The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-04-22
LINDEN CHURCHES TO
JOIN BIG WORLD DRIVE
To Take Part In IBter-Church Week
To Raise Large Fund For Work
OF All Kinds

LyHuen BaptlSt ana Methodist
Church will observe the Inter-Churct
World movement next week. George
w. Frick, sr., was chosen director OF
the campaign in this district, anG
Lyndcn is expected to go over the tor
on its quotas.
Mr.. Frick was appointed director
at meeting in Beilingham this week
which was addressed by Mr.. Jenkins
of Bellingham, financial director of
the district. Rev. e. Breen, Rev. H
X. Pasma, Rev. w. o. Benadom, l..
A. Jones and Mr.. Bayes of Lynden,
attended.
Just what the Inter-Church World
movement is was explained today by
Rev. w. o. Benadom as follows:
What is the Interchurch World
Movement?
The question Is repeatedly asked by
newspaper readers confronted with
the announcement that thirty denom
nations in the United States are to
engage in a united simultaneous cam
paign to raise $336,777.572 for Chris
tian work in the eight days Of April
rs to May inclusive.
The answer to the question is: the
churches have realized the necessity
OF greatly enlarged and cooperative
activity in all lines Of Christian effort
to help heal the wounds of q war-torn
world and to promote the Christian
spirit Of right and justice in the deal
tngs OF man with man. Realizing this
necessity, they are proceeding to CO.
operate in Christianity SO that there
will be no waste of effort or money in
the great work confronting the
churches to meet adequately the needs
Of the world.
Church Entities Preserved.
The Interchurch World Movement
is not q consolidation Of churches. It
does not contemplate the elimination
of denominationalism. 1t Is consolf-
dation Of effort to forward the pur-
pose Of all denominations; the spread
Of Christianity. the redemption of man
and of the world through the exercise
of the spirit of Christ --..---......a.a.-a]
The organisation known as the In
terchurch World Movement Is merely
the machinery through which the
thirty denominations enrolled in CO.
operative effort correlate their activi-
ties SO that there will not be duplica-
tion of effort and expense in any line
of Christian work or any geographical
field Of endeavor. The first accom-
plishment of the movement was to
make a world survey of the work be-
ing done by the denominations ut
home and abroad and of the needs OF
further work. The various denomina-
tions cooperated in this survey, each
contributing the information in hand.
The result was q businesslike deter
mination of the proper division OF
work among the denominations con-
stitutirg a plan Of cooperative work,
and carefully estimated budget OF
the funds necessary to carry on the
work for five years. This budget to-
tails 81, ,3OO, 900 900 but in the approach
ing financial campaign it is intended
to raise only $336,777,572 of this
amount.
Denominations Independent.
Each denomination is expected to
raise q quota assigned to it, based on
the work which it is undertaking. The
subscriptions Of its own members will
be supplemented by an allotmentifrom
the subscriptions Of those who are not
church members, in proportion to the
amount subscribed by the denomina-
ton. Then each denomination will
proceed Independently with its allot-
ted work excepting that further ad-
justments may be made in various
fields to provide for effective cooper
alton, when it is shown that duplics