Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10
Capacity Crowds Attend
Three instruction Meetings
Held Sunday.
EVANGELISM CAMPAIGN
TO FOLLOW IN 2 WEEKS
Reports to Show Church and Sun
day School Memberships and Pref
erences of Westinghouse.

-Four thousand volunteer workers,
representing more than 125 churches OF
various denominations, began this
morning the city-wide religious survey
which Is to precede the Kernahan
evangelistic campaign. Capacity crowds
attended large meetings yesterday at
the Ingram Memorial CONGREGATIONAL,
First Congregational and Pilgrims
Presbyterian Churches to receive final
instructions for the work.
Rev. l.. e. Ripley, who is directing
the survey, attended all three meetings
and personally instructed the volun-
teers. He was assisted by Rev. G. A.
Morong and Mrs. Mabel McCroary Rip
ley, who will act as Office director of the
survey, with headquarters at Calvary
Baptist Church.
Two Objects in Survey.
DR.. Ripley, who has had several years
active experience with Rev. A. Earl
Kernahan, who will conduct the evan
gelistic campaign, explained that there
are two detectives in the present sur
vey-to assist the churches in discov-
ering their entire evangelistic respon-
sibility in the city and in enlisting, in
structing assigning and supervising the
WUIhSTS VIII Will iIdkC bk16 NlSlJdIlOIlS.
beginning March 80, under DR.. Kerna-
han.
The information received from the
1000 workers within the next fortnight
will be tabulated according to ID per-
sons having church membership in re-
mote cities, CD persons without church
membership but with definite church or
UNCONVENTIONAL preference, CD persons
without membership and without pref
erence. 90 persons of all ages enrolled
in Bible or Sunday schools and go per-
sons Of all ages not enrolled in Bible
and Sunday schools.
Report cards will be classified accord
ing to the total number of persons hav-
ing definite church membership in
Greater Washington, the total number
of persons having a definite local church
preference, the total number OF persons
having q definite UNCONVENTIONAL prefer
ence and the total number having no
preference at all.
Spiritual Life to Be Shown.
It is felt by the general committee
and all cooperating pastors that the
results, which are to be announced on
Friday. March 81, at an evening meet
ing, will be complete. analytical report
of religious interests in the Capital City
and will aid greatly in the interpreta-
ton of its spiritual life.
Brief devotional services were held at
all three churches where yesterdays
meetings were held, in charge Of the
pastors of the three churches. Rev.
Kyle Booth, Rev. Jason Nible Pierce
and Rev. A. r. Bird.
Daily reports of the progress OF the
survey will be made through the ii dis
trict headquarters to the city headquar-
tiers at Calvary Baptist Church. All
persons are asked to cooperate in Civ
ing information to the workers who call
upon them.
The headquarters of the II districts
are as follows: Metropolitan Presby-
terrain Church, Mount Vernon Place M.
e. Church, Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional Church, st. Pauls M. e. Church,
Ingram Memorial Congregational
Church, Brookland Baptist Church,
Pilgrim Presbyterian Church, Wesley
M. E. Church, Anacostia M. E. Church,
Clarendon Baptist Church and North
minister Presbyterian Chapel, Kalmia
road and Alaska avenue.