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388 SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
ture, preparing materials for The Sunday School Builder and The Sunday School
Bulletin and the free leaflets, and in many ways providing help and informa
tion for the workers in 26,134 Southern Baptist churches.
THE FREE OFFERS
The Executive Secretary of the Sunday School Board has given The Sunday
School Department permission to make three free offers:
Lesson literature for new Sunday schools, first quarter
Supplies for the organization of a new Extension department
Equipment for the organization of new Cradle Roll and Nursery departments
Information on these offers is available from The Sunday School Department
of the Sunday School Board or the state Sunday school secretaries.
RIDGECREST
The Sunday School Department will promote two Southwide Sunday School
Weeks at Ridgecrest in 1946. The dates are: June 27-July 3, July 4-10.
Some of the speakers and conference leaders for this year are: Dr. J. Clyde
Turner, Dr. W. A. Criswell, Dr. W. R. White, Dr. R. Paul Caudill, Dr. G. S.
Dobbins, Dr. J. M. Price, and Mr. Earl Mead.
Advance reservations indicate an attendance for each of the two weeks of
more than 2,000.
PROGRAMS FOR CHURCHES WITH PART-TIME PREACHING
Programs are carried in The Sunday School Builder that can be used in
churches with part-time preaching. The programs are designed to be used on
the bundays when the pastor is not present. They include worship, Bible study,
lniormation, ottering, and an invitation for people to accept Christ. They are
adaptable and can be used in any size church. These programs are prepared
by Mr. J. L. Hockett, Jr., Associate Editor of The Sunday School Builder.
CHRISTIAN HOME WEEK
h»« w« b !} ieye ^A the «A? me - need T s the church now - The week of May 5-12
c nnprlt^SSwh "T C . h r istia ? « ome Week." The Sunday School Department
rn P S£, mt t h ? i T l ?w n g U ? 10n Department of the Sunday School Board
«Ch P ri«H«i wf wV» a t A c a n b ? , us , ed fa y the churches in the observance of
fSE I 'I?! W ,r k - A A Special leaflet has been Prepared which includes
A n d a T f f n r ? ^ and program materials. The leaflet is available from
departments ° r St&te Sunday Sch ° o1 and state Training Union
DeDartoe??Srr?P«^ te ^^ "^l 8 ^", H ° me Week '" T ' he Sunda V Sch ° o1
bufldW of ChrSf^ i Sun $Z y % C \ 001 . Builder emphasis each month on the
denai-Snent inth\ZJZZ ty. ^ Exte » si department and the Cradle Roll
ChrisSn homes * * centered in th e work of helping to build
EVANGELISM
Sunday school enrolment 5 Facts show Sat where churches 'nive bu It Kreat
Sunday schools, the ratio of baptisms to church rapXl: • f ? ^
is reported in the Convention as a whole I? « B12Sfi?«iJ uc f h . lowe r than
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where the Sunday school attendance is equal tco?^StE**$"*£
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church membership, the ratio of baptisms^'ch^b ^ ^ V t a w ^ I
inclusive, perennial evangelistic program for a church A^nH%£Sf nCed, i. "
personal visitation for evangelism; the use of Sunday tdll^ Sunda y s