The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-22
AN INTERCHURCH
WORLD MOVEMENT
First of Sixty-Six Conferences in The
Country Was Held in
BurIinuton

Burlington.
Burlington, Nov. 21-Co-operation
. instead of competition between
churches was the key note at the
sessions of the Vermont State Lead
ers Training conference of the Inter
church World Movement which was
held in Burlington, from November
az to 20.
AT the close of the conference the
report made by G.. E. Robbins who act
ed as the registrar showed that 2S9
delegates had registered. II was said
to be the largest representative gath
ering of church leaders that ever as
sembled for any cooperative purpose
in the State of Vermont. The fact
that Vermont was chosen for the first
conference of the Interchurch World
Movement was referred to by DR.. w
A. Dawson, the superintendent of the
Vermont Baptist Convention, in his
address as the chairman of the CON
ference committee at the opening
session. Sixty-six similar confer
ences are to be conducted III Decem-
ber.
Repeatedly during the conference
the fact was emphasized by both the
state and national leaders that the
lnterchurch World Movement was
not organized for organic union of
the churches but for cooperation TO
lrealize the common objectives of de-
Iveloping the spiritual resources of
the church.; of promoting the idea
land practice of the stewardship that
God is the owner of all things and
that man is steward responsible to
God for the administration of trust
funds and property of an unselfish
basis of encouraging the study of
missions on a systematic basis and
Of placing before children and young
people of the churches the idea OF en-
! listing in the definite service of
Christ as n life work
In the outline of the plans by the
Headers it developed that the enlist
ment of intercessors in all the
churches of America was to be
pushed during the month of January.
In February, the program of the stew
hardship department for the enlist
ment OF 10,000000 stewards was to be
| followed. During the month of March
the life work program is to be EN-
/ Iphasized and in April the ingathering
! of new members as result of the
! intensive evangelistic efforts and the
house to house canvas will take
place This will be followed by the
united campaign for funds to fling out
the battle lines of the Christian fore
es all over the world on an aggres.
siye victorious basis.
permanent State advisory com
mittee of the Vermont conference of
the lnter-church World Movement to
have charge of all the interchurch af-
fairs in this State was named after
number of sessions.
The personnel of the advisory com
mittee as announced is as follows
Chairman, DR.. w. A. Dawson, super
lntendent of the Vermont Baptist con.
Ivention; secretary DR. c. c. Merrill,
superintendent of the Vermont Con
lgregational association. The Rev.
Walter r. Davenport of st. Adams,
the Rev. Edward W. Sharp of ST.
IJohnsbury. the Rev G. * Statham of
Rutland, the Rev Charles II. Merrill
l.. D., of ST Johnsbury, the Rev. A. S. |
Bole OF Hardwiek. the ev. L. II.
Simpson of Ryegate. the Hon Henry
Bond of Brattleboro. Albert Laing of
Burlington, Byron Clark of Burling-
ton, Miss Marion Gary of Rutland,
Dean George II. Perkins of Burling,
ton the Hon. E. S. Brigham of ST.
Albans, Mrs. Edith Balch Wright of
White River Junction, Mrs Chester
A. BiXby of Poultney, Mrs J. L. Hall |
of Burlington, the Rev E. S. Johnson
of Randolph and Philip T. II. Pier |
son of Bennington.
The executive committee of the ad- |
visory committee is composed of the |
Rev. w. y. Dawson. ID. D., the Rev. |
C. c. Merrill. the Rev W. r. Daven- |
port, the Rev. J. A. Hamilton acting |
for DR.. E. X. Stratham and the Rev. |
w. r. Sharp
Among the leaders at the confer
ence:
DIR. William Hiram Foulkes, AS
sociate General Secretary Inter
church World Movement; Bishop Ed
win Holt Hughes, Bishop of the |
Methodist Episcopal Church; DR.. J. |
Campbell White, Associate General |
Secretary Interchurch World Move !
ment in Charge of the Department of |
Life-Work: DR.. Joseph c. Robbins /
Foreign Secretary American Baptist
Foreign Missionary Society Member
Training Conference Staff Inter
church World Movements DR.. William
A. Brown, of the Department of Spiri-
tual Resources, mterchurch World |
Movement; DR.. RolviX Harlan. Secre- i
tary of Social Service and Rural Com
munity Work, American Baptist
Home Missionary Society; Dr. Ed
ward Lincoln Smith, Corresponding
Secretary, American Board of Com
missioners for Foreign Missions,
member Training conference Staff In
terchurch World Movement; DR.
Ralph S. Cushman. in Charge of De-
partment of Steward ship of Inter
church World Movement; DR.. A. A.
F'orshee, Field Representative of the
General Promotion Board, Northern
Baptist Convention; Mrs r. S. NJ.
Enrich, Missionary of the American
Board in Turkey, member Traing Con
ference Staff gntcrchprch World
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