According to Mr. Brock, the meeting
is called in order to bring together the
pastors and centenary treasurers of the
churches in the two Alabama confer
ences which subscribed $10,000 and up
to the centenary $35,000,000 fund four
years ago. A church-wide movement,
he says, is on throughout the connec
tion, to lineup these leaders in an ef
fort to wipe out all arrearages to the
centenary by the close of the “Pay
Out” period, January 20 to Febru
a'ry 1.
Birmingham, as the capital of the
North Alabama conference, is particu
larly interested in the completion of
the financial end of the centenary, it
is said. Mr. Brock reports that in this
Where approxi
mately $911,886 was subscribed by 28
churches of the $10,000 class, only
$325,810 has been. paid to date. He
adds that the cause is still alive in the
hearts of Methodists who pledged to
the movement, as indicated by the fact
that there has been a substantial In
crease in collections every year for the
past three years, and lie is hopeful that
as a result of the present meeting col
lections will b« further speeded.
It is expected that in addition to the'
28 north Alabama churches, 20 churches
in the Alabama conference will be rep
resented at the meeting today. Since
Birmingham is Methodist headquarters
for all of the church boards nnd of the
Alabama Christian Advocate, the offi
cial organ of Alabama Methodism, it is
expected that more than 100 leaders
will be present.
Lunch will lie served at the Firs
Methodist church.
