No. 956 THE WHY AND HOW OF THE MISSIONARY beew> DieG ET / C7¢ THE BOARD OF MISSIONS OFFICERS Right Rev. Arthurs, Gloyd,2D Ds eee Leresiaent Mr. John W. “Wood. ss ses eee eC retary Rev. Hugh L. ‘Burleson. 2) Soe Secretary Rev. Franklin J. Clark . . Recording Secretary Rev. Arthur R. Gray . Hducational Secretary Mr. George Gordon King .. . . Treasurer Mr. EH. Walter Roberts . . Assistant Treasurer ELECTED BY THE GENERAL CONVENTION Rt. Rev. Wm. Croswell Doane, D.D. Rt. Rev. Joseph M. Francis, D.D. Rt. Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, D.D. Rt. Rev. David H. Greer, D.D. Rt. Rev. C. Kinloch Nelson, D.D. Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding, D.D. Rt. Rev. Samuel C. Edsall, D.D. Rt. Rev. Reginald H. Weller, D.D. Rev. Henry Anstice, D.D. Rev. William T. Manning, D.D. Rev. William M. Clark, D.D. Rev, Hrnest de sb. s Miels Dn D: Rev. Edward EH. Cobbs. Rev. Wilson R. Stearly. Rev. Alexander Mann, D.D. Rev. Ernest M. Stires, D.D. Mr. Elihu Chauncey. . Mr. Henry L. Morris. Mr. William F. Cochran. Mr. John S. Newbold. Mr. Julien T. Davies. Mr. George W. Pepper. Mr. William G. Low. Mr. Charles G. Saunders. ELECTED BY THE MISSIONARY DEPARTMENTS If, V. Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, D.D. Rt. Rev. G. Mott Williams, D.D. Rev. Robert W. Plant. Very Rev. Paul Matthews. Mr. Burton Mansfield. wie, MNS Ike Shovel, IAE. VERS Rt, Revo Hdwin Sw ines. DD SR te RevaaNee Soro lia. elo eies Rev. Reese F. Alsop, D.D. Rev. Theodore Sedgwick. Mr. Robert C. Pruyn. Mr. A. du Pont Parker. TIL. VII. Rt. Rev. Philip.M. Rhinelander,D.D. Rt. Rev. FE. R. Millspaugh, D.D. Rev. James H. McIlvaine, D.D. Very Rev. Carroll M. Davis. Mr. George N. Reynolds. Mr. Rufus Cage. IW, WANE. Rt. Rev. Edwin G. Weed, D.D. Rt. Rev. Joseph H. Johnson, D.D. Rev. William T. Capers. Ven. John A. Emery. l2aconk, diy IBl, IDE week, Mr. J. Walcott Thompson. Under the terms of the Missionary Canon the President and Treasurer of the Board of Missions are ex-officio members with full privileges. All the bishops of the Church, other than those elected to membership, are ex-officio members of the Board but are not entitled to vote. THE WHY AND HOW OF THE MISSIONARY BUDGET I. THE MISSION It is the Church’s work to win NN the world to the allegiance of her Lord. To do that she must make the Gospel known everywhere. ‘To make the Message known and gather people into the Kingdom she must send her representa- tives—clergymen, physicians, deaconesses, teachers and nurses—wherever people are living apart from God or in ignorance of Him. She must help in the building of churches, schools and hospitals. All this means the giving and spending of money. Her repre- sentatives who give their lives to her service must be supported; they must be equipped with the means to make their life service effective. They can do their work successfully only as the Church regularly, year after year, supplies the necessary money. Il. THE BOARD OF MISSIONS In order that LAUT this wor k of Church Extension may be properly organized and conducted, the Church has, by canon, created its Board of Missions, consisting of a president, a treasurer, sixteen bishops, sixteen presbyters, and sixteen lay- men, chosen from different parts of the country. Twenty-six of the members are elected by the Gen- eral Convention; twenty-four by the eight Missionary Departments. Each chooses a bishop, a presbyter and a layman to represent it. This Board meets four times a year, in February, May, September and De- cember. Its Executive Committee meets every month except July and August. Its Council of Advice, con- sisting of the officers, meets weekly, or oftener if nec- essary. The Board of Missions, through its officers, is in con- stant communication with all parts of the field, and en- deavors to do three things: 1. To keep the Church informed of the progress and needs of The Mission. 2. To secure recruits. 3. To secure and distribute the necessary funds. lil. THE APPROPRIATIONS The bishops, as the WU ] ea d ers i n th e fi el d, must have a definite assurance from the Board of Missions of the amount of money they may expect for their work during each missionary year—September lst to August 31st. In May of each year the Board of Missions makes its appropriations for the year be- ginning with the next September. That is, it notifies each bishop of the amount it has assigned for the support of workers and the extension of the work in’ his diocese or district. Appropriations once made by the Board have all the value of promissory notes. The offerings of the year may be insufficient to pay them, but the Board must make good its promises. At the present time the Board is making appropriations as follows: 1. Ar Home—To 386 dioceses and 22 missionary districts, with a total staff of 1,377 workers. 2. Axsroav—To 9 missionary districts, with a total staff of 315 Americans and other foreigners anu. 861 native helpers. The appropriations for work at home and abroad during the year September 1, 1912, to August 31, 1913, amount to $1,555,000. IV. APPORTIONMENT PLAN The Board of Mis- MOUNT sions does not di- vide money that has already been given. It is obliged to make appropriations in the expectation and hope that the amount it guarantees to the bishops will be given through it, by the congregations all over the country. In order that each congregation may know its minimum share of the support of The Mission, the General Convention in San Francisco in October, 1901, instructed the Board of Missions to divide the mis- sionary budget each year among the dioceses and dis- tricts. This is known as the Apportionment Plan. V. HOW THE APPOR- In order to determine the TIONMENT IS MADE minimum share of each di- HUT ocese the Boar d O f Mis- sions ascertains, from the diocesan journal, the average of the total receipts of all the congregations in the dio- cese for five years. ‘The dioceses are then grouped into classes. ‘Then the dioceses in each class are asked to give a certain percentage of their total receipts, the wealthiest dioceses giving the largest percentage. ‘The dioceses in each succeeding class give smaller percent- ages of their total receipts and so on down the list to the poorer dioceses whose total receipts are less than $50,000. They give the smallest percentage. The diocesan authorities are then expected to divide these amounts among the congregations, and the cler- gyman in charge of each congregation is asked to make known the amount suggested as the congregational of- fering, so that every member of every congregation in the country may know the minimum amount the congre- gation is asked to give. VI. WHAT THE APPOR- The apportion- TIONMENT IS AND IS NOT ment does _ not WU represent all that a diocese or congregation need do in order that the Church’s Mission may be adequately maintained. It is only a minimum amount—the least sum that should be given in order that the Board of Missions may pay the appropriations and avoid debt. The apportionment provides only for the support of missionaries, and the running expenses of chapels, school and hospitals. It makes no provision for the purchase of land, the erec- tion of buildings and the improvement and enlarge- ment of the mission plant generally. These vitally im- portant matters can only be provided for as the Church gives more than the bare apportionment. The apportionment is not a tax or an assessment. Neither is it intended to be taken as a measure of the giving ability of any diocese or congregation. It is simply an endeavor to divide fairly among all members of the Church an expense common to all. Many con- gregations are able to give more than their apportion- ment and take pride in doing so. VII. THE APPORTIONMENT The _ Apportion- PLAN AND “SPECIALS” ment Plan does not I necessarily mean doing away entirely with special gifts. Many con- gregations can and do give in addition to the appor- tionment further amounts for special fields or objects. in which for various reasons they have some particular interest. The Apportionment Plan does ask that the obligations assumed by the Board of Missions on be- half of the whole Church, and in accordance with the instructions of the General Convention, shall be first provided for. Offerings can be designated for any field to which the Board makes appropriations and when so desig- nated will apply upon the apportionment. “Specials” do not apply on the apportionment, since the Board of Missions cannot use special gifts to pay the appropriations, but must send them to the fields named by the donor, in addition to the appropriation. A Designated Contribution is a gift for some stated portion of the work to aid the Board of Missions in meeting its appropriation or promise. A Special is a gift for some stated purpose, to be sent over and above any appropriation by the Board of Missions. VIII. ACHIEVEMENTS UNDER 1. In 1912 THE APPORTIONMENT PLAN the offerings NAA f or missions from congregations and individual gifts, including the Sunday Schools and the Woman’s Auxiliary, were $554,000 larger than in 1901. 2. In 1901, 1,993 congregations, out of a total of 6,546 in the whole Church, made missionary offerings. In 1912 about 5,742 out of a total of 6,952 congre- gations. In 1902, the first year of the Apportionment Plan, eight dioceses and ten missionary districts completed their apportionments. 3. In 1912, these twelve dioceses: East Carolina North Carolina Virginia Florida Pennsylvania Western Massachusetts Massachusetts Rhode Island West Texas Montana South Carolina West Virginia and these twenty missionary districts: Africa Eastern Oregon North Texas Alaska Hankow Philippines Asheville Honolulu Shanghai Arizona Idaho South Dakota Brazil Kearney Utah Cuba New Mexico Western Colorado Eastern Oklahoma North Dakota gave the full amount of their apportionments, or more. In the other dioceses and districts many congrega- tions gave their parochial apportionments, though the diocese as a whole fell short. Tested by the experience of ten years, the Appor- tionment Plan is a thoroughgoing success. With a little more determined, concerted and widespread en- deavor, a still larger gain may be achieved in 1913. Leaflet No. 1109—“The Forward Movement Plan” —tells how to do it. | The cost of administering the Church’s Missionary work averages about eight per cent. of the amount of money passing through the treasury. Approximately three per cent. of the total expenditure for central ex- penses is for administrative purposes; while five per cent. is expended on what a business house would term ‘““promotion.” | Copies of this leaflet may be obtained without cost from the Board of Missions, 281 kourth Avenue, New York, by asking for No. 956. { Ad offerings for Missions should be sent to Mr. George Gordon King, Treasurer, Church Missions House, 281 Fourth Avenue, New Vork. THE BOARD OF MISSIONS OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 1 Ed. 2-13. 30 M.R. P.