Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-12-25
INTER-CHURCH
WORLD MOVEMENT

3 conference or the lnter-Church WOrl(
Movement have returned from Boise
= with definite information as to the
scope and limitations of the Move.
; ment which represents the co-opera-
, tive efforts of about eighty denomi-
national bodies. The conference was
held in the First Presbyterian church
and was presided over by the Rev.
Raymond C Brooks, pastor of the
First Congregational Church of Berk
eley, Calf other speakers and
leaders were: Dr. Edward Lincoln
Smith, corresponding secretary of
the American Board of Commission
ers for Foreign Missions; DR.. Bruce
/ B. Corbin of New York, a leader Of
the Methodist Centenary; Miss Anna
A. Milligan, educational secretary of
the United Presbyterian Church
! Board of Foreign Missions; Rev
! Thomas G. Koonts of the New Era
Movement of the Presbyterian church
'B. V. Edworthy, field secretary for
Idaho, Montana and Wyoming of the
Inter-church World Movement
Specific plans for the development
of the spiritual resources of the
churches included the emphasis of
the prayer life in family groups. BY
means of daily prayer in all families,
one speaker said, divorce courts will
be put out Of business. The plan to
usher in the New Year with prayer
in the family groups and in the
watch night services at churches was
outlined The Week of Prayer from
January to II was stressed and the
united continuous evangelistic cam |
paign to eliminate with big in
gathering of members on Easter Sun
day was said to promise great re-
turns. In this evangelistic campaign
the local church is to be the unit cen
ter for the campaign
The acknowledgment of the Stew,
idea--that God is the owne,
of all things and man is the steward
was said by the speaker to be the
means by which most of the prob
ems in the Industrial world result
ng from coYetousness may be soly-
I'd If employers and employees gen
orally apply the principle of steward
ship to their affairs and recognize
hat they are responsible to God for +
he conduct of their affairs on an
lnselfish basis. They said it will also S
he churches and give the ministers t
increased support I
Business interests can afford to @
ontribute large sums for the sup a
ort of Missionary enterprises, ac- u
ording to one speaker because the h
american missionaries incidentally o
pen up countries for the advance h
lent of trade and the American t
RUNNER follows the missionary a
he missionaries with their helpful ST
tristan ministries create and main a
lin good will toward America. The q
of men and women for Il
lie service of Christ as life work
as said to be one of the big prob p'
ms facing the churches. To encour m
sc recruiting there should be ade- as
late support of the trained lead 81
3, The surveys being made through 81
1t the country and in missionary d.
nds by the IRterchurch World Is
ovement will be used as a basis of
how much of the work
the cooperating denominations in
e movement are in competitioni
It'll each other The surveys will
so reveal unchurched areas which
IL be allocated.
Repeatedly during the conference VI
ference was made to the fact that
Q Interchurch World Movement Sc
d for its purpose the uniting of ef;
rts and not the uniting of churches.
e speakers said that the condition
the world today was such that no =,
9 group was able to grapple with p,
! big problems and adequately GOV -,
the field to take advantage of the to
!, opportunities for service in the lf,
me of Jesus Christ Therefore, the of
operation of the denominations in ev,
the spiritual and material Hi
ources of the churches was neces- des
y and advisable and the Inter
lrch World Movement was organic rea
gel
The Importance of prayer was s,s
phasized and all through the cot,
ference the presentation of the nict
jects was stopped and the dele VIII,
es prayed for the power of the sire
y Spirit to accomplish the objec, uni
s of the united cooperative move. thel
1T. County units of the Inter
rch World Movement are to be reel
anized to conduct surveys and to 'is''
into operation in their own areas VA VA
principles of cooperation agreed
n by the cO-ODerating commuc