St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-15
King very modestly replied, 81 de-
port myself in such a manner as to
continue to command the respect
and admiration of the people,"

continue to command the respect
and admiration of the people,"
Short PastOrates Not Good
He thinks that short pastorates
are not good for the pastor or the
church. DR.. King, who succeeded
DR.. J. G. Austin, the brilliant pas
tor of the Pilgrim Baptist Church
Chicago, in the Ebenezer Church is
a graduate of the Virginia Theo-
logical Seminary and is member
of the Board of Foreign Missions
of the National Baptist Convention
The Ebenezer Church is organ
lied into several departments.
There are six organizations in the
Department of Missions. There is
a director of Missions and Board
of Missions. According to DR..
King, the Ebenezer Church is dis
tinguished for it's outstanding sup
port of the foreign missionary en-
terprise, it being the first Negro
Baptist church to pay all the ex-
penses of missionary on the for
eign field.
1000 In Sunday School
The Department of Religious
Education has a Director of Re-
ligious Education, as well as a
Board of Religious Education. The
Sunday Church School has an en-
rollment of 1000. A junior church
of more than 200 meets each Sum-
day at the same time that the regu-
lar preaching service is being con-
Quoted in the main auditorium. The
Department of Religious Education
maintains a Leadership Training
School, which is said to be one of
the best in the country and Daily
Vacation Church School.
Conduct Employment Agency
The Department of Social Serv-
ice has a Board that is interde-
nominational. This department has
charge of the double tenement brick
building which houses the Com
munity Center, which is open daily,
with various activities. The trus-
tees of the church are responsible
for 100000 year for the budget
of the Community Center. The in
terdenominational board, which is
controlled by the church, is respon-
sible for the balance of it's budget.
An employment agency is con-
Quoted in the Community Center.
In the Department of Finance
there are two finance committees,
with two bonded treasurers. A full
time financial secretary is en-
ployed, as we'll as a business man.
ager for the church.
Three choirs, a gospel chorus and
four quartets are under the super
vision of the Department of Music.
The Department of Evangelism
is made up of several prayer bands.
One of the prayer bands conducts
a prayer meeting at the church ev-
cry weekday from IL to 1 o'clock.
Members of these prayer bands
visit the sick and help the poor.
They also visit the penal institu-
tions.
A person must register each year
to remain on the membership roll
of the Ebenezer Church, according
to DR.. King. The active member
ship is two thousand. DIR. King
said that there are lots of people
who claim to be members of the
Ebenezer Church, but are not
counted in the membership be-
cause they fail to register, as is re-
quired. The Ebenezer Church in
addition to giving the pastor $4,000
year, furnish him a parsonage, a
new car every other year, with an
allowance for the upkeep of the
car and an annual vacation, with
vacation purse. DR.. King has four
children. One son was indicted
into the army recently, another
son, a mechanic, joined the Army
as volunteer and a third son is
studying for Pho. degree. The
daughter is taking a special nurse
training course in a sanatorium.
She is the mother of three children.
Rev. S. E. Ware, the pastor of
the Pilgrim Baptist Church, is a
protege of DR.. Kings. Rev. Ware
Joined DR.. Kings church in 1886
after supplying church in Payns-
vile, Ohio, and studied practical
theology" and church management
under DR.. King. While in Pitts.
burgh, Rev. Ware was called to the
pastorate of the First Baptist
Church in New Kensington, Pa. He
was called to the pastorate of the
Pilgrim Church a year ago. DR.
King will preach the sermon fol