Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-09-22

Budget and Stewardship Director
for southerp 6aptIsts .Nl
District of Columbia. $202.5S3. 15;
Florida. $732.213.96; Georgia, S4,01S..
00S.93; Illinois. 1929. 0S7.87; Kentucky,
s4.937. 270.93; Louisiana, $1,144.S9S.79
Maryland, $3.50, $685.; Mississippi,
$2,S29, 29s.S7; Missouri, 1892, 1896:
New Mexico, $217S2S.33; North, Car
olina, $3,630.99S.83; Oklahoma, ST..
113,7S1.19; South Carolina, 1885,.
S53.19; Tennessee, $2,953, 050.09; Tex.
as, $6,468,0 98.42: Virginia. $4,923, 1885,
"a. Specials: Louisiana, $110,035.13;
New Mexico, $419.739.1S; Oklahoma.
$50 100000; Illinois. $191,17s.11; Homo
Board Specials, $15,340.00; Foreign
Board Specials, SS6,1Q3.00; raised by
ocal churches on foreign fields and ex-
pended by them there, $1.003, 390.6S.
Large Results Achieved
These larger resources have made
possible large advances in every de-
partment OF work .fostered by South.
ern Baptists. Indicating the growth
n the homeland during the campaign
period. 1t is announced that there has
been gain of 81 district associations,
SS1 active ministers, 3.06S Local.
churches, 3,287 Sunday schools with
1929 pupils, 1888 Baptist Young
Peoples Unions with 233.917 mem.
oers. and 1904 Woman's Missionary
Union organizations. During this
time there have been 762,SS0 persons
baptized into the local Baptist
churches, $45,405,11S has been in.
vested in local church property, and
the increase in offerings to missions
md benevolences has been more than
s28, 100000 over the corresponding
period preceding the Campaign.
among the many gains on foreign
mission fields are included 34.S44
baptisms, 1856 churches, 1900 mission
stations. 80 houses of worship. 1855
members, 6S7 Sunday schools with
31,292 pupils. the sending out OF 275
new American missionaries. the ap-
pointment Of 2,029 native workers.
entry into six new foreign countries
and the larger equipment for all
forms of work on sixteen fields.
Workers of the Home Mission
Board have baptized 173.602 persons
during the Campaign period, have re-
ceived 1883 persons into the men,
bership of the churches. enlisted H..
772 young persons in definite forms
of Christian service, built or improved
1872 church houses, organized 935
churches and 1888 Sunday schools.
Stabilize Church Finances
To reach the original goal it will
be necessary for Southern Baptists
to raise $31,O00,OO0 additional for the
Campaign program by the end of that
movement in 1924. In the hope OF
bringing the churches of the denomi'
nation to a better system Of finances
and the church members to a fuller
realization of their obligation to sup
port religious work, the Campaign
Commission has employed DR.. o. E.
Bryan of Atlanta. superintendent OF
EVANGELISM and enlistment Of the
Home Mission Board. as stewardship
and church budget director.
DR.. Bryan has assumed his new
duties and working through the va
nous state offices and the agencies
OF the district associations he Is seek
ing to bring the Baptist churches OF
the South to the adpotion of yearly
budget for both their local work and
the general missionary and benevo.
lent interests of the denomination. the
aim being to enlist every member OF
every church in weekly and monthly
contributions to religious causeA