The Washington times., 1925-01-28
5000 MISSION
LEADERS HERE
FOR Farley
Coolidge Will Address Dele
gates at Opening Of Con-
vention in Auditorium

Approximately $500 leaders in
the various Protestant denoniina-
tons and members of their families
are in washington today to attend
the foreign missions convention OF
the United States and Canada.
With visitors constantly arriving,
it was estimated that the number
attending the meeting win reach
5000.
The convention rs to be opened. in
the Washington Auditorium, at 3
o'clock, when President Coolidge
will address the delegates. Meetings
viii continue throughout the. even.
ing. Morning, afternoon and night
sessions will be held in the audi
forum up to and including next
Monday.
Educational Assembly.
The convention, according to an
official statement, is "for the in
formation and inspiration OF the
churches OF Canada and the United
States -" 1t is its organizers in
tent that this be IAN educational,
not a deliberative or legislative as
sembly."
cit will rot deal with questions
and problems of administration on
the mission field" rhe statement
declares" Its messages will be de.
signed to enlarge the interest and
deepen the conviction of the Chris
ton people at the home base. as
to their. foreign mission RESPONSE
bilities and obligations.
Delegations include officers and
members Of foreign mission boards,
general church officials, pastors
and laity, theologists, and other
professors, editors, foreign mission
aries temporarily at home. student
volunteers and other candidates for
the foreign missionary field.
1900 Women to Attend.
Extensive plans have been made
by local churches for the reception
OF the visitors. AS there are more
than 1900 women attending the
gathering, local committee of
prominent women is at work
This committee is headed by
Mrs. W. L. Darby. Her vice chair.
men are Mrs William F. Mcdowell,
Mrs. Harvey 8. Irwin, Mrs. w. s.
.Abernethy, Mrs. Earl Whitley, Mrs.
Jason Noble Pierce and Mrs. J. i.
Huddle. The committees secretary
is Mrs. J. Claude KEEPER.
Local Pastors In Charge.
The general committee of local
pastors for the convention has, as
It's chairman, the Reverend w. S.
Abernethy, of Calvary Baptist
Church. The other members are:
The Reverend B. F. Bryan, Ia
coma Park Seventh-Day Adventist
Church; the Reverend G. NJ. Diffen-
derfer, Luther Place Lutheran
Church; the Reverend G.. r. Dud-
ley, st. Stephens Protestant Epis-
copal Church; the Reverend c. r.
Fultz, Church Of the United
Brethren; the Reverend ]. Phelps
Hand, District superintendent,
Methodist Episcopal Church; the
Reverend c. e. Hawthorne, Wal
lace Memorial United Presbyterian
Church; the Reverend Murray Ken
worthy, Orthodox Friends Meeting
beth, Mt. Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church South: the Rev
erend H. H. Renck, Grace Re-
formed Church; the Reverend J. H.
Straughn, Rhode Island Avenue
Methodist Protestant Church; the
Reverend ]. H. Taylor, Central
Presbyterian Church, United States;
the Reverend Earle Whitley, Yer
mont Avenue Church of the Dis
ciples Of Christ; the Reverend
Charles Wood, Covenant Presby-
terrain Church; the Reverend H. l..
Darby, secretary of the Washing
ton Federation of Churches, and
| the Reverend Doctor Jason N.
Pierce, pastor of the First Con-
gregationaI Church and president
of the Washington Church Fedora