January 31, 1974

ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD • GENERAL CHURCH PAPER OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

Victorious Living

"There is a necessity for close self-examination, and to closely investigate in the light of God's word, Am I sound, or am I rotten, at heart? Am I renewed in Christ, or am I still carnal at heart, with an outside, new dress put on?"—Messages to Young People, pp. 83, 84. Self-examination When I review this life of mine— Compare it with Christ's life divine— ! ask myself, What is the cause Of disobedience to God's laws? While seeking answers I have found Self still alive; I was not sound, With rottenness throughout my heart, For self had tainted ev'ry part. I wanted still to have my way; I had not learned to humbly say, "Not my will, Lord, but Thine be done." Those precious words of Christ, God's Son, Show true Christianity, I'd say! Does Christ live in our hearts today? How vital is each day's review, To check if life is pure and true! When from my selfish sins I'm free, Then Christ can live His life in me! —Adlai Albert Esteb Editor's Viewpoint The Responsibility of Leaders

A few months ago (July 26, 1973) we published an graph. . . . As laymen we want to assume our share of editorial entitled "Formula for Reform." In the editorial responsibility, but we also would welcome a few lead- we pointed out that leaders who take a strong stand ers like Moses." against evil in the church seldom get much support. We One correspondent was far from flattering to church illustrated this by the experience of Moses at Sinai when leaders. He said: "I have seen a dean of men who was the people sided with Aaron because of his "pleasant attempting to carry out a good disciplinary program speech and dignified demeanor" in contrast with Moses' completely wiped out by a committee which consisted "severe rebukes and the indignation he displayed in mostly of conference officials. In our school board our breaking the sacred tables of the law" (Patriarchs and greatest problems were created by conference officials Prophets, p. 323). who felt that we were placing undue pressure on their We also referred to the rebellion of Korah, Dathan, children by insisting that they adhere to principle in and Abiram, in which "the sympathies of the people matters of discipline and dress. A local church school were with the disaffected party" (ibid., p. 399). "A principal was forced to almost dispense with regula- large part of the congregation openly sided with Korah" tions on dress because of pressure and lack of coopera- (ibid., p. 400) against Moses. tion from conference officials. Problems of divorce and We pointed out that wrongdoers, compromisers, and remarriage go to our local conference, but we seem to liberal elements within the church have almost always observe quite a softening there in recent years. We look attracted sympathy. Our conclusion was that if the to our colleges as examples and for leadership, but it retrinant church is to experience reformation in addi- is difficult to keep smaller schools in line sportswise tion'to revival, leaders who endeavor to make necessary when our leader schools participate quite wholeheart- changes must be given strong support. edly." We did not intend to suggest that the only key to It is not the purpose of the REVIEW to assign blame reformation lies with the laymen. We said, "Often the for conditions within the church. The message to fault lies with leaders who lack the vision to see what Laodicea is addressed to the entire body. All—con- needs to be done and the courage to carry out their ference workers and laymen alike—are responsible for convictions." We used the story of Aaron as a case in conditions within the church. We believe in the principle point. The golden-calf apostasy might have been enunciated by Christ, "All ye are brethren." This allows avoided entirely if Aaron had stood courageously for for no dichotomy between leaders and church members. right. But he did not take a stand on principle. He was If in our previous editorial we seemed to place too too concerned with his popularity quotient. He was giv- much blame on laymen for not supporting leaders who ing too much thought to being "re-elected." Thus the endeavor to effect reforms, we are sorry. In truth, we chief blame for the apostasy at Sinai rested with think that ultimately church leaders must accept the Aaron, the leader. major responsibility for conditions within the church We concluded the editorial by saying, "Today God today. Throughout history organizations of all kinds, is calling for revival and reformation. But even if there whether civil or ecclesiastical, have followed the course is revival there may be little reformation unless the set by leaders. Solomon was largely responsible for great body of believers stands solidly with church lead- the apostasy of Israel in his day. Eli the priest was ers who endeavor to check the drift of the church to- largely responsible for the apostasy in his time. ward the world, church leaders who call sin by its right Reforms took place anciently only when good leaders, name. If the church is to become what God wants it to such as kings Jehoshaphat and Josiah, led out in re- be, leaders must lead and church members must stand versing the trends toward disobedience and idolatry. with them against the strong tide of evil and compro- And how much different might the response of the Jew- mise." ish nation have been to Jesus the Messiah if the leaders had accepted Christ. Reponse From Readers Some of the harshest language of the Bible is used In response to this editorial we received correspond- in connection with unfaithful leaders. An example is ence from lay members who felt that we had placed Isaiah 56:10, 11: "His watchmen are blind: they are too much responsibility on them for conditions within all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; the church. They felt that our reference to the failings of sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are leadership was too brief and that we should write an- greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they other editorial placing the matter in better perspective. are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to One letter said, in part: "Your article seemed to bend their own way, every one for his gain, from his quar- quite definitely in the direction that the problem is with ter." And who was it that Christ called hypocrites, the laity. Being of this group I realize that we no doubt blind guides, whited sepulchers, serpents, and a gen- have our problems, but I believe also that you could eration of vipers (see Matthew 23)? The scribes and write another article as long as this one by following Pharisees, the leaders of the people. through on your thoughts in the next to the last para- Continued on page 12

2 (118) MN, JANUARY 31, 1974 ing of the phenomenon. A similar first-per- son story by another Adventist will appear Scan in an early issue. News Briefs From the Religious World Review Continuing his series "Centennial of SDA Missions," Gottfried Oosterwal asks the sig- "mon_P /Mt nificant question, Why is it that after 100 20,000 STUDY EVANGELISM TECHNIQUES years the church is still here? God intended IN LONDON that the work should have been completed gri long before this. In one sense, then, this LONDON—Led by American evangelist centennial should be marked by serious Billy Graham, 20,000 people, most of them Advent Review & Sabbath Herald under 25, crowded into the great Earl's heart searching to discover what has gone 124th Year of Continuous Publication Court arena in West London for five consec- wrong and what remains to be done. These utive days to attend SPRE-E 73 convention Editor: are some of the things Dr. Oosterwal pon- for training of Christians in the arts of com- KENNETH H. WOOD ders in his article (page 6). munication and evangelism. Associate Editors: What response is there to the Health Per- SPRE-E 73 stands for Spiritual Re-em- DON F. NEUFELD, HERBERT E. DOUGLASS sonnel Needs feature, which appears on our phasis and it brought delegates, who num- Editorial and Administrative Secretary: bered about 10,000 who had to register—as CORINNE WILKINSON Bulletin Board each week? Carl Sundin, an associate secretary of the GC Department well as other people who paid to enter Earl's Editorial Assistant: Court—from 25 countries stretching from JOCELYN FAY of Health, stated in a recent letter: "It Iceland, through East and West Europe, Editorial Secretary: would be impossible to carry on our work IDAMAE MELENDY and down to Africa. It was organized by the Art Director: ELFRED LEE without the assistance received through the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Designer: G. W. BUSCH columns of the REVIEW." London as an interdenominational event, Editors, Monthly Editions: As to the enormous task of handling re- inspired by a similar event in Dallas, Texas, RAY D. VINE, English in June, 1972, and was described as "a week- FERNANDO CHAIJ, Spanish—North America sponses, he said, "During the past three GASTON CLOUZET, Spanish—South America months 559 résumés have been matched to as long adventure in Christian training strat- C. R. TAYLOR, Spanish—Inter-America many job openings reported to us by the hos- egy." Consulting Editors: ROBERT H. PIERSON, W. R. BEACH, pitals of North America. . . . During the THEODORE CARCICH, W. DUNCAN EVA, W. 1. same period the hospitals listed openings for MARK'S GOSPEL IS TRANSLATED HACKETT, C. D. HENRI, M. S. NIGRI, 99 categories of workers, for a total of NEAL C. WILSON INTO LITTLE-KNOWN TONGUE Special Contributors: 1,380 workers, both professionals and non- C. 0. FRANZ, K. H. EMMERSON, R. R. FIGUHR, professionals. This figures to be a disparity LONDON—The Gospel of Mark, for the FREDERICK LEE, M. E. LIND, R. R. FRAME, P. H. of one to three. The best we have done in first time, has been translated into t lan- ELDRIDGE, B. L. ARCHBOLD, ALF LOHNE, wn R. A. WILCOX, R. S. LOWRY, M. L. MILLS, guage of one of the world's least the past is one to four. It is evident that we tribes, according to the United Bi o- C. L. POWERS must reach a greatly increased number of Corresponding Editors, World Divisions: cieties. The language is Ixu, or Bu an, Afro-Mideast, R. W. TAYLOR; Australasian, qualified, dedicated members in all cate- of whom there are an estimated '15,000 ROBERT H. PARR; Euro-Africa, E. E. WHITE, gories of work competence with this mes- tribesmen in South-West Africa, though the associate E. KOEHLER; Far Eastern, D. A. ROTH; Inter-American, MARCEL ABEL; Northern sage of personnel need that develops each number of "true" Bushmen living today may Europe-West Africa, PAUL SUNDQUIST; South week in our hospitals." be as few as 2,000. American, H. I. PEVERINI; Southern Asia, A. J. JOHANSON; Trans-Africa, Photo Credits: Page 10, Bob Taylor. DESMOND B. HILLS

Circulation Manager: Bible Credits: Texts in this issue credited BISHOP ZULU ASKS WCC GRANTS FOR EDMUND M. PETERSON to N.E.B. are from The New English Bible. CHURCHES, NOT "LIBERATION" UNITS Field Representative: © The Delegates of the Oxford University JOEL HASS DETROIT—Anglican Bishop Alphaeus Press and the Syndics of the Cambridge Zulu of Zululand has urged that grants SUBSCRIPTIONS: United States and Canada, University Press 1970. Reprinted by permis- from the World Council of Churches be 89.95. For each subscription ordered in the United States or Canada to go to foreign countries, add sion. given to local churches in Southern Africa, $2.00 postage. Address all correspondence rather than directly to "liberation groups." concerning subscriptions to the Manager, At a press conference while visiting the Periodical Department. U.S., the prelate, who is one of six presi- TO CONTRIBUTORS: Send news stories and pictures, articles, and letters to the editor. dents of the World Council, commented, Unsolicited manuscripts are welcome but will be "The grants to the liberation groups have accepted without remuneration and will be not helped the Christian witness because it returned only if accompanied by a stamped, Letters self-addressed envelope. wasn't the action of the local church." A monthly edition of the Review is printed by the Although he said he has tried unsuccess- Stanborough Press, Ltd., Alma Park, Grantham, More Steps fully to get the granting procedure changed, Lincs., England. A monthly edition also is printed Bishop Zulu also declared that his country in Spanish and a quarterly edition in Braille. For information write to the Manager, Periodical I was impressed by "The Book That Boom- "couldn't live without" funds that are sent Department. eranged" [Nov. 8]. Some of us would give out by the World Council to help families and An index is published in the last Review of more of these small Steps to Christ booklets dependents of political prisoners. He esti- Review is indexed also lune and December. The if we would read that article! mated that about $125,000 a year comes in the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index. from agencies that channel contributions MRS. L. K. ELLIOTT through the World Council, which in turn The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald is published every Thursday by the Review and Macon, Georgia sends them to the Council of Churches in Herald Publishing Association, 6856 Eastern Zululand. Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20012, U.S.A. Second-class postage paid at Washington, D.C. Copyright © 1974, by the Review and Herald Creationism and "Facts" Publishing Association. SUNDAY SCHOOL MOVEMENT "The Case for Creationism" [Sept. 6] is not ON VERGE OF "REAL EXPANSION" an unforeseen result. The "creationists" at the hearing in Sacra- ST. PAUL, MINN.—The Sunday School movement is "on the verge of real expan- mento, struggling for appropriate recogni- sion" in the evangelical wing of American tion, committed the fatal error that has been Protestantism, according to Donald C. This Week committed all along. They tried to make a Brandenburgh, the new executive director conclusive argument in a field that does not of the National Sunday School Association Speaking in Tongues has been a topic permit one. (NSSA). widely discussed in recent years. With While at this hearing I met one of the He suggested that their growth is owing charismatic experiences spreading among advocates of evolution whose name had to the fact that they emphasize Bible teach- both Protestant and Catholic churches, Ad- been in the news. We had a pleasant talk be- ing "and this seems to be what people cause the statement I made could not be want." ventists have been asked where they stand Mr. Brandenburgh said he found that on the issue. This week a Seventh-day Ad- argued. many Sunday schools appear to be experi- ventist minister tells of his experience with I pointed out that the predictions forecast- encing a growth in their adult departments. tongues before he became an Adventist (page ing the future on the basis of present data "It is no longer a children's movement, if 4), then summarizes his present understand- Continued on page 13 it ever was," he observed.

VOL. 151 NO. 5 R&H, JANUARY 31, 1974 (119) 3 In recent years speaking in tongues has experienced a revival and has attracted widespread interest. The revival has sparked renewed interest in what the Bible teaches about the gift of tongues. Studies in the Adventist Church have led to the conclusion that the phenomena observed in the charismatic movements today are not manifestations of the Biblical gift of tongues, but are counterfeit experiences. I Gave Up Speaking in Tongues By E. C. CARD

MY FIRST EXPERIENCE with seemed that heaven opened and I was medical problems were cared for by speaking in tongues occurred when I permitted to view its glories. I felt the army hospital and that I had a was nine years old. A Pentecostal very happy. After the experience I Bible to read. But he impressed me as preacher and his family located their was informed that I had received the being a genuine Christian. There were house trailer on a vacant piece of Holy Spirit and had the gift of tongues. some questions that had bothered me property behind our house and began This made me feel very proud. I felt ever since I became a Christian, and construction of a church. It consisted exalted above others who did not have I thought perhaps he could answer of a crude covering with sawdust this gift. them. I asked, "Do you believe that floors. I participated in its erection, I continued to go to this church until Christ has a true church today?" helping haul the sawdust. my mother had a similar experience. He replied, "I really do, Brother!" One day while helping around the The entire family then began attend- "Which is it?" "tabernacle" the preacher asked ing a larger Pentecostal church sev- He skillfully avoided my question. whether I would like to receive the eral miles away. I continued to attend I then asked, "Do you know what the Holy Spirit. I said I would. I knelt with and occasionally spoke with tongues. mark of the beast is?" him and his wife. He then instructed Some years later I was married, and He said the answer was in the book me to say "glory" over and over. In a a few months afterward I joined the Bible Readings for the Home. I bought short while something seemed to take U.S. Army, serving my country in both books. Three days later I had possession of my tongue and I began Korea and Japan. found what the mark of the beast was, speaking I know not what. Five years later, while stationed at had learned about the Sabbath, and The sensation was indescribable. It Camp Stoneman, California, a colpor- had discovered the identity of the true teur came to our apartment. He church. Next Sabbath I attended the showed my wife and me two books, Antioch Seventh-day Adventist church. E. C. Card is a pastor in the South- Bible Readings for the Home and The The pastor began giving us Bible stud- eastern California Conference. Medical Counselor. I told him my ies and about three months later we

4 (120) R&H, JANUARY 31, 1974 were baptized. At this time I felt that spoke with tongues and prophesied" even after I entered the Seventh-day my tongues experience was Biblical, (R.S.V.). What this gift was I found Adventist Church. A passage in Early but I felt no need to speak in tongues. clearly stated in The Acts of the Apos- Writings best explains the experience About two years later, being dis- tles, page 283: "They were then bap- I had in the Pentecostal movement: charged from the army, I attended tized in the name of Jesus, and as "Those who rose up with Jesus would college—two years at Southwestern Paul 'laid his hands upon them,' they send up their faith to Him in the holi- Union College (it was then a junior received also the baptism of the Holy est, and pray, 'My Father, give us Thy college), Keene, Texas, and two years Spirit, by which they were enabled to Spirit.' Then Jesus would breathe at La Sierra College. During my stud- speak the languages of other nations upon them the Holy Ghost. In that ies I felt that tongues were Biblical and to prophesy. Thus they were quali- breath was light, power, and much but not necessary for Christians. For a fied to labor as missionaries in Ephe- love, joy, and peace. I turned to look class assignment I had to write a pa- sus and its vicinity and also to go at the company who were still bowed per on the gift of tongues. forth to proclaim the gospel in Asia before the throne; they did not know As I began my work in the ministry Minor." that Jesus had left it. [In the Pente- the gift of tongues became a study of In all three of these passages I found costal church I did not know that interest. I began to wonder whether no indication of ecstatic utterances. I Jesus had left the holy place.] Satan my interpretation in the past had been found that I was able to explain also appeared to be by the throne, trying influenced by my personal experience the gift of tongues described in 1 to carry on the work of God. I saw them in the Pentecostal church. I decided Corinthians 14 on the basis of the abil- look up to the throne, and pray, 'Fa- to try to lay aside all previous inter- ity to speak known languages. I con- ther, give us Thy Spirit. Satan would pretations and compare scripture with cluded that Paul's counsel in this then breathe upon them an unholy in- scripture, along with the Spirit of chapter, warning against the misuse fluence; in it there was light and much Prophecy, to see whether my views of the gift of tongues, is doubly ap- power, but no sweet love, joy, and were correct. plicable to the type of speaking in peace."—Pages, 55, 56. (Italics sup- In Acts 2, I discovered that the gift tongues with which I had had experi- plied.) of tongues was the ability to speak ence. Years later I returned to my home other known languages. "And at this As I began to read the Spirit of town and visited the Pentecostal sound the multitude came together, Prophecy, I discovered that Ellen preacher to share my new-found faith. and they were bewildered, because White warned concerning a false To my surprise he already knew all each one heard them speaking in his speaking in tongues. "They have an about the beliefs of my church. He own language." "And how is it that unmeaning gibberish which they call condemned the Advent Movement, we hear, each of us in his own native the unknown tongue, which is un- saying it was of the devil because we language?" "We hear them telling in known not only by man but by the had Satan for our Saviour. I can no our own tongues the mighty works of Lord and all heaven."— Testimonies, longer believe that speaking in God" (Acts 2:6, 8, 11, R.S.V.). In Acts vol. 1, p. 412. I was also informed how tongues as practiced in the Pente- 10:44-47 I found that Cornelius spoke the sounds are accomplished. "Such costal Church is from God. with tongues along with his kinsmen gifts are manufactured by men and Since I entered the SDA Church I and close friends. women, aided by the great deceiver. have had no desire to speak in tongues This gift is identified in Acts 11:15, Fanaticism, false excitement, false and have not missed the emotion as- 17 as being the same gift as in Acts 2. talking in tongues, and noisy exercises sociated with them. I have found Peter said: "As I began to speak, the have been considered gifts which God greater joy and satisfaction in the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us has placed in the church. Some have reading of God's Word. In quiet study, at the beginning." "If then God gave been deceived here."—Ibid. "A meditation, and prayer my heart often the same gift to them as he gave to us strange spirit rules with this class, thrills with a sense of the presence when we believed in the Lord Jesus which would bear down and run over of Christ. I know that the angels of Christ, who was I that I could with- anyone who would reprove them. God walk with me and I have peace stand God?" (R.S.V.). God's Spirit is not in the work and and happiness that words cannot ex- The third account of tongues is does not attend such workmen. They press. I have found many others in the found in Acts 19:6: "And when Paul have another spirit."—Ibid., p. 414. SDA Church who share the same ex- had laid his hands upon them, the "They have another spirit." It took perience of joy in Christ and His Holy Spirit came on them; and they me years to reach this conclusion, blessed word. ❑

R&H, JANUARY 31, 1974 (121) 5 A Centennial of SDA Missions-4

After 100 Years Why Is th

By GOTTFRIED OOSTERWAL

FROM A SMALL BAND of be- America. Thus, a large section of vol. 8, pp. 22, 116; ibid., vol. 9, lievers, disillusioned and poor, scat- the Adventist Church today is non- p. 29. tered mostly in the Eastern States Western and nonwhite. At the same Could there be any better way for of America, the Seventh-day Ad- time a high percentage of the mem- us to take note of this centennial of ventist Church has grown until to- bers are first-generation believers, missions, therefore, than by seri- day it is firmly established in some which means that the church will ously examining ourselves as in- 90 per cent of all the countries of remain active and dynamic. And the dividual believers, and as a church the world, with a membership of influence of the believers will be (see 2 Cor. 13:5, 6), and by asking nearly 2.5 million people. felt increasingly all over the world, ourselves honestly, What must we The church's per capita giving in many spheres of life. do now? For, the promise and the amounts to some $127.75 per year, This leads to the question What is nearness of His coming are sure, which means about 150 million dol- there really left to be done? We and the Lord is not slow in fulfilling lars in tithes, another 30 million for seem to have outgrown the re- His promise (see 2 Peter 3:9). mission offerings, and some 70 mil- stricted view our early pioneers A New World Vision lion for the work in the home field. held in the first phase of our mis- The church's assets run into the sion (1844-1851). The extensive It may come as a shock to many hundreds of millions of dollars, of work now being carried on outside for me to assert that we still have which some 300 million alone rep- North America seems to indicate not fully developed a world vision. resents investments in educational that we are motivated by a genuine I maintain that it is precisely this institutions. world vision. lack of a genuine world vision that The message is preached through What is there, after a hundred has hampered our mission work in some 25,000 pastors and evangel- years, that our present generation the third phase as much as it did in ists, in nearly a thousand languages of believers still has to learn? What the second. True, there are only a and dialects, while some 70,000 is there, if anything, in our thinking few countries left in the world workers are employed by the and practice of mission that is too where the Seventh-day Adventist church to carry on its comprehen- narrow? Do we too, perhaps, have Church has not yet been officially sive mission. The church publishes to overcome barriers and obstacles established, and the number of some 300 periodicals, and hardly a of which we may be unaware? countries where Adventist mission- year passes in which another terri- What these questions really mean aries officially cannot work is like- tory that had not previously been is Why has the work of God not wise small, in spite of what we penetrated with the message is not been finished during these hundred often hear of "closed doors." In being entered by a messenger of years of missionary expansion? the whole of South and East Asia truth. Every year some 200,000 per- Ellen White assured us as early as there are only six countries that sons (gross gain; net gain is about 1884 that "it was not the will of have closed their doors to foreign half that figure) are being added to God that the coming of Christ mission workers, while even in the the church by baptism or profession should be so long delayed, and his Moslem world only a few nations of faith. people should remain so many have shut their doors to Christian The largest increase has come years in this world of sin and sor- missionaries completely. Of all the from the countries of Latin Amer- row."—Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 4, 135 countries that now hold mem- ica and the Caribbean, Africa, and p. 292; compare Selected Messages, bership in the United Nations, a number of areas in Asia and the book 1, pp. 66-69. And repeatedly about 25 do not allow Adventist Pacific. As a result, today some 80 and with ever increasing urgency, missionaries to work there. per cent of all SDA church mem- the messenger of the Lord has re- It is true, there are many more bers live in areas outside North minded us that "had the purpose where it is difficult for missionaries America. It is estimated that by the of God been carried out by His peo- to enter and the number of these end of this decade only 10 per cent ple in giving to the world the mes- countries is rapidly increasing. But, of all SDA's will live in North sage of mercy, Christ would, ere the fact that these countries are this, have come to the earth, and closed to American missionaries Gottfried Oosterwal, Ph.D., is head the saints would have received does not mean that the doors to mis- of the department of world mission their welcome into the city of sion are closed. On the contrary, at the Seminary at Andrews Univer- God."—Evangelism, p. 694; see this is a distorted view of missions sity. Testimonies, vol. 6, p. 450; ibid., that keeps lingering in the minds of

6 (122) R&H, JANUARY 31, 1974 many people. And the sooner we vision when it comes to the issue of In the areas outside the U.S.A. the get rid of this American-centered "giving money without representa- membership percentage increased view of mission and the notion that tion." It has been estimated that as from 60 per cent in 1930 to 80 per mission means crossing geographic a result of the sudden and rapid in- cent in 1970, but their percentage of or cultural boundaries, the better. crease of members in a large num- workers decreased from 62 to 55. Burma is closed to American mis- ber of areas (Latin America, Phil- From 1965 to 1970, the actual num- sionaries, but the work is growing ippines, Africa) there is about one ber of workers in North America more rapidly than it ever did when pastor for every 20 to 25 churches. increased from 24,701 to 29,339, or "foreign" missionaries were there. There is not enough money locally nearly 20 per cent. In that same pe- And there are plenty of other ex- to employ more workers or to invest riod, the actual number of workers amples. The so-called "closed in the training of others. Because outside North America dropped doors" of the postcolonial era we of lack of pastoral care, the apos- from 37,337 to 36,618, nearly 2 per have been lamenting about in mis- tasy rate in these areas of rapid cent. The results can easily be sion papers often have proven to be growth is extremely high, often 40 imagined. "open doors." That is even true per cent or more! But, what applies to the number for a number of Communist coun- What has happened in the socio- of workers—pastoral-evangelistic, tries, such as the German Demo- economic and political sphere of educational, medical, et cetera— cratic Republic, Romania, and the postcolonial era in the world at applies also to the spending of funds Cuba, where the church is strong, large has also affected the thinking in general. The percentage of funds dynamic and growing, preparing and practice of the Western church: spent at home has increased much the way for the Lord to come. The when we have to leave the country more rapidly than the percentage fact is that there are many more we take (most of) our funds with increase in mission offerings. The open doors than we are able to en- us. Thus the poor are becoming trend is clear: we are lacking a gen- ter. poorer, and the rich, richer. Take, uine world vision. The counsel of for instance, the number of workers the messenger of the Lord given in Enlarged Vision Needed on whom to a large extent the ad- 1892 applies as much to us as it did The number of countries where vance of God's mission in all the to our forebears: "Our burden for Adventist mission cannot be carried world depends. See chart below. the regions beyond can never be out in one way or another can be While the percentage of world laid down till the whole earth is counted on the fingers of one hand. membership in North America de- lightened with the glory of the But as long as our vision is ham- creased from 40 per cent in 1930 to Lord."—Gospel Workers, p. 470. pered by the concept that mission 20 per cent in 1970, the percentage There is a second important means "foreign mission," American of workers increased from 38 to 45. realm in which our world vision is or European missionaries entering or working in areas outside their own countries, many doors will re- main "closed," and opportunities for advancing the work, lost. Ratio of Workers to Membership What will our reaction be when in U.S.A. and Rest of World Compare more and more countries will close their borders to the Western mis- 1930 sionary? Here is the real test to our world vision: When we have to Rest withdraw the missionaries, shall U.S.A. of we then also withdraw with them World Per cent of the budgets set aside for their em- 40 60 ployment in these countries? Or, World Membership shall we continue to pray for the Per cent of work there and sacrifice for the people even if our own representa- Workers 38 62 tives are no longer there? We need to enlarge our world

R&H, JANUARY 31, 1974 (123) 7 put to the test. Ever since J. N. The New Group Awareness Therapies-2 Andrews arrived in Switzerland (October 16, 1874), our concept of mission has presupposed largely a Christian audience. This has af- fected both our message and our methods. To a large degree we have defined our mission as a calling out Sensitivity and of God's people from among the apostate Christian churches. In other words, the world into which we sent our missionaries was by and large the Christian world: first, Christian Europe, and later to the Encounter Christians living in other areas of the world. But today only 20 per cent of the world population is Christian, the majority of them only nominally Experiences so. The so-called Christian world of Western Europe, for instance, is By RONAELE WHITTINGTON largely secularized, where religion is no longer a factor that shapes the thinking of people, or their be- havior. And what about the 550 million Moslems? And the more [The first article in this series dealt with Gestalt therapy.] enlightenment, self-awareness, and than 500 million Hindus? And the WHILE THE TERMS sensi- personal enhancement through sim- some 350 million Buddhists and ilar group procedures. In this focus, Confucianists? Though we have in- tivity and encounter are commonly used interchangeably, and while the group members working to- deed spread into all the world, even gether promoted only individual to its remotest corners, our view there are certain similarities between has been to enter the various geo- the two therapies, the two have dif- growth and self-awareness. graphical and political units. Dis- ferent origins and histories. The T-group typically meets in a tances and countries (or nations) Sensitivity Training: Searching residential, isolated spot (hotel, entered have become the criteria by for Structure. The National Train- camping park) for two or three which we have judged our success ing Laboratory, where sensitivity weeks. The experience is intensive in world-mission. training and T-groups (T is for train- with meetings scheduled for the en- But Christ did not die for the ing) began, was founded in 1947 by tire time. Participants are often sent countries of the world, or for its Kurt Lewin, psychologist, who died by their companies or school sys- geographical dimensions. Christ tems at a substantial cost. Small died for the people of the world: that same year. Leland P. Bradford, Jack R. Gibb, Kenneth D. Benne, subgroups (approximately eight peo- the Hindus and Buddhists, the Jews ple) are formed, and one or two and the Moslems, the secularists and Charles Seashore have spear- and the Communists, the Catholics headed much of NTL achieve- trainers are assigned to each small and the Protestants. Yet some 90 ments. Sponsored by the National group. per cent of our converts have come Education Association and subsi- Typically, a trainer sees himself from a Christian background. And dized by the Carnegie Foundation, as another member of the group and our preaching and writing is limited NTL has operated out of Bethel, observer. The trainer does take mostly to the Christian people in Maine.' Counterparts to NTL are some leadership roles from time to the world, who form only a small the Moreno and Tavistock methods. time, for example, to decide where fraction of the whole world popu- Originally sensitivity or T-groups the next meeting will be, or to con- lation. front a participant with his lack of When in North America barely were used in the fields of education 40 per cent of the people have ever and industry. Initially the focus was focus on his own self-awareness. heard about Seventh-day Advent- on participative management. In He gives the group periodic feed- ists, according to the 1970 Gallup other words, it was held that each back as to the ongoing dynamics of poll, what do we expect to find in employee on the educational or in- the group process. areas where the population is non- dustrial hierarchy should be able to The meetings begin with no struc- Christian, and where we have not contribute to the decision making ture, which means that no member spent as vast an amount of money, for the total company. In order to is certain what is supposed to be or employed as large a number of happening, let alone how it is sup- workers, or operated as many in- do this, a working rapport would have to be established at all levels posed to happen. If this sounds stitutions, as in North America? vague, imagine what that vagueness One result of this lack of world of the operation. A second focus vision is that there are still some evolved that allowed for individual is like to a group of people meeting 1.6 billion people in the world who for the first time, sent by their bosses have never even heard the name of Ronaele Whittington, formerly as- to do some ill-defined task. From Jesus. And there may be an addi- sistant professor of social work at the structureless, leaderless situa- tional billion who have never be- the University of Hawaii, is now a tion is to evolve structure and mean- come acquainted with the three- doctoral student in social work at ing with special emphasis on im- angels' messages. 0 the University of Southern Califor- mediate reflections of each person's Continued next week nia. behavior in the immediate here and

8 (124) R&H, JANUARY 31, 1974 now. This evolution is an end in it- remove himself from the situation.s pening in the present. Rogers holds self. Not everyone can spare three an optimistic view of man. He be- When the participants return to whole weeks for intensive training. lieves changes are possible, that all their jobs, it is expected they will Today offshoots of this movement things work out for the best, that be more open and honest, more able have a variety of formats such as support and love help people. Peo- to handle their jobs, better persons eight two-hour sessions with one ple must be freed and humanized. for having participated. However, 12-hour marathon, or a mini-mara- Responding and Reacting the actual events of the training thon (eight hours straight). Almost group are supposed to be left with any combination of times and inter- Carl Rogers differentiates between the group and not openly shouted vals can be utilized to launch this responding and reacting. One re- abroad. It is highly probable too that self-awareness and participative sponds when he accurately feeds fellow employees who have not at- management venture. back exactly what another has tended a training session may be A few trainers have offered nude said, including the feeling tone of bewildered by the change that has marathons and other more extreme the communication. One reacts come over the fellow worker. versions of sensitivity training. when he filters a communication Generally "normal" people Body awareness, body trips and through his own perceptions and (meaning people nonpathological in such techniques 6 have been experiences, hears less of the other, their adjustment to life) have been adopted from encounter and sen- and reacts with more of himself. the participants. Usually the partici- sory-awareness movements. Rogers himsef has perfected his pants are well educated, profes- responding powers and promotes Churches Employ Trainers sional and technical people. this in his clientele. Effective com- National Training Laboratories Today several Protestant denomi- munication comes through listening, train trainers even today. A variety nations have hired full time sensi- hearing, understanding, and re- of professionals and nonprofes- tivity trainers for their churches sponding, so Rogers would say. sionals are eligible to become train- across the country. Christians some- Today encounter group lead- ers. At a community level, such how hunger for either something ers are trained at La Jolla, where training might involve eight four- more than or something different they receive 150 hours of training hour sessions and one weekend from what Christ has to offer. The over a three-week period. Leaders marathon.2 As a rule, across the emphasis is on effective interper- in training attend a weekend en- country, there is no licensing or sonal communications as a means to counter group for themselves as process for evaluating such train- being Christian in behavior. members. In their final training ex- ers. Some research has been done Responding in Love: Encounter. ercise they run an encounter group to look at the actual process in the Carl Rogers put basic encounter as a coleader in training. Citizens of group sessions, as well as to look groups on the map. Rogers grew up the neighborhood are offered a at the outcomes. Siroka, Siroka and in a Midwestern, rural family of con- weekend encounter experience for Schloss have edited a collection of servative, fundamentalist Protes- the cost of hotel room and food, so articles on sensitivity training and tants. Attending Union Theological that leaders may be trained. As group encounter.3 Seminary in New York, Rogers many as 800 persons each week- Some of the techniques that ini- found himself attracted to Colum- end have applied. No certification tially grew out of NTL have become bia University across the street, is made upon completion of train- standard procedures for some types where he finally earned a Ph.D. de- ing, because the training does not of workshops and conventions. gree in clinical psychology. As a guarantee that a person as leader can "Brainstorming" involves tossing child psychologist for approxi- adequately respond to other human out all possible alternatives to a mately 13 years in New England, beings who want to grow and given problem in a given time period Rogers was influenced by Otto change.9 (15 minutes). "Buzz groups" then Rank. Encounter groups typically have discuss the diverse alternatives and Later, as a faculty member, coleaders who often function in decide which would be practical and Rogers was challenged by his Ohio opposite roles. One may confront, most useful. "Role playing" is a way State students to research his bombard, and hammer away; the for a person to behave as if in an- theory of helping, which seemed other may support, encourage, and other situation or as if another per- so nonspecific to his students.' Rog- assist members. Members are en- son (his boss or his employee) in ers later worked at the University of couraged to respond to one another order to gain a fuller understanding Chicago, and is now teaching lead- and to interact in meaningful, hon- of all the elements in an interaction. ers in basic encounter at his center est, and genuine fashion. The pres- What T-groups were and what in La Jolla, California. Rogers has ent moment is what counts. The they are today should be seriously been a prolific writer. His works in present feeling must be recog- considered. Today techniques bor- chronological order would help the nized, highlighted, and utilized in rowed from other approaches are en- reader understand the changes in communications. Something that is compassed in sensitivity training. approach Rogers has made through talked about may be acted out in Verbal and nonverbal (touch, bodily the years.8 the group. For example, if a mem- awareness)4 exercises can be in- Carl Rogers is a listener. He hears, ber says he feels as though another cluded. A trend toward confronta- he understands, and he can convey is treating him like a baby, he may tion and exposure of private this to other people. He accepts peo- be asked to create a crib out of pil- thoughts, without a great deal of ple as they are. He is not interested lows or carpeting and become a undergirding support, has evolved. in past history unless somehow it baby. Or the groups may stand Of course, a participant can always relates significantly to what is hap- around him and pick him up bodily,

R&H, JANUARY 31, 1974 (125) 9 rocking him as in a hammock, and typically indicate that an encounter what happens in the group experi- set him down again. Crying is ac- session is moving along on course. ence to their daily lives after the ceptable as are hostility and hilarity. While group members are expected encounter session. He does not Compassion, warmth, and lots of to interact, the focus is primarily on expect people to attend such en- love are encouraged. self-growth and development. Each counter groups repeatedly. Fol- Carl Rogers loves each person as experience is the responsibility of low-up studies have indicated a num- an individual. By the end of a week- the individual himself. He takes his ber of satisfied customers from the end encounter, many members may own risks and makes his own deci- La Jolla Institute. The long-lasting love one another. That is to say, sions about how, when, and when effects of changes because of en- they may see others as individuals not to participate in the encounter counter experiences are unknown. with special characteristics to be session. An individual is free to not It is understandable that Carl Rog- understood and held in respect. participate, or to leave if he chooses. ers' students and cohorts have Hugging, embracing, hand-holding Rogers expects people to apply taken encounter groups in directions different from Rogers' original at- mosphere. Today, the training of the leader, the leader as a person, his experience and reputation will Looking After Sholly make a big difference in the nature By MARYE TRIM of the encounter group. Some ex- periences may be modified for spe- cial clientele. Originally Carl Rogers MEOW, MEOW. Sholly the cat sat "Hullo, Sholly." Lynne poured milk focused on the field of education. on the doorstep gazing up sadly at a from the red jug. locked door. Me-ow. "Hullo, Sholly." Mark gave him He felt that teachers and students Just then the children from the blue food. who communicated effectively at and white house next door came into "Prrr-rr." Sholly nuzzled Lynne's a feeling-and-awareness level Sholly's yard. legs awhile. Then he ate every crumb would enhance the mutual learning "Hullo, Sholly," said 5-year-old of food and lapped up all the milk. Lynne, who carried a red jug. "I have "Now it's time for bed, Mr. Sholly," to take place. From education, en- brought you some milk. You will declared Lynne, carrying him to a counter has spread to a variety of never be thirsty while your mistress is small shed near the vegetable garden. fields. on ,holiday for I will bring you milk to Mark followed. "What does that Next week the self-awareness drink." writing say?" experiences will be evaluated and "Hullo, Sholly." Lynne's younger Mother read the words on the shed: brother, Mark, spoke up. "I have "Sholly, 27A Grants Rd." the question will be raised, How food for you. You will never be hun- "His very own house," said Mark, shall the Christian relate himself to gry while your mistress is away, for I "with his own bed and blanket. Why?" these experiences? ❑ will feed you." Mother replied in a rhyme. Concluded next week "Prrr-prr." Sholly rubbed his furry, "Sholly the cat is growing old. gray body around Mark's legs. We must not let him catch a cold. After the children had gone Sholly So he has a bed REFERENCES AND NOTES finished his milk and ate every crumb all snug in the shed." 2 A number of writings discuss sensitivity from a variety of of food. Then he licked his dishes Sholly snuggled about until he felt perspectives. One book that is readable for laymen and pro- smooth and clean and stretched out comfortable in his bed. He looked fessionals is The New Group Therapies by Hendrick M. Ruitenbeck (New York: Avon Books, 1970), in paperback. in the morning sun. very contented as he nodded his head, 2 A "marathon" typically suggests an uninterrupted time Hours later, when he awoke, he and sort of winked his eye at Lynne span between eight and 72 hours. A sleepless night is often included in order to break down resistances in individuals went to the doorstep again and gazed and Mark as their mother latched the to face themselves, so the explanations go. sadly at the locked door. Meow. shed door. Probably he was saying, ° Robert W. Siroka, Ellen K. Siroka, and Giberta Schloss, editors, Sensitivity Training and Group Encounter (New Me-ow. "Thank you for looking after me." York: Gorsset and Dunlop, 1971), in paperback. But just then he heard Lynne and A nonverbal exercise, typically from the sensory aware- ness and encounter movements, might include the following Mark in their yard so he squeezed instructions: "Pick a partner. Both partners close your eyes. under the fence and went to see. Put the palms of your hands up to the palms of your partner. Now begin to have a conversation with your partner, using "Hullo, Sholly," said Lynne. "Want your hands only. Make your hands and fingers say what you to play?" want to say to your partner. Keep your eyes closed. Do not talk." When this has proceeded about five minutes, the part- "Sholly play ball?" Mark asked. ners are asked to open their eyes, and discuss verbally, this Sholly sniffed at the big red ball time, what they thought the hands were saying. This is an- other way of opening lines of communication between two and stepped away. people, and warm up the group in readiness for even more "He says, 'No thank you,' " Lynne open and honest sharing. 5 The Siroka book suggests that some participants with- explained. draw emotionally and actually experience a neurotic and "Sholly the cat sometimes psychotic adjustment reaction. See the chapter "Psychoanalytic Notes on T-Groups at the Human Relations is old and fat. Laboratory, Bethel, Maine" by Louis Gottschalk, pages He doesn't play ball 58-75. Gottschalk offers some valid cautions within his article. George Bach, in his fight training, sometimes uses a ever at all." nude person, greased extensively. The mate or pursuer of Mark clapped his hands. "You the opposite sex is to chase the greased person and attempt to hold him down and keep him down. This constitutes an made a rhyme like, 'Pussy Cat, Pussy outlet for hostility that sometimes is expressed through sex- Cat, where have you been? I've been ual aggression, so the explanation goes. Colleagues of Rogers began measuring warmth, em- to London to visit the queen.' " He pathy, and genuineness in therapists, and concluded that the stroked Sholly's long soft fur. "Have most effective components in helping people to change (in groups or as individuals) are these qualities. Works of Robert you been to London to visit the queen, Carkhuff, Bernard Berenson, and Charles Truax extol these Sholly?" virtues. ° Two newer books by Carl Rogers are: Freedom to Learn Sholly purred with pleasure and (Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, stayed to visit. 1969), and Carl Rogers on Encounter Groups (New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1970). Both are now in paper- At sunset Sholly meowed again at back. the locked door. For an easy-reading account of a typical, contemporary encounter session read the small paperback by John Mann, But just then Lynne and Mark ar- Encounter, a Weekend With Intimate Strangers (New York: rived with their mother. Simon and Schuster, 1969).

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Manual. This manual deals with such matters as quali- Is There a Teaching Authority fications for church membership, types of and duties of church officers, the meetings and services of the church, in the Adventist Church? the minister's relation to the church, gospel finance, Is there a teaching authority in the Seventh-day Ad- standards of Christian living, church discipline, and ventist Church that the member is expected to obey? marriage and divorce. Or is he to find his teaching authority only the Bible? To function effectively and cohesively as an organi- What leads us to raise this question, which has an zation, a church must have a degree of unity on matters apparently obvious answer, is the recent release of a such as these. The essence of church organization is 15-page statement by Canadian Catholic bishops, which that a group of individuals of disparate views gets declares that when there is conflict between the views together and agrees on what shall be the church's posi- of a Roman Catholic and those of his church, "the pre- tion on various matters. Once a matter has been dis- sumption of truth" rests in the magisterium (teaching cussed and voted, minority opinion gives way to ma- authority). jority opinion, and loyalty dictates that all follow the The statement emphasizes that Catholics cannot ig- new actions. This does not mean that actions cannot nore church teaching—including its teaching on abor- be reconsidered, even modified, or rescinded. This tion, war, and economic disparities—simply in the often happens. But while they are in force they ought name of freedom of conscience. "A believer has the to be followed. The minority group retains the right at absolute obligation of conforming his conduct first and all times by peaceful persuasion to bring about changes, foremost to what the Church teaches, because first and all the while recognizing its responsibilities as a part foremost for the believer is the fact that Christ, through of the larger group. His Spirit, is ever present in His church." Thus there is clearly a teaching authority in the By comparison or contrast, what is the position of church beyond the recognized teaching authority of the the Adventist Church on this subject now controverted Bible. Of course, what this added authority dictates is in the Roman Catholic Church? Is the Seventh-day based on the Word of God. But beyond that, the Adventist Church merely a loosely knit community of Scriptures themselves teach that such an authority re- believers who take the Bible and the Bible only as sides in the church. In Matthew 18:17 Jesus taught their rule of faith and practice? In this community is that matters of differences of opinion between breth- each one free to interpret the Bible in his own way, and ren, if they cannot be settled privately between the set up his own moral standards? Is it the case, then, parties involved, should be brought to the church. This that only major doctrines, such as the seventh-day Sab- procedure is further endorsed by Paul, who taught that bath and the state of the dead, are the bond that holds Christians should not go to law for litigation, but take Adventists together? their cases to the church (1 Cor. 6:1-7). The church's Historically, one would have to say that this is not right to disfellowship is upheld in 1 Corinthians 5:13. the case. But in practice, are not many members claim- There is, then, a teaching authority in the Adventist ing the same "freedom of conscience" that members Church that ought to be obeyed. Every member must of the Roman Catholic Church are claiming, and are not not do merely "that which is right in his own eyes." their lives in many respects out of harmony with the Ministers and church leaders must uphold this authority. teachings of the church? Specifically, the bishops' statement was issued in What type or level of teaching authority resides in partial response to Pope Paul VI's 1968 encyclical on the Adventist Church? When a member joins the birth control. The bishops said they wanted to help church does he pledge himself in any way to obey the modern Catholics face today's frightening confusion church? in moral life and the understanding of values that, for The answer to this question is complex, and we do many centuries, were "taken for granted." They noted not propose to discuss all its ramifications. We aim that "popular morality has been shaken to the ground simply to make certain significant observations. roots." "A permissiveness sweeps our society. Prac- tices which would previously have been repudiated as Basis for Church Membership absolutely unacceptable are becoming the general rule Before anyone joins the SDA Church he should con- of conduct." vince himself by a thorough, personal study of the While the Adventist Church's stand on some of the Bible that the church's teachings are in harmony with issues does not parallel the Catholic stand, Adventists the Bible. His faith should rest primarily on God and are caught up in the same modern world. They too are on the Scriptures, and only if he is convinced that the tempted to go contrary to the church's teachings, for Seventh-day Adventist Church teaches what He be- example, in the matter of divorce and remarriage. But lieves God is teaching through the Scriptures should the church's teaching concerning this is definitively set he join its fellowship. forth in its Manual. But beyond the area of theoretical doctrine lies the The warning was uttered many years ago: "There area of practice, and it is here that problems arise. have ever been in the church those who are constantly Often the Scriptures set forth merely general princi- inclined toward individual independence. They seem ples, leaving it to the church to decide specific policies. unable to realize that independence of spirit is liable to The Adventist Church has done this in its Church lead the human agent to have too much confidence in

R&H, JANUARY 31, 1974 (127) 11 himself and to trust in his own judgment rather than to tudes and behavior is: "What would the Lord do?" In respect the counsel and highly esteem the judgment of this case, there is no doubt. His earthly example is his brethren, especially of those in the offices that God clear: "As his custom was, he went into the syna- has appointed for the leadership of His people. God has gogue on the sabbath day" (Luke 4:16). invested His church with special authority and power But a further test is: "Am I setting a worthy exam- which no one can be justified in disregarding and de- ple? Is my pattern of behavior commendable? What spising, for he who does this despises the voice of would the church be like if everybody did as I do?" God."— The Acts of the Apostles, pp. 163, 164. In the context of Hebrews 10:25 the answer is simple. In D. F. N. the case of the habitual absentee, the church would soon fold up; it would cease to function; church buildings would become redundant; the gospel ministry would be eroded. Even the most apathetic Christian Church-going—An would shrink from such dreadful prospects. Yet such possibilities are strengthened by habitual absenteeism. Optional Luxury? Ellen G. White says: "Those who do not feel the necessity of seeking the assembly of the saints, with When God commanded Christians to meet together the precious assurance that the Lord will meet with for worship, and to "forsake not" such assemblies, He them, show how lightly they value the help that God did so for their good. It was an expression of infinite has provided for them. Satan is constantly at work to love. There is no coercion about it; there never is, with wound and poison the soul; in order to withstand his God. It has never been His way to bludgeon folks into efforts we must breathe the atmosphere of heaven."— a right spiritual mold. On the other hand, in the matter The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 7, Ellen G. White of church attendance—as in many other matters—He Comments, on Heb. 10:25. is not expressing an option; He is presenting a moral There is a heart-warming picture in the Old Testa- duty. ment's closing book, of God's saints meeting together The Scripture says: "Let us consider one another to for mutual strength and inspiration: "Then they that provoke unto love and to good works: not forsaking the feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remem- some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the brance was written before him" (Mal. 3:16). more, as ye see the day approaching" (Heb. 10:24, Whether large and imposing, or small and unpre- 25). The command is clear enough, and one of the prac- tentious, our churches and meeting places are God's tical purposes of it is spelled out with equal clarity. sanctuaries. Happy are they who can truly testify: Says the New English Bible: "We ought to see how "We love the place, 0 God, each of us may best arouse others to love and active Wherein Thine honor dwells; goodness, not staying away from our meetings, as The joy of Thine abode some do, but rather encouraging one another, all the All earthly joy excels." more because you see the Day drawing near." Above all, let us not neglect our Sabbath assemblies, Those who explain their irregularity in church at- particularly as we see the day of the Lord approaching. tendance by suggesting they can enjoy Sabbath just as Regular attendance spells strength. It enhances the much on their own, miss one of the main points: faith- power of the church's witness. It thereby contributes, ful attendance is a service we render to others as well in no matter how small a way, to the hastening of our as to ourselves. And quite apart from anything we Lord's second coming. R. D. V. might actually say—if anything at all—during the pe- riod of our attendance, there is mutual encouragement and inspiration by our merely being there. Certainly, preachers will agree that the larger the The Responsibility of Leaders congregation, the greater encouragement they feel in Continued from page 2 their pulpit ministry. Every chair occupied is an ele- ment of positive power and uplift. Just to be present, Ellen G. White, addressing herself to the situation therefore, is an act of evangelistic worth. It means in Battle Creek, made the responsibility of leadership something to us, to the preacher, and most certainly to quite clear. She said: "If they go wrong, all is wrong. others. The greater the responsibility, the greater the ruin in the case of unfaithfulness. If leading brethren do not faith- The Great Test fully perform their duty, those who are led will not do The corollary holds true: unnecessary absence is theirs. Those at the head of the work at Battle Creek dereliction of a duty ordained by God. It robs us, it must be ensamples to the flock everywhere. If they robs others, it is a spiritual depressant. Robert Tuck, in do this, they will have a great reward. If they fail to do The Preacher's Homiletic Commentary, adds the this, and yet accept such positions, they will have a further thought: "Nothing puts a man's spiritual life in fearful account to give."—Testimonies, vol. 1, p. 678. more serious peril than irregular attendance at the We believe that church leaders today on all levels, services of his church; nothing more readily checks both in our institutions and in our conference organiza- the process of spiritual culture; . . . and nothing indi- tions, have a solemn responsibility to be what they cates a weaker sense of the responsibilities under which should be and take a courageous stand against every a man comes in entering the fellowship of the church" deviation from right and principle, and to resist every (vol. 5, page 345). policy or practice that represents compromise with Of course, the great test of the validity of one's atti- the world and weakens our distinctive witness.

12 (128) R&H, JANUARY 31, 1974 The leaders of our world church sense their obliga- leaders in repentance, in sincere confession, and in tion before God to be in the vanguard of revival and godly living, as well as in other areas of leadership." reform. At the recent Annual Council the president of No Whitewash Intended the General Conference called upon the delegates to lead the way in commitment to Christ and the unfin- So let it be clear that in our editorial entitled "For- ished task. This call was reiterated in his recent open mula for Reform" we were not attempting to white- letter to denominational workers that appeared on the wash leaders. We were not attempting to place on the January 3 cover of the REVIEW AND HERALD. Said laity a disproportionate amount of blame for the Elder Pierson: church's failures. If one group must assume the major "We truly want to be in the vanguard of a great responsibility for the church's worldliness and spiritual spiritual renewal that will bring to us an experience impotence, that group is the worker group; and if refor- that will enable God to trust us with the outpouring of mation is to be seen throughout the church—in all of its His Holy Spirit and latter rain power for a finished institutions, its conferences, and local congregations— work. . . . You and I as workers and leaders cannot, leaders must lead. As Elder Pierson said in his recent dare not, preach victory over sin to those who sit under open letter: "Church workers and church members our ministry while we ourselves have not entered into alike—they must all seek the same experience of re- such an experience. . . . I appeal to my fellow minis- pentance, revival, and reformation." ters, to our teachers, to our medical, educational, and So let us not waste time and strength in mutual publishing workers, our office workers, our literature recrimination for our failures, but let us together dedi- evangelists, and to every other denominational worker cate ourselves anew to Christ, join hands, and move throughout the world field—let us 'come into line.' . . . ahead. We have been in this world too long. If we are truly leaders of God's people we must be K. H. W.

tain deadly dangers that beset every soul. sanctuary teaching is one of our cardinal Letters It shows how anyone, even in the highest doctrines and one of our distinct contribu- position, can have a remarkable conversion tions to contemporary religious thought, we Continued from page 3 and actually warn backsliding malcontents should not long ago have initiated and exe- in Doubting Castle, then in a comparatively cuted a "unique venture" such as this! would have to be much more convincing short time end up himself an ensnared cap- More than a year before the opening of the than any I had read, before I could accept tive in that same sunless castle! New York World's Fair of 1965, and of Expo the claims they were making regarding the How impressive the book is when it shows 67 in Canada, I suggested a plan for a model past on the basis of data presently available. how terrible beyond language is the fate of tabernacle exhibit at those fairs. And sev- As I say, there was no argument, just a all Esaus, like poor Canright, after discov- eral years previous to that I presented a jolly "let's change the subject." I have never ering that their "repentance" is forever too plan to the Ministerial Association and to in my work at universities been accused of late! Especially interesting in the book are the Department of Education for the utiliza- being unscientific, and I have always clearly those samples of Canright's masterly de- tion of models of the tabernacle in the Bible avoided such accusation by attacking the fense and proclamation of the truth when he departments of our colleges and academies. evolution method where it exposes their fan- was walking in the light. Super-interesting Neither of those plans materialized. tasies. are Carrie Johnson's references to the vari- I am not only heartened by the sentiments At Washington University, in St. Louis, the ous special occasions when Canright, like that you have expressed in your editorial, biology professors said that they used the Balaam of old, was compelled by the Spirit but foresee this method being used more evolutionary theory merely as a "frame" of God to utter amazing blessings on the extensively in the near future in presenting (popular phrase then) to hang their "facts" people and the truth he ultimately cursed this important doctrine to the world. There on. with his pen. is nothing that would fire the imagination It is about time we become full and true JOHN BODELL of our youth and impress upon their minds creationists and thus recognize that the field Banbridge, Northern Ireland the significance and meaning of the sanc- of "scientific facts" can never be conclusive. tuary truth as will the use of models in their classes. What an effective and successful ROBERT M. SHREWSBURY The Work That We Should Do Mayagiiez, Puerto Rico method would be the use. of models at State Re "A Wilderness Tabernacle Replica" fairs in presenting to the general public the message of the sanctuary! If we, to whom Two Blessings [Aug. 21: Your editorial is a confirmation of a con- has been committed this special truth, shall There are two blessings we would not do viction that I have entertained for years. fail to utilize this means, then it will be done without in overseas service: the REVIEW But you regret that a project of this kind by others who realize its import, but do not by airmail (the extra cost is worth it a thou- had not been undertaken by one of our mem- have the light that we have. sand times), and amateur radio. bers. This is hardly a project for a layman LUDWIG M. NINAJ We appreciate the AARN listings in the to undertake. To construct a truly repre- Newark, New Jersey REVIEW [Sept. 13]. Ham radio is our link sentative replica of the tabernacle and to when mail fails. The REVIEW is our weekly prepare the entire exhibit would require Cut Out Luxury Items newsletter from home. Keep them coming. considerable expertise and quite an outlay OWEN AND ANN TROY of funds. Even a representative miniature I have a suggestion on how to provide St. Joseph, Trinidad, West Indies model, handcrafted in brass, would cost more money for needy mission fields be- several thousand dollars. When you suggest cause of the dollar devaluation. Let's stop spending money for that which is not bread. Deadly Dangers Exposed that this would have been a fine project to have been undertaken by a department of I am talking about luxury items—the need- After reading I Was Canright's Secretary, the church, I heartily agree with you. This less cosmetics, hair dyes, colognes, sprays, advertised in the REVIEW, I want to proclaim is the way the Mennonites are preparing beauty parlor appointments every week, air loudly, "Every SDA should by all means their exhibit; the project was planned by conditioners in cars, costly vacations, and a buy or borrow and read that valuable book!" their Board of Missions. The director of the host of other items. Many people do not It vividly points out, through its references project informed me that a special building know what the word sacrifice really means. to the varied experiences of D. M. Canright, is to be constructed to house the replica. Is JOYCE ELAINE VELLUM that fallen prince in the SDA Church, cer- it not strange that in view of the fact that the Doylestown, Ohio

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"LET'S PLAY What's My weren't using our acquisition wisely. "Yes. We always change the Line," 5-year-old Seth said to his "We're better off when we see station when there's any shooting brother. only a little television each week," or scary stuff," Billy added. "No. We played that yesterday," Frank insisted. "Well, I'll be glad when the answered 8-year-old Billy. "Let's "We can watch it for an hour baby comes," I said. go ask Johnny and Kim to come every Saturday night at Grandma "Me too," the boys chorused. over and play Medical Center." Moore's," I said. "Oh, because you'll have a new As my two sons dashed next "And for an hour every Sunday playmate?" door to call their playmates, I real- night at Grandma Savoy's," Frank "No," Billy explained. "Because ized that the only games that had added. then we'll get to watch four days interested them lately were related "Of course, you'll get to see it of television when you're in the to television programs they had more often than that," I said when hospital." been watching. And we don't even I saw the boys' crestfallen looks, It was then that I decided to sit own a television set! "every time you go to a baby- down with Seth one day at the sit- When Frank and I were married sitter's where there's a television ter's. We watched every late morn- we decided never to spend money set." ing and early afternoon program on a television set. Frank lays the At the time, we left the children that Seth liked, so I could examine blame for his poor eyesight on the at a sitter's only once or twice a the kind of visual diet he was digest- many hours he spent watching tele- month. But television viewing at ing. vision as a youth. And when I be- babysitters' homes increased tre- Then, a few evenings later when came an Adventist I considered mendously during the past year Frank had a night off from studying television a waste of time. when sick relatives had to be vis- we dropped in at another sitter's Then several years ago someone ited in the hospital and I became house and watched several evening gave us a set in return for a favor. pregnant and spent much time shows. So we got to see the pro- But after three weeks we gave it keeping doctor and dentist appoint- grams the children were watching away because we realized we ments. at nighttimes, too. "We watch only the good pro- At the time, most of the pro- Judy Savoy is a homemaker and grams," Seth assured me when I grams seemed innocent enough. It free-lance writer in Springfield, mentioned that they were seeing a was only after observing the chil- Massachusetts. lot of television these days. dren's play habits that I began to

14 (130) R&H, JANUARY 31, 1974 wonder about the psychology be- I want them to realize that love "I'm going to be a movie star," hind some of the seemingly inno- matches should consist of help- one of the girls said. Since I knew cent programs. meets who will encourage each her parents prohibited theatergoing other in Christian ways and in lead- and didn't allow their children to Quiz Programs ing others to Christ? read fiction books condemned in Take quiz shows, for instance. "Detective shows are O.K.," a the Spirit of Prophecy, I felt I I originally thought them harmless youth assured me. "The good guys knew the source of her desire. They because a person could learn from always win and the bad guys al- own a television set. Why do I (and the answers given. But some of ways lose." other parents too) let my children these programs make quick think- "It's not good to shelter your watch the very stories on the screen ing, verbal adeptness, or an accur- children," someone else claims. that I don't permit them to bring ate guess (or a combination of all "There's so much violence today. home from the library in the form these) the criteria for winning a At least crime shows are true-to- of books? fabulous prize. At no time do these life and not fanciful." Children play many roles as they programs show manual labor as a These people have a point. But grow. When Billy was smaller I winning device. Yet Mrs. Ellen G. besides the violence issue, even rec- was sure he would become a min- White tells us children should ognized by secular authorities, an- ister, and Seth a missionary. They learn the value of working with other factor is involved. In most often played "church service." their hands. By allowing my chil- detective shows it's the same hero Now Billy wants to be a doctor, dren to watch these shows often, week after week. Is true life really and Seth a paramedic. am I fostering in them the desire like that? Do the private detectives "They help people, Mommy. And to get rich quickly without having really outshine our police forces it's doing good, so you won't have to work fgr a living? Am I causing and make the average public servant to worry about Sabbath problems." them to regard manual labor as un- look dull? Don't our law enforcers I know the boys will change their worthy of recognition or as too work well together? Will my chil- minds many times before they slow a method of earning money? dren be content to hold down steady choose their lifework, and I still After all, it's the smart guesser who nonglamorous jobs when the tele- have many chances to impress their wins—not the steady plugger. And, vision star rides around in plush young minds in the right direction. in addition, do the prizes shown cars and meets excitement at every But I can see many intruding tele- whet my boys' appetite for the turn? vision influences that worry me. costly things in life, such as new Then there are what my boys call The boys play "church service" boats, expensive cars, cruises to the "good" cowboy programs: only once a week now. On the Sab- Jamaica, and luxuries a Christian that is, the ones with no shooting. bath. Is this because they aren't shouldn't covet? allowed to play secular games on Another program involves young Hero Worship that day, or because the Sabbath is married couples and, at first view- "He helps people, Mom," Billy the only time they think of religious ing, seems hilarious. But is it said, describing one of his recent things? Either way, I feel it's a step healthy to laugh at couples arguing television heroes. The setting is in backwards in their spiritual life. It over revealed indiscretions? Will colonial America, and Indian skir- makes me wonder which of us has my boys grow up to think marital mishes appear only occasionally in been the idiot box: the television disagreements are amusing or, even the plot. The few times I saw this set or I? worse, to think that there is nothing particular program I could find How is it in your family? Do your personal in the marriage relation- little objectionable in the story it- family's television viewing habits ship to be held sacred and kept self—only in the hero worship. Do make them eager to read God's private? Does a Christian laugh over we need Daniel Boones today? Or word? Do they often rush through such things, anyway? is our real need for modern-day a ten-minute evening worship in A similar program involves young Daniels who will dare to stand for order to watch a favorite hour-long couples going on a blind date. If I God's laws? The question seems to program? Have they fallen into a allow the boys to watch this merely be: Do I want my child to become a rut: television and chores, television for the entertainment afforded, famous personage, always in the and chores? Do you allow your whom will I have to blame if my limelight and leading a fast, dan- youngsters to watch certain pro- children grow up thinking dating is gerous life? Or do I want him to grams merely to keep them quiet? a lark and nothing to be serious grow up zealous in God's cause? Do you, also, need to change about, when Mrs. White gives warn- And do I show my children what channels so that the programs ings and exactly the opposite advice I admire by my consistent tele- watched draw members of your on dating? vision-watching habits, as well? On family closer to the Lord? "Well, there's nothing wrong what channel can I find the pro- "Finally, brethren, whatsoever with romance stories," someone grams that will inspire my boys to things are true, whatsoever things told me. "After all, everybody falls want to become faithful men like are honest, whatsoever things are in love!" Noah, Abraham, and the three just, whatsoever things are pure, True enough. But do I want my Hebrew worthies? whatsoever things are lovely, what- children to think that succeeding in Speaking of hero worship, we soever things are of good report; winning the person of their choice were discussing occupations once if there be any virtue, and if there is life's highest possible attainment, when I was teaching the junior be any praise, think on these as portrayed in most movies? Or do Sabbath school class. things" (Phil. 4:8). 0

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200. We now have 32 organized churches Southern Asia Session and ten companies. At the request of the Red Cross a number of workers from the union and Opens With Revival Appeal the Karachi Hospital assisted in giving By J. C. KOZEL inoculations following the disastrous floods in the Punjab. South India Union. D. R. Watts, who THE ANNUAL COUNCIL of the Eight evangelists baptized more than has served in South India for a number Southern Asia Division convened at the 100 persons each. of years, became president quite re- division headquarters in Poona, India, Northern Union. G. J. Christo leads cently. South India is a part of the field from November 27-30. this union, which has now passed the where the work is moving forward with During the opening meeting of the 10,000 membership mark. Baptisms for remarkable success. In 1972 the number council, R. S. Lowry, division president, 1973 will be approximately 1,100. of baptisms was 2,756; in 1973 baptisms brought to the members of the com- During 1973 new territories were will be well over 4,000, bringing union mittee the earnest appeal for revival that entered, and new publications were membership to more than 30,000. Dur- was emphasized at the 1973 Annual produced. Benares is considered India's ing the year 70 new companies of be- Council in Washington, D.C. sacred city and is visited by thousands lievers have been established. The business sessions of the com- of pilgrims and tourists. Just a few A year ago there were eight church mittee were chaired by Dr. Lowry, as- months ago F. E. Charan moved to this groups in Bangalore, whereas today sisted by C. B. Guild, secretary, and city and is studying the gospel with a there are 15 in five different language B. H. Stickle, Sr., treasurer. All of the group of people. areas. division staff were present for the meet- On November 6, at a public function, The work in the Kannada Section has ing, and every field except Afghanistan Dr. G. T. Werner, of the Ruby Nelson moved very slowly in the past. At the and Burma was represented. Memorial Hospital, released the pub- beginning of the year the membership Many people associate India with the lication The Prince and the Rebel in was 1,615, but more than 500 baptisms Southern Asia Division, but a number Punjabi. (See REVIEW AND HERALD, are anticipated by the close of the of other countries are included, as well, December 20, back page.) Twenty thou- year. such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhu- sand copies of this book were printed The Kerala Section has gone all out tan, Burma, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Nepal, and have been sold. for evangelism this year. The first part Pakistan, and Kiddim, as well as a num- Student missionaries Debbie Brown of the year evangelistic meetings were ber of islands in the Indian Ocean. In and Sally Haugeland have become the held in established areas, resulting in this territory there are nearly 750 mil- first to serve in India. They are teaching 1,000 baptisms. During the second lion people. at Roorkee and Khunti, respectively. season new territory was entered, re- An interesting portion of the meeting Pakistan Union. A. M. Akbar has re- sulting in another 1,000 baptisms and was the reports from the field. These cently assumed his responsibilities as 30 new congregations. included reports from some of the medi- president of this field, where church Sri Lanka. Pastor B. F. Pingho was cal institutions, Pakistan Adventist membership is approximately 2,300. present to present the report of prog- Seminary and College, and Spicer Baptisms for the year amount to about ress. The membership in this field is not Memorial College. Following is a brief summary of these reports: Burma Union. Kyaw Balay is presi- dent of the Burma Union, which is made up of 82 churches with 5,792 members. Thirty-five major evangelistic crusades have been held this year, and three new churches organized. Three new church buildings have been dedi- cated, and three more are under con- struction. The education of Adventist young people is a problem here, for it is impossible to secure Sabbath privileges for youth who attend colleges in Burma and the students cannot secure passports to go outside of Burma for their edu- cation. Central India Union. R. D. Riches has recently assumed the leadership of this union, succeeding V. P. Muthiah, who has become the division lay ac- tivities secretary. Union membership is now more than 22,000, with a member- ship increase during 1973 of more than 20 per cent and nearly 5,000 baptisms.

J. C. Kozel is an assistant treasurer of These men were delegates to Southern Asia's annual council in Poona, India. Representing the General Conference. the General Conference were D. W. Hunter, J. C. Kozel, B. I. Liebelt, and Walter Ost.

16 (132) R&H, JANUARY 31, 1974 large, and the number of baptisms may 400, which is approximately one third earmarked more than a quarter of a seem small compared with other fields, of the 1972 church membership. During million US dollars for 1974 evangelism. but in 1973 it is anticipated that it will the year 28 laymen were given training The Annual Council convened on be about double the number in 1972. in soul winning and helped bring 70 per- November 14 and adjourned November There has been an increase in tithe of sons into the church. There were 15,848 19, following the report of the budget nearly 20 per cent. The faculty and stu- graduates from Bible courses. committee, and a service of dedication. dents at the Lakpahana Training School What is the reason for the remarkable The mayor of Manila, the Honorable are conducting 13 branch Sabbath advance in the work of God in the Ramon Bagatsing, welcomed the dele- schools, with an enrollment of 275. Southern Asia Division? The division gates on the first morning of the session. Bangladesh Section. R. M. Neish, for- officers feel that growth in member- He told of the efforts by the govern- mer lay activities secretary of the di- ship is primarily due to the outpouring ment of the Philippines to bring social vision, is the new president of the of God's Holy Spirit and a realization and economic stability to this large Bangladesh Section. Tremendous on the part of church members that the republic. changes are taking place in this small, coming of the Lord is very near. In On Sabbath, November 17, the densely populated country. In 1973 it is Southern Asia today there is a new Council delegates joined the members anticipated that baptisms will exceed spirit of revival and rededication. ❑ of the Manila churches in a joint wor- ship service at Philippine Union College, a few miles northeast of Manila. Ap- proximately 3,000 Adventists crowded into the auditorium for the Sabbath school and worship services. Council in Manila Plans Two years ago the headquarters building for the North Philippine Union "Bold Adventure" Mission in Manila burned to the ground. On the last day of the Annual Council, By C. 0. FRANZ officials of the union, division, and General Conference met at the union OUR VIEW of beautiful Manila Bay is General Conference session of 1980 was compound for a groundbreaking service framed by the tenth-story windows of chosen as the target date, and from this for the new union headquarters build- the Sunset Pavilion of the Bayview has come the theme Target 80. ing, which is expected to be completed Hotel, Manila, Philippines. Ships of The Bold Adventure is the name in July of 1974. many nations lie at anchor in the har- given to a shorter segment of Target 80, Prior to the Annual Council, a presi- bor. Looking across the bay we see beginning in November, 1973, and aim- dents' administrative council was held Corregidor Island, and just to the north ing at the General Conference session in Manila for all of the mission and the mountains of Bataan. As we gaze at of 1975 as the target date for this pro- union mission presidents of the divi- this now peaceful picture, we remem- gram. And bold is this adventure! One sion. Elder Eldridge was in charge of ber that these ere the scenes of bloody objective is to "plant" a new church the program. Participants included battles during World War II. Thousands for every existing church in the Far C. 0. Franz, L. L. Bock, and A. C. of valiant men gave their lives for their Eastern Division by 1975. Delegates McKee, all of the General Conference, respective countries on this island and talked of planting churches with the and the division officers. Two retired in these mountains. It was on Corregi- same confidence and determination workers, R. S. Watts and R. E. Finney, dor that General of the Armies Douglas that is evidenced by the Far Eastern Jr., both serving in the Far Eastern MacArthur uttered the famous words, farmer as he plants his rice or tapioca. Division under the Sustentation Over- "I shall return." God must provide the increase. Their seas Service program, gave valuable Inside the hotel auditorium is another part is faith and work. assistance. picture—that of nearly 200 delegates to Another goal involves making plans A four-day editorial council was the 1973 Annual Council of the Far in every union, mission, and district attended by the editors in the division. Eastern Division. The delegates, from to place a "living light"—a faithful This was followed by a three-day pub- 12 Far Eastern countries, have gathered Seventh-day Adventist—as a witness in lishing council. D. A. McAdams, pub- to plan the church program for 1974, every city, town, and village. Two lishing secretary of the General Con- to create and amend policy, and to other objectives undergird these: first, ference, was in attendance at both the distribute the budget of the church for to form small companies in every publishing and editorial councils. Audi- the next year. Thirty years ago Fili- church as the basis of Christian effort; tors in the division also met, under the pinos, Japanese, Americans, and men and second, to make every church a leadership of D. D. Dennis, division ❑ of other nations were at war here. training school for Christian workers. auditor. Today these men of various nationali- Bruce Johnston, division evangelist ties stand shoulder to shoulder in and coordinator of these programs, Christian love, unity, and devotion. explains that the strategy of the Bold Delegates to the council discussed Adventure includes three phases. "In Target 80, which was born in answer to phase 1," he says, "we shall call the the questions of how to convert large church to the Spirit-filled life. In phase numbers of people in the Far East, 2, we shall call the church to Spirit- how to prepare them for the coming of filled witnessing, and in phase 3, we Jesus, how to realize the best possible shall call the people of the Far Eastern results from available resources, and Division to the Word of life and salva- how to achieve greater growth in all tion." dimensions, numerical and spiritual. The Far Eastern Division officers, The answers to these questions are the P. H. Eldridge, president; W. T. Clark, object and purpose of Target 80. The secretary; and G. 0. Bruce, treasurer, The mayor of Manila, center, shown shak- ing hands with B. B. Alsaybar, North Philip- are solidly behind these evangelistic pine Union Mission communication secre- C. 0. Franz is secretary of the General programs, as were all the delegates to tary, welcomed delegates to the council. At Conference. the Annual Council. The division has left is P. H. Eldridge, division president.

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By PHILIP MOORES

MY INTRODUCTION to Africa Her report of Bible studies wa was far different from what I had much more encouraging. She had expected. I spent my first day in Jo- given studies in one small home where hannesburg, a fabulous city of gleam- as many as 60 people had crowded in ing skyscrapers and bristling com- to see the pictures and hear the Bible merce. The people on the streets all read. Five of these people had already seemed happy and prosperous, al- been baptized. These missionaries at though inflation is present in Africa as Maluti Hospital are working well as a it is in many other parts of the world. Christian team, and the Lord is bless- The Johannesburg Central church, ing their endeavors. within the shadow of a new TV tower, I listened to Jonas Mbyirukira tell of was filled with worshipers. It is in such the opportunities in the Kasai Province a good location that it would be a of Zaire, the place where whole shame to move, yet more space is churches have requested membership needed for a parking lot, classrooms in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. for the children, and a larger sanc- Fifteen workers are putting in full tuary for the new people who are tak- time studying with these people. So Elisha Gorapava, pastor, points to the new ing an interest in church membership. far 778 have been baptized, and 2,500 three-angels symbol on the mission plane. The Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking others have made their decision but and Meals-on-Wheels are making a are taking time to complete the studies favorable impact on the city. before baptism. Thousands of others GUADALCANAL About 25 miles beyond Pretoria, wait for the coming of the Adventist Three Angels Fly Over the administrative capital of South ministers to prepare them for baptism. Africa, lies a Bantu African settlement Recently ten women and seven men Western Pacific Islands and the Mamelodi Adventist church. walked until their feet were raw as When I arrived the church was packed they traveled 400 kilometers through The three angels of Revelation 14, with people, young and old. There was the Ituri Forest. They told the minister unofficial symbol of the Seventh-day no piano, but the beautiful music sup- they had been given a vision that in the Adventist Church, are literally flying plied by the choir and the youth sing- Kivu area they would get light on the on the Western Pacific Union Mission's ers thrilled us. Sabbath. They spent seven hours talk- Aztec airplane, the J. L. Tucker. As they sang, "God be with you till ing about the Advent message and Piloted by Colin M. Winch, the air- we meet again," my heart was strangely then returned home. Three hundred craft has flown throughout Papua-New moved to say, "Truly this is part of have been baptized as a result. ❑ Guinea, the Solomons, the New Heb- God's family, and I am happy to be a rides, and as far east as Fiji, where the member." new symbol has caused widespread I visited Bethlehem in the Orange and favorable comment. Free State, where Warren E. Staples VILLAGERS "DROWN" IDOLS, The J. L. Tucker was donated by the and Arnold Raubenheimer are setting KEEP FIRST SABBATH listeners of The Quiet Hour program up a medical center. Although the fa- in the United States. This aircraft has A lake 5,000 feet above sea level in been operating throughout the Western cilities were not finished, the doctors southern Mexico, and inaccessible had already begun to receive patients. other than by foot or light plane, was Pacific for more than three years, and This ambulatory-care unit will take the the scene of a recent "drowning" it is fitting that a symbol of its com- strain off the local hospital and help ceremony for the idols of a nearby mission is now painted on both sides of many people to receive early care. village. the tail fin. Dr. Staples, who has spent many So remote from civilization is this Just recently the J. L. Tucker under- years in mission service as an ophthal- village, that until recently only three went an extensive overhaul during mologist, was actively involved in the of the 70 inhabitants had names. which salt-air corrosion was found in its They had acquired their names as a development of Maluti Hospital in structure. This proved to be quite ex- result of visiting faraway towns. How- Lesotho. This institution is like a little ever, a short time ago all were given pensive. For some time the church has Garden of Eden in a barren land. names by the visiting mission presi- been endeavoring to build a hangar to Dr. Richard Johnson had just re- dent, who says he used the names of shelter this aircraft. It will be perma- turned home when I arrived at the hos- all the major and minor prophets of nently based at Honiara, Guadalcanal, pital. I heard him say to his wife, the Bible in the course of naming the where the government has offered the "How did it go while I was away?" villagers. church a hangar site at Henderson Air "Not so good. The car had two flat With great interest the villagers Field and a local company has offered a tires, and the maid's mother was mur- placed all the village idols in the ca- prefabricated hangar for cost price. noes that transported them to the dered. I had to look after getting the Although this project will be costly, middle of the lake, where they were union officials are confident this fine coffin and transporting the body." dropped into the cold depths. Fifty-two of the inhabitants of this airplane will be housed and will con- Philip Moores is president of the On- village kept their first Sabbath on tinue to carry the three angels' mes- tario-Quebec Conference in Canada. October 20, 1973. sages not only symbolically but also He visited the Trans-Africa Division W. L. PASCOE literally. GORDON A. LEE recently at the suggestion of the General Assistant Treasurer President Conference. General Conference Western Pacific Union Mission

18 (134) R&H, JANUARY 31, 1974 PERU Advent message and the training and education to impart it to *hose who The Altiplano: Where know it not. Opportunities Are Great A large airatorium stands in the city of Cuzco, which has been the center "Pastor," said the old, wrinkled Ay- of the Inca Indian civilization for many mara Indian woman as she approached centuries. It has been packed night af- me at the close of the sermon, "I was ter night as people have learned the baptized by the 'God man,' F. A. Advent message from the union evan- Stahl." gelist and his co-workers. I had the There were almost 2,000 Indians privilege of speaking twice on a Sunday gathered on the concrete slab provided night to an audience that gathered for volleyball at the F. A. Stahl Mis- there to listen to the truth of God. sion School a few miles north of Puno, More than 250 were baptized in the first SOLUSI AWARDS DEGREES Peru. The occasion was a special week- baptism. The brethren are expecting TO SENIORS, UNION LEADER end retreat for workers and a sort of that another 200-300 will be baptized camp meeting provided for the Indians before the meetings close. This is a On December 2, 14 seniors of So- residing in and around Plateria. Here I great breakthrough in the city of Cuzco. lusi College in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, walked in the footsteps of the great mis- Church leaders are planning to build a received their diplomas. Two were sionary remembered as the "God new church there to house this new awarded theology diplomas, four re- man." A bronze plaque erected by the membership that God has raised up all ceived ministerial diplomas, and eight received commercial diplomas. government on the school site tells the in one evangelistic meeting. Above, a high light of the Solusi story of this great pioneer missionary. All over the Altiplano the opportuni- graduation ceremony was the presen- Here the church's work for the Indians ties are great for the preaching of the tation of an honorary degree in the- is highly developed, insofar as numbers Advent message. The Adventist medi- ology to Jonas Mbyirukira, center, are concerned, but primitive conditions cal institution at Juliaca, Peru, has set the first African leader to be elected and poverty still plague the work of the stage for the preaching of the mes- to a union presidency in the Trans- education and health. sage in that part of the Altiplano. As I Africa Division. Solusi's academic Eduardo Cayrus, the mission presi- watched the hundreds of Indians trudge dean, Ian Hartley, left, read and pre- dent, with Roberto Gullon and Alfredo over the hills to the meeting place, I sented to Pastor Mbyirukira a printed citation before J. Bradfield, college Bellido, took me through the school realized that many have contributed to principal, placed the academic hood and the dormitories. The girls were the success of the Adventist Church's on the pastor's shoulders. crowded three in a room, where there growth in that part of Peru. ALVIN E. COOK was neither running water nor built-in WILLIS J.HACKETT Ministerial Secretary closets nor desks, and the floors were Vice-President, General Conference Trans-Africa Division cleanly swept dirt. The girls seemed happy even under these difficult cir- cumstances. A new dormitory plan has been developed, but our people are waiting for money to be appropriated to help bring it into reality. Two Mission Schools Seventh-day Adventists operate two mission schools on the floating islands of Lake Titicaca. Tourists by the score rent small boats to take them to witness the primitive conditions under which these island people live and to see the schools that the Seventh-day Adventist Church operates for them. This is the only schooling these people will have. It is only an elementary training, and rather sketchy, but the students sing the gospel songs as the visitors come to see them. Even though I could not understand the language, I recognized the tune and knew they were singing songs Seventh-day Adventist children around the world sing as they rejoice in the Advent message. Their little eyes shone in appreciation and thankfulness for the opportunity to learn. ADVENTISTS DISTRIBUTE BEDDING TO INDIANS The people on these islands make Nearly 15 tons of bedding from some 300 participating Pacific Union churches their living by weaving curios and reed have been distributed on American Indian reservations. Ben Mattison, above, boats from the high-growing reeds that Central California lay activities leader, made some of the gifts from the Com- make up the floating islands themselves. munity Services center across the road from Monument Valley Adventist Hospital. As one winds through the mountain The center, built primarily from Ingathering reversion funds, houses a clothing trails he can look upward and see the area, shower rooms, laundromat, fire station, and ambulance garage. great towering peaks of the Andes as Several hundred blankets were given at Holbrook, Arizona, most of them to they cast their shadows over a land oc- the 149 students at the Adventist Indian Mission School. SHIRLEY BURTON cupied by Indians who long for the Communication Secretary, Pacific Union

R&H, JANUARY 31, 1974 (135) 19 at home, in the office, or in the shop. Your family, friends, associates, clients, or total strangers will be directed to the Saviour (see the beautiful painting), the Sabbath (see the 7th day in red letters), Bible Scripture (see text at top of page and below each day), and church activities (desig- nated in red), without a word being said. THE CHRISTIAN HOME CALENDAR 1974

NEW PRICE 50c EACH Enclosed is $ - for copies of the 1974 CHRISTIAN HOME CALENDAR. We've changed the format but not the purpose. As long as time lasts, each day will be an oppor- tunity to produce an influence and leave a witness Name on you or others. Address Available at every Adventist Book Center. When ordering by mail, add the following handling charge: 1 copy, add 25c; 2 City State Zip copies, add 40c; for each additional copy, add 10c more. Order through your local Book and Bible House or ABC. Add sales tax where necessary. ing 90-mile-an-hour hurricane winds Canadian Union attracted the attention of a police offi- cer, who after attending meetings in this ► Eleven persons were baptized and NEWS same airatorium is now a Sabbath- one joined the church on profession of keeper awaiting baptism. faith as a result of evangelistic meetings EDWARD E. WHITE, Correspondent held this fall in Botwood, Newfound- land, by Max Mercer and Richard War- NOTES man. Average attendance at the meet- FROM THE WORLD DIVISIONS Southern Asia ings was just over 100. Ottapalam Hospital in Kerala, In- ► ► Last fall the Surrey, British Colum- dia, under the direction of K. A. P. Ye- bia, company was organized into a Australasian sudian, has reached the stage where it is church. A series of evangelistic meet- more than self-supporting. The staff ings was conducted there from Novem- 10 The Para church, thirty-second saved their small appropriation and ber 11 to December 9 by Verne Snow, church in the South Australian Con- made a 20,000-rupee gain besides. Canadian Union evangelist. ference, was officially organized by the Since facilities are overcrowded, con- conference president, W. A. Townend, struction of a new wing will begin soon. 10 A Ministerial Association retreat on November 17, with a charter mem- A chaplain has now been added to the was held for students of Canadian Un- bership of 43. In recent years the Mod- staff. ion College this fall. Counselors and speakers were A. N. How, British Co- bury church has been overcrowded, so 0. P. V. Jesudas is currently conduct- lumbia Conference president; W. G. its pastor, Peter Jack, invited the con- ing a large-scale evangelistic meeting Soloniuk, Manitoba-Saskatchewan Con- gregation to divide. More than 30 mem- in Chingleput, 40 miles from Madras, bers accepted his challenge, and the new ference president; and M. D. Suiter, Al- India. This is a city of 50,000 people berta Conference treasurer. church now meets each week under the in which the Advent message has never leadership of Pastor Jack and Kevin been publicly proclaimed. Three to four ► Students in the Hazelton secondary Townend. hundred are attending nightly, with 600 school of the British Columbia public 10 As a result of sacrificial giving by attending on Sundays. school system dedicated their 1973 year- Papua-New Guinea laymen, in 1974 book to an Adventist teacher, D. L. ► Andhra Section laymen lead the Ebenezer. three more new areas will be entered: Southern Asia Division in soul win- Alotau, Northeast Papua; Aitape, in ning. Two have won more than 50 per- 10 Mrs. Charlotte Curtis, of Regina, the Sepik district; and Lake Kutubu in sons during 1973—I. Jesudass and M. Saskatchewan, who claims that "the the Western Highlands. On March 9 Chinna. Four have won more than 25 power of prayer and anticipation of the the union is calling for a special offering persons—K. Devadanam, B. Sudar- return of Christ" is the secret of her to support this new work. shana, S. S. John, and D. Joseph. health and long life, was honored on her 10 One hundred and forty music en- A. J. JOHANSON, Correspondent 104th birthday by relatives and friends, thusiasts, ranging in age from 15 to 60, including a former mayor of the city participated in a five-day music festival who is now a member of the legislative at Avondale College, December 24-29. North American assembly. The generosity of Mrs. Cur- The program was geared to suit the in- tis and her former husband, together with that of her late brother and his terests of both those who had proved Atlantic Union talent and those who had not previously wife, Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Horne, was to a large extent responsible for the had opportunity to develop their interest In recent weeks, P. C. Roque, Span- in music. Instrumental and vocal master ► building of the church and the Adventist ish lay activities leader for the Greater school in Regina, the Curtis-Horne classes were held each day in addition New York Conference, has been con- Academy. to lectures on the enjoyment of music. ducting a lay evangelism training pro- THEDA KUESTER, Correspondent The climax to the festival was Sabbath, gram in the Spanish Queens church, in when choir, band, and orchestra were cooperation with the pastor, Hazael featured in a day-long feast of good Bustos. On December 1, graduation Central Union music. day, 12 church members received the M. G. TOWNEND, PR Secretary certificate of completion. 10 Residents of Fairbury, Nebraska, recently were invited to attend a class 10 The Life Line Health Center, a in nutritious meal planning in the dem- Euro-Africa vegetarian restaurant in the heart of onstration kitchen of the People's Gas Peekskill, New York, was opened for Company. Mrs. Anne Dunn conducted 10 A baptism of seven young people business October 22 by Peekskill church the classes, assisted by Mrs. Maxine took place in the village of Friedensau members and their pastor, John Lup- Gibson and Mrs. Alma Kasparek. in the German Democratic Republic. pens. The center is more than a vege- tarian restaurant; it is becoming a wit- 10 L. W. Templeton, board member of Five of the candidates were students at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in the seminary situated there. ness center. Five-Day Plans to Stop Smoking and cooking classes are sched- Kansas and an active member of the O The German Health Food Factory uled on a regular basis. Often there New Haven church, and J. Russell has just completed a very successful are appointments for Bible study. Mr. Shawver, executive director of Shaw- year of trading, having increased their and Mrs. Ron Crary are managing the nee Mission Hospital, shared the honor turnover by more than 50 per cent, restaurant. At present 23 people are of receiving the Henry Ford Silver which was 15 per cent more than budg- connected with the project on either a Scroll Award for Outstanding Commu- eted. full-time or part-time basis. nity Service. 10 Gordon F. Dalrymple recently held ► Arturo Schmidt reports 14 persons 10 A four-night vegetarian cooking baptized and 250 people in a baptismal class was held in mid-November at the a weekend Faith for Today evangelistic class following his evangelistic series Brooklawn Better Living Center in rally in Topeka, Kansas, to lay the in Sicily. Almost all Bible studies in the Bridgeport, Connecticut. Pat Harrison foundation for meetings to be held dur- homes are given to complete families, and Janice Lehnhoff, assisted by a num- ing the fall of 1974. even though the only convenient time ber of the church ladies, conducted the 0. Forty-one persons have been bap- for all to be together is after 10:00 P.M. classes, which were held in conjunction tized by the Fowler brothers evan- The church in Palermo is now packed with an It Is Written evangelistic series gelistic team during a series of meetings each week for Sabbath school and being held at the Brooklawn church by at the Denver Central church. Some church services. Roland Lehnhoff and Stuart Harrison. 30 more will be baptized in the coming 0- The picture of a team of ministers, An average of 45 people attended the few weeks, according to Chester Jor- soaked to the skin, trying to hold down nutrition lectures. dan, pastor. the airatorium in Palermo, Sicily, dur- EMMA KIRK, Correspondent CLARA ANDERSON, Correspondent

R&H, JANUARY 31, 1974 (137) 21 Lake Union * Madison, Wisconsin, primary Sab- fice received 114 requests for Bible bath school members have contributed studies as the result of Ingathering con- * Dedication services were held No- five gallons of pennies, mixed with a tacts. vember 17 for the Springfield, Illinois, few other coins, for Investment. They * Wisconsin's newest church body church. Paul Gregoroff is pastor. expect the 180 pounds of money to add was organized December 8 at Lake * All of the 31 people registered for up to more than $250 for mission work. Geneva with 17 charter members. the stop-smoking clinic held by mem- ► Ingathering contacts in Wisconsin * Thirty-one persons were baptized bers of the Naperville, Illinois, church produced more Bible studies in 1973 as the result of a month-long evangelis- were able to quit smoking by the end than ever before. In just the first two tic series in Troy, Michigan, by Joseph weeks of December the conference of- of the course. Melashenko, a Michigan Conference evangelist on loan from the Voice of Prophecy. * Battle Creek Academy is the first school in the Battle Creek, Michigan, Churches Dedicated area to receive the fire department's Fire Safety Award. * After two years of teaching in South India, L. Harold Caviness, a staff psychiatrist at Battle Creek Sanitarium Hospital, has returned to Battle Creek to resume his practice. * An open house honored Mr. and Mrs. Everett Kidder, of Berrien Springs, Michigan, on their fiftieth wedding anniversary October 28. * During Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital's October "Heartbeat" pro- gram, a total of 1,204 persons were tested for major risk factors that could lead to heart disease. * A ribbon-cutting ceremony Decem- ber 1 marked the opening of the newly completed Hanna Street church in Fort CANDLER, NORTH CAROLINA Wayne, Indiana. * Mattie Barnett Banks of the Mount The Mount Pisgah Academy church in Candler, North Carolina, serving acad- Carmel church, Robbins, Illinois, was emy students and faculty and the surrounding community, was dedicated re- given the Distinguished Leadership cently. The church had two pastors during the construction of the building, Mel- Award by the Robbins Celebration vin Hillier and Richard Rideout. The present pastor is R. G. Beck. League at a banquet in her honor on HERMAN E. DAVIS November 3. The award is presented Public Relations Secretary annually by the village league in recog- Carolina Conference nition of outstanding civic activities and community involvement. Mrs. Banks is the first Adventist to be so honored. GORDON ENGEN, Correspondent

Northern Union * In four different baptismal services during the month of December, 56 per- sons were added to the church in Iowa. * The North Dakota Dairy Products Commission selected Sheyenne River Academy Elementary School to con- duct a four-week nutrition experiment ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE with two month-old white rats. Both received the same vegetarian diet ex- By mid-1973 the Chilean Union had cept that one had no dairy products at dedicated three houses of worship, all, but was fed more sugar. This was two in Santiago and one in Antofa- part of an experiment conducted in sev- gasta, 900 miles north of the capital. RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA eral elementary schools in North Da- Participating in the ceremonies of kota, and again this year both vegetar- More than 700 attended the recent dedication were R. A. Wilcox, South ian rats were larger than all of their dedication of the Riverside, California, American Division president, and meat-fed counterparts elsewhere in the Kansas Avenue church. The total G. E. Maxson, Chilean Union presi- State. church plant, the construction of dent. I* The Redfield, South Dakota, church which was begun five years ago, is Pictured above is the new church membership was increased by 10 per valued at more than $350,000. Hor- in Antofagasta, built by the Anglican cent as a result of baptisms following ace M. Barker is pastor. The dedica- Church and sold in excellent condi- meetings by W. D. Brass and S. J. Elie. tory sermon was given by the presi- tion and at a low price to the North dent of the Southeastern California Chilean Mission, at a time when it is I* Dale Kongorski is the new pastor Conference, Melvin L. Lukens. very difficult to build anything new in of the Harvey, North Dakota, district, S. A. YAKUSH the country. WERNER MAYR and Paul Pellandini is the pastor of the Departmental Secretary Public Relations Secretary Carrington district. Southeastern California Conference Chilean Union L. H. NETTEBURG, Correspondent

22 (138) R&H, JANUARY 31, 1974 Southern Union Bulletin Board ► The Southern Union publishing de- partment has topped the $2 million sales mark for the second straight year. Fig- ures revealed at the department's recent Neish, of Redcliff, Alberta, Canada, left convention in Daytona Beach, Florida, Health Personnel San Francisco, October 17, 1973. Two sons put the total at $2,200,993. The Georgia- left San Francisco, September 17, 1973, for Cumberland Conference accounted for Needs Dacca. nearly $450,000, to lead all conferences NORTH AMERICA Bradley W. Nelson (AUC '64, LLU '68) re- in sales. Ed Crooms, of Gulfport, Mis- turning as physician, Malamulo Hospital, sissippi, was top salesman, with $40,- Clerk typist Nurse superv., Makwasa, Malawi, and Drusilla J. (Wester- 283. More important, however, was the Computr. progrm. psych. meyer) Nelson (AUC, NE San, Riverside City department's success in terms of soul Cooks Nursing-serv. dir. College '67) and two children, of Takoma Occup. therapist winning during the past year. More than Dietitians Park, Maryland, left New York, August 10, Draftsman Oper. rm. tech. 400 baptisms resulted from contacts Housekpr. Orderlies 1973. with literature evangelists. Don Eldred, Inservice Plasterer Wesley F. Olfert (Can UC '63, AU '66), of Pensacola, Florida, had 36 baptisms coordinator Psych. soc. wkr. returning as pastor-evangelist, Northern In- to his credit. Med.-rec. lib. Radiol. technol. dia Union, New Delhi, India; Erika (Pusnik) Med. technol. Ref rig. engr. Olfert (Can UC), and two children, of Loma ► Dimensions in Diet, a series of Med. transcrib. Secretaries health lectures and cooking demonstra- Linda, California, left San Francisco, Oc- Nurses Sec., exec. tober 7, 1973. tions designed to help housewives lower Nurse superv., Sec., ward calories, cholesterol, and cost, was pre- ICU Social wkr., MSW W. Arlene Underhill (WWC, SMC, U. of sented recently by the St. Cloud, Flor- Oregon '66 and '72), to serve as director, ida, church. Meetings were held once a Write Placement-Recruitment, General Conference School of Nursing, Empress Zauditu Me- of SDA, 6840 Eastern Avenue NW., Washington, morial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, of week for five weeks, with an average D.C. 20012. attendance of 40. Eugene, Oregon, left New York, Novem- Because of immigration requirements, this notice applies ber 21, 1973. only to permanent residents of the United States and ► Stewart Crook, Carolina Conference Canada. Ernest E. Wheeler (AUC '51), returning temperance secretary, recently organ- as departmental secretary, Pakistan Union, ized churches in an effort to defeat a Lahore, Pakistan; and Leona Gertrude liquor-by-the-drink referendum. North (Raver) Wheeler (AUC), of Wakeman, Carolina voters rejected the measure Ohio, left New York, December 2, 1973. by a two-to-one margin. To New Posts Worker transfers within union conferences are not listed here. Such transfers, when brought to our attention, may be ► Roger • Bothwell, Georgia-Cumber- land Academy chaplain and pastor of found in News Notes. the Calhoun, Georgia, church, was re- Carl Ashlock, staff, Forest Lake Acad- Coming cently elected president of the Gordon emy, Maitland, Florida, formerly dean of men, Andrews University. Biole Evangelism February 2 County Ministerial Alliance. He is the Church Lay Activities Offering February 2 first Adventist to hold this position. David Greenlaw, pastor, St. Johnsbury Faith for Today Offering February 9 MV Day February 16 OSCAR L. HEINRICH, Correspondent district, Vermont, formerly a student at MV Week of Prayer February 16-22 Andrews University. ListenCampaign Emphasis February 23 Tract Evangelism March 2 Milton Hallock, pastor, Tranquility, New Church Lay Activities Offering March 2 Southwestern Union Jersey, church, from St. Johnsbury, Ver- Spring Missions Offering March 9 Christian Home and Family Altar March 9 mont. Christian Home Week March 9-16 ► Ten persons were baptized recently Jack Jansen, dean of boys, Forest Lake Sabbath School Visitors' Day March 16 in McAllen, Texas, following meetings Academy, from same position, Adelphian Educational Day and Elementary School Offering (Local Conference) March 30 by J. J. Millet and T. E. Dennis. Other Academy, Holly, Michigan. Thirteenth Sabbath Offering local pastors participating in the meet- Richard Kunau, staff, Forest Lake Acad- (Afro-Mideast Division) March 30 Missionary Magazine Campaign April 6 ings were Lynn Baerg and E. 0. Mc- emy, from Mile High Academy, Denver, Church Lay Activities Offering April 6 Cann. Colorado, Andrews University Offering April 13 (Alternates with Loma Linda University) William Speyer, business manager, Forest The Spearman, Texas, company on Literature Evangelism Rally Day April 20 ► Lake Academy. Home Foreign Challenge April 27 November 24 became a full-fledged Community Services Evangelism May 4 Church Lay Activities Offering May 4 church of the Texico Conference. FROM HOME BASE TO FRONT LINE Servicemen's Literature Offering May 11 Irmin E. Burke (LLU '42, WWC '48), (Alternates with North American Missions) ► The Texico Conference recently Spirit of Prophecy Day May 18 welcomed several new workers, includ- returning as administrator, Bella Vista Christian Record Offering May 18 ing Donald E. Barrett, manager of the Hospital, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Dorothy Texico Book and Bible House; John (Skeels) Burke (WWC), and two children, Leach, pastor of the Amarillo church; of Portland, Oregon, left Miami, Septem- and Efrain Sanchez, going to the north- ber 6, 1973. Tune in to ern district of New Mexico. William V. Clements (WWC '48), return- ing as Sabbath school secretary, Far East- VIEWPOINT . . . The Arkansas-Louisiana Conference ► ern Division, Singapore, of Roseburg, A brief editorial comment by the editors of is beginning new work in La Fayette, Oregon, left Los Angeles, October 23, 1973. the REVIEW. The program is broadcast a city of about 80,000. They have re- His wife and daughter are already in Singa- weekly as follows: cently purchased a lot on which to con- pore. Linda University) struct a new Seventh-day Adventist KLLU (Loma Wilina K. Gill (UC, Madison '53, SW 89.7 Mhz FM Saturday, 12:30 p.m. church. Living in the city now are four Texas St. Coll.), returning as a nurse, Adventist families, including the pastor KANG (Pacific Union College) Kendu Mission Hospital, Kendu Bay, 89.9 Mhz FM Friday, 9:30 p.m. of the district, Keith McNabb. Kenya, of Lincoln, Nebraska, left Chicago, November 27, 1973. WSMC (Southern Missionary College) ► Students in grades 5-8 at the Shreve- 90.7 Mhz FM Friday, 10:10 p.m. port Junior Academy have completed a Wilma L. Leazer (WWC, Portland San new MV Honor on sand collecting. '44), to serve as associate secretary, health KGTS (Walla Walla College) They worked on it during the summer department, Far Eastern Division, Singa- 91.3 Mhz FM Saturday, 6:00 p.m. months and then mounted the sands pore, of Portland, Oregon, left San Fran- VOAR (St. John's, Newfoundland) when school began. Each child had 46 cisco, December 2, 1973. 1230 Kc AM Friday, 6:15 p.m. samples of sand from Canada and 18 Ronald M. Neish (Canadian UC, PUC '62) WGTS (Columbia Union College) States in the United States. returning as president, Bangladesh Section, 91.9 Mhz FM Saturday, 3:00 p.m. J. N. MORGAN, Correspondent Dacca, Bangladesh; and Wilma (Trieber)

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Elder and Mrs. Kojiro Matsunami and their two children, missionaries from Japan, arrived in Belem, Brazil, for evangelism less than a year ago. They have been studying the Portuguese language and Largest Offering for Evangelism pastoring a district of four churches. He has bap- tized 40 persons from the district this year, one of The largest single offering ever received in the whom is a Japanese woman. D. S. JOHNSON South American Division was received at the close of the recent Austral Union constituency meeting, according to R. A. Wilcox, division president. Andrews Begins Centennial Year In response to an appeal by Jose Tabuenca, union president, on Sabbath morning, January 5, the Launching the centennial observation of Andrews nearly 3,000 people present gave a total of 700,000 University was a university-wide convocation Thurs- "new pesos" or US$70,000. Gifts from some people day through Saturday, January 10-12. unable to attend the meeting also were included in Winton Beaven, vice-president for education at this total. This liberal offering will be used to Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, Ohio, was the strengthen the program of evangelism in the Austral featured speaker at the assembly hour Thursday Union. N. R. DOWER morning. On Thursday evening the Student Associ- ation sponsored a buffet supper and a program on the social aspects of school life during the 100 years. Five-Day Plan Required by Police Poetry and songs of the early Advent Movement were presented for Friday vespers by John 0. Waller, The Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking is a regular professor of English, and C. Warren Becker, profes- requirement for the police-training program in the sor of music. Bicol region of the Philippines. Each time a new AU president Richard Hammill spoke at the church police-training class is organized, the Temperance worship service Sabbath morning on the topic, "De- Association of the Philippines is asked to conduct veloping Excellence in the Whole Man." Vespers the Five-Day Plan. Explains Augusto Caceres, chief featured a biographical sketch of J. N. Andrews—his training instructor for the police force, "It helps in missionary and scholastic interests—by C. Mervyn the implementation of the president's physical-fitness Maxwell, professor of church history at the SDA program." JANE ALLEN Theological Seminary. A dramatic production of AU history by the communication department concluded Secondhand Sermons Convert Church the weekend. OPAL YOUNG The minister of a Protestant church in the suburbs of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, feeling that the time was N.A. Ingathering Report-9 approaching for him to retire, sent a young man The total amount of Ingathering reported through away for professional study in order to take his January 12 is $7,941,874.30. This is a per capita of place as pastor of the church. In time the young man $16.70 per member in the North American Division. graduated, came back, and took over the leadership The total amount of Ingathering raised in the of the church. But he soon ran out of sermons. same period of last year's crusade was $7,566,146.22. About that time, Esteban Lopez Porras, a Sev- The amount so far this year is $375,728.08 more than enth-day Adventist minister, began an evangelistic last year. campaign not far from the other church. The young The amount raised this week is $148,120.22, as minister said to himself, "It will be a good thing compared to $142,915.92 reported in the ninth week for me to go there and take notes of the sermons so of last year's campaign. that I may have topics for my sermons." Seventeen conferences have reached the Silver He scheduled his own evangelistic meetings for Vanguard mark. 5:00 P.M. so that he could finish in time to attend the Eight unions (Atlantic, Canadian, Central, Lake, Seventh-day Adventist meetings, which began at Northern, North Pacific, Southern, and Southwest- 7:30 P.M. This went on for more than three weeks, ern) and 50 conferences have exceeded their final until the subject of the Sabbath was presented. He totals of last year. took his notes so faithfully that he preached in his Columbia, Pacific, and Southern unions have church a sermon on the seventh-day Sabbath. passed the million-dollar mark, and ten unions and One day a young man from the Protestant congre- 55 conferences showed gains over last year's gation went to visit Elder Lopez Porras and told him, total. C. C. WEIs "We are listening to your sermons twice. Why don't you come to our church and preach to us?" The arrangements were made, and Elder Lopez Porras People in the News preached in that church, as well as at his own meet- ings. Aletha V. Detamore, 65, died January 10 in Ta- Eventually the young pastor and 35 of his church vares, Florida. Her husband, Fordyce W. Detamore, members decided to change their church to a Sev- an evangelist for many years, most recently with the enth-day Adventist church. L. MARCEL ABEL Voice of Prophecy, retired last year.

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