METHODIST CONFERENCE.
DISCUSSION ON HOME MISSIONS Press Association. ■ AUCKLAND, Alarch 3. At tins evening’s sitting of the Aletfioaiat Conference, a discussion took place on home missions. The President, introducing the subject, said that what was wanted now was’ not a new theology, but a new enthusiasm.
I ho secretary drew attention to the report showing that the numerical strength of the Methodist Church in * i C m/? v ’’ as 16,208, an increase ol 401 during the year. The special committee appointed to draw up a report on the home mission policy, stated that the circumvtanees of tile Dominion, and especially of the North Island, called for a policy of vigorous aggression on die part of the Alethodist Church. I lie Rev. W. Slade alluded to the spiritual destitution of the great uiamnty of the people of the Dominion. After a lengthy discussion a resolu--ion on the subject of home missions was carried on the lines of the committee s recommendations.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2131, 4 March 1908, Page 2
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