Church Cooperation in Community Life Part 5

1a. Proposal for County Christian a.s.sociation or Church Federation.

1b. Board of Directors.

1c. County Council chosen by each cooperating denomination on basis of members.h.i.+p.

2c. Election or appointment of denominational representatives to be left to each denomination.

3c. Selection of county secretary.

2b. Duties of county secretary.

1c. Survey--Follow up what interchurch county office has done.

1d. Location of all churches.

2d. Residence of pastors.

3d. Community boundaries.

2c. Organize county religious movements as:

1d. Evangelistic drive.

2d. Members.h.i.+p rally.

3d. Go-to-church campaigns.

4d. Religious wors.h.i.+p in the home.

5d. Common programs with reference to moral and spiritual problems.

6d. Other religious movements.

3c. Interchurch adjustments.

1d. Act as secretary of Committee on Adjustments--provide office for interchurch activities.

2d. Depository for interchurch religious information.

3d. Follow-up plans made as result of interchurch survey, including:

1e. Encouragement of building parsonage and getting resident pastor in every community.

2e. Getting a community church building in every community adequate to its needs.

3e. Getting a community building under joint religious auspices where need exists for several houses of wors.h.i.+p.

4e. Clearing house for members.h.i.+p conservation.

5e. Determination of parish boundaries.

6e. Establishment of new work in communities where there is none.

4c. Social and recreational.

1d. County field days.

2d. Cooperation in organizing boys' and girls' clubs in Sunday school or otherwise.

4d. Direct social and recreational activities.

5d. a.s.sisting in selection and training leaders for church and community service.

5c. Religious education.

1d. Recruiting members.h.i.+p campaigns.

2d. Perform all functions now expected of volunteer county Sunday school secretary.

3d. a.s.sist in a.n.a.lysis of Sunday school methods and organization in local churches in organizing for larger service.

4d. Week-day religious instruction plans.

6c. Social service activities to be encouraged:

1d. County free library.

2d. County hospital and nursing program.

3d. Adequate provision for dependents, defectives, delinquents.

4d. Securing desired State public service.

5d. Health and sanitation campaign.

6d. County Farm bureaus.

7c. Cooperation with other agencies. In general, give moral support to agencies doing effective work in the fields mentioned in (6c).

8c. Act as bureau of advice with reference to appeals for charitable purposes.

9c. Religious publicity.

3b. Budget.

1c. Estimated Salary of Secretary $3,000 Travel 400 Office rent 300 Equipment 200 Stenographer 750 Publicity 400 ------ $5,050

2c. How to raise.