laymen'', For the Want OF a
Nail', Working for the Redemption
of World, Essentials in World
wide Evangelization Home Base
Foreign Field", projecting Ones
Life Beyond Ones Days., Personal
Evangelism" "Home Mission Wis
ion", "Japan's Need: Christian
Civilization, american and World
Evangellzation", 1.-THE Call OF God
to the Men OF Today, 'The Power
and Efficiency of the Local Church,,
stewards, not Owners, Lutheran
Obiectives", "When the Soldiers
Come Home", 1.-THE Laymen's Part
in the Propagation of the Gospel,
"Power Adequate to the Task" 1.-The
Call Of Latin America, "The Other
Half of Human Society, GA Tourists
View of Foreign Missions.
Among the features Of the program
which promises to be most interesting
and helpful are two conferences on
The Why and How of Church Finance,
and Stewardship. j. E. Cooper OF
Winchester; A. H. Snider, OF Sails
bury; C. w. Polvogt of Wilmington;
and w. E. Norman of Richmond are
among the Laymen who will open the
points in these conferences.
There has been gradual and
steady growth Of Missionary interest