Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1966 Page: 3 of 12
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Exodus: Burlingtoi
South Africans Working
Four of the six white congre
gallons involved have South Af-
rican preachers; the other two
have Americans working with
them.
. The campaign will be built *'
around a systematic approach
that calls for two weeks of per-
sonal work with a gospel meet-
ing during the second week
This program will be repeated
in each of the area population
centers. ’’r*. ■ -v». ■«
The whole effort will be cli-
maxed with a Reef-wide gospel '
1 meeting in Johannesburg.
According to Fair, various „
GUIDING EXODUS—Wyatt Sawyer, minister, and elders Jack Williams, Howard
Charles Ward> Rupert Stolz and W. J. McLeskey.
CHRISTIANCHRONKLE
South African Christians from
six congregations sent Worth-
ington to the United States.
He has been working in South
Africa since 1961 under the guid-
ance of the L i m i r Avenue
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daily,
train 12 of their own young
men to be matched by 12 col-
lege seniors from the United
States. Cost of the campaign
for these American students
will be approximately $1,800.
This includes round trip fare
and all room and board while
in the Republic of South Africa.
A three-man steering commit-
tee representing many years of
experience in the African work
has been named for the cam-
paign. Comprising it are Eldred
Echols, Lowell Worthington and
To introduce the campaign
plans to American brethren, the
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also the initial promotional
costs.
Don Humphrey, of Lexington,
Mass., has been chosen to
spearhead the personnel re-
program. Humphrey
iny two years in New
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first-hand for this project He is
*’ -- UcCrory, Ark., and
iduate of Harding College.
) 10-plus families will
s a new congregation in
Burlington area which will
rved by three evangelists.
’ will serve a* local
and will work with a
staff composed of an education-
leader. A fully qualified, full-
time elder is also being sought
’ Burlington campaign to being
patterned in many respects aft-
er the highly successful Exodus
I Bay Shore project. Like those
in all other Exodus movements
in progress today, those going
to Burlington will arrange for
their own transportation to the
area, their employment, and
home sites for permanent resi-
dence
Their goal is a strong New
Testament church in a mush-
rooming New England area.
Reason tor Choice
Burlington was the site cho
sen because it to the fastest-
growing l<>Wn in six-state New
England and is locate din Met-
ropolitan Boston which has a
population of more than three
million. “The church is virtual-
ly unknown in that region.’’ said
Humphrey. Burlington’s popula
tion has increased more than
300% between 1950 and 1960.
A church in this community
would serve an immediate area
of over 600,000 people.
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well-known American preachers
will speak in the campaign.
The complete roster will be an-
nounced at a later date.
For the peivonal work espe-
cially. the - South African „ r „vl-„uv
churches plan to equip and church in Paris, Tei.
While in South Africa he
preaches in Johannesburg,
where he recently established a
second white congregation. He
also works with Negro congre-
gations in the Transvaal.
Abe Lincoln, minister with
the Meadowbrook church in Ft.
Worth, Tex., is visiting congre-
gations in behalf of the South
African work and will work
with the campaign p
Meadowbrook support:
South African preachers.
For more information on the
Sunbury
The campaign for Sunbury, eo^^ng
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a camp for campaign workers
is planned for the week of June
5-9, which will be open to all
interested in campaign work
and personal work.
Expenses for the can
are estimated at $14,000,
is being raised by contril
from congregations and
eMed individuals. Matei
be used in the studies is
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4 Northeast Campaigns Slated
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Sharon
The last campaign of the
summer is planned for Sharon,
Pa., a congregation with an at-
tendance of around 70. They, kt
present, have 225 people en-
rolled in Bible correspondence
courses and are engaged in a.
number of cottage meetings.
Thomas Brister is the minis-
ter in this city of 48,000.
In preparation for. this work,
NORTH IJTTLE ROCK, Ark.
— The’ elders of the Sylvan I
Hills congregation in North Lit-
tle Rock are overseeing plans
for campaigns in the northeast-
ern |>art of the United States.
Owen D. Olbricht began work
with the Sylvan Hills congrega-
tion Jan. 1, and he will direct
the personal work with the as-
sistance of 19 students who
African have been ’elected from Hard- |
ing and David Lipscomb col-
leges. Al Jolly, the local minis-
ter, is helping with the planning.
The elders are Wilbur Arnold,
W. J Pierce and James D.
Freeman.
Olbricht has directed cam-
paigns in the northeast for the
past two years. Last summer’s
campaigns produced 50 bap-
tisms in five campaigns over a
12-week period.
Planning this year includes a
one-week camp for campaign
workers, a two-week campaign
in Toms River, N.J., and cam-
paigns in Altoona, Sunbury, and
Sharon, Penn., each
three weeks. <>;
Altoona
for Altoom
12-July 1
South Africa Campaign Planned
Special in the Chronicle
ABILENE, Tex. — The Gold
Reef of the Republic of South
Africa will be the site of a
Campaign for Christ this sum-
mer when South Africans and
American missionaries link tal-
ents in a massive soul-winning
effort. .v
Scheduled for June 6 through
August 29, the evangelistic en-
deavor will concentrate in 30
square miles of the Gold Reef—
a population center of more
. than five million people.
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34 Congregations
Already there are six white
congregations in this area ‘ Al Horne.
three were added in 1965 > and
28 non-white.
The six white congregations
and their preachers are: Jo-
hannesburg, Claude Flynn;
Mondeor, Lowell ‘ Worthington;
Pretoria, Walter Jubber; Beno
ni, Al Horne; Boksburg, Eldred
Echols; and Kempton Park.
Phil Theron.
Ian Fair, a South African
now attending Abilene Christian
College, is working closely with
the campaign planners. Com-
menting on the program, he
said: “One of the unusual fea-
tures of this effort and the
work as a whole in South Afri-
ca has been the ability and de-
sire of the South —
churches to support their own
work.”
Al Jolly, Jomos D. Freemen, Wilbur Arnold, W. J. Pierce
church in Altoona, now meeting
in a new building, began almost
two years ago.
Two campaigns led by Ol-
bricht have helped raise the at-
tendance from a small begin-
ning to 55 each Sunday in a'. preacher,
city of 59,000. Dwight Hesson
preaches with this new congre-
iry, and K*tion; he has led 11 to obedi
lasting ence siiuje the dose of the
campaign last summer.
River, N.J., began almost four
years ago. It moved into its
new building in April 1965. At-
tendance is now averaging
around 90 each Sunday.
Charles L. Brown to the
The campaign la sonal
planned for July 3-15. c.n P
Pa., to
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cruiting
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England In order to prepare
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be served
Humphrey
evangelist
al director and a personal work
leader. A fully qualified, full-
time elder is also being sought
’ Burlington campaign to being
patterned in many respects aft-
/ Bay Shore
DALLAS — The elders of
the Wynnewood Hills
Church of Christ in Dallas
have announced that they
will sponsor an exodus
movement of 100 Christian
families to • Burlington, »
Mass., a suburb of Boston,
in August of 1967.
The Wynnewood
congregation has assumed
the full support of the di-
. rector of the campaign and
February II, 1966
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