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HOME MISSION BOARD 333
these young people longer under our influence if we would reap what we have
sown in their minds and hearts during the short years of the primary school.
To build and equip the first units of such a school would probably cost $200,000.
3. A University Student Center.—A student center near the University would
enable us to further care for the spiritual interests of Baptist students, who are
entering in increasing numbers. It would also serve as a point of contact with
the large student body in our only University and give us an opportunity to
influence them for Christ. Both the school above mentioned and the University
center would help meet a long felt need of a place for workers' conferences,
young people's camps and other gatherings. A suitable place for a student center
would be hard to rent, and to build one not less than $75,000 would be needed.
4. More Workers.—We need a few more American workers for special tasks.
While we have excellent and well trained native men and women, there are some
phases of the work in which we still need specially trained American helpers.
We are scarcely taking care of our present work with the force we have.
Some fields are suffering because of the need for replacements, and there is
no one free to devote himself to much needed field work.
BRIEF STATISTICAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR
Numbers of workers (including wives)..
Number of churches
Additional preaching stations
Preaching services
Prayer meetings
Baptisms
Present church membership
Missionary visits
Tracts distributed
Bibles and Testaments distributed
Gospel portions distributed
Training Unions
Number of Sunday Schools
Women's Missionary Societies
Enrolled in Sunday Schools
Contributed by churches for all purposes
SECTION X
THE COUNTRY CHURCH
COURTS REDFORD, Assistant Executive Secretary
107
64
132
10,931
4,245
365
5,264
80,347
881,719
4,844
17,893
44
148
126
8,560
$34,088.57
The Home Mission Board is cooperating with thirteen of the state mission
boards of the Southern Baptist Convention in the promotion of a country
church program.
BASIS OF COOPERATION
The Home Mission Board furnishes the general program of work to be
promoted and agrees in conference with the state secretary of each state as to
the number of workers that will serve in this cooperative program, the type
of work to be undertaken and the part of the total budget to be paid by each
board. The state boards select the workers, fix the salaries and administer the
program. Each worker makes a report to each cooperating board. All money
for salaries is sent to the state board office and is paid from that source.
We are glad to report that the fine spirit of cooperation manifested by
those engaged in this cooperative work has been most gratifying. The missionaries,
the superintendents of rural work in the various states, and the state
secretaries have been most gracious in supporting every effort of this Department
to improve the condition and work of our rural churches.
RURAL CONFERENCES
Conferences on the work of our country churches were held in Atlanta,
Georgia, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, last May.
The response in attendance and in interest was most encouraging.