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WILMETTE LIFE, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1924 jg!Dl CIHilU~CIHIMIIEN Jr(Q) I!lE. IHII&~JE. IF'<O>R WJEJE.OC. <C»IF' (Q)Jm§JE.IR\VANCJE.S I R£v. FRANE. L. ANDERSON, D.D. In 1912 and 1913 when the beginnings of the Wilmette Baptist church were made, Dr. Frank L. Anderson was the superintendent of the Chicago Baptist Executive Council and had a great deal to do with the plans preparatory to the ·organization of the church. Later in 1918, Dr. Anderson moved to Wilmette and was a member of the church with his family for two years. In 1920, he was called to be the president of the International ·Baptist seminary at East Orange, New Jersey, where theological training is given to men of eight different nationalities most of whom return to their own countries to evangelize their people. Dr. Anderson will preach the se rmon at the ordination of W. ]. Kitchen on Thursday evening of Dedication Week. REv. ]AMES MADISON STII'L£R, D.D. Among those who were instrumental in accomplishing the organization of the local church eleven years ago was Dr. ]. M. Stifter, the older brother of the present pastor of the c?turch, who has been for more than tifteen years pastor of the First Baptist Church of Evan~ton. Dr. Stifter is one of the 1eading preachers of the Baptist denomination. He has served on the General Board of Promotion and has been a member of the Board of Education for many years. His Ennston ministry has been a notable one, especially in the dedication, a year ago, of a $285.000 educational plant as an annex to the already wellhoused church. REv. B. FRANK TAB£R Rev. B. Frank Taber was called from tbe First Baptist Church of Battle Creek to become the first pastor of the Wilmette church in Jan- Marion · Avenue Baptist Church, Aurora, Ill. At the time of the organization of the Wilmette church, Mr. Miller was pastor of the Baptist church at Highland Park, and conducted the su&vey of tht village which resulted in the Charter Membership Roll of 62. gages the boys and .girls and .young ~en and young women m express10nal traming for Christian senice. The financial policy of the church, which has now been followed for three years provide$ for the raisinc of all fund; as an act of worship through voluntary gifts. No money is raised through such commercial channels at ~ bazaars, bake sales, or entertainment. at which an admission price is charged. 1t .,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ At the beginning of each Church Year. the various operating departments subThe Wilmette Baptist church has at- mit their budgets to the Property and tracted c.onsiderable attention through- Finance department which, in turn, , , . out the Northern Baptist Convention for sents the combined budget to the ~ tire constituency, with the understancling that · when voluntary pledges to COYer this budget have been made, no further request for funds for the current expenses of the church will be made of any member. A similar system is employed with regard to the missionary giving of the church with provision for a limited number of free-will offerings to meet emergency appeals like that of the Japanese Earthquake in September and the Near East Relief. Under this system the church has made amazing progress in its financial strength. The Claarch W erk Leaders in the Work Orga.~~~:. :·~~s.i~~ ...~e S~h~bcrt j Catl to Worship Congregation standing. Hymn of Praise, Number 78 Dedicatory Address. I I The Ceremony of Ordination to the Christian Ministry of Wilmer ]. Kitchen. · The Ordination Hymn, Number 205 The Scripture Anthem, "Gloria from Twelfth Mass" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mozart Sermon Rev. ·F;~;tk L~~~;~~d. · A~d~rson, D.D. President International Baptist Seminary East Orange, New Jersey Ordaining Prayer .............. . ..... Rev. J uti us Rohrbach, D.D. The Charge to the Candidate .. ..... Rev. Jacob Heinrichs, D.D. The Charge to the Church ..... . . . . . . . . . Rev. Henry Clay Miller The Closing Hymn, Number 214 Congregation standing. . The Hened1ction . Rev. W. J. Kttchen The Organ Postlude, "Allegro Appasionata" . . . . . . . . Guilm.ant .. CHARI.£S L. MAJOII. Chairman BuildiHg Committee Dedication Day L--------------_. BltK I 1916 Sunday April 27 is Dedication Day proper. At the morning service at l1 o'clock, the sermon will be preached by Rev. B. Frank Taber now pastor of the First Baptist church, Washington, Pennsylvania, who was the pastor of the Wilmette church from January 1914 until March 1917. In the afternoon at 3:30 o'clock the Church Property wilt be formally turned over by the Building committee to the Board of Trustees. This will be a service · of dedication in which the address will be given by Rev. William S. Abernethy, D.O., pastor of Calvary Baptist church, Washington, D. C. On Sunday evening, May 4, at 7 :30 o'clock the new Austin organ will be dedicat~ and a recital given by William H. Barnes, on·anist of the church. uary, 1914, During his pastorate, the membership of the church doubled and the beautiful site on which the building now stands was purchased. Mr. Taber has held many notable paitorates in differeat parts of the co~n try and is now pastor of the Ftrst Baptist Church of Washington, ~enr:t sylvania. His oldest son, Be!IJamm R. Taber, is a resident of Wtlmette and a trustee of the Wilmette chur~h. Rtv. FRANCIS C. Srri'LE~ Rev. Francis Carr Stifter has been pastor of the church since April 1917. He was born in Upland, Pennsylvania, the eighth child of Rev. ]. M. Stifter, D.D., at that time Professor of New Testament Exegesis, at the Crozer Theological seminary, one of the leading Baptist W. M. BuRNS Training schools of the East. Mr. Stif-. Claairmata Dedication Committee ler graduated at the University of Penntts complete organization and efficient sylvania in 1906, receiving his B. A. business management. The church functions through nine co-ordinating departments. The membership department cares for the adm.ss10n and dismission of members, evangelism, parish visitation and the conducr of the Ordinance~. The Property and Finance department has charge of all the financ1al affairs of th ~ church and cares for ~he build.ngs and grounds. . The Department of Religious Education conducts the Sunday school and week -day courses in M1 ssiuns and other subjects. 'i he Promotion department Jishcs the denominational connections and is the medium through which the church functicns in co-operation with all forms of missionary work. The church Worship department brings together what in many churches are separate and unrelated committees. It is rcsponsi~le for the conduct of the Church -.crvices, and the part played in those services by music, flowers, decorations, welcome to strangers, and ushering. w. CAR£Y MATTHEWS The Community Service department is Chairman Board of Tnutees the arm of the church by which it cooperates with other community organi- Degree. From 1906 to 1910 he was enzations and movements and is the de- gaged in business in Chicago, connected partment which cares for the church's for a short time with the Western Elecpublicity. . tric company and later with the Union The Woman's department organtzes Carbide Sales company. In the Fall of· the women of the church for their so- 1910 he entered the Yale DivinitJ' cial, educational, and missionary acti- schocl, New Haven, Conn., where, in vities. The Young Peoples' department en(continued on page 14) I .----------------a ltoster De~catioa AotRNt'rHY, L---------------.. REv. W. S. D.O. I The Dedication Sermon on Sunday afternoon, April 27, at 3 :30 o'clock is to be preached by W. S. Abernethy, D.D., pastor of Calvary Baptist church, Washington, D. C. Dr. Abernethy sprang into International notice at the Conference on the Limitation of Armaments called by President Harding in 1920. He was at that time, ?lfr. Harding's pastor and was asked to offer the prayer at the opening of the Conference. Because of the wording of the Prayer there was considerable criticism brought to bear upc~n him by certain religious elements m the country. Dr. Abernethy is regarded as c;mr of the great preachers a!ld a lea~m ~ administrator in the Bapt1st denomma : tion . He has ~erved as president ot the American ·Baptist Foreign Mission society and .. t,wo years ag?· spent th e summer visttmg the .capttals. of the countries of Euro.pe m the m.terests of Christian Amencan Good-WilL He is a native Chicagoan and a graduate of the University of Chicago, and w.as pastor for ten years of the Baptt~t church in Berwyn, ":here, unde~ h1s ministry, was acco~pltshed an achte:vement very much hke th~t now bc1~g celebrated by the Baphsts of Wilmette. REv. Juuus RoHRBACH, D.D. Among those who are to have part in the Ordination service on Thursday evening, April 24, are two !lotable Ba~ tist ministers of InternatiOnal expenence and reputation. The Ordaini_ng Prayer is to be offered by Rev. Jultus Rohrbach, D.D., a member of the local church, and now retired fro~? the active ministry. Dr. Rohrbach ts a native of Germany, where in his student days, he left the State church to become a pastor in the Free Church movement. He took post graduate work in England and held early pastorates in Germany, England and Sweden mastering the languages of those c~untries. His chief work was done in the city of ·Berlin, where he was pastor of an EYangelical. church for 35 years. He ca~e to th1s country in 1914, where hts Y?Unge.st. son was training for the Bapttst ~tntst~y, and has made his residence m Wtlmette for the past two years. REv. ]ACOB HEINRICHS, The Church Organist !=>.D. . Dr Jacob Heinrichs, who IS to gtve the Charge to the Cancl!date. in the Ordination service, was hkewtse born in Germany, frQm ~hich. c~untry he was sent as a Baptist llllSstonary to Jndia. where he. served !or many n~ar'>. Since commg to thts country he ha~ hecn Profe,sor of Theology at the Northern Baptist Theological se minary, Chicago. His oldest son, who. as an aviator in the war,. was sevcraly wounded and gained consld~r ahlc puhlicity for the success w!th \\ hich modern surqery restored htm 10 perfect health. is [lOW a. st:cretary for thr Young Mens Chnsttan as,0ciation in the Near East. Professor Heinrichs supplied the pulpit of the local church white the oastor was absent ·on war work in 1918-19. REv. HtNRY CLAY MILLO The Charge to the Church in the · nrdination service is to be ginn by Rev. Henry Clay Miller, pastor of the