The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-04-02
MEET
Medina TABERNACLE
ON Wed, APRIL 7
Speakers Will. Be Present From
Abroad Whole Citizenship
Should Be Interested in Move
Ment.
THREE-SESSION MEETING
TO OPEN co. CAMPAIGN
(By G. H. L. Beeman).

That one half the country churches
of Ohio are declining, that vast areas
Of the earth are untouched by Chris
tianity because of the failure of
American churches to meet their re-
sponsibilities abroad, that the average
church is failing miserably in it's task
of winning new converts in it's own
community, that Americans are
spending for the support of their
churches sums that seem niggardly
when compared with expenditures for
Injuries
These are among the messages to
be transmitted, with a backing of ac-
curate statistics gathered in the world
survey of the Interchurch World
movement, to residents in this county
in the mass meeting of church people
in the Minges Evangelistic Taberna-
Gle, Medina, Wednesday, April 7. The
county Inter church organization,
headed by Rev. c. R. McMeeken of
LIE Roy, is making arrangements for
the meeting. The team of speakers
sent by the State office will include
leaders of various denominations.
Among the principal speakers will be
Rev. E. S. Rothrock and F. A. Blan-
chard, Of Cleveland, W. D. Keller, of
Canton, and DR.. Albert Storme, pres
ident of Berea College. In connec-
ton with the county conference will
be held seperate Life Service
conference for young people to whom
the opportunities of Christian work
as vocation will be presented.
In the morning, afternoon and ev-
ening sessions of the general meeting
the foreign and home surveys, the in
terdenominational evangelistic pro-
gram, and the broad plans of the CO.
operating denominations for the de-
velopment of spiritual, human, and
financial resources needed to carry
the programs based on the surveys
will be presented. Meetings open to
all.
The program will follow to large
extent that Of the recent State past
or's conference in Columbus. Some
startling information was there dis
closed. A striking picture of rural
church decline in many parts of the
State was given at the Colurobus
meeting. 1t was pointed out, too. that
the Protestant churches last year re-
ceived only one convert for every 81
old members. Communities have been
found in Ohio where as few as 5 per
cent Of the people are church men,
bers. Millions of children are grow
ing up without the benefit of the Sun
day school.
In the meeting here next week the
financial plans of the 81 cooperative
denominations by which they all seek
to raise in the last week of April
1886, 77,572, will receive special atten-
tion. This sum is the aggregate of
the 1920 budgets of these denomina-
tions for missionary, educational and
benevolent causes. Local arrange
ments for this financial campaign
will be pushed through by united
campaign director to be assisted by
community directors and county de-
nom national directors. All will Join
under the leadership of the united
campaign director in general COM
munity canvass among persons not
reached by the denominational solici-
tation. The county denomina' nal
directors so far announced are: Dap
tist-A. S. Foster, Seville; Church of
the Brethren-A. M. Friend, Spencer;
Congregational-Rev. w. J. Drew,
Medina; Disciple-Rev. E. G. H"r,i'-
ton, Wadsworth; Methodist Episconal
F. M. Plank. Medina; Presbyterian
&C. H. L. Beeman, Seville; United
Brethren-Rev. NIL. Hartman, Cleve-
land.
Every church in the county i0 urged
to send large delegation 70 III,
meeting at Medina April 7, which will
open about 9 o'clock.