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At Fulfillment Await 500-Voice Festival
LOS ANGELES — A group
workshop emphasizing "Per-
sonal Fulfillment: Key to the
Future" is the summer lec-
tureship theme at Pepperdine
—DALLAS —- Ten Christian
college choruses totalling 502
voices are preparing for th*
third annual Christian col-
lege choral festival March
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held at the Los Angeles Inter-
national Hotel July 12-13.
"People are converted to-
day as they see something in
our lives to be desired, says
Dr. Don Sime, director.
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dynamically evangel istic.
They are growing at the rate
of half a million per year.
They can cross borders which
are closed to American
churchmen.
But caution needs to be ex-
ercised in meeting these
groups who are in the process
of breaking away from the
authority of outsiders.
Africans have as much right
to work out independent res-
toration movements as Amer-
icans have to work out theirs.
of deeper issues involved.
Missionaries have not been
aware of their role as agents
of change, he says.
Too often the way such
customs . as polygamy have
been opposed has actually de-
stroyed discipline in the so-
ciety. In the eyes of the peo-
ple, Christianity has been in-
troduced at the expense of
destroying religious belief.
Barrett also points to the
Biblical nature of many sep-
aratist groups. The availabil-
ity of the Bible in the lan-
guage of a tribe greatly in-
creases the prospects of a
breakaway. Scriptures have
been translated Into some 411
African vernaculars.
"The heart of the problem,"
Barrett observes, "is a dawn-
ing perception by Africans of Kenya, East Africa, next year
a major discrepancy between
biblical religion and the ver-
sion of Christianity intro-
duced from the western
world/’
Prediction of Separation
Succession occurs more
readily when the number of
mission bodies at work in a
nation is high, and where a
high percentage of the people Africa consider the plea for
no creed except Christ, new
restoration movements may
be started.
The separatist churches are
is literate.
Separatism has other roots
in ancestor worship.
Further, those having scrip-
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Barrett, in his doctoral
studies of the movements, has
concluded that most Protes-
tant and Catholic missionar-
ies have attacked the moves
toward separation in ignor
.' ance and have not been aware they sense a lack of under-
standing of their needs. They
appreciate institutional ex-
pressions of concern such as
schools and hospitals, but feel
respect as individuals is miss-
ing.
The African groups are now
seeking fraternal relations
with biblically oriented inde-
pendent missions. Mep sent
from Churches • o f Christ
stand in a unique position to
answer this call.
If the African can be con-
vinced that proselyting or in-
augurating white control is
not being sought, he wel-
comes those who will teach
the Bible and the Bible alone.
' One such opportunity has College. The workshop will be
been offered Norman Mur-
phy, Bill Proeger and this
group will enter
Africa, next year
directed by the Brookside
church in Tulsa, Okla.
An Independent group from
Anglicanism called the
Church of Christ in Africa has
asked for ministerial training
in their midst.
As this group and the 160
other independent groups in
Kenya and the 5,000 across
Philadelphia . .
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vites passers-by in for coffee
and conversation.
Making opportunities to
use the Bibles found on each
table, the staff unashamedly
proclaims the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. As a result of the cof-
fee-house ministry, 11 men
and women have been bap-
tized.
Other opportunities to be
of service to our neighbors
are provided by the too-fre-
quent catastrophes, such as
fire, theft and violence, that
abound in this part of the
city. 1
Through Christian Service
Center efforts during the past
year, 150 neighborhood boys
and girls are now enrolled in
the center's program.
A number of children who
were not attending school be-
cause of a lack of clothing are
now in school through the
help of the center.
Four abandoned children
have been placed in foster
23-24 to be held this year at
Christian College of the South-
west. •
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# A combined public perform-
ance on Sunday will follow a
choral clinic conducted by
Bev Henson of Texas Chris-
CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
Jimmy Allen
(Prof Harding College)
Ottis Hilburn |
(Vice Pres CC( )
Andrew House ' '
(Minuter Chico. Cal if or nu)
lames Wdford Nickens
(Minister, Yuba City. California)
Other Scheduled Events:
ELDER 4 PRIACHIR WORKSHOP
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TEEN-AGE PROGRAM
20th CENTURY CHRISTIAN DINNER (30th ANNIVERSARY)
COLUMBIS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE CHORUA
now. write—-loctwtsiiip Director
Yabe City, CallfonHs 55551
through the various teaching
programs. One of the "Coffee
House” converts, an ex-con-
vict, now leads others to
Christ.
DeRooy is currently near-
ing the end of a six-week tour
through Texas, Oklahoma,
Missouri, Tennessee, Ala-
bama, Michigan and Illinois
which he began February 5.
He has been presenting the
concepts of the mission in the
inner city and some immedi-
ate needs of the work in Phil-
adelphia.
DeRooy is also recruiting
students fora special training
program in inner city evan-
gelism to be initiated in Phila-
delphia this summer.
The center is sponsored by
the College Chapel Church of
Christ on the campus of
Northeastern Christian Jun-
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Breakaways Tied to Bible
tures in the vernacular more
than 40 years also tend to
react more.
Failure in Love
The 5,000 African bodies
have separated from the
Western churches because
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Straughn, Harold. Christian Chronicle (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1968, newspaper, March 15, 1968; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1320757/m1/4/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.