BAPTIST UNION ASSEMBLY
The 61st annual report of the Baptist Union, presented by the 1942-1943 president, the Rev. F. A. Parry, and the Rev. p. p. Lanyon, general secretary, to the annual assembly of the union in Wellington yesterday, states that four new churches have applied for affiliation and that the communicant membership stands at 9518. The sum of £9053 was given for foreign missionary work, aud the annual self-denial offering in May amounted to £10,638. Two ministers of the union are prisoners of war in Europe, and one is on active chaplaincy iu the Middle East. During the assembly, two men who have completed their training in (be N.Z. Baptist College will be dedicated to the work of the ministry. In his first year of office as youth director, the Rev. I. L. A. Crampton, 8.A., is reported to have made a valuable contribution to the youth activities of the churches. The church extension committee has 'been responsible for the arranging of 24 missions in various churches during the year, while six churches are under (lie committees control for development.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 17, 15 October 1943, Page 4
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181BAPTIST UNION ASSEMBLY Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 17, 15 October 1943, Page 4
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