SHORTAGE OF MINISTERS.
ytAS. DESTROYS CHURCH HABIT. I EX-SERVICE STUDENTS FROM ' HOME. By Tileenpfc.—Presa Ann.—Copyright Received May 18, 7.25 p.m. Sydney, May 18. Both the Presbyterian and Methodist j General Assemblies are confronted with It serious shortage of men offering for the Ministry. One of the chief causes j is «aid to be the war, which besides] drawing students to the front, interfered with the training of othew. As regards Presbyterians, if wis stated the war had broken the churchgoiHg habit of many young men. The -flMtel and physical strain of the war yetrs had also caused exhaustion and a consequent loss of Ministerial candidates, but it was hoped the lost ground would soon be recovered. The Methodist Conference decided to meet the shortage by importing from England thirty-five ex-service theological unmarried students- As regards an faatnigration bureau it was decided to leek the co-operation of other churches In the scheme, including a possible arrangement with the New Zealand Methodist Conference-
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1920, Page 5
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161SHORTAGE OF MINISTERS. Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1920, Page 5
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