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EE 14 Ee m-- WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1920 INTERCHURCH FUND DRIVE UNDER WAY Thirty Denominations Co-operate in Great $336,777,572 Financial Cam- paign For Mutual Ad- vancement OPEN DRIVE WITH PRAYER Churches Throughout World Started Drive Simultaneously on Sunday Afternoon, April 25 With an impressive period of silent praver in which approximately 30.- 000,000 of church goers throughout the United States participated. the financial campaign of the Interchurch World Movement was inaugurated at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. In this movement thirty of the greatest church bodies of the na- tion for the first time in the history of the Christian church have asso- ciated themselves together in a co- operative movement to advance the work of the church throughout the world. Acting through the agency of the Interchurch, a survey of the so- cial, religious and economic condi- tions of the world has been made; and these thirty denominations, forearmed with scientifically ac- curate information as to the wants and needs of mankind, are this week asking church goers and non-church goers as well, to pledge for the needs thas ascertained, the sum of $336,777,- Combine Church Effort As explained by the leaders of the movement, the Interchurch does not propose a union of churches, but a union of church effort. In the scheme of organization each denomination and each church in each denomination retains its own identity as well as the control of its own budget funds--the thirty differ- ent budgets of the participating de- nominations being the sum total of the full amount which this week is being raised by the Interchurch. Otherwise, thirty different campaigns would be in progress instead of the one, co-operative campaign under the agency of the Interchurch. It is a movement in the direction of efficiency and economy in church affairs--a coming together of more than 60 per cent of the total Pro- testant church membership of the United States, to avoid duplication of effort and economic waste. Establish Quotas Fach co-operating denomination perpared its own budget in which it set out the share of the common burden which it was perpared to assume. These budgets were then reviewed by the heads of the various co-operating denominations and the Board of Review of the Interchurch World Movement. After months of consideration of these individual budgets the general budget of $336,- 777,572 was finally decided upon, and according to Professor Ernest De Witt Burton of the University of Chicago, this represents the irre- ducible minimum that is necessary to meet the duties and take ad- vantage of the opportunities which face the Christian church in the new day. Of the total of the $336,777,752 which is being raised this week, $175,448,349 is to be paid in this year. Specify Allotments As illustrating the character of the work which is proposed, it is to be noted that the sum of $107,661,488 is set aside for foreign missions, which includes health education and the teaching of democracy throughout the world; the care of lepers; the elevation of womanhood; the estab- lishing and maintaining of colleges and universities. For the home field $109,949,037 is apportioned for an im- mense Americanization program, as well as the program for meeting the problem of congestion and the lack of sanitation, and poor housing con- ditions in the big cities, the estab- lishing of the great mass of people who are now stirred by unrest, the problem of the colored people, and such other problems as are present- ed in the great metropolitan centers of the nation. For American education the sum of $78,837,431 is set aside; for religious education $5,931,925; for hospitals and homes, $5,116,465; and finally for ministerial relief which includes an increase in the pay of ministers, who suffer now under an average salary of less than $1,000 a year. Provision is made in these sums, which will be spent by the partici- pating denominations in accordance with their plans, for 28 hospitals and homes in addition to 95 indorsed for inclusion in local denominational budgets. The question was asked recently of Dr. E. BE. Braithwaite, Illinois Director of the Interchurch, "Why should the churches appeal to the public for so large a sum of money as is represented by this general budget?" In repli; Dr. Braithwaite said: Explain Appeal "There are 58,000,000 people in the United States who are connected with no churche If these people wanted to attend church they would be unable to do so for not more than one third of the population of the United States has the opportuni' to attend church regularly Sund: by Sunday. "Pastors are paid on the averag throughout the country, $937. Th is the explanation of the dearth « young men willing to enter the mi istry, and hence the fact th: thousands of churches can hold sery ice only once a month. Hundreds thousands of young people are cor nected with no Sunday school an get no regular ethical training. Roge W. Babson the statistican speakin recently on business principles de clared, that "the greatest factor i life today is religion" and that, "You real security is the integrity, the righteousness of the meople of the community." ' Need Enlightenment "All over the world the non-Chris tians outnumber the nominal Chris tians by two 'to one. The enlighten ed races are Christians, the back ward are non-Christians. The back: ward races, so long as they remair backward, constitute a menace to the ideals and institutions of the more enlightened people. A simple illu- stration shows this. From time ime- morial plagues have originated from the backward nations and spread from them to the more civilized. To- day the medical missionary in India or China may be the means of saving thousands of lives in America and Europe by checking the disease at its source." As to the reason why the churches For Anything tion. CHICAGO OFFICE Tel. 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You will find the quality of our printing and the paper we give you very high and our prices LAKE SHORE PUBLISHING COMPANY Printers and Publishers 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette. What We Can Do Phones 1920-1921 OO EI OO == 0 OE Q Ieee OX © ve joined in this co-operative ap- al, Dr. Braithwaite said: The answer is for the sake of ;ater efficiency and economy. As result of their co-operative effort rough the Interchurch World [ovement these various denomina- ons have taken council together re- arding their plans. Their budgets have been adjusted one to the other in order to avoid over-lapping com- petitive enterprises. They are based on exact information supplied through the survey. In other words the churches have applied to the making of their plans the fundament- al principles of any great business enterprise." 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Our average daily gift for all church causes is --Iless than we spend for daily papers --Iless than a local telephone call « -less than a third of the day's car fare --less than 3 cents a day P N¢ wonder that 80% of the ministers of America are paid less than $20 a week. No wonder that the church hospitals turn away thousands of sick people a year. No wonder that China has only one doctor for every 400,000 people. No wonder that every church board and charity society is forever meeting deficits, forever passing the hat. It isn't because we are selfish; it isn't because we don't wait to help. It's just because no one has ever put up a great big program to us, and asked us to think of the work of the church in a systematic businesslike way. * The Interchurch World Movement represents the united program of thirty denominations. They have surveyed their whole task, no business could have done it better. They have budgeted their needs; no business could have a more scientific budget. They have united to prevent the possibility of waste and duplication. At least a million dol- lars will be saved by the fact that thirty individual came paigns are joined in one united effort. png And they come to the men or women who love America --to you-- this week asking you to use them as the chan- 'a o ¥ 7 D nel through which a certain definite part of your income o t g Y z ~ r_» (0) can be be applied to make this a better world. ao an : O , Only you can determine what part of your income that should be. ( It's a good time right now to answer that question, HE rgistion Between » hale and ey, but thelr business secrets are in [ ere passing through the world just once; how much : i its depositors is different from its hands for sa'ek=epi~r~. Further, tter will the world be because ~1 that between other lines of busi- the bank is 'lhe suppor' behind a FoRpassed througn? : ness and their customers. And a man, upon which he c~w call for oO (eo) bank can be useful to its clients be- help when h~ needs it. !* is like the . yond the mere depositing, paying reserve trorps which » = ra! keeps United April 25th and lending money. A bank stands to use wher he ret i pinch, Finanois] to in confidential relation to its depo- Your bank ta balsa fol 'to Campaign May 2nd sitors. It has opportunities to help y.; hoy? hoor nie ioE (o] N Oo them and it has opportunities tc take |}... It wid be nl : ly safe x advantage of them. It becomes fam- |; Lould 2 : ough iliar with their financial transactions. ¢, r...j.1, 1 Yad for { J It knows what deals they are plan- Whore oof onte & 3 K? Che TERCH RCH ing and making. Not only their mon- yore : Bnd o WINNETKA TRUST ¢ BANK £ py x Prod : : The publication of this advertisement is made ble through the cooperation of : ok «thirty denominations. . O10 E------I0 CIO ==" C -- OL SRO 5