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and missionary in Thailand.
Record Set
A record 255 attended the last
Sunday morning worship. Sev-
enteen were baptized in a 12-day
period.,
Ray Mooney
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Persecution
Hits Church
In Nigeria
ABA. Nigeria -* “Physical
persecution of the church of
Christ in Gusau, Northern Nig-
eria continues,” stated Henry
Farrar, missionary to Nigeria.
“This afternoon,” continued
Farrar, “Brother Moses Opar-
rah, evangelist at Gusau, ar-
*" By Jamon Fife —
PASADENA, Tex. — Johnny
Thompson is improving follow-
‘ *. surgery in Hous-
ton’s M. D. Anderson Hospital.
Thompson’s family and Houston
physicians are optimistic con-
cerning his recovery.
Following his dismissal from
the hospital, he will convalesce
at his Abilene home, 1940 North
M.
The Thompsons expressed
their appreciation for all the
prayers and messages of hope.
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AEILENE, TgffftRNATIONAL EDITION
World’s Fair Exhibit
SEDALIA, Mo. — Recently over 150 members of the
church from throughout the state of Missouri met at the
Stewart Avenue Church of Christ building in Sedalia to
finalize plans for the “Missouri for Christ” campaign.
The campaign is scheduled
for August 20-28. The church ex-
hibit used at the World’s Fair is
being brought to Sedalia for the
State Fair. Over 280,000 people
are expected to attend the fair.
The planning session featured
speakers giving reports on var-
ious areas of the campaign.
Mooney Heads Committee
Ray Mooney, minister for the
Sedalia congregation, is chair-
man of the steering committee
for the campaign. “We stand on
the verge of the greatest event
for the Lord’s cause in the histo-
ry of the Lord’s church in this
' slate,” stated Mooney.
“As the World’s Fair program
was a turning point for the
church throughout the country,”
he continued, “we believe ‘Mis-
souri for Christ* will be a turn
ing point for the church in Mis-'
Dewey Shaw, minister with
the Brush Creek church in Kan-
sas City and chairman of the
personnel selection and direc-
tion committee, said, “We will
use eight or 10 preachers from
across the state, and 10-12
young ladies as hostesses ...
Regardless of the sophistication
of the design of the exhibit, the
personnel will make or break
this effort.”
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planning-session
“Missouri for
Challenge.”
Chalk said he was very excit-
ed about his topic for the stadi-
um service to be held August 28.
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The topic will be “Christ: The
Answer for our Contemporary
World.”
(tho goal wm 22,000). The amount raised was $1,320 In
American money.
Bangkok Brethren
Host Area Series
BANGKOK, Thailand (CNS»
— Thirty-five church leaders
and preachers in Thailand took
part recently in a combination
gospel meeting, world evange-
lism workshop and leadership
training series.
The Bangkok church conduct-
ed the May 29-June 5 program.
Preachers and leaders from 32
congregations in nine provinces
in Thailand attended.
Charles Davis, from the Clark
Air Force Base congregation in
the Philippines, was the main
speaker each evening during the
meeting. Average attendance
for each evening and the two
Sunday morning services was
138
The world evangelism work-
program,” said
nderson, Christian
Chronicle news correspondent
and missionary in Thailand.
The Bangkok church is the ol-
dest (eight years) and the larg-
,est congregation in Thailand. It
supports 11 preachers and gos-
pel workers.
With a desire to do more mis-
sion work, the church set a goal
of 51,100 to be contributed on
June 5. “The Bangkok church
was urged to make a sacrifice
and all funds were to be used
for spreading the gospel out of
Bangkok,” commented Hender-
son.
>1,320 Given
A total of $1,320 was given.
- “This splendid response is evi-
dence that we overlook a great
potential for mission work if we
do not call upon the people of
the mission fields to sacrifice in
taking the message to their own
people/ ’ the Chronicle corre-
spondent stated.
“Of course Bangkok is a mod-
ern city with many peoplemore
able to give than in many other
countries, or any other city in
Thailand, but America cannot
be the only source of financial
support for breaching the gospel
if we ever expect to take the
gospel to the whole world,”
Henderson continued.
In the past six months over
250 have been baptized in Thai-
land. This number includes sev-
en denominational preachers.
Twelve congregations nave been
started.
Bill Beck, Bob Davidson,
Jesse Fonville, Henderson, Lar-
ry McClung, Ken Rideout and
Dorsey Traw are the American
preachers in Thailand.
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Shaw worked with the exhibit .
in New York for five weeks.
Walter Billingsly commented
that the same material that was
used in New York will be used
in Missouri. He is chairman of
the printed material committee
and minister of the Broadway
and Madison congregation in
Springfield. '
“Everything else, even though
perfectly accomplished, will
mean very little if there is not a
well-coordinated follow-up pro-
gram,” said Ben Dougan, chair-
man of the follow-up program.
He stated that a complete file
will be kept on every registered
contact and close sui*veilance as
to the progress made with the
visitor by the congregation
nearest his home.
Swafford Directs Advertising
Jim Swafford is the chairman
promotion and advertising.
___is minister for the church in
Jefferson City.
John Allen Chalk spoke to the rived in Aba.”
■ audience on
Christ: Your Oparrah and his family were
rescued from a Muslim mob in
Gusau by the Nigerian army
and evacuated to Aba. One of
Oparrah's children was killed in
the rioting at Gusau*.
“The Oparrah family fled the ,
scene partially clothpd,” said •
Farrar. “During the week long
evacuation, they were fed by
the Red Cross. Denominational
groups in the north of Nigeria
are also being persecuted by the
Muslims.”
Building Destroyed
Oparrah said that the church
building was destroyed. Military
law has been instituted in the
area by gpvernment troops and
large numbers of people have
been arrested.
There are conflicting reports
of how many people have been
killed, but Oparrah believes the
number reaches into the
• hundreds.
Most of the 500 churches of
Christ in Nigeria are in the eas-
tern region where there has
been complete maintenance of
law and order. “The 40.000
Christians here are in safety,”
commented Farrar.
Nigerian Missionary*
Farrar also said that Oparrah
is a former "witch doctor" who
wa’s baptized, and is now a tnis-
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WINONA, Miss. — The J. C.
Choate family left June 28 to do
mission work in Karachi, Pakis-
tan. This Will be the second
time for the Choate family to
serve as missionaries in that
country. •
Choate first went to Pakistan -
in 1962. He returned to the Unit-
ed States in November, 1965.
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“My mission will b*” Choate
stated, “to get another family
into that country for the purpose
of carrying on the work already
there. I will also be preaching
in meetings in Pakistan and In-
dia.”
The Choate family is spon-
sored by the Liberty Church of
Christ in pennis, Miss.
Choate commented, “My fu-
ture plans call for me to give
full-time to World Evangelism,
traveling over the country to ac
quaint brethren with the needs
of mission work, locating those
who would send, opening up new
countries with the gospel, pub-
lishing a monthly magazine on
is a former ‘ witch doctor who
wa’s baptized, and is now a tnis
sionary to Northern Muslim
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