Review and Herald for 1978
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General Church Paper naCcicloCc 0 of the Seventh-day Adventists • JANUARY 26, 1978 A story of three Adventists who shared their faith By DON LEO GARILVA A recent report from Mindanao in the Philippines Of the three Adventist students, Johnny Postrero tells the story of three Adventist young people assumed the leadership and laid the strategy. who shared their faith in one-to-one evangelism, Each would convert at least one roommate. Before resulting in an organized church of 120 members. the end of the school year six students were It began six years ago when Johnny Postrero, baptized. Georgia Solijon, and Elisa Ibarrat decided to The next year, 1973, Exsuan Dagbusan, a let their light shine on the campus of Mindanao Moslem convert to the Adventist faith, was called State University (MSU). The school, sprawling from Jolo to teach at MSU. Other Adventist over the hilltop of Marawi City, has an enrollment students enrolled, and soon there were 15. By the of more than 3,000 students, 50 percent of whom time of their week-long Lenten season camp, five are Moslem. more were baptized, and Continued on page 18 THIS WEEK RAa few Contents Church," Oct. 20, 27, 1977), died sion committee has named the re- General Articles Pages 4-8 November 26 of cerebral malaria, cently dedicated jungle chapel in Columns leaving his wife, an adopted baby, Wawujai, one of the three moun- Especially for Women and newborn twins. According to tain villages in which Mr. Dasin- 7 128th Year of Continuous Publication For the Younger Set 8 Robert B. Grady, Far Eastern Di- gan worked, the Lukas Dasingan Family Living 9 vision Sabbath school director, Memorial Chapel. EDITOR Mr. Dasingan, who had been liv- Bible credits: Texts in this Kenneth H. Wood From the Editors 10 ASSOCIATE EDITORS Newsfront 13-23 ing with the tree people for the issue credited to A.S.V. are J. .1. Blanco, Don F. Neufeld News Notes 20 past two and one-half years, was from the American Standard ASSISTANT EDITOR Jocelyn Fay Bulletin Board 23 to have been ordained soon and Version. ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR Back Page 24 sent to begin work in a new area. Art and photo credits: Cover, Eugene F. Durand Therefore, a replacement for him, Skip Baker; pp. 4, 5, Dennis ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY Lukas Dasingan, pioneer worker a young man from Mount Klabat Crews; p. 8, Toge Fujihira; p. 9, Corinne Russ among the mountain people of the College, had already been se- EDITORIAL ASSOCIATE Henry Rasmussen; p. 14, Ed- Aileen Andres Central Celebes in Indonesia (see lected at the time of his death. ouard Naenny; all other photos, EDITORIAL SECRETARIES "Tree People Join Adventist The East Indonesia Union Mis- courtesy of the authors. Pat Alden, Chitra Barnabas ART Director. Byron Steele Designer. G. W. Busch CONSULTING EDITORS Robert H. Pierson, W. Duncan Eva, LETTERS W. J. Hackett, Richard Hammill, C. D. Henri. Alf Lohne. M. S. Nigri. G. Ralph Thompson. Francis W. Wernick. Neal C. Wilson Letters submitted for publication should the future, it is helpful for us not contribute ideas and comments on articles or our people are ready to do some SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS C. 0. Franz. K. H. Emmerson, R. R. material printed in the ADVENTIST REVIEW. to forget how the Lord has led us real heart-searching over the dif- Figuhr, B. L. Archbold, W. T. Clark, They should be brief, not exceeding 250 in the past. K. S. Parmenter. R. S. Lowry, words, and must carry the writer's name. ficult questions that this issue Edwin Ludescher, M. L. Mills. Enoch address, and telephone number (although this J. N. HUNT raised. number will not be printed). Letters must be Oliveira, W. R. L. Scragg, C. D. General Conference JERE WEBB Watson legible, preferably typewritten, and double- spaced. All will be edited to meet space and Publishing Department Collegedale, Tennessee EDITORS, NORTH AMERICAN literary requirements, but the author's mean- Washington, D.C. UNION EDITIONS ing will not be changed. Views expressed in Columbia. Franklin W. Hudgins the letters do not necessarily represent those Since I grew up in Battle Creek, Southwestern, W. R. May of the editors or of the denomination. It is worth Leonard J. Smith's EDITORS, SPANISH EDITIONS 95 years to bear his startling testi- some of my memories of the fa- Inter-America, North America, Continuing influence mony to the world church, "In mous tabernacle fire might be of Wanda Sample, Raul Villanueva interest. South America. Gaston Clouzet Re "Who Sent the Reviews?" my estimation we are worse today CORRESPONDENTS, than the people of Battle Creek Our academy quartet was clos- WORLD DIVISIONS (Nov. 3). I agree that we will ing the Sabbath at our music Afro-Mideast, Jack Mahon; never know until we reach heaven were at that time." When one Australasian, Robert H. Parr: thinks of the loss of some of our teacher's home about one block Euro-Africa, E. E. White; the results of the influence of the front the fire station when we Far Eastern, M. G. Townend; person who sent the REVIEWS to institutions in certain overseas Inter-American, Tulio R. Haylock: fields, as well as the spiritual de- heard the alarm. We boys ran Northern Europe-West Africa, Paul the Bunch family. down to the station to see where Sundquist; South American. Arthur S. In 1953 the Oregon Conference clension that is all too obvious in Valle; Southern Asia. A. M. Peterson: many in this country, he just the fire was. When they told us it Trans-Africa, Perry A. Parks youth department conducted out- was the tabernacle, we ran to CORRESPONDENTS, door drive-in-type meetings in might be right. NORTH AMERICA Inspired evidence indicates that watch. UNIONS: Atlantic. Geraldine I. Grout; Portland. We helped with these The next day I went down to Canadian, A. N. How; Central. Clara meetings and did follow-up Bible the root cause leading to Battle Anderson; Columbia, Franklin W. Creek's disastrous judgmental photograph the ruins. On Monday Hudgins: Lake. Jere Wallack; North studies. As we studied with the our pastor came to the school to Pacific. Cecil Coffey; Northern. Halle Elwin Alford family Mr. Alford fires was a leadership rejection of Crowson; Pacific. Shirley Burton; the most precious message secure pledges to help rebuild. In Southern, Oscar L. Heinrich: would repeatedly say, "That's the my excitement I pledged $50. Southwestern, W. R. May. way Taylor Bunch explained it." Heaven sent us in 1888. That UNIVERSITIES: Andrews. Ray Since I had photographed the Minner; Loma Linda. Richard Mr. Alford had grown up at Ban- message would have saved the leaders from the spiritual declen- ruins, I prepared a souvenir Weismeyer don, just south of Coquille, Ore- CIRCULATION booklet showing the fire ruins gon, and was a neighbor to sion that produced all their ad- Manager. Edmund M. Peterson along with a picture of the taber- SUBSCRIPTIONS grandsons of James Bunch. ministrative unrighteousness. Mr. nacle before the fire. US$15.95. Single copy. 45 cents. Alford and his wife were baptized There is a direct connection. Address all correspondence concerning P. B. FAIRCHILD subscriptions to the Manager, in 1954. The "sword as of fire stretched over Battle Creek" would never Erie, Pennsylvania Periodical Department, Review and MRS. ROGER WATSON Herald Publishing Association, 6856 have been unsheathed had that Eastern Avenue NW., Washington, Gaston, Oregon D.C. 20012, U.S.A. gracious message been humbly Utilizing talents and sincerely accepted. Instead, Monthly editions in English and Fire special Persons holding church office Spanish and a quarterly edition in that generation would have seen Braille are available. I couldn't lay the "fiery" De- occasionally feel hurt if they are the Lord come (Selected Mes- TO CONTRIBUTORS cember 8 issue aside until I had not reelected. Though it may not Send news stories and pictures. sages, book 1, p. 82). read every article. I thought I had be wrong to strive for office, it articles, and letters to the editor. It may be seen that our alien- Unsolicited manuscripts are welcome, read everything from both the should be remembered that one is but notification as to acceptance or ation from Christ and His right- Spirit of Prophecy and other not reelected automatically on the rejection may be expected only if eousness is deeper today than was accompanied by a stamped, sources on the history of our basis of good service during the self-addressed envelope. that of the brethren in Battle publishing-house fire. However, previous year. An index is published in the last Creek in the 1890's. And maybe in this issue I discovered several I feel it is not good policy for a Review of June and December. The we shouldn't wait until the great Review is indexed in the Seventh-day new items I had not read before. person to hold a certain office for Adventist Periodical Index. centennial of 1888 comes up in I appreciated your balanced more than two or three consecu- The Adventist Review is published presentation depicting how the another ten years—it might be too tive years, with the possible ex- every Thursday by the Review and late for action then. Herald Publishing Association, 6856 push for control, consolidation, ception of the complicated posi- Eastern Avenue NW., Takoma Park, ROBERT J. WIELAND and centralization was just as tion of treasurer, unless the Washington. D.C. 20012, U.S.A. Chula Vista, California Second-class postage paid at Washington, great a cause for the fire as the congregation is so small that there D.C.