The Red Cloud chief., 1920-03-04
75o NEBRASKA
PREACHERS MEET
Aebraska Pastors Conference
Brings Out Greatest Meet.
Ing In History Of State
800 TOWNS REPRESENTED
Pastors Pledge Their Hearty Support
and Cooperation to New Move
ment to ~EvenseI:Se the World.

f'S' EVudIIy oGUpQV
and Cooperation to New Move
msnt to %EvenseI:Se the World.
Lincoln, Neb.-The state wide meet.
lnS OF Nebraska Protestant mipiy.
terA, held In Iincola last week Ia
connection with the Interchurch werld
movement, brought together more Ne
prhska preachers han were ever be-
fere gathered under one roof in the his,
Tory OF the state. 1t was the first time
Nebraska ministers OF all the different
denominations have met together. At
Inc close of the conference the men,
pers pledged their hearty support and
cooperation I'm the new movement ia
evangcli2e the world.
There are a possible 1000 evangc,i,
cal Protestant ministers in Nebraska.
Seven hundred and ffty-sevea Of these
attended the Nebraska pastors confer
enee. Nearly zoo dsYersnt Nebraska
tswns and cities we're Represented II
TIE meeting. =.
:. 1wsnV~ens DENOMINATIONS partici.
psssd n Ne eon1erenee, according 10
~ oAs'af'pegisasr. OF Bsptisfs there
wess- - s.asssasrs pssseot; Ssysath
La. BsptAstA, J; .Brsthreu, 3; OAsie
.t1a.. 7; Congregational, r.: Disciples
Of Chsast.t ~; Evangelical Association,
n: Hsdssatsd chureAeA 3; FrisolA
II; Lvusarss. 8; Me4hodfsts, Ell
African A~etAsdists. Z: Nssarn4 II
Presbyterian, I19; Reformed, 4: Ssv.
Dth Day Adventist, 4; Swedish Ms.
aea. l; United hrsthesn, -; Uaisa
Church. 1; Zion UiureA, I; KpiscsDA.
liAD. ]. Ia addition, about 100 minis
tars were present who did not Feglster.
The "Wichita team" headed BY pr.
J. Campbell White OF New York. Aase.
ciate GeAerGl Secretary Of the Inter.
church World Movement. delivered the
message Of the Interchurch Movement
TO the Nebraska pastors. Dr. White,
IN his keynote address, said that foI
the first time In history the mighty
forces Of the Protestant church ara
merged for the evangelization Of the
world and for tie spreading OF the
teachings OF Jesus Christ. t
One of the interesting addresses was
that Of J. lakewood Craig, director of
surveys 0f special groups. IN the
state Of Nebraska" said Mr.. Craig,
there are 426,9iO Protestant, or nom.
inally Protestant children and youth
who are not in any school for religious
Instruction. II you should point to the
weakest spot in the Protestant church
you would point to the 100000 chill.
dren and youth who are growing up in
spiritual illitcrucy and 10 the T6,0OO,o 900
more whose religious instruction is linn
tied to the brief half.hour once a week
on Sundays. 4 church that cannot
save her " childhood car never save
tie world"
Religious Survey Of Nebraska.
The religious survey Of Nebraska
which is being conducted by X. w. q
Hitler OF Lincoln, supervisor " the In
terchurch World Movement survey, Is
rapidly nearing completion. MIR. HiileI
Reported. only two counties have beer
entirely completed. hut the surveys II
sixty additional counties are almost
completed.
Rev. W. l.. J. Crate, pastor Of at
Paul Methodist church OF Lincoln, II
an address the first day OF the confer
cnce, told something of the purposes o
he lntcrchurch World Movement an,
aid the Movement aimed to rais'
100000 900 70 care for the program
for the next five Years.
Bishop Homer Stuntz of the Method
ist church in Nebraska, who has re
Gently returned from the Far East
where lie held conferences In India
China, Japan, the Philippines and 9th
or Far East countries, told Of the nee
OF that portion of the world for tn
projects outlined for it by the Inter
church world Movement.
While the pastors conference was II
session IN the ST, Paul Methods
church, the womans' auxiliary wa
holding meetings In the First Presby
terrain church with Mrs. E. q, Cronk o
New York city US chairman. Member
OF the Intnrchurch World Movement
team addressed the women.
Migratory Farm Labor.
Nebraska farmers will be intereste
IN an address delivered by II, b. DUil
las, n member OF the team. Mr.. Doug
las has made a study of migratory hal
! vest labor. Last year he dressed as
harvest hand and worked in the han
vest fields in many parts of Nebrask,
as we'll as OF oklahoma, Kansas, Sout
Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota aud Othe
western states.
-Four million farm hands have n
job In winter" he said. "They mus
depend on charity or odd Jobs. The
must have shelter and something I
eat for IL months in the year. A qua