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2-18-1988
February 18, 1988
Arkansas Baptist State Convention
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He and Maxey convened the church's Cover Story Football Service f:unlly life center lnto a focxball stadium for A Winner the cvm.ing, complete with banners, bands, cheers led by the married-adult minister, · DALLAS (BP}-It was Super Bowl Sun· aiid iljlchos, panuts and popcorn peddl day at Second Bapdst Church in Hous[On. ed by the associate deacons. - -,~ Pastor Ed Young knew anendance at the " 'We thought it would be enjoyable to .. evening worship service would be down. . i ~.. have a time when families and the church ... ,, He W2S set for a low turnout. But with just bmily could W2tch the Super Bowl { ,- ' . seconds left on the clock he-decided to hut - together, and we wanted to do something the ball to two other team members, ask that would ·attract those people who ing them to find a way to offset low wouldn't come to a traditioru.l worship ser attendance. vice," said Associate Pastor Young. (BP) photo/Kathy Palen They took the Idea otnd ran with it. , During the halftime worship service, he Another Option ...... 19 Associate Pastor Ed Youngjr. and Fami: brought an evangelistic message urging ly Life Minister Lee Maxey ldccidcd they listeners to aCcept the Bible as their Released lime programs offer an option shouldn't pcn:tllze church membcn by ask~ "playbook." f or churches Interested In offering ing them to mJss the game or watch It ori Although the Sunday evening crowd of religious illstrucllon f or public school uped delay. Instead, they chose to shov.l 1 200 was Jess than the usual attendance studetJts. the game live on a 20- by 15-f9Qt tclcvisiod of aboui 3,500, the unusual approach did screen and to incorporate their evening prove to be an effective vehicle for Editor's Page ...... 3 worship Service into the halftime break. outreach. " It brought in so many pro " lf sports bars can do it, the church sptttS,'' he s~d 1 pointing to more than 200 Speak Up should do it and put the gospel into it," visitors' cards that were completed. " We said Associate Pastor Young. reached out to a lot of non-Christian folks.'' You'll Be Glad To Know ... 4 Letters to the Editor . . . . 4 Woman's Viewpoint ...... 4 One Layfl.lan 's Opinion. . 5 What Makes Democracy i; based on the premise of in ner discipUne, while dictato~hip is based Faith At Work A Champion? on the premise of outer discipline. Discipline is achieved by concentration. Missions-Minded Lady . .. . . 6 When asked, " What makes a cham When Gladstone was asked the secret of pion?'' john replied that a champion must Local & State place priority on time, discipline, and his success, he replied in one word: "Con sacrifice. Surely these qualities are essen centration.'' You cannot do everything well! lf you One Heart's Desire ...... 7 tial in athletics or in life. Tentmaking Seminar ...... 7 A champion knows the value of time. W2flt to be a champion, you must deter A winner has the capacity tP capture the mine priorities, set goals, and give yourself Arkansas All Over ...... 8-9 opportunity of e2ch successive day. The without reservation to attaining them. A cbampion is willing to sacrifice. biblical message is clear (Ps. 90:12; 1 Co. Being a winner Is costly; it involves Nation 7,29; Ep. 5,16; Ec. 3,1-8). sacrifice. Paul disciplined his body (1 Co. Yime is the most precious thing in the SBC Standstill ...... 15 world. Time cannot be created, borrowed, 9:27). He disciplined himself to loneliness (2li. H6), to scorn (I Co. HO), to poverty CP Trend Reverses. . . 15 or destroyed. Hm!'ever, it c~ be misused (sec Ph. 4,12), to suffering (2 Co. 4,9), and or wasted. Time is inexorable; that is, it Easier To Pay Than Go ... 16 finally to death (I Co. 15 ,3 1) . This is part cannot be stored Up or brought back or of the secret. Missions Tug-of-War . . 17 hurried up or slowed down. It Is now or And here is the conclusion of it. ''I press never. Focus on Interpretation ... 18 toward the mark" (Ph. 3,14). Paul never Budget your time. lf you do not decide quit. One of the last addresses Winston New Plans froposed ... . . 20 how you are going to utllitt your time, so Reagan Invited. . ... 20 meone else will decide It for you. Utilize Churchlll ever gave was to his alma mater. the fngments of time that are often W2Sted . His entire speech consisted of three words. Stanley Named ...... 20 He walked to the lectern, grasped each side Remember, you either take time or time of it, looked into the face of those students takes you . If you want to be a champion, Lessons For Living . . 21 you must learn to take time! and said, "Never, never quit!" A champion dares to discipline himself. · uriPrecedente<:\ opportunity ues ahead. World Centuries ago when new converts were You can seize the opportunity. 12ke time. received into the church they were given Discipline yourself. Be wllling to sacrifice. A Struggle for Identity . .. . 22 a Bible and a book on discipline. A disci You can be a champion! A Thriving Church . . . . 23 plined pc~on knows where he is going and A4apkd tftNII " Prodala," July.()d. 1910 . eopyrltbt is willing to pay the price to get there. 1980 n.c ,...... ,. .lebool aoard ol tbc Soutbc.nl llapdlt Miracle Child ...... 24 c-doa.. All rtpu ~ Uted by petm!Nioa. foe One either disciplines himself within, or t~pOoa l11.fonutkHI, wrice to IUIUI&J knl«l Flood Relief...... 24 he wiU be disciplined from without. DqH. , 1%'7 Nlatb Aft. Noftb, Naatnolllc, Tl'f 311)4,
Page 2 ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEWSMAGAZINE cond to Florida, Arkansas ha.s the highest percentage of senior adults in the: nation. This places an additional burden on our hospitals because: of Medicare patients. In recent years, the federal government has ) . EVERETT SNEED provided us with only negligible increases for these patients. In fact since: 1985, Medicare reimbursement r:ues have incrcas· ed at a level approximating only one-third EdJtor's note: This guest editorial wu of the actual cost increase. Coupled with written by Russell D. Harrington Jr., pres!· the fact that thc.aver.tge length of stoty for dent of Baptist Medical System. Medicare patients has risen from 8.7 days to 9.7 days during this same period, it is All of us are familiae with the story from understandable that we would be concern the Gospel of Matthew that tells of two ed as we watch our comractual wrheoffs men who decided to build houses. One increase substotntlally every year. built his house on the sand. When the r.aln.s We are also facing dramatiC changing and winds came, his house tould not trends in health care. Our nation is more withstand the storm, and h collapsed in health care conscious and the consumer ruins. The other man built his house upon more sophisticated than at any time in • a rock. When the rains and winds came. history. Well ness is the new concern. Con his house withstood the storm because it sumers, and especially women, want to had been built on a solid foundation. of compassionate, quality health care. play a greater role in the management dcci· Much like the house referenced in the Bi· Three: sPecific areas of vital interest to sions regarding their health care. To meet ble, the holth care industry Is being rock· Baptist Medical System demand our atten this change, we arc now emphasizing more ed by the winds of changing times. Bap· . ti,on.,They include a changing population, public education . tlst Medical System is no exception. All of changing health care trends, and changing Last, but definitely not least, we want to us arc aware: that hospitals are having dif. resourceS. look at changing resources. There is no ficulties. Many hospitals have' been clOsed, ' Fi~t. the changing population. It is no doubt that in years to come, we must ex including some in Arkansas. Federal relm· secret that Arkmsas is usually near the bot pand the capacity of existing capil:ll assets bursement programs continue to adverse· tom of die: economic ladder, and, in the through careful m:magement of our fin an· ly impact the financial base of those that past couple of years, our st:lte has ex cia! resources and effective motivation and are able to remain operational and new perienced an ihcfcase in the number of training of our human resource-our consumer attitudes art causing our in those who are medically indigent. The employees. At Baptist Medical System, we dustry to take a look at how we package, term ''medically indigent'' should be defm· arc proud of our employees and we value promote. and deliver our services. ed as not only ~hose who are at poverty the contribution they make to our suc As we at Baptist Medical System have level, but also those who might have ade· cessful provision of patient care. sought effective responses to these winds quate incomes but have no medical in In the midst of these changes, a Chris· of change, we have had to look no funher surance coverage. The impact of indigent tlan foundation is necessary for Baptist than our mission statement and values to health has definitely been felt within our Medical System to provide quality health guide our every decision. The fact that our state and within our system in recent years. care today and in the future. We are com· founders built our system on a solid rock It is also a well recognized fact that, se- mined to this, and we covet your prayers. almost 70 years ago has enabled us to re main on the leading edge of health care delivery in the 1980's. It was In 1920 that the Arkansas Baptist ,------, St:lte Hospital opened with a philosophy that the Christian attitude should be join Pbotoa submlucd (Of publla rlon will be mumcd oni)' whm Arkansas accompanied by a su.mpcd, w:lf· adcir~ m vclopc. Only ed with science and technology given by bbck and while pholot can be UKd. God to mankind, as an Instrument of health and healing. The intention was to Baptist Copl~ by mall 50 crnu each. NEWSMAGAZINE place special emphasis on such values as ~:r~ f~~~~~n~!r~~~:nuiJ ~~~~~~~ ~:~ ~ ~:~~~t~~ service, honesty, respect, stewardship, and days after the darrofdtath. ' performance. VOLUME 87 NUMBER 7 Ad•enlalna a<:tq)tti.l In wrltlnp only. Rata on rrquat. This same philosophy and values arc just J, Everett Sotcd, Pb.D ...... •• . .•• Editor as important today as they were then, Mark Kdly •. . •• . ••..•• .. . M&ldglna Editor Opln.lon• npi'QICd In S!Jncd an lela an: those oft hot writer. perhaps more so. Times, people. and the Erwin L. McDonald, Un. D ... Editor Emeritus Member of tl'lt Soulhem Bapllst Plus Association. environment may chahge, bUt values Artlazd.U l!lapthc New~e Board or Oln:C1ort• TbeArlwlaul!lapthtNew~ (JSSSG00-4·1 7 J4 ) b should remain. constant. Baptist Medical Lyndon Ftnnq, Uule Rock. prcskSml; Jimmy Andenon, publbhcd wttkly, ncqx E2srtt, lndtpcndcnct D11y. the flnt System W25 established on the sure foun LcuhvUlc ~ Joann.c Caldwdl, Tcurlwu; Ncboft WUhclm. ~~o·cdt of October. and Chtbcm.u, by lht Arklnsu Bapdst Waldton; lkn lllomu. Sc:atq; L2nc S1tolhct, Moun11ln Home; S~mqulnr,lnc •• Uulc Rock. AR . SubKrlprlon nta ue dation of Christian principles. In today's Phebn Boone. El Dondo: IUtold (jatclqr, FaycucvUlc: and Don 16.48 pa ynr {Individual}, U.n pa )'tu (Every Raldtrll rut changing high-touch, high-tech he:Uth HnKT, l!la1cnUie. Family Plin), 16. 11 pa ynt (Croup Plan). Forrlaft adcira.s ta!e.on~uc:st . S«ondrl.utpo.taarpakSatUnkltoclr: , At'o: . ~~n b~;~~~~~~ :a~c~~~~::e !~ P05TMAST!:Rt Send addn., chan let co Arbntallbp- will be the cata1yst that will allow us tote· ~~~:,~{;~r,:!}r, P. 0. !!lox 551, U ttJe Rodl, All main on the leading edge of the dellvery. L.,__ _.______..J
February 18, 1988 Page 3 Letters to the Editor DON MOORE
in Matthew 28:19-20. The Great Commission Matth~ 25:32-46 shows a scene that This is fro~ a prayer partner of the mis everyone should look at. We surely want sion effort through 1989: the Commission to hear him say, "Come ye blessed of my God really bless· of 'len, the T.Lsk Force of 100, :and mis Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for c.d our Evangelism sionaries :at home and abroad. What we you from the foundatio n of the world." Conference. Our choose to call the Great Commission is a You fed me. you dothed me, you gave me prayers for a frc:sb direct commandment of our Lord jesus drink when I was thirsty, you vi.sited me moving of the Spirit Christ. h's found in Matthew 28:19-20. It when I w:a.s sick, you came unto me when of God upon our Is understandable that we :lll can't go, but I was in prison. We wfll say, when did we speakers W25 honor we can have a part, giving to fund those do all this to you? jesus will say inso ed of the Lord. They who can go. We: also can pray. Look in Mat· much as you have done it to the least of spoke with freedom thew 28:18. When we pray, we arc c:llling these my brethren you have done it unto and power, They spoke to our needs. Dr. on :lll the power in heaven and earth to me! God gr.mt that everyone that i.s C2lled Gregory and Dr. Sanders from Tens and bless :and help them. Anyone who thinks by his name will be found so doing when Louisiana were a tremendous blessing to that there is waste lets'them out o f giving jesus comes.- Viviao M. Stone, our hearts. I could not have been more pro and praying, had best check what jesus says Mayflower ud of our Arkansas men from both in and out of state. They all did a wonderful job r~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in ministering to us. 1 am proud of them W • V as fellow minister.; of the gospel and as oman s iewpoint native sons of Arkansas Baptists. t------.::_--'o_:__:._:.::..::_.::______-J Such meetings involve .umold months, Freedoms even years, of planning and work. Con· siderable numbers of people are involved. entran ce and exit was It couldn't happen without Clarence Shell jANE JONES guarded. Police guarded and the Evangelism Department. We need each luggage and gasoline to be careful not to tlkc such occasions and In my last article I men truck that loaded :and ser those making it possible for granted. Our ti oned that my husband viced the planes. thanks to these and to the fine pastors and and I had traveled outside As our plane flew back to the staff at Geyer Springs for helping us the United St2tes this past over the Pacific, 1 began to have a wonderful conference. summer. I have always think of the many What determines the blessing we receive known that I love America freedoms and everyday at meetings Uke these? Many :answers could and :am most proud of my luxuries we have :and enjoy be given, but the primary answer is to be heritage and country. This here in the United States. A fo,und in the attitude we have when we knowledge is even sweeter local jail in :a matter of peace came over me as we come and when various ones appear on the and dearer to me now. minutes. landed on U.S. soil. program. It is at the conference as it is in Even though all the peo As one train passed in Do we appreciate all the local church. When the people come ple we met abroad were front of us, we noticed all these freedoms? Do we :ap with hunger and need and look expectant. most gracious to us, some the windows were raised preciate safe drinking ly to he:ar from God to speak to that need, things were made known on the last car and out each water from the faucets? Do it happens. When sonleone comes doubt· to us after we returned to window were mounted we appreciate sanitation in ful of being blessed, criticizing the music, the United States. The city machine guns. We were our city streets? Do we :ap analyzing the speaker or message, and nm of Taipei had been in a told that the government preciate a clean, bacteria really certain they have any needs, and if "clean-up and beautifica w.as fearful the opposing free napkin in restaurants? they do, doubting they can be met while tion" th~st the month part might have an upris Do we thank God for our there-that person is not likely to receive prior to our arrival. ing while we wen:: visitors wonderful America? Do help from such a conference. That kJnd of Military police had been in their country. we thank God for the person quenches the Spirit in the local increased and were At the Seoul, Korea, air freedom of speech and the church, too. everywhere and in great port, we were told not to freedom of religion? Well; pralse God, our people came in numbers. As I attempted to take any pictures or our Yes,·yes, and yes! good numbers :and in a good fnrne of mind take a snapshot ·of one cameras would be con and God blessed. We pralse him for it. We policeman, he put his hand fiscated . I shall never forget jane jones is an active look forward to signlficant progress in our in my face indicating "no that airport scene with member of First Church, churches' ev21lgelistic efforts because of it. picture." My heart skipped military police stationed FayetteviUe. She is married Pr.Jyf More than 230 churches baptized a beat, and I was sure I with guns both inside and :and the mother of two would be on my way to the no on~ in 1987. Yes, winning the lost must outside the terminal. Each grown sons. ~= ~:~r:~~~:·sac~~~~~ny~~s~~~~ '------·-~·.~·~;:-JI. ··/:.. ,::.::: 'li • ~ ~ ' • -. Don Moore is executive director of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. J ' ~ • ' .... r • ~~...... : ~· ·t~..o~.:.~_...... :,.,a....~ _:.v..::. •..,·.r~~1_.,_~...!;,.,,.;, . •
Page 4 ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEWSMAGAZINE DA.NlEL R. GRANT One Layman's Opinion
An Acute Problem One of the most alarming develop ments in the 1970s and 1980s has been the decline in the competitiveness of America's indusuial output. Jts implica tions run far deeper than hurt national pride. The good things that America stands for throughout the world are weakened as i our national influence is weakened. 1:1 · A soon-m-be published book, entitled Global Competitiveness: Gett~ng /be U S. ':lijj Back orr Track , reports what some 65 movers and shakers in American business and related fields believes is important in getting our nation back on track. I was sur :1/: ' ' •. ~ ' :1 prised but pleased to find education at the ·1·1·1: .,1111 I · , top of their list of requisites for reversing ' I.~~ · ' ' America's declining competitiveness. Their summary report states that educa tion is the single most critical ele'ment in Don't Turn Your Back enhancing the individual's contribution to our society's competitiveness. It concludes that continuously improving education On The Lost Souls In must become a first priority. , The conference pointed to a particular ly acute problem-our failure not only to America produce students who are literate and mathematically able before leav ing school, but our failure m equip students for an in ternationally interdependent world . What Support Home is to be done about this problem? It re quires that we do a better job of teaching math, science, and language-not only our Missions Through The language, but foreign languages; it requires that we significantly upgrade teacher train ing, find better ways of encouraging students to become innovative and ex Annie Armstrong perimental, and teach engineering, science, and technology in such a way that the cam pus is effectively linked to the factory .floor. Easter Offering . As impressive as it is, the report disap- pointed me in giving the subject of values only a token postscript. It rightly points out that our "standard of living" and our A Church for Everyone "standard of values" arc inseparable. Yet I looked in vain for eVen a minority opi Week of Prayer for Home Missions· nion that many of the problems of American education today arc the result of its steady drift away from its Christian March ,6-13, 1988 n~ots. A cUt-fl ower morality for American education and American society would be Annie Armstrong Easter Offering tragic indeed.
Daniel R. Grant is president of Ouachita National Goal $37.5 million Baptist University.
February 18, 1988 Page 5 :tJFAITH AT WORK FlRST PERSON Missions-Minded Lady by Irma Duke give to the Cooperative Program so that SBC J'oftlp NlHioe ao.nt missionaries could have pepper. In her Ruby Coleman was never a missionary. retiring years, I've seen her take birthday She never went to college or seminary. But and Christmas monetary gifts and give she's Ji ved rnlsslons as much zs any woman them to the Lottie Moon Christma.s I know. Offering. You see, she has been my missions leader When our church-sponsored Victna.mcse from as early as I can remember. She led f.unily v."25 awa.iting a permanent home, she me through 211 of Paul's missionary took them into her two-bedroom apart journeys, through all the Scripture passages ment. She not only shared her ho me with that had to be' learned for Girls' Auxiliary the non-Engl ish speaking family of five, In steps. Over and Over again, she rehearsed cluding a month-old infant, but also show with me the names of the 54 countries ed the mother how to grocery shop, wash where foreign missionaries served at the clothes, and begin to usc English. time (now more than 110). She helped me I saw ·her walk a 10-mile hunger walk . as we organized a Baptist Young Woman's with the youth o f o ur church to raise organization. money for the starving people in our She has been a Woman's Missionary homeland and overseas. In the group of 25 Union leader in almost every church of o r so, she was the only senior citizen on which she's been a part; in many cases, that blustery day. she's taken groups that were all but dead I've see her get up from her sick bed to and revived them. In ·Broadus Memorial prepare meals for others who were sick. o r Baptist Church, Rkhmond, Va ., she's in her whO had lost loved ones. On hot summer Ruby Coleman belps a neighbor. fourth term as WMU director and is cur· days she's ridden her three-wheel bi cycle rcntly also centennial chairman. Only four dozens of times the three-mile roundtrip complex w here she lives. Several people women were present at the first WMU to the grocery store. Ma. ny times, she's from her neighborhood have become a meeting she attended at Broadus; interest cooked fa r beyond what she's needed and part of o ur church, primaril y because o f and attendance was at an all time low. made " TV dinners" for shut-ins around her excitement about her faith . Under her leadership, Acteens a.nd Baptist her. She's gone to the hospital with persons Young Women have been reorganized and She's spent ho urs on posters and going to the emergency room w ho had no two new'GA and two new Mission Friends audiovisuals for foreign miss ion studies one else to hold their hands. She's made groups have been organized. and for WMU leadership conferences. phone calls and written letters for others But even more than this-she's shown I've seen her study diligently for her Sun who Couldn't do it for themselves. She's me her love for missions through her life. day School class. Then on Monday, begin organized all kinds of activities for her I've seen her go witho ut pepper on her preparation for the Bible study she started senior citizens' neighbors to get to know table because it was too ocpensive but then among her neighbors in the rctiremem each other and get beyond the loneliness of their apartments. Recently, I heard her introduced as one of the WMU ladies and I thought to myself, Are Jrou a w®)rld cbanl!er? that was probably one o f the highest com pliments a person could 'pay her. No, Ruby Coleman will never be listed State Youth Convention on the missionary prayer caJendar but she's my mother and one of the most miss ions Friday, April 1, 1988 minded persons I know. Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock Sessions: 10 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m. Staff Needed Urgent need for Camden Receiving Home. Seeking resident manager and relief houseparent. Prefer mature Christian couple with no children liv ing at home. Husbands ·can work out side the home. Address questions and interest to: Earlene Clearman Arkansas Baptist Family and Ch ild Care Services For Junior and Senior High Youth P.O. Box 9) 2 Hope, AR 71801 Sponsored by the ABSC Church Training Dept phone 501-7n-1896.
Page 6 ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEWS~tAGAZ I NE A Temmaktng Ministries Seminar will te held at the Mt. Sequoyah Assembly Grounds, 150 NW Skyline Drive in Fayet· teville on the evening of Thur.;day, March 31 from 6,00-10,00 pm. Tentmiling refers to Christian layper sons pur,;uing their normal secular c:treers over.;eas In order to support themselves in mission work on the side. The term comes from the apostle Pau l, who made tents as his occupation In order to Support his mis sionary journeys as recorded in the book of Acts. The importance of such ministries becomes quickly app:uc.nt when one con siders that, by the year 2000, 80 percenl Arkansas can be won f or Christ, says Tbomas Halsell. of the world's non-Christians will live in nations that are politically inaccessibl e to tr.~ditional missionaries. One Heart's Desire The seminar will feature, among others, Dr. j ames Cecil, the director of Laity by Mark Kelly would happen. It would happen in your Abroad, a progr2.m of the Southern Baptist Manalj.!nJ f dllor, Ark:Lo:lu.s BapdJI Ncw•mapl February 18, 1988 Page 7 Arkansas All Over MILLIE GILL Irby Bryan has mlgned as pastor of Altus uip to Edmonton, Canada, where they will People First Church. conduct a Vacation Bible School, backyard Bible clubs, a cburchwide youth led revival, Lee Bennett has resigned pastor of as . and sing Christian concens. Gr2phic Church, Alma. Shepherd Hill Church at Pine Bluff will Sam Hargrave is serving as pastor of York expand its ministry with a weekly Town Church, Star City. He formerly " Mother's Day Out" program that will be Dan Caldwell has resigned as pastor of pastorcd Bay Street Church in Pine Bluff launched March from a.m. to p.m. Immanuel Church in FaycncviUe following and has served as associate paswr of 3 9 3 more than four years service. He has ac· Shepherd Hil1 Church, Pine Bluff. He and Manila First Church hosted an evening ceptc:d a call to serve as pastor of First his wife, Pat, have two children. recePtion Jan. 24, honoring Rev. and Mrs. Church in Vian Okla. Henry West prior tO his retirement as direc Mark K. Morris has resigned from the: tor of missions for Mississippi County. West staff of Stungan First Church to serve as prc2ched at the evening wor.;hip service., minister of music at Howard Carlisle Briefly according to Pastor William Piercy. Church in Panama City, Fla. Markham Stnet Church in Little Rock Bob Fielding of Newport is serving as is obser vi ng " He:ut-to-Heart" month with bivocational pastor of Alicia Church. He is activities w hich include appreciation d2ys honoring Sunday School workers, manager of a Newport rcsaurant and a stu Hiwasse First Church in Benton County Woman's Missionary Union and Royal Am· dent at Southern Baptist College. Association will hold its first services Feb. bassador members, deacons, sanctuary Jeff Knowlton is serving as pastor of 21. Workers, finances, and guidance are be ch o ir members and music ministry Cross Roads Church near Blytheville. He ing pro\'ided for the new congregation b)' worker.;. Visitation and a men's cake bak· formerly served as pastor at Blackwater. Bento n\'iiiC First , Ce nterton, and Mason ing comest will be: included in the Valley churches, the sp o nsoring observance. Oscar Coolbaugh is\scrving as full-time congregat·ions. pastor at Old Union Church, Benton, com Gosnell Church will celebrate: the Centen ing there from Dalton, Penn. He has Park Hut Church in Nonh little Rock has nial Cclebr2tion of Woman's Missionary pastored churches for 29 years in Penn opened a home on "C" St reet to prO\'ide Union Feb. 20-21 with activities which in sylvania, Missouri , and Iowa. additional educational space for single clude a breakfast hosted by PastOr and Mrs. adults. The house also will be used as a William P. Oakley; and recognJtion services Robert Parsley will begin serving March hospitality center d uring major con for Woman's Missionary Union leaders and 6 as pasmr of First Church, Dardanelle. He ferences and conventions. Youth of the members. Girls in Action, Acteens, and and his wife family will move there from church have planned a summer ffi ission Baptist Women members will present a Prescott, where he Is serving as pasmr of First Church. Allen and Sherry Thrasher were nam· ed by Gov. Bill CIJnmn w represent the State of Arkansas Feb. 4 at the 36th annual National Pr2yer Breakfast in Washingmn, D.C. Thrasher serves as pastor of First Church, Booncvute. Danny Wilson recently observed his third anniversary as minister of youth at Blytheville Fir.a Church. Larry Thomas iS serving as pastor of Kibler Church, V:;m Buren. He received his seminary extension diploma through Dardanelle·RusscllvUie Association and has attended Westark Community College, Garland County Community College., and Ouachita Baptist University. Thomas has pastored churches in Arkansas for 16 years. He and his wife, Patricia, have three children, )ames, 10; Jeremy, eight; and Rebekah, two. Mike Harvison is serving Clarksville Se· cond Church as pan-time minister of Alicia Cburcb recently celebrated its debt-free status wltb a noteburning servia Par youth, coming there from First Church in ticipating were {left to rlgbt) Kemme/ Eldridge, a deacotr; Novene Rogers, treasurer: Kemmerer, Wyo. Oscar Wbodard, Berlin Taylor; andjoe Whaley, deacons,· and Ron Berry, Interim pastor. Page 8 ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEWSMAGAZINE Sunday evening missions emphasis pro men assisted with construction work at the North 'Park Chapel, a mission of Van grun. P:lttye Oo.klcy serves as WMU direc Nonh Linle Rock Union Rescue Mission Buren First, w:tS constituted as a church tor, :md LuAnn Yoast, BW p~ident; Youth Feb. 6 . Jan. 3. Ordained minisrers and deacons _leaders an: Usa Bigland and llish }ones, 111:; from churches in Clear Creek Association Little Rock Second Church observed its te.e.ns ; Brt:nda Davis, Oorcia Lucius. formed the council. Those o n program 104th annlve.rsary Feb. 7 by recognizing its Michelle Vaught, Shirley Mi ddleto n , were Stanley Daniel, pastor or sponsor He ritage_ Club members, those with a tlle Michelle. Little, Brenda Davis, Melissa ing church; George Domerese, director o r membership tenure of 50 years o r more. Williams. GA; and Gail Kemper, and Grace missions for Clear Creek Association; lewis New members receiving certificates were Haynie. Mission Friends. Ballard, Pastor Murl Walker; Mike Jones, E.R. Guthrie, Hilton Pate.. and Madge music director; and Jimmie Sheffield, Richardson. Speaking on one o r the Mount2ln Home First Church began its aSsociate executive directo r o f the Arkan· church·s newest outreach mi l1istries W2S observance of th·c Cemennial Celebration sas Baptist State Convention. of Woman's Missionary Union w hen M:tr· D.M. Lewis, who serves as chaplain ror Lit· joric McCullough, prcsldem of WMU, tic Rock Ce ntral Fire Station. Crystal Hill Church in Little Rock wUI or SOuthern Baptist Convention, was speaker dain Gary Almquist, Terry Bryant, tarry Feb. 7. Carter, J.R. Dodson, Jeff Haley, Tommy Hammett , Donn ie Ho ldcraft, Jimmy Beech Street First Church in Texarhna Ramsey, James Rogers , and Monroe Smith w ill host a seminar on "Strt:ss and the Cabot First Church has planned special to the deacon ministry Feb. 28. Don Hook, Christian Woman" Feb. 19·20. Elizabeth services Feb. 28·May 22 on " The Sufficien a former pastor, will be speaker. Baker of Moum Pleasant, Te.~s . will be cy of the Grace of God." Areas of discus· Gum Springs Church at Siloam Springs leader. sion will deal with overcoming obstacles, is sponsOring a Thesday evening extension tOday's youth, f:unily crises, marriage, and Monticello Second Church will observe Sunday School class in the Robinson raising childrt:n. Speakers will include B.J. Baptist Men's Day Feb. 28 to launch " Days Community. o f Renewal'' that will continue until Easter. Sams of Little Rock and Larry and Cheryl Carliss Odom o f Little Rock will be speaker. Linam of Pittsburgh, Texas. The final ser· Searcy First Church recently observed vice on racing the future will include a the fifth anniversary of Sidney Jackson. Hamburg First Church will honor Rev. special recognition of the high school minister or education and youth, with an and Mrs. Klo is Hargis Feb. 28 at the morn· graduating seniors. Del Medlin is pastor. o ld-fashioned pounding. ing worship service and with a noon lun cheon. Hargis, who served as Hamburg South Side Chapel, a mission of Alma Heber Springs First Church sponsored a Christian Awareness and Prevention Con· pastor from 1965-73. is now pastor of First ChurcQ. , began services Feb. 7. Tom fere.nce Feb. 14. Robert Parker, director of Tillar Church. Steward is s~ rving as pastor, going there from the sponsoring church, where he the Christian Life Council of the Ark3nsas Baring Cross Church in North Little Rock served as minister of youth and activities. Baptist .srnte Convention, was leader. ABN photo I J. EYMIIn SnMd Jobs Exchange Land surveyor-Property surveys, topographic surveys, church surveys, per· celation tests for septic systems. More than 20 years experience. Call James Farris, 565-2249. 2/" NotlcH of employment .aught or avallab,_ will be p Psychology For Christian Life .Arkansas evangelist jack Hazlewood and Little Rock businessman Shelley Gathright look over 1250,000 worth of medical equipment and supplies shipped to Korea in 7/_ JOHN EWING HARRIS january for the new Shin Heung Hospital and Retirement Center in Dongbucbon, f .. M.Div.. Ph .D. Korea. 1be]ack Hazlewood Evangelistic .Assoclatfon collected the equipment, donated Licensed Psychologist, Christian by hospitals, doctors, and individuals In Arkansas and Tennessee, for the hospital, which was built with fundingfrom the South Korean government. The hospital, scbedul· ed to open Feb. 1, is reportedly the first retirementfac ~ llty in the country, which bas a strong tradition of families caring f or their elderly persons. February 18, 1988 Page 9 1987 ABSC CONTRIBUTIONS Total cash contributions through the Cooperative Program received In the office of the Executive Director of the Executive Board, from January 1, 1987, through December 31, 1987. If any errors are found in this report, please notify Don Moore, P.O. Box 552, Uttle Rock, AR 72203. ~fiAT IV£ DUI8NATG CIXIPU'AT I¥£ 01:81-TUI COOP£1'ATIV£ ""'"""" o1na ...... D€.111-ttD COIUtrnH t,~7.U ''159.2:1:"" ICW 1'0'1. ~. •••••>Y "'"" STATE AT LAIIGE - l,tsaS.It- ~.?J ·-- ...... t,RM.94 t&J,OO ,...:IIQIIT 1ST 4ts,607.71i li,0:59.27 INOIIJIDUAL II£C£1PTII M9,7!1 l,lM.J.J EKIClEIII t,4e.H ...... CIU) WALMIT IliON 777. 74 .... oo Al8t IAPTIIT FNDH 36,373. 49 l'-2,7t7.1i9 ..... 4,0:14.17 118• .0 •m• U!I.Tf: 4a.U I A WHITLOW, 1£0. .... '"""' us. DO ua.oo ftAVEND€H 18T t,tn. oo !lr.I.OO ...... :111 L DII'I..MWIUOHT, HE'IMUAIJE :s.~.n 777.10 .._ICK 417.el 1,10<11.96 t,t71.!17 ...... WI'IJ COHTftlllliTIDNS ...... 1':1, .... 1:3 a,:au..•T ..ITMY I LU: l,..S. .. aa.:~t ~ COHTIIIIUTION8 1!1 1 ·U9.17 U\O£Ua a, ..a:~. sa Ffll,. UtKI t,.l06.:16 I,OS..J9 ,...,...I\HOOO l"t.)O ...... ·-· HO.OO J,3e2. 4t Meolil _,.,n .-.usr CHUM: eoe.t• ...... '·~·75.00'" .... oo """""~tat f: ,r.K>. OO a.AMt8VIL.LE 181' 33,17!1.10 9,186.U ICliMTIC£U..O 181' 41!,~.70 9,el4. 1:8 WAl.NJT IUDOf: 18T R,'JK.:Io4 12,~'·'"' ...·oe MT OL I VE, DISIIAHD&D M»fT ICf;U.O eHD 9,:JOt. 54 1,"',01 ._.ITt: OAK ,.,00 4~.00 MT P\.EAIUWT 0 INACTIV NO 1101!", ..::HTICEl.LO l!:, l86.R U9. 1'& CAL.YAIIV, IML IUDOE 9 4&, 17 a47.3& JliltiCHO , UA:TIV£ CUI IMION ...... ;I.U.97 100.00 VAHDI!UILT AVE,INAC P\.EASAHT GIKN£ """""''CAOUROAOI O«JM:H &70.00 6,893.~ 6,2'67.87 PltA111111: OIKN£ 1:16.42 .. WIIITH £VAHOE1.18TIC ...... Mll.L.INO HILLS Tf;MPLE, M[MPtliB- ...... 1!:,071 , TO f€W LIFE"· . ~.ul.72 ...... 11:4,7.) R980CIATION TOTALS IH, 7U, 47 41 ,:104.&1 C$1LYAII'I' , ...... _,. UHION HIU. 3,46J.D 1,000.00 OltACI: FELLOWSH' 0111 WAit!IEM tiT ~,YSI: .67 13, 473.71 OPEN 00011 ..ssN-INAC WEST SIDE, WAIIA'EN l:,l:at:. 4:1 IJ.4o. J4 THE 8UHOA'I' 80iOO'- 8 WILMAII 1:,61:3.2'6 3,1U.OI IIIJD(HEII ASSN NEW LIBEIIT'I' ' 80 SOUTHIIOE l,t:lo0,:16 AOODTT 4:11.1!: 4 CCJMMIT'I' c:HI¥'EL 111.00 SPAHIIH FEU.OW!IHI P 1!:1!4 ... !10.00 OATES 1,183.11 HORACE 0 11 HE\.£H ACL CAL.YAiltV iouTHE.ItH •• ~.00 t:,o..a.oo CALVMY, MXJNEVILLE $46. 73 1.0.6:1 F A 01'1: JOAN DlltON IS 1,000,00 !100.00 1~. 00 VA~ ICE CREAM C ASSOCIAT I ON TOTALS 171!:,780. &1 43,47&.~ C£DAR Clt£EK 321!:.64 700. 00 lt:I.OO J D OJTit£11 """'""'"'Q..AfiKII CHAPEL tao.oo TDWtt & COUHTII'I' JIC)TO ooo.oo DAYTON 100.00 t,'JH. OO APPLEt.OOD BAPTIST C o Page: 10 ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEWSMAGAZINE ------CXJOP£JIII'TIYI: 0€*1-Tm ...... CXICIP€MT .... OUl .,._TD CCOPCIWITI\11£.... _ DUIQNRTED """"""' OlFTS 01.,. """"""' Dlt'tll ..... lOT C.Tn. M 7,t2LO. [MT SIDE, Dnllll"· 1, 195.00 671.14 EAST 810€, F T IIM I TH · ~. 1 13. 19 17 , U:S . ~2 Olu. J:ebruary 18. 1988 Page II ~ltATI YI: DUI-TD COOPEAAT.... _ I \1£ 0Eai8NFITG c::ocPlMTI\o'E D£S I._T'EO """"""' atns 8 11"T8 __, .... 81FT8 OAM>AHD..l..I ·~Y I I..I...L - '7".00 .....,...,. 1,~. 1 9 1, 071.83 - ,....., _ lf:ITE.VI U.S: u , ,.,o.,...... U.Y'LL£ .... 94, 171:, 4J ~ • .50'7.73 ...... """" 9 0 M5.71 ~IT ii IU YI:It ... .:t,-oc:. M 6M.ll! AL.EliWDIEII 5 ,~ : ~ 56't.ft t,MO.l.S ...... 4, 0 U , 44 190 .66 ....,....,.,...... 00 ..... 42 t, OM. t J MM.~= 111\o'lll YAl..1.LY AI l,eloO ... K THIL s-TATION NIWA"' IQJ'TJCIIfol -.~ 1.0 7 ...., ATKI ...... 6,•U7. M , , ... oo 118 CIIUK ~L.l.OMH I P 1!,139...... oo -8 TIIRWI€11Jn' 90 491. 8 7 M Page 12 ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEWSMAGAZINE CODP£11ATI\II: Df:S I-.:ITC COOPIEitAT I \11: DE'&IOHATEO O february 18. 1988 Page 13 cocPC:iltATI... D€11~TED PM».W.. •1FTa .. I ..... l,llt-.00 I,Ra.77 ...... 21,447 ... 11,411t.t::J WASHINOTOH-MAOIIOH I,S..:J-4 ...... ~,f'OIIIICITY 7,1100.9& 1,206.00 """'"""'SVCAICIM 8IIICNI: 110.00 FAIR MKS .- ,012,.0 .... ., WABHII*ITON-*UIIIIOH THIItO IT0 AfiKAOO.JIHI 1,aoo.oo l,,liCC_,4:J FAITH l,Oll't.M 91,.1.5 BIERfrt STREET, SPGDAL t,373.20 ... ITY I,UO.OO I,UI,OO FlTlKIIALD 1:,1Jl.S2 1,090.1:5 IIU>o<- 4·:::: z,eso.oo ~ .... 1...... 100.00 FQfUIU:T c I TY lilT 27,11S,,. 1:5.177.69 BRL&t CIIE£K 4,l33. 16 t,594.H IIOJTHIID€, PMM:OTl ~n.09 ...,...... ,-Dftfii:IIT CITY tHO :5,"'--l!. ft ...... C"l....,wt'f, HLNTS\IILL£ 3,1::59.~ 11.-..:K liT 80 l,r.s-4.-a ...... CAI.IOLEA\IE,~ &,o7&.as 2,.17&.31'"·" M.JUM "IniON 109.00 OOOIIWIH I,?W.U 110.00 ...... 111.6.:1 ...... HAiittiS CHAP£1.. 1,4al. 61 150.00 ELKIH8 1:10.00 ASIOCIATIDH TOTAL.I &J,Jort,l& 'IIU:.7t EUUNS I &'T 328.61! """'""IJIIO*" ICILL£YAR.O 11,:544.77 1,5.26.:S9 .._._.. :54,&7"t.l-' 20,314J,:J4 MADI_.,. 1ST .... oo 2 ... 2.~ FARMINGTON 1ST :5,233.00 e&J,71 11,7'tO.J4 4,130.50 -IliN FAYETTEVILLE I&T 93,~~:: 33,370.76 FAITH, IATEIVILLE 1,267.12 HIOWAY l, ...... t:8 caJ..EOE ~ ..._.. In :1,117.3'J 1,2:46,00 PALESTUE 901:.15 446.'-0 FIII£ND11H1P 71"1.11 PAAI(IN 18T 2,466.4:1 CHEMJKEE VILLAGE 1,111.01 :1,154.42: '· 016.21 Gf!EENUWO I ST 1:!~!:~ 1,~.11!4 SAODLJ: liT 120.00 60.27 PIHE TIIIEE 321.44 :J2'7,JO HlffDS\IIL.LE 2 , 241,'!SI :s.M.41 ltOCKY IA'I'OU R88H so.oo ...LL'-"" t,.JS2.l55 ~~.so HLNTB\IILLE 18T 6,040!!.91 1, 491:.511! tl7.86 ASH FLAT 276.40 TILTON 490.00 J~,FAYETTE\IJL :5,269.07 2,0&4.93 ...... TOOD t,H7.:5e :501.:50 8E\.\IIEW 1,41:1.63 ,.,...... 1,86S.'T5 ... 6 .... 00 ...... LL ..... TUOOIOEU. t: ,I'J'S.s.- &~8.eo KlHOSTON 1ST SOU l,l82,46 303.1:1 Cfii..ICO ROCK 1ST 3,400.19 1,2'90.~ IJIION AVENL.E, W"''MC 1",60:5,,7 ...... LI8EATY 3,237. 110 I, 1:56.2:5 _...._. 411.61 DOLPt< 611.,)') 1,474,4:5 1,921.10 LJHCOLH 1ST 1.2 . 111. 91 2, 147.7"1 E-\I£NINO SHAD£ 1ST 1,:571.93 761 . 9:5 WEST IIIE ..PtH S I &'T 16:1,8.... 43 4:5,073. -3 lEW HOPE, IHACTJ\IE F II\L.ET CltEI!K ao.oo ... oo WEST IIIEJIPHIB 2HO 7,~.66 ~ • .-.s ,_DROVE 3,23.... 06 600.00 FAANU..IN 714. 41 ..... 00 WHEATLEY 3,676.00 3, "7.00 PRAIAIE GROVE 1ST 17, ... 68 .... 1 3,4 ... 4 ,54 1,972.34 l:l't,M HAROT 1ST 1 ,3111!.49 .... ~.70 ..,_WIDENER PROVIDENCE 2, ... 61.00 'tlt.-r.l I'ELIOURNE I ST 7,031. 00 2 , 02:5.00 ~.e.n.7e 20,140. 27 RIDGEVIEW 9 , &16.111! 2,262.00 I,Ja6,5J ... oo EAST IAPTIST CHJftCH ...... S ILENT GROVE 1,7 ... 8.:11 390.00 1,01».30 OJ FORO 919.47 ...... l , 't76. 33 1,727.19 ...... 1--...c 1 , 662.1!'9 J«<.OO "'""" 3,108.1:1 .... ,. BOliTHSIDE, FAYETTE\11...... 00 7 ...0 .... 3,6:58.67 LIBERTY, OISSAMOED SPRINODALE 1ST 1:52, ... 1 .... 16 11, 161.31 8 10HEY 0000 ..... B~AE 1ST 3·=:: SPAIHG \IAl.U:Y :570.09 11!:1.00 wi..- ""':564·. ""70 1:50.00 ··:~;:: SUJIKJII C I TV 1, ... 12. 71 1,02:5.00 LAK£Ste)lt£"'C>UHD ESTATES B 910.~ ZIDH HILL 197.14 ,...... IJII\IERSITY,FAYETTE\1 12,846.1:5 ...... 6 ... . 37 36, ""·" HOPE W I'EKl'HIS HOitSE8HDE BENO :5,744. :13 4 ,174.9:5 0 31!5.:50 WEST FOR!C. 7,110.:53 I, 117.:50 "IOWAT 11! , 72:3.11 1,911.:16 WIHSI.OW lST ... ,03... . 08 1!,101 ..... ASSOCIAfiON TOTAL& 128, 166 . ..0 lilT LEIANOH ...... ,.,.... .-.:s.-..49 1!,276.... lilT RI..EASAHT BOU 612.11!1 109.00 NORTHEAST SO BAPT 3,370 . ... 1 913.00 hORntiiOE BAPTIST C 1,493.00 :5').2.30 WEDIHOTON WOODS Fill 22 . ... :1 60.37 1-.EL 4,507.91 OOSHEN BAPT1 8T PUSS IJIION HILL 4J0,12 '·'!~:~ CK.\IARY, L£"~0 ... 56, 617 .... 0 176,164. :57 31,786.911 TRINITY A99H ASSOCIATION TOTALS 64, 117. 711! AHOEJtSON TU..LEY 8ETHEJ.., IHACTI.\1£ SOUli-M:ST AIIKANBAB lft.AC> Page 14 ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEWSMAGAZINE " Reporting procedures used by one state convention for church tr:Uning resulted in inflated figures for 1986. Had this not oc SBC Standstill curred, the change for church tr.lining by Jim Lowry Sunday school, the denominatio n's enrollment In the SBC in 1987 would like Bapt.lt t SIIDday Sc:bool 8oanl largest program, registered a change of 0.0 ly have been positive.." NASHVILLE (BP)-Southern Baptist percent, with a small actual loss in ongo Tot2.1 receipts in Southern Baptist chur growth vlnuaUy ground to a halt in ing enrollment of 1,867, bringing the total ches increased by 4.3 percent, o r 1986-87 when denominational programs enrollment to 7,942,106. It marks these S176,109,005. to a new total of reported small changes and some convcn cond consecutive loss for the defi6mina S4,293,683.245. The Increase In total tionwide statistical areas had gains or totils tion's Bible study program, after }>Osting dollars given In Southern Baptist churches smaller than have been seen In decades. annual gains from 1980 through 1985. Is 1.7 pcrcentlge points less than the The denomination's missions organiza EnroiJrnent in church training also previous year's gain of 6.0 percent. tions, Woman's Missionary UnJon and registered a change of 0.0 percent, because Mission expenditures, which arc includ Brotherhood, arc the brightest spots, with of a small actual loss of 408, bringing the ed as part of total receipts, w\!nt up by 4.3 increases of 1.4 and 0.7 pen:ent, respective total enrollment to 1,953,937. This foUows percent, or S27,313,943, to a new high of ly, over the previous year's totals. The three years of small declines, which were S662 ,691,289.1he increase is almost one Southern Baptist Convention fiscal year preceded by four consecutive increases. half of a percentage point more than the; runs from Oct. 1 to the following Sept. 30; According to Martin Bradley, director of previous gain of 4.0 percent. the new statistics rc:flc:ct the year ending the research services depanment at the The report was based on Uniform Sept. 30, 1987. Southern Bap~ist Sunday School Board: Church Letters from 36,674 churches. Church membership, which has shown annual increases since 1926, recorded a gain of 109,203, or 0.7 percent, to reach a new mul of 14 ,727,770, as compared to the 1986 toul of 14 ,618 ,567. The increase in church membership, however, is the lowest number by which Southern Baptists have grown since 1936, when the denomination gained almost 93,000 new members. The number of churches in the conven tion increased by 170, or 0.5 percent, to a new toul of37,286. Except for 1985-86's smaller increase because of the loss of 40 Southern Baptist-affiliated churches in Canada, the 1986-87 toul was the smallest increase in nine years. Baptisms ln Southern Baptist churches, down by 6.8 percent, or 24,629, totaled 338,495. Except for the baptisms toul of .------, 336,050 in 1977-78, the new baptisms toul is the lowest for the convention since 1949. The a.ll-time high for baptisms in the SBC Acteens Encounters was 445,725 In 1972. The 1985-86 baptism total registered an for girls in grades 7-12 increase over the previous total, but it had been preceded by three consecutive decreases. More than 7,000 churches did Featuring not report a baptism on their Uniform Balloon Launch Church Letter survey forms for the 1986-87 Missionaries and MKs church yeu. Arkansas Acteens Panel The denomination's church music enrollment reflected the 22nd consecutive Centennial Celebration increase, with a gain of 0.8 percent, or Studiact Recognition 14,202, to a new toul of 1,738,294. II followed an increase of 2.8 percent, or more than 46,000 participants. April 8-9 AprlllS-16 The enrollment Increase for Woman's Southern Baptist College Ouachita Baptlsl University Missionary Union of 1.4 percent, or 16,512, Walnut Ridge Arkadelphia is the second consecutive increase, bring Guest: Mildred McWhorter, Texas ing that progmn's ongoing enrollment to Guest: Karen Simons, WMU, SBC 1,197,479. WMU enrollment has gone up more than 30,000 In the last two years. Sessions run friday, 7 p.m . . ·saturday noon. Brotherhood, with an increase of 3,783, Registration begins at 6 p.m. Friday. Cost: $4 per person. or 0.7 percent, reached a new toul of Contact WMU Office , P.O. Box 552, .Little Rock , AR 72203. ~~~;~~;;This Increase follows an 0.8 per- L...------' february 18, 1988 Page 15 Easi~r To Pay Than Go by Suaan Todd in K2.nsas City, Mo., he pastored an inner Wbmaa'•llllt.&oaary IJDloa city church. " It W25 during that time., see BIRMINGf!AM, AJ_a •.;...All Southern Bap ing the needs of the the inner city, that J tists agree: that cve,ryorie needs jesus. saw the differences in people.," be said. He Southern. Baptists also agree_that everyone rca1izcd that, despite their differences, they needs a church !n whlch to· worship. each1 needed Jesus. But Southern Baptists aren't providing a " How we introduce people to Jesus is to church for everyone. meet them where they arc:; ' Blase sa.! d. But That's a problem that concerns home that inner-city church was not meeting missionary Thm Blase. " Everyone bcUcvcs JXOple where they were. The members we should be involved in missions. But it weren't reaching into all of the groups of is easier to puU Out a check for a missions people within their neighborhood. As the offering than to,go personally and be in needs more sharply came imo focus, Blase volved," he said. ''Some churches Jack the developed a desire to provide a church for priorities. It takes a deeper commJtment." everyone-from the down-and-outs to the Jesus gave the mand2.te for personal in well-to-do. volvement in the Great Commission, he The inner dty of Kansas City beC2Illc, for said. The respq'nsibUlty of sharing Christ Blase, a church surting training ground. and swtlng Churches lies with every That tC2.ining has equipped him to do what church, not a select few, he asserts. he does today. He is church extension and Helping Southern Baptist churches see language missions director for the: St. Louis and accept this responsibJlity is what Tom Metro Baptist Association. Planning [or outreach. Blase Is all about. "My role is one: of a catalyst, a coor While Blase was a seminary student at dinator of beginning new work. I help to Many times, a need is identified, but he is Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary determine where new work is needed (in unable to find a church wilUng to sponsor the St. Louis area) and then work with a mission. sponsoring churches to help them catch But frustrations reach beyond finding the vision. Some already have the vision sponsoring churches, according to Blase. but just need someone to help it become ''One of the biggest (frustrations) is (know BAP·TIST reality.'' ing) God's timihg. We can strategize on Making visions become reality is Blase ~s paper, but if it is not in God's time, it is not specialty. He has personally had a part in going to work.'' ·-. MEN'S. st211ing 10 new wo.rks in St. Louis during Starting churches can be draining when his four years with the association. Each things don't fall imo place easily, Blase said. group is in varying st2ges of development, Bm as the responsibilities arc: spread among CONGRESS from Bible studies to chapels to full-fledged several people, the job becomes easier. churches. "The key is getting the laity involved." Each new work begins as a Bible study. Those efforts work more smoothly As its members grow and mature in the when partnerships are est2blished, Blase Friday, May 20 Christian faith, many of these groups even said. " The idea is that we don't st2rt new 7:30p.m. tually become churches. churches at the expense of existing works.'' Even though Blase speaks only English, Churches working together can ac Saturday; May 21 he has worked with ·groups of Chinese, complish the task, he said. 8:30p.m. Koreans, Laotians, Spanish, Vietnamese, " My prayer is that more churches would Cambodians, Japanese, American Indians, catch a vision to start new congregations Arabs and the deaf. - be it Anglo, black, whatever. I believe Parkway Place According to Blase, language is not th e that just as we as Christians are called to Baptist Church only barrier which must be overcome. multiply, churches are called to multJply." Little Rock A Church for Everyone Week of Prayer for Home Missions March 6-13, 1988 Annie Armstrong Easter Sponsored by tho Offering National Goal -Brotherhood Department, ABSC $37.5 million Page 16 ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEWSMAGAZINE HOME MISSIO NS EMPHASIS inlssions giving, Stringer adds, citing a " steady decllne in the pcrccntlge of the: church dollar Soing to mission needs." • Missions Thg-of-War " Missions giving alivay> has conipetirors in the church "budget: larger sEaffs, larger by Marv K.no;. missio n. " When people go away and p:u buildings, more expensive programmlf18," Baptist Pfttl ticipate in missions situations, they come he says. · BIRMINGHAM, AI> .- Competlng forces back with a who le: d.Jfferc:nt perspective, That's what Ray calls ''church localism yank Southern Baptists' pocketbooks back and it is their churches that support mis versus church globalism," or the tenden and forth in a tug-of·war over money for sions. This crest of th.c wave today has cy oo " build a local empire without a global missions. done more positively fo r u.s than anything emphasis and reponsibllity." Their pri~ is the lifdinc of Southern else.'' And wblie local needs are vltll, chwchcs Baptist endeavor: the conventionwidc -Sacrificial spirit. " Southern Baptists have a mandate to look beyond themsdva, Cooperative Program budget, which sup are willing to make major sacrifices if they Lewis says. He thinks each Southern Bap pons evangelistic, ffilssionary and educa know the money is go ing to be used to tist church should give: a minimum of 10 tiOnal cministric:s around the globe; and the reach people for Christ in a memlngful and percent of its budget to the Coopcr.uiw: s~cial offerings, which supplement state, effective way," adds Lewis. " If they know Program, promote: the missions offcrtngs n:uioqal and foreign missions effons. we're going to give every attention we: can and "think in terms of reproducing it!dr' . Observers describe a full roster of forces to establishing 1,500 new church starts by helping to start another church . on either side of the struggle. Positive in every year, they will give sacrificially.' ' (continued r· 18) fluences have brought missions giving w - Supportive programs. Woman's Mi s record lengths. But negative factors have sionary Union and Brotherhood, Southern kept It from adV'Mlcing funher and threaten Baptists' missions education and action Classifieds to pull it back. programs for women and men, have kept Southern Baptists contributed a record Baptists informed and inspired about mis- Sl30.3 million to the Cooper.ltive Program sions, motivating them to suppon the during the past fiscal yor. The Annie Arm cause, Lewis says . strong Easter Offering for home missions Nevertheless, the boundaries of mission For Sale-Organ, Allen MDC Classic 20, and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for' support arc not limitless. The Cooperative with full pedals. Call501·935-4802 alter 6 foreign missions also set records in the past Program and the Annie Armstrong and Lot pm or anytime weekends. 2111 year. Obviously, Baptists are doing some tie Moon offerings have not met their goals things right. in rec\m years. Some state Baptist conven For Sale-15 passenger 1984 Ford van, Among factors that positively affect mis tions are holding the line on their budgets. approximalely 75,000 miles, $7,960. sions giving are: Scores of domestic and overseas missions 246-4531, ext. 181. ""' -Missions priority. " There is the p riorities go unmet. prevailing desire for us to fi nd renewal of Among factors that negatively affect mis Sales Poai1Jon-Champion Bus dlslrtbulor our missions priority and get o n with it," sions giving are: seeking semJ.retlred, saieo« February 18, 1988 P"'l" 17 ~ "'; .~ ·. l ' ' _,. J~ - ~.:>":t...... NATION AT RIDGECREST Tug-of-War Focus on Interpretation (continued from p. 17) by David R. Wilkinson dresses. P..&ckd, a Jceynote speaker at last - Yuppie decision·makers. " Bottom so.dtenl e.,m.. TbeokJslc:a.l 5a1WaarJ' year's conference, will deaJ with Issues of line people who make quick decisions" LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP}-Aftcr a decode of biblical tnterpreation in three areas - crea hurt missions giving, Stringer clalms. controversy that often has focused on what tion, women in ministry and eschatology. " They want an Immediate response, an im ~ the Bible is, Southern Baptists will gather Two of his addresses will be followed by mediate return on their investment'' and In North Carolin2 ln April to discuss what responses from two Southern Bij)tlst are bUnded by dollar signs, unable to see the Bible says. leaders reprcsc:nting differing perspealve.s the spiritual rewards of missions. The Conference on Biblical Jnterprera on the subject. -Provincial pastors. "I'm a preacher by tJon, to be held April 25-27 at Ridgecrest j oining Packer as major speakers will be calling and profession, but the major (N'.C.) Baptist Conference Center, is these Roben]ohnston, dean, Nonh Park College obstacle we have in supporting missions Is cond of three national conferences conven and Theological Seminary, Chicago; W>.lter ou.r pastors," Smi th says. " They can talk ed by the presidents of the Southern Bap Kaiser, dean and professor of Old Testa~ about being. missions-minded, but most of tist Convention's slx seminaries. Last year's ment, 'frinity Evangelical Divinity School, them are not, and this is reflected in the Conference on Biblical Inerrancy, also held Deerfield, Ill.; and Grant Osborne, pro way their churches give to missions." at Ridgecrest, attraa ed a capadry crowd of fessor of New Testament, Trinity - Blind ignorance. Southern Baptists more than 1,000 participants. Evangelical Divinity School. have an " uninformed and uneducated con The conferences were proposed by the In the conference's final session, all four stituency,'' Ray says. ''That ignorance level seminary presidents In their 1986 "Gioric:t:l speakers will participate in a panel discus is catching up with us. What Baptists don't Statement" tO> the SSG Peace Committee as sion moderated by john Newport, vice know about missions is hurting us." one means to help resolve the deno mina~ president fo r academic affairs at A major factor in thls is " the diminishing tion's ongoing political and theological Southwestern Baptist Theological role allowed to Woman's Missionary Union controversy. Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. in m·ost of our churches,'' he suggests. Dates for the 1988 meeting, originally One of the six seminary presidents will " They have been the besr voice in support scheduled for May, were move~ to April to preside at each session. • of miss ions. Most missionaries grew out of provide for more accommodations at the Conference rates pe r person are our missions program. But increasingly conference center. Sessions begin Monday SI54/slngl<, Sll4.25/double, Si06/triple we're giving this group a secondary role, evening and conclude Wednesday night. and Sl01.95/four. Cost includes three and that is ominous.'' Ai with the 1987 conference, the night 's lodging, all meals and conference A coroll2ry of this idea is that Southern seminary presidents have gone outside the fees. Baptists'now have a generation of church denomination to invite as mafor speakers A deposit of S38.50 should be sent to leaders who " have not been trained about scholars from the nation's conservative Conference on Biblical Interpretati on; cooperative missions ," Stringer a ~d s. " We eva.ngelical community. Ridgecrest Baptist Conference Center, Box have railed to communicate the evangeUstic ).I. Packer, professor of historical and 128, Ridgecrest, NC 28770. aspect of the Cooperative Program," he systematic theology at Regent College in The final _s;onference in 1989 will deal concedes. V2ncouver, Canada, will deliver three ad- With the theme of biblical imperatives. 'fransl:ued into raw fi gures, that means only about 16 percent of Southern Baptist churches have organized, planned pro~ grams for stewardship enlistment, or the commitment of financial resources to mi s~ sions causes, R2y reports. That leaves more High School than SO percent of churches casting about with no plan for training their members and equipping them to support missions. Baptist Young Men Regardless of the obstacles, the missions endeavor is worth Southern Baptists' con ~ tinued support, missions leaders say. ''Meeting the challenge of Bold Mission State Basketball Tournament Thrust is a costly goal," admits Carolyn March 11-12 Weatherford, national executive direaor of Woman's Missionary Union. "Yet Southern Park Hill Church Immanuel Church Baptist sights must remain on its missions purpose. We can't afford to be sidetracked North Little Rock Little Rock from missions. Nothing can take precedence if we are to reach every per· Missionary Speaker: Terry Ridenour son witli the gospel message.'' Lewis agrees, noting he has found Coach of the national basketball team to represent Southern Baptists to be excited about the Kenya In the 'Pan African Games. emphasis on starting new churches and telling people about jesus. ''Now, if we can For further information or to enter, contact: put all this other behind us and concentnte Dr. Glendo'ri Grober, ABSC Brotherhood Dept., on reaching this nation for Christ, we'll 501·376-4791 . have the greatest days we've ever enjoye·d in Baptist Ufe." Page 18 ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEWSMAGAZINE anniversary~ The Evansville weeklt!:Q' progrun con A;;.~tbeh>l}tion ducts released time cl:iSSes for third and founh.gr:oders at 20 elementary schools. It by Katby Palen range classwork schedules so as to accom uses tbree mobile classrooms and four local Baptbt )olot Coau:nhttt on Public Affall"' modate the release. churches· to house classes !bat are held dur WASHINGTON (BP)-It's Thesday after According to a report by Ruth Correll, ing the regular school d~y for one class noon and I2 third graders leave their public who conducted a study of released time period ·each week throughout the school school classroom. They scurry across the programs in conjunction with doctoral year. school playground, cross a side street and work at New York University: Terry Heck, secretary of ~he National climb the steps of a van that has been con - Most released time classes were begun Association for Released Time Christian vened into a mobile classroom. by a group of pastors and/or laypersons. Education, pointed to three major advan There they greet their teacher an.d spend Programs are sponsored by Protestant, tages of released time programs. the rest of the allotted school period stu Cath9lic and jewjsh groups. First, she said, about one-half of all dying a unit on caring for God's world. - Fundih~ r' released time programs students participating in released time pro When the period is over, the children comes frorp church budgets, individual grams never set foot inside a church. "For return to their regul2r classroom and donations, fund drives, and tuition and these children," Heck ,said, " God is the resume their studies. re!eased time teacher. We Those third graders, .recognize a real hunger In like other public school them to learn about God." students throughout the Second, released time nation, receive religious programs undergird the instruction each week morals, v~lues and through a program known discipline students learn as released time. in public schools, said The constitutionality of Heck, who directs releas such programs was ed time programs for the upheld by the U.S. Cincinnati Council of Supreme Court In 1952, Christian Communions. when it held in Zorach v. Third, she explained, Clauson that schools may such programs give release students for off students the opportunity campus religious instruc to talk about God with tion. In an earlier deci their schoolmates, who sion, the high court had are usually their best held such religious in friends. struction could not be Although Heck said the held on public school pro advantages of released perty. Although the Released time provides an avenue for religious Instruction. time programs outweigh Zorach decision allows the.disadvantages, she did school administrations [Q grant released registration fees. mention sudl drawbacks as problems with time, it does not require them to do so. - Although some programs use pre discipline. inadequate time for instruction, While no exact figures are available, it is packaged curricula, most programs and lack of follow-up in homes and estimated released time classes are held in develop their own curricula. communities. about 3,000 of the I6,000 school districts -Most released time classes are held for Heck offered advice for interested chur in the United States. Although some states children at the elementary school level, ches or other organizations: have laws requiring public schools to "allow with grades three through five the most - Make sure the prOgram is legal. students to partidpate in released time pro popular. Remember that the sponsor, not the grams, most states leave the decision up to - Parents usually have no relationship school, has to do the work. the local school administration. with the programs except to give permis - Build relationships with the schools Organizations sponsoring released time sion for their chlldren to attend. and School boards. Few states require programs ask schools to" allow students - Released time teachers and staff schools to release students. who present signed parental permission members range (rom pan-time volunteers - Develop a broad-based support group forms to be released for a short period of to full-time professionals. for the prQgram. Programs that appeal to time on a regular basis to receive religious - The most frequently mentioned ad ~ wide range of church affiliations are instruction at an off-campus site. The spon vantage of released tlme is the availability preferable. sors are responsible for-obtaining parental of large numbers of children on a regular - Do not make studems who do not permission, transporting students to and basis for religious educationi the main participate In the program feel ostracized. from off-campus sites, selecting cur disadvantages are related to scheduling ade Echoing many of the same recommen riculum, and providing teachers and need quate perfods of time and arranging dations and warnings already cited by ed supplies. transportation. others, Correll concluded her report on A sponsoring organization may not ask Many of the released time programs in released time by stating, "The viablllty of the school to pass out permission forms, operation today began before the Supreme released time depends on a three-legged announce or Otherwise promote the pro Court's I952 Zorach decision. An example support system of home, church and gram, or give credits for the classes. Legaliy, Is the Evansville, Ind., Area Council of school. If respect and acceptance of any a school's only role is to allow the students Churches' Weekday Christian Education one is lacking, released time is bound to to l~ve campus without penalty and to ar- program, which is celebrating its 45th be slanted or topple." February 18, 1988 "' Page I9 NRB HONOR New Plans Proposed Stanley Named DALLAS (BP}-,-Annulty Board trustees subsidiary corporations which would of UIW\lmously voted in their Feb. 1-2 fer "tax qualified" retirement plaru to SBC To Hall of Fame mectJns to ask the Southem Baptist Con institutions. The charter and bylaws cur 403(b) b y Stan Hastey vention and Its Executive Commiuee for rently pttmit the hoard to offer only llaptbe Pra1 appnw.al to develop new propeny and pJ2Jl5, which are specifically for not for WASHINGTON (BP)-Former Southern cuua.lty insurance progra.ms and new profit organizations. retlrc:mcnt plans. Despite the srock market collapse in Oc Baptist Convention President Charles F. Utbc proposals :ire approvCd, the Annui tober 1987, Trasurer H:uold Richardson Sunley wa.s inducted into the National ty Board apect5 to begin offering new In reported that all Annuity Board funds end· Religious Bro:adasters Hall of Fame during surance ProtiJ"'ID5 including church-owned ed the year with positive performan ce. the organintio n's annual meeting in property coverage, gcncnl li ab J,lhy, Investment income tattled Sll2 million . February. workers' compensation, bus li2bUJty, day The year saw assets rise above S 2 billion Th e 55-ye:ar-old p as tor of the 11 ,000-membcr First Baptist Church of care liability ~d minister's malp l'2.cticc for the first time, and S55.8 million in Atlanta joins earlier hono rees Bllly iNU1'211tt. retirement and relid benefits were paid. Also, if approved, the proposals would Contributions to member accounts rose Graham, P:at Robertson, Jerry Falwell, allow tbc Annuity Board to offer r Pase20 ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEWSMA GAZINE Convention Uniform Life and Work Bible ~ook ' , Restoration Sexual Purity When a Family Hurts by Don Miller, First Church, Trumann by Earl Humble, Flnt Church, Osceola by Eddie L. McCord, Indc:pc:odc:nce Basic passage: Matthew 18:10-22 Basic passage: Exodus 20:14; Matthew Association DOM Focal passage Matthew 18:10-22 5,27-32; 11bessa1onlans 4,1-8; 1 Cor B~lc passage: ?c:nesls 3711-36 Inthians 7,1-6 Central truth: Living in harmony with Focal p~sage : Genesis 3713-8, God and mao is of utmost Importance. Focal passage: Exodus 20:14; Matthew 13-14,23-27 5:27-28; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7; 1 Cor Central truth1 The family must con At first glance one might see three Inthians 7,3.5. unrelated p255ages in today's Scripture. But st2ntly be on guard agalnsl dlsrupllve their assOciation is more than just c2sual. Central truth: God's Word takes influences. seriously the demands of God for a Eadi passage relates to :m aspect Of restora Is your family hurting? If so, it is no eX tion and righteousness. responsible stew:udsWp of the sex Ufe. ception. Many families are hurting. ·· Matthew 18:10-14 is a parable of the Those who place aU Scripture on the There w:u !rouble in jacob· ~ family' '-'\d restoration of a lost sh~p . Argument could same level of authority for Christian living every member contriButed to the hurt. be m2de both dJrectio ns whether this is an have a real problem with sexual purit'y in There cosii.es a ti,me wHen pareitt '-nd c~ild unsaved person or one who is in a stray reconciling certain passages in the Old must answer the question, ''Am I a part of ing or backslidden state. The real focus is Testament. Genera..lly speaking, adultery in the problem?"' God's love and longing for the one who both Testaments means violation of mar Some of the nastiest of human passions is separated from him and his joy at their riage vows through illicit sexual activity. were festering in jacob's ralnuy, I )Viiat restor.uion. He goes to the fullest ex tent Sex between the unmarried is called havoc they wrought! How disruptive they wd dfon to bring about or restore a fornication. are iQ. our homes to<1a.yl They are very Casi dghteous condition. (1) The sex life calls for rigid discipline. ly detected in today's ScriP'ture·paSsa'8C:: Matthew 18:15-20 centers on the restora In the Old Testament if adultery could be (1) 1lile·bcaring (v.2). Joseph Is the guu: tion of broken/damaged relationships. The proved, both panics were to be stoned (Dt. ty party here. While it Is true that]oseph emphasis is on the salvaging and 22:23-29). If fornication could be proved, was feporting on the undisciPlined strengthening of a relationship not expos the father IQight require the offending male behavior of the sons bf Bilhah, Jt is also ing the. wrong or assigning the fault. The to marry his daughter, or he might demand true that there are tiines when 'it is best for burden of seeking restoration is given to money from the offender (Ex. 22o16-I7). even the truth to remain unsaid. the offended not the offender. If this fails Multiple wives were allowed and divorce (2) Favoritism (v. 3). 'The favoritism is then a small group is to seek the restora was relatively easy for the man (Dt. 24:1-4). jacob's. It •seems ihat ·he has leained tion. This "committee" should be compos When we come to the New lbtament, nothing from his experiences as a youth, ed of wise, respected, and mature believers. the climate of sexual purity is chan8ed. when he was his mother's favorite and Esau If the wrongdoer still refuses reconcilia Here adultery begins with lust r2.ther than his father's. tion, then the matter is brought to the with the overt act. Both premarital and ex (3) Envy (vv. 1,1f, 11). J:h,e br<]th.ers.• are church. Then, as a whole, they urge tramarital usage of sex is condemned (1 Th. guilty at this point. jacob's home was a bit reconciliation. 4o3; I Co. 7o2). ter and unpappy place. His actio'n was' most If the offender remains hardhearted at (2) Sex is one of God's gifts. It is not on unwise at this time. this point he is to be treated as a lost per ly to secure the perpetuation of the of the (4) Pride (vy. 5·7, 9). The firs! reason son. He acts like one, so treat him like one. race, but also to express and foster love for the brother's hatred and envy was But how should we treat the lost? With a within marriage (I Co. 7:1-5). Note that joseph's evil report, the second reason was Christlike love and a seeking to help them from Genesis the use of sex was blessed by the coat, and now the third reason was his to hear and respond to the gospel. This God before sin entered the human race. p,ride. process is never to be done hastily or wit"' God is creator, but he has given to men and (5) Revenge (vv. 23-27). Jacob became e2gemess. A broken heart and much time women the precious seeds of life. They uneasy about the safety of his other sons in prayer are vital pre-requisites. Restora become creators in a secondary sense when and sends joseph to find them. tion, not punishment or the satisfaction of their children are born. Had jacob known all the details concer the wronged, is the goal.' (3) Here are some practical guidelines for ningjoseph's :Jbsence, he should not have In verse 2I-22 Peter poses a question. Christians. First, in the choice of a mate for been surprised. All the ingredients were How often should one seek restoration and our children, parents have a great respon present for severe conflict in his home. gr.mt forgiveness? jesus answers, "Con sibility. It is not that we choose who ou'r Many homes are about_ to crumble tinually." children will marry. It is rather ~hat we because of the presCnce of disintegrating . How often we allow little problems to should guide our children from childhood influences. get out of hand. Our relationship to God onward in the true appreciation of fri~nd Are your emotions all mixed up? .Do you can be measured by our relationship to one ships. We should also guide them when find yourself reacting outside .yoUr faith? another. If we are not right or seeking to they begin their dating life. Chlldren shOuld Do you find yourself doing things you do be right with one another, then we are not always be brought into family counseling not W2Dt to do and fai1lng to do things you right with God.lfyoll have a problem with in male-female relationships. We: must really desire to do? When the home buns someone, forgive him, and then seek teach our children the value of prayer in God understmds. We must bring our dJf reconciliation with him and God. finding God's will in this matter. flcultles to him. nit lot.-~~ It butd 011 tH IDtu!UIUoa.a.IBiblt JA,uoD ror 11W It:-b but4 oa dw Ute: aAd Worll Cutriall- for SOutbcn~ ~~ uaw- kriu. Cofrrrlibtlnltt1Utloul COU· Baptht Olllftbet., copyrlfbl bJI!tc 511114aySc:boolloard oldie clolu--.Utc4bJ~Ioa. SOcnbcnllbpdtt~AUfi&tWI~lldbJpc:r..-Joa. February 18, 1988 Page 21 doxy, they oppose the Messianic movement A Struggle for Identity -and any other dep:u-turc from rigorous )udalsm. by Art Toalston them, often meshing It with falsehoods, Ultra-Orthodox j ews hurled stones into SBC Pon:lp Mlnloi:a Board and disseminating the mishmash in neigh 2 Tiberias congteg:J.tion's worship services JERUSALEM (BP)-Messianlc j ews arc borhoods and to municipal and national during a six·month period In 1985. On battling for their jewishncss. officials. several occasions, believers have been No longer arc they truly jewish, their A poster wi th a photo of one Messianic roughed up. Newspapers, fearing Hasidic critics cla.im . The issue is their belief in couple and thdr toddler son warned: protests, will not accept Messianic adver jesus, or Yeshua (ye-S HU-uh), as they call "Watch out for these people. They love you tisements, a congregational leader says. him in Hebrew. because they W2nt you to love jesus.'' Yad And Ultn-Orthodoxjews often pressure ''Any rabbi wi11tcll you thett is no room L'Achim's tactics also include demonstra· local officials to use zoning ttgulations within traditional judaism for any such tlons. And some believers claim the group against Messianic congregations. A con belief," says Pinhas Peli, a jerusalem Post bugs telephones, OJX:ns mail and bttaks in gtcg2tion near 'Itl Aviv struggled ma tt than columnJst and professor of Jewish thought to homes. two years to reverse a munJcipaJ injunction and literaturc-:u Ben Gurian University in Another antagonist is Shmuel Golding, against meetings in a building they wett Be'er Shcva. "Claiming to be: both a Jew known for various bookletS, cassette capes renting. No injunctions wett placed against and a Messianic believer is a contradiction and weekly debates at his jerusalem In nearby synagogues. in terms and an aberration of Juda.Jsm. stitute of Biblical Polemics that target some The blacks especially arc hostile toward Once you leave the jewish religion or add 180 New Tesl21nent fulfillments of Old Messlanics because believers do not give to it something which is not genuine, you Testament prophecy. Goldlng's skepticism, the credence to their religious authority stop being a Jew." belicver;s coun~ could be equally destruc· that many other Jews do, Sorko·Ram But this small minority-about 3,000 in tive if applied to Jewish Scriptutts. believes. " That's the same problem as in a nation of 4.4 million people-is intent on Golding also offers tnining for dissuad the first century," he adds, when believers '' remainlng jewish in a meaningful sense,'' ing young Messianic Jews, and "counsel chose Yeshua as their authority. says Baruch Maoz, leader of a Messianic ors" now are in place in several countries. Despite broad guarantees of religious congrcg.ttion in the Tel Aviv~- And they In his own counseling, Golding claims a fttedoms, the evangelism is another mat· are unW2vering in their conviction that 75-percent rate of Messianic jews "coming ter, Peli says. EvangeUzing Jews is "chutz· Jewish sCriptutts, in Maoz's words, "find back to their Jewish roots." pah . . something which is not accepuble fulfillment nowhett in any way." To anyone wanting to carry else but In Christ as the gospel to the jews, he admonishes: described in the New " Hands off. Not now. You W2nt to talk to Tesl2.ment .'' us, give us another hundred years, wother "We live our lives SO years. Let 's heal the wounds still bleed as jews In every Ing from the Holocaust. We lost a third of sense, except those our people," 6 million jews to Nazi exter that deny Christ," minators. " Every Jew is important to us." Maoz says. He and his Pell acknowledges a religious void in famHy observe Pass Israel, but urges, " If you W2nt to be a true over, for example, friend of lsnel ... if you want to help peo because " It 's part of ple who att looking for spirituality, help our history. I'm glad them find it within their own ttllgion." that ~Y fottf.uhers Nor arc Messianic jews open-minded left Egypt. God when it comes to pleas to ttfraln from brought them out, evangelizing. "We do not have the right to and that is something compromise on ... the Great Commission to celebrate.'' which the jewish Messiah gave to us in Mat jewish belfevers thew 28," Boskey says. The Apostle Paul ''cannot, in the end, Messianic jews: being jewlsb, believing In jesus. In Romans 1 said the gospel should go ''to turn to the rabbis to the jew first," he says. And the Apostle find the ultimate definition of being AncagonJsts often label Messianics as mis Peter in Acts 4 told jews "thett is no other Jewish," says Avner Boskey, one of the sionaries, which In Isnel is "only slightly name under heaven" for salvation. To faH leaders of a jerusalem congrc.gaticn. matt positive than being called a child to take the gospel to the jews would be the "Rathe.r, we need w turn to Yeshua the molester,'' one believer says. The term has "Gttat Omission," Boskey says. Messiah to do that. The leaven of the been twisted to mean "a soul robber," one Some Messianic believers have begun Pharisees that Yeshua talked about is the seeking to "steal jews aW2y from their moving beyond one-on-one evangelism in same leaven which ttfused to accept his hericage" or "make jews into Gentiles," ttcent years. "We're no longer satisfied divinity ~nd Messiahship, and these peo believers say. with one hett and one thett," says Ya'akov ple ended up writing the T.tlmud," ancient Messianic Jews face an even more intense Oamkani of Jaffa, one of three full-time writings Interpreting the jewish Bible. challenge from ultra·Orthodox or Hasidic evangelists spearheading the use of tracts At least a dozen organizations in Isnel jews, also known as blacks because of the to ttach the masses. "The prophets were a.rc devoted to assailing Messianic jews. black hats and coats the men wear. They never satisfied with one here and one Several leaders in the best-known group, comprise only 5 percent to 7 percent of the thett,'' nor were the apostles, he says. ''All Yad .L'Achlm, ttfused to be Interviewed for population, yet wield a disproportionate the nation Is familiar with the Christiani this story. Believers say Yad L'Achim arriount of clout because they a.rc wooed ty of the pope, the crusaders, the Inquisi periodically harasses congregational by Israel's two major political parties. Far tions. We just need to plow the heart of the leaders by gathering information about more vehemently than mainllne Ortho- nation .' ' Page 22 ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEWSMAGAZINE Do Corda in 1985. Six months later, the state convention, the Brazilian Home Mis· sion Board and First Baptise Church in lm paratrlx, a city across the st:ue, purchased the building and a Brazilian home mi s .sionary moved to the town to begin the work. The missionary had nine converts when an Ark2ns:ts partnership mission team ar riv~d three months later. There were 25 new Baptists in the community when the Ark2nsas group left. Students from Southwestern Baptist Throloglcal Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and other Arkansas mission teams have returned to Barn Do Corda several times, according to Rose. The team visiu were part of an effort b)' Rose and Don McNeil, a Southern Baptist .. missionary who is state convention ex ecutive director, to target Barra Do Corda for priority work. As an ev2ngelist pilot, Rose is a crucial Mlquel Paiva reads a Scripture passage to some Interested neighborhood women. link with Barra Do Corda. With his single engine, seven-passenger plane, he takes mission teams and others to the communi A Thriving Church ty on the eastern rim of the Amazon basin in less than an hour rather than the 12-hour Brazilian Pastor Cites Sacrifice, Commitment trip by road from Sao Luis. The Baptists who helped establish the by Frank Wm. White " basic aft,habet." The school will provide church apparently were received more SBC Fonelp Min ion Bo :a111 basic reading skills for children and warmly than the first missionary 100 years BARRA DO CORDA , Brazil (BP) outreach possibilities for the church, she ago. Residents say that missionary fled the Aithough a Baptist missionary first gave ac said. town after Catholic leaders threatened his cess to a Bible to the people of Barra Do The pastor and his family live in the back life. Now, it seems Baptists are accepted Co rda about 100 years ago, the city was of the church which originally was a and are in the 150-year-old city to stay. without a Baptist church until two years spiritist hospital. The hospitit.l building was ago. purchased for $5,200, a bargain that has (BP) photo I Jim !Jineman Now a church on a busy street corner in allowed the church to establish a work the Equatorial Brazil city of 50,000 is thriv much more rapidly than would have been ing with a Baptist pastor and a layman who possible otherwise, said Warren Rose, a have made personal sacrifices to reach the Southern Baptist missionary who has community. assisted the church. Miquel Paiva became pastor of the The church also has played a role in church in December 1987 but already has bringing a much-needed addition to pro goals to more than double the membership fessional medical services for Barra Do of 30 and develop a trained evangelistic Corda. Jarbas Morotes, a Baptist layman and force with the Sunday school. physician, moved his medical practice to He baptized 10 new members during his the city from Sao Luis because he felt God first month as pastor and hopes to have 40 wanted him to serve there. new members within a year. Training ses Although he earned more money in Sao sions in the coming y~ar fOr Sunday school Luis, " leaving the comfort of the city to go workers will be a priority "because I feel to the interior was a step 1 was willing to Sunday school is the basis of the take," he said. "The medical need and the evangelism work we will do," Paiva said. Baptist work were things God had put His previous church, about 150 miles together for me to be involved in here." from Barra Do Corda, bad eight members Moraes plans to start a Sunday school when he arrived two years ago and had class for young people and has involved the grown to 60 members when he left. pastor as a chaplain at i he hospital. Paiva's involvem.ent with evangelism and "He'll attend to their physical needs and missions began years ago. Instead of a I'll attend to their spiritual needs," Paiva honeymoon, he and his wife, Annarita, said. spent 28 days on an evangelism tour of The church's leadership has the benefit remote interior areas. of groundwork laid by Brazilian and Annarita's involvement in Barra Do Cor Southern Baptist mission efforts. Pastor Mlquel Paiva ta/Jts wflb Nadir da includes plans of Oiling the church on Baptists from Sao Luis, the sr.ue capital Rodrgues. wbo earlier bad visited tbe Bap weekdays with 30 to 40 students learning about 250 miles away, did a survey of Barrot tist cburcb In Barra Do Corda. February 18, 1988 Page 23 Subscriber Services WORLD The Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine offers subscription plans at thrtt r2tes: Every Res ident FamUy Plan 'Miracle Child' gi ves churches a premium r.u c: when by Eric Miller they send the Newsmagazine to all their girl had a piece of candy for him, and in· foft.lp MlNioa Board resident households. Resident families stead of handing it to him, she put it in his arc calcul2ted to be at least onc:·founh RECIFE, Brnil (BP}-Brullians' reac mouth. However; Philip is able to play with o f the church's Sunday School enroll · tions to a Southern Baptist missionary child toys and eat with no assisWlcc. mcm. Churches who send only to with no hands o r feet have r.lnged from " There are some who sec absolutely no members who request a subscription do for to fasdnation. But often the en difference in Philip," Mrs. Newberry ex not qualify for this lower rate of S5 .52 counters allow his parents to present plains. " One little boy told him one day, per year for each subscription. Christ's message o f love. 'I can run faster than you can.' The child ;\ Group Plan (formerly e2Ued the Philip Newberry, 3, the son of mis spoke to him like he would anybody else.'' Club Plan) allows church members to sionaries Randy and jan Newberry, has PWlip had a slight setback when the get a better than individual rate when bc:eo called the " miracle child.' ' After much Newbc:r:rys first returned to Brazil. He fr.tc 10 or more o f them send their subsc rip pr.~ycr, he recovered from severe meningitis tured a leg whiJe kicking a soccer ball with tions together through their church. that had caused po rtions of his arms and his father. legs to be ampucued after gangrene set in. He still W2S wearing a cast when the r------, Later, he W2S fitted with prostheses. Ncwbcrrys transferred from Sao Paulo to I I The Newberry family W2S on furlough Recife so that Newberry could teach in I I w hen Philip got sick in April 1986. Philip, Baptist Theological Se minary. The I I his parents, and their other children, j oey preschool administrator would not allow 1 and Amy, returned to Brazil about a year Philip to enroll in the school at first. She Are you : ago. assumed meningitis had caused brain ! ~ ;; e moving? : " It's quite an experience to be on the damage and Philip would be too uncoor VI ,_,. V\ ~ Please give us t wo 1 streets with Philip because people really dinated to function well and wouldn't fit s12re," his father says. "Everywhere we go, in because he didn't speak Portuguese. ~ n 6 ~ weeks advance t ...,. c :c ....., notice. Clip this 1 people say, 'Was he born that way or did But when she learned he'd been playing r- 2 ~ portion with your I he have an accident?"' soccer and fo und him to be o utgoing, she ~ ~ ~ g old address label, : The Newberrys were walking through a was w iUing to give him a try. market in Sao Paulo, Brazil , one day when " She wanted to give Philip the chance ~ r- ~ ~~~~~ : ~~ 1 Philip noticed a beggar with a tin can. to prove that he could function with other m £ send to ArkWsas : "All of a sudden, Philip said, 'Daddy, children in a regular school situation,'' Mrs. "-" :a Baptist Newsmag- 1 look, that man doesn't have any feet!' It Newberry says. "She also wanted her didn't dawn on Philip that he didn't ~ """4 ~ azinc. P. 0. Box I students to realize that just because so either," Newberry says. meone is different, he is no less a pcrsori a "-" N 552, little Rock, I Philip walked over and ta.lked to the beg that someone with physical difficulties can ~ ~ ~ C: AR 72203 : gar, who was sluing in the street. " It was still lad a normal life.' ' NCOO 1 like there W2S a bo nd there,'' says his ~ z t mother. The beggar asked how Philip had I lost his legs. He was ''very excited to sec · Flood Relief I th ~ t Philip could walk with his prostheses I I 1 Name 1 because this man. didn't have any." RICHMOND, Va . (BP)-About 600 I I . _They talked with the beggar a few times, families who were left homeless by a flood 1 Street 1 telling him how God had spared Philip and in Brazil's Rio de janeiro state w ill receive I I that "God has a plan fo r Philip's life and food and supplies from Southern Baptist I City I for every life, this man's life too," Mrs. missionaries. I I Newberry says. The Foreign Mission Board sent about 1 State Zip ___ 1 With Brazilians "always asking" about 560,000 in hunger and general relief funds I I Philip, the Newberrys have encountered Feb. 8 to missionary Gregory De~ring, who L------~ others with problems. " We were able to is coOrdinating relief efforts, saiCI Bill Subscribers through the group plan pay minister to one lady w ho had a little boy Damon, associate area director for Bri.Zil. S6. 12 per year. · who had some mcnta.l problems," Mrs. Whh the S60,000, missionaries ..y lll buy Individual subscriptions may be Newberry says. " Her husband had and diStribute a one-month supply of food, purchased by anyone at the rate of $6.48 separated (left her) because of the problems as well as blankets, mattresses, clean{ng per year. These subscriptio ns are more with the child." supplies and health kits to ward off costly because they requi re individual at· In another case, a woman beg8ing on the diseases. · tent ion for address changes and renewal street approached the Newbcrrys with her They als·o will be looking for Ways to notices. hand extended. When she discovered comfo rt the people and present the gospCI ·Changes of address by individuals Philip's lack o f hands, she was ashamed of of Christ. may be made with the above form. herself and turned away. Five days of heavy rains in early February When inquiring about your Philip's preschool classmates have mi x caused fl oods and mud slides that killed at subscription by mail, please include the ed reactions to him. "Sometimes they arc least 8S , injured 200 and left 4,800 address label. Or call us at (5 01 ) afr.~i d of him; he looks different," says his homeless, according to wire fCP.Orts . .For 376-4791, ext. 515 6. Be prepared to give mother. ty buildings collapsed in Petfopolis, a us your code line info rmation. O ther children want to help him all the mountain resort no rth of Rio de Janeiro time, .she adds. They bring toys to him. A city. Page 24 ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEWSMAGAZINE