The Washington times., 1920-05-27
|NTERCHURCH PLAN
|ND0RSEDBYM.P.S
Conference Of Methodist Protes.
tants Approves Aims OF Move
: ment After Debate.

Interchurch World Movement reeeiv-
ed the indorsemen yesterday OF the
Methodist Protestant General CONFER
ence, in session here, as Tar as lth
aims and principles are concerned.
The battle over further participation
in the financial campaign Is yet 70 DC
fought. A.
terchurch was recommended 10 the
oonference by the committe on CO.
operative Christianity. OF which pr.
Frank T. Benson, OF Baltimore, editor
OF the Methodist Protestant, Is chsir'
man. Its first opponent was the rev
r. l.. shipley, OF Salisbury Nd, VINO
was against "tying up the denominas
tion in every cooperative movement
which came along" and making the
denomination responsible for huge
expenditures of money.
DR.. Benson replied that the inter
church movement was the empodi-
ment of cooperative Christianity.
that through the committe facts
necessary for the future welfare OF
Christianity had been revealed that
n had taught tithIng and individual
responsibility, that IL had awakened
the churches to the fact that II had
been neglecting their Lged and intirm
ministers and underpaying their
active ministers.
Movement Commended.
The Rev. C. s. Johnson, secretary OF
the Forward Movement OF the church'
Daniel Baker, OF Baltimore, who was
one Of the party which win 1onh ~
Rockefeller, jr., and DR.. Lyman II.
Davis, of Pittsburgh, the ex-prePident,
launched the financial campaign ana
DR.. Fred c. Klein, OF Baltimore. secre-
tary of the Foreign Mission Board,
were among others who favored the
Endorsement Of the movement
Establishment OF one consolidated
Methodist Protestant publishing con-
Germ in Baltimore instead of the two
in Baltimore and Pittsburgh was
recommended by the special commit
tee on consolidation, OF which Dr.
]. H. StrauEhn, Of Maryland, Is sec
retary. The recommendation was to
abolish the Pittsburgh and Baltimore
publishing directories and substitute
a single board OF publications with
headquarters at Baltimore: TO COM
bine the Methodist Recorder, Of Pitts
burgh, with the Methodist Protestant.
# Baltimore. under the latter name;
the establishment OF a printing plant
eblo to take care OF all denomina-
tionaI publications, the completion Of
.he consolidation within three years,
and the election Of two editors by this
yeneral conference to hold office for
the next four years in spite OF the
consolidation.
PIaa Of ConsC;idados.
The committee was against the
merging" OF the foreign missions of
the Methodist Protestant Church with
the missions of the other Methodist
churches, but was instructed by the
conference to bring in another report
making clear that 1t was cooperation
and not merging OF the foreign mis-
sion interests which was desired by
the church. Some were for a "splen-
lid isolation" in the mission ields,
but most were with Daniel Baker in
desiring some effective means OF har-
monious cooperation with other
Methodist denominations.
Questiens Deferred.
A movement to consolidate the
board of young peoples work, of
which DR.. Haddaway is president,
feated, in spite of the strong support
Of DR.. Francis T. Little, OF Balti-
more, who is against ministers being
in secretarial positions instead OF the
pulpit. Action on the movement to
consolidate the home mission board.
the foreign mission board. the Wom-
ans Home Missionary Society and
the Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety was postponed until 1924. In
the meantime special advisory
board. consisting OF President Lewis
md two members from each mission
board and society, will try to har-
monize all mission work and prepare
a plan of consolidation. approved by
all the mission boards and societies,
for submission to the next general
conference. DIR. Little wanted imme-
date action in order to abolish some
secretarial positions. Daniel Baker
moved as n substitute that they all
be consolidated at once, with DR.. J. c.
Broomheld, Of West Virginia, as the
secretary; but the committee report
was adopted
A resolution was introduced by re-
quest forbidding ministers to use to-