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DON BAUGHMAN MEMORIAL FUND

Two weeks before Don Baughman was shot and killed by armed
robbers on August 31, 1989 in Nigeria, West Africa, we sent
Lawrence Ebak, a Nigerian evangelist and teacher, to study at
Lincoln Christian College. Lawrence was baptized in the Lagos
lagoon in 1957 by Don Baughman. He graduated from the West Africa
School of Evangelism in 1962. At that time he started congregations
at Iwaya and Egan. He also helped to start the Bariga and Eguntedo
churchesall in the Western Region.
Don married Lawrence to Clara in 1964 at the Ebute Metta church
in Lagos. Together they raised Ida (25), Dama (24), Monday (20),
and Ekana (16). Clara died in 1982 giving birth to Susan. In
1985 Lawrence wed Eyengha, a lovely Christian lady, who joined him
at Lincoln Christian College in late July.
Lawrence.returned to his home in the Eastern Region in the late
60's during the Biafran civil war. He began churches at Okumuruktet,
Mkpani, Itamtet, and established the thriving Apiapum congregation
in his home town. A substantial church building was erected in 1970.
The Apiapum church is the first Nigerian congregation to pay a full-^
time evangelist, Etaba Erim. They also supported Etaba in the Cross
River Bible School where Lawrence taught from 1979-1983.
Lawrence took an Introductory course in Translation Principles
and Applied Linguistics when he helped Dr. Kate Barnwell, a Wyclif
Bible Translator, in the translation of the Mbembe New Testament*
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In a letter from Lawrence dated 15 November 1990 he relates
some very sad news from his home in Nigeria. On Sunday morning
October 21 Clara's sister was getting her children ready for church
service when she cried out in pain, fell down and died. She was an
active member in the Apiapum church. She left behind a Christian
husband and four children. Please be in prayer for the Ebaks and
their sorrowing family.
My living-link .church in Tulsa, Oklahoma has helped me to
establish the Don Baughman Memorial Fund for the education of
Nigerians here in the States. Lawrence and Eyengha are the first
recipients. Lawrence's credits from our School of Evangelism
were accepted and he is presently working on a Master's degree.
Eyengha is an under-graduate. The Fund pays tuition, housing, and
a monthly allotment for the Ebaks.
Would you please join us in prayer for the dedicated young
men and women who carry on the Lord's work in Nigeria and with
your offering to the Don Baughman Memorial Fund. Please send
your gift to: Memorial Fund
East Tulsa Christian Church
280 S. Memorial Drive
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74112
Submitted by: Marianne Baughman
PO Box 925
Newport, Oregon 97365