Cleveland County herald., 1920-08-12

Several outstanding results Of the 1 Baptist 75 Million Campaign will be noted in the larger development of the rural churches. This development will take the form of a more efficient
 church and Sunday School life and in
 better houses of worship around which
 the church and Sunday School activ-
 ities will center
 Through the enlistment department
 of the Home Mission Board of the
 Southern Baptist Convention, Atlanta,
 Ga, weak, struggling churches will be
 aided in development to the point
 where they can become seif-supporting
 and employ competent pastor for much more of his time than has been
 given these clurches before while
 plans for the betterment of the rural
 Sunday Schools though 8 series of
 institutes for the training of teachers in all the Southern states this summer will be carried out by the Baptist Sun day School Board.
 Best Pans Are Recommended.
 Plans have been perfected by the architectural department of the Bap tist Sunday School Board at Nashville. Tenn, in cooperation with the Church Building and Loan Department of the Home Mission Board, whereby local building committees can procure de- tailed plans of the best modern church buildings for either large or small con gregations. These plans have been so drawn as to take care Of every phase of church activity, the Sunday School aud other departments being so pro. vided fov as to enable them to do their most efficient work. And q modern building containing all these essential provisions, can be provided by any community that is able to build an ola fashioned one room churcl building, as the cost for the modern structure is no more than that of the old-style one.
 Big Loan Fund Provided.
 To aid deserving congregations in building adequate housos of worship, the church building loan department was established six years ago and al ready more than TOO churches have bG0l ttClE6u HI HQ4IItISs IN0uGd ttCuSGS- The initial fund, established for this purpose, was fixed at $1,009, eco and an additional S1,0c0000 will be re- ceived from the 75 Million Campaign. Applications pending now aggregate $1,G00G00 and loacs are being made at the rate of SS0.000 per mo"th. No loans are being made in excess of one h trI Of a TO of "a the loan made must clear tho property of all other indebted less and thus make it possible to dedicate the build ing.
 From the 75 Million Campaign the Home Mission Board will receive, also $2,500, 600 to be used as gifts in the euilding of additional churches during the next five years. but this sum will ba expended largely h aiding ehurcles . in stragetic points, among them being | centers where it Is de- | sired 10 erect churches for prom oting 1 the religious life of students, especially | of those students affiliated with Bap- tist churches.
 Of the 25.000 Baptist churches in the South. 21,000 are in the rural dis sricts and in small villages. and 19,00o of them have preaching services ony once q month. While the work of the forces will be to help these weak congregations solve their prob lems and help them develop in num- DOTS and efficiency. the other denomi- sstioEal agencies Eiil help these strug- o-s sszSE-zT .S-saa F1w eevy