Ouachita Baptist University Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine, 1965-1969 Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine 4-10-1969 April 10, 1969 Arkansas Baptist State Convention Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/arbn_65-69 Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, and the Mass Communication Commons Recommended Citation Arkansas Baptist State Convention, "April 10, 1969" (1969). Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine, 1965-1969. 17. https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/arbn_65-69/17 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine at Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. It has been accepted for inclusion in Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine, 1965-1969 by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. For more information, please contact [email protected]. one rbason anyone can give for going' to church on Easter Sunday that will not hold, air tight, for going to church every Sunday? Every· Sunday is Personally ' a fresb reminder not only that Christ rose from the grave on a Sunday, but that he is, every day, speaking ''the resurrection and the life.'' Believest thou this Y I . ~,.. "~~A~,,.~ " Ever on ~u~day IN THIS ISSUE: RECORDS broken by 3,000 attendance at the As I saw deacons bringing in extra chairs to Training URion 1 Youth Convention, Little Rock, seat the overflow Easter crowd at our church, the Apd'l 4, pages 11 and 12. · thought struck me: What if Baptists went to church every Sunday as they do on Easter Sun- REVIVAL for the deaf at. Little Rock First day? ' was part of the Crusade of the Americas, page 12. The mo~t obvious difference this would make could be measured in the Sunday-to-Sunday head " COOPERATIVE Program Day is April 20, count. If every church could have a capacity page 9. ·crowd every Sunday~as many but. not all church­ e·s have ·at Easter-there would be about half our I \ WHAT is Christian social action all about, 11,000,000 Southern Baptists, ot 5,500,000 of us, page 13, as expressed by Roy. G. Adams, pastor, in church each! Sunday. And -if every Baptist who Eastgate Church, Flint, Mich. ' possibly could would go to church' every Sunday, most of our churches would have to hold extra . ' OUACHITA nominating committee, page 6, services to accommodate them. organized for the· selection of a new president for It would not be so easy to measure other re­ OBU. sults of so many of us ·going to church on a con­ . sis~ent and regular basis. For aside from the head WMU 's 80th annual meeting is attended by '1,- counting and offering totaling there would doubt­ 200 at Park Hill Church, North Little Rock, page less be numerous and almost priceless spiritual lO. benefits for the worshipers, and, through them, for their homes, for their communities, and for · COVER story', P,age 14. the outside world. Imagine what it would be like for the paston as they prepared their sermons each week to know in advance they would be preaching to capacity crowds. And how the ministers of music · wopld Arlaisa~ Baptist H./1/./JJHI.D.D.DLJJBA April 10, 1969 thrill as they ,led the great congregations in wor­ ·-----····(:7·(7·-·· , Volume 68, No. 15 ship through music. What a great difference there would be in the Editor, ,ERWIN L. McDoNALD, L\tt. }!. secret thoughts of church members about one an­ · Associate Editor,.MRS. E. F. STOKES other as everybody took the pul:Hfc worship . serv­ Managing Editor, FRANKLIN I. PRESSON ices of the church seriously. What an impression Secretary to Ed~or, MRS. HARRY GIBERSON this would make on children who had never before Mail Clerk, MRS. WELDON TAYLOR 1 seen their parents care enough about church even 526 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201. Pul!llshed to attend. \n!ekly except on July 4 and December 2'5, Secorul. class postage paid at Little Rock, Arkansas. And think what a difference the new faithful­ Individual subscription, $2.75 per· year. Church budget, 16 cents pel' ness. of church members would make for any un­ month or $1.92. per year per church family. Club plan (10· or more paid annually in advance), $2.26 per yeal'. Subscriptions to foreign saved people attracted to the church services. addl"effs, ~4. 76 Jle,r year. Advertising rates on request. · Needless to say, in this meditation I have Opinions expressed in ·editorials aJ!d signed articles are those of the writer. Member of Southern Baptist Press Association, Associat-ed given all of ·us credit for proper motivation, with Ch'urch Press, Evangelical Press Assoclatlqn. nobody going to church just to see or be seen. Abbreviations used In crediting ·news Items: BP Baptist Pr.;..s; CB Church Bulletih; DP Dally Preas; EP Evangelical Press; LC Local Let us think again of what attendance is like Correspondent ; AB Assoclational Bulletin ; EBPS European Baptist at its best, on Easter Sunday, once a year. Is therA Press Service, Page Two ARKANSAS BAP,TIST __________,._ _ _....,_ ___Edit ·orials Teaohi-ng takes · into account t~e ~. hole pers·on... I I ./ .. Some things that Dr. Fritz Redl said the other The teacher might like to deal with the chil- day at the annual meeting of the National Com- dren -as "individuals in midair." But the children mittee for Support of the Public Schools, in Wash- come in groups. And "the whole cluster of group ington, D. C., should be of interest to parents and psychological hygie~e is the_teacher's to worry preachers as well .as to any others whose respon- · about and any mistake in group ·climate; group sibility it is to teach. , composition or·group leadership may gum up the whole. works," said Dr. Redl. Dr. Redl, professor o·f. behavioral scien~es at Wayne State University,' said that the genera~ public ''seems to assume that teaching really is a "You better be able to spot a contagion chain rather simple operation." But teaching "live hu­ or your teaching will _go out the window ·fas.t," . mans'' is really a very complex job, he said. he said. ''You: better know how to cut this chain without'creating a mess or you will teach without Dr. Redl reminded liis audience, several hun­ anybody left .to .learn. You better watch for group dred business, civic, and community leaders from psychological ro~e suction, which draws our learn­ across the nation; that '-'the whole kid sits in the er. off into deviant enterprises. You better learn classroom-not 'just hi~ I. Q. '' He ·emphasized that how t<?, catc:Q the putrid odor or group psychologi­ ''a whole human being dangles off that I. Q.-his cal decay,. ·or what started as a classroom~even · brainwaves, his stomach, his bowe1s, his sex or~ one consisting of the most wonderful and learn­ gans, his hopes, his fears, his pride, his shame, ing-eager kids-may deteriorate· into a scapegoat­ his· relationships and feelings toward his school­ hungry mob or an unmanageable circus ~udience. mates, his relationship to his parents and his con- You better learn how to orchestrate the individu­ cern for their expectations." . al interests of so many into a manageable learning To be sure, the teacher is not there to take task and then some I'' · care of all of this, but "it all comes with the pack­ age and sits in. the classroom,'' he said. The teach­ er may want to reach the pupil's brain alone, but .. w~ do ~ot know just what age group t~·e poe­ he has to "work himself through the rest of it to tor had in mind;- but it sounds to us that what he get there and to keep the 'healthy learner' healthy says would·be particularly appropriate in the Jun- and learning.'' ior department. ·· - 1 .v • • u•... I A sneak play by th·e Legis.lature· In what are generally regarded as the closing Liquor and gambling are khidred evil spirits. days of• the current session of the State Legisla­ Often -those who favor special privileges for one ture, the Senat!'l' last week slipped through, by a of these favor the same for the other. No doubt vote of 21 to 6, a bill that would have the effect of th~ : suc~~-s:sof the Leii,slature in £assing the mixed­ m~king it easier for new dog race tracks to secure drmk bill was a great ·encouragement for those franchises. who would like to have wide-op~n gambling across the state. With little .notice and with hardly any debate, the Senate voted to set aside a requirement that The House, we trust, will not go along with any new dog track be approved in advance by the Senate on this nefarious deal. But the fact that state-wide referendum. The bill also proposes both the bill swept through the Senate so easily givP-s dog racing' and harness racing for Garland · and us some indication of the way the wind is blowing. Crittenden countie~, where parimutuel gambling Here again iE1 the clear call for genuine Chris;tians is now permitted. · to inV'olve themselve~ in political affairs. · APRIL 10, 1969 . Page Three . • The liquor vote tn two counttes In at least two counties of the state-Pulaski actua:lly cast. For one who abhors· the evil of al­ and Garland-the voters will be deciding a very coho~ not to go and vote· is in effect to cast a vote important matter in the special election next Tues­ for_ open· bars. ' day, April 15. We often hear the argument, "People who The question before the voters in these counties want liquor will get it.'' No doubt some of them is ·whether or not to legalize the setting up of will.