Pocahontas star herald., 1924-02-01

Who VIII Lead Southern baptists IN
Raising $27, ,ooo, 900 In 1924.
Up to December, 1923. Southern
Baptlsts had paid in on their subscrip
tions to their rs Million Campaign the
sum Of $4S, ,172, ,SO6.72, 1t is announced
by the Campaign headquarters In
Nashville. Four years OF the five-year
period have now expired. leaving ap
proximately s27O00,OOO to be raised
by December, 1924, II the original
Campaign objective is to be reached.
In the hope Of obtaining this amount
OF money for the further advancement
OF all the general missionary, educa.
tional and benevolent enterprises fos.
tered by Southern Baptlsts, the Cam
paign Conservation Commission has
inaugurated an intensive effort that
II is expected will reach every state,
district association and local church
In the territory n the Southern Bap-
tist Convention during this year
DR.. l.. r. Scarborough, who was
general director OF the original Cam.
palgn organization, has been asked to
return to the Nashville headquarters
from his home at Fort Worth for this
closing year Of the forward movement
and give his personal attention to the
direction OF the special effort that
will be waged for collecting the full
$75, 100000 by the time the period for
the program expires in December
next. Dr. Scarborough, through the
assistance OF the various state and as.
soclatiOnal workers, will seek to en-
list every Baptist in the South in
some definite share in. this closing
year of the Campaign.
8aptIsts Have Big Income
While the goal that has been set
for 1924 is considerably larger than
any that has yet been attained by
Southern Baptists in a single year,
DR.. o. r. Bryan. budget and steward
ship director Of the Campaign, an
nounces that Southern Baptists have an
annual income OF at least S1.500,0oO..
900, and he and the various state stew.
ardship directors will continue their
effort in. enlisting the local churches
in the matter Of systematic and pro
portionate giving, with = view to de-
veloping Southern Baptlsts to the
point that they will give according
to their means. and give regularly
week by week A tenth OF the South
ern Baptist income, II given TO tho
denomination would make available
for religious work each year the sum
Of $3.50, 100000.
Each State Has Had Share
Indicating the sources from which
the money already collected ON the
Campaign has come, the following
contributions by states are announced:
Alabama, $2,2O6 ,O71.O6; Arkansas, 81.
667 7,3O413; District Of Columbia. $685.
S27S1: Florida, 1896, 1878; Georgia,
S4.3S9, ,44O.O2; Illinois. s564,416.95;
Kentucky, S5O91, ,1S17S; Louisiana
S1,195,97719; Maryland, s599,451.1l'
Mississippi, S2,494.2sl79; Missouri
5000 O7546; New Mexico, Sl99,326.
%; North Carolina, s4,OS9, 1872. 70;
Oklahoma. 81. 1.2O6, ,94S.76; South Caro-
lima, Si,OO2 ,5276O; Tennessee, $3,117,
1926: Texas, 1890, ,59761; Virginia
S5,184, ,OO3.76; and specials from all
sources, 1888 ,6O8.04
On the basis Of distribution agreed
upon by the various states the follow.
ing amounts have gone to the various
causes cooperating in the Campaign
State missions, ss,671, ,10517; home
missions, 17.225,02lO1; foreign mis-
sions, t11,56l 1881; Christian educa.
tlon, or l19 Baptist seminarles train.
ing schools, colleges and academies
8l3,4SS,3S5S7; 81 Baptist hospitals,
$2,167,776.29 10 Baptist orphanages
S3y372, ,09647; and ministerial relief,
1856, ,O4S23.
After conference with the general
missionary, educational and benevo
lent causes which ere embraced in the
Campaign, DR.. Scarborough announces
that raising OF S27 900 900 in 1924 will
not only enable all Southern Baptist
enterprises to meet all their obliga
tlons but TO make large advances At
home and abroad as we'll.
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