The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-23
coIIrHERN BAPTISTS
SHOW GREAT GROWTH
oDoGREss WAS DENOTED BY
REPORTS AT coNVENIlON'
M INTERESTING STATISTICS.

po,, s. f. Lowe, pastor OF the
na,,.son Baptist church, who attended
anrra1 session of the Southern
T Bao+is Convention, at JacksonVllle'
P PSa last week, reports that from eV-
Ii"' standpoint it was one OF the pest
ely mos in the history OF the organl-
ll otion esides Mr.. Lowe among those
z 'bo attended fro16essre were Mrs. }.
H " W1hitchard, MI narSs Bridges
n Mr. G. M. Roberts, on
s amJ Rev. T. ]. Herring and Mt
Ee Tbe growth among southern Bap-
-. has been almost phenomenal IN
t tEa Inst '.f few wears, and has increased
il1 bnndred wears by SOLO per cent.
III IA a. 1920 they had 3,1o9,005 members,
d ~ in all II, 444 local church
rep and 2O,420 Sunday schools, with
To6661O pupils enrolled, and church
I l,2vUs worth $97,732,990. There are
Po74 B. Y. p. u. organizations, with
eel 871 members.
Pantists of the south are seeking
- Muster 000,000,000 people, or more
tI.n one-half the population OF the
Globe. They have on the foreign feld
40 foreign missionaries, 97o natlvs
workers. 9 theological sem1narles, o3Z
schools and colleges, and II hospitals
to care for the bodies of men. There
was a gain of 154 in the number OF
{oreign missionaries on the fields, ~
iocsI churches, 14,600 members, l35
Sunday schools with an enrolment OF
1901 and l59 native assistants, the
renort shows, while the increase for
The wear in the contributions of the
native churches was $211,H5, the total
contributions OF the churches being
S454,234S5.
New Fields Being Opened.
New fields are being opened in
Spain, Jugo Slavia, Hungary, Ruma-
MA southern Russian, Palestine, Syria
and Siberia.
The home mission work includes
1656 workers and missionaries who
labor in the territory of the United
States. Cuba and the Panama canal
zone
Southern Baptists have larger in
yestment in educational institutions
than any other denomination in the
south, according to the annual report
OF the educational board. This board
announced that 119 institutions, with
total enrolment OF 1850 women and
1907 men, are being operated in six
teen states The property value OF the
institutions was estimated at $40, 49,
4O1 and their total endowment is SILL
325793
The convention has raised more
than $35,000,000 of its $75,0000O0 fund
Al, re
bers pledged themselves to push tor
i ward to completion of the fund IN
1924. More than $l0,000,000 in cash
was collected in the twelve months
. since the last convention, which speak
erS pointed out had been accomplished
despite the general business depres-
sion The ministerial relief and annuity
fund has passed the million dollar
mark and its goal was set at ten mil
lion through adoption of the commit
tee report
Admit Women to Board Membership.
Women were admitted to member
ship on the executive committee and
the various boards of the Southern
Baptist convention. The change in the
constitution was adopted after a spir-
tied expression of disapproval from
DIR. J. w. Porter, of Louisville, KY
who quoted the Apostle Pauls alb
DURATION OF women speaking in the
church.
I'VE have started on the down
grade" he continued, land the time
will come when a woman will pre-
side over this convention"
DR.. Porter deprecated the feminist
movement and declared many leading
workers of the Women's Missionary
Union are opposed to women taking
part in the convention.