The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-18
WOMEN MAY NOW
HOLD OFFICE ON
BAPTIST BOARDS
Change In Constitution
Was Adopted At Jack
sonville Today After a
Spirited Debate -Bap-
lists Lead In Movement
For Education

Jacksonville, Fla, May 1S.-(By AS
sociated Pres Women were admit
ted to membership on the execu-
tive committee and the various
boards of the Southern Baptist con-
vention here today.
The change in the constitution was
adopted after a spirited expression
of disapproval from DR.. ]. w. Porter,
of Louisville, KY, who quoted the
Apostle Paul's abjuration of women
speaking in the church.
I'VE have started on the down
grade" he continued, land the time
will come when a woma nwill preside
over this convention"
DIR. Pprter deprecated the FEM
mist movement" and declared many
leading workers of the women's mis-
sionary board are opposed to women
taking part in the convention.
Dr. w. ]. McGolthlin of Greenville,
S. c., Dr. A. j. Barton of Alexandria,
La. and others spoke for the change
saying women already having been
admitted to the convention and to its
routine committees, should be placed
on its important boards and commit
tees. The Apostle Paul, DIR. Barton
declared, said nothing against wom-
en- taking part in the political affairs
of the churches.
The change in the constitution does
not provide for any specific number
of women on the executive commit
tee and boards as had been asked
in a membrial from the women's
missionary union. but leaves the num-
Der to be determined from year to
year.
Baptist in the Lead.
Jacksonville, Fla, May 1S.-(By AS
sociated Press. )-The Southern Bap-
tist have a larger investment in edu-
cational institutions than any other
denomination in the South, accord
ing to the annual report of the edn
cational board made public in con-
nection with todays sessions of the
Southern Baptist convention.
Growth also was shown in the con-
vention's foreign mission work and
the women's missionary union, al
though $1,759,47S received foreign
missions from the S75,000,0O0 cam
paign in the last twelve months was
less than in the previous year.
The work of the foreign mission
and education boards was the chief
topic before today's session.
The educational board, of which
DR.. w. C. James, of Birmingham, is
corresponding secretary, announced
that 119 institutions with a total en-
rollment of 1850 women and 13,090
men are being operated in 16 states.
The property values of the institu-
tions were estimated at $26, ,1S1 ,401
with a total endowment of $11 ,223,-
1893.
The financial depression since the
last annual convention was the cause
OF the decreased receipts for foreign
missions, said Dr. ]. F. Love, of Rich
mond, secretary for foreign missions.
The work of the church in the past
year has been by far the most sue
cessful of the II in which it has con-
Quoted foreign mission work.
The churches in foreign fields con-
tributed $465,235 to religious work
during this last year or 60 per cent
more than in any previous year, he
pointed out.
The total membership was 64,251.
In addition to older fields the Bap-
lists have entered Spain, Jugo-Slavia,
Hungary, Rumania, the Ukraine and
other portions of Russia and Syria
as we'll as other countries in the last
twelve months.