The Adair County news., 1919-07-30
Southern Baptist Go Ia for Nam.
moth Sum.

raise Is million dollars, for missions,
10 home and foreign lands; for their
more than 100 educational institu-
tions; for their many orphanages and
hospitals; for their aged ministers;
and for the National Memorial Chu rch |
dedicated to Roger Williams and Re-
llgious Liberty, to be built in Wash
ington. A Campaign Commission was
appointed, with DR.. George W. Tru-
EFT, pastor First Baptist Church, Dial
las, Texas. as Chairman, and one mem
Der from each of the Southern States.
at a meeting in Atlanta, Georgia,
early in June, the Commission met
and made out plans for raising the IS
million dollars. DR.. L. R. Scarborough,
president of the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth,
Texas, was elected General Director,
and his headquarters established at
Nashville, Tennessee. Five .of the
Commissioners were appointed as
Campaign Directors, to whomIthe de-
tails Of organization were committed.
Mr.. ]. 81. Anderson, of Knoxville,
Tennessee, a wealthy merchant, was
made Chairman.
These Campaign Directors have
elected the following leaders to COOP
crate with General Scarborough in
the Campaign: B. G. Hening, of
North Carolina; Assistant General
Director; T. B. Ray, of Virginia, Sur
vey Director; 81. G. Moore, of Tennes-
see, Publicity Director; Mrs.nW. j.
Neel W. NJ. q. Organizer.i ,AlGener-
al Organizer is yet to be selected.
At meeting composed of nearly
200 representatives iroml every phase
of the denominations life and work,
in Nashville, Tennessee, July End and
Bird, complete programmed organiza-
tion for the campaign were effected.
Each of the Southern States will be
organized, with the State Secretary OF
Missions as the General Director fol
that state. He will be aided by a
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':
organization. 1t will be the duty Of
: these State Organizers to organize thu
, subdivisions in each state, called AS
! sociations or Districts Each of thes,
t Associations or Districts will have al
: Organizer and a Publicity Director
and these will organize the churches
3 with General Director, and thes,
will organize the churches, with ;
General Director, preferably the pas
tor; and an Organizer, some select lay
man; and an Organizer representing
the Women's Work. All these organ
stations are to be aided by volunteel
workers, from among men and women
The name of the campaign is "Bap
fist 10 Million Campaign" The tim.
for the big drive will be Novembe
? SOth to December 7th. This will b,
( called "Victory Week." at which
81 time cash and pledges payable In
. years are to be raised to the amour
i of more than rs million dollars Al
the general organizations, The For
eign Mission Board at Richmond
Q Virginia, the Home Mission Board al
9 Atlanta, Georgia, the Educationa
! Board at Birmingham, Alabama, tn
: Old minister's Relief Board, at Dallas
Texas, the Laymen's Board, at Knox
, vile, Tennessee, the Woman's Mission
: airy Union Board, at Baltimore, Mary
o land, and all the state organization.
> are throwing themselves full length
G and fall strength into the campaign
Three million Baptists are to go ii
+ and put it over. 1t is to be the great
d est and most meaningful movement
!. ever inaugurated by Southern Bar
Il fists. Its issues to the cause of Chris
are incalculable. This money wi
help svery phase of re- iSinns 1if'
represented W B.pGisLs rnro4hont