Evening star., 1939-05-09
Methodist Farley
Studies Union Of All
Missionary Work
GeneruI Commission on
World Service and
Finance Proposed
n the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, May 9.-United
Methodism's 900 delegates, jamming
IS committee reports into the final
three days of their uniting confer
ence, today received recommended
tions for setting up 30-member
financial commission and uniting
all missionary work under one board.
The Committee on Missions pro-
posed that one board administer
all foreign, home and women's mis-
sions. This plan is used by the
Southern and Protestant branches.
A minority report suggested a
separate board be established to
administer all women's missionary
activities. Several women have Pc
titioned the committee for such
autonomy.
1t was indicated a second minor
ity report would be submitted, ask
ing separate boards for foreign,
home and women's missions.
The church set next Christmas
as the deadline for completion of
work of the general conferences ex-
isting under the three previously
separate branches of Methodism.
January l, 1910, was set as the
final date for organization of the
new conferences, boundaries of
which now are being fixed.
The delegates also adopted the
official name-"the M eth o d is t
Church"
Commission Proposed.
The Committee on Membership
and Temporal Economy proposed
creation of general commission on
world service and finance to handle
all moneys for general benevolences,
the general administration fund and
the Episcopal fund.
The commission, similar to that
now operative in the Northern
church, would comprise two minis
ters and two lay delegates from
each of the six jurisdictional dis
tricts, nominated by the bishops
thereof, and six members at large,
including two bishops. Members
would serve four years.
General benevolence funds in
clude those for missions, hospitals,
evangelism, temperance and other
national boards. Bishops salaries
are paid from the Episcopal fund.
The commission would survey the
financial needs of all boards and
budget its receipts accordingly, sub
ject to approval of the General Con-
ference 1t also would recommend
bishops salaries.
The committee proposed creation
OF commission to promote benevo-
lences. 1t would be similar to the
million-unit fellowship movement
started by the Northern Church in
1896 with goal of 100000 men,
bers contributing 81 per month each.
Nine Elected to Council.
The conference last night elected
nine men to the Judicial Council, or
Supreme Court" of the church
They are the Rev. Francis r. Bayley
of Baltimore, H. R. Van Duzen
Scranton, Pa: Vincent Paul Clark
Winchester, Mass, and the Rev
Walter c. Buckner, Los Angeles, all
of the North Church; the Rev. j,
Stewart French, Bristol, Tenn; Mar
tin E. Lawson, Liberty, Mo-; M. A.
Childers, San Antonio, Tex, and the
Rev. w. G. Henry, Atlanta, all of the
South Church, and the Rev. George
R. Brown, Liberty, N. c., of the
ProteStant branch
The conference also gave perma-
nent assignments to 81 bishops. The
plan of merger Of the United Church
provides that bishops be assigned to
one jurisdiction, or section of the
country, for life. Previously, bishops
could be sent anywhere.
Two New Bishops.
The two new bishops of the united
church. elected from the Methodist
Protestant Church, were assigned as
follows: John Calvin Broomfield
of Fairmont, w. Va, to St. Louis
and James H. Straughn of Balti-
more to special service in the North
eastern jurisdiction.
The reassignments were:
G. Bromley OMAN, from Omaha
Nebr., to Boston.
Charles Wesley Flint, from Allan
ia to Syracuse. N. Y.
Ralph S. Cushman, from Denver
to st. Paul.
Titus Lowe, from Portland, Greg.
to Indianapolis.
J. Ralph Magee, from St. Paul to
Des Moines.
James c. Baker, from San Fran
cisco to Los Angeles.
Wallace E. Brown, from Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, to Portland, Oreg.
Wilbur E. Hammaker, from
Shanghai, China, to Denver.
William c. Martin, from Glendale
Calf, to Omaha, Nebr.
U. v. w. Darlington. from Hunt
lngton, w. Va, to Louisville.