3 Colleen Bailey talks appreciatively about her family’s life with Ryan 7 Norman Edwards recommends you participate in a macroministry 9 Ken Westby talks about the power TheJournal of one and what it means for you 32 Dave Havir has an unusual take on News of the Churches of God the ages-old tongues question Vol. XIV, No. 2 Founded 1997 Issue No. 139 (June 17, 2010) Someone warns him: Slow Ron Dart down, your car’s out of oil recovering The author, a 61-year-old former wish to move back to Sydney it meant after injury IT manager, holds degrees in town a twice-weekly four-hour road trip to YLER, Texas—As of this planning, the history and philosophy and from. During the working week I writing, Ron Dart, founder of science, and computing studies. He lodged with kind friends. T of Christian Educational and his wife, Cindy, live in Australia’s The Greyhound coach service was Ministries and speaker on the Born capital, Canberra, where for 12 years cheaper and easier than driving but to Win radio program, is recover- they have been part of a small, inde- had proved unreliable. Air travel was ing after an injury he sustained in pendent Sabbath group. far too expensive. Trains were few JOURNAL photo his residence in This is the fifth in THE JOURNAL’s and far between. I relied on my car to Whitehouse, series about experiences readers have make the trip. Texas, on April had that may involve angels. Here I must confess that I’d grown 9, 2010. more than a bit slack when it came to Mr. Dart By Walter Steensby car maintenance. As long as the car ac- tripped over a ANBERRA, Australia—When tually went and I could see through the brick fireplace God helps us His agents don’t windscreen, everything was all right. hearth and hit Cnecessar- The long-suffering car was a Re- his head on a ily take visible nault model heavy for its size, mean- wooden book- form. Many of ing that it had a poor power-to-weight Ron Dart shelf. He suf- us have had ex- ratio. On other than flat roads I need- fered a concus- perience of di- ed to work the engine hard to keep up sion and “bleeding in his brain” vine help given a good average speed. and, after entering a hospital, a by unseen and One Friday evening I was rapidly JUST WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE BIBLE?—Art Mokarow of Conroe, Texas, blood clot and pneumonia. yet very real ac- heading home. The week had been an and Dennis Diehl of Greenville, S.C., debated the nature of the Bible on Feb. 21, He is gradually recovering dur- tors. To me, the unusually tough one. Work had been 2010, in Whitehouse, Texas. Right: Mr. Mokarow pauses minutes before the ing a hospital stay of about two debate. Left: Mr. Diehl reflects minutes after the debate. Also participating, on Mr. months to date. He transferred to a fact of divine demanding. Sydney had been even Mokarow’s side, was Ron Moseley of North Little Rock, Ark. For extensive debate help is sure. Let more of a madhouse than usual, too rehabilitation hospital on May 6 for excerpts see the article beginning below. For more photos of the debaters see coordination and speech therapy. me explain. much noise and pollution, too much pages 10-12 and 28-31. [Photos by Dixon Cartwright] In the mid- Walter Steensby rush and nervous haste. I was worn 1980s I had gone out, fed up and keen to get home to through a long and difficult time sane, green Canberra. financially. I was living in the nation- Some readers may remember that al capital, Canberra, earning my keep in those days the divided road began a Two former Worldwide Church of God pastors as a computer programmer. few kilometers south of Liverpool on Local demand for my set of infor- the outskirts of Sydney and ended just face off in a debate about the nature of the Bible mation-technology skills had dried before Mittagong, about 60 kilometers up, but I’d landed a long-term con- of freeway traveled in just over half an By Dixon Cartwright a friend, 62-year-old Bible scholar would be fine with him. tract programming job in Sydney. hour at the legal limit of 110 kilo- HITEHOUSE, Texas—Two and former Baptist preacher from So, sitting on one side during the This was great, but since I did not See DIVINE HELP, page 27 former Worldwide Church North Little Rock, Ark., Ron Moseley. invariably civil discussion were Mr. of God pastors met for a Mokarow and Dr. Moseley and on the W Mr. Diehl didn’t mind one-of-a-kind event near Tyler, Texas, other Mr. Diehl. Feb. 21, 2010. They got together in a Dr. Moseley, who has two doctor’s The location was the building Church of God setting to debate degrees and has studied at numerous owned by the Tyler Sabbath Fellow- ‘Go Into All the World’ theme whether the Bible is the inspired Word colleges and universities, does not ship, whose membership and board, of God or not. have a WCG background although he including elders Gary Woodring and Art Mokarow, an 82-year-old for- is a Sabbatarian Christian. Dennis Hughes, welcomed the de- of UCG elders’ conference mer administrator and church pastor Mr. Mokarow, some weeks before baters and the approximately 20 peo- By Dixon Cartwright Four new terms who left the WCG in 1979, went head the debate, checked to see if Mr. ple who watched and listened for to head with Dennis Diehl, a 60-year- Diehl—who does believe in God more than three hours on a Sunday lders of the United Church of The voting came after the nomi- God an International Associa- old former WCG pastor who, since although no longer in the Bible— afternoon. tion, meeting for the 16th nation process, in which elders his departure from the WCG in 1998, would mind if Dr. Moseley participat- How did such an event come to be? E chose eight of their fellow ministers has decided he is no longer a believer ed, even though Dr. Moseley’s partic- time as a body (if you count the It started in Detroit founding conference in Indianap- to participate in the election to fill in the inerrancy and literalism of the ipation would mean the debate would olis, Ind., in 1995), convened May the four open council seats. Bible. pit two against one. In August 2008, during a confer- 1-3, 2010, at Holiday Inn Eastgate in Here is the new council configu- Mr. Mokarow, who lives in Conroe, But Mr. Diehl, who lives in Green- ence and seminars about biblical and Cincinnati, Ohio. ration as of July 1, 2010: Scott Ash- Texas, was assisted and backed up by ville, S.C., said that arrangement See DEBATE ABOUT, page 10 During this year’s conference 399 ley, Arvada, Colo; David Baker, elders, most present at the meeting Honeoye Falls, N.Y. (international; location but others participating by he serves as a church employee in phone or Internet, elected four men Africa, even though he is a resident to sit for new terms on the 12-man of the United TV show about Waco Jamaica UB incorporates council of elders, along with two States); Bob men who were confirmed by ballot Berendt, Ed- could have been better tireless evangelism efforts to replace resigning council mem- monton, Alta., bers. Canada (inter- The writer, a 1970 Ambassador College graduate The writer is an elder of the Church of God Interna- The voters chose Mike Black- national); and founder of The Reunion Institute, a Houston re- tional residing and serving in Jamaica. well, Mario Seiglie and David Trey- Mike Black- search ministry, received his Ph.D. in historical theol- big as the three new council mem- well, Spring- ogy from Rice University in 1990. He also holds an By Glenford Smith bers and returned Robert Berendt field, Mo.; Aar- M.A. in philosophy of religion from Rice and an M.A. INGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaican Church (one of the three international coun- on Dean, Glade- in the history of ideas from the of God International reaped another bounteous cillors) to his seat on the governing water, Texas; Melvin Rhodes University of Houston. Kharvest from its tireless evangelism efforts board. Mr. Seiglie had served on the William Ed- when Pastor Ian Boyne baptized council some years ago but was not dington, Melbourne, Australia (in- By J. Phillip Arnold 15 new members during an excit- a current incumbent. ternational); Jim Franks, Milford, OUSTON, Texas—The ing and memorable 2010 Pass- The conference also confirmed Ohio (soon to move to Austin, television documentary over season. David Baker and Jim Franks to serve Texas); Darris McNeely, Green- H Witness to Waco ran This was the highest ever Pass- out the remainder of the terms of two wood, Ind.; Melvin Rhodes, Lansing, Oct. 18, 2009, on MSNBC for over baptism apart from immers- men who had resigned their positions Mich.; Mario Seiglie, Anaheim, two hours and could have done ing an entire congregation four before their terms had ended: Clyde Calif.; David Treybig, Lutz, Fla.; and a far better job of analyzing years ago. These baptisms fol- Kilough of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Robin Webber, Romoland, Calif. those dark days near Waco, lowed on the heels of six persons Richard Thompson of Eustis, Fla. Conference theme Texas, in 1993.