RAISING MONEY FOR CHURCHES

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21413, 4 March 1935, Page 10

RAISING MONEY FOR CHURCHES

VISIT BY FOUNDER OF "DUPLEX MOVEMENT" [THE PRESS Special Service.] AUCKLAND, March 3. The founder of the "duplex movement" in England 25 years ago, Captain T. F. Watson, formerly of the War Office, and a member of the Royal Empire Society, arrived by the Wanganella from Sydney after a six months' tour of the Commonwealth. While in Aucklan'" he and his daughter will be the guests of Archbishop Averill. With the sanction of the late Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Davidson, Captain Watson founded the "duplex movement" of church subscriptions, and since then £ 6,000,000 has been raised by this method. He said there are 3600 committees of the movement in existence in England alone, am these committees raise for '• churches more than £1,000,000 J year. The movement is BW h Church of England one, alUiou. members of other denominationserve on some of the English com mittees. Subscriptions to • churches are made by ww*. known as the "duplex envelop* and the subscriptions are lor - maintenance of existing woik <■■ the extension of church *° throughout the world. Churcn >. porters promise a minimum .n----scription every week, and int> crease the amount if they can.