Tennessee River Conference by W. R. ELLIOTT

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 23, 1915

Tennessee River Conference

By W. R. ELLIOTT

I AM glad to report that the work in Tennessee is making progress in almost every department. There are continual evidences that God is with us, and that his prospering hand is over all the work in this field.

A strong tent effort was held in Paducah, Ky., last summer, with the result that sufficient new members were brought in to enable us to organize a church there with a membership of sixteen. Others have since joined them, bringing up the membership to about twenty. It is planned to erect a house of worship there.

Two new churches have been added to our list this year, one at Paducah, and one near Ashland City. In nearly all the field, gains have been made, so that our membership in this conference shows a very substantial increase over that of last year. The tithe shows a slight falling off from last year, due, no doubt, in part at least, to the conditions brought about by the war.

We are trying to raise our share of the Twenty-cent-a-week Fund this year, and there is prospect that we shall do as well as last year. There has been a very encouraging increase in the Sabbath school offerings, and these are proving quite a factor in raising this fund. The Harvest Ingathering shows a very encouraging gain over last year. We are ahead of all previous records, and hope that we shall be able to raise our quota of this fund by the end of the year. We have on hand already $687, and will do our best to get the remainder by the end of the month.

The work for the colored people shows some advancement. A number have been brought into the truth, and in Nashville, Jackson, and Memphis there is an interest to hear the message. Memphis especially is a needy field, and there is a demand there for a strong colored laborer. The colored brethren in that place have labored under many disadvantages and discouragements, but we are planning to place a worker there early next year, and hope to build up a strong constituency, and also to erect a good church building, to which they can invite their neighbors to worship with them.

The Tennessee River Conference is not a large, strong, or wealthy organization, but we are making strenuous effort to accomplish the work which the Lord has given us to do. Pray for the work in the Southland. W. R. ELLIOTT.