The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-07-17
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
Will RAISE GREAT
sum IN EIGHT DAYS
Members of Southern Baptist
Churches Asked to Contribute
Seyenty-fiye Million Dollars
In Eight Days.

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At the Southern Baptist Convention
in Atlanta, Georgia, in May, with more
than 5000 Baptists assembled, 1t was
unanimously decided to raise rs mil
lion dollars, for missions, in home and
foreign lands; for their more than 1870
educational institutions; for their
many orphanges and hospitals; for
their aged ministers; and for the Ma
tional Memorial Church, dedicated to
Roger Williams and Religious Liberty,
to be built in Washington. A Cam
paign Commission was appointed, with
DR.. George w. Truett, pastor First
Baptist Church., Dallas, Texas, as
Chairman, and one member 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 rs million dol
lars. DR.. L. r. Scarborough, president
of the Southwestern Baptist Theolo-
| gical Seminary, FIT. Worth, Texas, was
elected General Director, and his head
quarters established at Nashville,
Tennessee. Five of the Commission
ers were appointed as Campaign Di-
rectors, to whom the details of or
ganiZation were committed. Mr.. ]. Fl.
Anderson, of Knoxville, Tennessee, a
wealthy merchant, was made Chair
man.
! These Campaign Directors have
elected the following leaders to coop
crate with General Director Scarbor-
ough in the Campaign: b. C. Hening,
of North Carolina, Assistant General
Director; 7. B. Ray, of Virginia, Sur
vey Director; II. C. Moore, of Ten
nessee, Publicly Director; Mrs. w. j
Neel, W.. M. U. Organizer. A Gener-
al Organizer is yet to be selected
!. At meeting composed of nearly
200 representatives from every phase
of the denominations life and work
In Nashville, Tennessee, July End and
3rd, a complete program and organi-
cation 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 Gen.
eral Organizer and Publicity Man
and an Advisory Campaign Commit
tee, made up of the three person!
above named, the Campaign Commits
; sioner from that state, the editor o
the Baptist paper, the Secretary ant
Vice-President of the Womens Work
/ and the Chairman of the Laymen's or
' ganization. 1t will be the duty o
t these State OrganizersNto organize tn
D subdivisions In each state, called AS
+, sociations or Districts. Each of thes
7 Associations or Districts will have al
4 Organizer and Publicity Director
= and these will organize the churches
: with General Director, preferabl
s the pastor; and an Organizer, some sc
= lect layman; and an Organizer repre-
senting the Women's Work. All thes
: organizations are to be aided by vol
unteer workers. from among men an
women.
The name of the campaign is "Bap
fist rs Million Campaign" The tim
for the big drive will be Novembe
goth to December 7th This will b
called Victory Week., at which tim
cash and pledges payable in s year
are to be raised to the amount Of NOR
than rs million dollars. All the gen
eral organizations,-The Foreign Mis-
sion Board at Richmond, Virginia, tn
the Home Mission Board at Atlanta
Georgia, the Educational Board a
Birmingham, Alabama, the Old Minis
ter's Relief Board, at Dallas. Texas
The Laymen's Board, at Knoxvill,
Tennessee. the Woman's Missionar
Union Board, at Baltimore, Maryland
and all the state organizations ar
throwing themselves full negth an
ull strength into the campaign. Thre
million Baptists are to 60 In and pl
1t over. 1t is to be the greatest an
most meaningful movement ever II
'ugurated by Southern Baptists. /,
issues to the cause of Christ are IL
alculable This money will help e,
Try phase of religious life represen
ID by Baptists throughout the who
world 1t is expected that every Bal
list Church, more than 20 thousand
them, and every Baptist member, MOI
than 5 million, will put themselves
great fashion into this movement.