Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-04-30

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...,surch World Movement
,mar,ca is an attempt by
ar,ns . leaders of the various
y, |i doromir.atlons of the Unit
a. .r1 canada TO coordinate
s.,aS. a"s IN men, money and
" ., protestant America.
'ory % j. (, the logical out,
|, :" a tendency of the national
each domination to form
,i,i,nce- among themselves.
na,h hoard shall preserve Its
.,i control It's own personnel
ls1ry
,or ,imes The home mission
,,o foreign mission society,
oh extension society and the
rtiIanthropic and eleemosy'
rcies OF any denomination con.
,oir Affairs independently OF
bsr Each surveyed its own
4 ,erritory prepared a budget
= and workers for its own
and made It's own appeal to
titrency for support.
could only mean that these
we're more or less in com
with one another; that there
aste and duplication OF work
bev. and that among them all
|ork was neglected and some
Is,ional resources were entire
Hooked Because OF their
led training. the leaders OF
,ency regarded themselves as
" fitted for their tasks. and
regarded attempts at outside
ence
Decide en- Experiment.
decades Of such haphazard
the leaders OF one denomina'
eided on an experiment. They
1, would be possible for the
to ge, together for a com.
dy Of all the opportunities and
es Of their brotherhood. toI
|nt q unified budget Of men and
and TO conduct concerted ap-
n funds. II was made clear
kch constituent board should
e complete autonomy.
J TIE board representatives
)ey found II possible to elimi.
great amount Of organization |
es They ultimately worked out
|et and plan OF campaign that
kisiactory to all. This resulted
famous Men and Millions |
lent" OF the Disciples OF Christ.
brought in what was then con.
the staggering sum of $6,300..
y q five.year program.
success Of this enterprise revo-
Ted the whole business OF
flnanciering. The other great
nations Immediately adopted
N. The denominational associa.
lave como to be known as "for.
movements" and some thirty OF
re In existence today. Each one
'fiiied all the information in re.
10 enterprise within the denomi.
and has reduced the business
ectlns and spending money to
ice
World.sudget Formed.
lnterchurch World Movement is
plan to do INSTRUMENTATION.
hat the forward movements
lone within the various com.
IS 1t means that every demon |
al budget will be made in the
world needs instead Of In the
security OF incomplete informa,
II means that contributions to
will not be in waste
npeIition with contributions to
T. because all the fellowships
I've worked out their programl
Y.
functions Of the Interchurcb
MoVement are threefold. First,
c's, oy means Of world surveys,
pertinent facts on which de-
''onsl programs may be built,
: u sets up the practical ma.
VI cooperation. Third, II acts
'u''sory capacity whenever it,
is requested.
movement has nothing to dol
.sanlc = church union or matters
y. y OF doctrine. Each constitu
:, = preserves complete autono.
u IS bound only so far as II
:. 70 De bound. Financial appeals
oe 10y oy each denomination to its
Any surplus in
a mated funds, over and above
aaI a cost of administration. will
-, a'eu among the denominations
: III a given financial undertak,
''us'ration OF one thing the
Guy can DO Is to be found in a
= vommunity of l,60O persons
'h'fteen denominations have
,,uppoF'lng separate churches
' funds. while an ada.
'rNory OF 50.0lO narcor, h,.