The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-04-07

Several outstanding results Of the
Baptist rs Million Campaign will be
noted in the larger development Of The
rural churches. This development will
take the form of a more efficient
church and Sunday School life and in
better houses of worship around which
the church and Sunday School activ-
tiles will center
Through the enlistment department
of the Home Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention, Atlanta,
Ga weak struggling churches will be
aided in development to the point
where they can become self-suppOrting
end employ a competent pastor for
lnucn more of his time than has been
given these churches before, while
plans for the betterment of the rural
sunday Schools through a series Of
institutes for the training of teachers
IN AL the Southern states this summer
will be carried out by the Baptist Sun
day School Board,
Best Plans Are Recomme
Plans have been perfected by the
architectural department Of the Bap-
fist Sunday School Board at Nashville.
Tenn, in cooperation with the Church
Building and Loan Department of the
Home Mission Board, whereby local
building committees can procure de-
tailed plans of the best modern church
buildings for either large or small con-
I gregations. These plans have been so
drawn as to take care of every phase
of church activity, the Sunday School
and other departments being so pro-
vded for as to enable them to do their
most efficient work. And a modern
building, containing all these essential
provisions, can be provided by any
community that is able to build an old
fashioned one-room church building
as the cost for the modern structure
is no more than that Of the old-style
one.
Biz Loan Fund Provided.
To aid deserving congregations in
building adequate houses of worship,
the church building loan department
was established six years ago and al
ready more than 700 churches have
been helped in building needed houses.
The initial fund, established for this
purpose, was fixed at $1,000,000 and
an additional $1,000,000 will be re-
ceived from the Is Million Campaign.
Applications pending now aggregate
100000 and loans are being made at
the rate of $4,000 per month. No
loans are being made in excess Of one
third OF the value of the property, and
the loan made must clear the property
of all other indebtedness and thus
make it possible to dedicate the build
ing.
From the Is Million Campaign the
Home Mission Board will receive, also,
$2,50O,000 to be used as gifts in the
building of additional churches during
the next five years, but this sum will
be expended largely in aiding churches
in strategic points, among them being
educational centers where it is de-
sired to erect churches for promoting
the religious life of students, especially
of those students affiliated with Bap,
list churches.
OF the $4,000 Baptist churches in
the South, $1,000 are in the rural dis
tricts and in small villages, and 10000
of them have preaching services only
once a month. While the work Of the
enlistment forces will be to help these
weak congregations solve their prob
lens and help them develop in num-
bsrs and efficiency. the other denomi-
EatioDaI agencies will help these strug-