The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
$ J N ] AY SCHOOL CAMP AIGN IS S0ON ID BE LAUNCHED
Noted Evangelist Will Aid First Baptist In Member
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Rev. Louis Entzminger, evangelist and Sunday school builder, assisted by a brother, Prof. J. F. Entzminger, will conduct a campaign for increas- ing the membership of the First Bap- tist church during the next two months, and in the absence of Dr. J. R. Hobbs, pastor, will fill the pull pit. The campaign was originally scheduled for November, but when Dr. Hobbs decided to go to Europe for the summer he arranged for Rev. Entzminger to change the date in order that he might supply In his abs sence and conduct the Sunday school ganization campaign.
 The week of July 29 to August 5 will be devoted to the reorganization school. Rev Entzminger says all services during the eight weeks will be evangelistic, and plans to mal1 e the eight weeks a regular revival meeting, though special services will be held only during the week men toned above. Thousands of personal visits will be made by the member ship of the church. He proposes to enlist the cooperation of the entire Sunday school, including the boys, girls and the young peoples organi- zations. A survey and canvass of
 
 the First Baptist church and Nor wood is being made, and vigorous campaign waged for securing new members.
 Successful Career.
 Rev. Entzminger comes to Bir- mingham with a large number of successful Sunday school reorganiza- tions and reyivals. as a recommenda- tion. He Is unique parsonage in that up until 1909 he was success full business man in Lakeland, Fla, when he left profitable business to take up some work authorized by the Baptist convention of that state, at a salary so small that only a man of independent means could have afforded to take it. He was so successful at this work that 1t was never possible for him to get back into the business world. He was called to Kentucky to aid in Sunday school work, and within three years that state came from the bottom to the top in the Sunday school work of the Southern Baptist Convention.
 Sunday school attendance at Fort Worth, Tex, where he went as assis- tant pastor and to take charge of the Sunday school department, in" creased from 249 to 2,500 in four years of his stay, and today has an average attendance of over 4,500 and an enrolment or near (,UUU, Sdlu 70 be the largest average attendance of any Sunday school in the world. He has been recalled to his work at Fort Worth at a salary of S10.000, but refused it for his present field of labor.
 Rev. Entzminger succeeded in doubling the attendance in the First Baptist church in New Orleans in one year, where he had been called to the pastorate. He has been equally successful in many other cities. His engag gements for the fall are: September, the Great Wealthy Street Baptist church, Grand Rapids, Mich for October, Calvary Baptist church, New York city; November, Jarquis Street church, Toronto, said to be tie largest Baptist church in Canada, and First Baptist church, Minneapolis, Mnn.
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 Professor EDtzminEer UO Assist.
 Prof. J. F. Entzmnger will super intend the survey and personal work and will lead the music. Professor Entzm;nger will be in the Birming- ham campaign for several weeks.
 Edwin Lyles Taylor, former organ ist for the Baptist church, has re- signed his work In Birmingham to take up similar work at Nashville, Tenn.