Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, July 28, 1961 Page: 1 of 8
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Otis Gatewood
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5,000 persons* in the
who are
bers of the churches < _
This trip into Siberia is for
the purpose of looking into the
religious background of the peo-
ple in Siberia and to investi-
gate the influence of three radio
broadcasts of the gospel in
Russian that are recorded on
the campus of North Central
Christian College in Michigan
and broadcast from Radio
Monte Carlo and Inchon, Korea.
These broadcasts reach into
Siberia from the.se two powerful
radio stations.
Irkutsk is the capital city of
one of the main Siberian prov-
inces and is the chief city of
the Trans Siberian railroad.
In the winter the temperature
in Irkutsk sinks to 50 degrees
$ 4M
M.
n <
eria & Moscow
below zero. It is the center of
Siberian culture.
After a short visit tn Irkutsk,
Gate wood will return to Moscow
where he will work more in-
tensively on trying to obtain
permission for missionaries to
enter Russia.
He also will -try to get per-
mission for several students,
who are interested in preach-
ing in Russia, to study at the
University of Moscow.
The Mayfair Church of Christ,
Oklahoma City, agreed recently
when Gatewood was there in a
meeting, to assume the respon-
sibility of sending missionaries
into Russia
The Mayfair congregation at
present is partially supporting
Ken Jones in Memphis. Tenn.,
as he makes special prepara-
tion to enter Russia
btis1
|W.y Richard Walker
c-dcwl to The Chrontcle
I IN Germany, July 18—
I ’ftewood flew into Siberia,
K.s; »"k h“ ^p.ar-
from East ®er*g1,
on a Russian jet. He
Ktato Moscow and then took
r iet immediately into
K Siberia - about 3.000
JJJbehirid the Ural moun’
r^tewood president of North
Xr^ris,ian c?,ege’ Rr
Ser Mich., has been work-
“Jfor’jome time to get a visa
?« into Siberia He received
ill July 18 and departed im
Ldiately to Irkutsk.
filtewood has just completed
fueling the personal work of
ibout some 50 workers in a
jfrMton Campaign For Christ
^re about 20 were baptized
Gatewood Ries to S iB
Walker and a new concrevatinn Un-Kwi e a™ . .
— ...e Ukraine
very similar to mein-
- - ol Christ
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and a new congregation started
in the Wembley section of Lon-
don.
He then flew into Frankfm t,
Geimany and held a snort four-
day meeting in German, and
four were baptized. Two were
baptized the night he preached
in Berlin before departing for
Siberia.
This is Gatewood s third trip
behind the Iron Curtain On his
first trip several years ago he
made contact with an inter-
preter, Henry Ciszek in War-
saw, Poland, who was later
baptized and through him seven
congregations have been started
in Poland with over 200 bap-
tisms resulting. On his second
trip he made contact with rep-
resentatives of a group (which,
it was reported, numbered some
VOL. XVIII
ABILENE, TEXAS, JULY 28, 1961
Number 41
Jerusalem Crowd Yelled
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it
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CHRONICLE -NEWS SERVICE (CNS>
« >»l«m«t*onal system
ths Church?*
______ r’hories will
come Thursday at • P- « •
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win
O,
of
windows in the church have
been shattered.
The trial of Adolf Eichmann
on charges of having directed
the Nazi killing of millions of
Jews has stirred bad feeling
teward Christians here. Some
religious parties have added to
the bar feelings in their cam-
paigns for general elections due
Aug. 15.
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Norvel
t a special
Bible School
P^IOI
Coming Events
AUGUST
• Pepperdine College. Sum
mer Bible Lectureship, Los
Angeles, Calif., Aug. 610
• David Lipscomb College,
Summer Family Bible Lec-
tureship. Nashville. Tenn.,
August 6-10.
• Annual European Bible
Lectureship of Churches of
Christ. Frankfurt, Germany,
August 20-21.
• Elders’ Workshop, Abilene
Christian College. Abilene.
Ter., August 21 23.
• Bible Chair Lectures, East-
ern New Mexico University
Chair, Portales, N.M.. Aug-
ust 29 31.
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I lIKWr fWFRVlTfOVil. INCIDENT
Ralph Henley, left, of Chattanooga, Tenn., and
Ernest Stewart, right, of Detroit, Mich., are right in the
center of the newest overseas trouble involving church-
es of Christ. The small congregation they have estab-
lished in the few months since they Arrived in Jeru-
fulcm has been the scene of mob action, shouting, and
foch throwing. Police protection has been made neces-
tary
(Note. Last week's Chronicle
gave facts uibout recent vio-
lence in Jerusalem. No really
new developments have been
learned since, but more de-
tail's about the incidents can
be seen in this story written
by Lawrence Fellows especi-
ally for the New York Times
and published on their front
page. July 12.)
Iff
«*ntry
•Uior
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TC aW «•
h, Tex.; R. s. Bell, Dal-
= «»x.; L R.Wilaon, Dallas,
Tex.; Robert R. Marshall, Cor-
pus Christi, Tex.; Harvey Chil-
dress, Minneapolis, Minn.; Foy
L. Smith, Dallas, Tex.; Neil
Rehkop, Arlington, Calif.; and
Edward Rockey, Flushing, N.Y.
As usual, an interesting ar-
ray of classes, panels and other
activities has been planned for
lectureship guests.
Two special fellowship din-
ners are slated. On August 5
Roy Osborne will speak on
"Meeting Our Challenges in the
Spirit of Christ,” at one of the
dinners; and on August 10. Pep-
perdine President M.
Young will speak at
dinner honoring L—
teachers.
fthnWan
An International Weekly Newspaper
Othronkk
Sg, // News of Christians and Churches of Christ
groups as well as with their
own families.
A special ciass for teen-agers,
“Preparation tor Marria
will be taught by J. H.
Broom, Jr., acting head
Lipscomb's social science de-
partment. Other afternoon ses-
sions will feature Charles Chum-
ley with illustrated lectures, “A
Visit to Lands of the BiMOr^—
and Gus Nichols discussing
"nantfori FfiClF**
Climax of. I
when aU ~Bibte teachers', with
their husbands or wives, 1--—
(Centinved on Page I)
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Meeting Challenges
Theme at Pepperdine
ANGELES, Calif.-Pep-
JJNine College officials, with
^^memory of the largest
<1 in history at their spring
^weship. arc looking forward
•‘'iimmer lecture series
10 __ an(j hoping
their largest sum-
Eichmann! Eichmann!
Various church groups have
I felt the animosity, especially
missionary groups. The Church
of Christ has been the least
reticent of all about its wflling-
’.ess to convert Jews to Chris-
tianity.
Ralph T. Henley of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, has asked repeat-
edly for police protection for
his tiny congregation. Counting
his wife and six children, the
congregation has never exceed-
ed 34 persons.
He has also apprised the Unit-
ed States consulate general in
Jerusalem of his predicament
and has written to Premier Da-
vid Ben-Gurion and others in
the government to ask their pro-
tection.
Last Wednesday night, with
bits of glass flying intermittent-
ly through the congregation, Mr.
Henley decided that he had had
enough.
“The services will cease,” he
said, "and they will not be re-
sumed until such time as the
police department gives us def-
inite assurances of the safety
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F*rmt 3S79 te Bea 1730, AMimm, Tea.
RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED
JERUSALEM (Israeli Sector)
July 11—Services in Jerusalem
of the Church of Christ, a fund;
amentalist missionary group,
have been called off following
stone-throwing attacks by Jew-
ish religious fanatics.
An extraordinary meeting has
been called for Thursday to con-
sider the whole question of
Christian missionary activities
in Israel.
S. B Yeshaya, Jerusalem dis-
trict commissioner, called the
meeting. He is the top political
representative in the Israeli
sector of Jerusalem.
Representatives of the For-
eign Ministry and the Ministry
of Religious Affairs will attend,
as well as Zvi Rudin, police
commander of Jerusalem, and
Michael Buchner, police captain
who is familiar with the trou-
bles that have beset the Church
of Christ.
Since April 5 every Wednes-
day night and Sunday night
service in the tiny stone church
in the former Greek colony here
has been disrupted by boister-
ous crowds outside the church
compound.
The crowds were small at
first, probably 25 or SO persons
the first Wednesday night. They
blocked the front and rear
gaUs to the compound and
"ha n t e d ‘‘EichmannI Eich-
mannl" .
The crowd grew larger and
noisier until April 29 when some
persons began hurling stones.
The stone attack* have persist-
ed since then and most of the
Lectures for Teenagers
Summer Series Feature
NASHVILLE, Tenn—A new
feature of the August Lecture
Series of David Lipscomb Col-
lege, Nashville. August «-10,
will be four special morning
lectures for teenagers in Acuff
Chapel.
Many young people are re-
serving free space in the Lips-
enmb dormitories for Lecture
week. The program win provide
activities, and recreation for all
members of the family; how-
ever, more features have been
added this year for teenagers,
who are invited to be guests
of the College in chaperoned
their
A”tust 6 .
1 Will be
••affair
p* August Bible lectureship
, ave as its theme, “Meet-
llr < ha Henges." and a
of *ell-known mintotero
from throughout the
will have a part.
Jrt-turcrs this year wiU
Sherman Cannon,
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