The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-14
Area Methodists
Will Join Efforts
In United Mission
DR.. J. c. Stokes
From Greensboro
Will Come Here

and 80 churches IN the Farmyille
District of the Methodist Church
viii Join the Virginia Conference
in a great United Evangelistic
Mission. April 1926.
The plan involves bringing
about 500 visiting pastors from
surrounding states to assist the
500 Virginia Conference ministers
IN visitation and pre- c n n g
evangelism missions IN about 500
Methodist charges and involving
participation of nearly 100
Methodist churches in the pro-
gram.
ms Will be part Of a great re-
wal Methodist United Evange-
l'stic Mission. which will be con-
Quoted throughout the South
eastern jurisdiction o. the Meth
odist Church. covering Kentucky.
Tennessee. Virginia. North Caro-
lima. South Carolina, Georgia
Florida. Alabama, Mississippi. and
Cuba Preaching services and visi-
tation evangelism Will be held in
one-half OF these churches, April
l1-24, and in the other half, May
Is. Pastors in these two divisions
Will exchange their services, help
ing each other. In this arrange
ment, pastors from the Western
North Carolina Conference will
assist Virginia pastors. and in
May Virginia pastors Will 20 to
the Western North Carolina
churches Participating in the en-
tire mission will be eight episcopal
areas. Is annual conferences. l4l
districts l2,l73 churches and 42l8
pastors
Their Phases
With the slogan. You Need
Christ Now the mission Will con-
slst Of three phaseS-viSitation
eYangellSm, pulpit evangelism and
personal evangelism.
A youth rally for the Farmvillc
District will open the mission in
this district II viii be held at
Z 30 p. m, Saturday. in Jarman
Hall Of Longwood College The
Rev. Dr.. James c. Stokes, pastor
OF COLLEGE Place Methodist
Church, Greensboro Il, c.. will be
the speaker. Youth from different
areas of the district, which in
cludes the counties OF Prince Ed
ward, Charlotte. NottoWay. Meek
lenburg, Cumberland, Bucking-
ham. Luncnburg, Amelia, and
Pow hatan will attend the rally
Series OF Services
DR.. Stokes. who has studied at
ASbury College, Duke University
and Boston University, Will be the
visiting minister during the week
at the Farmville ethodiSt
Church. He viii be one of many
who VIII come to the Farmville
District from the Western North
Carolina District to preach and
help with personal visitation
evangelism.
Dr. Stokes Will start his series
OF services Sunday morning. at
tho FarmVllle church Then. he
VIII speak Sunday night and each
night OF the week At 100 p m. at
Jarman Hall This viii be the pull
pit evangelism phase of The Meth
odlst United Evaneelistic Mission
Dr Stokes viii assist also With
personal visitation OF teams Of
laymen from the Farmville
Meth dist Church during the
week
The Rev. c 0 Kidd pastor Of
the Farmvillc Methodist Church.
Will 20 to The Western North
Carolina Conference. May Id, to
assist a church with the same
KIND Of program
Missions Climax
Climax OF the mission in the
FarmVille District VIII be an
-Pentccost Mass Meet
ing. which Will be held at 3 80 p.
m, Sunday. May "a, at Jarman
Hall MethodiStS of all ages will
JOIN in this meeting The speaker
Will be Bishop w. r. Watkins. of
the Louisville Area OF tho Meth
OdlSt Church.
Another feature of tho mission
viii be is schools OF evangelism
for pastors, under the leadership
OF outstanding ministers from
many parts OF the nation. In these
schools. pastors Will be trained in
new technlqucS OF visitation
EVANGELISM, pulpit evangelism and
Membership assimilation School
for ministers of the Farmville Dis
trict Of the Methodist Church Will
meet each morning at 10 at the
Farmvillc Methodist Church, Mon
day through Friday Of next week
There will be different speaker
each morning. These meetings will
be called Periods OF Power"
Purposes
Executive director Of tho move
mcnt IN the Virginia Conference
Ii the Rev. Eugene T. Golay OF
Nashville. Tenn, an associate
secretary of tho General Board OF
Evangelism OF he Methodist
Church
Purposes OF the mission arc To
rCactivatc inactive members. tc
create new spiritual atmosphere
for the membership Of churches
and TO 30 cut to win new persons
for Jesus Christ and His way Of