Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-04-22
.|NTER-CHURCH
DRIVE STARTS
Week of April % 10 May 2 Set
for Campaign of the Va
riOus Churches.
THIRTY CHURCHES EFFECTED
Funds for Use of Protestant Sects
Being Sought in the Big
Movement.

Many persons during the war as
campaign, the Y. NJ. c. A. campaigns
and others in which large sums of
money were easily obtained from the
people of our country, thought how
fine it would be for the churches to
get together during peace times and
raise the funds they need yearly in
the same manner. Such action Of
course, would make it necessary for
different denominations to pool their
interests and then to operate in a
campaign which should meet their
total combined need, and to many,
the day when such cooperation could
be had seemed far away. As time
has passed, however, the very thing
then conceived has come 10 be tried
and next week, April 25 to May 2,
will witness a financial drive CO.
operated in by 30 Of the Protestant
denominations Of the country and
taking its place IN history as the
biggest united effort ever put forth
in seven days by Protestant workers
In this campaign instead of rails
ing their funds for needed expansion
at different times, according to their
own choosing, the denomination have
combined the various amounts they
separately need and are going out TO
secure the total sum of S175, 5,000, 900
from the people of the country. In
order TO secure this sum each denom-
ination will canvass it's own people
simultaneously and at the same time
a committee made up from represent
atives of all. will canvass men Of
good will and the corporations in
every community.
In Alma the cooperating denomin-
ations each are busily planning their
separate and also the joint effort.
Persons who subscribe thru any de-
nomination will not be asked TO give
throught the general committee.
Mr.. Glass of the Alma State Savings
bank is chairman of the general COM
mittee and has working with him a
committee Of two appointed from
each church. The quota to be raised
outside of the churches in Alma
iiVHi men VI SOVQ Will anu lft var
ious corporations is SS000.0O
1t is believed that people general
ly, many of whom did not give to
any church last year will now gladly
contribute what they can in this
cmpaign. Heretofore corporations
could not be asked to give to any one
church because they did not want To
ChnNu fotvA,.itfcr,,
asked to contribute to all churches
together the matter will be different.
Many corporations leaders know that
the churches contribute largely TO
that upbuilding of character and that
general right mindedness which lies
at the very foundation of their effic-
iency and they will therefore gladly
help in financing church activities
Aside from corporationions there are
many persons in every town whose
children get the benefit of Sunday
school training and who themselves
believe in the church Not, however,
having been connected with any one
denomination they have not given
heretofore to any. Now that they
can give to nearly all at once they'll
do so. Some persons who are new
comers in the community will give to
the Interchurch not having as yet
settled what denomination they viii
join in Alma.
Some may question why all prot
estant denominations are not in the
movement. In answer it is only fair
to say that all have been invited and
urged and the 30 cooperating denom-
nations are the largest Those re-
fusing to cooperate do not share in
the benefits Of the drive by their own
choice.
In these great days of difficulty,
turmoil, reconstruction the message
of love and good will found in Jesus
Christ and his saving power must be
heralded the world over In no other
message is there light and healing
such as the world must have. Every
person in the country ought to do his
share in seeing this message empha-
sized by contributing either through
some denomination or through the
general committee to the Interchurch
fund.