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A Missionary Pictorial

Charles R. Brewer

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A MISSIONARYPICTORIAL

Biographical sketches and pictures of men and women who have gone from the United States as members of churches of Christ to carry the gospel to other lands.

TOGETHER WITH

Articles and poems written for the purpose of stirring churches and individuals to greater activity in the effort to preach the gospel to "every creature under ( heaven." •

EDITOR

CHARLES R. BREWER •

P UB LISHED BY WORLD VISION PUBLISHING COMPANY

1033 BELVIDERE DRIVE

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

1964 ( Preface

The divine char ge to take the word of the Lord to the whole world is laid upon all who wear the name of Christ, and God is ple ased with all who have a part, directly or indirectly in carry ing out th -:: great commission . But we feel th at in a special way his blessing descends on those who, forsaking th e ways of ga in and pleasure , give them selves wholly to th e preaching of the word. "How beautiful are the feet of th em that bring glad tidin gs of good thin gs." T hat is God's own tribute to those who dedicate their lives to such work. Perhaps no one demonstrates mor e faith or makes greater sacrifice th an thos e who go into what we call " th e mission field", hard pla ces and strange lands to give light to peopl e who sit in darkness , and turn them from Satan to God. Such ser­ vants of the Lord are worthy of our recogn ition , and in giving them our commendation we a re but [ulfillin g th e teachin g to give "honor to whom honor is due." In bringing out this book it is our aim to carry out this ad monition by givin g honor to all who have served or are now servi ng in foreign fields. And it is ou r hope that this volum e may encourage indi vidu als and congregations to "lift up their eyes and look on th e field", and pray for and send more lab orers in to th e harvest. Over a period of 70 years approxim atel y 400 hav e gone from churches of Chri st in th e United States as mission aries to other lands and nations. There are about 200 on th e field now . It was our wish to give pictures and biographical sketc hes of all these workers. But it has been imp ossible to make the recor d compl ete. Hundreds of lette rs were writt en, bu t not all have been answered . As far as possible we have tr ied to includ e at least th e n ames a nd addr esses of eve n those who did not supply in form at ion. T he or iginal purpose was to assign a full pag e to each en trant. But in some cases we did not receive sufficient infor­ mation to fill a page. T herefo re wh en two or more appear on a page the reade r will pleas e understand th at it was because not enough copy was submitt ed. There was no int enti on to exa lt one above anoth er. An exce ption is made in th e case of Broth er McCaleb who was a pioneer amon g us. We feel th erefore that he is worthy of th e ded icat ion. T he book is so ar ranged th at add itional pag es may be inserted as more "ar ise and go ", and more mat erial is suppli ed. We hope th at in later ed itions or addi­ tions we may include pictur es and sketches of nativ e workers in all th e nations. T his h as not been an easy task , but has been a work of love. T he edit or cann ot claim any cred it or assume any respon sibilit y for th e mat erial in th e book. All th e "leg work" was don e by Bro th er Mor ehead. T he edit or's task has been simp ly to edit th e copy a nd prepare it for th e printer. Gr atefu l acknowledg ement is made to all who hav e had a part in thi s und ertaking . T he en tir e edition was bought and paid for before the copy went to th e print er. Many indi vidu als and congrega tions sub scribed for ten or more cop ies. Through the lib era lit y of friends it is our pl an to furnish a copy for th e lib rary of each of our colleges an d orp han hom es. Ma ny will be plac ed in th e offices of doctors a nd denti sts, a nd in the offices of editors . We hope th at eld ers in congrega tions where cop ies go will encour age memb ers to use them to in form th emselves on what is bein g don e to sp read the gospel of Christ. It would be good to use th e book as a source-text in classes to acqua int th e memb ers with our missionary activit ies and stimul ate mor e int erest in mission work . Althoug h not personally acqua int ed with all whose names are includ ed we assume that those who give th eir lives to such wor k ar e men and wome n of honor a nd int egrit y, and are sou nd in faith and teachin g. T he assumpti on is furt her ju stified by the fact that each missio nary is supp ort ed, th erefore is endors ed, by some congr egation or gro up of congrega tions. , ve sen d forth th e boo k with th e pra yer that it will stimulate greater zeal for mission wor k and will help th ose on th e frontier to kn ow that th ey are esteemed highl y for their work's sake. Ma y th ey not "beco me weary in well doing ", but know th at "H e th at goet h fort h and weepet h, bear in g seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves with him. " In Go d's eterna l firm ament th ey shall "shine as th e stars forev er an d ever." ( (

Dedication

It seems fitting and proper that this book listing m1ss10uaries who have gone out from churches of Christ in the U.S.A. to various foreign countries should be dedicated to the honored memory of him who was one of the first pioneers in that type of work , and who served faithfully in Japan for half a century. That man was our " beloved brother and faithful minist er", John Moody McCaleb. And he went to his task well-equipped spiritually, for he was a man like Stephen, "full of faith and the Holy Spirit"; hence he was also filled with love for God and man and a burning zeal for winning lost souls . Having attended the old Transylvania School of the Bible a t Lexington, Ky., and there sat at the feet of such stalwart and devout Bible scholars as Brother .J. ,,v. McGarvey , Brother I. B. Grubbs and others of like caliber, he had learned the meaning and value of the pure gospel of the grace of God, and was eager to share the unse arch­ able riches of Christ with those who sat in spiritual darkness. As a true pioneer, Brother McCaleb prepared the way for the second and third generat ions of missionaries who have since followed after him . All of these should acknowledge their debt of gratitude, not only for his exemp lary pattern of unselfish dedication to world-evangelism, but also for the practical wisdom he passed on to us. When Broth er McCaleb first went to Japan with his young bride back in 1892, there was no one ther e to welcome him , no language schoo l in existence to aid him in mastering the foreign tongue , no mod ern conveniences of any kind, and scant financial support. Indeed, like the apostle Paul , he too found it necessary not infrequently to ( "make tents" in order to "make ends meet" for his growing family . This writer remembers his telling once that there had bee n several times in his tenure of service in Japan when his monthly checks from America did not amount to more than $15. But he was never one to comp lain about such hardships . Instead , he learned in wh atsoever state he was, therein to be content, and that cheerfully, a lesson that all mission aries need to learn! As I had occasion to state at his funeral service some ten years ago, while Brother McCa leb's work was the more difficult and less spectacular service of pioneering, namely, that of seed-sowing , foundation-laying , and way-showing, for the benefit of those who should follow after him , only the light of Eternity will fully reveal the actual fruitage of his arduous labors . Then, I believe "many sha ll rise up and call him blessed". And what is more : it will surely be his to hear the words of the Master , "Well done, thou good and faithful servant; enter thou into the joys of thy Lord." HARRY R. FOX, SR.

My apprec1at10n of Brother J. M. McCaleb was so great it was hard for me to see his weakness. I always thought of him as very honest. His humility was a wholesome influence. I do not remember any man more pleasantly. We lived together in the sam e house in Japan and in Tennessee. 0, Goel, raise up more J. M. McCalebs to lead the church today. B. D. MOREHEAD

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J. M. McCALEB

Made January 19, 1932

( ) ANDERSON, Carrel M., Jr. December 29, 1928 nominational preachers in Norway are being sent the Robert Carrel March 24, 1951 paper durin g 1963. Conversions ha ve meant much to the church and to ( Je an F. J anuary I, 1930 me personally . Bonnye Jean December 4, 1952 The greatest pleasures experienced in our work Mark Monroe May 13, 1955 for the Lord in Norway have come from having a Signy Ann April 10, 1959 part in the spiritual birth and growth of Norwegian Brother Anderson attended Abilene Christian Col­ brethren. lege. Baptized by Brother George Dickson Sister Anderson attended Abilene Christian College. Baptized by Brother Gilbert Copeland Address: P.O. Box 5008, Oslo, Norway Entered Field: 1957 Sponsor: Sunset Church, Lubbock , Texas. Membership: 14 faithful Christians in Oslo congre• gation. A visiting missionary was responsible for my first interest . Brother Anderson was born in At lanta, Georgia. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Anderson, Sr. Sister Anderson was born in Camden , Arkansas. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Fincher.

Biographical Sketch Was graduated from Abi lene Christian Co llege with a B.A. degree in 1952. Taught school in Breck­ This is the family as they laaked when they entered the mis­ enridge, Texas, one year. Began preaching in Elias­ sion field in 1953. ville, Texas, in 1953. "\Vas associate minister at Broadway in Lubbock with emphasis on personal work and young people. Became first minister at ( the Parkway Drive congregation in Lubbock, which Broadway helped establish. Became specifically in­ terested in Scandinavia through Cline R. Paden. Resigned local work in Lubbock in December , 1956, in order to raise support and travel fund. Entered Norway to establish the church in April , 1957, with two other families.

Information Concerning the Church One major project of the church in Oslo has been a building program. Due to an extreme ly acute shortage of facilities for meeting halls, the decision was made to build. This decision presented a number of seemingly insurmountable problems. However , with the help of God and three year's work we are ready to begin construction. The building is ex­ pected to be completed during 1964. This tool will EINAR ENGOY AND FAMILY be very useful in the Lord's work here . It will pro­ Oslo, Norway vide a suitable place for worship and work. But more than this, it will give the ch urch stability and Einar Engoy and his wife Liv attended an evangel­ help gain the confidence of the people. istic meeting in the summer of 1957. This was a few weeks after our arrival. Einar became interested Another major project is the mailing out of 4,000 and began attending the meetings as he had op­ copies of our magazine , Pa bibelsh grunn (On portunity, as he was studying at the university at Biblical Ground), every other month. This magazine the time. He was born into Christ in the fall of has 20 pages including a two color cover. It is sent 1958. He won his wife for Chr ist and baptized her to every part of Norway. Brother Engoy and I serve in 1960. Einar is now fully supported by the Abrams as editors and other Christians in Scandinavia help Road church in Richardson , Texas. He is growing in writing articles. All state church priests and de- constantly as a servant of God. ( ANDREWS , Miss Sarah untold agony even to third degree starvation. When Address: Senbon Tokowa-cho, Numazu-Shi, J apan her own cit y there was bombed, she was forced to Entered Field: 1916 crawl (not being able to walk from weakness) and School Attended: Da vid Lipscomb College care for the wounded. She opened her hous e and Sponsor: Walnut Street Church of Christ, Dickson , care d for the needy until th ey could be pro vided for Tennessee by their ow n people. In all th e days of those war torn years, Sarah had no news of her family and Biographical Sketch th ey had very littl e of her not knowing where she was . Sarah Andrews, d aught er of Mr. and Mrs. ,!\Till Andrews, was born in Dickson , Tennessee. Her p ar­ At th e closin g of the war , Sarah was cared for by ents were among th e pion eers of the work of the the Un ited States Government until her family Lord in that city . Sarah grew in a missiona ry at­ could tak e over. She spe nt a year with her people mosp here; h er moth er was being edu cated for th e to try to recup erate, but th e war had tak en its toll J apanese field but circum stances prevented her from of her hea lth and she was un able to reach a comp lete fulfilling that dream. From early childhood, Sarah's comeback to her normal state of health. Her advisors every effort was in preparing hers elf for mission pleaded that she give up the work and remain at work. She received her education in the Norm al hom e, but she calmly said, "T hat is my work and College in her home town, then it was furth ered in my peopl e. I can do more there on a cot than here the stat e college in Memphis and in David Lipscomb on m y feet." Co llege. After her ret urn in 1948, she built a house in In J anu ary of 1916, Sara h arr ived in J apa n, h er Numadz a and taught until a stro ke stilled her think­ chosen field . T here she work ed with Bro ther J. M. ing being. She lin gere d for some time during which M cCaleb for a few years. H ere she attended the her family was in tou ch with her do cto r and was public schools in Tokyo learnin g the lan guag e and preparing to bring her hom e as soon as she was the customs of th e people. \i\Thile th ere, Sarah met able for th e trip. She suffered another stroke and a J apanes e girl whom she converted to th e full di ed September I 7, 1962. truth , and O'Iki San became her li fe-long friend Sara h had requested of her family that she be and helper. With this Chr istian gir l and her moth er, buri ed in J apa n wher e she had given her life and th ey launche d to th e south of th e island and th ere among th e people she loved . A lot has been pur­ bega n in a new field. T he first wor k was in Ok itsu. chas ed an d th e remains of her ea rthly hou se awa it H ere th ey op ened a kindergarten and from this grew th e awakenin g in that day of days to whi ch she ever a large Bible schoo l wh ere th e ladie s work ed with loo ked forward . wom en and childr en. Wh en the time was right , th ey had a minist er com e down and me etings were held Sara h 's motto of life was: and soon a congreg atio n was set in order. Wh en a "B e anxious for not hing, work was ab le to carry on, Sarah and her h elp ers Be thank ful for any thing. would mo ve on to another loca tion. T his was the B e pra yerful about eve rythin g." mann er of th e work until seve ral church es were estab lish ed in the southern part of Jap an. When the T ruly as was said of Timothy may we say of Sarah war began , th ere were co ngregat ion s in Okitsu , Sheppa rd Andrew s, "From a child th ou hast known Shizu oka , Shemedza a nd Numadzu. th e Holy Scriptur es." And those who were near est Sara h was int ernee! in her own home as a n her, believe she could say with Paul : "I know whom Enemy-National durin g th e war. H ere she suffered I hav e believed - ." ARTIST, Russ ell C. Januar y 5, 191 l Alice Bl anche Cathey April 6, 1912 ( deceased) Merrile Ann January 8, I 942 Timothy Charles (adopted) Apr il 20, I 950 Education: Butler U niv ersit y, B.S. 1932; Northwest­ ern Univers it y, M .S. 1934; U niver sity of Min ­ nesota , Ph.D., 1938; Taught at Abilene Christian College I 947-48 Address: Departm ent o[ Biolo gy, Da vid Lipscomb Co llege, Nashvi lle 5, Tenness ee Entered 17ielcl, Germany: I 948 Baptized: 1946 Sponsor (s): Gladewater, Texas, Lubbock , Texas Encouraged to be missionary : Otis Gatewood RUSSELLC. ARTIST FAMILY Place of Birth: Fra ncisville, Indiana

THE GROUP METHOD IN PERSONAL EVANGELISM

Bv R ussF.LL C. A RTI ST

Some of our greatest achiev ements in the chur ch not ord in arily even be reached by one or two mi s­ of our Lord today have bee n m ade as a result of a sionari es workin g alone. The mor ale bu ildin g of complete return to th e New Testament patt ern. assoc iation with many work ers is a grea t uplift to th e Where one is given and we hav e aposto lic exa mpl e spirit o f th e work er. it wou ld be unwis e not to follow it. But we have In fore ign missionary effor ts, th e gro up id ea has just rece ntl y see n th at th e gro up method of doing also been found to be of great va lu e to the work in personal work has paid great cliviclencls. This is the areas which h ave been considere d by all to be method of takin g a large gro up of workers and "difficult" pla ces. It is true that it would not seem under good lea dership and good org·anizat io n great at first glance that youn g peopl e without a kn owledge successes hav e been rea lized . Yet Paul an d "hi s of the German language would be of mu ch value comp any" , as we find Luk e spea kin g of it in Acts to a camp aign in th e city of Berlin , but this was 13: 13, had alread y learn ed this was th e most va lu ab le just what was found in the summ er of 1958. In this way. summ er the Berlin- Vienn a Eva ngel ist ic Tour was It was invar iabl y Paul' s m ethod . Leaving on the made, and exte nd ed meet in gs wer e held in these first Missionary Tour from Antio ch in Syria, he took two citi es. Abo ut 25 youn g peopl e wer e ga th ered with him Barnab as, a nd th en " th ey had J ohn to from the vari ous colleges, some old er brethren from th eir minist er" . On the second Paul chose Silas and wide ly scatte red churches in America , and together soo n after th ey aclclecl T im oth y to the wor k a nd with two seaso ned eva ngelists, mad e the trip by probably ot hers. pl ane from New York and began work in the city of Berlin . Brother R ichard W alk er, the loca l evan­ T he camp aign idea involvin g as it does a number gelist in Berlin , had made all the necessa ry arra nge­ of workers ca n accomplish much more in a shorter ments for housing and cari ng for th e wor kers, and space of time, for, with a grea ter numb er of person­ some advertis ing had already been clone. ali ties cleclicatecl to the task greate r and more far It was found so very good for th e m emb ers to reaching results ca n of ten be atta in ed. T here is house the camp aigners in their ow n homes, and eve n always someo ne who can reach anot her when per­ where th e youn g pe op le did not spea k the language, haps two work ers alone would neve r be ab le to it was not long until th ey had lea rn ed eno ugh that reac h them. they could communicate with their hostesses , and th e cont act of these you ng and vibr ant person aliti es A well -plann ed and efficiently orga ni zed campaign was exce llent for the Ger man memb ers of the for Christ, eith er a city-wid e campa ign or on e in ­ Chur ch. volving an en tir e area of a cit y, eith er at home or abroad, can be count ed on to yield very good results. H andbill s wer e soon pas sed out in th e parti cul ar With many workers a city ca n be lit era lly sect ion of Berlin that was chose n and in a short " blanketed" clown with lit erature, eit her anno un ce­ whil e everyone within the area knew that th e ments or tr acts or oth er typ es of advertising of a "Ge meincle Chri st" (Ch urc h of Chri st in German) m ee tin g. T hen, later on, as th e work ers ge t to know was holding a mee ting . A n over How cro wd was o n som e of th eir bett er prospects , the jo y of house to hand th e first n ight. house teac hin g is th e order of the clay. Such persona l Sin ce th e mee tin g was held in a tent , a goo d many work clone by th e campaign wor kers will enli ven any Cat holic peop le were in atte nd ance. W e had found chu rch, will bring a n ew up surge of int eres t amo ng from previous ex per ience that thi s was the most th e members, and bring man y to Chri st who would effect ive means to reac h the people in Germany . The preaching was done in the German language capable members of the Hillsboro church helped in by Brother Otis Gatewood , and he was well received this phase of the campaign. It was very well directed by the people of Berlin. Many of the young people and organized, and though London had always been sat near me and I would translate what the speaker considered a "hard" place for such an effort, it was was saying by writing it in large copy on a notepad. soon demonstrated that the group method of per ­ Many were able in a few nights to follow on their sonal evangelism could melt the hearts of eve n the own. But one of the greatest values of the young most reserved of our British friends. people to the work was their warm smiles and The local evangelists then on the field , Brother sunny dispositions, which, when coupled with a E. P. Lake and a young graduate of Lipscomb , cherry "Guten Abend" (Good evening) cheered the Brother Phillip Slate, had already laid the ground­ hearts of the people. Both before and after the work for the effort some months previously. They meeting these young tal ented missionaries would had rented a hall and distributed tracts and had sing hymns, some in English and some in German. begun to hold services in the Fellowship Hall at Many of the German people would stay as lon g as Wembley. The number of new converts pr actically they would sing, and then rel uctantly leave . doubled the size of the congregation and th e fruits As a result of this concerted effort in the suburb of this labor are still being gathered in. In 1963 a of Berlin known as Friedenau, the membership of repeat performance of the \,Vembley campaign was the little congregation then meeting there was requested by the church there and in addition doubled, the men of the congregation were en­ Brother Lynn Channing, noted British evangelist , cour aged to purchase a building spot and plans for asked a number of the workers to come for a similar a permanent church hom e were laid. Inter esting ly effort in the small town of Aylesbury, where a enou gh, the very spot upon which the tent was building was in the proc ess of comp letion. This was pit ched in that gospel meeting became the site of a real test of the group method and the British the new church building, now erected and used by brethren there were most enthusiastic over the re­ the church there. It was Brother Walker's opinion sults obtained. that the results achieved were certainly well worth It is my firm conviction that other congregations the cost of the campaign. Many of th e young p eople should utilize the great potential of such group had borrowed the money so th at the y could come; all methods and use th em for winning mor e souls to had made some sacrifice in one way or another. Simi­ Christ. lar achievements were made in the city of Vienna, Austria. Again in the summer of 1961 an evangelisti c THIS LIFE I OWE effort was made in the city of London, in the area How great a debt-this life I owe! known as ·wembley. Whereas the German effort in For every blessing that I know Berlin was under the direction of individu al Chris ­ Was bought , but not by me; th e price tians who organized and directed the campa ign, \,Vas paid in love and sacrifice working with the local evange list s, th e Wembley By One who knew my deep distress, campaign was under the direction and oversight of And with His blood and righteousness the elders of the gre at Hillsboro church in Nashville, Discharged the debt I could not pay, Tenn. This was one of the first examples of a cam­ And took my sinful guilt away . paign in which one church with vision , selected th e The ransom fee I could not give ; area in which th e work was to be done, chose the There was no hope for me to live, preac her who was to preach in th e meeting and th e Till Je sus came to bear my sin, song leader who was to assist him , and in additio n That I a new life might begin . took complete charge of the advert ising for th e camp aign and for th e arrangeme nt s necessary for This life I owe, it is His own: th e housing of the work ers. Other congreg ations And every morning at its dawn , were also invit ed to participate in sending their I want to pledge my life anew minister or other workers to hav e a part in th e To love and serve Him, and be tru e: campa ign for Christ in v\Tembley. As a result a To pay Him for the gift he gave great number of very talented p eop le were thrown My life to lift , my soul to save; together in this effort, Brother Batsell Barre tt And at His feet my all to lay­ Baxt er did the preaching, David R alston was the All I can be, or do, or say, song lead er, and Broth er Otis Gatewood assisted by T he powers of hand , and mind , and soul th e writ er, were in charge of all person al work. To wholly yield to His control , Many pre achers from var ious congregations in th e And with my every ac t to show USA were among the workers , and did a wonderful I give Him back the life I owe. job in hou se to house visiting, and some very -C . R. B.

( A TRIBUTE TO GREAT WOMEN OF THE MISSION FIELD In Memoriam to Alma Gatewood and Cathey Artist

BY OTIS GATEWOOD

Seventeen years ago when the first preachers en­ eve ning she furnished tr ans port at ion for some young tered Europ e, our families were youn g. Now many preachers to go to th e church in Utica. She re­ of our children are grown, married and have chil­ turned to Roche ster after that service to attend a dren of their own . For a few of us our companions Visitation Committ ee meeting. During this last week have gone to their eternal rewards , among them she taught in an Edification Series at the Chase Alma Gatewood and Cathey Artist-Alma from a Road church in Dearborn Monday and Tuesday he art att ack and Cathey from ca ncer. By th e time nights prior to going to th e hospital on Wednesday. another seventeen years will ha ve passed m any more She still found time to prepar e and deliver food to of us will have join ed them in that ete rn al realm. the sick in at least two hom es." These two deaths are typic al of the wa y thes e Cathey Artist's bod y graduall y withered away , .tnd other women who have served on the mission slowly dying from a worn out bod y. Her death is neld lived. Alma lived vigorously and died of typical of th e man y women whose lives have been ,11yocardial infr action whi ch mea ns that her heart short ened and worn to a thr ea d on the mission field. ,,ctually burst. This was typical of Alma . .. she H er body was attacked because of a weakened con­ worked with bursting enthusi asm at all thin gs she dition and she went early in life but many oth er did. She trul y ob eyed the command, "What ever thy weaken ed women who were ex hau sted on th e mis­ hand find eth to do , do it with all th y might. " She sion field will go to an early grave because of their was my joy and inspiration during her entire life . work for the Lord. Truly such live s have been She was the first to agree to go to the mission field "living sacrifices, hol y and acceptable to God." and her heart bled with sorrow when we left. H er Cathey and Alma both lo ved th e beauti es of hospit ality was genuine a nd sincere . The two months natur e. Th ey both were artists and have left behind before she di ed she entertained two hundr ed guests numb ers of beautiful paintin gs. I have see n th em go in our hom e. Dan Woodroof said at her fun eral , into the forests together more than o nce in spring "She was hear t)' in her benevo lence. H ers was not a and fall and return with geor geous r eproductions . formal stiff response to the beggar's cry. H ers was Cathey was, also , an artist with words. Numbers of an unsolicited kindness urg ed upon the d eservin g. articl es from her hand appeare d in the 20t h Centur)' She look ed for and f ound ways of doing good and Christian. She was in the proc ess of writing a book benefitting oth ers . .. she was prompt and bold in wh en she died . She was truly one of th e great throwing her influ ence on th e sid e of right. She did writers of our da y. What she did in this resp ect is not wait to see in wh at dir ection popular opinion an examp le of the way dedic ated Christia n wom en would drift . She rat her led publi c opinion by com­ can teach th e word of God . God forbids that women mitting herself to th e cause of right eousn ess . .. She preach from the pulpit but your writt en messa ges did not sit down with the idl e and say, "Som ethin g can bea r fruit in many lands. will work out!" She was conscious of the lost, the hun gry and th e naked a nd went about energetically Both Cathey and Alma selected th e songs to be doing something to remedy the situation .. . Typic al sun g at th eir funerals and requested that little about of every week of her life was th e last week that she th em be said, but much praise be given to God. lived. She was bus y, conti nu ally, ministerin g to th e Th eir fun erals consis ted mostly of singin g. Their sick and teaching Bibl e classes to th e young and to fun era ls in this r espect were typic al of the lives th e old er. Aft er teachin g a Bibl e class to childr en in they and we shou ld liv e- happy and rejoicing her hom e on the week-end , she was in th e wor ship throu gh joys, sorrows, dis appointm ent s, triumphs , assembly in Ro chester Lord's day mornin g. Sunday and even in death. BAILEY , John Ca rlos September l 3, I 903 Myr tle Dean e September 15, 1905 Caro l Dea ne Jul y 7, 1949 (adopted) Debra Ann May J 8, l 951 (adopt ed) Margo Elizabeth Jul y 17, 1954 (adopted) Th ese cih ldr en are with us. We hav e a grown fami ly of seven chil dren th at were born to us. Five of them live in Can ada and two in U nit ed States.

I attended for two years th e Carman Bibl e School. I was baptized by my fat her T. W . Bailey. My wif e was baptiz ed by J. 0. Golphen ee. Entered Field : 1963 The J. C. Baileys with their three adopted daughters I was born near Clarksbur g, Ontario , Canada. My wife was born in Sta hl , Misso uri. One of th e things that amazed me in coming to Sponsoring Church : Granit e City, Illinois , Box 25. India was to see the lon g distance that members Canad ian supp ort is di rected through Moose would walk. One member here worked with a pack J aw, Sask. church. on his ba ck all day , then walked fourteen miles to preach the n ex t clay. My father T. "\,V. Bailey was for mor e than 57 years a gospe l pr each er. Anot her time brethr en walked to th e service a t Maw lai. They walk ed about 14 miles. Among the My mother, still li ving , was born Ed ith Cl ementine numb er that walked to thi s serv ice was a woman Cann. The Cann fami ly is th e largest fami ly in th e about 50 years of age. chur ch in Ca nada . Th eir willingness to receive religious instruction by way of gospe l tr acts has been a great thrill. It Biographical Sketch will be very fruitful if car ri ed on. When I started pr eachin g mor e than 40 yea rs ago Goel moves in m yster iou s ways his wonders to all preachers wer e more or less missionari es. God perform. The re are , reportedly , more than two over rul ed that many times I sho uld pion eer work million members of the chur ch in th e U nit ed States. in new plac es. When it was dis covered that Cana­ T here are ju st over 4000 in Canada. Yet, Goel ove r­ dians could enter lncli a, with th e gospel, a nd Ameri­ ruled th at th e gospel sho uld be brought to India's cans were refused, th ere was no way to turn down teeming millions by Ca nadian s. Am erican churc hes the Macedon ian call. have responded in a wond erful way to our needs.

Bailey in the pulpit of the building owned by our brethren at Mawlai, India . A number have contributed to this building but Baptizing a young business man near Jowai, India the money mostly came from brethren at Whittier, California.

( WORK IN NIGERIA , WEST AFRICA BY THE B. E. BAWCOl\IS

In 1954 J ames 0. Baird and wife were planning to go to N iger ia for mi ssion wor k. The Lawrenc e Avenue Chur ch of Chri st in Nas hville, Tenn essee, which was to support the Baird s, asked them to find another family to go with th em, and th ey invit ed the B. E. Bawcom family to join them in the work. Befo re th e Bawcoms and Baird s coul d leave, how­ ever, Broth er Baird was asked to beco me pr esident of Okl ahoma Christ ian Co llege, up on th e res igna­ tion of L. R. Wilson . T herefo re the Bairds were un able to go and the Lu cien Palm ers took . their pla ce. Late in 1954 th e Bawcoms and the Palmers arrived at Ikot Usen , Easte rn R egion , Nige ria , West Africa to begin two years of work . Durin g th e two years Broth er Bawcom taught in th e Ukp om Bibl e Co llege and directed the work of THE BAWCOMS th e native eva ngelists. H e worked very closely with C. A. 0. Essien, th e first Niger ian convert, who was o f the Christia n publishing compani es in the States . taught through a Bible correspondence cour se pr e­ However , her main occup ation was keep ing th e pared by th e Lawr ence Avenue church during World hom e runnin g fairl y smoot hl y, and teac hin g their W ar II. Before th e H owa rd Horton s a nd the J ames thr ee boys through the Ca lvert Co rr espond ence J ohn sons arri ved in Nigeria Broth er Essien h ad Schoo l in Baltimor e, Maryland. obeyed th e gospe l and had started some dozen con­ On Sund ays Broth er Bawco m join ed with . th e grega tions. T he Hortons and .John sons went to ot her work ers there in go ing from village to village Nigeria in 1952 as pi oneers to h elp Broth er Essien teac hin g, preach ing, an d helpi ng to bapt ize. Th ey in the wor k alr eady begun by him, living in mud­ would leave earl y on Sunda y mornin g with some and -palm -thatch ed houses for eight month s before sandwi ches, dessert , and a bottl e of boiled and filtered concrete block houses were cons tru cted by Bro. drinking water, and return late Su nd ay afte rn oo n J ohnson ju st outsid e the villa ge. The Bawcom family afte r having visited a num ber of villag·es pr eac hin g ( too k over th e work a nd housing facili ties of Brother and tea chin g th e gospe l. T hey coun ted app rox im ately Horton. thr ee hundr ed congregat ions when they left N igeria Durin g Broth er Bawco m's work in Niger ia he in 1956 to return to the States . T he wo rk cont inu es wrote a tr act, "Polygamy Is A Sin ," and helped to to move forward in N iger ia. dir ect th e wo rk agai nst po lygamy in th e loca l chur ches, which was at that time eat ing the vitals Essien and Bowcom families: Seoted-C. A. 0 . Essien, Mrs. out of the spiritual life o f many Chri stians. It con ­ Essien , B. E. Bawcom , Mrs. Bawcom, Mrs. Essien 's sister . On tinu es to be a problem in th e N iger ian work , a nd g round - Horry Bowcom , Burney Eli Essien (named ofter Bro. will be for severa l ge nerat ions. Bow com ), and Deon Bow com. Standing-Christion headmaster Sister Bawcom wor ked with Sister Essien in putti ng of village Chr istion school, and Dwight Bowcom . int o writt en form th e many nat ive Bible songs for One of th e hou ses built for use of the missionaries on the th e ot her mission ar ies and the native Christia ns. campu s of th e Ukpom Bible College . Conc rete Block house She also taugh t a lad ies class in the village chu rch with separat e kitchen, three bed rooms , office, living room , dining room , and insid e both. eac h Lord's Day as well as serv ing as an amat eur Picture of Bowcom family token in 1962: Seoted-B. E. nur se to many nat ive Africa ns who came to their Bowcom, Sheila , Louonno M. (McNeil). Standing-Deon, bac k door for medi cal atte ntion. Dwight , and Horry , Sister Bawcom also helped to type the Efik trans­ latio n to Bro . Paul T ucker's tract on "U ndenomin a­ tional Christ ianity" that was bei ng print ed by one We regret to say that Brother Essien has now BA WCOM , Burney E. May 21, 1913. passed to his reward. He was easily our most ab le Louanna M . (McNe il) June 1, 1917 gospel preacher who understood what it meant to Dwight M. October 24, 1942 be a Christian. It was with deep sorrow that we Harry E. January 26, 1945 heard of his death. Dean S. l~ebruary 26, l 948 The picture of the students in front of the Ukpom Sheila Jane September 5, 1957 Bible School building represents the first graduating Entered Field: 1954-1956. class of some forty students. Only Bible courses were Schools Attended: taught, and after two years these students were well B. E. Bawcom-Harding College, Pittsburg , Kan­ gro und ed in Bible knowledge. The boys selected sas, State Teachers College, B.S. and M.A. to attend th e school were those who could speak Louanna M. Bawcom-,i\lichita Univers ity-A .B. English , and had at least an average ability. Some very fine gospe l preachers have been developed in Dwight and Harry Bawcom-now attend ing Hard­ this training, and perhaps now the best work be ing ing College. done in Nigeria is by those natives who were trained Sponsored by: Lawrence Avenue Church of Chr ist, and grounded in the Bible knowledge. 104 Lawrence Ave., Nashvi lle, Tenn.

ELVIS HIJFFARD FAMILY

The house where the Huffords lived in lpat Usen, Uyo, Nigeria Mrs. Hufford participated in teaching groups of children as in this picture.

( MISSIONARY WIVES NEED TO BE BETTER PREPARED! M RS. B. E. B AW COM

\l\ 1om en exe rt a tr emend ous i nflu ence up on th ose in g th e women how to read th e Bibl e in th eir native closely assoc iate d with them, either for good or for language acco rdin g to th e "Eac h o ne teach o ne" evil. H oweve r, th ere is ve ry littl e mate ri al print ed lit eracy campa ign pionee red by Frank C. L aub ach on missi on work whi ch is suit abl e for teac hin g should be very th oro ughl y in vestiga ted by th ose women's classes, and yet th ere is a con tinuou s cry pl annin g to go int o und erd evelop ed countri es. for mor e mi ssionaries and pr eac hers at lectur eship s Wh en should a coupl e start over seas mission and throu gh Chri stian publi ca tio ns. We h ave tri ed wo rk ? H ere th e answers ran ge all th e way from to steer so clea r of th e orga ni zed mi ssionary society "No w, as soon as th ey become int erested in mi ssion th at we evidentl y feel we don't need to stud y mi s­ wo rk " to seve ral yea rs after th e coupl e is m arri ed sionari es and th eir pro blems at all ! O ver nin ety and exp eri enced in loca l pr eac hin g in th e U nit ed percent of th e mi ssio nari es now on the field were States, preferab ly wo rkin g· un der th e eld ership of influ enced to do such wor k whil e in Chri stian col­ th eir sponsori ng con gregati on to becom e bett er ac­ leges, showin g that th e home and th e loca l chur ch qu aint ed with th em. D epending up on th e situ ation , had very littl e in fluence up on such a decision. mo st advoca te overseas term s of thr ee yea rs at first, In view of th e forego in g facts, I have decid ed to with four to six m onths hom e on leave, and th en tr y to gat her resea rch m ateri al to writ e a stud y oth er tour s. course for wo men's classes and for th ose contempl at­ Wh at are the most pr essin g pr obl ems facin g mi s­ ing miss io n wor k by sendin g ou t a qu estionn aire to sionary wives? T he edu cat io n of their childr en is a mi ssionary wives all ove r the wo rld to obt ain var ious big p roble m in isolated areas, where most child ren facts and opini ons concernin g th eir wo rk. T hese are taught by th eir moth ers throu gh th e use of qu estions range all th e way from th e edu ca tion al corr espond ence cour ses. In civili zed areas, th e chil ­ and spiri tual qu alifications of a mi ssionary wif e to dr en seem to adju st easily to th e local schools, eve n th e adju stm ent s, livin g cond itio ns, ways she ca n help when th ey are condu cted in a for eign langua ge. Th e her hu sband , ways to ge t along with ot her work ers, famil y mu st beco me accusto med to being constantl y suggest io ns for imp rov ing th e work , meth ods of in th e publi c eye, livin g a "go ld -fish bowl" ex iste nce teac hin g, and changes she would make if she were in areas wh ere th ey arc quit e different in app eara nce to start ove r again . Alth ough th e pr oject is still in fro m th e natives. T he famil y mu st also lea rn to be its beginnin g stages, many o f th e first qu estionn aire s self-sufficient with out dependin g upon oth er Amer i­ were sent to th ose wh o had wo rk ed from four to can s for compani onship. A wom an needs th e com ­ te n years in va ri ous parts of th e world , and we shall pa ni onship of oth er wom en, and should by all tr y to p ass on some o f th eir conclu sions. mea ns lea rn th e language of th e loca l women so that she ca n communi cate better with them . T he mi ssionary wives themselves arc beg innin g to H ea lth is anot her very imp ort ant pr ob lem, a nd see the need for more ed ucatio n to prepare them for specia l p reca uti ons should be taken with food and th eir work . O f cour se a good Christian college edu­ drinkin g wa ter to avo id th e di seases carr ied by them ca tion with its em ph asis on Bibl e kn owledge and in most foreig n countri es, along with taking all th e mission projects is a di st in ct adv ant age, and th ese necessary shot s and vacc in ations, vit amin s, anti­ o th er cour ses are also recomm ende d: m 1ss1on malarial dru gs, and ot her mea ns to pr eve nt di sease . meth ods, psychology , anth ropo logy, sociology, chu rch T he pro per amoun t o f rest eac h day will help kee p histo ry, home eco nomi cs, foreign languages, me di cin e one in bet ter cond ition to do her work . She should (or at leas t first a id), teac her trai nin g for B ibl e dr ess modes tly accor din g to the climate , eve n th ough schoo l classes, and typ ing. All thi s, couple d with it mea ns p utt in g on ex tra clo th es to kee p war m in learn in g to be a goo d wife a nd mot her! mor e nort herl y clim ates, and wea rin g loose, cool W hat spi ritu al qualificat ions are helpful ? A n un ­ gar ments and a hea d cover ing in th e tro pi cs. selfish dedi cat io n to the Lord a nd a dep ende nce T he abilit y to ge t along with oth er mi ssionari es up on Him , a sin cere love for th e souls of oth ers, and th eir wives is also very imp ort ant , and for th at hosp ita ble, pat ient, a nd possessing an abund ance o f reason careful in vestiga tion should be m ade by th e th e Chri st ian virt ues. She shoul d be hum ble enough sponso rin g congrega tions to see th at the couple is to ma ke adju stm ent s easily to th e cul tur es of oth er matu re an d respectful of oth ers' opini ons, avo id ing cou ntri es, lea rnin g how to Christianize oth er peo pl es jea lousy, and able to di scuss and br ing prob lems out rath er than to Ameri cani ze them. int o the op en. T he most im po rt ant wor k do ne by th e wives is Howeve r, all th e wo men who have answere d so to keep a good Chri stian home in whi ch the famil y far have sa id th ey have found rea l happ iness in can find peace and har mony, and serve as a goo d doing Go d 's wor k on th e mission field, and are glad exam pl e to ot hers whom she is try ing to convert. th ey went. All agreed it h as bee n th e hap p iest and Ma ny teach wo men's and childr en's classes, usin g most soul -sa tisfying time of th eir lives. many visua l aids to make the lesso ns more impr es­ T here are many oth er q uestions to be st udi ed sive. T he nati ve women , even th ough many o f them which we do not have space to di scuss in this in un derd evelope d coun tries do not kn ow how to art icle. If you have rece ived one of these q ues­ rea d, need to be taught how to mak e a Christ ian tio n na ires, and have not filled it out , p lease send it hom e an d lea rn the attrib utes of a Chri st ian wom an in so that all the d iffere nt point s of view m ay be as well as B ibl e fundam enta ls. In cide n tally, teac h- re prese n ted. BECKLOFF , John W illi am Apr il 16, 1927 Dottie Mae February 19, 1929 J ohn Allan Jul y 15, 1954 Dean Ray November 20, 1955 Mark Paul J anuary 19, 1957 Nancy Mae September 13, 1958 Brother Beckloff atten ded (Centra l) Oklahoma Chr is­ tian Co llege; David Lipscomb Co llege; Pea­ body Co llege. Sister Beckloff a•tended Black Hills Teach ers' Col- lege, Spearfisl-i, So. Dak. ; David Lipscomb Co llege Baptized by R oy H. Lanier, Sr. Add ress: Box 101, Uyo , Nigeria, West Africa Ent ered field in 1961 (after some years on the mis­ sion fields in East Ten nessee) Number baptized: no accurate records kept. Sponsor: 7th and College, Mayfield, Ky. THE BECKLOFF FAMILY I was encouraged to beco me a missionary by: what I saw overseas, a grandmot her , parents, J ames 0. Beckloff; Sister Beckloff, born at Red Owl , So. Baird , Ro y H. Lanier , Sr., and J ack Meyer, Sr. This Dak. , J esse H. Moreland, Mo lli e More lan d decision came gradua lly over the yea rs of yout h. Bapt ized Udo Ekpo, a N ige ri an man who began Names of parents: Brother Beckloff, born at Hitch- preaching for a denominational gro up in 1913. He cok, Okla ., J ohn Ca rl Beckloff, Florence Na ncy formerly active ly opposed the teachin g of truth in hi s vill age . His age is unknown; but he is very old and a highly respected ch ief in his village. He also attended one of our Bibl e Colleges, and is at this elate very faithful in hi s pr eac hin g. His obedience has had a great imp act on the chur ch in his area in !;trength enin g and stabilizing the chur ch and shak­ in g the foundations of den omin at ion alism . Every clay is filled with ri ch exper iences in Ni­ ger ia: working among the 40,000 C hri st ians and 475 ch ur ches of Christ, correcti ng errors and gui ding these church es to live close to th e truth; seeing the Bible Correspondence courses gra din g abo ut 1500 lessons per week; hav in g our nat ion-wid e weekly radio broa dcast; visitin g among our ten elementary scho ols, hearing them sing familiar childr en's songs, but in their own native tongue, and seeing young N iger ians learning to be close to Goel; helping send John W. Beckloff preaching in Nigerian market-place out 5000 gospel papers per month; working with our 300 native evange lists; helpin g to see th at 8000 ch ildr en receive a d ail y Bible class ; seeing hundreds of churches build their ow n buildings and helping app oint scriptur al eld ers; seeing th e new Christian Secondary Schoo l being built; teaching several classes daily in one of our Bible colleges. Like Paul: pr eachin g in the market-places and by-ways to people who do not kn ow Chri st J esus; an d weeping a nd pra ying because the majority of th e 40,0 00,000 Ni­ geri ans have not yet heard the Gospel of Christ.

John W. Beckloff in Nigerian national costume Nigerian Christian School Teachers at Teachers Conference BENNETT , ,ve ld on Bailey Febru ary 19, 19 16 Ed ith Ir ene Jun e 23, 1918 Co nni e Jan e (Greer) August 20, 1939 Donald W illi am September 4, 194 1 Charl es Byron Jul y 27, 1947 Sherry Lynn September 4, 1951 Broth er Ben nett attended Abil ene Christian College and Pepp erd in e College Bap tized by A. 0. Co ll ey Sister Benn ett a tt end ed Abilene Chr istian Co llege Address: I 40 E. Pinehurst , La H ab ra, Ca li f. Broth er Benn ett is now on leave from th e Bibl e Faculty of Abi lene Chri stian Co llege workin g tow ard Ph.D . at the Univers it y of Southern California a nd THE BENNETTS AND THE DON FINTOS pr eac hin g for the church at La Habra , Cal if. Entered German y: 1949. Left Germany 1956. After we had spent four years in Frankfurt, Ger­ Baptiz ed: Approximate ly JOO. many , we dec ided, along with the Don Fintos a nd Di eter Goebe ls, to begin a new work in Hamburg. Sponsor: Jackson Aven u e Chur ch, Memph is, T enn es­ see To begin th e work there we rented a lecture room in Eppendorfer Hi gh School for a week's gospel Influ enced to go to Germ any by reading of the m ee tin g. Ov er ten thousand circul ars abo ut th e me et­ work th ere and by personal encour age ment from in g were distribut ed. Some 25 people ca me each br ethr en Otis Gatewood and Roy Palm er . eveni ng that first week. Of these on ly one perso n I work ed most of the tim e wh ile in college to pay obeyed th e gospel. This woman who passed away own ex penses. about one year ago (1962) was truly one of God 's sa int s. Durin g that first year four other me etings We lost our son, Charles Byron, six months after were held , two of th em in a tent , and severa l ,va lu­ we entered the mission field in 1949. H e was buri ed ab le con tacts were mad e. In 1954 we cond ucted in the city cemet ery, Frankf urt, Germany. On e year seve n tent mee tin gs, pr eac hin g 84 ni ght s during th e later Sherry Lynn was born in Frankfurt. summ er months , with an average of mor e th an 60 My wif e and 1 feel that th e 7½ years we spent in in attend ance eac h eve nin g. At th e end of thr ee years Switzerland and German y were th e most fruitful approximate ly 60 peo ple had obeyed th e gosp el. W e and rewarding of any yea rs in our li ves. It was be­ give our He aven ly Fath er thanks for all th e fr uit s cause of her ill hea lth th at we return ed to Amer ica of th e gospel. in 1956. W e regr etted that we cou ld not stay longer. Token in the living room of the Bennett ' s apartment, Hogenou Next to being on th e mission field I feel that helpin g 77, Homburg, Germany , 1954 . Left to right : Weldon , Donny , tr ain youn g p eop le in Abi lene Christian Co llege is Edith, Connie and Sherry Bennett . Martha Finto holding th e best way I ca n still help carry the gospel to th e Donna , Don Finto , holding David , Germon twins which they whole world. adopted . Left to right, Kurt and Heinrich Blum, twins ; Neuman brothers . I become acquainted with Heinr ich Blum in January 1949 in Zurich. He was on apprentice office clerk with o Swiss shipping company . His employer asked him to accompany me on the street car to the custom :; warehouse in order to get some of our baggage. He could speak o little English and I invited him to attend our English service on Sunday evening. He come and from the beginning showed interest in the gospel. A few weeks later he brought his twin brother, Kurt. After several weeks they were baptized by Brother Russell Artist . Both attended our Bible school at Frankfurt and later Abilene Christion College . They ore now full-time evangelists in Switzerland . The picture was token in April, 1949, near the gate which led to o small rear chapel of a large " Brethren Church " building . We rented this chapel for two Sunday services each week. Left to right : Kurt and Heinrich Blum, twins aged 19 (later bap­ Advertising o meeting which I held al the Westend Church tized Moy 11), Konrad Neuman, 20 , and Wolter Neuman, 19, in Frankfurt , 1956 . Signs ore in front of the large train both baptized April 19. station. Biographical Sketch My desire to be a foreign m1ss10nary developed The church on Mindoro Island has been instru­ previous to my entering college. While in college I mental in starting probabl y a half-dozen others and ( studied all of the books on missionary work that I still continues faithful after these 35 years . The man knew how to get hold of, trying to decid e th e field who was principal of th e public schoo l there , who that was most needy. My at tention finally focused was baptized during the first meeting and who be­ on Africa and China with a final decision to go to came the first lead er of the church, is still there and China as the first missionary from our churches of is still its chief leader and is now a retired school Christ to that country. The little church at Granite, teacher at lib ert y to devote a still greater measure Oklahoma assumed sponsorship because it happ ened of his time to the work of the chur ch. to be the home congregation of my wife and promised to send $ 15.00 per month . Many others BENSON , Mr. and Mrs. Geo. S., Harding Col lege did send regular ly but non e were firmly committed Searcy, Arkansas in adva nce. Entered China field in 1925 and co ntinued until The two most outstanding achievements were l 936 wh en elected President of Harding College. probably the founding of the Canton Bible School Worked in South China , Hong Kong and Philippine at Canton, China and the estab lishment of a small Islands. church at Rox as, Oriental Mindoro , Philippin e Is­ lands. Number Baptized: Approximate ly 300. In the Canton Bible School a few wer e so tr ained Sponsori ng Church : Granite , Ok lahoma th at th eir faith nev er wavered . A few gave their Salary Guaranteed: $15.00 p er month . lives for the gosp el when the Communists took over Attended Harper College (one of the forerunners China. of Harding College)

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( Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Benson DEVELOPMENT OF MISSIONARIES BY GEO. S. BENSON

T he bas ic charge given to th e Lord's chur ch a t give this college trammg. Th erefo re, th e Christian th e beginnin g of the chur ch age was to "make college is a n imp ort ant factor in th e training of disciples" and to " teac h them to observe all thin gs the se workers. A surv ey of thos e who hav e gone whatsoeve r I ha ve comm an ded you. " T his is a two ­ abroa d as missionari es revea ls th e fact th at 90 % fold responsibilit y. T he task of makin g disciples is of th em mad e up th eir mind to becom e missionari es not so difficult as th e task of ade qu ately teaching while in our Christian colleges. Th e amount of those who have beco me disciples. trainin g in our Christian colleges should be tre­ 1n order to preach Chri st to th e whole world men dously in crease d . New Missionaries sho uld be many, many more workers are req uir ed. lt is also taught the language of the peopl e of th e countr y imp ort ant that thes e workers be adeq uately tr ain ed. to which th ey are going; also th e customs a nd man­ Th e Lord train ed Moses for 80 years befor e send­ ners, the reli gions, the culture and civiliz ation. Paul ing him to lead Israel out of Egypt. The Lord understood all of thi s with rega rd to eac h country trained J osep h for 13 yea rs, befo re making him in which he worked. He is still the Prin ce of mis­ the for emost man in Egypt. Th e Lord train ed sionaries. If we would lik e to imit ate his results David many years befo re makin g him kin g over may we first imitate hi s pr eparation. Israe l. J esus train ed the apost les for 3½ years The imp orta nce of our Christi an colleges is clear ly in additi on to giving th em the bapt ismal measur e of recog nized wh en we rememb er that onl y 10% of the the Holy Sp irit to guid e them into all of th e truth youth from our Chri stian hom es atte nd our Chri st ian and to bring to th eir remembran ce all thin gs what­ colleges , while 90% of thos e who have gone to soeve r .Jesus had said. Paul was given several yea rs foreign fields mad e their decision s while in our for gro wth and deve lopm ent before sta rtin g on hi s Chri stian colleges . This mea ns that 90% or mor e of first missionary journ ey. thos e on for eign fields come from the I 0% th at Chri stian messengers today carr y a heav ier re­ atte nd Chri stian colleges whil e very few come from spo nsibilit y than do th e nation's top politi cal am­ the remainin g 90%. bassadors. In most cases years of training mus t pr e­ T his also makes one oth er point very clea r- that cede the appointm en t of a consular official or an is the point th at we should all be ac tive in trying ambass ador. In lik e mann er, our mission aries should to get more of our youn g peopl e in our ow n Chris­ be care full y selec ted and well trained. tian colleg es where th ey not only may be encouraged ·we mu st loo k to thr ee instituti ons to deve lop the to make a decision to help sp rea d the gospel at conscience, mak e th e selection an d do the tr ainin g. home and abroad but where they will also likely T hese thr ee inst ituti ons are the home , the chu rch become sufficiently gro unded to remain faithful to and th e Chr istian college. The hom e is still th e most the church for life, regardl ess of th e occu pation in influenti al inst itut ion in developin g character and whi ch th ey may become in volved. our homes today sho uld show grea ter dedic at ion and Every pro spective mi ssionary should seek th e best grea ter zeal for the sp reading of the gospel in order possibl e training. Moses and Paul are two of th e that youn g peopl e might grow-up with deeper con­ outsta ndin g charac ters of th e Bibl e and th ey were victions a nd mor e dedica tio n. each well-trained and well-edu cated. T he chu rch is a n influ ential institution in the buildin g of indi vidu al character. T he chur ch has a Our colleges also have a challenge in this regar d. respo nsibilit y in deve lopin g th e kind of dedi cation Eac h should be expanding its training program for th at will make for mor e missio naries because we missionar ies to the end th at a prosp ective missionar y need them both at hom e a nd abroa d . T he mi ssion would have a sat isfactory place to go to ob tain th e th e Lord gave to th e chur ch cann ot be carried out training n ecessary for max imum efficiency in hi s unl ess we have more a nd more ded icated workers . chose n field . May we pray for a grea ter demonstr ation of dedica­ May God bless the lea dership of all of our Chri s­ tion in th e Bibl e school hour and in the wors hi p tian colleges in expa ndin g th eir trainin g oppor tuni ­ serv ices of every church in th e land . ties; all of us in recog nizing th e trainin g necessar y Our Christian colleges also re nd er a tremendo us for max imum efficiency; and all of us in adeq uately serv ice. Co llege trainin g is very imp ortant for th e supportin g our Chr istia n colleges and encour aging missionary of toda y, eith er at home or abroad . more and more of th e youth from our Christi an Ne ith er th e home nor th e chur ch is pr epared to homes to atte nd our Christii.\n colleges. HARDING COLLEGE, SEARCY, ARKANSAS BY GEO. s. BENSON

Harding Co llege has always been not ed for its Mr. a nd Mrs. Kenn eth E. Elder, P.O. Box 60, ded ication to service. Beca use of its stron g teach ing Kalomo , Northern Rh odesia, Africa on this sub ject, stud ent s have bee n dee ply influ enced. i\Jr. and Mrs. H enr y E. Pi erce, Box !016 Lus aka, A co nsiderab le percent age of th e boys have become Northern Rhod esia, A frica pr eac hers and some hav e go ne into mission field s i\Jr. Or ville Britt ell, Post R esta nt e, Kalomo , N. R ., in our own co untr y. Oth ers have go ne abro ad. Centra l A frica Harding Co llege today is very co nscious of th e i\fr. and Mrs. J. D. Me rritt, Kaban ga Mission, fact that for eign mi ssion work is ex tr emel y difficult Kalomo , Northern Rhod esia, Afr ica and also co nscious th at th e results of our mission Mr. and Mrs. Stan Shewmaker, Namw ianga Mission , work demonstrate that we hav e fai led badl y in Kalomo No rth Rh odesia, Central, Africa prop er pr eparation of our mission ari es. Consequently , Lester Boyd Britte!! , Sinde M ission, P.O. Box 132, Harding Co llege, through its Graduate School of Li vingston , Northern Rhodesi a, Africa Bibl e and R eligion at Memp his, is offering con­ Edwin M. Crookshank, Box 158 1, Lus aka , No rth ern sistent and relative ly exte nsi ve tr ainin g in prepara ­ Rh odes ia, Africa tion for missionary work. Mr. H enry P. Ew in g, Box 1831, Bulaw ayo, Southern T he Apost le P aul und erstood th e language, th e Rhod esia, A Erica Mr. and Mrs. S. Dewitt Garr ett , 12 Kew Driv e, religions and the customs and mann ers of th e peop les contacted on his missionary journ eys. It is ex tr emely Salisbury , South ern Rhod esia, Africa import ant that missionaries today lea rn th e lang uage i\fr. Vernon C. Lawy er, 11-A Hurworth Road , P.O. of th e peopl e, th e religions of th e land and th e Hi gh lands, Salisbury, Southern Rhod esia, Centra l customs a nd mann ers of th e peo ple where th ey Africa choose to go. Just being a fore igner puts one at a M iss Monika Steiniger, P. B. 4 Macheke, Southern grea t dis adv an tag e. T hen when that one is also Rhod esia, Africa unfamiliar with the cus toms and manners , th e re­ Mrs. Boyd R eese , 37 Northcliff Flats , North Avenue, ligions , and th e language of the peo ple he is at an Salisbury , South Rhod esia, Southern Afr ica Mr. and Mrs. Dewayn e Dav enport , P.O. Box 3247, excee din gly great disadvantage. Kum asi, Ghana, W est Africa It appears that th e Lord , after selecting Sau l of M r. and Mrs. Willi am M. Curry , Jr. , Box 823, Aba, Ta rsus on th e Dam ascus road to be th e first mis­ Nigeria sionary to Gentil es, and in spite of the fact th at th e M r. and Mrs . Dou glas Lawyer , Box 323, Aba, N igeria , Lord had alr ea dy d ied for Ge ntil es as well as for B.W.A . J ews, st ill allowed some eight yea rs for th e seasoning Miss Elizabe th A. Beatty , Missao de Chil onda, C.P. and the spir itu al growth of Sau l befo re th e Hol y 25, Silva Porto , Bie Ango la, Portu guese W est Africa Spirit said "se parat e unto me Barnabas and Saul l\Jr. Jam es R . Massey, Box 614, A ba , N iger ia, W est for th e work where unto I have called th em. " Africa In order to make our missionary work mor e effec­ tiv e it is imp erative that th e churches exe rcise great er ARGENTINA care in th e selection of mission aries and th at th ey encoura ge far grea ter pr eparati o n on th e part of Mr. Rob ert T ipt on , CC 50, T ilar, Tc ia, De Bs. As., thos e selected and that th e entir e proj ect be very Argentina car efully plann ed and exec uted. On e return ed mission ary, after attending a cour se AUSTRIA at Memphis in M issionary Methods said: " I[ I could Mr. and Mrs. Rob R. Pitts , Daxwi eserstr asse 13, hav e had on ly this one cours e befo re go ing to the Dopp! bei Lim / Don au, A ustria fore ign field it would have saved th ree years of m y Mr. a nd Mrs. R obert L. Hare , Krott enba ch Strasse tim e and SI 5,000 of th e br ethr en's mon ey." 281 /1, Vienn a XIX , A ustria Missionaries train ed und er H ardin g Co llege teachers includ e: AUSTRALIA R ex Bullimore , c/ o G. R. Bullimor e, 192 Co llin s List of Missionaries Trained Under Harding Street , Hobart , Tasma ni a, A ust ra lia College Teachers Mr. Carm elo Case lla , P.O. Box 6, Holland Park , AFR IC A Qu ee nsl and, Austra lia Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Shewmaker , Box 22 Kalamo , BELGIU M Nort hern Rhod esia, Central Africa Mr. George Franklin Alexand er, c/ o Leon Clymore, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Timmerman , J r., 26 Rue du P.O. Box 742, Blantyre , Nysa land , Africa Trone , Brussels 5, Belgium Mr. and Mrs . Leon Cl ymor e, Box 742, Bl antyr e, Mr. and Mrs . J. Lee Rob erts, 30 rue Mosse lm an, Nysa lan d, Afr ica Lie ge, Belgium ( Mr. and Mrs. J ohn ' "'· Davis , Hail e Selassie Secon­ Mr. Don ald R. Taylor, 2 ru des Deportes , Verviers , dar y Schoo l, Gond er, Ethiopia , East Africa Belgi um CANADA Mr. and Mrs. Winfred 0 . Wright, c/ o L'Eglise du Christ, 3 rue Saint-Bertrand, Toulouse (H.G.) Mr. and Mrs. Walter Allen Dale, Great Lakes ( France Christian College , Beamsville , Ontario , Canada Mr. Douglas S. J\farsh, 42, Rue d' Austerlitz, Tour­ l'virs. Frank N. Ellis, c/ o Great Lakes Christian Col­ coing (Nord) France lege, Beamsville, Ontario, Canada Herman Johnson, Beamsville , Ontario, Canada Mr. Harold Tabor, Great Lakes Christian College, GERMANY Beamsville, Ontario, Canada Mr. and Mrs. Loyd F. Collier, 1 Byfanger Str. 85, Mr. Keith Thompson, c/ o Church of Christ, Beams­ Essen-Kupferdreh, Germany ville, Ontario, Canada Mr. Keith Coleman, Radio-Coleman, Frankfurt Am Mr. James T. Gilliam, 2621 Twenty-first Street, SW, Main , Frankfurt , Germany Calgary , Alberta, Canada Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Boyd , Leopoldstrasse 31, Karls­ Mr. and Mrs. James B. Williams, Box 327, North ruhe, Germany Battleford, Saskatchewan , Canada Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morris, Reinhold-Frank Mrs. William Mowat, R. R. 3, Beamsville, Ontario, Strasse 23, 75 Karlsruhe, Germany Canada Mr. Klaus D. Gobbels, Senckenberlage Anlage 17, Mr. Lynn Anderson, Box 51, Salmon Arm, British Frankfurt, Main I, Germany Columbia Miss Irene Johnson , Senckenberg Anlage I 7, Frank­ Mr. and Mrs. Sam Tumlinson, Jr., Box 51, Salmon furt / Main, Germany Arm, British Columbia, Canada Mr. Gottfried Reichel, 59 Graubundener Str., 8 Mr. John Lock, 583 Jarvis Street, Apt. 22, Toronto Munich 49, Germany 5, Ontario, Canada Mrs. Heinrich Korner, Helmstrasse 49 IV, Nuernberg, Mr. Harvey Wood, 355 Sussex Road, Sault Ste. Germany Marie, Ontario , Canada Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Olbricht, Adamstrasse 27 / I, Mr. Roman Dacyshyn, 276 Strathallan Wood, Nurnberg , Germany Toronto 12, Ontario , Canada Mr. and Mrs. Warren T. Whitelaw, 135 Glendon­ INDIA wynne Road, Toronto 9, Ontario, Canada Mr. Donald L. MacMurchie, 3194 Rutledge Street, Mr. Thomas L. Rucker, Vishakhaptnam, India Victoria, B. C., Canada Miss Betty Roemer, Box 555, Walseley, Saskatchewan, ITALY Canada Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Gibbs, Via di Villamagna 142, Florence, Italy CHILE Mr. Truman L. Scott, Via Sansoni 4, Pistoia, Italy Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hawkins, Oficina de Correos, Talca, Chile JAPAN Mr. Evert Pickartz, Embajada de E. E., U. U. or USA Santiago de Chile Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Betts, Ibaraki Christian Col ­ lege, Omika , Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki-ken, Japan CHINA Mr. Robert P. Nichols, C.P.0.-Box 921, Osaka, Japan Mr. Dennis Leon Allen, 473 Shun Ning Road, 1st Mr. Toshio Mayeda, 739 Nakada, Shizuoka-shi, Japan Floor, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Hammans, Fussa Post Office, Mr. Eric M. C. Fong, 719 Mathan Road, First Floor , Box 6, Tokyo-To, Japan Kowloon, Hong Kong, China Mr. Yukio Mori , Yoyogi P.O. Box I, Tokyo, Japan Dr. Masami Takata, Yoyogi Post Office Box I, Toyko, DENMARK Japan Sakari Nagano, Ibaraki Christian College, Omika, Mr. A. Wayne Harris, "Kirstinelyst", Assum Pr. Kuji-cho , Hitachi City , Ibaraki-ken, Japan Odensc, Denmark Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Eubanks, Byvaenget 6, JORDAN Hvidoure, Denmark Mr. Evertt Huffard, c/ o Victor Joseph, Box 529, FINLAND Jerusalem , Jordan Mr. Eddie L. Dunn , Katajaharjuntie 6 A 8, Heh,inki­ KOREA Lauttasaari, Finland Mr. Wallice Mays, Elontie 41, Pakila , Helsinki, Fin­ Mr. Malcolm E. Parsley, Church of Christ Mission, land Kimpo Station-No. Mountain 58, Tung Chun­ Mr. Richard Kruse, Lakero 26, Tampere, Finland RI , Yong Dong Myun-Kimpo County, Kyung GI Province, Korea FRANCE Mr. natl Mrs. Bill Ramsay, Box 15, Yung Dong Po, Korea Mr. Robert E. McAuley, 8 rue St. Bertrand, Toulouse Mr. and Mrs. 0. P. Baird , Six Hyo Chang Dong, (H.G.) France Youngsan-Ku, Seoul , Korea Miss Me lba J. Carlon, 6 Hyo Chang Dong , You11gsan OKINAWA Ku, Seou l, Kor ea ~Ir. Y. J. Lee , Chur ch of Chr ist, P.O. Box 375, H ang Mr. and ~Irs. Joe Canno n, CPO Box 495, Na ha, ( Ha Moon, Seoul, Kor ea Okinawa

LEBANON PHILIPPINES Mr. Car l P. Mat heny, Box 640, Amer ica n U niv ersity Mr. and Mrs . Victor N . Broaddus , Box 2635, Man ila, of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon Philippin es

NETHERLANDS PUERTO RI CO Mr. and Mrs . W ill C. Goodheer, Melo enstraat 86, Mr. J ack Meredith , Box 74, San Antonio, Puerto The Hague , Netherlands Rico

NEW ZEALAND SCOTLAND Mr. Gerald T. Starling , Box 1582, We llin gton, New ~Ir. and Mrs. Jerry D. Porter , 6 Tay11ish Drive , Zealand Glasgow, Scotland

( BILAK , Epi Stephan May 13, 1926 Martha R eba (Denny) Jun e I , 1926 R ebecca Anne May 15, l 957 ( Stephanie Ruth May I , 1958 Paul Steven Marc h 6, 1961 Jam es Michael September 15, 1962 Broth er Bilak attended th e In stitut e Bibliqu e in Paris, Franc e; David Lipscomb College, lVfontreal University, and ,I\Tayne State University. Baptized for th e remission of sins by Mr. Kudentshuk (a White Ru ssian) while in DP camp in Ger­ many. Sister Bilak att en ded David Lipscomb College an d Tennessee Polytechni c Institute in Cookevill e, Tennessee. Baptized by Hiram ·way. Entered Field: Franc e, 1950; Radio Evangelism , 1959 STEPHAN BILAK FAMILY (Messenger of Truth-behind the Iron Curt ain) Sponsor: Perr y Street congregat ion, 1180 North Perry way of Goel more pe rfect ly." H e rema ined in Paris , Street , Pontiac , Michigan working with th e brethr en, until he finished school Encouraged to be a missionary by reading the New at the Institut e Biblique . He receiv ed a scholars hip Tes tament. to attend David Lipscomb , and came to the States Yes, worked whil e in school; wife also worked. in 1951, married the former Reba Denn y, graduat ed from Lipscomb in 1957, and bega n working in Mon­ Biographical Sketch treal, Canada. At th e same tim e he began workin g in Plattsburgh , New York-sixt y mil es from Mon­ Epi Stephan Bil ak was born in the Ukraine (in tr eal- di vidin g his tim e between the two piaces. th e Southw est part of the Soviet U nion) May 13, Durin g this time , he was supported by th e , I\Testside 1926. During World War II he was taken to Ger ­ congregat ion in Cleburne, Texas . T he Bilaks now many for force d labor. Here h e was bap tized for have four childr en. the remission of sins, being influenc ed greatly b y A continu ed desir e to help his peop le in physical th e devoted lives of some people livin g in th e camp. as well as sp iritu al bondage led him to stead ily work After lib era tion, he went to France wh ere he was on lit era tur e in his nat ive lang uage and to look for reunit ed with hi s father, th e on ly ot her member of an open door to pr eac h to th em the wo nd erf ul news his immediat e family living out side th e Soviet U nion. he had learned. The first pi eces of li terat ur e were Hi s father now lives in Toronto , Ca nad a. print ed in 1957 und er the exce llent guid ance of the vVhile in Fra nce at tendin g an Institute of Bible , eld ers of the Gran ny \I\Thite congregation in Nas h­ he met Maurice Hall and Me lvin And erso n who ville, Tennessee. T hey also provided th e typ ewriter "took him unto th em, and expounded unt o him th e in the Ukrainian language that is st ill being used . T he open door appeared in 1959 wh en he went to M ichigan Chri st ian College to teach Ukra ini an a nd Missions at th e newly opened institution. While here th e opport uni ty came to pr eac h over a short ­ wave station, Radio Mont e Carlo. T his sta tion beamed pro gra ms into th e Soviet U nion. Later wh en this station was take n over by th e government, religious programs were discontinued, but immedi­ ately Goel ope ned anot her door - this time Trans vVorld Radio , a privat ely owned stat ion in th e same locat ion . Beginnin g with one pro gram p er wee k­ and very littl e respo nse (mai l), there are now seven programs per wee k, and in th e last year a response of over 1000 lette rs. In view of the strict ma il censor ­ ship , this is an amazing response. ln addit ion to these dai ly fiftee n-minute programs , th ere are two programs broadcast from Sout h Korea , beamed in to th e area of Siber ia. T hese two pro grams are re ­ broadcast free of char ;:re each week. v\lh en th e Cleb urn e congregatio n found a famil y to go to Franc e- where th eir int er est was in the beginn ing- the Sylvan Lak e congr egat ion in Pontiac took th e overs ight. When the work in creased to daily STEPHAN BILAK programs the Perry Street congregation decided to sponsor these programs. This is a much larger con­ been printed and are ready to be mailed to contacts. gregation with a strong eldership. This work has The typing of these lessons , their correction upon been able to increase to such a great extent because return from contacts, reading of letters received, and of the willingness of members of either congregation their answers , preparation, typing and taping of to work many hours assisting in any way that they sermons , are phases of the work that so far only are able. brother Bilak can do. The Bible correspondence course by Monroe The address for mail is: "Russia for Christ", Box Hawley has been translated and four lessons have 384, Pontiac, Michigan. BIXLER , Or ville De an May 12, 1896 Anna Bell Adcox Bixler Former Mr s. 0. D. Bixler , now decease d ( D 'L ila Beth Bixl er, pr ese nt Mrs. 0 . D . Bixl er A ugust 24, 1896 Address: Central Post Office, Box 433, Tokyo, J apan Entered Fie ld : 1918 Schoo l Attended: George Pepp ercline College Sponsor: Church of Chr ist, Beu chel, Kentu cky

This picture is of interest as it reveals "love gifts " from many of you dear friends in U.S.A. and Japan .

Ochanomizu Church and Friends from Koimei Ch ristian Acade ­ Bro. and Sis. Moore of Pepperdin e College , w ith The Bixlers my we lcomed a bus load (61 ) of Bro. Suzuki 's Children and visit th e home of Bro. (Governor ) and Sis. lwakam i in Milo , Staff from " The Children 's Home" Decemb er 27 , 1963 . Eight Japan , Janu ar y 2, 1964 were baptised MISSION TERMINATED

In 1962 Gary Blake, hi s wif e Mary, a nd th eir two childr en ent ered Ethiopi a with th e sp ecific goal of establishin g a school for th e dea f in Addis Ababa. Durin g th e past year Bl ake a nd Lenni e Dard en, hi s assistant , have had most sati sfyin g success in achi ev­ ing this goa l. Not onl y h as th e school been estab­ lish ed and grown to twent y stud ents , but at leas t five oth er maj or acco mpli shm ent s have bee n achi eved. (1) On e dea f stud ent , Gelm a, has bee n conv ert ed. (2) Demere, an Ethiopi an teac her was conv ert ed ; Bl ake and Dard en h ave train ed him to work with dea f stud ent s so th at he is now workin g full tim e in thi s capacity. (3) Par ent s are bein g edu cated in und erst andin g and workin g with th eir deaf childr en. (4) Lo cal busine ss m en are assumin g th e resp onsibilit y of pro vidin g appr enti ceship s for dea f stud ents so th at th ey can rece ive on-th e-job exp eri ence whi ch will enabl e th em to becom e in ­ depend ent. (5) Th e School of Social Work at th e Uni versit y of Addis Ababa has selected th e dea f scho ol as a social work in which its stud ents mu st be pl aced for " field work ex peri ence." Th ese accom­ plishm ent s are most encour ag ing. Gary Blak e, h av in g termin ated his missi on in Ethiopi a, is returnin g to th e states. Th e chur ch is de epl y ind ebt ed to him for th e goo d found ation th at he has laid. T he Ethiopi an governm ent has bee n especially impres sed with his good work and has com e to ha ve a hi gher rega rd for our entir e pro gram GARY BLAKE be cause of him. For yea rs th e work in Ethiopi a will continu e to rea p benefits as a result of his effort s. Lenni e Dard en, who befo re goin g to Ethiopi a has KURT BLUM'S CAMP IS A WORTHY several years ex peri ence as coun selor at th e Cali­ fornia School for th e D ea f, has bee n Blake's assistant PROJECT this past yea r. H e has assumed th e responsibility of RI CHA RD W AL K ER Dir ector of th e school. Demere will assist him . J. C. Moor e was assur ed that th ese two would be abl e to Kurt Blum has pur chased a pi ece of pr opert y carr y on with th e twenty dea f childr en. H e fee ls, hi gh in th e Swiss mount ain s with a wond erful view how ever, th at th e pro gram must be exp and ed. In of th e Alp s to be th e perm anent sit e for hi s annu al ord er for thi s exp ansion to take pl ace, at least two youth camp. H e desir es to build a modest but at­ dedic ated men qu alified to teach the deaf need to tra ctive vaca tion hou se in tim e to be used next sum­ ent er th e Ethiopi an missi o n field within the next mer. Several car lo ads of Ameri ca n br ethr en from year. Thos e being considered for th e work at thi s Karl sruh e and P epp erdin e stud ent s from H eid elb erg tim e ar e Br ethr en Jimm y Da vidson a nd Jack B. made a trip up to th e camp site rece ntl y to help Pri ce. Our hop e is that the y can be on th e field by build a ro ad. Contributions can be sent to A. Z. Jul y 1st, 1964. H ays, 458 Coll ege Dri ve, Abil ene, T exas. BOYD , H. Glenn March 5, 1930 Shirl ey (Peg an) Marc h 8, 1930 J anet Lynne Aug ust 4, 1958 ( J ohn Kelley October .12, 1961 Address: Leopoldstrasse 31, Karlsruh e, Germany Entered Field: March , 1958 School Atte nd ed : H ardin g College Sponsor: Littlefi eld Dri ve Chur ch of Christ , Littl e­ field , Texas My wi fe and I have been i11 Karlsruhe for four years , as of Ma rch 18, 1962. vVe have two adop ted childr en, both German , both came to us at the age of seven days. We got the littl e girl , J anet L yn ne, and then thr ee years late r we go t th e littl e bo y, John Kell ey. Glenn, Shirley , Janet Lynne, and John Kelley Boyd T he church here is ap pare11tly stable , with 39 memb ers. "\,Ve moved int o our own mee tin g pl ace last year and sin ce th at tim e have had about twelve or thirt een add ition s. We have also had a few subtr ac tion s, which will always be th e case if the body remains pur e. "\!\Te have 110 definite plans as to Biographical Sketch how long we will be her e. "\,Ve pr ay that the Lord I was reared in a Christian famil y in Frederick, will guid e us in all of our decision s. Our Elders in Oklahoma. My father was an Elder for yea rs at Littl efield have agreed to supp or t us until 1964, at 10th and Gladstone. That congregat ion help s in our which time we will make arr ange ments for a trip working fund here. My moth er (69) still lives ther e to the U.S. and we hope to return to this field . We and one brother. I am th e youngest of seven children h ave found th e language challeng ing, but now are and all are faithful to the Lord . My wife was raised able to do mu ch work as well as hold some meetings in Ohio on the far m. H er moth er is a Christian in Germ an. "\,Ve have childr en's classes, midw ee k and her two sisters and one brother-in-law. "\,Ve met classes, two serv ices on Sundays , plus the Ame ri can at H ard ing College and marri ed while I was workin g cong regat ion which is m ade up of servi cemen and on m y M.A. Degree. Shirley taught five years and I their families. preached for th e chur ch in South Point , Ohio. Then we came to Germany.

Show -case in front of building Glen Boyd in front of building WURZBURG, GERMANY

SCHUMANN BREWER

Greeneville, Tennessee

As God would have it, just at th e time I sold m y busin ess in 1958, Brother Otis Gatewood came to the 4th Avenue congregation, Franklin, Tennessee, for a meet ing. I was an elder there at th e time and thus was thrown with Broth er Gatewood a great d ea l. During the stay in Franklin, he approached me a nd my wife , asking us to go to Wurzburg, Germany , as mission aries . The ide a at first was out of the ques­ tion an d would have been rejected except for two things. On e being that I had never really been happy in business and the Lord's work was wh at I rea lly wanted to do. I had been workin g in the church for many years. I had been pr eac hing since 1939. When I was not pr eaching , I was leading the singing or teac hing classes most of the tim e or both. I had an office at th e church building , spending most of my tim e th ere. Secondly was the urging of my wife. She had seen for a lon g tim e my desire to do th e Lord's work and was ready to spend th e tim e in Europe at any cost. As a result , we left Franklin for Germany in June , 1958, for a two years stay in Wurzburg. Our aim was to work with the small American congregation there until Ludwig Klink e finished Abilene Christian College and returned to Germ any, his native land. W'e wer e to try to build up th e American congregation for its own good and for the goo d it could do the German work. W e want ed to secure th e meetin g plac e and mak e it more presentable for both congregations. Th e me et­ ing pl ace was in an old bombed out building that had been used as Hitl er's center for telephone com­ SCHUMAN BREWER muni ca tions . The city was 65% d estroyed in 1945 by the British Air Force and th e building we met in advertiz e our meeting in th e local newspaper. These did not esca pe heavy damag e. papers are controlled by the Catholic Church and W e went to work with th e 15 or 20 who had bee n they will not allow any religious advertising to go assembling for worship a nd by th e tim e two years in th e paper exce pt th at which the y favo r. Of course, had passed, th e congregation numb ered 120 and had it is difficult to mak e a broad statement about th e ap point ed two elders a nd thre e d eacons. It was the ge neral conditions in Germany or any other country. first American congregation in Germany to hav e The best that I can do is speak about Wurzburg and officers so far as we know. This growth was not its possibilities. Wurz burg is a town of some I 25,000 without disappointment and failure. W e baptized peopl e, the m ajority of whom embrace th e Roman some 29 persons , some of whom quickly turn ed Catholic faith. In fact, 95% of the population are from the Lord. Oth ers were not as faithful as the y nominal Roman Catholics. There is a university should hav e been. The schedule of the Army was a loc ated there and most of the personn el, both faculty constant source of conflict. It was a difficult thin g and students, are not int erested in religion except to plan a program for the church beca use of this. in name only. The atmosphere that this creates In the summer of 1959, Broth er Klink e came to makes it hard to get anyo ne interested in hearing his work in Wurzbur g. At th at time, German ser­ th e Gosp el. For man y years th e government and the vices were started and I think the numb er present church hav e be en united in this city. It was here for th e first service was 20. The German work did th at th e first Prince Bishop lived. Today th e larg est not grow as fast as th e American work beca use it an d finest buildings are buildings in the city that had to start from the ve ry bottom . The Americans were erected as places and quarters for the Princ e had a goo d nucleus from which to start. We also Bishop. vVurzburg is known as a bishop's town. On e had mov e-ins along with the conversions. But , had of th e bishops of th e Rom an Catholic church lives the German work had a nucleus and h ad ther e there now . The people ac tu ally fall down on the been mov e-ins, it would still have bee n hard. Th e sidewalk and worship him wh en he passes. Roman Catholi c Church is imbedd ed in West ern Amid all this influ ence, th e church is struggling Germany to such an ex tent that it can, by eco nomic to maintain itself. The gro wth of th e Germ an con­ pressur e, make it difficult on thos e who would be greg ation has been slow. Most of the ones who have ( true followers of Christ. For exam ple, we could not obeyed the Gospel have been women in th e late years of lif e. Th e need th ere is for male leadership out sid e can eve r kn ow th e intri cac ies of a society as and youn g people. If th e chur ch is to sustain itself one who has bee n raised in it. On e who know s th e younger people mu st be conv ert ed. T he youn g p eopl e society will have a be tt er chan ce of teachin g th at ( are hard to re ach . T hey do not feel th e n eed of society. Our aims should be th e tr ainin g of Germ an Christ. Ge rm an y at th e pr esent time is one of th e men to carr y the Gos pel to th eir own peopl e. Th e mo st pros p erous countri es in th e world. Th ey are W iesbadan co ngr ega tion is doing thi s very thin g rich in m ateri al wea lth and th e peo pl e are giving thems elves more and more to th e mat eri al sid e of and alr eady th ey have men in th e field th at are life. Th ey fee l the need of nothin g. Sin ce th ey hav e accompli shin g th e wo rk of th e Lord wh erever th ey embr aced a religion , th ey are sati sfied, and it is ar e. W e ne ed to g·o into every nation , but as we very difficult to reac h th em with th e truth. go to th ese nations, let us do so with a mind to Th e pr esent need , as I see it , is for m or e Germ an tr ain th e loca l p ersonn el to carr y Go d's me ssage to pr eachers and teachers. No one comin g in from th e th eir own peop le.

The place of meeting in Wurzburg THE J. A. BRITTELL FAMILY

Our little garden is full of buds bursting forth Christ on foreign fields were form er pupils of that into beautiful flowers which we trust will beautify school. Fifteen percent of the Missionaries to North­ the church of our Lord. Our hearts were made very ern Rhodesia, Africa , are, or were, pupils , or are ( happy today when Sobe , husband of our oldest chi ldr en of pupils from WBLC. orphan , J oy, (he is head-master of the Kantumbi But the chief reason we are in Africa is because school) came by an d told us of the five he had God and His Son sent us. "Go into all the world. " baptized there this school term. This mak es us Africa is a part of th e world ! realize more fully that God 's word planted in the ',!\Tith His send ing, He became our sponsor ("Lo heart of a chi ld will not return to Him void , but I am with you"). "See k ye first th e kingdom of will produce precious fruit for the Master's use . heaven That's why it breaks our heart to have turned 27 motherles s babies from our door bec ause we have God has, through His children, carried out His reached our restricted limit of 80. Just today a call promise , even though we hav e often fail ed to carry came from the District Officer , Kalomo, asking us to out our part. Words are inad equate to convey our tak e tiny twins. deep gratitude to Him and to you clea r friends of May some hearts be inspired to hear the call of the Lord for all you have done to mak e poss ibl e these helpless bab es and come start another Orphan­ our feeble efforts to bear fruit. age so that more tender buds may unfold and bring Pray that others may be inspired to go. beauty an d fruit in this neglected portion of His 38% of our 80 children have been baptiz ed into vineyard so inf ested and blighted with the tares of Christ. Sll1. In His great service, Jesse e, Augusta , Elaine Britt ell

BRITTELL, Jessee Alvin January 25, 1890 Augusta May April 28, 1894 W. Elaine March 14, 1922 Lester Boyd May 25, 1924 Gladys Marie June 31, 1926 Orville Dale (not 111 picture) August 25, 1920 Brother Brittell attended Western Bible and Literary College Baptized by Bro. Paynter in Nebraska Address: Church of Christ Orphanage , Sinde Mis­ Sister Brittell attended ·west ern Bible and Lit erary sion , P.O. Box 132, Liv ingstone , N . Rhod esia, College Central Africa Baptized by Bro. H. J. Hood in Missouri I am enclosing our group of orphans (80), which Address of Jessee Alv in , Augusta May , and Wilm a is our limit in this orphanage. Authorities would like Elaine: P.O. Box 132, Sinde Mission , Living­ to see another orphanage , but there 's no one to stone , Northern Rhodesia , Central Africa tak e over. Lester Boyd Brittell was baptized by Glenn Moreland Various reaso ns influ enced us to come to Africa . in California. I was left an orphan at five years , and realized how very mu ch I need ed a mother. My father, and later His chi ldr en: Joye C., Rit a Carrol, Samuel, Rick ey, my step-mother , were kind and helpful to those in Linda Faye. need. Th e unselfish lives of the Gardners and other Gladys Marie Brittell Clarke, baptized by Glenn teachers of ',I\Testern Bible and Literary College , More land in California, married Terrance Clarke coupled with their deep spiritual teaching to sacrifice to save others , were great influ ences. At that time (native of Africa). Gladys attended P. C. about 80% of all the missionaries of the church of Academy .

( Orville Dale Brittell attended P. C. Academy and Harding College, baptized by Jasper Gardner in ( California, and entered the field in 1938. His address is: Kolomo P.O., General Delivery. One father brought premature twins weighing 3½ to 4½ pounds in a pastebo ar d box, with small sticks across the bottom to keep them from dropping out , 14 miles in a cold winter. Just before he reached the orphanage, he bathed them in the river. There were the imprints of the sticks in their little heads . It took two hours by the oven door to get any warmth back into their tiny bodies. One leprous woman, who has neither hands nor feet, crawls from her hom e village some 5 miles away, followed by her blind husband, to get their meal. He carries the meal and follows her by the noise she mak es as she scrambles over the stony path . Another blind leper comes 3½ miles each month led by a small child to take his meal. This past week, a man about 26 brou ght a little girl 13 or 14 years old, very small for her age. Th e girl didn 't know she was to be married until the grandmother came and caught her and began beat­ ing her, telling her she was to be married that night. She began to cry. She ran away from the man about seven times. Finally, the Headman said the man could h ave his money back, and he let her go home. Byrl B. Brockman Family, West Texas Bible School, Lubbock Africa needs workers to teach th em! Who will come???? Address: Latin-Americ an Bible School, 5601 West 19th , Lubbock , Texas BROCKMAN, Byrl Bozeman April 11, 1922 Evonne Westerman Entered Field: 1959 Shanna Vey Brockman Age 16 School Attended: Abilene Christian College Byrl Bozeman Brockman, Jr. Age 14 Encouraged to go into mission work among the Robert Brockman Age 7 Spanish speaking people by Arthur P. Davis. BROOM , W ende ll Wri ght , Sr. April 6, I 923 Bett y Billin gsley Febru ary 29, 192,1 W end ell Wri ght , Jr. Jul y 4, 1947 Ma ry Elizabeth Nove mbe r 16, 1950 David Billin gsley April 18, 1950 Mar ga ret L a Ve nn e Feb ru ary 12, 1955 Kathr yn A nn e April 21, 1958 J onath an Ch arl es Febru ary J 3, J 962 Ad dress: 109 Pike Cr ee k R oa d, Mea dowoo d, N ewar k, Delaw are E nt ered Fi eld: 1955, return ed home 1960 Scho ol A tt end ed : W end ell Wri ght , Sr., Abil ene Chri sti an Coll ege Bett y Billin gsley, Abil ene Christi an College Spo nsor: Te nth and Fr ancis Chur ch, Okl ahoma Cit y, Okl ahoma W.W. BROOM FAMILY T he years we sp ent in N igeri a were th e ri chest five years of our li ves, Thi s was tru e beca use th ere throu gh N igeri an effort s. T he resultin g four to five was among th e peo pl e a gr ea ter hun ger and thirst hundr ed congrega tions could n eve r possibl y h ave after th e word , more need of Christ-of whi ch th ey been pl ant ed by th e five or six men on th e field at were consciou s- and mor e eage rn ess to hea r. Oft en any given tim e. Th e tru e natur e of spont aneous in op en air pr eac hing situ ations, th ere wo uld be an exp ansion of th e chur ch of Goel throu gh th e pow er hour 's sermon , foll owed by on e or two hour s o f of th e H oly Sp irit has been demon str ated in Ni geri a, qu estions a nd a nswers. showin g th at it is po ssibl e to spr ea d th e kin gdom Th e trainin g of youn g Afri can men to be evange l­ with out financial und er-writin g and Am eric an sub­ ists and to work amo ng th eir vill age congrega tions sidi es. Goel bl essed us with good hea lth , sa fety, and was also a thrillin g a nd very rewardin g work . Th e spiritual growth durin g this tim e in ways th at we fruitful decision to tr ain th em has bee n ampl y never dr eamed could eve r happ en. To Him be ju stified in th e continuin g spr ead of th e chur ches glory and honor.

( BR OWN , W ill ia m Leslie M ay 7, 1896 Ad di e Mae Ap ril 2, 1897 Robert , Ardat h, W illi am, Be tt y, Allen, ( David , Bernar d (all childr en are mar ri ed) Brot her Brown att ended Od essa Bib le Co llege; bap­ tized by Lawr ence H ea ly Sister Brown a tt ended Odessa Bi ble Co llege; bap ­ tized by J. C. Bu n n Address : 1302 E. Moore , Searc y, Ar kans as At pr esent : Pr eachin g and sell in g pharma ceuti cals and biologicals; teac h ing Bib le classes. En ter ed field: Marc h 15, 1929 E ncour age d to go to m ission field by: J. D . Merr itt , Do n Ca rlos J anes W. L. and Addie Brow n w ith on English broth er and sister who visited us at Nho w e. We ore standing on our front verandah Yes, W . L. wor ked while in schoo l Add ie Mae Brow n was born a t Dave nport , N ebr aska. W. L eslie Brow n was born n ea r T op eka, Kansas. Parents : M r. and Mr s. J. A. Ro les; fath er now Par ent s: J\fr . and Mr s. A. R . Brown (both de­ decease d, moth er now Mr s. C. F. Lamb ert , Yor k, ceased) N ebr aska BRYANT, R ees Odeil September 12, 1930 Pat ti Mattox April 8, 1933 Sara J o June I , 1955 William R ees September 3, 1957 ( ) David Ma ttox December 3, 1959 Rebecc a Layne Decemb er JO, 1961 Brother Bry ant attended Mars Hill Bible School, Freed-Hardeman College , and H ardin g College , B.A. , M.A . Baptized by John D . Cox , J an uary, 1948. Sister Bryant attended H ar din g College, baptized by F. W. Mattox. Address: Box 823, Aba, N igeri a, or Lubb ock Chris­ tian College, 5601 W. I 9th Street , Lubbo ck, Texas Entered field: 1958 Bapti zed: 300 Sponsors: Proctor Street church, Port Art hur , Texas , South Park church , Beaumont , Texas I was encour age d by Paul Sherrod an d Oti s Gate­ wood durin g a trip they made to Florence , Alabama, whil e I was a hi gh school student. L ater, I was enco ura ged by teac hers at Hardin g College. My wif e was encour aged by her parents and by Myrtle Row e at H ardi ng College. Yes, I worked to pay my ex­ pens es in college. R ees Bry an t was born in Mem phi s, Ten nessee. His parents are Mr. and Mrs . E. 0 . Bryant, 214 How ell Street; Florence , Alabama. Mrs. R ees Bryant was born in Oklah om a City , Okla. H er parents are Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Mattox, Lubbock Christian Col­ lege, Lubbo ck, Texas. REES AND PATTI BRYANT Billy Rees, Sara Jo, David Mattox Interesting Experiences in the Field physical ancestors for th e help he needed so desper­ On O ctob er 18, 1958, I debated a 'pr iest' of th e ate ly. He was lost ! \,Vith out hope! \,Vithout Goel! National Church of N igeri a and th e Cameroons. I You who read this will never see that m an. So far affirmed th e position that Jesu s Christ is th e Onl y as I know , I never saw him but once ; and I fai led Bego tten Son of God and the Savior of th e world. to co nvert him to Chri st. But I can st ill see the H e deni ed it ! The National church is "Nigerian glazed look in his eyes, an d I can still hea r the utt er Nationalism gone to seed" with a ge nerous sprinkling hop elessness in his weakening voice as he cri ed thos e of mod ernism thrown in. Their official 'Catechism ' hear t-rendin g words: "Nna , N na!" contains m any mod ern isti c ideas prob ab ly introdu ced into N iger ia via lib eral Anglicanism. My last pr eac hin g app ointm ent o n Sund ay, April 27, 1958, was at th e chur ch in Aka nu Ngwa, N iger ia. I remember go in g into a pagan compound in As the servic e ende d, thr ee confessed faith in Christ N iger ia one afternoon to help a sick m an who was and requested bapti sm. vVe ent ere d the sta tion reported to be dying. Afte r I had waited for a few wagon, drove three or four miles, turned clown a minut es, a dark skeleton of a man emerged from a bush path thr ough a rubber plantation , and drove mud hut , supported by hi s relatives who half-dra gged , anot her mile or two through it until we were sto pp ed half- carri ed him across the yard and laid him in by a tr ee which had blown clown across our path. the ba ck of my stat ion wagon. His skin hun g loos ely Afte r walking anot her half mile , we finally came to to his bones, and hi s body was racked with pain. a steep bank which led ab ruptl y clown to the strea m. H e was seized per iodicall y with viol ent fits of A pagan villa ge lay alon gside th e st ream, just und er vomiting. As we started down a bush road toward th e ban k. We passed through it to the water's edg e. the nearest hosp ital , the old man began calling upon To our right was a ju ju shr in e. Beh ind us was th e his ancestors. With a most piteous and heart-r en din g pagan village. U pon us an African ni ght was settling. vo ice, he cri ed out in th e Ibo langu age, "Nna, Nna!" As the ligh t of day disappeared, three penitent be­ "Fa th er, Father!" But he wasn't callin g upon the lievers went down into the water. A Nige ri an God of th e Bibl e, the Father of our Lord a nd preacher baptized them. T hen we came up from the Savior J esus Chr ist. H e was callin g upon hi s own stream and up th e bank from the pag an vill age . By then it was dark . I switched on my flash light. It s just obeyed Him who said , "I am the light of the welcome light flooded the pat h ahead. But a greater world ." Today , that light shines through them in ( light flooded the sou ls of three Nigerians who had the darkness of Akan u Ngwa .

REESBRYANT AND MARSHALL KEEBLE JIM MASSEY AND REES BRYANT Nigeria , 1960 Nigeria, 1960 BYBEE , Howard March 8, 1926 Doris Rudolph Byb ee Nove mber 18, 1932 J enn ifer May 6, 1954 ( Kevin Dayle August 13, 1957 Kyle Wayne August 8, 1959 Address: L eva degli A ngelo I 0, Vicenza, Jt aly Temporari ly home on furlough , c/ o 0. C. Rud o lph , 613 Co yle Str eet , Ga rl and , Texas E nt ered Field : 1950 Schoo l Attended: Pep perdin e Co llege Spo nsor : Ga rl and , Texas (8t h and Aus tin )

Parents of Howard Bybee: H artwell Lee a nd J enn y Dr aper Bybee . H owa rd Bybe e was born in HOWARD BYHEE FAMILY Bokchito , Oklahoma. Parents of Dori s Byb ee : Opi e Clyde and Wi ll ie Compton Rud olph . Doris Bybee custod y but thr ee ot her Amer ica n missionar ies an d was born in Garland , Texas. I in sisted that if th ey did so they wou ld have to pu t Harold Pad en came to I ta ly with the first gro up o[ us in jail also because he had don e not hi ng we had missionari es in 1949 wh ile I was still in college. H e not don e. They finall y dec ided to let the Italian wrote back to Brother Ca rl Mit chell and I telling o[ br othe r go free and in about two weeks the polic e th e oppo rtuniti es and th e need for more work ers oppositio n cease d and the Lord 's chur ch was estab­ and encour ag ing us to come ove r. , ,ve decided to do lished. A numb er of art icles were writt en in th e so and left th e following year as soo n as we finished Italian newspapers about th e incident and throu gh schoo l. I wo rked in Mil an with Brot her Pad en for a th at mea ns the chu rch rece ived wide sp read publi cit y year and the n wen t to estab lish th e chu rch in Padova. that it could have never received ot herwise . After a noth er year and a half , l went ba ck to Short ly aft er beginni ng the chu rch in Vicenza in America for a visit and spea kin g tour for six month s. 1958, I was put on trial on charges of defamatio n v\lhile home, I rais ed the money to bu y a buildin g in of th e State R eligion on th e basis of a serm on con­ Padova and also marri ed Dori s Rudolph of Garl and , cernin g th e worship of re lics and immag es. Thi s Texas. v\le have cont inu ed to work in It aly except in cident also turned out to th e furth erance of th e for th e years 1956 and I 957 which we spent work­ Gos pel. It afforde d me an opp ort unity to preac h to ing with the chur ch in W hi tesboro, Texas. , ,ve ar e many peo ple in the cour troo m and for th e chur ch now working in Vicenza where we esta blish ed the to rece ive a grea t dea l of pub licit y throug h th e chur ch in 1958. newspapers. Aga in 1 believe that my Am er ica n At th e first meet ing of th e chur ch in Leghorn the citizenship help ed influ ence th e ver di ct in which I polic e came and arr ested th e It alian pre acher. As was comp lete ly abso lved because sin ce th en two soon as th ey escorted him out , I too k th e floo r and Jtali an pr eac hers have rece ived sent ences of up to a continu ed th e pr eac hin g. T hey d idn 't stop me , year in pr ison for simil ar cases. evid ently because I am an Amer ican citi zen, bu t Thes e few words po int out th e grea t respons ibili ty they stayed and guar ded th e door. l preach ed for a th at belongs to all Amer ica n Christi ans in taki ng wh ile primari ly to th e policemen and th en we closed th e Gospe l to the world . First of all, beca use we are with a song and prayer. A fter th e service, th e Chri st ians blessed wit h th e knowl edge of the sav ing po lice decid ed to take th e It alian prea cher in to message, and seco ndl y, because God has end owe d our nat ion with prestige and inHu ence that G 111 help us deliver that message if we will just accept the chall enge.

Howord Byhee discussing tric;il with lc;iwyer , December 1959 Howc;ird Byhee during pre ss conf erence during Leghorn trouble, 1954 BYERLEY , Jay R. March 29, 1935 Pauline Lenore Felix Byerley April I 3, I 933 Karen Frances Byerley May 27, 1959 Theresa Elaine Byerley December 19, 1960 Paul Jay Byerley February 7, 1964 Address: l 160 Jefferson , Apt. 19, Memphis , Tennes­ see. (Home on furlough) Entered Field: 1960 School Attended: Jay R. , Harding College and Grad­ uate School; Lenore , Harding College. Sponsor: Tenth and West, Church of Christ, Tru­ mann, Arkansas.

CHALLENGES

BY J. R. BYERLEY BYERLEY-Jay R., Lenore, Karen, Theresa, Paul For those who desire to make known good news there are unlimited opportunities. The world pre­ crutch must be his constant companion, sets him sents challenges too numerous to contemplate ; we apart. But there is something more , something which are awed when we attempt to comprehend the vast­ seems to call out , "You may jolly well see that I am ness of it all. Surely, it is no simple matter for an an Englishman." This is Ernest Trenchard-"her­ individual or a congregation to decide where and in mano Ernesto" to thousands of Spanish people who what manner one is to put to use for the benefit of know and love him. mankind and to the glory of God those resources Ernest Trenchard has been pr eaching and teach­ and abilities which may be available. Nevertheless, ing in Spain for forty years. He has witnessed the in our faltering way, we prayerfully attempt to select long fight of the Spanish people for liberty; he is a areas of work in which we may make a meaningful part of that fight. He has seen the stifling influence contribution for good. of dogma, tradition, and superstition. He has known One nation of thirty million people which has been the existing politico-religious system in which the generally disregarded in our planning of good works hierarchy has the power to wrest away all personal is Spain. Jt is a country which has been dominated integrity and to leave a people burning for freedom. for a long tim e by a philosophy which keeps its peo­ He has seen a portion of this people grasp a hope, ple in bondage. The system which has been devel­ endure extreme harassment, and maintain a faith in oped over the centuries is so incorporated into the circumstances little dreamed of in most twentieth cultural fiber that the people are generally unaware century nations. of its deleterious effect. They are powerless to con­ In Barcelona tod ay there are seven congregations trol their fate as pawns in a game of life. By manip­ of "Los Hermanos" (The Brethren), the name gen­ ulation they have become puppets enmeshed in a erally applied to and accepted by those people with binding system. The fight for freedom overwhelms. whom Mr. Trenchard is associated. The total mem­ Yet, there is life in the hearts of many Spanish bership in this city is about 1500. In all of Spain people today; a drive for emancipation. The people one could perhaps count eight times this many in fear another internal conflict like the Civil War of this brotherhood. Six of the assemblies in Barcelona the 1930s, but they are hungry for change and prog­ have been in existence for some time . Their meeting ress. There is a restless stirring, an awareness that places are unofficially recognized-tolerated , as they Spain is not really in the twentieth century. The say--by the authorities . The seventh group is new makings of revolution are there. and is presently quietly fighting for its very existence. Christianity is revolutionary. It turns the world All of their buildings are entirely unmarked; there upside clown (Acts 17:6). But , the manner in which is not even an identifying sign to indicate that these it produces change, the way its revolutionizes, is not sites are used for religious purposes. They are, how­ by the sword (II Cor. 10:3, 4), but by the leavening ever, centers of much activity. power of love in the hearts of men. This is that A truly comprehensive picture of all non-Catholic which can free the people of Spain today (John religious activity in Spain is probably impossible. The 8:32) . fact that all forms of advertising are prohibited makes The leaven of Jove is active in Spain today. Like the task of painting this picture extremely difficult. natural yeast, it go es about its work quietly , without Those who are in the position to know the best, as ostentation, taking advantage of all tbe "little " op­ Mr. Trenchard , can only give broad estimat es. One portunities open to it. Let me share a personal ex­ may find such diverse groups as Baptists , Jehov ah's perience which may serve to illustrate this fact. Witnesses , and Episcopalians, yet there are few mem­ In a small village not far from the industrial com­ bers of these bodies who will venture to speculate plexes of Barcelona there lives an unusual man. At about numbers. Feelings run deep , but caution does a glance it is apparent that he is different from others too. The experiences of the past are good teachers. around him. The fact that one leg is missing, that a Pero~cution is still just one step away. CASELLA , Carmelo February 1, I 922 LaNora Roberta February 5, 1932 Robert Joseph August 23, 1951 John Paul October 8, 1953 Geoffrey David November 19, 1955 Melissa Noreen February 27, 1960 Carmelo Casella attended Abi lene Christian College (B.A. in Bible) , Harding College (M.A. in N . T. Studies) . Roberta Casella attended Abi lene Christian College (B.S. Education). Baptized by Carmelo Casella. Address: In Australia: P. 0. Box 6 Holland Park , Queensland , Australia ; in U.S.A.: c/ o Mr. R. E. Leonard , 634 E.N. 22nd, Abilene, Texas Entered Field: 1958 Baptized: in Australia: 23 Sponsor: Central church of Christ , 425 Sout h H Street , Bakersfield, California Encouraged to be a missionary by several lectures at A.C.C. Lectureships. Worked while in school to help pay expenses Parents: of Carmelo Casella-Giuseppi Casella, Se­ bastiana Casella ; of LaNora Roberta Casella­ Robert E. Leonard , Nora Leonard Place of Birth: lnnisfail, Qld. , Fort Worth , Texas Choice of Location

Queensland is the second largest state in Australia. CARMELO AND ROBERTA CASELLA Our decision to start a congregation in Brisbane, Children : Robert J . Casello, 12 yrs., John P. Casello, 10 yrs. , the state capital, was prompted by two factors. There Geoffrey D. Casello, 8 yrs., Melissa N. Casello, 4 yrs . were already several indigenous gro ups of people in­ terested in restoring New Testament Christianity­ Every member of the Holland Park church takes along a distance of over 1300 miles; yet there was no part in some form of work. Every o ne of the men is full time preacher in that state . willin g to tak e charge of the worship program. Most After a personal tour of investigation among the of the men give talks, some exce llent ly. This is re­ vario us centers of interest, my wife and I began to markable since they are still quite young in the faith , worship in a rented hall just five miles south of the and most of them had little or no churc h back­ downtown area. The area chosen is known as Hol­ ground. Every member participated in the training · land Park, a large residential area along the inter­ program on Sunday afternoons. state highway. In addition to my work in Holland We left Holland Park congregat ion with 30 mem­ Park I also had occasion to work in five other states bers , complete ly self-supporting except for the preach­ with more than 25 churches-some of them as far ing. Two faithful preachers, John Lee Newton and away as 2,000 miles. Forest Suclcleath, are continuing the work I left at After three years of problems with members who Holland Park. were not prepared for a complete restoration of the The Holland Park church is genera lly setting a New Testament pattern, the Holland Park church sound precedent for futur e growth. In addition it is began to make solid growth . In 1961, with only 13 members, definite plans were laid down for a build­ ing program. From the very beginning the Holland Park church had allocated a minimum of I 0% of its contr ibuti ons toward mission efforts in other parts of Austr alia . Nevertheless , without changing this policy they ac­ cepted full responsibility for financing their own building and accepted no gift from any source. \,Vithin 15 months they were meeting in their new building. The building cost $18,000 and is already more than half paid for. $5,373 received from donors in U.S.A. was used to start a trust fund from which th e church borrowed. They are paying back regularly to this ( fund and paying interest. This fund may be used Meeting place and members of church in Holland Pork , by other congregations later, Queensland , Australia plannin g for future leaders. Some have alr ea dy virgin field prompt s me to ur ge that no one go to developed in th e work so that they can preach or such a field alone , nor to go without a number of teach without any ne ed for sup erv ision. years ex peri ence of pr eac hin g full tim e in this coun­ Allan McNicol has alr eady been in A.C.C. for two tr y. The problems faced are so complex th at it takes years. H e was pr epared to sink hi s lif e savin gs into a high degree of m aturit y to be ab le to determine th e proj ect of tr ainin g hims elf to preach and teach. basic causes. Moreover , isolation from other matur e Jessica Patterson is a mat ur e and efficient worker Christians leaves one without th e blessing of bein g who is well qualified as an in vestm ent in the futur e. able to discuss problem s openly and fully . She is well known for her dependabilit y as well as her special talent s in teaching childr en. A fter her A furth er suggestion I would mak e is not to under­ tr ainin g she will be a big help in tr aini ng women estimate either th e willin gness or th e ability of new in the chur ch in her hom eland. converts to take responsibility. Initially , th ere will be mu ch opposition to sound and persist ent teac hing , Suggestions from Experience but this policy will eventually driv e away th e prob­ More than five years of ex perience in a completely lems and de velop a sound church.

( AN APPROACH TO MISSION WORK IN KOREA

BY L. HASKELL CHESSHIR

We read of th e work and th e teachings of J esus Chesshir , you are a young eva ng elist a nd I want you in the gospels, how he "began both to do and to to have a vital Christian experien ce that you will teach." Today we con fine our Christian work too rememb er for the rest of your lif e. Keep this $ I 0 mu ch to pulpit preaching or to the formal lectur es and when you find a person who is really in need, in the classroom. Our liv es are not often li ved in use it in th e nam e of the Lord Jesus Christ. Tell the mar ket place and with the people as J esus lived the person in need th at th e church cares for th em his. and that Christ cares. Te ll him that if he will come Mission work should involve the training of to Christ and his church there will be no spiritual workers as we teach God's law in a daily relationship or material needs in his life which cannot be met with people in the market place o r in their hom es because Christ promised to those th at will seek first and helping them with th eir ne eds. We h ave a great th e kingdom of heav en that their needs will be met." examp le in Christ who stopped at the well in Sama­ Shortly after this I met a young mother with four ria to talk with th e woman there. She was a very children, the oldest of which was four. The father corrupt wom a n h avin g been marr ied five ti:,1es and had not provided well for th e family and th ey were livin g with a man who was not her husb ar . I. But , hungry . I gave her th e $ 10 and told her the story of Jesus saw in this lif e a hungering d esire to ·1.iecome a young Christian soldier who wanted to give me a a new creature. H e talked with her of the living goo d expe rie nce. Food was purch ased and this goo ,! water since water was th e thing in which she was work soon led to the conversion of this young mother vitally interested at the moment. She was so con­ and shor tly a fter that, her husband was converted. vinced that h e was the Messiah that she wen t into About 15 years later we rece ived a letter from the th e city of Sychar and told the story of m eeting J esus mother who said that th e children were growing up in such convincing languag e that the whol e city came in the church and the oldest d aught er was soon to out to hear him. After he ar ing him they said , "We marry a Christian. She said that she and her hus­ first believed because of what the woman said but band had often be en restored to fellowship but were now we believ e because we ha ve hea rd you for our­ still trying to grow into strong, mature Christians. selves." As I re ad her letter I remembered th e words o[ th e young captain who said that he wanted me to look In Matthew 25 J esus said , "When 1 was hun gry in on this case the rest of my life to disco ver what you feel me , thirsty you gave me drink , a stranger you a good work would lead to wh en done in the nam e took me in , naked you clothed me, sick and in prison of the Lord. As I reflected upon his words and th e a nd you came unto me." J esus expec ts every Chris­ tian to follow in his footsteps in doing the goo d great goo d that had grown out of th e gift, I thought in my own mind of all that $10 would buy wh en works of righteousness which he himself did. The the work is don e in Christ's name. We have had prop er training of indi viduals in every congregation involv es not only th e teac hin g of th e words of Christ many such experiences as we have served thos e that but also a pr actical ap plication of Christ's teac hings were hungry, thirsty , strangers, naked, sick an d in in lif e. Even industry has found th at training on th e prison . And, we have found in the service to thes e job is bett er than textbook training alone. For this peopl e th e corresponding emotions in our own hearts th at I believe were in the heart of Christ when h e reason the church should return to leading peopl e looked out over th e great multitud e an d had compas­ into a practice of Christianity as demonstrated by Christ in his teac hin g. Peopl e cannot hav e the com­ sion for them. passion of Christ without living lik e Christ. Quite In our training program in Kor ea we are trying often people came to Jesus to inquir e of the salva­ to lead the young men and women we are teaching tion that he prea ched. J esus just as often guided into thes e vital relationships with other people as them into a good work or a sacrifice that was neces­ we tend their needs . We are finding that these ex­ sary for them to become a Christian. We have bee n perienc es are helping in th eir growth as much or engaged in mission work for many years and the most more than th e formal lecture in th e classroom. In important experiences that we have had h ave been fact, we have found few n ewly converted people to those that brought us into a vital relationship with remain faithful who were not guided very early into the peop le we were trying to conve rt. In I 946, a the work of the church. "Faith without works is young army captain gave me $ 10 and said, "Brother dea d." CHOATE , J. C. February 6, 1932 Betty Burton Choate .Jun e 26 , 1940 She ila Lynn Choate September 20, 1960 Steve n Burton Choate Ap ril l , 1963 Schoo l Attended : J. C. Choate atte nd ed Freed­ Hardem an Co llege, Henderson , Tenn., Dav id Lipscomb Co llege, Nas hville, Tenn. , A labama C hri st ian Co llege, Mo nt gomery, Alabama , and Harding Co llege, Schoo l of Bibl e and Religion , ·Memp his, Tennessee. He also took some cour ses at A labama Polytechnic Inst itut e, Auburn , Ala­ bama . H e rec eived hi s B.A . from Alabama Chr istian Co llege and M.A. from H ard ing Co l­ lege. Sister Choate did not attend any of th e Chri stian colleges . Name of Sponsor: Ce ntr al Chu rch of Chri st, Stadium J. C. Choate Family , Pakistan Dr. & East Centra l Blvd. , Box 864, Ada, Okla­ homa tan, wh ich was a part of Ind ia u nti l 1947. App lica­ tions were made for visas and they were granted by Address of the Ch ur ch in Karachi : Church of Chr ist, Pakistan on .Jan uary 30, 1962. By February 19, 1962 145/ Q , Block 2, Hali R oad , P.E.C.H.S., Kar achi we were rea dy to leave. Our destination: Karachi , 29, P akistan Pakist an. O ur aim: to establish the ch ur ch of Chri st. In 1958, whil e living in Shafter, Ca lifornia, my En route we stopped in Shill ong, Assam, Indi a to wife and I beca me ser ious abo ut doing for eign visit th e bret hr en there. While th ere I preached in mission work , but we rea lized th at if we were act ual­ a mee ting and baptiz ed two fine youn g people. ly goi ng to go, we would have to mak e some definite Short ly, we journ eyed to Lahore, Pa kistan, where pl ans. As a result , we sat down and decid ed wher e Bro. Gordo n Hogan and his fami ly had bee n liy ing we would go . W e chose Indi a as our target. , !\le and pr eac hing during th e past severa l months. We decided we would first work for two years in some cont inu ed with th em until .June of 1962. Ii was mission area in our own co untr y befo re go ing to a great blessing to hav e a sma ll part in th e Lord"s fore ign soi l. As it turned out, we had the opportun it y work th ere. to go to J\linne apo lis, M inn esota. After the two years , as plan ned , we resign ed with On .Jun e 10, 1962 my fam ily and I left La hore th e thou ght in mind of ca;-rying out our or igin al bound for Karachi . vVe knew our work would not plans . 111 August of 1960 the Ce ntr al Chur ch of be easy in a count ry wh ere alm ost one hundr ed per Chr ist, Stadium Dr. & East Centra l Blvd. , Box 864, cent of th e peopl e are Mus lim s, but we came to do Ada, Oklahom a, agreed to stand behind us. How­ a job and we intend ed to do it. T he first fruit of ever , Indi a becam e the grea t probl em. App lica tion our labors came in September wh en a youn g man was made for visas, but ref used. I 11 the me an tim e, who worked at the Post Office obeyed the gospe l. I attended H arding Co llege, Schoo l of Bibl e and By November anot her young m an was ready for R eligion in Memph is, Tennessee, through the wee k baptism , and so th e chur ch in Karachi was grow in g. to get my 1\ I.A. degree. By the tim e the third My lang uage teacher became a Ch ristian in .Ja nu ary app lication for visas had b~en turned down , we and in February seven obeyed th eir Lord. Since realized that we wou ld have to change course, so we that tim e ot hers have been added , and now ther e decided to do the nex t best thing and go to Paki s- are fifty-four who have become Christia ns sin ce we came to Karachi alm ost two years ago. ' "' e are so thankful and give God all th e prais e.

Sunday morning crowd at the beginning of work in Karachi, Pakistan Meeting tent in front of meeting house in Karachi In conjunction with the work we have started call Karachi Christian Colleg e. Actually , it is not a Post Bible School to handle Bible correspondence college in the sense that American brethren think work , and publication was begun of The Voice of of one, but simply a training school where the Bible Truth, a religious monthly. Both the correspondence and Bible-related subjects are taught. This effort courses and the magazines go out all over Pakistan , grows out of the fact that we believe that Pakistani as well as into India, Ceylon, and elsewhere. More Christians should be trained on the spot. interest is being expressed in them every day. Our Bible distribution program is going well. In February, 1963, the second congregation was Brethren have responded to our needs so well that established when seven men and women were bap­ we have sufficient funds to provide all the Bibles tized in the part of the city known as Mahmooclabacl. needed. Brethren have also responded well in our And just this month (March, I 964) we have started request for good religious books for a library for regular meetings in an area of the city called Tebala. the church. For all of this , we are truly thankful. We believe that such work gives a big boost to our My fami ly and I thank Goel that we can be here over-all program and we are hoping to see other to have a part in this great work. 'i,Ve only wish congregations estab lished . that others could share this wonderful blessing with This past September we began operating what we us.

PREPARING TO DO MISSION WORK IN PAKISTAN

BY J. C. CHOATE

It is very difficult to give advice to anyone. Es­ 5. The best thin g to do on some of these matters pecially is this true in regard to mission work, be­ is for you to correspond as much as possible with us cause situations are different with almost every that are already here. We can give many pointers person and every country has its own problems and that might be of individual help , and also answer difficulties. Even though one may be told something questions that might be bothering you. about one particular country, he may get there and 6. Not only should you make plans, but above all find it altogether different clue to circumstances and you should work your plans. They shou ld be carried his conceptions and ideas at the time he was being out step by step, and if you will do that you will advised, etc. However , if I were back in the States find it much easier in getting ready to come, and talking to a group of Christians, I th ink I would your stay here will be more pleasant as a result. offer some good advice to those who might be 7. When you begin the actua l pr eparations for interested in com ing to Pakistan. At least, I would coming, you should get your Passports and then your hope that such advice would not hinder them or visas. There shouldn't be too much trouble in get­ hurt the caus e of Christ. ting visas for at least four years. Then you should I. I believe that the earlier you can make up begin to get together the things you will want your mind that you are going to a mission area, the shipped over here. This will include a car (small better off you will be. You would not necessarily one-Volkswagen would be better) , a refrigerator, have to go immediately, but it would give you an stove, washing machine, iron, and many of the elec­ opportunity to prep are yourself for the job. trical app lian ces that you will need, as well as 2. It would be the ideal thing if you are going clothes, etc. Many of these things are hard to get to do mission work to begin to lay definite plans here and the prices in Pakistan are many times higher even though it may be several years before they are than they are in the States. carried out. This will give you an opportunity to 8. On coming, you shou ld not try to Americanize gather information about your chosen field, to learn but to Christianize. You should have a good attitude about the customs , the traditions , the government, tow ard those whose skin is darker than yours. You the religion, etc. should be patient, because there will be a lot of red 3. If you are going, you should get as good an tape and adjustment. education as possible. You shou ld try to have a B.A . 9. As a new missionary , you should not plan to at least , and preferably an M .A. degree before you do much for at least the first six months or more, think seriously about leaving the country for your so that you may spend your time in learning the new work. Of course, in getting your Christian edu­ national language of Urdu. If you will take this cation you should take as many mission courses and time to learn the language , you will be much more studies on Christian evidences, as you can work into effective. However, all of the educated people speak your program. Later , you will certainly be glad you the English langu age and much of the work will be did. done in that tongue. 4. If you were coming to Pakistan you should IO. You should stay at least four years, and if want to know as much about the religion of Islam possible, return for four more years. as possible. You should also try to be well grounded 11. The church is now lo cated chiefly in Lahore in Christian Evidences, since the majority of the peo­ and Karachi , although there are congregations at ple here are continually asking about Goel, proofs Mangla and Peshawar. Many other cities are in need that the Bible is God's unchanged book, and proofs of the gospe l, such as Quetta , Hyclerabacl, Multan , ( that Jesus Christ is the Son of Goel. Rawalpindi, Lyallpur, and so on. In East Pakistan, the church has been established in the Capitol city 15. And you should be able to work with others. of Dacca. However, many other populated areas need There is peace and harmony in the Lord 's work in the gospel in that province. Pakistan , and has been from the beginning. This is the way it should be and this is the way it should 12. You and your family must be ready to face continue. There is no room here for jealousy , feud­ high prices , peculiar customs, filth and poverty. You ing , and competing with one anoth er. We desire will have many to ask you for money and for all that we all work together for th e spreading of the kinds of favors. You will find that there are many Lord's kingdom and to the glory of God. who would become "Christians" if they thought that there was something of a material nature in it for I think perhaps these are some of the things that them. You will discover that there are many who might be kept in mind as you plan to come to Pakis­ would like to work for you, especially as preachers. tan to preach the gospel. It would be a great work for any man , with much satisfaction in return. While 13. You must be ready to work long and to work there are problems , with many yet to come, the bless­ hard. There is much more to be done than can be ings will exceed them by far. done. You should count this as a pleasure and an We do ne ed work ers, and we would strongly en­ opportunity. courage you to come over and help us. You are 14. You should be a pusher. The growth of the needed to preach, write, and to live Christianity church will depend to a great extent on how much before these people day by day. ,ve pray that you you push the work. You can set your own limits. will respond to our call. A LAYMAN VISITING MISSIONARIES

BY ROG E R CHURCH

Brother Howard Di lgard, one of the eld ers of the th ese young men th an it would be to send br ethren chur ch in Fort 'il\layne, Indi ana , Broth er Claude back and forth from Am eri ca to do missionar y work Dunn and I from Nashville rece ntl y were privileg ed for a limit ed period of tim e in eac h parti cular field . to tak e a trip through Europe , the Holy Lands, and The Lord 's work has been advancing more rapidl y Africa , being go ne five weeks. We had th e privileg e in the country of Nigeria , 'il\lest Africa , than in an y of worshippin g in 25 different services over thi s other nation under hea ven outside of th e United per iod o[ tim e with 20 different cong rega tions in 14 States durin g th e pa st twel ve or thirt ee n years . differe nt tow ns while in 7 different countri es and in There are approx im ately 40,000 faithfu l Christians 7 different lan gua ges. None of us claim to be pro­ wor shippin g regularly now in N igeria, and over 400 fession al pr eac hers, but we thr ee spok e in excess of congregations have been establish ed with over 300 20 times on this trip . None of us doubt but what we church buildin gs having been erected, most of th em benefitt ed a grea t deal from this trip . concrete block buildings. No American money has If mor e eld ers of th e Lord 's church , deacons, been used in the bui ldin g of these church building s. pre achers and tho se int erested in bein g activ e in th e Th ere are abo ut 200 Ni gerian prea chers doing full­ Lord 's work wo uld take th e time to go abroa d and time work , and two Bibl e Training Schoo ls ar e in see the work th at is being carri ed on by different mi s­ operat ion , ha ving 125 stud ent s pr eparin g to teach sionari es in different parts of th e world, I am sur e and pr eac h God's Word. A Christian Seco nd ary th at all of us would be more int erested in helpin g Schoo l has just bee n establish ed with 60 students the Lord's work abroad th an we ar e presently. It now in it, and approximately 7,000 students in ele­ is very difficult to expl ain th e work in a different mentary schools in Nig eria have several Bible classes country wh en th e people have different custom s, wee kly. It wou ld have been impo ssible for the differe nt languages, different social co nditi ons, very Lord' s work to have grown with any grea t rapidity differ ent eco nomi c conditi ons, and havi ng bee n in Ni ge ria had it not been for the Nigerians being bro ught up in different bac kgrounds, to bret hr en in willin g to stud y th e Lord 's Word, prepare th emselves th e U nit ed States when corres pond ence is th e onl y to be Gospe l pr eac hers, and return to th eir ow n me ans of portra ying the wor k in a particular foreign villages to teac h th e Gospe l to th eir own people. field. If th e br ethr en supporting th e work abroad Additional opportunities exist in other pl aces could go th ere, see the work that is being clone at where simil ar programs cou ld be carried on, if th e that place, ac tu ally get to kn ow some of th e peopl e ne cessary fund s and personn el were m ade avai lab le. and kn ow some of the problems in volved, th ey would Br ethr en, let us lift up our eyes and see th at th e be in a position to give much better advice to the fields are trul y whit e unt o harvest and take advan­ mi ssion ary, be mu ch mor e ac tively int erested in that tage of these open do ors of opportunity whi le we place, and consequently do a mu ch more effective still have an opportunity . work than would ot herwis e be possible. How man y of us here in America are trul y sacri­ Several o[ th e more effect ive works that are bein g ficial in our giving so that th e Lord 's plan of salva­ don e throughout the Broth erhood on foreign soil are tion can be pr eac hed to th ose wh o have not yet being carried on because it has been possible to work he ar d God's wonderful love for us? Are we cont ent with the you ng people, teach th em th e Lord 's Word, to preach th e Gospel to the peop le in ou r imm ed iate and from th ese youn g peopl e select capab le youn g vicinity, or to th e people in the U nited States , and men who have th e d esire to go out and preach to yet are un willin g to take or send the Gospel abroa d th eir countr ymen. By work ing with th ese native so th at ot her peoples and oth er countri es wh o have men and developing th em int o cap ab le Bibl e tea chers never hea rd of J esus Christ and his love for us have an d preach ers, th ey in turn ca n be sent back to teac h a chance for etern al salvation? If mor e of us will go th e Word of God to their fellow countrym en and abroa d, see th e conditions th at ex ist, and see th e op­ thus, alr ea dy be in g acq uaint ed with th e probl ems in portunities th at are present , we will have very littl e that particul ar locale, be ab le to do a more effective troubl e in gett in g the necessary manpow er and work th an a m an from Ameri ca could do in th e mon ey needed to carry th e Lord 's program in full sam e p lace . It is mu ch mor e eco nom ical also to train swing to "a ll nations und er heave n".

( COLLIER, Loyd August 2, 1920 Sarah Ma rch I, 1923 Con ni e O cto ber 3, 1948 J ames D ale October 27, I 950 Lind a October 22, 1956 Dav id April 20, 1958 Loyd Co lli er attende d Hard ing College four years (B.A.) Sara h Co lli er attended David Lip scomb Co llege two years, H ard in g Co llege two years (B.S. Degree)

Sent to Germany by Chur ch of Christ , 25th & Gera l­ din e, Ok lahoma City , Ok lahoma LOYD AND SARAH COLLIER The effort in th e Ruhr Valley of Germ any was Children : Connie, Dale , Linda, David started in I 962 by the Co lli ers and the Fr iedhelm , ,Vadlichs (a German pr eac her). 34 co ngrega tion s in densely populat ed (10¼ milli on people within 45 German -spea kin g Eu rop e assisted in esta bli shin g th e mil es of Essen) part of weste rn Ge rm any . congregat ion (in Essen, Germany) which presently 47 Mi llion of Germany 's 56 milli on peop le are st ill numb ers abo ut 25 in th is heav ily indu stri ali zed and with out an opport unit y to hear the gospe l.

Friedh e lm Wadlich Family (nativ e G erman pr each er, w o rking Firs t four co nv er ts in Esse n, Ge rmany. Left to right : Rolf with Loyd Colli er in Esse n, G ermany ). Friedh e lm an d Rita Wad lich, Jo sep h Strauch, Dieter Balza! , an d Wadlich and Children : Rolf, Gerd, Christa , Horst , Ingrid , Iris Werner Bra x ator and Klaus

\ IRELAND FOR CHRIST

When several couples from th e Fruitville Con­ and night s go ing about tellin g others of his Saviour grega tion in Sarasota , Florida , attended "NAT and persuadin g th em to become Christians. COOPER'S BIG SURPRISE" in Opa Locka in De­ The newly-selected Elders of th e Fruitvill e Church cember of I 962, littl e did th ey then rea lize th at their of Chri st in Sarasota, Flor ida, were asked to assume congregat ion would be head-over- heels in a mission th e responsibi lity of collectin g fund s for th e supp ort progr am within sixty days as a result of this occasion. of Bro. Sanely, as well as th e general oversight of purchase of prop ert y and erection of a building in Alexander "Sand y" Cooper, his wife Edith, and whi ch th e Saints can meet and worship. In the en­ their dau ghter Sandra, were flown from far-off Bel­ suin g six month s, six souls ha ve been baptiz ed into fast , Ir eland to Opa Locka, Florida, as a surprise Christ and one ha s ret urn ed to his First Lo ve. A gift to Na t Cooper , th eir on ly son, who prea ches beautiful piece of real propert y has been purchased for that congrega tion . Because of th eir grea t love and paid for, and half th e cost of a nea t, $30,000 for Nat, th e members of the congregat ion, as well as meetin g-house has been pl edged. Christians all over Florid a and Georg ia, received We , the Eld ers of the Fruit ville Con grega tion , feel Sandy Cooper into their homes and hearts. Thus th at this work is th e greatest single opportunity whi ch received , Bro. Sandy then entrench ed himself per­ has been our pri vilege to grasp durin g th e life of our manently in the hearts of all who met him with hi s young congrega tion. Int erest by th e indi vidu als of obvious dedication to Chri st, his exce llent store of our flock is high, an d response to calls for help ph ys­ Bible kn owledge and hi s overwhelming love for ically in handlin g th e mailin gs, as well as financia l everyo ne he met. With th ese and many other won­ offerin gs is excellent. Our atte nd ance is grow ing derful qualities, thi s enthu siastic littl e Iri shm an set in numb er and the weekly contribution is in creas in g. about to use his one-month stay in Amer ica to ple ad ,v e are also parti ally supportin g Bro. Stan Morgan for the cause of Christ in his nati ve city of Belfast , in Santo Domin go and until recentl y, have help ed wher e some 600,000 souls dwell , among whom is one the work in Guadalajara , Mex ico. We hear til y recom­ congregation of Saints, numb erin g less th an thirt y. mend to oth ers th e assumption of the responsibility Our faithful Irish Broth er soo n learn ed th at th e to take the Gospel to every nation by spec ifically eyes of his Americ an bret hr en were not dim to see sendin g consecra ted indi vid uals to plac es wher e "t he oppo rtunit y for pr each ing J esus and Him cruc ified , field is whi te unto harvest" . nor th eir ears dull of hearin g th e ple as from a foreign land to "com e over and help us". Cons e­ HER BERT ASHER quently, Bro . Sandy was encoura ged to return to hi s WA YNE NORMAN native land-not as a techni cian for Her Majesty's L EE WATKINS Telephone Service as before-but as a simple , ener­ Eld ers getic preacher of th e Gospel. T his he did , and since Frui tville Church of Chri st April of 1963 he has been devot ing all of his days Sarasota , Flo rid a

( RESOLVING THE JONAH COMPLEX

BY ED NEELY CULLUM

The story of Jonah is one of the best known a nd field. These and other comparisons should at once least he eded in all of the Bible. Jonah was a man shock us and challenge us to greater action." who dared to say "No"' to God! He was commis­ Toward A Solution sioned to carry God's call to repentance to an alien It may be that Providence will again take drastic land , but he refused to go. Jonah placed personal steps to accomplish His purpose. Perhaps a happier safety, national pride, racial prejudice, and his own soluti on is in our own hands-in th e homes and stubborn will befor e the command of the Almighty. congregations that seek to shape th e minds a nd This article is directed prim ar ily at another group Jon ah was not childless. Indeed his tribe is great. who have potential solutions-the writers and pub­ His spiritual descendants were in the early church. lishers of religious materials . They were the people who, having recei ved an even While man y religious groups produce a variety of greater commission, failed to carry it out until attractive and moving materials concerned with Providence forced them to do so at the hand of their mission work, the literature among the churches of persecutors. In mor e recent generations, in our own Chr ist has been almost comp letely silent. Lessons are time, those who would call themselves His disciples need ed whi ch will appeal to th e head-such as the also failed, with but few excep tions , to carry this fact that those in the world who hav e never hear d great comm ission. It was not until Providence, b y of Chr ist, if placed in a single file lin e wou ld extend the tribulation that was called ,i\Torld ,!\Tar II, 30 times around the world. The thousands who died snatched them from the security and self-centeredness each clay without Him should appa ll us. But knowl­ of their homes and flung th em all over th e globe edge must be comb ined with feeling to produc e that the great in ert ia was overcome. This do es not action. Literatur e must educat e the parent to turn mean that th e "Gr eat Commission"' was totall y his child loose for Goel. Th e church must be led to ignored . To the contrary , it was used almo st as a mor e adequately support thos e who carry th e Word . weapon to insist that others be baptized, a nd other­ Our teaching programs must move each Christi an to wise obey "th e plan of salvation,"' while we ignored begin his own missionary journey for Christ . Some its message for us. And thus whi le we disregarded will specifica lly dedicate their lives to public preach­ its primary intent , we insisted that others assiduously ing and teaching. Others must be encouraged to follow its secondary implic ations. But let us never seize the opportunities for witnessin g as they present forget that th e commission was given not to sinners, th emselv es. For exa mpl e, eve n th e school child but to Christians. should be caused to see geograp hy in the light of thos e who need Him ; and yet he should not negl ect Som e Comparativ e Statistics th e imm edi ate opportunities pr esent among his How well have we done? At present , the churches schoolmates. of Christ with some 2 million memb ers have ap­ Literature must be written which will present the proxim ate ly 209 famili es or 450 adults in the mis­ facts, and aid the stud ent in acquirin g th e necessary sion field. The U nit ed Pr esbyter ian Church of th e skills. Then he must be led to go beyond knowing USA with 3 million memb ers had 1,274 missionaries and feeling to doing and being. Our teaching must and rep resent atives abroad. The Presbyterian Church remov e tho se fears and pr ejudi ces which hinder the in the US with 889,000 members had 419 mission ­ mod ern Jon ahs. T he Spirit must work mightil y in us aries, 1,200 mission schools , and 13,000 hospit als to crea te a desire which will be grea ter th an the abroad. The Seventh Day Adventist Church with a fear , a concern greater than th e prejudic es, and a world membersh ip of 900,000 and a United States faith greater th an th e uncertaintie s. membership of 275,000 was cond uctin g 1,000 weekly EDWARD N EELY CULLUM , Niinist er radio broadcasts in 15 languages, publishing ma ­ Ott er Cr eek Church of Christ teri als in 198 lan guages a nd dialects , and treating Nashville, Tennessee 2 million patients each year in their hospit als. The Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) with a "F igures for Church of Christ are current, 1964. memb ership of I ,500,000 has been sendin g out mis ­ Statistic s for other gro up s ar e taken from Frank S. sionaries at th e rate of 4,000 per year for some tim e. Mead: H andbook of D enominations in th e United In 1947 they announced that a tot al of 51,622 had Stal es. New York: Abingdon , I 956; Benson Y. Landi s been sent out, most of th em on a two-year tour of (Ed .) 1961 Yearbook of Am erican Churc hes, 29th duty. In 1957 they had 8,447 missionaries in th e Edition or the lat est available sources. DAVENPORT, Donald D eway ne Jun e 3, 1934 J ane December 17, 1934 Brother Davenport atten ded Freed-Hardeman Col­ lege, Harding College , Crozer Theological Sem i­ nary Baptiz ed by C. ,,v. Scott Sister Davenport attend ed Harding College Bapti zed by Hollis R ob inson Addr ess: P.O. Box 3247, Kuma si, Ghana , \!Vest Afr ica Entered field: 1961 Baptized: 400 Spo nsor: Mad ison chur ch of C hri st , Madison , Ten ­ nessee E ncouraged to be a missionary by a visiting mis­ sionary. Paid school expe nses through preaching app oint­ ments. Place of birth: Dewayn e-C hattan ooga, Tenn essee, .Jan e- Som erville, Alabama Par ents' Nam es: Dewayn e- ?dr. and 'i\lrs. Clark H . Dav enport; J ane - Mr . and l\lr s. Willi am T . Russ ell (deceas ed) Dewa yne Davenport and w ife , Kumas i, Ghana

MY TRIP TO THE BUSH

DEWAY NE DAVENPORT

111 our work in Afr ica, we make man y trips for no light , but the moo nli ght , l start ed walking th e prea chin g and visitin g in chur ches. On e such trip last two miles to Oworobong. It was not a very I shall never forg et. T he chur ch I was to v1s1t is pl easa nt eve nin g stro ll as I had to pass a spot where located in a vill age named Oworobong. I had seen an over six foot p ython on a previous Oworobong · is a real bush town , a long way off trip in the car. In fact, J had run over th e snake th2 "b eat en path. " '" ' hen the Volt a Dam Proj ect is with my aut o, but he craw led off unhurt. Eventually , comp leted this town and its neighbors will be I arri ved at th e village. It was 10:00 P.M. The trip Aooclecl by the back wat ers of the Volta Lake - the norm all y took four hours , but I had been on the lar gest man -mad e lake in the world . road eight hours . Because the road is so ro ugh, l decided to mak e Aft er ge ttin g some of th e brethr en, a light , and this particular trip by motor cycle. Trouble met me some gas, I went back to get the cycle. Eve ntu all y, we at every turn. T he ropes hold ing my bag broke , safely arri ved in th e preacher's room. At midni ght , bolts cam e loos e on th e cycle and th e oi l cap Aew I we nt to th e riv er to bath e. After a sleep less night off. J should have tak en the hin t and turn ed back, of fighting mo squ itoes, goats , and sheep , I was but did not. By the time I reached the rou gh part of thankful for Sunday to arriv e. Our serv ices began th e jun gle road, darkn ess had set in . at 8:00 A .M . As I ro und ed th e curv e, l hit a ro ck, slip ped in , !\Tith th e wors hip servic e and goodby es over, I the sand, and went off in to a dit ch as deep as the was anx ious to head back to civilization . Little did lengt h of the cycle. M y probl em now was how to I realize that mor e trouble lay ah ead. Even as J get a heavy cycle out of the d itch . J pushed, pull ed , mount ed the cycle, the rain forced me to delay th e tri ed and tri ed, but could not mov e th e cycle. All journ ey. , !\Then J did get started , I re ached only the of this is takin g pla ce on a road whi ch is isolat ed next village before a W est African tropica l stor m except by the b ird s, insects, and anim als whi ch do cau ght me. Parking the cycle in one o[ th e mud not sound very fri endl y in a n Afr ican ni ght. hous es, I took off my ba gs and wa ited for a pas­ As I was plannin g my next mov e, I heard someo ne senger tru ck (know n as a lorr y). com ing clown th e road. How ever, wh en th e Afri can T his was my first time to rid e a lorry , and I hea rd me , he stopp ed in fright . After all, why shou ld rece ived qu ite an i11itatio11. l climbed int o th e lor ry, a white man he in the middl e of th e Afri can bus h sat clown on a board seat , and we were off. Alas , at night ? After sp eak ing to him , he finally saw I befor e goin g two miles, we were stu ck. When an was nothing to fear. He th en cam e to my rescue by Afr ican lorr y is stuck, every pass enge r must get out return ing to his village and recruiting many of th e and pus h. Aft er pushin g, shovi ng and shout in g, we boys to com e and help. Eno ugh Afr ican s can mo ve go t th e lorr y go ing again . Covered with mud , I took anyth ing, so befor e long I was crank in g up th e my seat again . More and more peop le got on , and cycle again . befor e long I was sque ezed in as a sardi ne in a tin How ever, my forw ard pro gress was short-lived , as ca n. '" ' hen the peopl e boarded , th ey bro ught their ( I was soo n spu tt erin g from an empt y gas ta nk. \!\Tith goods and lu ggage . T he lu ggage compartm ent was right in front of me, so I got the fresh odor of every­ thing loaded. Among th e it ems wer e snails, roasted ones for selling in the market. They are arranged 011 a stick, sort of a snail "shisk kebob ." One lady stood on the side of the road tr yin g to sell her roasted rats. I am thankful th at she had no customers-the snails wer e bad eno ugh . Finally I arrived in Kumasi and home. Even in W est Afri ca, "Home Sweet Hom e" can have a special meanin g! Now, only one thing remained: how to ge t th e cycle back home. This was solved by hiring a larg e lorry and loading the cycle aboard for its last trip out of the bush. "Under the Human Sacrifice Tree" The memories of 'my bush trip ' will neve r esca pe me . "Exc iting experience ," you say. \,Veil, yes, but not remot e bush village as a result of that difficu lt, but as exciting as hearing of th e souls baptized in that spiritually rewarding, trip. DAVIS, Charles '" ' · November 19, 1927 Virginia M. Davis August 13, 1924 Bruce Alan Davis August 2, 1956 Phillip Lee Davis May I, 1958 Place of birth of parents: Mr. James C. Davis , Sr., (Georgia), Mrs . Ella Mae Davis , (Georgia) Virginia's parents were Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. i\k­ Knight, (Arkansas) Schools attended: David Lipscomb College, Nash­ ville, Tenn. (BA, 1955), Harding College, Searcy , Arkansas (MA, 1958) Sponsoring church: Pulaski Heights church of Christ , Littl e Rock, Ark. Fie ld of work : Angeles, Pampanga , Philippine Is­ CHARLES W. DAVIS FAMILY lands. We expect to enter this field in June , 1964, for a three year tour of duty. Details of Work: We will be work ing with th e congregation made up of Military personnel stationed Our int ere st in mission work pr e-dates our coll ege at Clark Air Base. This congregation has a memb er­ days. Since I began pr eparing myself to pr each , I' ve ship of approximately 34 adults. It has been a hop ed to get into a mission ar ea . Our inter est in the sourc e of str ength and support for nativ e pr eachers Philippin e Islands has been stimul ated by Bro. in the Island. Our purpose: To reach , convert, and Douglas LeCroy and his wife, who are now serving train young men in the field of Christian service. in the Philippines. DERR , Harold Leo Jul y 23, 1930 J ane A n n Janu ary 14, 1933 Debo rah Kay Decemb er 11, 1951 Dian a L ynn Ap ril 4, 1953 Jani ce Elaine Septe mb er 18, 1954 Ca th eri ne Annett e Jun e 9, 1957 H aro ld Ri chard Dece mb er 7, 1958 Brother Derr attended Indi ana State Co llege Baptiz ed by: Do yle F. Earwood Sister Derr attended Terre Haut e Co mm ercial Col­ lege Bapti zed by: V1lilli am .J.Wha ley Addr ess: P.O . Box 3247, Kum asi, G han a, W est Afr ica 508 N ew Road , Elsmere, W ilm ington 5, THE HAROLD DERR FAMILY Delaware 508 New Ro ad, Elsmere, v\/ilmin gto n 5, De la­ ware Enter ing Fie ld : August 1963 Sponso r: Elsmere C hur ch, '11\/ilmin gton , Delawar e I was encouraged to be a missionary by Su nd ay Schoo l teac hers and visitin g missionari es. Stron gly encour aged by Lu cien Palm er, Bill y N icks and Glen n Martin. Harold born in Bl ac khawk , Indi an;;. Parents: i\rr. and Mrs. Tonie D err. J ane Ann uorn in T err e H aut e, Indi ana. Par ent s: M r. and Mrs . Loran Cr itchlow.

These two littl e girl s ore fetish childr e n. Their moth er was barren , and went to the fet ish priest . When the;e two chil­ dren we re born , the fetish priest demanded a large sum of money . The mother cannot cui the girls ' hair until the money is paid in full . Accord ing to the custom in Ghana , it is a Debbi e teaching a VBS clas s disgrace for a child to hav e long hair . These child ren an d th eir moth er ore no w lea rning about Jesus . Only Jes us con dren. Most of th e child ren w ho attended com e from Moslem fr ee th em from the yok e of fea r and bondage th e fetish and Cath olic backgrounds . On e little boy abo ut nine year s priest casts upon them . old com e ev eryda y who hod to craw l. His legs hod nev er developed. He "w alked " on his knees and hands . He al ways FIRST VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL IN GHANA hod th e sweetest smile for us. Our second Vocation Bible This is a group of childr e n praying at ou r re cen t Vocat ion Bible School. This was held at the Amokon Congr egation . We hod on ov era ge doily a tt endance of tw o hundr ed chi!-

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First VBS in Ghana FETISH CHILDREN School wos conducted at Old Tafo . The children and parents mud hut, nine by twelve, and many flies and much dirt . respond very enthusiastically to a work of this kind . There are no backs to the wooden seats . The unique thing This is Debbie our twelve year old daughter . She helped to about this congregation is that they are all children . The 15 teach the pre-school class during our Vacation Bible Schools. adult members fell away , but the children remained . There Some days over 90 children attended this class . One of the are about eight from 12 to 15 years old who are members, Ghanian preachers, A. K. Agemang, served as Debbie 's in­ and about 60 other children faithfully attend the services . terpreter. Many children came with their younger brother or One of the Ghanian preachers , Emmanuel Asiamah, goes sister tied to their backs . there every weekend to help them although they quite capably lead the singing, read, pray, etc . The children were A UNIQUE CONGREGATION all very attentive although they were very crowded and hot . One Lord' s Day we drove into the bush to visit the brethren At every window and in the doorway children crowded who meet in Kwaso . The church building consists of a small around to listen. Pray for these babes in Christ in Kwaso .

( DUNN, Edd ie Lynn August JO, 1937 Carole An n September 17, 194 1 Lynette Ann November 8, 1962 Brother Dunn attended Freed-Hardeman , Harding , and Michigan Chr istian Colleges. Baptized by W. L. Weaver Sister Dun11 attended Freed-H ardeman Co llege Baptized by Connie , i\lyatt Address: Postilokero 6033 , Helsinki 3 1, FINLAND £11tered field: 1960. Sponsor: Getwell ch ur ch ; Memphis, Tennessee as­ sisted by 11 other ch ur ches. ED LYNN DUNN FAMILY I decided to devote my lif e to mission work while in my first year at Freed-Hardeman Co llege. This decision was great ly influenced by the late and dor Korhonen. Teodor had from boyhood e11tertai11ed beloved Olan Hicks , then a professor at the college the hope , and the fa in t be lief, that somewhere 011 and sponsor o[ the Evangelistic Forum, and by Cline earth Chr ist 's chur ch must ex ist. Repelled by the Paden, at that time a missionary in Italy. religion o[ his forefathers he never became a member Sister Dunn's parents: Lloyd C. Evans ; born in o[ any sect. Upo n learn ing of the ch urch of th e Lord Dyer, Ar kansas; Dorothy Evans; born in Dar­ in Helsinki, he received our tracts by mail and danelle , Arkansas. st udi ed them along wit h the correspondence Bible Brother Dunn 's parents: l vy R. Dunn ; born in course, and many months had not passed until he Birmingham , Alabama; Vera Dunn; born rn wrote of his desire to become a member of God's Trento n, Tennessee. chur ch. Teodor tr aveled a distance of 1200 miles , to and from Helsinki, in order to be born aga in int o The fascination and ex ult ant JOY to be found in God's fam ily. T he light that glistened from ~yes preaching to the lost of Finland is the same joy that filled with tears of joy and the warmness of a hand­ is experienced by missionaries all over the world ­ shake that said, "T hank you for leading me to the winning o[ souls to Christ, sou ls that might well J esus" , these things bespeak the reward o[ pioneering ha ve never experienced salvation had you not come. for Christ in a foreign land , there is no thrill to Such an example is a middle-aged man named Teo- match it. ELD ER , Kenn eth Edw ard Sept emb er 23, 192 1 Iris Merritt Decemb er 16, 192 I Kenn eth M ichael Decemb er 17, 1957 R achel M ichelle Dece mb er 17, 1957 Alicia L yrea May 4, 1960 Brot her Eld er att end ed H ardin g Co llege, and he was bapti zed by Th erm o n H ea ly. Sister Eld er att end ed H ardin g College, a11d she was bapti zed by Bro. Geor ge M . Scott. T heir addr ess: P.O . Box 60, Kalomo, No rth ern Rhod esia, A fri ca En tered the field : J 949 Bapti zed personall y very few; this is done by the African evan gelists. KEN AND IRIS ELDER Spon sor : \ Vest Sid e chur ch o f Chri st, Searcy, Ark an­ sas. I think one of th e most rewardin g exp eri ences 1s E ncourage d to ent er th e field by : Fath er-in -law , to hea r o [ someo ne you have work ed with standin g J. D. Merr itt , a visi tin g mi ssionary; teac hers J. D . up for the Chri stian way of life against persecuti ons. Ba les, J oe Pr yor, and Ca rl Spa in ; stud ents ; D r. Go in g aga inst th e tide is not easy, and to watch Georg e S. Benson, who help ed with trave l fun d . Chri stians mov ing steadil y in th e oppos ite dir ection to th e m ajorit y mak es you kn ow th at Go el indeed is School expens es were met by the G. I. Bill of with thos e wh o love Him. Ri ght s. W ork ed at W oo d-Fr eeman Lumb er Co., and Broth er and Sister Sibbili who are both excell ent wif e work ed a t H awkin s Clini c H ospit al. Durin g th e summ er, I work ed at Camp Ta koclah, which I pe rso 11al wo rk ers have raised a fine famil y. Th eir old est son is now at N howe Bi ble Co llege and will ma naged th e last summer I was th ere-' 49. very soo n be gradu ated and out doin g th e wor k he (Ken) Alm a, M ichi ga n; Ro bert E . and Rachel Cul p has chosen for his pro fession. H is parents are th rill ed, Eld er and so are we. (Iri s) Ft. Co llin s, Co lorad o; J. D. a nd Ali ce Coo k \!\latchin g th e chur ch in thi s ar ea slowly grow in Merritt th e graces of th e Lord is in itself a thrill.

( D UNN , Eddi e L ynn A ugust 10, 1937 Car ole An n Sept emb er 17, 194 1 L ynett e Ann Nove mb er 8, 1962 Br o th er D unn att end ed Freed-H ard ema n, H ardin g, and Mi chigan Chri st ian Co lleges. Baptized by v\T. L. \i\Teaver Sister Dunn att end ed Freed-H ard eman College Bapti zed by Conni e \,Vyatt Ad dr ess: Postil okero 6033, Hel sinki 3 1, FI N L AND Ent ered field : 1960. Sponsor: Getwel l chur ch; Me mphi s, T enn essee as­ sisted by 11 oth er chur ches. ED LYNN DUNN FAMILY I decided to devo te my li fe to mi ssio n work whi le in m y first yea r at Fr eed-H ardeman College . T hi s decision was grea tl y influ enced by th e late and do r Korh onen. Teodo r had fro m boyhoo d ent ert ain ed beloved Ol an Hi cks, th en a pro fessor at the college th e hope, a nd th e faint belief, th at somewh ere on and spo nsor of th e Evangelist ic Forum , and by C lin e earth Chri st's chu rch m ust ex ist. R epe lled by th e Paden, at that time a mission ary in I ta ly. religion of his forefat hers he neve r becam e a mem ber Sister D unn 's par ents: Ll oyd C. Evan s; bo rn in of any sect. U po n lea rnin g of the chur ch of the Lord Dyer, Ark ansas; Do rothy Evans; born in Dar ­ in H elsinki, he received our tracts by m ail and d anel le, Ar kansas. stud ied them along with the corr espo nd ence Bible Broth er Dunn's parent s: Ivy R. Dunn ; born in cour se, and many months had not pass ed un til he wro te of hi s desire to become a mem ber of God 's Birmin gham , Alaba ma; Vera Dunn ; born 111 T rento n, Te nn essee. chur ch. T eodor traveled a di stance o f 1200 mil es, to and fro m He lsinki , in orde r to be bo rn aga in int o T he fascin at io n and exu lta n t JO)' to be found in God's famil y. T he light that glistened fro m >yes preachin g to the lost of Finl and is the same joy th at filled with tea rs of jo y and the warmn ess of a hand­ is exp er ienced by mi ssionar ies all over the worl d­ shake that said, "T hank you for lea din g me to th e winnin g o f souls to Christ , souls th at mi ght well J esus", these thin gs b esp eak the reward of p ioneerin g have neve r ex per ienced salvation had you not come. for Christ in a foreign land , th ere is no thrill to Such an exam ple is a mid dl e-age d man named Teo - match it. ELDE R , Ken net h Edward September 23, 192 l lri s Mer ritt December I 6, 1921 Kenn eth M ichae l De cemb er 17, I 957 Rach el J\II ichelle Decemb er 17, 1957 Alicia Lyrea May 4, 1960 Brot her Eld er atte nd ed Hard ing Co llege, and he was baptized by T hermon Healy. Sister Eld er attended H arding Co llege, and she was baptiz ed by Bro. George M. Scott. T heir address: P.O. Box 60, Kalomo , No rth ern Rhod esia, Afr ica Entered the field : I 949 Baptiz ed persona ll y very few; this is don e by the Afr ican eva ngelists. KEN AND IRIS ELDER Sponso r: \ Vest Side church of Chri st, Searcy, Ark an­ sas. I think one of th e most rewardin g exper iences 1s E ncour aged to ent er the field by : Fath er-in -law , to hear of som eo ne you have work ed with stand ing J. D. Merr itt , a visiting mi ssionary; teachers J. D. up for the Chri st ian way of lif e aga inst persecutions . Bales , Jo e Pryor , and Carl Spa in ; stude nts; Dr. Going aga in st the tid e is not easy, and to watch George S. Benson, who help ed with tr ave l fund . Chri st ians mo ving stea dil y in the opposite dir ect ion to the m ajor ity makes you kn ow th at Goel ind eed is School expenses were met by th e G. I. Bill of with thos e who love Him. Ri ghts. Work ed at \Voocl-Freeman Lumber Co ., and wife work ed at H awkins Clini c Hospit al. During Broth er and Sister Sibbili who ar e both exce llent the summ er , I wor ked at Camp Takoda h, whi ch I persona l workers have rais ed a fine fam ily. The ir managed th e last summ er I was th ere- '4-9. old est son is now at Nh owe Bibl e Co llege and will very soo n be gradu ated and out doi ng the work he (Ken) Alma, Mich iga n; Robert E . and R achel Cu lp has chose n for hi s prof ession. His pare nts are thr ill ed, Eld er and so are we . (lris) l~t. Co llin s, Co lorado; J. D. a nd Alice Cook Watc hin g th e chur ch in thi s area slowly grow in Merr itt the graces of th e Lord is in itself a thrill.

( ELKINS, Phillip Wayne Marc h 9, 1939 No rma Virginia Janu ary 14, 1942 Broth er Elkins att end ed Abilene Christian College , and th e Kenned y School of M issio ns, Hartford , Conn. Bap ti zed by : Eugene White. Sister Elkins attended Abilene Chri st ian Colleg e. Bapti zed by: James Cox. Address: 842 Glendale, Abilene, Texas Brother Elkins and Dal e Castl eman , in 1960, sup­ port ed th emse lves on a nin e month mi ssionary survey trip into 30 countri es in E urope, th e Middl e and Far East. They inter viewed ove r l 00 mission ar ies and took some 3,000 colored slides. T he purpos e of the trip was to gather first hand information and pictures to be used in promoting mission interest and education on various Christian college campuses and in chur ches. The Elkins plan to leave in June , 1964, on a 17-month trip through Asia, Africa and Latin America to compl ete the world surv ey of mission s. After th e trip, Phi l will spend a year PHIL AND NORMA ELKINS 1963 visitin g· most of the Christian college campuses, presenting the opportunities for Christian service overseas. The Elkins are also making definit e plans and bark ed, "Do you believe he has rised from th e to ent er a foreign field after he finishes th e work dead?" T he philosoph er paused and slowly rep lied, with college st ud ent s. T he Highland Church in "I don 't kn ow for sur e, but I know thousands to Abilene will be their sponsor for th e forthcoming whom he is a li vin g rea lit y." trip. T his was more than Paul cou ld take ; he felt he I was encouraged to do mission work af ter ent er­ must learn more about this J esus of Nazare th. After ing college, at th e Abilene Christian mission study many weeks of concentrated stud y of God's word, he class. (.J. W. T reat sponsored this clas s.) came to certain conclu sions. He had come to acce pt I worked m y way thr ough college by sellin g Bibles. Chr ist as the Son of God. H e wan ted to be a part Born: Stephenville , Texas. J ohn and Nore ne Elkin s; of Christ's Body , Hi s Ch urch. He th en out lin ed th e orga nizat ion of th e C hur ch, an out lin e that would Wolfe C it y, Texas. \,Vyndl e and Fra nces Hugh es. agree with the writi ngs of the Apost le Paul. While in India, Dale and I spent most of a wee k with Paul Sudaka, in Travadrum. Some twelve years After some di sappointments with some denom in a­ ago, Paul (th en an avi d Hindu) sat in the office of tional groups , Paul finally m et Arthur Morr is. Arthur th e vice-pr esident of Indi a. T he vice-pres ident , Rad a is a prea cher of the Chur ch who agree d to bapti ze Krishna, is recogniz ed as th e foremost Hindu philo­ Paul int o C hri st . sopher in th e world. Paul finally asked the question , Sin ce that wo nd erfu l day, Paul has give n up a "vVill you be my Guru?" i.e., tea cher. Krishn a re­ good pay in g job and relied upon the Lord to pro ­ plied, "T here is only on e worthy of that name, J esus vide for him and his fami ly. He had endured m any of Naz are th ." Paul was quit e stu nn ed at this and tribulations but has become one of th e most power­ sa id , "But he is dead and gone." T he vice-pres iden t ful speak ers in Indi a. H e is on e of the few men repli ed, "No , he is livin g today. " Mr. Suclaka bristl ed whom th e ed ucat ed H indu will liste n to , and he h as conv erted many of them. H e continu es to travel all over In d ia today , but he has a very difficul t strugg le and is in ne ed of our prayers.

Phil and Dal e in Tehran , Iran , with Ch ristian couple, th e Alb er t Bryans , who are doing governm e nt work in Tehran. Picture taken on top of their apartment building , overlooking part of Pictur e of church in Maw lai, Assa m, India , on Sunday morning Tehran ; snow-capped mountains in background. after service. Phil and Dale on back row on left . REPORT FOR MISSION BOOK

EVER ETT EVANS

Everett VV. Evans was born Ma rch l 3, 1904 near M idl and, Ar kansas to Fred T. and Lura Pittman Evans. At sixt ee n he obeyed the gospel. Afte r gra duatin g from hi gh school at Mansfie ld , Arkan sas, he ent ered H ard ing College, then located at ]Vforril­ ton , and rece ived hi s B.A. degree in 1930. He was married to Beul ah Ro gers, dau ght er of George W. and Matt ie Barber R oge rs of North Litt le Ro ck, Arka nsas, Jul y 29, 1941. She had also atte nd ed Hardin g Co llege and was th en teaching school in the No rth Little Rock scho ol system. To th em was born one daug ht er, Jud y Lee, Marc h l , 194-4. Th e birth-dat e of their adopt ed son R oy is July 14, l 945 . Bot h att end ed H arding Acad emy . Jud y is now a juni or at Hard ing College; Ro y is a freshma n at Columb ia Christian Col lege, Portland , Or ego n. During his second yea r at Harding , Evans decided to preach the gospe l. It was th ere, too , that he be­ came int eres ted in mission work . Brother J. N . Armstro ng deserves much cred it here. Aft er gra duation from colleg e, Br oth er Evans went to Californ ia, wher e he pr eac hed for 2+ years . H e help ed esta blish chur ches in No rth Long Beac h, Antioc h and v\Talnut Cr ee k. O th er congr ega tions Everett W . Evans , now working w ith the chu rch in with whi ch he worked were T urlo ck, Mart in ez, Morrilton , Arkansas . Berk eley and Salin as. H e also h elped with personal work camp aigns in Salt Lak e City, Utah and Reno , N evada . H e has continu ed to pre ach in mee tin gs Sin ce he mo ved to Arkansas he has wor ked with eac h summ er in Californ ia since leavi ng ther e in th e chur ch at Morr ilt on, 1956 to 1960, th en to W est 1956. Sid e in Sear cy, 1960 to 1962, and ba ck to Morrilton in 1962, where he con tinu es.

In 1946 the chur ch at Berk eley, Ca liforni a was pers uaded by Sister 0. T. R odman to begin the

support of Fi lom eno G. Bolonga ita, a native prea cher of Orient al Negros lsland , Ph ili ppin es. H e and his broth er-in-law, San tia go L. Sam eo n, had bee n co n­ vert ed by her late hu sba nd , 0 . T. Rodm an, who "pent eleven years in the island s. It was to encoura ge this work th at th e Berk eley chur ch decid ed to send Brother Evans to assist them. H e left the states No vemb er 20, 194-8 and return ed May 20, 1949. Berk eley and 17th Stre et in San Fran cisco, togeth er with Ch arli e R einhardt , on e of th e B~rk eley deacons, S. L. Sam eon bapti zing in th e sea supp lied th e exp enses for the tr ip . EWING, Henry P. Apr il 2 1, 19 18 Flor a Elizabeth (Short) June 18, 1925 H enry Padelford, Jr. O cto ber 21, 1946 Na ncy Eugen e Jun e 12, 1948 Bonne Elaine May 9, 1951 George W ilcox Nove mb er 30, 1954 Linda Caro l Jul y 3, 1959 Addr ess: 1 Glamorgan Rd. , Queens Park East, Bula­ wayo , South ern Rhodesia , Afr ica Entered Field: 1951 Schoo l Attended: Harding Co llege Broth er H. Ishiguro gave m e th e ori ent at ion EW ING , Hetti e L ee Octob er JI , 1896 needed, and 1 sailed out to Jap an in 1926. In 1957, Address: 739 Na kada, Shizuoka-Shi, Jap an Brother lshiguro , now dec eased , visited us in Shizuoka. The picture of him in our Nakada chur ch Parents : M . I. Ewing and Leno re Str inger Ewing pulpit is a pr ecious memory for us. Ent ered Field: 1925 Of the eight chur ches and lead ers in the sout hwest area , the late Sister Sarah Andrews and her assoc iates Schoo l Atte nd ed: Abi lene C hr istian Co llege and sponsors estab lished and trained four co ngrega­ Sponsor: Churc h of Chri st, Bishop, Texas tions . Some of her associates have di ed . I was encoura ged first by pre achers in congrega ­ Of these eight , my assoc iates in the work, and tions where I worshipped, who told of foreign field sponsors, have estab lished thr ee congregat io ns, built efforts, and th e grea t needs ex ist ing in th e world. four ch ur ches, (one burn ed down in 1945), an d now Second ly, a lette r fro m Sister Lilli e Cypert in I 924, are rea dy to buil d anoth er. Anot her of our Sh izuoka­ who was th en doing kind erga rt en work in To kyo, Shi co ngrega tion s has bee n estab lished by Broth er ur ging th at some youn g woma n volunt eer to come and Sister H. Naka hara, wh o began wor kin g in th eir out and help her. ow n rented house some four years ago, and now have a grow ing co ngrega tion of some twe nt y mem­ Br ot her McCa leb Sewell of Co rpu s Chri sti, was bers, large Bible classes , and a sp lendid summ er th e first person to interest ot hers in aidin g m e toward camp work. goi ng to Los Ange les to work with the .Japa nese mini ster, brother H. lshiguro. The beginnin g was Sin ce single women workers fill a pl ace of workin g most in sp irationa l to me, for I felt as thou gh eve ry with and aidin g in tra inin g of teac hers and pr eac hers, p en ny came dir ectly from the Hand of God. T hou gh and teach ing youth , we will pres ent here two lat e I had never felt it necessary to say " th ank you" for p ictur es: T he pi cture is of four Gospel pr eac her s, my monthl y check as a schoo l teac her, this ot her was preac hers, two Eld ers, and five women teachers. imm ensely humbling and filled with gra tefuln ess. l Others who could not be with us, number two am glad to say th at now , thirty- seve n years later, it pr eac hers, two part-time pr eac hers, and four women has always bee n th e same. teac hers .

From left to right , front ro w: Sister Sezaki ; Sister Terakado ; Hetti e Lee Ew ing ; Mrs. S. Tak a ok a, wife of former minister now decea sed , w ho is our long est -tim e teac her of wom en and children ; and Sister K. Maeda . Bock row: Brothers Tagu cki; Tachiko w a , Sezoki; Maeda ; Terako do; and M. Nakahara . AN ELDER'S VIEWS ON MISSION WORK

BY HO USTON T. EZELL

Aft er visitin g m1ss10n work in m any States of the every case, getting two m1ss10nari es for the price of U.S ., making a tour of mission work around the one , not countin g th e childr en . The wife's va lu e "is world , and making two other trip s to Kore a I have far abov e rubi es," be cause she norm all y works just come to the following conclusions. as hard and diligent as do es her husb and and in I. On e of th e greatest needs is to have th e sponsor­ most instan ces do es Christian works th at he cannot ing church and th e mission ary in close touch with do , this is in addition to th e full time job of look in g eac h other at all tim es. How ca n a mi ssionary do after her famil y. The childr en h elp ope n m any door s his best, or eve n average, when he seld om ever hears by th ei r assoc iation with others . It is good for these from th e sponsoring church , or anyone else for that famili es to re turn hom e occas ionally, to refresh them­ matter ? This happens a ll too often. On the other selves from the constant 24 hour , 7 da y a week hand , the missionary should keep the supporting routine of sacrifice . It also helps to give the churches churches inform ed of progress , success and problems . at home a better insight into wh at is going on. Above alJ, th e support in g chur ches shou ld keep 4. One of the enco ur ag ing thin gs I ha ve found is their membe rs inform ed o f the progress made, if th at most all missionar ies are dedicat in g their li ves th ey expect th eir contri but ion and int erest to grow . to this work. T he " hit and run" or " trav el for ad ­ Wh en a mi ssionary com es home he shou ld be al­ venture idea" is almost unh eard of. Matur e people lowed to speak to supporting chur ches oft en and are go in g and sta yin g and study in g the language for report to th em as Paul , Silas, and others did. a lif e's work. We cannot ju st send a m an to prea ch If a congregation is too sma ll to send a lot they lo th e fJeopl e, we must send fam ilies and set up a shou ld not be ashamed to send th eir best throu gh full progr am of Chri stian works in ord er to show someone who is willin g to und erta ke the job of th e peop le th at Chr istianity is a way of lif e a nd not coordi nating the work. just a religio us formality . On e ol th e mo st important 2. 'We can not have a missionary society, as thi s facets of this full program mu,t be teaching the sup erced es the chur ch; but we must have closer Bible to youn g people everyday oild associatin g wit h cooperation in foreign missi on wor k if we are to do them. We mu st have a Bibl e Ctll ege to train our th e job th e Lord ex pects us to do. H ere are a few work ers and preach ers ther e. 0 Pe of th e greatest sugges tions. mist akes is to brin g th em to An crica to ge t th eir We could coord in ate our efforts in reporting th e training (there are a few exce ption s to this). Anoth er tragic mistak e is for indi vidu als or chur ches in work that is go ing on in cert ain fields. Jf eac h spo n­ sor ing chu rch or each m issionary in a field reports Am erica to send money dir ect ly to natives in fore ign only no what the y or he is do ing, this does n't tell mission points. T here ar e so m any clangers th at I the tru e overa lJ pi cture of what is going on in a ca n not enum erat e them all her e, but take my word , cer tain field. I\ifany more would be encouraged to and th e wor d of all th e missionaries, a nd send it help if they knew of the solid foundation and front through th em eve n if you want it sent to some cer tain that was there . As an exa mpl e we ha ve m any grea t indi vidu al. Th is is very hard to und ersta nd unle ss works go ing in Korea but ve ry few people know of you go a nd see th e situ atio n. the wid e scop e of mission work th ere. 5. I kn ow th e gosp el can and will be carr ied to We n eed one con gregatio n to do this printin g and th e whole wo rld in JO years if one or mor e eld ers di stributi on, and n eed sponsor in g churc hes and mis­ from every congregatio n w ill visit some foreign sion ari es to be willin g to turn in th e news, so that m ission work lik e Nigeri a or Korea or both within eve ryone mi ght kn ow of the ove rall great work of 12 month s. Eve n if it m ea ns using the money you Korea, N iger ia, and ot her fields. had ea rm ar ked for mi ssion wo rk thi s year, it wi ll

'i1Ve need all th e missionaries on any field to work be the grea test in vestme nt you have ever made in together and coop erat e in every good work. Ea ch mission work. You canno t possibl y go and return work will complim ent and assist the ot her wheth er and tell your story without the co ntributi ons in ­ it be orp han home, schoo l, clini c or oth er chur ch creas in g eno ugh this year to pay your exp enses. And work. W e mu st have a fu ll, well ro und ed pro gram you will see your con grega tion grow and prosper of work with all parti cipating. and carr y th e gosp el. You can mak e a trip comp letely 3. v\Te need to train up our youth to have the around th e world for abo ut $ 1,500 .00. Don't fret desire to become mission aries and we, as pare nt s, about how mu ch good this .$1,500 wou ld do someone shou ld set th e exa mp les. Let's dedi cat e our childr en n ow. J t will do th em many times mor e good in years to th e Lord's work wh en they ar e bo rn , lik e Hannah. to com e if you spend it this way no w. I will be h appy (I Sam . 1: 11.) We are her e on thi s earth to do the to assist in any way in ord er to get eld ers and in­ Lord' s work and not for any oth er reason . ter es tecl peop le to go. Our missionar ies (in th e major it y) ar e tr ain ing 6: Our Christian Co lleges need to p ut mor e em­ th eir chi ldr en to becom e mi ssionari es. Many h ave phasi s on tra inin g men and women for for eign mi s­ already done so; a nd by marrying we h ave two more sion work. Trai n and tea ch them th e language, th e mission aries . Sup porti ng chur ches are , in a lmost cultur e and what to expect in certain countri es. Many returning missionaries cou ld do an exce llent 8. We need vocat iona l m1ss10naries , those who job at this. maybe do not feel fully qualified to preach publicly , 7. Our missionaries are not bapt izing large num­ but have experience as nurses , home economist, sec­ bers to make a big show in g. T hi s cou ld be done very retaries , doctors, farmers, mechanics , printers , etc. easily, but eve rywhere they are trying to thoroughly \ ,Ve need people who are retiring from public works teach the peopl e and cause them to want to be to bring th eir particular ta lent to the mission field . baptized for the purpose of the salvation of their By these eld ers going and see in g, and every Chris­ souls. "\,Ve don't have a "give away program" to tian giving $ 1.00 per month for the next 10 years for attract people. Our stude nt s and missionaries investi­ foreign mission wor k, the gospe l can and will , go gate and help needy people. The teaching and to the whole world . \!\Till you accept the cha llenge benevolent wor k program is the reason we are mak­ an d help the eld ers from your congrega tion go to in g good , sound , su bstant ial growt h and with this some mission point this next 12 months? background we are now ready to receive the harvest so that that it will not fall on the ground and rot , 9. Around the world our missionaries are teaching or be devoured by the birds. T he fields are truly the new converts that it is their duty to help carry rip e unto harvest and we have learned how to harvest the gospe l to the whole world . The y believe this. We it and preserve it. Now won't you join in this have taught th is in America for many years but harvest in g? how many of you believe it?

Bro. Jim Massey preaching in market place much like Poul did 1900 years ago . The difference is in tools . Bro. Massey has a Volkswagen , a loudspeaker and nice printed oilcloth charts . This is a very effective method. Many churches are started just this way. His interpretor is native evangelist, Bro. Jacob Achinefu .

This is a member of the real Ekpo society which once ruled much of west Africa . They used to kill people, offer human sacrifices and plunder at will. Today the wonderful gospel of Bro. and Sis. Andy T. Ritchie , Jr . vistied us and held a very Christ changed all that . People no longer fear them and many effective workshop on How To Improve Our Wor ship. of the Ekpos are Christians now. The couple on the left is Bro. and Sis. Floyd Young from Texas who are erecting an oil refinery for an American company . The couple with children on the right is Bro. and Sis. Bill Curry, missiona rie s. These are three " Big" chiefs from our local area pictured with Dr. Henry Farrar . They are inspecting sight for new hospital w hich is soon to be erected . Whereas chiefs used to live in mud huts and walked to their destinations now they have two Dr. Floyd Coleman with a well known chief in Eastern Nigeria . storied houses, huge American cars . This chief has been converted to the gospel and helped teach the entire church where he labored and worshiped to leave de ­ nominationalism and put on Christ . He operates a big matern­ ity home and asked us to run a local school where he helped start a few years ago .

Dr. Coleman is from Waterloo, Indiana, and plans toga ta Israel next year as an M.D.

On the few occasions each year when the denominations par­ take of communion they are all forced to dress in white if they This is the inside of a Juju (their idol ar god) hut. The people expect to partake . Many sects wear such garb every Sunday . believe their ancestors return in the form of pots, pans , pieces Such is the case with the Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and of wood , feathers, etc. Seraphim, a sect originating in Nigeria. ( POTENTIALITIES OF YOUTH CAMPS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES BY C. A. FARLEY , Director Camp Blue Haven, Las Vegas, N.M.

One of the brightest and most encouraging phases much easier to lead a person to God. It is much of spreading the gospel in foreign countries at the easier for many young people to obey the Gospel present time is the Christian Bible camp. 111 an informal situation . Through simple outdoor Ten or fifteen years ago, youth camps were living they actua lly have a real experience in living virtually unknown to the church of Christ overseas. close to the realities of God. Many of the wonderful Today we have camping programs in Switzerland, glories of nature make an indelible impression on Japan , Norway , Africa , Germany , France , Denmark , campers and leave them in the right fram e of mind and perhaps many other countries. Missionaries to to receive the Master's teaching. At camp the boys these countries relate that camping has proved to be and girls are removed from ordinary surroundings a most effective means of reaching young people with and hindering influences. the Truth. The growth of these camps in recent 4. In camps there is greater readiness for learning. years is evidence of the fact that these camps are Most boys and girls come to camp expecting to helping to meet the needs of young people in learn more about God 's word . They arrive in camp foreign lands. Youngsters, especially from the large eager and ready to learn. The beautiful natural cities , are finding something in these camps that surroundings are conducive to Bible study and medi­ they need and want, and come back for more-bring­ tation. If there is such a thing as an ideal teaching ing their friends with them. situation, it is in the Bible camp! Jt is doubtful that at present any other medium of 5. The camp is a "laboratory of Christianity." Boys teaching is accomplishing so much in such a short and girls have an opportunity of seeing love and time and with as little effort and expense as the other virtues practiced 24 hours a day. The c.amp youth camp. sett ing provides campers with count less opportunities Even though we have made great strides in the to deeper their understanding of God and His pur­ summer camping program overseas , we have just poses. gotten started with these projects. 6. Many campers go home with more enthusiams Missionaries state th at they are reaching on ly a and a greater desire to be of service in the Lord's sma ll portion of chi ldr en who do not attend Bible vin eyard. Some will begin to do things in the work classes anywhere. In many countries only a sma ll and worship of the church that they have never percent of the youngsters attend Sunday School. done before. While at camp many have been inspired J t has been proved conclusively by our missionaries to be missionaries, elders , song leaders, evangelists. in recent years that Christian camps can and do 7. Boys and girl s have learned that they can have reach at least three distinct groups of youngsters: lots of fun and still be Christians. At camp they (1) boys and girls who have no contact whatsoever learn many forms of recreation , games and sports with the church. Many parents will let their children about which no question can be raised as to their attend a Bible camp with other young people , but appropriateness for Christians. would not think of letting them attend Bible classes , 8. Camping is a highly educational experience. V.B.S. or worship at the church of Christ; (2) young It has been est imated that one week of camping is people who somewhere along the lin e begin to find equal to one month of schooling. Reg ardless of the worldly int erests to replace their church activities ; validit y of this statement , it is certain that chi ldr en (3) dedicat ed young Christians who want to grow away from their parents and home ties do develop spiritually. self-reliance, unselfishness , cooperation, team-play, Why has there been such a steady growth in tolerance , patience , courage , in addition to learning Christian youth camps in foreign countries during many new ski lls. the past decade? Here are just some of the reasons: Camping is perhaps the most meaningful of all the I. Greater opportunity for more Bible study. In experiences in the total program of Christian ed uca­ 2-3 weeks of camp , the average chi ld gets more tion because it is a more unified exper ience, more actua l class time than in a whole year of Sunday intense and all-encompassing. The Bible camp then School. is a most effective tool in reaching people for Christ 2. Opportunities are provided for Christian learn­ in foreign lands. ing and guidance that cannot be achieved elsewhere in the program of Christian education. Camping experiences capitalize on the natural interests of Challenges boys and girls in doing things together in the out­ I. We need more camps in lands overseas and we of-doors. It puts them in small groups in a rustic hope that many of our missionaries will be en­ setting where through simple outd oor living they couraged to start a summer camp in their area. New can actually have an experience in a Christian com­ camps need to be started to be more accessible to munity , living close to the realities of God's world . more youngsters and to help them become more 3. In surroundings of gre at natural beauty, it is dedicated servants of our Lord. 2. We need to get more chi ld ren to our foreign Served in U. S. Publi c H ealt h Servic e 1955-57, camps. Remember , many parents will let their chi l­ and now in th e Inactive R eserve with ra nk of dren attend a summer camp but will not let them Sen ior Assistant Sur geon. Surgica l residenc y ent er a church building. This is a field white unto 1957-62 in Harl an, Ky. and , vinston-Sa lem , N.C. har vest , as in many of the large cit ies overse as no Surgica l staff of VA Hospital , J ohnson City, more th an 10 per cent of th e ch ildr en attend Bibl e Tennessee , 1962-64. Eligib le for Americ an Bo ard schoo l anyw here. W'e need to reach the young people of Surgery and candidate for the American Co l­ with the Gospel before they reach the age of sixtee n. lege of Surgeons. Has preached th e gosp el since It has been stated that on ly one person out of every 1945 for congr egat ions at Bald Knob , Arkansas ; five obeys the Gospe l aft er reac hin g the age of six ­ Mo rri stown , T enn ,; Sevierv ille, T enn. ; N ewport , teen. Tenn. ; Harlan , Ky.; and Colonial Heights , Ten n. Bible School teacher at Union Ave. chur ch , 3. Other religious gro up s in foreign lands are far Memphis, 1951-54, and South Fork church , ahead of us in thi s type of work. They found out Winston -Salem , N.C. , 1960-62, and serv ed as a long ago the wonderful and last in g va lu es of Bible deacon in the latter congregatio n. Have he ld camps. gospe l meetings for th e Ch eroke e Road congre­ gation in J ohnson City and Centerview con­ gregat ion near Elizabethton , Tenn. Have preached for many oth er congregations for in­ dividual appointmen ts.

GR ACE JOH NSON FARRAR from West Baden , Indi ana, R.N. deg ree from Bethesda Hospital , Cinc inn ati , Ohio , and B.S. degree from H arding Co llege . Valedictorian of her high schoo l class . , vas reared in the Met hodist churc h and had ch ildh oo d ambition of becoming a medical mis­ sio nary. Became a member o[ th e Lord's church Ill C in cinn ati . Marr ied at Searcy, Arkansas , 1950. Chi ldren are: Paul age 11, Martha age 9, David age 7, Hank age 5, and Le e age 3.

HENRY AND GRACE FARRAR (1964) I was baptized into Chri st at Park Circle ch ur ch Children: Paul and Martha, David , Hank and Lee in 1938. Park Circle Church became , vest Encl con­ ( gregat ion and they pl an to sponsor us in Nig eria , and we leave for N iger ia July 21, 1964. West End HENRY FARRAR , born in Nas hvill e, Tennessee , sponso red me in a six weeks trip to survey Niger ia 1926, and atte nd ed Harding Co ll ege 1944-47, in Sept . and Oct. I 963. The present plan is to The University of Tennessee , Knoxville 1947-50 estab lish a hospital in Nigeria. Severa l v illages receiving B.A . and M.S. degrees and was a have offered to build a hospital for us to pr act ice in, member of Phi Kappa Phi Honorary fr aternity. but the exact lo catio n in N iger ia has not be en M. D. from University of Tennessee in 1954, and selected yet . I had planned to be a missionary and received Verstandig award in senior year. I n­ preac her since ch ildho od and decided to become a terned at Tampa M uni cipa l Hospital 1954-55. medical mission ary whi le at Harding. FI NT O, Don April 18, 1930 Ma rth a Nove mb er 3, 1929 Dav id G raves O ctobe r 17, 1953 ( Donn a Caro le O ctober 17, 1953 H elene J ea nn ette Novembe r 9, 1958 i\ lissionari es to Ger m an y [ro m 1952 to 1960. Pr esen t Ad dress: 1911 M urfr eesboro R oa d, Nas hville, Te nn e~see, 372 17 Don was bo rn and reared in L amesa, Texas, a nd was gradu ate d from A bil ene Christian Co l!ege in 1950. A[ter gradu ation, h e moved to Me mphi s, Te n­ nessee, where he work ed as song dir ector and as­ sociat e mini ster w ith the U ni on Aven ue chu rch. Durin g hi s stay, he m et a nd m arri ed 1'_'[art~ a A nn Gr aves. Ma rtha A nn is a gra du ate of Dav id Lip scomb The Don Finto Family in Hamburg , Germany Coll ege ( 195 I) and the da ught er of Dr. a nd M rs. Picture taken in 1958 . L. 1\lf. G raves o f Me mphi s. English worship ser vices have neve r bee n co ndu cted T he Fin tos return ed to L amesa, T exas and li ved with regul arit y, thu s leav in g th e work ers free to for one year , wor kin g with th e chur ch in th at city, co ncentr ate on estab lishin g a perm anent Germ an wh o then beca me th eir sole supp ort er as th ey lef t work . T here has bee n from th e beg innin g an attempt for Germ any in th e fall o f 1952. Durin g th eir first to spea k Germ an exclu sively in and around th e month s abroa d, th ey work ed with th e Ger man a nd worship assembli es, to give th e feelin g of a Germ an Ameri ca n chur ches in Fr ank[u rt, st udi ed th e Germ an chur ch, rath er th an an America n-gove rn ed bod y. language and laid pl ans for work ou tside th e Fr ank ­ Att empts have bee n consistentl y m ade to develop furt area. Germ an leadership. Bibl e classes, serm ons, sin ging Beca use of th e Ameri can for ces in German y fol­ and oth er phases of th e work ha ve bee n del ega ted low in g W orld War JI , Germ an mi ssion work had to Germ an Chri stians as mu ch as possibl e. bee n conce ntr ated in South ern citi es befor e I 952. In 1957, Di eter Alten, one of th e most capabl e In thi s yea r, a Germ an sister, Char lott e Borkm ann , Germ an eva ngelist s, join ed th e H ambur g work , after convert ed in Fr ankfurt and mo ved to H ambur g, be­ th e Goebe ls and Benn etts had return ed to th e ga n to p lea d with eva ngelists in Fra1~k~urt to come States. T he Fint o's return ed to th e States in 1960. to Ger many's largest cit y (nea r two milli o n) to pl ant T he chur ch is continuin g to develop leadership from th e cause o f New T estament Christiani ty. Di eter within . Durin g Br oth er Alten's seve n-wee k trip to and Ma rga ret Goe bel and We ld on and Edith Ben­ th e U nit ed States this yea r (1964), th e chur ch work nett m ade pl ans to move to H ambur g in 1953. A t will be led entir ely by th e H ambur g br ethr en, wh o th eir requ est , and th e ag reemen t of the L amesa at thi s writin g numb er ap proxim ately eight y. (On e chur ch, the Fint os join ed th em in th at new wo rk. of th e ca pabl e Ch ristians worshippin g in Hambur g T he first lectur es in rent ed schoo lroo ms were held is ·w ait er Sautt er, dir ector of th e Coca Cola pl ant , in late sprin g; a seri es of tent m ee tin gs were con­ who spe nt two years in int ensive Bi ble stud y at du cted in th e followin g month s and yea rs. By th e Abil ene Chri stian Coll ege.) T he financial str ength encl of the first summ er 's teac hin g, eight new of th e chur ch has also continu ed to pr ogress to th e converts were mee tin g for wor ship . point that th ey are this year assumin g a small por­ Fro m th e beginnin g, th e personalit y of th e H am­ tion of Broth er Alten's person al supp ort (Broth er bur g chur ch has bee n •.i1ique in some res pects. Alt en has bee n support ed by th e Charlott e Avenu e Chur ch in Na shville, Te nn essee . sin ce his clays as a stud ent of Dav id Lip scomb Coll ege in 1949-50). Whil e in Germ any, Don not only work ed with th e H ambur g chur ch, but also held seve ral mee tin gs a year in many of th e oth er citi es of Germ any, Austri a and Swit zerl and. Ma rtha taught Bibl e classes in th e H ambur g chur ch, as well as pa rti cip atin g in th e Ge rm an women's Bibl e wee k eac h year. U pon re turnin g to th e U nit ed States in 1960, th e Fint os work ed with th e \,Vhit e Station Chur ch in J\Iemphi s, Te nn essee from 1960-1963, wh ere Don also received th e M.A . degree from H ardin g G radu ate Schoo l. Pr esently th ey live in Nas hville, T enn essee, wh ere th ey work with th e U na chur ch. Don teac hes Main ream of leased meeting place . Seating capacity Germ an and Bibl e at D avid Lip scomb Coll ege and approximately 100 . is doin g furth er gra du ate work at Vand erbil t. PLANNING THE MISSION PROGRAM OF THE LOCAL CHURCH

BY DO N FINTO

The following remarks , first pr esent ed to a group o [ Christi an busi nessmen in Nas hvill e, Tennessee , sugges t ways of impro ving some of th e missi on work pre sently being done , as well as guidelines for a church embarking on new work . T hey are based on exp erienc es gathered both as a foreign eva ngelist and as a member of the hom e supporting church.

I. JNVESTIGATE "And let these also first be proved ." (I T im . 3: 10) T hi s was Paul's instru ction for deaco ns. How much mor e ca n it be said of a man who is to be sent thousands of miles from hom e without close super­ During the first three years of work in Hamburg (1953-1955) , vision! Desire is an import ant but not th e only almost 20 meetings were held . Most of them in this tent. quality needed in a foreign eva nge list. Let a man be pro ved ! Consider wasted eva nge listic energy wh en mis­ sionaries must spe nd pr ecious weeks raisin g fund s Let a man be prov ed in th e hom e chur ch! Let for a good wo rk! If one chur ch were concentr at ing his work be tested for soundn ess! Let hi s ab ilit y on its ow n work , rat her than scat terin g efforts , mu ch with peop le be seen ! Let his dedic ation be known! unn eeded overhead expenses could be economized. Do es he have sufficient pr eparation ? \Viii he be able Thousand s of dollars and years of energy cou ld be to adjust to a new and different situ at ion? Does he chann eled into more fruitful tasks. A mission ary have sufficient dri ve to work well alon e and on his could return hom e for strengthening rat her than own? To whom is he marri ed ? v\lhat assets does she weeks of rest lessness a nd travel. bring to th e tea m ? What is the behav ior of his child ren? Wi ll his fam ily aid or hind er hi s wor k? T he majorit y of work clone in today 's brotherhood \!\There has th e man pr eviously worked? Is he held gains its imp et us from th e man who feels called to in 1csteem by thos e with whom he has labo red? \Vas the missio n field and who , then, seeks supp ort and his work successfu l? trav el expenses. Would a church not do a mor e effectiv e work , if she seeks for th e mo st opportune Transporting a man across th e ocean does not fields , th en selects the men who should go to th ese change him . Hi s weakn esses and st rengths remain fields? Wh y could not a chur ch select th e most the same. talent ed men in the brotherhood and approach them Speakin g ab ilit y and first impr essions must not for this spec ial work? Would we not then have our be th e sole cr iterion upo n whi ch a worker is j ud ged strongest wor kers on the miss ion field , just as in worthy of support. th e first centur y chur ch? A nd what pr eac her (or L et th e field of labor also be ana lyzed. Is th ere deaco n or elder) could refuse to go if th e church reason to believe th at the field is corr ect ly chose n? decides he could serve well in th eir selected field ? \,\lhy should not the supporting chur ch do part o r \,\Tould not th e chur ch also feel more directly re­ the in vest igatio n. Help the evangelist choose his field sponsi ble for this spe cial work and stand more of lab or.' Be sur e that he will not be comp letely ard ently behind him in pray ers and in suppo rt ? isolat ed from other Chris tian fam ilies. T he Lord sent men two by two. Paul always took working 3. SU P ER VISE comp anions. M issio nary exampl es of th e pr esent Every dedica tee! worker on th e fields longs for century test ify to the nea r imp ossibilit y of effective more help in planning his work . Most eva ngelists work when separated from oth er Christi ans over are youn g in years and exper ience, and must m ake long periods of time. decisions far ahead of them in years, decisions th at may even surp ass those co nfr ontin g elders of their 2. CONCENTRATE supporting chur ch. If a worker is dedicated to hi s Even Paul realized that he could not do all th e task, he is glad to report his ap proxi m ate scop e of evan ge lizin g by him self, but must limit his scop e of duti es, hi s plann ed schedul e of work for a norm al activ it y. H e con centrat ed 0 11 Gentil es, wh ile Pet er week, what he consid ers important , what probl ems taught J ews (Gal. 2:7-8). Ju st so, today , a chur ch are facing him and what jo ys are sustaining him , must cho ose its scop e of act ivit y rat her than scatt eri ng in order to hear advice from oth er expe ri enced efforts unn ecessar ily. "\V e don't ha ve any work in Christ i;rns . that part of the wo rld " is no just ification for begin­ T he pli ght of the m issio nar y with twent y-five or nin g a n ew wor k. "B etter is the end of a thing th an thirty support ing chu rches or in dividuals is un fort un­ its beg innin g" is a prov erb th at deserves cons id era ­ at e. H e ha s no one chu rch int erested in hi s work to tio n also in mission end eavors . th e -ext ent that he ca n turn to them for guid ance. H e must also spend countl ess hours in repetitious ' Paul seems to have chose n pr edomin ate ly major letter -writing, or curt ail his reports to a m1111mum. ( cities. T he evange list awa y from home needs more th an a paych eck each month. His morale 1s eq ually as im­ should be encouraged. \Vith modern m ethods of portant as his financi al support. transportation , it is possible for man y state-side Time and expenses in sending a repr ese ntativ e lead ers to visit foreign missions . Not only will they ( (elder , if possible) of the supporting church to visit be stirred to new zeal , but th eir enthusiasm will th e evangelist is always worthwhile. A visit from the spark th e home church. pr eac h er is good , yet less effective , since he may be Since, how eve r, visits between supporting church moving to another church in short time. This and for eign workers will be rar e, int erve ning time "expensive" method of supervision is no less im­ must be filled with regul ar reports to sustain int erest. portant than the missionary 's own visits hom e a nd Tap e recordings are in ex pens ive and effective. Slides often brings rea l assets to the future and stability can help to keep int erest alive , especially if the of th e new work . The worker ca n be seen on the slides emphasize those without th e gospel and the fields ; his peculiar probl ems can be a ppreciated ; mea ns being used to reac h th em, rath er than mere other works in the area can be contacted and the tra velogu es. Pictures , special mission bulletins at effectiveness of the mission more accurately ascer­ per iodic al int ervals and any other available means of tai nee\. communication will be worthwhile to the supporting Christians. 4. JNFORM The on-the-field missionary also deserves more than "They rehearse d all things that Goel had clone th e monthly paych eck. H e, too, needs to be kept with them " (Acts 14:27), we read , concerning Paul informed of th e home church 's activities , plans and a nd Barnabas ' return to Antioch. growt h. lf a regular exc hang e of correspondence Many churches , even with thousands of dollars cannot otherwise be kep t, let th e home church ap­ diverted to mission work , are lax in their giving point a foreign correspondent , whos e duty it will be program because of the lackad aisical methods of to keep the missionary properly informed, and who keep ing th e congregation informed . Only when will also communicate to th e home church for the Christians are kept informed of the needs, will they missionary.

rally to th e support of world-wide evangelism. \!\Tith ever-growing inter est 111 1111ss1on work, it The best way of informing a congregation would becomes mor e imp era tiv e that wisdom be exerc ised be on-the-spot visits for each member of the sponsor­ in carrying out th e Lord's work. Let us profit from ing church. This being impossible , visits from th e mi stakes and experience, not expressing remorse, but, greatest number of Christians on th e mission field lik e Paul, pressing "forward to th e goal". FOX , H ar ry R . Sr. Fe bru ary 24, 1896 Paulin e H. (wife) M ay 20, 1900 H arr y R obert (J r.) April 26, 1921 Loga n J or dan Oc tobe r 20, 1922 R amo na O ctobe r 5, 1924 Sterlin g L ee J anu ary 22, 1926 J ea n Ap ril 4, 1927 C lint o n Nove mb er 24, 1928 Arn old Sept embe r 2, I 930 Broth er Fox att end ed D .L.C., Nas hville, Te nn. , an d Pepp erd in e Co llege, Los A ngeles, Calif. Bap tized by Br oth er Baxter in 19 12 Sister Fox was bapt ized by Brot her T. B. La rim or e in 1910. H. R. FOX FAMILY Pr esent address: c/ o chur ch of C hri st, P.O. Box 515, Pacific Gro ve, Ca liforni a "\i\Thil e in J apa n, Br oth er Fox first labored with Ent ered J apan in D ec., 1919. R emain ed th ere until the Ka mit omi zaka chur ch in To kyo, teachin g E nglish Sept . 1935. Bi ble classes of U n iversity stu dents wh ile stud ying Sponsors : First, the Hig hl and chu rch o f Christ, the J apanese language . T hree yea rs later, h e m oved Lo u isville, Ky. Second term , the David Lipsco mb to T anaku ra Machi , in Fukus hima Ken (Pro vin ce), College chur ch, Nas hville, T enn . a virgin territory where the gosp el had never been Broth er and Sister Fox were encoura ged to becom e pr eac hed . A small chur ch was esta bli shed, along with foreign mi ssionari es by: (I) Don Carlo s J an es, and a large Sund ay-schoo l for childr en. (2) by Br o . .J. M . Mc Caleb, whil e visitin g Am eri can Wh en Bro th er B. D . Mo rehead ret urn ed to th e chur ches. Sta tes, Broth er Fox was asked to tak e over th e di­ rection of th e Kin g B ible Schoo l, a sm all tra inin g­ schoo l for nat ive pr eac hers. H e contin ued in this work for about two yea rs unti l failin g health forced his return to th e U. S.A. In th e mea ntim e, he spent two win ters in Sh izuoka, assistin g th e chu rch there- in th e absence of M iss Sarah Andr ews. H e also d id some pr eac hin g in Chi ba Ken (where Brot her Fuj imo ri 's home was located ), a nd made a short evangelisti c to ur in sout hern J apan, looking for a p lace to loca te.

Harry R. Fox, Sr. and the Ota Church, 1935

Bo th Brot her a nd Siste r J

KING BIBLESCHOOL-1934 Ota, Japan My first canvert-a Tokyo Unive rsity stud ent FOX, Harry R obert , Jr. Apri l 26, 1921 Geraldine Paden August 17, 1924 Kenneth Irl January 5, 1948 ( J ohn Alan December 6, 1950 Larry Robert March 30, 1953 .Jerry Evan October 5, 1957 Brot her Fox attended David Lipscomb, Hardin g and Pepperdine Colleges. Baptized by J. D. l•enn. Sister Fox attended Pepperdin e Co llege. Bapt ized by Albert Smith . Add ress (on the field): Omika , Kuji Mac hi, Hit achi Shi, Ib araki Ken , .Japa n (Current): 54 18 R oyer Ave nu e, Wood land Hill s, California Brother Fox is currently serving the Wood land Park chur ch in vVood land Hills , Ca li f. He is also working as a Social Case Wor ker with the Los Ange les County Bur eau of Pub lic A~sista nce. Brother and Sister Fox served in J apan from l!l47 to 1958. Entered Field : 194:?. Baptized : Approx in •at ely 600. Sponsor: Uptown ( -hurch, Long Beach, Ca liforn ia. Broth er Fox states that the men who most in­ fluenced him to become a mission ary are ident ical Harr y Robert , Gerri e, Kenny , Johnny , Larry. (Ta ken in fron t of with the men who most inspired in him faith in the house built by Har ry R. Fox, Sr. in 1924.) Picture made in .Jesus Christ: George Klin gma n, E. H . Ij ams, .J. N . 1955 . Armstron g, G. C. Brewer , Rob ert G. Nei l, Norman L. Parks , E. Stanley .Jones, E. V. Pullias and Ralph W ilburn. H e work ed every yea r that h e was in school to help pay expe nses. Place of birth and names of par ents: Brother Fox-Bor n in To kyo, .Japan, Father : Harry R . Fox, Mother : Paulin e Hi ckm an. Sister Fox - Born in Comm erce, Texas . Father: Oscar Pade n, Mother: Lon a Hardin. Brother Fox wr ites: "The two most mea ningful experien ces given to me on the field wer e (1) teac h­ ing the Bible daily to severa l hundr ed eage r students at lbaraki Christ ian Co llege and High School and (2) person ally tr a ining a numb er of men to becom e gospel pr eachers." The church in Da igo (typ ica l of th e rura l church es in lb ara ki.) (Pictur e mad e in 1957.)

A representative crass -section of br ethren in lbaraki w ho at­ tend ed t he four-day annual encampment at Nishiyama near Harry Robert and Logan Fox at a " pr ea cher's luncheon " with Ota . Japanes e pr ea ching brethr en in Milo , capital city of lba raki. FOX , Log an J orda n October 20, 1922 Made lin e C lark De cemb er 28, 1922 R amona J ean Ma rch 23, 1947 Loga n L ee May 7, 1948 Violet Ann No vemb er 29, 1949 J\lary Kathr yn Febru ary 16, 195 1 i\l atthew Clar k Jun e 23, 1954 Educat ion : Lo ga n-D av id Lipscomb , 194 1-1943; Pepperdin e, 1944-1946; U ni v. o f Ch icago, 1946- 1947; Un iv. of Southern Ca lif. , 1960-1963. Madel in e- Fr eed-H ard eman , 1942-1953; Pepp er­ din e, 1944-1946. Baptiz ed by: Loga n- R espond ed to preac hin g of Bro. Kikuchi, long -time associate of E. A. Rhodes , now runs an E. H. Ij ams, baptiz ed by J. D. Fenn . Madelin e Old Peoples Home wit h over 100 old people in it. - .J. Farley. E nte red Field: March , 1948 street from us li ved the Kiku chi fam ily with thr ee Spo nsor: Verm o nt Ave . C hur ch, Los Ange les, I 948- childr en, R eiko, Mic hik o, and Kazuo. Durin g th e 1952, I 0th and Broad St. Chur ch, Wichit a 17alls, years we li ved in Tanakura we were friends with T exas , 1953-1960 this family and th ese childr en wer e our best fri end s, but we cou ld not lead th em to Chri st. Wh en we E ncour aged to be a missionary by the exampl e of my p arent s. went bac k to J apan in 1948, th e first two people I baptiz ed were M ichik o and Kazuo who are today Par ent s: Logan·s - H arry R. Fox and Paulin e Hick ­ fait hful pill ars in the Tana kur a chur ch. m an o f Louisvill e, Ky.; i\l aclelin e's-U ln er Lee Clark and Rub y Brown of N ashville, Te nn . A lifet im e of inv olvement in m1ss10n work has left me great ly impr essed with th e myst ery of di vin e Experiences and Impressions pro vidence and very littl e impr essed with human schemes and methods. I h ave see n th e " best" met hods Bein g a seco nd -generation missionary , I have bee n produ ce nothing , and I hav e see n th e "poor est " impre ssed with the imp ortance of time in mission methods us ed by Goel for great good. I am co n­ work. J apa n is one of th e two old est m ission fields of vin ced that it is by prayer a nd obed ience to God 's our brethr en a nd th ere we have had a goo d chance guid ance th at th e Kingdom spr ea ds r ath er than b y to wat ch th e cumul ativ e effects of three generat ions human planning and sal esmanship . Sometimes it is of work . , I\Tithout th e co nverts and contacts of th e in th e large cit ies that Goel ope ns doors and ca lls previous two ge nerations , th e kind of program we us; sometimes it is in a rural vill age th at H e pr e­ ha ve carri ed on at Ib araki Christian College wou ld pares a heart to rece ive His word. In J apan ther e have been impossible. has been a work in Tokyo since Broth er McCal eb went in I 892, and th ere has bee n th e rur al work in On e ex peri ence illustr ates thi s tim e factor. Unt il the mount ains and valleys of lb araki for alm ost that I was eight years old , we li ved in a littl e town in long. ,I\Thich has bee n th e more sign ificant? , !\Tho Fukushima pr efectur e called Tana kur a. Across th e ca n say? I t is not a matt er of eith er-or. It is not a matter of to th e cit ies first, then to th e cou ntr ysid e. vVe go wh ere we are Jed, wh ere door s are opened and hea rts pr epared.

O ne other co nviction has grow n in m e. A willi ng­ ness to serve th e felt 11eeds of peop le is at th e hea rt of th e Chri st ian mi ssion. T his desire to serve often leads to th e esta bli shment of in st itut ions , such as schools , hospit als, orp hans ' homes , etc. \I\Thil e we recognize the diff erenc e betwee n thes e institutions an d th e chur ch, we should not be afraid of them nor cons id er th em as somehow Jess important th an "pure " eva ngelism. Ne ith er, of cour se, should we be pr oud o f th em or va lu e th em above the mini stry of The B. D. Morehead home from Ota now on the campus of lbaraki Christian College . th e ·word. In Jap an, especially in the I bara ki area , we hav e alwa ys had a two-pronged atta ck, prea chi11g and servic e. \,Ve prea ched in eve ry way conceivab le, and we trained as many pre achers as we could. On ( th e other hand , we have tri ed to serve th e peo pl e of th e communit y by mee tin g mor e concrete needs. \,Ve hav e establish ed orphans' homes, old people 's hom es, kind erga rt ens, schoo ls, and ha ve clone a little benevolent and social welf are work amo11g the poor. iVfy feeling today is th at this two-pronged attac k was right. M ission ar ies are not wasting th eir time wh e11 they are feeding stomachs , healing bodies, or teach­ in g minds . It is no t mor e imp ortant to pr eac h ser ­ mons to th ese peopl e. Serv ice is not in comp etiti on with pr eachin g nor is it a sub sti tut e for pr eac hi11g. It is one way of pr eac hin g, for pr eaching at its best is always " in word and in deed."

Logen Fox, with Bro. Ebine , one of the early co-w orkers of Pr esent address: 2403 W. 79th St., In glewood , Ca lif. H. R. Fox, Sr. Pr ese 11t occ upatio11: Teacher of Psychology, El Lester Boyd Britt ell 's address: P.O . Box 132, Livin g­ Cami 110 Co llege , Torrance, Ca lif. Also a pr act i­ stone, N . Rh od esia, Cent . A frica. H e e11tered cin g psycho log ist specializin g in counse ling . the field in 1953.

The H. R. Fox hom e from Tanakura no w on campus of lbaraki Christian College . FRANK, H . B., Jr. Nove mb er 16, 1925 H elen e Lavern Nove mb er I, 1925 Stan Boon e July 21, 1956 Paul a Dani elle January 11, 1962 J oel Kirk J anu ary 19, 1962 Broth er Frank attended Oklahoma U ni vers ity (B.S. degree) and Florida College. Bapti zed b y Griffin Copeland. Sister Frank attend ed Florid a College. Bapti zed by Griffin Copeland. Address: 2, Ru e du Commandant-de-Poli , Orleans (Loiret) France Permanent Contact: H . B. Frank , Sr., 116 So. N inth , Yukon, Oklahom a Entered Field: 1959. H. B. Frank, Jr . Family, Orleans, France Sponsor: Erick , Oklahom a Church. faded in th e 1950's, the buildin g was kept and was Encouraged to be a mission ary: At Florida College always available for th e French wo rk. by students a nd Br ot her Homer H ailey, in I 952-54. An apartm en t above the audit orium (2nd floor, Both worked while in school. Broth er Fran k taught left half) has been comp leted with th e finances of in th e Busin ess Dept.; Sister Frank did secretar ial Brother and Sister Carl Goodw in , who occup y it work. until another worker can use it . The Goodw in' s H. B. was born in Daisetta (Liberty County) have been virtu ally missio narie s in France sinc e Texas. Par ent s: H oward B. and Myre! Frank. 1953 (he supports his family by his civil service Lavern was born in Pontoto c, Oklahoma . Parents: work for th e U. S. Govt.), faithfully servin g with the J ames A. and Mollie Casey. French and Ame rican Christians in Verdun, Nancy , Paris and Orle ans. The pres ent congregatio n (see ph oto) was begu n in J an. , 1961, by the H. B. Frank, Jr ., fam ily, thou gh Broth er Donald Daugherty was th e first Experiences on Mission Field ( 1953-56) to esta blish th e work in Orle ans among Our son Sta n was 3 when we ent ered France. He th e French. After his mov e to Pari s, the H al Frazier lea rn ed French in kind ergarte n. H e is fourth in hi s ( 1956-59) and Robert ?vf cA uley ( 1959-60) famili es 2nd grade of 26 boys. French schools are free and worked here. In 1963 th e J acq ues Marchal famil y are not co-edu cat ional. (Fr ench) moved here to wor k with the Fra nk 's. T he W e have adopted two child ren in Orleans. T he Orl ea ns' congregation is on e of the fastest grow ing first was a Spa nish girl. We brough t her hom e from in Fra nce. the Paris hosp ital wh en she was six days old. T he Wall post ers are wid ely used in Fra nce to advertis e second was a Fre nch boy whom we rec eived when Gospel mee tings , Bible correspondence cour ses and he was 14 month s. T he girl is onl y 8 clays older; the chur ch. raising th em toget her has been lik e raising twins . T housands of Gospe l tracts have been distributed Sister Fran k, who is in a wheel chair beca use of in the Orl ea ns' Fair. polio, do es all her ow n housework , car ing for her Americans station ed h ere wit h th e Army h ave be en fam ily and entertaining Fr ench Chri stians and con­ meeting sin ce 1948. T hey have contr ibu ted ge nerous ly tacts. to the Frenc h work, paying th e rent and utiliti es for the buildin g whi ch was erected in I 953. Th e bui ld­ in g is rent ed. "\!\Then th e work among th e French

Place of worship (Work ers Apartment , ½ of 2nd floor ), French congregation , Orle,;,ns , fr,;,nce Orleans , France. (

GANTT, Dw yatt C. February 2, 1932 Wanda Gantt December 26, 1932 Nita Gantt October I 2, I 950 Mary Gantt July 2, 1952 Delton Gantt October 25, 1953 Holly Gantt July 2, 1959 Address: Kaakurinkuja 5-B-12, Helsinki L aullasaari , Pub. 67-74-02 Finland Entered Field: I 960 Sponsor: 10th and Utica Street Church of Christ, Plainview , Texas , The Church , Hooker, Okla­ homa

Mr. and Mrs. Dwyatt Gantt and Family

THE LORD'S CHURCH IN FINLAND Bv DwYATT GANn ·

What's going on in Finland , anyway? Plenty! from the beginning the strings of our lives which had There's a battle being fought for the souls of men. been broken when we left America had to be tied In May, 1960, Eddie Dunn, Wallace and Virginia onto some similar strings here. But , much of the Mays and daughter Lisa , and Wanda and I with time , the knots we used were pretty crude even when our four little ones landed in Helsinki. We were we could find out where the strings were we were join ed three months later by Richard and Bettie supposed to tie onto. Bedlam, a nxiety, confusion, Kruse and one year later by Carole, whom Eddie, misery, excitement and the plain old garden variety meanwhile, had returned to the States and married. of fear-all of these ruled and reigned in those early v\Te had just one purpose and aim , with but a misty days. Fear of (we thought) an uncharted future. notion of how to acco mplish it-establish a Cause Fear of our own inadequacies. Fears from without. in which we believed the souls of the men and Fears from within. The reassuring words of Paul, women of Finland to be in vital need. It was our who wrote under similar circumstances, fell with purpose to establish a pure new testament church. comfort on our hearts. To the Corinthians he said, \,Ve believed then and now that no then established "A nd I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and work could meet the test involved in that statement. in much trembling". We had prayed before we got Religions bearing the names and doctrines of men to Finland , but I doubt if any of us really learned were in abundance. There was no church in all of how to pray until we got here. Even now we know Finland wearing the simple name of Christ! That , little enough. This much we do know though, God to understanding people , explains why we came. I'll hears and answers prayers-our pray ers. not take the time nor effort just here to explain Again five months later we use the language of further to the others . Paul as our own ... , "And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words ... " Services The Beginning did not begin in Finnish for five months. Meanwhile we met in our homes for the Lord's supper and our The first weeks were filled mainly with-CON­ own edification and conducted classes in English in FUSION! Apartments had to be found and equipped. a public room. These meetings were sparsely at­ Shipments from the U. S. had to be received. And tended and little interest or results followed. After five mon th s we moved our m eet ings to a T hough, ord in ar ily, we hold but one public ser­ Fr ench school and int end ed to use a n int erpr eter. vice per wee k, until rece ntl y almost every night was T he int er pr eter being a failur e we were forced to filled with teaching small gro up s a t the chur ch build­ do somet hin g else. Eddie Dunn had mad e good in g· with the slid e lessons. Ri chard Kru se worked progress in the language and he decid ed to read hi s long and hard for many mont hs to photograph these sermon in Finni sh. H e encouraged me to do th e lessons. same and we alternat ed in thi s way for many mo nths to come. Wallice and Ri chard bega n some One of the most productive and far reaching part s time later. It was over a year later before we at ­ of our work here has bee n the tract and newspaper tempted to pr each without a manuscript. work. The Helsingin Sano mat is th e nation 's fore­ most newspaper-read pro bab ly by close to o ne mil­ The people attended in large numbers with goo d lion persons. Every week we have placed an ad int erest in those beginning clays-and they still do abo ut the chur ch and many times offered the tracts 4 yea rs later. Almo st a lways th ere are more visitors an d cor respo nd ence cour se. T his mater ial is most than memb ers. Thirty non-m embers 111 a regular precious to us. It required month s and month s to mee ting is not unusu al. ready but now it goes out in abundance to eve ry The meeting pl ace is cert ainl y not ideal, but we point in Finland. Our "co nt act map" bristles with are thankful for it. It' s greatest asset is prob abl y its pins-from H elsinki in the south , to the nor th ern ­ loca tion . Situated across the squ are from the railway most ext remi ty of Finnish lapl and , pr actica lly on th e station and main city bus stat ion , it is eas ily acces­ Arct ic Ocean , and spillin g over into Sweden. sible. But th en it is necessary to turn off the main stree t throu gh a passageway-up a flight of stairs­ Twelve Finnish memb ers now stand with us, most cross a dark p aved yard-find numb er "C" door­ of which have been bapt ized within the last year, climb four fligh ts of dimly-lit and shoddy lookin g an d Ri chard and Bettie Kruse and Wallice and stairs-you're there, then. Not a ve ry pretty pi ctur e, Virginia 11/fays have now moved to Ta mp ere, Fin ­ I am afra id , but it is as factual as I know how to land's second largest city, in ord er to esta blish the draw it. chur ch there. T here are ev idences th.it th e chur ch's presence and force is being in creasin gly felt in re­ Once in side, the picture chan ges. We have com­ ligious circl es. L ess than three years ago there was pl ete ly painted a nd papered eve ry room. Though not the barest of knowledge that the chu rch even not luxuriou s it is pleasant and cheerf ul. In th e ex isted. Today , through the means just ment ion ed lar ges t room are abo ut fifty chairs nad in another and the power of God , the Lord 's churc h with its room joinin g this one b y large double doo rs are chall enge of a ret urn to th e Bible has forcibly struck about twent y chairs. This room is also set up to the atte nti on of many thou san ds. To God be all the show Bibl e slide lessons and tripl es as a class for glor y and praise! This is a battle! ,i\le are fighting childr en taught by W'anda on Sundays. St ill another for a principle despera tely needed in a dying world. room is used for adult classes a nd printing room. ,i\le are ex tr emely th ankful to every person who has The heart of the whole arrangement is th e office. sent and kep t us here and who , like us, lon g and There we labor over th e right th o ughts and the work for the clay when th e chur ch and its message right Finnish words for a message of life ; read and will be stron gly estab lished in every nation und er correct an un endin g stream o f corr espo nd ence heaven! cour ses; answe r letters; stud y for Bibl e lessons; pre­ p are new m ate ri al for printing; set up newspaper advert isin g; talk personally with int erested p ersons; record and file data; send out tr acts to persons on th e mailing list ; and write reports lik e this one. It requires on ly a few seconds to list them but hours, days and months to do th em. It ought to be clear that these duties require the talents of public spea ker , journ alist , printer , lay-out man , filing clerk, typist, personal relat ions expe rt , lin guist and mes­ senger boy; talents all of which except th e last have not taken up noticeab le residence in m e. In th e last year we ha ve had thr ee spec ial mee tin gs last in g five ni ghts eac h with: Carrel A nd erson from Oslo, Norway , Frank Worgan from England, and Di eter Alten from Hamburg, Germany. In each one there was very good atte nd ance and interest. As many as fifty six visitors came twice and with th e average not falling far short of th at. By visitor s, we m ea n Finnish workers with Mrs. Elma Vainio, the forst lady to be persons 110 1 in th e chur ch. baptized (1961).

( WHAT ONE WOMAN CAN DO B Y DoN GARDNER f When Audrey a nd I first went to Pr etoria. South Africa, amon g th e first contacts we made was Mrs. Ethel Gillespie. It was not long until she became a memb er of the Lord' s chur ch. She continued to grow a nd deve lop in the Christian graces and became o ne of th e most influ en tial memb ers of the Lord's chur ch in South Africa. Through her influ ence she was ab le to lead many memb ers o [ her imm ed iate family to a knowl edge of Christ. A few months after we had first met Mrs. Gillespie her son, Clyde, became ill. Clyde was just a young ma n of abo ut 20. Gradually he became mor e seriou sly ill. Eventually sur ge ry was performed in order to det ermin e hi s probl em. A tumor on th e brain was disco vered and th e hop e of recove ry seemed im­ possibl e. How ever , mother lov e do es not kn ow Family picture of Don Gardners . failure; so sister Gillespi e persisted in believing th a t somehow it might be possible th at her Clyde wo uld to lead th em to a better und erstandin g o f God's way. recover. \Vh at a re buk e to all of u s wh o feel that we a re Meanw hil e we mo ved to East London to beg in not ab le to teach ot hers the way o [ th e Lord. th e work of the chur ch there. On e d ay I got a Sister Gillespie too k h er son back to Pr etori a. H e lett er addressed to me from a littl e town called grew progressively worse. Frequently , he was take n Doo nsid e. Since I kn ew no person in this villa ge, to th e hosp ital a nd o n more than one occasion they I opened th e lett er and imm ed iat ely loo ked at th e despaired of his lif e. During this period a nurs e was name of th e person who had written it . I di scove red e ngaged for Clyde. It was not lon g until sister th at it was from sister Gillespie. She h ad come to Gillespie had begun talking to Lil y abo ut the Lord. think that if she co uld take her son to th e coast for Growing out of this co nt act Lily a nd h er husb a nd , a littl e rest h e mi ght impro ve. By this tim e, Clyde A ndy , became Christians. L ate r Lil y and Andy came had so deteriorated th at he was not ab le to walk to th e Un ited States for college trainin g, lat er re­ alone. H e could shuffle alo ng only by holding on to turnin g to Afri ca as mi ssio nar ies. T hese conve rsions his mo th er. His speech had falt ered so gr ea tly th at too k place because there was a woman who believed o nl y his moth er was a ble to und erst and what he sai d . so stron gly th at she ought to lead men and women Sister Gillespie , how eve r, had written to me and to Christ that she taught th em eve n und er th e mo st asked th at I come to Do ons ide to assist some p eople ;1dverse cir cumstan ces. H er son was reac hing his last in obeying th e gos pel. She had called on me to assist days and , yet, she felt it imp erati ve that unsav ed for I was the closest preacher , and I was m a ny mil es people be introduced to the Lord J esus. away. I went to Doo nsid e a nd assisted these p eopl e in obeying th e Lord . Out of thi s, th e work of th e T his illu stra tes what ca n be d o ne by a singl e Lord bega n in Doonsid e and ultim ate ly in Durb an , woman. Sister Gillespie was no exce pti o nal p erso n wh ere th ere is tod ay a ve ry fine congregation. as to ability. She was excep tio nal because of her This all occurr ed beca use there was a woman wh o deep dedi ca tion whi ch caused her to lead others to a was so dedicated to the Lord . She was ac tu all y on a knowl edge of J esus. Sister Gillespie later became ill vacat ion with a son who was in his last d ays and , and pas sed o n. Sister Gillespie remains as a tribut e yet, she found m en a nd women who were un ­ to what ca n be don e by a single person int eres ted acqu a int ed wit h Christ. She used these opportunities in the cause of the Lord J esus Chri st. May h er tri.be in crease. Christian s in o ther land s may be as faithful a nd su ccessful as in our countr y.

Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Steyn-initial converts in Pretoria . Conrad is now preaching full time in Capetown and doing a marvelous Old barn after conversion into a lovely meeting place for job. East London Church GARRETT , Rob ert Leon May 21, 1931 Jo y Fay J anuar y 7, 1928 Brenda Lynn June 21, 1954 Rob ert Leon , Jr. Nove mb er 18, 1955 Jo Ann October 27, 1958 David Stanford * October 10, 1961 Shirl ey Ruth * Octob er l 0, 1961 Sharon Louise * Octob er 10, 1961 '' Triplets Brother Garre tt at tend ed Southeastern Chris tian College Baptized by father, S. D. Garrett Sister Garr ett att ended Indi ana Un iversity Baptiz ed by : Brother S. L. Yeager. Address: I 08 Malvern Road , Waterfalls , Salisbury, Southern Rhodesi a, Centra l Africa. ROBERT L. AND JOY GARRETT Brenda, JoAnn and Bobby , Jr . Entered Field: 1960 Sponsor: Portl and Ave. Church, Louisville, Ken tu cky. Interesting Experiences Once during a period of Afri can riots the Lord Biographical Sketch brought us safe ly through a shower of ston es thro wn I was born in Salisbury , So. Rhodesia of missionary by youthful r iote rs. Only one stone stru ck th e car p arent s, S. D. a nd Dollie Garrett. My wife was born leav ing a sma ll dent . in Louisville, Ky. Her p aren ts are Brother and Sister When we applied for a church site in Arcadia the Henry Braxton , lon g time and active members of th e Advers ary thre w all kinds of obstacles in our way. Ormsby Ave. Chur ch, Louisville , Ky. Pr ejudic ed bur eauc rats would not give us imp arti al Being raised on the mission field I had a natural considera tion. But, in a story too lon g to tell here, in terest in mission work . the Lord answ ered the pra yers of the chu rch, and \l\lhil e in Co llege I had to wor k to help pay ex­ over -rulin g those aga in st us, gave us the finest site pens es as also did my wife. My wife is a Registered possibl e in th e whol e tow nship. Nurse a nd ha s a B.S. from Indian a U ni versity. My One of my most thrilling experiences in bringing B.S. is from East Tennessee State College, and M.S. a person to Chri st was with a young African. He had in Eel. from Indian a U niv ersity. been read ing his Bibl e and been tal kin g to one of H ow did I secure a sponso rin g ch ur ch? I o ur members who invit ed him to my Bible class. continu all y laid before the Lord in prayer my desir e Aft er the class he asked to talk with me. We talked to serve on th e mi ssion field and asked His guid ance for some hour s as 1 exp lain ed th e glor ious Gospel th at I mi ght serve in His will; meanwhil e serving to him. It was a jo y to see ho w the H oly Spirit the Lord in whatever doors we re op ened whereve r convicted him of sin and his need for Christ. H e did I mi ght be. Ma ny chur ches knew of my desire and not kn ow if he could be received by Christ be cause the Lord kn ew it, but I did not yet know for sure of certa in sins. H e had borrowed some books from if my desire was th e Lord 's will. In Hi s ow n tim e H e a libr ary and decid ed to keep th em. The Hol y made His will known . In 1959 the elders of th e Spir it by the word of God ha d now convicted him Portland Ave . Church told me that if 1 sti ll wa nt ed of theft and coveto usness. What had once seemed to go to Africa th ey would spo nsor me and share a small in hi s sight was now sufficient to damn him cons iderable burden of my suppo rt. for all ete rnit y. After expla inin g more of God's word Lookin g bac k I see that it was necessary for me to to him , he agreed to make res tituti on and with jo y prove myself ( I T im. 3: IO) o n th e hom e field before obeyed the Gos pel. It was a pleasure to baptize him. the H oly Spirit and the Chur ch cou ld sen d me out to the mission field. (Acts 13:2, 3.) Our wor k at prese n t cons ists of more teac hin g th e chur ch than pr eac hin g to unbelievers . It is our a im to estab lish a trul y indi geno us chur ch th at will be (thr ough God) self support ing an d self propa ga tin g. 1 teach Bible classes five to six night s a week a nd preach thr ee to four times on Sund ays. At the present we are improvin g the Sund ay schools in thr ee of the Salisbury con gregat ions wh ich means we must provide cons iderabl e in the way of training and ed ucat ion in th e Scr iptures for the teachers . There ar e severa l country congregat ion s wh ich I visit regularly to encour age th em in the Lord and try to advance th eir knowledge of th e Bible. Thro ugh the "Right of Entry" I teac h Bibl e to some 60 Afr ican Darwendale , a country church. Pictur e taken 1960 stud ents in th e secul ar schoo ls of Salisbury. by R. L. Garrett . GARRETT , Stanton Dewitt De cember 18, 1901 Dollie Adamson August 29, I 903 Brother Garrett attended Harding College. Baptized in 1916 at Tesca , Oklahoma by Broth er Palm er. Sister Garr ett a tt end ed H ardin g Co llege . Baptiz ed by Broth er J. F. Smith . Address: 12 Kew Drive , Highlands , Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. (At present in the states. Plans to return to Africa ; in Octob er, 1964. Can be addressed c/ o sponsor.) Ent ered Fi eld: 1930. Baptiz ed: (No records kept) 17 co ngrega tions estab­ lish ed. Three substantial bri ck chur ch buildin gs erected in last 9 years . A "FATHER-AND-SON " TEAM ON THE MISSION FIELD Sponsor: Church of Christ , Sellersburg, Indiana. Robert Garrett was born in Rhodesia and returned there with his w ife, Joy, and three children in 1960. Oct . 10, 1961, Joy Biographical Sketch gave birth to triplets , David , Shirley and Sharon (15 months old in the picture) which made the news headlines as the first The youngest of five children , I was born at 11 American triplets" born in Africa. Hilh arn, Ov erton County , Tenness ee, to Ephraim Olonzo a nd Rachel Catherine (n ee Bost) Garrett. sion field s a nd too k part in local mission work. Some '\!\Then I was 4 th e family mo ved to Oklahom a. M y brethre n tried to interest us in Chin a and later in parents were devot ed Christians and though poor the Pbillipines and though we were deeply stirred in this world 's goods gave lib era lly to the support by th eir appeals our hea rts remained cent ered on of orph ans and mission work both at hom e and Africa . Finally in 1929, after man y weeks of pray er, abro ad. My first yea r in Hi gh School was spent at we answered Broth er Sherriff 's appea l for help ers Thorp Springs Chr ist ian College, th e second at and offered our selves to the Lord for th at work. ·W e Harp er College. My par ents then mov ed to Florida sailed in Jun e, 1930. wh ere ] gra du ated from High School. Returnin g to Harp er in I 922 for college work ] met my futur e Through the year s the Lord has bl essed us with wife , Dollie Adamson , who was born at Kiowa, three sons and thre e daughters , all of whom are Kans as, the only living daughter of Perry L. and faithful Christians and acti ve in th e Lord's service. Anna (ne e Adamson) Adamson . '\,Ve were marri ed Dewitt, .Jr. is a deaco n in th e chur ch, Cec il hea ds Jun e 20, 1926, by Broth er J. N. Armstrong . W e both th e Science Departm en t at Southeastern Christ ian had to work to pay our way in school. Coll eQ;e, a nd R ob ert is a mi ssionary in Rhodes ia. H ow a nd by whom were we influ enced to become v\Te ,,'so ha ve 12 gra nd childr en . mission ar ies? H orne influ ence cert ainl y laid a goo d foundati on and our moth ers part icularl y encouraged On e Sund ay in 1958 I preached to a larg e ga th er ­ us once our desir es were mad e known ; but perhaps ing of p eople in the M angwende Reserve . Jam es it was th e sacrificial sp irit and faithfulness of th e Musa , unknown to m e at th at tim e, went away greatly Lo rd of our teac hers bo th at H arp er and Hardin g disturbed for he had only bee n sprinkled. Studying which in culc ate d in us th e desire to serve the his Bibl e anew he went to his chur ch lea ders with Lord wherever he mi ght lead . I never planned to be qu est ion s the y could not answer and caused a con­ a pre acher in tho se clays. Broth er John Sherriff 's visit sider abl e stir in hi s own communit y. Rumors of in Janu ary, 1924, stir red our hearts and arous ed our this reac hed me in Salisbur y and I thought of go in g int erest in Africa . If a ston e mason could do so to see him . But I was bu sy with th e "nin ety and mu ch th ere for th e Lord p erh aps we cou ld do a nine" and th ere wer e thous and s of lost souls in littl e. 11\Thile at Hardin g we studi ed th e various mis- Salisbury at my very door ; besides it was nea rly 100 mil es th ere and th e last few mile s wer e "impassab le" by car. iVfo nth s passed. Fin ally J ames came to Sal is­ bury and told man y peop le that he had come in to be bapt ized . He did not find our Afr ican preach er at home so went to th e home of a nephew to sp end th e ni ght and asked for a Bibl e to read before he we nt to slee p. T he next mornin g th e Bibl e was found by his head but th e soul o f .Jam es :Musa h ad flown. And I wh o had no tim e to go out int o th e hill s ove r imp assab le roads in search of on e Jost soul , took the tim e and tra velled the "impassabl e" road to bur y M usa' s bod y.

The Highfi eld, Sa lisbury , church building nears compl etion in Yes, on e was lost, a nd I hea rd its cry! the above picture. Two oth er simi la r buildings hav e bee n But I didn 't go that way- for th e road was rough ( e rected in the last 9 years-Harare at Salisbury , 1955-56 ; And the roc ks were sharp - yet I made th at trip Rimuka at Gataama , 1956 -57 . Two other building s are an ur- Too lat e, nex t clay. gent need at Salisbury which is a city of 350 ,000 people. GATEWOO D, Otis August 27, 19 11 Alma (deceased) Dec ember 28, 1908 David Otis November 4, 1942 M ichael Darlene Feb ruar y 27, 1947 Address : 160 W. Avon Road , Ro chest er, Mich igan Entered Field: 1947 Schoo l Attende d: Ab ilene Chri st ian College Sponso r : Broadway Church of C hri st, Lubbock , Texas Encouraged to be a missionary by Barney More­ head. Worked for all of hi s college expe nse. Parents of Brother Gatewood: Wa llace and Fan nie Gatewood, Mered ian, Texas . Parents of Sister Gate ­ wood : D . B. and Ca llie Morgan , Ab ilene, Texas. v\lhen we were pr eparing to go to Germany we prayed that God wo uld help us find a German man who was a Chr ist ian who could help us . We left Amer ica without see ing the answer to th at prayer. Shortly after we arrived in Ge rm any George Hook of the Nhowe M ission in Afr ica wrote us that they had converted a Germa 11 prisoner of war wh ile he was in Africa and that he had returned to Germany and if we cont acted him in Hambur g, Germany he could assist us great ly. We contacted him and learned that he landed in Hamburg on exact ly the same day that Brother Palmer and I arrived in Frankfurt . His nam e is U lri ch Ste ini ger . Hitl er sent him to Afr ica in 1933. Why was this partic ul ar engineer releas ed by the Br itish to th e Nhowe M ission- a man whos e heart was recept ive to th e gospe l of Christ? "\,Vhy did th e British put him on a ship to return him to OTIS GATEWOOD FAMILY Germany , land in g on exact ly the same day that missionaries arr ived in that la11d? Some may call in my stock ing feet . Hans says that to th is clay he it an acc ident , but I be lieve it to be an ans wer to remembers this act whi ch co 11vinccd him of the tr ue th e need and to our prayers cvc 11 before we began value of Christianity. to pray. God kn ows befor eha11d our needs and is We 11ever know how or what to do so as to willi ng to give exceeding ly abundantly abov e all produc e har vest for th e Lord. v\lc were conducting that we are ab le to ask or th in k. a Bibl e class in Eng lish at Frankfurt. A young man One day whil e we were in Germany a youn g boy by th e name of Dieter Alt en attend ed once . "\,Ve by th e name of Hans Nowak atte 11cled our serv ices. served ice crea m. That was a time when the German My wife 11oticed him in partic ular and told me that peop le were reall y hungry. He said that he came he needed some shoes. At the appo in ted tim e I tri ed back the 11ext Monday night to get th e ice crea m. to find some shoes for him from those that had been He finally learned the truth and obeyed it and is sent to us for distribution. Non e wou ld fit him. I now a faithfu l gospe l pr eacher in Hamburg . We asked him to try on my sho es. Th ey fit hi m perfect ly. gave som e food to a youn g Catho lic girl in Ham - I to ld him to take them and walked out of th e hall

This was a banquet held in Frankfurt , Germany in 1948 , shortly after a ll th e missionari es arrived. The chief city officials w er e invit ed. Dr. Walte r Kolb, Mayor is the bald-headed man next to th e w indow . Dr. Holst ein is th e oth er man in the window to Wh en we first en te red Germa ny , peaple came to th e services in th e right. He was the president of th e Univer sity of Frankfurt larg e numb ers. This picture was tak en in the Bap tist chur ch and · la te r became Foreign Minister of Germ any. Thes e two men where w e held th e first German services. You can see hung er d id us man y favors and mad e it possib le for the Ch urch to be in the faces of the se und erno urishe d people . Over ane thou­ legally as we ll as favorably recogniz ed. Through them the sand people were ba ptized in Frankfurt during th e first three pr esent build ing in Frankfurt was built on th e Unive rsity of years work in Germany. Frankfu rt campus . bur g. She gave some of the food to some o f her Bet ts came to our B ible class in English. In a few neighb ors. T hey asked us to con du ct a Bibl e class wee ks he bro ugh t vValter Rit ter. I n a few wee ks in her fa th er's beer hall. Abo ut one hu ndr ed fifty Wa lt er brought Freel Casm ire. T he two first boys peo pl e attend ed . A fter abo ut eight months of Bi ble never obeyed the gospe l, but Fred Casmir e no w has st ud y we no ted that she was p regna nt . She was not th e Ph.D. degree an d is teac hin g speec h in Pepp er­ marri ed. W e were aston ished and rebuk ed h er. She d ine college. T his lesson shows us that we may often neve r changed her li fe nor d id she eve r obey th e need to teac h seve ral before we find one good gospel, but th e gospel spread thr ough her and honest soul. T he ki ngdom of the Lor d, Chri st said , th ro ugh her a faith ful congrega tion has bee n estab­ is lik e a great net th at ca tches all manne r of fish, lished in H eid elb erg. bu t the bad is cast bac k int o th e sea whil e we retai 11 A youn g Ca th olic boy by th e name of Enge lberg the goo d.

HOW TO PROMOTE MISSION WORK

Bv On s GA T EWOO D

We all are int erested in seein g th e gospel spr ead lion . W he n m1ss10naries write and ask for per mi ssio n more rapidl y int o all pa rt s of th e wo rld . T here are to spea k, be sur e to let th em do so and let th em cert ain thin gs we all ca n do to in crease the ra pidi ty ap pea l for fund s. vVhat th ey ge t will no t diminish , with whi ch thi s is done. but in crease the Sund ay morn ing contri bu tion, for th e zeal th ey bri ng in to the co ngrega tion is pe r­ l. We shou ld encourage th e )>Oung to be m ission­ aries. W hen I was a stud en t at A bil ene Christian meated throu ghout th e ent ire congregatio n. Eld ers Co llege, I pr eac hed at R ochester, Texas, and eac h of th e chur ch ofte n hi nder the grow th of th eir ow n Sund ay ni ght befo re I pr eac hed, I taught a chil dren 's congrega tions by not allowin g mi ssionar ies to spea k, for th e mi ssiona ry ca n say thin gs and teach the class. I stressed mi ssion work and told stori es of mi ssionar ies as I had lea rn ed th em at ACC. From co ngrega tion in a way th at would be difficul t or imp ossibl e for th e eld ers . th at childr en's class eight mi ssiona ri es have go ne int o th e mi ssion field . T hey are: Ow en Aiken and 4. Approach elders long before you p lan to enter hi s wife; Geo rge H oo k; th e th ree Hi ndsley bro th ers the mission field. Ma ny wh o desire to ent er the and two of th eir wives. T here were oth er factors mission field are grea tl y d istur be d beca use they th at also influ enced th em to go to th e mi ssion field. cann ot ge t support to enter th e m ission field . T he bu t I kno w th at th e class whil e th ey were still chil­ reaso n for th is is th at they do not give th e eld ers of dren encour aged th em grea tl y in that di rec tion, else the chur ch adequ ate notice so th ey ca n plan th eir why should so m any mi ssionar ies come from one bud get. 1£ you app roac h elde rs of th e chur ch two class? or thr ee years befo re you ent er th e mi ssio n field , they will have tim e to com plete cert ain pr ojects and 2. College students shou ld be insp ired to go . Most begin your supp ort as o f a given pl an ned tim e. Mos t of th e mi ssion work has bee n done by youn g peo pl e of th e m issionari es wh o are now in Br azil had no shortl y after th ey fini shed college. T his is a good grea t difficult y secu rin g supp ort. I advised m any of tim e to do mi ssio n wor k, whil e th ey are still yo un g th em whil e th ey were still fres hm en in college to enough to ad ju st to new customs and lea rn a new ap proac h eld ers about supp ortin g th em four or five language, also whi le te hi r childr en are youn g years in ad vance. Beca use of thi s th e eld ers help ed enough to enj oy grow ing up with childr en in foreign th em with small amount s whil e th ey were still in land s. In Chri stian colleges wh ere I h ave spoken I college and gave th e stud en ts opp ortunit y to spea k have see n hundr eds of youn g peopl e respond to th e wh en th ey were at home on vacat ions. T hi s help ed in vit ation and agree to give th eir lives to preac hin g to get th e memb ers of th e chur ch p repa red to give th e gospel in fore ign land s. Ma ny of these youn g wh en th ey were rea dy to go. Th en th e eld ers had peopl e are now serv ing abroad. no d ifficul ty of sellin g th e memb ers of th eir congre­ 3. Inv ite missiona ries to speak in your congrega- ga tions on th e p roject. MISSIONARY CHILDREN

BY DA VID GAT E WOOD

In attempt in g to writ e this art icle abo ut the mi s­ of bur glars. In all this she was brav e a nd cour ageo us sionary 's childr en, I feel that the be st way to explain - eve n in h er att itud es. T his no doubt co ntribu ted this ph ase of the mission ary's family life is by to my emot ional securit y, happines s, a nd p eace of personal expe ri ence . I ca n sincerely say that my lif e mind . has been blessed by havin g th e privilege of being a Th e child who must adju st to a foreign countr y missionary's child. To many, mis sion work means will of necessit y h ave to adju st to fewer luxuri es sacrifice, hard wor k, long hour s, hea rta che and tea rs. such as food , clothes , and livin g co nditions. R ega rd ­ In my ea rl y yea rs th e mission field was filled wit h less of the loca tion of th e mission field th e lu xuri es th ese th ings but more th an th at .. . it was filled wit h of th e U ni ted States are not ava ilab le. I felt ve ry blessings too num erous to mention . I th ank th e up set wh en I didn 't h ave th e Ameri ca n cloth es Lord for parents who forsook the land of ri ches which 1 was accustomed to wearin g. Cerea ls a nd and luxur y, we nt to th e bomb ed city of Fr an kfurt , ca nd y, hamb ur gers and hot dogs were foods which Germany, and th ere began th e task of tellin g th e a six year old boy was co ntinuall y lon gin g for. I Ger man peo pl e how Chri st is th e only answer to can reme mber that some br et hren in Am erica h ad th e world 's probl ems. sent a box of o ne-cen t b ubbl e gum for my siste r and I wou ld lik e to divid e my ex peri ences as a mis­ m e. Th is was a wo nd erful treat for us. E lect ri cit y, sionary's child in to thr ee parts: (l) adjustin g to th e hea tin g, and runnin g water were some thin gs I mi ssion field, (2) lif e on the field, an d (3) adjusting mi ssed. I st ill remembe r the wood sto ve on whi ch back hom e. Th ese expe ri ences will only be a small my mother cooked and the old Ford motor in th e part of my lif e on th e mission field , but I pra y th at sto re house whi ch produ ced electr icit y abo ut four they mi ght in sp ire ot hers to take their famili es to hour s out o f th e wee k. W e took our ba ths in a tub places all over the world whi ch are callin g for th e with wat er wh ich had bee n h ea ted on th e wood Gospel. stov e. Mot her iron ed by p utti ng the ir on on the stove to ge t it hot. How eve r, in all this m y youn g On e of my first ex per iences 111 ad ju st ing was with th e language . I can recall that lea rnin g to speak lif e was filled with secur ity, and happin ess beca use German was very fru str at in g. I was four years old of th e wond erful a ttitud es of both m y par ent s. Wh en when we arri ved in Switzerl and in 1947. My moth er I compl ain ed th ey always made me feel th at I was a and I wer e stay in g in an apartme nt in Zuri ch waitin g m issio nary with m y parent s- I coul d n ot do th e for permiss ion to ent er Germa n y. O ur apart ment work o f the Chur ch, but I co uld give up th e lu xuri es was very sma ll and I want ed to play with th e ot her of Am erica for the sake o f th e Germ an peop le. I childr en in the sandb ox dow nst airs. After several a lways felt th at I was doin g my part . hou rs of pl aying with th e Swiss childr en who lived T he adol esce nt mi ssionary child must fac e th e in our apa rtm ent , I went back upst airs quit e d is­ probl ems of social lif e, school, and fri ends. M y social gusted with th e children , since neith er of us cou ld lif e cent ered aro un d th e Chu rch. Mos t of m y fri ends und erstand eac h ot her. I said, "Mot her, these are were memb ers who at tend ed regul ar ly. I came to th e dumb est childr en I have ever seen. All th ey feel m ore at hom e among the nat ives of Germa ny ca n say is 'Was , was , was!' " (Was mea ns "wh at" in than my Am erica n Army school fr iend s. T he chil dr en Germ an. T hey were ju st try ing to und erstand m y at th e U. S. Ar my school where I attend ed were jabb erin g in English.) How ever, in time I learned usually low on mor als and did th e thin gs whi ch I to speak Germa n. had bee n taug ht were wron g. I reca ll the eighth T he import ance of th e missionar y moth er ca nn ot grade rs were already part icip atin g in sex part ies, be overe mph asized. She must pl ay suc h an imp orta nt drinkin g, smokin g, danc ing and using foul langua ge . part in the child 's li fe. She must rea lize that times Jt seems th;it my parents too k special in terest in will ar ise when she will have to bear the burd en of deve lop ing th e youn g peop le of the Chur ch and responsibiliti es a nd decisions when her hu sba nd is thus prov idin g a goo d social life for m y sister not ava ilabl e. T he chil d 's d ispos iti on and att itudes Darlen e, and me. ,,ve for med a singing group a nd concernin g living on a mission field will be a dir ect went out eac h Sun day to visit th e sick; re ligious result of th e at titu des ex press ed by th e moth er. A t stori es were acted out in sma ll p lays; who lesome times my moth er was fat her, moth er, sister, brot her, recreat ion a nd ac tiviti es were always plann ed . A and playm ate all in on e. I recall m any times wh en weekly you ng men's tra ining cla ss prov ided spiritu al she would get down on the floor a nd pl ay with m e. trainin g for m y fri ends anc\ me. All of us were Ot her tim es she was my sour ce of comfo rt and taug h t that we m ust do o ur r 1rt in th e work of the security when m y father was not hom e. Many n ight s work of th e Lor d. ,,ve ofte n pa ssed out tracts , we were at hom e alone whil e m y fa th er was out kn ocked doors, and in vited ot hers to chur ch. Som e trav eling on be half of soul salvat ion . Ju st after our of us converted severa l of our fr iend s. Yes, it was a ar riv al in Germa ny we li ved in a barra cks a t a n old wond erfu l life, but its success always hi nged on bomb ed -out airpo rt . A t ni ght my moth er often stood parents who really care d- not onl y for their work at the door with a club in h er hand waitin g for m y among th e Ge rm an peop le but also for their chil ­ fat her's re turn , beca use th ere was a cons tant threat dren . Our fami ly lif e was filled with devo tions and pray ers. I rememb er o nce when there was conflict were particularly frustrating and I seemed backward among th e missionari es work ing th e Frankfurt . My in these areas. Here , too , the parents can do much father came to me with tears in hi s eyes and asked to aid the ch ild in ad ju sting to the new schoo l and me to pra y for h im and with him that the conflict work he must now face. Th is area shou ld be of wo uld be overcome . I will neve r forget the way we part icu lar concern to parents , for disrupting schoo l prayed on our knees that wo nd erful clay. is very difficult for the young person. Jt can cause Ad justin g back home seemed to be one of th e in secur ity, frustration , and backwa rdn ess. Eve n today most difficult tas ks of be ing th e chil d of a mis­ some of these difficulties cause trouble for me in my sio nary. H av ing liv ed on the field ten years , I found college wor k. my most obvio us difficulty was readjusting to the M ission work was my whole life and now that I Amer ica n way of life. I am sure I seemed rather look back , I feel that I have been blessed. Living ignorant to th e Amer ica n young people. I kn ew in a mission field has made Chri st more real to me. nothing about the everyday topics which wer e di s­ It has given me in sight int o the great needs of cussed amo ng the teenag ers such as cars , tel ev ision taking Chri st to the whole world. I plan to devot e shows, movie stars , bas eba ll heroes , popul ar singers, my life to the very task which is before us. I hope styles in clothing , and auto mechanics. To many I and pray that my ge neration will ar ise to th e task became an out cast "missionary 's kid. " Dating was of taking th e whole world for Chri st. Every twelve th e popular tr end , and, of course, I had no experi­ secon ds someone dies wit hout Christ. Most of these ence along these lin es. I can st ill remember how who die have never even heard the name of Christ. frightened I was when I asked a girl for a date. Christians of today , don 't let the fea r of sacr ifice, This , too , was a problem in which my pare nt s aided hear tache, and difficulties which might befa ll your me. They suggested certa in gi rls for me to date and chil dren keep you from go ing to the mi ssion field . usually th e ones they suggested were fine, good , I firmly believe in the principle which Solom on wonderful Christ ian girl s who we re very understand­ taught ; "T rain up a child in the way he should go. ing and patient in putting up with my clumsy ways. And even wh en he is old he will not depart from it. " School wor k was another prob lem whic h I faced. (Proverbs 22 :6) This principle can be app lied to T his can apply to any stu dent who moves and any nation, countr y, people , or race. "\!\Tith a true cha nges schoo ls. It seems that in some areas my faith in God th e missionary pare nts all over' the educat ion in Germany was super ior to th at in world will have saved th eir chil dren while obey in g Amer ica, but in m any ways it was far inf er ior. T he the comm and to "Go. " art of study ing, read ing books a nd concentration My husb a nd , :Martin, a nd I both work in th e medi ca l field and we wish to devote our lives doing medical mission ar y work . I am a registered nurs e a nd Martin is a n operating room techni cian. I gra du ate d from th e Po rt J ervis High Schoo l, Port J ervi s, New Yo rk , in I 958. I was in th e upp er o ne-fourth of my class. I too k a thr ee year nursing co ur se at th e Mou nt a insid e Hospit al Schoo l of Nurs­ ing, Montclair , Ne w Jers ey, and grad u ated in 1961. I h ave m y New J ersey and Pennsylvania nurses licenses . After graduation from nur sin g schoo l, I work ed for a year a nd thr ee mo nth s a t th e Bryn Mawr Ho spit al, Bryn Ma wr, Pennsylva ni a, in th e Int e nsi ve Car e Un it. In this uni t I ga in ed va luabl e exp eri ence and knowledge. Sin ce J anuary , 1963, I have be en working as a scrub nurse in the opera ting room at the Ri verview Osteopathi c Hospital in Norr istown, Pennsylvania . I ha ve also been schoo l nurse for th e Northeastern In stitut e for Christian Educat ion for the past two yea rs. MARTIN GIDLEY, JR. Martin received his tra inin g in the U nit ed States Air Forc e. After he finished six months of schooling W e uot h belon g to the Va lley Forge Chur ch of at the Lackland U. S. A. F., H ospital in Sa n Antonio , Christ. W e are bot h teaching class es on , ,veclnesclay Texas , he started working as a scrub nur se in th e nights. Martin is also helping with a _junior churc h operat ing room. Durin g his four yea rs in th e Air pro gram for th e you ng p eo pl e. Force, he work ed a t the Lack land Hospit al, at ,,vhil e in nur sing school, thr ough the influ ence of Wh ee lus, U . S. A. F. Hospita l in T ripoli , Afr ica and Barbara DeVries Covington , a not her student nurse , at the RAF L akah a th U . S. A. F. Ho sp ital in Eng ­ I became a Christi an. I was bapt ized in th e Trenton land . He ha s worked for th e past year a nd five Church of Christ on Sept emb er 11, 1960. Martin mo nth s at th e Ri verv iew Osteopath ic Hospital as a was baptiz ed in Apr il, 1960 in Tripo li, Afri ca, by scrub nur se in th e operating room . Larry Tay lor, th e Evange list. I have tak en three co urs es in Bibl e at N. I. C.E . Befo re we became Chr istians, Martin was a m em­ i\lartin took two semesters o f Bibl e, hist ory, E ng lish ber of a Bapti st C hur ch and I was a memb er of a a nd mu sic last yea r. Dutch R eformed Church . We were bo th ac ti ve in thes e chur ches. Martin is 30 years old a nd I wi ll be 24 thi s O ctober, 1964. vVe were married on August 24, 1963. We are both in goo d hea lth and wish to devot e our lives to Goel . l am in cludi ng th e fo llowin g p ersons as refe re nces: I. Mr. Ralph Di ehl , 263 Anderson Road , King of Pruss ia, Penn sylva nia 2. Mr. Mack Langfor d (Minister), 391 Crossfie ld Road , Ki ng o f Prussi a, Penn sylvani a 3. Mr. Elza H ulfa rd , (Pr es. of N. I. C.E .), 306 Claire­ mont Road , Vi lla no va, Penn sylva ni a Our prayers ar e that Goel will dir ect our footsteps and that He will in some way encour age a chur ch to supp ort us. With joy in Hi s serv ice, DOTTIE AND MAR TY GIDLEY l 21 Sal em Drive

DOTTIE GIDLEY Norristow n, Pe nn sylva ni a

( FORT WORTH CHRISTIAN COLLEGE STRESSES MISSIONS AND MINISTRY

B Y C L AU DE A. G U I LD , President

T he most o ut standin g group o f st ude nts 0 11 th e campus o f Fort v\/o rth Chri st ian Co llege are d esigned for mi ssions, mini str y, mi ssionaries and th e wives o[ mi ssio nari es. T he group s in clud e Mi ssion Stu dy Class, South Ameri ca n Club , Afr ica n Club , South Eas tern Asia Club and th ere is a lot of int erest in the "Op era tion 68 Br azil. " Our gro up s have clone more th an co ndu ct group mee tin gs, hold socials and clunk doughnut s. T hey plan acti ve field tri ps and come home insp ired to insp ire oth ers. Our most rece nt mi ssionary journ ey was "Safa ri for Soul s" in Ta nga nyika, Eas t Afr ica. Six o f our youn g men studi ed th e Swahili language on our campu s und er El clrecl Echols, twent y year missio nary from th e field . Th ey also stu d ied th e co untr y, th e peo pl e, met hods of presen tation and had one message in mind -C hr ist the powe r of Goel to save . Accomp ani ed by six oth er youn g men and These face s reflect the missionary zeal of students of chapero n Bob Weave r, th ey left Fort Wo rth .Jun e Fort Worth Christian College . 20, 1963. T hey raised their tr ave l fu nd s among Six of our 2+ facult y memb ers are gosp el pr eac hers Chur ches of Chri st and we nt with out salary. T hey and 30% of our male stud ent s pl an to preac h. On a we nt imm edi ately int o th e Pl ains of T ang an yika clay of dedi cat ion in C hapel we called for a decla ra­ tellin g th e story of Christ. tion on th e part of th e stud ent s and 82 youn g men de clared th emselves to be preac hers or mi ssionaries. T he youn g "T imoth ys" coo ked ove r camp fires, Th e girl s were offe nd ed. Th ey sa id th ey would lik e ;i 11d slept i II bed rolls. T hey ate in thatched hu ts with N ati ves and " two by two" sea rched for soul s to have bee n ide ntifi ed as p reachers or mi ssio naries with a goa l of 1,000 co nversions in six month s. T hey wives. compl ete d th eir Safa ri ret urnin g to Fo rt Wo rth Fort \,Vorth Chri stian Co llege imp resses its stud ent s Decemb er 16, 1963 with th e enviab le record of with th e id ea th at th ere is no in stitut ion as great as 1,053 soul s for Chri st and 32 new co ngregat ions in th e Chur ch of .Jesus Ch rist and whatever th ey do in Ta nga nyika. T hese young men left th eir hea rt s in pr ep ara tion at Fort Worth Chri stian Co llege th ey go Afri ca. T hey have set our facul ty and stud ent body from here to herald th e name of .Jesus. W e are too on fire for Chri st. All of our stud ent s are willin g to youn g to have men on th e field but you will be wi m ess for .Jesus. hear ing from our wo nd erful stud ent s soo n. GURGANUS , George P. Jul y 2 1, 1916 Ir ene Lynette Octob er 31, 1918 J anet Kay J\fay ] , 1944 L yn ett e Gay Apri l 24, 1947 George Attended: Harding Co llege, Syracuse U ni- ve rsity , Penn State Un iversit y Baptized by: W . S. Long Irene Attended: D av id Lipscomb Co ll ege Baptiz ed by: C. R. Brewer Address: Harding Colleg e Gra du ate School of R e­ ligio n, 1000 Cherry Road , Memphis 17, Ten nes­ see Professor of Miss ion s and Sp eech Entered Fi eld : J apan, 1949-1957 The Gurganus Family (Lynette Gay, Irene, George, Sponsor : Stony Islan d Chur ch of Christ , C hi cago and Janet Kay .) I was encouraged by B. D. More h ead to leave for the J apanese field . His advice , more tha n that of any me of the most str enuous phys ical task that I ever ot her person , influ enced both my wife and m e in attem pt ed- climbing maj estic Mt. Fuji. lt was a th e d ec ision to go to J apa n. Perhaps our ear ly difficult climb and I of ten thought alo ng the way assoc iat i11g with J. M. McCaleb and his son , Harding , of turning back. Finally , ] reach ed th e p ea k and a who was our Sund ay School te;icher for so m an y beaut iful n ew vista opened up befo re my eyes. My years , prepar ed the way for us. l worked to p ay world h ad becom e much larger. I cou ld see for expe nses in college. My eld er brother help ed me. miles and mil es. Ju st experienc ing one glorio us sun­ Perhaps th e most sign if1ca11t dec ision that I ever ris e on top of M t. F uji was wort h mu ch more than made was to go to J apan to preach th e Gospel. all the struggle of gett ing there. T his is th e way Alth ough Iren e a nd I [elt th a t we were facing ex­ with deny ing o neself a nd tak ing up th e cross of treme hards hi ps and making great sacrifices in war­ J esus. One cannot tru ly make a sacr ifice in serving torn J apan , we found that th e ex perienc e turn ed the Lord . H e is storing up tr easur e for a mor e glor ­ o ut to be the rich est blessing in o ur Jives. It rem ind s ious clay to come here o n ea rth and in heav en.

MISSIONARY WIVES

B Y IRENE G U RGA NUS

"\ 1Vhen gwrng th e figur es for th e numb er of mis ­ opport unit y to rea ch th e nat ive women. Beca use sionaries of the chur ch of Chri st on foreign fields, they are in a str a ng e country with stra nge custo ms, th e numb er sho uld b e doubled to inclu de the wives. they must rely a lot on th e wom en th ere . T hey ca n If a m an and hi s wif e enter Timb uctu to do let the light of the Gospel shin e in th eir ordinary mission ary work , there are in rea li ty two mission­ tasks of simp ly pro vidin g th e food and a clea n house. ari es there . Our br ethren hav e th e habit of om ittin g Th ey ca n show that th e love of Goel can overcome mis sion ary wiv es in th eir cou n t. "\1Vomen as Chri stians, th e differences in customs and cultur e. They ca n ar e r esponsibl e for shar ing th e Good News also. show th eir love by learn in g th e la nguage of the Priscill a h elp ed Aq uill a wh en A pollos was shown women among whom they are gues ts. Th ey can show the way of the Lord mor e p erfec tl y. kindn ess in resp ec tin g their customs so diff ere nt from "\ 1Vomen , as wives of missionaries , have a u niq ue wh at th ey are used to. T hey can show humilit y by not boasting of Americ a's wealth , etc. T hey ca n show th em by their ow n submis sio n to Christi an hu sba nd s who lov e Chri st love and respect their wish es-ca n raise th e p lace of women in th is soc iety. T h ey can demonstrat e th e p eace that a Christian wif e can h ave, even though she might sacrifice and leave her loved o nes miles away to li ve in a foreign land . By identi fying with the na tiv e wom en, a mis­ siona ry wife h as unlimit ed opportun it y to let them "see a sermon " and be influ e nced by it. Therefore , our women must be prep ared by know ­ ing the language a nd custom s of the co untr y to wh ich th ey are go ing and also be prepared spiritu ally so th at they ca n be known by the n a tive women . ( Church and preacher ' s home where the Gurganuses lived in Tokyo . Missionar ies n eed such wiv es. GURGANUS , Jr. , L. T. Marc h 16, 1935 Jo an August 12, I 937 Quen a Kay Aug ust 21, 1958 Michael Benton November 30, 1960 Broth er Gur ga nus atte nd ed H ardin g Co llege, Searcy, Ar k. and Harding Graduate School of Bible in Memp his, Te nn essee. Baptiz ed by George P. Gurganus Sister Gurganus atte nd ed Hardin g College. Baptized by her father , J. G. Pound s Address: Yoyogi P.O. Box I, Tokyo , J apan; or Ta kega hana I 38, Matsudo-Shi, Chib a-Ken, J apan Entered field in 1958. Present sponsor: Knight Arnold Church of Christ , Memphis, Tennessee. George P. Gurganus an d J oe Cannon (missionar ies to J apan) great ly influ enced me. T he whole spirit of H arding Co llege helped influ ence me to come to J apan. I can not single out on e single teacher. THE L. T. GURGANUS , JR. FAMILY L. T. Gurganus , Jr ., Joan Gurganus , Qu eno Koy Gurganus , I worked 4 to 5 hours eac h clay wh ile in college Micha el Benton Gurganus. and every summer. Birthplac e and parents of L. T. Gurga nus , .Jr.: Born Birthpla ce an d parents of Jo an Gurganus: Born: in Cordo va, Alabama. Par ent s: L. T . and , va lker Count y, Alaba ma. Parents: J. G. and Mar ietta Gur ga nus. Lois Pounds.

GREETINGS FROM TOKYO- WORLD'S LARGEST CITY

To kyo has become the larges t city in the world , difference among th e J apa nese people. What we wit h a popul ation of 10,500,000 souls. Th e J apanese need is men to come here and preach the Gospel. peop le are the mo st prosperous people in a ll Asia , Other thin gs may be of some im portan ce, but th e well blessed with materia l goo ds. T hey have becom e greatest need is for ded icated men , full of faith an d outwardly "\ Vesterniz ed " in many wa ys yet less th an love and zeal, to come and preac h the Good N ews I % are "C hri stian s" in any sense of th e word. of th e Son of God. The field is white un to harves t, Trad itionally the p eople are Buddh ists and Shin­ but th e labore rs are oh! so few!! ! Pray for th e Lord toists more by birth and th e social stru ctur e than by to send you forth as a reaper! Pray for us. J oin us!!! strong be lief. Our greatest difficult y in th is wo rk is the religious ind iffere nce of bre thren in America. T he next grea test difficult y in th is wo rk is the religious in-

Our hou se (fr on t view) . Our hous e ho s 4 tatami (stra w -cov ­ ered) rooms. The w hol e sid es of th e house on the South and Tokyo tow er, wo rld 's tall est to wer, 333 meters toll. This pic ­ East e rn sid e or e compo sed of removabl e slidin g door s ond tur e giv es a true gli mpse of Japa n- th e old and th e new. The ( windows . These ore designed so as to get maximum heat from for eground building is on the Imp e rial palace wall , symbolic of the sun , as until the recent econom ic pro sper ity Japan ese d id the old Japan while the to wer in the background symbolizes not heat their homes. the modern a dvanc e of Japanese technological ability . HALL , i\laurice Co lvin Marc h 5, 1920 Mari e Cline Apri l 25, 1922 J ames Lee Febr uary 13, 1941 \ 1\Tilliam Gardin er Jul y 14, 1914 Ron ald \ 1Vayne Apr il 25, 1956 Broth er Hall att e11clecl: Da vid Lips com b Co llege, Abil ene Chri st ian Co llege and Harding Gra duat e Schoo l

Baptized by : \ 1\T. L. Karn es Sister H all attended: Abilene C hristia n Coll ege Baptiz ed by: Boyd Fanning Address: c/ o Chur ch of Christ, Amer ican Embassy , Saigo n, South Viet N am E nt ered Field: 1949-France, 1963-V iet Nam Bapt ized: 280 (?)

Sponsor: Cleveland Avenu e Church , \ 1Vichita , Kans as -Franc e, 115 S. Campb ell Church , Roy al O ak, Maurice C. Hall , Marie Cline Hall, James Lee Hall, William G. Hall (Bill). Taken in 1949 before going to France as Mission­ Mi chig an-Vi et Nam aries. Now in Vietnam . I was encouraged to be a missionary by J. D. Bo yd , loca l pr eac her , Ruston , Louis iana ; Broth er Rob ert form er school mate from th at county - Benni e Lee Kin g, Eld er, Nashvi lle, Te nn essee; Otis Gatewood Fud ge- eve r hear of him ?" "Yo u m ea n broth er and Roy Palm er-Germa ny ; Pro fessors H ai ley, Bell, Fud ge?" he questioned. "A re you a m ember of the Schug and Treat of Abilen e Christi an College . ch urch ?" I asked, Yes, are you ? "I' ve be en praying Mauri ce H all was born in Pal estin e, Texas to for God to lead m e to a memb er of th e church with J ewel Gra ham H all and Elm er L. H all. whom l co uld wors hip ." Our pr ayers were a nswered . Here is o ne of the blessings of mission work . Being Mar ie Clin e Hall was born in Eng lewoo d, Te nn es­ depe nd ent o n Him, you ha ve a bl essed pr ayer lif e. see to Ecca Presswood C lin e and J. Horac e Clin e. Broth er Me lvin Anderson and I spent the ni ght Interesting Experiences in North ern France . vVhil e there we learn ed of a family pra cticin g much truth . \,Ve bega n to visit and While i11 th e Philippin e Isl ands, I looked lo ng teach this fine fam ily. Broth er Anderson mov ed to for someone with whom to worsh ip . After long North ern France to liv e and whil e th ere m et a prayer , I went to th e Amer ica n soldi ers barb er shop. gra nds on of the Andrejewskis. Ri char d, the grand­ There were three empty chai rs. I took the middl e son, was an altar boy in th e Cat holic Church . Af ter one . T he youn g man with a Sout her n drawl asked consid era ble teaching , Ri chard and his entir e famil y me how I wa nted my hair cut. I asked him , "So n, were won to th e Lord . Ri char d is now a fine gospel wh ere did you get th at acce nt ?" He said , 'Tm from preacher. T hank God that Brot her And erson moved Lim eston e County , Alabama ," I told him , "I have a nor th .

IT CAN BE DONE

BY MAURICE H A LL

For fifte en years , I have signed my lett ers with 3. T hen p rov id e a card , so that each famil y wr ite th e closin g-" Yours for the preach ing of the Gospel th eir nam e and a n amount on th e follow in g stat e­ in every nation un der H eave n in our ge nerat io n." ment : "Lord willin g, to assist the eld ers in sendin g At tim es l have asked in unb elief-" Ca n it be do ne?" the Gospe l to a nation where it is n eeded, (J, We ,) At ot her times , I hav e asked rea list icall y-"W ill it will give, in addition to present co ntr ibution s each be clone?" But now I ca n say positive ly- "I t ca n be Lord's day, the sum of $ ...... I don e." We ca n send th e Gospe l to th e 68 nations underst and this will be used only for mission work. without a full -tim e Chri st ian witn ess thi s year. Ho w it can be clone: Signe d I. T he pr eac her needs only to preach one ser mon 011 mission work, poin ting out that J esus said "Go" ; that if we go he' ll be with us, and our lost conditi on Addr ess unl ess we "Go" p erso nall y or financ ially. (Acts 111 fo ur chu rches wh ere thi s was clone, funds were 20: 26. R om . IO.) promised to suppo rt thr ee m ission work s compl ete ly, 2. A n eld er, rep resentin g all eld ers, aft er th e ser ­ a nd in th e fourth chur ch, $200.00 mont hl y was mon to go to th e pulpit and ex plain that the elders promi sed. wa nt to do this work but th ey ca n't for la ck of Br ethr en, Elders , Pr eac hers- pleas e try it. You funds. T hen tell the chur ch th at the eld ers want have go t eve ryt hin g to ga in and 11ot hi11g to lose­ to know their int erest in m ission work . except your sou ls. GURGANUS , Jr., L. T. March 16, 1935 Joan August 12, 1937 Quena Ka y August 21, 1958 Michael Benton November 30, 1960 Broth er Gurganus attended Harding College , Searcy, Ark. an d Hardin g Graduate School of Bible in Memphis, Tennessee. Baptiz ed by George P. Gurganus Sister Gurganus attended Harding College. Baptized by her father , J. G. Pounds Address: Yoyogi P.O . Bo x I, Tokyo, Jap an; or Takegahana 138, Matsuda-Shi, Chiba-K en, J apan Enter ed field in 1958. Present sponsor: Kni ght Arnold Church of Christ, Memphis, Tennessee. George P. Gur ga nus and Joe Cannon (missionaries to J apa n) greatly influ enced me. The whole spirit of H ard ing College help ed influ ence me to come to J apan. l can not single out on e single teacher. THE L. T. GURGANUS, JR. FAMILY L. T. Gurganus , Jr. , Joan Gurganus, Quena Kay Gurganus , I work ed 4 to 5 hours each clay while in college Michael Benton Gurganus . and every summer. Birthpl ace and parents of L. T. Gurganus, .Jr.: Born Birthpla ce and parent s of Joan Gurganus: Born: in Cordova , Alaba ma. Parent s: L. T . a nd Walker County , Alabama. Parent s: J. G. and Marietta Gurganus. Lois Pound s.

GREETINGS FROM TOKYO-WORLD'S LARGEST CITY

Tokyo has beco me the largest city in the world , difference amon g the J apa nese peop le. Wh at we with a pop ul at ion of 10,500,000 souls. T he J apanese need is men to come h ere and pr each the Go spel. people are the most prosperous peopl e in all Asia, Other things may be of some imp ortance, but the well blessed with material goods . T hey have become greatest need is for ded icated m en, full of faith and outward ly "W esternized " in many ways yet less than love and zeal, to come and pr each th e Good News I % are "Christia ns" in any sense of th e word. of the Son of Goel. The field is whit e unto harvest , Trad itiona lly th e people ar e Budd hists and Shin ­ but the laborers are oh! so few!!! Pray for the Lord toists more by birth and the social stru cture than by to send you forth as a reaper! Pr ay for us. J oin us!!! strong belief. O ur grea test difiiculty in this work is the religious indiff erence of brethren in Ame rica. Th e next great est difficult y in this work is the religious in -

Our hous e (front view) . Our house has 4 tatam i (straw -cov ­ ered) room s. The whole sides of th e hou se on the South and Tokyo tow er, wor ld's tall est tow er, 333 mete rs tall. This pic ­ East e rn sid e ar e compos ed of remo vabl e sliding doors and tu re gives a true gli mpse of Japan - th e old and th e new. The ( windows. These are designed so as ta gel maximum heal from foreground building is on the Imperial palace wall , symbolic of the sun, as until the recent economic prosperity Japanese did th e old Japan while the to w er in the background symbolizes not heat their homes. the modern advance of Japanese technological ability . H ALL , J\lauri ce Co lvin Ma rch 5, J 920 Ma rie Clin e April 25, 1922 J ames Le e Fe bru ary 13, 194 1 "Willi am Gardin er Jul y 14, 1944 R onald W ayne April 25, 1956 Br ot her Hall att ended : Da vid Lips comb Co llege, Abilen e Chri stian Co llege and H arding Gr aduat e School Bapti zed by: ,,v. L. Karn es Sister H all att end ed: Abil ene Chri stian Coll ege Bapti zed by : Boyd Fannin g Ad dr ess: c/ o Chur ch of Chri st, America n Emb assy, Saigo n, South Viet Nam Ent ered Fi eld: 1949-Fr ance, 1963-Vi et N am Baptiz ed : 280 (?) Sponsor : Cl eveland Ave nu e Chur ch, vVichita , Kan sas -Fr ance, 115 S. Ca mpb ell Chur ch, Roy al O ak, Maurice C. Hall, Marie Cline Hall, James Lee Hall, William G. Hall (Bill). Taken in 1949 before going ta France as Mission­ Mi chiga n- Viet N am aries . Now in Vietnam. l was enco ura ged to be a mi ssionar y by .J.D . Boyd , local pr eacher, Ru ston, Lo ui sian a; Br oth er R ob ert form er schoo l mate from that count y- Benni e Lee Kin g, Eld er, Na shvill e, Te nn essee; Oti s Gatewoo d Fud ge-eve r hear of him ?" " You m ea n brot her and Roy Palm er- Germ any ; Prof essors H ailey, Bell, Fud ge?" he qu estion ed. "A re yo u a m emb er of th e Schu g and Tr ea t of Abil ene Chri stian Co llege . chur ch?" I asked, Yes, are you ? "I' ve bee n pr aying for Go d to lea d me to a memb er o f th e chur ch with Mauri ce H all was born in Pa lestin e, Te xas to J ewel Gr aham H all and Elm er L. H all. wh om I co uld worship. " Our pr ayers were a nswered . H ere is o ne of the bl essin gs o f mission wor k. Being Mari e Clin e H all was bo rn in Englewoo d, T enn es­ depe nd en t o n H im , yo u h ave a blessed pray er lif e. see to Ecca Pr esswoo d C line and J. Horace Cline. Bro th er M elvin And erso n a nd I sp ent th e ni ght Interesting Experiences in North ern France. , ,vhil e th ere we lea rn ed of a famil y pr ac ticing mu ch truth . W e bega n to visit and V,lhil e in th e Philippin e Island s, I loo ked long teac h thi s fine famil y. Br oth er And erson move d to for someone with whom to wo rship. A fter long No rth ern F rance to live and whi le th ere met a pr ayer, I went to th e America n sold iers ba rber shop. gra nd son of the A ndr ejewskis. Ri chard , th e grand ­ T here wer e thr ee empty chairs. I took the m iddl e son, was an alt ar boy in the Ca tholic Chur ch. After one. T he youn g man wit h a Sou ther n draw l asked cons idera bl e teac hin g, Ri ch ard and his entire fam ily me how I wa nt ed m y hair cut. I asked him , "Son, were wo n to th e Lord . Ri chard is now a fine gosp el wh ere did you get th at accent ?" H e said , 'Tm fro m prea cher. T hank Go d th at Bro th er And erson moved Lim eston e Co unt y, Alabam a," l told him , "I have a north .

IT CAN BE DONE

B Y M AU RICE H ALL For fiftee n years, I have signed my le tt ers with 3. T hen prov ide a card, so that each famil y wri te the closing- " You rs for th e preachin g of th e Gospe l th eir name and a n amount on th e followin g st ate­ in every nation un de r H eave n in our generation." ment : "Lo rd will ing, to assist th e eld ers in sendin g At times I have aske d in unb elief- "Can it be do ne?" the Go spel to a nation wh ere it is needed, (I, W e,) At ot her times, I have asked rea listicall y-" v\/ill it will give, in addit ion to prese n t co ntrib utions ea ch be done?" But now I ca n say pos itively- "It can be Lord 's d ay, the sum of $ ...... I done." W e can send th e Gosp el to the 68 nations und ersta nd thi s will be used onl y for mi ssion wo rk. with out a full -tim e Christian witn ess thi s year. How it ca n be don e: I. Th e pr eacher needs o nl y to pr each on e sermon Signed 0 11 missio n wo rk, po in ting out that J esus said "Go" ; that if we go he' ll be with us, and ou r lost co nditi on Addr ess unl ess we " Go" pe rsonall y or financially. (Acts In four chu rches wh ere thi s was don e, fund s were 20: 26. R om . 10.) p ro mi sed to support th ree mission works compl etely, 2. A n eld er, repr esenting all eld ers, after the ser­ and in the fourth chu rch, $200.00 mont hl y was mo n to go to th e pul p it and ex pl ain that the elders pr om ised. want to do thi s work but th ey ca n't for lack o f Brethren, Elders, P reac hers- please try it. You funds. T hen tell the chu rch that th e elders want have go t everythin g to gain and nothin g to lose­ to kn ow their in ter est i n m ission work. excep t your souls. HAi\IILTON , Floyd Theodore September 11, 1910 Experiences on the Mission Field Melva Emily March 25, 1915 Gerry Theodore May 20, 1937 011 one of Floyd 's preaching trips, h e was getting very tired and was about ready to start home when Melbert Lee .July 21, 1940 Floy Emily May 13, 1942 a man began begging him to come over into his Homer Edward .June 6, 1945 community and preach. At first he said that he was tired and had work to do at home, but the man Address: Box 116, Perris, California 92370 kept asking. This was something unusual-to be Floyd attended David Lipscomb and Abilene begged to preach. About thirty men gathered and Christian Colleges. there were only two chairs so Floyd and the in­ Melva attended Texas Tech a11d Abilene Christia11 terpreter sat on them , and the others sat around on Colleges. the floor. He talked for a while and the older men Melbert has been attending Peppercli11e College. began asking questions. They, from the oldest to Floy attended Peppercline College two years and the youngest, kept asking questions all night and is married to .James Greenlee . They have a daughter the next morning about six thirty they went clown born .June 15, I 963. They live on fourth floor of the to a rice paddy where Floyd baptized some of them church building in Kaiserslautern , Germany where and started a church as the result of one sermon they are helping with church work while he supports that lasted all night. He told them how to carry them by working as an electrical engineer. He re­ on the worship services and how to baptize others, cently preached his first sermon in German. H e then left them. Later one of the students from leads singing in both German and English and Zamboang a Bible School went to preach in that preached his first sermon in English almost a year area and the church is still worshipping there today ago. after about fourteen or fifteen years. Homer has just arrived in Abilene and is prepar­ ing to enter Abilene Christian College. While he was gone on another preaching trip, Gerry is working in Central Supply in Patton State Melva heard the fire siren and saw smoke billowing Hospital. up in the direction of the home of one of the Hamiltons entered the Philippine Mission Field church members . She went to investigate. It was not in .January , 1948, baptized about 350 in three and the home of the church member , but next door. A one half years. Chinese merchant with a large family had become Sponsor: Seventeenth Street Church in San Francisco. despondent bec ause he was unable to pay his alien Floyd has been the minister of the church in tax , so he committed suicide and burned his house Perris, California for the past five years and is also clown on himself. It also burned the homes of more Superintendent of Sunset Haven Home for Christian than sixty other persons on the other side of his Aged , near Beaumont. place . Melva asked the church member to make a Melva is teaching school in Perris while trying list of all her neighbors who had lost their things to help educate the children in Christian colleges. in the fire. She went back and gathered up about By whom Encouraged to be a Missionary: all the clothing that was left in the church store Melva: by Zelma Lawyer (a sister-in-law of her room, and with the help of her house boy, started uncle) and by Brother Short and Sister Hettie Lee carrying it over to them. She later read in the local Ewing. paper that the Missionary Alliance and the Reel Floyd: by Brother Clemens of Cornell Avenue Cross got there also with some help , but the Church Church in Chicago. Brother .Jacob C. Vandervis en­ of Christ was there first with the most. This was couraged them to prepare to go with him to Holland. after the churches in the states had slowed down But later they were influenced by Frank Trayler to some on sending packages of clothing . During the go to the Philippines. Seventeenth Street Church in first year and a half (which was shortly after the San Francisco was ready to send some one, so they got together. war when almost everyone was in need) sometimes Floyd and Melva had both worked while in college as many as 40 packages of clothing would arrive in to help pay expenses. a month , and one week Melva handed out clothing Floyd's Parents: Edward Theodore and Dolly to about l 000 persons during her noon hours and (Moody) Hamilton of Kansas-moved to California off periods between classes in the Bible School. In in 1923. addition to teaching in the Bible School and dis­ Melva's Parents: Thomas Homer and Elvie tributing clothing , she tried to write thank you (Graham) Curry of Texas. (Both mothers died in letters to the churches in the states that sent the 1962.) packages of clothing. HARDIN, Daniel C. December 28, 1932 Joyce Faye January 26, 1936 Mara Gwen February 9, 1959 Danna Fay e October 6, 1959 Terra Dee July 29, 1960 Brother Hardin attended: Un iversity of New Mexico, David Lipscomb College , Central Un i­ vers ity, Seoul, Korea , Church of Christ Bible Chair-Eastern New Mexico Un iversity Baptized by: Lester Parker Sister Hardin attended: Abilene Christian College , Church of Christ Bible Chair , Eastern New Mexico University Address: (First Class Letter Mail Only)*-Church of Christ , KIMPO Station, APO 301, San Fran­ cisco, California * Note: ,!\lithout this warning, people may send Daniel C. Hardin, Joyce Hardin, Mara Given Hardin, age 5; Donna Faye, age 4; Terra Dee, age 3. packages. This makes the Army angry and jeopardizes the APO privilege of hundreds of Parents of Joyce F. Hardin: Ralph W. Smith , Texas; missionaries in the area . Viola A. Smit h, Texas. Entered Field: 1959 Baptized: I keep no records. Our specific work in Korea includes four phases. Sponsor: Second Street Church of Christ , 901 East I . T he local work right in our own community Second , Portales , New Mexico of Sang Do Dong consists of Bible class teacher By whom , when and how were you encouraged to training which takes much of my wife's time, vario us be a missionary: classes during the week in our home and at the .My desire to become a missionary did not come place of worship, and regular Sunday services much from any spec ific person or at any particular time. like those you would expect in Amer ica. Our meet­ By 1956, I began lo oking for opportun iti es to ings are somewhat more intim ate because we sit preach in a foreign field. While studying and teach­ in a circle on the Aoor in the Korea fash ion and ing at David Lipscomb College , Donald P. Garner partake o[ the Lord 's supper around a small table was my room-mate and it was Don who pointed me in the center. '"' e try to do all teaching in the toward Korea where he had been stationed in the Korean language and in this way draw continually Army. closer to these brethren. Our personal primitive, but large , bathtub has served as a baptistry for fifteen I worked in schoo l to help pay my expenses. people since April 1963. Par ents of Daniel C. Hardin: Thomas E. Hardin, Texas ; Mabel .J. Hardin, Missouri 2. KOREA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE-As one man's time and energy is not eno ugh to meet all the opportunities that present themselves , the workers in Korea have begun a college level Bible training schoo l, Korea Christian College. Here we each teach one or two classes and thus between seven evange l­ ists are able to offer daily teaching to our stude nts. As the months go by, Koreans will teach Koreans and the ch ur ch will grow a hundred times more rapidly than it would if we depended upon our own

Bible school teachers from the Song do Dong congregation pre­ ( Don Hardin and the bathing facilities at Preacher Lee's home paring Bible school materials under the direction of Joyce near Moh Po, Korea , Hardin . personal efforts alone. With sixty students in 1963, distant mountain s ushering in a new da y. For this we expect 120 stud ents by late 1964. By teaching in young man it was also a new da y. For him a new English we can serve all the nations of Asia. li fe had dawned. 3. TRAVELING EVANGELISM-Th ere are about U.S. MILITA R Y CONGREGATIONS-Abo ut thirty congregatio ns now meeting in Korea . Th is for ty thousand American servicemen are current ly figur e may easi ly doube within two or three years serving in Korea. About 90% of thes e serv icemen time. It is very import ant for us to make regular lead immoral lives while in Kor ea. Although there trips to these var ious congregations and encourage them. Recently on a trip to the extreme southern are act ive military congregat ions of the ch ur ch tip of Korea ·w illiam Richardson and I visited three wit hin traveling distance of even th e most remote relatively new cong rega tions. We slept in a small army outpost , only about 10% of the members of grass roofed mud hut about six feet square. Food the ch urch ever atte nd. a service of the ch ur ch. was cooked over a fire built in a hol e in the ground Therefore , we consider it a definit e part of our at one side of the house . Early on th e second morn ­ work in Kor ea to work with th ese men. I person ally ing of our visi t a youn g man came to be baptized. work closely with th e Camp Howze co ngregation We walked with him to a mountain spring several which is abo ut an hour 's drive from the cit y of miles up on a mountain behind the village. There Seou l. The faithful 10% are an encouragement to he was baptized ju st as the sun pe eked over the all of us and are certain ly missionaries in uniform. HARBJSON , Melvin October 20, 1925 glittering New Jerusalem. The hungry, ill-clad, ill­ Virginia Ruth (nee May) :March 8, 1929 housed masses of Asia, while not having the slightest Linda Lori October 3, 1954 idea of the meaning of Communism are acutely at­ John Melvin November 21, 1959 tracted by its apparent promis e of prosperity. Broth er Harbison attended Abilene Christi an Colleg e The awakening p eopl e of Asia are unlikely to be impressed by our criticism of the Communist pro­ Baptized by: J. B. Nelson gram. Christians are challenged to produce some­ Sister Harbison attended Abilene Christian College , thing better. So far, Christian endeavor to meet the Texas Christian University challenge in these fields appears to be half-hearted Baptized by: Brother Nell and ineffectual. Address: 85 W'aterloo Road, 1 / F, Kowloon, Hong Much of our work and equipm ent used to glorify Kong· God is often ineffective because it is out of date. Ent ered Field: 1959 \,Ve are usin g Bows & Arrows against th e forc es of Baptis ed: 200 evil in an Atomic Age . Sponsor: East Side Church of Christ, Graham , Texas There is a special need to disassociate Christianity Encouraged to be a missionary by Aunt Carrie from an idealism which is satisfied short of action! Porch, house-mother, at Boles Orphan Home, Quin­ A reconsideration of values (Matthew 16:26) will lan, in 1934 during the evening devotionals. lead Christians to equate more financial support to the work of winning the world with the Word. Worked while in college to pay exp enses. Par ents names and places of birth : Clar ence Edmond H arbison, Oklahoma A Missionary's Strength Mamie Edith Burrows Harbison, McLean, Texas Those who possess the true message of God are Wiley Courtney May, West Liberty, Kentucky beginning to have a greater insight into the proper Myrtle Curri e May, Cottondale, Texas perspective of missionary work. Numbers will not Sling-shots, Bows and Arrows or Missiles? reveal eith er th e worth or the p erm anency of efforts beyond the bord ers of the hom e congr egations. Nor V\Then tra veling in th e Far East , a person becomes will it determine th e success of th e program. Stead­ familiar with the displ ay of hum an misery on ever y fast missionari es ar e neith er di sillusioned nor brok en hand. N ever in hum an history until this era of if th eir message is not received . They continu e to much welfare but little love has there been such a work regardl ess of hardships, difficulty or reception continuous, inexorable flow of the human beings -good or bad . It is the duty of the missionaries to driven by fear across frontiers and seas. Every mem­ be God's voice and servants , and they must leave ber of th e human race is the object of divin e lov e as the rest to God . Th ey are to "pl ant " and "water" and displayed by the death of Christ, each is given a leave it to "God to give th e in crease " (I Cor. 3:6). significan ce which tr anscends tim e. T he prin cipl e reason mission aries are to perse vere Many ha ve attempted to grope imagin atively amid every failure and success in not eith er th e tow ards a better way of life for th e under -privil eged. failur e or th e success, but th eir ob edi ence to Goel. In a world characterized by the weakened appeal Th e message from heav en says, "Go ye into all the of "traditional religion," Communism makes a pseudo­ world , and preach th e gospel to th e whol e creation" religious appeal to the man with a vacuum in his (Mark 16:15). If we do not win th e responsive soul. Communism is offering him a short cut to a peopl e to Chri st, Communism and Catholicism will!

( HARE , Bob J anuar y 12, 1920 Ruth November 28, l 921 Peggy Lynn Jul y 15, 1950 Mary Lee September 30, 195 1 Linda Jean March 14, 1956 Brot her Hare attend ed Harding Co llege Baptiz ed by Flavil Co lley Sister Hare attended H ar ding Co llege Baptized by : S. A. Bell Address: Krott enb achstrasse 28 1, V ienna 19, Austria Ent ered Field: 1950 Sponsor: Centra l Chur ch of Chri st, 13th and Wolf e Streets, Little R ock , Ar kansas

I was a st ud ent at H arding Co llege in 1947 when BOB HARE FAMILY Otis Gat ewood came to tell abo ut hi s pl ans to enter Germany . I want ed to go with him th en, bu t he the gospel to th e peop le of this small nat ion, which enco ur aged me to fini sh my ed ucat ion , get marri ed at th at tim e was without th e gospel. First started and th en go to Germany . T hi s I did. I found Ruth work in Salzbur g, Austr ia in 1953, whil e sti ll working in 19'48, but we did not marry until 1949. After in M unich, Ger many. Later mo ved to Vienna , Austr ia grad uat in g in Jun e of 1950 I sai led with my fam ily in Decemb er of 1956. T he Hun ga ri an R evo luti on for Ger many. had broken out in O ctob er of that year and this was th e event which opened th e door to plant the gospe l My fam ily a nd I worked in Munich, Germ any in Vienna . As most of th e Hung arians fled to from November 1955 until Ju ne 1955. \!\Te retu rn ed Vienn a, we rece ived th e needed publicity to pl ant to th e States so l cou ld work on my Master 's Degree. th e gospel firm ly in this cit y. We not on ly help ed I finish ed by Jun e of 1956 and we sai led for Vienna , the Hun ga ri ans, but we also bega n a work among Austria in November of th at year and we have been th e Austrian peopl e. Some 200 A ustrians have be en her e eve r sin ce. baptiz ed thus fa r. Broth er Hare was born in McK inn ey, Tex as an d Because of Vienna 's strategic locat ion we have Sister Hare was born in Morr ilt on, Arkansas. man y opportu niti es to wor k with th e peopl e from Bob Hare's par ents: Rob ert L ee H are, Sr. (di ed beh ind th e iron-curtain. Vienna is only an hour' s in August 1938) ; Mary Ch arlott e In gle H are (d ied drive from both th e borders of Hun ga ry and in May 1958). Czechos lovakia. My co-work ers and I hav e mad e Ruth H are's par en ts: Charles L. Br ad ley, Ma ry severa l trip s into Hungar y, Poland , Czechos lovakia Leo na Bradl ey (bot h live in Searcy , Ar kansas). and Yugoslav ia. This work is ex trem ely dangerous beca use eve ry tim e we visit th e people , we not on ly endang er our own lives, but the li ves of those whom First Experience we visit . St ill the peop le continue to in vite us. In Wh ile workin g in M uni ch, German y I was in­ fact , th ey pl ead with us to come . All of us in Vienn a fluenced by some soldi ers stat ioned in Austria to car ry feel that this is a very important work. I persona lly have already m ade five such trips . \ !\Te have also had many from behind th e iron- curt ain to visit our services. Hardly a month passes th at we do not hav e visitors from Hungar y or Czechoslovakia or some other ir on-curtain coun try.

Family picture of the Bob Hares A picture of the seven co-workers now working with me . Front row left to right, Rex Earnhart , Gwen Hens 1ey ar ,d Tom Turner. Back row left to right, Bob Stewart, Roy Long, Lynn Camp , and frank McCutchan. Six of them arrived in 1961 and Tom Turner arrived in the spring of 1962 . Picture of the church meeting in the hall. HELSTEN , Rob ert , born 2-13-25, Seatt le, Washington Mary Belle (Garner) H elsten, born 8-22-25, Calico R ock, Ark. Bobb y Helst en , born 4-8-51, Frankfurt , Ger­ man y Patt i H elsten, born 12-10-52, Fr ankfurt , Ge r­ many Parents of Rob ert Helsten , Bert and Id a (deceas ed) Helst en. Parents of Mary H elsten , Theodore and Nell Garn er . Rob ert Helsten baptiz ed by ·woodrow Whitt en in 1938. Mary Helsten baptiz ed by her father . Robert Helsten family Both grad uated from Hardin g College , Robert Helsten in 1946, Mary Helsten in 1947. Married 111 The elders at th e church in Ber keley, especiall y 1947. \,Villiam M. Green encour aged th e decision to be­ Sent to Germany by the Church of Christ in come miss ionaries . Otis Gatewood also. Berkeley, Ca liforni a, Robe rt He lsten's hom e con­ Approx im ate ly 75 people were bapti zed by them gregat ion. in Germany . Spent 6 years in Germ any in th e cities of Frank­ Now Rob er t H elsten is teaching in Bibl e Dept. furt and Han au from 1948-1954, six months of that at Harding College. Mary H elsten is teaching 5th time in Zurich , Switzerland. Grade in H ardin g Elementary School. HlLL, J erry Octob er 2, 1928 An n R oberts May 9, 1932 Barbara An n August 20, 1952 Linda Lo u June JO, 1954 Ad dr ess: Apartaclo Post al 702, Guatema la, Guatema la, Centra l Ame ri ca Entere d Field : 1959 Schoo l Atte nd ee!: Ab ilene Chri stian Co llege Spo nsor: \,Vest Erwin Chur ch, Ty ler, Texas

HOBBY , J ames Alvin October 20, 1909 Georgia Pruett August 8, 1916 J ames David Ap ril 2, 1939 Novembe r 24, 1943 Hobby Family, December 1962 . Left to Right-George, Karen George Alvin (Mrs. David ) Hobby , David , Anita, Alvin , Georgia, and Kenneth . An ita J oyce Jun e 20, 1945 Kenneth Lester January 9, 1947 te nth grade at West Point Junior High Schoo l, he Alvin and Georgia Hobby ente red the Nor th ern rev iewed th e eighth grade for one yea r, th en taught Rh odes ia, Afr ica, mission field in Septe mber 1938. for two years in a one-teac her countr y schoo l. R e­ The Rhodesian addr ess from then u nt il March 1962 turning to schoo l, h e grad uated from Corn ersville was: Namw ianga M ission, P.O. Box 32, Kalomo, High Schoo l in 1930, a nd David Lipscomb Co llege Northe rn Rhodesia. T h e curr ent address is: 1121 in 1932, after whi ch he worked in a countr y sto re East 18t h Street, Texarkan a, Arka nsas. for a year and taught for two more years, aga in in a one-room countr y schoo l. After taking his B.A. degree J ames David Hobby married Karen Kay H ersh ey of Dallas, Texas, o n August I 0, I 962. David is now at Harding Co llege, in I 937, he was pr in cip al of an Ar kansas high schoo l for a year , then, in Jun e 1938, attending the H arding Graduate Schoo l at Memp hi s, Tennessee. Curr ent addr ess: I 902 Mad ison Avenue , married Georg ia Alice Pru ett whom he had met at Harding. Memp his, Ten nessee. George Alvin and Anit a Jo yce are attend in g col­ The following month , the Hobbys left for service lege at Harding , where Geo rge is a Sop homore and on th e African mission field. T hey had been en­ cour age d by D. Merritt , at home on furlough , and Anita is a Freshman . .J. Dr. George S. Benson. Alvin 's uncl e, H. C. R oberso n, Alvin Hobby att en ded David Lipscomb Co llege, served as tr eas ur er, most of th e reg ular monthly Nashv ill e, Tennessee , two years: 1930-1932, and support com ing from congrega tions rn Mars hall Harding Co llege: 1935-1937. B.A. degree, Jun e, 1937. Co unt y, Tennessee. Georg ia Hobby attende e! Harding Co llege four After a furl ough in the States, in 1946-47, the years: 1934-1938. B.A. degree , Jun e, 1938. H obbys returned to Afr ica, being spo nsored by th e chur ch of Chr ist at th e "Y", Canton, Oklahoma , Biographical Sketch with F. E. Hay es ac ting as treasu rer, an arrangement aga in encour aged by Dr. Benson. J ames Alvin Hobby was born near Lewisb ur g, Te nn essee, on Oct. 20, l 909. Afte r compl eting the Alvin was principal of the Afr ican boys and girls schoo l at Namw ianga Missio n, P.O. Kalomo , Northern Rhodesia , from 1938 to 1962 and tr ained Afr ican tea chers from 1952 to 1954. Besid es school

Namwianga Mission School administration building, front view. The school teachers African boys and girls through the 8th grade ; and from 1942 to 1954 there were an additional 2 years of Teacher Training . Alvin Hobby was Principal from 1938 to Church of Christ church house . The congregation that meets 1962. Georgia Hobby helped with the girls ' work for several here is one of the two largest congregations of the Church of years . The enrollment grew from 65 in 1938 to 350 by about Christ in Africa south of the Equator, perhaps in all of Africa. 1955. The building will seat about 400 people. and evange listic work, he helped with translations ments and pr epared the manuscripts for publication. int o th e Tonga lang uage, taking th e lead in the At present , Alvin and Georgia are taking nurses translation of seven littl e books of an ed ucationa l training so that they can return to Northern and a religious nature and serving on a comm itt ee Rhodesia as nurses and set up a small hospital , per­ which trans lated both th e Old and the New Testa- haps somewhere in the Kalamo area .

TEACHING IN NORTHERN RHODESIA

BY ALVIN HOBBY

For twenty -two years, I was a classroom teacher at th e British Indi ans ea t "lice " (rice) , or that in Namwianga Mission Schoo l for Afr ican boys and church people "play " (pray). One soon becomes girls and served as the principal of the school. About accustomed to hearin g "flag" pronoun ced "Aagi" twelve Africa n teac hers helped in teac hin g th e 225 and "box" pronou nced "bokes i." Then, who cou ld boys and 125 girls enrolled in classes from the first expect a native Afr ican to pronounce "one" as through the eigh th grades . For twelve years, from "w un ", "two" as "t u ", and "ac he" as "ake", the first 1942 to 1954, there were also classes for training trial! Prepositions caused a lot of difficulties-ev en elementary schoo l teachers, for wh ich I was largely for the teach ers. I never quite kn ew how to ex plain responsible. why , in Engli sh, we say "in Jun e" "on Mond ay the Schoo l usually opened on the last W ed nesday of 25th," "at I 0:00 o'clock." July , which, in Rhod esia, is winter time ; and be­ In the seventh and eig hth grades , all subjects , cause of th e coo l mornings, it was always hard to except the vernac ular , were taught in Eng lish. But get the stud ents to school on time. T here was no one does not teach long in an Afr ican schoo l in artific ial means of heating the classrooms. Nort hern Rhodesia, until he learns that his Eng lish Other difficulti es on the opening day included try­ must be very simpl e and that it is a great help at ing to dete rmin e the ages of the pupils and collect ing the encl of each lesson, or chapt er, to write simpl e school fees. The government did not want pupi ls in notes on the board for the pupi ls to copy into th eir th e eighth gra de mor e than sixteen years old, or in exerc ise (n'.)te) books . th e seventh grade mor e than fifteen, etc., but not After years of teac hin g the same subj ects in an more than 2% of the applicants knew when their Afr ican school, some phases of the work may become birthd ays were. Every year there were some who somewhat monotonous. But this is not true when it would state th eir ages to be the same as the year comes to grad ing papers , espec ially geography, his­ befo re, and it was not uncommon for one to contend tory, and genera l science papers and Eng lish com­ th at he was a year younger than he was th e previous positions (themes). Some examp les of unusual , or year! surpnsrng answers or statements are as follows: "An The schoo l, or bo ard ing, fees for one year were examp le of a winged mammal is an angel." "Fo ur $27.00 for boys and .$18.00 for girls . Gov ernment planets are cabbages, onions, carrots , and pe as." "A help amounted to $9.00 per yea r for boys of ap­ miracle is something whi ch nobody ca n do, which proved ages and $18.00 a year for girls. The total somebody do es." "T he north po le is so cold that of $36.00, in both cases, paid for one blanket a nd all the towns are uninhabit ed." full board for one school year of 36 weeks . Altogether , m y work as a teach er in Northern In the classroom, there were few discipl ine prob­ Rhodesia was enjoyabl e, and I feel, wo rthwhil e. Over lems. Most of the pupi ls rea lized they were privi leged the years, hundr eds of boys and girls gradu ated from in getting a place in schoo l, especia lly in th e seventh Namw ianga and went back to the ir villa ges or to and eighth grades, and th ey were keen to learn. their places of work , several of them as teachers and Dis cip lin e prob lems usually aros e from in ciden ts pr eachers. T he thin gs they hav e lea rned , including after school hours. knowledg e of the Scr iptures which they got from Besides the ord in ary academ ic subj ects, the boys the daily Bibl e lessons, will not soon be forgotten . had classes in arts and crafts; and the girls received Indeed , there is plenty of evidence that many of instruct ion in the various phases of domestic science . our ex-pupils are taking an act ive part in church work wherever they have go ne. Some ha ve eve n Arithmetic was a difficult subject , espec ially for help ed to start new congregations in new and distant th e girls . Due to th e clumsy African system of not a­ places. tion , pupils were taught to cou nt in English from But now I fee l th at my work as a school teac her in the beginn ing. The Batonga of Northern Rhod esia Northern Rhod esia is fin ished . Afr icans have been have words for I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 100, and 1,000. So, trained to do the school work I was doing. So, for examp le, to say "n inety-nine" the Mutonga wou ld Georgia and I hop e to prepare ourselves and to go say "five tens and four tens and five and four." back as nurses . In th is way, we think we can mainta in Eng lish, being a foreign language, was, of course , our con tact with the peop le- eve n with the schools difficult . On e difficulty was pron un ciati on, partly bei11g tau ght by African teach ers, an d continue en­ becaus e th e Muton ga confuses ''l's and r's" and wants cou raging th e spread of the Gospel an d th e gro wth to end every syllable with a vowel. So, one need of the chur ch in this needy field, in a cou nt ry that not be surprised if he hears of someone going to became home to us and among a people we lea rn ed the "liver" (river) to get a bucket of water, or that to love . HOLTON, A. R. February 9, 1891 Verba "\,Vatson July 21, 1894 ( Brother Holton attended Thorp Spring Christian College, Texas Christian University, Southern Methodist University. Baptized by: W. D. Black Sister Holton attended Thorp Spring Christian College, University of Oklahoma . Baptized by: Joe S. Worlick Address: 624 E. N. 16th Street, Abilene, Texas Entered Kor ea April 11, 1957 Baptiz ed: 400 Sponsor: Church of Christ, 4801 16th Str eet, N. W. , Washington 11, D.C. By whom encouraged to be a missionary: We were asked to go to Korea by th e elders of the Sixteenth and Decatur Church of Christ. Place of birth and parents' names: Brother Holton: Texas, ?\fr. and Mrs. P. P. Holton. Sister Holton: Arkansas, Mr. and i\frs. J. S. Watson. It should be understood by all that there are A. R. HOLTON opportunities in th e mission field tod ay as nev er before. No other gener ation has had the opportunity A Missionary i11 the field : 0. P. Baird, Church of to serve mankind as does this generation. Let us Christ Mission , APO 301, San Francisco , Cali­ encourage our young people to go to th e mission fornia. field . Let us encoura ge young men to preach th e A Missionary on furl ough: Mi ss Melba Carlon , 526 Gospel. E. N . I 6th St., Ab ilene, T exas.

Just before submitting the final proof-sheets to the printer we learned of the death of Brother Holton. He died August 5, 1964. He did outstanding work in Korea , and his passing is a grievous loss to the cause of missions. Editor

\ HOWELL , Bern ard Clarence Octob er 15, 1927 Joan Linn August 14, 1933 Dewa yne Eugene July 13, 1952 Lind a Lou December 14, 1954 Eileen Gail May 29, 1956 Delayne Gerald July 29, 1960 Address: Presso Chiesa di Cristo , Via Tezo ne 6-8, Verona , Italy Entered Field: 1953 School Att end ed : George Peppe rcline College Spo nsor: Church of Christ , P.O. Box 207, Chula Vista, California

The work was started in Genoa , Italy, in the Left to right: Linda , Bernard, Dewayne (behind) , Delayne, Joan , winter of 1954. On a W edn esda y night , shortly after and Eileen Howell. beginning the work, there was a severe snowstorm. I did not ha ve a car, so I took a streetcar to th e church hall. By the tim e I arri ved at th e hall, th ere toward the chur ch hall. As th e figur e becam e more was a twenty -mil e an hour wind and th e str eets were visibl e, I recognized P in a Vecchi , a woman who had deserted . I felt very lone ly as I stood in th e entr ance attendee! every serv ice. In a few minutes we were of the hall and looked clown th e empt y street. I jo in ed by thre e ot her p eop le who were also soaked thought no one would venture out on a night so by the driving snow. Although the h all was cold dreary. How ever, in a few mom ent s I saw a dark and our clothes were wet; it was th e mo st inspiring figure bending into th e wind and movin g slowly Bible study I ha ve ever a tt end ee!. Pina Vecchi's ex­ ampl e has always rema in ed a great sour ce of en­ cour agement for me. Alfr edo No lli, a bak er of Br escia, It aly, tells a very interest ing story of his searc h to know and obey Goel. Alfr edo was wa lkin g clown a n arrow str eet of Br escia when he saw a wall poster adver tis­ in g a meet ing of th e chur ch of Christ. He read th e ex pl anat ion concern ing the chur ch of Chri st, and said to hims elf, "I have pr ayed to Goel for severa l years th at I wou ld find the church that is found ed upon His word." Alfredo was very excited, for he felt hi s "Mace doni an call" had been answered . T hat night he attended the mee tin g and eage rly followed the lesson from God's word . After a year of intensi ve study , Alfr edo was bapt ized and added to the chur ch by Christ.

On the left is Renzo De Boni who has been a faithful Christian Later his wife came to the services to see what at Verona for four years, and has helped preach for the kind of teaching and peop le had made such a good church. In the center is his daughter Giovanna . On the left is change in her husband . She also cont inu ed to att en d Roy Moore who was stationed at Verona in the army . Roy is all serv ices and after severa l month s was converted now in Nashville preparing to return to Italy to preach the gospel. with their old er son . HOLTON , A. R. Febru ary 9, 1891 Verba Vi'atson Jul y 21, 1894 ( Broth er Holton attended Thorp Sprin g Christi an Colle ge, Texa s Chri stian Univ ersity, South ern Me thodist Univ ersit y. Baptiz ed by: W . D. Black Sister Holton att ended Thorp Spring Christian College , Univ ersit y of Oklahoma. Baptiz ed by : Joe S. Worlick Addr ess: 624 E. N . 16th Str eet, Abil ene, T exas Ent ered Kor ea April 11, 1957 Baptized: 400 Sponsor: Church of Christ , 4801 16th Str eet , N. W. , Washington 11, D.C. By whom encour aged to be a mi ssion ary: We were asked to go to Kor ea by the eld ers o [ th e Sixtee nth and Deca tur Chur ch of Chri st. Pl ace of birth a nd parent s' names: Broth er Holton : Texas , Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Holton. Sister H olton : Ark ansas, l\fr. and Mrs . .J. S. W atson . It should be und erstood by all that th ere are A. R. HOLTON opportuniti es in th e mission field tod ay as never befor e. No oth er generation h as had th e opportunit y A Mi ssionary in th e field: 0 . P. Baird , Chur ch of to serve mankind as does this ge neration. Let us Chri st Mi ssion , APO 301, San Fr ancisco, Cali­ encoura ge our youn g peopl e to go to th e mission forni a. field. Let us encourage youn g men to pr each th e A Mi ssionary on furl ough: Mi ss Me lb;i Ca rlon, 526 Gos pel. E. N . 16th St., Abil ene, Texas .

Just before submitting th e final proof -sheets to the printer we learned of the death of Brother Holton. He died August 5, 1964 . He d id outstanding work in Korea , and his passing is a grievous loss to th e cause of missions. Editor HOWELL , Bern ard Clarence O ctob er 15, 1927 Joan Linn August 14, 1933 Dew ayne Eug ene July 13, 1952 Linda Lou December 14, 1954 Eileen Gail May 29, 1956 Delayne Gerald July 29, 1960 Address: Pr esso Chiesa di Cristo, Via Tezo ne 6-8, Verona , Ital y Entered Field: 1953 Schoo l Attended: George Pepperdine College Sponsor: Church of Chr ist, P.O. Box 207, Chul a Vista, California

The work was started in Genoa, It aly, in the Left to right : Linda, Bernard , Dewayne (behind), Delayne, Joan, winter of I 954. On a Wednesd ay ni ght , shortly after and Eileen Howell. beginning the work, there was a seve re snowstorm. I did not h ave a car, so I took a streetcar to th e church hall. By the tim e I arr ived at the hall, there toward th e chur ch hall. As th e figur e became mor e was a twent y-mil e an hour wind and th e stree ts were visib le, l recogni zed Pina Vecchi , a woma n who had deserted. I felt very lonely as I stoo d in th e entrance atte nd ee! eve ry service. In a few minut es we were of the hall and loo ked down the emp ty stree t. I joined by thre e oth er people who were a lso soaked thought no one would venture out on a night so by the dr ivin g snow. Although the hall was cold dreary. However , in a few moments I saw a dark and our clothes were wet ; it was the most inspirin g figure bendin g into the wind and movin g slowly Bible study I have ever atte nd ee!. Pin a Vecchi' s ex ­ ampl e has always rem ain ed a grea t source of en­ courageme nt for me. Alfr edo No lli , a baker of Bresc ia, It aly, tells a very interesti ng story of his search to know and obey God. Alfr edo was wa lkin g dow n a narrow street of Bres cia when he saw a wall poster advert is­ ing a meetin g of th e chur ch of Chri st. He read th e explan ation concernin g the chur ch of Chri st, and said to himself , "I have pra yed to God for severa l years th at I wou ld find the church that is fou nded upon His word." Alfredo was very exc ited, for he felt his "Mace donian call " had been answered. T hat ni ght he att end ed th e meetin g and eage rl y followed th e lesson from God's word . After a year of int ensive study , Alfr edo was bapt ized and adde d to the chur ch by Chri st.

On the left is Renzo De Boni who has been a faithful Christian Later his wife came to th e services to see what at Verona for four years, and has helped preach for the kind of teach ing and peop le had made such a good church. In the center is his daughter Giovanna . On th e left is change in her hu sba nd. She also con tin ued to att end Roy Moore who was stationed at Verona in the army. Roy is all services and after severa l month s was converted now in Nashville preparing to return to Italy to preach the gospel. with their older son.

( HUFFARD, Elvis Henry April 24, 1918 consider the possibilities of undertaking this chal­ Emily Ann Feb ruar y 20, 1920 lenging work , and they moved to Nig eria in 1953. Jo yce (Mrs. Don Harrison) In 1954 the Christian Schools Voluntary Agency ( January 17, 1942 came into being . All the schools under this agency Carolyn Sue Jun e 5, 1944 were to be known as Christian Schools. In the same Elvis Henry , Jr. (Hy) August 11, 1950 year, after investig ating numerous requests and ap­ Kathy Clare September 3, 1957 peals , five Christian Schools were established und er the management of Elvis H. Huffarcl. This school Both attended David Lipscomb College . system now includes ten schools. Elvis baptized by Albert S. Hall After returning to the states the Huffards have Emily was baptized by A. C. Pulli as continued to support the educational work in Ni­ Present Address: Freed-Hardeman College , H end er ­ geria. To oversee the educational work the Nigerian son, Tennessee Christian Schools Foundation, Inc. was incorporated in the state of Tennessee in 1959, and Elvis Huffard Entered Field of Nigeria: 1953, Returned: 1955 was elected its first pr esident. This corporation has Baptized: Did not baptize any, but all the baptizing the responsibility of furth ering the Christian Schools was done by the Nigerians. "\i\litnessed perhaps of Ni ger ia. I 000 baptisms. The following comment was mad e by a British Sponsor: Br ainard Church of Christ ; Chattanooga, officer in 1955 while talking to Broth er Huff ard: Tenn. "We as British officers have clone all the good we can do in Nigeria. They will soon have their Encouragement came from several sources , such independence . Now th e future is in your hands." as a Christian hom e and a Christian College. The The British officer meant the future was in the encouragement to go specifically to Nigeria came hands of the missionaries . He believed this so from Howard Horton. Emily's grandfather was the strongly that he was resigning his commission to lat e R. S. Kin g, an elder of the Granny Whit e prepar e to be a missionary. It would be wonderful Church. H e was th e symbol in his day of mis­ if all the members of the Church of Christ wpuld sionary zeal. have this confidence in the power of the gospel to Soon after the first evan gelist from America settled beli eve th at it can mold nations. in Nigeri a ur ge nt ple as were m ade by th e Nigerians Pres ently , the Huff ards are at Freed-Hardeman for help in establishing village schools. These pleas , College. He is Director of Student Counseling, in turn , were sent on to friends in the U nit ecl teaches World Evangelism , and is sponsor of the States. How ard Horton persuaded th e Huff ards to Evangelistic Forum on the Campus. CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

BY ELVIS H UFF ARD

Are Chr istian Schoo ls in fore ign countri es needed? denominations let th eir light sh in e in suppl ying Arc th ey justified? These often asked qu estions seem the need of knowled ge as th ey prop aga te th eir rath er useless in a Janel where so m any peo ple see er rors. th e need for such schools to exist. What ever answers In 1962 Senator Gor e of Te nnessee spo ke at a could be given for Christian schools to exist in th e dinner sponsored by th e Nigerian C hristi an Schoo ls U 11ited States could be given plu s a few mor e Fo und ation in Nashville , Tennessee . Senator Gore additi onal reaso ns in many foreign countries. ~~or had just returned from a trip that took him into practic al purposes each situatio n should be con­ N igeri a. The Senator mentioned th at often in his sidered in terms of existing needs and circ um stances, work with the Unit ed Nations he sat with men just for they will vary considerably from country to a few generations out of canniba lism . These men country . In some co un tries schools without religious sometimes had equal vote with him. As the newer affiliatio ns serve th e p eopl e. These countries may memb ers of th e United Nations becom e stronger pres en t a less acute situat ion than th e countries they will hav e mor e influence and can out vote wher e a strong religious tie is made with all educa­ men who represent centuries of progress. T hey need tion. the influence of Christ in educ ation , and Christian 's must face this responsibility. A k11owledg e of the Bibl e is nec essary in order for an indig eno us church to ex ist. How is the Log an Fox in his lectur e on "The Christian School Christi a n school in volved in this statement? Ther e on the Miss ion Field " at Michigan Christian Junior are areas where responsibiit y in teac hing rea ding Co llege in 1960 gave the following thoughts abo ut has to be faced before anyone ca n think in terms the role of the Christian Coll ege in Japan: (I) of bu ildin g an indi genous church . In som e plac es Though the schoo l is not a primary instrument of schoo ls can be attend ed that are not und er religious direct evangelism, each year between fifty and one ties , but in other plac es the majorit y of the schools hundred students are baptized . The Teachers and ar e sponsor ed by church related agenc ies. One will th e staff work with the students, for a dedicated admit that the teac her that teac hes re ading will Christian is an evange list in any situ ation . (2) Th e have a lot of inf-luence on wh at is read and eve ntually schoo l has provided good contacts. Because of school believed. connections, teachers are invited to speak to civic groups, parent groups, and the hom es of parents 111some countries th e illit eracy rate is so hi gh that are opened to them. (3) It breaks down prejudice it wou ld be of littl e va lu e for a vast majority of tow ard Christianity , not only among st ud ents, but th e p eop le to have Bibl es, for they cou ld not read families in the community. Half the students that th em. Much groping abo ut in sp ir itua l darkness ca n graduated wer e not Christians , but they were not be expected wh en th e m ass of p eopl e on ly know prejudiced. (4) Most important of all is the training wh at some bias ed p erson rea ds th em from portions given to Christian youn g people as they prepare for of th e Bibl e. Under such conditions , in consideration leadership in the Church. of the concern Christia ns hav e for th e salvation and Christian schoo ls hav e served an important role spiritu al gro wth of others, what respo nsibility do in the development of the church and will con tinu e Christians have as goo d neighbors? T he obvio us an­ to do so. Educ ation is vital in the advancement of swer is th at Christians should te ach th e unlearned. the cause of Christ and is important in the growt h Th ere is great dang er if this responsibility is given of Christians in preventing them from being the to th e deno minations entir ely, for by so doing, th e victims of eve ry wind and wave of doctrine. Curre nt Address: Church of Christ, 1210 N . Cayuga St., Ithaca, N.Y. After two years in N igeria, we came to Ithaca , ( N.Y . in 1955 to assist in the estab lishment of the church in this area. The chur ch has grown from eleve n memb ers to a pr ese nt memb ership o[ seventy . We are current ly endeavoring to begin a work in the city of Aub urn , New York , a cit y of some 40,000 population-76 ,000 in the count y. T he .Jack­ son Park congregation in Nas hville is primaril y responsible for my support with addit ional help from Lawernce Ave. and Russ ell St. congregat ions also in Nashvi lle. Entered Fie ld : 1952 Sponsor: Lawrence Aven ue Ch urch of Christ. Nash­ vill e, Tennessee. W'e were encouraged to become m1ss10naries by Eldred Echols who had made two survey trips from South Afr ica to Nigeria for the brethren at Lawren ce Avenue and no littl e encou ragement was received from the elde rs, deacons and other members at Lawrence Av~nue.

JAMES E. AND ROSA LEEJOHNSON, JR.

JOHNSON, Jame s Emmett , Jr. November 8, 1922 Rosa Lee July 2, 1931 Pam ela Rose October 21, 1953 Nancy Beth September 20, 1957 Cynth ia Ellen March 27, I 959 Rebecca Sue February 9, I 962

Attended Freed-H arde man and David Lipscomb Jim Johnson with a group of Christians in front of me eti ng Colleges. house in Ibo land. classes and sup ervis ed play period s in the Bornheim congregation . Trained German women for church work. Taught European history at Harding Co llege from 1957-63. U pon in vitation of Br oa dw ay Churc h of Christ, Lubbo ck, Texas, agreed to return to the mission field. Returned to th e mission field in July , 1963. Is currently working for th e Bornheim and "\!\Test End congregations in Frankfurt , Germany.

Women's Work in Mission Work As I sit her e and writ e these words , I am waiting on "my chi ldr en" who will soon be com ing to hear a Bible story , to play games, to color, cut out, and paste . These ch ildr en come from homes whose par­ ents do not und erstand th e Bible as well , or do not read th e Bibl e at all, and some of th em do not be­ lieve in God at all. Th ey live in a land in which th ere are two recogn ized religious faiths, and both of th ese rel igions have we ighted these peo pl e down with trad iti ons that are real obstacles to N ew Testa­ ment Christianit y. But tradition s ca n be clone away with , a nd th e best pl ace to begin is wit h the children . T hi s is the work that the woman ca n best do on the mission field. The Lord has blessed her with th e gift to "mot her" the childr en as they must be; to put the bandages on the wounds; to still th e cryin g; to wipe " runn y" no ses; to wash dirt y faces; to lov e when feelings ar e wound ed; to tell the Bibl e stories IRENE JOHNSON with int erest; to sing; to play simpl e ga mes; to mak e lemon ade; and to do m any other things that on ly JOHNSON , Ir ene the woman ca n do. Born August 28, 1917, at Poynor, Mo ., the daught er of Will iam E. and Essie John son. Lived during In the teaching pro gram o n th e mission field, th e childh ood and until college age at Biggers , Arkansas. wom an also ha s her place. In the training of youn g Attend ed and was grad uated from Arkansas State people to do chur ch work, she ha s a very im portant Co llege, Jonesboro , Arkansas, in 1940. Taught Eng­ rol e. T raining tea chers for Bibl e schoo l teac hin g, lish in Arkansas high schoo ls until 194-3. Served in childr en's work , and chur ch work in ge neral can the WAVES from 1913 until 1945. Attended Uni­ best be clone by the wom an. She is best suited also versity of Missouri from 1946-47, st udyin g European to teach the Bib le to the nat ive women in the land hist ory. Re ceived the M .A. degree in 1947 and in which she is work ing. tau ght th e school year 1947-48 at Harding College. On ly the woman ca n mak e some visits in the hom es. Situations are such in man y countri e, th al C. E. McGaughey and Harry Rob ert Fox first visits by men on ly are not correct . Ta king care of stimu lated her to do miss ion work, and Brother the sick, the invalids , the w idows is also best clone McGaughey secu red support for her from the 14th by the woman. Bible classes in the home for wom en St. Church of Christ , ·w ashington , D.C . wh ich lat er is more effect ive if clone by th e woman. became the 16th St. Church of Christ. Th is chur ch sent her to Germany in 1948 and cont inu ed to In camp work an d var iou s other pro jects, the support her until she returned hom e in 1957 clue woman has her plac e: teac hin g girls , cookin g, nur s­ to the prolon ged illn ess of her moth er. in g, recreation, and many ot her projects belong to th e woma n. Conc ern ed mostly with childr en, youn g p eop le and women on th e mi ssion field. Childr en 's camp in From m y expe ri ence, wh en she has clone this , th e Taunus mount ains in th e summ er; daily Bibl e "She hath clone a good work." JOHNSON , Leonard November 18, 1910 under th e influence of J. N. Armstrong which greatly Bernice Cagle May 31, 191 I aroused my interest in doing mission work. Here David July 29, 1936 also was influ enced by the missionari es who visited ( Janice (Mrs. Kenneth Randolph) the college. Following graduation from Hardin g March 13, 1939 preached full time for several years in Nashville, John August 17, 1942 Tennessee and Mon tgomery, Alabama. In 1942 R ex Marilyn December 26, 1946 Turner and I established Alabama Chri&tian Col­ Richard December 5, 1948 lege, and for next twelve years continued regular Present Address: 300 Tullahoma Dr. , Edmond , Okla- preaching while serving as vice-president and head of the Bible departm ent at Alabama Christian Col­ hom a lege. In I 954 moved to Chattanooga , Tennessee When entered: 1956; returned 1958 where pr eached for Signal Mountain church and Baptized: about 300 served as principal of th e Bible School there. In a Christian colleges : Both of us attended David Lips ­ bulletin from Florence, Alabama published by J ack comb College and Harding College Wilhelm was an appeal for someone to go to Nigeria to serve as man ager of certain village schools. Sunset Sponsoring church: Sunset Ridge Church, San Ridge Church in San Antonio, Texas asked Lawrence Antonio, Texas Avenue to allow th em to take over the sponso rship of this particular work. Spent from Jul y 1956-April Biographical Sketch 1958 in Nigeria. Since returning ha ve continued to Born at Frankewing, Lincoln County, Tennessee. pr each regularly and hav e served as princip al of Elementary and high school obta in ed in the county. the Bible School (Boyd -Buchana n School) in Chat­ Baptized by J . C. Dixon. Attended David Lipscomb tanooga , Te nn essee and of the Bible School (Madi ­ College where first heard of foreign mission work son Academy) in Hunts ville , Alabama. Second year from B. D. Morehead, J. M. i\lrcCaleb, and Harry as member of faculty at Oklahoma Christian College. Fox. After graduation from David Lipscomb College Pre ach regularly at Kingfisher , Oklahoma. In the preach ed for the West Hill church in Pensacola , mea ntim e hav e been gra nted maste rs degree from Florida. Married Bernice Cagle in 1932 and worked Auburn Un iversity and have taken work toward in Sequatchie Valley Tennessee for a year. Both of Ph.D. at Auburn Un iversity , University of Tennessee, us entered H arding Colle ge in 1933 where we and University of Oklahoma . Plan to spe nd the grad uat ed in 1935 and 1936 respectively. Here came summer of I 965 in Nigeria.

PREACHING YOU CAN'T HIDE BY MARSHALL K EE BLE Through the providence of God and the financi al doing. The word of God has no power until it is assistance of my many fri ends, Lu cien Palm er and believed, so the first responsibilit y for th e missionary I went to th e Holy Land a nd Ni geria in 1960. Th e is to create in the mind of the hearer a reason for mon ey that was left from this first trip was put in belief in a stra nge gospe l that is being brought to the Citizens' Savings Bank & Trust Company , Nash­ him by a stranger. Much of the effect iveness in ville, Tennessee, with the idea that , the Lord willing , presenting the gospe l can be lost by an interpreter , a second missionary journey would be m ade. or through lack of pr eparation . W e must learn that On the second trip , Houston Ezell, an elder of the seed of the Kingdom can grow any place; for one of th e larger congregations in Nashvill e, joined no country is a foreign country to our God. We Broth er Palm er and me on this tea ching and preach ­ must begin first to do , and th en to teach- just like ing tour, not onl y to Nig eria , but aro und the world , my Lord did. stopping at many of the mission points spo nsored by Let's send to them more Bibl es in the language th e chu rch. of th e peop le we wish to reach, and let God give the in crease. His word will not return unto Him A few of my fri ends tr ied to discourag e me from void. Let's print mor e li terat ur e in foreign languages. taking these trips because of my age (82-84), but Ma ny of the books and tracts given in missionary one of my observations o n visitin g these fore ign wor k are print ed in Englis h. Wh at could we do with countri es was the great resp ect that is held for old a tract print ed in Russian ? ·w ·e must also learn to age. On e country we visited has a life expectancy of use th e new wa ys of mass com muni cation ; but this 32 years, so one can see wh at resp ectful curi osity too can best be done by a native dedic ated to my age crea ted. preach the gospe l in love, to those we hope to in­ The purpose of this art icle is for me to express terest. my reaction to the work that is bein g done by th e In our rush of modern life we sometimes leave missionaries, and to recomm end what I feel is the the Lord out of the runni ng of His own wor ld. By best approach in going to th e utt ermost part of the many years of prayerful meditation , I have become eart h with th e gospel of Christ. convin ced that Goel has a plan for promotin g His First, I want to say that everywh ere we went I was Kingdom in every nation . The command was given amazed, but gratified, at th e fine work being don e by J esus to "go into all the world and preach th e with so limited eq uipment. My recommendation can gospe l to every creature. " This is an indi vidu al re­ be summed up in a few words-less talkin g and more sponsib ilit y that every Christian must share, The divin e pattern for world p eace, and th e What am I sayin g to myself and to all who spreading of His word, was offered by God hims elf ; chance to rea d this book? Let's build a bridge , with but down throu gh the centuries this heaven-m ade God's help , that will span the gap between our rich formula has been all too often disregarded. This pl an nation and th e poo l' nation s of the earth; let's of God is as old as Rev elat ion itself , but to man y show them God throu gh hospit als and clinics. Let peo ple it is still a new id ea; waitin g to be tried. every Chri stian att ack th e illit era cy that ex ists, the Man has tri ed to estab lish world peace with guns, hun ge r and disease that destro y, with deeds that atomic bombs and missiles. Why not use our Lord 's can be seen. There is no teaching as powerful as plan and put our dependence on th e Sword of the medical aid in Christ 's name . No soul can be prop erl y Spirit. This could be th e great est discov ery of our taught on an empty stomach. Ma ny peopl e do not age . want to HE AR the gospel , so let them SEE th e This plan is to put int o worldwid e practice th e gospel in act io n. What would you ex pect someone divine com mandm ent: " Love your neighb or as your­ wi th you r adva n tages to do, if you were in th eir self." Every person can do somet hin g to restore the pl ace? Isn' t th at wh at our Lord meant when H e warmth of lo vin g service to a world th at soon grows said, "Do unto others as you would hav e them do cold without it. Every one of us should ask himself unto you"? A littl e self examination along th ese a few qu estions: lines may help us to be mor e active in spreading th e Hav e I become so dili gent in going to church Kingdom. that I have forgotten wh y I am com mand ed not Are we helpin g to solve mankin d 's problem, or to forsake the assemb ly? are we a part of th e problem ourselves? Do we Hav e I become so absorb ed in saving my own sett le for a narr ow "Goel and m yself" attitud e, or sou l that I devote little , if any, effort to the are we str ivin g to in clud e all peo pl e everyw here? salva tion of the p eople down the blo ck? People will be attracted to a reli gion that is " pure How do I use my leisure tim e? Am I dedicatin g and und efiled ." Jam es said th at this religion is a reasonable part of my tim e to help persons who "visitin g the widows and orphans in their affiiction. " are wor se off sp iritually , physically , or eco nom ically T hi s gospel will dr aw all men unt o Christ. We mu st th an J myself am? re m emb er our job is not to convert the world, but Am I sufficiently co ncerned in gett in g to the to teac h the world. Chr ist ians are livin g epist les seen great masses of people the bar e necessities they and read by all men. need, or do I tend to stay in my ow n li tt le world, Chris t couldn 't have put it more pl ainl y whe n he and lea ve th e running of the big wor ld to those said , "Thou shall lo ve th y God with the whole heart, who do not kn ow God? with the whol e sou l and with the whole mind. This Much of our missionary work can be strengthened is the grea test comm andm ent a nd the seco nd is like by a better und erstanding of our Lord's way of it. Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself." Br oken doing things. I am wond eri ng if we are k eeping down into easy to understand word s, the commaw l­ first th ings first! A motori st drove in to a service m ent reads this way : station and asked for ten ga llons of gas. Imm ed iately "I shall be as much dedi ca ted to seein g oth ers get thre e statio n attendant s spra ng into act ion . One adequate medical aid, good seein g, good hearing, began wiping off th e wind shi eld , another checked good food , and warm clothing as I am in securing the tir es, the third put wat er in th e radiator. When th ese benefits for myself." We live only once; the they wer e throu gh th e motorist paid his bill and lon gest life is short in compa irson with etern it y. drov e off. A few minut es late r he returned with a I am sur e that many of you who read this book worri ed look on his face. "Did any of you p ut gas in will say to him self, Broth er Kee ble didn't put any­ my car?" he asked . The thr ee attendants wen t int o thing in hi s chap ter that I didn 't alr eady know. I a huddl e, th en adm itted that no body had . In the am sure thi s is tru e, bu t I am also sure that our important wor k of spreadi ng th e Kin gdom, it is Lord is wo nd erin g why we don't do what we know necessa ry to keep first thing s first . to do. Let 's loo k at th e way our Master went abo ut doing Why are we so slow in doing eve ryt hin g we can good. Wh en H e pre ached to the multitudes , His first to be "ready un to every good work"? concern was to take care of their physica l needs . H e fed them to th eir fu ll, and then gave to them the To the Editor: bread of lif e (Matt. 14:20). T his article was writte n in a way to capt ure T he grea t physician "h ad th e favor of all the Br ot her Keeble's spe ech and mann erism . May our peop le" becaus e of his in terest in th e whole ma n. God bless this chapte r of the boo k and may it T he yar dst ick by which eve ry Chri stia n will be be to His glory . meas ured , whe n we must give an accou nt for th e deeds done in th e body , dea ls wit h: "I was sick, Sin cerel y, I was hun gry , l was in prison "- you know the rest. Mary Lambert Campbe ll KING, Robert S. My first interest in mission work was not stimu­ ( lated by a mission-minded church , or a returned missionary. I was born before any missionary left our shores to go to a foreign land. '1!\lhen I was a lad I read a novel in which a young man was planning to go as a missionary to India. As ~he author portrayed the character I felt a great admira­ tion for him and a growing interest in the work to which he had dedicated his life. I said to myseH , "Some day I want to be a missionary to India. " But the years passed and I did not go t~ any ~orei~n land, except for a brief visit to mission pomts m England and Europe. But my concern for those who have not heard the word of life has never diminished . And I am glad that my first efforts in preaching the gospel were in a mission field in our R. S. KING own land, sowing the seed in virgin soil. The first congregation I ever knew to set aside Among brethren who reawakened my boyhood a part of the contribution for mission work was the interest in mission work one man stands out above one over which he was an elder. And that church­ all the rest. He was not a returned worker who told the College church of Nashville-was th~ ~rst one strange stories of other lands, or a great preacher in modern times to send out an evangelistic group who could stir the soul with impassioned appeals, to work in a new field. It is generally supposed that or a rich man who inspired others by large sums the campaign in Salt Lake was the first eff~rt of that he gave. No, he was just a humble man , work­ this kind. That is probably because of the sJZe of ing for his daily bread . He never traveled far from the group, the fine personality of the leader, .and his home beat, and for his "beat" he had a section the large church sponsoring the movement. But the of one city. Day by day he walked the streets of report is not accurate. More than a year before the Nashville with a heavy bag of mail hung from his Utah campaign the College church sent a team of shoulder. His area of work was small , but his soul workers to Winfield, Louisiana where the gospel in was large. His mind roamed afar. He had thoughts its fulness had never been preached. I was honored of nations in darkness, dying because they had not to be selected as one of the team. The church as­ the light of the gospel. He could visualize the con­ sumed our full support and sent us forth with ditions of those who had gone to bear the gospel o-enuine encouragement. And the labor was not in to these nations. He knew of their hardships and ~ain. Several other congregations have been started needs , and his heart went out to them. By day he by the one established at Winfield. was our postman , but after work hours Robert S. King was God 's postman . He wrote letters to mis­ There are only two other men whom I put in sionaries. He sent money to them. He collected Bible the same class with R. S. King, that is, men who work to promote mission activity in the brotherhood. picture cards and sent them by thousands. Frequently They are Barney Morehead whose persistent efforts he would give us (students at David Lipscomb Col­ produced this book, and Jimmie Lovell of California. lege) opportunities to contribute pennies for postage 1 do not know where Jimmie got his inspiration, but on the cards. When missionaries returned and came Barney is a "direct descendant" of Robert King. to Nashville they were entertained in the home of And there must be hundreds of others who could Brother King. Otherwise , if they did not have rela­ give credit to him for arousing or increasing their tives or personal friends living here, they would interest in spreading the gospel of our Lord. have been hard put for a place to stay. But the If I could be granted a look into the "Lamb's home of Robert King was always open to them. book of life" I have not a doubt that I could find Seemingly it was taken for granted that when a mis­ there written by the finger of God the name of sionary came to Nashville he would abide in the this good man. And some day I hope to hear the King home during his stay in the city. He welcomed Master say, "Well done, good and faithful servant" them all and when they departed he bade them to Robert S. King of Nashville , Tennessee-"Postman Godspeed and "set them forward " on their way. for the Lord. "-Editor OUR APPRECIATION OF THE MISSIONARIES What American Missionaries Have Meant For Us BY LUDWIG KLI N KE GERMANY

Rec ently a book was published with the startling them puts forth every effort to "beco me all thing s title, Missionary Go Home! It reflects the growi ng to all men that th ey might by all mea ns save some" attitude among many nationals of various foreign (I Cor. 9, 22). Most missionaries learn to appreciate countries to expel from their midst the unpleasant the culture and the history of a people , and they Western missionary. While political interests , na­ learn to understand and to feel with the manifold tionalism, and a general disapproval of religious problems confronting the nation als; for this the y proselyting may be the main factors behind this are beloved. rejection of the missionary, it is yet tru e that the 5. Th ey show grea t f1atience in various respects! missionary practices of the past at times have been Alongside the sincerity and the willingness to adapt directly responsible that such attitudes hav e arisen. th emselves to the peopl e, the patienc e the mis­ However , we here neither want to discuss faults sionaries exempl ify in their teaching us is so much and failures of the missionaries (they would be the appreciated. Most converts have but littl e under­ least to claim perfection) nor the attitude of the standing of th e Bible , if the y hav e had any knowl­ ave rage national towards them , but we want to edge of it at all, and must be led slowly and patientl y speak about th e genuine appr eciation of th e man y step by step into a full er appreh ension of God's dedic ated missio nari es and mi ssionary families by teach ings. The missionari es exercise great lov e and thos e people who throu gh th em have come to salva­ pati ence in dealing with th e fau lts of th e people , tion in Jesus Christ. and while they point out the teaching of th e Bibl e Though I can speak only for myself and my own regarding these things , they yet have sympathy and people and from my own encounter with various compassion with the fallen . Often this patience American mission aries, yet I believ e th at the fol­ stems from the greatness of tru e humility, which lowing are th e most outstanding reasons why mis­ includ es the deep awar eness of the missionary's own sionaries ha ve been and still are appreciated by limitati ons and his dependence on the grace of God. men the world over. There is true and genu in e ap ­ 6. Th ey show forth real sacrificial living! The mis­ preciation of th e missionaries because sionaries usually have a hom e that is opened to all­ I. Th ey brought us th e Gospel' It is har d to see and though the y are often taken advantage of by how the trul y converted native Christian, despite people whom th ey want to help, they do not cease all the shortcom ings he may find in the missionary , to spend them selves and of their means for the Lord' s should not appreciate him yet for this one reaso n: sake. Missionarie s are appreciated because they leave He has brought me to Christ! For this one reason their home cou ntri es, often leav ing their loved ones alone I am ete rnally gratefu l befor e God to th e and much better econom ical circ umstan ces for a missionaries who followed God's call to come to my lifet ime of service on the mission field. country and into my cit y bringing me ,,Vords of Life . Th ey taught us th e joys and th e reality of close 2. Th ey show genuin e interest in our well-being! 7. Christian f ellowship' This is especially appreciated The dedicat ed mission ary is extremely interested in in countri es where the general religious- or church ­ the people to whom he ministers , and this int erest life is stoop ed in cold traditionali sm and the religious do es not go unnoti ced. The m ission ary cares as int ercha nge of people is full of formal stiffness. much for the sp iritual and the physical welfare of American missionaries by th eir exa mpl e ha ve taught his converts as he does for his ow n. We appreci ate us to be happy Christians, in h ap py associations , American missionaries for the ir willingness to he and for this we are thankful. helpful in every respect , even while resources mig/1t be limited . But missionari es have wept with then 8. Th ey gave us an ex ampl e of high morality! that are in sorrows , they hav e lau ghed with th em American mission ar ies, both men and women , truly that do rejoice, they have shown how they care for have become "a n examp le of th e believers, in word , our lives- and for this they are truly apprec iated . in conversation, in charity, in spirit , in faith , and 3. They are sincere in th eir lives and in their in purity " (I Tim. 4, 12). The missionaries are work . Sinc erity h as been one of the outstanding outstanding repr esent atives of th e Lord and the peo­ marks for which Am erican missionaries have been ple who send them. In fact , Christians from other appreciat ed. Even thos e disint erested in th e Gosp el countri es oft en are perple xed when they find out do give th eir witn ess to th is fact. R eligious profes ­ that many chur ch memb ers bac k home wh ere the sionalism in vari ous countri es has made people sus­ missionary comes from do not live on such a high pi cio us of full-time Gospel workers , but all who plane of mora lit y as th e outstanding exam pl e of the come into personal cont act with the missionaries of m1ss1onary mad e them believe. T he missionary th e Lord's chur ch praise their great sincerity in life neither habituall y drinks nor smokes , and his p er­ and work. Our mi ssionari es have come with but th e sonal life is above reproach. highest moti ves. Oth er reasons could be given, but these should 4. Th ey are tryin g hard to adapt to and to identify suffice to show that th e Am erican missionary tod ay with th e p eop le among whom th ey work ! While not is not on ly a "persona non grata ," an undesired all mission aries mi gh t be equall y successful in learn­ objec t, but th at he is indeed sincerely appreciated ing the langua ge and absorbing the cultur e of the for what he ha s don e and still is doing for the country in which th ey work, the great majorit y of native people in many lan ds. KRUMEI, James E. February 21, 1932 Ruth June 20, 1933 Phillip Aug ust 21, 1953 ( Terry August 6, 1956 Sharolyn February 24, I 958 Sall y November 28, 1959 Linda May 9, 1962 Address: Zandlaan 16, Hillegomij, Holland Entered Field: 1963 School Att endee!: Freed Hardeman College Sponsor: Church of Christ, 124 B Northwest, Miami , Oklah oma

Richard, Bettie , and Lydia Beth Kruse . Decemer , 1963

Around th e first of 1963, we bega n pub lic services KRUSE , Rich ard Allen November 7, 1936 in Tampere . One of our first regul ar visitors was Betti e Lou November 15, l 936 Elin Laa kso nen, a 67 year old single wom an. At Lydi a Beth De cember 24, 1962 first she began attendin g out of curio sity, for at Address : Kristuk sen Seurakunt a, Box 26, Tampere, th at time she doubted th e ex iste nce of God and had Finland not att end ee! any religiou s me eting in over 30 years . Entered Field: 1960 Aft er a few month s, she began to believe in God. How eve r, during a sermon in which Wa lli ce Mays Schoo l Attended: H arding College gave proof that Jesus Chr ist is th e Son of God, she Sponsor: Fourth Ave nu e Church of Chr ist, Franklin , beca me so angry th at she alm ost thr ew a song l;)ook Tennessee at him . But she continu ed to attend because she Betti e Lou Kruse was born in Bloom field , Ken­ was find ing th e way to peace of mind and ma ny tucky . Her par ents are Mr. and Mrs . J ames Bur gin. doubts were being cleared away. Richard Kruse was born in Oakland , Ca liforni a. After we obtai ned a baptistry , she asked abo ut it. Hi s parents are Mr. and Mrs. George Kru se. This gave us an opport unity to talk with her con­ My first conta ct with th e chur ch of our Lord was cerning bapti sm. Lat er, wh en she learn ed what in 1952. Wh en I first attended th e services , I was a baptism mea nt , she said th at she doubt ed th at she Rom an Catholic and very ignorant of the Bible . would ever be baptized. How ever, the chur ch in Santa Cruz, Ca lifornia had On Christm as Eve , 1963, up on confess ing that she a complete selec tion of WORLD VISIO N tra cts and I believed that J esus Christ is th e Son of God , she picked th em up aft er th e services to study them at was imm erse d for th e remission of sins. In one year's home. One never knows what pow er is in a littl e time , she changed from an indifferent unbeli ever into pi ece of paper cont ainin g the Gospel of Christ. a zealous belie ver in Chr ist. LA WYER, Marion Dou glas October 2, 1927 Charla Rebecca August 3, 1934 Shauna Rebecca March 9, 1956 T ami Caye June 2, 1959 Cindi Ann January 21, 1961 Colleges attended: H arding Co llege, T exas Tec h- nological College , Lubb ock, Texas Baptized by: Carroll Cannon Sister Lawyer attended: Harding College Sister Lawyer baptized by: Thomas D. Ros e Address: P. 0. Box 823, Aba , N ige ria , W. Africa Entered field : 1960 Baptized : though no count kept , several hundred have responded. Sponsor: Proctor Street church of Christ; Port Ar­ thur , Texas My father always taught us that each one of us had a responsibility to liv e for Jesus accord in g to our own ab ilit y. From childh ood , I learned of the death of my Uncle R ay Lawy er who lost his life on the mission field of Africa. W. L. Brown visited m y home church of Blackwater, Missouri, when I was The Douglas Lawyer Family. Children: Shauna 7, Tami -4, Cindi ten years old and left a n impression on me th at I've 2. This shows us arriving in Port Harcourt , Nigeria for our sec­ never forgotten. Harding College str essed the need to ond tour of duty . June 25, 1963. go int o all th e world with Chri st. I think all these things help ed me to dec id e to go. Not just one \Vife born: T hornbu rg, Ark ansas in cident. It was Rees Bry ant who finally p ersuad ed Par ents: Charles and H azel Cranfor d me to come to N iger ia. On e of the most int er esting exp eri ences I have I worked m y way through a Christian Academy , had on the mission field of N iger ia took pla ce in through Christian college, and then through grad uate Jun e of 1962. I had been discouraged after preach­ scho ol. ing in a large, noisy market-pla ce because I knew Born: Blackwater , Missouri there were man y people who need ed Chri st and Parents: Stephen A. and Olive Frances Lawyer wou ld obe y Him if they could just hear. But , because of all the di sturb ance, I determin ed not to return to th at place again. I didn't. So far as I kn ew, th e in cident was closed. But a few weeks lat er a group of people who h ad h eard me on that discouraging clay came to our compound to ask me to come to speak to their denominationa l chur ch. I went and spoke on two different occasio ns for over two hours each tim e. O ver fifty were baptiz ed imm ed iat ely, and now the chur ch numb ers close to a hundr ed. On Septemb er 9, 1962, th e thr ee white missio n­ ar ies worki ng among th e thr ee million peop le of th e Ib o trib e in th e Eastern Region of Nigeria each started a new congregation on th at very Sunday. Of course, there had be en appo in tm ents to those plac es pr evious ly, but as Goel wou ld have it , Brother This is the Mba Church of Christ near Aba , Nig eria. This con ­ gr egation was the first congregation I helped to start after ar­ Bill C urry , Brother .Jim Masse y, and myself all help ed riving in Nig eria the la st of 1960 . This picture was taken on a new chur ch into exist ence on th e same Lord's day. August 18, 1963 after the morning service in which Sist er As we said that night aft er we return ed hom e and Lawyer taught the large lad ies class (with many children pres ­ were discussin g th e day's' activiti es, th at reall y was ent also) and I then preached to the men and women after - wards . " th e Lord's Day." LeCROY , Douglas July II , 1933 Wynell LeCroy February 16, 1938 Karen Denise LeCroy April 7, 1962 David Clifford February 23, 1964

Address: P.O. Box 114, Baguio City, Philippines Entered Field: August 2, 1962 School Attended: Abilene Christian College Sponsoring Church: Church of Christ, P.O. Box 146 , 215 E. Belknap Street, Jacksboro , Texas

Douglas LeCroy became interested in m1ss10n work in the Philippines through contacts made with many Philipinos on the island of Guam where he spent two years in the Air Force . He and Kenneth Wilkey also on Guam , in the Navy, planned to­ J. THEDOUGLASS LeCROY FAMILY gether to spend several years in the Philippines after completing college. At Abilene Christian College , Details of Work Charles Smith and John Robinson began to plan to work together and that has becom e a reality. Teaching in Philippine Bible College , tra1r1111g nation al eva nge lists, Bibl e school teachers and Chris­ The work consists of: Teaching in Philippin e tian workers. Bible College, training national evangelists, Bibl e Visiting regularly in establish ed chur ches to en­ school teachers and Christian workers; visiting courage and strengthen them and trying to restor e regularly in established churches to encourage and members who have strayed away. strengthen them and trying to restore memb ers who have strayed away; holding evangelistic mee tings in Holding evangelistic meetings in many parts of the Philippines where there are established churches many parts of the Philippines wher e th ere are estab­ so that follow-up work can be made . lished churches so that follow-up work can be mad e; publishing tracts, Bible school materials, a monthly Publishing tracts , Bible school materials , a monthly magazine and song books in three major di alects ; mag azine , and song books in three major dialects. and carrying on correspondence course work in three Carrying on correspondence course work in three dialects. dialects. LEMONS , William Franklin November 1, 1925 Mar y Ruth October 13, 1931 Lind a Kay February 15, 1951 Conni e Ruth Jun e 11, 1953 Stephen Franklin May 10, 1954 Bill Lemons attend ed Fr eed-H ard eman Colle ge and Abil ene Christian Colle ge Baptized by : Gayle Oler Ruth Lemons attended McCook Junior Coll ege; Mc­ Cook , Nebraska and was baptized by Murra y M. Marsh all. ·w e ha ve no immedi ate pl ans for re-ent erin g th e for eign field, but are engage d in mission work in Southwest N ebrask a. We are located with a con­ The William F. Lemons family at the time of their return from gregation (at McCook , Nebraska) that we helped Brussels, Belgium, 1961. Left to Right-Connie, Wm. F., Linda, establish in 1955, just prior to ent erin g the mission Ruth (Mrs.), and Stephen. field in Belgium. In addition to working with thi s con grega tion we are also helpin g oth er congr ega tions wh o had escap ed from th at countr y in a very un­ in the area that ar e with out a pr eac her. I speak on usual way. H e had signed up to do mission work a weekly ra dio pro gram, a nd run a d aily BIBLE for th e Ca th olic Chur ch in the Belgian Co ngo, QU EST IONS ANSW ER ED column in the loca l whi ch requir ed stud y in Belgium prop er. H aving paper in the interest of the con greg ations in the been sent to Belgium , h e had begun tr yin g to find area. a way of leavin g th e group. H e first contacted the S. F. Timm erm an family in Verviers, Belgium. He Field O f Forei gn Work: Bruss els, Belgium. Enter ed had seen th e large neon sign on th eir buildin g th e field in 1958. R eturn ed to States in 1961. whil e comin g in on a tr ain . A fter talkin g with Spon sor : Frit ch, Texas chur ch o f Chri st. Broth er Timm erman he decided to leave th e Catholi c I was encour age d to ent er mission wor k in a Chur ch. vVe took him into our h ome. for eign field b y Hilton Te rr y, a mi ssion ary alrea dy Anoth er extr emely in terestin g exp eri ence was a workin g in Belgium. Also, Mission Stud y Class at trip th at Hilton T erry and I took to th e coal minin g Abil ene Christian College was ver y helpful. section of Belgium to visit a man who had seen our Place of birth a nd p arents n ames: ad in th e paper and had conta cted us and ob eyed th e gospel. H e wanted to have us visit and help Willi am F. Lemons-P arent s: Mr. and Mrs. him begin a congrega tion at Qu aregnon. On e after­ A. F. Lemons, Born at Coo per, T exas noo n we wen t to Qu areg non to visit a clay or two. Mary Ruth Lemo ns- Pare nt s: Mr. and Mr s. J. W e found ou t th e ea tin g habit s in th at area were R. Dev in , Born at Mad ill , Okl ahoma str ange. T hey would eat onl y one lar ge meal a clay Interesting Experiences (at noon). W e tri ed in va in to persu ade th em their house was small and th at we would stay in a hot el. On e of th e most int erestin g experiences was th e ,,ve wer e ge ttin g hun gry and it was gettin g late. help we were able to give an ex-priest from Spain Fin ally th ey brou ght out some swee t ro lls and a bowl of somet hin g th at ne ith er looked nor tasted very goo d . It was a very thi ck hot chocolate. After we ate we decided to thin k of a good exc use to drive dow n town. W e though t we h ad it made wh en our host called hi s son and asked him if he would lik e to go sin ce he hadn 't ridd en in a car much . So we missed some french-fried pota toes (£rites), and ot her solid food that nigh t. T he nex t mornin g we had mor e sweet rolls and stro ng coffee (very stro ng coffee) . T hen our host wan ted to have us meet his relatives and friend s. Each pop call mea nt anot her cup of coffee and a ro ll. We began to try to ge t out of it, bu t it isn't easy in Belgium. Finally noo n came and a very large meal of meat , pot atoes, Ex-priest from Spain who stayed in our home (The young lady etc . W e were n 't really hun gry, but needed solid food. is his bride , also from Spain . He risked being forced to stay in W e were glad to ge t back to Bru ssels to som e good Spain to g et he r out. This is the priest whose story is related in my "Interesting experience" . Am er ican-style food.

( VISITING WITH THE MISSIONARIES

BY REUEL LEMMONS

The Lord has blessed me abundant ly with op­ comm1ss1on to preach the gospe l to people who portunities to visit missionari es aro und the world. hav en't heard it very strongly. It gives me no thrill I used to feel that when someone made a hurri ed to preach th e gospel to peop le who hav e heard it a trip to a mission field and returned th at he was thousand times and mor e. I am wholly in acco rd with wasting the brotherhood's money. After havi ng made the thought that all men have a better right to hear a few of th ese trips , I do not feel that way at all. the gospel once than any man has to hea r it twice. In fact, I feel that oftentimes I have been ab le to Based upon th e above re aso ns plus some others, help as much in two or three clays as I could have I hav e used eve ry opportunity to visit mission fields. clone if I had been personally loc ated on th e field I have pr eac hed the gospel on eve ry inhabited for a year. Sometimes we ge t so close to the forest continent on ea rth and many of th e islands of th e we can't see it for th e tr ees. Missionaries have a sea. It may be possible that someone else has done thous and problems that we in the States would never th e same but at this mom ent I do not have knowl­ dr eam of. It is hard for them to view their work edge of anoth er. There are sections of the mission objectively. Someone coming in and lookin g com­ field in north ern Europe and southern Asia wher e I pl etely objectively at th eir field and their work may ha ve never visited , and I hope someday to do so. be able to offer suggestions and help pull loos e ends The most of the rest of th e world I have covered toge ther in a most effect ive way. This I have been in what I want to call these missionary journ eys. able to do tim e a nd time aga in . The hunger in th e hearts of missionaries for th e A combination of two circumstances has furnished sight of a person from their nativ e land who speaks my opportunities for th ese visits . First of all I sup­ their mother ton gue and who has bits of news to pose I salve my conscience for not going to some tell abo ut peopl e they know is the most patheti c mission field myself by spending at least one month thing I have witnessed on the mission field. I hav e each year usually at my own expense trying to help trav ele d all clay to reach an isolated outpost in a some mission field. Second , at the invitation of the jungle somewhere and arr ived de ad tired only to United States Air Force I have m ade a number of find th e missionary so hungry for news and com­ visits to various air bases around the world in con­ panionship that we would sit up all night and talk. nection with a commission from the Secretary of Then I have ea ten breakfast and taken leave to go Defense to strengthen th e moral program addressed to some other station catching what sleep I could throu gh the Chaplain's office. This has afforded me on the way. It is heartbr ea kin g to leave a mis­ an opportunity to visit many mission fields that I sionary's home afte r a short visit and feel the never would hav e otherwise been ab le to see. lingering handcl asp of thos e who loath e to part with All my li fe I have been interested in preaching you and to see th e tears come to their eyes. If th e gospel in areas where it has ne ver bee n preached. br et hr en knew the lon esom eness that missionari es feel I hav e always wanted to get far enough away from more of us would visit th em and certainly we would established works until if I said "Goel" the people writ e them letters. would ask "Who is he?" I have done that on a I ha ve never mad e stronger or closer friends than number of occasions. In my reading of the Bibl e .imong the missionari es. T heir willingness to be of one of the greatest impressions of the early church eve ry assistance possible while in th eir midst makes was the hardships und er which Christians labore d one feel humble ind eed. ,!\Then I see the sacrifices trying to pl ant the gospel in a completely strange men hav e m ade to leave th e comforts of hom e and environment. There is very little to challenge me in hom eland and cast their lot with a peop le whose working among established congregations where the langu age they do not even know in order to preach brethren all think th ey know everything you are th e gospel to them I cannot keep from feeling that going to say before you say it . They feel th ey know I am mighty ne ar to the angels in their pr esence. as much abo ut the Bibl e as you do and the wall of I have slept under mosquito nets and eaten by indifference makes mu ch of our work in established campfire and ridden bicycles and ea ten strange places ineff ective. To walk down the street of some food in many of th e out of th e way pl aces of the strange city and see the multitudes that know not world . Yet in the midst of all these circumstances their right hand from their left religiously speaking there is one common denomin ator. Though they is an experience one does not soon forget. To stand sang in a score of langu ages the tunes are the same on the street corners and preach the gospel to eager as those to the ones I know at home. Black men listeners who never knew what pr ejudic e is and to and yellow an d brown wait on the Lord's table witness a sea of hands stretched forth eage rly to tak e abo ut the same as they do at home . Men kneel to the pamphlets and printed matter one is able to pray with the same reverence and they all open the offer them will tug at th e he artstrin gs of any true same book , and I have never felt a stranger in any evangelist. strange land in the company of a missionary and I have always been an evangelist by nature. Local of th e men and women to whom I had brought work did not and does not appeal to me. I feel the the wond er ful words of life. LOGS DO N , Do nald Charles Ap ril 7, 1932 Donn a J ea n Dece mb er 29, l 933 Donn R oss April 21, 1954 A nth ony Charl es April 9, 1955 ( Br oth er Logsdon at tend ed: M inn esota Bibl e Co llege Bapti zed by: M. V. C hastain , ' "' ebster C ity, Io wa, Decemb er l 953 Sister Logsdo 11 att e11ded: iVli11nesota Bibl e Co llege Bapti zed by: M . V. Chastain , ·we bster City, Iow a, D ecemb er l 953 Addr ess: l 903 22nd Stree t, Por t Huron , M ichi ga n Ent ered Field : Begun trave llin g for th e H aiti M is­ sio11 in 196 1. W ork ed with H aiti an re fugees in Nassa u, Baham as from August 1962 until Jul y LOGSDON FAMILY 1963. R eturn ed to U.S. beca use th e refugees were be in g deport ed and supp ort dr opp ed . Still work­ Eac h clay on th e field was int eresti ng and chal­ ing on behal[ o [ th e H aiti Mi ssion thr ough lenging expe rience. To choose ju st two or thr ee spea ki11g engage ment s and oth er publi city. Still experi ences ou t o[ so many is difficult , but here are waiti ng for pe rmis sion, to ent er H aiti , from th e thr ee: gove rnm e11t of H aiti . Aro und th e holida y seaso n last D ecemb er, our Bapti zed: four Haiti an boys were ge ttin g quit e homesick for th eir Sponsor : J nclividu als and congrega tions. famili es. \ 1Ve decided to give th em a chance to do thin gs lik e th ey did at home. T hey arr anged and E ncour age d to beco me missio nary th ro ugh exa mpl e pl a11ned a ga th erin g for D ecemb er 25th. It was to of oth er mi ssionar ies and by notin g how many areas be a tim e of fellowshi p and th anksgivin g. Fo r m any were with out th e Gos pel. Did pa rt-tim e work with clays befor e, th e boys were bu sy pr eparin g skit s and Y.M .C.A. whil e attendin g college, also rece ived as­ charades, solos, du ets, etc. T he mornin g of th e 25th , sistance und er th e G.I. Bill for Korean Vetera ns. th ey bega n pr epa rin g e11ough food for about thirt y­ Don born in San Fr ancisco, Ca li forni a to Charl es five p eopl e, but we had not yet hea rd of any in vita­ A. and Ma rion M. Logsdon tions being given out by th em. Abo ut six o'clock th at eve nin g wh en everythin g was nea rl y rea dy, th ey left Do nna bo rn in W ebste r C ity, Io wa to R oss H. an d th e house to ex tend th e in vitations to th e guests. Eva B. Burn ett \Vhom did th ey in vite? T hey kn ew by th at tim e o [ W e have bee n waitin g for our visa to ent er th e night of thi s p arti cul ar clay th at anyone who was R ep ubli c of H aiti sin ce earl y 196 1. , ve still hop e to ju st wa lkin g or sittin g alone out side had no pl ace ent er our chose n field as soo n as th e non-immi grant to go. T he six bo ys went up and clown th e ro ads in visa is gran ted. T he visa is bein g held up by th e th e ar ea wh ere th e H aiti ans lived. A nyone wh o was Departm ent de C ult es by reaso n of politi cal turm oil. out was given an in vit ation and brou ght to our U ntil th e visa is grant ed we are wor kin g wi th th e home. Such a lonely, tattered group th at came in Port Huron Chur ch of Christ. Also, on weekend s our doo r ! Yet, by th e tim e th e even in g was over, we have two H aiti an boys home with us that att end all wore smil es of warm fri end ship . Ma ny laughed M ichiga n Chri stian College. In thi s way we are at th e skit s put on by our gro up , prob ably for th e continuin g our pr eparations for ent ering H ait i, if first tim e in many a wee k. Also m any tea rs were the Lor d so chooses to allow us to go th ere. shed wh en a wom an (known to be livin g in sin ) sang a Cr eole so ng about J esus at th e cross. N ever have we see n a so ng sun g with such emotion . .. as th ough she was ac tu all y lookin g up on th at cross ... . Yes, our guests were pro stitut es, drunk s, old and forgo tt en peo pl e and ju st tho se alone, whom no one wa nt ed, but it was a night to live in our hea rt s forever. I would qu estion wheth er we would hav e th ought to in vite as honored guests th ose th at no one else want ed . Yet, th at is what our youn g boys did . vVe have many lessons yet to lea rn. Ac tu ally, one of ou r bigges t encour age ment s came as we were ge ttin g read y to leave N assau. Jt was hard Lo leave our work an d th e boys behind . \,Ve put off our return as long as possibl e, but we finally kn ew it had to be. W e lived on Kemp R oad in an area not exac tly condu cive to foreigners, but in th e Helping with some study material for o later class. Handwork middl e o[ th e section where th e Haiti ans were hidin g ( in Bible Study also helps to overcome language barriers. out. ,,vhen we did first move th ere o ur neighb ors were dubious as to whether we would remain very said she knew we must be leaving today because the long. When we did stay , they came to accept us. Haitian boys always passed her house as they went Our work with the Haitians was known throughout from our house to their own and for the last few the neighborhood , but the general attitude at first clays whenever they passed her house they were cry­ was that the Haitians were an unemotional people ing. She asked one of the boys what was wrong and and unfriendly. he said that they were unhappy because we had to leave and they would miss us. We knew different because we worked with them , but really hadn't thought of how the Bahamians felt It seems that the whole area was aware that we towards them. The last few clays were hard on were leaving and noticed the actions of the boys. emotions and quite often the Haitian boys would The woman said that at least our particular neigh­ leave; literally in the middle of a conversation. We borhood had changed its mind and attitude as to knew they were upset at our having to leave, but the thinking the Haitians were unemotional and un­ feelings in general were brought home the morning friendly. It was quite evident that once they trusted Donna and Tony flew to Miami. Donn and I had a person or people they became quite attached and left the evening before to meet the ship with our formed lasting friendships. It was a welcome thought baggage . As Tony and Donna were packing the last to the sad farewells that at least maybe a few people items, a neighbor came over after Mass at the found that people are not really so different after all. Anglican church (which was located directly across No other missionaries to the Republic of Haiti at the road from our house). Before she arrived, good­ present. One other missionary family on the same byes had been said to the Haitian boys. This kind island as Haiti (HISPANIOLA): Stanley Morgan, lady came to our door with tears in her eyes. She Apartaclo 1187, Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic. LONG , Elli s E. April 12, 1935 Doris Ann Apr il 26, 1937 Beth Ann May 9, 1958 Jame s Kent Jul y 15, 1959 Ro y Southern August 24, 1963 Brot her Long attended: Ab ilene Christ ian Co llege (B.A. '57, M.A. '59) Sister Long attended: Abi lene Chri stian Co llege Address: Caixa Post al 5825, Sao Paulo I, Brazil Entered Field: 196 1 Sponsor: San Jo se church , Ja ckson ville , Florida Encouraged to be a missiona ry by th e teachers at A.C.C. and by visitin g preachers at lect ur eship s. Bro1:1er J. W . Treat of A.C.C. was very influ ential ELLIS LONG FAMILY as w..ls Broth er Otis Gatewood when visiti ng on the . camr, 1s and speakin g on mission work. A rece nt trip into th e int er ior of Br azil dr ew a I work ed whi le in schoo l to help p ay expens es. So crowd of 250 to hear a slide lesson on the life of did my wife, Doris . I work ed at the Christian Chr ist. After th e lesson, 80 said that th ey wanted to Chronicle as well as at th e Ma intenance Depar tm ent study th e cor respondence course. Besides th ese publ ic at A.C.C. My wife worked as cashier in the A.C.C. met hods of sowing the seed, priva te cottage classes Grill. are bein g co ndu cted, about 40 a month . Brazil's 75,000,000 needs and wants Ne w Tes tamen t Br azil's constit uti on guarante es re ligio us freedom Christianity. As of 1963 th ere are but 4 small con ­ and this aids the spr ead of the gospel. Catho lics greg ations of th e church in all of Brazi l with a tot al ad mit a nd Prot esta nt s confirm th at Brazil is the memb ership of less than 125. Brazi l, howeve r, wants "fas test growing Protestant countr y in the wor ld" the gospe l as it is most receptive to preaching and out side of th e U nit ed States. teaching. In th e metropolis of Sao Paulo, Braz il, The work in Brazil looks forward to the com ing (pop. 4,000,000), for exa mple , 3 newspap er ads bring of some 65-100 missionaries from the "Op era tion a response of over 1,000 for a correspond ence cours e '68" gro up in Oregon. T heir goa l is to put 68 mis­ on the Bib le. A nation -wide radio program brin gs, sionari es in Braz il by 1968. This plan will help meet after 3 months , a response of I 7 5 for th e corres­ the grea t need in Brazi l. T here is, however, need pondence cour se. A "ca mpai gn for Christ " program and room for many more mi ssionari es. For furth er in a rented th eater drew a full house of over 900 inform atio n contact: T he Brazilian Evange lists, with 17 respo nses to the gospe l. By means of colored Ca ixa Postal 5825, Sao Paulo I, Br azil. slid es, pre achin g in downtown streets and parks draws crowds of over 200 for eac h slide pr esent ation.

Ellis Lon g assisting Glenn O we n in baptism of a young Ellis long teaching Homiletics to future preacher s in Bra zil Brazilian girl in 1962 . MA THIS, L. Homer .January 10, 1907 Chloe October 25, 1908 Brother Mathis attended Thorp Spring Christian College 1925-27 Baptiz ed by: .J. Porter Wilhit e, 1920 Sister Mathis attended Thorp Spring Christian Col­ lege Academy 1926-27 Baptized by: D. F. Draper , 1923 Address: P. 0. Box 10154, Caparra H eights Station, San .Juan , Puerto Rico 00922 Ent ered Field : April 30, 1963 Sponsor: Kaufman Highw ay Church, 7605 Second Avenu e, Dallas , Tex as 75217 Several things worked together to encourage me to ebcome a missionary. The first stirrings came with the study of the Lord's commission , and were kept agitat ed by my wife's desire to do mission work. This, together with listening to youn g missionaries re­ turnin g from th e field (principall y Tommy Kelton) , and learning of the ne ed throu gh th e ten years I served as an elder for the Kaufman Highway church , caused me to become a missionary. Both of us worked to pay expenses at T.S.C.C.

Biographical Sketch I was born at Rosco e, T exas. Wh en thr ee year s MR. AND MRS. L. H. MATHIS old , my parents , Ed and Girti e Mathis, mov ed to Seagoville , Texas, where we lived until my marriage mature person. There is a great need for young June 23, 1928. Sister Mathis was born at Ft. Worth , people with vigor and exuberanc e to carry the gospel T exas, to Da vid K. (deceased) and Cassie Stallard . to these people, and there is also a gre ater need for We hav e thre e childr en: On e son , David, who persons of more maturity and exp erience to help preaches a t Musk ego n, Mi chiga n; on e daught er, thes e young ones meet th e probl ems th at arise. Many Shirl ey, married to Ri chard A. Robinson , who are able to retir e early in life, as did this writer aft er prea ches in the Detroit ar ea; a nd one d aught er, workin g 34 years in th e Dallas, T exas, Post Office . .Jeannin e Stone, in Dallas, T exas. \ ,Ve are bl essed Many an exp erienced prea cher has reared his famil y with six grandchildren. and is now in a position to do a great work for the Althou gh we ha ve bee n on th e field only a short Lord in a mission field , as Brother A. R. Holton has tim e, we find that th e people ar e ver y friendly, and don e. Let us encoura ge the old and youn g alik e to ar e hun gerin g for th e gospel. As in other countri es, heed th e Lord 's command , "Go ye into all th e we find th at th ey respect th e teachin g of th e mor e world .. . " MAYS, J erry Dea n Decemb er 21, 1930 Shirl ey Ann February 21, 1932 Steven Scott Decemb er 31, 1955 Sandra Michelle J anu ary 19, 1958 Brother l\ f ays baptiz ed by Brother R edwin e Atte nd ed Texas Un iversity, Baylor Medical Co llege Sister Mays baptized by Carl Spain Attended: Sam Hou ston State College Address : P.O. Chimala , Mbeya , Tanganyika, East Africa . Ent ered Field : 1963 Sponsor: Park Row Churc h o[ Christ , Arlin gton, Te xas ; Lake Ja ckson Church o[ Christ, Lake Ja ckson , Texas Dr. Jerry Dean Mays Family in Mbeya Tanganyika, East Africa

Dr. Mays was contac ted by th e Park Row Church Enclosed is a pi ctur e of our arrival in Mbey a a nd in October '62 as th ere was an ur gent need for a one of th e curb service typ e of medi cine we have in do ctor in Chimala. H e closed his office on Decemb er th e villages- off th e back o[ th e station wago n .. . 1st and bega n tr avelin g to raise money and get also one o [ th e disp ensar y and our first chur ch ser­ don ation s o[ equipm ent and drugs th at he would vice here. need for th e forthcom ing medical disp ensary . H e an d his family left for Africa on J anu ary 25, 1963. Our minist er 111 Lake Ja ckson Sta nley Shipp has ju st leEt for Lausann e, Switzerland. "We are pres entl y working on a11 outpati ent basis on ly. T here are sometimes 100 patients a day. In the Missionari es here: Andrew Co nn ally, David Caskey, afternoo ns we teach classes in th e sur rou ndin g vil­ Worley Reynolds, E. L. Echols, Al Horn e, To m lages and tr eat th ose th at are sick in that area. The Dockery. Safari for Ch rist is at present being condu cted in Mr s. Mays parents: J. T. Cox some o[ the mor e remot e areas. W e set up a tent disp ensary and treat those who need our help. " Dr. Mays par ents: A. W. Fahr enthold MAYS, Wallac e May 14, 1935 Virgin ia i\lays October 24, 1936 Liisa Mays Jun e 21, 1959 Paul l\fays Decem her 27, 1960 E11tered Field: 1960 Addr ess: Luotei svay la 28 a9 , Helsi11ki, Lauttassaari, Finl a 11d School A tt end ed: Hardin g Co llege Sponsor: 602 S. Kingshighway , Chur ch of Christ , Sikeston, M issour i I attended Fr eed Hardem an Co llege . T he church which "spo nsors" us in F inl and is the South side Chur ch i11 Sikeston , M issouri. WALLICE MAYS FAMILY , i\Te bega n pu blic m eet in gs in 1963 with two Fi1111ish members. One lives as far as 35 mil es away a11d comes eith er o n th e train or moto r scooter to the vari ety of food that ca n be gotte11 in th e Sta tes th e meetings. l11 May of 1963, we rented an apart­ nor all th e advantages of "mod ern " living, bu t we ment of five rooms to be used as mee tin g plac e, wor k aren't comp laining . T he Finns are frie ndly once you rooms and classrooms . T his place has been redecor ­ brea k the ice and we have some very good friend s ated and furnished and in December the installation in thi s countr y. We find th at people are much th e of a baptistr y was compl ete d. \!\Te have been mailin g same here as in th e States, they jus t speak a different some lit erat ur e eac h month or six wee ks to each language. T here are good peop le and those not so of our co nt acts a11d plan to place lit erat ur e concern­ goo d. in g the chur ch in each home in Tampere during thi s year. T here are at pres ent two America n fam ilies here T he reli gious th inking of the peop le as a who le in Tampere. is differ ent from the America n people due to their history o[ a State religion. T hi s has created a com ­ Livin g in a for eign cou nt ry is not as formidable pl ace ncy in them whi ch is hard to shake. T hey have as it may sound to some peop le. We live here in no desire for religion and just do not care. But , Finland much th e same way that we lived in the tha nks to th e Lord , th ere are those who do care, United States, taking in to co nsideratio n, of course, and we ask Him to help us reac h those who do the differ ences in food and hous ing. "Ve ca nn ot ge t not care. MEREDITH, J ack Clifton Nove mber 5, 1930 Sharon Susie (wife) May 9, 1940 Lolit a Elise September 17, 1961 M ichael Wa yne August 5, 1963 attendee\ Hardin g Col lege and was bapti zed by Ri chard Curr y, Apr il 1950. Susie didn 't attend college. She was bapti zed by J ack Lanham. Present Addr ess: P.O . Box 74, San Antonio , Puerto Rico , 00752 Entered th e Field: December 1958 Bapti zed : App. 30

Sponsor: Several churches and indi vidu als in th e JACK MEREDITHFAMILY states are helpin g with my support. The chur ches are: Bates ville, Mississippi ; Auvergne, Arkans as; Portia , Arkansas; and Mont icello, Indi ana. Most of my support comes from th e En glish congre­ gat ion here in Pu erto Ri co; th erefore, it wou ld prob ably be consiclerecl my sponsor. This con­ Whil e at college I rece ived the G.I . Bill , but I gregation is made up p ri mar ily of service per­ also work ed durin g th e summers and pr eac hed almost sonn el. eve ry Sunday during my last thr ee years of schoo l. My Parents: Du warcl Lee Mered ith , and Julia Mae . I can't remember any one in particu lar wh o in­ fluen ced m e to do mission work. T he idea of know­ Pl ace of Birth : Inclepenclence, Miss issippi ing that so many Spanish spea kin g peopl e had not W ife's Parents : Syru s W ittwer and Doris Ruth . had an opport unity to hear the gospe l, influ enced m e mor e th an any on e other thing. Pl ace of birth : Las Vegas , Neva da MERRITT, John Dow October 27, 1894 Helen Pearl March 10, 1910 John Roy Martin July 15, 1944 Helen Roseland November 13, 1945 Georgia Ann March 9, 1953 Address: P.O. Box 60, Kalomo , N. Rhodesia, Central Africa Entered Field: 1926 School Attended: Cordell College Sponsor: College Church, Searcy, Arkansas J. D. Merritt was baptized in 1908 by Brother R. N. Gardner. This took place at Odessa, Missouri, in a pond just off the campus of the old Western Bible and Literary College. Brother Gardner was President of the school while he was a boarding student. While a student in the Bible schools, he attended nearly every meeting when the preaching of the Gospel to the whole world was stressed. His brother, C. C. Merritt , helped him to decide to go. Helen Pearl Merritt was baptized at Craton, Californi a during the time Brother Winters was preaching there in 1920. Brother 0. \V. Gardner was her most inspiring teacher, and great ly influenced her to go to the mission field. She went with her parents who saved for years to get together enough money as fare to Africa. J. D. MERRITT

HELENPEARL MERRITT THE BEGINNING OF MODERN AFRICAN WORK BY J. D. MERRITT

Brother John Sherriff began in 1900 preaching the \,Vhen an African begins to think about getting Gospel to the African people. To do this , he used marri ed, he goes to one of the larger towns or to the school extensively. th e mines to find work to gather the mone y he Broth er Sherriff was a business man. He under­ needs to pay the bride-pri ce and to set up his house. stood all kinds of stone construction and made When he collects what he needs, he goes back home tombstones. To carry out his work, Brother Sherriff to stay. had two stone quarries, and a large stoneyard in Most of the men who worked for Brother Sherriff Bulawayo. Oxen and wagons were used to transport were from distant places , from Nyassa lancl, Mush­ his goods. This work requir ed at times as many as onalancl and South Africa. Some of them went a hundred African workers. On this stoneyard , in home preaching . 1 know some of them were successful Bulaw ayo, Brother Sherriff had a shed und er which and th eir work got so big th at they beg an to call on the stone cutting took place, and at one encl of the Brother Sherriff for help. He visited these places, shed was a small room in which he kept his office saw the work and did give help . He contacted and a drawing table. The young man who acted as Brother F. B. Shepherd and through him the Gospel night watchman was allowed to sit in this room papers, and got the call for help published. Later , betwe en the rounds of his duty . Broth er Sherriff visited the states and told his own story to the churches. On e night as Brother Sherriff was walking hom e from church, he dropp ed by to see how things were Sister A. M. Burton for years lib erally supported getting alon g at the yard . He saw a light in th e th e Sher ri ffs. office and peeked in to see what was going on. He Brother and Sister Short were the first to answer saw the night watchman trying to read from a few this call for helpers and after them, Lawyers, Mer­ leaves of a New Testament he had found, and was ritts, Scotts, Reeses , Shewmakers , and the Browns inspir ed to start a night school for the purpose of came. teachin g his men to learn to read th e Bible. Many The teac hing of th e Bibl e in the schoolroom is of thes e men took adv anta ge of this opportunity still on e of our most useful methods in preaching th e and learned to re ad. Some of them bec ame Christians. Gosp el to Africa.

THE BENEFITS WHICH THE CHILDREN OF FOREIGN MISSIONARIES RECEIVE AT HARDING COLLEGE Bv Rov MERRITT Box 629, Harding College , Searcy , Arkansas

Many of the ben efits whi ch we, as th e childr en of and wo rk with Am ericans , to have Americans­ missionaries abro ad, receive, are much th e same as peop le of our own race , to teac h us, and to be our thos e received by oth er studen ts here at Hardin g. friends. But not only this, these at Harding are W e learn how to organ ize ours elves and our work generally Christians . To be a foreigner in a school so th at we can operate efficien tly und er pressur e. Our abroad is hard ; to be a foreigner, and a Christian knowl edge is deve lop ed, and we lea rn how to com­ too-poss ibl y the only one in the whol e school, is municat e with both friends and com plete strangers eve n more difficult . mor e easil y and fluently. W e make many fine friends Most missionary children are well-versed in the -o nes who we will love for th e rest o[ our lives. Scripture . The y know the Bible stories better than Th ere are many opportuniti es to engage in person al the average Amer ican child, but they hav en' t been work at th e hospit al, th e old folk 's hom e, or with exposed to th e "deeper truths" , as it were, of our individual s in ot her places. Many stud ent s may gain faith . Mo st of th e sermons and Bib le lessons heard invaluabl e expe rience preaching at congregations were directed at he ath ens or new converts, and so, nearby. as a rul e, we wer e not edu cated too much on the Th ese, however , are things which any stud ent - if sma ller facets of Christianity . Harding fills our need he so wishes , may enjo y. Th ese ar e man y oth er admirabl y. benefits that we enjoy whi ch oth er students usually Harding Coll ege, with her bro ad curriculum, out­ cannot ;1ppr eciat e. standin g teac hers, an d fine Chri stian atmosph ere, is Of course, th ere ar e th e mon etar y aids whi ch on e of th e best in stitu tions in th e world for the H ardin g offers us in the form of part scholarships. child ren of for eign missionaries . How ever, she is T hese are app reciated very deeply. But th ere ar e not th e best for us on ly, but for any young person other things - we have here an opportun ity to love who will go to her for an ed ucat ion. EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION IN ETHIOPIA Bv J. C. J\looR E, JR. ( Mis Majesty , Haille Selassie I of Eth iop ia, and his ent ire gove rnm ent are making a determined effort Lo educate as many leaders as poss ibl e both at th e Un ivers ity at Add is Ababa and ab road . \,Vhil e thi s work goes on, th e children in th e villages are now to be taught for the first time, due to efforts of the Extension Service of the University of Ethiopia, under the direction of Dr. Linden Leavitt of Los A ngeles and th e cooperation of the Peace Corps . In talkin g w ith Dr. Leav itt in hi s office at Addis Ababa, I learned that less than 5% of the peopl e are lit erate. In th e rur al areas few schools exist. Alth ough the problem s are ve ry difficult , Dr. L eav itt said , "I still think thi s is one of the greatest chal­ lenges in ed uca tion today ."

T he establishment of a school for the deaf for Minister of Educotion Meskel is shown discussing the work of ch ildren who ha ve never been taug ht anythin g before the Church in Ethiopia w ith J. C. Moore , Jr ., during Moore 's by members of th e chur ch has been recog ni zed by recent visit to Addi s Ababa. Mr. Meskel's daughter will be a personal int erest of the Emperor's daught er Princess student at Pepp e rdine College in January. The interview was arranged by Carl l. Thompson, evangelist in Add is Ababa. Tenanya vVorq Haill e Selassi e, who was instrum en tal 111 providing Jan el for the school 0 11 a 50 year lease at $ 1.00 per year. T he second year of stu dy will be loca l edu ca tional system . The tr affic and effort in in operat ion in October. Lenni e Dard en, eva ngelist bot h directions are bringing our peoples closer to­ and teac her of th e deaf from Berke ley, Cal ifornia, geth er. Eng lish is the official language in schoo l a,fter is in charge of th is program. th e six th grade. Five students, childr en of bus in ess me n and More personne l neede d- It is obvio us that the government officia ls are enro lled in Peppercl in e Col ­ work of the Chur ch in Add is Ababa is directly re­ lege . O n the ret urn trip from Add is to Frankfurt lated to the qu alified m en on the job. Another th e plane was filled with students enrout e to the fami ly is needed at once . A second famil y will be ( States, to London , a nd to Germa ny. A number are neede d in Jul y of 1964-. Dedicat ed people who have attached to hospit als in Germany for pr actical train­ a know ledge of sign language and who are willing ing . Many came from Kenya via Addis. I was present to serve in this mo st difficult, but rewarding pro ­ when 140 Peace Co rp s people wer e welcomed by the gram of teaching a nd evange lization shou ld write Pres id ent of the Univers ity of E thi opia . T hese are to : T he Elders, Chu rch of Chri st, Box 62, El the teac hers and techni cia ns who will work in the Segundo, Ca li forni a.

( MOORE , Charles Wesley June 15, 1932 Carolyn Ann September 23, 1933 Charles ·w. II October 6, 1955 James David January 17, 1957 Contessa Ann January 29, 1959 Ronald Scott June 25, 1962 Address: c/ o Church of Christ , Via Rocc aromana 33, Catania, l taly Entered Field: 1957 School Attended: David Lipscomb College Sponsor: Church of Christ , Box 329, Kingman, Kansas CHARLES W. MOORE FAMILY While attending Central Christian College, Brother Hugo McCord created a love for lost souls in my heart and I decided that I wanted to preach the Gospel and do mission work. ,vhen I moved to Lipscomb, Brother Don Shackelford was writing We are very happy to assume this sponsorship for to John Butts in Sicily. Through Don, I became another three or four years and wholeheartedly interested in the work of the Lord in Sicily and recommend him for the work. We feel sure that a decided to move to Sicily after corresponding with hearing with him will convince you of his earnestness John for almost a year. and sincerity of purpose. We encourage all who can to assist in this worthwhile work . It has been the privilege of the Church of Christ in Kingman , Kansas , to sponsor Brother Charles In the Master's service, Moore and his family in the mission work of Italy. B. B. POUNDSTONE We have been well pleased with the results of the JoHN MAPLE, JR. past three years work . His report has been more HUBERT HUNTER than gratifying. Elders

) MOREHEAD , B. D. Au gust 2, 1897 Nellie Marie August 6, 1902 Address: 1033 Belvidere Driv e, Nashville , Tennessee Ent ered Field : 1925 ; work ed in Jap an, returned in 1930 School Attended: David Lipscomb Colleg e Sponsor: Waverl y Belmont Church of Christ , Nash­ ville, Tennessee Brother J. M. McCaleb , home on furlou gh aft er thre e ten year tours in J apan, made a speech at David Lip scomb Coll ege whi ch caused Brother More­ head to want to be a mission ary. Broth er M cCa leb continued his work in Japan two mor e ten year tours-a total of fifty years on the field. He was ne ver sponsored by a congregation nor promised a definite support by man. The Moreheads lived one year with Broth er McC aleb in T okyo and learned Barney and Nellie Morehead and their Japanese Timothy. Picture made in Tokyo, 1926. to think of him as one of God 's grea test work ers. Broth er Don Carlos Jan es, after a visit around th e world amon g the missionaries, spoke at David in which no on e was doing an y m1ss10n work. H ere Lipscomb College which caused Sister Morehead to they began the Kin g Bible School , a forerunner of want to be a missionary . Perhaps Broth er Jan es lbaraki Christi an Colleg e, which is onl y eight miles influenced more youn g people to becom e workers from Ot a. Th e scho ol was named for Brother R. S. abro ad th an any other man except som e teachers in Kin g, an eld er of Lipscomb Coll ege chur ch ~ho our Christian schools . encour age d W averl y Belm ont Chur ch to send the Broth er and Sister More head did not tr ave l wior eheads to J apan. Broth er H arr y Fox moved to among th e chur ches prior to th eir going to J apan. Ota wh en Bro th er and Sister Morehead came hom e. Both railro ad and ship tick ets were bought by the Sister Mor ehead had start ed a kindergarten. Sixt y Waverly Belmont Church . Th e amount of personal children enroll ed th e first year, and around one support was neve r dis cussed but a check came every hundr ed childr en att end ed during th e two years month , enou gh to take care of all th eir needs. she condu cted th e school. Accordin g to reports ten After a year with Bro th er McCaleb in T okyo, he years later, about half of her childr en beca me Chri s­ took Broth er and Sister Morehead to Ot a, a town tian s.

Missionaries and Japanese Christian workers in summer of 1929. Ota Campaign. S. P. Pittman seated-middle front row. Picture made in front of the missionary home. This house has been moved to the lbaraki Christian College Campus and is now th e Home Economics building. Broth er S. P. Pittm an , th eir beloved teacher , Sin ce 1930, th e Mor ehea ds have continu ed a visited Japan as a gu est of Brother and Sister pl anned effort promotin g missi on work among th e Morehead in 1929. During part of this time , six mi s­ brethr en on th e hom e front by m eans of cotta ge sionaries and fifty Japanese Christi ans came to Ota meetings , visitin g nea rl y four thousand chur ches, to condu ct th e first plann ed camp aign of thi s lectur es at Chri stian colleges and vVorld Vision ge neration. Thi s effort includ ed p erso nal work , trac t magaz in e. Th ey th ank Go d for mu ch fine coo pera­ distribution , and str eet p reac hin g. tion th e br ethr en have given.

Opening day Ota Kindergarten. Picture made September, 1929. Sixty children and same parents-interior of church house. Brother George Pepperdine's liberal contribution covered cost of building . WORK I HA VE ENJOYED

BY B. D . i\[OR E HEAD ( Many a man goes about his job day after day vVe may not be able to conv ert every creatur e, wishing all the time that he were doing something but we are to give him a chance by teachin g him. else-that he had trained for some other occupation , The church did it in N ew Testament times because or were qualified to do the kind of work his friend God 's word tells us that every nation under heaven does. No credit to me, but thanks be to Goel, I heard the Gospel. J t is the same church to preach , have been happy in my work for the Lord. in obedience to the same command , the same Gosp el to the same humanity now as in Paul's clay. I wish After being a missionary in Japan for five years I could live long enough to see this accomplished and returning to this country, I was brought to the in my clay-to see th e church enjoy the tonic which sad realization that fewer than l % of the Lord's is in store for it when it carries out God's purposes. people could name even two missionaries, where they were working and any facts at all about their I have already lived to see an incr ease in the families and lives. Most Christians were harcllv number going or preparing to go as missionaries , aware of mission work ; they were not giving, pray­ and an encouraging rise in the interest of individuals ing, writing letters, neither teaching nor encourag­ in supporting mission work , but so much more is ing their own children to become mission aries. It yet to be clone. Because of this, and because of the seemed to me, after prayer and meditation, that the joys and blessings J hav e had , I also wish I could work I needed most to do in the Lord's vineyard live to see man y youn g rnen in the work that I was to contact people and , as best as I could , help have loved doing for th ese thirty-thre e years. I have them to become aware and interested in missionaries made many mistakes , but I had rather make mistakes and mission work. For the past thirty-three years , I tryin g than to do nothin g for fear of making mis­ have traveled 1,000,000 miles , used twenty cars, takes. Perhaps others who may enter this work can averaging 50,000 miles in each. To almost 4,000 profit from my mistakes and do a more effectiv e different congregations and to people in homes work , Goel willing. representing about l 0,000 families , I have spoken on Contacting missionaries in person and by mail behalf of the missionaries . as well as hundreds of br ethren on the home front concernin g this book , "Missionary Pictorial" has During these thirty-three years, my message has taught me th e value of information. Brethren will been based on the very convictions which motivated me first to be a missionary and later to enter this do more mission work when th ey know the mis­ sionaries better and hav e a bett er knowledge of work of telling · the missionary story to others. I their work . In order to increase your interest in the have said that every creature is given a pl ace in the world to glorify Goel and prepare for eternity. But pione er work our brethren are doing , may each of how can he if he does not know about Goel? And you arrange to hav e on e o[ them in your home at who can teach him but Christians? When Christ least onc e a year. said teach every creature and promised to be with On an average of about two a year , at least fifty us in the effort to do it, he did not give us an families from abroad have blessed our home by their impossible task. Goel is able to mak e us able to do visits . We know what these visits mean and the every good work. Every individual who comes to results. judgm ent without a chance to know Christ died for Be sure to be in constant touch with at least one him-to the extent of our neglect to reach him by missionary and request that he keep you currently using our time, talent, and money-w e will be re­ informed. Then pray for him each clay by name sponsible for his blood! and according to your understanding of his work. J\IOWRER , ?viax D. Jul y 11, 1925 Mildred M. May 5, 1925 Mariann e A. J\larch 28, 1947 Max a ttend ed Hardin g Coll ege Bapti zed by: J. H arvey Dyk es in Wi chit a, Kansas Mildr ed att end ed H ardin g Coll ege Baptiz ed by: J. H arvey Dykes in vVichit a, Kansas Current address : 619 S. Rosewood Avenu e, Sant a Ana , California Max is pr ese ntly teachin g in th e publi c scho ol system whil e takin g gradu ate studi es at Ch apm an Coll ege. Mildr ed is pr esently a medical secretary. Entered Field : 1953, worked at lb araki Christi an Colleg e, Omika, Hitachi Shi , Jap an. Baptized: 45 persons. Spons or: Northsid e Chur ch of Christ , 20th and J ackson, Wi chit a, Kansas

I was encour age d to beco me a m1ss10nary by a visitin g mission ary origin ally. Th en a fter entering college , rec eived great encoura gement from Andy T. Ritchie. Whil e in coll ege, planned field of work was chan ged from Germ any to J apan beca use of a MAX MOWRER tape recordin g rece ived from th e wo rkers at Ibaraki Chri stian College tellin g of th e needs there. Thi s report appealed to us grea tly, cau sing us to set th at thi s was her pr oblem . I answered th e question J apan as our goal. acco rdin g to Ne w T estament teachin g. Som e weeks Inform ation regardin g parents : lat er th e girl appro ached me priv ately statin g th at she wa nt ed to becom e a Christian but th at her Gaylord S. and Hild a Mowr er, living at Peck, parents had thr eatened to cast her out of th e hous e Kansas. and sever her from th e famil y if she did. The girl H enry 0. and Elizabeth i\ifinor, living at :Mil an, was very di sturb ed abo ut thi s, beca use her und er­ Kansas. standin g of th e Bibl e was sufficient to cause her to In teac hin g Bibl e classes in a coun try such as rea lize th e consequ ences of failin g to obey the J apan, o ne run s int o every type of person, from Lord . After talkin g with me and consid er ing the th ose with a Christi an background to th ose wh o pr obl em furth er for a short whil e she decided to be ha ve never heard of Chri stianit y before. In a high bapti zed. A very int erestin g point is th at her par­ school Bibl e class, one stud ent , after over a year of ent s did not carr y th ro ugh th eir thr ea t, even thou gh Bible stud y, asked a qu estion about wh at on e should th ey did not agree with her decision. Such exp eri­ do, who believed in J esus Chri st, bu t wh ose famil y ences as thi s make every sacrifice and every effort was not at all symp ath etic towa rd the Christian wo rth whil e, for it is thi s whi ch we ent er a for eign religion. T hi s g-irl made no ind ication at th e tim e field to have a part in . MULLINAX, Roy

Born in Rockport , Texas , I 927 and attended ( local schools. Served in U. S. Marine Corps durin g World War II (1943-46) in South Pacific (Iwo Jima) and J apa n. Served in Korea, 1950-51.

Married to Joyce Evans of Sandia, Texa s in 1946.

Baptized by Leo Owen at Ro ckport in October , 1951. Attended Harding College and Eastern New Mexico University (Bible Chair). Bega n preachin g in 1952. Worked full tim e at Bula , Texas (1957) and Schertz, Te xas (1958-59). Mission work in T aipei, Ta iwan (1959-62) und er sponsorship of College Church, Abilene.

Spoke on Michigan Christi an Junior College Lectureship in 1962 and 1963.

Has work ed with Houst on Chri stian Schools (1954-55); New Mexico Christian Childr en 's Hom e (1956) and The 20t h Centu ry Chri stian Bookstor e (1962-63).

Served as a deaco n in Broadw ay Church , Houston , Texas. Inspired to do foreign mission work by hearin g return ed mission aries speak. Childr en: Benn y 16, Karen 13, i\farcy 10. Wife did not at tend college.

Roy Mullinax Family in Taiwan

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History of Work in Taiwan American servicemen began mee tin g in T aip ei, In Decemb er, 1961, a new cong regatio n was be­ Taiwan in 1957. Contact was made with Chin ese gun with th e conversion of David J en and his wif e. believers in 1958 and work bega n amon g them. This is known as the Tun g Hu a Str eet Church. This gro up now has between 12 a nd 15 members. T he Roy Mullin ax fam ily arri ved in Ta iwan in July , 1959 to begin work with both Chin ese and A Ch in ese Bibl e Correspo nd ence Course was Am ericans . In 1960 th e Chin ese congr egat ion mov ed laun ched in Decemb er, 1961, whi ch ha s enroll ed to newer, bigge r qu ar ters. Durin g 1960 about 60 were 2,400 stud ents and has led to over 12 bapti sms. baptiz ed at this con grega tion. In 1961 anot her 39 T he Mullin ax family return ed to the U. S. in wer e baptized . T he convert s who have remain ed May, 1962, and turn ed th e wor k over to E. B. faithful form th e nucl eus of the H sin Yi Lu congre­ Thw ea tt , Jr. , who had arrived soo n after th e Mul­ ga tion , whi ch will be th e congr ega tion the Mullin ax's lin ax 's. H e continu ed until May , 1963, when he will go back to work with und er th e sponsorsh ip of returned to th e U . S. Sinc e then th e G. I. brethren th e Preston Road Chur ch . have been assisting the Chin ese br ethren. Rob ert Edward was born Jan . 11, 1936; he attended Freed H ard eman College, H ardin g College an d Graduate School, and the U ni versit y of Toul­ ouse, France. D egrees: B.A., M .A., Doct or de ) l' U niv ers ite (to be received Jun e, 1964). Patr icia Hop kin s was born Sep t. 23, 1936; she at­ tended Free d H arde man College and Memphis State University. Degre e: B.A. Mark Edward was born Dec. 1, 1958. Kimb erl ey Elizabe th was born Sept. 30, 1960. T he McAuleys are sponsored and supported by the Un ion Avenue Ch ur ch of Christ, Memphi s, Te nn essee.

In the sprin g of I 959, Bob McA ule y was in his last year at H ardin g College and was doin g lo cal work with the church in Hi ckor y Rid ge, Arkansas when he heard Mau rice H all spea k about the mis­ sion field o[ France. He was so impress ed th at h e coul d hardly wait to talk to Pat abo ut it. Was France th e country that was calling them to com e? Bob, Pat (parents ), Mark, and Kim {children) McAuley Only a few weeks later an ad appeared in th e Gospel Advocat e : Missionary H al Frazier is leav ing O rl ea ns, Fr ance; can someone come to take hi s and seven-month-old Mark were o n th eir wa y to place? This see med almost a providential a nswer, France . and four months later, in Jul y, 1959, Bob, Pat , The McAule ys' first year was spe nt in Orleans , mad e famous by J oa n of Arc, a northern city whos e sta id , hard -to -reach popu lation reflects th e per ­ sonality of a large portion of th e French people. In th e fall of 1960 th e McAuleys , along with th e Leo Hindsl eys from Paris, th e Winfree\ Wright s [rom Liege, Belgium, a nd th e J ay Byerleys , ju st arr ived from Amer ica, converged on th e south ern city of Tou louse, France's fourth larges t, and a trade and industri al cent er sin ce the Midd le Ages . It was the opi nion of th ese workers that th ere, amo ng the more op en, fr iend lier sout hern Fre nchmen th e gospe l could more eas ily find entri es. Thus, in 1960 the church was estab lished in Tou louse, and at the pres ent tim e thi s is one of the two native churches in th e entire sout her n two-third s of th e countr y. Still in To ul ouse at the begin nin g of 1964 are the McA ul eys and Wr ight s. In th e difficu lt field of France , where th ere are less than a hundr ed kn own fa ithful Christ ians, and wh ere th ere is on ly a handful of Chri stian men capable of even tu all y taking ove r th e leade rship of the nat ive chur ches, the work ers in Tou louse are encouraged by the fact that th e congregat ion con ­ tains thr ee faithful men , one of whom preac hes and leads sing in g reg ul arl y. A sma ll beg innin g? One of th e hard lessons wh ich most Europea n m ission ari es have had to learn is that any rea l "success" in the num er ical sense will not be seen in this ge nerat ion or perhaps eve n in the next , but will come slow ly but certa inl y, if men continue to heed the call Robert E. McAule y baptizes Mon sie ur Ducos on January 12, 1964. " to go ." McCALEB, Elizabeth Reeves August 15, 1901 Address: lbaraki Chri stian College, Omika , Hitachi- ( shi, lbaraki-ken , .Japan Entered Field : May 4, 1961 Schoo l Attended: G eorge Pepperd ine Sponsor: Vermont Avenue Church o[ Christ , Los Ange les, California

On M ay 4, 1961, thr ee years ago, I first set foot on .Jap anese soi l at Yokoham a, after a seventeen day voyage on a .Japan ese freight er as th e on ly pass enger. I had mixed emotions, feeling sorrow at the realization that I was several thousand miles awa y from my native land and loved on es, but also ex­ periencing jo y th at one of my long cher ished dreams had come tru e and th at I was ac tually in th e country wh ere m y husb and, the late J. M . M cCa leb MRS. J. M. McCALEB had spent alm ost fifty years of hi s life and had given so mu ch of hims elf. m y childh ood days when I hea rd him spea k at ou r Would the other dream come true ? God has not little cou ntr y congre ga tion near Murfree sboro , Ten­ yet revealed th e answer. n essee. I sti ll remember the table on wh ich man y In 1929, Broth er McCa leb mad e a trip aro un d .Japanes e id ols were di spla yed, and hi s kind, gen tl e the world visitin g the mi ssionari es who were in th e mann er. M y moth er pur chas ed one of his books , field at the tim e. Soon after hi s return , he wrot e "Christ th e L ight of th e World ," wh ich had recentl y th e book , On th e Trail of the Missiona ries. It has bee n p ubli shed . long sin ce bee n my burnin g desir e, not onl y to visit Littl e did I rea lize at th at youn g age, th at God .Japa n, but also to m ake a simil ar world trip , not in g had plans for me that I kn ew not of, and th at I som e of the changes and observ in g th e incre ase of was destined to become the second wife of this workers in the Lord 's vineyard. m1sswnary from across th e sea . And how could I Whether or not thi s dr ea m is fulfill ed will be kn ow that man y years hence , I woul d be writin g deter min ed by God's will. He has made it po ssibl e this articl e [rom th e same countr y. for me to come to .Japa n and for this I am th ankful. Sin ce th at tim e, I have always kn own som ething I am also gratef ul for th e in vitation to mak e m y of Broth er McCa leb and his wor k as a missi onary , hom e on th e campus of Ib arak i Christian Co ll ege but not until God brought us toge ther as husb and whil e here and for all who h ad a part in my comin g. and wif e, did I rea lly learn to know this great man Th e mission ary famil ies have bee n love ly to me of God and his mag nanim ous sp irit. and have made me feel welco me and at home. I am O ur marri age took place o n .Janu ary 27, 1942, happy that I can h elp a littl e in th e progra m by soo n after his final return from .Japan in O cto be r, teachin g th eir childr en and helpin g th e .Japa nese I 941, alm ost fifty years after hi s first atte mpt to with the st ud y of th e Bibl e in E n-;lish. ta ke Christ to th e "Land of th e Ri sing Sun" , a lan d Although ] did not intim ate ly know th e late in darkn ess with out a kn owledge of Go d's lo ve. .J. M. M cCa leb until in his suns et years , my kn owl­ For a lmo st twelve years follow ing our uni o n, we edge of him and hi s work in .Japan dates back to walk ed hand in hand . H e was a kind , lov in g, co n­ siderate husb and and fath er and our yea rs spent toget her were happy , busy ones for both of us, in spit e of th e difference in our ages . Alth ough advanced in years, Br ot her McCal eb was youn g in sp irit , sound in mind and bod y. On .July 2, 1944, God blessed our hom e wit h a baby daught er, Ann Elizabeth , whom he perm itt ed us to keep for almo st thr ee months. H er br ief stay brou ght us mu ch jo y. During th e first five years o f our m arr ied li fe, Br oth er McC aleb filled many pr eachin g engage ments and taug ht a class at George Pepp er din e Colle ge on Ori ental R eligions . H e especiall y en jo yed this work for he loved youn g peop le and always we nt away joyfully to mee t hi s classes. T he youn g peop le loved him too , and often came to th e house for adv ice a nd McAuley house (left ove r garag es) coun sel or to ta lk a nd sin g. Even after his first heart attack at the age of and was a peace-maker, often breaking a tense eighty-five, he tried desperately to continue his moment with prayer. He was calm and self-con­ classes as long as possible, the students often coming trolled, temperate in his habits and able to push to the house when he was unable to leave it. The away food that his body did not need. He was summer before , we went with a group of workers to diligent-never idle-yet never working to the point Juneau , Alaska, to help get the Lord 's work started of exhaustion. During his years of illness, he wrote there. This was a strenuous trip, but he seemed to several hundred poems by hand. stand it well and taught in the second half of He loved nature and the out-of-doors, loved to summer school on our return. work in his garden and took pride in doing things We lived simply but had a comfortable home well. which he loved and dedicated to God's service. He Although he suffered much during his illness, he was always hospitable and enjoyed our guests who was patient and kind and easy to wait on, always visited us. grateful and appreciative. The last few months of He never grieved over the loss of his home in his life were practically free from pain and he Japan and often quoted, "They took joyfully the discontinued the pain medicine which he was op· spoiling of their goods". posed to from the beginning. He had a keen sense of humor, but never engaged His last thoughts seemed to dwell on the joys of in frivolity or vulgarity and frowned on anything Christian fellowship and he spoke concerning it to bordering on the sacrilegious. He was humble and a group of friends who called, only a few days before did not "think of himself more highly than he his death. He had many friends who visited him ought to think", yet he was strong in faith and often and they seemed to receive a blessing and confidence through Christ Jesus. Though humble, inspiration as well as he. he appreciated compliments and after receiving one He was one of the most Godly, Christ-like men I often quoted the following: have ever known, tender and forgiving, yet coura­ geous and fearless; able to put Satan to flight with "There is an old adage of the schools the "sword of the Spirit which is the word of God." that flattery is the food of fools; He went home to be with the Lord on November But now and then, ye men of wit 5, 1953. "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the Will condescend to take a bit." death of his saints. Ps. 116: I 5. He has departed this life that he may rest from He was open and frank and free from all forms his labors, but his works do follow him. Only of hypocrisy and deceit. He was truly a man in whom eternity will reveal the souls he has led to Christ there was no guile. He was courteous and helpful and the good he has done. to all-the poor as well as the rich. He loved peace -ELIZABETH REEVES MCCALEB

( McC OWN, R oy R. (Bill) Ju ne 25, 1917 Billi e L. May 24, 192 1 J anet La Ru e J an uary 13, 1942 ( Roger Lee Feb ru ary 4, 1944 Dav id Layto n Feb ru ary 2, 1949 Brot her McCown was born in Prescott, Ar kansas, son of Roy L. and Verna M. McCow n. He was bapt ized at eBaco n Hill in San Anto nio, Texas, J une 19, 1933 by Tho mas G. Fowle r, in a mee ting conduc ted by J oh n A. Dickey, then preaching for the Southside cong regation in Fort Worth, Texas. Sister McCown was born in Haw ley, Texas, da ughter of Cyrus F. and Bernice Simpson . She was bap tized at the Hope congregation near Merke l, Texas by Bro ther H ubert Derrick in the summer ROY R. McCOWN FAMILY of 1933. G roup pictu re mad e of the McCo w n fam ily just prior to their Brother McCown attended San An tonio Ju nior ent e ring field in 1960 . College and Abi lene Chris tian College. Sister McCown attended George Pepperd ine Col ­ lege in Los Ange les, California . Entered Field: August, 1960 They arrived in Penns ylvania in February of Bapt ized: 12 I 963, and in March a congregat ion was organized Sponsor: Hi llcrest churc h, Ar ling ton, Texas and began meet ing , with five fam ilies who lived in Present Address : P.O. Box 179, W illow Grove, the area, in the basement of a bank bu ild ing the first Penna. Su nday in Marc h of 1963. In I 959, while working with the congregation in This congregation took title to property located Rocky Comfort, Missouri , Brother McCown read in Warrington, Pennsylv an ia in Octob er and now an editorial in the FIRM FOUNDAT ION in which look forward to the growth of the churc h in th is Brot her Lemon reported a work bei ng done by the location. military stationed at Incir lik Air Base nea r Ada na, T he Hi llcrest congregation ul timately plans to Turkiye. Being impressed by the great need and send th e McCown fami ly to work in Germany in cha llenge, Brother McCown contacted M / Sgt. Clyde the area of Trier. Wisham , then stationed at Incirl ik for furth er de­ Whi le overseas the McCown's daughter, J anet, tails. met, converted and marri ed an airm an stationed As a result of these communicatio ns, the McCown at Incirlik. T hey spent one year in Germany where fami ly resolve d to go as a missionary fam ily to the Brother Cr ess became active in th e work of the Moslem land of Tur kiye. Lord. T he Cress fami ly now lives in Warr ington The H illcrest congregation in Arling ton, Texas and contr ibu tes much to the work of the new con ­ assumed the full support and the oversight of the grega tion. McCowns work , and on 5 August 1960 the first The oldest son , Rog er Lee , is currently a student missionary of th e church entered Turkiye . at Hardin g College , Searcy, Arkansas , where he is Aft er one year, this missionary activ ity was sus­ preparin g himself to preach that he might enter pend ed by the Turk ish gove rnment , and altho ugh the mission field. He desir es to return to Turkiye an additional year was spent in Turkiye pro cessing if and when the door is op ened to christian mis­ various appea ls, it finally became necessary for the sionaries. McCowns to leave Turkiye. The youngest son , Layton , is a student in Kei th They returned to the States in August of 1962, Jr. High school. Upon graduation from hi gh school and were sent by the Hi llcrest church to the North ­ he, too, plans to ent er Harding Colle ge. east to help in establishing a congregation in the Upon his finishing high school , Broth er and area just north of the great city of Philad elphia. Sister McCown plan to ent er th e work in G ermany . J\fc1\JILLAN , Earle l'vlarch 8, I 933 EuAlice Dea n May I l , 1937 Mark December 22, 1962 Address: Abilene Christian College, Abilene , Texas. Entered Field: 1959 Sponsor: LaMarque , Texas, Church of Christ

Our missionary activity in Scotland was sponsored by the LaMarque , Texas, Church of Christ. \,Ve went to Scotland in June of 1959, and remained there for three years. We were co-workers with Broth er Andrew Gardiner, a native Scot. In the three years that we were there , ther e were about 25 baptisms . Every conceivable means of approach was used and I think that we felt that nothing re ally bettered EARLE McMILLAN FAMILY personal contact. The church in Edinburgh, h as its own building , thanks to the work of a lot of th ey are, is a difficult thing to understand. Ad­ brethren, especially Brother Clyde Findlay. mittedly the work is slow , an d difficult , but that is M ission work in the British Isles has long been true in many places . neglected for no apparent reason. There are ap­ Pl ans are to establish another congregation in proximately 55 million people and never h ave we Edinburgh within the next year, probably with had more than seven fulltime workers. Presently another campaign type effort. A number of people in Scotland , a country of 5 million people there are already making pl ans and it looks to be a are two fulltime workers. Ther e is obviously no wonderful experience. Ultimately, we hope to have language barrier in any English speaking country . a part in th e establishment of a chain of congrega­ \,Vhy these countries are neglected in the way that tions across the lowl ands of Scotl and. McMILLAN , William Ray December 29, 1941 Parents: William John and Marie Lenora :rvJcMilla11 ( Address: Mawlai Phudmawri, Shillong Address: Mawlai Phudmawri , Shillong , Assam , ]ndia Entered Field: July 31, 1963 Sponsor: Wawota Church of Christ, Saskatchewan, Canada Through childhood and most of my teens I was subject to my grandfather's (M. M. Tromburg) misgivings of never entering a mission field himself. Then, in late 1962, Brother J. C. Bailey asked me if I would accompany him to India.

Two Interesting Experiences WM. RAY McMILLAN Friday , August 16, Brother Don Perry and I were invited to the local Shillong rotary. Pakistan's As­ sistant High Commissioner, who is stationed here , was also a guest, and after the meeting, invited us into his home. He is a Moslem and was being visited by his two brothers , also Moslems. A Hindu lady, who has been teaching school in England , Friday , September 13, in less than four hours, I was also a guest. His wife is a European Catholic. was able to distribute more than 1800 tracts, while W'e might have to wait many years in America to standing in the streets of Shi llo ng. Doz ens stopped be invited into a high commissioner's home and be to chat and make inquiries. One Hindu lady even ab le to discuss religion as freely as we did that asked if it were possible for a heathen to embrace evening! Christianity! NADEAU , Ja ck April 17, 1920 Kathr yn (Kay) May 5, 1924 Deanna September 14, 1944 Donna February 14, 1946 Jan et Nov emb er 6, 1947 Timmi e Ap ril 26, 195 1 .Jack .Jr. Octob er I l , 1954 .John Decemb er 24, 1955 Philip .July l, 1960 Ph ylli s November 9, 1962

W e both att end ed H ard ing Co llege and I att end ed Southw estern in Fort Worth for two years o f gradu ­ ate work . Centra l chur ch in Denison , Texas sent us to JACK NADEAU FAMILY Germany in 1948. Two yea rs later Skillm an Avenue chur ch in Dallas took over our full support and Back raw from left ta right : John, Donna , Janet, Deanna , support ed us throu gh 1957. Timmie . Front row from left to right : Jack , Jr., Philip, Phyllis, Pr eston Ro ad chur ch in Dallas will be supportin g Kay, Jack. us full y this tim e with Travis Str eet chur ch in Sher­ man and the chur ch in Sud an, Te xas each supp lying $100.00 p er month for a work ing fund . old. Th is must have started us off on boys for now we have three additional on es born int o our famil y. After 4½ years of living among th e ruins and The Life of a Missionary Can Be an reco nstructi on of a great city and living with peopl e Exciting One wh ose nerves were shot af ter many years of war, hardships and starvation , we return ed to th e U .S.A. T wenty years in th e min istry and fifteen of th ese for a season of pleasant exp erienc es. in th e mi ssion field has pro ven th e above statement to be true. Durin g our nin e months in the states we raised $15,000 do llars amon g som e JOO chur ches for a Our first mission efforts came immediat ely after buildin g in Mu nich. Besides I spent three months graduat ing from H arding Co llege in 1943. Alone in bed with yellow jaundi ce. and still single 1 went to famous R eno, Nevad a to be a miss ionary for th e chu rch in Burk ley, Ca li­ The highli ght of our mi ssionar y ex per iences was forni a. There I was marri ed to Kathryn Drak e of to return to the field of labor. Our second tour Littl e R ock , Arka nsas whom I had met at H ardin g. lasted four years and we ret urn ed to th e States. T wo years in R eno, two years at Or ego n City, \,Ve've bee n back six yea rs no w and have work ed Or ego n, and one at Ap ache, Oklahoma gave us some with chur ches in T exas. In Octo ber 1962 th e \,Vood goo d exper ience befor e moving to Zuri ch, Switzer­ Stree t church where we now labor sen t me to land to awa it en trance into war-torn Germany . By Ge rm any for a month 's mi ssion work. I pr eac hed this tim e, 1948, we had incr eased from two to five in Ber lin , Nurnb erg, Muni ch, and Essen, German y, -then havi ng thr ee little girls. Vienn a, Austria , and Zurich and Bern e, Switz erland. Our oldest daught er, Dea nn a, accomp ani ed me . She Lif e in Zuri ch was exc iting! \ 1Ve spent nin e months att end ed Ger man public school s eight years in th ere study ing Germ an and awa itin g entranc e per ­ Muni ch so she rea lly was at home bac k in Ger many. mits in to German y. T hen we mov ed to Muni ch in the summ er of 1949. T he followi ng eight yea rs At th is wr itin g, Feb. 13, 1964 plans are to return were spent th ere estab lishin g and stre ngthenin g th e to Germany in .Jun e of this year. \ ,Ve are go ing to chur ch. Co log ne thi s tim e. It is the third largest city in W est Germa ny and do esn 't have a chur ch of Chri st. Th e first four and one half years were th e bu siest of our lives. We were learn in g German clay and Our dec ision to return was not an easy one in night besides helpin g thousands of peop le with food view of our large fami ly and thr ee of th em in th eir and clothin g and pr eachin g to hund reds in scho ol teens. Ho weve r, we be lieve th e Lor d is leading us buildin gs and bomb ed-ou t meetin g pl aces of var ious in our decisio n and if H e leads th en we kn ow it kind s, includin g tents and barracks . W e work ed must be right . \ ,Ve have exp erienced eve ry indi cation lon g hour s seve n days a week but we were the of His leadin g and feel assured he is leadin g us. happ iest we've ever been. Today there are two fine Since Novem ber 1st, 1963 H e has given us a chur ches in Muni ch with German leaders and supp orting congregat ion . T he Pr esto n Roa d chµr ch pr eachers carr ying on for th e Lord. Cr edit, of course , in Dallas will support us in full and two oth er goes to man y. How ever, God must receive all th e chu rches are to fellowship us with wor kin g fund s­ glory. Du rin g this tim e we ado pt ed a Germ an th e Trav is Str eet chu rch in Sherman and th e baby boy to go with our girls. He is now 12 years Sud an, T exas chur ch. NA DEAU , Ted Feb ru ary 14, 1923 Bett y J ea n H arp er Nad eau Jul y 22, 1929 J oh n Ma rk Na deau Jul y 3, 1950 ( J anet Kay N adea u Sep temb er 29, 1951 Karen Sue Nadea u April 15, 1956 Lind a Lou Na dea u Ma rch 29, 1957 E nt ered Field : 1951 Schoo l A tt end ed : T eel Na deau , T ul sa U ni versit y, H ardin g Co l­ leg e, Searcy, Ark ansas Bett y J ean Na deau , H ardin g College, Searcy, Ark ansas, Sou th wes tern Co llege, W in field , Kansas

T he first tim e I eve r saw Ge rm any, I was loo kin g acro ss the Rhin e Riv er th ro ugh a pair of bin ocul ars TED NADEAU FAMILY from the French side. Thi s was in th e fall of 1944. Earl y in 1945, th e 45th Di vision arriv ed in M uni ch, Germ any. I r ememb er thinkin g th at sur ely no one will eve r clea n up thi s mess, as I loo ked ove r th e downt own sectio n of th e city. Most of the buil d in gs rain we wo uld have anyone to preac h to th at first were redu ced to rubbl e and it all was p iled nea tl y night , but we kn ew we had to do all we could in th e cent er of th e stree ts. Mos t of th e p eopl e had and leave th e rest to th e Lord. lef t, onl y a few elderl y m en a nd women were to My br oth er J ack and ], after pr ayin g, left our be see n. hotel roo m ab out fiftee n minut es be for e startin g Six yea rs later I return ed to M uni ch as a pr eacher tim e. W e drove slowl y (I guess we Jacked faith ) of th e Gos pel. I was amazed at th e many epo pl e towar d the te nt. , ,Vhen we arri ved we were a bit who had return ed and at th e great pro gress th ey surp rised to di scove r th e tent full of peopl e. J ack had made in res torin g th eir city. Th ere were still says th ere were 210 peo pl e in th e tent th e first m any vaca nt lots howeve r, where form erl y houses night. I was too exc ited to count th em . stoo d. Lots were cheap and readil y ava ilabl e th en. , ,ve int end ed to hold a one week mee tin g, but Th e chur ch pur chased a choice buildin g lot at int erest was so hi gh we continu ed for two weeks. Mogart Str eet 12. A ni ce buil din g now stand s o n At th e encl of two weeks of pr eac hin g, ten peopl e thi s lot. , ,ve did not have th e mon ey to bu y a lot ann oun ced th at th ey wished to be bapti zed into in Augsbur g, a cit y o f 300,000 about 45 m iles from Chri st for th e remission of th eir sin s. T hi s was th e Muni ch wh er e I m oved in 1953. beginnin g of th e chur ch in Augsb ur g, German y. W e work ed with th e chur ch in Augsbur g for How a New Congregation 1s Begun thr ee years. ,,ve were being suppo rte d by the chur ch We kn ew no one in Augsbur g. , ,ve onl y kn ew in Slaton, T exas; No rth Sherid an and Br ook sid e th at it was 95% Cat holic a nd th at we want ed to chur ches in Tuls a, Okl ahoma. W e were call ed home pr eac h th ere. So we found a vacant lot, found th e in th e Fall of 1955. No w, afte r nin e years in own er and persu aded him to rent it to us for Amer ica, we hope to retu rn to Germ any to pr each thr ee wee ks. , ,ve borro wed a tent from th e Fra nk­ in Colog ne, a city of one milli on peopl e and no furt br ethr en and pu t it up on th e vaca nt lot. All chur ch of Chri st. T he chur ch at W infi eld, Kansas, th e peopl e at first th ought a circus was mo vin g it. is sendin g us ou t this tim e. T hey are suppl yin g all T h en we put up a big sign ann oun cing a Gospel o f our travel exp enses plu s SI0 0.00 per month of meet ing to begin one wee k later. We were not cer- our supp or t.

( NEWTON, John Lee May '.!.7, 1922 E. J eanne tte November 21, 1922 Barr y Lynn August 15, 1961 Gregory Lee January 19, 1963 ( Raymond E. (adopted) May 20, 1949 Elain e l. (adopt ed) September 18, 1947 Brother Newton attended the Kerpel School of Dental Technology , New York City and lat er Abi­ lene Christian College as a special student. Baptized by: E. J. Sumerlin , February 22, l 953. Sister N ewton attended David Lip scomb Coll ege. Baptiz ed by : A. R . Keppl e. Hom e add ress: 88 Or ange Grove Ro ad, Coopers Plains, Queensland , Australia. Church addr ess: P.O. Box 6, Holland Park, Queens - JOHN LEE NEWTON FAMILY land, Australia. Entered Field: Septemb er, 1963. Brother Newton was born in New Bedford, Mas­ Baptiz ed: 5 sachusetts. Par ent s: John L. Newton and Eva Loader. Sponsor: Centra l Church of Christ, Bakersfield , Sister Newton was born in Linn County , Iow a. California. Par ents : Mi lton W. Fleisher and Mabe l B. Additional contributors: Glenwood Church of Christ, Tyler , Texas; Central Church of Christ , Cedar There are two missionaries and their families now R ap ids, Iow a; Church of Christ, Toddville, Iowa working with th e Holland Park Church of Christ , J. L. Newton and Forest Suddeath , Jr. This con­ Broth er E. J. Sumerl in was instrumental in en­ gregat ion now has 37 members with 26 ch ildr en. couraging me to teach others th e way mor e per­ They are pa ying for th eir tempor ary building th em­ fect ly. T he desire to ent er th e foreign field came as selves and plan to car ry as mu ch of th e finan cial a result of re adin g both the Bible and th e Christian load for their new build ing as possibl e. The chur ch Ch ro nicl e. will have to build within the next two years to comp ly with the law. An active youn g peopl e's pro gram is in pro gress and guided by broth er For est Suddeath, Jr. Th ere are 9 youn g peop le, either memb ers of the church or childr en of memb ers, in th e gro up . Several visitor s also att end ee! these meet ings, picni cs, etc. Cottage classes are condu cted and members are alert to seek new contacts . Abo ut 50 per cent of the chur ch are new Au stralian s. Thus far the church includ es Eng lish, Lithuani an, Dutch , Chin ese, Am er icans and Australian s. "W e find th e Austra lian people a happy, friendl y people and their country a very beautiful c ne. We are encou rage d to do a good work here and tu make Temporary church building Austr alia our perman ent home. " NORTHEASTERN INSTITUTE FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

VILLANOVA , PENNA. r NICE, A Moving Challenge

Missionaries are men who rise tu meet challenges, area and bea utiful scenery is common pla ce. Th e and the cha llenge of establishing the Churc h in the initial purchase pri ce of the Clothier estate was most populous region of our nation has been met $182,500.00 . with vigor. In th e last 25 years, th e Church in the An intensive effort during the nex t three and Northeast bas grown by about 1000% . vVith this one half years permitted the retir ement of this growth, Christian leaders in th e Northeast looked ind ebtedness and made possible some improvements for prospective leadership and support. There was and the purcha se of school eq uipment. A staff and a true scarcity of manpow er for Christ and limit ed facu lty was recruited and th e school was opened in educational opportunities for the Christian youth September of 1959 with forty -five hi gh school gra d­ of this area. They first began to talk seriously about uates. As these entered for their first year of work a Christian school in 1950 or 51 when a small group above the high school level, Northeastern Institute of Christian workers in the state of Maine met to for Christian Educat ion began the real business of talk serious ly about formation of a Christian school. educating young people along Biblical lin es. Soon it became a principle topic for most of the In 1960-61, th e seco nd year of univ ersi ty parallel discussion s at their gatherings . At first their dreams work was added , and 77 students were enroll ed. rel ate d to Maine only and they projected a prepara ­ Thirteen of the first graduat es received diplom as in tory school that would be operab le in th e plant June of 1961. In September of 1961, 62 students of one of the churches. However, visitors from other were enrolled. In 1962, 68 students were enro lled . states also attended some of these gatherings and And in 1963, 82 students were enro lled. On the expressed their desire for a school that would serve bas is of app licat ions received in th e Spr in g of 1964 all of New England, and as th e talk continued, (th e time of this writing) a proj ected enro llm ent service to the entir e Northeast was includ ed. Thus for the Fa ll is between 125 and 175 students . · it is th at the dr ea ms of the few ex pand ed from the The facilities of th e school include a beautiful concept of th e or iginal plann ers to the broader horizons of service it now holds. campus, with formal and informal gardens of rar e tr ees and shrubs , a mansion with over 30 rooms As plans became more concrete, the Church in that affords classrooms , faculty offices, a chape l, a Newport, R .I. purchased a piec e of prop erty be­ libr ary, a student center , a dining room, and dormi­ cause of its adaptabi lity as its use for a Christian tory space for some of its students. Two other ex ist­ tc hool. The availabi lit y of this prop erty excited ing buildings are now being used for Home­ Christian lea ders and excele rat ed th eir study a nd Econom ics and Fine Arts and an Administration plannin g for a school. buildin g. The larger of the two buildings serves as A steering committee was named at a mee ting th e Administration building and will soon be re ­ att end ed by int erested Chr istians comin g from an mod eled to provid e in creas ed usefuln ess. A new ar ea extending from Ma in e to Virginia. Within a building is under construct ion which will house 64 year, a second comm ittee was empowered to nam e st ud ents and has a capability of hou sin g more than the core of an initi al bo ard. 90. The school libr ary has over 6,500 volum es. School The board , thus create d, ent ertai ned a numb er of laboratory equipm ent has been continually up ­ locations and sites, and after full study, decid ed graded beyo nd the beginning minimal basic require ­ that th e Philad elphi a area was the most desirable ments. The first president of th e school was Dr. location for the school. Located in Phil ade lphia , R ex Johns on who serve d the schoo l in its forma ­ th e school would be in close proximity to th e major tive period . Upo n hi s resignation , the Chairman of centers of culture . H ere also was th e birth place of the Boar d, J. Harold Thomas, was appo int ed its do cum ents of our land of lib er ty. Within a four president. \ 1Vhile serving as pr esident of Northeastern hundred mil e radius from the school, 28% of th e Institute for Christian Educat ion , President Thomas nation 's popul at ion could be found . Many large rece ived his Honorary Doctorate from Pepp erdine lib raries, opera hous es, musical cent ers, museums, College in Los Ange les, Cal iforn ia. Other ea rl y and other such cultur al advantag es wou ld be avail­ adm inistrat ors were: Ri chard \,Vaggo ner, Business able to th e N ICE stud ents. Being just a hundr ed Manag er ; General T. R . Ramp y, Assista nt to th e and fi[ty miles from our natio n's capita l and 90 Pr esid ent; Chesley Smith, Assistant to th e Presid ent ; miles from th e heart of commerce in New York Mont \,Vhitson , Ph .D. , Vice-President ; W. Evere tt City , Philadelphia itself is th e second largest port Ferguson , Ph.D ., D ea n; a nd Ralph Di ehl , Business in total tonnage serving th e U.S .A. Manager. In th e middl e of I 955, a 35 room mansion in the Upon the resignation of Doctor Thomas in 1962, city of Villano va and 24 acres of lan d surrounding Elza H uffard, who was th en servin g as Sup erintend­ it, was purchas ed . "C lar emo nt ", as it was called, is ent of th e Schults -Lewis Childr en's Home in Val ­ loca ted in th e heart of th e distin gui shed M ainlin e paraiso , Ind iana, was selected as its Presid ent. district that is character ized by comfort abl e hom es Pr esid ent Huffard was well known in th e Philad el­ and wide law ns. Most of the beautiful woods have ph ia region havin g work ed for many years as bee n preserved in housing developm ents of the minist er for the 56t h and \,Yarrin gton St. Church of Christ. The pre sent administration includ es: Dale 3. To acq uaint youn g people with God 's inspired T. Lemon , Vice-President; Charl es F. Myer , Jr. , message and to guide th em in the application Dean ; and Jame s L. Kee, Busines s Ma nager. Durin g of the principle s of the Bible in their dail y th e last year th ere were 23 faculty members ; ten life. were full tim e, and thirt een were part tim e. As is As N ICE develops , it has moved into some cha l­ typical of missionaries, they work for lower pay and lenging new areas and in 1963 sta rt ed an edu cat iona l many have donated their serv ices. pl an called th e "Six-Six" Pro gram. T his program Excellent cour se offerings include both a college provides th e opportunity for a workin g stud ent to parallel and termin al progr ams listin g such subj ects secure six month s employment and by taking out as Bibl e, Biolog y, Busin ess, Chemistry, English, Edu­ th e tim e that is no rm ally wasted and still get his cation, Histor y, Lan guages, Mathematics, Music, full academ ic cre dit s. Since thi s program star ted, Physical Ed ucation , Physi cal Sciences, Psycholo gy, th ere has been a rapid increase in the numb er of Pre-Engineering, Secretarial Courses, Speech , and students who have enroll ed and the admin istr ation's other related subj ects given accordin g to th e needs pl edge is that any student who is willin g to work of an increasing student body. NICE Emphasizes shall not be turned away from the scho ol for a lack high standards in academic work , while impl ement­ of opportunity. Ma ny new programs are being in g character training with Biblic al instruction. Its pl an ned that will provid e course offerings to meet purpose is to pr epare young peopl e of chur ches of th e needs of almost any segment of the chur ch Christ for service in th e Church a nd communit y. popul at ion in the Northeastern and East Coast re­ Its two-year post-secondary program in the arts and gio ns. Being at the cross roads of th e eastern part o f sciences is totally Christian in its emphasis . Its our nation , thi s strong Christ ian school will attract phil osophy o f ed ucat ion is found in its stro ng belief youn g peop le by the scope of its curriculum , th e high in God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit , and the Bible academ ic an d spiritual quality of its faculty , and the as the true re velation of God . adequac y of its equipm ent and faciliti es. As the school matur es, it will be a powerful force in fol­ Lead ing youn g people to ach ieve the highest lowing up the work of these many missionar ies who self-fulfillm ent for their personal ideals and in their have toiled so hard to create a climat e for the growt h service to God is the aim at Northeastern Institute of the Ch ur ch. T he school is seek ing to assist them for Chr istian Education . Adeq uate inform ation in by tr ainin g the youn g peop le th e Chur ch has con ­ basic areas of knowledge and guid ance in the tech­ verted to Christ. niqu es of lear nin g call for adequate equipm ent for Yesterday, men dr eamed dreams and toiled to development of prim ary skills. To insur e th at bring NICE to reality. To day, we have th eir first ade qu ate kn owledg·e and guid ance in technical skill s fruit s of faith and labor built upon the sacrifices in the proper way, th e adm ini strat ion, staff, and of yesterday . The visio ns of yesterday hav e on ly the faculty seek con tinu ally to create a climate of aca­ first glimm eri ngs of their full realization today. demic inspiration for the ir students . By providi ng "'Vhat of tomorrow?" Of tomorrow , we cannot an­ well-trained teachers and a program of con tinu ing swer, for th e futur e lies shro ud ed in the dim mists imp rovements in lib rary and lab ora tory facilit ies of thin gs yet un seen , but when today is built upon throu gh daily periods of Bible studi es, worship and the founda tio ns of truth , as revea led by God in th e med itation , it is be lieved th at N ICE has set before New Testa men t, and as long as dedica ted men serve its youn g peopl e an open door. her , she will re main as a power and an influence In a report published to the broth er hood in 1963, thro ughout th e wor ld . Men and wom en who were trained within her confines will rise to call their President Huffard and th e admin istration stated th at their genera l aims wer e: Lord bl essed because H e provid ed them a place to grow . Of the 82 stud ents enr olled in I 963, 15 or mor e now plan to preach the gospe l. Who knows , 1. To instill sp irit ual values , to deve lop perso nal perh aps more will be added to their number as th e skill, to height en the social sensiti vity of their years increase and missionari es will move abroa d, students through th e ar ts and science s while tr ained at Nor th eastern Institute for Chri stian Edu­ living in a Chri stian env ironment. cation for tota l service to Christ. 2. To expose their students to the accumulated Nort heastern Chr istian continu es to build as she knowl edge of the ages and to give all assistance meets her mo ving cha llenge. necessary to lead th em in ap plyin g that knowl ­ N ICE is pro ud of her rol e of serv ice to th e edge to th eir own times . North east and the world of Chri stianit y. OLBRICHT , Glenn Calvin April 10, 1931 T. Rit chie, Jr. Missionaries such as J ack Nadeau Sarah Kathr yn (Priv ett) A ugust 9, 1933 and Oti s Gatewood h elp ed encourag e us to go. Hos eph R ay August 23, 1955 On e of th e highli ght s eac h year to me is th e J oseph R ay Aug ust 23, 1955 German Me n 's Lectur eship. T his not onl y affor ds Anit a Ma rth a June 14, 1957 one th e opport unit y to hear a ple a for New Testa­ Glenda Karen Ma rch 14, 1959 ment Chri stia nit y, but also gives one a chance to be Address: Adamstrasse 27, Nurnberg, Germany with other missionaries and German bret hr en. Ea ch Enter ed Field : 1959 year th e lectur eship is held in a different city and we are abl e to get acq uainted with other works. School Att end ed: An eld erl y woman of over 85 years became a Glenn Calvin , H ardin g Christian College Christian. We would probably say th at she is too Sarah Kathryn , Harding Chr istian College old to do mu ch in th e Lord's work. She was always Spo nsor : Rosemont Church of Chri st, 4041 Ryan teachin g ot hers un til th e clay of her death and Avenue , Fo rt Worth, Texas brought two other peopl e to Christ. She was also very faithful in att end ance. After her death , we Glenn Olbricht was born in Th ayer, Missouri. learn ed th at she was not only a daught er of Abra­ His par ents are Ben J. Olbricht and Agnes (T aylor) ham by faith , but also by birth. Olbri cht. Kat hryn (Privett) was born at Dam ascus, Arkans as. H er pare nt s are th e late R ay Privett an d Anot her reward h ere on th e Germ an mission field Oneta (Mahan) Priv ett. is th e work with th e service peopl e and in turn to see th em become grea t workers in the Lord's vin e­ Severa l peop le help ed to encourag e us to b e yard . After these peopl e go back to th e states , th ey mission ar ies. It began with my parents who en­ continue to be interested in mission work. Other s couraged me to pr each. My wife, as a Baptist , wanted of th em re ceive th e inspir ation to pr each. Some of to be a missionar y. The Glenn Boyds who are th em even go to coll ege to prep are th emselves bett er. co-mission ar ies with us, h ave done mu ch to en ­ courage us. Colleg e teach ers who have been of much On e youn g man who was here plan s to come / back encour agemen t to us were Charles Pitner and Andy and be a missionary in Ger many . ZAMBOANGA CITY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

This work started in 1945 wh en Frank Tray ler landed with American Liberation troops as a chap­ ( lain. Broth er Trayler bapti zed over forty during his short stay in Zamboanga . Realizing that he must follow th e troops to other lib era tion operations , brother Trayler asked for missionaries to come to Zamboanga. Th e L. E. O'Neals answered that ca ll, th e first family to be sent out of the States to a foreign mission following World War 11.

The Gumersindo Mendoza family . Brother Mendoza is a government employee at San Ramon Penal Farm , his wife (Jesusa) is a school teacher . Both were converted from Romanism. Children from oldest: Eduardo , Marta , Junior, Elisa, Louis. The statue held by Eduardo represented Gumer­ sindo's Patron Saint until he obeyed the Gospel of Christ. It was discarded to the trash can, but we retrieved it for this picture .

Sponsoring congregation : Oak Park Church of Christ , Sacramento , Cal iforni a. Minister: Frank Tray ler. Eld ers were M. C. Carman and J. N. Gardn er . Time: four years, 1946-1950. Sponsoring congregation for second trip was West­ The family includ ed L. E. and Wilkey, graduates side Church of Christ , Duncan, Oklahoma. Minister: of East Centra l State , Ada, Oklahoma , and four Orin Ut ley. Elders were L. '"r· Pribble , Jack Ne lson , ch ildr en Eldon (12), An n (9), Kenn eth (4), Lou Ed Snider, J. C. Wilkinson , Elmer Gentry. Time: Ellen (2). two y~ars, 1953-1955.

( Results of six years in Zamboan ga City a. Purchase of an exce llent lot , about one acr e, in a good residential area an d very near Zamboanga Norma l Schoo l and Zamboanga Schoo l of Arts and Trades. b. Permanent building (Pic tur e No. 2) and per­ manent residence for minister. Also sept ic tanks and temporary dormitories. Lot and buildings cost ju st over $10,000. c. Estab lishm ent of Zamboanga Bible School which tr ains thirty to fifty youn g men a nd women eac h year for chur ch teaching, leaders hip , and preaching. Many of these have been very active in the Lord's work si nce gra du ation . Church Building , Zamboanga City, P. I. cl. Five new congrega tions star ted. e. Over 300 baptisms; incl udin g R omans, protest­ an ts, Mo hamm edans, and Pagans . f. Many hour s of work with prisoners in San Church building in Zamboanga City . This building was con­ R amon, severa l included in baptism figures. structed by missionaries , two brethren who were carpenters , and the young men who were being trained in Zamboanga g. Ma ny American Chri st ians had the pri vilege Bibie School. There are two permanent class rooms and two of helpin g plant Christ's gospe l in a new area . The temporary, baptistry , septic tank for two rest rooms, and glory and the incr ease are th e Lor d 's. aud itorium which seats about 150. PADEN , Cline August 22, 1919 Jo Iris Cathe y P aden Decemb er 28, 1926 Timoth y Patri ck Paden Jul y 5, 1949 Terry 'l'Vhitson Pade n February I, 1952 ( Tan ja Cathey Pade n Jul y 10, 1959 Addr ess: 54 10 27t h Stre et, Lubbock , Texas Enter ed Field: J an uary 14, 1949 School Attended: Abilene Christ ian College Sponsor: Whil e in Frascat i, Brownfi eld Texas chur ch (Crescent Hill) ·whil e in Rom e: ·w est Erwin Street Church, Ty ler, Texas "Whil e in D enm ark: Southside Churc h, Lubbock , Texas Cline , Jo , Tim (oldest ), and Terry Encouraged to become a mission ary by my parents , Entered the Field: Fall of 1947 on a survey, began the Oscar Paden s. work 1949 (Jan. 14, 1949). Was remov ed from J anu ary 14, 1949-1952, Super in tendent Frascati Or­ I ta ly, went to Copenh age n, Den. May 1957. phans H ome, pr eacher for the chur ch in Fras­ Bap tized : U nd ete rmin ed numb er cati , It aly. Sponsor: Wh ile Sup erin te ndent of Frascat i Orp hans Jul y, 1952-Novemb er 1955, Preached for th e church Hom e, th e Brownfi eld Texas church (Cres cent in Rom e, Italy. Hill ) sponso red us. Whil e working in Rome , February l , 1956-May I, 1957, wor ked with the the ·w est Erwin Stree t church , Ty ler, Texas. Sout hside church , Lubbock , Texas. V\Thil e in Denmar k, th e South side church , Lub­ May 24, 1957-Sept emb er, 1960, wor ked in estab­ bock, Texas lishing chur ch, Copenh age n, Denmark. By vVhom Encourage To Become a Missionary: My J anuary l , 1961-Sept emb er 1, 1962, pr eached for parents , the Oscar Pad ens 10th and U tica Church, Plainvi ew, Texas . Nam es a nd Birthd ates : Clin e R. Paden , born August 22, 1919, Green ­ September I , 1962-to the pr esent , working in a schoo l for trainin g pr eachers with the Sun set ville, Texas Church of Christ, Lubbo ck, Texas. At pre sent , Jo Iri s Ca they Pade n, born Decemb er 28, 1926, th ere are 62 youn g men in tra inin g, in West Ab ilene, Texas Texas Bib le School. I serve as dir ector of thi s T imot hy Patrick Paden , born R ome , It aly, July two yea r, tuition -free study opp ort unit y. 5, 1949 Terry "\,Vhit son Paden, born Rom e It aly, Febru­ Clin e a nd Jo Iri s Cath ey Pad en, 54 10 27th Str eet, ary 1, 1952 Iubbock , T exas Ta nj a Cathe y Paden, born Copenhagen , Den­ Both of us ACC Graduates . mar k, Jul y 10, 1959 I am pres entl y directing th e pr eacher-training pro ­ gra m of th e Suns et chur ch of Chr ist, here in Lub ­ bock .

Cline Paden and Corl Mitch ell on th e Spanish steps in Rome , on th e occas ion of th e closure of oil Church es of Christ in Italy Jo , Tim, and Cline Paden, and some of the orphans in 1952. froscoti Orphan 's Home in front of the orphanage 1949 . PAGE , Rob ert R aymond October 21, 1918 Op al Marie Gates O ctob er 16. 1923 Rand y Sue Nove mb er 30, 1956 Address: 16 No tt Street , ·warner's Ba y, N.S. \ ,V., Austra lia Sponsor: Valparaiso Church of Chr ist, 1808 North Campbell Street , Valparaiso , Indi ana The chur ch of Christ in \,Varner's Bay is th e on ly congregation for a radiu s of ap proxim ate ly on e hundred mil es. Warner's Ba y is a suburb of th e Newcast le area whi ch ha s a popul ation of 140,000 souls . Our week ly radio broadcast on Stat ion 2HD Newcastle at 9:30 p.m. each Sunday eve nin g cove rs this area as well as a lar ge part of New Sou th \,Vales.

The church in Warn er's Bay was started by ROBT. R. PAGE FAMILY Brother Rodn ey W ald in 1955. H e return ed to America in Jul y 1959 and Broth er W. J. Stan ley took up th e work in February , 1960, and continu ed it until March, I 963. We left America in J anuary , Four Bibl e classes are pre sentl y being taught in 1963, and arrived in vVarn er's Bay on February 9, th e publi c school s once a week. l~orty-six pupils 1963. attend th e classes. PALMER , E. Lucien August 12, 1921 Id a C. No vember 7, 1922 Edward L., Jr. October 21, 1947 Patsy Jo yce August 29, 1950 Broth er Palm er attended David L ipscomb Co llege Bapti zed by: J. N. Copeland , Alachu a, Florid a Sister Palmer a ttended David Lip scomb Co llege Baptized by: T homas H. Burton , Co lumbia , South Caro lin a Address: :Michiga n Chr istian Junior Colle ge, 800 W. Avon R oad, Roch ester , Michigan LUCIEN PALMER FAMILY Ent ered Field : Octob er, 1954 Sponsor: Lawrence Avenue Church, Nashv ille, Te n­ The spec ific question , "Wi ll you a nd Id a go with nessee , 1954-58 Mildred and me (the Hortons ) to N iger ia to do mission work ?" was the turnin g point in our dedi­ Encourag ed to be a missionary by brother and cation to beco me mission workers in N igeria, Afric a. sister Howard Horton. who entered N iger ia in 1952. Th is spec ific qu estion must face mor e young peopl e Ent ered mission field a fter gra duatin g from col­ if more decisions to go are to be made. lege. Comp lete ly wor ked wa y throu gh college . Wh en we ar rived in Niger ia, discouragements were Brot her and siste r Palmer were born in Georgia, imm ed iate and many ; however, soon a fter arr iving, but both moved to Florida at earl y ages. I went out int o th e bush to tran sport som e Nigerian Luci en 's parents: Robert A. and R ebecca H. youn g men who were trying to becom e preach ers Palm er. and when I arr ived they grouped themselv es to­ ge th er and sang (in Eng lish) "God Be With You Ida's par ents : Wi lliam T. and Julia H. Coat es. Ti ll We Meet Again ." Th en a nd th ere, 8,000 mile s away from home and out of any imm edi ate com­ muni cat ion with peop le back home, I became a missio nary deep down in my h eart. T he knowl edge and emoti ons of this experience sha ll ne ver be forgotten and will always tie me to th e h earts that bea t for Chr ist in Africa. The work in N igeria cent ered in thr ee areas: (I) Straight forward, village to village , mud hous e to mud hou se, tree shade to tree shade, open market to open mar ket, church buildin g to chur ch bui ldin g eva ngelistic pr eachin g. (2) Bibl e Tra inin g School Pro gram-two-y ear Bibl e program for young men who desired to preach. (3) Christian Education Program (Niger ian Chri s­ tian Schoo ls) for boys and girl s. Eleve n schools were estab lished with classes runnin g throu gh th e 8th Lucien Palm er a nd Marshal Keebl e in Nig eria grade . About 3,000 stud ents enr olled and eac h sat Palmer and Keeble visit churches in Nigeria and receive gifts in a Bibl e class eac h school clay. T he work is sti ll from members-November, 1960. ap pro ached thr ough these thr ee areas . The grea test thrill came throu gh seeing young Pauls , Silases, Timot hys, etc. grow up an d with great enthus iasm and knowled ge go forth to pr eac h the word. Contrib uti ons toward their stab le de­ velopment have proven mu ch greater for th e sta­ bility of th e churches than Americans in Nigeria becoming loca l preachers among the native peopl e. I feel th at my best work was don e throu gh the train­ ing progr ams, a nd I feel this has been the key to the great success in Nigeria. Gr ea t occasions in Nigeria came often and ce n­ tered around groups from various villages and often many miles away coming to plead with you to "co m e to our village and preach." This, of course, is so Palmer with " First Graduating Class " of the Bible Training differ en t from most plac es. Also, most preaching is School , December , 1955 . followed by a question and answer period wh ich in every case causes you to get ne are r to the hea rt of These 36 students had coats made alike just before the end ing what needs to be taught. Without any question, our of the school year . The inspiration struck me so I had one Nigerian mission work provided as a whole some of made like theirs , so here w e are . A fe w other students had the happi est years of our lives and continue to enrich coats made but wer e not present for the picture. Most of these our exper iences every clay. students finished in December . Picture taken November , 1955.

( PARSLEY , Malcolm Eldon October 13, 1933 Shirley Joanne September 8, 1937 Robin Meckae October 14, 1959 Eric Shawn August 31, I 961 Brother Par sley attended Harding College and Harding Graduate School of Bible and Religion, Memphis , Tennessee. Baptized by: Pat Hardeman Sister Par sley attended Excelsior Hi gh School. Baptized by: Nyal D. Royse Address: Church of Christ Mission, Kimp o Station, APO 301, San Francisco, California (First Class Mail Lett er Only). Korean Ad dress: Church of Christ Mission, Kimpo Station , c/ o Malcolm E. Parsley, No. Left to right: Shirley holding Eric and Molcolm holding Robin Mountain 61-1, Tung Chun Dong , Young Dong Ku, Seoul, Korea. Entered Field: 1960 Mr. and ?vfrs. ·w illiam Ramsa y Baptized : 259 Church of Christ Mission Kimpo Sta tion , APO 301 Sponsor: Wooddale Ch ur ch of Christ, 3509 Boxdale, San Francisco, California Memphis, Tennessee Mr. and Mrs. Sid Allen Whil e in the military service I was stationed in Church of Christ Mission Korea an d while here I was asked to teach Bibl e Kimpo Station , APO 301 classes and worked in helping orphans. This was San Fran cisco, California the greatest factor in encouraging me to return to the field. While here I agreed with God if it was Korean Address His will and H e would see me through an ed uca­ tion I would return to serve Him here. The en­ Church of Christ Mission, Kimpo Station couragement I received from m y wife and L. Hask ell c/ o Daniel C. H ar din Chesshir, Daniel Harding and William Richardson No. Mountain 61-1 (missionaries in th e field) along with that of Andy Tung Chun Dong , Young Don g Ku T. Rit chi e and E. H. Ijam s and the Wooddale Con­ Seoul , Korea gregat ion in Memphis can not be measured. Church of Christ Mission, Kimpo Statio n Dr. Ch arles E. Pars ley, Mansfield , Louisiana c/ o L. Haskell Chesshir Melbra Kathryn Wilhite, Grand Saline, Texas No. Mountain 61-1 Ferdinand C. Bock, Loomis, California Tung Chun Don g, Young Dong Ku Beverley M. Vinzent , Berkeley, California Seoul, Korea Church of Christ Mission, Kimpo Station First Class Lett er Mail Onl y c/ o William A. Ri chardson, Jr . No. Mountain 61-1 Mr. and Mrs . Daniel C. Hardin Tung Chun Dong, Young Dong Ku Church of Chri st Mission Seoul, Korea Kimpo Station, APO 301 Church of Christ Mission , Kimpo Station San Franc isco, California c/ o William Ramsay Mr. and :Mrs. L. Haskell Chesshir No. Mo unt ain 61-1 Church of Christ Mission Tung Chun Dong, Young Don g Ku Kimpo Station, APO 301 Seoul, Korea San Francisco, California Chur ch of Christ Mission , Kimpo Station Mr. and Mrs. Willi am A. Richardson, Jr. c/ o Sid Allen Church of Christ Mission No . Mountain 61-1 Kimp o Station, APO 301 Tung Chun Dong, Young Dong Ku San Francisco, California Seou l, Korea PATTON , Kay (Kat hr yn) Lucile December 22, 1922 Address: 636 Bailey Avenue , San Antonio, Texas 78210 Schoo l Attendee\: Abilene Christian Co llege Entered Field: I 948 Sponsor: Sunset Church of Christ , 2442 '"'· Jefferson , Dallas , Texas

Entered field February, 1948, in Frankfurt , Germany . Returned to the United States because of poor health, February, 1957.

I was encouraged to be a m1ss10nary by my mother, though she never Jived to know that I did enter the mission field. My teachers and classmates , as well as returned missionaries were an influence in this direction , and of course the Lord's command. My activities in the field were: Teacher of ladies ' Bible classes; Secretary and bookkeeper ; Lectured at series ofr ladies; Adopted children for others and brought two stateside.

KAY (KATHRYN) PATTON

I worked my way through Abi lene Christian Col ­ lege in the Bursar's Office and in grading papers for one of the teachers. May the college administrators and teachers be praised and may Goel have the glor y for my having such an opportunity to be edu­ cated in such a wonderful environment. I couldn't Students at Frankfurt Christian School, Frankfurt, Germany have made it otherwise.

MY GOD, MY MOTHER AND I

BY KAY (KATHRYN) PATTON

My Goel and I have walked the streets go ing More seed was planted. Four years under the in­ from door to door, we have ridden . cars, buses , fluence of Christ ian teachers in Abilene Christian trains , boats and planes together. And as we walked College and two summers filled with going from and rode , we talked of His plans and we told them door to door in campaigns in Oregon, New York, to others. So many times His special help was and New Jersey, watered the seed already sown. neeclecl, and it was immediately forthcoming. What Going to Germany in February 1948 seemed only a Partner He is in going about His business! the natural thing to do. Opposition? Yes, some, but It all must have started with memory itself-a not from above . The Father and I had worked to­ knock on the door, an invitation by one of His gether before and I wanted more of this companion­ ch ildr en; soo n a mother's baptism and a small ship. There is nothing to equa l it. W'hatever com­ daughter 's request that she save the white dress for mand of His we carry out , He is beside us. Working her baptism. It was now mother's turn to knock at so closely with Him brings a wonderful Father-child another's door. My sister and I pulled the little reel relationship which develops a maturity and stability wagon which carried our baby brother as we went necessary to a richer life in Christ Jesus. with her on His mission. To those who desire to leave the spiritual and Before mother's leaving us, she often spoke of the physical comforts of home to go to a desolate place, need of saving souls in other states and other lands. spiritua lly speaking , may I praise you for the desire and suggest the following. 1 believe that on e must learn takes so much energ ·y. I bel ieve it! But , of have a compell ing desire to save lost souls and be course, it is wor th it, and necessar y. active in such at home. Experience in working with It is my opinion that the lecture type of teaching people is essential. If one is not successful at home, should not be used in classroom situation s. We likely, he will not be in a more difficult field. found in Germany that the people were accustomed Being aware of the feelings and background of to lectures where there was no chance of self-ex­ thos e you teach is also very important. It is difficult pression. It is much better to take more time and at first to teach in a foreign language; one might be have the student respond. This way you can tell i( easily misunderstood . The Germans have a good he is truly conv icted and understands. 1£ we can not saying which helps. "Der Ton macht die Musik." express our con ivctio ns, are the y truly ours or can (The tone makes the music.) Love covers a multi­ we pass them on to others? tude of mistakes and it shows in our tone of voice. There is much activity in a m1ss10n field and an Pati ence, long-suffering, forgiv eness, und erstanding , eight hour clay is unheard of. Work ing with peopl e and kindn ess are aids to success in rea ching oth ers. is a constant effort; and because of adjustin g to a Never attempt any activity of His without first new language , new customs and having so many asking His help. It is remarkable what a better babes to nurture , pressures surround you . Find relief service you can give with the strength you get from by prayer, by "being not anxious for the morrow," Him! Pray before preparing a lesson, pray before and by taking a clay off once in a which for some giving it, pray before knocking on a door or before diversion. Also do not try to do it all by yourself ; boardin g a bus, and you will know He is with you . let Goel do His part. W e plant and we water, but Th ere will be discour agem ents as in any good He gives the increase. work . But tak e th em as opportunities to trust in Keep reports going back to your sponsoring con­ God. Successes are joyful and sprinkled throughout gre gation whether you hear regularl y from them or your efforts . How often I thought, 'Discouragements not. Also see to it that any 'nat ive' preacher being bring you closer to God, and successes keep you sponsored and / or supported from a stateside con­ going.' Th ere is no greater sorrow than a soul lost , gregation sends regular reports. This will help keep but ther e is no great er joy than a soul saved. You their interest in you and your work; and if the hav e to exp ect both . Rem emb er His words to Samu el, reports are p assed on to the members of th e con­ "For th ey ha ve not rejected the e, but th ey h ave gre ga tion , it often helps th em to grow spirituall y rejected me." Th ere is no p lace in the mi ssion field and num ericall y. for pessimism, and there wi ll be none if we put 1£ you can speak boldly with gentleness , if you our faith in God. can love those who do not yet know how to love , If you cannot cooperate with co-work ers at hom e, and if you have a compe llin g desire to teach lost you cannot in a difficult field. Coop eration is ver y souls, then go with Goel and reap the precio us imp ortant. Pr ay togeth er, and respect th e ideas of blessings awaitin g you. You will be so glad you did . oth ers. My nin e years stay in Ger many has pr ep ared me to better ser vice in th e Lord 's work here at hom e Mu ch of mission work is giving mor e th an tak­ and I am enjoyin g it very much. Throu gh th e grace ing , spiritually speaking. New conv erts need your of God, I hop e to have the privilege of tellin g strength, but hav e little to give in return. Find time mother of my experienc es and thank her for the to he with 'older ' Christ ians, if it means trav eling seed she planted . Also, I would lik e to thank all occasiona lly to anoth er countr y. Such fellowship is of my brothers and sisters who hav e touch ed my life str ength enin g. and watered th e seed whi ch dir ected me beyond the 'v\Tork hard at th e new language; it is appre ciated bound ari es of hom e to share His blessings with by your stud ents. You will find th em most patient oth ers H e created. My th ank s to Him continu e to and h elpful. It is said th at each new word you How from my heart. PEDE N , R obe rt E uge ne Janu ary 18, 1920 G lenn a J ea n Shifflett Jul y 18, 1920 Bett y Jo Jul y 28, 1946 Dinah Lee February IO, 195 1 Euge ne attended Fr eed-Hard eman Co llege, U niv er ­ sity of Chattano oga and Centre Co llege of Ken­ tuck y. G lenn a at tend ed Kana wha Vall ey Hospit al Schoo l of N ursin g, Charleston, V\lest Virginia. Pr ese nt Address: 1108 Gale L ane, Nashville 4, Te n­ nessee Supported by: Sixth Street Chur ch, Port Arthur , Texas 1953-1955; Elm and Hudson Streets Church , Alt us, Okl ahoma 1957-1959 The Pedens are now working with th e Lawr ence Avenue congregation in Nashvi lle, Tennessee. This is the congregation that started th e work in N ige ria throu gh a Bibl e correspondence cour se wr itt en by Gordon H. Turner, pr eac her for Lawre nce Avenue ROBT. E. PEDEN FAMILY at that tim e. Two id entic al services are nec essary eac h Sund ay mornin g since th e auditorium is not The Peclen's residence during seco nd tour of work large enou gh to seat the e ntir e att en danc e at one in Nigeria. This building also served as the school tim e. Pl ans for a new and larger auditorium has for th e Peclen 's chi ldr en and a pl ace for Gl enna to not been favored by th e congregat ion beca use it care for th e sick. The sick wo uld come each clay to was fea red th at th e diversion of funds mi ght h amp er get th e "whit e woman's m edi cin e." th e mi ssion ary work.

UKPOM BIBLE SCHOOL

D. M. Anako is one of th e out standing pr eac hers in Nigeria. H e has given much time to the st ud y of LAWRENCE AVENUE CHURCH OF CHRIST the Bible and has be en faith ful in teachin g. After comp letin g his tr aining in the Ukpom Bible schoo l This buildin g was erec ted in 1958 to serve as was retained by the schoo l to work with th e young er class rooms and dormitory for th e men prep arin g ;tuclents an d pr eachers in th e work amon g the Ehk to pr eac h the gospel. The L awrence Avenue con­ gregatio n is overseeing th is phase of the work amon g the people of the Efik trib e. There are about thirt y men graduatin g from this schoo l eac h year.

PEDEN'S RESIDENCE D. M . ANAKO IN CLASS trib e. He is a wond erful teac her for th e pr eacher offered free to all in \!\Test Africa. Ma ny congrega­ stud ents and does mu ch in teac hin g small childr en tion s have bee n estab lish ed th ro ugh this good work . within dri vin g di stance of hi s home. T here are many reward s of doin g mission work. O ver a th ousa nd lesso ns are graded each mo nth T he pr aye r o f an old lady will not soo n be forgo tt en. i II the Bibl e corr espond ence office. T his cour se is After she was ba pti zed we were returnin g to the chur ch buildin g wh en she put her head und er th e clash boa rd of th e car and bega n to pray , "D ear God , I am th ankful that you let me live lon g enou gh to be bapti zed so my sin s could be forgiven. N ow I can di ed happil y."

Ju st befo re returnin g to Amer ica a gro up of mem be rs of th e Lord 's chur ch asked th at I deliver a message to th e Ameri ca n br et hr en. T hey sa id, "\!\Te are un able to repay th e peopl e of Ameri ca in mon ey for all that has bee n clone for us, but we will repay them . We will take th e gospel to som e oth er countr y, th ereby in a sm all wa y repay that debt. " T he debt has bee n paid . T he gospel has bee n tak en to Gh ana and to French Ca meroo ns. Some arc mak­ in g pl ans to go to many more countri es with th e BIBLE CORRESPONDENCE COURSE OFFICE gospel of Chri st. PENDERGRASS , H . F., Jr. December 11, 1922-March 16, 1961 Edna Frances J anuary 30, 1927 ( Stephen Forrest September 26, 1947 Edward Eugene Jun e 29, 1949 Donald Lee Janu ary 9, 1953 Lawr ence (Larry) Wayne October 30, 1954 Broth er Pendergrass attendee\ Davie\ Lipscomb Co l- lege Baptized by: Howard ·white Sister Pend ergrass attendee\ Davie\ Lipscomb Co llege Baptized by: Jrven Lee Current address: Mrs. Edna Pender grass, 5204 W'es- sex Drive, Nashvi lle 11, Tenn. Entered Fie ld: 1953 Baptiz ed Approx. 50 Sponsor: Fa irview Chur ch of Christ, Detro it, Michi­ gan By whom , when and where encouraged to be a missionary: Forrest becam e a chr istian while he was in th e U. S. Ar my. He was stationed in Japan short ly after PENDERGRASS FAMILY the encl of Wo rld War II and became int erested in those people at th at tim e. His desire was to go bac k to them with the Gospe l after receiving his educa­ tion. He preached while a ttending college a t DLC. He was full time pre acher for Seve nth Avenue for two years and preached some at Neely 's Bene\, Ro ckvale and Eclenwo lcl. Birthplace of Forrest's parents: Mr. Pendergrass , Kentucky (H. F. Pend ergrass, Sr.) Mrs. Pender grass, Ohio (Mary Lanning Pend er­ grass) Birthplac e of Edna's parents: Both Alaba ma (Mar­ vin Brown, Sarah McMunn Brown) Interesting Experiences The Pendergrass fam ily lost the main m1ss10nary Here we have the family as they enter the m1ss1an field in of the gro up when Forrest died in 1961 of a brain 1963 , almost exactly ten years after their first arrival in Japan. tum or. But all four boys des ire to return to J apan Stephen 15, Edward 14, Donald 10, and Larry 8. as missionari es some day after they grow up. Pres­ entl y they are planning a two year mission trip to help prepar e Bible Schoo l materials for th e .Japanese chi ldr en, and to learn the lang uage and customs in preparation for th e time they may become mission­ ar ies in their adult years. Present sponsor: Souths ide Chur ch of Chr ist. Fort Wayne , Incl.

Members of the Church in Yokohama. These are more than faces to the Pendergrasses and others who have engaged in the work there. They are individuals with souls , who have only recently been taught that there is a true and living God. They are faces of people who are yet learning " God ", the faces of those who are trying to teach their children a God and a religion that they do not fully understand themselves, and they are doing it under the handicap of no materials written by members of the church. They need materials with which to work and they need mare missionaries ta enter the The building which was paid far by funds raised by American field and help ta strengthen those who have already been G I brethren, and which now serves as the Church Building . converted . PERRY , Bert Morris November 2 1, 1922 Margie Mae August 7, 1921 Judy Carol November 27, 1947 Mary Jane May 26, 1950 Richard Morris July I, 1951 Donna Gay August 6, 1954 Linda Sue November 15, 1956 Co lleges attended by Brother Perry: Penn. State, University of Kentucky David Lipscomb College Abilene Christian College Harding Graduate School Present address: 5IO W. Pleasant, Covington, Ten- nessee Mission Field: Zamboanga City, Philippines Entered Field: 1956; returned home 1959. Plan to go back to Mission Field. Sponsor: church of Christ, Wilson , Oklahoma. I was influenced to preach by Brother C. E. Mc­ Gaughey while in \,Vashingto n, D.C., during World War 11. I determined to do foreign mission· work after seeing the great need while spending two vears rn India-Burma, in the Air Force , 1944-45. Bert Morris Perry: Born Jackson, Michigan. :Father-Joseph Bert Perry , born Nashville , Ten­ nessee. Bert M. Perry and Family, Zamboanga City, Philippines, 1959 Mother-Jennie Morris Perry , born Rice, Texas. self a ministerial student. ·when the time came for (Wife) Margie Mae Perry: Born Wilson, Oklahoma . him and his wife to return home, he asked Brother Father-Henry Jackson Horn, born Bessemer, Bone for instructions in what to do concerning Alabama . worship serv ices, as there were no Christians in his Mother-Dera Annie Thompson, born Loco, home town. Brother Bone gave him a handful of Oklahoma. tracts and a Bible and told him to start worship services in his home , invite the people and convert My orig in al plan , while growing up in Birming­ as many as poss ible to Christ, then to build a church ham, Alabama , was to be an Engineer of some type. building when they were ab le. Brother Lachica My first college training was to this end. In 1940 went home, baptized 300 people , established two our fami ly moved to Washington, D.C. It was in congregations, and built two chur ch buildings-all Brother C. E. McGa ughey's young people 's class that in about one and one-half years. He and his converts I was influenced to preach. In 1943 I entered the did all this without asking for any outside help. Army; in 1944 I was sent to India-Burma. While Then , Brother Bone and I received a letter from there , I determined that I would return to some him , asking that we come visit with them , in order foreign field to do mission work. to help strengthen the brethren. Our work primarily consisted of teaching dai ly Broth er Bone and I travelled for four hours by Bible classes and Bible related subjects in Zamboanga truck and six hours in an outbo ard motor , dug-out Bible college conducted in the church building in Zamboanga City. Besides a missionary home and the church building there are two dormitory build­ ings on the church property . While in the Philippines, I had a very encourag­ ing experie nce that taught me that the more we adapted our missionary methods to those of th e Apostl e Paul , the more successfu l we would be. Brother Donald Bone a nd l made a special trip to Caburan in Davao Province to visit with Brother David Lachica and other brethren in his area. Brother Lachica and his wife were students at Baguio College when Brother Bone was teaching in Baguio. Brother Lachica had been baptized by Brother Ralph Br ashears, and his wife by Brother Bone. He studied Bible under Brother Bone in Philippine Bible Co llege but did not consider him- Missionary home Zamboanga City, Philippines canoe (wit h outriggers) to reach Caburan , located about I 00 miles south of Davao City on the east coast of Mindanao. The next da y we trav elled ( farther down the coast to visit th e second congrega­ tion established by Brother Lachica . It was stormy and raining that day. W e had no trouble going down , but returning to Caburan we ran into rough waters. Th e dug-out canoe was swamped. Imm edi­ ately, the motor was shut down and the Filipinos with us jump ed over the side to balance the canoe and bail it out. Brother Bone and I quickly grabbed a paddle each and began to paddle toward calmer waters nearer shore. I thought for a moment we were going to be ab le to say with the Apost le Paul that we had been in the "deep" , but the quick actions of everyon e brought us safe ly through. Vitali, Zambaanga del Sur Small church building in the Philippines . Bert M. Perry in front of building. Perry, Donald Ernest September 2, 1926 Miriam March 9, 1920 Grace July 3, 1953 Barbara November 6, 1954 ( ) Joan February IO, 1956 Shirley July 29, 1957 Sally February I 0, 1959 Robert Stewart September 19, 1960 Roger Cameron June 19, 1962 Education: Donald E. Perry ; David Lipscomb Col­ lege, B.A. '48 University of Toronto, M.A. '52 University of Toronto, B.Ed. '57

Baptized by: C. G. McPhee. THE PERRYS Miriam Perry, University of Toronto, School of Nursing, B.Sc., R .N. David Lipscomb College. Oth erwise Bible study and Baptized by: A. Cameron interest in doing more in Lord 's work. Specifically to India through personal invitation to come and help Address: Mawlia, Phudmawri , Shillong, Assam, India in India given by J. C. Bailey. Address in Canada: Box 399, Beamsville , Ontario , Parents: Ernest A. Perry (wife Grace). R.R. No. l , Canada. Vineland, Ontario, Canada. Entered field: August 1963 W'ife's parents: Mr. A. Cameron, R.R . No. I, Beams­ ville, Ontario. Supported financially by Church of Christ, Beams­ Birth place: above. ville, Ontario , Canada. Birth pl ace of wife: Toronto, Canada. Encouragement to Mission Work: Little to report having just entered the field. If Difficult to trace. Influences of home and church langu age preparation is possible before entering in early years. Influenc e in mission study class at the field this should be m ade. PICKAR TZ , Evert July 15, 1926 Birthplace: Ozark , Arkansas ( Par ents : Ferdinand and Euni ce Pickart z Bapti zed: Ri chm ond , Cali forn ia, 1943 Bega n pr eachin g : Coal Hill, Arkansas, March 12, 1944 Education: B.A., Arkansas State Teachers Colle ge M.A ., University of Arkans as Gr adu ate stud y, State U ni versit y of Iowa Entered Chile: March 8, 1958 Sponsor: The Church of Christ in Ul ysses, Kansas , aided by man y churches and indi vidu als Address: Embajad a de EE. UU., Santiago de Chil e Broth er Pi ckart z became inter ested in mission work in South Amer ica while preaching for th e church in Ulysses. At th at time there were no mis­ Evert Pickartz, Santiago de Chile sion ar ies in South America from church es of Christ. The church in Ulysses agreed to take the work in Santiago de Chile after a study of 5 principal cities on the continent. Since its beginnin g the work in Santi ago has been und er the overs ight of th e Ulysses eld ers: Kennet h Lofland, R alph Tuttle , and W . H. Curtis , treasurer for th e Santiago Fu nd. T he address is Box 743, U lysses, Kansas. When Brother Pi ckartz arriv ed in Chil e he was th e only missionar y from chur ches of Christ in South Am erica. In 1958 2 series of meetin gs were condu cted: a monthly magazi ne in Span ish, "La Cronic a Cr istiana de Amemica de! Sur ," was founded (th e first pub lication amon g th e chur ches of Christ on th e contin en t); a weekly radio program beg an on C. B. 97 R adio Prat ; and th e year end ed wit h 12 memb ers in th e congregat ion. 1 n 1959 Atilio

Members of church in Santiago. Largest congregation on South American continent .

Pinto became th e first Chil ea n pr eacher of th e gospel. Since th at tim e Broth er Pick art z h as done an outst and ing work in tra in ing youn g men in San ti ago as mission ar ies. In 1960 he founded th e Chri st ian Camp of the Pacific which has grown constantly sin ce its beginnin g. In th e same year , missionar ies were sent out from Sant iago to estab lish the churc h in Mo nt evid eo, Urug uay. In 1961 mis ­ sionar ies wer e sent to Cara cas, Venezuela, and Li ma, Peru , to preac h the gospel in those nation s. In 1964 a gro up of youn g men cam e to Santia go to stud y with Brot her Pickartz and particip ate in th e South Americ an Eva ngelization Pro gram designed to es­ tab lish th e chur ch in every Sout h Americ an country C,imp for Christians at El Taba, Chile . Founded by Evert Pickartz in 1960 . by 1965. PIERCE , H enr y Edw ard Apri l 9, 1911 Florence Ethyl Apri l 28, 1914 Address: Box I OJ6, Lusaka, No rth ern Rhod esia, Africa E11t ered Field: I 950 School Attended: H ard ing College Sponsor: So. Miami Ch ur ch of Chri st, Miami , Florida

Kariba Dam showing part of the Lake above the Wall and three of its six flood gate s open . April, 1963.

Henry and Ethel Pierce camping at Kariba Dam, April , 1963

PORTER , J err y .Janu ary 25, 1932 to help for thre e weeks. Twe nt y-five were baptized Peggy Apr il 17, 1934 as a result of the campaign. Shannon J anu ary 7, 1958 The chur ch has grown from a memb ership of six Susan Februa ry 10, 1959 in 1959 to a to tal of sixt y tod ay. Ground bas alr eady J effry Decemb er 19, 1960 been purchased for a bui ldin g and plans are com­ Heather May 12, 1963 plete to sta rt bu ild ing later th is year. The cost of J er ry Port er attended Fre ed Hardeman , David Lips - th e bui ld ing will be approx imate ly .$30,000. comb and Hard ing College The chur ch here has a uniqu e opport u nity in that Bapt ized by: Lloyd Lawhorn it has a very lar ge Sunday school, most of whom Peggy Port er att end ed Harding College come from non-Christian homes. Our Sund ay morn­ Addr ess: 6, Tay nish Driv e, Glasgow, S. 4. Scotland ing classes average betw ee n 125 and 145 in at­ Entered Field: 1959 tend ance. Baptisms: Ther e have been 58 bapt isms in the Parents : chur ch in Glasgow since 1959. Mr. Lac y Port er, Benton , Illin ois. Sponsor : Fr ee Street Chur ch of Chr ist, Walnut J erry Porter was born in Gro vespring, Missouri Rid ge, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Fut re ll, Box 43 1, Walnut Perhaps the most in teresti ng exper ience was bei ng Rid ge, Ar k. (Th is is our permanent states ide a part of the Glasgow campaign in 1962. Freel , !\Talker addr ess). was the pr eac her and about 40 work ers came over Peggy was born in Paragou ld , Arkansas PRO UT , Ri chard Elm er Nove mb er 16, 1925 Geneva Ma rie Sept emb er 8, l 925 Ri chard H enr y February 2, 1949 ( Steph en Charl es Febru ary 2, I 950 Douglas Gene Ma y 17, 1952 Philip Elm er Decemb er 27, 1953 R odn ey Mac Sept embe r 11, 1956 Kelli e Mari e Novemb er 18, 1962 Addr ess: Jbaraki Chri stian Coll ege , Omika , Hita chi­ shi , lb araki-ken, Jap an Ent ered Field : 1958 Sponsor : Chur ch of Chri st, 3520 Em erald Str ee t, T orra nce, Californi a Prout attendee\ Pacific Christi an Acad emy, Cr aton , Californi a and took coll ege work at Pepp erclin e College in Los Angeles, Cali forni a. Encoura ged to ent er mi ssion work by th e J. A. Britt ell famil y.

RICHARD E. PROUT FAMILY REY NOLD S, J err y 0 . March 23, 1932 J ea n B. March 14, 1935 Debor ah Janu ary 26, 1956 Jerr y Allen Novemb er 18, 1958 Kathr yn Octob er 4, 1960 Sarah October 29, 1963 Br ot her and Sister R eynolds both att end ed David Lip scomb Coll ege. Broth er R eynolds was baptiz ed in Ath ens, Alabama , by Broth er A. J. Rollins , 1944. Sister R eynolds was bapti zed by Broth er Will ard Collin s in Wilmin gto n, Del. , 1945. Ent ered W est Africa in 1961. Bapti zed: 350 Spon sor : Elsmere chur ch of Chri st, Wilmin gton, Del. Parents: Jerr y: l\fr. and Mrs. H. A. Reynolds , Rt. 6, On the left-the Reynolds, Jerry, Jean , and their children: Ath ens, Ala. Je an: Mr. and Mrs. Allen Bixler , Allen, Debby, Kathy. On the right-Jane and Dewayne Daven­ 3207 Addi son Dr. , Wilmington , Del. port. Picture made in September 1963 as we arrived in Port W e were encoura ged to do mission work prim aril y Harcourt, Nigeria. by Wend ell Broom , a missi onary to Ni geria. In Sept ember 1961 th e J err y R eynold s famil y and Dewayne and J ane Dave nport ent ered W est Africa to begin a mission effor t in Ghana . W e spent one month in Ni geria visiting the church es th ere to learn wh at we could that might help us, as we ent ered Gh ana. On Octob er 10, 1961, we crossed th e T ogoland bord er int o Ghan a. \Ve mov ed to th e cit y of Kum asi and sta rted to teach and to pr eaci-1. Durin g th e next mon ths we p reac hed i11 man y villages and tow ns, enro lling hundr eds in corres ­ pond ence Bibl e school lessons. After a few month ,. several small church es had been organi zed and the need for native lead ership became mor e and more pr essing. T o help meet thi s need, we start ed a Bibl e college to train nat ive men to preac h and to A native church building . This building is financed and con­ teac h. Atte nd ance in our small "co llege" averaged structed entirely by native Christians in Ghana. 10. Ou r goa l in Gh ana was to begin a work th at ½oul d supp ort itself and carry on in our absence should we be forced to leave for som e reason. Wh en we left Gh ana in August 1963 th ere were ten small native chur ches meet ing and six nat ive p reac hers workin g with th ese chur ches whil e attendin g the Bible college . Severa l hun d red had grad uate d from our correspo nd ence courses.

In contrast with the cities of Accra and Kumasi, most of Ghana 's six million peopl e live in small villages in houses like this .

In Sep temb er 1963, the Ha rold Derr fam ily mo ved to Ghana to continu e th e wor k we were do ing. Dewayne Dave np ort continu ed in Ghana to work Tw o nativ e office work e rs holding Bible corr espond e nce les­ with Bro th er Derr anoth er year. Ghana is "whit e son s which ar e ready to mail. un to harvest." '\!\Tho will help in thi s great wor k? RHODES , Erro ll Allen April 20, 1887 Bess W. Rhodes December 8, 1887 Parents: A. F. Rhodes , Kate Chand ler ( Parents: W. H. Wheeler , Mary E. Litsey Schoo l: Western Bible and Literary Co llege , Odessa , Mo . Entered field: 1919 Baptized: 250 Sponsor in g Ch urch: Ch ur ch of Christ, Portland Ave., Louisville, Ky. Baptized by Brother Burbrige, Nebraska. Encouraged to become a missionary by 1V[iss Bess Wheeler. Worked to pay expenses while in school.

E. A. RHODES FAMILY 1933 Interesting Experiences After World War II when we returned to J apan we had meetings and Bible classes in our hom e. As many as 40-50 wou ld gather on Lord's day morn­ ings. During the first two years about 100 were baptized. We also had Bible and English classes daily. One of the classes was composed of jud ges and lawyers. My wife taught them Eng lish and I taug ht Bible. A few of them became Ch ri st ians. One of them is now an eld er in a ch ur ch in Tokyo and also preaches some. (1963) In Hitachi Omiya we li ved for 12 years. There is there now a chu rch and kindergarten, started in 1923. A member started a home for the aged and now has I 00 whom he cares for. Yokoyama has about an acre of land with a church bui ldin g, a kindergarten building , a play room and two dwellings. , vork among childr en and parents is int eresting and we have hopes that it Of interest because it includes many af the early missionaries to Japan: Bro. McCaleb, the 0 . D. Bixlers , the Harry Foxes, will bear fruit in the future , as it takes patience the B. D. Moreheads, the George Pepperdines , the Herman and wa iting on the Lord for the increase. Foxes , Miss Hettie Lee Ewing and Clara Kennedy . RICHARDSON, William A., Jr. March 20, 1932 Peggy B. Ap ril 13, 1934 Allen October 29, 1954 Jo y October 14, 1955 R ene J anu ary 13, 1957 Carlton Jun e 5, ·1959 Brett December 15, 1960 Sta nl ey Septe mb er I, 1963 Brother Ri chardson atte nd ed Tennessee Polytechnic In st itut e and Harding Co llege Schoo l o[ Bible and R eligion Baptized by: Virgil Bradford Sister Ri chardson attended Tennessee Poly technic Institut e Baptized by: Ca rl Gossett Address: (for letter mail) Kim po Station, APO 30 I, San Francisco, Calif. (Residence) San 61, T un g Chon Dong, Young Dong Po Ku , Seoul , Korea Entered field: 1958 Sponsor: Seoul Area Command Church, Seo ul, Korea I was encouraged to enter this work by Brother L. Haskell Chesshir. '" ' m. A. Richardson, Jr. was born in Ma ur y Co unt y The Richardson Fomily Seoul Korea, 1963 Tennessee to William Allen a nd Alvy Grace (Holt) Richardson. Peggy B. Ri chardso n was born in Dekalb County Never before had I witnessed so warm and enthu sias­ Tennessee to Don Ca rlos and Ollie (Carr) Ash­ tic response to the teaching of the Bible. burn. Thro ugh th e past few years it has been my One of the most decisive factors which prompted privilege to witness both the response to the sowing my desire to contin ue in Korea was the exper ience of the seed and the miraculous spir itu al growth of of teaching Bible Classes to childr en in a village those who received th e word. The experience has near where I was stationed in the Army. After a deepened my fa ith in God and in His sav in g grace . few weeks among the vill agers I would be gree ted I do not believe a person can enter a field such as on th e edge of the village and escorted to the class this without receiving a great vision. Goel is callin g­ by childr en who were singing "Jes us Loves Me." on His ch ur ch to serve in Korea. RIDEOUT, Norman Kenneth August 22, l 930 Ruth Ann Octob er 20, 1931 Brenda Lee April 29, 1953 ( Norman Russal October 2, 1954 David Sidney November 29, 1956 Daniel Newton November 29, 1956 Brother Rideout attended Freed-Hardeman College (1948) Florida Christian College (1950) , Abi­ lene Christian College (1953) , Harding Graclu­ a te School ( 1962). Baptized by L. C. Utley Sister Rideout attended Harding College (1949) Florida Christian College ( 1950). Baptized by Robert L. Colley Sr. Address: P.O. Box 881, Bangkok, Thailand Entered field: 1958 (June) Baptized: 200 The Rideout Family. Taken in Chiengmai, Northern Thailand Sponsor: Mayfair Church of Christ , Huntsville, Ala­ where we worked for the last l ½ years of our four-year stay. bama Left to right: Ruth, Kenneth, David (7), Norman (9), Brenda (10), and Daniel (7). My father and mother were always great personal workers. Homer Hailey influenced me as a college The bag was full of I 00 Baht notes. Each note was student. As a small boy a visiting missionary from worth $5.00 U.S. dollars. How many were there? Africa impressed me by saying: "A man has more One thousand! From on the mission field came right to hear the gospel once than anybody does to $10,000 for the spreading of the gospel! hear it twice." Jn Northern Thailand we found a great deal of I worked one and two jobs in the summers to help opposition to our coming. The work in Bangkok my parents pay college expenses. had been very successful; we had converted s~veral Birth place: Detroit, Michigan. Parents: Albert S. very prominent women and Parker had converted Rideout , Mable Rideout. Ruth: Birth Place: several denominational Thai preachers. We could Wynne , Arkansas, Parents: Russelle M. Bailey understand why the denominations resented our go­ and Verenice Bailey. ing to northern Thailand. They sent a circular While planning to purchase property on which letter throughout all of the northern region iclenti­ to build a meeting house, a Thai family who had fing us as the devils disciples. They refused to let been attending services regularly in the crowded us enter our children into their schools. Within room of the Henderson 's home , expressed a desire three weeks we baptized our first two converts. One, to help financially. The elder son of the family a man, though very poor, had a great influence with repeatedly said, "W'e want to help a little bit." One the people in many villages. ,!\Then he came up out clay he handed Parker Henderson a certified check of the mountain stream in which he was baptized for $5000 U.S. dollars. The Henderson's rushed to he said, "We must hurry before all the open doors our house and with joy and amazement we kneelecl are closed by prejudice ." ,!\le rushed from village with our families around our bed and thanked God to village from early morning hours till late at night. for His goodness. A few months later we were mak­ Within fifteen months 200 denominational and Bud­ ing plans for a future building. The same family dhist people were baptized. Ten congregations, two said they wanted to help a "little bit." By that time with meeting houses were established. we didn't know what a "little bit" was. One clay Mrs. Wallappa was a very strong Buddhist woman. the same elder son came and gave Parker a bag of She owns the largest artificial flower shop in Bang­ money. He said , "\!Ve want to give it to Christ." kok. She became interested in Christianity first

( The church and building at San Soi, near Chiengmai, northern Thailand. Ken is at front, right. Our Thai-style home in Chiengmai, Thailand through the Wa yne Lon gs who baptiz ed her went to Kuala Lumpur , Ma laya . There she wrote daughter. I studied the Bible with Mrs . W allapp a back a letter exp lainin g· why she fled : It required every Saturday for four hours for more than a year. too much to become a Christian and she could not Often she would cry as th e spirit o f Christ work ed bear to hear the story of Christ any mor e. Further­ ( upon her heart. For many weeks she would memo­ more, she would not be back to chur ch. '\,Vhen she rize a n entire chapter in the New Testament. She returned I went to her and reconfirmed our love did thi s not in Chinese, or Thai but in English . for her and God's . W e wept. In a few days she She, like Jonah, tried to flee from God and she was baptized rejoicing. A DREAM COME TRUE

Bv ANDY T. Rn c1-11E, JR. In the late even ing of November 20, 1963, wh en all who accept the responsibiliti es of service away our big plane landed at Idl ewild airport, a great from home . For the most part these obstacles were dream had come true. My wife and I had been to being dealt with in tellige ntl y, prayerfully, and de­ the British Isles, Scandinavia, most of free Europe , votedly. the Holy Lands, Egypt, and West Africa. We had We saw non e of th e missionaries who were really been in more than twenty countries and had had suffering becaus e of ill housing or a lack of food. It close cont act with more than sixty missionary fami­ was satisfying to see that the majorit y of the families lies. ·we had seen many things of tourist int erest, had goo d hou sing and eve n most of our own kind of but , what is more important, we had been in tou ch conveni ences . with some of the greatest of our brethren. \,Ve had With regard to methods of work, we saw all th e also seen the fields in which they work and we had following techniqu es bein g used with varying em­ worked with them for a brief moment. I had Jed phasis from place to place. th e singing in the two "campaigns" in England and had pre ached in short meetings in England, Hol­ (l) Campaigns (evangelistic meet ings with per- land , Finland , and Lebanon. I had led in special sonal workers and publicity) hymn singing sessions in Scotland, England , and (2) R egul ar pulpit pre achin g N iger ia and had participated in lectur eship s in Ger­ (3) Use of radio many and Nigeria . It had been my privilege to (4) Strong personal work emp hasi s by th e mis­ pr each on e or more tim es or to make a short talk sionary . in Belgium, Germany , France , Austria , Italy , Isr ael, (5) Display s in windows of church buildings and Jord an, Nigeria, Norway, Denmark , and Ghana . other public places. Some people had been influ enced to become Chris­ (6) Emphasis on work with youn g people. tians by my preaching and talking to them an d we (7) Bible correspo nd ence courses. hope that others had been comforted, challenged , (8) Training of native workers throu gh . (a) and encouraged. planned individual instruction (b) special Memori es! T hey come floodin g in at the slightest training programs (c) estab lish ed schools provo cat ion. T hese are memories of devotional with as much as thr ee years in the cur­ meetings in hom es in London , in Austria, in Africa, riculum. and with French workers in th e Christian camp in (9) Bible classes in addition to the conventional Southern France. These are memories of stalwart Sunday ones . Christians in Oslo , Norway and refreshing youn g (10) Christian Camp work. Christians in It aly. Yes, there are memories, too , of (l l) Lectureships. pr eachin g and listenin g to prea chin g on the streets (12) Tent meetings with pooling of area preach ­ and in th e "Bu sh " in Nig eria and of the warmest ers and good advert ising. kind of welcome in Ghana. We also recall th e (13) Lectures from scriptures and Holy Land makin g of new friends among th e mission aries. pictures for those who would not attend a For your instru ction and enco ur agement here are "religious" servi ce. some observa tion s and here are our answers to some (14) Street and market place pr each ing. qu estions . (15) Distribution of printed matter. (16) Well prepared and attract ive charts with Impressions of the Missionaries and Their ins truct ion for nativ e preach ers in their use. Work (17) R egular correspond ence with work ers in areas wher e only native teachers are per ­ "How ready is the man to go, mitted. Whom God hath never sent! ( 18) Medical and ot her material help given. How timorous, diffident, and slow, (19) \!\Tork with Ame ricans where th ere are con­ God 's chosen instrument!" centrat ion s of them . The call to live and work for Christ away from on e's own native land is not always answer ed by Some Questions and Answers those who should go . No doubt, too , by most ways " Of All You Visited, What is Your Favor ite Place?" of judging , some go abroad who shou ld not do so. In my most seaso ned and sincere jud gment , how­ \i\lhen this is asked, m y answer has to be some­ ever , all but a "handful " o[ those whom we saw what drawn out and ind efin ite. I speak of the were happy, well-adjusted, and effect ive in their beauty of th e country side and of th e frie ndlin ess of work . T hey were faced with sundr y probl ems: sick­ the people in the British Isles ; of th e spectacular ness, hous ing difficulti es for famil y and for con­ ,scenery of Switzerland, Norway, and the Austrian gregat ion , problematic al relation ship s to th e govern ­ Alp s; of int erestin g old Vienn a with all its rom ance ment und er which th ey had to work, adju stm ent to and its fine congregat ion of New Testamen t Chris­ th e p eop le and th eir cultur e, th e learning of lan­ tians; of th e unb elieva ble result s of th e chur ch's guages, indiff erence and resistance , and a normal work in Nigeria ; of the int erest and sacredness of desire for hom eland and all its blessings . These are the Holy Lands. Favorite place? By what standard some of the cha llenges and tri als to be expec ted by do you jud ge? Even when each countr y is considered from a number of approac hes the decision 1s most work and not so mu ch in wond ering and scheming difficult. and in overcoming personal discour agement. Your "W here Would You Advise Me to go to do Mission English will get you by, language -wise. Work?" " What Can H'e Do to H elp the Missionaries?" ( 1 would ha ve to ask you severa l questions . How Write to thos e whom you know and to ot hers too. old ;ire you? Are you man or woman? Ar e you !11 most cases ju st write. Le t the add ressees know marri ed? What lan guages, other than English, do that you will not ex pect a repl y unless th ere is some you speak? How lon g can you stay? Are you a well special reason why you should . Some lett ers reac hed adjust ed person, gene rally speaking? How much do workers whil e we were in their hom e, lett ers which "modern conve niences" mea n to you? How many told of pra yers in behalf of th ese wor kers . This was are in you r gro up or are you alone? How about a great encour agement. Send little gifts when thi s your physical fitness? Ca n you wor k hard and wait is practical. In some cases customs charges and oth er for result s? M ust you support your self? situ atio ns make this next to imp ossibl e. It certa inl y Europ e would afford living cond itions mor e lik e help s to be remembered, however . ours but you would have to learn a langu age, maybe Go to see the missionaries if and when you can. a hard one , exce pt in the British Isles. Traditional Some tourist s imp ose on thes e overseas workers and religion s and indiff erence make the work very hard in some fields there is almo st a consta nt stream of and slow in these areas. Yet, they are needy an d visitors . T his can beco me a burden on th e famili es. present great challenges. Be carefu l not to take their hospita lity for gran ted. Finl and has on ly four fami lies of workers from Do things for them rather than placing burd ens th e states and yet progress is being made in both up on them. I believe it very vita l to be with th e Helsinki and Ta mp ere . Are you willing to tackle a missionaries when good mann ers, Chris tia n con­ tough langua ge? Maybe you should go to Finl and. siderat ion , and res tr aints are exe rcised . It would be most difficult to get into Isr ael or Leaders of congr ega tions should visit th e fields Egypt, at th e moment. But , maybe you would lik e wh en it is possibl e. T his can serve many useful to go to J ordan or Lebanon. They need you, if you purposes. At times there is a dire need for guid ance. are right for them. Aga in , th e lang uage is hard. Eve n well organ ized workers can always use en­ Maybe you shou ld go to Niger ia. In many ways couragement. And , finally, the people back home this is the eas iest work we saw. In other ways it is need to be in the closest poss ible contact wi th the hard. You take th e "hardness" out in your actual over-seas wor k, with its needs an d its oppor tuniti es. ROBERTS, J. L ee April 3, 1926 Marg aret Lee April 28, 1926 Jam es David D ecemb er 23, 1950 Steph en J. March 9, 1953 Deborah Ruth N ovemb er 22, 1961 E11tered Field : A ugust 1934 Sponsor: Highland i11 1'vlemphis , T en11. Addr ess: 30, Rue Mos selman , Lie ge, Belgium. J. Lee att end ed Texas "\,Vesleyan; Ba ylor ; T exas Christian ; Brighton , England ; Colombia; Al­ lian ce Fr anca ise and Ateli er F. Leger, Paris, Fran ce; taught at H ardin g Co llege . Mar ga ret gradu ated from H ardin g Coll ege, taught at D asher. J. Le e was baptiz ed in Fort Worth , Texas in Sept. 1942 by Will ard Morrow. Margar et was baptiz ed at the Loga11 St. church in Denv er. Margar et and I met in Paris, Franc e while I was th ere as a stud ent and her father , th e lat e A. B. Cl ampitt , was workin g th ere with th e Ma rshall Pl an. \,Ve had serv ices at th e Clampitt hom e until th e first mission aries, Mauri ce Hall and M elvin And erson arri ved. Mar gar et and 1 were marri ed and we stayed awhile to help start th e French work. During that tim e we visited with broth er and sister S. F. Tim­ merm a11 who were worki11g in Belgium. After we had return ed to th e States, broth er Timm erm an encour aged us to come to Belgium to help with th e work h ere. Durin g th at time brot her and sister Cl ampitt move d to Port Gib son, Mi ssissippi. In 1958, J . Lee Roberts , Margaret, Jim, Stevie, and Debbie broth er Cl ampitt passed awa y a11d with th e wonder ­ of all we tha11k our Heavenly Fath er whos e hand ful help of chri stian fri ends we brou ght sister Clam­ has tou ched our liv es and guided us through our pitt to live with us until she passed away with pil grimag e here . to Him be hon or and glor y Parkin son's di sease in 1960. She had been sufferin g th ro ugh .Jesus. 10 years and was th en to tally paralyzed . Expl anation of th e pi ctur es: Buildin g . . . con­ Durin g our 10 years in L iege we had help ed build gregat ions arou11d th e world sen t to help th e as­ a sm all assembl y of some 40 memb ers, tr ain at least sembl y here constru ct th eir buildin g, from Germ any, 3 of the youn g men to pr eac h and erect a ni ce It aly, Spain to congrega tio11s in Californi a, T exas buildin g with seatin g ro om for around 150 with an and even a small color ed chur ch in J amacia. T he ap artm e11t on th e first floo r. W e also help with Li ege chur ch did a big part and are pa ying o ff their th e work in N amur and have a sm all gro up mee tin g share as rent. in Serai11g abo u t 9 mil es out of Li ege . Sister Rob ert s Rob ert s' fa mil y. Pi ctur e take in rvremphi s, Te nn . in ha s give n mu ch of her tim e to wor kin g wi th th e th e summ er of 1962 by bro th er Edga r O rman. you11g and we are pr esentl y tr yin g to augment ou r Group pi ct ur e. T hi s is a pi ctu re of some o f th ose traini11g progra m for th e youn g by buildin g a sum ­ pr esent for a joint you11g peopl e's mee tin g and mer camp . gospel meetin g held in Li ege in the last of Decem­ 1\lly p arents, M r. and Mrs. L ee Rob erts are mem­ ber 1963. Winfr ed 0. Wri ght pr eac hed in th e bers at Riv ersid e i11 Fort V.rorth , T exas wh ere m y eve ni ngs with workers a nd youn g peo pl e in att end ­ fath er is an eld er. My home congrega tio n and many ance from Germ any, Fra nce, Belgium and Swit zer­ oth ers have bee n faithful in helpin g us here on th e land. Some 14 Euro pean co ngregat ions were held . W e wa 11t to th ank all of th em , as well as the repr esent ed. many indi vidu als who have assisted us also. Most

New building in Liege as yet unpainted Young People 's meeting in Liege, Decemb er 1963 MRS. MYRTLE ROWE Born: November 22, 1896 Parents: l\fr. and Mrs. G. C. L yle Baptized by: J. W . Crumley ( Marri ed to: W. R . Row e, in 1917, who di ed in 1918. Foreign Address: P.O. Box 22, Kalomo , N . Rhodesia , Central Africa Current Address: 919 E. Mark et Avenue, Searcy , Arkansas Entered Field: 1938 Sponsors: 1938-44-. Pea k and Eastsid e chur ch of Christ , Dalla s, T exas. 1945-57. Downtown church of Christ , Sea rcy, Arkans as.

First Inspir ed by: Don Carlo s Janes and F. B. Sheph erd durin g th eir visits to ,,Vestern Oklahoma Christi an Coll ege 1922-26. Work ed my way throu gh W.O.C.C. junior college and H ardin g Colle ge; gradu ated 1932; taught at H ardin g until 1938.

Myrtle Rowe teaching a class of teachers' wives child care Girls' sewing class on mission and home -making . REFLECTIONS

BY MYRTLE Row E Tears literall y poured as my train pulled from th e sing to her." I scatte red girls and treatments th en station racing toward Africa whil e I strained to look sat on th e floo r beside her, speaking in ca lm tones back for a last glimpse of friends waving, but mainl y an d soo n she was quiet . J massaged mu scles and to see on ce again my on ly son , Don. a young m an back , and in minut es she was asleep . J put out th e now in Harding College , lea nin g against a post cand le light s leaving the dormitor y qui et th e re­ pouring out his heart. I almost wished I could leap maind er of th e night. from the train before speed was up and run back. With passin g of weeks th ese girl s sat in daily Now , I sit readin g my diary of those happy years Bibl e classes at school and our nightl y readin gs, in Africa and recall many happe nin gs; some amu s­ songs, pr aye rs, and hea rt talks in th eir dormitori es. ing, others sad , some th at pluck hea rt-strin gs, and Grasping th e desire to belong to th e Lord , five or clays of hards hip s made easy by prayer. Te nd er six girls and perhaps as many boys, step out in front hearts responded to th e story of a wonderfu l sav iour at a church service, confess Hi s name, and are led and through passin g years heath en hom es were re­ clown a lo ng hill to the small river (Jordan ) and placed by the establishm ent of Christian families. are buri ed with their Lord in bapt ism. Diel I love My eyes well up with tears as I relive th at day I th e work in Africa? A rewardin g expe rience to watch was with fellow-missionaries lumb erin g throu gh growth and de velo pm ent of th e Lord's chur ch among plowed gro und , stump s and rocks in an old truck tho se kind-h earted ebo ny-skinn ed people. appr oac hin g a villa ge. Wh en natives heard th e old Now, a picture on the light er side but yet ser ious. car stru gglin g, here th ey came; old women , bar efoo t Girls and bo ys, th ough on th e mission must still and half-nud e, young wom en with babies on their clin g, to some extent , to pare nt s' customs. A Chris­ backs, children and old men in th e rear , all bound­ tian teac her want s a Chr istian wif e whom he chooses ing across fields to greet us, shoutin g, "white peo­ from among girls intrust ecl to my care for school. pl e coming. Th ey' ll pr each to us, or maybe give us H e obse rved her ge nera l condu ct for months or soa p and salt. " Anoth er, "Brin g wood and water. mayb e two o r thr ee yea rs. (No elating or private H elp them make camp." Wer e our heartst rin gs talks with her, mind you) . At last he came to · me tou ched? You know . with an ope n lette r for her, requ est ing th at I read What about th e tim e co-workers and I rode the it as he wanted th at girl if I wo uld agree. Detail s sawmill tr ain a hundr ed miles? Slept on bl ank ets were sett led, letters exc hanged (throu gh me) and spr ead on caboose floor , disembarked at a siding his gifts came for her (to me of cour se). First, a bar stop , in African forests, with food boxes , bedrolls, of laundr y soa p; but would she accept it ? If she an d bicycles for th e last few mil es. Fo llowin g foot ­ rejected the soa p, she rejected him: if she kept it path s across native fields, sandhill s, pushing in stead she was agree ing to tak e him . Accep ted ! H ap p y? of riding bicycl es mo stly, we ent ered a clearing. Both ? Yes. Now , he was permitt ed to ta lk to her T here stood the village with its littl e school con­ occasionally on my front yard in th e shade of th e duct ed by a Christian teach er trained at Namwian ga trees. This , seve ral times. (The extent of elatin g.) Miss ion. As we approached neare r bed lam set up in Mo re gifts: two spoo ns on e clay, two kni ves a not her schoo l. Her e came racing, light -foo ted childr en, tim e, a blanket, small clisphan , cup s. Gifts were teac her, and wom en with babies followed by th e stored in my hou se; dormitory girls mu st not kn ow. Chr istian headm an . Some grabb ed our hands , some Finally here came br ight colored cotton print s for bow ed low clapping their hand s in greet ings, them the weddin g dr ess and one ot her! She mad e th em clam oured to reli eve us of our loads, bal ancing in classwork. Next came a head scarf ; and finally bundles on their heads. Two clays and into th e night s white tenni s shoes a nd socks. A Chri stian wedding were spent preaching, teac hin g, showin g Jan tern at th e chur ch, ceremony by o ne of th e mi ssionar ies, slid es or strips by mea ns of su nr ay reflect ion, (in ­ recept ion on th e yard , serv ing buns spread with genuity of Alv in H ob by) service of some kin d all syrup , swee t biscuit s, and tea to friends and rela­ hour s of th e clay. Diel I lik e Africa? Sur ely. tives. On th e mission: oh, the time a school girl came A Christian home established. Today , chi ldr en runnin g to my house near midnight cry ing, "Salia from fam ilies such as this are in mission or vill age is ill with evil sp irit. " I kn ew th e troubl e for this schools scattered far and near over Ce ntral Afr ica. wasn't my first expe rience wi th this illness . (Ju st T he W ord is being carri ed by our ow n boys and nerves and up set abo u t something.) Hasti ly dr essing, girls o f past years. I could re lat e many more simil ar I went to her. O n arriv al I found all dormitory exper iences of my nea r-nin etee n-years in this serv ice. girls sittin g on th e floor watching her cry, squirm , I yea rn for it aga in but it is my convict ion th at and wrin g her hand s while one vigoro usly washed you nger peopl e mu st take up where we seniors are soap int o a dish of water and gave her to drink. slow ing clown, and go on with their vigor and new On e suggested , "Be at her o n th e hea d with a Bibl e. plannin g to meet the Afric an changes facin g us. T hat will cur e her." Another in sisted, "We mu st May I help ot hers make decision s is my prayer. RUDE , Ivan Neil November 16, 1922 Catherine Louis e February 10, 1931 Mary Elizabeth August 7, 1955 Michael Aaron August 19, 1957 Deborah Ana Jun e 16, 1959 Jon at han Da vid August 29, 1961 Adopted: Rach el Eve February 2, 1951 Ruth Esther April 16, 1955 R ebecca Naomi December 8, l 956 Brother and Sister Rud e both attended Pepperdin e College. Address: now movin g but can use: 19254 E. August Ave., Hilmar, California. Entered th e Field: 1959. Ivan, Kitty, Mary Beth, Michael and Debby in Kitty's arms. Sponsor: North Boulevard Church of Christ, Baton Taken about 6 months after we arrived in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Roug e, Louisi ana I was encouraged to becom e a gospel pr eacher by W e left Jos e in charge of the local work in the broth er Sim 0. Carr. We were encoura ged to becom e first buildin g built for th e church es of Christ in all missionari es to our Great Northwest by brother of Brazil. Missionaries from Sao Paul o go in fre­ Alfred Lee. I became a gospel pr eacher an d mis­ quently to help him with the work th ere. Alaide sionary at th e same tim e in this area. Carl Mitch ell Cunha e Silva is doing a marvelous job working first persu aded me to go to It aly but the elder s of with the children as well as working in many other the York Blvd. church provailed upon us to re­ ways to keep the work going in this pl ace. consider tow ard Br azil. I worked in school to help pay ex penses. EXPERIENCE II. Working with Christ 011 the missio n field is in itself the greatest ex peri ence any Parents: Irvin Henry Rude born in Parson s, Kansas, one can hav e. H e is const antl y pl acin g great chal­ Nova Lilli ea n Rud e born in T exas . lenges and open doors before you and you only \i\life's Parents: J ack Free, born in Arkansas; Esther have to accept th em and go through the open Elizabeth Fre e born in Spokane, Washington. doors . Our I½ years in th e int erior city of Sao J ose do Rio Pr eto was a co ntinuing series of chal­ EXPERIENCE I. Shortly a fter mo ving into the lenges and open door s. The grea test of th ese, city of Sao Jose do Rio Preto we beg an holding besid es th e baptizin g of some 35 p erso ns, was the services in th e front room of our home. Besid es th e building of th e first house of worship for th e sign on th e building I pl ace d a bla ckbo ard out in church es of Christ in all Br azil. front of the car-port. On this we wrote new phr ases The church bega n in our hom e. A few months every day and also advertized bible studies. Jos e later we were able to move to a rented hous e, usin g Gonc alves watched thes e and began attending our bedrooms for classrooms and livin g and dining room services and Bible Studies. Approximately 3 months for auditorium . At 6 months we began our appeal later af ter studies at our place of worship and for help financ iall y to buy property and construct also many studi es in his home Jose completed his a building. On e year after arrivin g in this city we obedience to Christ. Just a few weeks lat er his wif e bought the property. Then , just 4 months befor e Jo ann a also became a Christian. our scheduled return to the States we had the Jose was a man hungry for the word of God . Our ground breaking ceremony February 4, 1962. On meetings wer e on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday April 13, 1962 we had the In augur at ion Ceremony nights , Sunday morning and Sunday night-thus 5 for our building . Approximately one month lat er meetings each week . Jos e was always th ere an d all aspects of the construction wer e compl eted and always had studied his lesso ns. On e year later he thus th e finished structur e was left for th ese people informed me that he had read through the Bibl e to me et in with no indebt edn ess facing them. Th ey and through the Ne w Testament 3 tim es besides were free to worship the Lord and lead oth ers to th e our re gular studies 5 times each week. His Bible Christ. Just one week lat er, May 22, 1962, we left was all marked up wher e he had und erlined and the work there be ginnin g our journ ey back to the circled import ant passages of Scripture. U .S.A.

( A picture of the meeting place in Sao Paulo Brazil. From left to right: Ivan and Kitty Rude stand in front of the en­ trance, a Brazilian girl visitor can be seen between them. The Rude's house in which the church began in Sao Jose Mary Elizabeth Rude at left of buggy, Deborah Ana Rude do Rio Preto . ;n buggy and Michael Aaron Rude at right of buggy. Next to Kitty is Jose Marcelino dos Santos, another Brazilian girl , Alma Smith, Sue Smith, and Arlie Smith.

'OPERATION '68' LOOKS SOUTH FOR FUTURE EFFORT IN BRAZIL It 's a lon g, 1011g way from Oregon to Brazil, but Various Br azilian cities are now being studied by when 1968 rolls aro und a dedicated gro up of more the group and a definit e choice will be announced than l 00 persons will plan to make the journ ey. in June , 1964. Organized in 1963 as "Operat ion '68," the gro up At the time th e choice was announced, representa­ will be going to bolster th e mission program in that tives of th e mo vement said that it was Brazil "be­ South American country by the churches of Christ. cause of the abundant opportunities th at exist ther e "Operat ion '68" will really be th e second wave of for a large group such as "Operation '68." There are missionaries to move i11to Brazil. The original Br azil approximately 75 million people in Brazil today with Group made the first big impact on the country by only I 00 m embers of the church of Christ mee ting beginning a cong regat ion in Sao Paulo in 1960. in four small congregations, they said. As yet, the new gro up has not select ed a city to A thr ee-point program has been outlined by use as a base for operations . "Operation '68" leaders : The movernenl, which began wi th a group of 1. Locate the entire group in a centra l cit)' for a young peofJle al Camp Yamhill , Oregon , in the two-year period , during which time each one will summer of 1962, at last count numbered at more try to become familiar with the languag e, customs, than JOO. Jn clud ecl-at all ages-ar e doctors, min­ etc., and estab lish a strong congregat ion. isters, teachers , professional jJeople and students. The original purpos e of the gro up , before it 2. During !he two-year period a home for hom e­ mushroom ed to curr ent proportions , was to plac e 68 less children will be establish ed. lt is planned that mission aries in a foreign field by 1968. In the spring th is will inc lud e a school with daily Bibl e lessons and a medical center . of 1963 th ey decided on Brazil as th at field. Before Brazil was chosen, all who could attended 3. From this central point , after the two-year plannin g mee tings to study mor e than 12 different jJeriod , send sma ller groups into large population areas of th e world as possible mission points. At th e centers of Brazil lo establish similar works. last me et in gs, Feb . 22, 1963, th e field was narrowed "Operation '68" has been divid ed into two groups to thr ee and th en finally to one-Brazil. that are workin g closely together: the "Travelers," Oversight of the project has bee n assumed by the those who will be tr ave ling in I 968 and the Central Church of Christ in Portland, Ore. "Boosters, thos e who are sending. SCHULZ , Thomas (Father) , born: March 30, 1930. BA from York College, York, Nebraska and MA from Abilene Christian College. Dorris (Dottie) Schulz (Mother), born: November 18, 1937. Attended both York College and Abi­ lene Christian College. Stephen Schulz (Oldest son), born: July 6, 1957. Rebecca Schulz (Daughter) , born: September 26, 1959. Paul Schulz (Son) , born : February 20, 1961. W e are supported by the Eastside Church of Christ, 1003 E. Portland St., Phoenix, Arizona and our working fund is supplied by the Mesa Church of Christ , 1223 E. Dana Ave ., Mesa , Arizona. The church here has recently moved its meeting place from Hobbemakade 29 to Pieter Calandlaan 323, Amsterdam-W. (Osdorp). Our old building was sold at auction and brought more than enough to pay for and furnish the new building. The new

Schulz Family, Amsterdam

meeting place will seat 70 people. It has two nice classrooms and the auditorium can be divided into two more. W'e feel that this move will enhance our work in several ways. The building is more attractive and suitable for teaching than the old one, and it is located in a new and better section of the city that is still under development. In .July, 1964, two of the young Dutch members here in Amsterdam , brothers Martin Rozestraten and Frans Snel , plan to begin full-time work for the Lord. Brother Snel is presently teaching school here in Amsterdam, an d brother Mart in will complete a two-year Bible training course in June , 1964. Thus, while we have on ly a dozen fait hful members in the church in Amsterdam , we are optimistic about the future. We ask you to pray for us that the Lord will add fruit to our labors. (1t may be added that at the present time­ January, 1964-we do not have support assured for the two Dutch brethren mentioned above. Per­ Inside view of new meeting place in Amsterdam-looking from haps such information can have no place in the front to bock . Church began using new building December 22, publication, but if the need could in some way be 1963 . This is actually a store building, but was the only thing available to us in Amsterdam . advertised we would be grateful). FROM ALASKA TO AFRICA-FROM AFRICA TO HEAVEN

(This sincere tribute to two of God's nobility was written by their daughter, Helen Pearl Merritt. Ed.) Half blind and a long time sufferer from heart trouble , Broth er George M. Scott sat in an arm chair with his feet and legs wrapped in a woolen blanket. A well-worn, larg e print Bible lay in his lap. He was not bedfast but confined to the house. Sister Ottis Scott moved a bout in the living room arranging chairs which often eclipsed her frail seventy pound body. On the evening of December the nineteenth I 954 Christian friends came in and sang hymns of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord for bringing Brother Scott safely through the eighty years of his earth ly sojourn. There were prayer s, speeches, and many words of appreciation for th e work he and Sister Scott had done among the peopl e of Cape Town, South Africa, and for starting the work at Grassy Park. Less than a month later he was called up higher with these words on his lips: "A h! Geo . M., Dec. 19, 1874-Jan . 1955 , and Ottis Adelaid (Reese) There is my Lord! Now show me the Father." Scott , Aug . 7, 1882-Dec . 1955 . George was the second son in a fami ly of eight. They moved from the buffalo country of western to find that all six parc els contained apple pies! Kansas to the Territory of W ashington when Seatt le There were no Bibl e schools out west so when was a small rai lway terminal. While he was in the Helen Pe ar l was old enough to go to school Georg e third grade his father died. Th ere was a real strugg le and Ottis talked one up. With the help of some for the surviva l of both body and sou l in that fine men giving part time and Sister Scott giving frontier ocuntry, so he left school to become a full time , P acific Christian Academy of Craton , bread winner for the family. He worked as errand California was started with nin eteen chi ldr en in boy, farmer, carpenter, storekeeper, sailor, fisher­ attendance. The Christians of the community were man and preacher. The last was rather forced on very sacrificia l and missionary minded. Nearly all him when the church where they worshiped in­ the mission workers going to Jap an and points west troduced the instrum ent and a few began to m ee t were asked to speak. In 1923 Brother John Sherriff in his mother 's home. He took the responsibility told of his work in Afr ica and mention ed that he very seriously and began reading th e Bibl e through used th e Eng lish languag e in his work. This in­ each year for the next sixty years. ,,Vhen he became spired Brother Scott, who was nea rly fifty , to want too blind to identify friends by sight he could sti ll to go to Africa where the masses had not heard of read the Bible since it was his most famil iar friend. Christ even once. Peopl e he preached to in America When the younger brothers and sisters were abl e all had Bibles and were ab le to read them if they to look after thems elves he and his brother Roy went wished. He began praying and saving to send some­ to Western Bible and Literary Coll ege to better pre­ one or go himself. He fished in Alaska three sum­ pare themselves to preach. Roy died suddenly leav­ mers . When he was getting to be a fair fisherman ing a widow and a baby girl. A few years later his boat blew up . As soon as the doctor assured him George married the widow , Ottis (Reese) Scott, and that his burns were not fatal he sent a wire to th e became a devoted father to Helen Pearl. family in Californi a telling them to get packed . He This little family mov ed from Odessa , Missouri want ed to use his savings to go to Africa rath er than to the west coast where George worked at odd jobs to buy a new boat and start all over again. in the summer and preached all wint er in school In September 1926 they left home, school mates , houses , tents , rented halls and homes from Cali­ loved ones and drove to New York in an old Dodge fornia to Alaska. Th ese meetings wer e in places car. From New York it took thirty-three stormy clays where there were few or no Christians. Money was by ship to reach Cape Town, from where a week by scarce. During one preaching trip in Oregon he train brought them to Livingstone , Northern Rhode­ would unfold his blankets and sleep on the ground sia on May 5th, 1927. in the tent after the meeting. A dairyman told him At first Brother Scott had a hard time distinguish­ to come by and get all the buttermi lk he cou ld ing one African from another but was delighted drink. That and crackers was his main food for three with the country and the work. He built up the weeks. One Saturday night some brethren from th e school enro llm ent at Sincle where he taught daily next community came to help in the meeting. Sev­ Bible classes , oversaw field work and building pro­ era l good sisters with this group left "covered dishes " grams , and made extensive village trips preaching to for him. Scarcely had th e last person left the tent hundr eds for the first time . Sister Scott taught schoo l, until he rushed up to have a good meal. Th e first doctor ed th e sick and kept house. She took three parcel was an apple pie . He greedi ly ate nearly all white orphan chi ldr en to raise. She saved a black of it before opening another parcel. It also was an baby from being buried alive with its dead mother app le pie. Now he loved apple pie but was stunned and raised that one too . She wrote most of th e letters, and saw that food in season was canned for They did twenty years of service in Rhodesia be­ future use. fore returning to the homeland for a visit. When After nearly five years at Sincle Brother Scott their health broke the doctor sent them to a lower wanted to work a new area so moved farther north altitude. They went to Cape Town and continued and helped open up Namwianga Mission, which is workin g as hard as ever in th e Lord's vineyard for near Kalamo. Here Sister Scott started a "W'hite " another eight years. school for her orphans and some European neigh­ The same loving friends who served their Beloved bor's children. During those years of depression Brother Scott in January came the next December support for the Scotts dropped so that it averaged to lay to rest the tiny body which had housed the less than sixty-nine dollars a month, but they only great spirit of Sister Scott. They have gone, but worked the harder to make up what was lacking. their faith lives on in hundreds touched by their Unselfishness pervaded their whole lives. consecra tee! Ii ves. SCOTT , T rum an LaVe rn e May 5, 1933 Moze lle Fern e Scott October 31, 1934 Lind a L averne Scott Octob er 5, 1955 ( Stephan D eloy Scott A ugust 20, 1959 Sharo n Dean na Scott March 30, 1962 Addr ess: Via Pagliu cola, 49 Pistoia , It aly Schoo l Attende d : Freed-Ha rd eman Co llege ; Hardin g College Spo nsor : Church of Chri st , 1127 Clay Street, Fair­ field, Ca li forn ia Our first per iod of serv ice is about finished. After a summ er in the States, we plan to ret urn to Genoa (pop. 850,000) the fifth largest city in It aly to work SCOTT FAMILY with a gro up of four members in th e eva ngelization of th e city and at th e same tim e direc t a nation al advertiz ing pro gram in which we will advert ise the of our most stab le congregations. There are forty Bibl e st ud y program in 100 cit ies of Italy. members , of which three are preachers (self-sup­ T he congregat ion at Pistoia withdrew from a porting). baptist ch ur ch in 1956 and hav e hence become one

This is one of the many displays. This one depicts the wall­ A lectureship for churches in Italy was held the past two years poster program of the church in Italy in which we are securing in Pistaia; 33 churches were represented by about 175 members many contacts lecding to conversions and the establishing of being present . Here the group is shown after an evening service . churches . THE PERSONALITY OF JESUS CHRIST

BY CLYDE SHEPPARD

Jesus Christ is the subject of Divine revelation. blind", and "set at lib erty them that are bruised The radiant beams from the first rising sun in the (Luke 4: 18-19)." morning of creation converge their splendor over The moral character of Jesus was perfect. "He is earth "s new-born king wrapped in swadd lin g clothes tender without being weak , stron g without being lying in a manger (Luke 2:12-14). He was the coarse, lowly without being servi le." Inspiration promised "seed of the woman" who was to "bruise presents Him as infinitely holy, pure, innocent, com­ the serpent's head" (Gen. 3: 15); the convenant passionate, merciful, guileless, sin less, loving, faith­ "seed of Abraham" who was to bless all nations of ful, benevolent, humble; yet, "obedient unto death the earth (Gen . 12: 1-3). "Abraham rejoiced to see (Phil. 2:8)." Under all circumst ances , He claimed my day ," said Jesus, "and he saw it and was glad comp lete surrender to the Father's will, and closed (John 8:56.)" The bleeding animal on the altar of His prayer in Gethsemane , "not my will, but Thine the ages past was the universal sense of sin voicing be done." His life was a comp lete revelation of the itself in sacrifice of life , and echoing through the Father. "He that hath seen me, hath seen the silent centuries of time to the "Lamb of God" on Father (John 14:9)," He declared. the cross of calvary . That which was wrapped in type and hidden When He preached , Jesus "spa ke as one having under veils in the old Hebrew worship was Christ. authority and not as their scribes (Mark I :22)"; and Moses spake of Him , many of the Psalms are of the officers' report to the chief priests was, "never a Messianic character ; He was the theme of the man so spake (John 7:46)." His teachings covered prophets, the "Ange l of the Convenant," the " king a wide range of subjects. They may be thought of on David's throne (Isa. 9:7)" , "sun of righttousness in a twofold manner: (I) instructions in righteous­ with healing in His wings," who walks out of ness to satisfy the hunger of the soul in the will of etern ity past into the emblazoned glory of His God; and (2) a full-blazed revelation of the Father. Divine Personage. Love for God and one's fellow-man is the motivat­ Inspired by the Holy Spirit , writers of the four ing principle of His appeal (Matt. 22:37-38). "If ye Gospels confirm all previous predictions concerning love me, ye will keep my commandmen ts (John the birth , life, teachings , suffering, death and resur­ 14: I 5)." "Th is is the love of Goel that we keep His rection of Messiah. While Matthew and Luke's in­ commandments: and His commandments are not troductory words trace His coming backward from grievous (I Johr. 5:3) ." "Every one that loveth is Mary through the promised roya l line of David , begotten of God, and knoweth Goel (I John 4:7)." Abraham and Adam , John reveals His Divine Not ritual, not ceremony , not church membership , nature . "In the beginning was the word (Logos) , or self-rig hteousness , are evidences of pardon, but and the word was with God , and the word was God the fruits of love that associa tes the believer with (John I: I)." "And the word became flesh, and dwelt his God. A Christian's love for his brother is the test among us and we beheld His glory (verse 14)." of whether he truly lov es God (1 John 3:17) . Further­ Born the "seed of the woman," (Gen. 3:15), "the more , Jesus makes love among His followers their fu ln ess of the Godhead bodily" has come into union proof to the world that they are His disciples (John with humanity in Jesus Christ (Col. 2:9). Since 13:34-35). "He that loveth not knoweth not God Mary was conceived of the Holy Spirit (Matt. I: 18), (1 John 4:8)." It is li fe eterna l to know the Father the Godhead in the Son's birth has taken humanity and the Son (John I 7:3). It is far better never to into itself. The Son had a Divine Father and a have li ved than never to have loved. It is the key human mother. to person al happiness , "peace on earth and good He was named Jesus because He shou ld save His will among men. people from their sins (Matt. I :21). "They shall call The Son of God became a son of man that the His name Immanuel ; which is, being interpreted , sons of men might become sons of Goel. He lived in God with us (Matt. I :23)." Christ, Anointed , is His poverty, died in shame, and was risen in glory. The Greek name ; while Mess iah is His Hebrew name. message of Christ and the cross is "the power of "As in Adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made Goel" to the sinner , comfort to the suffering, and alive (I Cor. 15:22)." hope to the dying. "Its infinite pathos will call forth The Divine-human Personality of the Son gives tears until men sha ll cease to weep, the grave give highest expression to the character of the Father. back its dead, and "Death is swallowed up in vic­ As God , Jesus healed the sick, cast out demons, tory." In the morning of the resurrection the children st ill ed the tempest , and raised the dead in company of Goel shall arise in triumphant victory to enter of weeping loved-ones. Being man , He became tired that celestial city, where no shadow has fallen, no and hungry and wept at the sight of sorrow. He sorrow ever blighted, "For the Lamb that is in th e stood up amidst the sin-broken masses whose bodies midst of the throne sha ll be their shepherd, and wreaked with disease, and was "moved with com­ sha ll guide them into fountains of waters of life: passion" to heal them (Matt. 9:36). 'He proclaimed and Goel sha ll wipe away every tear from their release to the captives , and recovering of sight to the eyes (Rev. 7:17)." Amen SHEWMAKER, Jame s Cluver April 29, 1902 Jo yce Copeland (wife) February 11, 1907 Jam es Stanford Jul y 8, 1934 ( Claudia J ane Jul y 16, 1941 Samuel David Jul y 26, 1943 Sherman Ne lson July 23, 1945 Brother Shewmaker attended H arding Colleg e Baptized by : P. R . Shewmak er (uncle) Sister Shewmaker attended Hardin g College Baptized by: Jo e McPhearson Address: P. 0. Box 22, Kalomo , N. Rhodesia , Cen­ tral Afr ica Ent ered Field : J939 Sponsor: Kin gman Church of Christ, Kin gman, Kansas From earliest childhood ther e was daily Bibl e Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Shewmaker with their three youngest reading and family pra yer in th e hom e, largel y children (standing) Claudio , Sherman , and Samuel. through th e influence of mother. Likel y this early env ironment help ed to prepare me to respo nd to th e teachin gs of Brother R. N. Gardner , who was m y always prided m yself on my good sense of direction , first high schoo l teacher. T he first definite int erest so I answered , "Yes." But I mu st confess he sowed in Afri ca was aro used in me by Brother John Sher iff, seeds of doubt in my mind. We were not used to who visit ed David Lipscomb Co llege in 1923 while we being dir ecte d by th e African sun , whi ch was nearl y were in schoo l th ere. In later years while workin g to dir ectl y over head sin ce we were in th e sout her n help pay college expens es, Broth er Armstrong kept hemisph ere and mu ch closer to th e equator th an encouraging th e students to prepar e for service to we were in the U nit ed States. Tra velin g on into the African bush , whe re th e trail had by now com­ God and man. Place of birth: Para gould , Arkansas pl ete ly disapp eared , Brother Hobb y asked if we were sur e we kn ew the way. Th at did it ! We wer e· not Fath er: J ohn J osiah Shewmak er sure. W e stopped and remo ved our hats in th e shade Mot her : Emma J ane (Webster) Shewmaker Place of birth: Coopertown, Ten n. of a tr ee and as we stood takin g coun sel, a lull cam e in th e conversat ion, and durin g that lull , th e Lord Fa th er: N ewton Watson Copel and Mother: Claudia Id ella (Wilson) Copeland help ed. Just th en, a cock crew, way to our left. ,,ve had missed the village for which we were heade d. T he Lord used a cock to dir ect us to th e village. "-and Lo, I Am With You Always" On ce, wh en on a village trip into the Zamb esi Sowing the Seek Vall ey, Christ's promis e to be with us to th e encl of the world , was brought for cibly home to me. Broth er Broth er Sikekele Mul amfu told us the story of his Alvin Hobby and I need ed to ret urn to th e mission fat her's conversion , as we stood discussing th e earli er th an th e rest of our part y. We left th em. work of the Lord . I asked Mul amfu , "Who con verted Taking th e adv ice of the village rs, we start ed ou t on your fath er afte r so many years? Did you do it?" H e two motor bicycl es, with an Afric an guid e, on a push said, "No . My father told me when I asked him th at bicycle, following th e path whi ch led to th e river. qu estion, 'I cann ot forget th e words of Mu luti W e were to follow this pat h to a cert ain village, (teacher) R eese.' " but when we reached the ri ver inst ead of one pat h, Brot her Reese procl aimed th e Gospe l to old th ere were many trails lead ing int o th e forest on th e Mu lamfu many years befor e. We all tho ught th e oth er side. T hese had been mad e by eleph ants which seed had fallen on a hard hea rt, but after lyin g found th eir var ious ways to th e river to drink. W e dorm ant for many years, even after Broth er Re ese were perpl exed , but took the trail whi ch, we thought , had left th e field, it finall y took root and bega n to led in th e general d irect ion we wished to tra vel. gro w. After an hour or more of lifting our bicycl es over Those of us who are teach ing childr en daily find on e fall en tree trunk after ano th er whic h had been mu ch consolat ion in this story. We are layin g the pull ed down by p layfu l eleph ants , our Afr ican gu ide gro und work-p lantin g the seed for another to enqu ired: "Are you sure you know the way?" I had water and reap the harves t. African girls learning knitting under an African teacher An African girl stirr ing greens made of pumpkin leaves, at the at Namwianga. kitchen at the Girls' Compound.

SHORT, Harold Foy Jan. 17, 1921 Addr ess: P. 0. Box 218, Gwelo, South ern Rhodesia, Margaret Ellen Sept . 11, 1925 Africa H arold Foy, Jr . Sept. I 3, 1945 Ellen Mar ie Aug. IO, 1949 Ent ered Field: 1947 James Lester Nov. 18, 195 1 School att ended : Abi lene Christian College Kathren A'Delia Aug. 4, 1957 SHORT , Wi lli am N. Decemb er 7, 189'1 Nancy A'De lia J an uary 11, 1896 Wi lli am, Jr. February 23, 1943 ( Address: P. 0. Box 22, Kalomo, Nort hern Rhodesia , Centra l A frica Entered Field: 192 1 Our native African broth er, Fazo Shandav u was asked , and th en told later to join th e political party. H e thought this was out of reaso n and so he refus ed to join this part y. Later he was told definitel y to join them , but again he refused, because he thou ght it was wrong. Then he was given a lette r saying that he had but seve n days to live if he did not join this party. (Fazo is a very influ entia l pr eac her and schoo l teac her.) Sti ll h e refused to do wh at he thought was wrong to do. T he days passed with no outw ard signs of anyth ing, bu t what wou ld happen on the last day he did not know. But he prayed W. N. and Mrs. Short , 1920 earnestly to the Father above. All the time his wife and chi ldr en begged him to join th e party to protect them from harm . Th e eve ning of th e sixth day he miles away, after a lion had mauled him up . It was said he did not know what wou ld happ en. By morn­ Kambol e-y es, so man y ways Kambol e has been in g he and his fam ily mi ght be dea d and his hous e th e prop and stay of so mu ch work for th e Lord . blown to pieces by a petrol bomb. H e could but Pr aise God for such men. pray earnes tl y, for he did not want to do what he thought was wrong. By th e morning light of the seven th day , he was still alive, and found that th e Police had caug ht th e leaders of th at party , put them in jai l an d banned the part y. In te llin g me of this our Broth er showed very much humility an d depe nd ­ ency for his delivery upon the pow er of the Lord. We thank God for such faith ful men who are teac h­ ing th eir own peo pl e. Old Kambol e, who started pr eachin g with me in 1923, came to see me the other day. H e lives in Northern Rhodesi a some 300 mil es from where I 110w live. It was Kambol e who help ed me with the Afr ican langu age. It was Kambole who ta ught schools for us for so long. It was Kambol e who preached so faithfu ll y. It was Kambol e who int er­ preted for so many of us for so m any yea rs. It was Kambol e who help ed carr y the girl to the hospital af ter a crocod ile had bitten her hand off. It was W. N. Short ; Sons , Foy Short , Billy Short ; Sons -in-law, Bennie Lee Fudge , Henry P. Ewing, Donald D. Moran; Grandsons, Kambol e who help ed carr y a boy to the train 40 Edward Fudge , Harold Short .

STEWART , Bob August 27, 1937 Ny la Faye Jun e 26, 1937 Ra chel Diann e March 6, 1959 Addr ess: Hu ett elbergstrasse 89, Vienna XIV, Austria Ent ered Field: 1961 School Attended: Abi lene Chri stian Coll ege Sponsor: Southl aw n Church of Christ , 4800 Bonh am, Amari llo, Texas STORY , Hillard Febru ary 2, 1930 Alma Story March 24, 1932 Pam ela Story Januar y 27, 1953 Mark Story O ctober 5, 1955 ( Bruce Story May 26, 1958 Philip and Timothy Story D ecemb er 21, 1960

Address: Rout e 45 at Butt erfield R oa d , Mundelein , Illin ois

Entered Field: 1955

Schoo l A tt end ed: David Lipscomb College HILLARD STOREY FAMILY Sponsor: Sp rin g Hill , Tennessee

The frequent evange listi c camp aig ns con du cted particularly in southern It alian a nd Sicilian citi es pro ved to be th e mo st int eres tin g and insp irin g ex per iences on th e mission field . The almo st avid willingn ess of th e peo pl e to hea r an d discuss th e Bibl e- th e long night s spent in study in peasant hom es, with stud en ts in public pl aces, and th e re­ sulting bapti sms-th ese were the really great mo­ ments of fulfillm ent. Beyo nd doubt , suc h exper ien ces pro ve the latent power of th e Gospel. T hey also pro ve th at It aly is one of th e richest missi on fields in the world.

Inside of place of worship TAYLOR , Donald Ross September 6, 1938 Ma ry Virgini a Marc h 28, 1939 Donald Bruc e Sept ember 28, 1959 ( J err y David Decemb er 24, 196 1 Broth er T aylor att ended Freed-Hardeman College , H ardin g Co llege Baptized: durin g meeting conduct ed by Charl es A. Holt . Sister Taylor attended Freed-Hardeman College Baptized by: Gaddis Ro y. Address: 2, Rue des Deportes , Verviers , Belgium Entered Fie ld: 1960 Baptiz ed : 5 Sponsor: Church of Christ, Vicksb urg , Mississippi. Parents: Ri chard Clyde Tay lor, Sr.- birthplac e of This is a picture of our family w hen we left far Belgium in DRT: Utica, Mississippi. September , 1960 . Thelm a Ro ss Tay lor Jam es Clevel and Stroud -birthpl ace of MVT: Clanton , Alabama . Bett y Golson Stroud

Biographical Sketch Don ald Ro ss Taylor was born of humbl e pare nt s, in Hinds County , lVIississippi , on September 6, 1938. Many tim es during his early childh ood his plac e of resid ence changed, but mu ch of his first ten years was spe nt on a small farm in Claiborn e County , not far from U tica, Miss. During thi s time his moth er began taking him and his broth er and sister to Sunday Schoo l at the chur ch of Chr ist, th en meet­ ing in a littl e red cou nt ry schoo l building nearb y. ,,\/h en he became convin ced at age eleven that sin­ ners were doomed , th e author mad e th e good con ­ fession and was bapti zed int o Christ. From that time on he h ad the desire to pr eac h th e gospel. Durin g high schoo l clays th e desire became fainter , th en stronger as college clays drew nea rer. H e bega n to pr each on appointm ent basis for th e sma ll con­ gregations in the genera l area of Vicksbur g, Miss., thus gainin g some experien ce. In 1956 he enter ed Fr eed-H ardem an College, wher e in 1958 he met and marri ed his wife Virginia (Stroud). Compl etin g This is a picture of our present family, tak en in the U.S.A. thr ee years at F.H. C. he went on to graduate from in June , 1963. Harding College . While at Freed-Hardeman var ious mission ar ies, such as Farr ell T ill, Ma uri ce H all, and Geor ge Gur ga nu s inspir ed him to do mission work in foreign fields. Afterwards, .J. L. Rob erts and S. F. throu gh his angry words, I was very discouraged over T imm erman, Jr. , encour aged him to go to Belgium. th e who le thing. After everyo ne had left, I was th ere Gradu atin g from Hardin g College in 1960 his family with one of th e finest of the Belgian brethren, and went imm ediat ely to th e mission fields with the toge th er we talked th e situ ation over. At length I chur ch at Vicksburg , Mississippi as their spo nsor ing bur st ou t in tears, being no lon ger abl e to conceal congregat ion . my feelings. Brother Bert hol et, in kind yet positive ton es, pl acing his arm on my should er, said to me, One of My Most Helpful Experiences "Broth er Tay lor , thi s is no times for weepin g, but for strengt h. If you , th e eva ngelist, are not stro ng, Sometim es thin gs go well in missio n work , but at how do you expect us to be?" T his was a lesson to times the missionary can be tried sorely. Once when me, and I have tri ed since to be master of myself a misguid ed broth er had up set th e entir e chur ch an d be strong .

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This is a picture of the church building at Verviers , Belgium. This is a picture of the congregation at Verviers . Some , of This property is rented, the church occupying the ground floor course, are not pictured , w ho were there that day. The ,nd the missionary 's family occupying the three upper storeys . congregation there numbers between 30 and 35. TERRY, Hilton C. August 4, l 925 Wanda L. May 31, 1927 November 14, I 947 ( Lawrence Ray L ynn Hilton November 15, 1951 Lavonne Denise March 31, 1954 Landon ,,vaJter Octob er l , l 957 Lamar Paul J anuary 26, 1960 Hilto11 Terry att ended Abilene Ch ristian Coll ege­ 1948-1951. Gradu ated with B.A. degree. \,Va11da Terry attended Abilene Christian Colle ge- 1944-1945. Forei gn Work: Worked in Belgium from Septem­ ber l 952 - October 1961. Sent by : Polyte chni c Church of Christ, Ft. W or th from 1952-1956. By Mitchell Blvd. Church of Christ from 1957- 1961. The Hilton C. Terry family in Brussels in 1960. Encouraged to do forei gn mission work through th e influ ence of many teachers while in A.C.C . Decision made after talkin g with Bro. S. F. Timmer­ man whil e he was hom e on visit from his work in Belgium in 1952. Alth ough we ha ve a desir e to return to fore ign mission work , we are working in the States for an ind efinit e period of tim e. Our address at present time is th e Pant ego Chur ch of Christ , 505 Milb y Rd. , Arl ington , T exas. In nin e years of work in Belgium th ere were many int erestin g exp eriences that came to us while pr eachin g th e Gospe l. Although the country of Belgium has been domin ate d by Rom an Cat holicism for hundr eds of years, th ere is a great indifferenc e toward Cat holicism. Nominally, about 97% of the pop ulati on of Belgium is Rom an Catho lic, but only some I 5% of the en tire populat ion is faithful to their The tirst meeting place in Brussels-a rented hall for six years . belief. So, amo ng the vast majority th ere is a search for the truth, an d to know what is right. We found the door of opport unit y opened to us many tim es by mea ns of adver tisin g and tracts . On ce when an ad appea red in a national magazin e of France in sert ed by the Church in Paris , a coupl e came to see me in Brussels from th e city of Ostencle. T hey expr essed their desire to know mor e of this that was called th e "Church of Chri st" who made a pl ea for th e return to pur e New T estament Christian­ it y. After an hour's discussion, I gave them some tracts and asked to come to Ost encle and study with th eir gro up some time. T here were abo ut a dozen of them alto geth er who were stri ving to find th e light afte r being Jed into the darkness by th e J ehovah Witness gro up. Sinc e most of the gro up spok e th e Flem ish language, I asked Bros. Bill Ri ch­ ard son and Danny Boyd to come clown from Holl and so th ey coul d spea k to th em in that language. Afte r some four mo nth s o f stud y with th em, nin e of th em The pre sent property owned by th e church in Brussels. were baptized to begin the Chur ch of th e N ew Testa­ ment in the Belgian costa l town of Oste nd e. Th ere is still a fine gro up of Christians mee tin g there who Christ ia11. Since my return to th e States, Bro. have never received any support from th e Unit ed Ri chard Andrewjewski conti11ues to ed it this quar­ States, ot her than missionar ies comi ng to talk to ter ly magazi ne. It is hoped that very soo n the th em, and this work was begun by an ad in a magazin e "L'E vangile et Jes Hommes" can be in­ mag·azine . T he power of the printed page is grea t creased from l ,000 to 5,000 per issue. It has bee n in mission work! well received and is of great value in th e French ( R ealizin g th e imp ortance of lit era ture in th e work. Fr ench work , I began a qu ar terl y in 1961, whi ch One of the oustand in g contributi ons we made to was simi lar in app earance to th e 20th Century th e work in Bru ssels was to obtain a permanent meeting place for the church. The first meeting $4,000 for fees and renovation of th e building­ place in Brussels was in a rented store building before the final note was du e. The property is en­ which we rented for six years from January, 1954- tirely debt free. There are adequate facilities for th e January , 1960. In July , 1959 Bro. Bill Lemons, who church on the gro und floor and basement, and hous­ ( was workin g in Brussels at that tim e, and I signed ing faciliti es for the pr eac her and his family on the a contr act to purch ase property on the same street­ two floors above the mee tin g place. T his was one ru e du Trone-but nearer the mai n Blvd . \,Ve had of the rare times-if not the only time-when we some $4,000 on hand for the total cost of $26,0 00 on were able to bu y property for the church in a foreign the property. We began a "flood" of correspondence field without making a trip to th e States to raise to raise more than $20,000 in the next nine months , when the final payment would be due on the build­ the mone y. This was the first church building owned in g. The Lord blessed us in this effort and we were in Belgium by the church, and th e seco nd in all th e ab le to raise th e entire amount- plus an ad dition al French-speaking work. TWO THOUSAND NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS DISCOVERED IN IN ETHIOPIA

BY CARL T H OMPSON

"Pr aise God!" he said, his voice tremblin g with excitement. Ato Shongeh Sadaybo had experi enced the happiest moment of his life. He has pre ached over twenty years, established four hundred nin ety congregations and convert ed over twent y thous and souls from heath enism. Now he had locate d brethr en in Chri st who taught and practiced th e same thin gs as hims elf. Ato Shongeh was in Addis Ababa from the int erior for an audi ence with H. I. M. Haile Selassie I. Vari­ ous missions have come into his area and taken over four hundred sixty of th e congregations he has established. He said , "I could onl y give them th e word of God, I had no mon ey." By training and payin g the prea chers th e mission s led away th e con­ gregat ions an d took the buildin gs and pr opert y. Now only twenty-nin e congrega tions remain faithful. H e is seekin g a ruling from Hi s Majesty abou t thi s sit ua­ LENNIE DARDEN tion . On his way to th e palace to confirm his audi ence, he walked by our office and readin g room. In his ow n words , "my heart leape d" when he saw on our sign, "T he chur ch of Christ." After ent ering , he "Why Didn't You Come Sooner?" asked the qu estion, "Is this th e tru e chur ch?" A short discussio n and study of th e scriptur es followed Our newly-found brother utt ered an un forgettab le and he utt ered th e emot ion -filled phras e, "Pr aise and difficult q uestion . "Why didn 't you come soon er?" God!" Hi s mind was cent ere d on th e thousands of broth ers An humbl e man , he is uninter ested in numbers. and sisters in Chri st who had been led away. I answered , "I do no t know. I came when I was called H e estim ated over two thousand Christians worship­ ing in th e Sidamo and W ollomo provinces abo ut two by the providence of God." He th en asked, "Wh y hundr ed mil es from Addis Ababa . Th ey teach and didn 't ot hers come sooner? " Co uld I say, "My pr act ice baptism of adult believers by imm ersion for bret hr en were not int erested; the y were busy else­ th e rem ission of sins . T he congregat ions use no where; or God did not want anyone to come until instrum ents of music in their wors hip . Ato Shong eh now?" I d id not have the answer then and I do stated they obs erved th e Lord 's Supp er monthl y but not have it now. after some study affirm ed th at thi s pr actice must be T he Kin gdo m all ove r the world needs more eva n­ alter ed . Th eir onl y stand ard for doct rin e and pra c­ gelists. T he chur ch in Et hi op ia needs mor e work ers tice is th e New Testame nt. now. I have th e opport unit y to go and work with Ato Shongeh was converted from hea thenism by th ese nativ e chu rches . T he twenty- nin e eva ngelists mission ar ies of the Sudan In ter ior Mission befor e need mor e spec ific trai nin g th at they be not led th e It alian occupat ion of Ethiopia. As he stud ied his away as th e ot hers. We desire to start a Bibl e Bibl e he saw inconsi ste ncies betwee n th eir do ctrin es trainin g school in Add is Aba ba. New staff memb ers and th e scriptur es and bro ke compl etely with th em. are needed for this program an d to aid in the total The Itali ans forbade him to pr eac h durin g th eir evangelist progr am in Et hiop ia. occupation . After th e war he went fort h wit h energy, Ato Shongeh said to me, "Why didn't you come zeal and sp irit to preac h in thr ee languages. (H e has sooner?" It was a difficul t question. It was not as asked us to return to his home and see with our difficult as if in Jud gment H e would ask, "W hy own eyes the things he has told us.) didn't you com e?" ETHIOPIAN MONK IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH

BY CARL THOMPSON

Recently the American chur ches received th e news not in accordance with th e Scriptures. Thus he gave of Ato Shongeh passing th e office and reading room up his position as monk , took off his cape, which he of th e church of Christ in Ethiopia , noticed the sign said had become an idol to him , and bega n to wor ­ and entered. His first question was "Is this the true ship and study privately. He had taught many church of Christ?" We learned th at with the help people in Addis Ababa, one of whom we have con­ of God he had single-handed begun a Restoration verted , Musmore. We had no difficulty in teaching Movement in Ethiopia. this young man because he had already received an One day not long ago while we were visiting with exce llent background by studying under Ato Selassie. Ato Shongeh in th e office anoth er man came in whose name is Ato Selassie, which means "wealth of the Ato Selassie is a teacher of the Geez lang uage, trinity. " He, too, had been intrigued by the sign on which is the basis of the old chur ch lang uage, in the office and asked what it meants. The name on which the old manuscripts of the Bible and records the sign is "the people of Christ ," the nearest trans­ of early church history are written. Selassie is a very lation that we could find in Amharic for "the church interesting person. His visit to our office was most of Christ." I explained to him the real meaning of encouraging , because it showed that there are people the name . He was amazed and said that he and we in Ethopia searc hin g and look ing for the truth as must have had the same teach er, th e Spirit of Goel, revealed in God's divine will. If there are th ese two because we believe and teach th e same things. - Ato Shongeh and Ato Selassie-I know th at there What amazed us most was that Ato Selassie had must be others . Our prayer is always that th e Lord been a monk in the Ethiopian church for fourteen will lead us to them so that we may teach them. years. He bega n, however, to study the Scriptures ·we believe that this prayer will be answered be­ with an unbiased mind and decided that some of the cause he ha s promised, "Seek and ye shall find. " teachings and practices of the Ethiopian chu rch were (Matthew 7:7) TRAYLER, Frank May 7, l !-!I 3 Evelyn Tra yler Januar y 12, 1911 David Dor cas Addr ess: Apartaclo clel Este I 1334, Chacao, Ca rcas, Ven ezuela £ 11te red Fie ld: I 962 Schoo l Attended: Frank , Abi lene Christian Co llege Eve lyn, Abilene Christian College Sponsor: North Mad ison Church of Christ , Box 62, M aclison H eight s, Michigan

Venezuela is in po litical turm oi l. Doors are lo cked aga inst all outs iders and we hav e to loc k our door s too. T he DuPont Paint W arehou se, five blocks from our church buildin g, was bombed and burned to th e gro und yesterday by communi st hoodlums. Any Bro. and Sis. Frank Trayler , Caracas , Venezuela , in front of youn g people co nt empl ating work in Venezeul a must 11 elephant ears " and rubber trees . be greatly dedi ca ted, patien t, and of stro ng desir e to serve. "T he harvest is pl ent eous, but the laborers are few." The love of Christ in the heart s of a few faith­ ful brethr en workin g for the oi l compan ies in Ven e­ zuela prompted them to ask for someone to begin th e work of th e Church ther e. J anu ary of I 961, Broth er Clifford Tuck er and famil y were sent to Ca ra cas to answ er this call. Aft er seven months of labo r, the Chur ch re ceived officia l recog nition from th e Venezuelan gove rnm ent. T his was just in tim e, for shortly th erea fter a con­ cord at was signed with the Vatican , makin g Roman Catho licism th e state re ligion of Venezuela. T hrou gh free En glish classes and ot her efforts, Brother T ucker was ab le to win many frie nd s, es­ tab lish a m eet ing place and implant a pi ctur e of th e Gosp el of Chri st not before known to th ese peopl e. Frank and Evelyn Trayler in Trier, Ge rma ny, old est city in Durin g the first yea r, a shor t mee tin g was co n­ Germany, 1957 . ducted by Broth er J ack Fogerty of Memphis , Te n­ nessee . Door to door work was clone and th e work pr osper ed. per ie11ce pr eac hin g the Gospe l in th e U nit ed States Du e to a n ea r fata l accident of Br oth er Tucker 's and in th e mi ssion field s of Germ any and th e daught er, it was necessa ry to find someo ne to carr y Philli pine Jsla11ds and ha s bee n fluent in Spanish on th e work he had started . since childh ood . Broth er Trayler and his goo d wife Th e Lord bl essed our efforts in providin g a man have two childr en, a so n who is a mini ster of th e to carry on th e wor k, Broth er Frank T rayler of Gosp el and a daught er, now a stud ent at George Sacramento , Ca li forni a. H e has many years of ex- Pepp erdin e Co llege . WALKER, Rich ard Earl J anuar y 5, 1923 H elen Elaine (Hind s) February 4, 1924 Sheryl Jean August 22, 1946 George Gary September 14, 1948 Ri chard Archi e March 8, 1953 Ola Winifred April 24, 1954 Harold Otis Apr il I , 1956 Addr ess: Gemeinde Christi, I Berlin 4 1, H edw igstr. 3a, Germany Entered Field: 1949 Schoo l Attended: Ri chard Walker , Ab ilene Chri stian Coll ege H elen Walk er, Abilen e Chri stian College Sponsor : Chur ch of Chr ist, 19th and Herrin g Ave ­ nue , Waco , Texas Richard was born in Kit Carson, Colorado. Hi s parents are Arc hi e Rich ar dson Wa lker and Laur a Winifred (Atchison). Elain e was born in Kit Car­ son, Co lorado. H er par ent s are Arc hie , ves ley Hind e and Ol a (Pyle). After having entered Ab ilene Christi an Co llege, I was encoura ged to be a missionary by H arold T homas Joroslov Schubert and his wife Jona have been in Berlin since and Otis Gatewood. 1956 . Joroslov preached al first for the church in Berlin­ Onc e when I was holdin g a littl e meet in g in Wilmersdorf, and later for the church in Berlin-Friedenau, when Bruchsal , preaching in a littl e room rented from the Wilmersdorf church was combined with the one in the hot el, two ladi es came up to me after th e ser­ Friedenau . He was al one time a Catholic priest. mon and said : "You pr each exac tly wh at we be­ lieve." At first I did not take their statement serious , but later th ey convinced me it was so. I asked them come to offer th e in vitat ion. After a pow erf ul ser­ where th ey acquir ed their und erstandin g of the mon , he exhorted th e peop le to come forward. I scriptur es. T hey told me of Albert Pfitzenmeier, a was leading th e singing and it seemed th at about farmer , who came occasion ally to prea ch for th em. half th e people in th e tent bega n to leave their A mee tin g was arra nged with Brot her Pfitzenm eier. sea ts and come forward . We did not have enou gh I remember go ing back beh ind a bakery shop, pass­ room at th e front to take care of th e p eopl e. Over in g thr ough a hall in wh ich unwrapp ed bread was 30 came forward th at night . It was an exper ience stor ed, and then climbing up a set of wobb ly stairs I shall never forget. It was th e first re al break to a bedroom filled with p eop le int erested in the thro ugh for the chu rch in Ber lin . scriptur es. U nder a light bu lb which hun g from th e ceiling at eye level, I pr eached for 30 minut es and afterwards , Broth er Pfitzenm eier pr eached for 30 minut es. At th e conclu sio n, we offere d each ot her th e right h and of fellowship . After many hour s of private study of the Bib le, he had come to an und ersta ndin g of the plan of salvation and had obeyed it. Brot her Oti s Gatewood held th e first tent meeting in Berlin. He pr eached very power full y for th e first eight night s of the meetin g without offer ing th e in vitat ion . Fin ally, we decided th e tim e had

Entranc e lo the church building in Ber lin-Friedenou , which was completed in 1961. Gospel Meeting in Zurich Pepperdine in Heidelberg

RICHARD \ ,VALKER RICHARD WALKER It was my privileg e to be the guest of the teachers and students of Pepp erdin e's overseas program in I had the pleasure of holding a German meeting H eidelberg. I was there for two weeks, speaking to in Zurich, Switzerland in September. Th e hospitality 18 of the 38 students about the mission work in of Jerry Earnhart and Clyde Antwine and their Europe. The int erest which the young people showed families and of the Swiss brethren was great. Due in mission work was refresh ing. Several plan to give to daily advertising in the newspap er there was their lives to such work. I enjoyed seeing .J. C. generally good attendance. There were three bap­ Moore and famil y, and Sister \,Veigand again, and tisms. Dan Cleridening, an American brother, and meeting Brother and Sister Howard White and their his lamily have moved to Switzer land on business childr en for the first time. for a year. They showed their faithfulness by at­ We compiled a list of churches and found that tending tbe meetin g every night in spite of not th ere are 180 in Europe . Th is includes the American having been there lon g enough to und erstand the soldier congregations. The largest and most populous languag e. On the closing night , Brother Clendening unevangelized area in free Europe (not including said in jest, "I don't believe I ever got less out of Spain where the Gospel apparently cannot now be a meeting!" preached) in Northern Germany. WILKEY, Kenneth J. September 17, 1932 :Margie Wilkey October 24, J937 Carrie November 14, 1958 Shari August 4, 1960 Lesa Septemb er 22, 1961 Address: Box 114, Baguio City, Philippin es Entered Field: 1961 School Attended: Abi lene Christian Colleg e Sponsor: Inglewood Church of Christ Douglas LeCroy , a fellow missionary here in Baguio, decid ed to come to th e Philippines while we were in military service on the Island of Guam in 1954. W e met broth er Charles Smith and brother John Robinson at Abilene Christian College and all four of us decided to work in the Manila area. KEN AND MARGIE WILKEY Circumstances being as they are we did get to come Ken, 31, September 17, 1932, Posey, Illinois, Morgie , 26, October 27, 1937, Hobbs, New Mexico, Corrie, 5, November to th e Philippin es tog eth er and hav e been in 14, 1958, Abilene, Texas, Shari , 3, August 4, 1960, Lancaster, Baguio City thr ee years. California, Lesa, 2, September 22, 1961, Baguid City, P. I. IMPRESSIONS OF JAPAN

BY DR. HER~IAN 0. \ 'V!LSON

The weather was stormy in J apan in mid-July, lost in a city of shops , hotels , and all kinds of 1953, as the freighter Kamikawa Maru , car rying six industry. passen gers and a large cargo of lumber, cotton, and On one side of the palace grounds ran a broad machinery nosed her way through the long , filthy street on which stood the tall , white granite Dai channel as she neared the port of Yokaiichi. The Ichi building used as headquarters by General Mac­ mudd y water, filled with all kinds of broken furni­ Arthur. In downtown Tokyo are innumerable littl e ture, pieces of houses, and debris from the recent shops, selling any thin g from souvenirs and shoes to storm, gave us a rather sorry first impr ession. live crabs and eels, silks, cotton, books , and almost In our party of four were Mrs. Wilson; Miss Yoko anything else men want to buy. Along with these are Gabe , a lovely Japanese convert who had been living magnificent new department stores as modern as in our home in Los Angeles while attending Pepp er­ Macy '$ and as busy as the May Company during dine ; Dean Bixler ; and I. We had gone to visit a sale. Yoko's family in Tokyo, Dean's pare nts , Mr. and Near the great Imperial Hotel, a Frank Lloyd Mrs. 0. D. Bixler , our son Allan, attached to Yokot a Wright creation , we saw a vacant lot where some of Air Base, and various missionary friends. Since the derelicts of the war were living in sections of Yoko 's uncle was a captain for a Japanese shipping concr ete culverts or in tiny shanties built out of company, we mad e arrangements to travel on a cast-off tin and goods boxes. Along the roads we saw Japanese freighter at a fraction of the cost on a family groups living under the shelter of large passen ger liner. The voyage over was delightful bridges. I mention th ese extremes only to point out except for a little rough weather near Japan. the contras ts. Though it would take many pa ges to describe Japan is famous for its natural beauty. The coun­ fully all the impressions we received in our eight try is a long chain of volcanic islands (total area weeks in Japan , I want to share some of them in this about the same as California's), and only about sketch. twenty per cent of the land is arable. The greiter Perhaps the first impr ession any visitor from part is mount ainous , the rivers are short and general­ America receives in the Land of the Rising Sun is a ly useful only as a source of energy for producing sense of crowding, noise, and bustling activity. The electricity , but much of the scenery is superb. Besides first night in Tokyo was memorable for th e incessant the mount ains, lakes and waterfalls-and the in­ noise of elevated trains, automobile traffic and comparable Mt. Fujiyama, th e symbol of Japan­ screeching horns. Each driver, I learned lat er, feels there are dark green forests, terrace d hillsides alive free to pass anything on the road or barg e through with gar dens, and littl e valleys where every foot of any inters ection if he first gives a bl ast on his horn. soil seems to be in cultivation. This sets up a din that is almost constant day and Equally impressive are the parks in the large night . cities, the famous tea gardens of Tokyo, with their On the first clay-we were v1stt111gin the Bixler beautiful evergreens, their pools , and the bon-sai or home , near one of the stations of the elevated rail­ mini ature tre es. Everywhere there are temples and road and near to one of the Universities-I was shrines, some of them almost hidden in a little struck by th e throngs of people, old and young, forest , but others made into elaborate show places , passin g on the street in front of th e building. Every with a wall or fence enclosing an area of an acre or tim e a train stopped, masses of dark-skinned human ­ more, and entered through huge gates guarded by ity poured like a tidal wave out of the overcrowded fantastically ugly gods (or demons). Many of the coaches, and moments lat er a reverse tid e filled th e larger home s have their own gardens, not in front vacuum. On the sidewalks students in th eir school but in the rear or on the side, where grass, stones, a uniforms hurried by, and everywhere one looked pool, a stone lantern and some shade trees invite there were waves of peopl e on the move. one to pause for meditation. Tokyo is a city of contrasts. In the streets we saw The people impressed us as much as their unique every manner of conveyance known to the old and civilization. They seemed to us to be genuinely new Japan: myriad bicycles , huge trucks, 3-wheelecl courteous and hospitable. Everywher e we went we carry-alls and run-abouts , tiny taxis driven by were entertained and served with their choicest foods "kamikaze pilots " who somehow escaped th eir doom, an d delicacies . When they came to visit they in­ ox-carts, horse-drawn wagons , buses , limousines, and variably brought some small gift. They did all in even large carts pulled by men. On the sidewalks their power to make us welcome. there were country people, usually women, carrying Th ey are energetic, hard-working, ambitious, eager immense loads on their backs. The tangle of tr affic, to get ahead. They had made tremendous strides unbelievable in 1953, is said to be even more mad­ toward rebuilding their cities and their wrecked dening today. economy after the War. Their recovery has been In addition, we were impressed by the amazing almost unparalleled. variety of architecture. Within the city, surrounded They read almost anything they can get hold of . by a moat , stood the imperial palace, a relic of On the trains I saw young people reading textbooks , feudalism. The 250-acre estate, carefully preserved works on economics (a favorite subject), and science. and beautifull y kept , is like an island of the past They have a passion for education, are politicall y active, and want to improve their own and Japan's people and their way of lief. Likewise I saw and culture. appreciated the important contributions made by the I came home with a deep appreciation of these few missionaries we have sent to this great land . WRIGHT, Winfred 0 . J anuar y 6, 1935 In J anuary , 1961, the vVrights return ed to the Dorothy Goodwin States for an 18 months stay. On Apr il l , 1961, Wright November 14, 1936 Sharo n Elizabeth was born . During this time, Wright ( Sharon Elizabeth Apri l 1, 196 l preached for the Looxahoma , Mississippi congrega ­ Ad dr ess: 8, ru e Saint-Bertrand , Toulouse (Ha ut e- tion and attended Harding Grad uate School in Mem­ Garonne) , France phis, Tennessee, where he received the Master of Ent ered Field: October, 1958 Arts and the Master of R eligious Education degrees. School Attended: In October , 1962, sponsored by the Center Hill Winfred 0. Wright , Harding Co llege and Grad­ Chur ch of Paragou ld , Ar kansas, th e Wr ights re­ uate School turnee! to Tou louse. Here a program of regu lar Dorothy Goodwin Wrigh t, Harding College and services and local evange listic efforts such as meet­ Ab ilene Christian College ings , correspondence courses and personal contacts Sponsor: Center Hill Church of Christ , Paragould, is carr ied out in a building ow ned by the churc h. Ar kansas T he Wrights also participate in all aspects of the program for th e French-speaking area of Europe: History of the Wright's work in Belgium and meetings, youn g peop le's gatheri ngs, ann ual Bible France camp, etc. Mrs . Wright writes a monthly mission Winfred 0. Wright, grad uate of Harding College , feature, "Int o all the World " for Christian Woman, first came to Europe in October of 1958. For a two a publication for women of the chur ch. She is also yea r period he worked in Belgium ; in Liege and in responsible for a monthly art icle for women in th e Verviers. In August of 1959, he married an A.C.C . Frenc h religio us periodical , Vie et Verile. gra du ate, th e former Dorothy Goodwin. Their mar­ In Febru ary of 1964, Wright made a six-wee k trip riage was the first performed in the chur ch building into the Frenc h Cameroons in West Africa , with Don in Pari s, France. Hindsley of Paris , France. This trip was a teac hin g In 1960, th e Wrights joined th e gro up moving and evange listic project among brethren and num­ to To ul ouse in Southern France for the beginning erous contac ts in that new n ation. In the fall of months of thi s effort. Preparatory meetings had been 1964, the , vrights will be the on ly Amer ican workers held in severa l cities, and To ulouse selected as most in Southern France. responsive.

The meeting place of the church in Toulouse, France is the ground floor of a four-floor apartment building. The property is owned by the church (i.e . only the ground floor) . The large window provides advertising and teaching space. Brother Mittag, a young artist who is a member of the church paints The Wrights live in a two story duplex in a new housing the scentts used. Address of church building: 8 Rue St. Bert ­ di,trict ot the edge of the city. There are three bedrooms and rand, Toulouse (H. G.) FRANCE. n ba th upstairs ; kitchen , living room and garage downstairs. WYAT T, Rud y B. July 17, 19:SU Melodee Joan Oct. 24, 1932 R ebecca Lyn etta Jun e 2, 1955 Jam es Michael Jun e 30, 1959 Broth er Wyatt att end ed Abilene Christi an College Bapti zed by: Fred Custis Sister Wyatt attend ed Abilene Christian College Baptiz ed by: Guy Caskey Addr ess: P. 0. Box 16, In glewood, Perth, Western Australia Entered Field: 1961 Baptized: 58 (Conversions result of team of thr ee preachers working together) Spons or : West Berry Church, Fort Worth, Texas Encouraged to be a missionary by parents, prea cher, and visiting missionary. Worked while in school to help pay expenses. The Wyatts standing in front of their home in the Maylands suburb. Wyatt, Rudy-born in Roch ester , Texas, Father , M. B. W yatt an d mother, Juanita Lee. Wyatt, Melodee-born in Breckenrid ge, Texas, ju st memb ers of it and it onl y; an eld erly man in Father, Flo y Yates, mother , Parri e Lynn. hi s 70's, and his wife, who for years had stood Interesting exp erien ces on field to stimul ate you ng virtu ally alone aga inst inn ovations in the digr essive people. Chur ch; a youn g man from Calc u tta, India who con­ templates go ing back to Indi a some day with the Biographical Sketch good news; an elderl y woman who alth ough limited in physic al act ivity found rea l purp ose in life in th e Foll owing an Abilene Christian College Lecture­ gospe l an d no w grades our Bibl e Correspo nd ence ship in 1960 Ron Durham and Rudy Wyatt deter­ Cour se; a woman who within 5 days of her ar rival min ed to go to Perth and plant th e cause of Chri st. to Austra lia from Scotland lost her hu sba nd and T he Wyatts arrived in Perth in June of 1961. Thr ee with two teenage sons had no pl ace to turn - now months later th ey were joined by th e Durh am in the churc h sees her eldest son preaching ; anot her family. In August of 1962 the Phillips family com­ Scottish fami ly arriv in g in Austr alia seekin g grea ter pl eted the tea m of th ree familie s. Being closel y opportunity of life found th e Lord also; a former associated with two other fine gospel preachers in a Spiritualist findin g real sp iritu al ism in the Lord ; close knit relationship as a team has bee n a won ­ ot hers who , having sought Chr ist in the denomina ­ der ful blessing. tional gro up s in a city of over 430,000, have found It is a thrill un surp assed to look about an d see Truth and stabi lit y in the Lord 's churc h. A pain ter , men and wom en stron g and ded icated to the Lord , a draftsm an, a clerk, an accountant, a railw ay realizin g th at had you not come th ese would have wor ker, a salesman , a butch er, a woo l-grade r, a pan el­ never kn own Christ's way. Such as- a youn g English ­ beat er, a government agr icultu ra l emp loyee, a tele ­ man in his lat e 20's (now pr eachin g th e gospel) who phone repairman , builders , retired men , teen-age when you first met him on th e tenni s court was an ag nostic; a for mer Methodist lay pr eacher who had th e right concept of the on e body , but did not kn ow there were peop le anywhere who claim ed to be

Besides the three Ameri can pr ea che rs six oth e r men in congre ­ gation preach part time and other s are no w entering a training progr a m. Left to right , fro nt row: Jo e Pearc e (ov er 70 years old , wos pr ea cher in digr ess ive church ), Edward McGeachy New building in the Embleton suburb entered in Nov. of 1963. (Scottish lad shortly to ent er A.C.C.), Henry Pincu zk (Young Averaging 100 in Bible Study and 80 in worship ser vice on man of Polish d escen t, appr entice bookkeeper), Rudy Wyatt . Sunday morning . U. S. churches and individuals gav e 2 / 3 of Second row : Ma rvin Phillip s, Harry Taylor (Clerk for Ca l-Tex building cost. Aussies took other 1 / 3. Without the contribution Oil Company and ex -Methodist lay preacher ), Ron Durham , of three American preachers the contribution of the Australians John Robinson (Salesman shortly to enter Fort Worth Christian ( would support an " Auss ie" preacher . College ), Ron Wallace (painter and interior decorator ). apprent ices, nurses , and housewives have all come (over I ,000 sent in answer to one newspaper ad) ; to know Christ. three gospe l tent "missions" with over 300 different The team effort has made it possible to put more adult non-members attend ing; spec ial work among ( emphas is on many avenues of reaching people . ln teen-agers; dozens of cottage meetings , door to door Perth they have been varied - Bible Correspondence work ; pulpit preaching and specia l training and Course; week ly 15 radio broadcas ts carri ed in Perth teaching classes (or men and women. and three eastern coast stations; a weekly Saturday In an Eng lish spe aking country where livin g con­ display and church notice ad in the \,VEST AUS ­ ditions are so simil ar to that of the U. S. and TRALIAN (the morning newspaper of \,Vestern Amer icans are so read ily accepted , and where God Austra lia) with hundreds of responses leadin g to has so great ly multiplied our sp iritual blessings it scores of religious discussions carr ied on by corres­ would ha ve been a real sacrifice to have stayed pondence; thousands of pieces of literature mailed home in the U .S.A. and not to have come.

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( HARDING COLLEGE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF RELIGION MISSIONARY TRAINING PROGRAM

The church is gradually awa ken in g to the chal­ 9. Mission Wo rk in Selected Fields lenge of world eva ngelism. We are on the marc h. J0. Cultural Anthropolo gy for Christ ian M issions More and mor e missi onar ies ente rin g foreign serv ice, who had not been ade qu ate ly trained for the task Ther e are a numb er of missionari es in resid ence of preachin g th e Gospel in a strange culture , are at th e Gradu ate School at this time . Some spend their ur ging future workers to get th is specialized educa­ furlough st ud ying Bibl e and Missions. A missionar y tion in order to avo id the frustrati ons and mistak es ca n receive his master's degree durin g his year's fur­ of their pred ecessors. Even to pr eac h to illiterate lough if he spends his time in Memphis. Man y have natives, the mission ary needs to have a superior edu­ don e this and others plan to do so. cat ion . In oth er word s, the task of foreign evang elism The second pr ogram is condu cted during th e sum­ requir es a greate r ability to adapt and a wid er know l­ mer school. Spec ial courses of stud y are offered on edge than is needed by a work er remainin g in his a speed- up basis . Students may take a two-h our cred it own country. Foreign evangelism demands the best course by attendin g only two weeks. Speci al well­ men of the church and th e most thorough education known missionar y educ ators are invited to teac h they can get. Paul was an edu cated man, a power in these courses. Oti s Gatewood , Geor ge S. Benson , his day. Geor ge Gur ga nu s, A. R. Holton , R euel Lemmons , The Harding Graduate School offers two programs and num ero us others have taught in th ese classes. specifica lly designed to ed ucate brethren in regard Mi ssion ary lect ur es for area-wide public int erest are to th e task of world eva ngelism. T he first involves held in con junction with th e classes. Out stand ing regu lar cre dit cours es whi ch are included in the missionari es from all parts of the wo rld exhort and curri culum of the schoo l. These cours es are: edify th e br ethr en at these services. l . Th e World Mission of the Church T here should be no doubt that a world evangelist 2. The Evangelism of the Early Church needs specialized training for th e peculiar task he 3. Missionary Principles , Methods an d Pr actice has to face. , v ith th e pro gra m at the H arding Grad­ for Mission Work Today uate School now ava ilab le to all, there is no excuse 4. T he Home Chur ch and Miss ion s for th e missionary to go to the field ill-pr epa red to 5. Home Missions do the job. It takes in tens ive training and deep 6. Preparation of th e Miss ion ary ded icat ion for a p erson to be able like Paul to 7. History of Missions "become all things to all men. " T his is ne cessar y, 8. Non-Christian R eligions howeve r, if men are to be convert ed to Christ .

Administration Building Inte rior of Pittman Chap el, Ha rding Graduate Schaal , George Gu rganus speaking A MISSION-MINDED SCHOOL IN A MISSION FIELD

York College , was born in a missio11ary setting ·. ( There was no New Testament chur ch in th e city or th e surrounding county when initial plans were made for establi shin g a Christian college. Since the school opened in 1956, howev er, a substantial con­ gregation has deve loped and is sponsoring a number of mission efforts , both locally and in distant fields. The founders of York College are mission-minded. Many of th em had been active in mission study groups and actual mission work prior to coming to York. They kn ew th at a stra tegically located Christian college would serve young people from scattered small congregations throughout the great Midwest. They kn ew, also, that a goo d Christian college would attract outstanding young people from York College Mission Study Class Christian homes and congregations in sections of the country where the church was already strong. This hom e and abroad. These men challen ge th e young would enabl e these young peop le to act u ally ex­ people and supplement the regular religious activ i­ peri ence and assist in missio n work while they were ties of th e college students . T he YC mission study receivin g their college educat ion . Those responsible class end eavors to get mor e you ng peop le committed for York College envisioned a rapid support of the to spend their lives in mission fields. They corres­ cause of Christ throughout the Midwest as a direct pond with missionaries throughout the world and result of York College students takin g their places participate in workshops and seminars throughout of leadership in homes and congregat ions in this the brotherhood . The mission study class is organized entir e area. This vision is already a reality. into committees hand lin g such areas as devotions , From the very beginning , York College has main­ projects a nd lectures hips. tained a stro ng mission study class. This extra-curric ­ Four separate groups of young people are making ular act ivit y is und er th e direction of Athletic Direc ­ plans to spend some of th eir summer in concentrated tor, Colis Campbell , hims elf a mission ary in J apan mission efforts in three of the States and in Mexico. for six years. The spirit of the mission study class Two former memb ers of the class are doing secular permeates the entir e campus , and average attendance work in South America and Thomas Schulz and for their weekly me eti ngs is at leas t one-third of the family, assisted partially by the York chur ch, are stude nt body. doing full tim e mission work in Amsterdam , Holl and. One featur e of the York Co llege mission stud y Many former stude nts are preaching , teaching or pro gra m is th e invitin g of monthl y gu est speakers serv in g in other capacities of leade rship throughout of outstanding ability and expe rience, both from the North Central States. REFLECTIONS BASED ON A WORLD TOUR BY JAM ES D. BAL ES ( Although one must not deceive himself into think­ th ey pl an later to return to do m1ss10n work. The ing that a world tour , which included contacts with Peace Corp does not want individu als to be actively gospel workers , makes on e into an ex pert on mis­ engaged in a program of converting native peoples, sionary work or anything else, it is still true that but th e two years spent on the field would enable visits to the fields an d a study of the problems can an individual to learn the languag e, to learn th e furnish one with some insights and und erstandings. people , and to lea rn whether or not he was fitted to My experiences and conversations underscore at least th at field , and to do all of this without being two points. First, the need for more tra111111g. an expense to the church. After he has been there Second, the need for more "non-missionary" mission­ in Peace Corp work he can then return to that field aries. with some understanding of the field. He also can First, there is th e need for more training. Churches have already made some friends in that particular need to recognize that many of the foreign fields are country. so different from our own country that one is indeed Second, we need mor e "non-missionary" missiona­ an al ien in foreign land. Usually the missionary ri es. By this I mean that we need more individuals knows neither the language nor the people. If the who are not support ed by the church but who are churches which support him expect him to plunge in the mission fields as workers for the U. S. govern ­ immediately into missionary work, and to get im­ ment , advising in ed uc ational work , stationed in the mediate results , they will be apt to be pushing him armed services, working for a company, etc. They into mistakes which will possibly cripple his work can help form the nucleus of a congregation, they for some time to come. Where there are other can help support the work, they can be an encourage­ missionaries on the field , who have learned some­ ment to the missionaries from America, and they can thing about the people and the language, they can make contacts which the mission ary himself could not help guide him int o activities which are within his make alone , but can make through them. Doors grasps and which keep him from making serious will be open to these individuals which would not blunders. For examp le, amongst one tribe in India be open to the missionary as a mission ary but ma y it is not good for one to commend the parents and be open to the missionary as a friend of the "non­ speak of what a fine, healthy baby they have. To missionary" missionary (if that is the way to describe speak thus of the baby is, in their way of thinking , to th e type of worker that I have in mind. Of course , put the evil eye on him. The parents would avoid every Christian is a missionary, but we have reference such a person as they would avoid a plague. And to individuals who are not supported by the church yet, with all the good int ent ions in the world a per­ but who are on the foreign field using their oppor­ son could make such a blunder because he lacked tuniti es to advance the cause of Christ). In my an understanding of the people and their beliefs. It judgment, brother and Sister Wayne Long from Aus­ would be profitable if missionaries could have some tin , Texas did a spl endid work of this nature and time for langu age study and to learn something of were fundament al individuals in the establ ishment the people-their history and culture-before they of the work in Bangkok. launch into an extended program of missionary act iviti es. Congregations need to be taught to help More Christians need to choose their profession the missionary prepare in this way for the greatest in life with the view of using that profession in possible service. the best way possible to help advance the cause of One of the ways that some can make this prepar a­ Christ. In fact, is not this binding on all Christ ians, tion, without cost to the church , is to join the Peace for is it not a part of seeking first the kingdom of Corp and seek assignment in the country to which Goel and His righteousn ess? A BRIEF TRIP TO JAPAN ( S. P. PITTMAN 111 a11 age of i11cessant travel, the heading of thi s goo d was don e i11 the way of lendin g encouragement article is not at all sensational. Go back thirty years, to th e workers in this far away field. Of course a visit and things wer e quite differe nt. As of foreig11 mis­ to th e Orient , whether short or long, is an eye-opener. sionary activity, there was little among the disciples. One lesson I learned was that the mission of the There were some who actually opposed sending the missionary is not to endeavor to Americanize the gospel abroad and the majority were totally indif­ natives, but rather to Christianize them , leaving them ferent. A few began to agitate th e matter of missions with their own customs and predile ctions. Don't in­ and a cry arose: "One man Missionary Society!" I sist on their using chairs as we do . Don't ask them trust we'll never hea r aga in , not eve n th e echo of such to discar d their chopsticks or to keep to the right a cry. Th e interest bein g tak en now in missionar y instead of th e left in p assing. Another observation work around the glob e is one of our most hopeful contrary to a former idea, I found that the youth signs. But we hav e just only touched the hem of the rather than the adults can better be reached by the garment. Thanks to Brother McCaleb for years almost gospel. The older citizens holding tenaciously to th e lone standard bearer. Occasionall y some mission­ their customs , idolizing their "renowned past" are mind ed man or woman went to his aid. Among these "set in their ways." The young people are the in­ were Broth er and Sister B. D. Morehead. On a visit quisitive ones and become more eager and do cile to America, af ter th ey had be en go ne sometime, listener s. On e mor e suggestion to the missionaries on Broth er Morehead suggested that someone go over th e field. "Let pati ence have its perfect work." Don't to Japan durin g the summer to teach and encourage be disheartened if they reason differentl y from us in the missionari es and their children. I became in­ America. Don't get discouraged if they show signs of terested and agreed to go. So in June, 1929, I set vacillation. It is difficult for them to give up all their out for th e "Land of the Risin g Sun ." ,l\7ith me was a idols at once. If we searched our own hearts , we young man ju st out of high school , Broth er Homer would find th at we have not given up all of ours. Winn ett of Coffee County , T enn essee. H e had de­ One suggestion to us wh en sendin g out mission aries, termin ed to do perm anent work in that field . As we I would not say that th e most highly educate d sailed out of th e golden gate o f San Francisco, we liter ates ought to be sent over , but th ey should have faced a sea and a world unknown to us. Strang e a fair education at least. Hon esty, enthusiasm, un­ sounds and sights on every hand. At Yokohoma on selfishness and endurance need to be considered in the floor of th e railroad station there was the con­ prospectiv e missionari es. Having chosen the mis­ ( stant clockin g and clacking of th e woode n shoes­ sionary in whom we can confide , let us give him the a foretaste of th e monoto ny of the .Japanese lang uage support and encourage ment he will sor ely need. Let that greets th e visitor to Jap an. T his was before the us refr ain from criticism . He may , at tim es, not do bittern ess of Pe arl H arbor . The J apanese people were what we think best or fail to agree with our judg­ kind to us and very int erestin g. I would no t leave ment ; but rememb er th at he is on th e spot and would th e impr ession that my stay th ere was a signal help likely exerc ise bett er judgm ent than we who view to the work th ere. Ind eed it was not. I trust some things from a distan ce. MISSION STUDY TOUR PHIL ELKINS ( In 1960-61, Dal e Castlema11 and I spent JO months home i11 the ea rl y part of 1967. We will be sponsored int erv iew ing over I 00 missionar ies in Europe, Near, by th e White Station Church of Christ and will Middle and the Far East. By that time we had receive about one fourth of our support from the visited 30 countries, had spent all our personal sav­ Highland Church in Abilene (with which I worked ings, plus several hundred dollar s that we had both for a year) and we plan to pay about a fourth of borrowed , and decided to return to the States. l the expenses from our personal savin gs. "\:Ve will also finished my B.A . degree at Abilene and decided to visit several of the most successful denominational do some academic study at the Kenn edy School of efforts. Missions in Hartford, Connecticut. ] am presently "\,Ve plan to visit 59 countri es and 18 college finishin g a Master of Theology degree in Bible and campuses after the trip . While on the campuses I Missions at th e Harding Graduate School in Mem­ plan to seek out the most qualified students I can phis, Tennessee . From my studies in missions thus find and present them the opportunities which exist far, I have felt that there needs to be a big re-evalua­ in the mission fields for them in their chosen pro­ tion of our pres ent methods , basis for selecting new fession. I worked for two semesters at Abilene Chris­ fields of work , and preparati on of futur e missionaries. tian as the mission study chairman. When I began I also feel that there is a definit e need to hav e some­ as chairman of th e study class, we had about 250 one visit all of our colleg e cam pu ses and to ade­ people att endin g eac h week. There are now almost quately present the greatest opport uniti es for con­ 700 each week. I feel mu ch of this adde d interest verting receptive people. has come from making mission work the core of I hope to better qualify myself to do this by campus life rather than a fringe activity. As we spending 17 months (along with my wife) studying visit each campus we plan to help the students to our present efforts in Asia , Africa, and Latin America. build more int eres t in and support for future mission We plan to leave in the summer of 1965 and return work. THE GREAT COMMISSION

( JAMES BURTON COFFMAN

Matthew's is th e full est account of the great com­ essentiality of baptism is a natural deduction from mission (Matthew 28:18-20) and contains a remark­ this reference to it on such a solemn occasion and able constellation of many of the great Christian by the injunction that men be baptized "into the doctrines. Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Th e Divinity of J esus Christ is implied in the Holy Spirit." It is inconceivable that optional, inci­ words "all authority ," and by th e use of His name dental, or non-essential commandments would have along with that of The Father and The Holy Spirit. been mentioned by Our Lord upon such an occasion Christ is called God no less than ten times in the as this. Greek New Testament. (John 1:1; John 20:28; Acts Th e Kind of Baptism men are to receive is seen 20:28; Titus l :3; Hebrews 1:8; etc.) Such words as in the fact that the church is to administer it. The are attributed to Christ in the Great Commission same people who do the going are commanded to would be utter nonsense in the mouth of a mere do the baptizing; therefor e, it must be water bap­ man. tism. Men are not able to administer the baptism Th e Do ctrin e of th e Trinity is indicated by use of of the Holy Spirit . the sacred triple name of Father, Son, and Holy Th e Providence of God is taught here. Jesus said, Spirit. Althougb not stated categorically in Scripture, "Lo , I am with you always, even unto the end of the doctrine of th e Trinity is everywhere evident the world." What a blessed promise. The Lord con­ in the New Testament and by implications in the tinues to direct, overrule, and providentially aid the Old Testament. God said let "us" make man. At struggles of His disciples. He will never leave them the Baptism of the Lord Jesus , all three persons of or forsake them. the Trinity appear: the voice out of heaven , the Th e Immortality of the Soul shines in the promise, descent of the dove, and the baptism of the Son. "Even unto the end of the world," not, "until ye c;lie;" Th e Broth erhood of All Men is taught by th e but even to the end of the world. Christ brought commission which requires the baptism of "all na­ life and immortality to light through the gospel. His tions ." The great mission ary program of the church entire teaching is predic ated upon the after-life. The receives its fountain strength from this divine im­ resurr ection is not a side-issue but of the foundational perative. truth He brought to man (See Hebr ews 6:2). Th e T eachin g Ministry of the church is included in the command to teac h th e baptized "all things" con­ Th e Encl of th e World is not merely contemplated tained in Christ's doctrine . Every Bible class on but promised in the great commission. Men of earth draws its authority from this admonition. The science agree that the earth itself will fulfill its Christian faith is a teaching faith. destiny and pass into oblivion. Our sun is a super­ Th e Id entificat ion of Divin e Truth is presented in nova typ e of star which may explode at any time , the words , "Whatsoever I have commanded you." The becoming a million times brighter and hotter than Christian faith is primarily and above every thing it is. Such explosions have been photographed in the else the teaching of Christ. No part of his teaching galaxy. That such a fate awaits our earth is evident through His apostle may be de-emphasized or in such passages as II Peter 3: IO and II Thessalonians omitted. "All things" must be taught. See: Matthew 1 :8. 4:4; Luke 24:25 , 44; and Acts 5:20. This remarkable commission is, therefore, entitled Baptism for the Remission of Sins is taught in to the appellation "great." It constitutes the march­ the commandment to "baptise all nations." The ing orders for God 's church through time to Eternity. PRAYING FOR MISSIONARIES

DEWAYNE DAVENPORT )

One o[ our most neglected parts of mission work devotion . As a church, put the pictur es on th e bulle­ is that of "praying for missionaries. " It costs nothing tin board and have special prayer for that missionary in terms of money , yet we are not using this effect ive all week . mission tool. Recently a missionary in Ghana re­ Pray for certain needs . Write the missionary and ceived a letter from a chur ch in the States saying, ask him his needs. However , remember that the mis­ "We had a prayer meeting for you ." This letter sionary may not be able to reveal some of the intimate helped the missionary to know his nam e and work needs. One missionary said, "The missionary is were remembered in th e pra yers of friends so far capab le o[ becoming discour age d, of feeling lonely , away. and of even having doubts rega rdin g his own spiri ­ How lon g has it been since your congregation or tual life. It is difficult to write home abo ut these you individuall y have had a "prayer meeting" for a things , when norma lly one does not even mention missionary? these matters except to a very "intimat e friend." Workers in the far mission fields o[ thi s world do Some of the missionary's greatest problems, he can­ not need your pity , they need your prayers. "But," not reveal. 1f he is having troubl e with the govern­ you ask, "How do I pray for a missionary?" I hav e ment , he dares not write about it, lest he and the received from Chri stian Life Publications , Inc. , in whole mission get expelled from the countr y. Chicago , a littl e tract entitled, "Prayin g for Mis­ But many times you do know th e needs. A new sionaries ." It has some exce llent sugg est ions as to buildin g, a gospel meet ing , opening a new area, effect ive missionary prayers. gett ing needed equ ipm ent, etc. , all need your prayers. I. Find out all you can about the missiona1y for 4. Try to anticipate ne eds. By the itm e you hear whom you are pray ing. Here are some things to of a need , it may be passed. Keep up with the work learn about your prayer subject. What is his or her of the missionar y so that you ant icip ate his needs name? What is th e wife's name? Wh at are th e chil­ and pr ay in advance. dr en's nam es? Wh ere is th e missionary working? The 5. B e persistent ancl persevering in prayer . On e prayer needs of a work er in Southeast Asia are dif ­ Afri can mission ary put it this way : "You pray ed ferent than those o[ a work er in South Africa. A[ter for an African to become converted. You pr ayed you learn all you can about the missionary, then pra y once or twice and results came . Then you stoppe d with th ese facts in mind. praying. Sata n attacked. The native backslid. His 2. Pray regularly . You may pick up some gospe l testimony was lost. The missionar y beca me discour­ pap er and see a very sad story about th e needs o[ aged. The chur ch lost a leader. Be cons istent in some mission ary. T hen you go to pray. Don 't wait pray er. Make thos e foreign Chr istia ns brother -mem ­ for some story to stir your heart , pr ay always for th e bers of your own family whom you rem ember con ­ missionar y. The mission ary should not hav e to stantly in pray er." write some exc itin g news to get your pray ers, for a Some items to remember when praying for a mis­ missionary's lif e is made up of the sma ll everyday sion ary are: For victory over mental stag nat ion , for affairs of life. H e needs your pray er in the sma ll freshness in pra yer and Bibl e teaching , for gu idance things eve n more than the "headlin e" events. Pr ay in how to pr esent th e gospel to some foreign person regularly for your missionar y whether you hear any with whom the missionary may have a fleetin g con­ news or not. tact, for delivera nce from the temptations of pride , 3. Be specific in your prayers. How many times for wisdom in relations with other mission ar ies (the have we heard our br ethr en pray, "Lord , bless all numb er one cause of all missionar y prob lems), for our missionari es in diff erent fields." Th is is too strength to overcom e th e tempt at ion of lon elin ess, ge neral. In publi c and private pr ayers th e mis­ and for a saving sense o[ humo r. sionary shou ld be mention ed by name. Pra y for Pr ay today and every clay for your missionaries. Gordon Hogan in Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday morn­ The missionari es will benefit grea tly from your ing and Dou glas Lawyer in Ab a, Nigeria , on Sun ­ pray ers but you will bene fit eve n more yours elf. day night. "Lord , bless the missionaries" is not very Pray er will give you a direct part in mission work. specific. H elp your friends and br et hr en to learn how to As a fami ly, mak e up 3 x 5 cards and put pi ctur es pr ay for our men and women on foreign fields. of certa in mission aries on them. Pray for a different P. 0 . Box 324-7, Kum asi, Ghana missionary , with th e picture befo re you at eac h dail y -S elected from Christian Chronicl e, May 1964. Signs Tell the Story: CHURCHES OF CHRIST GROWING, EXPANDING

BY GLOVER SHIPP

The traveler returns hom e from his lour of th e Christian schools are growing in Japan , (where nation . Although not a religious man , he remarks lbaraki Christian College has celebrated its 15th that everywhere he had gone , in every metropolis anniversary) , in Korea , in the Philippines, in Can­ and village , he had observed signs ... ada, Nigeria , Ethiopia , Tanganyika , the Rhodesias , Italy , Mexico , and other countries. CHURCH OF CHRIST Signs in the Air Welcomes You In Russia a factory worker hunches over his one Sixth Street and Central Ave. contact with the world , his radio , and hears a mes­ sage of hope in his own language. World Radio en­ Signs of the Times, ters his country with the voice of Stephen Bilak, a Signs of Growth and Progress. Ukranian evangelist and beams daily Bible messages in other major languages to all continents. Yes, there are signs on the highways today. Num­ The radio listener and television viewer today see bering more than two million members, Churches (and hear) signs of progress , as Herald of Truth of Christ have reached out in two decades to every programs cover this country and other countries. state. Texas and Tennessee both count thousands of congregations, with California , Oklahoma, Arkan­ Signs at Ports of Entry sas and other states totaling hundreds each. The customs officer examines passports and ushers And there are other signs-"Future meeting place, a constant stream of missionary families into Sa,uth Lakeview Church of Christ," or "New educational Am erica, Europe , Africa , A u.stralia, Asia, the Pacific wing to meet the needs of a growing congregation." islands. Here are more signs of growth-"Exodus/ The pace of land acquisition and construction is Bayshore ," a hundred families moving to Long Island , accelerating everywhere as new congregations are N. Y. to expand the church there ; "Operation '68," formed and older ones are expanded. Some, such as another hundred young people preparing for evan­ the Madison Church in Nashville, Tenn. have built gelism in Brazil; "Safari for Souls," a six-month cam­ their own children's homes , Bible camps, and other paign in Tanganyika; annual campaigns in Scotland , special facilities. England , Australia , Germany , Canada. The signs across the land continue-"Sierra Chil­ dren's Home ," "Yosemite Bible Camp." "Church of Signs in the Mail Christ Bible Chair." "Camp Shiloh." Children's The postman delivers a letter from a Christian homes number about 30, summer Bible campus into college , a missionary report , a special World's Fair the hundreds. Bible chairs are being organized issue of the CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE , the latest adjacent to public colleges and universities. installment in a Bible corresponden ce course , ad­ Twenty-one Christian college campuses are on the vertising about a campaign in New Zealand. map of America today. The signs read "North­ The mail alone indicates the vigorous upsurge of eastern Institute of Christian Education ," "York Col­ activity in the church . Bible courses are distributed lege," "Abilene Christian College ," "Harding ," "Pep­ by the tens of thousands in various languages. Chris­ perdine," "Lipscomb, " "Columbia," "Magic Valley ," tian publications of greatly improved quality have "Freed-Hardeman ," "Alabama," "Fort Worth," "Mich­ reached new highs in circulation. igan," "Lubbock," "Oklahoma Christian," and others. Letters to and from missionaries are in the mail daily. The volume of correspondence and announce­ Signs Across the Sea ments by Christian colleges is staggering. One such The world hopper returns from a less-than-eighty­ college alone will distribute this year more than two days jet tour to report that at every airport he had million pieces of literature. been met by missionary famili es and had observ ed the success of their efforts. Signs at the World's Fair In more than I 00 countries today signs are found The World's Fair visitor enters the Protestant -"Chiesa de Cristo, " "Kristi Forsamling," "Gemeinde Pavilion ancl is confronted by a dynamic exhibit Christi," "L'Eglise du Christ ," "Kristuksen Seurakun­ center , alive with guests asking questions, picking ta, " "La Iglesia de Cristo." up booklets , viewing films , and requesting Bible The world evangelism movement in the church has courses. grown at an impressive rate since World War II. In Nigeria a little more than a decade of evangelism Why This Growth? has produced 400 congregations and 40,000 members. What has caused these signs of growth to blossom Tanganyika, Japan , the Philippines , Mexico and 011 a worldwid e scope in recent years? Canada count hundreds of churches meeting. Work One reason is a great er emphasis on education is underway even in more remote islands such as among Churches of Christ. Greenland , Iceland , Samoa , and M idwey. Today's youth are receiving better instruction in the local churches. More and more of them each A Vital Message year are seeking an education in Christian colleges , which are breaking enrollment records and building " What do you peopl e really leach?" is being asked frantically to keep abreast of the demand. daily al the World's Fair Exhibit Center. Students are encouraged to make an early commit­ The question indicates growing interest in the ment to fulltime evangelism, thus creating a new , Churches of Christ and their message. The answer is spirited work force for the church around the world. another reason, perhaps the greatest one, for the growth of the church in this generation. A Growing Awareness Churches of Christ plead for a return to simple Anoth er reason is a growing awareness - of th e New Testament Christianity. Today , when religious world, of its social, moral and spiritual needs. movements are almost countless in number and com­ This consciousness gained momentum during plexity of organization, the doctrine of One Lord, World War II when men in military service saw One Faith, One Baptism, One God and Father of firsthand in different countries the need that existed us all (Ephesians 4:4-6) has a powerful appeal. In for Christ. After the war they returned to alleviate an age when the world itsel£ is becoming dangerous­ this need. ly explosive , man yearns for a faith like that of early This new awareness has continued to develop , Christians, who also faced a dangerous world. boosted by the diligent effort of teachers, writers, The Churches of Christ strive to present that churches sponsoring missionary programs, and mis­ doctrine and that enduring faith to a confused and sionaries themselves. As a result, local churches frightened humanity. have matured to the point where they are actively engaged in Christian service in more than a hundred An Old Message, a New Spirit nations. The message preached by the church today is an The Tools for the Task old one-as old as Jesus Christ and His Apostles. "We see the challenge, but how can we fulfill it?" But it has the power to cause men of every race the question is asked. to listen and turn to it. Signs of this quickening So the need arises for better tools - improved interest are everywhere-on the air, in the mail, in methods and materials. Bible school materials, visual the personal response of millions to the timeless aids, periodicals, and methods of instruction have message of Christ. all shown recent marks of efforts to improve their Linked with this message is a new Spirit. appearance and usefulness. Signs of it are everywhere also-college students on The church is entering an Age of Professionalism 20 campuses committed to world evangelism, families, in its methods. No longer are church leaders content journeying en masse to missionary centers , thousands with amateurish attempts at evangelism, but are of congregations being organized or expanded , a insisting that all plans be developed in an orderly, new sense of awareness, purpose and destiny. quality way seldom before attained. The signs are conclusive , Church of Christ are On This professional attitude has motivated high the March , a people with a dynamic future. Their quality, dignified television programs, films, world renewed Spirit is well voiced by the song sweeping radio schedules, Bible messages in the world's lead­ college campuses these days, raised in a swelling ing newspapers and magazines, an outstanding chorus by the young preparing to give their lives in World's Fair exhibit center, and other such projects. service to God: These evangelistic programs have necessitated "I further increases in planning and participation. know the Lord will -finda way for me. Thus the cycle of education - awareness - participa­ I know the Lord will -finda way for me. tion grows to reach into all nations. As the cycle If I walk in Heaven's Light, grows, new opportunities are presented for Christian Shun the wrong and do the right, missions, schools, literature and other means of con­ I know the Lord will -finda way for me." verting the world to Christ that would not have heen available a few years earlier. -Selected from Christian Chronicle, June 5, I 964. TOM TUNE and family arrived in H ong Kong July 27, 1962. T his was somewhat a history-making 1' eve nt as th ey were sponsored by a congrega tion of Negroes. This was also report ed to be th e first case · of any religious Negro gro up takin g th e ove rsight and sendin g forth a white missionary. The North Ri chmond Congregation (now th e East Sid e Congregation) sponsored their first two years. As a result of th e attention given thi s by various news media throu ghout th e world , contact was mad e with a religious group in Nigeria and later 600 were baptized by F. F. Ca rson, th e mi nister of the East Sid e Congregation , when he made a visit to th at countr y. While Tune was pr eac hin g for the Pleasant Hill Congregation, Pl easa nt Hill , Ca lifornia , he hea rd Ira Rice speak on the great need for workers in Hong Kong and of th e great service rendered by Sister Bernard to th e Chinese peopl e for the past 33 years, in Hong Kon g and Canton. T he decision was th en made to go to Hong Kon g. Amo ng th e congregat ion visit ed during the mon ey raising campa igns were con­ gregations of Negroes throughout th e U . S., encour ­ ag ing th em to take th eir part in sendin g the Gospe l throughout the world. Upon their arrival in Hong Kong, they bega n services th e first Lor ds Day on H ong Ko ng Island. To their kn ow ledge thi s was the first time service had ever been held on the Island ; however, th e work was go ing well across th e h arbor in Kowloon . T his work was started three years pr evious by Me lvin Harbison , Gus Eoff an d Dou glas Robin son . During th e first two years in Hong Kon g 30 were baptized and 40 stud ents in one of th e schools in Kowloon were taught th e Bibl e. Among those bap­ Myles Thomas Tuen-May 12, 1929; Charlene Lowe Porch Tune tized were Salvador Yu and his son "\I\Talter. Salvador -October 27, 1927; Michael Thomas Tune-May 22, 1953; is fast becoming a leader in the congrega tion there. Timothy Scott Tune- Nov. 1, 1955; Dorcas Sue Tune-Nov. !5, 1957 ; Ruby Manon Tune - Nov . 9, 1960 . His wife , Glor ia, was rais ed by Sister Bern ar d. Sister Bernard, now 73, is still in H ong Kong and Br itish Government for a school in the Jordan Valley doin g th e work she loves so well. She is at pr esent area of Kowloon. Bible film has been shown in this caring for five childr en. area for months. This school and congregat ion could Whil e in Hon g Kong mu ch headway was made in be one of the first in this area of 15,000 people . estab lishin g a boarding schoo l on Lantao Island. Ma ilin g addr ess: Af ter the ground was laid, Enoch T hweat , former Tom T un e missionary to Formosa, has agre ed to go and head Box 15426 th e work ther e. Site has also been grant ed by th e Hong Kong, Chin a Street address: No . 7 Sunnin g Rd. , Te l. 77-1110.

The front of th e building in which the church mee ts in Hong Kong. The inside of the building in Hong Kong. MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

Rochester ( Greater Detroit) , Michigan

Michigan Chr ist ian Co llege opened her doors i11 Sept ember, 19:i9. T he effort is th e result of years of planning on th e part of faithful Christians in the North Central states. Beginning with 54 students th e enrollment has grown to 200 with bri ght prospects for th e future. T he college is located on a 44 acre campus in Ro chester (north side of grea ter Detroit). Prospects are good that 53 additional acres will soo n be added. MCC is a Liberal Arts Co llege offering 9 depart­ ments of study. Outstanding among thes e is th e department of Bible and Missions. Many of th e students have enrolled in academic mission courses and well qu alified teachers have pro vided instru ction and leaders hip . Brother M auri ce H all headed MCC's m1ss1ons tr aining until he rece ntl y went to Viet Nam . He has been assisted by Otis Gatewood, Lu cie n Palm er, Hugh M in gle, Epi Bi lak and Bill Nicks. Bill Nicks is present ly pro vidin g leaders hip. All of Lucien Pal me r, Presi de nt of Michigan Christian Colleg e, Ro­ chester, Michigan , greets four international students as they these men have worked on foreign mission fields. arrive in the United States. They are from left to right : Tara In addition to acade mi c classes in missions, several Pol (Bombay, India) , Ivan Uys (Pretoria, Union of South Africa) , outstanding mission workshop s have been held on Francoise Rambourg (aris, France) , and Sutira Ariyapongse campu s. Missionaries from aro und the world have (Bangkok, Thailand ). attended and particip ate d . An ac tive "Missio ns Class" (ex tra curricu la) mee ts on cam pus each week . Stu ­ causing th e college's influ ence to sp read around th e dents from MCC also at tend th e annu al studen t world . Also , has help ed to focus atte ntion on th e wor kshops held on Christian college cam pus es. need of missionar y tr ain ing and pr eparation on the MCC has a large number of foreign students on part of other Chris tian colleges and chur ches. campus eac h year und er her missionary training pro­ The Ad mini stra tio n, Faculty and Staff (consisting gram. Prese ntl y, th ere are 18 st ud ents from 14 na­ of 44 presentl y) of MCC faces the futur e ded ica ted tions . Among U. S. stu dents, I l states are represented . to the trainin g of young peop le to know the Bible , Many of these stud ents have finish ed th ere tra in ing love God , and to the carry in g of the gospe l to every and retur ned to th eir hom elands. nation under Heav en durin g our generat ion . A miss ions emphas is at MCC has aided great ly in

Lucien Palm er; President, and Mau rice Hall , until recen tly head Oti s Gat ew ood , Maurice Hall, Milton Fletche r, Hugh Mingl e a nd of th e Missions Depar tm ent, sig nify that th e World is our field Lucien Palm er , pioneers at Michigan Christian College -our goal . 1959-1964 . (

E. L UC IEN PALMER President

HUG I-( R. M INGLE MILTON B. FLETC H ER Acting Dean and R egistrar Bu siness 1\1.anager

One of the many mission workshops held at Michigan Christian College . THAT ALL MIGHT HEAR

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The HERALD of TRUTH is now being broadcast . . . • on 3 of the 7 contin ents • In more than 50 Western European countri es via the world's most powerfu l lon g wave radio station • over more than 450 radio and television outlets in the Unit ed States Our Immediate Goal To reach the entir e English-sp eaking wor ld with the gospe l of Christ, on 128 Eng lish- language foreign stations and in every American city of 5,000 or more populatio n.

Our Long Range Goal

Mark 16:15 T he world is populated by 3 billion people, and this popu lation is increasing at the rate of 2 births to every death. We cannot depend on a re lativ e handfu l of Christians to reach the fo ur corn ers of the earth. Mass commu nication mu st be utilized . Th e HERA LD OF TRUTH can help you r each greater numbers for Christ in your ar ea. Write th e elders of H ighl and Church of Chr ist if you can help . .. or if you ne ed help .. . in securin g th e pro gram for you r community or oth er s.

HIGHLAND CHURCH OF CHRIST P. 0. BOX 2001 ABILENE, TEXAS