MAN-POWER OF CHURCHES.
DEPLETED BY THE WAR. SYDNEY, May 18. Both tho Presbyterian and Methodist General Assemblies are confronted with il serious shortage of men offering for the ministry. One of the chief causes is said to be the war, which, besides drawing students to the front, interfered with the training of others. As regards' Presbyterians, it was stated that the war had broken the church-going habit of many young men, and also that the mental and physical strain of the war years had caused exhaustion and consequent loss of ministerial candidates, but it was hoped that the lost ground would soon be recovered. The Methodist Conference decided to meet the shortage hy importing from England 35 ex-service theological unmarried students. As regards an immigration bureau, it was decided to seek tho co-operation of other churches in the scheme, and to make, if possible, an arrangement with the New Zealand Methodist Conference. — (A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 119, 19 May 1920, Page 5
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