Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-08
DR.. CARPENTER To
LEAD Big DRIVE
First Christian Church Grants
Him Leave of Absence For
Three Months

Under personal requests from
denomination leaders in adrive for
$O,5OO,OOO for the next five years
work, the First Christian church,
of Richmond, has granted its pas
tor, DIR. Homer w. Carpenter, a
three months leave of'absence, to
lead the movement.
DIR. |. J. Spencer, of Lexington,
and Mr.. Hume Logan, of Louis
vile, came over last Friday even
ing. and met with the local church
board. They put the matter be-
fore the local board in a personal
way, and secured the consent OF
the church for a leave of absence
for DR.. Carpenter. DIR. Carpenter
had previously declined to resign
as pastor here to head up this
work, mention of which was made
last week. He had considered
carefully the question of taking
over this big leadership, which
also contemplates the Inter
Church Movement, but decided
that his duty lay here.
The visit of the committee COM
posed of DR.. Spencer and Mr.
Logan followed.
At d meeting OF the Promotion
al Committee of the Board of Ed
ucational and the United Chris
tian Missionary Society. it was
decided to merge the Transylvan-
ia and College of the Bible cam
paign into the Disciples World
Movement in Kentucky The
executive committee of the
Pennsylvania Campaign Commit
tee. has agreed to this merger.
and it is as a director for the un-
tied movement that DIR. Carpen-
ter was wanted.
In addition to the members Of
the Board of, Education i'll Ken
lucky, the Foreign Christian Mis-
sionary Society, The American
Christian Missionary Society, the
Christian Woman's Board Of
Missions. the Board of Church
Extension, the Board OF Minis
teriaI Relief, and the National Be
nevolent Association will partici-
pate in the campaign. Included
i'll the above organizations are the
Kentucky Missionary Society. the
State Sunday School Association,
and the Widows and Orphans
Home at Louisville. ..,i-. 81, q
The new organization will take
over the machinery set up by the
Pennsylvania College campaign,
and will enlarge it so as to repre-
sent all the interests. A promo
tional committee for the state,
consisting of Mrs. Louise Loos
Campbell, H. W. Elliott, J. H.
MacNeil, J. S. Hilton. Lin d.
Cartwright, w. Hume Logan, and
President r. H. Crossfeld, has
been appointed.
The organizations included in
this new movement will attempt
to raise about $0,500,OO0 during
the next five years, or a little
more than one-tenth OF the $780,
0O0,000 agreed upon as the Discip-
les goal for the five year period
The promotion committee in Ken
tucky will likely ask for more
than one million dollars this year
The promotional committee ot
the Board OF Education and the
United Christian Missionary So
cety selected DR.. Carpenter, anc
he will give all of his time to this
work during March, April ant
May. Mr.. Carpenters popularl
ty among the churches of kentuc
ky. his wide knowledge of th'
people in the state, successful ex
perience, and enthusiastic attitude
toward the whole task is guar
antee of the success of the move
ment.
The committee sent here say
that the Richmond church ha
manifested a fine spirit in releas
ing him for the three months, be
ing willing to make the sacrifice
i'll order that the whole task o
the Disciples of Christ in tn
state of Kentucky may be put for
ward. Funds raised in the stat
will be divided equally betwee1
the representatives of the Boar
of Education in the state and tn
United Christian Missionary So
ciety. Designation of gifts wi
be permitted.