Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-07-31
BAPTIST PLAN
FOR BIG DRIVE:
Ellis and Evans To Head ORION
izations In This Section In
$75,OOO,O00 Campaign 4

Rev. c. S. Ellis, of Paint Lick, has
been named as chairman of The
Southern Baptists' $75,000,000 Drive,
for the Tate's Creek Association,
while Mayor L. P. Evans will head up
the campaign that will be made by
the First Baptist church at Richmond
to have part in this big movement
which is scheduled for next Novem-
ber 30-December 2
At the Southern Baptist Conven-
ton in Atlanta, Georgia, in May, with
more than 5000 Baptists assembled,
lit was unanimously, decided to raise
rs million dollars, for missions, in
home and foreign hands; fortheimore
than 1870 educational institution;
for their many orphanges and hospi-
tails; for their aged ministers; and for
the National Memorial Church. dedi-
Gated to Roger Williams and Religi-
Gus Liberty, to be built in Washing
ton. A Campaign Commission was
appointed, with DR.. George w. Truett,
pastor First Baptist Church, Dallas,
Texas, as Chairman, and one MEM
ber from each of the Southern States.
At meeting in Atlanta, Georgia,
early in June, the Commission met
and made out plans for raising the rs
million. dollars. DR.. L. R, Scar
borough, presidentsof the Southwest
ern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft.
Worth, Texas, was elected General
Director, and his headquarters estab-
lished at Nashville, Tennessee.
At a meeting composed of nearly
200 representatives from every phase
of the denominations life and work,
in Nashville, Tennessee, July End and
3rd, complete program and organi-
zationi for the campaign were effected.
Each of the Southern States will be
organized, with the State Secretary
of Missions as the General Director
for that state. He will be aided by
y General Organizer and a Publicity
Man, and an Advisory Campaign
Committee, made up of the three
persons above named, the Campaign
Commissioner from that state, the
editor Of the Baptist paper, the
Secretary and Vice-President of the
Women's Work, and the Chairman of
the Laymen's organization. 1t will
be the duty of these. State Organizers
to organize the subdivisions in each
state, called Associations or Districts.
Each of these Associations or, Dis
tricts will, have an Organizer and a
Publicity Director, and these will or
ganize the churches, with a general
Director, preferably the pastor; and
an Organizer, some select o lawan;
an Organizer representing the Wo-
mems Work. All these organizations
are to be aided by volunteer workers,
from among men and women t
The name ,of 1 the campaign is
Baptist Campaign" The time for
the big drive will be November 30th
to December. 7th. This will be called
"Victory Week" at which time cash
and pledges in five years are to be
raised to- the amount of more than. rs
million dollars. ALI the genral organ
!izaions, The Foreign Mission Board
lat Richmond, Virginia, the Home Mis-
sion Board at Atlanta, Georgia, the
Educational Board at Birmingham,
Alahamba, the Old Minister'S Relief
Board, at Dallas, Texas, the Laymen's
Board at Knoxville, Tennessee, the
Woman's Missionary Union Board,
at Baltimore, Maryland, and all the
state organizations throwing them
selves full length and full strength in
to the campaign. Three million Bap-
fists are to go in and put it over. 1t
is o,be the greatest and most mean
ingful movement ever inauguarted by
Southern Baptists. Its issues to the
cause Of Christ are incalculable. This
money will help every phase of re-
ligious life represented by Baptists,
throughout the, whole world. It is
expected that every Baptist w church,
more, than 25 thousand of them, and
every Baptist member, more than 3
million, win put themselves in a