Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, May 13, 1966 Page: 2 of 4
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May 13, 19M
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By J. Winafen Phifer
Ab we stand 19 centuries this side of the cross, we
face the sobering fact that we have not evangelized the
world. Our best evangelistic efforts have somehow fallen
far short of winning the world and even our own nation
to the unchanging principles of God's truth.
There are many challenges that must be met and
conquered as we attempt to bridge the gap that exists
I else,
sion,
barrenness of spirituality
that pervades the present
religious scene, is a prod-
God’s plan as the
umy swnuaru oi auinomy in a world where people would
run from God’s way to dip in a man-made river and jus-
tify it solely on the ground that each individual has the
right to interpret GodTs word for himself.
will give an additional 20 elass-
rooms. The entire building will
be air conditioned.
The present auditorium will
b e divided into classrooms
which will give six regular
classrooms and one large class-
room. The present baptistry will
be removed and there will be an
art . supply and workroom in-
stalled in its place. There will
be an office for the minister and
educational director and a large
room for the library and gener-
al assembly. This room will
have a folding partition that will
enable It to be divided into two
separate rooms, if needed.
Joe Sandors
. . . keynot speaker
than a hundred items
brought.
Mrs. Leslie G. Thomas of
Ashville. N. C., was featured in
a special ladies class each
night. Her book. Women of Hie
Bible, was used as background
for her class. She and her hus-
band formerly served the Cen-
tral congregation in the 1940’s.
Classes for teachers were
taught by Mrs. Fred Mosley of
Nashville, Joe Hacker at the Bi-
■ble department of Harding Col-
lege, and J. M. Mankin, minis-
ter of the Central congregation.
Mrs. Mosley had the teachers of
preschool and primary classes,
and this proved to be one of the
largest classes in the series.
Her room had many displays as
she emphasized materials.
Current Trends
Junior and intermediate
teachers were instructed by
Hacker. He challenged the class
with current trends among
young people as well as basic
materials and facts to be pre-
sented. Mankin bad the teachers
of senior high students.
Each night Sanders taught a
class in Building Up the Bible
School in the auditorium. Many
problems were solved and ques-
tions answered in his informal
sessions.
By special request Bob Brew-
er taught a class in organizing
congregations for personal
work. This was a well attended
were class. a ,
This training series is made
possible by the co-operative ef-
forts of the churches in the
area. Classes for children this
year were conducted by people
from Brainerd. East Ridge,
Northside, and Central. The dai
ly luncheons were hosted by
Brainerd, St. Elmo, and Ridge-
dale. Fred Friend and J. M.
Mankin serve as co-directors of
the series.
between the extent to which men have saturated the
world with false teachings and the extent to which the
. Sons of God have gone into
all the world with New Tes-
tament Christianity. One of
the most serious of these
challenges is that of taking
I our stand and basing our
message solely upon the
* one standard of authority
that cannot be changed or
H modified with the passage
of time—the eternal word
; of God!
More than anything
the confusion, divi-
and ever-increasing
The new structure and the re-
modeling of the present building
will give approximately 36
classrooms. This will enable the
congregation to initiate an ex-
tensive revision of its education-
al program.
The East Ridge congregation
began in November, 1942, when
members met together in a
Training for Christian Service
Series Set Attendance Record
Tenn.—The •
i for Chris-
losed April
'ith a
CHATTANOOGA,
sixth annual Trainii
tian Service Series
7 at the Central church with a
record attendance of 375.
Joe Sanders, chairman of the
religious education department
at David Lipscomb College and
minister of the Jackson Park
church, was the keynote speak-
er for the 1966 series. His mes-
sages were tape recorded for fu-
ture publication. He used as his
topics "The Meaning of Disci-
pleship,*' "Loving People You
do not Like," "Christian Joy,"
and "The Second Mile."
A highlight of the week was
the art workshop conducted by
Mrs. Armins Summers of Park-
ersburg, W. Va. This was a new
feature for Tuesday, Wednes-
day, and Thursday mornings.
Also a chapel period was con-
ducted on these days by Bob
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ir, rivers of Damascus, better than all the , w .
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The young people of the area
were taught by Neil Anderson of
St. Louis. Anderson impressed
on the young people the impor-
tance of being different by his
dress, cartoons, and messages.
This class grew from 35 people
the first night to 73 the last
night Anderson, who operates
the Church Supply Center,
asked the young people to bring
some clothes item that they con-
sidered their "best," and more
East Ridge to Build Soon
store building on Ringgold Road
to worship. There were 32 pres-
ent at this first meeting.
The place of worship was la-
ter moved to the Old Town Hall
at the corner of Marlboro and
Ringgold Road. As the work
continued to grow, the members
saw the necessity for a more
commodious house of worship.
The property was purchased,
the building erected, and wor-
ship at the present location
started in 1948.
By 1959 the congregation bad
grown to an overflow capacity
and the Green's Lake Road
church,was started by dividing
the East Ridge congregation ap-
proximately in half. Presently,
the work is growing at an even
greater pa< ‘
East Ridge
. few
Ige congregation sp-
in half. Presently,
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ice and once again
_» finds itself in the
midst of a building program.
Currently serving as elders
are W. C. Carrell, C. B. Mason,
I. O. Wheeler, W. W. Dresden,
and Lance Pippin.
| duct man s desire to in-
j — terpret God’s word in the
light of his own whims and
doctrines. Men contend that all cannot understand the
Bible alike—and they very casually explain away the di-
vided Christendom that has contributed greatly to the
rising wave of atheism and infidelity in the world and
secularism in religion itself.
There is a striking modem parallel to be found in the
story of Naaman in 2 Kings 5. When Elisha sent Naaman
the command to go and dip seven times in the Jordan
River to be cured of his leprosy, Naaman at first re-
belled against the command and asked, ‘‘Are hot Abana
and Pharpai
waters of Israel? May I not wash in them and be
clean?” (2 Kings 5:12).
The truth, of course, was that Naaman could not be
saved by dipping in the rivers of Damascus. God had
prescribed the only cure for his leprosy, and that was to
dip seven times in the Jordan.
Our responsibility today is to take God’s cure to peo-
ple who are dying in the leprosy of sin and, as he did in
the case of Naaman, God has provided only one cure.
That cure is to be found in the blood of Jesus Christ, the
Lamb of God (John 1:20; Rev. 1:5, 7:14), and God has
provided only one plan that man can follow and reach
the atoning blood of His Son:
(1) Believe in Jesus as the Son of God (John 3:16,
Mark 16:16), -
(2) Turn away from all sin (Acts 2:38),
(3) Confess the name of Jesus Christ before men
(Romans 10:9-10),
(4) Be immersed in water in the name of the Sacred
Three, where contact is made with the blood of Christ
(Romans 6:3-6), and
(5) Walk in newness of life and be faithful to all of
God’s commands for dedicated Christian living (Rev.
2:10).
This is God’s plan. It is God’s only plan—and we
must be very careful, as we seek to evangelize the
world, to preach without compromise the only cure that
God has prescribed for the leprosy of sin. The serious-
ness of thus standing in the old paths becomes more ap-
parent as we realize that it is becoming increasingly
popular for men to declare that all cannot understand
the Bible alike and, therefore, that just any old river will
do! -• - ’
We are responsible for preaching C
only standard of authority in a world where
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By Ralph O'Neal, Jr.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -
The East Ridge Church of
Christ will launch an extensive
building program within the
next month. Plans have been
completed and the contract has
been awarded to Continental
Church Builders of Nashville to
build the new structure and to
do extensive remodeling on the
present building.
The new building will have an
auditorium that will have a
seating capacity of 725 people.
It is designed in a fan-shape
which will keep the audience
near the rostrum thereby giving
good acoustics for the entire au-
dience. The ceiling will be wood,
natural finish, with laminated,
exposed beams. There will be a
nursery and a training room for
the younger children in the bal-
cony of the auditorium.
The exterior of the present
building win be- remodeled to
conform with the new structure.
Tha new educational building
Joo Hacker and Joe Sandor*, left, listen to
Fred Friend, co director of tire serie*
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