W': v ' The ORIGIN and PURPOSE t OF THE UNITED SIMULTANEOUS CAMPAIGN Extracts from the Findings Atlantic City World Survey Conference January 7-10 , 1920 is ^INTERCHURCH World Movement of 9\/brth America 45 WEST 18th STREET NEW YORK CITY The World Budget of the United Simultaneous Campaign Foreign Missions . $107,661,488 Home Missions . 109,949,037 American Education . 78,837,431 American Religious Education . 5,931,925 American Hospitals and Homes . 5,116,465 American Ministerial Pensions and Relief . 20,510,299 Miscellaneous .. 8,770,927 Total amount to be subscribed in 1920 . $336,777,572 The Cooperating Denominations and their Financial Goals Advent Christian Church.. $ 35.000 Northern Baptist Convention. 130,533,000 National Baptist Convention. 10,250,000 General Baptists. 272,500 Church of the Brethren. 3,219,598 Brethren Church. 200,000 Christian Church. 727,698 Congregational Churches. . .. 16,508,470 Disciples of Christ. 12,501,138 Evangelical Association. 1,394,260 United Evangelical Church. 305,983 Evangelical Synod of North America. 1,846,521 Society of Friends in America. 4,532,081 Society of Friends in California. 40,000 Holiness Church. 50,000 General Conference of Mennonites. 82,000 Methodist Episcopal Church. 34,485,737 Methodist Protestant Church. 1,745,866 Free Methodist Church of North America. 6,234,986 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. 212,000 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. 250,000 Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church. 17,263 Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. 44,970,000 Presbyterian Church in the U. S. (South). 7,865,445 Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod. 392,264 Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America Synod. 529,472 United Presbyterian Church. 31,977,457 Reformed Church in America. 2,136,091 Reformed Church in the U. S. 16,916,085 Church of the United Brethren in Christ. 6,546,662 Eight Reasons for the United Simultaneous Campaign (A* given by Ike Committee on the Financial Ingathering, Dr. C. //. Patton, of Boston, Mass., chairman, and adopted at the Atlantic City World Survey Conference.) “First: The Church will for the first time be able to challenge the attention of the world by projecting the whole program of the whole church. “Second: At this crucial time the world needs every possible evidence of the oneness in aim and effort of the Christian church. “Third: It will make available for the whole church the experience and wisdom of all cooperating bodies. “ Fourth: It will serve to eliminate many competing appeals by concentrating the efforts of the churches upon this one inclusive and cooperative enterprise. “Fifth: The very greatness of the task will serve to in¬ crease the interest and sacrifice of the members of all the churches. “Sixth: It will enlist the cooperation of the millions of people who, though not members of the church, are nevertheless sympathetic with its program. “Seventh: It will effect greater economy in administra¬ tion, through common efforts in publicity, conferences, etc. “Eighth: It will facilitate the solution of two of the largest, most important problems before the churches, viz., the entrance of unoccupied fields at home and abroad, and the adequate provision for many projects of special concern to some or all of the cooperating bodies. 3 “For the first time in the history of the Christian churches of North America they have ascended the mountain top and cast their eyes over the whole world. The surveys have revealed the marvelous blessings which Almighty God has vouchsafed upon the efforts of His church, but they have also revealed the magnitude of the unfinished task and the in¬ adequacy of the efforts which the church has as yet put forth. These surveys stand before the Christian church as the greatest challenge it has ever faced since it received the Great Commission. “The church can meet this challenge only as it pours forth its life and its resources. Its young men and women can respond to the Mace¬ donian call of this modern world only as the church shall send them forth. The dedication of its wealth is as truly an act of worship as the dedication of its young life. God is calling upon the church to lay both upon His altar at this crucial hour. “This Financial Ingathering in which we are about to participate should be an unparalleled ex¬ pression of the spiritual power of the Christian church. As stewards of the boundless resources which God has entrusted to us in these days we are now to give account of our stewardship. “We cannot but feel that the marked impressiveness of these surveys has been due to the fact that they have been the initial study of the whole field by the whole church. So the success of the endeavor to meet this challenge will be more certainly assured by the united effort of the whole church. This campaign, therefore, should be a United Simultaneous Financial Ingathering. ” The Committee on the Financial Ingathering: Dr. C. H. Patton, Boston, Mass., Chairman; Dr. J. Y. Aitchison, New York; F. W. Ayer, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. W. B. Beauchamp, Nash¬ ville, Tenn.; Hon. Thomas E. Bradley, Chicago, Ill.; Henry Bond, Brattleboro, Vt.; Mrs. Lincoln M. Coy, Chicago, Ill.; Miss Mabel Cratty, New York; President David M. Edwards, Bichmond, Ind.; Mrs. C. D. Eulette, Chicago, Ill.; Dr. Fred B. Fisher, New York; T. O. Fuller, Memphis, Tenn.; Lee W. Grant, St. Louis, Mo.; Ralph W. Harbison, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Colonel E. II. Haskell, Boston, Mass.; Dr. H. C. Herring, Boston, Mass.; Miss Florence Hooper, Balti¬ more, Md.; Dr. S. S. Hough, Dayton, O.; George Innes, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. C. S. Johnson, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Dr. William E. Lampe, Phila¬ delphia, Pa.; Judge H. Walton Mitchell, Pitts¬ burgh, Pa.; Lyman L. Pierce, New York; F. M. Potter, New York; Mrs. F. M. Potter, Metuchen, N. J.; Fleming H. Bevell, New York; G. M. Bodefer, Bellaire, O.; C. A. Rowland, Athens, Ga.; J. B. Spillman, Columbia, S. C.; Mrs. H. R. Steele, Nashville, Tenn.; Ambrose Swasey, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. James A. Well, Jr., Mad¬ ison, N. J.; A. H. Whitford, Buffalo, New York; Charles M„ Wonacott, New York. 4 What the Campaign Means to the Church (From the report of the Committee on World Survey Pro¬ gram and Budget , Professor E. D. Burton , Chicago , III., chairman , as adopted at the Atlantic City Survey Con¬ ference.) “We are impressed by the response of the great organi¬ zations which have entered into this united endeavor to win the world for Christ. That 140 different boards representing 34 Protestant denominations, covering the entire range of Christian activity, should affiliate themselves for studying, planning and accomplishing their tasks, we consider to be one of the most glorious achievements in the history of the church, the proper and inevitable response of God’s people to the appalling needs of our age. “Since there is no other agency of the churches, as at present constituted, capable of undertaking the task forced upon us by the present world situation and outlined by the Inter church World Movement^ this organization was called into being* “We believe the time is fully ripe for such unity of action on the part of united Protestant¬ ism, that, without attempting to solve the prob¬ lems arising from divergent and conscientiously held points of view in matters of doctrines and policy, the churches are ready for a common program of activity. '‘The ideal of the whole church facing the whole task appeals to us as scriptural and practicable. It is a conception full of dignity, worth and power. In our opinion, this ideal must appeal more and more to the forward-looking men and women of our churches of all names and connections. “Profoundly grateful for what has already been wrought in bring¬ ing the Movement to its present position of prominence we cordially in¬ vite such Christian bodies as have not already taken favorable action to cooperate in a movement which offers the promise of presenting a church undivided in its purpose and plans to make Christ regnant throughout the nations. ” 5 The Denominations and the Interchurch World Movement “The Conference recognizes in the Interchurch World Movement an agency of vast possibilities for good in the development of unity of spirit and practical cooperation among the evangelical Protestant de¬ nominations of the United States. Originating, as all such movements must, in a voluntary group, it has been accepted by many of the churches as an agency of the denominations as such. Its aim is, and should remain, not to displace other organizations, denominational or interdenominational, but to facilitate cooperation of the denominations and their efficiency .... “It is further recognized that the Interchurch World Movement is not organized for the purpose of administering missionary or educa¬ tional enterprises, or for determining the policies of the several denomi¬ nations, but leaves all such matters in the hands of the churches and the denominational or interdenominational agencies recognized by them. In its surveys it confines its service to ascertaining and portraying the facts, to calling the attention of the churches and their agencies to the needs revealed by these facts and to encouraging the churches, through cooperative effort, to work out the problems involved. “The authority of the Movement rests solely in the challenge of the facts it is able to present.... ” The Committee on World Survey Program and Budget: Professor E. D. Burton, Chicago, III., Chairman; Mrs. John S. Allen, New York; Dr. Stonewall Anderson, Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. A. W. Anthony, New York; Dr. James L. Barton, Boston, Mass.; Miss Belle H. Bennett, Richmond, Ky.; Mrs. F. S. Bennett, Englewood, N. J.; Dr. F. W. Burnham, Cincinnati, O.; Dr. C. E. Burton, New York; Bishop James Cannon, Jr., Black- stone, Va.; Dr. W. E. Chalmers, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. William I. Chamberlain, New York; Bishop George W. Clinton, Charlotte, N. C.; Dr. S. J. Corey, Cincinnati, O.; Cyrus S. Eaton, Cleveland, O.; Dr. D. D. Forsyth, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. William I. Haven, New York; Dr. Hubert C. Herring, New York; J. W. Kinnear, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Miss Kate G. Lamson, Boston, Mass.; Maribn Lawrance, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. William F. McDowell, Washington, D. C.; John T. Manson, New Haven, Conn.; Dr. John A. Marquis, New York; Dr. Wilton Merle Smith, New York; J. H. Mohorter, St. Louis, Mo.; Dr. Frank Mason North, New York; Dr. F. W. Padelford, Boston, Mass.; Rev. C. H. Parrish, Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, Beverly, Mass.; Dr. H. O. Pritchard, Indian¬ apolis, Ind.; Dr. Egbert W. Smith, Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. Robert E. Speer, New York; James M. Speers, New York; President J. Ross Steven¬ son, Princeton, N. J.; President George B. Stew¬ art, Auburn, N. Y.; Dr. Charles R. Watson, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. W. C. Winsborough, St. Louis, Mo, 6 “A Stupendous and Unparalleled Undertaking” (Extract from the report of the Committee on I liter church Financial Policies and Budget, President W. 0. Thomp¬ son , Columbus , 0 ., chairman) “That we approve the general scale of expenditures and the financial administration of the Interchurch World Movement, and concur in the resolutions adopted by the Board of Review at Garden City on December 20, 1919, as follows: “ The Board of Review having had an opportunity to hear from the leaders of the Interchurch World Movement, a summary of their plans, and to look over a statement of expenditures incurred and proposed, begs to report that in its judgment: “ ‘1. The plans are wisely and conservatively drawn, and not more extensive than necessary in view of the stupendous and unparalleled undertaking contem¬ plated. “ ‘2. The expenditures are carefully and judiciously planned, and though running into important sums, are relatively small when compared with the results in accomplishment, spiritual, educational and finan¬ cial, which are justly to be anticipated. “ ‘3. Had the leaders, through lack of vision or fear of present criticism, dared less, and prepared a less adequate foundation, they would have subjected themselves eventually to far greater censure because of their failure to have constructed a foundation sufficiently broad and strong for the great structure which alone will be in a sense worthy of the united effort of so large an aggregation of the Christian people of the land. . . Committee on I liter church Financial Policies and Budget President W. O. Thompson, Columbus, O., Chairman; H. G. Bowden, Cincinnati, O.; Dr. L. C. Branscomb, Birmingham, Ala.; Dr. How¬ ard A. Bridgman, Boston, Mass.; Frank L. Brown, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Dr. Lathan A. Crandall, Chicago, Ill.; Dwight H. Day, New York; W. T. Demarest, New York; Mrs. J. W. Downs, Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. Dwight Goddard, Ann Arbor, Mich.; William A. Harbison, Pittsburgh, Pa.; S. Earl Hoover, Philadelphia, Pa.; William Kolb, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa.; Hon. A. S. Kreider, Annville, Pa.; Robert L. Latimore, Philadelphia, Pa.; George Nicholson, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Arthur Perry, Boston, Mass.; W. S. Pilling, Philadelphia, Pa.; A. C. Powell, New York; Mrs. James Madison Pratt, New York; D. C. Shull, Sioux City, la.; James M. Speers, New York; David W. Teachout, Cleveland, O.; Herbert K. Twit- chell. New York; Dr. Joseph A. Vance, Detroit, Mich.; E. F. Willis, Nashville, Tenn.; Bishop Luther B. Wilson, New York. Objectives of the Interchurch World Movement A Survey of World Need To ascertain the moral and spiritual needs of the world from the point of view of the evangelical churches. A World Program To state the requirements fur meeting the world’s needs and to budget them in terms of the money, leadership and policies involved. An Educational and Publicily Campaign To acquaint all the members of the churches and their friends with the facts of the world survey and program; and to develop their latent spiritual resources. A Trained Leadership To appeal to the students of the world, to the young professional and business men and women, and in fact to all Christians to dedicate their lives to leadership for the kingdom of God. Stewardship and Finance To engage in a united financial drive, April 25 to May 2, 1920, for the purpose of pledging the necessary funds to carry out a world program of work. The Program Applied To cooperate with the Administrative Boards and other agencies of the churches in meeting the world’s moral and spiritual needs in the most efficient, statesmanlike and economical manner. No.497.FC.III. 250. April, 1920. 8