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VOL. 13, NO.4, WINTER 1993-94 Assemblies of God nl P. C. NELSO"l "--". I ARCHIVES STAFF-WAYNE E. WARNER. EDITO R AND ARCHIVES D IR ECTO R; 4 BLESSII\GS AND HARDSHIPS JOYCE LEE. ASS ISTANT A RC H IV IST ; The Fred Burke family pioneering In Southern Africa 60 year ... G LENN GOH R, ARC H IVES ASS ISTANT AND COPY EDITO R. JULI E S PEA RS, ago. By Ruth Burke Rill SECR ET A R Y. A RC H IVES ADV ISO RY BOARD-CHAIRMAN GEORGE O. WOO D, 6 F1Rt; IN THE PINES J. CALV IN HOLSIN GE R. G ARY B. McGEE. The origin ilnd development of the M i ...... i ...... ippi Di ... lricl By Gary CHAR LES CRA BTR EE. D. McElhany 10 THEOLOGY Assemblies of God HerllafW i, pubh,heli Quarterly by Ihe A~~mblic~ 01 God Ar,hilC\. The Pcnteco"tal movement and the A/G-hi\IOrica l background . 1445 lloon\illc A\e.. Springfield. \ ·II.... ouri By Gary B. McGee 65802-1894. Thi .. magaline i\ frcc to mcmbcn of Ihc A\semblic~ of God Heritage SocielY Vcarly 13 THE 1'. C. NELSON I KNEW membcr~hlp, arc alailable for $10; !ifwmc Former ... tudcnt and chau ffe ur remmi sce., about [hi ... ca rl y membcrship~ arc $100, MC1l1hcr<,hip fcc .. arc u~d to publi<h Ihe maga/'l1e and ,uppon educator By Hugh P. JC lC r Ihe Archiles NAME Til AT MISSIONARY Assemblies of God !-Ier/IUKe is indl"\cd in 16 Rell$:/Qn Index One: PerIodicals. published by How Illany of these missionaries can you name? Ihc American Theological Libr,lr)' ASSOCiation, 820 Chur(h Street, Suilc JOO, E \an~lOn. II 18 ARTHUR RICE YS. THE GENERAL COUNCIL 60201 Thi~ indc\ i~ part of Ille ATLA Religion Databa,e. alailable on the Wil<,onl)iw CD-RO\I Concluding part of $25.000 la w,>u il again ... ' newly organ i/ ed from H W. Wil10n Co. and online 'ia \\ il,ol1' Ge neral Council By Glenn Gohr LlIle, URS Information Technologic., and DIALOG informal ion Ser'ices. DEPARTMENTS \ !Icrofifm of Henrage i., IIIailable from 3 Herit age Leuer- Pn:scrving OUf Hh, tory Theological Research EXchange Nel"ork 15 Time Frame-Rev ivaltime on ABC. 1953 (TREN). 5420 N .E. Glisan. Portland, OR 972 13. 22 From OUf Readers P erson~ "ishing to donale hi~lOrical materials 10 thc Archlle~-,uch as correspondence. photo 26 Archi ve ... Acti viti es graplls, recordings, films. magariues, booh, minutes, diarie~. CIC., arc urged to "rite to the abo,e address or (all (4 17) g62-2781. tuforma lion about tile Archivc~ Buiiding Fund i, alSO a\ailabk on request Copyright 1993 by the Generaf Council of tile Assemblies of God. 1445 Boon,ille A'e .. Spring COVER. Thf MlIl:rlolill Springs CampJ(round, Ilurlc), Mi~ i ss ippi, is undu cun ~ lruCli(ln field . Missouri 65802·1894, In this painlin!l rrom an 1898 ph{)I(lJ:fllph. Ont of Ihe foundcr.. of Iht camp),!round. Alfred Jone!i, is 5111 nding nC~I 10 his .. ir,,; Ihc )oun),! .. omen are (;orll I}a\ i~ (;unnin),!ham). a school ISSN 0896·4394 !e.cher; Edna Jones (Hamilton); lind L}dia Jones (Lin),!crman). Th" i\l1I),!nolia SprinjUi A!oM'"m· POSTMASTER. Send addre,~ changes 10 bI) of God, paslorrd b) "orman Bush) . i ~ on Ihi.'! ~ite . Ori),!inal painting tI) \\allace Rf;'1'l cs. Heruaf{e, 1445 Boon'il1c A ~e., Springfield. MO Pascaltoulll, Mississippi; copy murtH) or W. Grad)' Mi1.("lIt. 65802· 1894. HERITAGE CETTER "Each One Record One" oc., ~hc name Frank Laubach .. ound DfamIliar to you? Early in ,hi .. century he focu<,cu hi ... Itir:ht. durin.lt Ih,' (,tornll mi~"lonary effort .. on the Philippine ("IHln~il in \Imn~ilp<'h,. lit(, I'd. t;: hland\, but before he dleu 10 1970 at ilur I"tmdudffi lin unl hl,tun , .r the age of 86 he v.a"li.nov. n \\orld\.. idc hllt-rll.,,, "ith rtlired piI,tor for hi .. literacy program. "Each One IIt'nr~ J. 0, \I-;In,. \\khilll t~II', [1'\:" , "du" . 'Ir. ~nd Teach One." lie v.a\ re.,pon\lble for \1,.." '1';.1" ~nd I"u r:rllnd· crealing literac) primer'> for more than children III Ihc \n-hhl" n· 300 language., In a hundred countries hihit: un Ihe II'ft . Urilin ... 'leClant'. pa'iur "f(ull1nlunjt~ Nobody J..now,> how many people \;-enlhh. IllInd"fll. II' \II~: lind around the world arc readmg the Juhn 'tilll,. II ,tud~nt lit {roo Scripture .. bccau!-.c of Fran!.. Lau Inti Blblt l"olll1:t. bach'" vision [t worked bccaw.c Laubach moti vated people to leach other.. --unc-on onc-to read With apologic" to the Laubach Method. I am \uggcMlng. that Heritage reader. gel involved in a memory pre .. erv3tion program , ... hich we can call "Each One Record One." The great thmg about thi ... idea I... that you can become a hi~tory pre ... crvcr. one who can help .,tem thc tIde of a lost he ri tage , And the pronming p;trt of your ef fort is that it can :-.prcad 10 other!>. who will pick up the microphollc and also go to work pre!>.erving .,oulnt... Oil mag add 10 this lotal the thousands of lay What our Christian brothers and ~IS' net ic tape, people whose storie., should be pre ters accompli..,hed for the Kingdom will "Where are the narrator." or inter served. you can undcr'ltand the trc li\c fore\er. but our abiltty to docu viewee.,?" you might a.,~. mendous resources waitIng to be ment their con tribullon<; i.., gonc v. hen Did you ~now that the A",,,embllc,, tapped, (And chancc<; are that your their memone.., £0. and. of COUf"'oe. al of God ha., more than 6.400 mrni<.,ler.., own story should be pre'lcned on thclr death who are 65 or older? I havc been tape.) Thl<; hit me hard a~ I ..,at In Ihe Gen around long enough to ~no\\ that on I) But all of thi., 1'.. In Jeopard) eral Council mcmonal "'en'ir.:e in \110' a fraction of Ihc.,c men and v. 'omen Attherr death. or Inaoilit) to lum: nearnli'>. Thert! v.e ..,a\\ toe filII call have their .,torie., or mcmoir.., pre tion becau.,c uf a ,.tro~c or othcr ph).., on Ihe huge video .,r.:rcen~ \\1 thn~ served on paper or tape. When you ical Impatrrnent..,. Pflhpct:li\e inter" v. ho had ra~.,cd on 10 their rev.ard dur vie\\t!c..,- In..,pirational ..,tofle.., and Ing the P"'o1 blcllmal I thought of the mini~',(f) account.., v.ill be lo:-.t You thou.."rnd.., of year.., 01 '>Cf\'ICC roiling can thin~ of it In another \\ <I) a com h) p"..,lOr.." cvangclr..,t.,. te;u;her., . puter hard dl'l~ that . ·l:fa.,hc..,·' and mi., ... ionanc'l. and administrator.., v.-hich ha., no hac~up lIi'l~. or a rare Once 111 a whilc I would rt!cogni/e boo~ collection \\ hich i'> de~tro)ed h) a namc of ..,omeonc who.,c .,tory had Wu\Jtr t" WI/rlfrr if fire or v.atcr. The uniquc \\ortl'>. pic · bcen written or recorded , But rnmt of Iilrrrwr IIf ,hr AG /Inhil'u /Jill/ rduor ture ... and ottll.:r data ..,0 cardully l:fe the 600 probably nevcr wrote their au- IIfHcntilj1c, aled and ..,Iored arc gone Contlnoed on pllj\t' 25 \ (; m.RtTAGE. \\lYI foJt 199.l-94 3 Tht 116 'l.1MI~>l1 htliCHr~ \O<h" ... err hHpli1ed on tred Uurkr', ,1,1\ In Ih al ft!Un t r~ in 19.13. lIurke lind nalional pllstor !.lIiton Kllliarnhule IIrc (HI tht left Blessi~ and Hardships Experiences of the Fred Burke Family in Africa By Ruth Burke Rill Edito ... ·s "iote. When pioneer A~· sto ... ) has sencd as a rni ssionar) to holy cercmony. Mother. baby Lydia. semblies of God missionaries (0 Tai"an with her hu.,band Robert and I ... toad on the bank- re~olutely Southern Africa are recalled, F ... ed 80lton for 35 ),ears. try 109 to put all thought~ of crocodi l e~ Burke is ah\ays named. LeavinJ,; the Friends" ishing to remember out of our mind ... In tho ... e day~ ..... e U.S. in 1921 as a single 21·year·old Fred Burke on his 9-'th birthda) did not even know about the hatard ... graduate of Deulah Heights Ilible (Janunr) 27) rna) "rite to him at of bi lharzia. a tropical parasite that ha~ and Missionary Training School. P.O. Box 263, Witbank, 1035. Re· invaded ilil the river~ in Africa. The Burke settled down to do the work public of South Africa. d,.,ca~e 1\ trammilted by ~na il ~ and of a missionary. Most of his minis· enters the human body through the try has been in South Africa. and skin. Many African~ ~uffer from the he is still there. nearly 73 years later. dl~ea ... c but do not know it. '1''''0 years aftcr arriving, he mar· he new convcrt~ III Mala ..... ' had The chee rful ... inging of the peoplc ried Lydia Andersson, daughter of Tnever secn a bapti~lllal scrvicc took aW:ly our fear\ of po:-,."i ble hidden S",edi 'i h mis'i ionaries. at Benoni . And ..... e had nevcr ~ee n one quite likc dangers. South Africa. Their four child ... en tbe serv ice Dad conductcd on our Ii"t A~ the first candidate walked into are Ruth Rill, Lydia Hamman.