Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-22
CHURCH TRAINING
MEETIN G TO Be.
HELD IN LINCOLN /.
Two Hundred and Fifty Lead
ers From All Parts Of State
Expected to Attend
Conference.
BY H. r. BEST,
Divisional Secretary.

IHtSVilt has UcCh SClSStCu dS tHC
meeting place for the state train
ing conference o, the Interchurch
World Movement for Nebraska, to
be held December 3, 4, S.
Two hundred and fifty church lead
eKs, delegates from every county
and representing practically every
denomination in the state, are ex-
pected to attend, the object of the
meeting being to bring together re-
ligious leaders Of every county to
confer with reference to plans in
this state for promoting church CO.
operation and for taking part in
the nationwide campaign planned
by the Interehurch World move
ment.
Six Leaders in Team
Addresses will be delivered BY a
team of six leaders of national rep
utation on various phases Of the In
ltcrchurch program. The conference
has been described in advance as a
school Of Christian leadership"
but in point OF fact the leaders of
the meeting declare that they ex-
pect to get as much instruction, par
ticularly on state plans and condi-
tons, as they impart.> Hence the
rule Of the eonferenceN will be Is
minute addresses, followed by Is
minute discussions.
The members of the state COM
mittee in charge of this state con-
ference are:
Young, D. D.; Rev. R. M. Badger,
Rev. w. S. Woodburn, DR.. w. r.
Elmore, Rev. w. S. Tool, Lincoln.
Neb.
Judge John N. Dryden, Kearney,
Neb.; Rev. Theodore Foxworthy.
Central City; Rev. c. c. Dobbs,
Aurora; REV. w. 0. Jones, York,
and Rev. c. F. Sandahl, Omaha.
Neb.
Other members of the state COM
mittee are yet to be named.
Series of Meetings.
The meeting at Lincoln is one of
a series Of such conferences to. be
hold in every state in the union by
December 20. By that time it is
expected that 10000 Religious lead
ers throughout the country will
have become thoroughly con-
versant with the aims and plans of
this movement for Protestant CO.
operation and will be able to speak
authoritatively upon it in every
county Of the United States.
The object of the movement is to
provide an organization through
which the various Protestant
churches of the North American
continent (for similar movement
has been started in Canada), can CO.
operate to their mutual advantage,
always looking to the ultimate ideal
of the Christianization OF the
world.
Survey Religious World.
As first step the interchurch.
movement is engaged on number
of careful surveys of religious, So
cial and economic conditions
throughout the world, county by
. county and city by city in the
HUnited States and country by ,coun-
FRY abroad. BY these means the
facts Of the situation and the actual
religious needs of>the world will be
revealed.
The results of the surveys will be
collated and budgeted in terms of
men and money The participating
denominations will then be-asked to
determine by mutual agreement
their individual share of responsi
bility for world evangelization, and
a united appeal will be made by the
churches, each to its own con-
stituency, for the resources in men
and money that are required.
Denominations which have made
a recent financial appeal will share
in the other aspects of the inter-
church movement and will have at
their disposal its machinery for CO.
ordinating their expenditure so as
to eliminate waste and duplication.
The surveys have already shown
what an enormous economy Of time,
money and human service might be
achieved through . proper co-ordi-
nation Of their efforts by the vari-
; Reach Every Village.
All the participating denomina-
tons will join in the spiritual pro-
gram Of the Movement. The pres
ent series Of state conferences are to
be followed by sectional and local
conferences through which the spir-
itual message of the lnterchurch
Movement will be carried to towns,
villages and individual churches.
The Interchurch Movement,
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