The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-13
EXP ECT EVERY
Minister TO BE
AT THIS MEETING
Great Three Day Confer.
ence Will be Held at
Parkersburg.
LspecIaI to The west virginianl

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CLARKSBURG, w. Va, Feb. 49,
For the first time in the history of
the state, it is believed, practically
every minister in West Virginia will
be gathered under one roof when the
three-day pastors conference for
. west Virginia meets in the First
Methodist Episcopal church, Parkers-
burg. March 3, and 5. In making
announcement here of the meeting,
DR.. F. E. Ross. state secretary of the
lnterchurch World Movement, de-
clared that an organization is being
built up in every county of the state
TO cooperate with the state organic
alton in carrying down the Inter-
church World Movement program.
! Assisting DR.. Ross in the organiz-
alton of county church leaders are
/ Dr. S. j. Arbuthnot, of Buckhannon;
Rev. S. j. Hotzler, of p1arksburg,
state secretary of the Christian En-
deavor, and Roy l.. Chapman, of
Buckhannon. In every county of the
state there will be appointed strong
churchmen as heads of the four de-
partments OF Spiritual Resources,
Stewardship, Life Service, and Mis-
sionary Education. There will also
be a county leader for each denomin-
alton represented in the county.
The general purpose of the confer
ence is to face and meet the whole
task of the Protestant Christian
of America for aggressive missionary
and benevolent activities in all the
world. The moods of the world and
the world-program of the Interchurch
World Movement will be considered
in the light of the foreign and home
surveys made by the movement
throughout the world during the last
year.
In order to enable the speakers to
present the subjects in the most tell
ing manner, all who are to be on the
five teams that will visit the 40 cities
in which conferences are to be held
have been given a special course of
training. The speakers training con-
ference was held in New York Feb
ruary 10, where they gathered for
their final instructions and the details
Off the future plans of the Inter
church World Movement.
DR.. John R. Mott, general secre-
tary Of the International committee,
Y. M. c. A., and chairman of of the
executive committee, Interchurch
! World Movement, and DR.. S. Earl
; Taylor, who successfully conducted
the Methodist Centenary campaign
and is now the general secretary of
the Interchurch World Movement,
will be among the speakers on the
teams. Other Interchurch World
Movement leaders on the teams in
clude:- DR.. ;AbramsE Cory, director
Aof the field department.; DR.. William
! Hiram Foulkes, New Era Movement;
DR.. William E. Doughty, director
spiritual resource department; DIR. j.
Campbell White, director life work
department.; and DR.. Ralph E. Diffen-
darfer, director home mission survey
department.
Returned missionaries of this coun-
try on their furloughs will accompany
each team to describe the need for
increased eVangelistic forces in the
countries in which they have been sta
toned by their respective denomina-
tions. Among these already designat-
ed as speakers are Rev. H. s. Vim
cent, connected with the Presbyterian
church in Siam: Professor George A.
Huhtley, medical missionary OF the
Northern Baptist Convention and con-
nected with the Shanghai Baptist col.
lege at Shanghai, China; the Rev. ].
NJ. Springer, a Methodist missionary
in Africa; the Rev. w. II. Hanum, d
missionary of the Presbyterian church
in India; the Rev. ]. W. Hawley, for
merly Methodist missionary In the
same country.
Leaders of. home mission work on
the teams include DR.. John Mcdowell,
secretary of the board Of Home Mis-
sions of the Presbyterian church, who
lost his left arm while working In the
coal mines at the age Of IA years; DR..
Harlan, secretary Of the American
Baptist Home Mission society; DR..
Frederick w. Burnham. of Cincinnati,
connected with the United Christian
Missionary society; the Rev. John NJ.
Moore, pastor of the Mercy Avenue
Baptist church of Brooklyn: and DR..
E. De S. Drummer, head Of the rural
survey division of the survey depart.
ment of the Interchurch World Move.
ment..
On each team will be one or more OF
the women leaders. The women de.
clare that their organizations through
out the country are ready to do their
utmost to help reconstruct the world
from a Christian standpoint as they
were willing to help win the World
war.