Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, July 28, 1961 Page: 4 of 8
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DOWN PANWENT FOR ITALIAN BUILDING
Gian Giudici, evangelist for the church of Christ al
Civitavecchia, Italy, is shown making a payment of
$5,000 to Mr. Appetecchi, previous owner of a local
building which the church is buying. The building
will cost a total $10,000. The Hot Springs, Ark..
Church of Christ, with the help from some others,
financed the ddwn payment for the Civitavecchia
church building.
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DEBBY, Kansas — Clifford
Hamm. Minister for the Cen-
tral Avenue ( hurch of Christ
in Mulvane. Kans., drowned
July. 11 in Lake Afton near
Wichita. Kans.
•orge R Mayfield. Minis-
ter at Derby, says: “it was
my pleasure to hav • Brother
Hamm for a fellow-worker in
the Lord's work for a short
time We Worked in neighbor-
ing towns 'four miles apart'
and cooperated in meetings
and Vacation Bible Schools,
as well as every phase of the
Lord's work
“Brother Hamm was a very
devoted and energetic preach-
er. He was doing a fine job
with the Central Ave con-
gregation They loved him
dearly, and the whole com-
munity as well as numerous
friends, mourn his death.”
former Nell Joan Estep
they have three children
The Pierces are bein'.’
Meeting in North Africa
Chronicle News Service
TRIPOLI, Libya — The Trip
oli Church of Christ recently
closed a combination vacation
Bible school and gospel meet-
ing with Glenn Martin of Ni-
geria as the preacher for the
meeting.
Malaya
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of 4li months in this work Sev-
eral sister congregations are
having fellowship with them in
this effort There are also a
number of individual* who have
1 pkdged their stipp< rl
Kuala Lumpur is a
a population in excess
(HMl But so far. there is no
established work Churches or
individuals desiring to have fel-
I low ship with us in this mission
j should make their checks pay-
The Pierces are bein'.’ spon- able to Malaya Far East Fund,
sored by the Southside Church in care of the Church of Christ,
in Electra They plan to in-1 Box 407 Electra. Tex
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The VBS was conducted in
the evening to overcome the
shortage of teachers and trans-
portation experienced in day-
time classes. During the second
c'ass period. Martin spoke to
the adult group in the auditori-
um.
The last night of the vacation
Bible school was reserved for
Martin to show slides and tell
of his work in Nigeria The
Martins departed shortly for
Rome. Frankfurt and on to
Nashville. Tenn., Io visit with
their families.
Lawrence Taylor, minister in
Tripoli, says, “It is encourag-
ing td see more preachers com-
ing to African and Middle East
nations. The church in Tripoli
will be honored with a visit
from the Carl Matheny family
July 23 on their way to Beirut,
Lebanon, to begin a new work
Then on September 9 the Rey-
nolds and Davenport families
are expected for a visit enroute
to Ghana, another new work for
American missionaries.”
Taylor and Bob Douglas, the
minister to Benghazi, both plan
to go and take their families
to the Annual European Lec-
tureship of Churches of Christ
in Frankfurt, Germany. August
20-24.
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Chronicle News Service
OMIKA, Japan—Logan
Fox. former president
Ibaraki Christian College and
presently professor at Pep-
perdine College, Los Angeles,
was a featured speaker at
the opening of the third an-
nual summer Bible lectures
at ICC recently.
Fox is in Japan for a sev-
en week period of teaching
and evangelistic activity For
several days before arrival
in Japan he was in a gospel
meeting in Okinawa.
Fox will return to his teach-
ing duties at Pepperdine Col
lege in the f ill
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of the worshipers.”
“What am I supposed to do.
go down there and arrest a hun-
dred people?” Captain Buchner
asked today “Does he want to
start a revolution?”
“We have a man on patrol
there at all times now,” he con-
tinued “We will keep the gate
cleared so that persons can go ’
in and out without being hamp-
ered If we see someone throw
stones, he will be arrested For
the rest, I would ask Mr. Hen
ley for a little understanding.”
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ELECTRA, Tex Leaving on
•July 13 via Pan American jet
for Kuala Lumpur Malaya was
the Frank Pierce family They
were to join the Ira Rues in
that city and coordinate their
efforts for the furtherance of
the chtirch of Christ in that
area
Pierce attended Abilene
Christian College from 1953 57.
and is a graduate of that
stitution He is married to the
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Nichols, James W. Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, July 28, 1961, newspaper, July 28, 1961; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1320589/m1/4/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.