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AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER FOR MEMBERS OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST / VOLUME 50 /NO. 8 / AUGUST 1993
I Live By,” a new television spe
V—cial from Herald of Truth, pre-
miered July 1 on WXMT-TV-30 in Nashville,
Tenn.
Filmed on location in Washington, D.C.,
this special is the second in a series of tele-
vision programs which are a part of the
Abilene, Texas ministry’s “In God We Trust”
campaign — the campaign to bring America
back to God.
The message of “Choosing Morality” is
simple: God has provided us the standard to
live by — Jesus, his Son. And he helps us live
by his eternal standard by changing our lives
through salvation.
“When we were taping in Washington,
D.C., 1 cannot tell you the number of people family is still as important as it should be.
who stopped by to encourage us as we talked And where worshiping God is still the fam-
about morality, righteous living and God’s ily’s most important activity.
standards," Randy Becton, Herald of Truth’s See MORALITY, Page 8
General enters world of surveillance
Command Center. The function of his team is
to watch hot military and political spots on
behalf of the U.S. military. He observed,
“Saddam can’t even sneeze without our
knowing about it. We are also closely mon-
itoring such places as Bosnia and Somalia.”
Womble, an active Christian wherever he
has gone, has been in the anny 30 yean. He
has served in Vietnam, Korea, England,
See GENERAL, Page 8
WASMNOTOH, D.C.
Il is not every day that a general leaves
“paradise” and enten the “real world” of in-
ternational surveillance, but Brig. Gen. Buck
Womble did just that.
Headquartered in Hawaii, he was sum-
moned in June by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to
Washington, D.C. to monitor worldwide
'Ws impacted by Camp Impact
Three of hamw rmmnara wMh a aounsekx el Cimp Impact, a summer event
communism are taking on new life. This cam- ready to become Christians.1
paign is an example of what churches there
East Tallahassee, Fla., church, made prior ar- and workers from outside of Cuba can do le-
rangements in Cuba for the campaign. gaily, Shelton added.
Early this year, Shelton said, “the Cuban Shelton described living conditions in
government announced to church leaders that Cuba, noting that food is severely rationed.
He added that nationals are not permitted to
buy gasoline for private vehicles. Because of and the United States maintains its present
the lack of oil to fuel electric generators, there
are frequent and long power failures.
However, he said, “We received excellent
Herald of Truth special in the nation’s
capital explores theme of morality
amlene. texas executive director and speaker for the tele-
hoosing Morality: A Standard to vision special, said.
“Included in this program is a very strong
message about the Lord’s church. I talked
about the importance
of worship. 1 urged
viewers to begin liv-
ing lives based on
our model, who is Je-
sus,” Becton said.
“And I invited listen-
ers to become simply
Christians.”
The viewers are
told that following
BECTON God’s eternal stan-
dard is the only way to have a country where
children leant right from wrong, where the
MAT ANZAB, CUBA
yistory was made on the island of Cuba
J April 15 through May 5, when the
Ifirst religious campaign since the
an Revolution in 1959 was conducted by
rches of Christ, according to campaign di-
or Francis Yorke, evangelist in Jamaica,
lie campaign series, targeting nine cities,
ilted in 94 baptisms. An aditional 20
tans have been baptized since the cam-
pi. This increases the number of known.
nbersfrom 400 to more than 500. they were free to have religious campaigns,
forke was joined in the campaigns by Workers would be permitted to go house to
ten Shelton, Clinton, Mitt.; and Tim house and to conduct nightly meetings. One
man, Decatur, Ala., co-directors. Also of the few restrictions placed on campaigns
dcipating were Dale Nunnelly, Parrish, was no street preaching.”
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istoric Cuba campaign results in 94 baptisms
Ala.; Brad Blair, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Don This is one more step in the liberalization response from the Cuban people. They are
Bahr and Jerry Juidicy, St. Louis, Mo.; Mike of the government’s attitude toward religious hungering for the Word of God. You do not
Fox, Marvin Hutson and Gary Jones, Cleve- activity.
As a result, the approximately 15 con-
Dwanc Casteel, Charleston, W.Va. Working gregations surviving the three-plus decades of the church and the plan of salvation, they
Shelton believes that the Cuban field is
wide open to evangelism. “We can now go
there and do great work. The people are very
receptive,” he said.
Regarding American workers living in
Cuba, he said, “As long as Castro is in power
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