NOW IS TIME TO

COME TO THE AID

OF THE G. B. M.
Now is the time for all good men and
women to come to the aid of the Gospel
Broadcasting Mission. Step up, fall in.
shoulder a pen, a car or a sneaking tour.
Much prayer and help needed!
The "founders" have had to fall back,
not out, but for the present are limping
along. Because of Mrs. Colde (Mainie)
not being so up and coming as she wants
tc, Mr. Coble (Walter) has to fall back
somewhat to keep the household duties
from ill repute, to see that Mainie stays
on her strict diet, take care of more of
the correspondence, mailing list, and the
money you send in for GBM. KEEP HIM
BUSY with this more and more. He doesn't
mind banking big gobs of it if only we
could. So much to be done, so little time.
Also, he must edit and tape and keep
up the Puerto Rico broadcast, tape songs
for others, retape some for others, keep
up his own equipme.nt for tape recording,
then proof read "Listen" after Mainie does
to find errors she missed, if any. Then he
must disti'ibute "Listen" out to about
twenty of our church members each time
with 300 to 400 names to each one to ad
dress. Then gather it all up again in two
or three days if the workers don't have
a way to return the Listens to us. Then
look at each Listen as they come in, tic
them up properly as a former postal clerk
would, then mail them. In about a day
we begin receiving returns for wrong ad
dress at 10c per aadress. This is a full
time job correcting addresses. But when
it comes to paying cut 10c of the Lord's
money it is tragic. So please send your
latest address, now if you have not.
if you know of some good persons who
love the Lord who would like to receive
Listen please send their names and ad
dresses. It will help in this time of crisis
for us if you would. It is one way you can
help. A mission work or worker depends
on the contacts they can make for finan
cial support. Now that we cannot get out
and go and see people and personally pre
sent the work to as great an extent as
formerly (for a time at least) we nec
all of your help in many ways. This is
way you can help.
The Gospel Broadcasting Mission fuhds
are very low. We had to wait until beiii
ning of August until funds increasedVso
that we could pay some of the broadcast
ing bills. This is dangerous to the gooc
credit we have always maintained. It is"
serious and could lead to losing a good pro
gram and broadcasting spot that could
never be regained. There are those with
ready money waiting for such "spots."
The question now is what will the
situation be Sept. 1 when all bills should
be paid, or rather Aug. 31? At that date
also cur note is due of $500 that we bor
rowed at the bank (responsibility ours) to
pay the bills of broadcasting for March.
At that time a lot of folks don't want to
touch their bank accounts in order to pay
their big taxes. But big taxes mean big
money they tell us. We wouldn't know.
But now is a good time to give the
money saved at that time when you didn't
have to draw on your bank account to pay
taxes. Thank you, the G.B.M. appreciates
that.
We are making the following APPEAL
for you to help the Gospel Broadcasting
Mission in this time of crisis and pray
that it will be enough of a boost to carry
on and go forward.
One tenth of a day's pay to the Gospel
Broadcasting Mission this pay day or one-
tenth of a day's selling of a crop or one
tenth of the sale of merchandise, or one
tenth of what ever your average earning
is for one day.
In the name of Jesus we thank you and
pray God's richest blessings upon you.
THE BAUGHMANS
WRITE FROM WEST
AFRICA MISSION
We have yust received the Gospel of
irk in Efic and have on order the second
chapiter-of Acts in English, Yoruba, Efic,
Ibo, and Hausa With this offer on Matthew
we hope to establish the extent of territory
the program covers.
I am enclosing pictures taken during a
session of taping SEARCH THE SCRIP
TURES. There are two of Don at the
microphone Hussein Momodu, minister of
the Bariga church, is the announcer and
Mr. Adeyerno is the technician at the
NBC studio station. The program is heard
at 10 a.m. over the Western Nigeria Broad
casting System (WNES) each Sunday morn
ing.
Wc hope you both are well and prosper
ing in the Lord. He is blessing us daily
Don was flat on his back for three weeks
awhile back and although he is not well
his back is well enough for him to carry
on. It has been diegnosed' as a -'weak'
back.
Many blessings to you both.
In Christian love,
Marianne and Don.^ld Baughman
West Africa Christian Mission
Brother Hussein Momodu is the announcer for "Search The
Scriptures" broadcast eery Sunday morning at 10 a. m. over
WNBS. This program is taped at the studio in Lagos.
Don Baughman at the microphone. We are presently offering
the Gospel of Matthew in English and will folow this with the
Gospel of Mark in Efic. On order is the 2nd Chapter of Acts in
English Yoruba, Hausa, Efic and Ibo in booklet form. "Search
The Scriptures" is heard all over Nigeria, and we have received
letters from listeners in Ghana and' the Cmeroonas.
JULY - AUGUST, 1964 ISSUE No. 43
LISTEN
LUXEMB
THE GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION MR. &
MRS. WALTER COBLE, Founders, Garreit, Indiana
"k work of faith depending on offerings from God's pec*
pie for missionary radio broadcasting costs and promoHonal
expenses."
"Listen-0, Isles unto me; and hearken ye
people from afar " Isaiah 49:1.
Poland
The rope-like line, the iron curtain, dividing Continental Europe for many miles. The
darkest shaded map is the concentration of German speaking people. The lighter shades are
bi-lingual, German and other native tongues. The English language is also spoken by a great
percentage over the entire area and millions in British Isles and Europe.
Three "Search the Scripture" programs over this area, two over Radio Luxembourgh, one
in the Polish language over Transworld Radio to thousands of Polish language people.
The Christian Mission, Vol. 8, No. 8, August, 1964
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WEST AFRICA CHRISTIAN MISSION
Donald and Marianne Baughman are the
only personnel. There are four phases to our
work: the establishing of churches, the train
ing of native ministers, the "Search the Scrip
tures" program, and the medical program.
Since 1956 ten congregations have been
started and the evangelists to serve them have
been trained.
SPIRIT OF POWER
The Power of the Spirit is constantly pro
ven in Nigeria. One example took place in
the village of Appiapum. In the words of
evangelist Lawrence Ebak:
"Appiapum is my home town. It is in Ob-
ubra District, Eastern Nigeria. The village
is on the bank of the Cross River. The inha
bitants are mostly farmers. They grow yams,
corn, plantain, sugar cane, oranges, rice,
cocoa, cassava, beans, okra, etc. Most of
the people are not Christians. My visit home
was only for two weeks. That meant only two
Sundays to be present in the village. The
first Sunday I attended a worship service in
the Presbyterian church. This helped many
people who never knew I was in the village to
know that I was there with them. After they
knew that I had successfully gone through my
course as a preacher, they never thought of
me as an ordinary member of the Church of
Christ but as a preacher. The next Sunday
I was given an invitation paper which reques
ted me to preach them a sermon. I accepted.
I went to the church with my sermon, "Sin:
Adultery and Fornication."
After the service was over, everywhere
in the village people commented on my ser
mon. This was so because I made a choice
on one of the commonest sins in the village.
Those who came to see me began to question
me how and why I managed to become a
preacher in the church of Christ. Then they
said to me, 'Would you like to be a preacher
in the Presbyterian Church?'
Friends, this was as possible as having
a child reject his parents. This was not what
I wanted. They never knew I was seeking for
a way to have them baptized into Christ.
We know what generally is the reaction
of men if one does not do what they want him
to do. There was a great opposition that I
would not have the churc of Christ started in
my village. I went to the Head Chief and he
was friendly. He is a member in the Eastern
House of Assembly and has four wives. It
was his desire to have more churches in the
village. I told him Christianity was not a
matter of the number of churches one has in
a place, but the Christian way of life. Then
I said, 'No one will call a man that has more
than one wife a Christian, even if he has a
church right inside his house.'
At the first worship service there were
66. As time went on the opposition increa
sed, so the attendance dropped to 40. I
knew it was not something I was going to do
alone without earnestly asking the Spirit of
Grod to give me a helping hand in the work.
I spent most of my time in prayer and calling.
The people said, 'The Presbyterian church
is the mother church, any other church
coming into the village must take permission
from the Presbyterian church before any
work is begun.'
One of the elders said, 'You have come
to divide the village by bringing in a differ
ent church.' Well, I did not agree with that.
I told them I was not after the mother church
or the father church, neither came I to
divide the village, but what I knew was to
preach the Gospel.
Since it was the will of God tha this vil
lage of mine should receive the Gospel
message, there were those who asked me
to remain and teach them. I stayed in the
village for tiiree months. After this the
attendance increased; the opposition was
coming to an end, and the headmaster of
the school gave me an invitation to deliver
a lecture. My subject on that day was
'Immorality: It's affects on educational,
social, cultural field of life.' We had
some men who had many wives who wanted
to become members of the church with
tiieir wives. They were told to live with
the first married one, and then have noth
ing to do with the rest of the wives. Some
said, 'No, I find it very difficult to become
a Cliristian because I will not like to leave
my wives I have married. I loved them be
fore I married them. How can I leave them
while I still love them?'
Well, this is a problem to one who does
not know the value of becoming a Christian.
The Head Chief said, 'But we read about
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people who had multiple wives in the Bible.'
This opened a way of explaining the Gtospel
to him. I read to him a scripture from Matt.
19:3-9. Finally he said, 'Let us forget about
that and talk of something else.'
There were those who were faithful and
were willing to do anything that they were
told to do in order to become a Christian.
Not all of the people had difficulties, but they
needed to be taught the Gospel and let them
know their own responsibilities in life. If
they are taught the Gospel and that as a Chris
tian everyone has a responsibility, they may
improve to be better men when once they be
come Christians."
This was in August, 1962. In May 1963
the present evangelist, James Adu, reported
that he had baptized 20 in the village of Ap-
piapum and that a nearby village asked him
to come and preach to them. Such is the
Power of the Spirit!!
GOALS
The Ekuri congregation in the Eastern
region of Nigeria has begun gathering rocks
for the construction of the Maternity Home
buildings. There is a perpetually overcrowded
hospital at Obubra, 38 miles away. Not many
of the sick of Ekuri get there. Most of them
do not have money for transportation and many
of them are still convinced of the abilities of
their own "native doctors. " In the other
direction is a new Presbjd^erian hospital. It,
too, is always full, and again, our people
cannot make it there.
This maternity home would not only serve
Ekuri, second largest town in Obubra division,
but would serve many other villages lying
adjacent to it. It would be difficult for me to
tell you what it would mean to the people of
this area. As soon as we receive assurance
from a doctor or a qualified nurse that they
will assume this responsibility, we will make
an appeal for funds for building construction
and operation costs.
NEEDS
We are in need of a battery operated tran
sistor Tape recorder. About $98
Two bicycles are needed for evangelists-
$58.80 each.
$6000 is needed to purchase land in Ebute
Metta and $6000 is needed to purchase land
in Bariga.
Sunday school literature, particularly
children's papers with pictures to see and
articles to color.
Our MOST IMPORTANT concern and need
is more missionaries to help us evangelize
Africa's most heavily populated coimtry.
Our second tour of four years ends in Jan.
1966. At the present time there is no one
to replace us. There is housing available
for two families and there must be someone
to maintain the mission property and pro
vide supervision to the evangelists. If
you are interested in coming to the mission
field, write to us.
Donald and Marianne Baughman
Box 46
Otta, Nigeria, West Africa
Forwarding Agent:
Mrs. Carol Scarbrough
3546 S. Ewing Ave.
Dallas 16, Texas
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