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Missionary Appropriations |
Methodists are a missionary people. Soon after the Missouri Conference helped “plant” the first churches in the Kansas Territory, the Kansas Conference set mission goals to continue “sowing” seed money to establish more congregations. The document below from the 1891 Kansas Conference Journal reports those early efforts:
MISSIONARY APPROPRIATIONS
| Atchison District |
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| Horton |
$100 |
| Powhattan |
100 |
| Junction City District |
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| Bushong |
40 |
| Enterprise |
40 |
| Haddam |
80 |
| Hollenberg |
50 |
| Hope |
40 |
| Morganville and Idana |
50 |
| Skiddy |
60 |
| Wakefield |
50 |
| Washington Circuit |
50 |
| Leavenworth District |
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| Armourdale |
100 |
| London Heights |
100 |
| McLouth |
100 |
| Michigan Avenue |
75 |
| North Lawrence |
25 |
| Wood Street |
100 |
| Manhattan District District |
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| Manhattan Circuit |
50 |
| Randolph |
50 |
| Oketo |
50 |
| Leonardville |
50 |
| Blue Rapids |
50 |
| Onaga |
25 |
| Olesburg |
25 |
| Topeka District District |
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| Pomona |
120 |
| Tecumseh |
60 |
| Maple Hill |
40 |
| Carbondale |
40 |
| Scranton |
40 |
I concur in the foregoing missions and appropriations. S. M. Merrill
Washington, March 9, 1891 In 1891, congregations of 29 churches gave to Mission Funds, a total of $1,760.
The 2005 Conference World Service (Mission Funds) budget goal is $778,767. Our congregation’s “fair share” budget for World Service Fund is $17,500.
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