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CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
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Highland Church in Abilene will
share details of the challenge
and need in Spain to interested
churches and individuals.
and first-aid supplies to Vietnam to
be distributed by Maurice Hall and
other missionaries in the Far East.
In all, 47 churches in 19 states co-
operated with the Greenville church.
Before that, White served a church
in Naples, Fla., under the direction
of the Madison Church of Christ. The
group there grew from 17 members
to 150 in five years, and constructed
a 1100.000 building.
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At East Frayser growth is hot the
concern of only one man Each week
20 members work together on eight
visitation teams, a personal work pro
gram, a weekly youth activity, and
educational programs.
Nor is the/growth at the expense
of work in other fields, The East
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Nine months ago a fast-growing
church invited a new minister who
had received a reputation for develop-
ing growing congregations, to aid in
their program. Today, after 53 bap-
tisms, 154 restorations, and 58 new
memberships, the church has set a
goal to double the membership from
500 to 1.000.
The congregation is the East Frayser
Church of Christ, and the minister
is Hoyt White.
Ten Tons of Aid ,
White had recently preached for the
church in Greenville, Miss., where he
helped the church make contacts with
the “Operation handicap” program
of the U.S. Navy.
As a result, the congregation ship-
ped ten tons of clothing, foodmixes,
600,000, and Sevilla, with 400,-
000, offer abundant opportunities
to build bases for evangelism.
Religion in Spain
Spain is traditionally Roman
Catholic, with that church rec-
ognized as the official religion
of the state- "The..government . . ■ •- - -
contributes to the maintenance '
of the Catholic Church. Only
since 1966 has Spain passed a /
law recognizing religious free-
dom in the country.
Baptism into the Catholic
Church is still obligatory for all •
who db not profess other re-
ligious faiths. Nevertheless, it is
estimated that only five percent
of the Spaniards attend masses
and most of the others are in-
different to religion. University
students and other young people
today are opposed to the es-
tablished religion. Because of
this developing spiritual vac-
uum in Spain, and yet because
of its long heritage of religion,
it is prepared for the Gospel.
Restoration Under Way
For many years a group of
Christians, separated from all
denominations, h a s m e t in
Spain, unknown to the church
elsewhere. A leader in t h i s___
group was Juan A.'Monfoy.Tfl
1964 he visited the New York
World’s Fair, and in the Pro-
testant pavilion found himself
in a discussion with Tom Is-
aacs, ar preacher on duty in the
church exhibit center.
Out of tins conference came
one of the exciting stories of
our day—the union at Chriatiana
here and Christians in Spain.
Under the leadership of Mon-
roy and the sponsorship of the
Highland church in Abilene,
Texas, he and E. J. Summerlin
went back to . Spain to continue
building the church there.
Now the work there numbers
600 members in 13 congrega-
tions. with eight Spanish preach-
ers. There is also a regular
radio broadcast in Spanish, an
active publishing plant, a regu-
lar Christian magazihe distri-
buted to 11 countries, a religious
bookstore (one of but two non-
Catholic stores in Spain', sev-
eral new books on Bible themes,
a Bible course under distribu-
tion in that country.
Opportunities are excellent in
Spain for rapid growth of the
Lord’s kingdom. A train-
ing school is urgently needed
however, as is a printing press
later in the year for a six-week study
of the mission there. A work similar
to White’s program in Greenville with
the U.S. Navy is pending.
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White and. his wife Peggy are both
from Union City. They have three
children, Diane, a college sophomore, , ■
rk, a nigh scnooi senior, ■nd Stall, 4
eighth grader White is a gradu- 1
Congregation
Corps members, Evans said.
Other Faith Corps members
are now serving in Nigeria and
North , Bay. Ontario, Canada
Surveys have been conducted
for sending out contingents la-
ter to Italy, Costa Rica, and Be-
lo Horizonte and Rio De Janei-
ro, Brazil. ,
The concept of the Faith
Corps was developed by the el-
ders and the missions commit-
tee of the West Islip church.
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SEE EDITORIAL
ON PAGE 2
Methods used by the Peace
Corps were studied in develop-
ing guidelines for the new pro-
gram.
Similar programs, among
them the Truth Corps in Val-
dosta, Ga., and the Master’s
Apprentices in York. Neb have
since started. The Truth Corps
sent out their first group last
summer and the York group is
undergoing trainirtg.
Faith Corps members were
enlisted during a series of pres-
entations to many cc.ngrega
tions, lectureships, workshops,
and college mission study
groups.
Six weeks of training was giv-
en during the Missions Seminar
at Harding College. Searcy. Ar-
kansas and six weeks were de
voted to Bible study, directed perience that couldn’t be dupli-
by Evans and Carl Phagan. AF cated in the classroom.”
to Brazil
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BRAZIL CORPSMEN — First Faith Corps in Brazil (l-r) Tom Kamp, Carlata Roberts,
Roger Tate, Leta Albritton, Robert and Susan Grissom.
Islip Leaders Evaluating
'Faith Corps9 Programs
Harding, they were trained in
group methods. missionary
principles, cultural anthropolo-
gy, and language.
The group going
studied Portuguese. Most o f
them developed their language-
speaking ability during the Bra-
zilian tour.
The six returning from Sao
Paulo, Brazil, were Leta Al -
britton, Paducah, Ky., who as-
sisted in correspondence course
work and the teaching pro-
gram ; Carleta ‘Roberts. Fort
Worth, Tex., secretary to the
missionaries; Tom Kemp. Cin-
cinnati. Ohio, research and min-
ister in Passo, Brazil; Roger
Tate, Tarzana. Tex., Correspon-
dence course enrollment; and1
Roberta and Susan Grissom, St.
Louis, Mo., assistants to mis-
sionaries.
Four assisted L. Wesley Jones
in Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
They were Karen VanRhenen,
Arkansas, nursery school teach-
er; Shirley Campbell, Texas, so-
cial Worker; and Tom Blake,
Arkansas, personal evangelist,
and his wife, Carolyn, church
secretary. •
Their basic means of support
was financed by their parents,
friends, and congregations.
Kemp, one of the most en-
thusiastic in his praise of the
program, said the work was ‘‘an
education ip itsef and an ex-
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By Glover Shipp
Spain is noted for many deeds
in history — for sending out
Columbus and other adventur-
ers who forever left the imprint
of their boots on the New
World, for centuries’-long strug-
gles with the Moors, for their
bloody Inquisition against non-
Catholics, and for spawning*.
i5" such notables as Cervantes and
his Don Quixote, El Greco and
Velasquez the artist and many
others.
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Spain is also known to Bible
students as a target area in
Paul's missionary plans.
Colorful History _______
Spain's colorful past reaches
into prehistoric times, when the
Iberian Peninsula was occupied
by Ion g-forgotten aboriginal
tribes, then later by Iberians
and Celts. Later on the Phoeni-
cians arrived, followed by the
Greeks, who added their bril-
liant culture to Spanish history.
The Romans controlled Spain
from before the birth of Christ
to the Fifth Century A. D.,
leaving a legacy of language.
Then northern barbarians In-
vaded the peninsula and re-
mained until1 711 A.D. From
then until the 15th century,
when they were driven out, the
Moors exerted strong influence
on Spanish culture.
Until 1931 the country was
ruled first by kings who ad-
ministered a patchwork quilt of
city-states, then by kings ruling
all of Spain. Foe a short period
in the 1930'■ there was a repub-
lic, but this was followed by a
bitter civil war. Emerging from
the war was General Franco,
who has guided Spain since as
Chief of the State and President
of the Government.
Colorful Land
Spain today is a country of
32,000,000 inhabitants, inheritors
of their multi-racial past, of
strongly Latinized language pat-
terns, of a Mediterranean cul-
ture and climate, and of a
starkly beautiful geographical
setting. Generally dry and sun-
ny, Spain does not have a rich
soil heritage, although olives,
cork, and other products are
grown. There are a number of
different mineral resources
available.
But the major resource of
Spain is its people. Friendly,
warm, and poetic, the Spanish
people—the Castillians, the An-
dalusians, the Catalans, and
other sub-cultural groups— are «vwwv»,
fertile souls for the disseminafor expanded publishing. T h e
tion of the Gospel. Such cities
as Madrid, with two and a half
million inhabitants, Barcelona,
with two million, Valencia, with
Mark, a high scho^senior. and Stan, p
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ate of David UpMotnb College. |
Tn 1965 he toured Bible lands in
Europe, Asia, and Africa. He and his
wife worked at the World’s Fair
Church ef Christ exhibit in New York.
Minister, elders, deacons, and hun
dreds of other Chriatians are confident
that their 1,000-seat auditorium will
be inadequate in the not-to distant |
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Makes Plans To Grow From 500 to 1,000
Frayser church oversees two mission-
ary families, the Don Greens in Ma-
laysia, and the George Snures in To-
ronto, Canada. Assistance is also
given Jack Exum in Ireland.
A kindergarten was begun in the
fall. Recently the children’s home
operated near the church facilities
received its license from the Tennes-
see Welfare Department.
Workshop Planned
A missions workshop is planned for
September with Dr. George Gurganus.
professor of missions at Harding Grad*
uatC School, and other experienced
missionaries and teachers.
A fall gospel meeting is scheduled
with Reuel Lemmons, editor of the
Firm Foundation
One elder plans to visit Malaysia
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WEST ISLIP, N Y. (CNS* —
Ten Faith Corps workers, the
firsts .group to complete two
years of service with mission-
aries in Canada and Brazil,
returned home late in May
Their arrival was stretched
out over a period of several
days to allow time for extensive
“debriefing" and evaluation by
the missions committee of the
West Islip Church of Christ.
Of the ten, all young people,
seven pl an to return to the mis-
sion field for full time service
In contrast, an average <rf 25
percent return to the govern-
ment’s Peace Corps
“We feel the success of the
program may change our whole
approach to mission work.”
Dwain Evans, minister of the
West Islip church, said
In an evaluation of the pro-
gram as brought out in reports
from the returning group, two
significant facts stand out. Ev-
ans said. „
1. Their lives were greatly
changed by the experience, set
ting their course in many cases
for further college study and fu-
ture work.
2. They ivere of genuine as-
sistance to the missionaries and
their work tended to add ma
turity to their outlook
Their recommendations and
methods of dealing with prob-
lems in the mission field will
assist the missions committee
in sending out future Faith
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