Fort Wayne Bible College Vision

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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Publications for TUFW and Predecessors at Pillars at Taylor University. It has been accepted for inclusion in TUFW Alumni Publications by an authorized administrator of Pillars at Taylor University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Christian Ministry Conference Auxiliary Holds Day of Prayer Program Announced For March 5-7 In Area Churches Program arrangements and speakers for the third annual Christian The Fort Wayne Bible College Ministry Conference to be held on the campus March 5 to 7 are announced Auxiliary recently designated Sun• by Cyril H. Eicher, chairman of the department of pastoral training. day, February 3, a day of prayer among churches of the Fort Wayne Speaker for the three evening sessions at 8 :00 p.m. will be Rev. Dale area on behalf of the college. The Cryderman, superintendent of the Michigan Conference of the Free Meth• occasion was arranged by the prayer odist Church. He will also address special chapel hours on March 6 and 7 committee of the Auxiliary under the direction of Mrs. Geary Meyers, to be held for fifty-minute periods at 8 :00 a.m. prayer chairman. Two seminars will be conducted during daytime sessions. Seminar I Letters which were sent to area will be "Sermon Preparation and Delivery" to be led by Dr. Gilbert Johnson, pastors listed three general prayer chairman of the division of theology requests: for God's blessing on the ministry of the college in training of Nyack Missionary College. Semi- Seminar leaders ... youth for areas of Christian service; nar II will be "Church Organiza• for divine guidance in the lives of tion and Administration" to be led students during these days of study by Dr. Harold C. Mason, chairman and for places of service in the years ahead; and for the develop: of the department of Christian edu• ment program of the college that' cation of Asbury Theological Semi• adequate facilities might be provided nary. Times for the various sections to meet the demands of the college's of the seminars are shown on the growth. program detailed on page 3. The projects committee, with Johnson Mason Mrs. Howard Dunlap, chairman, re• The conference is designed pri• ports that much use has been made marily for pastors and Christian TUNE IN of the Auxiliary's pantry shelf, re• workers. Registration fee is $5 for vealing that the - Auxiliary is filling "Crossroads"-WOWO, 1190 kc a great need, particularly for mar• the entire conference. Accommoda• Sundays, 9:05 p.m. (CDST). ried students. Friends are invited tions will be available at reasonable "Doorway"-WKJG-TV, ch. 33, to continue contributions of grocery rates. Sundays, 2:15 p.m. (CDST). staples and furniture items.

Missionary Church Association Schedules F W B C Sunday, March 17 Sunday, March 17, is designated Fort Wayne Bible be forwarded to the churches to help in planning the College Sunday by the Missionary Church Association occasion. Where possible, faculty and student personnel for its churches throughout the country. Simultaneously, will participate in programs of the day in the general churches of the denomination will emphasize the value Fort Wayne area. of Bible-centered education and the ministry of Fort Fort Wayne Bible College was founded by the Mis• Wayne Bible College. sionary Church Association in 1904 and continues to In addition to special programs planned by pastors be the sponsoring society, maintaining a two-thirds and youth leaders, offerings will be received for the control of the college's Governing Board. Each year current operating expenses of the college. MCA students are the largest denominational group Special church bulletins are being prepared for use on the campus. A summary of joint MCA-FWBC mini• in the churches on that Sunday. Other marerials will stry is given by Dr. S. A. Witmer on page 2. Back up Fort Wayne Bible College by attending your MCA church on FWBC Sunday Rev. M. N. Amstutz, Former Trustee, Dies Rev. M. N. Amstutz, veteran pas• tor in the Missionary Church Asso• ciation and alumnus of the college, passed away following a prolonged illness in Pandora, Ohio, on Febru• ary 3. He was pastor of the Pandora Church. Rev. Amstutz had served on the Fort Wayne Bihle College Sunday Governing Board of the college from The parent society of Fort Wayne Bible College, the Missionary 1931 to 1948. His three sons are Church Association, will observe Bible College Sunday on March 17. also MCA pastors and alumni of the college: Rev. Blanchard Amstutz, Th~ event is designed to accent the ministry of Christian education Wayne, Michigan; Rev. Tillman as carried on by the Association through the college, to bring helpful Amstutz, Humboldt, Tenn.; and Rev. information to all members and attendants, and to fo~ter prayer Pritchard Amstutz, Modesto, Calif. and backing in its behalf. Funeral services were conducted While these are the primary purposes in this second annual in Pandora on February 6 and bu• Bible College Sunday, yet it is an appropriate time to look back rial was in Leo, Indiana. over the years with gratitude to God for His blessings and provi• dences. Rev. J. E. Ramseyer often called the college "a vine of God's First Semester own planting." But God has used human instruments to plant and to nurture the vine. There has always been a vine-dresser as well Honor Roll listed as a vine, and the vine-dresser is the Missionary Church Association. Students listed on the honor roll The vine-dresser was very young when he providentially for the first semester of the current planted the vine and nurtured it in its early growth. He had few school year were recently announced resources and he put much of the little he had into it. Atone time by Harvey Mitchell, registrar. In or• der to be listed on the roll, a stu• 20 percent of the denominational income, which was one-third of dent must maintain a grade point the cost of nurturing the vine, came from the Association. Through average of 3.35, approximately a the vision, faith and sacrifice of the vine-dresser, the vine has grown B plus in letter grade. until it has become fruitful in world-wide blessing. Those listed are: Jerry Bedford, Fort Wayne Bible College has the principal training center for Elkton, Michigan; Marlene Langosch, ministers and missionaries of the Missionary Church Association. Chicago, Illinois; Bernadine Zurcher, Berne, Indiana; Kenneth Mays, Fort Of 97 foreign missionaries, which includes retired missionaries and Wayne, Indiana: James Roussos, Chi• those under appointment, 79, or 81.4 percent, received training at cago, Illinois; Douglas Hodges, De• FWBC. With few exceptions they are graduates. Of the 18 who troit, Michigan; Mayme Hodges, De• are not alumni of the college, three are former teachers. Altogether troit, Michigan; Frank Burke, Hampstead, Maryland; Jean Butler, there are four former college instructors serving as MCA mission• Baltimore, Maryland; Kenneth He• aries: Rev. Floyd Shank, Rev. O. Carl Brown, Rev. Roy Birkey, witt, Riverside, R. I.; Judith Ken• and Rev. Timothy Warner. In addition, two former secretaries are yon, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Charles serving on MCA fields: Miss Lois Stucky and Mrs. David Zimmer• Cureton, Cleveland, Ohio; William man. Paul, Chicago, Ill.; Ronald Hodgin, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Barbara Lung, Of 217 MCA workers in the homeland, 163, or 75 percent, are Peoria, Ill.; Joanne White, Hamp• alumni of FWBC. But the fruitfulness of the vine extends beyond stead, Md.; Etan Pelzer, St. Joseph, the MCA, for hUIldreds from cooperating bodies and other denomi• Mich.; Edwin Terui, Koloa, Kauai, nations have received training in its halls. It is gratifying to note Hawaii; Mary Ann Wagner, Berea, Ohio; Patricia Hartung, Fort Wayne, that one of the cooperating bodies, Christian Union, will for the Ind.; Bertil Asklund, Albertson, N. first time observe a Bible College Sunday on May 13. Y.; Julia Yoder, Berne, Ind.; Nancy We should like to adapt a promise from Zechariah 8: 12 and Barlow, Elizabeth, Pa.; Arlene a prayer from Psalm 80: 14 to suggest intercession on Bible College Meyers, Fort Wayne, Ind. Sunday: "For the seed shall be prosperottS; the vine shall gi11e SECRETARY NEEDED her fruit, and the ground shall give her incense, and the A full - time secretary is needed by the college. When heavens shall give their dew." writing, please state qualifica• "Return, ·we beseech thee, 0 God of hosts: look down tions. from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine." Campus Notes ... schedules. The single victory was us recently. The event was part of won in Warsaw, Ind., against Grace a stepped-up program ro acquaint Revival spirit prevails • Seminary in a thrilling overtime 76• the community with the college. Under the ministry of Rev. Wil• 73. Grace later returned to defeat Instructor Injured ••• liam Allen, pastor of the Grace the Ambassadors 68 - 55. Other Miss Edith Ehlke, librarian, re• Gospel Church (Chrisrian and Mis• schools played were Goshen College, ceived a severe fracture of the upper sionary Alliance) of Mansfield, Baptist Bible Seminary, Philadelphia lefr arm as the result of a fall on Ohio, a tremendous spirit of revival Bible Institute, Nyack Missionary an icy sidewalk on January 29. The was evident during the recent spiri• College, and Purdue Center. narure of the treatment confined her tual emphasis series. Many students Frank Symphony Broadcast to the hospital for about three weeks. renewed committments to God, re• Radio, TV Listeners Write ••• "Passion Symphony", composed ceived filling by the Holy Spirit, Early response to the college's two by Dr. Rene Frank, professor of and sought God's direction in their new broadcasts have indicared wide lives. music, was broadcast on' the Fine and enthusiastic interest. Letters Ambassadors Have Arts program on WOWO on Feb• from the radio series "Crossroads" ruary 7. The recording used was Tough Going ••• have come from New York, Ken• that of the premiere performance The Ambassadors finished up an tucky, South Carolina, North Caro• of the composition by the Indiana eight-game basketball season recent• lina, Tennessee, Ohio, Virginia, University symphony orchestra. ly with a tally of one win over Michigan, and Indiana. Viewers to agai nst seven losses. Several home Businessmen Visit Campus •.• "Doorway" have shown great appre• games placed the Ambassadors Some twenty business men were ciation for a locally-produced educa• against hard hitting visitors who guests of the college at a second tional-religious television program in were primed by strenuous road public relations dinner on the camp- this area.

PROGRAM FOR CHRISTIAN MINISTRY CONFERENCE

Hour p.m.c.m.p.m.c.m. Tuesday, March 5 Wed, and Thur., March 6 and 7

2:009:001:05 8:00 Chapel-Rev. Cryderman 118:00:25

Seminar I-Section "a" guests Seminar II-Section "blJ guests

Visit Classes

Seminar I-Section "bll guests Seminar II-Section "a" guests

Public Service- Rev. Dale Cryderman Public Service-Rev. Cryderman

SPEAKERS

Chapel and public sessions- Rev. Dale Cryderman, superintendent of Michigan Conference, Free Methodist Church. Seminar I-"Sermon Preparation and DeJivery"- Dr. Gilbert Johnson, chairman, theological division, Nyack Missionary College. Seminar II-"Church Organizarion and Adminisrrarion"- Dr. Harold C. Mason, chairman, department of Christian education, Asbury Theological Seminary. Coming Events Around the campus ... March 5-7-Christian Ministry Conference. foculty reflections March 16-Senior recital, Al Sauter, organist. History Reveals God's Plan March 23-Senior recital, Esther Kemmerer, soprano. Hazel M. Yewey April 6-28-A Cappella Choir tour Assistant Professor of History to west coast. As one looks at the course of human existence and tries to April 11-2l-Easter vacation. I evaluate events and trends of history, he is faced with some difficult June I-Spring Music Concert. questions that history alone can't answer. History alone can't explain June 2-Baccalaureate (evening). the origin of man nor give any real purpose for man's having been June 4-Alumni Day. placed on the face of the earth. June 5-Senior class program. History as taught in Bible light recognizes that "In the begin• June 6-Commencement. ning God created the heaven and the earth" and also that "God created man in His own image; in the image of God created He Recent chapel speakers ... him." History taught in a Biblical framework not only gives the Chaplain Thaine Ford, Chaplain, student a firm foundation for the origin of things but also makes United States Navy. Rev. Jared Gerig, President, Mis• him aware that there is a pattern to the course of events. Back of sionary Church Association. history is a Master Mind working out His purpose in the affairs Rev. G. M. Hamby, Evangelist, of men, even though men at times are unaware of that purpose. Methodist Church, Alabama. Mr. Lyle Hodell, General Electric Cromwell, a great history maker himself, asked, "What are all our executive, Fort Wayne, Indiana. histories, but God throwing down and trampling under foot what• Rev. Don Rohrs, National Super• soever He hath nOt planted?" intendent of M.Y.F., Missionary Church Association. But some may ask "Why teach history in a Bible college? Can't Rev. D. Petrone, Evangelist, Al• one acquire all he needs to know of history by studying just the buquerque, New Mexico. Bible?" The answer is that the Bible is not primarily a history Mr. Gleason Ledyard, Missionary to the Eskimos. book; it is God's revelation of the plan of redemption for the Rev. D. C. Rupp, MCA mission• human race. Events not directly connected with that plan are not ary, Africa. included. Rev. Tillman Habeggar, Home Secretary of MCA. A study of history gives the student a broader educational and Rev. Harold Walker, Evangelist cultural foundation. Civilization is a cumulative process; present of MCA. day civilization is the result of the wisdom, experiences, ideals, and Basketball Team of Nyack Mis• sionary College, Nyack, N. Y. and aspirations of the past. One's understanding of current problems Dean James Hair. broadens and deepens as he sees, in the pages of history, the ancient Rev. Cornelius Vlot, Pastor, First Missionary Church, Fort Wayne, grappling with the political, economic, and social problems that Ind. closely resemble those of the present. Rev. William Allen, Pastor, Finding God marching through the pages of history is a unique Christian and Missionary Alliance, Mansfield, Ohio. experience for the Christian student. God becomes just as real as He was for Victor Hugo, who wrote the description of the terrible Do we have your correct address? battle of Sedan; as he wrote of the battle, Hugo exclaimed, "In the Please notify us of midst of the Terrible plain I saw thee, a Thou Invisible One!" changes immediately

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