Arizona republican., 1920-04-13
WHAT |NTERCHURCH WORLD MOVEMENT |S
 AND WHAT II MEANS

What is the united simultaneous fi- nancial campaign?
 It is 90 denominations cooperating in their forward movement campaign, and presenting a united appeal to the na- tion for a fund large enough to press forward with the complete, comprehen- Sive program of tbe church into the
 entire world, beginning in America. What is it's purpose?
 l The purpose is: To win men 10 | ChEist: to deepen the loyalty of Chris | tians to the world winning program of | Christ; to bring to the whole church l new inspiration, courage and faith: to | enlist systematic financial support for 1 the worldwide work of the church. | The national financial objective for 1920
 IS $336, ,l17,512- This amount is the sum
 total of all the accepted budgets of the ! participating denominations. Each de- | nomination has set it's own goal Of this amount $175,44S,349 is to be paid ! in 1920. The balance will be paid in | from two to five years
 1 Is this the budget of the Interchurch I World Movement?
 It is not the budget Of the Inter hchurc World Movement. It represents combination of the budgets of the denominations and boards which are cooperating in the united simultaneous campaign The amount raised will be used by 1S2, boards and organizations officially related to the 30 denomina- tions to prosecute their regular work of missions, education and philan- thropy, both in America and in foreign lands
 On what is this budget based? These denominational budgets are
 based on careful, united surveys of the church. As a result of these surveys, for the first time the churches in CO., operation are able to say, with a large measure of assurance, what the finan- cial requirements are to carry out the community and world wide work of the church.
 Is not this a tremendous sum for the churches to spend?
 The people of the United States have just stopped spending $2,000, 00O. 900 a year for Iquor- The churches in this campaign are asking for less than one tenth of this amount to be paid this year. This sum, great as it is is surely not too much for Christ
 When will the campaign be held?
 April D to May ,. All of the pre- liminary work must be completed by April g.
 What will be done with the money?
 Each of the 30 denominations will get the subscriptions from it's local churches and from all denominational sources In addition, the money given by friendly citizens will be prorated among the participating denominations dL the enu or a rlScal year to be agreed upon, in proportion to the amount ac- tually secured by each denomination from living contributors during the year. All money subscribed will be spent by the participating denomina- tions in accordance with denomina- | tional budgets
 What will the money do?
 The money to be raised will make | possible the worldwide expansion of | Christianity. It will be spent for great | Christian projects, ministering to hu- ! man needs and conserving human values. both in the United States and | abroad
 To whom will the financial appeal be made?
 (a) An every member canvass will | be made of the membership of the par ticipating churches. (b) Friendly men and women of the nation who are no1 officially connected with the cooperat- ing denominations will be given an op- portunity to share in the fund
 How will the money be collected2
 All subscriptions made to the local n church will be collected by the local | church in accordance with denonina- II tional policies. in most cases by sys- II