Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-01
METHOD|sTs TO MEET
EARLY NEXT MONTH

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Jan. 3l.--The
entire directing force of the Methodist
Episcopal church. South. including the
College ~ Eishcls. members ~ the
Educational Commission. educational
secretaries. financial directors and
representative laymcn from nearly all
Of thu 81 annual conferences ~ sur1e
n states. ARE 90 meet In Memphis.
Tenn. February . !. ana "a adopt
plans for inauugrnting the financial
program of the Christian education
movement. the goal u which IA $4,000
100 Tor Christian education In the
United States.
Thr,o gears ngo. the now cc'chraicd
Committee ~ one Hundred, composed
~ outstanding laymcn fum an parif
of the territory within the bnunda ~
the southern Methodist Church, met 10
Memphis To- formulate program cnni'
monsuraic with the duty and oppor
/ tunity ~ the church as n flung ccle
/ hrati0n II the une hundredth nnniycr
sary 80 Methods, missionary work In
America. This committee drew NJ
comprehensive plans fer the Mission
AIRY Centenary. which provided for
raising ,ss. 000OcO for a great nd
vance IN missionary work thruughou
the world. Thefc plans wcr" adopted
and over So. 0O0OOO was raised
Now the church " facc to fac,
with the problem OF finding trained
Christian workers Ia man the posts
In the home and foreign fields that
were opened through Ne Centenary
movement. ny actual count. there ar,
.04G charges. representing peih ap'
{ 900 local churches. ~ which Their,
were no ministers available this year
such az these pulpits az ARE bcinr
filled NJ all. ARE filled by supplies
and men without training fnr the min
lsiry The FOREIGN field n also callinf
fm hundreds of missionaries each
year. Trained Christian leaders for In
structo.s In the church schools ant
collogor. for teachers In the sunda,
schools and other lay activities 81 th'
church. ARE IN great demand.
The shortage ~ trained Christian
leaders IL not due a. the hack ~ volun
lecrs - much M u " 20 lack ~ facill
lies Tor training the Youth II IN
rhurch. churchmcn say. l.ifc scrvic
volunteers are coming forwad iron
:. the Sunday Schools and Epworti
!. League societies all over the country
bu, even with the 81 schools and 20
> lcges maintained by the S0liher
Methodist church In this country. IN
educatilna facilities OF the church M
entirely inadequate 10 acr0mmod1'
a these now ready Ia enter training.
IL estimated that 5000 students wei
turned away from Methodist college
I, this year. Then tno. many promisin
young men who desire IN enter N
ministry. arc without tho finnncil
means Of obtaining an education. ON
u the ohjortives " tho Christian Edl
cation movement is o. provide an 81
iownont fund 90 assist worthy Stl
. dents.
bishop James Cannon. Jr.. ~ Sa
Antonil. Texas. president ~ N
= Christian Education Commission. vi
= preside at the meeting Of tho commit
sion With the educational secretaries
financial directors. and laymcr
Fobrugry . and D.
Tho College ~ bishops will cor
venc February I. with bishop y. !
\, lIcndr.E. Of Kansas city. senior blshol
" presiding. This will he an adjournc
meeting from the fall session held |
: birmingham. Ala. In December. nj
I. ranged In order tina, plans for m
= Christitn Education movement mich
: be- ratified.