He returned to the U.S. in 1918 to work on the Centenary and Inter-Church World Movement projects. In 1920 he was appointed Superintendent of the Elisabethville-Luba District.
In 1918, he went back to the U.S. to contribute to the Centenary and Inter-Church World Movement initiatives. The following year, in 1920, he was appointed the Superintendent for the Elisabethville-Luba District.