Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-05-08
WOMEN ON EQUAL
FOOTING WITH men
A, sessions of Southern baptist Con-
,.ntion In Atlanta Next week
Plans For Big Gathering.
- Assnciated Pressl

Atlanta. Ga, May Sat the annual
southern Baptist Convention, meet
mo here Nav Ia to 10, women for
the first time will be admitted as del,
coates on an equality with men and
b1sv sessions are indicated.
Southern Baptists were greatly
disnleased at the ruling of the War
Department at Washington in con-
nection with camp pastors, feeling
with other evangelical denominations
that they were Disseminated against
and it is expected the convention Will
make known its attitude toward the /
noIicv of the War Department.
Much interest is being manifest
cd nv the denomination as to the out
come of the drive for missions un-
dertaken after the convention at Hot
Springs, Ark, last year authorized
its boards to plan work on basis of
S2.5OO,OO0 for the present year-S1,-
100000 for home missions and ST.
100000 for foreign missions. That
is Is per cent greater than the sum
raised last wear. Leading ministers
and laymen throughout the South
have been active, and the outlook is
that the money will have been raised
when the convention meets.
The admission of women as dele
gates ON an equality with men is
being watched with interest. For more
than rs wears the convention has
maintained the policy that women
should be silent in the churches when
men were present. Last years con,
vention adopted resolution allowed
tbe women to be admitted. Many wo-
men oppose the change believing
their work should be confined to the
individual churches. Many men OPP
nose their admission on the ground
that the membership of the conyen-
ton already is too large and should
be divided.
A call for an all-American Bap.
fist convention at an early date pro
bably will be advocated by the South
ern Baptist in view of the wide
spread agitation on the question o.
uniting the various denomination
and federating the churches. The o
pinion among some Southern Baptist
is that they cannot not consclenousl.
enter into any such movement an
is that some authoritative body of al
branches of the denomination shout
be constituted to pass upon tn
question and set forth the Baptis
view.
Final steps toward the establish
ment of a negro Baptist theologics
seminary, undertaken by joiI
commission from Southern, Norther
and Negro Baptist conventions, al
expected to be taken at the comm
sessions. Memphis, Tenn, in all pr
ability, will be the location of tt
proposed seminary and the init
cost probably will be not less thu
S150,00O.
Indications are that large numb
of the churches of Missouri will wit
draw from the Northern conventit
and unite with Southern at the col
ing sessions. There has been di
ision among the Baptists of Nilsson
where some churches belong to t
Northern and some to the SQUIRE
convention. A movement has been
foot for some time with the view
having all belong to one convent
and the trend of tie movement b
been toward the Southern coventi
with which, it is claimed, most OF
churches have been in closer tou,
The interests of the count
churches will be given careful c.
sideration this year.
Among the speakers VIII De II
who have served in the great war.
George. W. Truett. of Dallas, TIE
Dr.. Henry A. Porter, of Atlanta;
NJ. E. Dodd, of Shreveport, La;
we'll as a large number of men v
have been the service in the trencl
and with the Young Mems Christ
Association will be percent.
tween 5000 and 5000 people. are
pected to attend the session.
DIR. J. B. Gambrell, of Fort Wol
Tex, it is expected will be re-els
ed president, and DIR. Hight c.. Mt
of Nashville, Ten, reelected as
of the secretaries Another secret
in the place of the late DR.. Oliver
Gregory will be elected. DR.. Gamb
who was Confederate soldier
served on the staff of General Rol
E. Lee, will preside and address
opening session.
DIR. l.. R. Scarborough, of TIE,
chairman of the committee appoir
last year to work for the filing
the large number of vacant pastor;
andto stimulate interest among 70
men to study for ministry, will
port to the convention.
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