The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-05
RELIGIOUS MEET
JACKSONVILLE
Conferences to be Held There and at
Orlando Where Vital Questions
Will be Discussed.

Jacksonville. Dec. Some Of the
most influential church men and
women of the state of Florida will
assemble for the religious conferences
of Protestant denomina tional leaders
which are to be held in Jacksonville on
December Is, IS and II and in Orlando
on the II, Is and 10, under the aus
pieces of the Interchurch World Move
ment, to hear speakers of international
prominence on questions of the most
vital importance to the churches of
America.
Local arrangements are now being
rapidly perfected in both Jacksonville
and Orlando to care for the crowds
which will attend.
Men and women who have been Of
ficially designated by their various
churches to issue invitations to the
conferences are as follows: Dr. C. O.
Woodward, of Tampa and Mrs Flor
ence P. Haden, of Miami. for the
Christian churches; H. c. Dubose and
E. D. Brownies Of Sanford; DR.. J. G.
Venable of Jacksonville and Rev w.
S. Patterson of Madison for the Presby
terrain churches and DR.. Ira s. Pat
terson, of Tampa of the Methodist
churches. Other men from other de-
nominations are also cooperating along
similar lines.
A number of prominent men of the
various Protestant denominations are
assisting n. d. Dodge, the field rep
resentative of the Interchurch World
Movement in Florida, in arranging
these conferences.
Mr.. Dodge, who in setting I'D the
conferences for the Interchurch
movement, is a native of Jacksonville,
and former pastor in Clearwater. He
is the son of the late DIR. w. B. Dodge.
Of the Presbyterian synod of Florida, a
man who organized more churches in
the synod than any other man and
who also organized the ministerial all
lance of Jacksonville.
The speakers who will appear before
the two Florida conferences are as
follows: DIR. w. S. Alexander. of
Nashville, at present in charge of the
Southwestern division of the Inter-
church World Movement; DR.. John
Laird Of Baltimore one of the most
eloquent and influential pulpit orators
of the country; Mrs. J. r. Mccoy of
Nashville widow of the beloved Metho-
dist bishop and herself one of the most
widely known women in church work
in the south. II. L. Freeman of Adrian
Mich. Charles Rowland of Athens, Ga.
president of the Laymen's Missionary
Movement and William E. Hudson.
These men will head up discussion
of vital church problems which now
confront the churches of America, and
the outcome of this discussion is des-
tined to have a large bearing on the
forward movement work which is
being carried on in all the Protestant
denominations Of the state. Fifteen
minutes will be devoted to the expo
sition Of each subject from the plat
form and the remainder of the time
viii be taken with discussion from the
floor.
The 1nterchurch World Movement is
supported and supervised in its work
by the Protestant bodies Of America
and is undertaking a large amount of
work of such q nature that it can
benefit all the church alike. Among the
various subjects to be discussed will
be the organization, plans and pur-
poses of this movement. It does not
deal with church union of federation,
but is merely an agency of cooperation
among the Protestant bodies.
The delegates VIII be selected from