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Show T M 'BUSINESS CHURCH' TO CLEAR $25,000 IN YEAR' ISiS USUAL HEAVY ANNUAL DEFICIT I church on a business b.lp" "1" Instead of It. annil dSS"i th Fir. Baptist church her. fSt church 1. T,Ihf"1minJK,rallon r,f a church vestmonts on1riJ.,rd cen0. way to protec, ,hem Is Kv the hard CJld .method Of busings. ist I CAM, KFHriK.Nc y EXPERTS ex?sita'rr "J ,v Kffl ' " ' ere summoned J They found. tatTSnwKi t,hr OUKhlv rpPtab:r-In rpPtab:r-In .n ? i.hTWy developed btulhesa men on the board of trustee? Wc rae-omn.end rae-omn.end the whole board resign and a hoard pi business men be elected 1 A hotel wlthoit a cigar" ! Preposterous," sald ,he offcloncv SK..-IB5l1-." ratand and nwsessary to the comfort com-fort of guests. !Qfon' f. the 2300 members were aghast. But the Kev Bernard O Ulausen, pastor, .supported the efficiency effi-ciency enjclneers L "t?" 110 ask8 "Tht vices we (lent are all conducted on a business busi-ness basis. l,y not wc n,, ,, . not the feat of ihe jaw to hinder us 7 ( "KEEP i p WITH TIMES.' , The things we ministers arr called upon to fiylu are up with the times ,"ur enemies take advantage of the findings oi m n , Whi should we 1 not ? I So the church went on a business basis "Our expenses amount to 1150,000 a year," tays the pastor -With the new efficiency methods we expect to realise a nei profu 0f 2i,000 This would pay off our mortgaged debt in "four or five years Then we will use the profit to extend our work supporting hospitals missions and other worthy causes. Other churches' may well follow our example." The First Baptist church ur Syrncnsc, . v.. which hopOe to b ar S-J.".- BOO ibis year tktoiurh busincia liictliucLs, and (inset) pastor, tlie Bei III i nill'il ( l,(Ue. . |