The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-18
BAPTISTS IN CAIN
Membership in State Shows 3
\ Per Cent Increase.
Are 62,422 Members of That
Denomination in Kansas.
SECRETARY'S REPORT ISSUED
Convention Had Successful
Financial Year in 1891.
Largest Baptist Church in State
Is in Wichita.
SEGRETARYS REPORT ISSUED

The total membership Of the
churches of the Baptist denomination
in Kansas is 62,422, according to the
annual report issued today by the Rev;
7 IT Crawford, executive secretary OF
the Kansas Baptist convention -1ne
increase in membership during 1871
was 2,324 or a gain slightly eXceeulls
per cent. ,,
successful financial year. A balance
of sS387.S6 was reported IN. the treas
ury. The total receipts were Ssu'-
A5S9s and the total expenditures were
s22120.52. Alse a permanent rum
amounting to S15,SS5.52 IS Feporteu;
The interest from this fund IS useu
10 aid missionaries and missionary
churches in their work. The eonVen-
tion has a trust fund on hand OF 49,
sA5.62. The interest from this fund
is used to aid churches when build
ing or paying for properties.
Owns Much Real Estate.
The convention owns the following
veal estate: house and lot, StockloH'
lots. stockton; house and lots' GTeIl-
ola. house. parsonage and lots Jew
eli CITY: real estate, Excelsior Springs,
Mo. The convention also possesses Iesii
estate known as the Ottawa Home
YroDerty, located at ottawa Ran.
This was willed to the cohVetit It'il
TO be operated as home Tor eilS
families of deceased or disabled bap-
+iet ministers. while the children are
attending ottawa university
-,roeress was also reported on inc
- JVorId Movement for church eX-
1rnsion. Two hundred and twenty
eigbt churches reported ueiliilte
,.isdess A total of $4,000 was
li-'Isse5 toward the movement during
lie last wear. The total amount OF
the pledges is now s1,149,s24'
Organized Two New Churches.
Ven, churches were organized az
HONEYWELL and Satanic, Kan, NeW
l7jfsces we're dedicated at the 1ol-
.1owina cities. Whiting, Ellls' halsas
C,itv. Kan; Altamont, Anthony 80
overland Park and Londoh hstei
- Kansas city. Kan. There are at
~, -. 11rnsent time 2Ss ministers of the
denomination holding pastoIate9 -
Transas Forty-one are engageu II,
,,,Sseionarv and evangeiistic WORK anu
rfftseu are student pastors. Ihere
are eighty-two colored pastors III INC
state. -,, &, Kansas of
+ba BaDtist denomination IS the i'sS
1antist church of wichita win
,-,ep9bershiD of 1,44T. me irS'
rb,treh of Topeka ranks fourth,
-T,i,e churches in the state Win q
,.,ar1bershfp exceeding 700 are oLl
scott. 500; First, Topeka 100 ~
Ottawa. 1,1O4i First Nieht'a ~ de-
,,+,,1f1ation in Kansas as compared
with 566 during 1920.
J,roDcrty Increased in Value.
Al, increase of s35S,759 in the val
NO of the property is reported Tor ny
- 90 The present total Yaluatloh
20 a. nroDerties is S3,319,7o4. me
ta+aI Indebtedness on the property Is
s136.O6256. This lndeoleunesS TSo
5,lcreased $4,000 during 192I. me
totaf expenditures on properties were
The value of the parsonages alone
is s4ot 4O5. The total value OF the
,,ce+ing houses and accompanying
lots is s2.S0S292. The total sum pau
the pastors for services, lnclu4l = q o.
upkeep of parsonages was @ol .i 80 of
'The total current expenses ana eosl u
1,nkeep of property was Sl5l ,9oo'So'
az this amount only S52,27I.Ii was
,Danf i'm the operation OF sunday
schools. The grand total of local eN-
penditures and benevolenees was 81
Cl1.2S7.95. es,,.
The enrolment in the Sunday
schools is 49.4TS. The average atten-
dance during 1921 was zS,54O.
The missionary churches report an
eorolIn,ent of 45T5 and the enroll
r.ent of the Sunday schools OF these
churches is $3.50 The total salary
mid missionary pastors and workers
vas S6,125.95. ...--
Fhe enrolment in the Kansas City
SEMINARY is now seventy-five, which Is
the largest in the history or the IN
stitution. These students represent
eleven states and ten colleges
Ottawa Enrichment 4s6.
The enrolment of Ottawa univer-
sitv for the fall term was 4s6 stu
10, don l1sf-
1.tents of the school numbered sixty
six. The freshman class exceeds any
former enrolment by so per cent. The
attendance at Ottawa academy has
dropped 80 per cent during the last
two years The members of the board
of trustees feel that on account OF
the strong development of the public
high school system, the chief reason
for maintaining the academy is the
need Of the mature student, who has
neglected his secondary education. II
the academy does not reach this type
OF student it will undoubtedly be
closed.
The endowment and trust funds of
the university were increased by SS4,-
z32.46 during 1921. making the pres
ent aggregate of these funds, $685.
1882. The postwar conditions have
made building operations and opera
lions of the university unusually eX-
penses during the year was $4,000
and the debt on the buildings stands
at about $4,000. 1t has always been
the expressed purpose of the board OF
trustees of Ottawa university to keep
it a Baptist institution" according to
the report Of the convention commit
tee on the university. The committee
also made a recommendation that
there be introduced in the curriculum
a course on Baptist history and be
liefs, which should be elective and
open to all students.
The present officers of the conven-
ton are: H. W. Cole, OF Hutchinson.
president; Mrs. r, W. Ramsey, OF
Atchison. first vice president; H. NJ.
Cutler, of Emporia, second vice pres
ident; G, B. Merritt, of Independence.
third vice president; o. NJ. Showalter,
OF Topeka. recording secretary; ]. F.
Wells, of Kansas City, historical secre-
tary: the Rev. J. T, Crawford, of To
peka, general secretary and director
of promotion and Of religious edu-