Evening star., 1941-02-01
Churchmen
Open Program
Here Tomorrow
Mass Meetings to
Sturt Sessions of
Christian Mission

A Nationwide crusade to mobilize
the spiritual forces of this country
behind a battle cry of Christianity
Has the Answer" will move into
Washington tomorrow when the Ma
tional Christian Mission opens a
seven-day program of mass meet
ings and seminars.
Speakers of national and inter-
national fame will address mass
meetings in Continental and Con-
stitution Halls tomorrow night.
Thereafter, six Washington churches
will become centers for the mission
for the 300 meetings scheduled dur
ing the remainder of the week.
Simultaneous with the formal
opening sessions in Washington, re-
ligious leaders in nearby Maryland
and Virginia will hold similar mass
meetings tomorrow night to inaugu-
rate their programs of participation
in the mission.
Jones and Scherer To Speak.
DR.. E. Stanley Jones, probably
the best-known missionary evangel-
ist in the world today, will address
the meeting in Constitution Hall,
and DR.. Paul E. Scherer, pastor Of
the Lutheran Church of the Holy
Trinity, New York City, will speak
in the Continental Hall auditorium.
Bishop Paul B. Kern of Nashville,
Tenn, prominent leader in the field
of religious education, will address
the first mission mass meeting in
Virginia at the Central Methodist
Church in Fairfax, Va, at pm.
tomorrow. The meeting is to be
sponsored by the Arlington County
Ministerial Association. DR.. A. P.
Williams, district superintendent Of
the Methodist Church, also will
speak.
The Rev. Philip Y. Lee, former
pastor of the Chinese Union Church
of Chicago and now executive secre-
tary of the Chinese Christian Broad
casting Co., will be the speaker at
mass meeting in the Rockville
(Md) High School gymnasium
which will open the National Chris
tian Mission for Montgomery
County. The meeting will be di-
rected by the Rev. J. Virgil Lilly,
pastor of the Rockville Christian
Church.
Mrs. Roosevelt to Talk.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will be
among the speakers heard during
the various seminars scheduled for
the week-long session. She will
address group Tuesday afternoon
at Calvary Baptist Church.
The six churches designated to
serve as area centers for the Mission
are the Foundry Methodist Church,
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church,
Emory Methodist Church, Nc
Kendree Methodist Church, Vermont
Avenue Baptist Church and Metro
politan Presbyterian Church.
The mission is presented under the
auspices of the Washington Fedora
ton of Churches and the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in
America. The national director is
DR.. Jesse M. Bader. exective sec
retary of the Federal Councils De-
partment Of Evangelism.
Mass Meetings Each Night.
Mass meetings will be held each
night at o'clock at the six churches
designated as area centers. Five
morning meetings at 10 am. each
day are scheduled for ministers at
Calvary Baptist Church. Women's
Christian life forums will be held
each morning at 10 o'clock at the
six church centers, and a united
women's meeting is scheduled for
Friday morning at Calvary Baptist.
Seven afternoon seminars. begin
ming at o'clock, will be held in
various rooms of Calvary Baptist.
A special seminar for employed
people will be held at Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church each day
at 4:45 pm, and five noon meetings
are slated for Epiphany Episcopal
Church.