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EDITOR Wesley D. Tracy BEYOND STEWARDSHIP MANAGING EDITOR Mark Graham BY A. F. HARPER ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY Judith Perry Am I only God’s steward, or commit their lives to Christ. More DIRECTOR /% has He made me His part- than anything else, that was our JL A . ner? A steward, managing prayer for those children. DIVISION OF property for another, works from a Each year, that same local church COMMUNICATIONS sense of obligation and is called to has faithfully given funds for a general Paul Skiles give an account to the owner for faith­ budget to support missionaries in ful management. A partner, on the lands where Christ is not known. GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS other hand, is one who works for the Through giving for missions, I have a Eugene L. Stowe best interests of another because they part in going to the uttermost parts of Jerald D. Johnson share the same goals. A Christian the earth to help “make disciples of John A. Knight steward feels a sense of responsibility all nations” (Matthew 28:19, NIV). R a y m o n d W. H u rn —and that is good, There, unsaved William J. Prince but a partner persons have come Donald D. Owens works from a to know Christ. shared commit­ Through His ment to God’s To really know church, they are purposes. Jesus Christ lifts giving growing up in Bible quotations in this issue: emphasized this Christ until they Unidentified quotations are from the blessed fellowship from mere stew­ reach complete­ KJV. Q uotations from the following when He said, "I ness in Him. I am translations are used by permission: no longer call you ardship to true grateful to have a (NIV) From The Holy Bible. New Inter­ servants, because a part in these things national Version, copyright © 1973, partnership. 1978, 1984 by the International Bible servant does not that God is doing. Society. know his master's 1 am a Christian (NKJV) From the New King James Ver­ business. Instead, I steward, responsi­ sion, copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982, have called you friends, for everything ble to manage my money, my time, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers. that I learned from my Father, I have and my talents under my total com­ (NASB) From the New American Stan­ m ade known to vou" (John 15:15, mitment to Christ; but by God’s dard Bible, ©) The Lockman Founda­ NIV). grace. He has made me more than a tion, 1960. 1962, 1963, 1968. 1971, When God saved us. He made us steward. Through the Scriptures. He 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977. His children and invited us to become has taught me His will for my life. By Cover: Detail from “A Cup in His His partners. Because we are partners. filling me with His Holy Spirit. He Name” by Scott Stearman for Thrust to His concerns are now also our con­ has changed my attitudes. He has the Cities. cerns. We gladly invest our time and transformed my values until I now money in the church, because count as most important the things through the church God is doing the for which Christ died. most important things in the world. I give because Christ has put His Herald of Holiness (USPS 241-440) is I came to know Christ because own Spirit in me. He has lifted me published monthly by the NAZARENE faithful laypersons supported a small beyond responsible stewardship to a PUBLISHING HOUSE, 2923 Troost church. In that congregation, a godly free and joyful partnership with him ­ Ave, Kansas City, MO 64109. Editorial offices at 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City, pastor and dedicated Sunday School self. MO 64131. Address all correspondence teachers gave me their love and time Father. I thank You for the ful­ concerning subscriptions to Nazarene until 1 responded to Christ’s call. Each fillment of Your promise: “I will Publishing House, RO. Box 419527, year, that church supported an educa­ cleanse you from all your impurities Kansas City. MO 64141. Copyright 1991 by Nazarene Publishing House. tional budget for a Christian college. . . . I will give you a new heart and put POSTMASTER: Please send change of There, 1 found Christ in sanctifying a new spirit in you . . . And I will put address to Herald o f Holiness. RO. Box grace and responded to His call to the my Spirit in you and move you to fol­ 419527, Kansas City, MO 64141. SUB­ ministry. A generation later in those low my decrees and be careful to keep SCRIPTION PRICE: $9.00 per year. same holiness schools, Christian my laws” (Ezekiel 36:25-27. NIV). Second-class postage paid in Kansas City, Mo. Litho in U.S.A. teachers shaped the thinking of our I give because I love. I love because children and encouraged them to He first loved me. ^

September 1991 1 LOVING DECEPTION: A FORMER MORMON TALKS ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE WITH THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

An interview with Kay Mueller by Phyllis Beveridge Missile

Kay, how and why did What was your religious something that was weird, be­ you become involved background? cause I’d heard some bizarre with the Mormon things about Mormons. church? A I was raised in the Church M y pro b lem was th a t I’d failed of the Nazarene from the time I Q I became involved with to ask for definitions of their re­ was nine. Ours was a solid Chris­ the Mormon church ligious terms. A Mormon’s defi­ tian home. Our lives revolved during a time when I nition of “salvation” is very dif­ around the church. We had fam­ was very vulnerable ferent from the evangelical ily devotions, and our personal emotionally. I was living far away Christian’s definition. Also, in A Mormonism, as in many other from my family, my marriage was deteriorating, and I was worried cults, the more controversial doc­ about my future and that of my They used terms trines are not introduced right two small children. away. Although I’d neglected my I’d heard all my life When you were involved spiritual life for some time, I be­ Mormonism, did you meet gan to long for my children to re­ as a Christian, 2other Mormons who had come ceive the same kind of spiritual from backgrounds similar to training I’d had as a child. such as “Gospel” yours? At that time, a wholesome young couple moved next door to and “plan of A Yes. V irtually everyone who us. He was a Mormon, and she is a convert to Mormonism has was studying to become one. I salvation.” This come from a Christian church. was very impressed with the During the 13 years I was a Mor­ church’s missionaries who came piqued my mon, I don’t think I met anyone to teach her. Soon after, they in­ who was converted from atheism vited me to the Los Angeles tem­ curiosity. or who had come from a church- ple visitors’ center, where I heard less background. a polished presentation of the Mormon church. relationships with Jesus Christ Q After you became a Mor­ They used terms I’d heard all were very important. I even went mon, did Christians reach out to my life as a Christian, such as to Pasadena Nazarene College, you with the true gospel? “Gospel” and “plan of salvation.” now Point Loma Nazarene Col­ This piqued my curiosity. I lege, for three years. A Except for the consistent thought that perhaps involve­ prayers of my father and the wit­ ment in a close-knit, family-ori­ Q Did the beliefs of the Mor­ ness of one ex-Mormon couple ented church like this might sal­ mons seem to run contrary to during the last three years I be­ vage my marriage. your Christian beliefs? longed to the LDS church, I have I was ripe for someone to come to say no. In fact, right after I along and show love to my fam­ A No, not initially. If they had, joined the organization, a Chris­ ily; the Mormons did. I was won I would not have joined. tian lady I knew from down the to Mormonism not by their the­ When I first started investi­ street came to my house and in­ ology but by their love and unity. gating the church, I looked for formed me that her children

2 H erald of Holiness She threw up her hands and told me to get out. S he told me I had the blood of Jesus on my hands!

would no longer be allowed to play with mine. In all the years I proselytized for the Mormon church, I had a lot of doors slammed in my face, but no one behind them ever wit­ nessed to me. The few Christians before, there I knew who could have reached is a lot of genu­ out to me avoided me like the ine love and concern plague. for one another among cultists.

Q What do you think is most Q How did you break away alluring about cults? from Mormonism?

A The social order. In most A When my father died in cults, the rules and regulations 1982, I traveled to Arizona to are all set out for you. You don’t help arrange the funeral. At his agreed to talk with them. have to wrestle with issues. In church, a couple came up to me, To my amazement, when I got Mormonism, there are something introduced themselves, and said, to their home, the materials cov­ like 4,300 laws. If you abide by “We understand that you’re in ering their coffee table were old them, you’re secure. the LDS church.” Mormon writings. For two and a In Mormonism, we also shared I stiffened and said, “Yes, I half hours, we discussed these 99 a uniqueness. We had special am . writings and the contradictions dress regulations and dietary They said they would like to that the LDS church taught from rules—although chocolate was talk with me about why they had one time to another. more than I could give up! left that church. When we finished our dis­ There was also an air of exclu­ By that time, I was well-trained cussion, however, I said, “There’s sivity—almost an arrogance— in Mormonism. I felt that I could no way I can defend the doctrines because we believed we had the handle any “anti-Mormon” com­ of my faith and my church. But true gospel. And, as I mentioned ments they might make, so I continued on page 5

September 1991 3 Herald of Holiness CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

Volume 80, Number 9 FEATURE ARTICLES SEPTEMBER 1991

1 24 27 Beyond The Nazarene From Generation Stewardship Network to Generation A. F. H a r p e r C h a r l e s “C h ic ” S h aver J. K. W a r r ic h

2 28 Loving Deception: Living Savior, an interview with a former Mormon by P h y l l i s Dying Sinner Beveridge M issile Ja m e s B r a n n o n

20 If You Could See What I Hear CONTINUING Je r r y D. La m b e r t R o n A t t ig COLUMNS P h y l l is P e r k in s R o g e r Bo w m a n 7 General R u f u s E. B e c k u m Superintendent’s Viewpoint J e r a l d D . J o h n s o n 1 2 Into the Word ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■IDEPARTMENTS R o g e r L. H a h n 8 The Readers Write 1 3 Christian Marriage Notebook 1 0 Editor’s Choice W e s l e y T r a c y J. P a u l a n d M a r i l y n T u r n e r 14-18, 39-40 News 1 9 In a Woman’s Voice M a r k G r a h a m R e b e c c a L a i r d T o m F e l d e r 3 0 Rhythms of the Spirit 3 6 Evangelists’ Slates M o r r i s A. W e ig e l t 4 1 Close to Home 31 When You Pray T o m F e l d e r E. D e e F r e e b o r n 4 8 Late News 4 4 Observer at Large M a r k G r a h a m W . E. M c C u m b e r T o m F e l d e r Loving... minders that sometimes catch me continued from page 3 o ff guard. the b o tto m lin e is th a t I d o n ’t Q How can Christians protect care.” At that moment the sacri­ themselves from the deception of fices I would have to make if I cults? left Mormonism were too painful A By studying the Word of to think about. But a seed had God, by knowing what the Scrip­ been planted. tures say—so that errors can be About two years later, on im­ spotted. I believe that when pulse, I atten d e d a Bible study in Christians do this, the Holy Spirit a Christian church. I enjoyed it will protect them from the decep­ very much and decided I would tio n o f cults. make myself and my children better M ormons by attending. Q How can Christians help Within about three weeks, the people who have become involved Holy Spirit got hold of me. It was in cult groups? then that I wrestled with the idea of leaving M o rm o n ism . A By remembering that the I went to the pastor of the cultist is a person first and a cult- Christian church to discuss my “The sacrifices I ist second. They have feelings, cult background w ith him . A fter­ hopes, and dreams. They need to ward, I c o u ld n ’t eat o r sleep. I b e­ be loved—but not just with the came ill and couldn’t concentrate would have to hope of winning them to Chris­ on my work. tianity. People can see through Later, I went back to see the make if I left that. We need to be genuine. pastor, to talk and pray with him. Then, when we have an oppor­ Then, I gave my life to Christ. Mormonism were tunity to witness to the cultist, it’s important to turn the results over Q What did it cost you emo­ to the Lord. tionally to leave the LD S church? too painful to I t ’s a ls o i m p o r ta n t to k e e p praying for the cultist. My father I was a very visible person A told me, every time we talked on in th e M o rm o n c h u rc h . I h a d think about.” the phone, that he was praying held positions of responsibility in for me. Although I didn’t leave the area of education, so I knew Mormonism until three years af­ how they would deal with me. leaving the church. She and I and ter his death, I believe those Because I had sent a letter of res­ our children had shared a great prayers were honored. ignation to the church, I lived in deal over the years. We had cele­ terror of a knock on the door by brated nearly every holiday and Q How is the Lord using your a church representative bearing a most special family occasions to­ experience with Mormonism to letter summoning me to a church gether. The night I mailed my let­ help you minister to others who “court.” There I would be for­ ter of resignation, I went to her have left cults? mally excommunicated. hom e. I did receive a call from a I told her that I loved her, but A After I left the LDS church, bishop, but I told him that al­ that I was leaving the church. She I met two other people who’d ex­ though he was welcome in my threw her hands up in front of ited from cults—one from an home as a friend, he couldn’t her face and told me to get away eastern religion and one from the come over on LDS business. The from her—and that I was no lon­ Jehovah’s Witness organization. leadership didn’t know quite how ger welcome in her home. She We now have a small but growing to handle this. For a while, they told me that I would never be ministry that provides support to parked near my home, watching happy again and that the blood of people who are leaving cults, and our comings and goings—which Jesus was on my hands. I was education for Christians who are upset me. Eventually, however, heartbroken. concerned about reaching cult- they left us alone. My emotional transition from ists. The hardest and most emo­ Mormonism is still in process I have also had opportunities tionally taxing thing I had to do, and may take some time. My en­ to share my testimony with however, was to tell my closest tire life was bound up in that or­ church groups and on Christian friend, also a M ormon, that 1 was ganization. There are many re­ radio stations.

September 1991 5 Q Now that you have returned to mainstream Christianity, what do you find most precious about your Christian faith?

A There’s no question that it’s my personal relationship with Jesus Christ. In Mormonism, you are not encouraged to have a rela­ tionship with any member of the Godhead. This is regarded as blasphemy. I missed that commu­ nion and friendship with Jesus. Also precious to me is the free­ dom of choice a Christian has.

Q If a Mormon knocked on your door today, what would you tell him or her? An 1874 engraving of early Mormon leader Brigham Young and his wives at the Great Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City. (The Granger Collection, New York) A Of course, each person would have to be dealt with on MORMONISM: A CHRISTIAN HERESY an individual basis, but I would heir attention-grabbing ads on radio the only wise and true God, and you not hesitate to plant whatever and TV highlight the importance have got to learn how to be gods your­ seeds of faith in Christ I could. I of helping one another and caring for selves, and to be kings and priests, the would attempt to share the joy one’s family. They’re so warm they same as all gods before you” (from a that the Lord has given me. I could be part of the “Welcome to the sermon by Mormon founder Joseph would let the person know that TChurch of the Nazarene” campaign, but Smith, Times and Seasons, August 1, salvation does not lie in rules but then you hear the tagline, “a message 1844). in the fact that Christ died for our from the Church of Jesus Christ of Jesus: Jesus was the offspring of Man sins, was buried, then rose again. Latter-day Saints—the Mormons.” and “Adam-God” of the Genesis story. Admittedly, some positive things can “He (Christ) was not begotten by the Q What are some specific be said about Mormons. Their dedica­ Holy G host. . . Jesus our elder brother ways we can keep our brothers tion to family is remarkable. Their well- was begotten in the flesh by the same and sisters in Christ— and our­ dressed missionaries put evangelical character who was in the Garden of Christians to shame roaming the world Eden, who is our father in heaven” selves—from falling prey to false seeking to win new converts to their (Brigham Young, Discourses of Brigham teachings? cause. A recent report indicated that Young, p. 77). Mormons (through tithing) have Bible: Mormons acknowledge the Bi Besides staying in the Word A amassed holdings of more than $4.5 bil­ ble as authoritative but include other of God and knowing firmly what lion. It is said that during the Great De­ books as equally authoritative. These in­ we believe as Christians, I think pression, Mormons were among the clude: the Book of Mormon, The Doc­ we need to be active and encour­ folks who suffered the least, because trine and Covenants, and The Pearl of age our children to be active in they had set aside provisions for them­ Great Price. At the same time, Mor­ the church. And in the home, our selves in the event of such an emergency mons believe that God continues to children need to observe our —an activity they continue to practice. make revelations to mankind through adult relationships with the Lord. But an examination of Mormonism the current priesthood of the Mormon It’s also important to truly love reveals a history that is suspect as well church. and care for one another—not as a theology that is fraught with incon­ “Because that ye have a Bible ye need sistencies and is in direct conflict with not suppose that it contains all my just to talk about it. The strongest orthodox Christianity. Here are a few of words; neither need ye suppose that 1 appeal of many cults is what ap­ their aberrant teachings: have not caused more to be written” pears to be love and support of­ God: “God is a glorified and perfected (Book o f Mormon, II Nephi 29:10). fered by their members. man, a personage of flesh and bones. An excellent resource on Mormonism Kay Mueller, former member of the Inside his tangible body is an eternal and other cults is Walter Martin’s King­ Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day spirit” (Gospel Principles, p. 6). dom o f the Cults (Minneapolis: Bethany Saints (Mormons), is a staff member of “As man is, God once was; as God is, House Publishers, 1985). Materials to a nonprofit ex-cultist support group man may become” (Lorenzo Snow, assist in outreach to Mormons may be and Christian education ministry in former president of the Mormon obtained from the Christian Research Springfield, Oreg. She is a member of Church, Millennial Star, Vol. 54). Institute, P.O. Box 500, San Juan Cap­ the Fairfield Church of the Nazarene, “Here then is eternal life—to know istrano, CA 92693 (714-855-9926). * Eugene, Oreg. ^

6 Herald of Holiness = General Superintendent’s VIEWPOINT

Changing Prophets or Changing Behavior—Which?

ortune-telling is a profitable is more interested in polishing stars BY JER ALD D. JOH NSON business. That is, if you tell than in recording the deeds of men people what they want to and women. hear. To be informed that in the fu­The disintegration of families, Prophetic preaching ture you’ll be spared all pain, gain alleven in the church, is easily over­ youF want, and be shielded from stress looked. Unless, of course, it’s my is welcome news. Unless you’re a family or yours. But, otherwise, we’re requires prophetic world-class hypochondriac. too busy to get involved. Disease But prophets in the biblical tradi­ threatens to sweep our planet like the tion are not much fun to have Black Plague of the 14th century, hearing from people around! due, at least in some degree, to our Biblical prophets and their modern sexually liberated society. Could it be who know that God counterparts are more often dis­ time for the prophets of our land to turbers than comforters. Whether call us to model our behavior after they are predicting an unpleasant fu­ Old and New Testament moral direc­ often speaks through ture resulting from disobedience or tives? Would we respond to such a speaking against issues that corrupt prophet any differently than the peo­ His anointed servants. and destroy, prophets rarely win pop­ ple of God did to Jeremiah when he ularity contests. Most of us don't called them to repent? want to be told we’re responsible for It’s tough to be a prophet. It's even the mess we’re in. Nor do we want to tougher when the people of God he hindered from doing what the have calloused ears because of the world calls fu n just because some tempting music of their sinful day. killjoy keeps reminding us God Years ago, an honest leader in the doesn’t approve. church said, “Holiness people aren’t So we isolate God’s prophet. Far supposed to follow the fashions and too often, loneliness is the gift the fads. But we do. Only we follow 15 church gives those who call us from years behind.” investing our time and money in the We’ve changed. It calls for courage on the part of the stuff and junk of this world. Now we're not so far behind the prophet and soul-searching on the And yet! trends that sweep through society. part of the hearer. Of course, it’s eas­ Our world — let me be more Admittedly, it is sometimes diffi­ ier to change prophets than to change specific—our church needs men and cult to distinguish between the pass­ behavior! women who will speak for God ing and the eternal. That’s why we Let me conclude with an appeal. It against sin that comes in such attrac­ need prophets. Men and women of is a call for all ministers of the Word tive packages in our day. deep conviction who, under biblical —pastors, evangelists, superinten­ Our church, yes, and our world authority, declare, “Thus saith the dents—to be true and faithful proph­ could use a strong, prophetic voice Lord.” ets of our Lord Jesus Christ. But pro- today. All nations would benefit. Furthermore, we need to open our phetic speaking also requires I travel the world. But let me use church doors and make our pulpits prophetic hearing. All of us need to my home country as an example. available to them. We may have to develop a sensitivity to what the The United States is in need of break down some prejudices in the Lord may be saying through His ser­ prophets who will have the courage process, but it could be one of the vants. to call my nation back to biblical ways God chooses to bring spiritual Once they have spoken and we principles. We need to be reminded renewal to our church and through have heard, may we respond in keep­ that God is not asleep, nor has He the church to the world. ing with the call of God. Revival is gone fishing and turned the affairs of A price tag is attached to this kind born in that mix of prophetic speak­ the world over to some subangel who of prophetic preaching and listening. ing and prophetic hearing. tq

September 1991 7 “Left Nothing” Right Track, but More from Owens For about 50 years, my husband, Andrew, and I were blessed I place much value in the Herald o f Holiness. I back that up and encouraged as we read together the Herald of Holiness, and with sending 10 subscriptions each year to family and friends. 1 have continued to read it during the five years since he went I feel you are on the right track with the contents of this mag­ to be with the Lord. azine. “The Lengthening Shadow of Mr. Wesley,” in the February Keep the “old-fashioned” messages of holiness out front and 1991 issue, gave us a masterpiece. It should be read and reread give contemporary commentary its due place, along with the by every Nazarene. There are many statements I would like to other stories and articles. mention, but I have selected only one, which is very impor­ I have one wish to ask you. I am a personal and old friend of tant—thus: Today we would not publish as the press did regard­ Dr. and Mrs. Don Owens. They have a rich history in Kingdom ing John Wesley—“Left Nothing!” Indeed, while we acknowl­ building—pastors, missionaries, college president, and now the edge our stewardship of all with which the Lord has entrusted general superintendent. us, we avail ourselves of the ways to leave it carefully considered Needless to say, I am very proud of these two. Could you in wills or trusts so “That the World Will Know” after we are please make it a point to have articles by Dr. Donald Owens, gone. general superintendent, a little more often? However, regardless of how much or how little we leave mate­ Jerry Fletcher rially, we will all leave an influence. We will not leave the legacy Marshalltown, Iowa as that of John Wesley, but we will leave something. After read­ ing this wonderful testimony, I have asked myself. “What will I leave—as a remembrance with the students I taught about 30 The Herald at the Hospital years in this country and for two short periods in a Christian Only those who have been through it know the waves of emo­ academy in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan?” We had young tion that mingled with the nausea and anesthesia when the people from more than 20 countries, many cultures, and every surgeon took hold of my arm and said, “It’s not good news.” I religion, and communism was the religion of some of them. Did had surgery again the next day. we daily show them compassion, patience, and love? They had a The Herald of Holiness was a part of that experience. I gave a period of Bible study, but they needed to be shown these qual­ couple to two of my doctors. ities in our lives. Most of them have had great difficulties the When the nurses saw the doctors’ copies, they wanted one last few years, and some were no doubt involved in the great too. As I checked out of the hospital the next day, the nurses conflict in the Persian Gulf region. They need our prayers. commented, “We’ll remember you a long time.” I know that’s in Lelia B. Riise part because I saw the Herald o f Holiness tacked to the nurses' Sun City, Ariz. bulletin board, opened to my article, “Four Cribs for Christ­ mas.” Leila Twyeffort Can the Poor Participate? Sparks, Nev. I appreciated a recent article that emphasized how often we neglect to see how some of our programs reject the poor of our Desert Storm Chaplain’s Report communities and leave them feeling as if they do not belong. Pastoring a rural church has made me aware of how we need to As I was looking at a homemade card and the picture on it of keep our programs simple, available, and accessible to every in­ “Bert,” I realized the address that went with the card was lost. If dividual or family. permitted, I would like to thank all of the Nazarene family from I am also concerned about another area that may have been all over the world for your prayers and mail. overlooked, and that is how the district and general church ne­ Though wanting to write individually, things were lost or glect the needs of the smaller churches whose budgets do not mailed home when we were told to shake down and move allow many of the luxuries the larger churches quite often enjoy. north. God has been answering the prayers of His saints. We District Assemblies can often be very expensive when one con­ have seen soldiers seek Him with tears. I’ve seen Christians re- siders travel, meals, and motels, if it lingers over several days. dedicate their lives to Jesus. And, like my chaplain’s assistant, Not every church can afford to pay the minister’s expense, let many will be answering God’s call to full-time ministry when alone help out those chosen to be delegates. Other activities on their tour of duty is complete. We have been praying for a spirit the district level are also often beyond reach for those whose in­ of revival returning with us to our churches and to our country. come cannot meet the needed expenses. Camp meetings, chil­ My personal walk has been a lesson on how to be thankful. dren and teen camps, rallies ... all can be quite taxing on the Though I despise dirt dusting my body my soul gave thanks to checkbook for many, and downright unavailable to others. God for life itself. Thanks was given even as the dust enveloped I do not know the solution to this, only to say that it does my vehicle and left a quarter inch of dirt. I knew then that God exist and when people ask, “Where were you ... ?” one can is a great Teacher. only reply, “I could not afford to come.” The Church of the Nazarene has been behind us 100%. It J. T. Cornell thrills my soul to have mail daily from the Church of the Naza­ Bowling Green, Mo. rene. But the things received from the church go beyond prayers

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Informative and Challenging up “the family tradition,” and Conway Twitty has been quoted I thought the Herald of Holiness was just another magazine as saying that country music is contributing to the moral deteri­ taking up space in the library, but it proved me wrong! The oration of our country. magazine is very informative and challenging. I enjoyed the No­ Perhaps one reason why little is said about this is because it vember 1990 issue. The articles “Helping Each Other Grow has always been easier for adults to condemn the music of our Spiritually” by E. Dee Freeborn, and “The Essential Rela­ children than it is to look seriously at our own music. Angela tionship” by W. E. McCumber really stood out to me. Hunt touched on this in her article when she advised parents to Reginald Cooper consider the music they listen to, “whether it is country, ’60s Trinidad rock, or New Age.” I would have liked to have seen this part be the central focus of the entire article, rather than again singling Not Just Rock out rock. I greatly appreciated Angela Hunt’s article “Managing the There are some very good country songs out today, just as Music” in the May edition of the Herald. She said some impor­ there are some very good rock songs. However, the lyrics of tant things and gave us some very sound advice. I was disap­ “Bocephus” are just as detrimental as the lyrics of the Beastie pointed, however, that her article, like most all articles on secu­ Boys. lar music, focused almost exclusively on rock music. By now, we Steve Gillihan are basically aware, as Christians, of the danger of some rock Talihina. Okla. music lyrics. What we need now is an article in the Herald about the dangers of country music lyrics and artists. Very little, Mysterious Ways if anything, is ever said about this. Yet, Willie Nelson does his Recently I called you concerning my Herald subscription not concerts while drinking whiskey on the stage, Hank Williams, being delivered. You very kindly said that you would send those Jr., sings about doing drugs and drinking as his way of keeping continued on page 32

September 1991 9 Wise Up on the Gay Issue?

S ociety seems to be wising up on the “gay rights'” is­ Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of thei sue and acknowledging that the gay/lesbian way of hearts to impurity, that their bodies might be dishon- life is an acceptable alternative. Why can’t evangel­ ored among them. ical churches do the same? We now know that many gays For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, anl are that way because of physiology, that is, because of worshiped and served the creature rather than the Cre­ body chemistry. So how can we go on acting like their ator, who is blessed forever. Amen. “natural” sexual preference is a sin? Some churches are For this reason God gave them over to degrading pas­ wising up and ordaining lesbians and gays, but some evan­ sions; for their women exchanged the natural function gelicals act like “gay bashing” is an acceptable Christian for that which is unnatural, pastime. and in the same way also the men abandoned the nat­ Pull up a chair. This is going to take a while. ural function of the woman and burned in their desirt For starters, let me say that I do not believe in “gay toward one another, men with men committing indecert bashing.” There is no doubt that homosexuals have been acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty abused, discriminated against, and persecuted in unjust o f their error (Romans 1:24-27, NASB). ways in Western civilization. Gays and lesbians should, in Realizing the fact that law is not made for a righ­ my opinion, be regarded as persons for whom Christ died, teous man, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, who suffer from a powerful addiction to sexual perversion for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, that is not likely to be broken by any power short of the for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers blood of Jesus Christ. Those who engage in homosexual and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers acts, like all sinners, need the gospel of redemption. They and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary ti are no more excluded from the Great Commission than sound teaching (1 Timothy 1:9-10, NASB). any other group of sinners—thieves, liars, adulterers, or greed mongers. I’m glad that the church I attend provides D o you not know that the wicked will not inherit the a weekly ministry for those seeking to abandon the homo­ kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexu­ sexual life-style. ally immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male pros­ I feel a great deal of empathy for those who are enslaved titutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the to drink, drugs, lust, money, or homosexual activity. I feel greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will even more deeply for those Christian parents whose chil­ inherit the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, NIV) dren have fallen victim to the homosexual life-style. Dennis Prager in “Judaism and Homosexuality” (Ulti­ Having said that, let me point out the fundamental rea­ mate Issues) says that those who defend homosexual acts sons why the homosexual life-style is now and will forever would be more honest if they declared, “I am aware that be unacceptable Christianity. the Bible condemns homosexuality, and I consider the Bi­ 1. Homosexual Practices Are Condemned by the Bible ble wrong.” The Bible speaks clearly on this issue and de­ Defenders of homosexual practices have tried to say clares homosexual acts to be an abomination, always a that the Bible is not clear on this matter. Some have tried term of strong repugnance. to explain away what the Bible says, while others simply At a seminar on a state university campus, the man declare that, while the Bible has some good things to say, who was then pastor of the Metropolitan Community it is “regressive” on the matter of homosexual activity. Church of Kansas City made a speech legitimizing the ho­ You be the judge. Here is part of what both the Old and mosexual life-style. I asked him about Romans 1:24-27,1 New Testaments say on the subject. Corinthians 6:9-10, and 1 Timothy 1:9-10. At first, he tried to explain them away, saying the subject of those I f there is a man who lies with a male as those who passages was not really homosexuality. lie with a woman, both of them have committed a de­ I pressed the issue, citing some Greek words used in the testable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their passages. The pastor became frustrated and then angn bloodguiltiness is upon them (Leviticus 20:13, NASB). and blurted out, “Those three scriptures all come from You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a fe­ Paul, and he only wrote them because he couldn’t find a male; it is an abomination (Leviticus 18:22, NASB). trick himself!” He went on to say—and I’m not making

10 H erald of Holiness WESLEY TRACY

It is the “editor's choice” this month to combine The Question Box and the editorial in order to respond to several letters about homosexuality. These inquiries are typified by the following composite query.

this up—“Those three scriptures themselves are sinful!” Christians said no. For them, life was precious, no slaugh­ Outrageous indeed, but it illustrates the dilemma that tering of babies, and no directing sexual energies into ho­ pinches all those who try to harmonize homosexual activ­ mosexual activities that were likewise life-denying. ity and the Holy Scriptures. 3. Homosexual Practices Denigrate Women As long as the Bible remains the “rule of faith and prac­ The cultures that have exalted homosexuality have put tice” for Christianity, it will be fundamentally incom pat­ down women. In ancient Greece, wives and daughters ible with the gay/lesbian life-style. And persons who en­ were sequestered and denigrated while male love was ex­ gage in such sexual acts will be regarded as needing alted in sculpture, literature, and in daily life. Homosexual redemption, not a pat on the back with a hearty “I’m expression was probably less prevalent, but still valued, in OK—you’re OK.” Christians must consistently express ancient Rome. Ancient Chinese culture held wives in Christian love for the sinner while not mislabeling the sin. bondage while men practiced sex with prostitutes and A Bible-based church could no more approve the hom o­ young males. In certain Middle East cultures wherein ho­ sexual life-style than it could approve the life-style of alco­ mosexuality flourishes, women have a notably low status, holism, drug addiction, or adultery. even in our modern world. 2. Homosexual Practices Violate the Judeo-Christian There can be little doubt that Christian cultures have Worldview elevated women—part of that picture is their simulta­ Homosexual practices are diametrically opposed to the neous rejection of homosexual activity. foundational worldview of Judeo-Christian tradition that exalts life and separates itself from whatever represents Related Concerns death. The Old Testament priest was not to touch a dead The preceding three points speak of the fundamental body. Dennis Prager notes that Judaism consistently em­ differences between the homosexual life-style and biblical phasizes life symbols and condemns death symbols, for Judeo-Christian philosophy of life. But there are other example “meat (death) is separated from milk (life). . .. concerns that need to be mentioned. carnivorous animals (death) are separated from vegetar­ 1. What if homosexual acts are influenced by phys­ ian, kosher, animals (life).” Prager goes on to point out iology, hormones, or body chemistry? Some say one that “this is probably why the Torah juxtaposes child sac­ should not condemn homosexual acts because hormonal rifice with male homosexuality (both are treated in Leviti­ imbalances and genetics powerfully predispose a person to cus 20). Though they are not morally analogous, both rep­ same-gender sex. My response to that is that, even if such resent death: one deprives children of life, the other a proposition were true or accurate, it would not justify prevents their having life” (“Judaism and Homosexuality,” homosexual activity. Ultimate Issues). If “chemistry” predisposes one to lust after someone of In the Early Church, the gospel of Christ was pro­ the same sex, such temptations should be ruthlessly re­ claimed, true to its Hebrew roots, as the way of life, as sisted. Sometimes “straight” Christians are powerfully at­ opposed to the world’s way of death. Thus, a sexuality that tracted to persons of the opposite sex to whom they are cannot bring life is utterly foreign to traditional Judaism not married. But even if nature, hormones, and chemistry and traditional Christianity. This foundational fact also powerfully attract them to each other, we expect them to indicates why abortion is unnatural to basic Hebrew and resist and overrule such temptations and remain true to Christian thought. Both the Old Testament Jew and the Christ and their own marriage partners. New Testament Christian lived among nations in which In general, homosexuals, particularly men, demonstrate newborn children were routinely killed. In Egypt, Canaan, little of the discipline required for chastity. While some Greece, and Rome the father always had the privilege to homosexual partners remain “true” to each other, studies “kill or keep” an infant. A deformed child was almost al­ indicate that it is somewhat rare, especially in gay men. ways slaughtered, and infant daughters were regularly Typically, a lesbian has fewer than 10 sexual partners, but killed. So many baby girls were murdered in Rome that studies show, according to Dennis Prager, that the typical finally the senate passed a law that fathers had to keep male homosexual in America will engage in sexual activ­ their firstborn daughter—though they were free to kill all ity with some 500 partners. the rest. In the midst of this worldwide practice, Jews and continued on page 33

September 1991 11 Into the Word ROGER L. HAHN

Portraits of Jesus in John The Invasion of the Future

Jesus said to her, “I am the resur­ her confidence, “And now I know son will live.” Death has no perma­ rection and the life, even if the one that whatever you ask God, God nent hold on the one who is trust­ who believes in m e might die, that will give to you.” However, the ex­ ing in Christ. Verse 26 amplifies person will live" (John 11:25).* change in verses 23-24 clearly the statement that Jesus is the life. shows that Martha’s confidence fo­ “Everyone who is living and believ­ ost people are interested cused only on the past and the fu­ ing in me will certainly not die for­ in the future. We save ture. If Jesus had come while Laza­ ever.” Eternal life is no longer just a money and purchase in­ rus was still alive, he would not future matter. It begins and is as surance as a hedge against futurehave died. In the unknown future, long as one lives in Christ and tragedies. We plan and organizeLazarus to will be raised at the Last trusts in Christ. createM a future of our liking. We Day. But she had no confidence John does not wish us to think pay a great deal of attention to the that Jesus would or, perhaps, even that there is no Second Coming future in the Christian faith. Es­ could do anything about the pres­ and no Day of Judgment. John pecially in North American Chris­ ent, now that Lazarus was dead. 5:28-29 and 6:54 make that clear. tianity, we have defined our faith Jesus’ reply focused first on the However, the meaning of the resur­ in terms of what it can do for us in present. “I am the resurrection and rection and of life are not found in the future. If, in the future, we can the life.” M artha had seen the res­ the past or the future. We discover be saved from hell and make urrection as future; Jesus heaven our home, many evangeli­ declared that the very cal Christians are happy. But such meaning of resurrection is a view misses a rich aspect of Jesus’ present and is experienced teaching about himself and about through Him. Victory over the resurrection. death does not lie in the \icictory t over death does John 11 unfolds the narrative of undefined future; it is not lie in the undefined bringing Lazarus back to life. As al­ available in the person of ways, John does not simply tell the Jesus, now. The future future; it is available in the story in a straightforward manner. hope is now a present real­ person of Jesus, now. The chapter is full of theological ity in Christ. instruction woven into and among Jesus’ reply is also one of the elements of the story. This is es­ the important “I am” __ pecially true of verses 21-27, which statements in John’s Gos­ present Jesus’ opening conversation pel. Because of the unusual with Lazarus’ sister, Martha. construction of the Greek gram­ them in the present as we live and Though her opening statement of mar, many scholars believe that trust in Christ. The raising of Laza­ faith in Christ seems impressive, it John saw Jesus echoing God’s own rus powerfully illustrated that point is not adequate. John allows us to self-description in Exodus 3:14, “I for Martha. see Jesus leading Martha into a AM who I AM.” The reason the fu­ For further study: (1) Read John deeper understanding of himself. ture has invaded the present in 6:35; 8:12; 10:7; 11; 14:6; and 15:1. Her confidence about what Jesus Christ is because Jesus is not just List what these “I am" statements could have done in the past and another human being. In fact, He reveal to you about Jesus. (2) De­ what He might do in the future is God, Yahweh of the Old Testa­ scribe how Martha’s statement in were not as important as Jesus’ ment, incarnate in human flesh. verse 27 fits with the purpose o f the view of himself in the present. God’s sovereignty over time be­ book given in John 20:30-31. (3) Martha’s first words to Jesus in longs to Jesus also. His ability to Identify a specific area o f your life verse 21 express a powerful faith, create and give life does not have that you have reserved for the fu­ “Lord, if you had been here my to wait until the Last Day. ture. A sk Christ to give you victory brother would not have died.” It is Jesus’ statement that He is the in that area now. hard to imagine anything else she resurrection is amplified in the rest ‘Scripture quotations are the author’s own translation. could have said to reveal a deeper of verse 25. “Even if the one who Roger L. Hahn teaches New Testament faith in Christ. Verse 22 highlights believes in me might die, that per­ at Southern Nazarene University. ^

12 H erald of Holiness Christian Marriage Notebook BY J. PAUL AND MARILYN TURNER Getting Serious About Growing Your Marriage

ake a deep look at the core of movement from the periphery to the do to disciple one another. Perhaps your marriage. What do you center, from it being a part of life to they will encourage you. We enjoy see? W hat or who is at the being life itself. using our spiritual gifts to nourish center? Having spent over a decadeJesus reminds us that friends have each other. We journal our thoughts as family life enablers, we have hearda deep and vulnerable access to one and feelings. We participate in a sepa­ everyT answer imaginable to this ques­ another. “I have called you friends,” rate quiet time. And we talk regularly tion. We’ve had to answer it ourselves He said, “for all things that I have about our hopes and dreams. many times. It’s easy to stuff a heard from My Father I have made For us, our prayers follow each “what” at the center, like: sex, m ate­ known to you” (John 15:15, NASB). other during the tough days of self­ rialism. career, education, the church. This is a model for us to emulate in doubt and discouragement. Our Just as our spiritual lives drift, so marriage. friendship awaits us as we return to does our marriage. Drifting is a We personally recall with a sense the silence of the empty nest. As we given. It is built in. It happens. To ig­ of joy and privilege, putting this age, marital discipling is the joy of nore our relationship is to guarantee “deep and vulnerable access” disci­ discovering each other’s mind and tangential drifting into an unhealthy pline to the test. Besides the usual to­ spirit. It is the comfort and peace that preoccupation with something or getherness of marriage, for 10 years comes as a result of walking together someone. But drifting was never we worked out of the same office, with God. Our greatest joy is when God’s idea. Dr. Don Harvey, author rode home in the same car, taught we are privileged to transfer to other of The Drifting Marriage, reminds us the same Sunday School class, and couples the hope of the best rela­ that a marriage allowed to drift is a led the same marriage support group. tionship life has to offer. candidate for failure, and God never And our friendship grew with each Talking It Over intended for our marriages to fail. other and with God. Get together with your spouse. Lis­ We are discovering two positive In almost 36 years, we are still ten to him or her with your eyes as disciplines that prevent our marriage learning the friendship nature of our well as with your ears. When finished from drifting. The first discipline is faith in Christ. Friendship with with these questions, pray together. the cultivation of a growing friend­ Christ and each other brings us a Enjoy God's presence! ship with God. This is our primary sense of joy. Duty is not enough, nei­ 1. What would we find if we took relationship, and it’s dynamic rather ther is obligation, habit, or even ser- a deep, far-reaching look at the core than static. Dr. Steven Harper sug­ vanthood. We all run the risk of trad­ of our marriage? Are we satisfied gests in his book Embrace the Spirit ing in the real thing for a lifetime of with what we see? that our friendship with God is a destructive substitutes unless we can 2. What would we have to do to say, “Christ in [us], the hope of shore up the friendship factor of our glory” (Colossians 1:27, NASB). relationship with God? Of our mar­ A second positive discipline that riage? prevents a marriage from drifting is 3. How do I feel about our track to disciple one another. Marriage is record at keeping our marriage from an act of discipleship. It is spouses drifting? Do we have some work to teaching, learning, nurturing, culti­ do here? vating, conciliating, forgiving, and 4. What does it mean for us to loving each other just as Christ loved take seriously the truth that our mar­ the Church. For those who choose riage is an act of discipleship? marriage, it is the base church. It is the laboratory in which life’s experi­ J. Paul Turner is pastor of adults at ences are tested and proven. This College Church of the Nazarene, means we are free to dream big Nampa, Idaho. Marilyn Turner is col­ ° < s - dreams and take action to set each league, peer, and wife-friend of J. Paul. other free to discover God’s unique She also enjoys her ministry as office plan for our relationship. manager of the Intermountain District There are four basic activities we office in Nampa. rq NEWS NEWS | \ | I— I # \ | ^ NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEW! Students Minister in Chernobyl Region FIRST WORK AND WITNESS TEAM VISITS SOVIET UNION orty-five Nazarene college stu­ opment at Point Loma Nazarene Col­ dents recently spent two weeks in lege. Loren Gresham, Southern Naza­ the Soviet Union as part of the rene University president, and Kenny first Work and Witness team to thatMarchant, Texas state assemblyman, country, according to David Hayse,traveled with the students, along with FWork and Witness coordinator. The SNU professor Debbie Spindle and students distributed nearly 95,000 Dana Walling, associate dean for com­ Bibles, delivered medical supplies, and munity life at PLNC. held evangelistic rallies in four cities— German and Russian Christians Bryansk, Kursk, Klintsy, and Orel. served as interpreters and assisted in the The group was led by Norm Shoe­ Bible distribution. maker, vice president of spiritual devel- “The hospitality and generosity of the people were overwhelm­ ing,” Shoemaker said. “The people of the Soviet Union were eager to dialogue with us, espe­ cially on matters of faith.” Rallies were held each eve­ ning at churches and city audi­ toriums. During the rallies, the students shared their faith PLNC students James Kinsler (standing) through music, skits, panto­ and Gijo Tirado (lying down) present a skit mime, and personal testimonies. during one of the nightly evangelistic ser­ vices. Shoemaker estimated that 30,000 persons attended the ral­ lies. tion with a positive, relevant, evangeli­ Shoemaker, Gresham, Wal­ cal thrust can have a great impact ling, and Marchant also were there.” featured on a prime time televi­ The trip was arranged with the help SNU student Phillip Rodebush exchanges addresses sion talk show in Bryansk and of the Union of Evangelical Christians with two Russian soldiers. on national radio and television in the Soviet Union. Bibles were sup­ Nazarene college students met enthusiastic crowds news programs. plied by the Slavic Gospel Association, while distributing Ribles in the Soviet Union. “There is an incredible open and food and medical supplies were door of opportunity for provided by Nazarene Compassionate a positive, evangelical, Ministries. Christian witness in The four cities in which the students the Soviet Union,” worked are located several hours south Shoemaker said. “A of Moscow in the region affected by the church or denomina- 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

► SNU President Loren Gresham (r.) and Norm Shoemaker (second from left) present medi­ cal supplies to Soviet doctors. The supplies were provided by Naza­ rene Compassionate Ministries.

Photos by Charles Gage

14 H erald of Holiness S • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • h BY MARK GRAHAM and TOM FELDER CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE ENJOYS EXCITING DAYS AROUND THE WORLD The directors of the six World Mission Nazarene works in both Saigon and Iran, Yeman, and some other countries regions of the Church of the Nazarene Hanoi in the near future. that had been closed. described exciting things happening in their areas at the recent Missionary CARIBBEAN REGION — JAMES HUDSON, DIRECTOR MEXICO AND CENTRAL Workshop in Kansas City. The follow­ AMERICA — ing represents excerpts from their The quadrennial regional JERRY PORTER, DIRECTOR reports. conference (June 19-23) brought together 58 dele­ The MAC Region will AFRICA REGION — gates from across the nearly triple its member­ RICHARD ZANNER, Caribbean. General Superintendent ship (o about 65,000 by DIRECTOR Donald D. Owens brought a special the year 2,000 if circumstances develop Genuine revival is break­ message on the Year of the Harvest. according to Jerry Porter's plans. “This ing out in a number of Other persons making presentations is based on our program to see each countries and national included: Robert Scott, Wilbur Brannon, church plant two new churches and each leadership continues to emerge, accord­ Dean Wessels, Jim Hudson, Rene Acos­ Nazarene win two friends by the end of ing to Zanner. ta, Paul Williams, and Stephen Nease. this decade,” said Porter. Membership on the Northeast Mo­ “One of the most exciting things we The 1991 Thrust to Guatemala City— zambique District has grown to more are doing is developing a strategy for a metropolitan area of 2.5 million—con­ than 2,000. This district was begun in Christian training and discipleship,” said tinues to prosper. Twenty-one churches November 1989 by Jonas Mulate. Then Hudson. “Our goal is to have 95,000 have been organized toward the goal of pastor of a large church in Maputo, Nazarenes in our region by 1995, and 32 new churches, and 1,000 new mem­ Mulate felt God urging him to move 200,000 by the year 2000.” Currently bers have been received. Of these mem­ into the northern part of Mozambique. there are more than 85,000 Nazarenes in bers, 70 persons are training for full­ Today, he continues to pastor and serves the Caribbean. time Christian ministry. as superintendent of a district with 15 Hudson added that the region plans to The Guatemala City Thrust was churches and preaching points. enroll at least 10,000 members by the accented by the 1991 Regional Confer­ Growth on the Africa Region last 1993 General Assembly and is moving ence, which was held there in August. year was 12.8 percent. Zanner said he in that direction. More than 1,000 per­ Pastors came early and stayed after the expects to expand membership to sons joined the Church of the Nazarene conference concluded to help start 95,000 on the region by 1995. This in the Caribbean in April. church missions through evangelistic would more than double the member­ weekend revivals. ship on the region from its 1987 level of EURASIA REGION — 46,000. Along with this, he wants to see FRANKLIN COOK, DIRECTOR SOUTH AMERICA — the church expand into at least one new “Open doors” is the way LOUIE RUSTLE, DIRECTOR country per year. Franklin Cook describes “Basically, we are trying the opportunities that pre­ to build a system of evan­ ASIA-PACIFIC REGION — sent themselves across gelism to impact South GEORGE RENCH, DIRECTOR Europe at this time. How the Church of America for Jesus,” said The Thrust to the City of the Nazarene responds to this new open­ Louie Bustle. The system about which Seoul is reaping rewards ness is totally dependent upon re­ Bustle spoke has gained 50,000 new in that South Korean city, sources, according to Cook. Bibles and Nazarenes and resulted in 737 new according to George religious literature can now be distribut­ churches in South America in the past 8 Rench. Eleven churches have now been ed in the Soviet Union, at the same time, years. During the 70 years prior to this, organized and nine more will soon be representatives of churches may go into the Church of the Nazarene in South established. Rench said that as of the schools to teach English or may serve in America had gained 19,000 in 349 close of April, Koreans had raised the universities. churches. $147,000 for new church starts in Seoul. “We are currently debating when to Developed by Bustle and Bruno Radi, The church is taking advantage of the put an ad (promoting the Church of the Evangelism and Church Growth director open door to Thailand. Between June Nazarene) in Pravda or Isvestia," Cook for the region, the evangelistic program 1990 and Easter 1991, 55 persons were said. “Our only hesitation is that we utilizes “elder brothers” and “prayer baptized in Thailand. Bangkok First think the response will be so astronomi­ cells.” Elder brothers pledge to pray for Church was organized June 11. The first cal that we couldn’t cope with the thou­ individuals prior to an evangelistic cam­ Nazarene church in Surin was organized sands of letters we would receive.” paign. They participate in prayer cells in Sept. 30. Surin is five to six hours north Contacts continue to be made local communities bringing together of Bangkok. throughout Soviet Armenia, and Hun­ Christians to pray for the needs of fami­ The Church of the Nazarene has been gary has invited us into their country. ly members and friends. invited into Cambodia and the door is Despite the unrest that has existed in Bustle expects the program to result in opening for the denomination to enter the Middle East, Cook said the church thousands of new Nazarene Christians in Vietnam. Rench said he expects to see has made contacts with persons in Iraq, South America in the next few years.

September 1991 15 NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NE

“PK” PROGRAM RECEIVES TEN PERCENT CREDIT CHAPLAINCY MINISTRIES The Nazarene Pastors’ Children Educa­ expenses in school systems in most SAYS “THANK YOU” tion (PK) Program has been granted developing countries.” The Chaplaincy Ministries office wish­ Mission Special status by the Ten Per­ More than 1,350 Nazarene pastors' es to express thanks to Nazarenes for cent Committee, according to Steve children in 38 countries are sponsored information provided about Nazarene Weber, Nazarene Compassionate Min­ through the program. Sponsors provide servicemembers in the Persian Gulf istries (NCM) coordinator. Adminis­ $18.00 per month. In return they during Operation Desert Storm. Now, tered by NCM, the program allo.ws receive a photo and biographical profile they are again asking for help as sol­ sponsors to provide an education for of the child. diers return to the U.S. needy pastors’ children in lesser-devel­ Mission Special status allows “Servicemembers returning home or oped countries. churches to receive 10 percent credit moving to new assignments are often “Education in these areas is often for each sponsorship. The PK Program lost to us,” said Curt Bowers, Chap­ very expensive, putting a great load was created by the office of NCM in laincy Ministries director. “Please help upon many who make only meager 1985. For more information, contact us maintain our ministry by locating salaries,” Weber said. “Unlike the U.S., Nazarene Compassionate Ministries at those who have returned from Desert Canada, and other ‘first world’ coun­ 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City, MO Storm as well as those who were evac­ tries, where public education is free and 64131, or phone (816) 333-7000, uated from the Philippines as a result of accessible to everyone, there are major extension 2510. the Mount Pinatubo eruption.” Bowers is also seeking to locate EASTERN NAZARENE COLLEGE COMPLETES Nazarene servicemembers in Korea and Germany so that they can be noti­ ACCREDITATION PROCESS fied about upcoming Servicemembers' Eastern Nazarene College’s accredita­ bara Brittingham, chair of the NEASC Retreats in those countries. The retreat tion through the New England Associa­ Commission on Higher Education. in Korea will be held Oct. 4-6 with tion of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), “The college enjoys new energetic evangelist Stephen Manley. The Ger­ Inc. has been renewed, according to leadership, which is engaged in the pur­ many retreat will be held Nov. 11-16 Cecil R. Paul, ENC president. suit of a detailed planning process, with General Superintendent Jerald D. ENC was commended for “the clarity identifying additional sources of rev­ Johnson. of its mission and for the strong commit­ enue, and the improvement of the phys­ Nazarenes may contact Chaplaincy ment and dedication of its trustees, fac­ ical plant.” Ministries at 6401 The Paseo, Kansas ulty, staff, and students to its achieve­ Paul said the two-year accreditation City, MO 64131, or by phone: 1-800- ment,” according to a letter from Bar- process was a positive experience. 233-8962. LAYMEN’S CONFERENCE CONVENES IN NASHVILLE About 3,700 Nazarenes attended the Army in the U.S.; and General Super­ 7th International Laymen’s Conference intendent William J. Prince. in Nashville. The conference was held “The conference was marked by an July 3-7 at Nashville’s Opryland Hotel. outpouring of the Holy Spirit from the Special speakers at the conference beginning,” said Ron Mercer, ILC included Gloria Gaither; Thomas H. chairman. “People went away inspired Hermiz, president of World Gospel to make a difference in their world.” Mission; Col. James B. Irwin, Apollo The conference featured the comedy 15 astronaut; Andrew S. Miller, former team of Hicks and Cohagan, along National Commander of the Salvation with Steve Green, George Beverly Shea, and The Speers, among others. The conference concluded with a special commissioning service for lay­ persons. All members of the Board of General Superintendents participated in that service. Pictured left: George Beverly Shea provided special music for services at the Laymen’s Conference. Pictured right top: The comedy team of Hicks and Cohagan served as masters of ceremonies for the conference. Pictured right bottom: Some of those who attended the conference took time to chat between sessions. (Photos: Dave Anderson)

16 H erald of Holiness NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS

VOLCANO FORCES CHURCH TO CLOSE Churches have closed for many rea­ sons; however, only a few can credit their closing to the eruption of a vol­ cano. The Nazarene Servicemembers’ Fellowship was enjoying a great year of growth at Clark Air Base in the Philippines until recently. In June, Mount Pinatubo erupted, scattering mud. ash, and watermelon-sized rocks over the large air force base, forcing the evacuation of all military personnel The congregation of the Nazarene Servicemembers’ Fellowship at Clark Air Base gathered and their dependents. for a photo just weeks before the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. Following the eruption, all The church was started more than a personnel and dependents were evacuated, and the large base was closed. year ago under the leadership of Denny Owens, brother of General Superinten­ dent Donald D. Owens, and CPT Steve than 100. They also sponsored indige­ NEARLY 100 ATTEND Welsh, USAF. According to Chaplain­ nous churches in the Philippines and cy Ministries Director Curt Bowers, provided $1,500 for Bibles for gradu­ SOLOPAC RETREAT the two men approached the base chap­ ates of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theolog­ Nearly 100 persons attended SoloPAC lain about the possibility of starting ical Seminary and Nazarene Bible Col­ at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes regular worship services and Sunday lege in the Philippines. National Conference Center in western School classes for Nazarenes on the The last NSF service was held June 9 Indiana recently, according to Linda base. Permission was given and NSF with 103 in attendance, Bowers said. A Hardin, Single Adult Ministries direc­ was born. few days later Mount Pinatubo erupted, tor. SoloPAC is a retreat for single par­ During the past year, NSF saw atten­ causing the evacuation of more than ent families and their children. dance grow from just a handful to more 15,000 Americans from the base. The conference included separate activities for children and parents, as BOARD OF PENSIONS VOTES TO PAY DIVIDEND well as discussion times for parents and The Board of Pensions and Benefits ticipants at the 1991 renewal date. children to share concerns and learn USA has voted to pay a one-time divi­ “This is similar to what was done in ways to handle problems. dend to participants in the Supplemen­ 1984,” Wessels said. “It is based upon SoloPAC ’92 is scheduled for July 9- tal Group Term Life Insurance Program a review of the plan’s standard reserves 12 at MidAmer­ on Oct. 1, 1991. and its favorable experience over the ica Nazarene Col­ According to Dean Wessels, direc­ past few years.” lege. For infor­ tor, the dividend will be accomplished In other business, the board voted to mation, contact by allowing an across-the-board 20 per­ offer only two health plans beginning Single Adult Min­ cent discount of premium billed to par­ Jan. 1, 1992, because of rising costs. istries, 6401 The Paseo, Kansas MANC STUDENT PUBLICATIONS RECEIVE HONORS City, MO 64131. The Trailblazer, MidAmerica Nazarene Other MANC students receiving A family takes College’s student newspaper, received awards included: Kerra York, Matt time for some the “All Kansas Newspaper” award at Johnson, Kevin Wright, and Michelle fishing at the re­ the Kansas Associated Collegiate Press Gann. cent SoloPAC. convention in Wichita recently. This is The competition included all two- the highest award given to a newspaper year and four-year colleges in the state on the college level. of Kansas. Clyde Gooden, editor of the Trail- blazer, received several awards, includ­ NEW ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED AT TWIN WELLS ing first place for photo essay, first Frances Vine has been director of a school at the Altadena, place for feature photography, second elected administrator Calif., Church of the Nazarene. place for news photography, and third of Twin Wells Indian Twin Wells is located near Hol- place for graphic design. School, according to brook, Ariz. Though not officially MANC’s 1990 Conestoga yearbook Dick Willis, school sponsored by the denomination, the received a silver medal at the awards board secretary. school has a close relationship with the and Conestoga editor, April Loomis, Vine served for 28 Church of the Nazarene. More than 55 was honored as Kansas Collegiate Jour­ years as a missionary to the Philip- Work and Witness teams have visited nalist of the Year. pines. Most recently, she served as the campus.

September 1991 17 4. More than one-third of all Americans 7. By the end of the 1990s, what per­ September’s live in 20 urban areas. The fastest centage of U.S. householders will be in growing of these urban areas by per­ the 45-54 years old bracket? centage growth is: A. 44 C. 34 A. Portland-Vancouver and B. 24 D. 74 10-Po/nt Qttk Cleveland-Akron B. Dallas-Fort Worth and 8. According to the Gallup poll, in 1987 Los Angeles-Anaheim some 45% of Americans did volunteer 1. The average number of hot dogs C. Denver-Boulderand work. By 1989, the Gallup researchers Americans eat during July is: Seattle-Tacoma discovered that the figure changed to: A. 10 million C. 850 million A. 39% C. 49% 5. A “subfamily” is a married couple liv­ B. 54% D. 15% B. 150 million D. 1 billion ing with his or her parents, or single parents sharing living quarters with an 9. In 1973, new babies born in the U.S. 2. Twenty-five percent of the U.S. pop­ “unrelated partner.” How many “sub­ numbered 3.1 million. How many ulation will be over 50 by the year families” are there in the USA? babies were born in the U.S. in 1990? 2000. What percentage of mainline A. 1.2 million subfamilies with A. 2.5 million C. 3.8 million Protestant church members are already 3 million people 50 or older? B. 2.9 million subfamilies with B. 3.1 million D. 4.2 million A. 40% C. 35% 7 million people 10. The most frequent cause of death B. 50% D. 65% C. 3.3 million subfamilies with among women aged 25-44 in New York 6 million people City is 3. The estimated number of Nazi video A. breast cancer C. childbirth games on sale on the black market in 6. What percentage of yogurt eaters are Germany and Austria is: adult women? B. AIDS D. heart disease A. 1 C. 140 A. 45 C. 86 B. 14 D. 1,140 B. 71 D. 34 ANSWERS ON PAGE 39

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18 Herald of Holiness In a Woman’s Voice REBECCA LAIRD What Does Homelessness Do to Children?

wo years, nearly half of those who work with homeless disease that comes along. Blake’s life, had passed children are noticing. • Limited Play Areas. Play is the since I first met him at a • Self-definition Difficulties. An work of childhood. For children shelter for homeless families. Whenimportant part of how children de­ living in shelters, cars, or dilapi­ I recently walked into the chil­ fine themselves has to do with the dated hotel rooms, the parking lots, dren’sT room of a downtown church family, home, street, and neigh­ city streets, or hallways are often and saw Blake, 1 felt shock waves. borhood they call their own. When their only play areas. Only now are Was he still homeless? W hat had a child loses his or her sense of ex­ day-care and recreational programs happened to his family? tended family and place of root­ for children being understood as 1 flashed back to the day when I edness, the ability to define oneself essential requirements for helping saw this little wide-eyed toddler sit­ and develop a healthy sense of self- homeless families. ting on the bottom bunk at the respect is drastically impaired. • Emotional Needs. When shelter. The family stayed at the • Learning and Developmental watching homeless children at play, shelter for several months. When Lags. Dr. Coles states that self- especially the youngest ones, they he and his mom, brother, and sister respect is the basis of all learning; often seem emotionally healthier moved into a cheap apartment, we consequently, it should not be sur­ than their parents. On the exterior, celebrated this step toward stability. prising that many homeless chil­ the youngest ones seem adaptable The following Easter Sunday, dren develop learning problems. A to almost any situation, yet night­ Blake’s family was back at the shel­ Harvard University study of 151 mares, bed-wetting, sleepwalking, ter. His mother looked forlorn. “1 homeless children, half of whom and violent mood swings are quite came back, I couldn’t stand the were preschool age, showed signs of common. shooting. Last night a bullet came depression, anxiety, and through our window. At least here severe learning disabil­ my kids are safe.” ities. Blake and his family were home­ Families in shelters of­ less again. ten lack the basic docu­ Now, so many months later, I mentation (birth certifi­ B lake and 500,000 other happened upon this same child— cate and immunization one of thousands in a big city. I records) required to en­ children are homeless in pulled the teacher aside and roll a school-aged child learned that Blake, his mother, in the public schools. It America. brother, and sister, were living in a is estimated that at least Tenderloin studio apartment. His half of all homeless chil­ mother was involved in the recov­ dren are out of school ery programs offered by the church for some extended pe­ and had been drug free for nearly a riod while their families try to get • Spiritual Needs. For children year. Blake had just been toilet back on their feet. who don't have a home or a place trained and weaned from a bottle, • Poor Nutrition and Health. to belong, the knowledge that Jesus even though he was long past his Homeless families have no access can be their best Friend—one who fourth birthday. to cooking facilities. With limited goes with them wherever they live, Blake and 500,000 other children funds, many opt for cheap, ready- offers security and love. Also, when are homeless in America. As many to-eat snacks or fast foods with in­ a church becomes their new ex­ as 75,000 may be under the age of adequate nutrition for growing tended family, children can learn to five. children. define themselves in relationship to Experts in child development are Children living in shelters con­ a loving faith community. just beginning to measure the stantly seem to have runny noses What homelessness ultimately childhood scars of what Harvard and coughs. Living in proximity to does to kids is not yet known. As a Professor Robert Coles has called other children and being in a nutri­ society, we can only hope that this “radical uprootedness.” tionally and emotionally compro­ Here are some of the effects that mised state, they pass around each continued on page 43

September 1991 19 IF YOU COULD SEI

is a premature baby, Tom Sullivan, television musician and entertainer, was placed in a hospital incubator. Oxygen that saved his life cost him his eyesight. Tom says the loss of his eyes, however, sensitized all his other senses until he gleefully cries to the rest of us, “Oh, if you could see what I hear!” Applying this phrase to the Nazarene Bible College story, I invite you to see and hear and feel the essence of NBC through the eyes of four members of the college family: Ron Attig, who came to NBC 18 years ago to teach speech communication with Dr. Audrey Williamson; Phyllis Perkins, director of admissions— turned student; Roger Bowman, trustee—turned professor; and Rufus Beckum, pastor and graduate of the Pioneer Class of 1970.

SEEING GREAT BELIEVING IS POTENTIAL SEEING

Ron Attig, Professor Roger Bowman, Associate Professor Speech Communication of Bible and Practical Ministries A t the beginning of this quadrennium, I began to hope I never forget the first time Geoff en­ /% serve my second term on the NBC Board tered my classroom. He sat on the front X A . of Trustees. What I had come to believe as a row to my left. As I went through the usual pro­ trustee, through history, facts, and figures, has in one cedure of introducing the course, my eyes scanned the year become sight before my very eyes, and that ex­ faces of the whole class. But something about his cites me deep within. As a new professor at NBC, I countenanceI kept drawing me back—it demanded find myself enjoying a new challenge in a new envi­ my attention. I saw a gleam in his eye. I was cap­ ronment. tivated by his eagerness to learn. I knew he was special Though the prophet Habakkuk wrote “the just to God. shall live by his faith” (2:4), I believe that same faith Those moments were the beginning of discovery has become sight for me here at NBC. and investment. As the months and years passed, I Believing is seeing firsthand how God can take the came to know Geoff As we spent time together out­ dream and vision of Dr. G. B. Williamson and cause it side the classroom, we began to talk about the things to blossom like a rose. that hindered him from becoming all God had in Believing is seeing firsthand the promise of God- mind for him to be. You see, Geoff was a “ 10 talent” called men and women in the process of competent man—gifted. But the environment of this campus leadership development to serve in the Church of the was exposing the rough edges: those traits of his per­ Nazarene. sonality that were offensive and unproductive, the be­ Believing is seeing firsthand how men and women havior patterns that hindered his effectiveness, his cir­ from a variety of backgrounds are brought to a Bible cumscribed perceptions of others, and God. college for a second chance to be accepted, loved, and Getting to know Geoff challenged me to grow. My trained. faith was stretched to see beyond the “present Geoff” Believing is seeing firsthand how the adminis­ to what he could become. That led me to assign the tration, faculty, staff, and student body work together part of John the Beloved to him in the Apostles Court as one big family of God. Convocation at graduation time. As I challenged him Believing is seeing firsthand what I as a former to fill those sandals, I saw in him a new hope that he trustee had heard from both administrators and stu­ could actually become an apostle of love. dent leaders about the level of com m itm ent on the The days leading to his graduation were bittersweet part of faculty, staff, and student body.

20 H erald of Holiness WHAT I HEAR

BY JER R Y D. LAM BERT PRESIDENT, NAZARENE BIBLE COLLEGE

SEEING FROM A HEARING THE CALL; NEW PERSPECTIVE SEEING THE RESULTS

Phyllis Perkins, D irector Rufus E. Beckum, Pastor, Church of of Admissions the Nazarene, Roxana, III.

the Breckenridge Consultation on Clergy Prep- ur family moved to Colorado Springs in /% aration, God tapped me on the shoulder the fall of 1967 as pioneer students at X a . and nudged me into the “elder track,” headed NBC. We had three children: one high school for ordination. I did not realize the many ways that student, one junior high student, and one third grader. It decision would impact my life and those around me was a tough move. It required termination of many at Nazarene Bible College. yearsO of seniority with a major manufacturing company, As I took on the dual role of administrator and stu­ selling a new home, the severance of friendships of long dent at NBC, I began to see the college in a new per­ standing, and separation from family. spective. I am indebted to (1) the administrators for But the call, the divine call of God to preach the gos­ allowing me to be flexible in my schedule and taking pel, was greater than job security, greater than family the risk that this venture would be successful; (2) the ties, greater than friendships, greater than worldly pos­ faculty who let me slip into their classes and assume sessions. the student role of “just Phyllis”; (3) the students who Almost 25 years have passed since that day; yet, I still made room for me to study with them—side-by- recall the unanimous agreement of our family as we side—to take part in small groups and projects—who headed west with all our belongings behind us in a U- shyly invited me to share their academic pain; and (4) Haul trailer. By common consent, we agreed that we finally, to my professor husband. were now totally dependent upon God; we were now His What have I seen this year on the student side of responsibility. All ties had been broken. We were com­ NBC—in addition to the content of my studies? mitted to doing His will to the best of our ability. 1. That my administrative colleagues have to be Time, in its inevitable march, has dimmed the mem­ the most tolerant people in the whole world. ory of many things during our school years. Term pa­ 2. That my faculty friends are even better pro­ pers, night classes, lectures, cramming for finals, 40-hour fessors than I thought—and I thought they were great work weeks, a high school dropout struggling with col­ before I entered their classes. lege courses. 3. That students are receiving an even finer educa­ The certificate and the degree are hidden away in a tion than we believed. file cabinet somewhere in the office, mementos of days 4. That they are more accepting and discerning long ago. But time, relentless as it may be, cannot erase than we supposed. the memory of the men and women who gave part of

September 1991 21 Seeing Potential... Believing Is

for me. I had to say good-bye to a student in whom I Believing is seeing f rsthand in the classroom stu- had poured my energies. But I confidently placed him dents who are eager to prepare themselves for minis­ into the hand of the One who made him. I knew the try no matter how great investment would yield eternal dividends. the sacrifice. I wish I had time to tell you about Russ. We spent Believing is seeing first­ two to three hours a week for two and one-half years hand the glorious pres­ in a prayer partnership. Not too long ago, I flew to his ence of the Lord being ordination to pray the prayer for him. It was truly a manifested in the chapel highlight in my ongoing ministry to students. services, in the classroom, This past May, I said good-bye to Mike. He grew up and all over the campus. in the Catholic church, suffered the trauma of his par­ BUT WAIT A MINUTE . . . Believing is also seeing too few ethnic students preparing for ministry at NBC at a time when trained leadership is so desperately needed. Believing is also seeing firsthand as a professor the need for immediate implementation of the “critical mass” concept in order to have 10 new black and 10 new Hispanic students on campus from our churches and extension centers for the next school year. Believing is seeing firsthand that NBC’s unique mission to prepare God-called older adults is one of the brightest hopes of the church to preserve our holi­ ness heritage in the 21st century. Believing is seeing firsthand how God could take me as an unworthy vessel from the country to the city, from the fiel0 to the classroom, and bring glory to His name. ents’ divorce, graduated from St. Mary’s High School If you could only believe what I see, you would here in Colorado Springs, and by the distinct provi­ agree with what the apostle Paul said: “In all my dence of God married an Olivet graduate whom he prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because met at work. I was with Mike when he settled a call to of your partnership in the gospel from the first day preach. I have shared in years of struggle and victory until now, being confident of this, that he who began in Mike’s process of becoming. a good work in you will carry it on to completion un­ These men are just a “sampling” of the host of men til the day of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:4-6, NIV). and women who enter the doors of Nazarene Bible * College each year. Many are recent converts, marked by scars from a sinful past, but redeemed by the blood of Christ. No longer slaves to sin, they are slaves to righteousness— possessed by a passion for evangelism. mands an unselfish investment in the potential of my Some come to us from more fortunate backgrounds students. —Christian homes, parsonages, successful careers, You see, I am not just teaching a subject; I am shap­ and advanced education. ing individuals. I have the opportunity to make an But all are taking bold steps of faith. They are losing impact on my students’ future contribution to the their lives to find them. They are engaged in radical church and the world. sacrifice—turning their backs on mothers, fathers, For 18 years I’ve been exploring the important role houses, and lands for the sake of the gospel. played by human relationships in the teaching pro­ Students find the NBC campus to be an enriched cess. environment—a place where they have not only per­ I am finding that commitment to my students de­ mission to change but also encouragement to change. mands that I integrate my living with my learning It’s a place where they can exchange surrender and and teaching. I must teach who I am, not just what I obedience for grace. It’s a place where the Spirit of know. God surrounds, probes, affirms, forgives, delivers, Continually, this high calling is renewed to me by recreates, cleanses, and establishes. the words of the Master to His disciples: “You did not Teaching for me is far more than a career, it is a choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go high calling. For me, that calling is a “journey of the and bear fruit— fruit that will last” (John 15:16, NIV). heart,” an opportunity to touch a life forever. It de­ %

22 Herald of Holiness New Perspective... Hearing the Call.

For example, I arrived at class earlier than usual themselves to the tremendous task of training “late one evening. A fellow student sat down beside me and bloomers.” confided an observation. He said, “I was thinking that Many times in my personal struggle to be the best you don’t have to worry about grades. All the profs preacher and pastor possible, memories of those first- will give you A’s.” I responded, “Well, then, I am re­ year professors (Oke, Strickland, Leffel, Neuen- sponsible to make sure I give my professors A work.” schwander, Arnold, the Williamsons) would flood my The student smiled, “Yes, I thought about that too.” mind, for they, too, were “called.” I am convinced, per­ Not only have I enjoyed a new rapport with stu­ haps, as never before, that those pioneer teachers made dents, but I have experienced NBC’s curriculum dif­ even greater sacrifices than the students. As I reflect on ferently. I now know for sure: their lives and their commitment to God, I receive 1. That it has strong internal cohesion—that strength and know deep within that regardless of what classes build on each other, they are integrated. happens, I can never let them down or disappoint 2. That the sequence of courses is right—and the them—for they are, and were, the true heroes of Naza­ Bible is the core of all we do. rene Bible College. As I sat in classes as a student, I was continually As pioneer students, we knew that we were blazing a impressed with the deft and skillful way my professors trail for the Church of the Nazarene, and we loved it. utilized excellent teaching methods and set high aca­ Now, after 21 years of faithful ser­ demic standards. At the same time they challenged vice, hopefully, that first graduating the high achievers, they also encouraged the slow class has made our world a better learners, who scarcely had the tools or self-esteem to place in which to live; we have as­ study effectively. sisted hundreds in making their deci­ What have I learned this year about NBC as an in­ sions to serve Christ. It was the vi­ stitution? In relation to other institutions where I sion of Dr. G. B. Williamson and the have studied and taught, NBC in its unique way is dream of a group of pioneer middle- doing a superb job. aged men who thought it worthwhile You see, at the student level I to “heed the call” of God and pre­ have confirmed that pare for Christian ministry at a col­ —NBC is even better than we lege without a campus (a school in an old church) that say she is. have brought us to this point in history. —God invades her classrooms On the night of my graduation, following the cere­ and works His miracles. mony, I slipped into the bedroom of our home in Secu­ —NBC’s mission to train adults rity, Colo. I prayed a short prayer—“Dear God, thank for Christian ministry is even more You for helping me get through college. I know You have valid than when she was organized called me to preach the Word, but if You would like to 24 years ago. use me in other ways, such as cutting the grass, main­ I salute NBC—I salute her ad­ taining the church building, driving the bus or van, or ministration, faculty, trustees, students, advisory just being the greeter at the door—I am your man.” God council members, alumni—all who are part of NBC. heard that prayer, and from time to time He has also Today, I see and appreciate more what you are do­ given me the privilege of preaching. ing and how well you are doing it! Please, keep at it! NBC as an institution of higher learning is a credit to ►h the Church of the Nazarene. It has won a place of recog­ nition in the eyes of Christian educators. It has sur­ passed the dreams of its founding fathers. It will outlive its critics. Thank God for Nazarene Bible College! ^

Yes, IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I HEAR, you would know that • Two thousand graduates of NBC serve ing centers in the large cities from California to Christ and the church in all 50 states and 38 Florida, from Boston and Washington, D.C., to countries as pastors, missionaries, district super­ Portland, Oreg., and south to Albuquerque, intendents, educators, Christian education direc­ N.Mex. tors, youth pastors, children’s directors, minis­ • In June 1991, NBC launched its fourth year ters of music, and outstanding laypersons. bachelor of biblical studies degree program. • In addition to 425 students on the Colorado • NBC needs your prayers and needs God- Springs campus, over 500 students are preparing called adult students from your congregation to for ministry in 22 multicultural extension train­ train for ministry. ^

September 1991 23 THE NAZARENE NETWORK

The social scientists of our day tell us that the American pub- lie has turned against the large corporations and other large institutions. Denomi- nations are among the large organizations the public, particularly the Baby Boomers, no longer trust —or so the sociologists say. It is, therefore, the day o f the independent church, we are told. But before you buy into this mind-set, con- sider the values, the treasures of the Nazarene Network, What follows is not an article, not a sermon, but selected ex- cerpts from an address that Dr. Shaver recently delivered at First Church of the Nazarene, Kansas City.

BY CHARLES “CHIC” SHAVER, PROFESSOR OF EVANGELISM NAZARENE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

must give three cautions. This is not a sermon, When a young adult singles program was sponsored, Da­ but it is a message. Second, it is from a personal vid went to it. There he met Linda. Linda and David fell viewpoint, and I will be looking at the church in love and got married. through my eyes, and you will hear some ref­ That’s a very small picture of what 1 call the Nazarene erences to my life as a result. Third, I am focusing Network. And because of it, David and Linda Todd are a onI the Church of the Nazarene. It is not a disrespect to part of the Church of the Nazarene. I’m happy to tell you other denominations. I am a Christian first and a Naza­ that, when the invasion of Kuwait occurred, David and rene second. So if you can keep those cautions in mind, I Linda and their children were in the United States on va­ would like to talk to you about the Nazarene Network. cation, and they are safe. David and Linda David has been serving as a civil engineer in the coun­ try of Kuwait. He’s established his home there with his First Impression wife, Linda, and their children: Charles, age 11, and Sarah, It was in a church planting situation in Claremont, age 9. And, as far as I know, David and Linda Todd and N.H., where in 1955 I visited a Church of the Nazarene. It their children were the only Nazarenes who had been liv­ was a very small church— 16 members, 30 in Sunday ing in Kuwait. When Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi troops in­ School. They were meeting in a remodeled garage. But in vaded Kuwait, we were concerned about them. that remodeled garage, I found Jesus Christ as my Savior. How did this David ever become a part of the Church For about two years, that was my narrow view of the of the Nazarene? A graduate of the University of Rhode Church of the Nazarene— remodeled garage, 16 members, Island, he came to work as a young engineer for Black and 30 in Sunday School. In 1957,1 felt God was calling me to Veatch. As he was driving one day, he spied a group of the ministry, and so I moved from New Hampshire to teenagers on a church parking lot washing cars. He pulled Kansas City. When I arrived in Kansas City, one of the in to have his car washed. He was impressed with their first things I saw was the Headquarters building with the warm friendliness. When they invited him to church, he revolving globe on top. When I saw that I wept, because I came. That was the very first time he had ever been in a realized that globe meant that the goal of the Church of Nazarene church. The first call that I made as a member the Nazarene was to take the gospel to the whole world. of the staff at Kansas City First Church was on David. I My concept of the church began to expand. discovered that he had come to know the Lord through My father had been very opposed to my commitment some Christian friends at college. He had a lot of ques­ to Christ and to the Church of the Nazarene. He put tre­ tions, though, and so we started him on Basic Bible Stud­ mendous pressure on me. He visited me in New Hamp­ ies. A seminary student met with David every week and shire where I was a student at Dartmouth College, and I led him through the Basic Bible Studies. David eventually took him with me to the little Nazarene church in Clare­ joined this local church as a new Nazarene. mont, where he formed his view of the Church of the Naz­ I’m glad we had a district program for our young adults. arene. But, fortunately, after I moved to Kansas City,

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Dave Anderson he came to visit me here. Somehow, we got him to take a A Glimpse of the Network—Working tour of the Nazarene Headquarters. I remember when he I was in a church in Detroit. The pastor took me to one came back, he said, “Oh, that place was so clean. It was so side and he said, “There’s a new man here. He’s just found modern. It was so impressive.” His concept of our church Christ. He has spent most of his adult life as a nightclub expanded too. entertainer, but one month ago he found the Lord. And in tonight's service he is going to sing.” So that night I heard Together—We Can Get the Job Done that nightclub entertainer sing his first sacred song in a The Bible describes the church with these words, “You local church since his conversion to Christ. He sang “The are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens Old Rugged Cross.” I spoke to him. We got to be friends. I with God’s people ... in [whom] the whole building is said something to him about preparing for Christian ser­ joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the vice, and I mentioned Nazarene Bible College. Today, Lord” (Ephesians 2:19, 21, NIV). You know, there are Gary Haines is an effective evangelist in the Church of the some things we cannot do independently. But when we Nazarene. I’m so glad for a Nazarene Network that joins are joined together, we can do things as a group that we together local churches, commissions evangelists, and pro­ could never do alone. That is part of the biblical founda­ vides a school system to prepare them for ministry. tion for what I call the Nazarene Network. I know our pastors need to be encouraged in their min­ Early in this century, the holiness people were wise istries, but I can’t do it all. You can’t do it all. But I’m glad enough to unite in a denomination and pool the resources we have a Preacher’s Magazine that goes out to pastors of individual congregations. It started with 10,000 people regularly. I’m glad we have Wilbur Brannon as head of in Pilot Point, Tex., and across the years, our denomina­ Pastoral Ministries who set up PALCONs all over this tion has had one of the fastest rates of growth of any country and Canada and the British Isles to encourage church in the world. It was based on this idea: I can’t do it and help our ministers. I’m glad for Curt Bowers who has all myself, but if I’m part of a larger network—we can get worked in our chaplaincy program till we have more Naz­ the job done. arene chaplains today than in the entire history of our de­ nomination. I’m thankful also for Bill Sullivan, Bud Scutt,

September 1991 25 and Michael Estep, who lead our Church Growth minis­ to the altar and knelt to pray. I spoke with her at the altar. tries. I’m glad that we have people like District Superin­ She told me, “I’ve only been coming to this church for a tendent Keith Wright who you know has a wonderful abil­ few weeks. I’ve been involved in Eastern religions. When ity to encourage ministers in the 71 churches of this we were looking at that video, I heard Janet Duncan tell­ district. That’s the Nazarene Network. I can’t do it alone, ing the story of how she found Jesus. I just put myself in and you can’t do it alone, but together we can get the job Janet Duncan’s shoes, and right there in my seat I prayed done. and accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. I came to the altar Some of you remember John and Debbie Erbland, a this morning to make a public testimony that I’ve ac­ wonderful Roman Catholic couple that regularly attended cepted Jesus.” That wouldn’t have happened without the this church when they lived here. They have now moved Nazarene Network. because of John’s work. During revival services here, John Basic Bible Studies and Debbie Erbland were regular attenders. Debbie’s And some of you know that I’ve been involved in a pro­ brother, Pat Emerson, came to visit them from the East gram called Basic Bible Studies. The Nazarene Publishing Coast. They were in four nights of revival services and House is an important part of the Nazarene Network. brought Pat with them and, wouldn’t you know, Pat NPH published Basic Bible Studies, which the Lord had stepped out of his seat and came to the altar and prayed to put on my heart to develop. I’d found people coming to receive Jesus Christ. He was just here a few days and then Christ, but there didn’t seem to be much material to help went back to Connecticut. But we were able to get hold of them begin to study the Bible. And so, a little cautiously, the general secretary’s office to find out where the nearest the Basic Bible Studies was published. Over a third of a Nazarene church was, and we found out the pastor was a million copies have been published in English. And Basic graduate of Nazarene Theological Seminary. We contacted Bible Studies now exists in 26 other languages. that seminary graduate, and he made contact with Pat Juliet Nimandzi, evangelist, in Swaziland, Africa, got there in his area. I said, “I’m glad we have a general secre­ hold of Basic Bible Studies and she went around to the tary’s office that keeps a record of every Nazarene church Nazarene schools preaching and teaching. About 50 per­ and pastor in the world. I’m glad that we have someone cent of all the Swazi children get their education in Naza­ out there on the East Coast who’s willing to make a call. rene schools. When the children would accept Christ, I’m glad for the Nazarene Network.” she’d start them on Basic Bible Studies. At one time she had 5,000 Swazi children going through Basic Bible Stud­ “I ies. Oh, I could never do that alone, and you could never I heard Janet Duncan do that alone. But because we have a Nazarene Network, telling how she found those Swazi children study the Word of God. The Financial Network Christ... right there in I’ve always wanted an organization I could trust with my seat I prayed and my money, and a wonderful thing about the Church of the Nazarene is that our international finances have been so accepted Jesus as well managed. I’ve been a Nazarene for 35 years, and I can only remember two treasurers of the general church in my Savior.” that time—John Stockton and Norman Miller. I like that longevity in the treasurer’s office. I like those dependable people, so we know there will not be a dime that will be More Networking foolishly or carelessly or unlovingly handled, but it will be I can’t do all that needs to be done with young people, a trust before the Lord. but I’m so glad that we have Youth Ministries. We have I’m glad there’s people like Moody Gunter who heads Nazarene colleges and Nazarene Theological Seminary. our Finance Division, and Dean Wessels heading Pen­ I’m glad that the young people’s organization has done sions, and Marty Butler in Planned Giving, and previous things to help our youth. I think especially of the promo­ to him it was Bob Hempel and Bob Crew. Bob Crew’s tion of the Josh McDowell films in order to protect our gone to be with the Lord, but I remember when one day young people from the misuses and abuse of sexuality. I’m Bob Crew had a meeting with a little lady out in Califor­ glad for the Nazarene Network. nia. She and her husband had developed a ranch. They’d We have a Communications Division headed by Paul got to the place where they were raising purebred cattle. Skiles. We have our Media Services headed by Dave An­ Every year, her cattle would win first place at the Califor­ derson under Mr. Skiles’ direction. They produce top- nia State Fair. All across the country, her cattle were in notch films and audio and video tapes that make an im­ demand. She and her husband used to sing in revivals pact around the world. Mike and Janet Duncan of this with Uncle Buddy Robinson. She got things fixed up so congregation found Jesus Christ when some people from that when it came her time to go be with the Lord, she left our church called on them. Later, their story was made a gift to Nazarene seminary to establish a Chair of Evan­ into a video. gelism. Gladys Cooper is responsible for the position that That video was being shown in Moscow, Idaho. I no­ I have at our Nazarene seminary today. She left $ 150,000, ticed a woman in her 30s sitting on the front row, taking it which was the beginning endowment for the Cooper all in. When the video was over, she came up to me and Chair of Evangelism. Other money has been added to said, “I would like to have a copy of those Bible studies bring it to a half-million dollars, so that the seminary you talked about that you use for new Christians.” On never has to dip into other funds to pay my salary, but Sunday morning she stepped out from her seat and came simply pays it out of the interest of that invested money.

26 H erald of Holiness From Generation to Generation BY J. K. WARRICH, PASTOR, WESTSIDE CHURCH OF THE HAZAREHE, INDIANAPOLIS

his is the day of the indepen­ The service soon ended, and will become his friends for life. dent church!” Patty and I faced the hard task of We didn’t just drop him off That’s what a friend recently told saying good-bye. It was hard. Our somewhere! We left him in the care me. As I survey the ecclesiastical eyes misted over, our voices quiv­ of a loving Nazarene university landscape, I suppose there is some ered, and our hearts were broken in “family.” Tevidence to support that claim. a strange sort of way. Those of you Our Lord found me at a Naza­ There is, however, another word to who have been there understand. rene altar. He saved me. He sanc­ consider when independence We climbed into our car, and soon tified me. He has met me there knocks at one’s door. he was out of our sight. many times in the passing years. I I sat Sunday morning in Herrick Now, two days later, my heart is was educated at a Nazarene college. Auditorium on the campus of not yet recovered. His room is I met my wife of 23 years at a Naz­ Southern Nazarene University. It empty. His car is gone. He does not arene college. We have served our was a dedication service for incom­ shut the hall light out when he church for 23 years. The church ing students (one of which hap­ comes in—he doesn’t come in any has provided us a place of service pened to be my son), parents, and longer. We don’t trip over his dirty and support for all these years. The faculty. It was a time of reflection sneakers. His bathroom is too church has loved us and our chil­ for me. My mind wandered as the clean and neat. My heart is not yet dren. And now, the church has service progressed. . . recovered. made a place for my son in one of This old auditorium. I remember But, he is safe! We gave him to her universities. While my heart when it was Bethany First Church. the Lord 18 years ago. I told him aches during this time of adjust­ 1 sat over there for chapel. My fa­ yesterday God would take care of ment, I am encouraged by the ther had attended chapel in the him. He will. SNU will take care of spirit I sensed on that campus. Fine Arts building. My father, me, him too. The faculty, adminis­ This may well be a good day for Patty, and now our son, Brad. tration, and upper classmen will the independent church, but I want Three generations. Not many as make a place for him. They did for to speak a word in favor of the sup­ compared to, say, a Snowbarger ... my father, and they did for Patty port of a much larger church fam­ nevertheless, three generations! and me. They will reinforce all that ily—like, say, the Church of the “These commandments I give you we have taught him. They will Nazarene. She serves us well—from . . . Impress them on your chil­ teach him to love the Lord. They generation to generation! I like dren” (Deuteronomy 6:6-7, NIV). will teach him to love our church. that. Hi Three generations. They will teach him to serve. They

Gladys Cooper also made sure her local Nazarene college food to the starving in Ethiopia or Mozambique, but be­ got some money. She left $5 million for Point Loma Naz­ cause we have a Compassionate Ministries Network, we arene College—the largest single gift in the history of the got food into those places when others couldn’t get the job Church of the Nazarene. done. I couldn’t have gone to talk to Gladys Cooper, I didn’t The Nazarene Network and My Family even know her. But there was a right person at the right You know, the Nazarene Network has made all the dif­ place in the Nazarene Network who could help her in ference in my own family. I went to that little church in planning her estate. New Hampshire, and because some people had cared Our Missions Network enough to plant a church there, I found Jesus. I didn’t Recently, my wife and I returned from 10 weeks of min­ know it then, but the pastor was bivocational. He had istry in the Philippines and Korea. We were impacted by taken his life savings, and he was living off that and what missionaries Ken and Joanna Schubert and Dean Flem­ he earned at a part-time job so he could pastor that ming and Ron and Neva Beech and so many others. I met church. I went home with my story of newfound faith. By Filipina Celia who earns about $ 17.00 a week. She is rais­ that time, my parents had moved to St. Petersburg, Fla., ing three daughters herself because she was widowed early but you know, when I got to St. Petersburg, I found the in life. She is winning other people to Jesus and is one of Nazarene Network doing its job. There was a Nazarene the most joyous Christians I know. The Nazarene Net­ church right there in St. Petersburg. So I witnessed to my work reached her in 1980. Today, there are others like Fil­ mom and dad, and my mom started going to that church. ipina Celia in over 90 world areas where the Network A Nazarene evangelist came to preach in that church. My reaches. Alone, you and I couldn’t do it, but in the Net­ mother, in her middle 40s, found Jesus Christ as her Sav-* work, we can. ior in the summer of 1956, and she joined the Church of I’m so glad that we have a Nazarene Network. I can’t get the Nazarene. Her Christian love and her prayers began to the gospel to the whole world, but as a local pastor, I al­ focus on my dad. The people in that church began to sur­ ways felt it was important that I pay my General Budget round my dad with prayers and love. My once hostile dad and give 10 percent to missions, because I felt like there soon came to Jesus Christ—at age 59. He died just five was someone out there counting on me. I couldn’t get continued on page 34

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BY JAMES BRANNON

I t was Friday evening and what a week it School. That was many years ago.” She gave me had been—funerals, hospitals, coun­ her name and said that Tom, her 21-year-old seling. I was bushed and glad to be home son, was in the hospital and needed to talk to to relax a bit. The phone rang. My wife me. called from the kitchen, “It’s for you.” A dis­ “What can I do for him?” turbed voice on the other end said, “Reverend, “He wants to talk to you about God and you don’t know me, but I used to attend your about himself.” church when I was a small girl in Sunday “I’ll be there in about half an hour.”

28 H erald of Holiness When I arrived at the hospital, I went to the sink, got a hand­ ment God seemed to say to me, she was already there. Her son, ful of paper towels, and drew a “Fear not, I will be with you.” looking very pale and weak, was glass of water from the tap. Tears We went to Tom’s room. He sitting up in bed. came again as I held the paper was already in isolation. We had “Hello, Tom. I’m Pastor Bran­ towels over his face, poured water to put on rubber gloves and non from Central Church of the over his head, and baptized him gowns and take other precau­ Nazarene. Your mother called in the name of the Father, Son, tions. As we approached Tom’s and said you wanted to talk to and Holy Ghost. We all rejoiced bed, I saw a look of peace and as­ someone. I’d be glad to talk with again. surance despite the terrible diag­ you.” I assured him that I would be nosis. We talked a while and had “Can I be very frank with back in the morning. As I walked prayer, and as we prayed he you?” he asked. reached for our hands. Almost re­ “I hope you will be.” luctantly, I opened my hand. “I need to talk to you about Again, God assured me that He my life, my soul, and, most of all, was there and not to worry. At my sins. I want to know if there is that moment I determined in my any salvation for me.” 'They don’t know heart to visit Tom as much as I I began to assure him that could and to be his pastor for his Jesus Christ loved him, that there yet. The results of remaining days. was hope, that no matter what he We had about four weeks to­ had done, God was ready to for­ the tests should gether. We prayed and talked and give him. He began to weep and come back in the even laughed together until fi­ asked, “Will you pray with me?” nally he was unable to talk. He “Yes,” I replied. “As I pray, you m orning.” could only answer my questions tell God about your life and sins. about his relationship with Jesus As you confess to Him, ask Him by squeezing my hand or blink­ to forgive you and accept you be­ ing his eyes. cause of His Son’s sacrifice for His suffering was the worst I you.” have ever witnessed. They in­ 1 began to pray and heard Tom home, I prayed for Tom and be­ serted tubes in his chest for oxy­ confessing and crying out to God came aware of the Holy Spirit. gen, put other tubes in his nose, for forgiveness and mercy. When I got home I told my wife mouth, shoulders, and even his When we came to the end of about Tom’s wonderful conver­ feet. He struggled day and night, our prayers, I asked Tom if he felt sion, but I still felt uneasy. but through all of this, the look of God had forgiven him. He was a I said to my wife, “I think Tom peace and assurance never left his little hesitant, so I reached for my has AIDS. I don’t know for sure, eyes. Then, one afternoon, he Bible and began to show him but as I prayed I just felt that he died in peace, with Jesus at his God’s promises. As we read, the has this terrible disease.” side. Holy Spirit came in glorious The next morning when I ar­ There is no known cure for power and helped Tom receive rived at the hospital about 11:00, AIDS, but there is a cure for the the truth of the gospel. Tom’s mother was in the lobby soul of an AIDS victim, and that “Tom, what is the diagnosis waiting. She was crying. I spoke cure is Jesus Christ. here?” to her, and she went to pieces. W ithout Christ, Tom could “They don’t know yet. The re­ She said, “I don’t believe them. It never had endured the pain or sults of the tests should come c a n ’t be.” the guilt, but with Christ he had a back in the morning.” I asked, “What are you talking Friend who stayed with him to “Well, Tom, I will be back to­ about?” and she confirmed my the end and beyond. morrow. Can I bring you any­ fears. Tom had AIDS. Tom’s mother has been coming thing?” I assured her that God was to church since his funeral. We “No, but let me ask you some­ with us and with Tom and that hope she will come to know thing. I don’t know if you can do He would help us through it all. Christ as her personal Savior as it, but I would like to be baptized. As I was assuring her, God was did her son. I know I can’t leave here, but I assuring me. To my knowledge, I I thank God for the oppor­ wish there was some way I could had never dealt with an AIDS tunity to minister to Tom and his be baptized.” victim. I was deeply concerned, family. I also thank Him for giv­ “If you feel that strongly about but I was also very uneasy as I re­ ing me compassion and concern it, Tom, we will baptize you right called all I had heard about this for others that allowed me to here in bed.” deadly disease. At that very mo­ reach out despite my fear. ^

September 1991 29 Sources of Grace

college student approached “the means of grace” when respond­ me with an obsessive con­ ing to this question. The word means cern about spiritual growth. refers to the channels through He was considering leaving college,which grace is mediated to us. spiritual sustenance, for thanks­ joining an isolated communal In a sermon titled “The Means giving, for fellowship, for antici­ group,A and dedicating all of his of Grace” Wesley wrote: pation of the heavenly kingdom, time and energy to personal spiri­ By “means of grace” I under­ and for celebration in our pil­ tual growth. The decision raised stand outward signs, words, or grimage toward perfection in the some interesting questions. actions, ordained of God, and image of Christ. (1991: Beacon How do we grow spiritually? appointed for this end, to be the Hill Press of Kansas City, 202) What are the necessary procedures ordinary channels whereby he Dr. Staples identifies the sacra­ and patterns? What location is best might convey to men, pre­ ments as “operative symbols.” To for spiritual growth? What is the venting, justifying, or sanctifying call them operative symbols “is to role of the Body of Christ in that grace . . . affirm not only that they proclaim process? How can we most effi­ The chief of these means are a truth but that through them God ciently appropriate God’s grace? prayer, whether in secret or with performs an act of grace corre­ The perspective is clarified when the great congregation; searching sponding to that truth” (106). we recognize that spiritual growth the Scriptures; (which implies Ten years ago, in the midst of is an ongoing relationship with reading, hearing, and meditating one of the darkest periods in my God within the Body of Christ. thereon;) and receiving the life, I attended a conference at The Bible clearly states that the Lord’s supper, eating bread and which the Eucharist was served work of God in Christ brings us drinking wine in remembrance daily. Looking back on those ex­ into relationship with others as it of Him: And these we believe to periences, I now recognize that the brings us into relationship with be ordained of God, as God. the ordinary channels of An understanding of the nature conveying his grace to of grace also aids such a decision. the souls of men. ( Works One aspect of grace is the merciful 5:187-88) and gracious work of God given to Wesley recognized that Spiritual growth is an us apart from merit or worth. there is no magical or me­ ongoing relationship While discussing the phrase “By chanical disbursement of grace are ye saved,” John Wesley grace in such practices, but with God within the wrote: “Ye are thus saved, not by he believed that God has Body of Christ. any power, wisdom, or strength ordained and appointed which is in you, or in any other them as the ordinary chan­ creature; but merely through the nels of grace to us. “We grace or power of the Holy Ghost, know that there is no in­ which worketh all in all” ( Works herent power in the words that are grace of healing was transmitted to 5:189). spoken in prayer, in the letter of me in those services. Christ Grace also includes the manner Scripture read, the sound thereof touched and healed and renewed in which we are enabled to live the heard, or the bread and wine re­ me. The grace-filled and grace- life to which God calls us. H. Ray ceived in the Lord’s supper; but enabled life that I now celebrate is Dunning writes, “Grace as mercy is that it is God alone who is the a result of those services. needed to address the guilt of sin, Giver of every good gift, the Au­ Suggested Journal Entries: but grace as enablement is required thor of all grace” (Works 5:188). 1. The “means of grace” that to deliver from the power of sin” Rob Staples, in Outward Sign contribute to my spiritual growth. {Grace, Faith, and Holiness, 540). and Inward Grace, writes: 2. Personal preparation that Enabling grace is essential to spiri­ The Eucharist [Lord’s Supper] makes the “means of grace” more tual formation. may be understood as that productive in my life. The next question, then, is: How means of grace, instituted by and where is that enabling grace Jesus Christ, to which we are in­ Morris A. Weigelt teaches New Testa­ available? vited for repentance, for self- ment and spiritual formation at Naza­ Many writers make reference to examination, for renewal, for rene Theological Seminary. ^

30 H erald of Holiness How to Pray for Other People

he Bible coaches us to fill up ceptable methods for intercessory with Jesus about the person for a big chunk of our prayer prayer may outnumber hamburger whom you are praying, as though time with the names and recipes. That’s what makes this that person were actually present. needs of others. Maybe that’s whyprayer 1 journey so creative and dy­ This method works well for me felt led to expand on last month’snamic. ex­ Let me share just three “reci­ when I am praying not only for plorationT of intercessory prayer. The pes” for praying for others. I hope those who are known and near but Bible displays the significance and they release you to begin an inter­ also for persons far away and less power of intercession. In Genesis cessory prayer ministry that bears well known to me. 18:28-33 for example, Abraham the distinctive label of your own per­ Why not try this method for a pleads to God about sparing Sodom. sonality. week? You can practice it almost Is there any more stirring interces­ Leslie D. Weatherhead, in an older anywhere, while busy around the sion than the Exodus 32 account of but creative work, A Private House home or on your way to work. Moses entreating God to spare Israel? o f Prayer, uses a list numbered 1 to Choose someone with whom you In the New Testament, the Gospels 31 with space for four names per have had a difficult relationship or show Jesus interceding for the disci­ number. On the day of the month someone about whom you are wor­ ples. John lets us know that Jesus you are praying, you can concentrate ried. Each day, imagine this three- prayed for those who were to come on the four names by that number. way conversation with Jesus and see after them, including you and me! Of course, there will be conditions what happens. He prayed, “My prayer is not for and situations that will change that As you have been thinking and them aione. I pray also for those format, but at least it pro­ who will believe in me through their vides an organized ap­ message, that all of them may be proach when needed. one, Father, just as you are in me Expanding on the list and I am in you” (John 17:20-21, idea, Donald Bloesch, in The names and needs of NIV). Not only so, but in Hebrews The Struggle of Prayer, re­ others may have a we read, “Therefore he is able to lates the story of veteran save completely those who come to missionary to China, larger claim on your God through him, because he always Charles Whiston, who had lives to intercede for them” (7:25, a prayer list of over 2,000 prayer time than you think NIV). names! Each name was —or practice. The priority of prayer shows up kept on a 3" x 5" card. again when the Early Church at­ Every day, during his tacked the problem of food distribu­ prayer time, Whiston went tion. “Choose seven men from through the cards and by the end of praying these past few weeks, has among you who are known to be full the week had prayed for every name. God been calling you to interces­ of the Spirit and wisdom. We will Imagination is a powerful tool in sion? If you were to picture yourself turn this responsibility over to them intercessory prayer. I like Maxie as developing such a ministry, what and will give our attention to prayer Dunnam’s method presented in The would your prayer life look like? and the ministry of the word” (Acts Workbook of Intercessory Prayer. How would it be different? Would 6:3-4, NIV). Surely, this prayer pro­ This approach centers around having you have any prayer partners? gram included intercession for the a three-way conversation among the Would you spend more effort in lost, particularly the “lost sheep of person praying, the person(s) for prayer on the names and needs of Israel.” whom we are praying, and Jesus. others than on your own bruises and How quickly those spiritual ances­ Imagine the three of you in some blessings? What if Christians every­ tors of ours learned that a lot of comfortable location that is easy for where made real intercession a way good activities can change prayer you to see in your mind’s eye. It could of life? time to a mere “spare time” exercise. be around the fireplace, walking E. Dee Freeborn teaches practical the­ Believing in the priority of inter­ through a park, or at a dinner table. ology and spiritual formation at Naza­ cession, how do I go about it? Ac­ Then, simply create a conversation rene Theological Seminary. ^

September 1991 31 Readers Write... continued from page 9

Outward issues I missed. I wanted to tell you that I went to the post­ master to see what might be wrong. The very next day two of those issues appeared in my mailbox, thumb-worn, tattered, and Sign looking very well read. This made me feel badly because 1 knew AND that someone had been blessed and had needed what was in those issues. 1 went to the post office in hopes of finding out who had been reading the magazines, not to cause trouble, but to share the magazines or to offer to provide a subscription— INWARD but to no avail. So, I don’t care anymore if my magazine appears late, is tat­ tered, or has dirty thumb marks. I’m just thankful that the Lord Grace ministers in unusual ways. I thought you’d like to know. THE PLACE OF SACRAMENTS IN WESLEYAN SPIRITUALITY Norm K Barnes Galax, la. ROB L. STAPLES No More Hideous Artwork, Please No, I don’t want my subscription canceled. Each issue I’m blessed by several articles. But I feel deeply I may be speaking for others who are alarmed when some pages resemble color comics. CELEBRATE We can get the good messages that pastors’ wives are very im­ portant to our churches without the goggle-eyed drawings of the th e Sa c r a m e n t s parsonage family. God the Great Creator, created man in HIS image. How can He be honored and glorified? Bad enough to have hideous scenes in Sunday School papers. God demanded, “Come out. Be separate.” DISCOVER I’m not mad, just hurt and I pray whoever is responsible will a new perspective on the see these things are put to a stop very soon. Thanks for a good church periodical. . .. importance and need for Mrs. D. H. Shumaker celebrating the sacraments Eldorado. Okla. in today's holiness church Dr. Cor left: A Reader Since 1912 Finally, I am doing something I have tried to do ever since you have been editor of the Herald, and that is to write you and OUTWARD SIGN express my sincere appreciation for the work that you have been AND doing, both in format and quality of articles. I have been a reader of the Herald ever since its inception in 1912. The edi­ INWARD GRACE tors have all given us what we needed for that time. While I am HH083-411-3783 limited in my service for God and church, I am rejoicing in the $14.95 fact that God was preparing persons to meet the need for this present generation. Lewis T. Corlett Duarte, Calif.

"What Professor Staples argues for in this carefully documented and often brilliant Herald Witness presentation is a rediscovery of the rich­ I am a prisoner in the county jail, and one of the guards here is a member of your church in this city. He gave me some ness and biblical wholeness the holy sac­ copies of your magazine. ... I always knew of Christ, but in this raments can serve in today's church." environment I was compelled to seek Him, and now I can say W illiam M. G reathouse that I truly know Christ. My charges that convicted me were rel­ General Superintendent Emeritus atively minor, but I do have a substantial fine to pay. The Bible Church of the Nazarene says to owe no one, and I seek God’s guidance to help me to wipe the slate clean and start over again. My real crime was my disobedience to God, but now 1 seek to serve Him all the days of my life. ... I love God so much. 1 would like to thank Mr. NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE Ruperian of the Church of the Nazarene in Northeast Philadel­ 1-800-877-0700 phia. I hope his love of Christ is typical of that of all of you: P.O. Box 419527 • Kansas City, MO 64141 members. Ronald M. Marmon Philadelphia, Pa. *

32 H erald of Holiness Editor’s Choice... continued from page 11

2. We should be aware of the campaign to make the HONORING THE TRUST" homosexual life-style acceptable. No group has been more AND raucous in their demands to be legitimized. When it be­ “SERVING THOSE came known that the AIDS epidemic primarily originated WHO SERVE” from the homosexual life-style, it did not make the “gay rights” campaigners back off in chagrin, rather their ca­ cophony was raised to new heights. Dr. Dean Wessels Of course, the gay community disavows their role in the D irector origin of the AIDS epidemic. A minister recently rebuked YOUR PENSIONS AND me for indicating that homosexuals had something to do with the AIDS outbreak. “You couldn’t prove it,” he said. BENEFITS FUND IN ACTION My response was that if one could trace the evidence that links AIDS to homosexual activity to Tide or Ocean Your support of the Pensions and Benefits Fund Spray Cranberry Sauce, both those products would be off makes possible the “Basic” Pension Plan for over the market instantly. 3,600 retired Nazarene ministers and widows or When the gay activists should be embarrassed into si­ widowers of ministers. You deserve to know the lence, they campaign even more vigorously. One example results of the over $6.3 million paid out from this of this is cited in James L. Saur’s award-winning article fund in 1990. The following excerpts from letters “Fodors Guide to Gomorrah,” which appeared in New received recently by the Pensions office demon­ American, 1990. He quotes a magazine for homosexuals strate the impact of your faithful giving. called Guide, which specifies these tactics. 1. Talk about gays and gayness as much as possible. . . . “Thanks a million for keeping us in touch Almost all behavior begins to look normal if you are with things. Thank God for the retirement exposed to enough of it . . . 2. Portray gays as victims in need of protection, not benefit check. Believe you me it is a lift each as aggressive challengers ... time it comes.” 3. Give [gay] protectors a just cause. Few straight women, and even fewer straight men, will want to de­ . . . “We have failed too many times in fend homosexuality boldly . .. attach their awakened thanking you for your many services to us. protective impulse to some principle of justice or law. They have been deeply appreciated. So many 4. Make gays look good. Media campaigns should times after retirement one is tempted to feel paint gays as superior pillars of society. 5. Make the victimizers look bad . .. They must be forgotten, but then we hear from you and we vilified. The public should be shown images of ranting are reminded that we are not forgotten. Thank homophobes whose .. . beliefs disgust middle America you so very much.” ... the Ku Klux Klan . . . bigoted southern ministers . .. menacing punks, thugs, and convicts. . . . “This brief but sincere note to express our Many forces are at work touting the “normalcy” of ho­ thanks to you for our first ‘Basic’ Pension mosexual practices. Focus on the Family recently reported check. It arrived as you promised. We have that schoolteachers in Madison, Wis., were offered a course about how they could integrate lesbian history into always had a deep love for our church. God the public school curriculum. A poster proposed for the bless each of you.” Chicago bus lines shows heterosexual, male homosexual, The “Basic” Pension Plan is made possible and lesbian couples kissing. On just about any night, one can find a program or two through the Pensions and Benefits Fund received on television that beats the drum for the “normalcy” of from local churches on participating districts. This the gay way of life. One large city newspaper now lists ho­ work is also aided by gifts, donations, gift annuities, mosexual unions in its wedding column. wills, and legacies. No General Budget moneys are Our stance is stated clearly in the Manual. received. Therefore, your church’s payment of its Homosexuality is one means by which human sexu­ Fund amount is essential to keep your Pensions and ality is perverted. We recognize the depth of the per­ Benefits Fund in action. version that leads to homosexual acts but affirm the biblical position that such acts are sinful and subject to the wrath of God. We believe the grace of God suf­ ficient to overcome the practice of homosexuality [ 1 BOARD OF Corinthians 6:9-11], We deplore any action or state­ PENSIONS AND BENEFITS USA ment that would seem to imply compatibility between 6401 The Paseo, Christian morality and the practice of homosexuality. Kansas City, MO 64131-1284 We urge clear preaching and teaching concerning Bible standards of sex morality. (M anual, 1989, par. 37) ^

September 1991 33 church in Watertown, N.Y. My Aunt Mary got saved and Nazarene Network... joined the Church of the Nazarene because of the Naza­ continued from page 27 rene Network. In the summer of 1989, we found out they’d established a new Nazarene church in Lafargeville, days after he found Jesus. I’m glad for the Nazarene Net­ so they had one in Watertown and one in Lafargeville. work. Kind of a wonderful thing happened. We got invitations I was concerned about my grandparents, so I went to to hold revivals at both churches. Nancy did the singing visit them in Auburn, N.Y. Do you know what? There’s a and I did the preaching. I said to Aunt Mary, “Now help Nazarene church there, and I got my grandparents to go me; I know we have a lot of relatives around there.” And with me to the Nazarene church, and they began to she gave me a list of names and I wrote letters to all my change. I was with my grandfather when, at 88 years of blood relatives that lived in the area. Besides Aunt Mary, age, he confessed his sins and accepted Jesus as his Savior. none of them were members of the Church of the Naza­ I’m so glad there was a “branch office” of the Nazarene rene. We wrote letters to 125 relatives, and do you know Network in Auburn, N.Y. that in those revivals in those two Nazarene churches, 34 My very first camp meeting was on the Upstate New of my relatives came. Twelve of them came to the altar to York District. Dr. Ralph Earle was the other preacher in seek God because we have a Nazarene Network out there. that camp meeting. While I was there, I took a little side And then there was our daughter, Rachel. She's our old­ trip. I asked the camp to pray, and I went over to see my est girl. She was up in Chicago and away from the Lord. A grandmother. In the sun parlor of her home in Auburn, lot of you people here said, “We’re not going to give up on N.Y., at age 92, she prayed to accept Jesus. Rachel.” And you joined with us and prayed and prayed. Well, it was years later that we were down in the South, She got a Catholic boyfriend. She gave him some Naza­ and I had the privilege of being in a camp meeting in the rene tapes, and he was kind of moved by something he state of Georgia. My kids were all with me. Our kids, you heard. He looked up “Nazarene” in the telephone book, and he called the Nazarene district office and got direc­ tions and found a way to get to First Church of the Naza­ rene, Chicago, and that next Sunday, that Roman Catho­ Someone in the lic fellow took my daughter to the Nazarene church. We’d Nazarene Network may been praying, “O Lord, send someone across her pathway to influence her.” I never knew who it was going to be, but be able to reach that God used that Catholic young man to get her back into person on your prayer the Nazarene church. You know, the Nazarene Network produces books. list who you could never Rachel read a book about Howard Hamlin, and This Pair o f Hands spoke to our daughter. reach personally. Something else also touched her. We sent her tapes from our services here. Orlan Smith’s alto saxophone solo gripped her heart. She came home for a little visit in Sep­ know, sat in the back row in the camp meeting with the tember of 1988, and one of our new converts here wit­ other teenagers. They sat back there and passed notes and nessed to her and told her how Jesus had changed his life, drew pictures and whispered to one another. There was a and that impressed her. On September 18, 1988, at 9:30 in sharp youth director in that camp, and I decided that the evening, our telephone rang. It was Rachel. “Daddy youth directors could do more with my kids than I could. what were you doing tonight?” 1 said, “I was giving my He talked to the kids, and after a while he got them to testimony at St. Paul’s church.” She said, “While you were move up. They came up to the fourth row, then the third giving your testimony there, I was listening to your testi­ row, then the second row, and all week I had the privilege mony here on tape,” and she began to cry. She said, “For of watching the Holy Spirit work on my son, Paul. By the the last half hour I’ve been down here beside my bed on middle of the camp meeting, a preacher called Curt my knees confessing my sins, and I want you to know that Smith, president of MidAmerica Nazarene College, got Jesus Christ has come into my heart, and the whole bur­ Paul’s attention. In the final service, the Holy Spirit got den of sin is lifted, and I feel the best I’ve felt in the last his attention. I saw him shake from the top of his head to five years.” the soles of his feet like a leaf in the wind, and this top And now you know some more of the story. She moved high school wrestler ran out of his seat and came to the back to Kansas City and found a wonderful job and mar­ altar and sought the Lord and was wonderfully saved. Be­ ried a wonderful Christian young man from this church fore I could even get down to pray with him he was on his who was one of our new Nazarenes who had the privilege feet, and when I got to him, he said, “Oh, Dad, Jesus has of being with some of you on our recent Work and Wit­ just saved me.” He wrapped his arms around me and gave ness trip. me an affectionate bear hug, then he whispered in my ear I guess it wouldn’t be hard for you to believe in the Naz­ and said, “Dad, I love you.” Today, he and his wife serve in arene Network if all of this had happened to your family. their local Nazarene church—what a miracle of grace! Maybe it has. I'm sure many of you have similar experi­ My mother was concerned about the spiritual welfare of ences. So, brothers and sisters, friends, I want to say, let’s her family and she went to upstate New York to talk to not try to do it alone. Let that Nazarene Network extend them. They live in the Lafargeville and Watertown areas your influence so it’ll go places you could never go, to of New York. M other talked to her sister, my Aunt Mary, people you could never touch, to reach your loved ones, and Aunt Mary went with my mother to a Nazarene and change your world. ^

34 H erald of Holiness BROKEN PIECES

t. Paul was on his final voyage to Rome. There was before she took her “safe journey,” she knew me again and no doubt about it, he was making this journey in we sang together, “Learning to lean, learning to lean, the will of God. Yet, after 14 days of horrible hurri­ learning to lean on Jesus. ” Scane winds, the ship crashed on the reef. All cargo wasGod is able to use our broken pieces for our good and lost. There remained only broken pieces, tossed about in His glory as we steadfastly trust in Him. He has commit­ the angry waves. ted himself and the resources of heaven to always work Yet, God used the broken pieces to get everyone on toward the good. What the devil uses to try to destroy us, board safely to land—all 276 persons. Not one was lost. God redeems for good. That is why I have “broken pieces” underlined in my Bi­ —Kenneth Vogt ble. God often takes the bad and makes of it something Abbotsford, B.C. very good! ►h In every life there are broken pieces. Some experience more brokenness than others. With some, it is almost to the point of despair. In my own case, it was three years of coping with my dear wife’s Alzheimer’s disease. But just Don't Think You'll Leave Anything Valuable Benefits Questions Answered by Dean Wessels Enough to Need a Will? Q. If a husband and wife are both elders, are both of them entitled to a church pension? T h in k The answer to this question is best understood in the light of what a pension really is. A pension is delayed compensation paid by an employer to an employee who has retired from active employ­ ment. Consequently, if a husband and wife are both Write for help with planning your will today! elders and are employed by different local church employers or by the same employer for different functions, each could qualify separately for a Address pension providing they received separate salaries. If husband and wife serve as co-pastors or

co-evangelists and receive one paycheck between S ta te ______Z ip . them, they will qualify for one pension since as far Telephone ( ) ______as the employer is concerned, there is one salary being paid. The principle is the same whether the Birth D a te___ (Month) (Day) (Year) retirement benefits are from the “Basic” Pension Spouse's Birth Date ______Plan, from the Nazarene TSA Plan, or from a (Month) (Day) (Year) combination. Better yet, your church may wish to have our representa­ Questions about benefits may be sent to the tive conduct a Wills Seminar. Board of Pensions and Benefits USA, 6401 The Call today: Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64131-1284. 1-800-544-8413.

September 1991 35 EVERMAN, WAYNE: Covington, KY (Eastside), Sept. CA, 13-17; Connell, WA, 20-24; Grangeville, ID. 17-22; Ironton, OH (Elm Street), 25-29; St. 27-31 Clairsville, OH, Oct. 18-20; Clarion, PA, 22-27; HILL, WILLIAM G. A KATHRYN: Parkersburg, WV New Lexington, OH, 30— Nov. 3 (Marrtown), Sept. 24-29: Jackson, OH, Oct. FADER, WES A MARY: Beverly, MA, Sept. 3-8; 8-13; Miami, WV, 22-27 Skowhegan, ME, 10-15; Springfield, MA (First), HOLSTEIN, J. TED: Grand Ledge, Ml, Sept. 10-15; 17-22; Danielson, CT, 24-29; Zanesville, OH Williamsburg, IN, 17-22; Greensboro. PA, 24-29; (South Zanesville), Oct. 1-6; Circleville, OH Craigsville, VA (Estaline Valley), Oct. 2-6; Dan­ (First), 9-13; Belle Vernon, PA, 15-20; Glen ville, VA (Calvary). 8-13; Roanoke, VA (Garden Burnie, MD (Marley Park), 22-27; High Point, City), 15-20; Harrison, OH, 22-27; Bellefontaine, EVANGELISTS’ SLATES NC (Calvary), 29-Nov. 3 OH, 29-Nov. 3 FRANK, RICHARD A.: Bristol, VA (Scenic Park), HOWARD, RICHARD E.: Fargo, OK, Sept. 17-22: Sept. 3-8; West Union, OH, 11; Peebles, OH, 12; Pittsburg, TX, Oct. 22-27 ALBRIGHT, WAYNE L: Ropesville, TX, Sept. 4-8; Gil­ Sept. 21-25; Decatur, GA (Atlanta First), 28; Co­ Centerville, OH, 15; Hugoton, KS, 17-22; Fowler, HUBARTT, LEONARD G.: Palouse, WA, Oct. 9-13; mer, TX, 15-19; Post TX, 20-22; Nocona, TX, lumbus, MS (First), Oct 1-6; St. Joseph, Ml, CO, 29—Oct. 6; Birmingham, AL (Forestdale), Colfax, WA, 16-20; Pullman, WA, 22-27 24-29; Erie, IL, Oct 1-6; OeKalb, IL, 8-13; Peo­ 12-16; Morgantown, KY, 19-23 13-20 HUGHES, JOYCE: Fort Fraser, BC, CANADA (Com­ ria, IL (North Side), 15-20; Dodge City, KS (Col­ CHASE, FRANK: Sidney, NE, Sept. 4-8; Tabor, IA THE FREY FAMILY, DONALD: MacGregor, Ml, Sept. munity), Sept. 8-15; Prince George, BC, CAN­ lege Heights), 22-27 (Weaver Memorial), 10-15; Muskogee, OK (Trin­ 1* (a.m.); Ashley, Ml, Sept 1' (p.m.); Midland, ADA, 17-22; Kamloops, BC, CANADA, 24-29; THE ARMSTRONGS, LEON: Barton, MD (Moscow), ity), Oct. 9-13 Ml, 4-8'; Fort Wayne, IN (Trinity), 15-18; Weid- Claresholm, AB, CANADA, 30— Oct 5; High Sept. 3-8; Stafford, VA, 10-15; Fredericksburg, CHEATWOOD 5-STAR EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES, man, Ml, 19-22; Garrett, IN, 24-29; Nashville, River, AB, CANADA, 10-13; Rimbey, AB, CAN­ VA, 17-22; St Marys, WV, 24-29; Farmland, IN, HENRY A PHYLLIS: Evanston, WY, Sept. 10-15; TN, Oct 2-4'; Chattanooga, TN (Lookout Val­ ADA, 15-20; Terra Alta, WV, 22-27 Oct 1-6; Moline, IL (Community), 8-13; Rock­ Mason City, IA, 17-22; Burlington, IA (First), ley), 6 (a.m.); Chattanooga, TN (East Ridge), 6 HURRY, CECIL P.: Athens, OH, Sept. 2-6 ford, IL (Samuelson Road), 15-20; Wyoming, Ml 24-29; Mauston, Wl, Oct 1-7; Ypsilanti, Ml (Mer­ (p.m.); Birmingham, AL (Centerpoint), 8-13; ICE, CHARLES & BETTY: Kirwin, KS, Sept. 4-8; (Grand Rapids Clyde Park), 22-27 ritt Road), 8-13; Flint, Ml (West), 15-20; Blooms- Peru, IN (First), 15-20; Elkhart, IN (Bresee), Woodland Park, CO, 11-15; Wichita, KS (Park BAGGETT, DALLAS W.: Jasper, AL (Northside), burg, PA, 22-27 22-27 City), 18-22; York, NE (First), 25-29; Wichita, KS Sept. 1; Birmingham, AL, 11-15'; Nashville, TN, CHRISTOPHER, CHRIS C.: Alma, Ml, Sept. 15-19' GADBOW, DONALD C.: Marshalltown, IA, Sept. (Eastridge), Oct. 9-13; Wichita, KS (Indian Hills), 18-22'; Trenton, OH, Oct. 2-6; Charleston, WV CLAY, D. E.: Medina, OH, Sept. 1-8; Carey, OH 10-15; Fredericktown, MO, Oct. 1-6; Jefferson 16-20; Hutchinson, KS Westside), 23-27; Curtis. (First), 9-13; Hartselle, AL (First), 23-27 (Ridge Chapel), Sept. 15; Wapakoneta, OH, City, MO, 15-20; Ottumwa, IA (Trinity), 22-27 NE, 30-Nov. 3 BALLARD, DONALD K.: Millington, TN, Sept, 4-8; 21-22; Grand Haven, Ml, 25-29; Port Clinton, GAMBLIN, C. LEE A WILMA: Chesaning, Ml, Sept. IDE, CHARLES D.: Midland, Ml (Community), Sept. Ashdown, AR (First), 18-22; Milford, OH, 25-29; OH, Oct 5-6; Newell, WV (Congo), 9-13; Strat­ 24-29; Ottumwa, IA (First), Oct. 1-6; Gravity, IA, 10-15; Saginaw, Ml (Valley), 18-22; Flint, Ml Houston, MS (Pearson Chapel), Oct 9-13; Little ton, OH, 16-20; Carey, OH (Ridge Chapel), 8-13; Clarinda, IA, 15-20; Bettendorf, IA, 22-27 (North), 25-29; Hazel Park, Ml, Oct. 1-6; Sterling Rock, AR (Central), 16-20; Pelham, TN (Chap­ 22-27 GESSNER, DON A SHIRL: Columbia, MO, Sept. Heights, Ml (Community), 15-20; Old Hickory, man’s Chapel), 23-27 CLAY, M. E.: Gallagher, WV, Oct. 1-6; Handley, WV, 4-8'; Greenfield, IN, 10-15'; Plainfield, IN (Trin­ TN, 29-Nov. 3 BELZER, DAVE A BARBARA: Elk Grove, CA, Sept. 8-13; Alderson, WV, 15-20 ity), 17-22; Washington, IA, 24-20; Fulton, MO, JOHNSON, BOB: Lafayette, CO, Sept. 15-22 10-15; Grand Island, NE, 24-29; Kansas City, KS CLIFT, NORVIE O.: San Bruno, CA, Oct. 6-13; Oct 1-6'; Eldorado Springs, MO, 8-13'; Brazil, JOHNSON, RON: Concerts (Washington and Idaho), (Metropolitan), Oct 1-6; Columbus, OH (Bellows GUYANA 23— Nov. 10 IN (First), 15-20; Upper Sandusky, OH, 22-27 Sept. 4, 8-15; Forks, WA, 17-22; Concerts Avenue), 8-13; Mancelona, Ml, 15-20; Lees COBB, BILL A TERRI: Yakima, WA (West Valley), GINTER, TIMOTHY E.: Andover, OH (Cherry Valley), (Western Oregon and Washington). 26-30; Far- Summit MO, 22-27 Sept. 1-8; Glorietta, NM (NIROGA), 9-14; Longs Sept. 3-8; Kent, OH, 10-15; North Canton, OH nam, NE, Oct. 6-10; Hastings, NE, 11; Papillion, THE BENDER FAMILY, TIM: Lebanon, TN (First), Peak Zone Camp (Colorado District), 18-22; (The New Beginning), 18-23; Cincinnati, OH NE (Omaha Heritage), 13-17; House Springs, Sept. 10-15; Doyle, TN, 17-22; Rising Sun, IN, Carmichael, CA, 25-29; Choctaw, OK, Oct. 2-6; (Carthage), 24-29; North Royalton, OH (State MO, 19-24; Concerts (Colorado and Idaho), 24-29; Edinburgh, IN, Oct. 8-13; Canton, OH Lubbock, TX (First), 9-13; Selma, IN (Harris Road Community), Oct. 1-6; Canton, OH 27-30 (Calvary), 15-20 Chapel), 16-20; Charleston, WV (City Crusade), (South), 8-13; Cambridge, OH (First), 15-20; JONES, TERRY & LAQUITA: Junction City. KS BLUE, DAVE A DANA: Medina, OH, Sept. 4-8; Can­ 23-27 Westlake, OH (Parkside), 22-27; Akron, OH (First), Sept. 4-8; Olathe, KS (Westside). 11-15: ada Central District Tour, 11-20; Hermitage, TN, COOK, LEON G.: Fortson, GA (Columbus First), (Kenmore), 29— Nov. 3 Laymen’s Retreat (Joplin District), 20-22; Elk­ Oct 4-10; Indianapolis, IN (Westside), 16-20; Sept. 8; Blairsville, GA (First), 13-15; Child- HAINES, GARY W.: Camillus, NY (Syracuse Imma­ hart, IN (First), 25-29; Fort Wayne, IN (Lake Ave­ Roving Zone Revival (Southeast Oklahoma Dis­ ersburg, AL, 18-22; Wrightsville, GA, 26-29; nuel), Sept. 7-11; Denvilie, NJ (Lakeland First), nue), Oct. 1-6; Sandusky, OH, 9-13; Elyria, OH, trict), 22-27 Dublin, GA (Graham Memorial), Oct. 6-9 12-15; Clinton, IL (First), 21-25; Beardstown, IL, 16-20; Georgetown, OH, 23-27 BLYTHE, ELLIS G.: Port Charlotte, FL, Sept. 22-29; COVINGTON, NATHAN A.: Hiwasse, AR, Sept. 8-13; 26-29; Sterling, IL (First), Oct. 5-9; Mattoon, IL JUNEMAN, JOHN A.: Warren, OH (First), Oct. 20-24 Gainesville, GA (First), Oct 1-6; West Jefferson, Northeast Oklahoma District Camp, 20-22; (First), 10-13; Baton Rouge, LA (First), 19-23; KEENA, EARL E.: San Francisco, CA (First), Oct. NC (Mount Jefferson), 8-13 Decatur, IL (Parkway), 24-29; St. Paul, MN Marksville, LA, 24-27 20-23 BOCK, DON: Greer, OH, Sept 4-8'; Somerset KY (First), Oct, 8-13; Des Moines, IA (Southside), HANCOCK, TIM: Palm Beach Gardens, FL (North KELLER EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES, GREG I (First), 10-15; Follansbee, WV (First), 24-29; Ru- 15-20; Eldon, MO, 22-27 Lake Boulevard), Sept 1-5; Stuart. FL, 8-11; SUE: Manchester, TN, Sept. 7-11; Dickson. TN byville, OH, Oct. 1-6*; Columbia, TN (Grace), CRABTREE, JAMES C.: Troy, OH, Sept 3-8'; Dan­ Lake Worth, FL (First), 15-18; Okeechobee, FL, (First), 14-18; Maysville, KY, 21-25; Erlanger, KY, 8-13; Pickerington, OH, 16-20'; New Mar­ ville, JL (First), 11-15; Virginia Beach, VA (Tide­ 20-22; Morgantown, WV (First), 25-29; Garfield 28—Oct 3; Columbus, OH (West Broad), 5-9; tinsville, WV, 23-27; Marlinton, WV, 30-Nov. 3 water Central), Oct. 2-6; Columbus, OH (White­ Heights, OH (Cleveland Garfield Heights), Oct. Punxsutawney, PA. 10-13; Boswell, PA, 16-20; BOQUIST MINISTRIES, DOUG A DEBBIE: Alanson, hall), 9-13; Princeton, IN, 16-20; Indianapolis, IN 2-6; Coshocton, OH (First), 9-13; New Albany, Erie, PA (First), 23-27 Ml (Lakeview), Sept 7-11; Sandusky, Ml, 14-18; (Westbrook), 23-27 IN (Eastside), 20-23; Bel Air, MD, 25-27; Jane LAWSON, WAYNE T.: Windward Islands, Oct. Uniontown, OH (Akron Trinity), 21-25; Lansdale, DELL, JIMMY: Salt Lake City, UT (First), Sept. 4-8; Lew, WV (Valley View), 30— Nov. 3 1-D ec. 31 PA, 28— Oct. 2; Oxford, PA, 5-9; East Wareham, Federal Way, WA 14-18; Rosemead, CA, 19-22; HARRINGTON, MILTON: Folsom, CA (Folsom Lake), LAXSON, KIP: Colorado Springs, CO (Nazarene Bi­ MA (Wareham Emmanuel), 19-23; North Haver­ Lansing, Ml (First), 24-29; Otisville, Ml (Rich­ Oct 2-6; Lakeview, OH (Indian Lake Northside), ble College), Sept. 2-5; Mesquite, TX, 11-15; hill, NH (Trinity), 26-30 field), Oct. 2-6; Camarillo, CA, 12-16; Valley City, 8-13; Paradise, CA, 20-25 Gardendale, AL, 18-22; Dublin, GA (First), BOYNTON, RICHARD C.: Spiceland, IN, Sept 17-22; ND, 19-23; Hannibal, MO (First), 24-27 HAYES, ALVIN B.: Sherwood, AR (Sylvan Hills), 25-29; Hoopeston, IL (First), Oct. 2-6; Ashland, Shirley, IN, Oct. 15-20 DENNISON, MARVIN E.: Holton, KS, Sept. 3-8; Law­ Sept. 10-15; Arkansas City, KS, 18-22; Hutch­ KY (Plaza), 9-13; Cedar Rapids, IA (Oakland), BRISCOE, JOHN B.: Amarillo, TX (South Georgia), rence, KS (First), Oct. 1-6; Belton, MO, 16-20 inson, KS (Peniel), 24-29; Howard, KS, Oct. 16-20; Fort Mill, SC, 23-27 Sept. 9-15; Holbrook, AZ, Oct. 1-6; Artesia, NM, DESKINS, GROVER C.: Smyrna, DE (Faith), Oct 1-6 9-13'; Yorktown, IN, 15-20; Alpena, Ml, 23-27 LAXSON, WALLY & GINGER: Colorado Springs, CO 15-20; Stephenville, TX, 22-27 DIXON, GEORGE A CHARLOTTE: Union City, PA, HAYNES, CHARLES A MYRT: Chattanooga, TN (Nazarene Bible College), Sept. 3-8; Danville, IL BROWN, ROGER Nz South Bend, IN (First), Sept. Sept. 11-15; Chesterhill, OH, 18-22; Brunswick, (East Ridge), Sept 3-8; Marshall, IL, 10-15; Me­ (First), 11-15; Dublin, GA (First), 25-29; Flor­ 4-8; St Marys, OH (First), 11-15; Howell, Ml, ME, Oct 2-6; Wrightstown, NJ (New Egypt), tropolis, IL, 17-22; Bedford, IN (Valley Mission), ence, AL (First), 30—Oct. 2; Birmingham, AL, 17-22; Trenton, OH, Oct. 2-iS; Salem, IL (Grace), 0.1» icd&pi 'M.nn 24-29; Flemingsburg, KY, Oct. 3-6; Columbiana, 6-9'; Ashland, KY (Plaza), 10-13; Cedar Rapids, 8-13; Bryan, OH, 16-20; Springfield, IL (First), DOCTORIAN, SAMUEL: INDONESIA, Sept. 8-14'; AL, 8-13; Winchester, TN (Brownington), 15-20; IA (Oakland), 16-20; Fort Mill, SC, 23-27 30-Nov. 2 LONDON, 20-22'; AMSTERDAM, 23-26'; GER­ Chattanooga, TN (Calvary), 22-27; Goldsboro, LEAR JOHN D.: Warren, OH (Bolindale), Sept. 17-22; BURKHALTER, PAT A DONNA: Sioux City, IA (First), MANY, 27—Oct. 6'; HOLLAND, 7-25'; TURKEY, NC, 29-Nov. 3 Carrollton, OH, Oct. 8-13 Sept. 3-8; Bentonville, AR, 10-15; Montgomery 26— Nov. 1' HECKATHORN, JIM: Princeton, ID, Sept. 8-13; Ju- LECKRONE, LARRY: Buchanan, Ml, Sept. 7-12; City, MO, 17-22; Iberia, MO, 24-29; Marlow, OK, DODGE, KENNETH L: New Berlin, Wl (Milwaukee liaetta, ID, 15-19; Rockford, IL (Auburn Road), Vicksburg, Ml (Chapman Memorial), 14-18; O ct 1-6; Bristow, OK, 8-13; Anderson, IN First), Sept. 18-22; Sebring, OH, Oct 18-20 24-29; Spring Arbor, Ml, Oct 1-6; Meadville, PA, Brush, CO (First), 28—Oct. 2; Marietta, OH (Goodwin Memorial), 15-20; Independence, MO DOOLITTLE, KEVIN C.: Franklin, PA Sept 1; Bal­ 8-13; Newell, WV (First), 15-20; Calcutta, OH, (First), 5-9; Bluefield, WV (First), 12-17; Oak Hill, (Trinity), 22-27 timore, MD (Dundalk), 10-15; Coraopolis, PA, 22-27 WV, 19-24; Fort Wright, KY (Covington Central), BYERS, JOSEPH D.: Weirton, WV, Oct 22-27 20-22; Lavelle, PA, 24-29; Selinsgrove, PA, Oct. HENDERSHOT, H, HARVEY: Parkersburg, WV (First), 25-27 CANEN, DAVID L.: Andalusia, AL, Sept. 2-11'; 1-6; York, PA, 20-23; Perkasie, PA, 24-27; Sept. 6-8; Bruceton Mills, WV (Little Sandy), LEIDY, ARNOLD G.: Fargo, ND (Trinity), Sept. 3-8; Smyrna, GA, 17-22; Kokomo, IN (Northside), Smyrna, DE (Faith), 29— Nov. 3 10-15; Senior Adult Retreat (East Tennessee Detroit Lakes, MN, 10-15; Cuba, IL, 17-22; 24-29; Kokomo, IN (Bon Air), Oct. 1-6; Blan- DOROUGH, W, M.: Jacksonville, TX (Mount Hope), District), 18-20 Pauls Valley, OK, 24-29; Newport News, VA, chester, OH, 8-13; Deltona, FL, 15-20; Fort Wal­ Sept. 3-8; Cisco, TX, 8-13; Gladewater, TX, HICKE, S. F.: Smithfield, IL, Sept. 3-8; Crystal Lake, Oct. 1-6; Hopewell, VA, 8-13; Lancaster, KY, ton Beach, FL, 22-27; Melbourne, FL (Eau Gal- 15-20 IL, Oct 1-6 15-20; Buhl, ID, 29-Nov. 3 lie), 30-Nov. 3 DUNMIRE, RALPH A JOANN: Glenmont, OH, Sept. HICKS, JOHN DAVID: Seattle, WA (First), Sept. 8-11; LESTER, FRED R.: Athens, TX, Sept. 17-22; Topeka. CANFIELD EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES, DAVE: 4-8'; Dickson, TN (First), 15; Ashland City, TN, Camas, WA, 15-18; Bloomington, CA, 22-25; KS (Wanamaker Woods), 27-29 Middletown, OH (First), Sept 11-15; Mentor, Oct. 1-6; Columbia, TN (Grace), 8-13; Placentia, CA, 29— Oct. 2; Hot Springs, AR LIDDELL P. L: Elmira, NY (First), Sept 3-8; Aledo, OH, 18-22; Dayton, OH (Central), 25-29; Hurri­ Charleston, WV (South Hills), 30— Nov. 3 (First), 6-9; Grand Ronde, OR, Oct. 10-20; IL, 10-15; Clarksville, TN (Memorial Drive), cane, WV (Teays Valley), Oct. 1-6; Sardinia, OH, DUTTON, BARRY A TAVIA: Albany, KY (Northside), Klamath Falls, OR, 20-23; Spokane, WA (Crest­ 17-22; Marquette, Ml, 24-29; Portland, Ml, Oct 9-13; South Point, OH (Ironton Ellison Street), Sept. 11-15; Jamestown, NY, 17-22; Endicott, line), 27-30 1-6; Piqua, OH, 8-13; Big Spring, TX, 16-20; 16-20; Irvine, KY (Waco), 23-27; New Mat- NY, 24-29; Evansville, IN (Diamond Valley), Oct. HIGGINS, CHUCK A MARGE: Porterville, CA, Sept. Warren, OH (Champion), 23-27; Brunswick, OH, amoras, OH, 30— Nov. 3 1-6; Owensboro, KY (First), 8-13; Hensley, AR 8-12; Oakdale, CA, 15-19; Garden Grove, CA, 30-Nov. 3 CHAMBERS, LEON A MILDRED: Walker County (Little Rock Springlake), 15-20; Alief, TX, 22-27; 20-22; Pastors’ Retreat (Anaheim District), LOCKARD, W. DAYTON: Mullens, WV, Sept 38'; Zone Camp (Alabama North District), Oct 15-20 Humble, TX (Houston North Belt Evangelistic), 24-25; Spokane, WA (Spokane Valley), 29—Oct, Alum Creek, WV 24-29; North Ridgeville, OH CHANEY, REEFORD A BARBARA: Oakridge, TN, 29— Nov. 3 3; Vancouver, WA (Central), 6-10; Crescent City, (Calvary Ridge), Oct 8-13

36 H erald o f Holiness THE YEAR OF THE HARVEST LOMAN, LANE: Greensboro, NC (Rolling Joplin Zone Holiness Crusade (Joplin District), Sept. 8-11: Bethel, OH, 15-18; Warner Robins, 10-15; Greenbrier, AR, 17-22; Colorado Springs, EASTER 1991— EASTER 1992 GA (First), 22-25; Lawrenceville, IL, 29— Oct. 2'; CO (Central), 29—Oct. 6; Mansfield, MO, 9-13; Hermitage, TN, 6-9; Princeton, IN, 13-19'; Royalton, IL (First), 15-20; Topeka, KS (Oak­ Smyrna, TN, 20-23; Fayetteville, TN, 24-27 land), 23-27; Springfield, IL (First), 29— Nov. 3 LORO, RICHARD A JUDY: Melbourne, FL (Eau Gal- RUNYAN, DAVID W.: Glenarm, IL (Auburn), Sept lie), Oct 30— Nov. 3 10-15; Eureka, IL, 17-22; Alton, IL (Hillcrest), MANLEY, STEPHEN A DELPHINE: AFRICA Re­ 24-29; Springfield, IL (South Side), Oct. 1-6; gional Conference, Sept. 5-8; AFRICA, 9-19; Springfield, IL (Trinity), 8-13; Sandwich, IL, OKINAWA (Servicemember’s Retreat), 20-22; 15-20; Decatur, IL (First), 23-27; Rock Island, IL, KOREA (Thrust to the Cities), 23— Oct 13; 29-Nov. 1 AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND, 14-20; RUSSELL, J. REYNDAL: DeRidder, LA, Oct. 8-13 Charleston, WV (Davis Creek), 23-27 SICKENBERGER, ARDEN: Lubbock, TX (Grace), MANN, THURL A MARY KAY: Battle Creek, Ml (West Sept. 14-18; Culver, OR, 21-26; Burney, CA, Michigan Avenue), Sept 1-8; Muncie, IN (First), 28—Oct. 3; Chilliwack, BC, CANADA, 5-10; 11-15; Wurtland, KY (First), 18-22; Anderson, IN, Ketchikan, AK, 19-24 Oct 2-6'; Muncie, IN (South Side), 9-13; Fos- SMITH, DOYLE C.: Connersville, IN (First), Oct. 1-6 toria, OH (First), 16-20; Kankakee, IL (First), SMITH, DUANE: Bluffton, IN, Sept. 3-8; Reyn­ 27-31 oldsburg, OH, 10-15; Belle, WV, 17-22; Homer MAY, JOHN W.: Dayton, OH (Huber Heights), Sept City, PA, 24-29; Moundsville, WV, Oct, 1-6; 10-15; Chester, WV, 18-22; Monongahela, PA, Winchester, IN, 8-13; Holdenville, OK, 15-20; Mi­ 24-29; Parkersburg, WV (Broadway), Oct. 8-13; ami, OK, 22-27 Bedford, IN (First), 16-20 THE SINGING SMITHS, EUGENE A LANORA: McMAHON VICTORY MINISTRIES, MICK A HELEN: Jamestown, TN, Oct 13-18' South Weymouth, MA, Sept. 3-8; Livermore THE SPEER FAMILY, BROCK: Cedar Rapids, IA Falls, ME, 10-15; Dollard des Ormeaux, PQ, (First), Sept 8; Mitchell, SD, 10'; Flint Ml, 21'; CANADA (Montreal First), 18-22; Preston, CT, Morris, IL, 26’ ; Nashville, TN, 30—Oct. 5'; Cy­ 25-29; South Dennis, MA (Cape Cod Dennis), press Gardens, FL, 12‘; Hiawasee, GA, 20'; Al­ Oct. 1-6; Reading, PA, 8-13; Gwynn, VA toona, PA, 25'; New Castle, IN, 27' (Gwynn’s Island), 15-20; Brandon, VT (Leices­ SPRAGUE EVANGELISTIC FAMILY, VERNON: Niles, ter), 22-27; South China, ME (China Regional), OH (First), Sept, 8; Zanesville, OH (Northside), % §: m ,?ff 29— Nov, 3 10-15; Charleston, WV (Elk River), 17-22; New MEYER, VIRGIL A DOROTHY: Nome, AK, Sept. 3-8; Middletown, OH, 25-29'; Shelby, OH, Oct. 8-13; Two Rivers, AK, 11-15; Tok, AK, 15-19' Missouri Valley, IA, 15-20; Bloomfield, IA, 22-27 MILBURN, GARY: Grove City, PA, Sept. 17-22; Easton, MD, 25—Oct, 6 STREET, A. DAVID: Menomonie, Wl, Sept. 3-8; Ma­ MILLHUFF, CHUCK: Covington, KY (First), Sept. 1; rinette, Wl, 11-15; Mount Carmel, IL, 24-29; Olathe, KS (College), 4; Springfield, OH (High Marion, VA, Oct. 6-11; Momence, IL (First), Street), 5-8; Brandon, FL (First), 11-15; 16-20; Palmyra, IN, 22-27 Gahanna, OH (Columbus North Land), 18-22; TAYLOR, BOB: Muskogee, OK (First), Sept. 4-8; East St Charles, MO (Harvester), 25-29; Coshocton, Liverpool, OH (First), 11-15; San Antonio, TX OH (First), Oct 9-13; Olathe, KS (MidAmerica (East Terrell Hills), 18-22; Chicago Heights, IL, Nazarene College Chapel), 17; Cincinnati, OH Oct 2-6; Salisbury, MD, 9-13; Indianapolis, IN (Springdale), 20-27 (Westside), 16-20; Portsmouth, OH (First), 23-27 MILLS, CARLTON A.: Steubenville, OH, Sept. 4-8; TAYLOR, CLIFF-FAMILY EVANGELIST: Spokane, Grafton, WV (Blueville), 10-15; Morenci, Ml, 16; WA, Sept. 7' Cory, IN, 17-22; Rolla, MO, 24-29; Washington, THOMPSON, L DEAN: Neosho, MO, Sept 10-15; PA (First), Oct 2-6; Plainville, KS, 8-13; Webster, Granby, MO, 24-29; Neodesha, KS, Oct. 1-6; TX (NASA), 15-20; Fayetteville, AR (First), 23-27 Chanute, KS, 7-13'; Mound Valley, KS, 20-22'; MITCHELL, MARCIA L: Pasco, WA Oct 25-27 Altamont KS, 22-29' MONCK, JIM: McPherson, KS, Sept. 4-8; Colona, IL THORNTON, REV. A MRS.: Coolville, OH, Sept 3-8'; (Green Rock), 11-15; Middletown, IN, 18-22; Al­ West Terre Haute, IN, 13-22'; North Jackson, exandria, IN, 25-29; Urbana, OH, Oct. 2-6; OH, 24-29; Newton Falls, OH, Oct, 1-6; Indi­ Largo, FL (Kenneth City), 9-13; Frankfort, KY anapolis, IN (Southport), 8-13; Olive Hill, KY, (Capital), 23-27 15-20; Linton, IN, 22-27'; Burlington, KY, MORGAN, EARL L: Johnstown, PA (First), Sept 29-Nov. 3 3-8; Champaign, IL (First), 29; Gorham, IL, Oct. TOLER, WARREN F.: Covington, KY (Eastside), 8-13; Hartford City, IN, 20; North Vernon, IN, 27; Sept. 17-22; Ironton, OH (Elm Street), 25-29; St Asheboro, NC, 30— Nov. 3 Clairsville, OH, Oct 18-20; Clarion, PA 22-27; MORLEY, FRANK W.: Terra Bella, CA, Sept, 3-8; New Lexington, OH, 30— Nov. 3 Lodi, CA, 11-15; Ventura, CA, 18-22; Sheffield, ULMET, ALECK G.: Clarion, IA, Sept. 17-22; Iowa AL (First), 25-29; Columbiana, OH, Oct. 2-6; Falls, IA, 24-29; Council Bluffs, IA (Emmanuel), T h ey a r e Cuyahoga Falls, OH, 9-13; Ossian, IN, 20-27; Oct. 1-6; Danville, IL (Southside), 8-13; Mar­ State College, PA (Bethel), 29— Nov. 3 tinsville, IN (First), 15-20; Chattanooga, TN MURPHY MARK N.: Hollywood, MD, Sept 3-8; Kan­ (Lookout Valley), 22-28 sas City, KS (Victory Hills), 11-18 WALKER, LAWRENCE A LAVONA: DuBois, PA (Em­ NAJARIAN, BERGE A DORIS: Fostoria, OH (First), manuel), Oct 8-13 r ip e Sept. 14-15; Senior Adult Retreat (North Florida WELCH, W. B.: Wattsville, SC (Laurens), Sept 8-12; District), 26-28; Lake Placid, FL, Oct. 4-6; Wells- Great Falls, SC, 17-22; Wallace, SC, 29—Oct. 6; burg, WV, 15-20 Brighton, TN (Tipton County), 20-27 OYLER, CALVIN A VIRGINIA Arnett OK (Harmon), WELLS, LINARD: Tulsa, OK (First), Sept 3-8; El Sept. 17-22; Sioux City, IA (Grace), 25-29; Reno, OK, 10-15; Irving, TX (Faith), 17-22; Lou­ for harvest. Shelby, OH, Oct. 1-6; Laketon, IN, 8-13'; Mon- isville, KY (Southside), 24-29; Spencer, IN, Oct. ticello, IA 15-20; Mobile, AL (First), 29-Nov. 3 1-6; Mount Vernon, IN (Point Township), 8-13; JOHN 4:35b, NIV PHIPPS, PAUL M.: Terre Haute, IN (First), Sept Mitchell, IN, 15-20; Wichita, KS (Olivet), 23-27; 24-29; Sullivan, IN, Oct 1-6; Opelika, AL, 8-13; Pratt, KS, 29-Nov. 3 Jeffersonville, IN (First), 15-20; Shelbyville, IL, WHEELER FAMILY MINISTRIES, CHUCK A WILLY: 22-27; NebO, IL, 29-Nov. 3 Greenville, PA, Sept 17-22; Allison, PA, 24-29; PRICE, DR. ROSS E.: Sun Valley, AZ (Twin Wells Laurel, DE, Oct 1-6; Stockdale, PA, 8-13; Olean, Indian School), Sept. 3-15 NY, 22-27 REED, SHERMAN: Fort Sheridan, IL, Sept 7-8'; WILLIAMS, LAWRENCE: Scottsbluff, NE, Sept. Canton, IL (First), 10-15; Cadillac, Ml (Cherry 10-15; Grenada, MS (First), 17-22; Toms River, Grove), 24-29; Fort Sheridan, IL, Oct. 4-6'; NJ, 24-29; Salem, OR (South), Oct. 13-18; Port­ Greenville, TX (Peniel), 8-13; Lansing, IL (First), land, OR (Rose City), 20-27 15-20; Upper Marlboro, MD (Melwood), 22-27 WOOTEN, D. J.: Owego, NY, Sept. 18-22'; Hanover, RICHARDS, LARRY A PHYLLIS: Indianapolis, IN PA 25-29 (Lawrence), Sept. 17-22; Springfield, OH (Ma­ WRIGHT, E. GUY A LIL: Uhrichsville, OH, Sept. That the World May Know — GO! plewood), 27-29; Fortville, IN, Oct. 1-6; Park­ 10-15; St. Albans, WV, 17-22; Jonesboro, AR ersburg, WV (First), 15-20 (Rogers Chapel), 24-29; Jonesboro, AR (First), RICKEY, HOWARD U McKinney, TX, Sept. 10-15; Oct 1-6; Knox, PA (Faith), 8-13; Rock Hill, SC Evansville, IN (First), 22-25; Swartz Creek, Ml, (Oakdale), 15-20; Rock Hill, SC (Grace), 22-27; 26-29; Greentown, OH, Oct 13-18; Fawn Grove, Concord, NC (First), 29— Nov. 3 PA 18-23'; Cincinnati, OH (Fairfax), 24-27 ROSE, WAYNE: Texarkana, AR (First), Sept. 3-8; 'Denotes Non-Nazarene Church GOALS U.S./CANADA: 39,610

September 1991 WORLDWIDE: 52,024 NEWS OF RELIGION BILLY GRAHAM HOLDS SCHOOL OF EVANGELISM EVANGELICAL CHURCHES SHOWING GROWTH IN SOVIET UNION IN SOUTH AMERICA More than 4,000 pastors and dant, chairman of the Baptist Evangelicals are making Catholic, but only 17 percent lay leaders from the Soviet Union in Moscow and chair­ great strides in South Ameri­ attend Mass regularly. Union attended the Billy man of the I ca, according to a recent arti­ In Peru, polls indicate that Graham School of Evange­ School of Evan­ cle in the International Her­ only 5 to 10 percent of the lism in Moscow recently. gelism. “Never ald Tribune. population is evangelical, but Graham opened the five-day before has there The paper reported that, the number has been dou­ conference by challenging been anything while a large majority of bling every five years. Ac­ participants to take advan­ like it in the | South Americans still con­ cording to the National tage of the new openness in Soviet Union.” sider themselves Roman Evangelical Council of Peru, the Soviet Union by pro­ Each partici­ Catholics, the church is there are nearly 5,000 Protes­ claiming the gospel boldly to pant paid his or her trans­ beginning to lose its grip— tant churches in the country. nonbelievers. portation costs to travel to particularly among low- Most of these are in the “ It is tim e to do G o d ’s Moscow. The Graham orga­ income groups. mountain areas and in the work now,” the evangelist nization provided lodging In Brazil, for example, at shantytowns that surround declared. “The eternal des­ and meals on the campus of least 15 percent of the popu­ the major cities. tinies of men and women and Moscow State University, lation has converted to some The largest denomination in nations are at stake.” along with a packet of semi­ form of Protestantism. In Ar­ Peru is the Assembly of God, The main sessions of the nar notes, books, and a Rus­ gentina, where the constitu­ followed by the Peruvian school were held in Stadium sian Bible. tion mandates that the presi­ Evangelical Church, Church of Druzhba, an annex of Lenin Graham, who has preached dent be a Roman Catholic, a the Nazarene, Christian Mis­ Stadium. Other sessions were on three previous visits to the recent poll showed that 85 sionary Alliance, and the held in eight halls that are Soviet Union, spoke at both percent consider themselves Church of God of Peru. part of the complex. the opening and closing ses­ "This was a historical sions of the Moscow confer­ event,” said Gregori Komen- ence. NEW TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE RELEASED PLANNED PARENTHOOD PUSHING FOR REVERSAL It was originally intended for The Contemporary Eng­ young readers, but a new lish Version reads, “I will OF SUPREME COURT DECISION translation of the Bible has send you the Spirit who Planned Parenthood is trying Bush, however, has promised proven so appealing to adults comes from the Father and to create the perception of a a veto. that it now has been pub­ shows what is true. The Spirit grassroots backlash to the In the R u st decision, the lished as a Bible for all ages. will help you and tell you Supreme Court's Rust v. Sul­ Court upheld Health and The Contemporary Eng­ about me.” livan decision, according to Human Services regulations lish Version, translated by the The principle used in the Robert P. Dugan, editor of prohibiting federally funded American Bible Society, was translation is called “func­ the NAT Washington Insight. health care providers from released recently as a part of tional equivalence,” accord­ “If they can create enough offering abortion counseling. the Bible society’s 175th ing to Burke. This means that pressure, they hope to cause anniversary. while the English rendering some pro-life members of LARGEST GROUP OF “ It is not a paraphrase, must equal the original lan­ Congress to panic and switch UNBELIEVERS IN CHINA made easier for children, but guage in meaning or content, to their side,” Dugan said. One-third of the world’s a new translation from the the order of the words and A bill has been passed by nonbelievers are in China, original languages,” said style is determined by mod­ the House that would strike according to a recent report David Burke, director of ern English usage instead of down the abortion counsel­ by Trans World Radio. translations for ABS. the original Greek or Hebrew. ing prohibition. President Believers in China are Burke described the Con­ numbered at 30-50 million, temporary English Version as TEACHERS NEEDED IN CHINA but that is only 5 percent of an “idea-by-idea” translation China Assistance Resource language, and science. the country’s total popula­ of the Bible as opposed to a Enterprise Ltd. (CARE Ltd.) Teachers must possess a tion of about 1.1 billion. “word-for-word” and “se- has been established in B.A., an M.A., or a Ph.D. TWR broadcasts daily into quence-by-sequence” render­ agreement with China’s Persons selected would be China and neighboring coun­ ing. State Bureau of Foreign required to pay for their own tries from four 100,000-watt For example, one transla­ Experts to place qualified . transportation and some shortwave transmitters on tion of John 15:26 reads, the Pacific island of Guam. teachers into universities related expenses. “When the Counselor comes, One such broadcast is a and colleges in China. For more information, whom I will send to you from 30-minute, daily program Qualified teachers are write David Hayse, c/o the Father, the Spirit of truth called “Good Earth.” It is needed in the areas of CARE Ltd., 6401 The who goes out from the sponsored by World Mission English, American litera­ Paseo, Kansas City, MO Father, he will testify about Radio and the Church of the ture, English as a second 64131. me . ..” Nazarene in Taiwan.

38 H erald of Holiness VITAL STATISTICS ters; seven grandchildren; six great-grand­ DOUGLAS SCHOLL at Selinsgrove, Pa., CHARLES W. NELSON, from Willcox, Ariz., children. A pr. 20 to Randle, Wash. Deaths ELODIE LANGFORD STUBBS, 82, TANYA KAY FELTER and DAVID JILL M. NELSON, from associate, Willcox, OR. L. W ESLEY JO HNSO N, 90. retired Mesquite, Tex., May 12. Survivors: daugh­ BROOKS MOYER, JR., at San Diego, Calif., Ariz., to associate, Randle, Wash. minister and adminis­ ters, Christine Compton, Dorothy Burns; June 14 PHILLIP J. SMITH, from associate, Yuma trator at Northwest son, Jerry Quinn; 7 grandchildren; 12 CAROLYN MARIE STARK and DAVID (Ariz.) First, to pastor, Lake Charles Nazarene College, died great-grandchildren; 3 sisters; 2 brothers. WAYNE HARVEY at Winnfield, La., June 1 (La.) First June 17 in Nampa, HAROLD E. WILLETT, 75, Bradenton, JO ANN WOOD and DEAN GRAY ROGER A. SMITH, from student, NBC, Col­ Idaho. For 11 years, Fla., Sand Creek, Mich., Jan. 18. Survivors: BLEVINS at Anderson, Ind., June 1 orado Springs, to pastor, Seattle Johnson served as daughters, Martha Endsley, Margaret (Wash.) West pastor in churches in Miller, Mary Kimerer; son, John; 10 grand­ SHAWN E. SUTTON, from student, NTS, Nebraska, Oregon, children. Anniversaries Kansas City, to pastor, Independence and Washington. In 1945, he moved to MARY WYCOFF, Parsons, Kans., Feb. (Mo.) Fort Osage REV. AND MRS. E. W. McDOWELL, Nampa where he began serving as NNC 18. Survivors: son. Richard; daughters, STEVEN C. WEST, from Pontiac (Mich.) Nashville, Tenn., celebrated their 50th field secretary. He also served as business Helen Shunko, Beatrice Wenger. First, to Troy, Mich. anniversary June 1 with a reception given manager and vice president for develop­ ROY D. WILLIAMS, to pastor, East Alton by their children. The McDowells pastored ment at NNC. Survivors include his wife, (III.) Calvary for 40 years in Virginia, North Carolina, Naomi; sons, Wes and Wayne; daughter T. LARRY WILLIAMS, from pastor. Beau­ Births and Tennessee. Patricia Ann Pratt; a brother, Orville; a sis­ fort, S.C., to Charleston (S.C.) Dorches­ to JOHN AND DEBRA BRUBAKER, CLYDE AND EVELYN WOOLERY. Ephra- ter, Milah TeSelle; eight grandchildren; and ter Road ta, Wash., celebrated their 50th anniver­ two great-grandchildren. Selinsgrove, Pa., a girl, Kristy Lane, June BRYON L. WIXOM, from Farmington, sary June 8 with a dinner hosted by their REV. IRVING E. SULLIVAN, pastor of 11 Iowa, to Albia, Iowa to MIKEL AND JANIS (WRIGHT) CHEEK, children and grandchildren in Nampa, Bakersfield (Calif.) LAWRENCE R. WRIGHT, from Anderson Idaho. First Church and for­ Glen Burnie, Md., a boy, Tyler Joseph, (Ind.) Goodwin Memorial, to Sandwich, DR. AND MRS. EARL MOSTELLER, mer General Board June 20 III. to DON AND CHARLENE (ROBINSON) Seattle, Wash., celebrated their 50th member, died June 8. WILLIS G. YOUNG, from student, NBC. Col­ CLEVENGER, Fort Wayne, Ind., a boy, anniversary June 12. The Mostellers are A graduate of Olivet orado Springs, to pastor, Brocton, N.Y. retired missionaries, having served in Cape Nazarene University, Todd Franklin, May 5 to EDWARD AND JOETTA (THOMPSON) Verde, Brazil, Portugal, and the Azores. Sullivan pastored 43 COLQUETTE, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, a MR. AND MRS. JESSE T. JONES, years. He served as Announcements boy, Edward Wesley Colquette II, Apr. 10 Knoxville, Tenn., celebrated their 50th the Southwest Region pastor representa­ 0 R BI SONIA (PA.) CHURCH will cele­ to RON AND CYNDI (BAILEY) COOPER, anniversary June 29. The Joneses have 7 tive on the General Board from 1980 to brate its 50th anniversary Oct. 2-6. Ser­ Portland, Tex., a boy, Kyle Barrett, May 12 children and 13 grandchildren. 1985. Survivors include his wife, Eleanor; vices will be held each evening at 7:00. to JOHN AND DENISE (POWELL) daughters, Glaphre Brasswell and Joanne Dinner will be served at noon Sunday fol­ CRUM, Columbia, S.C., a boy, Adamson Wiseman; six grandchildren; three great­ lowing the 9:30 service. All former mem­ Dale, May 23 grandchildren. bers and friends are invited. to MICHAEL AND GLENDA (HORN) MARIE B. ANDERSON, 91, Medford, FOR THE RECORD For more information, contact the DAVENPORT, Lowell, Mich., a boy, Oreg., May 29. Survivors: daughters, Moving Ministers church at Box 1, Orbisonia, PA 17234, or Thomas Michael, June 24 Elaine Konopaske, Eva Mae Music, Ardythe phone (814)447-3640. to JOHN AND SHARON FATCHALINE, KENNETH L. ANDERSON, to pastor, Grand Kornstad, Marilyn Hult; 13 grandchildren; Rapids (Mich.) West 31 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great- Selinsgrove, Pa., a boy, Travis Jerome, OWEGO (N.Y.) FIRST CHURCH will cele­ June 30 JAMES D ASHFORD, JR., to pastor, Filion, grandchildren; 2 sisters. brate its 60th anniversary Oct. 5-6. A ban­ to REV. TOM AND MARLA (GREEN) M ich. FRED J. ATKINSON, 79, Kingston Mass., quet will be held Saturday evening. Ser­ FELDER, Kansas City, Mo., a girl, Megan JOHN V. BARNETT, from associate, Port May 12. Survivors: wife, Esther; son, vices will be conducted Sunday morning Ashli, July 10 Orchard, Wash., to associate, Dallas David; four grandchildren. and evening. to BRIAN AND KERRY FORBES, Selins­ (Tex.) Central ETHEL E. BAYNE, 93, Medford, Oreg., For more information, contact the grove, Pa., a boy, Luke Brian, June 30 KAREN L. BLANKENSHIP, to associate, June 15. Survivors: daughter, Barbara E. church office at (607) 687-1932. to REV. ANDY AND BRENDA GRIMES, Oskaloosa, Iowa Hutchins; sons, Kent, Keith, Roy; 19 Columbus, Ohio, a girl, Elizabeth Ann, June STEPHEN L. BUTLER, from Alturas, Calif., ST. THOMAS (ONT.) CHURCH will cele­ grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren. 27 to Mount Shasta (Calif.) Central brate its 50th anniversary Oct. 6. Founding OLIVE BELL, 70, Seal Beach, Calif. Sur­ to REV. TIM AND GAY (MYERS) LEE, CURTIS W. COOMBS, to pastor, Clearwa­ pastor Percy Rainey will speak. Special vivors: daughters, Donna Gunter, Virginia Ocala, Fla., a boy, Anthony Ray, June 13 ter, Kans. services will also be held Oct. 4 and 5. For­ Cox; son, Ken Bibler; five grandchildren; to BENJAMIN AND KAREEN (BERGERS) JONATHAN E. CRAMER, from Oakland, mer pastors, members, and friends are two great-grandchildren. RATLIFF, Wichita Falls, Tex., a boy, Daniel Md., to Syracuse (N.Y.) First invited. LAWRENCE K. COBB, 81, Medford, Milledge, Jan. 14 NOAH J. FUNK, from Bedford, Mich., to For more information, phone the church Oreg., May 23. Survivors: cousins, Edna to DOUGLAS AND FAITH (CHARITY) Midland (Mich.) Community at (519) 633-1462. Cobb, KordoverZance, Nettie Long. RINES, Hartford, Maine, a boy, Kyle Jacob, RANDALL D. GROVES, from student, NTS, REV. BENJAMIN L. GASH, 101, Plac- M ar. 5 Kansas City, to pastor, Tahlequah, Okla. WINTER HAVEN (FLA.) CHURCH will erville, Calif., June 6. Survivors: daughter, to GEORGE AND BRONNA (WALLING) WILLIAM J. GUNTER, from evangelism, to celebrate its 60th anniversary Sept. 29. Drexell Sapp; two grandsons; eight great­ SOUSA, Fort Myers, Fla., a boy, Jonathon pastor, Skykomish Valley, Wash. Former pastor Earl Rowan will speak in the grandchildren; seven great-great-grand- Richard, May 10 RANDY T. HODGES, from Muskogee morning services and his son, Stuart children. to LARRY AND TONI (ONEAL) (Okla.) First, to Wichita (Kans.) West- Rowan, will speak that evening. Former VINITA BETH HAMILTON, 90, Spring­ STEPHENS, Houston, Tex., a boy, Isaac side pastors, members, and friends are invited. field, Mo.. June 26. Survivors: husband, Daniel, June 19 TERRY J. HORN, from North Fort Myers, For more information, contact Charles Jess; sons, Ramon, Jack, James; eight to JOHN AND CYNTHIA (ULRICH) Fla., to M ansfield, III. Davis at (813) 299-1827. grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; TOBIAS, Tacoma, Wash., twin boys, JAMES R. HUGHES, from student, NBC, one sister. Michael John Ross and Robert Darrell, Colorado Springs, to pastor, Palestine, REV. DONALD HENNEN, 60, Albion, Pa., A pr. 17 Tex. July 7. Survivors: wife, Charlotte; son, to REV. JOHN AND J. DARLENE (MED- MERLIN E. HUNTER, from missionary to TEN POINT QUIZ Wayne; one brother; one granddaughter. LOCK) WELLER, a boy, Johnathan pastor, Lemon Valley (Calif.) Calvary BUFORD INGRAM, 80, Bethany, Okla., Matthew, Oct. 14 JOHN JUNEMAN, from student, NTS, ANSWERS June 4. Survivors: wife, Mary Nelma; son, to DAVID AND PAM WELLS, Rockport, Kansas City, to evangelism Jerry; daughters, Dixie (Mrs. Roy) Cox, Tex., a girl, Jessee Merlea, Mar. 21 HENRY W. KERN, from Anchor Bay, Mich., 1. D. 6. C. Debra Thompson; six grandchildren; five to BRIAN AND CINDY (HARTMAN) to Colling, Mich. great-grandchildren; one brother; one sis­ WESTLUND, Nampa, Idaho, a girl, Kimber­ DONALD G. LADUE, from Big Lake, Wash., 2. A. 7. A. ter. ly R uth, Jan. 21 to Port Townsend, Wash. REV. MARTHA S. PEARSON, 84, J. RICHARD LORD, JR., from pastor, Palm Huntsville, Ala., June 13. Survivors: hus­ Bay (Fla.) First, to evangelism 3. C. 8. B. band, Curtis; son, Curtis; daughter, PAUL R. McBRIDE, SR., from Port W ygelia. Marriages Townsend, Wash., to Yuma (Ariz.) First 4. B. 9. D. LAURA DELONG POPE, 87, Claremont, CYNTHIA BLAKE and ALAN WAYNE LIT­ BRUCE C. McCRITE, from student, NTS, Calif. Survivors: son, John; daughters, TLE at Gaithersburg, M d„ June 22 Kansas City, to pastor, Excelsior 5. B. 10. B. Marjorie Pearson, Barbara Boates; two sis­ BETTY ARLENE DRESSLER and SCOTT Springs, Mo.

September 1991 39 and 2 p.m . A potluck dinner will follow the 64131. R aym ond W . Hurn, chairm an: John PUBLISHING HOUSE morning service. All former pastors, mem­ A. Knight, vice-chairman; Donald D. bers, and friends are invited. Owens, secretary; Eugene L. Stowe, Jerald EMPLOYMENT For more information, contact Rev. Mel D. Johnson, William J. Prince. Sorenson, 624 Grissom Ave., Mitchell, IN GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS EMERITUS: OPPORTUNITY 47446. George Coulter, 9310 Canterbury, Lea­ Moving Missionaries wood, KS 66206; V. H. Lewis, 1406 Cam­ bridge, Olathe, KS 66062; Orville W. Jenk­ The Nazarene Publishing House has an opening for an ANDERSON, REV. JOHN and DORIS, India, ins, 2309 W. 103rd St., Leawood, KS Furlough address: 403 E. Grand Ave. experienced Litho Pressman. This is an exceptional 66206; W illiam M. Greathouse, 1179 No. 6, Bourbonnais, IL 60914 opportunity for Kingdom service through the church. Rosewood Trail, Mount Juliet, TN 37122. BAKER, REV. STEPHEN and DEBORAH, Qualified applicants should reply to: Paraguay, Furlough address: c/o Rev. Elmer Nelson, 1739 Ridgedale Dr., Snell- Notice Human Resources Manager ville, GA 30278 Vital Statistics are printed as soon as Nazarene Publishing House HANDLOSER. MISS ROSE, Africa Min­ istries Council, Furlough address: P.O. possible after they are received. When P.O. Box 419527 Box 86, Viola, DE 19979 submitting information, please observe the following guidelines: Kansas City, MO 64141 HOSKINS, MR. MARTY and DEBBIE, DEATHS: P le a se p ro v id e nam e , age, Ecuador*, Furlough address: c/o 6401 hometown, date of death, and the names The Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64131 of survivors and their relationship to the NORTH WALD0B0R0 (MAINE) 94544, or phone (415) 632-0777 or (415) JAY, MISS KATHY, Swaziland Institution­ deceased. CHURCH will celebrate its 60th anniversary 785-8125. al*, Field address: P.O. Box 14, Manzini, BIRTHS: Please provide parents' names, Oct. 12-13. Former pastors, members, and SW AZILAND CUBA (ILL.) CHURCH will celebrate its hometown, name of child, sex of child, and friends are invited to attend. 50th anniverasry Oct. 27. The 9:30 a . m . MAXWELL, REV. JOHN and MRS. CHAR­ date of birth. For more information, contact Rev. service will be followed by a potluck dinner LOTTE, South Africa Central*, Field CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS: Please sub­ Leonard Suhr, 1640 Old Augusta Road, and a singing service with Larry and Mary address: P.O. Box 766, 2130 Roset- m it church ann o u ncem e n ts at least three Waldoboro, ME 94572. Holder. All former pastors, members, and tenville, Johannesburg, RSA months prior to the issue you want the notice to be printed in. HAYWARD (CALIF.) FIRST CHURCH will friends are invited. SHMIDT, REV. LYNN and SHEARON. celebrate its 50th anniversary Oct. 13. For more information, contact the Botswana, Field address: P.O. Box 2113, Please include your name and phone church at 605 S. 3rd, P.O. Box 37, Cuba, Gaborone, REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA number when submitting information for Founding pastor Bertha Jones will partici­ IL 61427, or phone (309) 785-4171. the Vital Statistics pages to: pate. Rob Staples will speak in the Sunday “Specialized Assignment Personnel morning service and in evening services MITCHELL (IND.) CHURCH will cele­ Sunday through Wednesday. brate its 75th anniversary Oct. 27. Special DIRECTORIES Herald of Holiness For further information, contact the speaker will be B. G. Wiggs, district super­ BOARD OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS 6401 The Paseo church at 26221 Gading Rd., Hayward, CA intendent. Services will be held at 10 a .m . Office: 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City, MO Kansas City, MO 64131

Point Loma Nazarene College in San Diego- a conference designed to help young adults integrate authentic Christianity into 't o t h e their lives and into their life’s work VVOREE) “San Diego '91" will give direction to— HH083-411-2094 • college students who are making decisions about their career choices $34.95 • young adults who are already involved in an occupation about how to be a more effective Christian in their environment. Their environment may be an office, the mission field, the pulpit, a Christian ministry organization, a laboratory, a hospital, a class­ The commitment of the Church of the Nazarene to room, or a rescue mission. missions has been the cornerstone o f its ministry. Ex­ No matter what profession they will choose or have chosen, San Di­ plore the history from the early years down through the decades and discover the heart of the church to ­ ego '91 's general sessions, workshops, and private consultations will guide participants toward a life-style of living out the call of day. For W ork and Witness participants, local NWMS leadership, those anticipating missionary service, pas­ Christ in their lives. tors, or anyone who enjoys adventure, biography, Registration is open to any young adult, between the ages of 18-30, history, geography, and stories o f God’s faithfulness. and to pastors, professors, district leaders, college administrators, college/career Sunday School teachers, or sponsors interested in discipling young adults. NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE For more information about San Diego '91 contact NYI Ministries, 6401 The Paseo I -800-877-0700 Kansas City, MO 64131 P.O. Box 4 19527 • Kansas City, MO 6 4 I4 I or call 816-333-7000, ext. 210 01 N0ISSIIAI • aiaOM 3Hi 01 N0ISSIIAI • 0TH0M 3H1 01 N0ISSIW*

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BY TOM FELDER The children of Lexington, Ky., Calvary Church of the Nazarene recently collected $400 in pen­ nies to buy Bibles for South Africa, according to pastor David F. Young. The money was presented to missionaries Rev. and Mrs. Lynn Shmidt (back row) at a banquet during which Erin and Jason McElroy (front row, right) were honored Madeline Mohney (second from right) was honored recently by for bringing in the most pen­ Hawthorne, Pa., Church of the Nazarene for 50 years of service to nies. Emily Shmidt (front, left) the church. Mrs. Mohney currently serves as local NWMS presi­ joined her parents at the ban­ dent, a position she has held for 15 years. She has also served as quet. Sunday School teacher, Sunday School secretary, and NYPS presi­ dent. The award was presented by Rev. and Mrs. C. J. Wheeler (left). COACH HONORED . . . Mer­ Missouri, University of Mrs. Mohney is joined by her husband, James (right). rill Green, athletic director Arkansas, and Texas Tech. and football coach at Bryan, He has coached at Bryan Tex., High School, has been High School for the past 19 NAZARENE HONORED BY plays produced on campus elected into the Texas High years. STATE UNIVERSITY . . . The and in community theatres. School Coaches Association Merrill and University of Haislip wrote reader’s the­ Hall of Honor. his wife, Bon­ Arkansas at Lit­ atre scripts based on the lives The THSCA is the largest nie, are active in tle Rock hon­ of R. T. Williams and J. B. coaches organization in the the Bryan ored Cliff Hais- Chapman for the 75th country. Merrill previously Church of the lip, professor anniversary of the Church of served as president of the Nazarene. They emeritus, by the Nazarene, which were organization. have three naming the sold through Nazarene Pub­ Merrill is in his 36th year daughters who, campus arena lishing House. He directed a of coaching, including nine along with their husbands, theatre in his honor. Haislip tour of “The Exemplar Naza­ years in the college ranks at are graduates of Southern retired from the university rene” in central Arkansas and Wichita State, University of Nazarene University. Jan. 1, 1991, after 32 years of traveled throughout the South service in the department of Arkansas District performing A NEW JUDGE . . . Lon E. Mrs. J. W. Farris of Nash­ speech and drama. He served a monologue based on the Farris was sworn in as judge ville, Tenn., and as chairman of that depart­ life of Uncle Buddy Robin­ of the General District Court the twin brother ment and later founded the son. of Prince William County, of Ron Farris, school’s Theatre Arts depart­ Haislip is a member of Lit­ Va., recently. A graduate of missionary to ment. tle Rock First Church of the Olivet Nazarene University, the Ivory Coast. In addition to teaching Nazarene and is involved in Farris received his law degree Farris and his duties, Haislip directed 80 the church’s drama produc­ from the Capital University wife, Rebecca, plays, staged college theatre tions. School of Law in 1979. have one son, festivals, and wrote several He is the son of Rev. and Timothy.

1991 NEW YORK DISTRICT 0RDI- NAND CLASS (I. to r.)\ General Superintendent Raymond W. Hum, District Superintendent Dallas Mucci, Rev. and Mrs. Ter­ ry N. Barker, Rev. and Mrs. Jerry E. Sather, Rev. and Mrs. Steve M. Yackei, and Rev. and Mrs. John G. Baisden (recognition of elders' orders). Not pictured: Rev. Edgard Numa Louissant and Rev. Samuel Mathias Reid.

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A Good Name

A 1 Capp invented a Dogpatch We should also be available to touched God in prayer.” He spent /% character who bears the ourselves. time with the Father that renewed X .m. name of Available Jones. We cannot always be engaged in the peace, strength, and freedom There are plenty of people named helping others. We need time for with which He confronted the gap­ Jones but not enough people who meditation, for reflection, for intro­ ing wounds of a stricken world as are available. Available, it seems to spection. We need private times its Healer. From His communion me, would be a good name for any and quiet places for allowing our with the Father, He gathered those person in any patch, dog or other­ souls to catch up with our bodies, resources of mind and heart and wise. as someone has put it. It is possible will that made possible His re­ Each of us should be available to to live too externally. demptive service to human need. others. No one was more available to The rhythm of power expended in Am 1 needed? If so, that fact others than was Jesus. His was the service and renewed in prayer is alone should be enough to com­ largest sympathy, His the greatest the secret of every effective and mand my time, energy, talents, and dedication. He “went about doing fruitful Christian life. any other resources I possess. Being good and healing all that were op­ When a self-important man de­ needed even takes priority over the pressed by the devil” (Acts 10:38, manded to see Charles Spurgeon, question, “Am I wanted?” RSV). Nevertheless, there were representing himself volubly as “a Of course, some may think they times when Jesus deliber­ need me who really do not. In that ately forsook the crowds, case, however, I should at least be despite their pressing needs available to point out their mistake and clamorous demands, and to explain my absence. in order to be alone. His Others may need help that I am public ministry was con­ Jes"esus touched people with not able to give. Even so, I can be spicuously marked by peri­ available to make that clear, to ex­ ods of intense service inter­ power because He touched press genuine concern for their sit­ spersed with periods of uation, and to recommend other strategic withdrawal. It was God in prayer. sources of assistance. during these retreats that Each of us needs to be a person Jesus gathered strength to to whom others can turn for sym­ meet others with life- pathy and help when they are trou­ changing power. bled. “Examine yourselves,” Paul servant of the Lord,” Spurgeon re­ William Barclay somewhere tells urged. Self-examination is best fused to leave his place of prayer. of a minister who boasted that his done when other “selves” are not “Tell that servant of the Lord." he congregation was trained never to impinging upon our eyes and ears. instructed his secretary, “that I am call for his services on a Monday. Times of solitude are indispensable engaged with his Master.” Unless Monday was his day off each week. to spiritual growth and moral we are regularly engaged with the Barclay comments with obvious strength. Lord, we will have no resources ad­ disgust, “I suppose he must have We should be available to God. equate to the needs of people. an arrangement with God that no God has things to say to us from There are many things we can­ one in his congregation died on His Word. We have things to say to not be or do, many names we can­ Monday, that no home was strick­ Him in our prayers. Our resources not bear, many hats we cannot en with some tragedy, that no one for being helpfully available to oth­ wear. We can be available, however, needed God.” ers depend ultimately upon being and that is a high-priority challenge. Whether preachers or laypersons, available to God. W. E. McCumber is a preacher, we should be available to hurting Someone said, “Jesus touched teacher, author, and former editor of people even on Mondays. people with power because He the Herald of Holiness. ^

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Home Is Where the Herald Is Send a little bit of “home” to your extended that the 15,000 Nazarenes “displaced” by mili­ spiritual family—send the Herald o f Holiness. tary service find a Herald in their mailbox every Our subscribers tell us that the Herald is like a month. Don’t forget students away at college, letter from home. Indeed, keeping Nazarenes in. people who move away looking for work, shut- touch with their spiritual family is one of the ins young and old, senior citizens on fixed in­ Herald’s principal alms. comes, and newlyweds—these people probably Building on last year’s theme of “A Herald in will not receive the Herald o f Holiness unless Every Home,” we urge you this year not only to you or your local church subscribes for them. renew your subscription but also to make sure Whether home is a barracks, a dorm, a “tent that not one person in your extended spiritual or a cottage,” or a third-floor walk up, “Home Is family goes without the Herald. Let’s make sure Where the Herald Is.” SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE Fall 1991—Spring 1992 These Districts Will Conduct Subscription Drives Soon SEPTEMBER Northwest Nebraska Oregon Pacific New England Philadelphia RENEW OR OCTOBER Washington Dakota NOVEMBER EXTEND YOUR Illinois Georgia SUBSCRIPTION Intermountain Hawaii Pacific Joplin Los Angeles THROUGH YOUR Maine Pittsburgh Michigan DECEMBER CHURCH’S North Central Ohio Akron Northern Michigan Arizona SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE EXOTIC ECUADOR AWAITS the district coordinator in each group who achieves the highest percentage of his or her subscription goal. The winning coordinators will fly from Kan­ sas City to Quito, Ecuador, for a week in the land of the ancient Incas. Quito was once a center of Inca civilization. Conquered by the Spanish in the 15th century the city today is re­ splendent with charming cultural attractions. Quito is the home of the Legislative Palace, the Alameda Park, Independence Plaza, the colo­ nial quarter called Calle de la Ronda—and several Churches of the Nazarene. Our Nazarene missionaries will host our win­ ning coordinators, helping to provide an un­ forgettable experience. Get to know the Ecuadorean Nazarenes

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1993 GENERAL ASSEMBLY RETURNS LOUISIANA/ILLINOIS LEAD HERALD CAMPAIGN TO INDIANAPOLIS Louisiana and Illinois led all of the Herald o f Holiness and The 1993 General Assembly rate to accommodate the other districts in the 1990-91 Nazarene Publishing House, and Conventions of the Church church,” said Stone. "Indi­ H era ld Subscription Cam­ aboard a Christian cruise Feb. of the Nazarene will return to anapolis convention officials paign, according to Wesley 10-14, 1992. Indianapolis, according to Jack advised us that our 1989 Tracy, editor of the Herald o f Other winners received gift Stone, general secretary of the assembly in their city was the Holiness. Louisiana reached certificates from NPH. Church of the Nazarene. best they had hosted. 71.12 percent of its goal. “Louisiana and Illinois led “In 1990, when Denver was “The entire Site Commis­ Districts in the U.S. and the way in putting the Herald selected to host the 1993 General sion would like to thank dis­ Canada were divided into two in every home during our Assembly, it was a good faith trict superintendents Leon groups: Group One (with drive to gain new subscribers," announcement that was very ex­ Wyss of Colorado and John more than 6,000 in average said Tracy. “We appreciate the citing,” said Stone in a state­ Hay of Indianapolis for their Sunday morning attendance) dedication of Revs. Walker and Group Two (with less ment released on behalf of the cooperation and support." and Hucker and the many than 6,000). Goals were Site Commission. “This deci­ other coordinators, pastors, based on average 1989 Sun­ sion was predicated on the as­ and district superintendents FULLERTON ELECTED day morning worship atten­ sumption that the uncompleted who promoted the Herald so NYI DIRECTOR dance divided by 2.5. Denver Convention Center vigorously.” Fred Fullerton Illinois was the top district would house all of our sessions. Other winners and their dis­ has been elect­ in Group One; Louisiana was As time passed and the new ed general NYI the leader in Group Two. tricts in the 1991 subscription Colorado Convention Center was Ministries di­ Rev. Donald R. Walker, drive were: Group One: 2nd completed, technical assess­ rector, accord­ pastor of the DeRidder, La., place. Rev. Leonard Budd, ments made it increasingly clear ing to Phil Church of the Nazarene, Pittsburgh; 3rd place. Rev. that the facility could not accom­ Riley, Sunday School Min­ directed the campaign for the James Mindling, Philadelphia; modate our general sessions.” istries director. Fullerton, 37, Louisiana District. Rev. Larry and 4th place. Rev. Tom Following a tour of the Den­ succeeds Gary Sivewright Hucker, pastor of Olney. 111., Cahill, Washington; Group ver facilities on May 29, 1991, who has accepted the position Church of the Nazarene, was Two: 2nd place. Rev. Barry the Site Commission autho­ of chaplain at Mount Vernon the coordinator of the drive Beverage, Maine; 3rd place, rized the review of alternate Nazarene College. for the Illinois District. Mrs. Lou Noel, Southeast sites. As a result, the Site Com­ Fullerton has served as Walker, Hucker, and their O klahom a; and 4th place, mission has officially named director of Campus Min­ spouses will receive a cruise Rev. Larry Brinkley, North­ Indianapolis as the 1993 Gen­ istries/Chaplain at Northwest to the Bahamas, compliments east Oklahoma. eral Assembly location. Nazarene College since 1988. Prior to this, he served in Since the traditional dates NYI Ministries as teen pro­ for the Assembly and Conven­ gram editor and general tions were unavailable, in quizzing coordinator. accordance with Manual para­ A graduate of Nazarene graph 302, the Site Commis­ Theological Seminary and sion has authorized an alter­ Olivet Nazarene College, nate date of July 21-30, 1993. Fullerton was ordained on “The city of Indianapolis the Kansas City District in has enthusiastically offered 1987. the use of the Indiana Hoosier Fullerton and his wife, Dome, exhibit space, and all Karen, have one daughter. H erald editor Wesley Tracy (right) informs Rev. and Mrs. Larry Hucker at the Illinois Carla. District Assembly that they have won a cruise for their efforts in the 1990-91 Herald meeting rooms at a reduced subscription drive. (Photos of other winners will be included in a future Herald.)

BOWLING TAKES HELM OF OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY John C. Bowling, 42, was Bowling has served as an interterm basis at Naza­ earned a D.Min. degree from elected president of Olivet senior pastor of College rene Theological Seminary. Southern Methodist University Nazarene University July 16. Church in Bourbonnais, 111., He was ordained in 1977 on and was a resident fellow for The election came on the 14th since July 1983. Prior to this, the Colorado District. postdoctoral studies at Har­ ballot by the ONU Board of vard Divinity School. he served as senior pastor of Bowling holds a B.A. degree Trustees. Other names on the Bowling’s wife, Jill, served Dallas First Church. He has in religion and an M.A. in ballot were Paul Cunningham, for five years as assistant to Ted Lee, and A1 Truesdale. also served as a faculty theology from ONU, as well the president at ONU. She Bowling succeeds Leslie member at Nazarene Bible as an M.R.E. and Ed.D. from holds a B.A. and an M.B.A. Parrott who retired from the College, Olivet Nazarene Southwestern Baptist Theo­ from ONU and an M.A. from post effective Aug. 6, 1991. University, and has taught on logical Seminary. He also the University of Texas.

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