The log cabin Democrat., 1921-02-26
HENDRIX SECURES CHURCH ASSEMBLY
10 ENROLL 300 WORKERS
School for Rural Pastors and Work CTS to Serve Many States-Also
 Plan Ministers School.

A summer school for rural pastors and workers to command patronage from the entire Southern Methodist church west of the Mississippi river has been projected by the church board of missions and the Little Rock ard North Arkansas conferences and will be held in conjunction with the an nual summer school and conference for ministers at Hendrix College, June to r, it was announced today by Dr. Charles J. Greene, acting president of the college To accommodate both conferences and the extremely large attendance expected, the buildings and equipment of both Hendrix and Gen. tral> Colleges will be used, while the spacious auditorium of the First Meth odst church will also be at the dis posal of the dual schools.
 Two schools for rural pastors and workers will be held by the church the one for the eastern half being at Lake Junaluska, N. c. On account of the central location of Conway and it's accessibility, the mission board may add some states east of the Mississ- ippi to the territory to be served by the Hendrix school. R. L. Russell of Nashville, one of the secretaries of the board, and Dr. Greene will be ac- lively in charge of the school here with Dr. John Hugh Reynolds as dean. MT. Russell in a letter to Dr. Greene estimates that attendance at the TUT al workers school will reach 800, while the annual school for ministers averages 250 in attendance, it's ter ritory being limited to Arkansas.
 Nationally known religious leaders will instruct the classes which will make up the school for rural workers Bishop Edwin Hughes, the Method ist Episcopal bishop of the Boston area, will be one of the speakers. His addresses will be at the First Method ist church on June II, 12 and IS. Other teachers and speakers have al ready been secured by the mission board and the full list will be annouuc- ed as soon as they accept the change necessitated in the date of the confer ence. The preliminary announcement of the school stresses the fact that it's instructors will be men of practical experience in religious work in rural communities, and that it will be a "school' in every sense of the word and not a talk feast" The full respon- sibility of the church in developing rural workers is emphasized by the statement that 75 per cent of the membership is resident of communi- ties of less than 2,5O0 population. A further assertion is that 50 per cent of the rural churches have actually lost membership during the past ten years while others have simply mark ed time'
 The school for rural workers and the annual school for ministers will be run in conjunction and without in- reference. The main building at Gen. tral College will be used for recita- tion work and for the quartering of the overflow from dormitories at Hen dirk. Addresses each evening will be delivered for both schools assembl- ed at the First Methodist church. which is midway between the two col leges. Each afternoon recrational will be directed by Dr. Homer k. Ebright of Baker University. kansas, who was of the summer school faculty in 1920. Hikes and trips will also be taken. Study and recitation periods will occupy the morning hours. While the mission board at Nashville is arranging for the school for rural workers, the fac uIty for the Hendrix summer school IS being secured and the course of study arranged by Dr. Greene.
 Endorsement of the school for TUT al workers has been given by the bish- ops of the church. Bishop Eugene Russell HendriX of Kansas City wrote that he expected to be here for the en- tire ten days. Bishop DuBose. Den ny, Mouzon, Murrah, Cannon, Candler, Me Murry and Lambuth are actively assisting the mission board in making the school one of wide usefulness to the denomination. Leaders of the Lit tie Rock and North Arkansas confer ence are also pledged to cooperate With Hendrix in seeing that full SUD- port of Methodists in Arkansas is ac corded the ambitious undertaking.
 
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