BAPTIST UNION

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9172, 12 October 1915, Page 7

BAPTIST UNION

FINANCIAL COMMITTEE’S REPORT. i Press Association. AUCKLAND/ October 11. At the Baptist Union Conference, the finance committee answered questions as; to how deficits could be best avoided in a number of findings, in-, eluding the following:—That the creation in each case is necessary of a pro-; per reserve or capital fund by putting aside - special donations, ’ surplus bal-; ances, and any legacies not ear-mark-ed for other purposes, such reserve fund to be used for financing operations of both the Union* and the Missionary Society; that 'the method of weekly systematic giving’ (preferably by duplex . envelopes): is recommended and should be made available in connection with all . churches in the Union; that the establishment of a central office and the- appointment of a paid secretary and treasurer to devote the ’ whole- of his time to the transaction Of the-business of the Union and the Missionary Society, and of other denominational interests, including the keeping of accounts and; the organisation and development of the denomination; throughout the Dominion is highly desirable; that the adoption should bo asked for by all churches of a uniform system of keep-' ing and rendering" accounts and receipts and-disbursements, and of returns of statistics.

The report was adopted tentatively, the resolution to ho confirmed after a joint meeting of the executive and the Missionary Society's 'committee. The Union .held a patriotic meeting to-night in the Tabernacle.