Show TO I-TO TO 10 RUN BUN CHURCH CHURCH CHURCH- I LIKE BUSINESS Interchurch World Movement Natural Natural Nat Nat- ural Growth of Tendency to Eliminate Waste I AVOIDS USELESS FRICTION Religious Revolutionized Revolutionised by y Success of Men and Millions Million Movement and Co Co operation Is Result The World Movement MO of or North America Is un an attempt by or for looking forward l leaders rs of or the Hie various t evangelical 11 1 denominations of ot the time United Unit ed States and Canada to co co the time resources In men mell money and ma 1110 lerial of Protestant America Historically It Is la the logical outgrowth out- out growth nt ot a It tendency of the national boards In hm each denomination to form working alliances among themselves In n which which each pach hoard board shall preserve e it Its identity all and control Its own personnel and allt UI treasury In former times tines the lie home mission society the foreign mission society the church extension society and the various philanthropic and eleemosynary eleemosynary nary agencies of ot an any denomination con can ducted their affairs Independently of ot otone one another Each surveyed Its own restricted territory prepared a budget budget budget bud bud- get of money j and workers for tor Its own purposes and amid made Its own appeal to its constituency for support This could only mean that these agencies were more or less In competition competition competition compe compe- with one another that there u was as waste lIste and duplication of ot work and und money mone and that among them all some work was neglected and some denominational resources were entirely entire entire- I ly overlooked o Because of their specialized training the leaders of at each agency regarded themselves as peculiarly fitted for tor their tasks and Jealously r regarded attempts attempt at outside outside out out- side Itle interference Decide on Experiment After Arter decades of at such haphazard methods the leaders of at one denomination tion decided on an experiment They thought it would be possible for the agencies agencies to to get together for a com corn common common mon ton study of ot all the opportunities and resources of ot their brotherhood tomake to tomake make snake out a unified budget of ot men and money and to conduct a concerted appeal appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap peal for funds It was mado made clear that each constituent board should preserve complete autonomy When the board representatives matthey mot met they found it possible to eliminate a great amount of at organization e. e ex They ultimately worked out outa outu a u budget and plan of at campaign that thai was s satisfactory to all This resulted In the time famous lI Men ren and Millions Movement of ot the Disciples of at Christ which brought In what was then considered considered considered con con- the staggering sum of at for a year five program The members of the communion were so 80 pleased with this business like business metha meth- meth a |