Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-13
GEORGIA BAPTISTS MEET
DECEMBER lib IN MACON;
IMPORTANT BUSINESS UP
IS Million Dollar Campaign
Plans to Be Discussed
President John D, Nell to
Preside-To Name Officers

The one hundred and second an
nual session of the Georgia Baptist
convention will be held in Macor
December lib. The sessions viii
be held in the First Baptist church
that city.
The convention will be called tc
order at , o'clock Tuesday after
noon, December II, by DR.. John ID
Nell, president of the convention fol-
the past twelve years. The first or
der of the convention is organiza-
ton. Officers of the convention
will be elected at that time. Dr.. B
D. Ragsdale, of Macon, is the sec
rotary of the convention and has
been for the past 27 years. DR.. E.
J. Forester, of Sparta, is treasurer
of the convention. The vice presi-
dents of the convention are j. Ell
Carmichael, jackson; G. d. Graves,
Dublin; John B. Payne, Blue Ridge,
and Clifford Walker, Monroe.
Foremost among the questions 10
be discussed at Macon is the next
general campaign Of Georgia Zap
fists for financing the work for the
denomination. This question will in
volve the immediate task of the
closing year of the present financial
program which is known as the
Baptist Is million campaign. This
campaign was launched by southern
Baptists in Atlanta in 1919, and
Georgia Baptists participated in the
general program suggested at that
time.
The IS million campaign was
based on five-year subscriptions
The sum of $92,000,000 was sub
scribed by the Baptists of the south.
Georgia Baptists subscribed approx
mately $10,0C0,000 of this amount.
At the meeting of the Southern
Baptist convention in Kansas City
last May it was reported that about
$45,000,000 Of this amount had been
paid in cash. Georgia's proportion
of actual money paid in at that time
was little above $4,000,000 1t is
hoped that DR.. Arch c.. Cree, eX-
ecutive secretary of the Georgia
Baptist convention and director OF
the campaign il, Georgia, will be
able to report close to $4,000, 00C
paid in by Georgia at the conven
ton in Macon.
May Change Details
There are a number of details in
the IS million campaign that Will
| likely be changed in the next cam
paign. 1t is generally believed that
| in the next campaign that subscrip-
tons will not be made for a longer
time than one year, though it is
likely that the general program will
| be laid out covering q term Of three
to five years. 1t is generally con-
coded that am annual campaign fol-
subscriptions will yield a higher re-
Spouse than the long-term pledges.
The distribution of the funds OF
the next campaign will be queS-
! ton of great interest for the APP
preaching session in Macon. Each
! interest of the denomination is
now making out a suggested budget
of needs for the next few years anC
| there Will be careful discussion OF
! these several budgets at Macon
The executive committee Of the con
Vention is now working with this
general question.
| Involved in the general discussion
of the next campaign will be the
question of the holding commission
of the convention. There is said tC
be a disposition throughout the state
to modify the present constitution
relating to the holding commission tC
The holding commission is a com
mission of the convention of seven
men entrusted with the titles to all
properties of the convention. There
are certain restrictions thrown about
this commission. One of the condi
tons of the present constitution re
! quires that this commission shall
hold all properties free of any in
debtedness whatever. 1t has devel
oped that the nature of the organi
ZatiOn Of this commission and its
relation to the several boards Of
trustees of the convention makes il
unlikely that certain general founda
tions will make gifts to these insti
tutions and d suggestion has beer
made that the present charter of The
commission be so changed as to re
lieve the foundations from some tech
nicalities touching the responsible
tiles of the boards of trustees of such
Institutions Such changes will no
lessen the security of the properties
Commission Members
The present members of the holG
ing commission are c. j. Hood. Com
merce; Howell Cone, Statesboro; u
V. Whipple, Cordele; j. B. Hart, Ma
con; F. r. Pidcock, Moultrie; A. w
Evans. Sandersville. and F. S. Eth
ridge, Atlanta.
Another committee which is t.
report at Macon is the special com
mittee nthe secondary schools o
the denomination. This committe