The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-28
$33, GOO, 900 Is Wanted By Methodist Church for It's
 Big Educational Campaign
ny CAROLYN B. ELLIorr


 Christian Advocate" was appointed conference secretary of education. This appointment was received at the hands of Bishop James Cannon,
 " ho is general chairman of the com
 mission on education of the Methodist
 Episcopal church, south
 The movement for the promotion of Christian education will begin in Jan uary, in a three months programme 1 that will actively occupy the church. FINANCIAL CALL The financial call in early spring l will be for S33.0o0,u00 from the confer ences of the southern church, in the | interest of Christian education. Of this ! amount, the North Alabama confer l ence last week assumed as a propor-
 donate share, $1,s00.o00.
 1 AS g result of the movement throughout the southern church. it is proposed that $750,o00 shall go to Bir- l mingham-Southern college: s500,000 to i to the Woman's College of Alabama, at Montgomery; $350,o00 to the Woman's \ college at Athens. and s1oo.oeo to the simpson preparatory school of Btrm- !! Ing ham Southern.
 PRELIMINARY PREPARATION 1 It is the general opinion that Rev. M. E. Lazenby, of the Alabama con- | of Demopous, will come to Birmingham as assistant editor of the "Alabama. Christian Advocate" so that pr. Brans- comb will be free to devote most of his time to the conference in the move 1 ment for education. Dr. Branscomb will be in attendance in Memphis, when all the conference secretaries, mem bers of the Christian education commission. bishops and representa- l lives From the board of missions and the woman's missionary council will meet for the purpose of discussing a .rogramme for the first thre months that will begin the active movement. Dr. J s. Chadwick, for the past two years Sunday school field secretary of | the North Alabama conference, with Headquarters in Birmingham has been called to Nashville by the authorities of the church, to have prominent part in this movement. He will have charge of the publicity work so far as all I Methodist papers of the south and west are concerned.
 PROGRESS
 ] While in Birmingham recently pr. ! Chadwick gave an encouraging &C., count of the progress of the move ment at denominational headquarters ! in Nashville, and throughout the 1 church.. Of this second great enter prise authorized and approved by the 1 last general conference of the church. ! to which Dr. Chadwick's services in | Nashville is directly related, he gives l he following account;
 1 "The general conference of the
 Methodist Episcopal church, south, at Atlanta in 1918, provided for two 1 special enterprises, or movements. dur ! ing the four years 191s-1sz2. One was { the centenary of missions. which was carried through successfully during | he first two years. To this all the re- ! sources of the church were pledged, and by order of the general conference I the centenary was given right of way during the two-year period--May 19lS- 1 May 1920. The raising of s53 o0o,00O l for missions was a big achievement, ! but the larger results were in the ed- ucation of the membership concerning ] missions and the making of a mission Try conscience in the church. By order ! If the general conference the Chris l ian education movement has right of ! way until May 1922. and all the re- 1 sources of tho church are to be avail l able for this movement. As in the cen | tenary, every other enterprise of the !! church Is to make it's contribution Of l service to this newest enterprise of Hethodism- during the last two years I of the quardrennium-
 " Tt Is better for us. as I see 1t, that | the two have been separated. And for 1 the church itself. it is better. also. in ! that it makes the task. from human I standpoint more difficult one. The l church to save its own life and to ma ke | It's best contribution of service to the | world. must have It's faith and it's | spirit os conservation deepened bv the undertaking of taeks that demand the md. from military standpoint, that is best the church czr e've.
 .. DETECTIVES
 The objectives of the Christian edu- cation movement of the Methodist Epis- copal church. south. are:
 1 To develop in the mind of the church an adequate conception of the place >cf lChristian education in the life of the lchurch, of the nation and of the world. 1 To promote the cause of religious education by bringing about closer ard more effective co-operation be- Itween our institutions of learning 4nd
 the Sunday school, and by establishing strong departments of religious edu ca- I ton In our colleges and universities. l To lead at least 5000 young men and women to pledge themselves to devote their lives to the ministry. to missions Tor to some other form of Christian
 service, and to seek Christian educa-
 ton as . preparation for effective life service.
 To raise for our schools, colleges and | universities at least $32,000,0 ,000, the minimum sum necessary to ,nable them to send out the constantly in- Icreasing stream of educated Christian leaders required to carry forward the Christian work of the world and to secure 31.ooo.o0o to aid worthy students who are looking to some form of Chris titan service in their efforts to obtain Ian education.
 To deepen the moral and spiritual life of our people and to promote the spirit of Christian liberality in all of the efforts put forth to realize these Iobjectives.
 that the big objectfves are to bring the church to see it's opportunity and it's lduty in the matter of Christian educa> tion. While Methodist schools and coll leges arc to be the chief beneficia-ies | of the financial results of the move ment. there are four other important Iobjectives stated The church will be
 brought to a better understanding of Ithe place of Christian education in the | life of the nation and the world: there | will be established in all Methodist e l. lleges and universities strong dep l-t- ments of religious education for the training of lay workers. in Sunday lschoois and other fields, as well as .or the better equipment of ministers there will be such an appeal to the Iyoung life of the church for decisions
 for the ministry, missionary work or iother forms of Christian service as will