Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1966 Page: 2 of 12
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Won with your young people,
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. deepest dye and considered as one not very interested in
mission work and benevolence, this writer desires to
make a plea for the preaching of the first principles of
the gospel of Christ.
There is a growing tendency, on the part of some
preachers and in a sizable segment of college-age peo-
ple, to de-emphasize the primary comrpands of the gos-
pel to the point of giving the impression that they actual-
ly despise and belittle them. It is entirely possible that
this attitude is reactionary, stemming from their realiza-
tion that there is something in the word of God, after all,
besides “baptism”, the favorite subject of many preach-
ers over past years and the only subject of some.
Gaston Tarbet (Albuquerque,
N.M.) The reason for doing
missionary work from the
viewpoint of a young
preacher determined to do
missionary work.
Coincidental with the January
program Livonia also held an
attendance drive which resulted
in record attendances at the
Sunday worship services.
This was the second program
of this type held by Livonia and
the elders feel that they have
proved extremely beneficial. An
annual program ot this nature
focusing upon typical needs and
activities may well become a
permanent fixture in Livonia’s
yearly programs of work.
Shults-Lewis
Young People
On the Move
DETROIT — Saturday, March
12, is the date for the VBS
Workshop at Strathmoor.
Men from all over the nation
are expected to be the principle
speakers. Exhibits from all of.",
the major publishing houses in
the brotherhood will be on dis* •
play. New arrangement of VBS
displays has been provided for
easier viewing by department.
Over MO people from ever IM
congregations are expected to
attend the workshop.
However, disappointment
in some of the “pioneers” DeVn/prea!
and their descendants, be-
cause we think missions
and benevolence did not re-
ceive equal emphasis with dude Neatly expanded mission
ary and benevolent programs,
and it was the goal of
the January program to high-
light those expanded activities.
After Dean’s address, the fol-
lowing speakers appeared in or-
der to focus the attention of Li-
vonia's members upon the
tasks at hand:
David Dunn (Livonia) The
reasons for doing missiona-
ry work.
Teenagers
Advertise
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VBS Workshop Set
By Strathmoor
For March 12
Jerry Jones
MCC Hires
Maurice Hall (Saigon, Viet-
nam) Missionary work in
Vietnam.
Jeff Green (Livonia) The op-
portunities for doing local
missionary and benevolent
work in Livonia.
Cline Paden (Lubbock, Tex.)
The effect of a missionary
program upon a congrega-
tion and the urgent need for
preachers.
Joseph E. Jones (Detroit,
Mich.) Caring for the aged.
Lloyd McKelvev (Nashville,
. Tenn.) Local benevolent
programs.
Velmer Cozart (Benton Har-
bor,) Establishing a home
for children.
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VALPARAISO, Ind. — The
Malden congregation, which
meets on the grounds of Shults-
Lewis Children's Home, Is
made up of approximately 70%
young people and children. Re-
cently the older group of young
people began to move for
Christ
Dean Moore, minister of the
congregation, returned from a
survey trip to New York City
and reported the tremendous
need there. Thq young people,
being moved to action, request-
ed a personal work training
and doing program to help
them work for Christ in the lo-
cal area.
This program was developed
and has been in action four
short weeks, ,1a this program
the young people study how to
do personal work and at the
same time engage in it
Fifteen young people commit-
ted themselves to bring 100
people to Christ in IMS. Work
was begun and within three
weeks 75 people were enrolled
in a Bible correspondence
course. From here the young
people began to learn how to
meet and talk with strangers.
This was done by visits to the
rest home in Valparaiso.
Future plans include totally
saturating the area with infor-
i mation concerning the church.
It is hoped that a number will
I request a home study series
and at that time the young peo- .
« pie wiB be ready to do the
I teaching themselves.
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may be contacted at Michigan
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By Dan H. Woodroof :J
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BIRMINGHAM, Mich. —
Morris Womack who has been
the minister for the Birm-
ingham congregation for the
past four and one half years
will devote full time to teaching
duties at Michigan Christian
College.
It Was during Womack’s min-
istry at Birmingham that the
church here experienced some
of its finest growth. He was
chairman of the building com-
mittee which bought the prop-
erty and constructed the church
building facilities.
Womack has also
for the Allen Park a
congregations.
Soane time this year he wifi
complete his work on his Ph D.
at Wayne State University.
Womack will be available for
praayhing appointments
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Christian College.
Meeting
ROSEVILLE, Mich. — The
youth of the Roseville church of
Christ under the leadership of
Larry GrizzeU are actively en-
gaged in advertising their gos-
pel meeting for teenagers with
Jerry Jones of Rolla, Mo., April
4-8, 1966.
A mailing list of more than 1,-
000 young people of the church
has been compiled and to each
of these a special invitation will
be sent to attend the meeting.
The Roseville youth are pub-
lishing a weekly bulletin to pro-
mote the meeting.
Advertisements will be placed
on over 150 buses in Detroit
and its suburbs. These are ex-
pected to attract a great deal
of attention and will impress
the young people that some-
thing big is being done for
them. A personal invitation and
letter from Jones will be sent
to each of the 1,000 young peo-
A special banquet is to be
held a few weeks before the
meeting to which the preacher,
youth leader, and two outstand-
ing teenagers of 30 congrega-
tions will be invited to attend
at Roseville.
This dinner will be to enlist
the full support of all these
congregations and cooperation
in promoting the meeting. The
ladies and girls of the Roseville
church are planning and will
first principles in their
preaching, is poor excuse
g, for minimizing and soft-
pedalling anything God has
said. In spite of good inten-
tions and worthy purpose, it
was a reactionary spirit in
Martin Luther which led
ham to the extreme doctrine
• of “salvation by faith
only.”
Dan Woodreef Disgust with certain
brethren has led some to fall from the faith and to leave
the church because they equated certain attitudes and
emphases of these brethren with those of the body of
Christ. Therefore, some have compromised truth and
embraced error because of a reaction against an imbal-
ance in some of their brethren. But they are found to
possess an imbalance on the other swing of the pendu-
lum!
I want to make a plea for missions. I want to make
a plea for benevolence. I want to make a plea for right
attitudes toward men of all races and creeds. It is evi-
dent that we have not begun to “adorn the gospel” by
these Christ-like and lovely expressions.
I want to inspire more young people to be missiona-
ries, but I do not want to help raise a generation of reac-
tionary missionaries who will go to the far-flung areas of
our globe and de-emphasize and minimize and make fun
of the very thing they were sent to preach. Therefore, I
also want to make a plea for the gospel and for the first
principles of it.
Paul Was Nat Ashamed
The apostle Paul said that he was not ashamed of
the gospel of Christ because “it is the power of God unto
salvation” (Rom. 1:16). After all, that which makes the
former headhunter in the wilds of Peru a child of God by
faith in Christ is his having “been baptized into Christ”
and therefore, his having “put on Christ” (Gal. 3:26-27).
On the other hand,, my middle-class, highly moral,
fervently religious, benevolent, missionary-minded neigh-
bor who despises the first principles of the gospel of
?™t„and court* U>«n as non-essential is not a child of „„„ „ „„
God He may, hke the persons of which Jesus spake in prepare the meal.
Matthew 7, have cast out demons, prophesied, and have Thome of the meeting win ba
done mighty works in the name of Jesus, but this does Jesus.”
not make him a child of God. The new birth, involving . Jones has come to know what
the first principles of the gocpel of Christ, is that which JS* ta “J
etween man and God Bible Chair at the Missouri
7 School of Minins in Rolla. He
also has a weakly radio pro-
ashamed to preach “g gram in which Ba desKfiK'
oles of the eosoel people and their prob-
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J. Herbert Dean Is Keynoter
For Livonia’s January Effort
LIVONIA. Mich — J. Herbert
icher for the Church
in Livonia, presented
the keynote address for Livo-
nia’s special January program,
“Now unto Others” Livonia’s
planned activities for 1968 in-
ary and benevolent programs,
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