Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 9, 1949 Page: 1 of 8
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The purpose of-the lectureship
is to get better acqainted, plan
successful Cooperative work and
to encourage brethren out of the
State to help spread the gospe’.
Two undertakings -that now ap-
pear in view are a printed journ-
al -in the state and a Christian
sphool fbi the children.--
Church in —»------Dey Serrlcwi —~
: A definite schedule was ar-
ranged for day services but they
expected to have romething every
day as Brother Emmons of Hous-
ton, Tex.,' is there and A. R.
Holton of Nashville, Tenn, spoke
at twe services on Tuesday. Ellis ____________
G."brubb is minister of the Delhi I Ho is to appear on the ACC
church. hires.
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exceeded their wildest expecta-
tions, the Cenral church of
Christ in Cleburne this week
. si8ned a new contract with the ] with the white.
Loranco Marques Radip Corpor-
ation of Africa for another year’s
broadcast period over that Sys-
tem, which is reputed- to be the
most powerful raclio station in
the world.
The response to the sermons
' JACOB C, VANDERVIS .. wide-
ly-known and beloved, Brother
Van has spanr th* las! two yam —*
in. his native Holland as evan- 7
gel is t and has been' able to see
two congregations started, ona in
Hjaarlem and oua in Amsterdam.
He will bo in the U. B. on tave
i for a few months and will speak ',
l| in various parts of the nation._____
English.speak-
ing population of that nation. The
■great bulk of the four million
and five hundred thousand white
population in Africa is centered
in Johannesburg and some fifteen
smaller cities situated on the gold
reef of the rich Transval section.
Johannesburg is a city of 750,
000 and is the largest white, Eng-
lish-speaking population in the
world among which we do not
have a congregation of evangelis-
tic workers.
The British gqvernment is cur-
rently sending 50.000 immigrants
per month into this area to de-
velop the rich farming and min-
ing potential of the country. El-
ders of the Cleburne church vis-
alire establishing one or more
congregations in each of the cities
in the gold reef ridge, and pro-
pose to undertake' the raising of
$100,000 for a five-year program
of work.
In response to the growing
demand from listeners to the
radio program there, two
workers have already made
full plans for going to Johan-
— nenburg by early summer.
They are Guy Caskey who
has heon evangelist for the
si . . *.a_ ___— eZaa
Fort Worth and Eldred Ech-
ols, who has already spent
four years in ’mission work
’( tn Africa, helping with the
work among the natives. •
; Reports indicate that the
i has created
.■meh public excitement. Lei-
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GUY CASKEY—He. with other
workers will go to Johannesburg .
South Africa in the late spring to
help launch an expanded pro-
gram.
Extensive Five Year Plan
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Outlined For Work With
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English In South Africa
, „ has been extensive, reports be-
brpadcasLlnJiauUi Africa which in# received from religious lead-
ers and workers in many areas of
South Africa. These programs
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The church at Delhi, La.,.which
is a mission point assisted by the
Heights church in Houston, Tex.,
and others is holding a lecture-
ship program which began Feb-
ruary 7, to close February 10.
Evening Subjects
The subject for the first night
was “Personal Work” by Gussie,
Lambert; Tuesday' night, ‘‘Get-
ting Support for Workers in New
Fields” by Thornes D. Rose;
Wednesday night, “Preaching
Through the Pfipted Page” by
A. W. Johnson and Thursday
night, "The Possibilities of a
Printed Journal In Louisiana.”
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Collins Speaks
In A&M Meeting
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James F. Fowler, minister at
College Station, Tex., announces
that over 150 members of the
College Station church of Christ
and guests are expected at a fel-
lowship dinner February 10, pre-
paratory to the coming of Broth-
er Willard^Collins, guest speaker
at the Church during Religious
Emphasis Week at A. & M. Col-
lege. February 13-18.
Trine Starrtefe of Waco, Texas,
will be the after-dinner speaker
and Brother Collins will address
the group briefly by means of
wire recording. Special music has
alsrt been provided to round out
the prugrain of fellowship add
h JlUPiratiQn. South Summit
i Fowler striled that the elders
pf the Church have selected Bro-
ther Collins for this meeting be-
[■ cause of his very successful work
with young people of college age
“All members of the crurch in
the vicinity of College Station' radio program
are urged to attend this meet-4 T
ing,”. stated Brother Fowler.
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It was a source of deep regret to us that we were unable to
bring you the CHRONICLE last week. The failure was due tb
sickness among members of our shop staff and blizzard weather
which made it impossible for us to get out to find other help,
besides a breakdown in equipment. We secured some help from
other local shops but were still unable to get enough type set to
complete the issue.
Many of you have already written or inquired otherwise
about missing your paper. We appreciate the fact that you miss
it enough to inouire and we assure you further that we will do
all within our power to avoid such an occurrence again. It was
just one of those things we could not foresee nor prevent.
As you will observe, we haVe
tried to devote nearly all of our
spaceyXais week to news—of
uihiclswL reallv have an abund-
k s ance! when we have finished
this issue there is still plenty of
news on hand to fill another
issue of the same size.
Momentous events are trans-
piring before our very eyes
nowadays. We are too limited
in vision to imagine what some
of them will mean in future
yean. Imagine if you can what
it may mean to have-twenty
workers now on the field in
Frankfurt, Germany, fourteen
In Itoly» as many in Japan, and
a new and challenging pro-
gram being planned among the
English-speaking peoples of
South Africa.
To know that the Royal gov-
ernment in Africa and Japan
. look with the utmost pleasure
and solicitation upon our work
in those nations, and that the
Occupation authorities in Ger-
many hold our work there in
the highest esteem is hearkening
indeed’. The radio program in
> South Africa has struck a popular
chprd and has aroused much in-
terest irr our message in that
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Enter Germany;20 Now
Form Staff Of Mission
By Otis Gatewood /.-■
Yesterday we received a reply -Two/missionaries from the
Churen of Christ were admitted
intef Germany June 1, 1947,
seven more were admitted Janu-
ary 1, 1948, and now with these
eleven we will have twenty mis-
sionaries working in Germany.
The eleven for whom we have
this permission are already in
Switzerland and have been
studying there for sortie time in
preparation for work in Ger-
many. '
Those Who Will Eniqr
Mr. and Mirs. Bob Helsten are
supported by the Church in Ber-
keley, Calif. They received their
education in Harding College and1
spent six months in Switzerland
before getting permission to en- '
ter Germany as students. How-
ever, their permit is only on a
three months basis and now they
will get permission as mission-
aries for a longer period of time.
They are already living in the
Boy’s Home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Moore and
their son, Chippy, come from .,a
Nashville, Tenn., where he serv-
ed formerly as business manager
of David Lipscomb College. He is
supported by.....th e Hill&prQ_____
C'hurch of Christ in Nashville
and he will be a great help to
- us in handling our financial and -----
. business affairs.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burton and her
two children, Bobby and Carol,
also come from Nashville. She is
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Yesterd;, _____________________
from General Hays regarding oui
request fof additional workers
ar.d we are glad to tell ydn tha.
it is. favorable,,. We, quote from
he letter which came from Gen-
eral Hays’ office in Berlin, Janu-
ary 11, 1949.
"Your letter of 29 Decem-
ber 1948 concerning the
Church of Christ Mission in
Frankfurt has been given
careful consideration. The
report on your first years'
activities has been read with
considerable interest and ap- •
predation of the good work
you have been doing. The
question of your bringing in
additional eleven people
from Switzerland into the
American sone has been dis-
cussed with representatives .'
of our Religious Affairs and
Public Welfare staffs. As a
result Of these discussions it
has been decided that Mili-
tary Government has no ob-
jection to this increased re-
presentation on ■ non facili-"*”
ties basis."
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