Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-05-05
ADVENTIST ELDER
QUOTES FIGURES
GIVES STATISTICS ON GROWTH
OF CHURCH AND ON INCREASED
STRENGTH IN BOISE CONFER
ENCE.

Pastor }. w. Norwood, Presidan
of the Southern Idaho Conference o
SeYenth-Day Adventists, Boise 1daht
was in Mountain Home Sunday. He
is visiting the lead ng churches of
h S people m the Conference. Mr.
Norwood has been connected with tn
Scyenth-Day Adventist people for a
number of years. ''The Adventists
are primarily missionary people, he
sad. Eve believe that the news of
Christ's return o this earth should g
to all the world. and that the work
is to be completed in this generation.
This is tn reason for the liberal
support of this branch of the work,
on The part OF our people, The
measure of results, in response to
these efforts, is mos encouraging;
and we see every omen that the Lord
w" beable to finish His gospel work
for this world right on schedule time
Fhe scriptures tell us that the pres
emit g neration of people wild witness
its elimination
Pastor Norwood is quite vel
pleased with the sccess that is at
tending the acut vities of the denom-
nation in the Conference, and talked
freely r garding the work both in the
home field ana abroad. He said
THE General Conference of Seventh
Day Adventists was organized in 1863
with six local conferences; 80
llahorers; 125 churches, and total
membership of $500 There was one
publishing house, and annual litera-
tlre sales amounted to $4,000 Work
was then conducted in the United
States only"
The denomination is now conduct
ing work in 80 countries, "A being
n Chria tian and non Protestant
There are 26 union conferences; 1870
local confer ncls; 1903 mission fields;
1876 churches, 23GS79 members; and
9476 missionaries and laborers of all
classes. This is one laborer out of
each four cen adherents. For 1915
contIibu ions for all lines of evange-
lisJ.c and institutional work We're,
IS ,066, 1916. 10, a per capita of $37.O1."
"Eyangelistic work is conducted
orally IN 1913 languages; and publLca
tons are issued in 80. There are
40 period ca issued by AZ denomina
tional publishing houses and branches
the sales of which, during 1915, We're
$2,174, 59194. There are 246 mission
schools; 692 primary schools; 81 col
sges and academies; 81 ,964 students
enrolled; 1851 teachers Our people
also own and operate 40 sanitari-
ums and treatment rooms, employing
131 physicians and 1888 nurses and
others"
Mainland substations now main
tanned in foreign fields number COZ,
and 1903 missionaries have been sent
from the home base into this terri
tory during the past eleven years.
During the first eleven months OF
1916 were added to this number. In
1915, $1,133,786.5S was expended In
foreign mission territory, of which
the 77,735 members in North America
contributed $70S,2 so, a per capita
of $9.O8 The average of all protest
ant members in this country was 81
cents"
Concerning the progress of the wor
in Southern Idaho he stated Never
since the organization of the Con-
renee in 1907 has there been more
activity and interest than now. Dur
ing the past year, the 1000 members
he have paid $16,395 tithes besides
So, 705 for foreign missions and 1926
for local church expense. The first
of this year is even more encourag-
ing as the 1.-THE receipts of the first
three months have more than doubled
the receipts of the same months last
year, and he bible tract sales have
increased by over a thousand dollars
Pas or Norwood left Sunday night
planning to visit Ontario and Payette
before turning to his headquarters
in Boise.