Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-19
SOUTHERN BAPT|sTs PLAN
TO RAISE S75,000,000
announcement to BE Made Next
Week OF Richmond's Share
In Drive.
WILL HELP RELIGIOUS LIFE
Convention In May Decided OH Cam
: paign-McmoriaI to Roger VIII
liams In Washington, ID. c., Among
Work for Which Funds to BE Used.

Richmond Baptists will learn next
week what is to be their quota In the
Baptist rs Million Campaign" to be
staged between November 80 and De-
cember throughout the South Mis-
sion. education and benevolences will
receive the major portion Of the fund
when secured.
The Southern Baptist Church has a
membership OF 100000 These 3,G00,-
900 Baptists are to go in and put it
over" they say. 1t is to be the great
est and most meaningful movement
ever innugurated by Southern Bap-
lists. It's issues to the cause OF Christ
are incalculable. This money will help
every phase OF religious life represent
ed by Baptists throughout the whole
world; 1t Is expected that every Bap-
list church. moro than $4,000 of them.
and every Baptist member will put
themselves in a great fashion into this
movement.
The name OF the campaign is "Bap-
for tho big drive win be November 80
To- December q. This will be called
Victory, Week" at which tir : cash
to be raised to the amount of moro
than s75.ooo.oOo. All the general or
ganlzations--the foreign mission board
at Atlanta. the educational board at
birmingham. the old ministers relic:
board at Dallas, the laymen's board at
union board at Raltimore. and ali the
State organizations are throwing them
selves full length and full strength into
the campaign.
At meeting composed of nearly 200
representatives from every phase Of
the denomination's life and wo.!,. in
Nashville, Tenn, July 2 and 3, a com
campaign were effected. Each or the
southern States Will be organized. with
the state secretary Of missions as the
VIII DE aided by general organizer
and a publicity man. and an advisory
CAMPAIGN committee. made, up of the
three persons above named, the cam
paiGn commissioner from that State
the editor OF the Baptist paper the sec
rotary and vice-president OF the
women's work. and the chairman of
the laymen's organization. II will be
inc duty OF these State organizers to
organize the subdivisions in each
state, called associations or districts
Each OF these associations or districts
VIII have an organizer and a publicity
director. and these Will organize the
churches. with a general director. pre-
Ieraoiy the pastor. and an organizer
some Sc! Il layman. and organizer
represent ng the women's work. All
these orr nizations arc 10 be aided by
voluntee; 'orkers. from among men
Al the southern Baptis, Convention
than 5.o,1 5aptists assembled, II was
unanimou. decided TO raise $4,000
900 for missions in home and foreign
lands: for their more than 100 educa-
tional institutions; for their many or
phanages and hospitals: for their aged
ministers. and for the Sat!ona! Me!no-
rial Church. dedicated to Roger VIII
l!ams and religious liberty. to be built
In Washington. A campaign commits
sion was appointed, with DR.. George
w. Truett, pastor First Baptist
Church. Dallas, Texas chairman,
and one member from each OF the
Southern States.
at meeting in Atlanta. Ga. early
In June. the commission met and made
out plans for raising the $4,000, 900.
DR. J.. r. Scarborough. president OF
the Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary, FIT. Worth. Texas. was
elected general director. and his head
quarters established at Nashville. Tenn.
Five OF the commissioners were ap-
pointed as campaign directors. to whom
the details of the organization were
committed. J. H. Anderson, OF Knox
vile. Tenn, a wealthy merchant, was
made chairman.
These campaign directors have
elected the following leaders to CO.
operate with General Director Scar
borough in the campaign: b. c. Hem
Ing. OF North Carolina. assistant gen
eral director: T. Is. Ray, of Virginia.
survey director: II. c. Moore, of Ten,
nessee. publicity director; Mrs. w. ].
Neel. w. NJ. L. organizer A general
organizer is yet to be selected