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Chronicle Sets
Board Changes
James Batts, Chronicle ad-
vertising manager and editor
of Teenage Christian maga-
zine, has resigned to take a
reporting position in Killeen,
Tex.
loss of direction that beset our do-
mestic and international crises.
Obligingly, many in the church
have consented to the idea that the
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The former managing ed-
itor of the Chronicle will be
; replaced on the editorial
board by Paul Easley, admin-
istrative assistant to the pub-
lisher. Jerry Tindel is the new
advertising manager. A new
TAC editor will be named
later
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An international weekly newspaper, established June 2, 1943 by Olan L.
Hicks. Now in its 25th year as a publication for churches of Christ. It Is
circulated in 50 states and some 50 countries. Published on Friday, except
the last week of June and December, by the R. B. Sweet Co., Inc. Second
Class postage paid at Austin, Texas. <
Ralph Sweet ...................... Publisher
Harold Straughn — Editor
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Floyd Rogers Business Manager
Don Batts _ Circulation Manager
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massive commitment of all
churches to explore - new methods
of expressing the old message
through sacrifice and service is a
necessary part of convincing the
world of men that God really loves
them.
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EDITORIALS
health of the nation or the church,
in many cases -the reply would have
to be that the body and soul have
been all but separated. In our ef-
forts to keep church and state apart,
which is certainly a valid purpose,
we seem to forget that the nation
has a responsibility to God and that
the church has a responsibility re-
garding all of the needs of man.
A generation is growing up around
“ us who have been taught by both
the nation and the church that re-
ligion means only the salvation of
the soul while care for the needs of
the body must- be left to govern— have given up believing that Chris-
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Body and Soul Together
A colloquial way of answering the
question, "How are you?” is to re-
ply, "I’m just trying to keep body
and soul together.”.
When someone inquires as to the . church should restrict itself to the
realm of the soul, with no concern
for the needs of the body.
The prophet said, "The nation
and kingdom that will not serve God
shall perish.” The apostle said, "If
anyone has the world's goods and
sees his brother in need, yet closes
his heart against him, how does
-God’s love abide in him?”
Untold resources (one of them is
pointed out in the editorial below)
are yet untapped by churches, which
must be called on to contribute a
new spirit of hope where millions
* ☆
Dear Editor,
■ Your editorial, "On Broth-
erhood Creeds,” (Feb. 23)
touches a very delicate and *
sensitive problem in our
brotherhood.
To the one who has not
been a member of the Church
long, a statement of belief
disillusions him. He wonders
about the significance of his
confession of faith before his
immersion.
How can we destroy the
significance of one's confes-
sion of faith by requiring
more of hftn than -the Lord
required? Does our confes-
sion of faith determine who is
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in the U.S. itself.
"Elderships have been frus-
trated by the complexity of
foreign mission work and
turned instead to the United —
States where they can super-
vise more effectively," ex-
plained Gurganus.
Gurganu? also had com-
ment on the elderships* prob-
lem of deciding where to use
their money—local work or
in a mission field.
"Each Christian is a mis-
sionary and every church is a
missionary society," he said.
"Every resource ought to be
geared to the saving of souls
everywhere."
Gurganus felt problems had
arisen in the "exodus" cam-
... paigns„ that still lacked solu-
tions.
"The .exodus movements
have learned and accomp-
lished many things," Gur-"
ganus said. "But they have
had difficulty adjusting to a
different culture and learning
what would be required of
them. They have had to learn
to love and Appreciate each
other.”
Gurganus spoke specifically
of the clash between South-
erners .and Northerners. This
conflict of cultures was not
foreseen by many of the exo-
dus groups. Herein, he
thought, lay another need for
missionary training and orien-
tation.
Gurganus said a bright fu-
ture is ahead of the ehurohin
the mission fields. "The bet-
ter training nowadays is giv-
ing us more and better mis-
sionaries. Fewer will be com-
ing back discouraged."
our brother or not?
What are the Biblical
grounds for saying that more
is required than our confes-
sion of faith for fellowship?
No doubt one reason why
so few take this precious con-
fession of faith seriously is
because they fail to see their
brethren taking it as the
touchstone for God’s sonship
and man's .brotherhood.
When our leaders ask us to
subscribe to something other
than this precious confession,
may the Lord help us to con-
tinue to confess that Christ is
our only creed. .
David Malone
Austin, Texas
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Dear Editor, “
I enjoyed the issue on Ca-
tholicism (F e b. 2 3) very
much.
am attending weekly ses-
sions of 200 Catholics who are
re-evaluating the basis of
their faith. These changes are
opening doors for truth.
41 so, please continue report-
ing all available news on pos-
sible unity with our "anti-
cooperation" brethren. .
Glen E. McNeese
Burlington, Mass.
another for teaching writing on
Tuesday, a third for arithmetic to be-
taught on Wednesday, another for
teaching science on Thursday, .still
another for teaching history on Fri-
day, and, oh yes, one for teaching
the Bible on Sunday. Saturday
would be free from study.
Except for the 45 minutes each
building was used for teaching the
subject to which it was dedicated, it
would remain closed, lest someone
steal the chalk or deface the build-
ing.
Special janitorial service would be
secured for each unit, so the build-
ing and grounds might present an
image comparing favorable with the
socio-economic structure of the com- ’
munity.
After 20 years this unique opera-
tion had to close down. There was
no one left who seemed to be in-
terested in passing down the heri-
tage of their fathers. The new gen-
eration never explained why.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Ralph Sweet, David Stewart, Paul Easley, Harold Straughn
Subecrlptfams I year (U S. snd Canada), JSjOO; 1 year fordgnT pio
except missionaries receive complimentary boat-mail subscriptions upon
request; 3 years, >12.00; 5 vears, >19.50.
Congregational Han, >30 per month per family and church office
receives statement.
Material for publication should be sent to the Editor, Christian
Chronicle, Box 4055, Austin, Texas 78751.
Special Delivery: 6721 North Lamar, Austin, Texas 78757. Phone
GLendaie 2-5766 (Ana 512).
mental agencies. tian love could ever permeate so-
It is such a common distinction *
that most people do not realize how
recently the split was made, nor
how unbiblical are its roots, nor
how treacherous its consequences.
The nation has come to look every-
where but to biblical faith for solu-
tions to the violence, misery, and
Mansion Now Empty
■
In a certain community the people
decided on the following plan for
educating their children. .
They decided on the subjects they
“wanted their children to learn—
reading, writing, arithmetic, science,
history, and the Bible. They decided
that to accomplish the best job of
educating their children, they would
buy each child a textbook on each
of the subjects. Whatever was avail-
able with the least trouble would
suffice. -
They would scout about the com-
munity to find anyone who either
knew something about teaching each
subject or who would be willing to
lake an eight-week training course
on“ teaching. Since the teachers
would ail be volunteers, they could
not be asked to teach over 45 min-
utes a week, and certainly no pres-
sure could be applied on the teach-
er to prepare the lesson—after all,
it was voluntary.
They decided to build one build-
ing for teaching reading on Monday,
Adapt to Antagonism
ACC Professor Tells
American Missionaries
From the ACC Optimist
ABILENE — An education
with a "more realistic ap-
proach and-special training”
for missionaries was advo-
cated recently by Dr. George
Gurganus, director of mis-
sions, at Abilene Christian
College.
Missionary education, Gur-
ganus said, must better pre-
pare the foreign missionary
for situations he will face
abroad.
"The past 10 years have
seen the rise of nationalism
and the penetration of com-
munism," he said. "Qur mis-
sionaries must adapt to the
antagonism which they will
face.” ' ' . • • -
Garganus said that these
countries often misinterpret
the missionary's cause.
"Some people have a hard
time distinguishing between
mission work and colonali-
ism,” he said.
"Educating the people
while doing mission work
aids the acceptance of the
missionary," he believes.
Schools have proved success-
ful in Japan, Korea, Kenya,
and Nigeria. t~
Sometimes a missionary
should enter the field as a
tourist and try to establish
an autonomous congregation,
said Gurganus. The very pres-
ence of a missionary or any
other American creates oppo-
sition in many places.
Gurganus said that because
of the lack of missionary edu-
cation, many of today’s mis-
sionaries get discouraged and
return home.
Recent years have seen a re-
emphasizing of mission work
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