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
Horton	$100
Powhattan	100
Junction City District
Bushong	40
Enterprise	40
Haddam	80
Hollenberg	50
Hope	40
Morganville and Idana	50
Skiddy	60
Wakefield	50
Washington Circuit	50
Leavenworth District
Armourdale	100
London Heights	100
McLouth	100
Michigan Avenue	75
North Lawrence	25
Wood Street	100
Manhattan District District
Manhattan Circuit	50
Randolph	50
Oketo	50
Leonardville	50
Blue Rapids	50
Onaga	25
Olesburg	25
Topeka District District
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.