The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-24
FORWARD MOVEMENT
CONTINUED FOR TWO
YEARS BY FRIENDS

Continuance or the Friends Forward
Movement for the next two years, was
decided upon Friday morning by the
Forward Movement conference. 1t
recommended, however, that no i'm
mediate financial connection with the
Inter Church World Movement be
made.
After the reading Of the report OF
the findings committee, the confer
ence ordered that the report be taken
section by section for approval or
amendment. Much discussion arose
over the statement regarding affilia-
ton with the InterChurch World
Movement. 1t was the mind of the
body to sever relations with the move
ment after existing connections had
al Of cooperative church work was
voiced.
Define Stand
AS the Inter-Church World Move
ment is now undergoing a reorganiza-
tion, the Friends decided to find out
what the policy Of the re-organized CO.
operative church movement will en-
brace. Work Of the great movement
was greatly praised. and much credit
was given it for many of the successes
of the Forward Movement.
Throughout the entire discussion
and talks on 1.-THE New Forward Move
ment Organization, it was brought
out that the coming Forward Move
ment organization, in order to silence
any criticism on the part of the skep-
tical, must be an organic part of the
present Friends boards and yearly
meeting committees.
Reropop ~ afiopS Outlined
The definite recommendations for
the Forward Movement for the COM
ing year included the following:
THAT the Forward Movement as
continued shall take the form of CO.
operation with the various yearly
meetings in the matter of budgets and
the raising Of funds for the boards OF
the Five Years meeting"
This proposition, according to an
explanation made, is meant to be un-
derstood that yearly meetings shall
raise the funds for their own work
under a budget system of their own
and at the same time secure the al
lottment of the Five Years meeting,
which shall cover the actual needs Of
of the boards.
Committee Continued
ment committee be continued to give
unity and system to the work, so that
there shall be available for local
meetings educational material, sug-
gestions as to methods and instruc-
tions if desired, and the general i'm
pulse and direction of central or
ganization properly stated. The &C
tual work Of raising funds to be con-
h1y he
such periods in the year as shall best
suit each; payment to be made to the
treasurer Of the Five Years meeting
monthly of the amounts which have
been received for that purpose by the
yearly meeting treasurer"
1t was further recommended that
the following be included in the bud
get for the Five Years meeting:
Foreign mission board, home mis-
sion board, board of education suS-
tanning fund, Bible school board,
Young Friends board. peace associa-
ton, publication board, prohibition
board, fund for aged ministers and
missionaries, Forward movement ex-
pense, central building and emergency
fund mot to exceed per cent of the
totaD.
Hope for Larger Support.
Although the American Friends SER
vice committee was omitted from the
budget of the Five Years meeting, it
was stated in the report that it was
left out with the earnest hope that
larger support be secured by other
methods Several talks were made
approving the work of this committee,
which has it's headquarters in Phila,
delphia, and each speaker urged that
the support to be given it by Friends,
be of the best.
Ross A. Hadley, general secretary of
the American Friends board of for
eign missions, opened the morning
session with 80 minutes address,
outlining plan or policy that should
be followed generally. His address
came before the report of the findings
committee, but in many instances ad-
hered pretty closely to the report Of
the committee.