Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-05-08
WOMEN ON EQUAL
FOOTING WITH Men
At sessions of Southern Baptist Con-
yentfon In Atlanta Next week
Plans For Big Gathering.
(By Associated Press)

ll}N ASSOclaIeu fTeSSI
Atlanta. Ga, May Sat the annual
Southern Baptist Convention, meet
mo here May IA to 10, women for
+be first time will be admitted as del
egates on an equality with men and
busy sessions are Indicated.
Southern Baptists were greatly |
Department at Washington In con-
nection with camp pastors, feeling
With other evangelical denominations
+hs+ thev were Disseminated against |
and il is expected the convention will
make known its attitude toward the
noIicv of the War Department.
Much interest is being manifest
cd by the denomination as to the out
come of the drive for missions un-
dertaken after the convention at Hot
Springs, Ark, last year authorized
lis boards to plan work on a basis OF
S2.5OO.OOO for the present year-S1,-
100000 for home missions and ST.
100000 for foreign missions. That
is Is per cent greater than the sum
raised last year. Leading ministers
and laymen throughout the South
have been active, and the outlook is
that the money will have been raised
The admission of women as dele
gates on an equality with men is
being watched with interest. For more
than IS years the convention has
maintained the policy that women
should be silent in the churches when
men were present. Last years con-
vention adopted resolution allowed
the women to be admitted. Many wo-
men oppose the change believing
their work should be confined to the
Individual churches. Many men op-
pose their admission on the ground
that the membership of the conven-
tion already is too large and should
be divided.
A call for an all-American Bap-
tist convention at an early date pro
badly will be advocated by the South
ern Baptist in view of the WIDE,
spread agitation on the question OF
uniting the various denomination:
and federating the churches. The o
pinion among some Southern Baptist'
is that they cannot not conscienousi!
enter into any such movement an!
is that some authoritative body of al
branches of the denomination shoul'
be constituted to pass upon tn
question and set forth the Baptis
view.
Final steps toward the establish
ment of a negro Baptist ,theologica
seminary, undertaken by join
commission from Southern, Norther
and Negro Baptist conventions, ar
expected to be taken at the comm
sessions. Memphis, Tenn, in all pre-
ability, will be the location of th
proposed seminary and the init;
cost probably will be not less tha
S150,000.
Indications are that q large numbt
of the churches of Missouri will Will
draw from the Northern conventio
and unite with Southern at the con
ing sessions. There has been dir
ision among the Baptists of Nilsson
where some churches belong to Il
Northern and some to the Soutrel
convention. a movement has been
foot for some time with the view
having all belong to one conventit
and the trend Of the movement h
been toward the Southern coventit
with which, it is claimed, most of t
churches have been in closer touC
The interests of the count
churches will be given careful co
sideration this year.
Among the speakers will be m
who have served in the great war l
George W. Truett. of Dallas, Te,
Dr.. Henry A. Porter, of Atlanta; |
N. E. Dodd, of Shreveport, La;
we'll as a large number Of men W
have been the service in the trench
and with the Young Mems Christi
Association will be percent. T
tween 5000 and 5000 people are
pected to attend the session.
DR.. ]. B. Gambrell, of Fort Wor
Tex, it is expected will be re-ele
ed president, and DIR. Eight c.. Mo
of Nashville, Ten, reelected as c
of the secretaries. Another secrets
in the place of the late Dr. Oliver
Gregory will be elected. DR.. Gambl
who was Confederate soldier q
served on the staff of General Rob
E. Lee, will preside and address
opening session.
DR.. l.. r. Scarborough, of Tex
chairman of the committee appoin
last year to work for the filling
the large number of vacant pastora
andto stimulate interest among yor
men to study for ministry, will
port to the convention.