MOODY Alumni News

Fall 2018

In His Grip Reaching Chicago’s Urban Youth From the Executive Director

Dear friends,

Many of you know that Moody has experienced some difficulties over the last nine months—making the prayerful but painful decision to close one campus (see story on page 16) and starting the search for a new president (see page 4). Yet I’m glad to report that we remain on mission.

With fall semester upon us and a fallen world around us, it’s I’m so grateful exciting to see so many students at Moody preparing for and practicing Christian ministry. I’m also grateful for the many for the many alumni I meet who are on mission for God—whether they’re alumni I meet reaching urban youth in Chicago or serving as missionary pilots in foreign lands. who are on mission for God. Have you been reading the monthly alumni emails we send out? I hope so. I think you will find them helpful. You can also get the latest at moody.edu/update. We want to keep you informed about Moody news and events, so please provide us with your current email address and contact information—and any prayer requests or updates—at [email protected] or (312) 329-4412. Thank you!

Serving Christ together,

Nancy (Andersen ’80) Hastings Executive Director, Moody Alumni Association

On the cover: (middle) Shawn Proctor ’07, program director of GRIP The School, with high school students in Chicago.

Moody Alumni News, Fall 2018 (Vol. 68, No. 2): Executive Director: Nancy (Andersen ’80) Hastings; Managing Editor: Linda Piepenbrink; Art Director: Lynn Gabalec; Alumni Notes Editor: Alexandria Hunter; Alumni Board of Directors: Cherie (Bruchan ’75) Balog, Tobias Brown ’05, Chris Drombetta ’14, Steve Dutton ’86, Peter Grant ’83, Col. Joe Hilbert ’93, David Lee ’08, Tracy (McPhail ’14) Reed; Julie (Carlen ’80) Ross, Jim Shedd ’72, Yvonne (Hurd ’80) Wolf. Moody Alumni News is published spring, fall, and winter by the Moody Bible Institute Alumni Association at 820 N. LaSalle Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60610-3284. It is distributed to Moody alumni free of charge. To help equip the next generation of ministry leaders studying at Moody, please visit www.moody.edu/give-back. Send alumni updates and photos to [email protected], or call us at (312) 329-4412. Visit the alumni website at moody.edu/alumni where you can view Moody Alumni News online. Contents

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In This Issue

Continuing Impact 16 Moody in Spokane leaves an enduring legacy In His Grip 22 Reaching Chicago’s urban youth Back to the Cross: 43 Feet of Hope 28 Moody grads transform a church full of “idols and creepy stuff” ‘Great Is Thy Faithfulness’ 32 The true story behind Moody’s unofficial theme song In Every Issue

4 Moody Highlights 36 Life & Ministry Notes 40 Present with the Lord Moody Highlights

Moody’s Presidential Search

The search for Moody Bible Institute’s Dr. David Gyertson, consultant next president is officially underway for The Dingman Company, added, with the May 21 announcement that “Think of the complexity of what The Dingman Company has been Moody is. We’re not just hiring an chosen to lead the recruiting. academic president. We’re looking “Today is a significant moment for somebody who has a passion for in our 132-year history,” said Randy Christ-centered biblical education and Fairfax, chair of the Presidential Search understands the power of Christian Committee as well as Moody’s Board media, particularly in radio and in of Trustees. “The profile we have print. So all of those pieces have to prayerfully put together with the help come together in a unique fashion.” of The Dingman Company is based The presidential search committee upon feedback received from staff, includes Dr. Pamela (Kistler ’79) students, faculty, and leadership MacRae MA ’12, faculty; Dr. William through multiple interviews, town Thrasher, faculty; David Lee MDiv ’08, hall meetings, and correspondence. Alumni Board; Randy Fairfax, Trustee It also reflects our desire to locate Board chair; Richard Warren, Trustee someone committed to our foundation Board vice chair; Thomas Fortson, on the Word of God and mission trustee; James Meeks, trustee; Dr. Juli to take the gospel across the globe, Slattery, trustee; and Mark Wagner, cultures, and generations.” He added, trustee. “For a large, multifaceted ministry For those who are interested in such as Moody, the president needs applying for the position of president, a unique skill set for effectively or for those who wish to suggest a managing and closely collaborating potential candidate, please contact with fellow leadership, staff, and the Bruce Dingman at (818) 378-7755 or Board to ensure Moody’s success [email protected]. Find out more moving forward.” at moody.edu/presidentialsearch.

Help Us Pray for a New President

As we depend on the Lord and trust in His timing during the selection process, please join us in prayer: 1. That the search for a new president will be fueled by prayer and directed by God 2. That the search committee will remain diligent and prayerful during the process 3. That God will reveal a person of great character and heart for ministry 4. That the search committee will discern the Lord’s will in selecting candidates 5. For Moody employees, staff, and students during the transition

4 Moody Alumni News Pastors and ministry leaders worship the Lord during a Pastors’ Conference session.

Pastors’ Conference a Time of Connection and Renewal

More than 600 pastors and ministry Ray Pritchard, president of Keep leaders from as far away as Canada, Believing Ministries, preached Tuesday Puerto Rico, and Nigeria gathered night on how to survive your critics. “It at Moody Bible Institute May 21–24 spoke exactly to an issue that I needed for Pastors’ Conference. The week to hear and melted my heart, which is featured preaching from respected what I’ve been hoping for and praying Christian speakers such as Ed Stetzer, for,” said Gary Cech, MDiv ’99, Charlie Dates, Joe Stowell, H. B. a pastor in Flint, Michigan. Charles, and Alistair Begg. Alumni Workshops covered a litany of pastors also had a breakfast meeting helpful topics such as “How to with Nancy (Andersen ’80) Hastings Resurrect a Dead Prayer Life,” and other Moody leaders. “Relationships with Difficult People,” Gregory Payton MA ’09, a church “How to Help a Teenager Develop planter and elder at New Beginnings Spiritually,” and “Navigating the Church in Chicago, thoroughly enjoyed Law in a Changing Culture.” Bonus the conference. “It’s good to connect workshops were offered, such as with other pastors, to get away from “10 Ways God Provides When the the daily routine, and just to be daily Paycheck Isn’t Enough.” renewed in your commitments to Each attendee was given daily ministry,” said Payton. He also took freebies, including a pre-release copy the afternoon Heart for the City Tour of Transforming Presence: How the Holy with Dr. Fuder, his advisor while he Spirit Changes Everything—From the Inside was earning his MA in Urban Studies Out (Moody Publishers) by Daniel from Moody Theological Seminary. “I Henderson, who directed daily morning highly recommend the tour,” he said. prayer sessions with attendees.

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Moody Celebrates Graduation on Three Campuses

Moody Bible Institute completed its is by works.’ So thank you so much for 132nd year with four commencement the work that brings you to this day.” exercises: two in Chicago, one in He then delivered a message from Spokane, Washington, and one in Proverbs 1:7: “The fear of the Lord Plymouth, Michigan. A total of 826 is the beginning of wisdom, but fools students (636 undergraduate and despise wisdom and instruction.” 190 seminary students) graduated Lutzer pointed out that our secular in 2017–2018, joining more than culture doesn’t fear God regarding 47,500 alumni. matters of sin and sexuality. And Interim president Greg Thornton evangelical Christians tend to ’81 thanked the parents for sending overemphasize grace, interpreting their students to Moody. “We are God’s unconditional love as so grateful that you are with us today unconditional acceptance of sin. to celebrate the accomplishment “You would come to the conclusion of your student. Your prayers, your that God was never angry about encouragement, your financial anything,” he said. “Someone should support, and your love have made it tell this generation that the fear of possible for them to meet this most the Lord is referred to 43 times in the significant milestone in their lives.” New Testament.” “It is your responsibility and mine to remove all those sins that stand in the way of us representing God, so that His light can shine in a culture that believes that our light is darkness,” he told the graduates. “That’s our calling, and that’s what I call you to.”

Recognition for Retiring Faculty Moody gave special recognition and emeritus status to two retiring faculty members: David Fetzer, professor of Communications after 36 years of Chelsie Herr ’18, with an Applied Linguistics service, and Dr. H. E. Singley III ’71, degree from the Chicago campus, plans to attend professor of music and director of the graduate school, then work in Bible translation Men’s Collegiate Choir, after 22 years in southeast Asia. of service. Eight other retiring faculty include Michael Boyle, associate Dr. Lutzer Gives Address professor of Pastoral Studies; Dr. Dr. Erwin Lutzer, pastor emeritus at Betty-Ann Lynerd, professor of Music The Moody Church, gave the address and director of Women’s Chamber at the Chicago ceremonies, starting Choir; Dr. Maria Mocuta, professor off with a bit of humor: “There was of Intercultural Studies; Dr. Elizabeth a sign at Dallas Seminary that said, (Faul ’72) Naegele, professor of ‘Salvation is by grace—but graduation Music, who played organ for the

6 Moody Alumni News Junjiang Du MA ’18, pastor of Chicago Northwest Suburban Chinese Christian Church, graduated from Moody Theological Seminary with 50 friends and members in attendance. ceremonies; Jean Penfound, professor Send requests and missionary of Sports Ministry and Lifetime prayer letters to [email protected] Fitness; Dr. Daniel Green, professor or call (312) 329-4412. of Preaching and Pastoral Ministry; Hastings asks alumni to be Dr. Michael Vanlaningham, professor ambassadors for Moody education, of Bible; and Dr. Un-Young Whang, to pray earnestly for Moody’s leadership, professor of Music. trustees, and faculty, and to consider financially supporting Moody. The Alumni Association and You “Who better than alumni know and Each Moody graduate receives a Bible understand what it is to receive a with the Moody Alumni Association Moody education? We want to be logo and contact information. Nancy able to pay that forward so we can (Andersen ’80) Hastings explained continue training men and women.” that Alumni have access to: • a free copy of Moody Alumni News three times a year; • a monthly e-newsletter with Institute updates; • an alumni website with event posts, historical information, a Career Finder service, regional alumni communities, and an alumni church map; • the Alumni Board, a diverse group of alumni who assist in planning events and choosing scholarship Rachel Rossman ’18, Moody graduate in Spokane, recipients and award winners; celebrates with Cason Spann and Andrew Block • weekly prayer in the Alumni office. (both transitioning to Chicago).

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Alumni Enjoy Swiss Reformation Tour

They met up with two from our Moody family who live in Switzerland— Gordon Schultz ’70, a minister of music, and Anja Bänninger, a current Moody Bible Institute Distance Learning student who joined us on last year’s Reformation tour. Two Moody professors—Dr. Gregg Quiggle and Dr. Mike McDuffee—gave expert teaching throughout the trip. The alumni group stepped into medieval Christianity in Landau, a lovely German town with cobblestone streets, and the Cathedral of Ulm, sporting the tallest steeple in Western Europe. The church turned from Catholic to Lutheran in the 1530s. They visited Konstanz (Constance), the German city where the Great Schism ended in 1418 when one pope was chosen out of three men who claimed the title. It’s also where the reformer John Hus was martyred for his faith. While there, the group visited the town hall, Luther’s church, and St. Stephen Catholic Church. In Einsiedeln, Switzerland, Moody Alumni in Switzerland in front of a statue of alumni toured the Benedictine Abbey, Ulrich Zwingli, father of the Swiss Reformation.

A group of twenty-four Moody alumni, friends, and current students traveled to Switzerland and Germany for a Swiss Reformation Tour March 9–18, 2018, a sequel to last year’s Alumni Reformation tour to Germany. “We picked up where we left off,” said Nancy (Andersen ’80) Hastings. “We learned about other important reformers—Zwingli, Hus, Calvin, and the Anabaptist movement—while enjoying historic churches, majestic views of the Alps, and old and new Nancy Hastings met with missionary alumnus friends.” Gordon Schultz in Zurich.

8 Moody Alumni News which houses the 15th-century Zwingli and the reform movement in Black Madonna sculpture and Switzerland. Of course, a stop at the 46 frescos. Another highlight was Lindt Chocolate outlet store made the Rheinfall, Switzerland, boasting trip especially sweet! the largest waterfall in Europe. The group enjoyed breathtaking The professors provided more scenery from their chalet lodge and as insight on the reformers as the group they traveled by two trains and two toured Zurich’s historic sites and trams up the mountainside. In Geneva, churches. A section in the Swiss they visited John Calvin’s church and National Museum is dedicated to the Reformation Museum.

Life After Moody: Alumni Share Insights

“What we see as a curveball is God’s lifelong student of Scripture—that’s straight line,” said Haley Hayne ’14, the foundation for ministry.” one of 21 alumni who spoke at the Erica Dawson ’01, who works in second annual Life After Moody dinner children and family ministry and runs hosted by the Alumni Association in a blog on raising kids, said, “Don’t be April. “It’s our vision problem, not His surprised when you have hard times. mistake,” Hayne continued. “You think In this world you will have trouble, but you’re young and inexperienced—but take heart, because Jesus has overcome you have been entrusted with much. the world.” Serve confidently with humility.” More Jacob Zerkle ’09, an associate than 40 students connected with the attorney, said, “Don’t get caught up alumni over dinner and throughout in the false distinction between a the night in Culby’s first-floor Great secular and sacred job. You’re in Room. ministry wherever you are.” “Students are often so concerned Life After Moody gives current about having their plans all laid out students a glimpse into the reality of in a neat little package,” said Nancy a future after graduation and equips (Andersen ’80) Hastings. “By listening them with encouragement and advice. to the stories of alumni, they can hear “I got to see people who were once in how, quite often, God changes or my shoes living out what they had only rearranges our plans to accomplish dreamed about,” said Zachary Adams, a much greater work. Life After a junior at Moody. “As students, we’re Moody gives alumni a chance to give just talking about our dreams—we’re back to the current student body in not talking to those who have a tangible way.” experienced life beyond graduation Each alumnus at Life After Moody and had God bring them through shared life or ministry advice with the challenges.” assembled students. “Take all the Bible To be involved in next year’s Life classes you can,” said Caleb Goossen After Moody event, contact the Alumni ’08, a youth pastor. “Seriously study Association at [email protected], the Word of God. You must be a or call (312) 329-4412.

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Words of Wisdom from a Civil Rights Pioneer

One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race offers an urgent message for the church to embrace biblical reconciliation. “Racism is based on a lie,” writes Dr. John M. Perkins. “God created one race, one blood. That’s the human race.” “Even scientists have proven that we are one,” he adds, citing the Human Genome Project, where scientists discovered that all humans are 99.9 percent identical in genetic makeup. The gospel offers hope and direction. “Just as from one man, Adam, all human physical life began, it is from the blood of one man, Jesus, that all who believe in Him are born Karen Waddles with Dr. John M. Perkins again and united into the family of God,” Perkins explains. “It has been just an opportunity With personal stories and scriptural of a lifetime to get to know him, to support, Perkins delivers a clarion call understand his story—what a powerful to both black and white Christians, story,” says Karen Waddles, assistant describing the need for lament, to the publisher at Moody Publishers, confession, forgiveness, prayer, and who interviewed Perkins and wrote his love. A study guide is included, with words in the book. hopes that people from different “This is a man who has 14 honorary ethnicities will discuss the book doctorates,” she says. “The Lord has together. taken him literally all over the world. Perkins, born into a poor He has counseled presidents and he sharecropping family in Mississippi, is probably the most humble person lost his brother to racial violence and I have ever met. It just struck me that was himself severely beaten by racist those are the kind of people that God cops. He was filled with anger, revenge, delights in using.” and fear until God opened his eyes Waddles, who is finishing an MA in to the call of reconciliation. He “gave Spiritual Formation and Discipleship up the right to be right,” he says, and at Moody Theological Seminary, became a pioneer of the civil rights agrees with Perkins’s message and says movement, writing and speaking about the long-standing racial division in the issues of reconciliation and leadership. Church sends the wrong message to He founded the Christian Community the world. “If we want to really literally Development Association, has served open the doors of Heaven and allow in advisory roles under five US revival to come, allow change to come presidents, and has received 14 to our country and culture, then it honorary doctorates. needs to begin in the Church.”

10 Moody Alumni News Perkins, age 87, identifies problems complete control and responsibility on both sides of the aisle, but says for how we respond,” Perkins states. the greatest motivator for seeking “In our journey back to God’s vision reconciliation in the body of Christ for the church, we must lament our is the love of Jesus. broken past, confess our sins, forgive “While we have no control over one another by the power of the Holy what others have done to us, we have Spirit, practice repentance, and pray.”

Mary McLeod Bethune Scholarship to Help Minority Students

A new donor-supported scholarship Born in 1875 as the 15th of 17 will distribute $8,000 to incoming children to former slaves, Bethune minority students during fiscal year was limited in her ability to gain 2018–19. Named after Mary McLeod an education. Thankfully, a donor, Bethune, a civil rights leader, educator, Miss Chrissman, paid for her and Moody alumna from 1895, the schooling, including a one-year scholarship was established with Bible program at Moody. When a $40,000 in royalties secured from mission board rejected Bethune for the 100th Anniversary 2016 Alumni missionary service to Africa because Directory. of her ethnicity, Bethune forged ahead, moving to Florida to begin a school for African American girls that became Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. In 1939 she became director of the Division of Negro Affairs for the National Youth Administration, making her the first African American woman to head a federal agency. She served as an advisor to President Franklin Roosevelt and other presidents.

Statue of Bethune to Grace US Capitol Bethune, who died in 1955, made national news this year when it was announced that a statue of her would be erected in the National Statuary Hall of the US Capitol. Bethune will be the first African American honored by a state in the national hall. To donate to Moody’s Mary McLeod Bethune Scholarship, visit moodybible. Mary McLeod Bethune org/donate/scholarships.

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Alumnus Performs 40 Roles in Colson Play

Tom McElroy (right), as a prison warden in Redeemed: The Fall and Rise of Chuck Colson

When Moody alumnus Tom McElroy for the part. He enjoyed best ’76 agreed to play all but one of the the scene where Tom Phillips, a friend characters in a two-man play, he of Colson’s, shares his newfound didn’t know he would be responsible faith in Christ during the Watergate for 40 different roles. But the biblically scandal, ultimately leading to Colson’s significant number seems appropriate conversion. for a play focused on the life and McElroy also enjoyed playing the spiritual transformation of Chuck role of an inmate named Homer, Colson, former President Richard a composite character of the many Nixon’s special counsel. inmates who spent time in Bible study Colson served a seven-month prison with Colson during his incarceration. sentence for his role in the Watergate Redeemed required the most lines scandal. During the months leading McElroy has ever memorized. up to his trial, he was led to Christ by Colson’s daughter, Emily, attended a close friend. After his release from the two-hour play two years in a row prison, Colson went on to found and was moved by the portrayal of Prison Fellowship Ministries. her father, played by Rod Armentrout. Redeemed: The Fall and Rise of Chuck McElroy says he was thrilled and Colson premiered in Chicago in 2017 amused when Emily told him, “You and returned for a one-month run in know, you really embodied Harold April–May 2018. Hughes. . . . My grandmother, not McElroy portrayed 40 characters so much.” (with many quick costume changes), McElroy graduated from Moody including President Nixon, Governor in 1976 and spent the next decade Harold Hughes, and even Chuck as a youth pastor. But at age 38, he Colson’s mother, donning an apron put together a résumé and head shot

12 Moody Alumni News to pursue his lifelong dream of acting. film What If?, and the hit TV show “From the time I was a pup, I was Prison Break. Playing the prison doing skits for my family and plays chaplain, his favorite line was, “It’s in church and school, and I did some never too late, John. If you repent community theater,” he says. of your sins and trust in Jesus, He It took him nine years to find a will save you for all eternity.” fellow believer in the business. But His favorite show of all? The one since then, he has met quite a few he’s doing at the moment! “I don’t Christian actors. want this to end. I love doing this,” Today he’s acted in many plays he says. and films, including the Christian

Doug Hastings Promoted to Moody Radio Vice President

Doug Hastings ’79, As general manager, Hastings a veteran of Moody has been instrumental in recently Radio for more than preparing Moody Radio for the 37 years, has been upcoming transition to its new home promoted to the position in the Chapman Center on Moody’s of vice president at Chicago campus, which will open Moody Radio. this fall. Moody Radio and its partner A native Chicagoan, Hastings media ministry, Moody Publishers, majored in Communications at will be located in a single workspace Moody Bible Institute and completed for the first time in Moody’s history, his BA in radio and TV from Columbia allowing unprecedented collaboration. College in Chicago. While finishing Moody students will also have his degree, he served at a station in unique opportunities to learn from Hammond, Indiana, then came to and serve alongside Moody’s media Moody Radio in Chicago in 1981. professionals in this building. “Doug loves the Lord, is a person of “I am deeply humbled and honored prayer, and brings a ministry mindset to serve in this role,” said Hastings. and strategic business thinking to “God has collected a great team of Moody Radio,” said Greg Thornton professionals who serve at Moody ’81, senior vice president of media Radio. I am thrilled to minister at Moody, who also serves as interim alongside them as we boldly present president. “Across the industry and the gospel and help our listeners take with our radio partners and staff he their next step in their journey with is deeply respected and known as Jesus Christ.” an effective communicator and a Hastings’ wife, Nancy (Andersen hardworking, focused leader. As a ’80), serves as executive director Moody alum who has also been with of the Moody Alumni Association. Moody Radio for more than 37 years, They have two adult children and he respects and appreciates our two grandchildren. Doug sings and 90-year legacy and will no doubt plays guitar with the worship team lead us successfully this next season.” at his church.

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Moody Professor and Alumni Produce Easter Play

If you want to make a risky investment, why not show an Easter play about Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection— in a theater? Moody Communications professor Matthew Moore took that risk. He and two Moody alumni, Jonathan Goldthwaite MDiv ’16 (director) and Josie Koznarek ’17 (visual artist), produced Through the Veil: An Easter Experience, which showed last March at the Greenhouse Theater Center in Chicago. “I felt called to rent a theater, a Josie, Jonathan, and Matthew on the set of nonreligious space, where people Through the Veil. would come who wouldn’t feel comfortable going to a church,” Jonathan Goldthwaite, a 28-year-old Moore says. “I think it’s good for graduate with a Master of Divinity people to hear the Word of God from Moody Theological Seminary, spoken with passion, and good for to direct the show. “We had a really nonbelievers to have biblical literacy rich collaborative process,” says and hear the story of Jesus.” Moore, who has a Master of Fine It turned out to be a smart decision. Arts in classical acting. Several of the shows sold out, and Goldthwaite, who works as a social reviews were positive. During the media specialist for the International production, which included original Fellowship of Christians and Jews, says music and live illustrations, Moore his Moody training and exegesis skills played all of the characters and used were beneficial in directing Through only Scripture to tell the story of Jesus. the Veil. “It helped me get at the real Moore, founder of Lamp & Light meaning of specific passages and Productions, has been bringing develop the main ideas explored in Scripture to life in churches and other the show.” venues for the past 15 years. Usually Moore’s goal is to help people see, he travels as a one-man show, giving hear, and experience the Bible. “So 40-minute Scripture performances. instead of doing a monologue that’s A university professor for 18 years, based on Scripture, I love to just quote he moved to Chicago in 2016 to Scripture,” he says. “This is biblical teach communications at Moody literacy at its best.” Bible Institute. Inspired by Chicago’s Goldthwaite agrees. “There’s power Art Institute and the Lyric Opera, in simply proclaiming these words that he wondered, What if I brought the touches people’s hearts, and I think Scriptures together with great music and people do want to engage in things great art? of faith, God, and the bigger questions After compiling a script, he chose of life.”

14 Moody Alumni News Alumni Day Moves to Friday During Founder’s Week 2019

Add Founder’s Week 2019 to your place on Friday, February 8. calendar (February 4–8), and note Plan to attend the entire week to an important change: Alumni Day hear powerful messages based on is February 8—on a Friday! the theme, “The Inspired Word,” Changing Alumni Day to a Friday taken from 2 Timothy 3:16–17. means Big Four reunion dinners will Join your class page on Facebook be held on Thursday for the classes by visiting Moody Bible Institute Class of 1969 (50th), ’79 (40th), ’94 (25th), of (insert your class year). And watch and 2009 (10th). The Alumni Banquet for a special mailing in September for and an alumni social for all class more details about alumni activities. years ending in a 4 or 9 will take

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moody.edu/alumnimag 15 Continuing Impact Moody in Spokane leaves an enduring legacy

In May Moody Bible Institute in students and supply graduates to Spokane held the final graduation mission agencies around the world. ceremony for its biblical studies All of Spokane’s biblical studies campus, as Moody repositions various students were offered transfers to the aspects of its ministries. The school Chicago campus or into Moody Bible has produced many graduates—from Institute Distance Learning. More than Fulbright scholars to digital marketing 100 students have transitioned, along associates—who have been enormously with two professors who now work at valued by local churches. The biblical the Chicago campus, including Chris studies campus in Spokane offered Rappazini ’07 in Applied Theology degrees in Bible, Pastoral Studies, and Jonathan Armstrong in Biblical Intercultural Studies, and Youth Exposition. Ministry. Meanwhile, Moody Aviation will The Beginning remain open in Spokane, with a robust Moody Bible Institute’s first program that continues to equip undergraduate branch campus

16 Moody Alumni News by Linda Piepenbrink

opened in Spokane in 2006. the first semester Dr. Tom Cornman was dean it opened as a day of the undergraduate school and school in fall 1973. instrumental in getting approval from Ten years later, with Washington State’s higher education further training from board. But the school goes back even Dallas Theological further to 1993, when it was Moody Seminary, Lewis Northwest under the direction of returned to serve Moody’s External Studies (distance Dr. Jack Lewis on the board and learning) division. teach as an adjunct Dr. Jack Lewis, campus dean of professor while pastoring a Spokane Moody Bible Institute Spokane, was church. In 1989, the school reorganized at the school from the beginning— and changed its name to Spokane even before 1993. He attended Bible College. Inland Empire School of the Bible— In 1993, Lewis and the board invited the precursor to Moody in Spokane— Moody Bible Institute in Chicago to

facebook.com/moodyalumniassociation 17 take over the school. For one thing, I’d never known.” He had left half Spokane Bible College wanted of his estate, worth approximately academic accreditation. “Students $10,000, to the school. had started to vote with their tuition “We called Moody and said the dollars to go only to schools that had debt was paid off,” Lewis says. Soon full regional or ABHE accreditation,” afterward Moody Northwest was born. Lewis says. Lewis was named the first full-time Additionally, “The stability of Moody faculty member. Dr. John McMath, doctrinally attracted us, because it’s a longtime Bible professor, replaced where we were as a school,” he says. him nine years later as Lewis moved “So we kept thinking, Wouldn’t it be nice to administration and hired additional to be part of Moody?” faculty. By then Moody had established Moody had a long-term lease with extension sites in Florida, Ohio, as well Fourth Memorial Church, which has as evening school in Chicago, so, from a 1000-seat auditorium, faculty and Moody’s perspective, Spokane would administrative offices, classrooms, and become another Moody extension site student space. But by 2003 the school with one difference: students could was struggling to maintain enrollment. enroll in residential day classes. Moody “We had dwindled down to 15 to 20 liked the idea and agreed to continue students,” says Lewis. While the future the conversation. looked uncertain, they would soon experience unexpected growth due to transitions within Moody’s aviation program.

Moody Aviation Goes West In 2003, Moody Aviation, located in Elizabethton, Tennessee, faced significant financial challenges. After much research, deliberation, and prayer, the decision was made to relocate Moody Aviation to Felts Field, an airport located about 15 minutes Spelling Moody (l to r): Martha (Nehring) Ruseler from the Spokane campus. The decision ’18, Deanna Gibson ’17, Kristen Martin, Anna to relocate would not only save the (Cantor) Myers ’18, and Sarah Risser ’17. aviation program but ultimately revitalize the Spokane school. In 1993, the IRS informed Spokane “It was a symbiotic relationship,” Bible College that the school owed McMath says. “The move to Spokane $20,000. Moody was reluctant to take made it possible for Moody Aviation on a school carrying substantial debt to continue with less expense. The and the conversations stalled. Then, move also provided an infusion of in an unexpected reversal, the IRS about 40 additional freshman students agreed to forgive the $10,000 penalty. every year, which made at the time a A few weeks later, Spokane Bible big difference in Moody Northwest.” College found out they were named Cecil Bedford ’78 moved to in the will of a local Catholic priest Spokane first, coordinating the who said, “One of your students led Air Frame & Powerplant mechanics me into a relationship with Christ that training with Spokane Community

18 Moody Alumni News Spokane students on a hike: (front row, r to l) Corbin Ruseler, Martha (Nehring ’18) Ruseler, and Haley O’Neil; (back row, r to l) Jessica Brouwer ’18, Brett Fish, and three friends.

College, while Jim Conrad ’98 faculty with terminal degrees, which remained in Tennessee until the is unusual at any school,” says Lewis. aviation students graduated. In 2005, The school had about 650 students Conrad and his family moved west. at its peak. The move incorporated new ideas “Those were the years, about seven about Moody Aviation’s staffing, years’ worth of time when we had where they partnered with missions more students than we knew what agencies who loaned their aviation to do with,” McMath says. “But instructors (raising their own support). demographics changed, and as the Now more than 70 percent of the student supply began drying up, we teaching faculty serve from Africa stopped getting the overflow from Inland Mission, Wycliffe/JAARS, Chicago.” Mission Aviation Fellowship, New Then late last year the difficult Tribes Mission Canada, Ethnos 360 decision was made to close the (formerly NTM Aviation in America), Spokane campus. “We have a 45- Proclaim Aviation, South America year history of Bible education in Mission (SAM Air), UIM, and as Spokane. That’s hard to give up for individual volunteers. Many of the the community,” says Lewis. on-loan missionaries are Moody McMath, who will continue teaching Aviation graduates. Biblical Studies at Moody Aviation, says the same about the faculty and Moody in Spokane staff. “We’ve got some remarkable After the move, Moody Northwest talent here, so I’m looking forward to was brought under the undergraduate seeing what God is going to do with division in 2006 and became Moody everybody.” Bible Institute in Spokane. That change “God is at work in things and He’s not only provided a surge in students doing all things well. He doesn’t make but the need for more faculty and staff. mistakes. So we’re good. We’re good,” Moody eventually offered eight McMath adds. “It’s going to be full-time undergraduate degree difficult but it’s going to be good.” programs. Every faculty member on Spokane’s biblical studies campus Transitioning to Chicago had an earned doctorate or was a PhD Gabe Bewley is one of many students candidate. “That’s 100 percent of the who transitioned from Spokane to the

moody.edu/alumnimag 19 Chicago campus. In fact, he arrived come from a church background—we for classes in January 2018. “Literally get a lot of questions, like ‘How do a day or two before they announced we know the Bible is true?’” he says. the closing, I had prayed about coming “Thankfully I’m taking Life in Bible to Chicago. So right away I applied,” Times, and we know that there are he says. actual accounts of Jesus being alive, Bewley admits it’s hard to compare archaeological evidence of Old the two campuses. “Here there’s Testament places, and people like dorms, a student dining room, public Josephus actually writing about it. It’s safety. I’m urban now. But I love it cool to actually use what I’m learning.” because it’s Chicago, and I just love Bewley, who has a job on campus in the opportunity to experience a lot Marketing Communications, is grateful of what the city has to offer. And to gain experience interacting with the diversity of not just the student other departments like Moody Radio body but the faculty here has been and Moody Publishers. “I’m really amazing.” happy I decided to come here,” he His Practical Christian Ministry says. “I think a lot of my classmates assignment with Inner City Impact has who come out here are going to love been an eye-opener. “Just being able to it too. At the very least it’s a learning work with kids who don’t necessarily experience.”

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20 Moody Alumni News Moody Aviation Keeps Soaring

Moody Aviation just completed its four and five, they decide whether 71st year, with 27 instructors and they want to become a maintenance 115 aviation students, 12 of whom specialist or a pilot mechanic. They graduated in May as pilot mechanics also become a private pilot, then and one as a maintenance specialist. an instrument and commercial pilot. Moody Aviation will continue The aviation major is the most to supply two years of Bible education expensive major Moody offers: about in the context of the BS in Missionary $120,000 for the five-year program. Aviation Technology degree. All But with scholarships, FLAPS coursework will be held on campus (Forgivable Loan Assistance Program at Felts Field, where Moody Aviation for Students), and unique partnership has three hangars and two classrooms programs that coach students on for Bible, General Education, and fundraising tools, the average debt technical courses. Thanks to generous of a Moody Aviation student ends up donors, they will have three advanced being between $20,000 and $30,000. flight simulators by February 2019. “That’s significantly less than other “We’re working very diligently schools that offer less flight time,” Conrad points out.

Still a Need for Mission Aviators Mission aviators are needed as much as ever before. Remote places and small bases are still scattered around the world, but with more technology, many countries have different regulations for flying in their air space. The need continues to provide for the safety of missionary families who would encounter far more danger traveling by road. And because missions agencies with Moody Aviation graduates are ready to fly. Moody-trained mission aviators have earned the respect of the countries with our team to continue offering they serve in, many countries now ask the high-quality training that Moody the missions agencies to help equip Aviation has been known for,” says their national pilots and mechanics Jim Conrad ’98, Moody Aviation with technical skills in aviation. program manager. “Mission aviation organizations Moody Aviation students start could place 30 to 40 Moody graduates with a year of biblical studies and per year,” Conrad says. “Please pray general education courses. They for the Lord to send us students to add maintenance training and become be equipped as workers for the King’s air frame and power plant mechanics harvest.” over years two and three. In years

facebook.com/moodyalumniassociation 21 In His Grip Reaching Chicago’s urban youth by Linda Piepenbrink

22 Moody Alumni News At 6:30 p.m. on a Monday night, Moody has been glad to donate Karale Williams ’10 gives a last- the use of Solheim for SLAM since it minute pep talk to more than 90 started. This also matches the wishes coaches in Moody’s Solheim Center. of Karsten and Louise Solheim, who “WHY ARE YOU HERE?” he shouts funded a large part of Moody’s athletic like a drill sergeant, his arm pumping outreach center in 1991 with the the air. The coaches (many of them intention to use it for community Moody alumni and students) holler evangelism and discipleship. As a back: “JE-SUS!” result, many Moody students involved Then about 100 urban high school in SLAM develop a heart for Chicago youth pour into the lobby, each one and its urban youth. welcomed by name with loud cheers, “GRIP’s changed our lives, literally,” hugs, and high fives. SLAM, a weekly says Josh Burns ’10, who did his night of games, team sports, and Moody internship with GRIP, then Bible teaching for urban youth, is volunteered as a mentor for five sponsored by GRIP Outreach for years before joining GRIP’s staff as Youth (gripyouth.com). The nonprofit marketing communications manager ministry has 10 Moody alumni on in 2015. Mentoring a high school staff, as well as many Moody alumni student named Steven sometimes and students who volunteer as coaches meant attending parent-teacher (mentors) and administrative helpers. meetings in place of Steven’s parent SLAM is a weekly launching pad and late nights helping with homework. for what happens outside the walls “Josh was a big help,” Steven of Solheim. Each coach commits to says. “He put in my mind that I got spend four to six hours every week to graduate; it’s not an option. He with their assigned student, engaging didn’t let me fall. He helped me.” in what GRIP calls “life-on-life” Josh was proud to see Steven walk relationships as a foundation for across the stage to receive his high Christian discipleship. GRIP stands for school diploma. And Steven was gospel, relationship, immersion (in the proud to be invited to usher at Josh’s local church), and prayer/preparation. wedding. “I didn’t just go to it; I was “They need to see when we get in part of it,” he says. arguments, how we resolve conflict, Josh grins. “We’re giving him access how we forgive, how we love and serve to parts of our lives that mean a lot to others, and what church is like. They us,” he says. “To have Steven as a part need to see that modeled,” says GRIP’s of it, I wouldn’t have it any other way.” executive director, Scott Grzesiak. SLAM was the 1999 brainchild Life-on-Life for the Long Haul of Larry Butterfield with help from Nya, 17, is thankful for her SLAM Don Stubbs ’95, both former Moody coach, Brooke Roskam ’11, who’s employees, to serve high school on staff with GRIP The School, an students living in the Cabrini-Green initiative that recruits volunteers from housing projects near Moody. Scott, local churches to serve in Chicago’s then a newly saved businessperson, under-resourced public schools. “She helped launch SLAM as one of the first gives me good advice,” says Nya, who mentors. As gentrification took place, lives on Chicago’s South Side. “My the families spread out, and now mama likes her and calls her my teens come from all over Chicago, godmama, but I claim her as a sister.” particularly the West and South Side. The two first met six years ago at

moody.edu/alumnimag 23 By The Hand Club For Kids, a GRIP coaches will tell you that Christian after-school program mentoring isn’t an overnight process. for inner-city children, where Brooke Life-on-life relationships require worked while a student at Moody. time (years), patience, and prayer. Nya has spent time at Brooke’s To support the men and women who house in East Garfield Park, has done coach, GRIP provides male and female homework with her at coffee shops, head coaches and mentorship and has gone to Christian camps and coordinators. slumber parties. “She was the one who Karale is the male mentorship actually took me to church and told coordinator, meeting with 45 to 50 me about God,” Nya says. “I love male mentors once a month. “It’s Brooke. She got a good heart.” College like pastoral soul care,” says Karale, is also on the horizon for Nya, who who did church planting in Africa and plans to study cosmetology so she pastoring in Texas before joining GRIP. can own her own hair salon. He helps new mentors get over the common hurdle of their student not wanting to hang out with them. “Because a lot of our students have been damaged by people, it’s not easy for them to open up and trust,” he says. “So a lot of it is perseverance.” In a quick-fix culture, GRIP promotes mentoring for the long haul. “Some students come from highly toxic situations—deaths in families by gunshot or overdose or kids failing several grades—and coaches can get overwhelmed by those things,” Karale says.

Marcelis talks with coach Karale during SLAM. Help for Fatherless Kids Many of the problems that plague Karale, who has an elementary urban cities like Chicago can be traced education degree from Moody and to fatherlessness. Most urban youth is married with a young son, walks grow up without their birth father life-on-life with high school senior (72 percent of African Americans and Marcelis Townsel. During SLAM’s 53 percent of Latinos). Fatherless discipleship time, Marcelis said of children are four times more likely Karale: “He’s just a great person to to live in poverty and two times more be around, a great father figure for likely to end up in jail, according to the us kids. I got a kid also, and Karale US Department of Health and Human taught me about being a man, being Services. In addition, 71 percent of a father, and being a gentleman. high school dropouts and 90 percent “A lot of coaches got crazy stories, of teens in gangs come from fatherless and just seeing how they deal with life homes. and how God helps them develop and Karale himself grew up in a single- stay strong, it makes me want to do parent household in Houston’s inner the same thing, because I got to be city, but his aunt would drive a half strong too,” Marcelis says. hour out of her way to pick him up for

24 Moody Alumni News Alumni lead Streetlights youth track at GRIP’s Legacy conference in Chicago church. “That really spoke volumes is this good thinking? Is this beneficial to me that she would do that and take thinking, and is this biblical thinking?” time to talk with me,” recalls Karale, who trusted Christ at age 16. When Streetlights Bible—‘It’s a big thing’ his youth pastor suggested Moody One biblical resource is Streetlights Bible Institute, Karale agreed because (streetlightsbible.com), developed in he needed to get away from partying Chicago by Moody graduates. Esteban friends and wanted to learn to defend Shedd ’05 first conceived the idea for his faith. “I knew I could move far an audio Bible designed specifically away, get a good Bible education, for urban teens for his senior project at and graduate debt free,” he says. Moody. “My focus was how to use the At Moody, Karale’s life transformed media arts to communicate the gospel not from a particular class, he says, but really minister to the needs in but from a professor. “Peter Worrall various contexts,” he says. A Bible study in the education department helped he led at his church with teenagers who my worldview become biblical,” he couldn’t read inspired Esteban. He says. “I didn’t grow up in a Christian used Moody’s studios to experiment home. I went to public school all my with recording various Bible passages, life, so my perspective on life was very setting them to hip-hop beats. narcissistic, very agnostic—humanistic Meanwhile, Esteban and two Moody in a sense—because God has been classmates, Aaron Lopez ’06 and removed from education.” Loren La Luz ’06, were involved in a Karale says this biblical framework successful hip-hop group. Loren says helps him work with mentors and that just as they were gaining major- teens to think about their life choices label interest, “it was very clear that and set goals. If a teen doesn’t want God had other plans, and what to go to college, for example, Karale birthed out of that was Streetlights.” says it’s important to determine the GRIP hired the trio to create an family dynamic and help the teen think urban multimedia Bible that also critically. “Why do I think this way and has a mobile app. “It’s God’s Word,

facebook.com/moodyalumniassociation 25 and it’s truth,” says Loren. “That, Anna and her husband, Tim more than anything, is the power Heyward ’18, live down the street behind this project.” from Al Raby High School, where they Proof of that power? During SLAM, both “walk life” with a few students Marcelis says, “I never picked up a for GRIP The School. “But that’s just Bible until I came here. Now I got volunteer work, because we love it,” a [Streetlights] Bible on my phone. You she says with a laugh. can put headphones in and have the Bible read to you. It’s a big thing.” Serving at School and Home Shawn Procter ’07, inspired by D. L. Moody’s heart for orphans, began working as program director for GRIP The School a few years after graduating from Moody. “Moody was God’s tool of connecting my heart to the city of Chicago. When I walked into the D. L. Moody museum during my first month on campus, tears came to my eyes as I saw the heart he had for the ‘least of these’ in Chicago . . . the at-risk youth on the streets. Today I have the privilege to serve our city’s youth, just like Moody’s founder.” Shawn recruits volunteers to tutor students and lead after-school programs. “Our goal is simply to pray Diavionne with her SLAM mentor, Anna for and serve schools while walking life with the students,” he says. Anna (Lanier ’17) Heyward first At times, Shawn and his wife, started coaching students in SLAM Pamela, have even invited volunteers as her Practical Christian Ministry to live in their home. Sara Nimori, assignment at Moody. That led to two a Communications major who has and a half years in Moody’s Urban worked with GRIP The School, lived Cohort program, living in East Garfield with the Procters and their seven-year- Park. Last summer Anna interned with old daughter for two months. “They GRIP’s Legacy Conference, an urban showed me through their actions what disciple-making event that attracted it is to do ministry incarnationally speakers, Christian hip-hop recording just in how they live their lives.” artists, and about 2,000 attendees Sara, who is serving as 2018–19 to Moody’s Chicago campus. student body president, remembers After graduating last December with when Shawn and Pamela invited her Communications degree, Anna got Melody (La Luz ’02) Fabien, GRIP’s her dream job working with Legacy female mentorship coordinator, and Conference, which recently expanded her husband, Claudaniel (CD), to visit. to Los Angeles and Houston, Texas. The interaction between those two “We feel like the gospel was spread families was consistent with how they and people were equipped to make were at GRIP and at church. “I’ve seen disciples, so that’s the vision behind through the people who work at GRIP everything,” she says. that it’s just the heartbeat of how

26 Moody Alumni News they live—when they’re off duty, on the it’s not off-limits if you come in as weekends, when they’re with their kids, a servant,” Brooke says. “Come in when they’re under financial hardship. as Christ who came to serve, not to You listen to Shawn, and it’s never this be served. Then there’s no longer high-level, inaccessible Christianese. a barrier there.” It’s always, ‘Do you still love Jesus? As In a GRIP video, Dr. Femi Skanes, you’re studying theology, do you still principal of Al Raby High School, love Jesus?’ That’s what he’s asked me confirms Brooke’s words: “I’ve served and other Moody students who work at three Chicago public high schools, with him. That’s a very important and of all of the schools I’ve been in question that I try to keep in mind.” and all of the partnerships I’ve seen, Brooke, who now serves as program GRIP is the most phenomenal. When coordinator at Al Raby High School, they say life-on-life, they truly mean that says she’s never had a teacher refuse they are dedicated to improving lives.” their help. “Especially when the When trying to reach urban youth, volunteers are coming in and saying, Karale says it is most important to ‘The only motive for me being here consider the ministry of Jesus, who is to serve and to meet students,’ always ministered to the “least of the teacher is like, ‘Great!’ ” That these.” “The ability to love people the servant attitude gives volunteers way Jesus loves people and meet them wide-open access to several public and their needs and bring dead men to schools. “The church has said the life is a beautiful picture. I think that’s school is off-limits, when in reality what God has called us to do.”

Alum Karale Williams instructs students and coaches before SLAM games.

moody.edu/alumnimag 27 LIFT HIGH THE CROSS 43 Feet of Hope

Moody grads resurrect a church that was full of “idols and creepy stuff” by Anneliese Rider

28 Moody Alumni News Why wouldn’t a group of recent renamed Christ Community Church Moody grads want to rescue a dying in 1971. Twenty-five years later it church? When a Unitarian church broke ties with the Reformed Church invited Harvest Bible Chapel Spring of America when the pastor preached Lake in Michigan to share a building that Jesus wasn’t the only way to and help cover rent, the Harvest Heaven. After affiliating with the pastors and elders, including several Unitarians, the church took the new Moody alumni, toured the church name. But C3 Exchange, representing and promptly denied the offer. three Cs—creative, compassion, The pastors—Chris Moeller ’09 community—was missing the most MA ’11, Calvin Wisen ’08, and David important one: Christ. And that Wisen (Calvin’s father)—were already wasn’t the only thing missing. preparing to launch services in a space The building’s bell tower had they’d been renovating for a year. But originally featured a 40-foot steel they had bigger reasons for saying no. cross, a local landmark. But C3 The Unitarian church, known as C3 Exchange viewed the cross as Exchange, taught that non-Christians repressive, a barrier to their goal could go to Heaven without trusting of an inclusive spiritual community. in Jesus. The group also invited witches In 2010 they tore down the unwanted into the church to perform spells, and symbol, drafting plans to replace it inside the building were worship spaces with a globe, a heart, and the word dedicated to other religions. So the “Exchange” on the side of the building. Harvest leaders immediately understood Meanwhile, another Spring Lake that their evangelical church couldn’t group had different plans. In 2009 hold Bible studies in a room full of David Wisen had recruited his son idols—and the rental was off. Calvin for a church planting team, C3 Exchange hadn’t always been as well as Calvin’s former Moody so far off the rails. It began as First roommate and close friend, Chris. Reformed Church in 1870, and was After prayer and deliberation, Calvin

Moody Grads at Harvest (l to r): Calvin Wisen, Taylor Bacon, Christopher Moeller, Carolyn (Wetendorf) Moeller, Kerry Plantz, Ryan Plantz, Nate Buchanan, Immanuel Aziz, Carlos Grisales

facebook.com/moodyalumniassociation 29 The core group of Harvest Spring Lake in Michigan and Mary and Chris and his wife, church without a cross stood empty, Carolyn (Wetendorf ’08) Moeller, on sale for $1.9 million. moved to Spring Lake, believing in The bank approached Harvest the vision of a Bible-believing church. and asked if they wanted to buy the “Our area is hungry for churches that building, but Harvest said no, having teach the truth of God’s Word without just settled into their other building. apology,” says Calvin. “That’s what “We were exhausted from the planning we’re trying to do.” and work it had all taken,” remembers By November 2010 a core team Calvin. “Our church was about of 50 people met weekly in David 300 people, and the C3 Exchange Wisen’s living room. They made plans sanctuary seated 700. We thought to renovate a Spring Lake building we’d feel like a ghost town.” used by a Christian relief ministry, A contractor listed plans to convert and soon heard that C3 Exchange the building into a mixed-use space, was taking down their cross. Why not but backed out soon after. The bank ask for it, the Harvest leaders thought. offered the church to Harvest a second “It wasn’t a surprise to anyone time, and again Harvest said no. when the cross came down,” says Chris. “What did surprise us was the Third Time’s a Charm publicity in the community when The Catholic Archdiocese of Grand Harvest took the cross.” Rapids announced intentions to Then came more complications. convert the building into a school— After C3 removed the cross, the until they discovered the extent of Harvest group ran into zoning issues renovations necessary to bring the and height restrictions. The cross property up to code. When the bank ended up in the backyard of a local offered the church to Harvest a third sign company. time at a reduced price, the elder Harvest Spring Lake moved into board and other members of the their renovated space—minus their church toured the building again. “It landmark cross—and began services still looked old, but some of the idols in 2011. Meanwhile, C3 Exchange and creepy stuff had been removed,” struggled to pay bills for the church remembers Calvin. “That dark feeling, building and by summer was meeting that uneasiness and unsettling feeling in the town’s community center. The was gone,” says Chris.

30 Moody Alumni News After the staff and elders toured the Lots More Alumni building and prayed over the decision The ministry of Harvest Spring Lake as a church, Harvest felt the Lord continued to grow. In 2015 Calvin leading them to purchase the space. invited his friend and former Moody “It was a challenging season,” roommate Ryan Plantz ’07, and his recalls David. “We kept finding more wife, Kerry ’08, to join the Harvest problems, and we basically had to gut Spring Lake team. Ryan and Kerry had the building.” After renovating the new worked with Calvin at another church, space for almost two years, Harvest but moved to North Carolina to help planned their first service in the new plant a church there. After prayer and building. They planned to hold the consideration, they moved to Spring first service in the new building on Lake and Ryan became the associate Easter Sunday 2014. But one thing pastor. was missing—the cross. Over the years, several more Moody Three years after the cross came alumni have landed at Harvest Spring down, members of the church and Lake. Taylor Bacon ’15 serves as the town came together on Good Friday as youth pastor, and Immanuel Aziz ’17, it was welded back onto the bell tower. as well as current Moody students Installation took four hours and two Nate Buchanan and Carlos Grisales, cranes, but the cross was up by Easter also minister at Harvest Spring Lake. Sunday. “There’s nothing magical “Working with so many Moody about the cross itself, it’s just 43 alumni provides such a sense of feet of metal,” says Chris. “I’m more family,” shares Ryan. “We have similar excited about the symbol it is to the thought patterns, a high view of community. It’s a symbol of hope Scripture, and a common doctrinal on the main street of Spring Lake. It backbone.” shows that we stand united with the Calvin agrees. “The nice thing about other churches that preach the gospel working with Moody alumni is that and lift high the name of Jesus above you know they’ll have a high view of all else.” God’s Word,” he says. “They’ll know More than 1,200 people attended it, they’ll understand that it’s true, and Harvest’s two services on their first day they’ll be like-minded. Working with in the new building. Filling 700 seats them makes work more fun, and it was easy for God. helps everything move smoothly.”

A full house on the first Easter Sunday service at Harvest Spring Lake

moody.edu/alumnimag 31 ‘Great Is Thy Faithfulness’ The true story behind Moody’s unofficial theme song by Kevin Mungons

When Alfred B. Smith ’36 announced following the news, more than “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” as the a few chapel services ended with a closing hymn for Moody’s 1956 spontaneous institutional lament— Founder’s Week, no one was “Great Is Thy Faithfulness.” surprised. Then, as now, the hymn Then on the opening day of was enormously popular on campus, Founder’s Week, Life magazine ran one of those songs that everyone a 10-page article about the murders, memorized, right down to the four- accompanied by a blazing headline: part harmony. But Smith had planned “Go Ye and Preach the Gospel: Five something special for Founders Week, Do and Die.” During the ensuing inviting the song’s composer back week, the conference speakers found it to campus for a curtain call of sorts, hard to stay on topic. William Runyan’s which explained why a frail, white- song seemed to offer the best answer. haired gentleman stood in the front Thou changest not, Thy compassions, row, unashamedly weeping while his they fail not; best-known hymn was sung one more As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be. time. William M. Runyan returned home to Kansas and died a few As it turns out, the song itself months later—but his song lives on. was born in sadness, and came to Why? With the thousands of worship popularity during a succession of songs that have come and gone in the difficult moments. Back in 1923, past 100 years, why do people still Runyan found himself at a personal remember “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”? low point. After studying at Chicago’s And why does it continually resurface Northwestern University and spending during times of adversity and sadnesss? 10 years as a circuit-riding Methodist Such was the case in 1956, when minister, he became a traveling Smith’s plan to feature the song evangelist. But 20 years of preaching happened to coincide with a national and singing in the pre-microphone tragedy. Three weeks earlier, five era had an unintended consequence— American missionaries had been killed his voice was shot. Then he became in Ecuador. The heartbreak hit close progressively deaf, and doctors told to home; all five men were Wheaton him there was no cure. graduates and well known to the So Runyan turned to his other Moody student body. In the days passion, his uncanny talent for editing,

32 Moody Alumni News a job he could do with limited hearing. three other Runyan songs for $10 He took a job with a denominational each, but didn’t think the Faithfulness magazine, then started work on a Song was worth the price. hymnal project, putting out notices The song story might have ended that he was interested in purchasing right there, but Will Houghton held a new song lyrics. Meanwhile, in different opinion. In November 1934, Vineland, New Jersey, Thomas when the Depression lingered at its Chisholm caught wind of Runyan’s lowest point, Houghton became project and submitted some poems. Moody’s new president. He loved They had never met—and later, neither could remember any special details about the song’s creation. Runyan sifted through a dozen of Chisholm’s poems, picked out his favorite, and wrote a tune. The text certainly spoke to the difficult times of Runyan’s own life—and later he learned that Chisholm had a similar story. Also a Methodist minister, Chisholm left his first and only church after a year, plagued with ill health. Runyan’s editing and songwriting quickly attracted the attention of William Runyan Moody Bible Institute, who hired him in 1925 to work as editor of their Runyan’s hymnal and loved the publicity materials. One of his jobs Faithfulness Song, believing it to be was to write the long-running “Moody the right message for hard times. Alumni” column in Moody Monthly All I have needed, Thy hand hath provided. magazine. And his second skill— “Great is Thy Faithfulness,” Lord unto me. hymnal editing—resulted in The Voice of Thanksgiving No. 4, which became More bad news poured in, just a Moody’s official chapel hymnal in 1928. month after Houghton took office. Runyan included six of his own songs, Word came that two alumni, John ’32 including his personal favorite, the and Betty Stam ’31, had been killed Faithfulness Song (both authors called by Communist soldiers in China. it this in their private correspondence). During the next few weeks, Houghton Which came first—the song, or responded with chapel sermons and the tragic moments that ensured its impromptu prayer services. And the enduring legacy? It’s hard to say, but song “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” took it’s probably no coincidence that the on a life of its own. If Houghton forgot song rose to prominence during the to call for it at the end of a service, Great Depression. The stock market students started singing it anyway, crash created great hardships in as an impromptu benediction. the student body, and also threw All this happened during Al Smith’s Chicago’s hymnal industry into a freshman year. He sat through the tailspin. Often strapped for cash, chapels and the prayers and the Runyan approached well-known repeated stanzas—and happily publishers and offered to sell his discovered that the song’s composer favorite song. One publisher bought was actually on campus, working in

facebook.com/moodyalumniassociation 33 a quiet office as an editor. They struck careful quotation marks around up a friendship, which Smith rekindled every repetition of “Great Is Thy 20 years later during the Founder’s Faithfulness,” reminding the Week curtain call. congregation that they were singing Meanwhile, Will Houghton the very words of Scripture. promoted the song wherever he could. The songwriting duo would When he hired gospel soloist George collaborate on several more songs Beverly Shea in 1938, he asked Shea to as they continued to write back and learn the song and feature it on WMBI, forth, but none would ever eclipse the where it quickly became a listener Faithfulness Song. For as many times favorite. Later, as Shea began traveling as their names appeared together in with Billy Graham, the evangelistic print, few people knew the truth— team used the song all over the world. in more than 30 years of friendship, Summer and winter, springtime and they had only met one time, for a few harvest—no matter when it was sung, hours. But late in life they made quite people remembered. It seemed like a team—a writer who could not see, everyone had a story, that moment a composer who could not hear, two when the song managed to explain close friends who never saw each other. life’s challenges in a personal way. A longstanding Moody tradition Houghton fell sick and suffered returned in January 2018, after the through a long hospitalization. When campus was rocked by successive he returned to chapel after several announcements about difficult months away, his first order of decisions and leadership transitions. business—no surprise—was to request Students reacted in thoughtful ways the Faithfulness Song. Then doctors during the campus meetings. From the diagnosed Al Smith’s wife with back of the room, not on the service multiple sclerosis, offering no cure order, came bursts of spontaneous and plunging Smith into a bout song, led by anyone who cared to of discouragement. insert a hymnal commentary on Strength for today, and bright hope the events of the day. Once again it for tomorrow. became socially acceptable to interrupt Blessings all mine, with ten thousand events with unplanned group singing, beside! a therapeutic catharsis for hard times. Then a few students found out What kindles our emotional about Dr. Paul Nyquist’s last day connections to the song? A good as Moody’s president, with word place to start is Chisholm’s text, which spreading across campus via text draws heavily from Lamentations messages. By the time Dr. Nyquist 3:19–24. The prophet grieves over the took the last elevator trip from his Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem, ninth-floor office in Crowell Hall, but concludes the bad news with Moody’s famous arch was jammed a famous hymn of praise. Chisholm with waiting students, who had quoted this passage and then also formed a human corridor out the door added another allusion to James and up the street. No one could put 1:17, literally rendered as “there is into words all that they were feeling. no shadow of turning with Thee.” But they could sing: Runyan, ever the editor, obsessed over the punctuation of Chisholm’s “Great is Thy Faithfulness!” text. Early printed versions included Morning by morning new mercies I see!

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2010s film. He regularly produces, casts, Lawrence and acts in both Haddad ’16 faith-based and attended Moody secular films. He with the vision of has hosted and growing his small produced multiple Bible study into seasons of The a fully functioning Shepherd’s Heart and Rocks, Shovels, and church. After years Manuscripts, both faith-based television of planning and praying, Lawrence programs. Additionally, he taught the held the first service for Noor, a new introduction to a practical exegetical church ministry to Arab Christians approach to the book of Revelation in Chicago, on Easter Sunday 2018. in a seminary in India. Steve was also Lawrence partners with Ron Citlau, involved with leading one of the largest pastor of Calvary Church in Orland Holocaust remembrance marches in Park, Illinois. Held at Calvary Church, the nation, which included senators, a the services are preached in English congressional representative, Holocaust but geared toward Arab Christians. survivors, and local rabbis. Prior to that, he planted a church in Nogales, Mexico, and a messianic synagogue in 2000s Tucson, Arizona, where he served for Jeff De Vries ’00 27 years. He also planted Book of Life coproduces the Community Church in Tucson, Arizona, TV program Faith where he is currently the pastor. Chicago, which airs on the Total Living Andrew Beaty Network and was ’85, ’91 recently recently named completed his Television doctorate in Program of the Year for 2018 by the education from National Religious Broadcasters. Jeff Illinois State has worked for TLN since 2004 and University. His has been a part of multiple award- dissertation is winning programs. Previously he served titled “Improving Access to Ministerial with the Christian Reformed Church Training through the Use of Electronic on a show called Primary Focus. Jeff Devices: A Qualitative Study of and his wife, Aurora, celebrate 20 Educators in Developing Nations.” years of marriage in September 2018. Andrew currently serves as program They have two boys, Matthew (7) and head for Moody Bible Institute Charlie (5). Distance Learning’s new Disability Ministry concentration within the Ministry Leadership Bachelor of 1980s Science degree. He and his wife, Karen Steve Shermett ’89 recently produced (Shubert ’89), are active in ministry and released Amazed by You, a Christian to families who have members with

36 Moody Alumni News special needs. They also serve in junior high ministry at their local church. 1970s Joel Williams ’78 recently accepted an invitation to join the faculty at the Biblical Seminary of the Philippines in metro Manila. He will be teaching New Testament Studies for the MA concert engagements. Prior to this, and MDiv programs. He will also assist Gordon spent 25 years working with with the ThM and PhD programs in the evangelist Anton Schulte in Biblical Studies, which the seminary Germany and Scripture Union in hosts for the Asia Graduate School Switzerland. As part of that ministry, of Theology. Prior to this opportunity, he taught music in public schools Joel served as a professor of New and piano at the local music school. Testament Studies at Cedarville Gordon and his wife, Christine, have University in Cedarville, Ohio. three children and seven grandchildren. Following his graduation from Moody, Joel received his master’s degree from Dallas Theological Seminary and his 1960s doctorate from Marquette University.

Ross Bacon ’76 recently retired from the pastorate at La Grange Bible Church after 42 years of service. Ross served as the senior pastor for the past 30 years. Previously, he was the associate pastor for two years, assistant pastor for five years, and youth pastor for five years. Ross and his wife, Karen (Kats ’76), began serving at La Grange Bible Church Victor Hess ’63 recently received after Ross earned his doctorate from recognition for 50 years of service Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. as a pilot with JAARS (formerly Jungle The Bacons have been married for Aviation and Radio Service). Vic and 45 years and are blessed with two his wife, Val, have served with JAARS children and four grandchildren. and Wycliffe in Colombia, Panama, Cameroon, and Waxhaw, North Gordon Schultz ’70 is currently Carolina. Since retiring from flying, serving in the music ministry at the Vic has traveled extensively doing International Protestant Church in transportation assessments and Zurich, Switzerland. He teaches music biofuel research for JAARS in Africa on a private basis and spends time and the Pacific. Vic and Val have three composing and arranging music for children and four grandchildren.

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1950s Marriages Phil McGlaughlin Chris Chen ’17 ’55 and his wife, married Emily Kay, celebrated (Hodgell) ’17 on their 55th wedding August 19, 2017, anniversary in at Good News February. Since Bible Church in their days at Chicago, Illinois. Moody, the Alumni were well McGlaughlins have been involved in a represented in the wedding, including variety of ministries. Phil has pastored Emily’s parents, John ’84 (who had eight churches, traveled around the the privilege of officiating the wedding) country as a full-time evangelist, and and Linda (Vieregge ’84) Hodgell. served as a county director with Youth Bridesmaids included alumnae Jessie for Christ. Additionally, he made Lenning ’17, Tori Martindell ’14, several trips to northern India, where Casey Zoppa ’18, Eli Hartwig ’17, he spoke in villages, orphanages, and and Kari Martindell ’18. Further, street meetings. He and Kay were also Ashton Glod ’18, Brad Janizewski able to minister to lepers in a leper ’17, Andrew Horning ’17, and Caleb colony while in India. On his most Brown ’18 were groomsmen. Fei She recent trip, he was presented with ’17 and Kent Hinrichsen ’18 served a Doctor of Divinity degree from as ushers. Robert Rivera ’99 attended Emmanuel Bible College and Seminary with his children: Reyna, who was the in Kota, India. After a number of years flower girl, and Ruben and Raphael, pastoring in Florida, Phil and his family who served as ring-bearers. Hugo moved to British Columbia, Canada, Perez ’91 assisted as the wedding where he took over a struggling planner. Additionally, Ethan Darla church. When the church was self- ’18 served as a musician and Adam sufficient, the McGlaughlins moved Downs ’17 was the makeup artist. north to the wilderness of the Yukon Numerous other alumni and Moody territory, where they served the Atlin staff attended the wedding. community. The family later returned Following the wedding, the Chens to Florida, where Phil currently pastors traveled to Nicaragua, then returned in Keystone Heights. to Chicago to finish their last semester at Moody. In January 2018, they moved Jim Sheldrake ’59 has been serving to Hong Kong, China, where Chris as the interim pastor at the Deckerville serves as assistant pastor at Gospel Bible Church in Deckerville, Michigan, Community Church. Emily is pursuing since September 2017. Prior to this, a position as an English teacher. he pastored the church full-time from 1976 to 1990. Jim is an avid cyclist, Births and in the past three years, he has pedaled his bicycle more than To Ben ’08 and Hannah (Bartel ’08) 12,500 miles. Sutton, a daughter, Rosie Hope, born October 27, 2017.

38 Moody Alumni News The Suttons To Ivan and Jenny are serving at (Brown ’07) Samaritan Davis, a daughter, Ministries in Lydia Ruth, born Peoria, Illinois. October 19, 2017. Ben has a master’s Lydia joins degree from sisters Heidi (5) Trinity Evangelical and Anna (2). Divinity School and a doctorate from The Davises are thankful to the Lord Ridley College, Australia. for this new addition to their family.

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1990s Sue, along with being the mother Bruce Pinke, of 11 children, MA ’98, age 67, was always a October 27, 2017, gracious hostess. Minneapolis, She was actively Minnesota. involved in her local church choir, Bruce and his nursery, Awana, and youth group. She wife, Carolyn, was also involved in the local Christian served with WEC International for school as a volleyball coach, gym 22 years in Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire, teacher, field-trip coordinator, driver, Africa. After retiring from the mission and chaperone. For 25 years, Sue and field, Bruce served in Outlook Brethren her husband, Bill Struska ’75, also Church in Outlook, Washington, and assisted Moody families and off- South Elmdale Congregational Church campus students by finding or providing in Holdingford, Minnesota. He also low-cost housing. After moving to planted a church in Avon, Minnesota, Watertown, Wisconsin, nearly 15 years and received his ordination from the ago, they continued this ministry by Conservative Congregational Christian sharing their large Victorian house with Conference. In 2003, Bruce received off-campus students at Maranatha his Master of Theology from Luther Baptist University. Seminary. He and Carolyn went Sue was preceded in death by her on to serve as deputy directors and brother, Robert. She is survived by interim regional directors in Africa Bill, her husband of nearly 51 years; with WEC International. In recent 11 children; three sisters, Dorothy years, Bruce taught part-time at the (Pugsley ’61) Bogle, Nancy Jobe, and WEC Cross-Cultural Training Center Irene Pugsley; 27 grandchildren; and in Tasmania, Australia. He then one great-grandchild. taught World Religions at Bethany Global University in Bloomington, Minnesota, where he also served 1960s as a police chaplain. Bruce greatly Ann Ellis ’60, age 87, January 22, valued his time at Moody, speaking 2018, Toronto, Canada. highly of it throughout his life. Bruce is survived by Carolyn, his Ann, the youngest of six daughters, wife of 46 years; three children, Jennifer was born in Wales on May 15, 1931. (Mark), Jeremy, and Julianne (Joel); Orphaned by age 17, Ann began his siblings; and six grandchildren. training as a nurse and a midwife, completing the Tropical Medicine 1970s Course in Liverpool, England. After this, she moved to Thunder Bay, Susan (Pugsley) Struska ’74, age Ontario, where she served at the 70, December 1, 2017, Fond du Lac, Canadian Sunday School Mission Wisconsin. camp as a counselor and camp nurse.

40 Moody Alumni News Ann felt called to the mission field, Ernamae (Wills so she traveled to Chicago to study ’55) Weidner, at Moody. While in Chicago, she age 84, March 5, volunteered at Pacific Garden Mission. 2018, Colorado Following graduation, Ann applied Springs, Colorado. to Africa Inland Mission Canada and departed for Kenya in 1961. There, she Following her served the Maasai people along the graduation Great Rift Valley for 36 years. Twenty from Moody, Ernamae furthered her years after she returned to Canada for education at Wheaton College, and retirement, the Maasai people still talk later earned her master’s degree from about her ministry to them. Western Michigan University. She taught elementary school for 14 years in Fruitport, Michigan, before 1950s relocating to Colorado, where she Norm Olson ’55, taught at Colorado Springs Christian age 85, January 1, School for 20 years. Upon her 2018, Placentia, retirement in 1999, she continued California. using her teaching skills by transposing Valerie Acuff curriculum into a Norm was born children’s program for a nonprofit in Providence, organization called A Child’s Heart. Rhode Island, in She then adapted the curriculum 1932. He was fascinated by airplanes for an after-school program serving as a child and planned to become disadvantaged children. Ernamae an aeronautical engineer. However, enjoyed hiking, singing in the church a traumatic family event caused him choir, and participating in children’s to reconsider God’s plan for his life, programs. She attended Village 7 so in fall 1952, he enrolled in Moody Presbyterian Church in Colorado Aviation, graduating in 1955. While Springs. at Moody, Norm met Cathy Jones ’55, Ernamae is survived by Roger, and the two were married in the spring her husband of nearly 57 years; a of 1956.The Olsons went on to serve daughter, Mary (Calvin) Feik; a sister, with Mission Aviation Fellowship for Verlabeth Thomas; several in-laws; 42 years. During that time, Norm and many nieces and nephews. served in various capacities, including working as a pilot, mechanic, Mary Emily (Bakalar ’54) Gerber, administrator, and director of age 88, April 13, 2018, Ottawa, development. For the last seven years Illinois. of this ministry, he trained Brazilian missionaries in leadership. Mary was born in Czechoslovakia Norm is survived by Cathy, his wife on October 28, 1929. When she was of nearly 62 years; two sons and three three, her family moved to the United daughters; 13 grandchildren; and States and settled in Connecticut. In 11 great-grandchildren. 1947, she graduated from Warren

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Harding High School in Bridgeport, where he was involved in the Moody Connecticut, and became a Christian Chorale and a quartet. at the age of 18. She moved to He and his wife, Donna (Montague Chicago to study Christian education ’53), enrolled at the University of at Moody and completed the program Michigan, where he pursued a degree in 1954. After graduation, she served in teaching and she studied music. as a counselor at a Word of Life camp. Roger was burdened to preach the She then worked at Northern Trust Word and desired to be able to Company in Chicago until she met and serve people in communities without married Lauren W. Gerber ’44. Soon, a gospel witness. He later earned Mary and her husband were appointed a Master of Research from Baptist by the Conservative Baptist Home Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Missions Society as church planters. Over the course of their 60-year They planted churches in Iowa and ministry, Roger and Donna served Nebraska until 1967, when they churches in Michigan (Ann Arbor, accepted a pastorate at the First Owosso, and Grand Blanc), and in Baptist Church in Bradford, Illinois. Trenton, New Jersey. While serving There they served for nearly 25 years. in Ann Arbor, Roger and Donna Mary was preceded in death by her developed what they called musical husband, Lauren; her brother, Andrew; sermons, which intertwined music and and her son-in-law, Tony Pease. She is message. Additionally, Roger served as survived by six children, Rose (John) a camp director in Fairview, Michigan, Lacey, Deborah Pease, Cheryl Gerber, and as a teacher at Grand Rapids Marilyn (Rob) Jensen, Daniel Gerber, School of Bible and Music. He and and Carol (Tom) Smith; two brothers, Donna also served with Churches in John Bakalar and Dr. Paul (Nancy) Crisis for 12 years. Bakalar; four grandchildren; and Roger is survived by Donna, his soul several great-grandchildren. mate of 65 years; three children, James (Cynthia McCormack ’74), Carolyn Roger James (Michael) Rynex, and Philip (Heidi) Rose ’52, age 87, Rose; 17 grandchildren; 10 great- March 30, 2018, grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Mary Owosso, Jane Montague ’63; and several Michigan. nieces and nephews.

Roger was born John L. A. Kalili ’51, age 91, January on August 10, 28, 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii. 1930, and grew up on a sheep farm in Metamora, Michigan. He became John was born to John and Helen Kalili a Christian at age 17 after hearing a on April 12, 1926, in Haleiwa, Hawaii. sermon by the man who would later He was a JROTC Cadet Lieutenant become his father-in-law. Roger knew at the Kamehameha School for Boys, very early on in his walk of faith that graduating in 1944. John became a God was calling him into ministry. Christian during World War II while He began studying music at Moody, his family was hosting James Sullivan,

42 Moody Alumni News a US Army soldier who shared his Patterson Air Field testimony with the family. John was in Ohio before drafted in May 1945 and served until entering the Army he was honorably discharged in Air Force in 1943. December 1946. During World War Following his military service, II, he served first John worked at Wheeler Army Air in the Tow Target Field before relocating to Chicago to Detachment and attend Moody. Initially John desired later flew B-29 bombers over the to become a missionary to Africa, but Pacific. During the war, Daniel sensed while at Moody he sensed a calling to God’s call to serve as a missionary in return to Hawaii. John completed the Africa. Following his discharge from Pastor’s Course in 1951, and began the military, he attended Moody Bible serving at Kawaiaha’o Church in Institute, where he met his wife, Anna Honolulu shortly thereafter. In 1953, (Cady ’48). In November 1949, the John married Peggy (Miura ’52). They Zimmermans left for Africa to serve moved to Maui, Hawaii, to serve in the in the French Sudan, which later Wananalua Congregational Church in became the Mali Republic. They served Hana. After the birth of their children until 1981 when they returned to the Daniel and Joy, the family moved to United States. Daniel then served by the East Coast so John could pursue providing pulpit supply for local his master’s at Princeton Theological churches through the 1990s. Seminary. Daniel was preceded in death by The Kalilis returned to Hawaii in 1960, his wife, Anna; his daughter, Martha and John began serving as the executive Bickett; and his brother Paul. He is director of the Hawaiian Division of survived by four children, Daniel Christian Endeavor. He later received (Debra), John (Cheryl), David (Vickie), an honorary doctorate from Piedmont and Miriam (Paul) Speer; a sister, College in 1985. After 48 years of Mary Pepper; 10 grandchildren; and faithfully serving the churches of Hawaii, 20 great-grandchildren. John retired from the ministry in 2013. John is survived by his wife; three Dick Durham ’48, age 91, September children, Daniel, Joy, and Ruth; a sister, 26, 2017, Xenia, Ohio. Amy; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Dick graduated as the valedictorian of Washington High School in Washington, Kansas, in 1944. After 1940s high school, he served in the Navy Daniel Zimmerman ’49, age 95, during WWII. He later studied at April 19, 2018, Grafton, Illinois. Moody and got a degree from Wheaton College in Biblical and Daniel was born on February 2, 1923, Greek Studies. He then earned his to Edward and Edna Zimmerman. master’s from Faith Theological He worked for a short time at Owens Seminary in Wilmington, Delaware, Illinois Glass Company and at and his doctorate from Grace

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Theological Seminary in Winona 1975 when a Marxist takeover Lake, Indiana. He served for 24 years necessitated the family’s return to as a professor at Cedarville University, the United States. The family settled in where he taught Greek, missions, and Hamilton, Illinois, where Jarel worked biblical studies. Additionally, he was in local hospitals and nursing homes. a missionary for 21 years, serving as Jarel continued ministering through president of the Baptist Bible Seminary teaching Sunday School at Sutter and Institute in the Philippines. He was Salem Bible Church and leading Bible a faithful member at Grace Baptist studies in local jails. Church for 41 years. Jarel was preceded in death by Dick was preceded in death by his wife, Jean. He is survived by four his first wife, Rose, and two sisters, children, Barry (Pamela) Nagel, Sue Donna and Charlene. He is survived (Michael) Jones, Stephen (Sally) Nagel, by his wife, Cathy; three children, and Daniel (Kelly) Nagel; and eight Deborah (Jeff) Lough, Rebecca grandchildren, Alyssa, Courtney, Evan, (Joseph) Frederick, and David Andrew, Beth, Thomas, Ryan, and Durham; eight grandchildren; and Jackson. 12 great-grandchildren. Margery Fuller ’43, age 100, Jarel William December 29, 2017, Sebring, Florida. Nagel ’45, age 92, January 20, 2018, Born on April 3, 1917, Margery Clute, Texas. grew up on a farm near Oshkosh, Wisconsin. She moved into town Jarel grew up during the Great Depression so she in Lima, Illinois, could work and continue attending until his father high school. She graduated from high died from a prolonged illness following school in 1935. That same year, Marge a farm accident. His mother then attended church with a friend and moved the family to Hamilton, Illinois, trusted in Christ. She attended the where Jarel attended high school. Next, state teacher’s college in Oshkosh the family moved to Chicago, and Jarel and graduated from the rural teacher’s attended Moody Bible Institute to course in 1937. She taught for four prepare for mission work in Africa. years in a one-room schoolhouse Following his graduation from Moody, before enrolling at Moody in the fall Jarel received training from Bellevue of 1941. Hospital in New York City and became Marge graduated from the Christian a registered nurse. In September education program in 1943 and, 1953, Jarel set sail for Nigeria with his during a missions conference, yielded brother, Roger, to serve with Sudan her life to serve the Lord in missions. Interior Mission. She went on to serve at an orphanage Jarel married Jean Thomas on in Colorado for one year. She returned February 28, 1956, in Addis Ababa, to Moody to take missionary courses, Ethiopia. They had four children and after which she applied to SIM. She continued serving in Ethiopia until was accepted and sailed for Nigeria

44 Moody Alumni News in October 1945. Marge served as a died on March 28, 1963. Onalee teacher for the next 30 years. During faithfully raised their five children that time, she also continued her own while supporting them on two part- education, completing a bachelor’s time jobs. When her children were degree in upper elementary education grown, Onalee continued serving in 1971. In 1982, she retired from others through home health care. She full-time mission work and returned to was blessed to see three generations Oshkosh to be with her aging mother. serving the Lord in full-time ministry Following her mother’s death in 1986, before her death. Marge moved to the SIM retirement Onalee was preceded in death by village in Sebring, Florida, where she her husband, Elston. She is survived attended Southside Baptist Church. by five children, Philip, David (Beth), John, Celia, and Lynda Curtis. D. Onalee (Osborn ’41) John Schearer Fowler, age 97, ’40, age 101, December 26, January 1, 2018, 2017, Lafayette, Porterville, Indiana. California.

Onalee married John was born Elston Fowler in 1945. They both on November 16, enrolled at the National Bible 1916, in Hope Township, Michigan, Institute in New York City, where the sixth child of W. C. and Anna Onalee studied missionary medical Schearer. After high school, John education. They completed their attended Moody Bible Institute in education by attending language Chicago and Gordon College in school in Edinburg, Texas, with Boston until he joined the Army Air the intention of serving the Spanish- Corps in 1943. As a B-17 pilot, he speaking people of Colorado flew in more than 30 missions all over through Baptist Mid-Missions. Europe, including D-Day, and received In 1954, the Fowlers moved to the Distinguished Flying Cross and Lamar, Colorado, with their three Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. young children. They founded their He used his time in the military to first church there and focused their find opportunities to preach and ministry on the wives and children share the gospel. of migrant workers. They worked in Following his military service, Lamar for five years before moving John moved to California, where he to Durango, Colorado, to continue attended Aircraft Mechanic School their mission work. After only three in Manhattan Beach with the goal years of ministry, however, Elston was of becoming a missionary pilot. He diagnosed with a brain tumor and joined other WWII veterans to form given less than a year to live. Following Missionary Aviation Fellowship. this diagnosis, the Fowlers moved back Together, they endeavored to reach to Indiana to be near family. Elston isolated peoples with the gospel.

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While in California, John met Dorothy 1930s (Bridges ’47), who became his wife. John and Dorothy later moved to Frances Boston to attend Gordon Conwell (Johnston) Theological Seminary. Upon Roberts ’38, age graduation, the Schearers returned 91, June 23, 2009, to California, where John entered Ojai, California. full-time ministry. He pastored churches in Lebec, Strathmore, Following her Palmdale, Dinuba, Sacramento, graduation from Fresno, and Clovis. Even after his Moody, Frances served as the Florida retirement, he continued to preach state director for Child Evangelism when he had the opportunity, Fellowship and wrote the very popular including serving as interim pastor “Wordless Book Song.” Frances also in Delano, Hot Springs, Ahwahnee, wrote hymns and served as a pianist and Dos Palos. and organist for various churches. In John was preceded in death by 1964, she founded The King’s Press his wife of 66 years, Dorothy, and his (now Barbour Books) and began siblings. He is survived by five children, releasing books, including her classic Gail (Wally) Mertz, Cindy (Schearer Come Away My Beloved devotional book, ’73) (John) France, Susan (Schearer which sold over a million copies. ’74) (Marvin) Ahlstrand, Carol Barbour Publishing recently released (Pete) Arzate, and Jay (Janna); 15 a compilation of Frances’s writings in grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; a book entitled Come Away My Beloved: and many nieces and nephews. A Daily Devotional.

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