The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-19
Council Named at Meeting
Here to Take Charge
of the Work
FACTS IN DETAIL
TO BE ASSEMBLED
Part of Interchurch World Movement
by Evangelical Churches - Council
Consists of Rev. MIR. BrownelI, Miss
Wells and Rev. Mr.. Prince.

Ministers representing various churches
and composing the executive committee
for Windham county of the interchurch
world movement met in the chapel of
the Centre Congregational church yester-
day and appointed the county council TO
religious conditions and needs of this
county as part of the worldwide surveys
being made by the Interchurch World
Movement of North America Plans al
so were discussed for the work. The coun-
ty council appointed consists of Rev. Clark
L. Brownell and Miss Florence NJ III.
Wells of Brattleboro and County Super
visor (Rev.) John c. Prince Of Bellows
Falls.
Rev. DR.. Herbert p Woodin was chair
man of the meeting and Rev Arthur V.
Woodwork of West Brattlebore was sec
retary. Following the meeting the minis
ters enjoyed dinner which was served IN
connection with the luncheon of the wom-
en- of the Centre church parish who were
holding an all-day meeting.
Windham county has been divided in
to five sections with leaders as follows
Northeastern, Rev. Z. A. Mason of Bel
lows Falls; northwestern, Rev. E. c.
Clarke of South Londonderry; central,
Rev. j. F. Blackburn of Townshend;
southeastern, including Brattleboro, Rev.
A. v Woodworth of West Brattleboro;
southwestern, Rev W. c. Clark of VIII
miDgton.
The object of the survey is to obtain
an impartial and complete summary OF
all the facts relating to the conditions OF
every church IN the county as to its f.
nances, its membership,-whet grow
ing, stationary or declining, it
has resident pastor, what families are
included in its ministry, how often its
people are visited by pastors, what fam
lies in the county are without pastoral
oversight, etc. The surveyors also are
expected to report on church groupings.
conflicts in parish boundaries, areas with
out Christian influences, community CEN
| tiers and social buildings, such as lodges
and Oranges, and upon other matters
which will throw light on the problems
| of the churches in this country.
The Interchurch World Movement is a
/ cooperative effort of the missionary
| boards, church extension societies, and
| similar benevolent agencies of all the
| Evangelical churches to work out uni
| fed Christian program. 1t is not a move
ment for organic church union On the
contrary, it expects each denominational
society to preserve its own identity and
work with its own money through its
own machinery The idea is to make a
systematic and complete study of every
| thing that is to be done and to have all
the constituent bodies get together and
/ agree upon which part of the work eaed
is to undertake.
Information gained from the survey
will be sent to the state council, thence
to national headquarters, as the wor;
which viii be done here will be typical
of that in each of the 5000 rural counties
OF the United States, thus making it pos
sible to get at the salient points of in.
formation for any locality in the United
States and at the same time to study the
general phenomena of particular group,
and environments
i When these statistics are obtained
and analyzed the. Interchurch Worlt
Movement expects to have on FL.
La map of every county in tn,
United States, which will show every rail
road, trolley line, road, village, hamlet
church, lodge, school, and where ever
isolated farmhouse stands in relation Il
some church or other religious center
This is the first organization to undertak,
ssch task on such large scale
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