The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-16
COUNTY WORK OF WORLD MOVEMENT
TO START IN EARNEST HERE SOON

NJ. C. Bishop. Indiana state super
visor for the Inter-Church World
Movement survey. will probably be
present at conference OF Wayne
county workers which is to be held In
the Richmond Y. M. C. A.. the latter
part OF this week or the first part OF
next, according to Lester w. Carlan-
der, Wayne county supervisor for the
survey.
Those that will assist in the rural
survey have not been named by Car
lander but a complete force will be
organized by the latter part of the
week, The Richmond survey Will not
be started until later in the year.
J. Work of the same description is being
done in each of the 5000 rural coun.
ties of the country.
With all the available forces Of the
various Protestant denominations Of
the county engaged in the work, the
resulting census is expected to be
complete and authoritative. Based
upon the ascertained facts, the move
ment will next seek to work out q
unified program which will be sub
mitted to the evangelical constituency
of the, United States for concerted
action. ~' ..
Each Body viii Work. Z.
In this program each separate re-
ligious body will undertake its just
part of the whole work. Each will pre-
serve its own identity. control its own
treasury and working agencies, and
will continue its own .labors in the re-
cruiting of workers and funds.
THE movement has nothing to do
with organic church union or doc
trinal matters and does not propose
to set up an super-commfssion with
executive powers" said Carlander. 1t
simply seeks to show all the Christian
bodies how they can work together for
one cause. without any Of them yield
ing any fundamental OF belief, practice
or Independence.
"The movement assumes two things:
Th9t all evangelical bodies are agreed
upon the importance of contracting
every effort upon making the whole
world Christian. SO that Christian so
lutions can be applied to all the so
cial. moral and industrial problems OF
the day; and that no evangelical body
will refuse its support to a unified pro-
gram to realize these aims, provided
the program Is definite, comprehen
sive, equitable to all and is clearly the
best plan that has been devised"
mo such plan, however, can be fur.
nished until all the facts are in hands
1t is to obtain the facts that the
movement has begun taking an in
ventory of the actual-down to the
last household and last community
Of all humanity in relation to the re
ligious needs and moral, spiritual, In
dustrial and social environments. The
foreign survey is being made through
missionaries in the field, govern
mental agencies. reliable private
sources and missionary headquarters
in the United States.
Workers Will Cover County
The Wayne county rural workers
to be named by Carlander the latter
part of the week, will collect the
necessary information to make the
Wayne county end of the movement
a success. p
These workers will collect informa
ton upon every church in the county
it's membership, it's financial condi
ton, whether it's families are receiv
ing pastoral care. These workers
are to report upon church groupings
conflicting efforts. neglected terri