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God in the Rubble Our mission: To inform, An international inspire and unite newspaper Vol. 73, No. 2 | February 2016 for Churches of Christ In the South Pacific, a new zeal for Christ A BIBLE COLLEGE designed to produce preachers for New Zealand reaches out to Asia’s burgeoning faith. BY ERIK TRYGGESTAD | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE TAURANGA, New Zealand — Far below the equator, the South Pacific Bible College serves its students hermeneutics and homiletics — classes on interpreting and preaching from the Bible — with a double portion of cultural stew. On a cold, rainy day in late winter (that’s September in New Zealand), principal Steve Raine asked his class to look at 12 passages and note how God reveals BOBBY ROSS JR. himself to mankind in each. Mike and Michelle Patterson, with sons Cameron and Blake, stand in what’s left of their Rowlett, Texas, house after The students — from Australia, Fiji, tornadoes struck the Dallas area. The family attends the Saturn Road Church of Christ in nearby Garland, Texas. Tonga, Thailand and China, to name just a few — huddled on couches and around tables, poring over the Scriptures, discussing a burning bush and other, more subtle revelations of the divine. Some have been Christians for two years, others for 20. God in the rubble Their responses were “the most varied of any class I’ve had before,” said Raine, ‘THIS WORLD IS NOT OUR HOME,’ says family that lost house in Texas twister who has taught at the college for two decades. That variety reflects the changing BY BOBBY ROSS JR. | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE been a reminder that his world is nature of Churches of Christ in the East. not our home, and we should be As growth has slowed among churches ROWLETT, Texas focused on what is eternal.” See SOUTH PACIFIC, Page 14 ain poured on Mike Patterson, his wife, Michelle, Patterson. and their sons, Blake, 21, and The Texas church member Cameron, 16, were celebrating stood by the cozy fireplace the holidays with extended family Rwhere he used to glance out the in Georgia when an outbreak of window and enjoy God’s creation. tornadoes struck North Texas. Now, crumbled bricks, broken PHOTO PROVIDED BY VICKI HARRIS Twelve people — including glass and sticky yellow insulation INSIDE: Fellow Christians shower the family of Texas Timothy Harris, a member of the surrounded him as he stared tornado victim Timothy Harris — including his wife, Johnson Street Church of Christ directly into the dark sky. Vicki — with love and support. Page 10 in Greenville, Texas — died as Soaked as he picked through the the tornadoes wreaked havoc the remains of his family’s tornado- home here in this world can just day after Christmas. devastated house, the 50-year-old vanish and be torn apart in 15 sec- About 2,000 homes and build- ERIK TRYGGESTAD father of two counted his blessings. onds,” said Patterson, a deacon of ings were damaged, and the Love Lee Longopoa, from the island nation “It’s been a very good reminder the Saturn Road Church of Christ Insurance Council of Texas of Tonga, looks up Bible verses for an of how quickly what we view as a in nearby Garland, Texas. “It’s See TORNADOES, Page 11 assignment at South Pacific Bible College. 2 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE FEBRUARY 2016 FEBRUARY 2016 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 3 Pray for Korea, North and South ’ll never forget my brother Sang Yang — and not just As Ebola subsides, churches grow Ibecause his name rhymes. He’s a minister in Seoul, South Korea, and director of AFTER 11,000 deaths in West Africa, Christians see new life. the Bible Correspondence Center, a ministry training program. He also doesn’t mind waking up at 4 a.m. to get me to the airport for a flight to Manila. I thought of him when I saw news of a recent nuclear bomb test in Inside Story North Korea. No one’s sure if it was successful — or why it happened. Someone surmised it was because PHOTO PROVIDED BY ALFRED BEYAN Erik Tryggestad Kim Jong-un In the village of Gbarkomah, Liberia, new Christians gather for a group photo. Clarence Tokpahzee preaches for the young church. had a birthday coming up. (Yes, BY ERIK TRyggeSTAD AND LAURA AKINS Tonguino, minister for a Church of message “Ebola kills, but Jesus saves.” that theory made the news.) THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE Christ in Guinea’s capital, Conakry. In Liberia, the virus hindered South Korea responded Between presentations, conference outreach to rural communities, said by cranking up its banks of he West African town of attendees did door-knocking evange- Alfred Beyan, minister for the G.S.A. loudspeakers pointed at the Gueckedou, Guinea, near the lism, Tonguino said. Road Church of Christ in the capital, North, blasting out criticism borders of Liberia and Sierra Such outreach was nearly impos- Monrovia. With cases of Ebola now in and Korean pop music. Leone, is thought to be the birth- sible at the height of the Ebola crisis single digits, churches are growing. (Hey, force me to listen to Tplace of the region’s Ebola crisis. in 2014. The virus has claimed about One church plant, in the village “Gangnam Style” 50 or 60 It now serves as a rallying point for 11,300 lives, according to the Centers of Gbarkomah, has experienced 12 times, and I’ll surrender.) Christians who want to spread the for Disease Control and Prevention. baptisms in recent weeks, he said. Enigmatic, bizarre, even Gospel throughout their continent. Hugs, handshakes and baptisms “At the same time, we have been comical at times, the war More than 150 believers, repre- could help spread the deadly virus. conducting several marriages at the between the Koreas (they senting 15 Churches of Christ in the Still, ministers with Churches of Christ church,” Beyan told The Christian agreed to an armistice in three nations, gathered in Gueckedou in the three countries continued to Chronicle. “We intend to reach more 1953 but never signed a for a Bible conference, said Nestor reach out during the crisis with the and more families in this new year.” treaty) is no joke for brother Yang, whose family fled the North during the conflict. A ‘Greater’ portrayal: Film tells true story of football and faith I met him three years ago when I had a long BY LAURA AKINS | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE skill and a lot of determination, he stopover in Seoul en route rose from walk-on to starting offen- to the Philippines. I hoped Sports analysts call Brandon sive lineman during his time at the to learn just a bit about the Burlsworth the greatest walk-on in University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. 123 Churches of Christ in the history of college football. “Brandon’s story was of someone South Korea. I emailed Yang And it seems Hollywood agrees. that worked their way up from basi- and told him when my flight His incredible story of faith and cally being told they weren’t capable,” landed at Incheon Airport. football is portrayed in the film said Burlsworth’s older brother, “Great,” he replied. “We’ll “Greater,” which debuts Jan. 29. Marty, a member of the Northside go straight to the DMZ.” Growing up in Harrison, Ark., Church of Christ in Harrison, HAMMOND ENTERTAINMENT/GREATER PRODUCTIONS The Demilitarized Zone? Burlsworth was a quiet kid with portrayed in the film by actor Neal Chris Severio portrays offensive lineman See KOREA, Page 4 Christian values. With a little bit of See ‘GREATER,’ Page 4 Brandon Burlsworth in “Greater.” 4 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE FROM THE SECOND FRONT FEBRUARY 2016 “I hope and I pray that God will ‘GREATER’: New biopic open their doors, hopefully in my lifetime ... so that we can spread doesn’t ‘Hollywood it up,’ the Gospel to North Korea.” church members say — Sang Yang, minister and Bible school FROM PAGE 3 director in Seoul, South Korea McDonough. “He was discouraged over and over again but wouldn’t take no for an answer.” After graduating with a master’s, Burlsworth was the Indianapolis Colt’s third-round pick in the 1999 NFL draft. Eleven days later, he was killed in a car accident. ERIK TRYGGESTAD “Bad things happen to everybody,” With the Imjin River and North Korea’s foothills over his shoulder, Sang Yang talks about his prayers for his homeland. said Marty Burlsworth’s wife, Vickie. “We all go through periods of tragedy, but we must KOREA: A prayer for North and South at the DMZ keep the faith.” Just after FROM PAGE 3 around us, North Korea’s land- There was no hint of anger or Brandon’s death, That strip of land, 155 miles long, 2.5 scape was bare, stripped of trees malice in his voice, just sadness. movie produc- miles wide, that separates the two by a people struggling to survive. And hope. ers approached nations? Ironically, the most heavily Yang pointed to a small cluster of “So it seems, in the human the Burlsworths militarized border in the world? plain, brick buildings on North viewpoint, that the leaders of North about telling his It’s not that I was scared ... pshaw! Korea’s riverbank — unoccupied, Korea will not open their doors, but story on film. I just didn’t envision the DMZ as built only for show, he said. we know and we believe that God “They wanted the kind of place you, y’know, visit. I asked Yang, who has served in has his timetable, and I hope and I to Hollywood I was wrong. Just outside the city South Korea’s military (it’s manda- pray that God will open their doors it up and put PHOTO PROVIDED of Paju, where LG manufactures tory for males) what he thinks — hopefully in my lifetime — so that things in there Vickie and Marty flat-screen TVs, is an actual DMZ about when he looks across the we can reach them, so that we can that weren’t Burlsworth visitor center.
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