MAY 1972
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When ordering a change, please gfre the eOectil·e time and furnish mi a 2 RA P T l l:T J.HlR AT 0 Mm• 7071 admonition and love of God. year-old boy, H oward Ward III, a member of the con The congregation at Corinth asked Paul fo r domestic gregation, investigated the situation. With parts worth counsel. There were honest differences between professing 25¢, a pair of pliers and an oil can, he encouraged the Christians and pagans. Although the Apostle recom clock to run again. mended his own state - celibacy - he was careful not to This is American youth at its best! Equip them, point impose his opinions on others. He warned against mixed to need and turn them loose. But they must be free to marriages - that is, being "mismated with unbelievers." fail! However, I venture that Howard Ward and h is COES lRE &1MllY H~E A FlJrURE? As he put it, " For what partnership have righteousness kind will also get the Church going. and iniquity?" (II Corinthians 6: 14) . Will not the future of the family correspond to its During the Corinthian confrontation, Paul raised these ability to inspire children to live by demanding princi perennial questions: "Wife, how do you know whether ples? Permissiveness is no substitute for discipline. H onor by G. Curtis Jones you will save your husband? Husband, how do you know is never bequeathed; it must be earned. whether you will save your wife?" (I Corinthians 7: 16). You may remember the struggle of John D. R ocke The celebration of Christian Family Week and the return caring fo r children, the rising identity cns1s, is the fact Will not the future of the family be commensurate feller III. After attending prestigious universities in this of Mother's Day prompt perplexing questions: Does the that modern mothers are extremely busy. Surveys indi with its image, sense of values, awareness of God? country and abroad, semi-isolation from his family, iden American family have a future? Since 1890 divorces cate rural housewives spend 60 hours a week running the There is a pertinent story in the sixteenth chapter of tification with the poor, switch in political allegiance - have increased 521 percent. home, while their urban counterparts spend 80! No Exodus. The Israelites, wandering in the wilderness lev this young man faced and found himself. Does the family have a future when 33 percent of the where is Parkinson's Law (a law of triviality) more eled complaints against Moses. They found fault with the What fascinated me most, however, was to learn that at birth he was not given the initial "D" (which stands working fo rce in America are women, one-third of whom visible. ~han in the average middle class family. The food. are married? Thousands of children come home from pyram1dmg of gadgets, so-called timesavino devices, is God promised the whimpering nomads that they would for D avidson) . "I was told," he said, "that I should make school every day to empty houses, babysitters or defini deceptive. .:i be fed morning and night. T he record declares the supply up my mind whether I wanted to carry on the full name tive notes of instruction. In THE WORKING MOTHER Sidney Cornelia Cal covered the ground like a frost. The magnificent leader which I think stands for public service, a sense of re sponsibil ity and a high standard of demand on myself. Annually an estimated half-million teenagers run away lahan quotes a psychiatrist as saying: "The dichotomy warned the pilgrims not to gather more than a day's When I was twenty-one, I wrote a letter to my father from home! would seem to be not between motherhood and career, supply at a time. But as always, there were those who saying I wanted the name and responsibility." Problems relatin g to schooling are so numerous and but between women who do well in both and women who thought they knew better than God's spokesman and col frightening that the Office of Education is experimentino do well in neither. " This is close to the heart of the con lected enough for several days. They craved security! Irrespective of prominence or obscurity, when sons to ascertain if bonuses paid teachers and parents would troversy. Next morning, however, the greedy souls discovered and daughters demonstrate this concern, the future is result in better cooperation. It costs husband and wife . One c.annot generalize. Some women are poor mothers their food was sour and full of worms. assured - Mother's Day becomes Father's Day, and $24,000 plus to rear one child to age eighteen. irrespective of special days and gifts, freedom and in Men have always endeavored to protect themselves everyday one of preparation for the implementation of Does. this. God ?rdained unit, the family, have a chance against the future. This is normal, and even commend the highest and best in tradition and faith! come. B 9 As I see it the Church's priorities The mission of the Church must be I feel that the priority of the Chris A basic priority in the Church's min The most important need within the After graduation from seminary, I should be in a two pronged approach. based on the two-fold command of ti an Church is to create an effective istry should be that its concerns, mo local church today is the need to train will go to another school for an ad It is first of all the Church's responsibil Jesus in Matt. 22:37-39. This com ministry in the world to be that bea tives and <..ctions would be an exten Christians in Lay-Evangelism so they vanced degree in preparation for my ity to help in the Christian's maturing mand can be properly interpreted as con for the world to see. This can be sion of the ministry of Christ. The can go out and give a witness for Jesus future ministry in Japan. I have an process by grounding him in the love speaking of the importance of inter accomplished by reflecting Christian Church needs to make practical ap Christ; so they can win their friends aching heart for the salvation of my and Word of God. The second and re personal relationships as the arena in spirit and unity. Without these the plications of the Gospel message which and neighbors to the Lord. Our Sun family, my village people, my friends lated priority is to aid the Christian in which that mission is carried out. The Christian Church is just another reli simply means less conversation about day school teachers also need to be and the Japanese people. I want to mobilizing all his God-given resources various emphases of a Church's min gion, using Christian power. The Holy and more demonstration of the im trained in up-to-date teaching meth help them meet the challenge of Jesus in fulfilling Christ's task for us; the istry - evangelism, Christian education, Spirit is just as powerful today as he peratives Christ clarified in his earthly ods so the Sunday school can become Christ, spiritually and intellectually. G reat Commission and the edifying of missions, worship, study, social con has always been providing a program ministry. The Church, as the Body of more effective in reaching boys and This is the primary task of the Church. his Body, the Church. cern - are possible only because and of Christian growth. Maturity must be Christ, is under d ivine "marching or girls for Jesus Christ. Yukio Fujie Phil Yn tema when Christians are willing to relate obtai ned for effective Christian living. ders" to evangelize, to preach the Word Edward K. Hoepner to one another and the world posi These three methods complete a and to ease human misery wherever tively. cycle which is needed for the Chris and whenever possible. Sam Berg tian Church. Art H elwig Eugene Carpenter The foremost priority on my list for While we watched out of our the Church, which I define as those The Church's top priority should be church windows, the "mission-field" who accept by faith that Jesus is the that of being an agent of reconcilia has grown and extended until it now risen and glorified Christ, is to place tion. This process of becoming recon surrounds the Church and is already all programs, property, procedures lo ciled with one's brother is the rein The greatest responsibility we as on our doorstep. Unless we begin to cal and otherwise as secondary to per Christians have is to know Christ and share the good news of forgiveness in statement of the original relationship God has called me to become a sonal involvement with both Chris to make him known, as we read in The church congregation of the Christ on a person-to-person level , we with God. Reconciliation is a process church pastor in the exci ting task of tians and non-Christians. I do not ad which can take place only in a pri his word. We need to study the Word "now" needs to be well informed, can no longer justify our existence as bringing people to God and each other. vocate the eradication of the above. mary-type relationship. Thus, the of God so that we may be "worthy of highly motivated and exceptionally ef a Church. TOP PRIORITY: be a As a pastor, I want to spend the bulk God's approval." I believe that as a The various aspects of Jesus' C hurch C hurch must concentrate on provid fective in the Lord's work. witness on a one-to-one basis. The of my time helping and training the pastor I should be actively involved in powerfull y join hands in accomplishing ing fellowship (Koinonia) groups The Church must speak in a loud fact is that just as God's love reached "Church" that I serve, to better ac teaching and proclaiming God's truth. this task. Preaching, teaching, wor whereby one can become reconciled to voice out of concern for the problems us in our sinfulness, it will do the complish this task. O another, to forgive and be forgiven The seminary has given me valuable sh.iping, praying and visiting pull to and issues of our day, which means same for anyone and everyone we together in a united effort of young Jack Perdue and to become united in a bond o f experience in preparing me for this that the C hu rch does not tell a person meet. care and concern. kind of responsibility. and old. This includes the challenge how to think, but it demands that he Irwin H. Kujat Ron Norman Douglas D. Sathren of assisting Christians to develop their does think on these concerns. The tremendous talents which are able to Church does not act for him at the top, do far more than some dream possible. but it demands that he act for himself David Ewing at the crossroads of his life. No Christian can deny his obliga tion to act according to his conscience and convictions (Romans 12). Adine Harsch 10 May 1972 11 BAPTIST HERALD Jews were the best learned in their re • booth a rea, but also in the aisles . ligious traditions. When things were slow some of the eager high school students went out The early disciplt:s of Jesus grew up side and shared Christ with people on in the context of the learning patterns the midway. of the Jews, and a twentieth century Other exhibitors were a little baffled; observer of ancient history cannot none seemed to know exactly what we help but marvel at God's wisdom in b~ B.C .Schreiber were doing, but at least one was cer choosing the Jewish religion to cradle tain, we were giving something away infant Christianity. The Christians The Holiness - Pentecostal Movement. to those who entered the booth. Since learned much from the Jews. Parallel By Vinson Synan, Grand Rapids, Mich., some of their comments were critical ing the rabbi and teacher in the syna Eerdmans. $5.95. and because our activity had spread to gogues, the early apostles usually The Pentecostal movement has come the point where we sometimes blocked travelled in pairs and one became the a long way since the days when ~he the aisle, we decided to pray that the preacher while the other became the stigma of " holy rollers" was applied Lord would remove negative feelings instructor and examiner of catachu to them. Jn the past they were thought toward us. He didn't waste any time mens or "god-fearers" who were in of as poor, ignorant, unstable sects answering. The following day the by Gerald L . Borchert terested in the Christian message. As caught up in their emotional frenzy. booth next to us had been vacated. I indicated in my book, two of our Breakdowns in the movement were The reason: no business. The result: Gospels come from disciples and two GOD GAVE THE INCREASE sometimes caused by dynamic leaders the fair officials didn't want any un from instructors (Mark and Luke, as such as Benjamin Irwin, lawyer turned by Donald Absher to build a wooden frame to which we used space so they let us have it at sistants to Peter and Paul). could attach drapes. Dear Dr. Borchert; Preacher and by no means ignorant. The idea of a witness for Christ at the no charge. , h" The day before the fair we put l have a question which I would like The Didache which is the first His "Fire-Baptized Holiness Churc county fair was not new. Some friends Numerically, at least six to seven things together. The booth took on a to ask . . . (concerning) the North Church Manual, written shortly after was shocked when it was discovered had been involved in a booth where hundred people had the gospel pre real youth flavor as the high school American Baptist Church practice ... the writing of the Gospels, provides that he lived in "gross sin." they used religious surveys and the sented to them personally and between clubs brought in their signs and post one hundred fifty and one hundred (for) a new convert. He first meets explicit information on the examina Controversy within the movement Four Spiritual Laws booklet; a number ers; their e nthusiasm was welcomed. seventy five indicated that they had with the board of deacons and is ex also succeeded in expanding the scope of people had been led to Christ. We tion of converts before baptism. Finally we finished , and there must amined, then he gives his testimony to Clearly those who grew up in the tra of Pentecostalism. Each new doc h ad informally discussed this for well accepted Christ as their Savior. These have been a little pride in our hearts the church for approval for baptism trinal variation produced new sects over a year. figures are conservative and not com ditions of the Jews needed less instruc because a fall came (Proverbs 16: and church membership. Is this in ac and denominations, which in turn About ten days before the fair pletely accurate due to the hasty way tion and examination than those who 18). A committee of fair workers in cordance with the Scripture . . . or spawned new families of sects through started, the Lord brought a group of us that everything was done. It is im had come out of paganism. The formed us that we couldn't install just a tradition? . . . . Why do we Christians early recogni zed how easy it further schisms. The outcome of these together. No one really knew where possible to know the true number of follow this pattern? This has become controversies was the creation of a na to start, but we agreed to try some drapes beca use they would block other decisions, because many people were was to bring their pagan past into exhibits from view as people toured a question in our church. . . . Has it tional movement composed of many thing to see if the Lord would use our reluctant to give their names even Christianity, and that is the reason why the building. We pleaded ignorance been wrong for these 71 years? B. M. sub-movements. effort. If it worked out poorly, we though they prayed. Others were visi Paul wrote epistles such as I and II and explained our needs to them. They Corinthians. The McPherson movement was could learn from our mistakes and do bly moved, but would not pray in our didn't seem very sympathetic but ad probably the most celebrated and con better next year. open type of situation. vised us that they would check with Dear B. M . Thank you for your Jetter. My brother in Christ, your church troversial because of her wild promo By the following evening the Lord Our follow-up wasn't adequate, large an official and let him decide. I have discussed at some length the is cannot be faulted in examining can tional schemes. On one occasion the had begun to move. One of our high ly because the response was beyond After a short period of sulking, the sues related to church membership in didates before . baptism and church congregation watched in amazeme~t school young men found that there our expectation and some contacts Lord made us aware that this was not my new study book Today's Model membership. I am persuaded that as she arrived dressed in a policeman s were still some booths for rent and came from as far away as C alifornia our problem but his; we weren't able Church. It is available for $1.50 from churches do not do sufficient examin uniform and rode a motorcycle reck some money had been contributed by and Wyoming. We sent a follow-up to change opinions but he was. There Roger Williams Press and it is founda ing, and usually do less instructing. lessly to the front of the auditorium, interested people. The Lord met our letter to all who prayed and gave us fore, we agreed to bring our probl e ~ tional to everything I can add here in The result is poorly prepared church raised a white-gloved hand and shout need for workers; we would be able their names. The young people, per brief. to him and accept the result as his members who often lack understanding ed, "Stop, you're going to hell!" to have at least two adult workers there sonally, followed up some of the new will. Christians in their schools and attempt As early Christi anity moved away not only of what it means to be a As controversy and schism lessened, at all times. Even more encouraging The opening day of the fair the ed to interest them in the New Life C hristian, but what such a step means the Pentecostal movement entered a was the response of the youth. A hi~h from Judaism in the proclamation of Lord honored our faith. The booth in terms of Christian responsibility in school student active in area New Life clubs. the Gospel to the world, it also moved period of institutional development had become quite an attraction to the church , in the family, and in the which has continued to the present. clubs met wi,th these students and a Of key importance is that although away from the synagogue and the youthful exhibitors and between tw~n the institutional church may not have community. It actually began with some of the number of them volunteered their teaching center of the Jews. This cen ty and thirty people _accepted C~n s t. best educated men (the Wesleys), and time. made eye-opening numerical gains, the ter had p rovided Christians with op Oh, yes, the fair officials had decided Body of Christ was e nlarged. Overall portunity not si mply to preach but al Let me warn you, however, that cor in one of the highest institutions of When we were finally able, two days to let us keep the drapes if we would was the awareness that God is able. so to d iscuss and examine people's be rect statements are not enough. learning (Oxford). . before the fair began, to see the boot? pull them back about two feet. He had the right people in the right liefs. The synagogue stands as a Transformation of life is our concern. The volume is an excell ent help in space we had rented, we found it I was unprepared for what I wit places at the right time; he dea lt with unique educational institution in the Let us, then, pray that maturity comes understanding the Jesus Movement, rather undesirable. It was in a large nessed that evening. In this long build all of our problems and gave us vic ancient world. There is no doubt that to our churches, that a willingness to the reviva l of Pentecosta lism building separated from surrounding a~d ing full of exhibits there were ~n l y a tory in every necessary area. It was because of the role of the synagogue accept Jesus Christ as Lord means an glossalalia evident on a ll levels in booths by a partition only three feet few people wa lking through, ga·zmg_ at a n exper ience to watch God move. together with the responsibility placed eagerness to put off the old ways of high. This ga ve little privacy to talk Chri ~tendom. . . d other booths, but ours was bustling Paul writes in I Corinthians 3 : 7, upon parents for religious instruction life and put on the new, that the re Vinson Synan writes ob1ect1vely an to interested people. One man agreed 'th activity. The young people were of their children (Deut. 6:7 ), the or "So neither is he that pla nted a ny newing power of the Spirit becomes not apologetically. H e has been. sWteaI ling the show as t h ey "h ustId e " thing. neither he that wa tereth : but more than mere words, and that our dained in the Pentecostal Holiness -Mr. Donald Absher is a m ember of lmman11el Baptist Ch11rch, Kankakee, people into the booth to take the re God gave the increase." We were his concern for adequacy of a Christian C hurch, rece ived his Ph.D. in ~i stor~ Address letters to: Dean Gerald L. ///. He is a teacher in the Senior High ligious survey and then confronted instruments do ing a job. He led every testimony is reflected in o ur desire for from the University of G eor~ 1 ~ a:f them with the gospel t~roug h the Borchert, N orth A merican Baptist Dept. of Sunday school, leader in th e one involved to do his pa rt by giving a church membership composed of serves as C hairman of the Div1s1on Four Spiritllal L aws. At times, when Seminary, J605 S. Euclid A ve., Sioux C hristian Service Brigade and 0 11 tl! e them a willing heart. His Holy Spirit Socia l and Behavori a l Sciences at h crowds were good, worke rs took Falls, S. D. 57105 people who are living out the purposes Church Planning and S11 rvey Commll drew others to a saving knowledge o f of God in Christ. O Emmanuel College, Franklin Springs, st ure ve ys and shared, not only in the Christ. 0 Georgia. D tee for building plans. 12 May 1972 13 BAPTIST HERALD Mother to me is lovable and tender. ate or disrespectful. We wait for our A person to go to, when you have husbands to open the doors for us and problems or need tender care for some help us to be seated, we walk in front thing that happened or something that of or alongside our husband and ex is going to happen. A wonderful per pect him to protect us from the rain son to share your love with. T here with the umbrella, whereas the Japa aren't any words that can really de nese women cater to the needs of the :;cribe what my mother means to me. men, walking behind him, carrying his But just one big word "I love her!" bags and umbrella, opening doors for him, seeing him off to work. On a Rase/la Chavez, Junior in high school, television program recently a man said Kr isteen Johnson Center, Colorado Lloyd Horsch he wasn't wearing cuff links to work W HAT MOTHER IS TO M E that day because his wife had over by Kristeen Johnson LISTEN, EVERYBODY! looked putting them out with his WHY WE SHOULD OBSERVE by Melody K erber A mother is a person who cares for M OTHER'S DA y clothes! you and W.itches after you. A mother THE WATCHER Mother's Day means all members of The role of the mother in Japan is And so I think that where she is by Lloyd A. Harsch is a person who gives a party to have the family should honor her. I think by Mrs. H. Pankratz, vice president of She must be watching yet, similar to that of an American mother fun and laughter. A mother is a per the W.M.U., Chicago, Ill. Why should we dedicate a full day to we can honor her best by giving her a - housekeeper, cook, nurse, shopper, our mothers? I would like to share my son who cleans and dusts the house. changes that have taken place in Wai~ing t_i ll we come home to her, day off from regular house work, like etc. In most cases it is done more T~e thoughts about Mother's Day with you. A mother is a person who picks up a science over the last fifty years have Anxious 1f we are late_ we get a day off from school. I think simply with fewer and smaller appli What oux:. mothers do: Our mother is paper and gets on a chair because she been far-reaching, unbelievable and Watching from Heaven's window our mothers should not have to cook ances in smaller homes. Their sim sees a mouse. even drastic in their effect on man. Leaning from Heaven's gate. ' probably the busiest person in our fam and prepare meals on Mother's D ay. plicity, neatness, politeness and devo ily all for no money at all. And that is what a mother is to Through all this, the plan of God for - Margaret Widdemer Say, you fathers, take your wives tion are worthy of our consideration. me. O motherhood has remained unchanged. As mothers we must be patient What problems they face: T he moth out once in awhile and bring them According to the description in Prov. As I reflect on my childhood I real watchers'. mindful of the possibility of er's of today have to make more de flowers too. You kids be nice to your 31: 10-31, a Christian mother in Japan Kristeen (age 9) is the daughter of ize that I sensed my mother's loving being 0:1sunderstood and even resent cisions than the mothers of yesteryear. mothers, make your bed and do a few is worthy of praise! 0 Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Johnson, Tacoma, ed. With God's guidance through Why we should observe Mother's other things also. And please, every Wash. and sacrificial concern at a very early Mrs. K em is a missionary in Nagoya, age. Soon I also became aware of a prayer we _should strive to temper our Day: With all this work to do our body remember Mother's Day. O conce_rn with sufficient loving under mothers deserve a break! Our fathers Japan lesser degree of concern in the families Melody K erber (age 10) is the daugh of s?~e of my_ friends. A broadening standing that. our watching will be get days off from work but our moth helpful and yield fruit in a . h h ers don't. Isn't that ~ good enough ter of the Rev. and Mrs. Walter K erber, THANK YOU, GOD, FOR MOTHER ?f hfe s acquain tances wi th the pass nc ar- Burlington, Ont. ing years revealed an even greater de vest of dedicated sons and dau h reason to observe Mother's Day? That's ters. g - by Deborah Kem gree of disparity. Shocking accounts O why we should dedicate at least one in the daily newspapers today com day to our mothers. Thank you. 0 Mothers a~e busy people. They take plete the scene. WHAT MY MOTHER MEANS TO ME care of their families - cooking, clean by Christiana Nji Lloyd (age 10) is the son of the Rev. My mother shared in both the joys ing and helping people. That is why I and Mrs. Alvin Harsch, Winnipeg, Mall. and sor:ows of her children, laughing First ?f all, I will tell you that thank God for my mother. mother 1s a Christian and h my My mother says she loves to take and cryin? with them as well as over TH ERE'S NO ONE LIKE MOM Andy Schauer beh ' ow she care of my four brothers and me but them. This sense of sharing as well as aves to me in_ the house, and that I My mother means alot to me she's MOTHER'S DAY concern has been also mine as a moth always help her in the house. sometimes she needs help. just not a mother, she's better than by Andy Schauer er. Above all, my mother showed me About 5:00 a.m. I w1·11 w k I am now seven years old and my d b · ' a e up any friend . She's always around when love and I was able to love in return an 011 some water for my fath brother David is five, so we can help Mothers Day should be a very special take a b th d er to you need her and she understands m e. Beyond the person to person experi ~ a ' an some tea to drink by taking care of our twin brothers day for us all. Many times however ences she taught . reverence for God ~:~~p the house, wash the utensils' Betty Lou Sequia, Junior in high school, Four of the Five E. Kern children and doing other errands. We are very we don't do more than get Mom a gift and the . ~ellowsh 1 p of the church. e my own body and go to C 1' Center, Colorado. happy when Mother says even our little and maybe prepare or take her out These spmtual aspects in turn did lege .. I obey her and she gives me ? - THE WOMAN'S ROLE IN JAPAN hands can help! to dinh~er. d"Tffhis year we should tr y struct1ons on how to r in My mother is worth more to me than by Mrs. Edwin Kem Many times Mother cannot do the somet 1~1g 1 erent. Maybe this means muc_h to strengthen the ties within our tia · I ive as a Chris- family. n ~ 1 r . We pray every evenin w· ~ II the money you can think of. She For many years in Japan women have things she would like to do for us chil celebra~mg Mother's D ay for a whole I would li_ke to offer the following my sisters and brothers befo g ith •s always a person you can count 0 ~ been taught that men were superior dren because she also wants to help in week either before or after the desig to bed. re we go poem as a tribute to my mother's con because she's always there when you to Women, so they had to be quiet the church and do things for other nated Sunday. Maybe we should vol cern for our well-being: 1 ?eed her. My mother is more than and obedient. Girls had to obey their people. Sometimes \~e have to stay ~t ~nteer to do a task she especially dis on we~~~~s, ~o~~pb~~k ~ro m co~lege JUst an everyday housewife. Because fathers and when they were married, home with a baby sitter but we don t like~ to do for a month. If we buy her THE WATCHER f . r rn cooking and arming. Because she is the wif f when she does her work she not onlY their husbands became their masters. mind because the Japanese people are ~ gift we_ should ask what she would She always leaned to watch for us, pastor, she had always advised e o a does it for herself, she does it for us. If their husbands died, they were to very kind and tak_e good care. of us. like best mstead of giving her what we Anxious if we were late Mrs. Kita, our neighbor lady, 1s very thmk she needs most. In winter by the windo'w be an example in deeds and in :~r~o Mary Lou Sequia, Junior in high obey their oldest sons. Even though nice and we all love dher.,, WWe call ter The greatest gift for Mom can be a In summer by the gate; ' ~o as to portray a good testimon ' school, Center, Colorado they now have been given equal rights st~~~-g pagan children wi th whom ~ With men, women stiil tend to be rather our "Japanese Gran ma. e. o ten cheerful and appreciative attitude the And though we mocked her ten To me, mother is a very important shy and retiring in their actions be go to her house and she platys· wh 1th us, wh~le byeahr around. It seems that if we derly, My mother's Christian life h . person in all of her child ren's lives. cause of past customs. They are ex reads 1ap anese stones, eac. es us can t. e . a~py and grateful most of fl uenced my own l"f . as m- Japanese songs and games, gives us the time. 1t 1s hypocritical to sudd Who had such foolish care d f i e m many wa But even more to the young teenager. tremely polite and live their lives ac . en 1y The long way home w~uld an or this I thank S . ys, A mother is kind, loving and un d ~r cording to strict rules of etiquette. In Japanese food, and takes good care of reverse our actions for one day. Sure- more safe seem Christ, for sendin' m_y av1?r, Jesus 1 vVe know we'll miss her when we ly our mothers mean more than th ~mily. 0 g me into this Chris- stands her child, always willing to ~ ~: childhood they have been taught to us. Because she waited here. 0 1 go to America. ID. to us. Let's do more than say it t~t ~en, helps find solutions and form P control their feelings. do it! O • 1e s ions. A mother is very important. . Because of this, we foreign women, Her thoughts were all so full of us, Christiana N .. . -Deb o rah is the daughter .of . the . R ev. Josep/1 M _11k1s a first year student at tn the eyes of the reserved Japanese ·s Edwin Kern, 1111ss1011anes to Andy is son of the Rev. and Mrs H . She never could forget! ernc C II · . Donnette K eiry, Sophomore, daugh_rer (Ill cl M I. eroon Af . o ege, V1ctona, Cam- - Women, must seem very carefree, im b S I · e1- ' nca. Japa11. ert c 1auer, Sacramenro, Calif. of Missio11ary and Mrs. David Kell'Y• polite, hasty, too bold and inconsider- 14 Center, Colorado May 1972 15 RAPTJST HERALD Grande do Sul, the southernmost sta te F ollowing the noon meal on Dec. gathered by the time the open air ser the Rev. & Mrs. George Henderson, in Brazil. 7, the Nelsons took us to their home vice got under way. T he Effa family Dr. & Mrs. G eorge D unger and many Missionary Herman Effa was there to at F a rroupilha. Their house overlooks sang in Portuguese. This was followed others. meet us <. nd took us by car to their a beautiful valley. We were taken on by a short gospel film . Then I The senior missionary on the field home in Caxias do Sul. The scenery, a tour of his preaching points. Seven preached while missionary Effa inter is Miss Laura Reddig. She has been consisting of valleys, mountains, flow ty people crowded into a tiny chapel, preted in his profi cient Portuguese. there since World War II, and told us ering trees and vineyards, is beautiful. 15' x 20' . In winter they must wear At the close of the service, missionary if God so led, she would return follow F ollowing a good night's rest, we were top coats because their buildings have Nelson distributed gospel literature ing her next furlough. In spite of a given a tour of the city where they no heat. They hope to buy additional and once more people had been heart condition, she goes about her labor. The people are of Italian de land and enla rge their chapel, once brought face to face with the person work with a spring in her step and an scent and naturally loyal to the church i money is available. of Christ. enthusiasm that has to be seen to be of Rome. In spite of this, remarkable On Thursdays they meet in another On D ec. 8, missionary Nelson took believed. She, together with three progress has been m ade and m any \ p art of town. Thirty to forty people us to the airport and we were on our other faithful missionaries, have given have been saved. Like P aul, our mis crowd into a tiny kitchen and living way to West Cameroon, Africa. a total of 107 years of service to sionaries use all kinds of means in room to hear the message of Christ by I cannot even name all the mission Cameroon. Add to that the combined N.A.B. missionaries to Cameroon and Nigeria wi t h the Rev. and Mrs. Aaron Buhler. a ries, let alone tell what every one years of the Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth getting out the message. They show missiona ry Nelson. He is looking for Joes. Our missionaries have done, in Goodman, now a t Mambilla Baptist M.,ody science films in schools. They open homes to start preaching m~re years gone by, a monumental work Mission in N igeria, and the total is distribute gospel literature and make pomts. GOD S >j for Christ and are still working with 155 years. What a fabulous record! use of the evangelism truck with its Follow· . f fel- even greater effectiveness in many We have never met happier people in powerful P; A . system, as well as lowship ing a delightful time o toeir areas. Again and again one hears the our lives. BRAZIL AND CAllllEROON preaching in churches. home, th: nd refreshments at ck to names of Dr. & Mrs. Paul Gebauer, If you h ad the impression that our On certain days memorial services Caxias d Nelsons took us ba. ,,ry 0 S · JO 11". missionaries are a bunch of dead pans are held at the cemetery. Thousands H erman ut. That night in1ss.o 111s on the field, let me tell you of my ex of people gather for these occasions. evangelis E.tra took me along t tile by A aron Buhler perience. I possibly h ad more hearty ing. Brazil produces 500,000 cars per Missionary Effa sets up his P .A. sys meetirtg Ill truck to annotlflce 11alf year. They make more different VW laughs in two weeks in Cameroon than I am told that Mrs. Buhler and I are fem a t a most strategic spot on the later. }.,.to be held h ur and a 11 ad in many months at home. In spite of models than Germany. edge of the cemetery and proclaims war, Nigeria, to the congregation. A morials donated in memory of loved About 40 people from the Ashley MRS. PAULINE ELHART, 86, of Medicine Hat, N.D. Surviving her arc her wid ower; one so r:i ~ Alta., died on Feb. 12, 1972. She was born on Jerry; one daughter, Mrs. Catherine May; six special letter of tribute from the na ones in the past were dedicated to the Baptist Church went to Wishek, N.D., Dec. 13, 1885. in Menno, S.D. In 1903 she w'!'s stepdaughters, one stepson, four brothers, three married to J acob Meidinger. After his death m sisters. eight grandchildren, 12 i;reat-grandch1l tional Christi ans in Warwar was read, glory of God. The dedication prayer Thursday evening, Feb. 24, where I 918 she was married to Christ El hart seven dren and one great-great-grandchild. The Rev. thanking the church for sending the was followed by a communion ser members of the Men's Chorus and years later. She accepted Christ as her Savior Willis Portratz was t he officiating minister at the at the age of 21 and was baptized. As a member fu neral service. Gutowskis to them. T o our knowledge vice. Brotherhood presented a sacred pro of the Baptist fellowship she served as Su~day @J1 Dallas, and a trio from Bay by Frank H. Woyke received the hand of fellowship. Feb. Christianity to the practical problems of life. even before the nual Men's Guest Night. The Rev. El lor University, "My Brothers," who 3-6 a leadership training course was At the invita tion of his widow and children, it was my privi term " relevance" became popular. Noting the urgent needs mer Strauss, missio nary home on fur also brought the entertainment. The held with the Rev. Don Richter of For lege to conduct the memorial service fo r Dr. Arthur A. of aged people in the years following World War II. he be lough from the Cameroon, was the Volunteers also sang two songs. est Park, Ill. Several members of the Schade at Montoursville, Penn., on Feb. 3, 197~. . . came a pioneer in providing housing and other services for guest speaker. His topic was 'The Af The God's Volunteers Team I was neighboring churches took part. The Dr. Schade will long be remembered with affect.ion by his them. At first gathering the finances from private sources rican Woman as I See Her." Rev. at our church Feb. 18-25. TheY Lad ies' Missionary Society annual pro loved ones but not only by them; his memory will also be and later enlistin g the aid of government authorities. h e Strauss gave an interesting and infor worked extensively with the young gram was held on Sunday evening, honored by' many others whom he serve d or with. whomh he was the moving force in the construction of five homes for mative sketch of the role of women people. which included one night of Feb. 13. It had a missionary emphasis was associated. fn a long life rich in service he did not ave senior citizens and nursing homes in South Dakota. These in African culture as well as the im fell owship and group discussions at the and a White Cross dedicati on. The en home of Mr. and Mrs. C harles Gauer; only one career but ·m a very rea 1 sense three·· as . a pastor,. contri butions wi ll long serve as monuments to his imagina portance of the Christian testimony. of ti re offering was sent for mi ssio ns. T he 1 an afternoon of canvass calli ng and as a teacher at the Seminary and as a pioneer m specia tion, concern and industry. women in the church and community. Rev. Leonard Strelau is pastor o f the A question and answer period fo l a Bible study. On Friday night the services for senio r citi zens. t d·n ser Jn addition to words of com fort from the Scriptures. the church. (Mrs. John Kranzler re- 1 Team and the young people went to For several decades Dr. Schade rendered outs an g - fo llowi ng words from Tennyson's "Crossing The Bar" were lowed the message. The program for porter.) ' Many of those a local coffeehouse, "The Sign of the vice as a pastor of a number of our c h urc h es. considered appropriate at Dr. Schade's memorial service : the evening also included various mus . . h h rches were led to ical numbers. The Rev. Norman H. Fish." They sang several numbers and still in pl aces of leadersh ip m t ese c u . . . and Sunset and evening star, ASHLEY, N .D. On Feb. 6, the Ash 111 1 all gave a short testimony. The Vol know Christ as their personal Savior ui~~er ; ~~ ~~~is ti a n And one clear call for me! Vernon is pastor of the church. (Mrs. ley Baptist Church had as guest speaker, Arthur Achterberg. reporter.) unteers also went prospect call ing with rnany more gained a deeper understan mg o And may there be no moaning of the bar the Rev. Donald Ri chter. director of the adults. Each evening before the When I put out to sea. adult ministries. from the Conference life. f the denomina- KILLALOE, ONT. On Oct. 24. 197 l , services the Team and the young peo After a brief p eriod as field secretary or d office in Forest Pa rk , fll. After the the Calvary Baptist Church observed a ple met for a special prayer time. The tional office in Forest Park, Ill., D r. Schade began a secon For though from out our bourne of time a nd place service a special meeting was held for combination musical and memorial ser Rev. LeRoy Schauer is pastor of the ----· . . t Secretary of the The fl ood may bear me far. all Sunday school workers, assistants vice. Presentation of numerous me- church. (Miss Marie Chance, re Dr. Frank H. Woyke is the form er As.i~cia e d lives in Co11- I hope to see my P ilot face to face. and church officers. porter.) Baptist World A /liance. He is now retired an When I have crossed the bar. O necticut. 26 BAPTIST HERALD Jv/ay 1972 27 lhot's Hoppening to all in that land who love the name • T his is a repeated appeal fo r a The Rev. Arthur Brust is the pastor of Parkinson's Disease. He is asking for of Christ, and who seek to bear witness nurse who is urgently needed at the this church. prayer support. M r. and Mrs. Gary NEWS0YIEWS to him both by their life, individual Baptist Health Center in Monte Vista, Wirzba will be residing at 101 8-1 4th and corporate, and by their contribu As Colo. Qualified persons who are in • The R ev. Jothan G . Benke has ac Street North, Lethbridge, Alta., Can tion to society, as those commissioned terested in a home missionary service cepted the call to become the pastor ada. "Power-Cut" Baptismal Service with the "word of reconciliation." as nurse should contact the Rev. Earl of the Immanuel Baptist Church, Ke Impressive In the beating heart of beautiful I H. Ahrens, 605 Clay Street, Monte nosha, Wis., effective June 4. He pre • The Rev. K enneth McKenzie, pas Baptists at Speke, Liverpool, England, Budapest, and across the great plains Vista, Colo. 8 11 44. viously served the West Center Baptist tor of the First Baptist Church, Bailey used 14 candles, a hurricane lamp, and and countryside of Hungary, Christ is see Church, Madison, S.D. ville, Ill., presented his resignation. a couple of headlamps to light their still recognized as Lord of life by • The R ev. Allen L. Wilcke, pastor He will be serving a non-N.A.B. • The Rev. Edward W. Klingenberg church for a baptismal service one many truly committed Christi an peo it. of the First Baptist Church, Leduc, church. has accepted the call to become the evening during England's power crisis. ple. Let us join in their thanksgiving, Alta., presented his resignation. His by Paul Siewert pastor of the G race Baptist Church, The service, during which four per and let us remember them in our future plans are indefinite. • For many years each BAPTIST sons were baptized, was held on Sat prayers. I am writing this article on March 14 Calgary, Alta. He previously served H ERALD issue contained a Bible study urday evening so that members of One of their early peasant-prophets in the midst of a spiritual phenomenon the Temple Baptist Church, Jansen, of the International Sunday schoo\ • Mr. Arthur H elwig has accepted Sask. other local churches could attend. was Mihaly Kornya ( 1844-1 9 12), a so provocative the like of which I have the call to become the Minister of Lessons. As of January 1972 this series And, according to reports, they did man who, though untrained in the never witnessed before. Last week our Christi an Education at the Will ow • Missionary Gary Wirzba who had was replaced by a five-part Bible study attend in strength. academic niceties of life, himself bap church became the meeting place of Rancho Baptist Church, Sacramento, to come home from Cameroon in order in the book of Amos, written by Dr. Because of the interest aroused by tized I 0,000 believers. How, with a revival services led by Ralph and Lou Calif., effective June l , after his grad to be diagnosed here, has received the Benjamin H. Breitkreuz. However, the the service the church may hold other good going seminary and many young Sutera. We are now in the midst of a uation from the N.A.B. Seminary. test resul ts. They show that he has Bible exposition based on the Interna baptismal services on weeknights. people, the Baptists of Hungary long to spiritual break-through that defies all tional Sunday school Lessons is still The pastor, Stanley Lewis, said the keep such a spirit of devotion to the human understanding. available. Roger Williams Press pub power cut did not dim the service. gospel alive in our day. It is not weighted with charisma, it OUR STEWARDSHIP RECORD/ NAB BASIC MISSION PROGRAM lishes the German-English edition "We bad the light of the Lord with us One old man, with tears of grati completely defies the generation gap, Totol for twelve months Goel for 1971 .72 $1 .500,000 of LEKTIONSBLAETTER (Sunday and that was what mattered," he tude to God glistening in his eyes, said and it is touchin g the lives of a great April-March 1971-72 - $1,396,065.23 School Lesson Quarterly) for 40 cents added. D to me, "My one regret is th at I can variety of believers and unbelievers. April-March 1970·71 - $1,307,955.45 per single copy or $1.25 per annual give nothing to God. He has given all to Attendance is unusual, there is a warm subscription (4 issues) . As of Sept. c Cl ,.: u a. " a. v 0 c .D me, grace upon grace." .. 0 1972 the subscription price will go up spontaneity, and time seems to be no ..., V) 13,000 Italian Divorces in Year < " <" " 0 z Cl ..., ..." More than 13,000 couples were di I now have some idea how much element. to 50¢ per copy or $1.50 per year. vorced during the first year of Italy's that testimony means in contemporary Though this may seem significant, it The Rev. David T. Priestley, who has divorce law, according to fi gures re Hungary. That old man has spent a is not nearly as significant as the air written the English lessons since 1970, leased in Rome. A report said the lifetime in the service of Christ and his o f conviction and confession brooding continues to be the contributing edi total would have been more than people, and serves him still. God grant over the people, the readiness to make tor. The LEKTIONSBLAETTER 100,000 if there had been enough us that kind of spirit, and lead us to restitution, and the craving for the quarterly is being mailed to six coun judges to handle suits filed. Divorce that quality of service. lordship of Jesus Christ. One can only tries and is being used by subscribers Not only in such contacts, however, became legal in Italy in D ecember, say th at this is a sacred move of God from a total of nine different denomi 1970, despite strong opposition of the but in the churches themselves, I had meeting us in a world where spiritual nations. the opportunity to "feel the pulse" of Roman Catholic Church and the domi futility has become a monstrosity. Hungarian Baptist li fe. On Sunday, nant Christian Democratic Party. D This does not mean that God is doing • The R ev. James Hominuke, charter November 14, I had the privilege of an entirely new thing; rather it appears member of the Hudson Bay Park Bap preaching in the oldest Baptist church tist C hurch, Saskatoon, Sask., and di Hungarian Baptist . . . what he has been doing all along has in Hungary, in Wesselenyi Church, in come into new force. D rector of the Ukrainian Missionary and (Continued from page 23) the middle of Budapest. This church Bible Society, Inc., has published "the is the saving power of God for every was founded in 1873 by H einrich The R ev. Paul Siewert is the pastor first truly Protestant edition" of the one who has faith." I fel t it too as Meyer, the first modern Baptist of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Van New Testament and Psalms in Ukrain that vast crowd of believers joined preacher to Hungary. There was a couver, B.C. In this column Mr. Sie ian. Together with bis family he oper hands at the close to si ng in many warm response to the preaching, and wert analyzes current religious news of 800,000 ates an evangelical printing and pub languages, "Blest be the tie that binds again I sensed the vitality of a fa ith his choice. lishing enterprise in Saskatoon. Sask. our hearts in Christi an love." whi ch draws many young people. 700.000 Hominuke. a graduate of Northern A further interesting expression of In the evening I preached at a Baptist Seminary, has already devoted this was the presence of a group of united service between two Budapest nine years of his life to the Ukrainian 600,000 American tourists, brought by a local churches, led by the president of the CtiUCl\L~ translation project. He hopes to con Baptist, and a throng of committed Hungarian Baptist U nion. M y inter tinue until he completes the whole Bi young people from a nearby Roman preter was the vice-president. The WITti U~U~() 500.000 ble. Catholic church, who entered with emphasis, not only in my preachin g, Seven year old Mary told her moth The new Ukrainian New Testament great enthusiasm into the worship. but in the magnificent music of the 400,000 and Psalms sells for $6.50 and is avail We learned that every week they gath churches. was clearly evangelistic. T he er she is getting married to a boy in her cl ass. ''Fine," said her mother. able at Roger Will iams Book Store. er 100 young people together for Bi choir was 68 strong, 38 of the mem 7608 Madison St., Forest Park, lL "Does he have a job?" 300,000 ble study. bers being men, and containing many 60130. It appears in an attractive ma Truly God is at work in Hungary. young people between I 8 and 30 years Mary: "Oh yes. he erases the black board in school." roon hard cover with thin. quality In a situation where the State is based of age. 200,000 paper. T he whole Bible has been on an atheistic view of the world , the Never fe ar th at the church is dead in • • • available in Ukrainian only since 1903. gospel is still "the power of God for Eastern Europe. T o the church at A li ttle learning is a dangerous 100,000 Since then there have been two com everyone who has faith." I do not here Phil adelphia it was written, "I have plete translations, one by a Ukrainian speak of the special problems of Bap set before you an open door, whi ch no th ing. Ask any little boy who brings home a bad report card. Orthodox prelate in Canada. published tist life in Hungary. We all have prob one can shut." T hat promise is true 0 in 1962, and the other by the Vatican lems of our own. I simply pay tribute fo r the church in every age. (EBPS) D Color line for 1971· 72; Bl ock line for 1970-71 in 1963. 28 BAPTIST HERALD May 1972 29 EDITORIAL VIEWPOINT is not infallible and therefore is no Prayer is offered before surgery; pa State of the North American Baptist maturity and involvement. General Conference," give a commu prophet of God. Rather she "hath tients in the hospital are given the Last year opinions of 17- 18-year nion meditation and serve commu old high school students were sampled spoken it presumptuously" ( Deut. 18: message of Christ. OIPJE N Dr. Helen Schmidt, along with her nion at the concluding candlelight by publishers of "Who's Who Among 22). Also, because she actually uses surgery a nd other responsibilities service. The missionaries received an American High School Students." a crystal ball, she is a diviner and pulled 500 teeth over a short period offering among themselves which Among the conclusion of the 23.000 D IlAl OCG UIE therefore a n abomination unto the amounted to more than $2,000.00. Lord (D eut. 18:9-14). of time. who replied were: Our missionaries, as we have seen letters to the editor And speaking of crystal ball gazing, T he many schools, where many find I . Use of marijuana - 62% disap them on the fields of Japan (1 970), Dr. Breitkreuz, in his study of Amos Christ as Savior, also produce future prove. 30% approve, 8% no answer. Dear editor: How can I ever be suf Brazil and Cameroon ( 1971 ) , are not in the same issue, uses this term to teachers and preachers of the gospel. 2. Use of other drugs - 94% disap ficiently thankful for BAPTIST HERALD? only unusually talented in many direc admonish " today's eschatological prog Only 150 of the 500 churches have prove, 30% approve, 8 % no answer. The Februa ry '72 issue is great. I tions, but their complete dedication to 3. Interracial ma rriage - 53 % would have been in the States since 1953, nosticators" for spending too much trained pastors. I was privileged to speak on Cam their task makes them effective instru consider. 40% would not consider, have been introduced to very many ti me in this direction a nd not enough eroon's only radio station at Buea. ments in the hands of God. They de 7% undecided. religious periodicals. I have not found in "healing the agonies of the people." This is another fantastic outreach, serve our continued support in our 4. Busing to achieve integration - any paper more objective, mature, Paul, in I Thess. 5: 2, speaks of the since the transistor radio has invaded prayers and giving. 0 68% again st, 26% for, 6% unde spiritual, informative, a nd these are same "day of the Lord" referred to in the mud hut and grass shack, as well cided. only a few of these adjectives. Amos 5: 18 and says that it "cometh as the regular homes. People love to 5. Capital punishment - 66% op- I have not attended the Sioux Falls as a thief in the night." Then he Consider Vacations at the posed, 29% favored, 5% undecided. pointedly says, "But ye, brethren, are listen to the radio. T here is no TV. YOUTH HAS COME Seminary (except for the last J anuary On Sunday, Dec. 12, we attended GREEN BAY BAPTIST CAMP No longer can we say that youth is not in da rkness, that that day should Semester for Pastors) , I am not a N.A. the morning worship service at Vic Westbank, B.C., C anada OF AGE the "silent generation," that youth does Baptist "from way back," and yet, even overtake you as a th ief." 1972 Off-Season Rates not know what is goin g on and does Amos' whole point was that the rea toria. We heard fi ve choirs sing, a though an "outsider" (?) I found my message from the Word, a baby ded The Following Rates Will Apply for Whereas in the I 950's adults described not want to get in volved. The testi son Israel was a sick society was that sel f in complete harmony with this ication and participated in a commu Accommodation D uring: youth as "the silent generation" which monies of the graduating North Amer publication. she was idolatrous. Her "self-indul nion service. We were also delighted Pre-season camping - was noncommitted in most aspects of ican Bapti st Seminary students reflect gence, laziness, pride" were but symp Mrs. Elaine Strobel's article "An to witness a baptism in the river at J une 1 to June 29 everyday life, the following decade the new breed of the "Now" genera toms of the adultery she committed Open Letter To North American Bap Victoria and to meet many prominent Post-season camping - brought a comp~ete reversal. Youth ti on. Analyzing the short autobio by worshipping golden calves at Bethel tists" caused my heart to rejoice. The Cameroonian Baptist leaders, including September 4 to September 30 became involved, even violently and graph ic statements of these future and Dan. This was the evil which Jer qL~e~ t ion is: Are we full y awake to the their general secretary, the Rev. N yum, 0 CABIN A most actively involved. Student un ministers one discovers that theirs is spiritual climate, and are we willing oboam II allowed. This was the evil (accommodation for 4 in each unit) rest, campus disorder, high school riot, an immediate Christian philosophy, whic h Moses warned of in Deut. 4: and their p resident, the Rev. Jam, as to wake up? Are we willing to be re well as Flavius Martin, one of our $3.00/ day $ 18.00/ week growing juvenile crime made the scene tai lored to the immediacy of their lives 24-27, predicting Israel's scattering newed spiritually? Are we willing to Seminary graduates, who presided at 0 CABINS B & C and the newspaper headlines. whic h have been touched by Jesus among the nations, and also sternly pay the price for a revival? Are we the radio bro:idcast on the Sunday I (accommodation for 2 in each unit) Just to refresh our memories let me Christ. Along with other young peo wi~li.ng to see the working of the H oly echoed by Amos in Amos 9:8, 9. E. $2.00/ clay $12.00 / week remind you of the year 1960. when ple. the seniors no longer feel that they spoke. Spmt (as indicated in reports from F., Oregon O The Rev. Fred Folkerts, field secre- 0 CABINS D , E , F , G , H & I "sit-ins" became the powerful tool of a re merely preparing for li fe; they arc Canada and other areas) for what it tary, has the full confidence of the (accommodation for 6 in each unit) the civil rights movement in the South. living it. As Buell Call agher, president Gods Spirit at Work . . . reall y is; namely, a direct connection missionaries. He is a clear thinker a nd $3.00/ day $ 18.00/ week Many college students unexpectedly of the City College of New York, sees (Continued from page 17) to II Chron. 7 : 14? a dedicated Christian. On Sunday, Dec. 0 STAFF ROOMS (with private bath) experienced an "awakening" and joined it: "This generation has no Utopia. Bernie Lemke took me with them to As I see it, there are three things 19, I preached at the Bamenda Bap (accommodation for 2 or 3) the ranks of the protesters. Its ideal is the Happening. Let is be market, and there they bought eight th~t kee~ people from experiencing a tist Church with the pastor doing $4.00/ day $22.00/ week About four years after the first "sit concre te, let it be vivid, let it be per bags of cement, after some bargain daily revival in their own heart: Sal "turn talk" into pidgin English. All 0 PARKING FEE for your own ins" students at the Unive;sity of Cali ing. This cement rode for many hours sona l. Let it be now!" vation has never been experienced, ig the missionaries were also in atten TRAILER or TENT fornia at Berkeley brought the newly Do we need to add "Let it be on the Landrover, together with five no r ~nce regarding spiri tual renewal, or dance. $1.00/ day $6.00/ week developed tactics to their campus. Al Christ-centered"? The contemporary hellish pride. adults and all the baggage, over NOTE: D uring these periods no food " Rum Hill," the worst and most The missionary conference at Ba so Columbia University in New York theologian Carl F. Henry urges, "Chris One point saddened my heart, and it menda was a spiritual highlight on our will be provided at ca mp. Those treacherous road we have been on in experienced militant protests. The pat ti ans, march and sing your witness in comes out in a question to Mrs. Stro trip. We enjoyed sharing the Word wishing to eat at camp will have to our life. Mail goes back and forth in terns set at Berkeley and Columbia the public arena, and do not hide the bel , "When will we also learn to stay with the missionaries. They meet for bring their own stove, utensils, became the models for student acti on light under church buildi ngs and inside this manner on a regular basis. away from forgeries of Jeane Dixon. inspiration from the Word, informal dishes, etc. The camp's dining nationwide and worldwide. The pro semina ry walls." They deeply care about people. a nd see her for what she is: a fake. singing, daily prayer in small g:o ~ps , room, refrigerator, washrooms. tests were general ly aimed against The last few years have brought the but not a messenger of God?" Wilfried Their physical needs are very great. to hear testimonies from new mission laundry and other facilities, ex the following targets: the American young people to the battle line of ac H . Bruns, pastor. Corona, S.D. O Maternity centers deliver thousands of aries, deputation reports and "State cluding the kitchen, will however involvement in Vietnam: the mil itary tion. Jesus People and other youth, in babies annuall y. of the Mission Address" by the Rev. be available to campers. draft: the granting of academic credit terested in the spiritual renewal of Dear editor: Mrs. Strobel. in "An The leprosy work is a big story in Fred Folkerts, the field secretary. Be sure to chec k the type of ac for reserve officer training courses: North America, have become the itself. The previous week was a red Open Letter to North American Bap They also have a lot of urgent b~si commodation desired and indicate the absence of black studies programs: letter day when many lepers were d is path-makers of a new and vital form tists", Feb. '72, does well to express ness matters to take care of dun ng dates you intend to be at the camp. student housing; poor teaching quality: of Christian ity. Many of them have a charged and sent home. Some had concern for our country but does much that week. The women missionaries Send completed registration form to: grading system; too strict campus ru les: been there for 14 years. T ime spent at profound distrust of conventional meet for a service of insp iration and Green Bay Baptist Camp etc. harm by holding Jeane D ixon up as values and a great disdain for the gap the clinic of those discharged that one c/ o Resident Manager It seems that despite all the disad son:ie sort of latter-day prophetess to day, totaled over 300 years. Many reports of the women's work. between the preaching and the prac T he different field reports included R.R. No. 1, Westbank, B.C. vantages. violence ?.nd excesses which which North American Ba ptists are to return home to find families gone. A tice. the saying and the doing, which evangelism, education and medicine. N o acknowledgement will be sent the student demonstrations of some pay heed. We have our directive leper is more or less li ke an outcast in they often see in the lives of their A well-planned "all family Christ years ago have produced, they have straight from the Lord in II Chron. 7: unless desired accommodation cannot elders. some instances. mas party" and a "Ca meroon Mission brought some constructive results. 14 - " ff my people. which are called The doctors and nurses go beyond the be provided, in which case alternate As Christi ans, young and old, we hy my name. sha ll humble themselves. Convention Banquet" were also a part accommodation will be reserved. Many needed reforms in our col leges must always remember, that we are to call of duty, but refuse to slow d o ~n . and universities have been brought and pray, and seek my face, and turn of the week's activities. . Anyone wishing to use camp facili be the sal t and the light of the world. One doctor sees 150 patients dunng As guest speaker I was asked to about and youth in general has become from their wicked ways; then will I ties before June 1 or after ept. 30 Let's fight the decay and darkness of one mornir.g's sick call. We watched ·i ng a series o.f messages from the more responsive to the community at hea.r from heaven, and will forgive bl should m ake arrangements with the sin! We have the weapons: we are Dr. Jerry Fluth perform surgery, a book of James; give a message on "The large and has shown greater individual their sin, and will heal their land." double hernia and a hysterectomy. Camp Manager - rates as above. God's weapon. - RJK By her own admission Jeane Dixon 30 May 1972 31 BAPTIST HERALD by J. Omar Brubaker •"You can't afford to take a spiritual vocation!" read the striking reminder on the outdoor bulletin board of a midwestern rural church . This was a good piece of advice for people in that area and also for traveler's passing through from out-of-state locations. Every summer churches face a seasona l slump, and church leaders look for ways to compensate for it. As your church members leave town to go on vacation, others all across the land will be doing the same. What can you do to pull some of these into your church program? Here are some suggestions to consider. First, make it easy for people to know about your church. This is a matter of good advertising and public relations work. Make sure your church is advertised along the main routes leading into town. Denominational signs, with space for the name of your church, its location, and time of services, may be available through your publishing house. Since these are mass-produced, they do not run high in price. Secure permission from property owners to place them on iron stakes in strategically located spots. People who travel often look up church listings in telephone books to find a place of worship. See tha t your church is listed io both the alphabetical and classified sections of the phone directory. Inclusion in the church listing of your local newspaper is another possibi lity. Attractive posters and leaflets might be displayed in eating places, travel agencies, depots, motels, hotels, tourist homes and gas stations. Perhaps the members of your church can get permission to do this where they work. Some may own their own businesses and will be willing to do this. Capitalize on the slogan, "As you travel, worship with us." Second, give variety to your summer advertising. Slant the wording to the vacationer. Adding the words "Vacationers welcome" to your outdoor signs or billboards gives them a fresh dimension. Perhaps entirely new signs can be prepared just for the summer season. Rotate your posters about once every week or two so people don't overlook them. Design some special promotional literature for the tourist, using a title such as "The Friendly Church Where Vacationers Visit." Third, visit comping and resort areas in your locality to reach vacationers where they ore. Take along specially prepared vacation invitation leaflets and tracts. The American Tract Society, for example, has an attractive outdoor scene on the cover of the popular tract entitled "Four Things God Wants You to Know." Try going to the people in these area s with drive-in services; outdoor film showings; outdoor evangelistic meetings at playgrounds, parks, and beaches; personal witnessing; and perhaps even a branch Sunday school program. Fourth, put specia l emphasis on advertising to owners of out-of-state automobiles. Your message might include such items as "Welcome to our state and our city. Worship at our church while you are here"; or " The Lo rd sha ll preserve thy going out and thy coining in from this time forth, and even for evermore" (Ps. 121 :8). Alert your people to look for out-of-state cars parked in shopping centers, porks, sig ht-seeing areas, motels and resorts. Even juniors would enjoy slipping advertising pieces onto such cars. Americans ore becoming more and more mobile in their habits. It is easy for them to form new habits of not attending worship services when they move into strange areas while on vocation. Therefore, begin with your own people and encourage them to tie into some good, evangelical church wherever they go, even if it is not the specific type of ministry to which they are accustomed. Some of them might even be used of God to begin specialized programs of their own at the place where they go for vacation. In this way your ch urch has a summer extension ministry, perhaps hundreds of miles from home. Since Americans are so mobile, never assume that you will never see certain vacationers again. They may come back through your town many times in the future. If you meet their needs for spiritual fellowship, they will be back to see you. Some may even become regular "summer members" if their vocation spot is the same from year to year. Don't be a fatalist! Don't say that summer means slump and that's all there is to it. For those who ore creative-minded there are always ways to capitalize on the influx of new people during the summertime. They are out tliere; with God's help, go get them. Baptist Herold 7308 Madison Street Forest Park, Illinois 60130 Non-profit organization. Second class postage paid at Forest Park, Illinois 601 and at additional mailing o{fzce,