Arizona republican., 1919-01-02
PH|EN|X CHURCHES
 FORM FEDERATIO ION TO PROMOTE WELT FARE /.

A federation of the churches of Phoenix is now well under way. Dur ing the past ten months several meet ings of the city's pastors and laymen of the various churches have been held at the '. NJ. C. A., in the interest of church federation. The churches rep resented at these meetings were the Presblterian, the Christian, the Epis- copal, and the First Central and Free Methodist churches; the First and the Calvary Baptist, the Congregational and the Missionary.
 A committee composed of Professor John D. Loper Col L. W. Coggins, W. c. Hornberger, V. o. Wallingford, Dr. W. W Wilkinson and L J. Cox pre- pared the following constitution which has now been approved:
 Article l. The name of this organ ization shall be, The Federation of Christian Churches of Phoenix, Ari- zona.
 Article II, Section 1. The object Of this federation shall be: To promote the welfare, comity and cooperation of the churches. and foster practical, christianity and community better ment.
 Section 9 Tn inviting these or ganizations to give this new evidence of their Christian and patriotic co operation, I (we) wish it distinctly un- derstood that their compliance with this request will not in any sense i'm ply the surrender on the part of any of them of it's distinctive character and autonomy, because I (we) fully rec ognize the fact that each of them has it's own traditions, principles, and re- lationships which it properly prizes and which if preserved and strength ened, make possible the largest SerV- ice."-Woodrow Wilson.
 Article III, Section 1. This fedora tion shall be composed of those Chris tian churches in Phoenix, Arizona, that shall by vote agree by their respective authorized methods, to unite with this organization.
 Section ?. Any church in the fed eration unable to cooperate in | movement determined upon by the fed eration shall be excused therefrom upon it's request to that effect, present. ed in writing to the executive com mittee of the federation
 Article ". The governing body of this federation shall De a council which shall be composed of the pastor and a lay member for each 50 members, or major fraction thereof, from each church in the federation; said lay rep resentatiOn may include women as well as men.
 Article V. The executive body of the federation shall be an executive committee consisting of one 1ayman, or his alternate, appointed by the council members of the church which i they represent, together with pastor and the officers of the federation.
 Article VI. The officers of the fed eration shall be: a president, a vice l president, a secretary, and treasurer; who shall be elected by the council and who shall exercise the usual functions | of their respective offices. 1 Article VII, Section 1. The time of meetings shall be as follows: Of the | council: Annually on the third Tues day of January; special meetings may 1 be held at the call of the executive committee. Of the executive commit | te: monthly, at a time to be designated 1 by said committee in executive session Special meeings of the executive con- mittee may be called at any time by the president or three members of the committee.
 Section 2. A quorum of the council for purposes of action shall consist of 9 per cent of the accredited member ship thereof A quorum of the exec utive committee shall consist of a rep resentatives from not less than one l half the federated churches.
 Section 3. This constitution may 1 be amended at any meeting of the council, by a two-thirds vote of the members present: providing that sucf
 amendment or amendments, shall bt
 submitted in writing, and presented tc
 the meeting by the presiding officer il
 the opening address and statement O business"
 The representation on the federation
 council is usually one for each 10t members. This number was doubled ! in order to have a good representa-
 ton of women. The churches that ar,
 likely to identify themselves with tht
 movement are said to have about 4,00'
 members.
 If the delegates to the council ar'
 promptly elected the annual meeting O
 banquet on the third Tuesday of Jan
 uary will be a notable gathering. AnC
 should the strongest men of th'
 churches be placed on the executive
 board it is believed that the social
 moral and religious interests of tn city will be advanced during the com
 ing year.