The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
PLAN PROGRAMME FOR MISSION WORK BY PRESByTER|ANS
Progressive Policy to Be Inaugurated In Assum- ing Responsibility for
 Mission Work

The Southern Presbyterian Church, covering the southern states, has in-
 augurated a progressive programme for the conduct of campaign through
 out the entire church.
 One of the features of this campaign will be the dissemination of informa- tion regarding the general work of the church.
 The executive committee of foreign
 missions is located in Nashville, with
 Rev. S. w. McGill as campaign man ager. According to information re- ceived from Dr. McGill. the progressive programme in the General Assembly
 made by the executive committee of
 foreign missions will touch sections of
 Africa. Brazil. China. Cuba, Japan, Korea and Mexico.
 In accordance with modern mission
 policy, the non-Christian world has been districted among various for the Southern Presbyterian Church were formally accepted as their re- sponsibility at the Birmingham assem- ply in 1907. To quote Dr. McGin: This gives as our present responsi- bility about 32,000.000 souls who are
 to hear the gospel through our repre- sentation. or not at all"
 WORKERS IN THE FIELD reference to estimates that have been made of the field and workers shows at present that the Presbyterian Church has 3S4 workers in these fields, which means an average of one mis- sionary to S3,000 peopie, and one phy- sician to 1.225,000 of the population. Association with these foreign work CTS are 3024 native workers. including :eVangelists teachers. physicians, nurses and Bible women. The results l of their combined efforts show that at present the Southern Presbyterian 1 Church has in these fields 1855 organ ized churches and 14S9 regular meet l ing groups with 43.221 believers. and over thousand Sabbath schools with a membership of 67,441 people. There
 are also 752 schools reaching a body
 of 27,6S4 students.
 The sources of revenue for the | maintenance of these activities are gifts from individuals. Sunday schools
 societies and churches. besides legacies 1 and income from endowment funds For the year April 1. 1920. to March l S1, 1921, the benificence and steward ship committee estimates that a total
 of S1.36S,7S0 will be needed for ade-
 quate support of these approved church | causes. or this amount S95O,000 will 1 be required for maintaining the pres- ent work for one year. without includ- 1 ing debt of something more than l $200,O00.
 l To take care of automatic increase
 in cost due to growing needs of the work. the committee has estimated
 that an increase of per cent annually | hn fNr growth.
 NECESSARY EQUIPMENT I The necessary equipment of the present. missionary force has been di- vided as follows:
 Africa. s4o.OOo; Brazil sso,oOO Japan, s75,000; Korea. $S0.000; China, $257,l4S;
 Mexico, $10.o00. Total $472,14S. | The beneficence and stewardship
 committee also points out as impera- tive modern methods of travel trans portation to increase the efficiency of itinerating missionaries and husband their strength, and have conservative ly estimated this equipment at cost
 of s25.0oo for 1920 and 1921. New buildings and missionaries homes are included in the budget, and among the urgent calls the committed states of new workers:
 Tn asking for 40 new missionaries for the year 19201921 we have been | governed by the conviction. that not less than this number will fill the va cancies and meet the imperative I needs.'
 l FINANCIAL POLICY
 While speaking of the financial policy. the campaign manager, Dr. Mo- Gill, emphasizes:
 "It is the desire of the committee to support adequately the work already undertaken before making any en- largement. Donors are urged to agree lto<provide definite sums of money an ndally for the support of this work this money to be used according to the best judgment of the committee and of the missions in the various fields Special gifts for new work are embar- rassing to the committee. especially where there is no provision for the 1 regular maintenance of such work, ant where the donor undertakes to' die tate the administration of his gift" All correspondence touching the ii nancial side of the Presbyterian pro igressive programme and all gifts fol foreign missions should be sent ac cording to instruction from headqua r ters to Edwin F. Willis. treasurer. F | No wi To f