BAPTIST UNION

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 21, 20 October 1943, Page 8

BAPTIST UNION

Assembly Meetings

The assembly meetings of the Baptist Union continued in Wellington yesterday. Reports from numerous departments were adopted. It was reported that the Rev. Dr. J. J. North had' completed 26 years as editor of the “N.Z. Baptist.” The paper showed a credit balance on the year’s working.. The young men’s Bible classes showed tin increase of I'so, the total membership being 625. The sum of £382 was raised for general purposes. The Young Women’s Movement, with a membership of 967, raised £lO3O for home and foreign missionary work. A youth department of the New Zealand Baptist Union was set up to co-ordinate the work of the various phases of youth work with the Rev. P. D. A. Crampton as director. Two applicants were accepted for 'training in the .New Zealand Baptist College. The Revs. D. C. Moore and C. W. 'Smith were set apart for their life’s work and briefly addressed the delegates. The Rev. J. Cumming was accepted as a probationary minister and Pastor J. H. Neilsen a probationary home missionary. At the evening session the Revs. D. J. Boulton Smith and N. Wood introduced a discussion on the subject, “The Baptists and the World Church” and “The Baptist Position” respectively. The Revs. L. A. Day and L. A. North introduced a further discussion on the subject, “When the Men Return.”