Evening star., 1936-11-20
SEMINAR COURSES
FEATURE MISSION.
CIergymen and Lay Leaders
to Conduct Classes in
4.Day Program.

rtellglOuS SeHlluhr courses, cOnQucLeQ
by eminent clergymen and lay leaders
Of the various Protestant denomina-
tions. will constitute major part Of
the program Of the four-day National
Preaching Mission opening here Sun
day.
More than 200 advance registrations
have been received for these classes
and 1t is expected thousand or more
prsons will participate, according to
an announcement today by Rev. w. L.
Darby, executive secretary of the
Washington Federation of Churches,
which is sponsoring the gathering
here in conjunction with the Federal
Council Of Churches.
Six seminar classes on various as
poets of Christianity will be held from
2:30 to 4:30 pm. on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday at the Calvary Baptist
Church, Eighth and H streets.
Speakers and Subjects.
The seminar schedule follows: "The
Christian Message" led by DR.. Lynn
Harold Hough, former president OF
Northwestern University and now dean
of Drew Theological Seminary at Mad
ison, N. j., who Is considered one of
the foremost interpreters Of Christian
ity. Rev. Charles Enders, president OF
the Washington Ministerial Union and
pastor of Concordia Evangelical and
Reform Church, will preside.
Using the Bible" led by DR.. H. L.
Reed, president of Auburn Theological
Seminary; Rev. N. M. Simmonds, pas
tor of Highlands Baptist Church, pre-
siding.
Personal Evangelism" led by DR..
Walter E. Woodbury., superintendent
of evangelism Of the Northern Baptist
Convention; Rev. G. Ellis Williams,
superintendent of the Washington dis
trict of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
THE Christian Family" led by
Mrs. Grace Sloan Overton. Harlan,
Ind, noted author and lecturer; Rev.
William A. Keese, pastor of the Met
ropolitan Methodist Church.
christianity and Social Problems,
led by DR.. Worth M. Tippy, secretary
of the Department of Social Service,
Federal Council of Churches, for more
than 20 years; Rev. r. Paul Schearrer.
pastor of Takoma Park Presbyterian
Church, presiding.
Other Seminar Speakers.
christianity and World Problems"
led by DR.. John A. Mackay, president
of Princeton Theological Seminary and
for Is years a missionary in South
America: Rev. Clifford H. Jope, pastor
of the Ninth Street Christian Church.
Activities of the gathering here, de-
scribed as a part of the greatest re-
ligious revival of this generation"
will be carried into number OF
schools. under plans completed yester-
day. Speakers will appear at various
times at the National Training School
for Boys, Mckinley, Cardoza, Gen.
tral and Armstrong High Schools:
Gordon Junior High School. Howard
University, Marjorie Webster School.
Virginia Theological Seminary, Ma
tional Park Seminary. Arlington Hall
School, American and Maryland Uni
versities.
The list of speakers for this phase
includes the following: Harry N.
Holmes, field secretary of the World
Alliance for International Friendship
Through the Churches; Right Rev.
Henry Wise Hobson, Protestant bishop
of Southern Ohio; DR.. M. e. Dodd,
Shreveport, La, minister of Tie First
Baptist Church there; DR.. William H.
Foulkes, chairman Of the National
Preaching Mission Committee; Miss
Muriel Lester Of Kingsley House. Lon
don, England; DR.. Rufus M. Jones.
professor of philosophy at Haverford
College; DR.. Ivan Lee Holt, president
of the Federal Council of Churches;
DR.. Willis j. King, president of Gam
mon Theological Seminary. and DR..
E. Stanley Jones, famous missionary.
Radio Program Revised.
The program of radio talks by some
of the leading figures of the mission
was revised yesterday to include
total of eight 15-minute broadcasts.
The schedule: WJSV, Sunday, 2:45
pm; Monday. 3 pm, and Tuesday.
4:30 pm; VOL. Sunday, 3:45 pm;
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at
II, and WMAL on Monday at AIS pm.
Robert C. Simmons, chairman Of the
Transportation Committee, was busy
yesterday making final arrangements
for the convenience of speakers who
will be forced to hurry from one place
to another to address different groups.
Rev. A. p. Wilson, chairman of the
Program Committee. reported the pro-
gram is practically completed in every
detail