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CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
September 23, 1M6
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The church still meets at the
, Second and Main location al-
p a r a t i o n: culture, religious,
methods or preparation. Each
will speak for 30 minutes with a
30-minute question and answer
period.
Among those discussing the
various areas will be Harris
Goodwin of Mexico City, Mike
Bourne of South Africa; Larry
Hoff of Canada; Richard Kruse
of Finland; Terry Giboney, re-
cently returned from Japan;
Bob Carney who recently re-
turned from Greece; and Jim-
my Smith from the East-West
center at the University of Ha-
waii.
AH participants win be avail-
able for individual counseling
throughout the workshop.
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Official from Japan Awarded
By Charles Swan
CHESTER, Calif.-Thelma
(his wife) and 1 went to Cedar-
ville one Sunday in August and
then to Alturas for the evening
. a-.. - , . t - «—— service. After the service in
throughout the area but our regular meetings seldom ever Alturas, I had an opportunity to
talk to a group of the older
members there and gained some
interesting information about
the congregation, that I had not
known before.
The church was organized in
1938 with seven charter mem-
bers. They were a Mrs. Chester,
lira Minnie Henderson, Mrs.
Gertrude Muzzey, a Mr. and
s. Lewis and a couple known
Bob and Arte Eddf “
the first new addii
Was church were Wil-
Ham and Melfim Jtart. The
Harte still live there and are
LOS ANGELES—In special
ceremonies held recently at
Pepperdine College, Jiro Iwaka-
mi, governor of Ibaraki-Ken, Ja-
pan, was awarded an honorary
doctor of laws degree.
Governor Iwakami attended
the college, which is located at
Vermont Avenue and 79th
Street, in 1951.
Presentation of the degree fol-
lowed a testimonial dinner given
jointly by Pepperdine College
and the Ibaraki Christian Foun-
dation at Friendship HaH on the
Pepperdine campus.
Other activities of the evening
included the presentation of a
scroll to Governor Iwakami by
E. W. McMillan, president of
Ibaraki Christian Foundation
and former president of Ibaraki
Christian College in Ibaraki,
which the governor bad also
attended.
Ibaraki Christian College
President Billy Smith spoke con-
cerning the governor's accom
pliahments in office.
Among, dignitaries attending
were Japanese Consul General
Toshiro H. Shimanouchi and
Masuo Mitamura, president
the Japanese Chamber of Cl
merce and their wives. A letter
was read from California Gover-
nor Edmund G. Brown who was
unable to attend.
a brief break in the
governor, now ar-
idemic robes, was
'epperdine Presi-
Young by Dr. J.
of the college,
mory of my Pepper-
Hfe eame vividly to
beyond the long distance of
nd odd years* time.
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through Jesus
for giving me
the most wonderful day in my
life.”
The conferring of the degree
was foUowed by a speech by
Tsunero Nishino of the assembly
of Ibaraki, who expressed
thanks to the college for the
honor.
Governor Iwakani is the only
governor of Japan who is a
member of the church and M
was as a member that he cam- *
paigned for office.
mission work. It has given sup-
port to Ken Elder in Rhodesia ,
and Arlie Smith in Rio de Janei-
ro, as weH as assisting churches
in Yreka, Burney, and Cedar-
ville, Calif.; Lakeview, Ore.;
and others.
It has just completed a Youth
Fellowship group meeting in-
cluding all the congregations of
the far northern California area.
Ernest Groth stated that the
members are already looking
forward to their area meetii
for young p
seeking a g<
Members stated that the fol-
lowing preachers have worked
with the Alturas church since its
organization. In the order of
their service they were J. E.
Wainwright, W. G. Poplin, John
a Mr. Blackburn,
moo, Manuel Hartley, >
Wilbur Banks,
Charley Baggett and Groth, the
present minister.?
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(Editor's Noto: Charles Swan,
minister ef the Chester Church
of Christ in northern California,
has agreed to tell us from time
to time of the history and works
of other congregations in that
area.
In the July 29 issue he gave us
the interesting history of the
Cedarville church. He recounts
in this article something
history and present work
congiogation In Alturas. Alturas
is the county soot of Modoc
County In the far northeastern comfort Wainwright
corner of California.) C
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Swan Visits Congregation
faithful members of the congre-
gation.
Wainwright Secured '
A. C. Oxley, a member of the
church in San Antonio, Texas,
was interested in the Alturas
church and was instrumental in
securing the late J. E. Wain-
wright to be the first minister.
The older members of the
congregation recounted with
feeling the great strength and
“ V'. was to
them in those early days.
The little group first met in a
small warehouse that would ac- ,
commodate about 30 people, lo-
cated at the corner of Carlos
and Howard Streets. During this
time the members were also
encouraged with financial assist-
ance from the /York Boulevard
church in Los Angeles, as well
as from George Pepperdine.
The church purchased its next
meeting place. It was a church
building located at Second and
Main and owned by the local
bank.
id such preparation.
The personal work experience gained in the campaign
is now being transferred to the regular meeting with
excellent results. The time may come when campaigns
will become much scarcer than they are now, but they
will have served their purpose in-teaching r------——
conducted.
_ and one-half acre tract In a new
.. roomg
During the test five years this
group has been very active m
Doctor’s Degree at Pepperdine
Japan; in recognition of your
integrity, your devotion to duty
as a government official, your
vision and your courage in lead-
ing your people to greater eco-
nomic ana social achievements;
before your people as a Chris-
tian leader and in gratitude to
you for your friendship to Ibar-
aki Christian College, our sister
institution.”
The governor responded as
follows:
“I am deeply moved when the
degree of L.D., the highest hon-
. was conferred on me by
'epperdine College today. So
much impressed, 1 cannot ex
press my rapture in words.
• Missionaries to Appear
On Panel at Workshop
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LOS ANGELES—Latin Ameri-
ca, Africa, Canada, Alaska,
Russia, Asia, Europe, Australia
and the South Pacific—each of
these areas will be discussed by
special area panels to be held
twice Friday and twice Satur-
day, October 7-8, at the Mission
Workshop at Pepperdine.
Four missionaries, preachers
and educators with special ex-
perience in each of these sec-
tions wiH form a panel to dis-
cuss various aspects of the work
in each area while other quali-
fied men will appear on the
program in an advisory capaci-
ty.
Each of the regular pan<
will have a special field of
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IN ALTURAS, CALIF.
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Several areas in California are getting ready for
nearly simultaneous campaigns for Christ in October,
1967. The Orange Empire area of the state is planning
such a campaign in August of next year and churches of
the San Gabriel Valley have just completed one as of
September 4 of this year.
With all of the work and preparation involved in these
various campaigns it is only natural that the brethren
would begin to discuss the worthwhileness of such efforts.
Some have even gone to the extreme of predicting that
campaigns win eventually replace protracted meetings by
individual congregations.
Others have gone to the other extreme and con-
demned aU such campaigns as being without sufficient
permanent results to justify the work and expense in-
volved.
I believe in this case, as in most, the truth lies
somewhere between these two extremes. That there is a
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place for such cooperative effort cannot be denied for the
benefits are too apparent.
Chalk Speaks
In September, 1965, we hhd a wonderful campaign in
the Orange Empire area with John Allen Chalk doing the
> preaching. There were- more than 160 responses to the
preaching, some of these responses have not been perma-
nent but enough of them have been to make the campaign
worthwhile on that score alone.
The results following the campaign are hard to
enumerate but I believe that every participating congre-
gation wo^ld state unhesitatingly that they are still
reaping from last year's fine sowing by Chalk. They are
also reaping from the splendid experience that many
church members had of doing personal work for the first
time. Also the mutual love and affection gained through-
out the area by so many Christians working together is
worth more than can be imagined by those who have
never experienced it.
Such efforts, however beneficial though they be, will
never replace the regular evangelistic meeting held by
individual congregations. In fact, in my opimon, cam-
paigns will stimulate such meetings and make them more
productive than they have ever been. Prior to the begin-
ning of campaigns for Christ many churches had begun to
seriously doubt the value of meetings.
Brought New Look
Some members said, “We hold them as a matter of
habit, baptizing some of our own children and that’s about
it. Half the congregation attends, and not too enthusiastic-
ally at that, etc., etc.” Campaigns brought a fresh look at
the value of preaching and brought out attendance from
many congregations far in excess of what they had been
getting at their own meetings.
This, in turn, has interested these members to the
point that they now attend their own congregation’s
evangelistic efforts.
Another way in which the campaign has helped the
individual meeting is by pointing up the value of personal
work before the preaching sessions start. The campaigns
for Christ are preceded by an intense visitation program
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program the
rayed tai aca<
presented to P<
dent M. Norvel
P. Sanders, dean of
for the conferring of the degree.
According to Dr. Young, the
honorary degree was presented
“in recognition of your signifi-
cant contributions to public
service in the State of Ibaraki,
Then the memory of my Pei---
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as ft it was only yester-
day, I
ten and odd years
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in appreciation of your example Christ Our Lord
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Nichols, James W. & Sewell, James H. Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1966, newspaper, September 23, 1966; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1313425/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.