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HOME MISSION BOARD 315
denominational life of Baptist churches. We have city mission workers among
Negroes in Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Louisville, Memphis and Oklahoma City.
The worker is employed upon a full time basis to work with churches and
denominational organizations of the city. These city mission workers seek to
raise the level of training for the churches and Negro life in general. This must
be done if the Negro church life is enriched and serves the needs of the people.
The following facts present a picture of the work done by the city mission
workers:
Sermons preached 248
Addresses 323
Prayer meetings conducted 50
Religious visits made 698
Sunday Schools organized ' 9
Teachers meetings attended 180
Meetings assisted in 210
Persons dealt with 3,433
Conversions . ... 398
W.M.U.'s and B.Y.P.U.'s organized 5
Mission classes taught 42
Mission societies attended 77
The following colleges and schools are now working in cooperation with
the Home Mission Board:
Arkansas Baptist College, Little Rock, Ark.
Benedict College, Columbia, S. C.
Bishop College, Marshall, Texas
Bryant Theological Seminary, Fitzgerald, Ga.
Butler College, Tyler, Texas
Florida Normal and Industrial College, St. Augustine, Fla.
Friendship Junior College, Rock Hill, S. C.
Leland College, Baker, La.
Lynchburg Theological Seminary, Lynchburg, Va.
Mississippi Union Theological School, Prentiss, Mississippi
Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia
Morris-Booker Memorial, Dermott, Ark.
Morris College, Sumter, S. C.
Natchez College, Natchez, Mississippi
Oklahoma School of Religion, Langston, Okla.
Selma University, Selma, Alabama
Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C.
Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Simmons University, Louisville, Kentucky
Virginia Union University, Richmond, Va.
Washington Baptist Seminary, Washington, D. C.
Western Seminary, Kansas City, Mo.
Union Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, La.
A SUMMARY OF NEGRO WORK
Enrolled in classes 1,429
Ministers enrolled 601
Institutes and extension classes 311
Enrolled in institutes and extension classes 9,010
Revival meetings held 33
Conversions and additions 1,016
Students directed in religious activities 3,600
Sermons preached 1,496
Sunday Schools organized 9
Religious meetings assisted in 210
W. M. S. organized 5
Mission classes taught 42
Number of teacher-missionaries 24
Schools and colleges cooperating with the Home Mission Bd... 23
We have a remarkable opportunity as Christians to make a definite contribution
to the development of Negro life. This opportunity should carry with
it and As the a we deep two black, face races.
appreciation we the should task before give for the every us efforts of assistance mutual of Negroes respect to strengthen and to improve cooperation the their goodwill between religious between white life.