Re: 1. It coordinates all the religious
forces of Protestantism, for a common community service. 2. It insures
ultimate permanent support by being financed out of the
budgets of the cooperating churches instead of by a limited number of
private givers of large funds. 3. The
county organization develops its work through the churches,
strengthening the program of the minister
instead of developing independent organizations locally with volunteer
leadership related to an "arm" of the church instead of directly to the
church. 4. By organizing to do their own work in this
way the churches obviate the necessity of private Christian agencies
organizing with outside support to carry on interdenominational work.
If the churches of America do not
rapidly work out plans of interdenominational cooperation in the
development of their work, other agencies will enter
the field and will receive popular financial support for doing those
things in rural progress that are the legitimate task of the church and
for which the church should receive support. Church people will supply
the large
part of the
funds for carrying on these activities through nonreligious agencies;
and because of the
narrowness of program the church will have chosen for itself many of
the brightest and best minds, and consecrated hearts now found in our
student groups in educational institutions
will find their life's activities outside the church instead of within
its
ranks where they would p
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