Christian Chronicle (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 35, Ed. 1 Monday, September 8, 1969 Page: 1 of 8
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• Readers Express Views
on Journalism, page 2
• Pictures and Eye Wit-
ness Reports on Hurri-
cane, page 4
• World Mission Work-
shop Set for Knoxville,
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• Columbia Christian
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President, page 7
• Nev Bible Chair Opens
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mate," he added.
Actual preaching services were
at the Farrington High School
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rest of the time was taken up
dMses and personal evan-
gelism, he said.
Average nightly attendance
was 460 with the largest gather-
ing being 675, the largest gath-
ering of members of the church
Hawaii has ever had, Stewart
said,
“When we arrived during our
orientation period, we visited a
Buddist temple and a priest spoke
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HONOLULU, Hawaii—The WBated in evangelizing the na-
recent campaign for Christ here live Hawaiians instead of the
*Ang. 1-27 with Akio Limb of military,personnel there fjmuse
Osaka, Japan, has proved that we wanted this to be permanent." "
campaigns can be built on prfr^rtdbewart said they tried to reach
vious campaigns, according to for the non-Caucasian popula-
campaign director Ivan Stewart.
Campaign director for the 25th of those baptized during the
and Geraldine church in Okla- thrust were white. About 29 per-
cent of Hawaii is Caucasian.
Eleven persons were restored
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Hurricane Awakens Christians
brotherhood what was happening as it
related to the church.
Pierce Brown, the local preacher for the
Gulfport church (membership 150) was co-
ordinating activities. He worked around the
dock for days setting up the organization
for receiving and dispensing food, clothing,
and the other necessities of life. The church
building was full of food.
Huge lines formed outside to receive it.
Young people, especially those between 12
and 18 spent night and days sacking gro-
ceries, unloading trucks, and dispensing
supplies.
Even before the hurricane hit, calls came
in from Houston churches and Flavil Yeak-
ley of Texas City, Tex., stating that they
were waiting to help. /
And the help came.
Trucks loaded with relief items came
from Jacksonville, Fla.; Montgomery,
Ala.; Abilene, Tex.; Zenia, Ohio; Atlanta,
Ga.;. Tampa, Fla.; Dayton, Ohio; Val-
dosta, Ga.; Tulsa, Okla.; a plane load
from Little Rock, Ark., and many, many
other places.
See Hurricane, page 4
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The Buddists have adapted many
ways of the Western culture—
they have Sunday school, pews,
assemble and hear Sermons. It
Ralph Sweet, publisher of the Christian
Chronicle, went to the devastated areas on
the Mississippi Guff Coast Aug. 27-28 to
be a liaison between harried workers at the
relief centers at the Gulfport church build-
ing and the press. Here is his first-hand
account of hurricane Camille’s aftermath:
The Mississippi Gulf Coast residents
toiled amid the rubble to rebuild homes
flattened by hurricane Camille. The search
for the dead continues along the marshes
but the main concern focuses on the living.
Residents of Gulfport, one of the hardest
hit areas, were digging out and planning to
rebuild.
Man had lost a battle against nature.
It is impossible to comprehend the winds
(140 miles per hour) and water Camille
pushed into this city of 38,000. Highway
90 was left in shambles. All beach front
homes were destroyed or damaged. Huge
ships were washed ashore and smaller
shrimp boats were blown several blocks
and ended up against foundations where
houses or buildings formerly stood.
I went to Gulfport to work with news
media and also to be able to tell the
homa City, Okla., Stewart
brought over 94 U.S. workers
and five Japanese met them here and 62 were baptized, said Ste-
to canvass, knock on doors,and wart. “I think there may be
teach classes., another two dozen or so bap-
He said the 1969 campaign tized within the next two weeks
confirmed the results of the 1965 —and that’s a conservative esti-
Honolulu campaign: “Many of
the elements of the ’65 campaign
are still holding. We were in-
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auditorium pn weekends. The isn’t that way with the Oriental
Buddists-7-they don’t assemble;
they believe in meditation.*
Two of those baptized were
“hippies," said Stewart.
“I know they don’t look like
much, but they still have a soul.
They’re looking for something—
the establishment has not had all
the answers for them. We have
something they need," he said. >
“When the gospel was presented
to them, they found out this is
to us. He gave us insight on how what they were looking for. They
to reach the Buddist population, started wearing shirts and ties,
and started grooming them-
selves. They did not look like
normal hippies anymore.
“They contacted another
friend and taught the class using
our charts with one of our cam-
paigners sitting in as a ‘silent
partner.’ And they later baptized
him too.’
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HELPING HANDS: 'This seems to be their thing, helping people,’
says Steve Long (I), ’I want to help people.’ He is joined by
workers of all ages often working 24 hours a day distributing
food and clothing from Gulfport church to Camille.victims.
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Thursday, Sept. 11
Women’s Retreat Camp Yam-
hill, Wash., Sept. 11-13.
Sunday, Sept. 14 ,
Open house Central State Col-
lege Bible chair, Edmond,
Okla. ■
Monday, Sept. 15
Men’s Fellowship Meeting,
Springfield, III.
Registration, Harding Grad-
uate School of Religion, Mem-
phis, Tenn.'
TKu^a.,, s.p<. n Eye Witness Reportt
22nd annual fellowship, East-
ern New Mexico University,
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SUwday, Sept. 20
Open house, Shults-Lewis
I Children’s Home, Valparaiso,
Ind.
Sunday, Sept. 21J
Teacher Training Series, To-
peka, Kansas, Sept. 21-24,
Wilburn C. Hill of Lawrence,
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Tuesday, Sept, 23
Ladies Lectureship University
Blvd. Church, Denver, Colo.,
Sept. 23-25.
Thursday, Sept. 25
Third Annual Preachers’ Fel-
lowship Meeting, Abilene
Christian College.
| Frifay, Sept. M
Second Annual World Evan-
gelism Forum, Sunset Church,
Sept. 26-28.
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Sweet, Ralph. Christian Chronicle (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 35, Ed. 1 Monday, September 8, 1969, newspaper, September 8, 1969; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1320831/m1/1/?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.