Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-07
CENTENARY CAMPAIGN
OF METHODIST CHURCH
To be Explained by Or. Ralph e.
Oiffendorfer at Union
Church Tonight.

More than 100000 people contributed
to the sos, 900 900. payable In Ave years,
pledged I'm the Methodist Episcopal
Centenary campaign. Of which S15,4S9,-
762 were paid into the treasury I'm 1890
A summary OF the first years expen-
dtures and achievements made by the
Committee on Conservation and Adj
vance of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, will DO given tonight at n meet
ing in the Union Methodist Episcopal
Church Fifth and Washington streets,
by DR. Ralph T.. Diffendorfer. education
al secretary of the Committee on Con-
servation and Advance He will also
gve an account OF the unnet needs of
the church,
DR. Diffendorfer will explain the
worldwide missionary enterprise. In the
home field there has been great and
broad expansion. and considerable
Americanization work is being done
among the foreign speaking people in
the United States by f02 English speak
ing pastors 2S3 foreign speaking
pastors. 100 women and 14f other special
workers There are eos foreign Ian
guage students In training at colleges.
universities and schools. In the main
tenance for the support of pastors and
workers in the United States. Porto
Rico. Hawaii and Alaska during 1920.
S2.lb5.000 have been paid. In rural
and frontier fields 2.977 pastors have
been partly supported. Among these
are 500 Negro pastors The Board OF
Home Missions and Church Extension
supports 995 foreign speaking workers
In both fields. Support has been given
TO cvangelize the lumbermcn In the
Northwest, and 10 3S cvangeists work
ing through the states Money has
been given for g34 different extension
or building projects in the United States
Porto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska.
To continue work In and near military
and naval stations, 10 help equip
Methodist chaplnins. 20 provide adc-
quate ministry Ira Negro districts. con
gestcd by tho northward migration. and
In great industrial Centers developed by
war industries: 10 provide to community
centers In rural ncighhorhoods in
creased rs the result of the war. 10
promote Amcricanizatlon. and to pro-
vide scholarships Tor Methodist boys
whose educational training was inter
rupted when they went 10 fight for
Uncle Sam. over S1.o93 .379.4i wns spent.
In Good VIII industries. new nA-
tiunal institution OF the Methodist
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To these industries are brought bags of
east off shoes. clothing and household
equipment, Tor tho joint process OF
salvaging material wreckage and human
lives.
Centenary funds practically saved
the whole Methodist Episcopal Church
in China and India from disaster I'M
minent on the great reduction in value
of the purchasing power of the Ameri-
can dollar. At Singapore and in the
Straits Settlements. Centenary money
has been spent in carrying forward the
great developing program of the church.
In Japan direct appropriation was made
last year of sl66.1I4 and for work
among Koreans $i22.256. Twenty six
new missionaries were sent to Africa.
AN increase Of IS per cent"
Physical relief extended To Europe
and Armenia ran into hundreds Of thou
sands OF dollars. France. Italy. Fin
land Spain. Norway. sweden. Den
mark. the Philippines. Mexico. Central
and South America. and the neither
lands Indies received attention.