Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-17
CHURCHPLANS
THREE TASKS
Under Bishop
Tyler's Leadership Out
line Big Program.

Fargo, N. D.. Nov. 17.-Havng
completed the celebration and COM
memoration Of two important mis-
sionary events in its history, the Epis-
copal church in North Dakota, under
the leadership OF Bishop A. Poyntz
Tyler, is turning to the completion Of
three tasks in which the states shape
share is a part of the general aim
or goal of the church in the United
States at large. The first of these
tasks is to find in the United States,
one hundred men and women who are
qualified to fill mission places, both
in this country and in foreign lands.
The second task is to complete the
number of members of the church.
who give a regular proportionate
share of their income to 100, 900. The
third task calls for the definite
pledging of n hundred thousand
thousand men and women Of the
church to spend some thought, each
day upon the missionary enterprises
OF the church.
On November 9Th, the Episcopal
church celebrated the close of one
hundred years. of missionary enter
prise under the direction Of the Do
nestle and Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the church. On Oct. 18th the
church celebrated the completion of
fifty years existence Of the .Women's
Auxiliary to the Board Of Missions.
In the beginning of the celebration of
the centennial and semi-centennial
anniversaries Of Its two societies, the
church set itself to the completion of
the tasks outlined above by Easter
Sunday, 1922. Another task was the
completion of a sum Of money for the
building enterprises of the church,
this sum to be completed by the time
of the Nov. 6th anniversary.
Church Has Crown.
When the first missionary society
of the hurch was organized in Phila-
delphia, November 3rdI 1921. the
Episcopal church has nine bishops.
Today it has 1871 In the century the
church membership has ! increased
from one in each 416 to n in each
first missionary of the society was Sent
in 1885 to Indiana, Missouri. Kansas
and Nebraska and "the little known
regions to the north This was the
first possible time that the territory
later to be North Dakota came within
the notice of a man of the church
The missionary. Jackson Kemper
travelled 800 miles in the broad x
panse of his territory.
The present presiding bishop Of
the church. just a half century age
was a missionary in this western
ountry and at that time he founded
the first hospital between the Mis-
souri, river and the Pacific ocear
when he builded a small hospital a
Salt Lake City.
Kemper or one Of his early time as
s%ociates, started work mons the In
dams and the result of this work i
more than one hundred congregation
among the red men. Seven Of. thes'
are in North Dakota. and this state
credited in some of the literature o
the church with being the early holn'
of the one Episcopal Indian clergy
man, Rev. e. Standing Bull. The In
: dian congregations at present In tn
state are at Cannon Ball. Dunseith
Fort Berthold, Fort Totem, For
Yates, Red Hail and Rec. These con
u gregations compare quite favorabl
with the white CONGREGATIONS in thei
giving to the present missionary en-
= terprises of the church.
AS, a result Of the work of plantin
the church in the early west. undo
= the supervision Of the missionary SO
ciety of which the churh has jus
+ celebrated the centennial, North Da
: kota now has fifty-two parishes or or
= ganized missions with additional con
: ]gregations meeting in a half doze
~ towns ". HH