BAPTIST UNION
THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE. < CUT TELEGRAPH— PRESS AESOCIMHJN.) AUCKLAND, 7tb October. The Conference of the_ Baptist Union of New Zealand was continued to-day. The Rev. R. S. Gray, Union secretary, submitted the report. This stated that the work of the churches had been maintamed with fidelity Three new churches had been opened during the year 4 at Smithfield (Wanganui), Mount Albert (Auckland), and Island Bay (Wellington). Several of the churches had formed l Young People's Societies, and the growth i of that work generally had been a most hopeful feature of the year. The home ' mission extension work had been carried on in Wh-ang-arei district with success. The Manurewa Children's Home, a property representing an outlay of £9800, had been opened during the year free of debt. At present there were 47 children in the home. The membership of the churches showed a slight decrease on. last year's figures, owing to a revision of the rolls. Members of churches and congregations had responded with intense loyalty to the call of the Empire ,
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 85, 8 October 1915, Page 2
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