Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 10, 1967 Page: 3 of 11
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.Tfe do things positively.”
And Agent 000!
By Glovsr Shipp (rating Communist-land
Assistant Editor -----------Christ.
Here are some 335,600,000 peo-
ple, or about twice the number
in thh United 'States. When shall
we awaken to our challenge of *
spiritual espionage among these
multiplied millions?
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GLIWICE. Poland (CNS> -
“I want to begin the new year
with my Ixwd,” commented
Mrs. Zofia of Gliwice on Decem-
ber 31, 1966 before she was
baptized. She had traveled with
Mr. Eugeniusz Sobkow about 60
kilometers for the senice.
Mrs. Zofia w’as baptized by
Henryk Ciszek. an evangelist in
Poland, r
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Mitchell Helps
Accompanying the group were
Carl Mitchell, missions program
director, and’Ids family and Dr.
Jennings Davis, dean of stu-
dents.
The information obtained
from the survey was turned
over to Rick Rowland, instruc-
tor and swim coach at UCSB
and director of Campus Ad-
vance.-
Campus Advance is an organi-
zation at the university dedicat-
ed > to advancing Christianity.
Their building served as head-
quarters for ‘‘Operation Satura-
tion" which was also directed
by Rick Rowland.
Blitzers sought to enliven in-
terest in the Campus Advance
program which includes Bible
extension courses, campus
Christianity classes and lecture
series.
Mr.
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conduct a gospel meeting in the —
town. Since then, sh • has at-
tended worship regularly, ac-
cording to Ciszek.
■Die meeting during which
Mrs. Zofia was bapti'.d — held
December 25-January 1 —
proved successful. Ciszek relat
ed. Referring to her, he said,
“This happens to be the second
person to be baptized into Christ'
at Gliwice. where th* work be-
gan unofficially somewhat over
a year ago."
The first 4>er«m wa* Danuta
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his f a t h e r i n I a w,
Matyjaszczuk. invited (’is
200 Gather
Approximately 200 students
gathered at a rally for Christ on
You ask, “But isn’t it illegal
to preach Christ in the Iron
Curtain countries?" Not neces-
sarily, and even if it were, It
was illegal to even bd a Chris-
tian in the Roman Empire dur-
ing much of its history. But did
that stop, or evert slow down
God’s people? They even infil-
trated Caesar’s very household
in Rome.
Who today will give the same
diligent attention to the Iron
Curtain nations? Each of these
lands offers danger to the Chris-
tian. but also opportunities.
Especially promising are Yugos
lavia, where a fimall nucleus of
saints exists, and where funda-
mental Christian Doctrines have
been held for .2,000 years; Po-
land. where a self-generating
restoration movement has re-
sulted in some 15 congregations
meeting: the Ukraine, where
another such group exists, and
where Stephan Bflak’s radio
messages are bearing fruit; and
Euro(»ean Russia
LOS ANGELES. Calif—The
world scene today appears filled
with plots and counterplots, es
pionage agents "and counter
agents, to judge at least bj
television.
But in the Lord’s church,
most of the plotting is done
against each other at home,
with relatively little time left
for plotting the salvation of the
world’s lost. Perhaps nowhere
is this more graphically illus-
trated than in our relation to
the Iron Curtain countries.
How many agents for Christ
have permanently infiltrated
these nine nations—the Soviet
Union, Romania, Bulgaria, Yu
goslavia, Albania, Hungary.
Czechoslovakia, Poland and East
Germany? In the lauguage ot
the day, 000! A few have made
brief visits to Russia. Yugosla
via and Poland. Two Polish
evangelists have preached for
several years in their native
land.
Stephan Bilak and Gottfried
Reichel are beaming radio rnes
sages each week behind the
infamous Curtain. Missionaries
iq Austria have made some
teaching sorties across the bor-
der into Yugoslavia. But other
than these few exceptions, the
church has grossly neglected its
God-commanded task of infil-
NICKENS TO EDIT
urged students to do things posi-
tively "for the ixwd.
Hornbaker Direct*
A devotion, Sunday evening,
lod by linger Hornbaker,.direr-
tor of “Operation Doorbell,"
ended the three-day saturation
movement.
Hornbaker and 10 “doorbeli-
ers” from Abilene Christian Col-
lege will remain at Santa Bar-
bara until Saturday following up
on information received through
the surveys.
The group returned to Pepptgr*
dine Sunday
On California Campus
By Rosalind Clomett
LOS ANGELES—Even rain
couldn’t dampen the spirits of
the 68 Pepperdine students who
went to the University of Cali-
fornia at Santa Barbara recent-
ly to participate in “Operation •
Saturation."
Working individually and in
pairs, volunteer “blitzers” went
to dormitories, apartments, bil-
liard rooms and student lounges.
They conducted a religious
survey and told about Christ
and llis influence upon their
lives.
Of the 20 housing areas zoned
for saturation, 19 were reported
at least partially" saturated.
Early figures indicate that out
of 600 people contacted, more
than 50 correspondence courses
and 30 personal studies were
arranged. Two were baptized.
People Interviewed
Surveyors stated that they
found most university students
willing to take the survey and
, discuss religious questions. Peo-
ple of almost every type of
belief and religious background
were interviewed.
“Your lives will never be the
same,” Archie LupCr told the
surveyors at the kickoff dinner aity C«£rJppQfiram Lounge,
in the University Center, Friday *“----’ “
evening. ‘
One of the “blitzers," Danny
Sawyer, expressed it this way,
“I learned the value of my
belief through sharing it with
others.”
Barry Watts, another student,
commented, “It strengthened
my faith to share it with oth-
ers ”
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Saturday night which rivaled
the rain and an anti-tuition ral-
jy ‘ ■
The rally, held in the Univ'er
featured the Pepperdine College
Choraliers and Alan Bryan, edi-
tor of the Christian Publishing
Co., speaking on “Relevant
Christianity."
“Morality on the College Cano-
pus" was Bryan’s Sunday morn-
ing address in the North Hall
Lecture Room
“Morality?’ he said, “is more
than just not doing wrong.” He
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West Coast to take in San Fran., reporting of area news by all
cisco and the Bay Area, east to
San Jose, Merced and Reno;
and north along the Nevada
border.
“This regional edition should
stimulate the interest among all
the members of the Lord’s
Church in this area,” said Nick-
ens, “to have a worldwide news-
paper focus its attention on the
area. No longer will the individ-
ual congregation have to wonder
what each sister congregation is
doing in the area. Neither will
the preachers and elders have
to ponder over who they can get
to publish news articles."
Nickens has coordinated a
congregations regardless of size.
A special meeting and lunch-
eon will be held Saturday, Feb.
18, at 1:00 p.m. at the Bonaza
Banquet Room in Yuba City. At
that time plans for circulation
and news coverage will be pre-
sented to interested Christians
who want to attend and who
would like to represent their
congregation. *
Public relations representa-
tives for the Northern California
Edition will also be appointed at
the meeting.
“Each congregation should
r'.vxrtu - send at least one represents-
subscription program designed tive," said Nickens,
to achieve saturation circulation
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re,lU,y' James Wilford Nickens. P.O.
In-addition, plans are being Box 131g, Yuba City, California
formulated tn nave systematic 95W1 or telephone (916) 743-5870.
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YUBA CITY, Calif.—A North
em California Edition of the
Christian Chronicle will be inau-
gurated on March 18 when the
first issue of the new regional
edition will be published.
«James Wilford Nickens, minis
ter with the Peach Tree Lane
Church of Christ in Yuba City,
has taken the lead in coordinat-
ing plans for the new edition
and will serve as the Northern
California Regional Editor.
The regional edition will be
published as a four-page supple
rnent to the Chronicle Interna
tional Edition od the fourth Fri-
day of each month. The other
weeks in the month the North
em California readers will re-
ceive the standard International
Edition.
The geographic span of news
coverage will range from the
Oregon border south along the
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“As soon as we settle down,’
said Miss Matyjaszczuk. “we
hope to start a new congrega
tion of the Lord’s church."
Robert added, “Danuta is a
wonderful girl and Christian and
I know she will be assisting me
in our work.”
Include Yeur Zip Code
Before you send in a list of
new subscriptions to the Chris
Han Chronicle, please be sure
each has the proper Zip cods
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February 10, 1967
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Nichols, James W. Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 10, 1967, newspaper, February 10, 1967; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1320699/m1/3/?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.