Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-07-24
Southern Baptists
Go for $75,OOO,OOO


Ition in Atlanta, Ca, in May, with
more than 5000 Baptists assembled,
it was unanimously decided to raise
SIS, OOO,0 900 for missions in home
land foreign lands; for their more
than 100 educational institutions; for
their many orphanages and hospitals;
for their aged ministers, and for the
National Memorial Church, dedicated
to Roger Williams and Religious Lib
erty, to be built in Washington. A
Campaign Commission was appoint
ed, with DR. George W. Truett, pas
tor First Baptist Church, Dallas,
Tex, as chairman, and one member
from each of the Southern states.
At a meeting in Atlanta, Ca, early
in June, the commission met and
made out plans for raising the $751;
| 100000. DR.. L. r. Scarborough,
president of the Southwestern Bap-
fist Theological Seminary, Fl. Worth,
Tex, was elected general director,
and his headquarters established at
/ Nashville, Tenn. Five Of the Com
missioners were appointed as cam
paign directors, to whom the details
of organization were committed.
Mr.. J. H. Anderson Of Knoxville,
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 capaign: B. C. Hen
ing of North Carolina, assistant gen
RI Of
survey director; H. C. Moore of Ten
nessee, publicity director; Mrs. w. j.
Neel, W. NJ. U. organizer. A general
organizer is yet to be selected.
At a meeting composed of nearly
200 representatives from every phase
of the denominations life and work
in Nashville, Tenn, July 2 and 3, a
complete program and organization
for the campaign were effected.
Each Of the Southern states will be
ogranized, with the state secretary of
missions as the general director for
that state He will be aided by
general organizer and a publicity
man, and an advisory campaign COM
mittee, made up of the three persons
above named, the campaign commits
sioner 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 or
ganization. It will be the duty of
these state organizers to organize the
subdivisions in each state, called as
lsociations or districts. Each of these
associations or districts will have an
organizer and a publicity director,
4 oI,1 hoe.
with a general director, preferably
the pastor, and an organizer, some
select layman, and an organizer rep
resenting the Women's Work. All
these organizations are to be aided
by volunteer workers from among
men and women.
! The name of the campaign is Gap
ltist 70 Million Campaign" The time
for the big drive will be November
80 to December z. This will be
called "Victory Week." at which
time cash and pledes, payable in five
years, are to be raised to the amount
iof S75,0O0,000. All the general or
Examinations - the Foreign Mission
Board at Richmond, Va; the Home
Mission Board at Atlanta, Ga; the
Educational Board at Birmingham,
Ala; the Old Ministers Relief Board
at Dallas, Tex; the Laymen's Board
at Knoxville, Tenn; the Woman's
Missionary Union Board at Balti-
more, Md, and all the state organ
izations are throwing themselves full
length and full strength into the
campaign. Three million Baptists
are to go in and put it over. It is to
be. the greatest and most meaningful
movement ever inaugurated by
Southern Baptists. It's issues to the
cause of Christ are incalculable.
This money will help every phase of
religious life represented by Baptists
throughout the whole world 1t is
expected that every Baptist Church,
more than $4,000 of them, and every
Baptist member, more than three
million, will put themselves in great
fashion into this movement.