BAPTIST UNION.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11752, 28 November 1903, Page 4

BAPTIST UNION.

The annual Conference of the B&ptf-jjjlflfi Union which ha* been held in during the month ww most j Upwards ot sixty delegates attended, at '<_«. , the Rev. R. S. Gray, of Christchurch, &Vsf sided. The annual report showed tw t J§|t three new churches had been formed dft '."wt ing- the year; two branch churohes Im( 'j/W ' achieved independence. There sxe tturfc 'tW; nine churches in the Union. The statist's; "'-W showed a gross incre_» in membership & ( s| the year of 630, and a net increase of lejk Mr There were 3385 members in the Asao4 "M at«d Churches, and the funds of th 'M Union www reported to be in credit. Tlj 1| Home Mission work has greatly grown i j popularity during tho past two yean. Th , f foreign missionary work which js _jd>» if taken in East Bengal is a marked feature o E the New Zealand Baptist woxk. Upward W of £1200 were raised for this purpose dur 11 ing tlie year. A large staff of Europwi 1 and native agents are at work, and an el 1* ficient hospital is in operation. l w Tlie Conference arranged plans for thl '?[ new year's work, arranged for the <an !*%(' ployawnt of an evangelist., snd for the art '$, couragemenfc of the erection of manses, _jj "4f' the taual detail work of the denomhiation. ." J Tha oenominational paper "The KE. _ap f tWt tist" showed an increase of upwards of JU >Sl subscribers for the year. m\