Where several little churches exist in a sparsely settled community and a union or federation is not possible or advisable, consideration should be given to the plan of having all these withdraw, and inviting a branch of the church not represented locally to come in and organize a single church.
In the exchange or withdrawal of churches reciprocity should be at least State-wide in its extent.
Where a denomination is given control or dominance in a community by withdrawal of other denominations, the continuance of that control or dominance should be conditional on the church and minister maintaining in their service a high degree of efficiency--the standard of efficiency to be determined by the denominational leaders who should formulate a few simple principles by which the usefulness of a church can be measured. The denomination holding a field should, for a reasonable length of time, report to those withdrawing as to progress.
The following pages contain advertisements of a few of the Macmillan books on kindred subjects.
This volume very suitably follows Dr. Speer's _The Christian Man, the Church, and the War_, dealing as it does with the present responsibility of the Church.
Dr. Brown discusses four big questions: First, Where the War Found the Church; second, What the Church did for the War; third, What the War did for the Church; and fourth, Where the War Leaves the Church.
DEMOCRATIC CHRISTIANITY; SOME PROBLEMS OF THE CHURCH IN THE DAYS JUST AHEAD
"We have in mind the tasks of to-day as they confront the Christian Church," writes Bishop McConnell.
Dr. Drown discusses this very interesting question in terse and vigorous prose.
Written by one who has an exultant faith that never in the history of the past has there been so splendid a demonstration of the extent and power of the Christ spirit as to-day.
A discussion of the Sermon on the Mount, similar to that in Dr. King's former book _The Ethics of Jesus_. Besides rewriting them, he has added material on the war and the teachings of Jesus.
THE CHRISTIAN MAN, THE CHURCH AND THE WAR
Dr. Speer here discusses the essentials of a problem which has exercised Christian men since the beginning of the war. He deals with it sanely and in a manner that will be considered distinctly helpful.