. Our mountain work [serial] . urch, theobservance of January 4 as a Day ofPrayer for the Presbyterian Program ofProgress by formally presenting the pro-gram in each Church, and the specialeffort to raise the entire five-year goal of$40, for Foreign Missions beforethe end of the special foreign mission sea-son, February 1, 1948. Col. LeCraw, who had resigned asmayor of Atlanta, Ga., to serve overseasin the armed forces, was subsequently re-turned to Austria to sit as a representa-tive of the Allied forces in peace confer-ences, made a strong appeal for immediateaction by Christian Church
. Our mountain work [serial] . urch, theobservance of January 4 as a Day ofPrayer for the Presbyterian Program ofProgress by formally presenting the pro-gram in each Church, and the specialeffort to raise the entire five-year goal of$40, for Foreign Missions beforethe end of the special foreign mission sea-son, February 1, 1948. Col. LeCraw, who had resigned asmayor of Atlanta, Ga., to serve overseasin the armed forces, was subsequently re-turned to Austria to sit as a representa-tive of the Allied forces in peace confer-ences, made a strong appeal for immediateaction by Christian Churches to combatcommunism both in Europe and the Orient. If communism had the Churches andmembership in the South that the Presby-terian Church has, Mr. LeCraw pointedout, they would own the South in twoyears. He also expressed the belief thatthe Church could double its membershipwithin five years if the various congrega-tions would give loyal support to the ob-jectives of the Presbyterian Program ofProgress. (Continued on Page 5). AflSUJER/ The PRESBYTERIAN Program Of Progress 1947 -1952 Immediate Emphasis $4,000, For Foreign Mission Work Objectives Rehabilitation in theFar East: a. Reco nstruction and re- pair of mission prop-erty $1,500,000 b. R e p 1 acemen-t of furni- ture, equipment, etc 750,000 c. Travel and personal out- fit of 150 missionariesreturning to China, Ja-pan, Korea ($) 112,500 Build ing and equipmentneeds for advance in Africa,Brazil and Mexico: a. Africa 912,388 b. East Brazil 287,437 c. North Brazil 360,000 d. West Brazil 77,000 e. Mexico 363,810 OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT ASHEVILLE PRESBYTERY IS ASKED to give $40, SERVICE HELD DEC. 10THEXCAVATION FINISHED TO COST $15, Construction Will Require About 120 Working Days Pastor Reports By Rev. C. C. West Ground was broken and construction be-gun on the new Malvern Hills Church onWednesday, December 10, in the presenceof an interested and enthusiastic group ofmembers and friends of the Church.
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