i s ! C y c l o n e s !

T s u n a m
Earthquakes!
Tropical Storms!
Floods!
Disasters!
Death! Destruction!
We live in a world fraught with danger and calamity. This terrible wreckage of
His “very good” creation was not caused by God but by man!s choice to disobey his
maker.
But the Christian hurts with those who are hurting, and his automatic response is
to help in whatever ways he is able. This outpouring of love and pity was shown to
the victims of . . . (See page 12 for cover story)
 Global
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 Global Harvest Volume 3
Table of Contents
Editorials
! Editorial .... Wayne Barrier".........................................6
! Open Doors .... J.C. Choate......................................
" 7
Specials and Services
! Have You Considered Making Winona Your Home?”... " 5
! The Voice of Truth International ..... Byron Nichols"...10
! Spreading the Word"................................................11
! World Evangelism School of Missions".................15
! World Evangelism Catalog".....................................15
! World Evangelism/Gospel Gazette Websites".......16
! One Nation Under ... Who? / Think Magazine".......16
! Holding to the Traditions .... Bill Farris"...................17
! Apologetics Press Services"...................................18
! World Video Bible School "......................................19
! In Search of the Lord!s Way .... Lyon/ Sanders"......19
! House to House .... Allen Webster...........................
" 20
! Restoration Radio Network .... Roy Beasley"..........20
! Gospel Broadcasting Network .... Gary McDade... " 21
! World English Institute .... Richard Ady..................
" 25
! The Church Is Not in . . . .... D. Blackwell................
" 34
! Terrorist Groups Operating in Churches"..............34
! Personal Responsibility .... Gordon Hogan"............35
! The Need Is Great .... Emmanuel Hagan".................37
! Evangelize! Evangelize! .... K. Hargesheimer......... " 38
! A Gift of Honor "........................................................58
! Why Me? .... Bonnie Rushmore "...............................62
! God Is at Work .... Betty Burton Choate...................
" 83
Gleaning from the Fields
North America
! The $100,000 Prayer .... Louis Rushmore ".................9
! Tsunamis! Cyclones! ".............................................12
! Convicted! .... Sandi Rog".........................................22
! A Mission Field in the Heart . . . .... Ralph Hunter"..23
! An urgent Need .... Jerry Humphries".......................24
! Iowa Valley Evangelism Effort .... Fred Rhodes "....26
! What!s Happening in Franklin County, FL?"..........27
Central and South America
! Biblical Institute of Central America .... G. Hall.....
" 28
! Helping Hands for Guyana .... Edmond Cagle ".......29
! Mission Work in Cuba .... Robert Shelton...............
" 70
Europe
! France Needs . . . .... Charles White "........................30
! Baptism in Burcht .... Roy Davidson".......................31
! Campaign in French Switzerland .... Doyle Kee "....32
! The Great Work in Romania .... Harvey Starling"....33
Spring, 2010
Middle East
! Nazareth Today .... Dr. Donnie S. Barnes"................36
! A Family!s Personal Story .... Don Petty"................37
Africa
! Ugbogbo Church of Christ .... Sylvester Imogoh"...39
! News from Zimbabwe .... Loy Mitchell"....................40
! Opportunities in Ghana . . . .... Todd Clippard"........41
! French Africa Evangelism .... George Akpabli........ " 42
! From a Prison in Zambia ..... Lemmy Nyambe".......43
! Mt. Sinai Bible Camp .... James E. Jones "...............43
! A Change of Heart .... Ruth Orr"...............................44
! The Voice of Truth in Nigeria .... Kingsley Odogwu"...46
! Jos School of Biblical Studies .... Solomon Aguh.. " 47
! From Troubled Pakistan .... Asghar Ali"...................48
Indian Sub-Continent
! Evangelism Tour of India .... Jerry Bates..................
" 8
! The Church in Roshan Nagar .... Sunny David"......48
! The Gospel in India .... Sunny David "......................49
! Bible Lectureship .... S. Rajanayagam....................
" 50
! Busy days in Bangalore .... P.R. Swamy "................51
! Evangelistic Efforts . . . .... Vinay David".................53
! J.C. School of Evangelism .... Philemon Rajah"......55
! Using Mass Media in India .... B. Arjunan"...............56
! A Plan for Evangelizing India .... Richard Ady........ " 57
! From Kakinada .... Joshua Gootam".........................59
! From Sri Lanka .... Harold and Lilani Thomas".........60
! Tamil News .... Don Iverson......................................
" 62
Asia
! The Church in Viet Nam .... Jeremy W. Barrier............
" 61
! Church Growth in Nepal .... Michael E. Brooks "......63
! The Explosion of Gospel in Borneo .... Thomas Koh".64
! Borneo — East Malaysia .... Wayne Barrier...........
" 66
! Dark Yesterdays . . . .... Philip Van Biak Lian...........
" 67
Pacific Islands and the Far East
! Indonesia .... Steve Cate..........................................
" 69
! Passing the Gospel on . . . .... Robert Martin.......... " 71
! The Chinese Dragon Wakes Up".............................72
! China Mission News"...............................................73
! 48th Asian Mission Forum .... Luis Cusi.................
" 74
! China .... Wayne Barrier"...........................................75
! Comfort for the Suffering .... Randy English"..........76
! Christ!s Love Reaches Out .... B. Patricio "..............77
! Typhoon Ondoy .... Danilo de Vera..........................
" 78
! From a Philippine Evangelist .... “Jack” Belo ".........79
! Australia!s Next Campaign .... Rod Kyle"................80
! Auckland, New Zealand .... John & Lynda Staiger.. " 81
! Tasmania, Australia .... Dennis & Shirley Gresham.... " 82
 4 Global Harvest
A little Quiz from the pages...
1. Name three disaster areas in which the
church has taken the lead in providing relief
in the past five years.
2. Whose prison conviction brought about the
salvation of many souls?
3. Reading the background history of France,
would you describe it as “Christian”?
4. Which “terrorist groups” have you seen in the
church?
5. Is there an abundance of biblical study mate-
rials outside the United States?
6. Where would a Hindu person in a village in
India find a Bible?
7. What do students in the Jos School of Bibli-
cal Studies do every weekend?
8. Do people in third-world countries appreciate
receiving copies of The Voice of Truth Inter-
national? Is it an effective teaching tool?
9. The church in Matanzas, Cuba has started
how many congregations since 1993?
10.In reading of work being done overseas,
how many “methods” have you seen that
are not being used where you worship, but that
would help the church in your area to grow?
11.Does God work among the nations, to bring
about the corrections that are needed?
12.Name ten countries in which work is being
done today by Christians.
13.Is most of the work being done by foreign
missionaries or by local Christians?
14.God has designated the primary work of the
church as what?
 Global Harvest 5

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People who visit the office here in
Winona are always surprised at the
amount of work there is to do. Jerry and
Paula Bates, Louis and Bonnie Rush-
more, and Betty Choate are the basic
workforce. We are thankful that on spe-
cial occasions a group will come from
one of the supporting congregations to
help with whatever work they can do.
Sometimes it is yard work, sometimes it
is construction -- shelves, cabinets, etc.
-- sometimes it is shifting boxes of
books to consolidate and make room for
a new publication, sometimes it is sort-
ing and packing things in the archives
room.
How very good it would be if a
retired couple, in good health, would
decide to move here and help with-
layout and proofreading of materials
for printing, packing books, mainte-
nance, yard work, running to the
post office -- or whatever your particu-
lar talents might be -- etc., etc., etc.
Have You Considered
Making Winona
Your Home?
Call 662-283-1192
Is it possible that you, who are
reading of these needs, might be able to
make that move? We have a nice two-
bedroom apartment in the office build-
ing, and it would be available rent-free,
utilities free. Winona is a small town,
so the traffic is light, no stress about
getting around, going to the bank, the
post office, the grocery store, Walmart,
or to the church building for worship.
Of course, as is true of most mis-
sion efforts, we can’t offer a salary, but
we would hope that you would have
your retirement income and Social Se-
curity to depend on.
Many times people look to the
years of retirement as a time to just do
nothing, or to indulge in the hobbies
and other pleasantries they’ve never
had time for in their working life.
We’d like to urge you to raise your
sights: make your retirement years the
most spiritual and productive of your
life! Plan to be involved full-time in
necessary and important contributions
to God’s work!
Darrell and Eulene Ramsey made
that decision 15 years ago. They sold
their home in Texas and moved to Wi-
nona, living on their retirement income,
and were a year-in and year-out bless-
ing to the work until poor health neces-
sitated retirement two years ago. Many
times Eulene has told us how much it
has meant to her to be a vital part of a
work that is making an eternal differ-
ence to countless souls. From this little
town, we touch many lives throughout
the world. Don’t you want to come
here and help us? !
 6 Global Harvest
Wayne Barrier
The mission of the church to take
the gospel to every person in every na-
tion is an awesome task. The fact that
this work was given to the church is a
wonderful privilege and blessing to
every Christian. God could have cho-
sen another way for the message of His
plan for redemption and salvation of
man to be communicated, but He gave
us this rewarding and satisfying task.
The size of the mission is hard to com-
prehend, with the world’s population
exceeding 6.7 billion souls and thou-
sands more reaching accountability
every day. How can we do this enor-
mous, seemingly over whelming, job?
Jesus gave the command for this
work in Matthew 28:18-20 and Mark
16:15,16 and concluded the commis-
sion by promising to always be with
us. He is with us today. He would
not give us something to do that was
impossible. With His help, the mis-
sion can be carried out today. Where
do we start?
First, Jesus instructed us in Mat-
thew 9:37,38 that we begin by pray-
ing, as He stated, “The harvest truly is
plentiful, but the laborers are few.
Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest
to send out laborers into His harvest.”
We pray about many things, and we
should be praying that we can have
more mission workers to go into the
field. Our prayers should include re-
quests for wisdom as we evaluate the
GLOBAL HARVEST EDITORIAL
Wayne Barrier, Editor
mission work activities. We need to Their message caused listeners to
be good stewards of mission resources see and understand the Son of God. The
and pray for the resources needed to cross, and the sacrifice of Jesus, was the
enter and work where the gospel is not center of the message. They taught that
being taught. Pray first, then plan, act, sinners can be saved from their sins be-
and evaluate. cause of the love, mercy, and grace of
Next, we should be careful to follow God. Faith resulted in work.
the biblical pattern in mission efforts. The guidance of evangelizing the
Biblical guidance is abundant for us to world is not hard to find in the Scrip-
apply today. The book of Acts offers a ture. The problem is finding the faith,
wealth of information concerning the courage, and willingness to obey this
work of the apostle Paul and his team of most basic and fundamental require-
co-workers as they took the gospel to the ment of being a child of God.
whole world in the first century. Paul’s Finally, we need to realize that the
letters provide additional insights and responsibility to do this demanding
clarification to the process as they suc- task is not a burden, but rather a bless-
cessfully carried out the mission in just a
ing. God gives “every spiritual bless-
few years (Colossians 1:23). ing” to His faithful children (Ephesians
Paul and his co-workers did the
1:3). Our prayers are heard and an-
work of evangelists, as Paul instructed swered. We are citizens of the king-
Timothy to do in 2 Timothy 4. They
dom of heaven, with a home in heaven
went on missions to specific places prepared for our eternal occupation
across the world to introduce the gospel
(Philippians 3:20; John 14:2). We are
to an untaught population. They worked given the privilege to lead our fellow
in teams. They traveled and responded
man to salvation and hope. We live
to “open doors” by going through the with the promise that in our lives of
doors before they were closed. They
faith and obedience, “all things work
found ways to reach masses. They together for good” (Romans 8:28) and
trained new brethren to be co-workers
that we are “more than conquerors”
with them. They used a Bible school (Romans 8:37), with protection against
(Acts 19:9) to reach all of Asia.
even the “sting of death” (1 Corinthi-
Evangelists accepted the responsi- ans 15:56).
bility of equipping of the saints for the
We ask for your continued support
work of ministry (Ephesians 4:11,12). and prayers for our effort to provide
They taught every member to work,
this magazine to mission workers and
with a priority that involved “fear and supporters as a tool for sharing reports
trembling” (Philippians 2:12). They
of experiences and needs. Please con-
networked, worked hard, trusted God sider helping us by sending your re-
for care, guidance, and provision of
ports of work, by subscribing to
needs, and they gave themselves to get Global Harvest, and by telling others
the job done.
about it. !
Wayne and Janet Barrier are sponsored by the Double Springs Church of
Christ in Double Springs, Alabama. They have been deeply involved in
the overall World Evangelism program for more than 25 years. Both the
Barrier family and the elders of the Double Springs church have shown
great vision and dedication in their leadership and expanding involvement
in the work. We look forward to a wonderful harvest of souls.
The Barriers may be contacted at wbarrier@highwaay.net; Wayne Bar-
rier, 3000 County Road 10, Florence, AL 35633; Phone: 256-766-2807.
 Global Harvest
J.C. Choate
The Scriptures speak of open doors
several times. Paul often mentioned
them in describing opportunities that
were presented to him to preach the
gospel. On the first missionary jour-
ney, it is said that the door of faith was
opened to the Gentiles (Acts 14:27).
While in Ephesus, Paul wrote, “For a
great door and effectual is opened unto
me, and there are many adversaries”
(1 Corinthians 16:9).
On another occasion, Paul wrote
the Corinthian brethren, “Furthermore,
when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s
gospel, and a door was opened unto me
of the Lord, I had no rest in my spirit,
because I found not Titus my brother.
but taking my leave of them, I went
from thence into Macedonia” (2 Corin-
thians 2:12,13). The great apostle was
referring to the time that a man ap-
peared to him in the night, asking,
“Come over into Macedonia, and help
us.” Paul went and preached the gos-
pel to Lydia and her household and to
the Jailer and his household, and with
their obedience to the Lord the church
was established in that part of the world
(Acts 16:6-34).
Paul wrote the Colossian brethren,
“Continue in prayer, and watch in the
same with thanksgiving; Withal pray-
ing also for us, that God would open
unto us a door of utterance to speak the
mystery of Christ, for which I am also
Open Doors
in bonds: That I may make it manifest,
as I ought to speak” (Colossians 4:2-4).
But while doors may be open to
preaching the gospel, on other occa-
sions they may be closed, or appear to
be closed. In recent years it seemed as
though the door was closed to the gos-
pel in numerous countries around the
world. Some of these were Russia, the
East European nations, many of the
Arab countries, China, North Korea,
and various others where visas seem-
ingly could not be obtained for mission
work or for any other reason. We
thought that the door to India was
closed because of the many failed at-
tempts to get visas in the early 1960’s.
We were finally forced to turn to Paki-
stan, which we were permitted to enter.
Later, it was found that our Canadian
brethren could go to India without hav-
ing to obtain visas, since they were
Commonwealth citizens. With the pass-
ing of time, and making additional ef-
forts, we too were able to go to India on
short-term visas and have continued to
work there for many years.
Today, many countries which were
formerly closed to missionary work are
now open. Russia, for example, and
other countries that were once a part of
the Soviet Union, along with the nations
of Eastern Europe, are open for the
preaching of the gospel. Even China can
be entered for limited work. And India
now gives a long-term visa that is good
for 10 years, up to 6 months at a time.
With that visa, after spending 6 months
one can leave India, go to a neighboring
country, and return for another 6 months.
Where, now, are all of those who wanted
to work full time in India? If you are
really serious about working there, you
can go for 10 years at a time! The door
is open!
Burma’s military dictatorship that
wanted to keep the country isolated
once allowed visitors only 24 hours.
After years of that rule, they finally
relented and gave a visa for one week.
That led to a two-week visa, and now
one can go in for one month. So, in
7
comparison to the past, Burma seems to
be wide open! That is a good example
of a country changing its policy so that
more time can be spent there for spiri-
tual work.
There are still some areas in the
world where it seems that the door is
closed as far as the preaching of the
gospel is concerned -- at least, by the
methods we generally consider: going
in and living on a resident permit, or at
least going in occasionally on short mis-
sionary trips. Typically, if these meth-
ods cannot be used, we describe those
places as being “closed to the gospel”.
While it simplifies things to be able to
enter a country on a long-term basis, or
even for a short period of time, the in-
ability to do so does not mean necessar-
ily that that country or that part of the
world is closed to the gospel.
As I look at the world in the mod-
ern day setting, with all of the technol-
ogy available to us, I see the whole
world as open to the gospel. There are
now all kinds of ways to proclaim
Christ. Teaching can be done through
literature, radio, television, the satellite,
the cable systems, video, email, the
Internet, the postal system, the tele-
phone, and any number of other ways.
As the communication systems
continue to expand, no doubt greater
and even more exciting avenues will
open up to us, making it possible to
evangelize every nation, tribe, and
tongue.
No longer can we stay at home
and fall back on the excuse that we
cannot go to a particular country or to
some other part of the world because
the door is closed. The fact is, all the
doors are open to the truth, whether
one works from his own home or goes
physically to some distant point on the
globe.
My brethren and friends, the gospel
is for all of mankind, for every living
soul. It is time for us to take the mes-
sage of salvation through all the doors
open to us. The world is waiting. What
are we waiting for? !
 8 Global Harvest
Jerry and Paula Bates
As part of the World Evangelism
team, we recently returned from India,
stopping at several places. We keep
very busy, but that is always our plan.
We figure that Jerry spent about 110
hours teaching, not counting other peri-
ods of discussion, attending lecture-
ships, traveling, etc. Paula has also
taught more children’s and ladies’
classes this time than she has before. It
was tiring but a good trip.
We have begun working with Bear
Valley Bible Institute, coordinating ex-
tension schools which have recently be-
gun in India. I taught the book of James
for a week in each of the two schools
currently operating in India, towns of
Chandigarh and Visak. One especially
interesting incident occurred while
teaching in Visak. As I was discussing
the use of the tongue, unknown to me,
the lady next door was listening. She
could not understand Telegu, which was
the language in that area, but she could
understand English. She was impressed
with what I had to say, and that night she
quoted Bible verses to her husband. The
next morning her husband talked with
Samuel, the school director, and he gave
them a Bible. I was not able to meet
them on Friday since they were not
home, but we left a basic study book for
them. You just never know who might
be listening or watching you.
One night Paula had a remarkable
and seemingly providential occurrence.
Paula and several ladies had gathered in
Evangelism Tour of India
Jerry Bates
the home of a Christian, and the Hindu
drums were playing very loudly next
door. A visitor from an obviously Pente-
costal background arrived,
and she immediately began
swaying and making loud
noises, supposedly in the
Spirit. Paula was very con-
cerned and wondered how
she could ever have a class
with all the commotion.
She said a silent prayer and
almost immediately the
drums moved on down the
street. The local preacher
simply laid his hand on the
woman’s shoulder, and she
instantly stopped and qui- teaching a children!s class.
etly listened during the les-
son. So Paula was able to have a good
discussion after all.
Jerry preaching, Benny translating. was no heat in our rooms, so we really
We spent our third week teaching in
the J. C. School of Evangelism in Madurai,
and attending its first graduation ceremony.
These men and women have been attend-
ing monthly classes for 18 months. The
purpose of this school is to train and en-
courage individual Christians to teach their
neighbors and acquaint them with the gos-
pel in whatever way possible. This school
has already brought great results, and
Philemon is receiving requests from other
areas to start a similar school.
Paula and Racheal
Another major event this week was
the release of the Indian edition of the
English version of The Voice of Truth
International. It is cheaper to print in
India rather than print and ship from the
U.S., and Philemon agreed to handle the
printing and distributing of the magazine
for us. Five thousand copies have been
printed in contrast to about 2,000 that we
formerly were sending to India. The
people in India are very glad to be able
to have more copies to use in their work.
In our fourth week, we spent a few
days with Arjunan and his wife, Glory.
Arjunan had arranged a preacher’s retreat
at Kodaikanal. This is a mountain resort
town about 7,000 feet in altitude. Because
of the high altitude, it was much cooler
than you would expect in India. There
had to pile on the blankets to keep warm.
Fifty-four people came from several
areas to enjoy the fellowship, encour-
agement, and teaching for three days. I
taught three classes each day and Paula
taught the ladies. At the end of the meet-
ing, three people wanted to be baptized,
which was accomplished as soon as they
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 Global Harvest
The $100,000 Prayer
Louis Rushmore
When is the last time you asked
God for $100,000 in a prayer? Well,
I’ve only done that once, and it was not
long ago when I prayed such a prayer.
Who asks God for $100,000 in a
prayer, and why? Let me explain.
Last year while traveling abroad in
India and Myanmar (Burma), Bonnie
and I left $100 with each of six breth-
ren for the express purpose of translat-
ing my tract, The One True Church of
the Bible, into various foreign lan-
guages for distribution in those coun-
tries. Since then, my tract has been
translated so far into about nine lan-
guages, and it is being distributed in
several countries on three continents
and some islands. Several thousand of
these tracts are also being used
throughout the United States, such as
2,000 that were distributed by a con-
gregation at a county fair.
There are primarily two reasons
that “The One True Church of the Bi-
ble” is so popular as an evangelistic
tool: (1) Instead of appearing in para-
graph format, identifying characteris-
tics of the Lord’s church and appropri-
ate Scripture citations appear under
$100,000 for 1,000,000 copies?
category headings. These references
contrast with the key, identifying char-
acteristics of denominationalism, and
of course, God’s plan of salvation with
fitting Scriptures encourages readers to
obey the Gospel of Jesus Christ (He-
brews 5:9; 2 Thessalonians 1:8). (2)
Without the adornment of glossy paper
and pricy production, the tract with
blue ink on ivory, quad-folded, legal-
sized, heavy paper is not only attrac-
tive, but inexpensive enough to actually
use for mass evangelism (10¢ each in
any quantity plus shipping).
Well, one brother in particular with
whom we left $100 translated my tract
into two of the Chinese languages (Lisu
and Rwang). He was able to have
1,000 tracts printed in each language
on glossy paper with two colors of ink,
a feat that we could not duplicate in the
United States without spending several
hundred dollars. Our brother and his
wife distributed these in mainland
China near Tibet.
With the help of a calculator, it
occurred to me that if $100 just bought
1,000 tracts, then $100,000 could buy
1,000,000 tracts. Further, if 10 to 35
people, which is realistic, read each
piece of literature, 10,000,000 to
35,000,000 precious souls will learn of
Jesus Christ and His church. Brethren,
that computes to a zero cents invest-
ment per soul who reads “The One
True Church of the Bible”.
Bonnie and I firmly believe in the
ongoing providence of God today.
There are specific instances in our
lives, which when we look back in time
at them, that we are convinced were the
unfolding providence of God. God’s
providence being what it is, and God
being the Executor of it, He can re-
spond to human petitions (such as
mine) any way He chooses, according
to His will. Our Heavenly Father es-
sentially can say, “Yes,” “No,” “Later”
or “Conditionally.” If God wants me to
collect and spend $100,000 to have
9
tracts printed for Asia, it will happen,
and happen on His timetable.
Good news, brethren! As I write
this, due to the generosity of individual
Christians and a congregation, we are
well on our way to assembling
$100,000 to print 1,000,000 tracts for
Asia. We only have $99,350 left to go
before we arrive at the goal in my
prayer request.
I do know this. Whether or not
God decides through His providence to
grant me my petition, we cannot place
too much Gospel literature in the hands
of people residing in the Asian neigh-
borhood, which is home to billions of
people. In addition to the countless
souls we Christians may be able to in-
fluence favorably with the Gospel re-
specting the salvation of souls from sin,
imagine what the Gospel of Christ
could do to disarm militant Islam and
Hinduism, or to correct the abuse of
humanity by oppressive and harsh gov-
ernments, or to lessen the threat of na-
tions and even races toward each other.
October and November 2009,
Bonnie and I travel to India, Sri Lanka
and Myanmar (Burma) with an agenda
among other things to be tools in the
hands of the Living God with respect to
providing tracts for invaluable human
souls who happen to be living in Asia.
We wonder who will decide to be a part
of the unfolding providence of God to
this end in the days that lie ahead. !
Louis and Bonnie Rushmore, spon-
sored by the Vermilion Church of Christ
in Vermillion, Ohio, are part of the World
Evangelism team, living in Winona, MS.
Email: rushmore@gospelgazette.com.
 10"
Byron Nichols, Editor
God Is Using
THE VOICE OF TRUTH
INTERNATIONAL
to Change Lives
Around the Globe
Conscientious Christians and con-
gregations are always on the alert in an
effort to find any legitimate means of
attracting people to studying the Bible.
Many have tried various new study
materials, with the results being mixed.
Certain materials have been satisfactory
overall, while others have offered some
attractive features, but have disap-
pointed because of being too lax in the
treatment of the Scriptures. Some have
employed a presentation which lacks
sufficient revelation of a clear picture of
what the church of the New Testament
is really all about. On the other hand,
some have presented the truth of the
Bible, but have done so in a manner
that is rather abrasive and inconsiderate
of the feelings of those who are not yet
Christians. It is admittedly a demand-
ing task to truly teach what the Bible
says, and to do so without minimizing
the inspired message, and also to do it
in such a manner as to convey a sincere
respect and concern for those whose
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ours.
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istence, The Voice of Truth Interna- gift for being a newcomer to the area,
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wonderfully reassuring, however, that ditionally used extensively by our
the overwhelming majority of our read- brethren in other countries as they work
ers who have responded to us, both to further stabilize their congregations
members of the church and non- and also proclaim the Good News to
members, have expressed wholehearted the lost.
appreciation for our efforts and the Our continuing prayer is that God
quality of this special publication. will use this teaching instrument to
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Spreading the Word . . .

Do you get letters like these?
“... Please, brother, we need books for church growth and edification, and some encourag-
ing magazines as tools to preachers and evangelists. Please forget not the amazing and
famous VOICE OF TRUTH from its no. 1 to the last issue. We welcome second hand
books.” Theofilo SONGIE; BURUNDI.
“Thank you for sending the latest issue of VOTI. We love it and our brethren read every
page. Just recently a brother had an old copy of one that I had given him. He was not fin-
ished reading it and we ran across an erring brother. The brother decided to give him his
copy of VOTI to encourage him. I was wondering if it would be possible to re-
place his copy.” Scott Shanahan
“The books you sent were distributed to my Family, Christians and Non-
Christians. Some were willing to receive copies but unfortunately all got
finished. I really enjoyed reading those books. I do not have any book to read
besides the Holy Bible and the copy of your books. Therefore, please, I kindly
request more of which you have released recently. I will also appreciate very
much if you could send second-hand copies.”
The pictures on this page show a sam-
pling of books, magazines, and song books
printed in India during recent months. Ma- Book Review
terials are made available free of charge to
radio and TV audiences, in several of the Being a student of Scripture, you would be
local languages, as well as limited printing aware that, according to accepted Egyptian
in Braille. We also print materials in My- chronology, nothing in the Genesis record ac-
anmar (Burma) and fill requests for books
from wherever the requests come. Emails tually happened. But the Egyptian dates are
and letters begging for reading materials now being strongly challenged by scholars in
come to our office every day, and phone the secular world, revis-
calls in the dead of night are getting to be a
frequent plea for help, too. ing the dates so that they
do coincide with biblical
We who are Christians here in America
are blessed far beyond our own awareness. chronology. Brother Ted
Suppose you had been born in a village in In- Stewart has written
dia to Hindu parents. What possibility would SOLVING THE EXODUS
there be that anyone would ever knock on your
door to teach you about God and His Son and MYSTERY (and there is
His word? Contributions made to “The India a DVD) which is, in my
Radio/TV Fund” enable us to knock on opinion, the best treat-
those doors with effective radio and TV ment that has been done
programs, on which we offer Bible courses
and other study materials free of charge. on the subject. One
If you had been born in that village, brother commented,
there would be no book store from which “Every preacher in the
you could purchase a Bible. You would church ought to have a
have absolutely no clue as to how to get a copy of this book!” He’s
copy, if you even knew of its existence.
But those who complete a Bible course are right. If Genesis is wrong,
given a Bible. the foundation for the en-
If you would like to help with the radio/TV tire Bible is destroyed. You
and/or printing, write to us at World Evangel- need this book! Call 800-
ism, P.O. Box 72, Winona, MS 38967, or call 692-4311.
662-283-1192; Choate@WorldEvangelism.org.
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i s ! C y c l o n e s !
Ts u n a m
Earthquakes!
Tropical Storms!
Floods!
Disasters!
Death!
We live in a world fraught with danger
and calamity. This terrible wreckage of His
“very good” creation was not caused by God
but by man!s choice to disobey his maker.
But the Christian hurts with those who are
hurting, and his automatic response is to help in
whatever ways he is able. This outpouring of
love and pity was shown to the victims of the
tsunami that hit Asia in December of 2004, to
those in Myanmar who lost loved ones, homes,
and livelihood in May of 2008, and most re-
cently to the Philippine people and those of the
Samoan Islands whose homes were flooded by
the series of devastating tropical storms and an
earthquake in the fall of 2009.
It is true that the great commission of
churches of Christ and of individual Christians is
to “Go into all the world and preach the gospel
to every creature . . .” but the compassion and
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Destruction!
the love of Christ move us to action when
such tragedies strike. In response to the
storms in the Philippines, one sister wrote,
“Whenever there is a need such as this,
please always let me know.” We, of the world
evangelism team, and fellow American mis-
sionaries, feel that we serve as bridges be-
tween our hurting brethren overseas and our
compassionate brethren here in the States,
and it is our responsibility to raise the cry for
help when these things occur.
Please go to pages 76-78 for more pictures
and infomation about the work that has been
done, the accompanying spiritual teaching that
has been a part of the outreach, and the souls
that have been won as a result of the gener-
ous gifts of American Christians.
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The routineness of the morning had begun. People who lived by the sea and lived of the sea
were dressing, eating breakfast, and calling to their children. Fishermen checked their nets, prepar-
ing to launch out in their boats in search of the day!s catch. Everything moved in a normal rhythm
against the backdrop of the ceaseless washing of the ocean.
Suddenly the sound changed as the waves were sucked backwards, out and out and out, baring
the ocean!s floor many feet beyond the beach. Fish were left behind, struggling for life. Like a great
breath, inhaled, the water stood away from the shoreline. Shocked villagers stared in disbelief at the
strange scene before their eyes. Some began trying to catch the flopping fish. Others were mes-
merized, as though rooted to the spot where they stood.
The sound changed again. An unearthly roaring filled numb ears as a monster boiled and
churned in the distance. Swelling out of the sea,
the wall of water grew to a height of forty feet,
crashing out over the shoreline, lifting everything
in its path. Houses were torn from their founda-
tions, boats were flung over the tops of buildings,
cars were flattened against power poles. In the
carnage of destruction, human bodies became
flotsam, tossed on the crest of the water and bur-
ied under massive layers of debris.
And then it was over. The water returned to its
ocean bed, washing against a new shoreline,
eroded and changed forever by the power of the
tsunami. Those humans who were left stood
transfixed where their run of terror had ended.
They lived still. The monster had gone. The sea again resumed its normal sound of waves against
the sand.
But their world lay in massive destruction at their feet. Unearthly screams and wails filled the air.
Names of loved ones were cried in anguish — urgency — panic, when there was no answer. Where
were the children, the wife, the husband, the elderly parents? Had they run fast enough to escape?
Had they been washed inland? Were they buried under the mounds of rubble? Had they been
swept out to sea in the receding waves that seemed to take everything with them?
Out of a sunny normal morning, the
nightmare of horror closed in. In a few min-
utes of time their entire world was de-
stroyed, their lives forever changed.

Yes, governments stepped up to help, various clubs

and charitable organizations brought relief, but we of
churches of Christ can be proud in a good way that we
heard their cries. Devastation brought food, medical
supplies and doctors, tents and tarps, tin for roofs, and
other building supplies. And along with the physical
help was brought the saving message of the love and
good news of God. These pictures show a hint of the
devastation, a glimmer of the huge undertaking of relief
work . . . and the great spiritual result of souls being
baptized into Christ, of children in Buddhist communi-
ties and of other faiths being taught about God, of new
congregations being born in the wreckage of the physi-
cal world.
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Thank God that you are a Christian. Rejoice
that you were in a position to help those in such
critical need. Be proud that your gifts made the
difference between physical life and death for
many people and, — for some — your love is mak-
ing an eternal difference.

!
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World Evangelism
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ity of doing mission work, stateside or
overseas, on a short-term or long-
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If so, you need to call our Winona
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Details:
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" In addition to a staff lecturer,
a seasoned missionary teaches half
of the classes each time.
" The course covers two years,
with two to four field trips.
" Studies include self-analysis and
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support, reporting and relationship with
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world religions, and much more.
JOIN US!!!
Is it a catalog?
YES!!! . . . We want you to know
that the books in our catalog are
special. All of them are written by Chris-
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Book. You can order with confidence . .
but there’s more . . .
Our catalog is the story of
souls . . . of goals . . .
. . . because we are not in the
“book business” to make profit but to
print literature that can be used both
here in the States and around the
world to preach the Gospel to the
lost. No one in our office is sup-
ported through book sales. Reve-
nues generated go back into printing
more books, many of which are sold
as evangelistic tools below printing
costs. Many are given away to peo-
ple here, and thousands more are
sent overseas free of charge, post-
age paid. So the purpose of our
catalog is to acquaint you with what
is available and with the work we are
doing with God . . .
. . . and we pray that this catalog
will be a tool for deepening your rela-
tionship with Him and for broadening
your outreach for Him.
Books we print here in the States
— and books you buy — help us to
help brethren in other parts of the
world, to answer their many appeals
for biblical reading materials. Have
you thought about it: In India and Af-
rica and Burma and Indonesia there
is no handy Bible book store from
which people can order, to satisfy
their hunger for spiritual growth! We
help to fill that need.
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Books for WBS Teachers
To help World Bible School teachers, jail
ministries, and others involved in per-
sonal evangelism, we offer these books
for your “give-away” follow-up material
at the subsidized price of $1.50 a copy,
plus postage and handling.
Baptism
Roger E. Dickson, 64 pages
Basic Bible Lessons
O.P. Baird, 108 pages
Beginner’s Bible Correspondence
Course (English and Spanish)
D. Wright, 80 pages
Bible Keys
J.C. Choate, 188 pages
Bible Themes
J.C. Choate, 120 pages
Cardinal Concepts of Christianity
(Also, Limited supply in German)
Roy V. Palmer, 142 pages
Conversions in Acts
Basil Overton, 105 pages
Growing in the Grace and
Knowledge of Christ
112 pages
New Testament Worship (English and
Spanish) J.C. Choate, 80 pages
Scriptural Organization
of the Churches of Christ
Jim Massey, 157 pages
Seeker’s Bible Study Series
The Church of the Bible ((English,
Spanish, French and Russian)
J.C. Choate, 85 pages
The Gospel of Christ
(Also available in French and Spanish)
J.C. Choate, 77 pages
The Holy Spirit
D.R. Gnanasundaram, 112 pages
Why We Believe
What We Believe, Vols. 1 & 2
J.C. Choate, 115 & 133 pages
You Can Be Just a Christian (English
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The Voice of Truth International
$1.00/copy
World Evangelism Catalog
(J.C. Choate Publications)
P.O. Box 72
Winona, MS 38967
Phone: 662-283-1192
choate@worldevangelism.org
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We of the World Evangelism team are involved in many things: the writ-
ing and publication of books and magazines for use in the States as well as over-
seas; working with brethren in numerous mission fields; radio and TV programs
for India and the Philippines; Bible training schools in a number of countries . . . .
We print Bible courses and other study materials in English, Spanish, French
and a number of the Indian languages. Our quarterly magazine, The Voice of We encourage you to visit The
Truth International, available in the US in English, has also been printed in popular and informative website, Gos-
Spanish. We are struggling to put the parts together to re-establish that version as pel Gazette Online, edited by Louis
a regularly-published periodical. Our critical need is for a sponsor for the His- Rushmore for the past ten years.
panic brother who wants to work with us in the computer layout of the pages. If Thousands of articles have been ar-
you can help with this, please contact us at 662-283-1192. chived, and can be accessed via a
In the previous issue of Global Harvest, we talked of our dream of develop- search engine to enable you to find
ing a series of DVDs, aimed at training Christians in personal evangelism. The materials on the subject with which
person to take the lead in this work is yet to be located. We also wrote passion- you need help.
ately about the critical need for the church to develop its own graded literature If you would like a free subscrip-
for Bible classes. In spite of talking to a number of elderships about working tion to this digital magazine, please
with us to meet this great need, the team to do the work has not materialized. In contact brother Rushmore at this email:
God’s own time, and in His own way, we believe these things will be done. ! Rushmore@GospelGazette.com
www.WorldEvangelism.org www.gospelgazette.com

One Nation Under … Who?

A nationwide campaign has been launched against immorality. Having wit-
nessed an increase in immoral behavior within our society, a new DVD has been
produced to inform and educate citizens of the United States. Titled “One Nation
Under … Who?”, this professionally produced DVD gives a startling look at the
current direction of our nation contrasted with God’s attitude toward sin. During a
time in which political correctness has run amuck, this DVD rejects political cor-
rectness and provides a refreshing defense of Christian values and morals, painting
a clear picture that America has lost her moral compass. The present day attitude
of “eat, drink, and be merry” being promoted in the classroom may sound good to
the ears; however our nation is presently witnessing firsthand the fruits of this
self-centered, godless lifestyle. Dr. Brad Harrub gives a sobering view of what is
currently being taught in public schools and provides a historical record of where
these godless influences originated. This DVD has already been mailed free of
charge to over 10,000 churches in the United States and is being offered at only
$2.00 in an effort to get the message out.
A free online version can be viewed at www.woodsonchapel.com/onenation.
Congregations are being asked to make this information available to their local television networks. Individuals and congregations
are being asked to host a community-wide seminar to present this material. As Edmund Burke once noted: “All that is necessary for
evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” We believe it is time our nation re-evaluated what we have allowed into our hearts.
We believe it is time we once again identify sin as what it truly is — sin. We believe it is time for our
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 Global Harvest
Our last Holding To The Tradi-
tions meeting was greatly appreciated
in Porter, OK. Our four speakers were
Jeremy Jones [Honey Grove, TX], Dan
Fredman [Broken Bow, OK], Welton
Stoker [Sherman, TX], and Tom Moore
[Temple, TX], We are currently asking
a number of congregations in Okla-
homa, Mississippi, Georgia, and Ala-
bama to consider hosting a meeting.
Five thousand copies of the Spanish
edition of SEARCHING FOR TRUTH
have been sent into many foreign Span-
ish speaking countries. The back order
for 5,000 more books has just arrived,
and they are ready to be shipped out. A
Spanish DVD is now available.
We have been informed that as
many as 5,000 English and 5,000 Span-
ish books will be needed to supply the
jail ministry in the 78 state-run Okla-
homa facilities. The SEARCHING
FOR TRUTH Russian version has been
translated and, Lord willing, is expected
to be greatly sought after in Russia and
the 15 breakaway republics.
Brother Tom Moore has agreed to
record the sermon he has preached at sev-
eral of our meetings, entitled, “Where
God Is Not, Anything Is Permitted”. This
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will be done at the WVBS studio in
Maxwell, TX and made available to con-
gregations, Christians, and those who are
most concerned with our nation today.
Currently, we are in the beginning
stages of producing a new DVD on the
subject of ABORTION. Our intention is
to use Christian doctors [OB/GYN, M.D.,
Psychologists, etc.] to make a factual
presentation on this critical subject. Dr
Jimmy Citty, M.D. of Searcy, AR is com-
piling a list of doctors who are willing to
be interviewed [some on site].
WVBS has estimated this project
will take about one year to complete, with
an estimated cost of $15,000. The DVD
will be made available for purchase from
WVBS to interested congregations and
individuals in the USA and placed on the
World Wide Web. A number of TV net-
works [GBN] are expected to provide this
information to a wide audience. If your
congregation or individual members wish
to make a contribution, please contact me
at 870-845-3161. I will furnish you
with the mailing address of Brother
Jerry Harris, one of the Tom Bean Eld-
ers who is in charge of this special
fund. !
For the Elders, Bill Farris

meetings. I remember one such meeting in

Evangelism Tour of India
Continued from page 8
arrived back in Batlagundu to the church building, where a
baptistery was available.
From there we traveled to Kangayam. Rajanayagam is
the preacher of one of the largest congregations in Tamil
Nadu, and we attended his annual lectureship on Friday and
Saturday of that week. About 450 people gathered to hear the
speakers for the two days, and I was privileged to speak to the
group on Friday morning. It was good to see so many Chris-
tians gather, eager to listen to God’s Word. Six people were
baptized during the lectures.
We stayed busy the next week going to meetings at dif-
ferent congregations. Rajanayagam directs a preacher school,
and for two days I taught classes to the preacher students and
past graduates who had returned for some additional instruc-
tion. At night we would then have a special meeting at a dif-
ferent congregation to strengthen and encourage them as well
as teach the many visitors who attended such meetings.
Sometimes, since the buildings of congregations are very
small or they meet in a home, a building is rented for such
a mountain village about a 3-hour drive
from Kangayam. Probably about 60-70
people attended the 10:00 a.m. Wednesday
meeting. I spoke to them for about an hour, and then while
Rajanayagam spoke another 45 minutes, Paula took the chil-
dren outside under a tree for a children’s class. This class was
unplanned, which again illustrates that one must be flexible
and prepared to teach at a moment’s notice. That next Sun-
day, 4 people were baptized in one of the villages at which we
had spoke earlier in the week.
As we travel in and out of Delhi, we are always reminded
of the vast population of India. Many millions need to hear
the gospel so we must use every means possible to get the
word to them. Much of our time is spent talking about ways
we can accomplish this, through literature, radio and televi-
sion programs, Bible correspondence courses, Bible training
schools, and the best use of our funds to accomplish this task.
The work is huge, the laborers are few, but the work is grow-
ing, and we are proud to be part of this mission. !
Jerry and Paula Bates live in Winona, MS, work in the US and
overseas with the World Evangelism program, and are sponsored
by the Strickland Church. Email: Jerry@WorldEvangelism.org.
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In the late 1970s, there was a need to make available scripturally sound and
scientifically accurate materials in apologetics among the churches of Christ.
The idea for Apologetics Press was born—an idea that soon became a reality.
The necessary legal steps then were taken to allow the work to be recognized as
non-profit and tax-exempt by both State and Federal governments. In 1985,
Apologetics Press moved into its own custom-built, 11,000-square-foot building
that was debt-free upon completion. Financial records are managed by certified
public accountants, who also submit to the appropriate agencies all documenta-
tion required by State and Federal law.
Currently, Dr. Dave Miller serves as the Executive Director. Dr. Miller, Kyle
Butt, and Eric Lyons compose the fulltime professional writing staff, assisted by
an auxiliary staff of scientists and other writers, including Dr. Will Brooks, Dr.
Joe Deweese, Dr. Jerry Fausz, Dr. Michael Houts, Kevin Cain, Jeff Miller, James
Spencer, and Matt Vega as well as an office support staff that includes secretar-
ies, production administrators, a Spanish translator, a graphics-design artist, and
a scientific illustrator.
What We Believe
The following principles of truth are accepted by those who actively partici-
pate in this work:
God exists, and man can know that God exists, by means of His manifold
revelations, both in nature and through the inspired Word of God, the Holy Bible.
The entire material Universe was specially created by this Almighty God in six
days of approximately 24 hours each, as revealed in Genesis 1 and Exodus 20:11.
Both biblical and scientific evidence indicate a relatively young earth, in
contrast to the evolutionary views of a multi-billion-year age for the Earth.
Both biblical and scientific evidence indicate that many of the Earth’s fea-
tures must be viewed in light of a universal, catastrophic flood (i.e., the Noahic
Flood as described in Genesis 6-8).
All compromising theories such as theistic evolution, progressive creation-
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theory, the non-world view, etc., are denied and opposed as patently false.
Christianity is the one true religion; Jesus Christ is the only divine Son of
God, resurrected Lord, and Savior of all who lovingly obey Him.
The 66 books of the Bible are fully and verbally inspired of
God; hence, they are inerrant and authoritative, and a complete
guide for moral and religious conduct.
Salvation is by means of obedience to the Gospel system,
involving faith in God and Christ, repentance from sin, con-
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World Video Bible School

WVBS is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) cor-
poration located in Maxwell, Texas.
What this means is that you can send a
contribution to help us continue this
work, and the whole amount is eligible to
be deducted on your taxes. However,
there are many ways to give (please con-
sult your tax consultant for more details).
We truly appreciate your interest in
the work of World Video Bible School
(WVBS). There are many ways you
can help us. First and foremost is with
your prayers. As God says in James
5:16b, “The effective, fervent prayer of
a righteous man avails much.” Please
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using our study materials to become you would like to make a contribution
grounded more firmly in God’s rich to this work, you can fill out our online
word. After all, the problems we are contribution form, call in or mail your
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Third, you can help us by referring
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In Search of the Lord's Way is the television outreach min-

istry of the Edmond church of Christ in Edmond, OK. As of
September 1, 2009, the SEARCH program is beginning its
30th year of continual broadcast. Having begun on one small
TV station, we are now seen on 76 Broadcast stations, 205
cable and public access stations, 45 radio stations and 2 sat-
ellite networks.
It is our FIRM policy to make no solicitations for money or
to sell anything on the air. We are funded by local churches of
Christ who sponsor the television broadcast in their areas.
This is how SearchTV can have a national presence and still be seen as a local ministry. If you would like to support us
in your local area please contact us or follow the support link at the top of our home page. Thank you for visiting our
website. Be sure to visit our new blog site and check out our daily devotionals page.
Follow the links at the top of the page (website) for transcripts or any of the multimedia sections. There is
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House to House Heart to Heart

House to House Heart to Heart (HTH) is a bi-monthly, customizable, 8 page,
color, Christian magazine that works exclusively with Churches of Christ. The
publication is printed every 2 months for a total of 6 issues a year and is directly
mailed into homes. Each issue contains gospel lessons and biblical stories.
HTH is printed in English and Spanish.
House to House is under the oversight of the elders at the Jacksonville
Church of Christ in Jacksonville, AL. Allen Webster is the managing editor.
Luke Griffin is Director of Operations. The magazine was started in 1994 with
one congregation mailing out 1,000 copies. The editors are currently working
with 2,200 churches to send out around 2,800,000 copies into households each
issue, surpassing national newspapers in circulation.
Recipients of House to House often express their enjoyment in reading the
varied articles in its pages. Many are ultimately being brought to Christ.
The magazine has an online archive with the text for every article published.
The articles are indexed by volume and issue number.
For more information about the benefits of the program and its costs, or to
request a free packet of information, you may email us at Promotion@housetohouse.com or call the office at 256-435-
9356 and ask for Blake Hamm or Derek Raulerson. For additional information and archives of articles, please visit our
website at http://www.housetohouse.com.

We of World Evangelism highly recommend House to House. We use it in Winona.

Restoration Radio Network International

When was RRNI
founded?
In 1973. It is now one of
the oldest continuous in-
ternational radio ministries
in the brotherhood.
Who is the founder?
Roy Beasley, a preacher of
the gospel for more then 50
Questions and Answers
years. He has done local
work and preached in many
states and foreign countries.
Who oversees the work?
It is under the oversight of the
East Huntsville (AL) Church
of Christ (since 1980).
Who are the speakers?
Roy Beasley, James E.
Jones, Dale Flowers, and
Adrian Limbawan (Philip-
pines).
In what languages do
you broadcast?
Primarily English except
for the Philippines where
some dialiects are also
used. English is the “uni-
versal language”, taught in
schools. Some seek out
English broadcasts to “im-
prove their English”.
Where are your overseas
stations located?
RRNI owns no stations. Air
time is purchased in various
target areas worldwide. We
find this less expensive and
gives more flexibility.
What about coverage?
We have heard from listen-
ers in about 120 countries
and islands on four conti-
nents. Thousands have
been enrolled in BCC.
Do you conduct cam-
paigns and seminars?
Yes. Successful campaigns
have been conducted in the
Philippines, Nigeria, Malawi,
and Kenya. A campaign is
“harvest time for souls” and
several are planned. The
seed is sown and cultivated
through radio programs, per-
sonal correspondence, Bible
Correspondence Courses,
and the Apollos Program, be-
fore going in to gather the
harvest.
How do you handle
follow-up?
Through “The Apollos pro-
gram”. Based on the case of
Apollos (Acts 18), it has
proved effective in converting
hundreds of religious leaders
who in turn have converted
thousands of their followers.
Contact us for additional
information about this
unique program of evan-
gelism. You can help us
reach the lost. !
Roy Beasley, 17 Welshwood
Drive, Nashville, TN 37211.
Phone 615-833-4771
http://www.rrni.org
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Gospel Broadcasting Net-
work completed its fourth
year of operation in Novem-
ber. The longevity of the
effort has seen “opportuni-
ties increasing” to reach
more and more people with
a very significant amount of
teaching via satellite televi-
sion. You want the global
reach of the internet? We
have www.gbntv.org. You
want the most cost-effective
way to reach the
Gary McDade, 6,700,000,000 souls who
Executive Director inhabit the planet? We have
24/7 Bible programming
bouncing off two satellites right now, which, by the way, is the
chief information delivery system for the under-developed
countries of the world. You want sound gospel preaching and
teaching? We have 100 faithful gospel preachers with a solid
reputation for being “men of the book”. You want program-
ming that appeals to the public? We have 80 programs, 50 of
them full-length, meaning 30 minutes to an hour in length. We
have never been turned down in any market due to content or
composition. The Content Acquisition Department of the na-
tional office of Comcast Cable has approved our programming.
EXCITING NEWS FOR THOSE IN THE
TIDEWATER AREA
GBN programming has come to the Tidewater area of Vir-
ginia with our full slate of Bible programming 24/7! We have
obtained air time on one of the local broadcasting television sta-
tions, Channel 39, WJHJ TV. The viewing area includes Nor-
folk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach,
and Hampton. The US military has a strong presence in this area
of the country. Historically, the military has aided in the expan-
sion of the kingdom of Christ, as service men and women travel
the world through the reassignment of their duty stations. Many
of our own acquaintance who obeyed the gospel in the Tidewater
area went on to other states of the union and even foreign coun-
tries to preach the gospel. The possibility of reaching some of
those serving in the military with the gospel carries a great
weight of encouragement, as we think of the places they likely
will go and the people they may influence for their eternal good.
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GBN may be viewed 24/7 via the internet
(www.gbntv.org), on 21 cable systems around the country
reaching 300,000 homes, and on C-Band dishes and Ku-Band
dishes reaching hundreds of homes that we know about and,
surely, many we do not. Two satellites (AMC-6 and Galaxy
19) relay our signal into Canada, all the U.S. including Alaska
and Hawaii, Mexico, Latin America, the Northern tip of South
America, and the Caribbean. Additionally, GBN programming
is seen through our Good News Today magazine-format pro-
gram, hosted by Jim Dearman over Dish Network, which has
an audience of 15,000,000 homes for an hour every day. The
programs, Good News Today and Preaching the Gospel with
James Watkins are seen over broadcast television in San An-
gelo, Texas; Montgomery and Birmingham, Alabama; Atlanta,
Georgia; Chattanooga and Nashville, Tennessee; Roanoke,
Virginia; and Tallahassee, Florida. But, the Tidewater area of
Virginia will be the first open air broadcast television station to
carry GBN programming 24/7!
A Beautiful, Encouraging Letter
“Several years ago ... Barry Gilreath, Sr., made an appeal
for assistance for the then fledgling GBN work ... He spoke of
the need for ‘Elijah’s 7,000’ ... to help the ministry get up and
rolling along. My wife and I were impressed ... that the breth-
ren ... involved ... were ... sound in the faith ....
“Brethren, please keep up the good work and do not grow
weary in welldoing. The opportunity is too vast, the world is
too lost, the Gospel message is too great, and the ultimate goals
of your work are too precious, for you good brethren not to
keep pressing on. I pray that the whole brotherhood of faithful
believers might ... become involved for the glory of God and
the advance of His kingdom ....”
-David A. McCain, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
We want to expand into all the world,
but we cannot do it without the help of many
concerned brethren and congregations.
Brethren, the technology is here, the men with vision and
courage to put together this huge undertaking have been work-
ing at its ongoing development for four years. They are to be
commended and praised for their faith. But the world will con-
tinue to have a restricted diet of error through the denomina-
tional channels unless we as an entire brotherhood band to-
gether and pray and work and invest so that this dream of “go-
ing into all the world via satellite” can be accomplished.
There is an easy way to handle the financing: If each
American Christian would give just $1.00 extra each week,
earmarked for GBN, that would be about $6,000,000 more
every month! Wouldn’t that be easy??? And wouldn’t that
put GBN on the satellite map in a much bigger way?
GBN is overseen by the elders of the Highland Church of
Christ, Dalton, GA. Please send correspondence to Gospel
Broadcasting Network, 3969 Cloud Springs Road, Ringgold,
GA 30736. Ph. 866-525-4677; Email: info@gbntv.org !
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Convicted!
“Please, Blake. You know I can’t
read. I really need your help.” The
blond-haired, blue-eyed boy was in
jail for the first time. Just the night
before, he had been raped by five
men. He remembered the comfort he
had found as a child when his mother
would read the Bible. He begged
Blake Williams for most of a day until
finally his cellmate gave in and started
reading the Bible to him.
Sitting inside a Louisiana parish jail,
they began studying together from a
correspondence course the boy had ac-
quired. After a short time, Blake tossed
the Bible across the room, landing it in
the trash. “This isn’t what I was taught!”
He exchanged that Bible for a dif-
ferent translation.
After tossing several translations
into the trash, Blake finally realized
something. “They’re all saying the
same thing.” The men decided to forget
about everything they had been taught
and simply read the Bible and see what
it had to say.
They began reading in Matthew.
As time passed, more inmates joined
them. After reading through the four
gospels and having finished the book
of Acts, they were ready to be baptized
for the forgiveness of their sins.
The jail had no provisions for any-
one to be baptized. The men were des-
perate to be baptized, however, and
they prayed to God for help.
Meanwhile, a preacher from the
Lord’s church had been trying to get into
the jail for several months and had never
been allowed admittance. He just hap-
pened to arrive again about this time. The
same jailer who had refused him admit-
tance before said, “Boy, are we glad you
showed up! A bunch of Bible-thumpers
up there really need your help.”
The preacher found out that the
prisoners already knew what it took to
become Christians. And he “just hap-
pened” to have an inflatable child’s
wading pool in the back of his truck.
Sandi Rog
The Lord answered the inmates’
prayers and saw to it that these men were
able to be baptized. Nearly every inmate
in that county jail was baptized that day.
This true story took place just be-
fore Blake was transferred to El Reno
Federal Correctional Institute in Okla-
homa. He didn’t even have a chance to
learn the name of the preacher, and not
until later did he realize that he was a
member of the church of Christ.
After Blake arrived at El Reno, he
gathered together three or four other men
to read the Bible with him, curious to
know if these men would see the truth as
he saw it. They sat outside under the shade
of a tree, reading the Scriptures. However,
the men were told to break up their regular
meetings out of concern for prison secu-
rity. They had to file grievances for official
permission to have a place to study.
Finally, a room was made available
to them. They continued their Bible
studies and began holding worship
services in the prison according to what
was shown them in the Bible. Before
long, their numbers grew; and they
were again baptizing each other.
“Do you think we’re the only peo-
ple who actually adhere to the Bible?”
the prisoners wondered.
“Let’s find out!” suggested another
prisoner. They began collecting infor-
mation on different kinds of churches.
Other prisoners listed churches where
they had grown up.
The men then compiled a list of
twenty questions pertaining to the Bi-
ble and mailed them out to all those
churches. In the responses, some were
answered according to the Bible and
some not at all according to the Bible.
Then they received a response from
Ridgewood Church of Christ in Beau-
mont, Texas. All twenty questions were
answered with the same answers the
prisoners had found in the Bible. Blake
and the other Christian inmates were
thrilled to know they had other brothers
and sisters in Christ outside prison walls.
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A church member near El Reno
visited the church in prison. To his
amazement, he found that the prisoners
had become Christians and were wor-
shiping simply by studying the Bible
and with no outside help. Years went
by, and when it was time for Blake’s
release, some prisoners said, “You’ll
forget about all this Bible stuff as soon
as you’re on the outside.” But Blake
didn’t forget. He continued his service
for God in the field of prison ministry,
visiting prisoners all over the country.
About this same time, Don
Turner’s search for truth seemed like an
endless roller coaster ride. Don tried so
many religions that confusion and fear
became interlaced with faith for Don’s
daughter, Sandi. She could trust no one
when it came to religion. She believeed
in God but doubted mankind.
“How can there be so many different
denominations and teachings when there’s
only one God?” she asked. “How am I
supposed to know which one is right?”
Don then began serving time in the
El Reno Federal Correctional Institute
for tax evasion. While there, he met
Blake, who only had one more year to
serve, but he studied the Bible with
Don, and on Jan. 13, 1986, outside in
freezing cold water, Don was baptized.
After serving eighteen months in
prison, Don was released and went
home. He and his wife had been di-
vorced since Sandi was six, so he
wouldn’t be going home to the house
where Sandi lived.
Sandi was now sixteen and her
younger sister twelve when they went
for a weekend visit with their dad. He
said, “Why don’t we have a Bible
study? There are some things I’d like to
show you.”
They began their study at seven
that night. By midnight, Don, with
tears in his eyes, baptized both his
daughters on June 6, 1987.
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Convicted!
Continued from page 22
After that time, Sandi was never
afraid for her soul again. She had
learned that she didn’t have to depend
on man to tell her what to do. She
could simply read the Bible.
Later when Sandi attended college in
Oklahoma where Blake lived, they be-
came good friends. He was like a dad to
her; he protected her. He watched out for
her in many ways and was always there,
even late at night if she would call.
“Blake!” Sandi shouted one day
when seeing him across the large room
in the Student Center. She ran to him.
Blake opened his arms, scooped her up
and spun her around.
That was Sandi’s relationship with
Blake. God used him to show her
Christ’s compassion and love.
In June 1993, Blake lay on his death
bed. He was dying of cancer. He had re-
ceived hundreds of cards and letters from
friends around the country. But he had
finally asked Brenda, his nurse, not to
read them to him any more. He was just
too tired and in too much
pain. He pleaded for God
to take him home.
Friday was an espe-
cially hard day for Blake.
Brenda said to him,
“There’s one letter here
for you that seems to be
from someone close. Let
me read it to you.” She
tried to tell him who it
was from but kept mis-
pronouncing the
woman’s married name,
so he didn’t know who it was.
“No.” Blake moaned. Nothing
could take away the pain or make him
feel better that day. But Brenda decided
to read the letter anyway. Blake lay
there half-listening until she came to
the part about the baby coming and
“Sandi” deciding to name the baby af-
ter him if it was a boy.
Blake’s senses became alert.
“Who?” he asked.
Brenda again faltered over Sandi’s
husband’s name but added, “and Sandi.”
“Brenda, you know who that is?”
“No, I don’t,” she said.
“That’s Don’s daughter!”
For the first time that day, Blake
perked up. He had Brenda start over in
reading the letter. When he heard the
part about them naming the baby after
him, a big smile came over his face.
He began to tell Brenda about Don
and his daughter, what a fine Christian
Sandi had become, and what a wonder-
ful Christian man she had married. He
talked about how happy he was that he
had gone to their wedding. And he said
that now he could be certain that they
would remain faithful and raise their
own Christian family.
Sandi, who lived in Holland by
then, didn’t know if Blake had received
her letter until two years after his death.
It was then that Brenda and Sandi met
for the first time. Brenda told her the
story of how receiving the letter had
brought Blake joy in a time of great
pain and suffering.
Brenda explained that
Blake had heard Sandi’s letter
on a Friday night. That Sun-
day, after communion,
prayers and singing, he had
gently slipped into a coma.
Shortly after, he passed away,
leaving this legacy behind.
This is just one story from
the many lives Blake Wil-
liams, a man convicted of a
crime but later convicted for
Christ, left behind. Without
him, this story wouldn’t exist.
I was able to write this story be-
cause I am Sandi. ! work in correctional facilities in the
Reprinted from Christian Woman Maga-
zine, November/December 2004, p. 46.
Revised by Sandi Rog, February 1, 2009.
Contact information: Sandi Rog, 11043
Depew St., Westminster, Co. 80020.
Phone: (303) 438-7276
Email: sandirog7@aol.com
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A MISSION FIELD
IN THE HEART OF
THE BIBLE BELT
Ralph Hunter
We often think of “mission work”
as a work in some far away place
where the Bible is not readily avail-
able, and where perhaps the people in
those places have never heard of
Christ Jesus. But this is not always
the case. A mission work is taking the
message of truth and hope to lost
souls wherever they are, and that
would include the incarcerated in the
state of Oklahoma, and for that mat-
ter, in any other state. Taking the gos-
pel to the lost is the purpose of the
Owasso prison ministry, and has been
for nearly a quarter of a century.
Many years ago, a man named
Blake Williams learned the truth
while he was incarcerated, and be-
came a Christian. My contact with
him and his encouragement were very
influential in my decision to become
the first fully supported, full-time
prison evangelist in the state. Another
influential event was the invitation of
a Tulsa County jailor to visit with an
inmate who had requested a talk with
a preacher. The jailor was the husband
of a faithful Christian from Collins-
ville, Oklahoma who knew of my
interest in prison work. Delbert asked
if I would be afraid to make the visit,
and I told him I would certainly take
the opportunity to study with him.
Several months later the same inmate
requested that 1 come to the state cor-
rectional facility to which he was sen-
tenced, and there I had a Bible study
with him and several other inmates.
In 1986 I made a request to the
Owasso eldership to launch a full-time
eastern half of the state. This idea was
very well received by the eldership and
congregation alike, and for sixteen
years it was my privilege to work un-
der the oversight of that eldership.
In January of 2003 when I re-
tired, brother Ron Hass was chosen
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Leadership and Church Growth International
AN URGENT NEED – AN EFFECTIVE MINISTRY
A Major Brotherhood Problem
Most churches of Christ in the
U.S. and many other countries lack
qualified leaders who function as the
New Testament teaches. The major-
ity of members are not using their
abilities to help the church. Most
congregations are not growing.
Many are dying. Too few mission
churches are progressing toward be-
coming self-sustaining. Why? I be-
lieve a major reason is failing to fol-
low the Lord’s plan for growing His
church which involves all Christians
being equip-ped for, and involved in,
ministry that helps the church to grow
(Romans 12:1-8; Ephesians 4:11-16).
Churches invest huge amounts of
resources educating and hiring pro-
fessional “ministers”. The majority
of members depend on them to do
most of the ministry.
Large amounts of money, time
and effort are spent exporting unbib-
lical, ineffective concepts and prac-
tices to mission fields. Instead of
helping members of mission churches
be equipped and motivated to use
their abilities and resources to build
Jerry Humphries
up the church, many want to pay their
expenses and do their work for them.
Some examples: providing and main-
taining buildings, paying their
preachers, providing leadership, mak-
ing most major decisions for them,
and doing most of the evangelizing.
Intentions are good. Christians are
com-passionate toward needy people.
Working with a group in a mission
field, especially a foreign one, is ex-
citing and fulfilling. Good is done.
Is it enough to justify the huge cost of
many such efforts? Could funds and
time be used more effectively?
Consider some common negative
results of this approach to missions.
(1) It robs members of mission
churches of the joy and spiritual
growth produced by using their own
abilities in spiritual service. (2) It
develops weak, dependent, “welfare”
churches rather than strong, self-
sustaining, Great Commission fulfill-
ing churches. (3) Most people taught
and baptized by outsiders in brief
campaigns don’t become faithful
Christians. (4) Large amounts of
work and money are wasted. Local
Christians who are properly equipped
and motivated can do their work
more effectively and less expensively
than outsiders.
A Modified Ministry Emphasis
For approximately 20 years, my
primary ministry interest was evan-
gelizing. “Results” were encouraging
– some 10,000 “responses”, including
2,000 baptisms. With the passing of
time, I became increasingly con-
cerned about the actual effect of my
efforts on the church’s growth. This,
along with a better understanding of
the Lord’s plan for growing His
church, prompted me to begin devot-
ing much more effort to equipping
and motivating Christians for spiri-
tual service while continuing to evan-
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gelize. With the help of many others,
LCGI (Leadership & Church Growth
International) was begun in 1983.
A Proven, Effective Program
The LCGI program includes
seminars, short-term schools, audio,
video, internet and printed materials.
Hundreds of lessons on evangelism,
personal spiritual growth, ministry
skills, congregational development,
leadership, and family relationships
are offered.
Competent Christian leaders and
teachers, including my wife Margaret
and me, produce materials and speak
in live sessions (women to women).
There is no fee for these services.
LCGI is a not-for-profit ministry
directed by faithful Christian leaders.
It is supported by churches of Christ
and individuals. We accept only the
Bible as our religious authority. We
want to help as many Christians as
possible, regardless of differences
about human opinions, customs and
traditions.
Since its beginning in 1983,
LCGI has served thousands of con-
gregations in the U. S. and some 40
other countries. We can help you and
mission churches in which you have a
special interest. !
Jerry Humphries, LCGI, P.O. Box 2560,
Florence, AL 35630, Telephone: (256)
766-8014; Website: lcgi.org
Email: lcgint@bellsouth.net
Jerry Humphries, executive direc-
tor of LCGI was resident preacher for
churches in Alabama, Georgia, and
Virginia. He has taught in several
brotherhood colleges, spoken in ma-
jor workshops, forums and lecture-
ships and written for publication. He
has spoken internationally in more
than 700 campaigns, meetings and
seminars. His evangelism and church
growth materials are widely used.
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World English Institute and Bible
Correspondence School is an evangelis-
tic arm of churches of Christ in America
and functions under a Board of Directors
made up of elders, former elders, mis-
sionaries, and former missionaries.
Richard (Dick) Ady, former mis-
sionary in Taiwan, is the founding
president and author of the WEI mate-
rials. He and his wife, Maudine, work
under the oversight of the Metro
Church of Christ in Gresham, Oregon.
The Gresham office handles all postal
mail students.
Tom Langley, former missionary in
Romania, is the Executive Vice Presi-
dent of WEI. Tom and his wife, An-
gela, work under the oversight of the
Maryville Church of Christ in Mary-
ville, Tennessee. Tom organizes and
trains teams of short-term missionaries
and works with sending churches.
Bob and Jan Towell of Round Rock,
Texas, have developed the WEI Internet
teaching ministry. They recruit Internet
teachers and coordinate the teaching of
Internet students in 194 nations.
The aim of WEI is to teach people
about Christ in every nation using Eng-
lish courses to attract students. The
Easy-to-Read Bible Course is a survey
of the Bible in three books, focusing on
Jesus Christ. It is accompanied by a
three-book WEI English Course. The
Advanced Bible Course also consists of
three books, The New Birth, The New
Life, and The Church. This Bible
course is accompanied by an advanced
English course designed to help foreign
students prepare for the TOEFL (Test of
English as a Foreign Language).
Students who do not have a basic
understanding of English can study the
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World English Institute
Richard (Dick) Ady
Beginner’s English Course
which has been translated into
Albanian, French, Romanian,
and Spanish, and is being trans-
lated into Chinese. It can be
translated into any language.
Students schooled in atheism
and Darwinian evolution can
study (1) Evidence of God in
the Universe, (2) Evidence of
Christ in History, and (3) Evi-
dence that the Bible is Trust-
worthy. These books have been
translated into Spanish and are
being translated into Chinese and
Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Dick and Maudine Ady
Hindi (four of the major lan- We, of World
guages of India.
Evangelism,
God has used (and is using) WEI to
introduce people to Christ in 200 nations are thrilled to
— every nation on earth except tiny, be providing
land-locked San Marino that has a popu- these excel-
lation of 26,000. National preachers and lent studies
missionaries are using WEI materials in in evi-
their outreach ministries. The WEI dences,
courses are also being used in jail and through
prison ministries and in local Hispanic your
outreach ministries. “World
By its very nature, WEI attracts Literature
“cream-of-the-crop” students. Mis- Funds”
sionary, Hawatthia Jones, invited three
teams of WEI teachers to Guatemala
City this past summer. He reported,
“We are highly impressed with WEI! It
allows us to meet people in a com-
pletely different economic situation. contributions,
Those who studied ranged from college to people in
students to university professors. We India, 85 % of
also had teens, housewives, doctors,
lawyers, etc. ... We are looking forward,
Lord willing, to having WEI back in
Guatemala in 2010.” !
whom have a
For information about how you can use generational
WEI as an evangelistic tool at home or affiliation with
abroad, contact Dick Ady at World Eng-
Hinduism,
lish Institute, 1525 NW Division St.,
Gresham, Oregon 97030. Telephone: a religion of
503-661-0348. Email: weiady@aol.com. paganism and
Website: www.weiady.org. idolatry.
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A MISSION FIELD . . .
Continued from page 23
by the Owasso bishops to continue with that work, and he
does a very great job in this area. I still continue to work at
the Tulsa County Jail, visiting different pods on Wednes-
days, and relieve Ron from time to time so he can give mis-
sion reports to the congregations that continue to support
prison evangelism. There are additional brothers who also
serve in this capacity, and together we know we make a
great difference for men who are attempting to rebuild their
lives. We see about 150 men in our combined services
week in and week out. In a typical meeting we will have
eight to ten who are members of the body of Christ, and
about the same number or more who are visitors. Spread
across eight classes or services, that is roughly 75 visitors
with many repeaters every week. Think how long and hard
a congregation would have to work to bring seventy-five
visitors to a gospel meeting or other special event!
Churches have been established in at least six of the fa-
cilities where worship services are conducted each first day
of the week. Just as congregations everywhere have mem-
bers who move, so do the churches inside the prisons. Indi-
viduals are placed in different facilities as they earn a reduc-
tion in their security requirements, or perhaps for other rea-
sons, and there are those who finish their sentence and go
back into society. If sent to a different facility, many times the
doors of opportunity to teach the gospel are opened, and
these Christians do as free world Christians do; they “preach
the word”. It is sad sometimes that some leave the faith, just
as we know that it happens in the “free world”, but we sur-
render no soul without a fight. It is with genuine gratitude to
the Father that we see those that remain steadfast wherever
they go, and we see these often. To God be the glory.
Thankfully, the Owasso church has not stood alone in
this effort for these many years, for there are about twenty
sister congregations and perhaps three dozen individuals
who have been very gracious to support us financially. All
contributions, large or small, are appreciated and needed.
There are hundreds of Bibles in every state facility, and
false doctrines are taught over and over again. The mission
of the Lord’s church is, and must be, to teach the truth
without compromise and to teach it boldly in the face of all
error!
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Iowa Valley Evangelism Effort
Fred Rhodes
IVEE (Iowa Valley Evangelism Effort) was the dream of a
small mission congregation with a great desire to win souls. The
Marshalltown Church of Christ (formerly Boone Street Church
of Christ) has been very evangelistic since the congregation was
started. Numerous door-knocking campaigns and other outreach
efforts showed their desire to win the lost in their own commu-
nity. This desire was not limited to the town of Marshalltown,
but in a mission state, they were very aware of the lost souls
around them in other towns and counties. This awareness led
them to desire to win as many souls to Christ as possible.
In January 07, Fred Rhodes started working with the
church in the capacity of outreach evangelist to further their
mission plan. In the beginning of the work much effort was
spent in Marshalltown with outreach efforts, and the first year
6 souls were added to the kingdom. Also, a congregation was
started in Newton. We began by renting a room at the YMCA
each Sunday afternoon. Fred Rhodes did the preaching. This
continued until July when the congregation was given an ex-
isting church building that we could use as our place of wor-
ship. That was a great benefit and allowed us a greater influ-
ence in the community. That first year we had a door-knocking
campaign and made many contacts. Those contacts were fol-
lowed up on and we saw our first converts in March of 2008.
Rick and Shellie (husband and wife) obeyed the gospel and
have been a great help and encouragement ever since. In the
! first full year working in Newton we had 12 converts, and the
efforts in Marshalltown brought another 6 to the kingdom.
Vella Puckett was added to the mission team as a full-time
worker in September of 07. She is involved in teaching ladies
classes and door-knocking efforts. She conducts home Bible
studies with all the women who will study with her. She has her
own office and works diligently to see that souls are added to
Christ. She takes other ladies with her from the church and
shows them the importance of soul-winning and just how easy it
can be. She is also involved in helping with door-knocking and
evangelism in other areas when she is away from here in the
winter.
Continued on page 32
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Franklin County has never had a
congregation of the Lord’s church since
it was created in 1832 and named for
Benjamin Franklin, the famous scien-
tist, printer, and author from Penn-
sylvania. Most people in the state of
Florida do not have any idea where
Franklin County is and may wonder
why they should know where it is.
Usually the only time it is mentioned is
when a hurricane is hitting the big bend
area in Florida. Franklin County is one
of the largest counties in the state, lo-
cated 65 miles east of Panama City,
with a population of just over 12,000.
But there is something going on there
that everyone needs to know about and
help any way you can.
James and Susan Lee of Perry,
Florida had visited the area with their
daughter, Samantha, and were appalled
that there was not a congregation of the
Lord’s church anywhere in the county.
James is a 1997 graduate of Interna-
tional Bible College (now Heritage
Christian University), with a degree in
Bible. At graduation James received
the Outstanding Christian Service
Award. He had a desire to evangelize
and start new works; thus he became
involved in stateside mission efforts.
James and Susan moved to Greene
County, Georgia, upon graduation and
established the church there. They
worked in that area for four years.
James also started a jail ministry while
in Greene County. It was during this
time that they discovered there was no
congregation in Franklin County. They
What’s Happening in
Franklin County Florida?
tried to encourage
others to start the
work there while
they continued with
their commitment
to mission churches
in Georgia.
In June 2004,
they decided to
launch out in faith and raise the needed
funds to begin the church in Franklin
County. In January 2005, with very
little support and a lot of faith, they be-
gan the work. They are located in the
small town of Eastpoint, between the
two municipalities: Apalachicola and
Carrabelle. They are just north of beau-
tiful St. George Island, a popular vaca-
tion destination for families. CNN
aired a program listing the top 10
places in the USA to live, with Franklin
County included on this list. This area
of Florida is known as the “forgotten
coast” but it is no longer forgotten.
The work in the community has
grown. James has conducted six door-
knocking campaigns, resulting in one
erring member and a family of five be-
ing restored. James and Susan have
some very supportive congregations
and individuals, who not only give fi-
nancially but come over to help in per-
son. Their supporters provide two gos-
pel meetings a year and also two Youth
Rallies, as well as door-knocking cam-
paigns.
In July 2006, James heard a presen-
tation about Prison Ministry, given by
Tom Dugan of Crestview, Florida. This
peaked James’ interest since a new
prison facility had recently opened in
Carrabelle. James contacted the Chap-
lain at the facility, offering to become a
chapel volunteer, teach a class, conduct
a worship service or do one-on-one
counseling. He was soon teaching a
class weekly at the facility. He also
decided to accept responsibility for 18
27
Bible Correspondence Courses (BCC)
at Franklin Correctional Institution and
Bay City Work Camp, begun by Tom
Dugan.
The ministry with the prisoners has
generated over 13,654 lessons in the
Bible Correspondence Program. Cur-
rently over 800 students are enrolled in
the program and it continues to grow by
leaps and bounds every month. Over
2,553 new inmates have enrolled since
beginning the prison work in August
2006. The prison ministry has pro-
duced 159 baptisms in Franklin County
facilities and 2 in the community.
In 2007, an opportunity opened for
James to become involved in the Frank-
lin County Jail, working with people
who work and live in Franklin County
and are in despair. Recently James met
with Sheriff Skip Shiver and got ap-
proval to install a K-Band satellite dish
for daily airing of the Gospel Broad-
casting Network. This will result in
daily Bible teaching in the jail.
It has been a struggle, but with
faith and some faithful supportive peo-
ple, especially his wife Susan, the work
continues to grow and the Lord pro-
vides. But it is far from easy and they
do a lot of praying, especially at the end
of the month, as to whether the rent can
be paid or if there will be enough funds
to buy paper and ink for the printer.
Their postage on the BCCs is also a
challenge every week.
If you can help these wonderful
Christians, who are trying to harvest a
field in full bloom, look at their web-
site: http://churchofchristfranklincty.org
and write to the: Franklin County
Church of Christ, P. O. Box 456,
Eastpoint, FL 32328 or Stewartsville
Church of Christ, P. O. Box 93, Clo-
verdale, AL 35617.
The Lees are doing a great job and
need our financial support as well as
special prayers. !
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Biblical Institute of Central America
George W. Hall
It is imperative to understand that
the method must be able to accomplish
the vision/goal. Should we trust our
ways or God’s ways? To ask is to an-
swer. In the first century, the goal was
accomplished (Colossians 1:23). Wow!
Amazing! They did it without church
buildings and without dependence on
the sending church. How? The book of
Acts is our history book.
Very early we see additions (Acts
2:41), then multitudes (Acts 4:32);
later multitudes of men and women
(Acts 5:14); they filled Jerusalem with
their teaching (Acts 5:28); then the
word increased (faith still comes by
hearing the word (Romans 10:17).
Then, the number multiplied exceed-
ingly (Acts 6:7) etc. etc. etc. Should
we expect less? We dare not! God
wants it to happen again. Paul told
Timothy the secret in 2 Timothy 2:2.
Timothy was told to do what he had
seen Paul do — that is, to teach others
to teach others to teach others, etc.
This method produces a pyramid, re-
sulting in multitudes of teachers.
For example, if one disciple
teaches three others to teach others in a
period of one year, this results in hav-
ing four teachers. The next year the
four each teach three others to be
teachers of the Good News. Results —
016 teachers. The next year there are
64 teachers, all this in three years. It is
simple, and it can be done anywhere in
the world — even in the USA. All
work is mission work. In the BICA, we
graduate students who are excellent
evangelists who are self-supported, life-
time missionaries in their culture.
Suppose twelve years ago I had
gone to Central America doing mis-
sions in a traditional way. Suppose that
with the help of God we established a
church with 190 disciples. This would
be considered by most an excellent
work. Now compare what has hap-
pened through BICA. We will have
around 190 graduates by year’s end.
A two-year Bible school to prepare
preachers and church leaders
You can see clearly that 190 lifetime
missionaries will accomplish multiple
times more than one congregation.
May the God of Heaven bless you
who sacrifice so wonderfully for the
lost. Always remember that the cross is
all about the lost! Thanks to those who
have already helped with our year-end
shortfall in our finances. Bless others
who are also ready to help. Keep in
mind that our vision is to reach hun-
dreds of thousands of lost souls. God
wants this, and He will bless it — and
He has blessed it.
Lord willing, I will be at the three
graduations: Guatemala — Nov. 28;
Honduras — Dec. 5; Nicaragua —
Dec. 11. To hear about the graduates’
plans of faith motivates me tremen-
dously. Pray for them as they pray and
plan. Also, we are making ready to en-
roll new students in January.
Guatemala has been plagued with
several problems lately. First, a severe
drought has hit the eastern part of the
country, causing much harm. It is re-
ported that Guatemala now is the fourth
worst country in the world concerning
malnutrition. I personally feel the need
to help some destitute brethren.
Then there is the problem with gang
violence. For example, nearly every day
a bus driver is shot in Guatemala City
for not paying “protection” money. The
buses are robbed daily. Two students in
different robberies were robbed on the
buses as they did their weekend work.
Good News from Guatemala re-
ports 27 baptisms and 41 good contacts
in a new church in San Vicente. The
students worked hard to produce the
first fruits in this church. We will follow
with students doing follow-up every
week. Presently, we serve twenty
churches on weekends. We teach the lost
and teach others to do the same. For
example, on weekends in September, we
baptized 32, restored 34, and are teach-
ing 41 to teach others. Totals for Sept:
59 baptisms, 34 restored = 93 saved.
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Reports from Nicaragua indicate
from the middle of January until Sep-
tember 28, we had 495 baptisms and
239 restorations = 734 saved. This pro-
jects more than 1000 saved for 2009.
All glory to God!
Then Honduras reports from week-
ends — 43 baptisms and 45 restorations.
Two weeks were spent on campaigns in
El Salvador (two cities — San Miguel
and Chinameca) resulting in 50 baptisms,
58 restorations, and 156 contacts. Totals
of September: 93 baptisms, 103 restora-
tions, thus 196 saved. The political prob-
lems continue to plague Honduras. Their
president was removed, resulting in much
conflict. It also has caused us some prob-
lems with curfews and travel.
In Nicaragua, we are plagued with
a Sandinista government which takes
much of our time in looking at our fi-
nancial records. We must account for
every penny. They want us to buy eve-
rything in places that collect taxes. It
costs us much more to do that. Food
and service from “the little guys” are
much cheaper.
BICA representatives met on Oc-
tober 4 with Chisholm Trail Church of
Christ and Children of the King in
Duncan, Oklahoma. We are working
together to reach the lost in Nicaragua.
Two men from sponsoring churches,
John Hendry, missions deacon of
McDermott Road in Plano, Texas, and
Rodney Wall, elder in Belton, Texas,
wrote powerful letters of support for
our/their work. Both men have strong
credentials.
Please do not be afraid to commit
for additional funds. If you run into a
critical situation where your funds “dry
up”, we will understand. Just please
come to our aid. God’s blessings to
you. Peace and joy. !
New mailing address for contributions
for BICA in Nicaragua:
Northside Church of Christ—BICA
P.O. BOX 3868, Temple, TX 76505
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Helping Hands for Guyana
On July 1, 2009, as with every July
since 1989, I left for Linden, Guyana to
begin a campaign in that city. I have
taken numerous campaign groups to this
lovely city to conduct door-knocking,
crusade meetings at night, as well as
Vacation Bible School during the day.
I began working with the Burnham
Drive Church of Christ in Guyana at
the request of Bennie Mullins in 1989.
This congregation was located on the
north side of the Demerara River which
runs in the middle of Linden.
In the summer of 1993, I met a
young man by the name of Nigel Milo,
and from that meeting was produced the
beginning of saturating the east side of
the Linden area. At that time there was
only one lady who was a member of the
church from the east side, and she was
very faithful in crossing the river each
day and helping in any way she could.
Nigel came to the States in January
of 1994, and began his studies at the
International Bible College (now Heri-
tage University). He completed his
studies in December of 1996, went
back to Linden, and began work in
Amelia’s Ward, where he still resides
and works. There is a strong congrega-
tion in the Ward today.
Since the summer of 1997, we
have made concentrated efforts in Lin-
den for three to four weeks each sum-
mer. During this time we have usually
held two Vacation Bible Schools. Two
years we held three, one of which was
by the river. In addition to that there
was door-knocking with home Bible
studies conducted each day, including
Saturday and Sunday, if the request
was made.
During the 2009 trip the work was
done a little differently, since there are
so many new Christians. There was a
great need to help the local preachers
mature the new converts.
The first week we had a total of
thirteen people from the North High-
lands Church of Christ in Russellville,
Edmond Cagle
Alabama. This group was there for the
first time and enjoyed working and
helping in Vacation Bible School. This
year we held only one Vacation Bible
School, due to the shortage of teachers
and the fact that Burnham Drive did
not wish to have one this year.
The second week, there were
eleven people from the Hoover con-
gregation in Birmingham, Alabama.
They began door-knocking and Bible
studies. At night there were classes
conducted for all ages. These were well
attended, and the people enjoyed them
Children eagerly participated in the Vacation Bible School.
so much that they have asked for this to
be done again in 2010. The classes
were divided for two nights into mar-
ried, singles, new converts of two years
or less, teen girls, and teen boys. Then
they were put together in an adult and
teen class on the other three nights.
There was a class for children ages 2–
12 each night as well.
The subjects dealt with how to
make your marriage better, how to
make a difference even though you are
single, how to grow as a new convert,
and how to conduct yourself as a teen
girl or boy. The concept was to be all
that you can be for the Lord. The chil-
dren’s classes were on Noah.
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The third week, sixteen people
came from Mississippi, Tennessee,
Alabama, and South Carolina. This
group arrived on Friday night, since
they were to teach in a Men’s, Ladies’
and Teen Day retreat on Saturday. The
sessions were well attended. Jay Street
taught the Men’s class, Rebecca Rush-
more taught the Ladies’ class, and
Randy Gaddy and Cletis Lawson
taught the Teen class. Lunch was pro-
vided for all who attended.
Beginning on Monday this group
went to the village of Dora, where they
hosted a three-day VBS (using materi-
als left from the VBS in Linden), as
well as visiting wayward members.
Dora is located in the bush area of
Guyana, about twenty-five miles from
Linden. A big portion of that distance is
down a one-lane path. It took them
close to an hour to reach the village.
They left each morning about 9:00 a.m.
and returned each evening between
4:00 and 5:00 p.m. Then they ate and
prepared for the night classes, which
were conducted like the ones of the
previous week. The children, ages 2–
12, learned about Jesus during this
week.
Continued on page 31
30 Global Harvest

France Needs
“Generation”
Missionaries
Charles and Pam White,
France. As a result, this country has than that which is laid, which is Jesus
workers in France for 33 years. never been, nor is it today, a Christian Christ” (1 Corinthians 3.11 – ASV).
It’s an “old” country, and most nation in the biblical sense. After a Then, upon this false foundation was
people have written it off. After all, brief flash in the pan during the first built a structurally solid but non-biblical
after a thousand years of Christianity, two centuries of the last millennium, edifice whose organization, doctrine and
what does France have to say for it- the faith taught in the New Testament practices are foreign to the New Tes-
self? Pagan values, a wanton culture smoldered and was replaced by a tament.
and all sorts of civil unrest. God is tradition-bound, council-governed sect In short, France has not really had
rejected, the Gospel is rebuffed, and claiming legitimacy but having none, its chance. If it is today a breeding
man has become his own god, domi- exercising a formidable power based ground for upside-down morals, isn’t
nated by his own ego. Why give these on a pyramid of papal clout that Scrip- that a good reason to labor here, rather
folks another chance? They have al- ture does not authorize. than to avoid this country? The French
ready rejected Christ and His Church, It goes without saying that not need God as much as anyone. Indeed,
His Word, His way. every person involved in this move- their country is part of “all the world”
But wait: Did I say “a thousand ment was corrupt or evil. Much good where Jesus commanded us to go and
years of Christianity”? What France was done over the centuries, notably preach the Gospel.
experienced from the reign of Char- in the realm of helping the poor and But, precisely because of its terri-
lemagne, when people became “Chris- the destitute. During the Middle Ages, bly bad experience with organized
tians” (because it was either that or hospitals and aid houses were almost religion, and because of the humanis-
have one’s head cut off) until the be- always run by nuns and monks. In tic binging that has been underway
ginning of the 20th century (when spite of these good works, the founda- here for the past century, France needs
Church and State were finally sepa- tion of the movement was and is false,
rated) was a lot of things, but it was for “other foundation can no man lay Continued on page 35
not Christianity. It was despotism,
cruelty, pride, repression, but not the
way of Christ. Did Jesus really order
Christians to raise armies and trek all
the way to Jerusalem to “free” the
Holy Land militarily? Did our Lord
tell us to hang and burn preachers at
the stake with their Bible tied around
their necks (and their tongues cut off)
when we feel they are not teaching the
truth? Did He command us to close
people inside the walls of a city and
burn it to the ground, depending on
Him to “distinguish His own”? Did he
expect us to pursue dissenters, interro-
gate them in improvised courts. torture
them, imprison them for years — or
for life — because of theological dif-
ferences? All this and so much more Participants in the annual meeting of leaders
was perpetrated on the people of in French-speaking Europe.
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Helping Hands for Guyana

Continued from page 29
During the three weeks there were
ten baptisms, with several studies left
on which the brethren at the Amelia’s
Ward congregation will follow up.
They continue to progress in this.
The work on the east side of the
river has been very productive over the
years. The Amelia’s Ward congregation
began with fewer than thirty members
and now numbers over 150. Nigel has a
TV program which was begun just be-
fore his return to Linden. It continues to
be aired with the generous support of the
Cedar Point Church of Christ, Larry
Gunderman, Larry Layne, and James
Skelton.
Much good work in Linden con-
tinues through the support of the fol-
lowing congregations: Cloverdale
Church of Christ, Fox Trapp Church of
Christ, Hodges Church of Christ,
Leoma Church of Christ, Leighton
Church of Christ, Spring Valley Church
of Christ, University Church of Christ
(Montgomery), and Gravel Hill Church
of Christ. There is a host of individuals
who also support the work.
The Burnham Drive congregation
continues to press on. Cy Walker works
with them. Cy attended the Georgetown
School of Biblical Studies, and is trying
to support his family through a welding
business while preaching for the church
at Burnham Drive. The Burnham
Drive congregation meets in a building
that is in need of repairs. If you could
help with this need, or if you would like
to go on a campaign in this area please
contact Edmund Cagle: phone number
205-926-1884, or e-mail us at
pecaglemis@bellsouth.net. ! Rebecca Rushmore
Edmund Cagle, 1774 Main Street, Brent,
AL# 35034. Prior to the first session of our
classes in Linden, Guyana, everyone in
attendance spent over an hour singing

Baptism in Burcht praises to God. Between the first and

Roy Davison
On August 31st I had the privilege
of baptizing a young man into Christ in
connection with the work in Burcht.
His name is Jimmy and he is 24 years
old. He has been attending services in
Burcht as a visitor for about a year.
Burcht is the congregation we pres-
ently work with on a regular basis. It is
across the Schelde River from Antwerp.
Since our services in Burcht are in the
afternoon, I am free to speak at other
places on Sunday mornings. The second
Sunday of each month I preach in Eind-
hoven, Holland and teach the Bible
class. The forth Sunday of each month I
preach for the English-language congre-
gation in Brussels, Belgium. On May
17th and September 6th I preached for
the church in Den Dolder, Holland.
The preaching trip to Canada and
the U.S. that had been proposed for
2009 has been postponed until 2010,
Lord willing. Although two congrega-
tions in Ontario invited me to present
the lessons “Jesus Christ is the Same,
Yesterday, Today and For Ever”, there
were some things here in Belgium that
needed to be done this fall.
Let me know if you are interested
in the possibility of me presenting these
lessons in your area some time during
2010, stating the time of the year that
would be best.
Both Rita and I are in good health,
for which we are grateful.
Thank you for your prayers and
support in various ways. On our last trip
to the US, a sister in Colorado told me
that her husband, who had passed away,
had prayed for me and my work every
day for 30 years since the one time we
had met in Montana. How wonderful
that so many are praying for us. ! desire to worship and please God.
Roy Davison has worked in Belgium for
many years. Visit his web sites.
http://www.oldpaths.com/RD
http://www.ActsForToday.net
second sessions, we enjoyed a meal and
fellowship. The Men’s/Ladies’/Teens’
Day was a great way to begin our trip.
Monday thru Wednesday we con-
ducted a VBS in the small jungle vil-
lage of Dora. In addition to the VBS
during the day, some members of our
group conducted Bible studies in Dora
and Linden where we were staying. As
a result of the studies, both while we
were there and the two weeks of work
before we arrived, several people put
Christ on in baptism. The local congre-
gation has plans to continue to study
with the new Christians and those who
wished to continue studying the Bible.
Our final set of activities for the
week was nightly maturity classes at
the church of Christ in Linden for men,
women, teens, and children. Through-
out the week, I was repeatedly encour-
aged by the local brethren and their
Many walked several miles each eve-
ning to attend the services, often with
young children. The people of Guyana
also impressed me with their willing-
ness to study God’s word. !
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INVITATION: CAMPAIGN
IN FRENCH SWITZERLAND
“Home-coming” of Geneva workers —
40th anniversary of the Geneva church
ATTENTION! This announcement is for all
interested souls who would like to take part in our
homecoming and campaign.
The French-speaking area of Switzerland will be the
target of a cam-
paign June 5-
13, 2010. This
invitation is
extended to
anyone who
would like to
share a week of
a mountain
retreat, of cam-
paigning, and
of celebrating
the 40 years of
the existence of
the Geneva
Doyle and Barbara Kee
church. Espe-
cially targeted by this invitation are any and all who have
served in Geneva in one way or another during the past
generation. Campaigners and interns from the seventies to
2009 are all invited.
The program is for workers to arrive in Geneva, June
5 or 6, and then to be taken to the Alpine mountain vil-
lage of Leysin for a two-day spiritual retreat. There will
then be a schedule of campaign work for three days. The
final weekend will be to visit in Geneva, to share a pro-
gram and a banquet celebrating what God has done over
forty years, in and out of Geneva. The final Sunday will
be an edifying sharing of the Lord’s Supper with the Ge-
neva church and a special time of worship and praise.
The local cost should be about $1,200. This would
include food, hotels, and transportation. Those coming
from the USA would make their own plane reservations
(probably about $1,000). A brochure is being prepared
with more information. For those signing up in the USA,
contact David Kee (Tel. 770-252-3577, or email:
davidkee@numail.org ) or Bren White (Tel. 301-865-0637
or email: ofwmissions@gmail.com). Those wanting more
“European” information can contact Doyle Kee (Tel. +41-
793-7537, or email: Thekees@bluewin.ch).
Make plans now to be a part of a mission trip that
will have multiple blessings and a chance to open up new
possibilities to announce the Good News of Christ to the
French-speaking area of Switzerland. ! but the laborers are few.
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Iowa Valley Evangelism Effort
Continued from page 26
A goal of the work from the beginning has been a desire to
help the brotherhood in evangelism. We have brought together
many years of experience in learning and of practice in winning
souls, and a great desire to see more and more souls go to heaven.
With this in mind, we hope to not only win souls in our counties
while we start congregations in the larger towns, but we desire to
help brethren wherever they meet to learn how and to find the mo-
tivation to win souls. We spent part of a week in Piedmont, Mis-
souri knocking doors and setting up studies, and we conducted a
Gospel meeting. In the time that has passed since then, they have
continued to work on those contacts and have seen success in their
efforts. They have become more motivated and active in winning
souls in their own community. Currently, other congregations who
are interested in evangelizing have contacted us and we welcome
invitations to help others with door-knocking efforts and/or gospel
meetings or evangelism training and campaigns.
Our program is far-reaching. In addition to work in the
United States, we spend two weeks each year in Jamaica and one
week in Mexico. For these campaigns we strive to take faithful
Christians who are able to reach and teach lost souls in a far
away country, but who will also come home motivated and bet-
ter prepared to reach out to the lost here. Many Christians do not
understand the growth that can take place in trips like these. All
too often a campaign is looked upon as a vacation and just a fun
get-away. Those who think like that have never gone with us. On
our campaigns, we work hard and accomplish a lot of good.
Beginning the mission-emphasis program in Iowa, we
realized that no great work will be accomplished without
great challenges. Even though there have been difficulties,
and some have required us to make adjustments to the plan,
we have dealt with each challenge successfully, understand-
ing that as we go through these, we will have a better base of
knowledge to enable us to move forward to the next step in
starting and building congregations.
One of the great challenges we have faced is the diffi-
culty in finding a mission-minded preacher who is willing to
make the sacrifices necessary to work with a congregation
away from the Bible belt, having no elders and made up al-
most entirely of new Christians. Our search began within a
year of starting the congregation in Newton, and numerous
men have been approached. I must admit that I did not want
to come north to preach the Gospel. My search began in a
little warmer climate, but as I researched I discovered that
north (to Iowa) was where I needed to go to win souls. In the
northern states there is such a need for both congregations
and committed workers in the kingdom. Currently there are
only approximately 40 congregations of Lords’ people in the
entire state of Iowa. We must pray that the Lord will send
forth reapers into the harvest. The harvest truly is plentiful,
!
Fred Rhodes: Email: fredrhodes2003@yahoo.com
 Global Harvest
The Great Work in Romania Continues!
Some in our work areas of Roma-
nia are “stirring up the people” against
the simple and powerful message of
God’s love and His kingdom. This does
not hinder the work being done but
shows that the faith and courage of
those who continue to “do good to all
men” is greater than ever.
Forgiveness of sins comes by God’s
grace in Christ! Seven became Chris-
tians in July in the three districts, no one
was baptized in August, and now three
precious people have obeyed the gospel
in September! All three of these have
attended Bible classes and regular as-
semblies for four or more years.
It is a great challenge throughout
Europe to find those who want to know
the word of God. Much, much work is
always underway to get the gospel out
so that more may become children of
God. However, when one is baptized,
the task has just begun. We try to be
diligent in helping the new Christians
grow and, as a result, strong congrega-
tions are developed. We cannot and
will not be content to simply remain as
we are and be at ease with small, dying,
and indifferent churches of the Lord!
This great challenge cannot be met by
one person, but as all of us become
“workers together with God” (2 Corin-
thians 6:1). The Romanian Christians
work, they give and they sacrifice, but
they are new to the work of the Lord,
and they do not have the financial
means necessary to spread the word to
the 2,000,000 in our area. You have
helped! Please help again.
PITESTI BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL
The 13th Pitesti Bible Training
School was conducted August 30-
September 12, with 38 students enrolled.
There were 60 hours of intensive class-
room study, 20 hours in each of three
courses. Seventeen students came from
the Pitesti congregation and 21 from the
other six congregations in Arges, Dolj
and Valcea. The three teachers were Ion
Fratostiteanu, a very competent Roma-
Harvey Starling
nian, who taught Matthew, Mike Grose
from Cincinnati, Ohio taught “After
This Life”, and Marc Curfman was the
instructor for the book of Romans. All
three teachers have taught in the school
before and all do an outstanding job.
No funds are paid to those who
attend the school but U.S. churches do
provide food, travel, and lodging. Some
of the students take their vacation to
attend, others are retired and some are
students whose school year has not yet
begun. The Glendale church in Murray,
Kentucky and the Wetumpka, Alabama
church, along with Midway, financed
the cost of the students’ expenses and
all books and supplies.
The school has been a major factor
in training Christians in the three-district
area for the past 13 years. It is mainly
through the school that the Romanian
men who preach in Dolj, Arges and Val-
cea have received the in-depth knowl-
edge needed to prepare and teach Bible
lessons. The ladies’ class teachers, as
well as the children’s class teachers, re-
ceive the extensive teaching they need
to serve in the local churches.
THE QUILT WORK NEVER STOPS!
The ladies in Pitesti and Craiova
continue their amazing work of making
full-size quilts for the needy. Most of
the 200 that are made each year go to
the elderly and to needy families with
children. U.S. brethren provide the ma-
terials for the quilts and Romanian
Christians make them and distribute
them. Your love and sacrifice help
make this fabulous work possible! Pat
came up with the idea some years ago
after some Sikeston, Missouri Chris-
tians sent lap robes they had made to
Romania. Cristina, a Christian in Pit-
esti, continues to direct and assist in
helping keep the work going.
BIBLES! BIBLES! BIBLES!
The Bible distribution program in
Dolj, Arges, and Valcea Districts is one
of the most amazing works that God
33
has done in our area of Romania! Over
the past few years some 10,000 Bibles,
the word of Almighty God, have been
given to people who had no Bibles. Can
you imagine being in a nation where
Bibles were prohibited for years and
where most of the people absolutely had
no knowledge of His word? That has
changed! You have helped make it pos-
sible, and we praise God for all of you
who have taken part in this amazing
work. We continue to make use of over
1,000 each year, even now. The Roma-
nian Bibles are printed in Romania and
cost from $5 to $10, depending on the
size and quality of the Bible. Plans are to
keep this work going.
Needs
It is more evident every day that
few of us can do at age 77 what we
could do 10 or 20 years ago, but God
gives me strength to keep on working
in a field that is difficult and where
there is a shortage of long-term U.S.
evangelists. Another factor in my con-
tinuing the work is the encouragement
from literally hundreds of U.S. brethren
and the great number of U.S. brothers
and sisters who volunteer to teach
short-term in Romania. Your financial
contribution helps us to make the gos-
pel available to great portions of the
2,000,000 people each year. We do not
make much use of radio and television
in Romania. It is available to us, but it
is so very expensive, and we simply do
not have the funds for these projects.
The complete work plan for 2010 is
nearly finished. It is clearly evident that
we don’t get done all we should in the
Lord’s work in Romania, but even in
our weakness and failure, immortal
souls are hearing the simple message of
God’s grace and forgiveness. In the
past three months, ten have become
Christians, and the seven churches are
growing stronger day by day. Please
continue to pray for us. !
Harvey Starling: pjsstar@bellsoutb.net
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The Church Is Not
in the Banking
Business
Don Blackwell
The church is not in the banking
business. Or is it? Having spent the
last several years in fund raising for
evangelistic works, one of the great-
est frustrations I have met is congre-
gations that are sitting on tens of
thousands or even hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars that they are not us-
ing. Certainly every missionary and/
or fundraiser would like to see con-
gregations support “his” work, but it
is understood that that is at the discre-
tion of the local eldership. God’s
plan is that each congregation be
autonomous, and therefore no elder-
ship is obligated to support any spe-
cific work. On the other hand, they
are obligated to support some work.
One is reminded of the Parable of
the Talents. Though this parable is
often used to illustrate the need to use
our abilities in God’s service, the “tal-
ent” in the text is a unit of money. The
one talent man in the parable is faulted
because he dug a hole and buried the
money that he should have been using
for his master. The reason he gave for
his negligence was fear (Matthew
25:25). His master attributed it to lazi-
ness (v. 26). The master then com-
manded that he be cast into outer
darkness because he failed to use that
which was laid at his charge.
Could it be that we have a real par-
allel in the Lord’s church today? It is
certainly understandable that a congre-
gation would want to have a reserve for
cases of emergency. However, what
could motivate a congregation to stock-
pile $50,000 or $100,000? Some elder-
ships have said, “Well, you never know
when the roof will blow off of the
church building.” That’s what insur-
ance is for, and how many souls will
die lost over the next twenty years,
Global Harvest
while we wait for the roof to leading would say, “Lord, may these
blow off? Some elderships sit on funds be used in your service.” Yet,
money because they have a fear of the all too often that is not what happens.
unknown. Was that not the problem of All too often, the funds sit in a bank
the one talent man? It is true that tragic “just in case” something tragic hap-
and costly events do sometimes occur. pens.
I am intimately familiar with one con- Brethren, what could be more
gregation that was hit with a financial tragic than souls dying lost when
crisis. The elders of that good church we could have taken the Gospel to
had set aside only a very small reserve. them? What could be more tragic
The rest of their money was being used than to have missionaries who want
for the Lord’s work. What did they do? to go, but who don’t have the fund-
They made an appeal to the congrega- ing? What could be more tragic than
tion. The brethren gave generously, for us to have the resources to “go
and the problem was fixed. In fact, into all the world and preach the gos-
they gave in excess of the need. The pel to every creature” but not to use
elders then took the excess and imme- them? One can hardly imagine that
diately spent it on the Lord’s work. God will be pleased on the Day of
Over the years, I have many Judgment with elders who have tens
times heard a prayer led before the of thousands of dollars in the bank
contribution in which the brother “just in case”. !
Terrorist Groups Operating in Churches
Latest news reports are that five terrorist cell groups have been op-
erating in many of our churches. They have been identified as: Bin
Sleepin, Bin Arguin, Bin Fightin, Bin Complainin, and Bin Missin. Their
leader, Osama Bin Lucifer, trained these groups to destroy the Body of
Christ. The plan is to come into the church disguised as Christians and
to work within the church to discourage, disrupt, and destroy.
However, there have been reports of a sixth group. A tiny cell,
known by the name Bin Prayin, is actually the only effective counter ter-
rorism force in the church. Unlike other terrorist cells, the Bin Prayin
team does not blend in with whoever and whatever comes along.
Bin Prayin does whatever is needed to uplift and encourage the Body
of Christ. We have noticed that the Bin Prayin cell group has different
characteristics than the others. They have Bin Watchin, Bin Waitin, Bin
Fastin, and Bin Longin for their Master, Jesus Christ to return.
To which cell group do you belong?
And guess what ... no church is exempt!
However, you can spot them if you “bin lookin”.
" " " " " " — Author Unknown
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Personal Responsibility . . . Gordon Hogan

J. Wallace Hamilton tells of two abandoned and the light of God is

officers of the Russian Air Force who
flew their plane to a neutral zone,
asked for asylum in America and lived
here for a while. But after a year or
two, one of them could not take it
anymore. He turned himself in to the
Russian authorities, and they sent him
back to Russia. The other stayed in
America and wrote an article explain-
ing why. The article was entitled, “Free-
dom Frightens Me”. He said his friend
went back to Russia because he could
not face the exacting demands of free-
dom. Mr. Hamilton observed that the
man’s return to a state of semi-slavery
was “a most illuminating revelation of
what happens in the human soul when
the religious basis of civilization is
blown out.”
Accustomed all of his life to hav-
ing his choices made for him, he could
not make his own. He was a lost soul
in the frightening atmosphere of free-
dom. “In other words,” Hamilton not-
ed, “he was unfitted to be a man.”
What is the point? Many people
are accustomed, like the Russian pilots,
to having their choices made for them
by others. God calls on each of His
creation to choose personally – “free-
dom from sin”, by accepting and acting
on truth! “You shall know the truth
and the truth shall make you free”
(John 8:32). !
Gordon Hogan has done extensive
mission work in Asia for many years.

France Needs
“Generation” Missionaries
Continued from page 30
“generation missionaries”: men and women willing to lay
down their worldly trophies, give up their large homes and
gardens, and spend the rest of their lives preaching and
teaching the Good News in this pagan country.
On the good side: there is presently no persecution
here, except that faithful Christians are marginalized and
considered with condescension, if not with frank indiffer-
ence. Freedom of religion is assured, and the Lord’s
church of the modern era was established here over 50
years ago by faithful men and women. Once converted,
most French citizens remain faithful, even in difficult
circumstances.
The numbers are small, however: only 6 functioning
congregations in the entire country, for a population of 64
million, compared, for example, with Texas, which has a
population of 24 million (and how many congregations of
the Lord’s Church!?). There are only 6 full-time mis-
sionaries in France (and how many preachers in Texas?!).
However, of those full-time men, four have worked here
for over 30 years, one for 20 and one for nearly 10. Two
colleagues in Switzerland have labored for over 25 and
35 years. Why have we stayed so long? Because it takes
time. After over half a century of work in France and in
neighboring nations, Belgium and French-speaking Swit-
zerland (combined population 76 million), a typical meet-
ing of full-time workers in those three countries, accom-
panied by apprentices, some wives and some men having
taken on responsibilities in their respective assemblies,
counts only about 30-35 persons. This is, to be sure, a
marathon-type endeavor, but with no finish line. “Gen-
eration missionaries” will not often see the ultimate fruit
of their labors. But God promises to produce them. And
by faith, we greet them “from afar” (Hebrews 11.13).
How about you? We need workers to take the church in
France — and in all of French-speaking Europe — into
the next generation! !
Charles White has worked in France
for several decades. Contact him at 6
Impasse Millon, 69100 Villeurbanne,
France . Email: cwhitelyon@aol.com.
ANNOUNCING:
Charles White!s new book,
Upright,
a study in spiritual growth.
Call 1-662-283-1192
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Nazareth Today
Donnie S. Barnes, Th.D
Meeting at 720 Namsawie Street in
Nazareth, the Nazareth Church of Christ
is presently a source of great encourage-
ment for those who have long observed,
and had involvement with, the Lord’s
work in Israel. The attendance is running
around fifty-five with new families com-
ing to visit the congregation. The love,
joy, and unity are so noticeable. Maurice
Jadon serves as the congregation’s minis-
ter. A native Arab, fluent in Arabic, He-
brew, and English, Maurice and his fam-
ily spent two years in Lubbock while he
attended the Sunset School of Preaching.
The church has seen an increasing num-
ber of baptisms this year, and others are
anticipated soon. Maurice is a faithful
gospel preacher. The congregation hopes
to have elders in the near future. With the
help of Dr. Everett W. Huffard they con-
ducted studies of the eldership. Young
men in the congregation are beginning to
take an active part in helping with the
services. Many ideas are being explored
for expanding the work in the future. The
congregation seems to have a new deter-
mination to grow by reaching out to serve
and teach others.
One of the great attributes of the
brethren in Nazareth is the fellowship
they share each and every time the
church comes together. In addition to
the worship services on Sunday and
other Bible class efforts through the
week, brethren really enjoy spending
time together visiting, talking, and shar-
ing in a variety of refreshments. From
time to time, special meals are shared
together. Trips are taken together to
other parts of the country for devotion-
als and further Bible teaching.
Obeying the gospel isn’t easy in a
culture that is so steeped in strong family
beliefs. Persecution can easily come to
Arab people who obey the gospel. One
lovely Christian family obeyed the gos-
pel about five years ago, and shortly af-
ter his car was burned. He replaced it
and that car was burned. And if that was
not enough, the man’s house was bro-
ken into and vandalized.
Some years ago brother Jadon up-
dated his car to a later model, and
twenty-eight days later three Moslem
young men burned it. When Maurice
Jadon became a Christian in July, 1971,
he was persecuted by his own family.
His grandfather beat him in front of The meeting place of the church in Nazareth.
other family members, after which he
was put out on the streets. When he
obeyed the gospel at age 17, he was seri-
ous about being a Christian . . . He still is! local work to be able to have more as-
Recent conversions have provided
our Lord with some wonderful talent to
be used in His work in Nazareth and
throughout Galilee. It is highly believed
that a future Bible correspondence course
offering will help spread the gospel to
other villages. An effort to reach children
and their parents is being planned. Con-
tinued planning will lead to many ave-
nues and opportunities for reaching Naz-
areth and Galilee with the gospel.
Where Does the Nazareth
Work Go From Here?
Forward . . . Ever forward. The
Lord deserves no less! How wonderful
it is that God has put His work in Israel
into the hearts of workers and support-
ers alike. Sometimes the miles, politi-
cal environment, religious unrest, ter-
rorism, culture, etc., make it difficult
for brethren in one part of the country
Christian young people in Nazareth.
Global Harvest
to be with brethren in another part of
the country. It would certainly benefit a
sociation with brethren in other places.
No doubt, there are other mission fields
where similar factors exist.
Many brethren tour Israel as they
visit Bible lands. Arrange for your tour
group to meet with the church in Naz-
areth. Let your voices in English blend
with their voices in Arabic as you sing
praises to our God. Meet the lovely
brethren, make new friends, and return
home all the better for having done so.
It will be an experience you will always
treasure. And while there, if you have a
good idea, share it; if they have a good
one, borrow it. Share your tools. After
all, we all work for the same Carpenter.
Jesus said, “ . . . I will never leave you
nor forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5), and
neither should we leave Him. Solomon
was guided to write this challenge to those
who would follow God, “Whatever your
hand finds to do, do it with all your might,
for in the grave where you are going, there
is neither working nor planning nor knowl-
edge nor wisdom” (Ecclesiastes 9:10). We
are under a time limitation. Jesus said in
Matthew 9:4 – “As long as it is day, we
must do the work of Him who sent me.
Night is coming, when no one can work.”
We are burning daylight! Wherever your
mission field is, fulfill your mission . . .
Wherever God leads you, follow . . . Wher-
ever God sends you, go! Sometimes
mission-minded people need to be re-
minded of their mission. !
email: donniesbarnes@yahoo.com
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A Family’s Personal Story

Don Petty

When my family and I were mis-
sionaries in Iran (1974-1979 — my last
year was with Bell Helicopter Interna-
tional in their laboratories in Tehran),
we spent a week during the hot sum-
mer of 1975 and drove from Tehran
down to Shiraz. We visited church
members in Isfahan and in Shiraz on
the trip.
We took side trips to see the tombs
of Ahasuerus (or Xerxes) and of Cyrus,
sitting quite isolated at Pasargadae in
the desert of Persia. (The Iranians pro-
nounced Cyrus, See-roos).
Among the several side trips was
one to the ancient city of Persepolis,
which city was overrun and burned by
the army of Greece under the strong
and plundering leadership of the Ma-
cedonian, Alexander the Great. We
toured those ruins, discovering where
different buildings and rooms, the li-
brary and the palace, had stood in the
glorious days of Xerxes and his father
Darius. (Iranians pronounce it, Dary-
oosh).
My family and I walked through a
portal leading into the palace of
Xerxes, who often brought his queen,
Esther, to the city of celebration, Perse-
polis. The portal is shown in this pic-
ture. One of my teenage daughters,
Persian Palace Doorway
through which Queen Esther
must have walked.
Diana, stood in that doorway and said,
“Imagine! Esther could have stood right
here. I am going to talk to her about
this in Heaven.”
The library of Persepolis contained
clay tablets of the annals of the kings of
Persia from as much as 200+ years in
the past. When the city was burned, the
tablets were solidified. The hardened
tablets retained their character and re-
mained readable. As well as I can de-
termine, they are now in a museum of
the University of Chicago, Illinois,
while still under the ownership of the
Iranian government. See the website
following website if you are interested.
www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic/wl/digsit
es/Iran/Persepolis_08/
That makes Esther 10: 1-3 more mean-
ingful, doesn’t it? (v. 2) “And all the acts of
his power and might, and the full account of
the high honor of Mordecai, to which the
king advanced him, are they not written in
the Book of the Chronicles of the kings of
Media and Persia?”
That quote does not refer to the
books of Chronicles of the Bible...those
are the books of the king of Persia,
Ahasuerus, on those burn-hardened
clay tablets in Chicago!
It seems that the story of secular
history, when it coincides with Scrip-
ture, just gives the Bible a different per-
spective, but the same truth. It was a
high honor and privilege that the Lord
let us walk where Esther and Ahasuerus
walked. And we are indeed thankful
for that wonderful blessing. !
Don Petty and his wife, Sylvia, make
their home in Dallas, Texas.

Greetings Sister Betty. especially those in the third

world countries. We have dis-
We thank the almighty God The Need Is Great tributed many of his books in
who has made this communi- Ghana. This was a separate
Emmanuel Hagan
cation possible. This letter has shipment we received by breth-
been written to give our condo- ren from America. Our brother
lence to you. We did not know has done a lot towards the Great
that our beloved brother and soldier J.C CHOATE has gone Commission and edification of the saints so far as Bible
to be with the Lord. Owing to the fact that our center re- study materials are concern. He has contributed much of the
ceives THE VOICE OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL, we read supply of Bible literature which has helped many people.
from Vol. 57 that a big tree has rooted out and fell on Feb- We shall for ever remember him. His passing away is
ruary 1, 2008 at Winona, MS. a great loss to the brotherhood. We are requesting that
Ministries in the Lord!s church which deal in Christian you add our name to the regular mailing list to receive
literature have lost a co-worker. Many Africans are thinking books written by our brother periodically.
that CHOATE PUBLICATIONS will just end up. It is our
prayer that such a work continues to assist congregations, Emmanuel Hagan, DIRECTOR, Christian Literature Center
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Evangelize! Evangelize!
Ken Hargesheimer
I want to let you know that Roger Dickson has a Bible CD,
BIBLICAL RESEARCH LIBRARY, that he will mail, in vol-
ume, to anyone anywhere in the world, to use in evangelizing or
to give to brethren to study. You may read it at
www.africainternational.org, or in the USA, I can mail you a
copy if you send me [Box 1901, Lubbock TX 79408-1901; e-
mail: minifarms@gmail.com] $2 to cover my cost. Please in-
form the brethren everywhere about this. It can be sold in
stores or online. Anything to get it into the hands of people to
teach them the Truth. There are many people in every non-
English-speaking country who speak English.
Also, HEART TO HEART has an excellent DVD to use
for evangelizing. It has Biblical Research Library, 3 SIBI
courses, www.childrensbiblestudy, and Jesus film for adults
and on it. The cost is $3 each, postage paid, or 50 for $50 ppd
in the USA only. Payment must be sent with the order. I pray
that a church somewhere will produce it and give it free as
Roger is doing. I produce some. Every one requesting my
free farming DVD gets HTH, also. While I have your atten-
tion, WVBS also has excellent DVDs for $1 or $2.
Recently I have received emails concerning my use of the
internet and DVDs for evangelizing when there can be no
followup on the people receiving them. My ministry is
SOWING since 1960 when I began using Bible Correspon-
dence Courses in mass evangelism in Latin America while
living in Guatemala. The first Christians in many countries
were my students. I am leaving the watering and harvesting
to other brethren. God can handle the problem.
We must remember that there were 10,000 Christians in
Nigeria when the first American brethren visited there be-
cause some Christian in Nashville, Tennessee sent a man a
BCC. When I moved there 20 years later, there were many
congregations with over 1,000 members!
In August, I had an operation and could not do any physi-
cal work for three weeks. I sat at my computer and emailed
over 2500 people about the Biblical Research Library CD that
is available, free, from Roger Dickson. Mailed anywhere in the
world, in any amount. I have mailed out over 1,000 more since
then. I want every Christian in the world to know that the BRL
is available for them to use to evangelize. I want every non-
Christian I can find to have a copy.
In the first century, they converted people to Christ, not to
the “Church of Christ”. The assembly is unimportant until a
person is baptized into Christ [though he must understand the
biblical teaching concerning the oneness of the body of be-
lievers into which he is being baptized. BBC] Christians
assemble, on Sunday, to praise God; evangelism is outside the
assembly. “We have convinced ourselves that most folk are
just not interested in the church ... and we are right. Church is
irrelevant to many. But on what evidence have we come to
the conclusion that folk are not interested in the Gospel? Do
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we think the Romans, Greeks and pagans were interested in
joining a church? Why would they be? In their eyes, the NT
church was merely another cult! They became interested
when they heard the Gospel. [Do we think the Baptists,
Methodists, New Agers, Catholics, and Jews are interested in
“joining” the church of Christ? Why would they be? In their
eyes, the NT church is just another denomination that doesn’t
use instruments! They will become interested in the church
when they hear the Gospel. Do we think the atheists, Bud-
dhists, and Muslims are interested in “joining” the church of
Christ? Why would they be? In their eyes, the NT church is
just another infidel organization. They will became interested
when they hear the Gospel. KH] In a recent national survey,
only 17% of those who responded attended any church at
least once a month, but 50% said they would be willing to
talk to someone about Christianity. Folks are drawn to the
Gospel ... not to the church! “But I, when I am lifted up from
the earth, will draw all men to myself.” (Charles Valentine,
cvalentine@nts-online.net, www.childrensbiblestudy.org)
7,000,000,000 lost souls walk this earth. It is just heart
breaking to realize that most Christians are not interested in
sowing the Seed. Only by sowing the Seed can any be
saved. Little sowing is being done in the cities in which
we live. One congregation has gone from 2,000 in two Sun-
day morning services to 1,100 in one.
“The average member has listened to 6,000 sermons,
heard 8,000 prayers, sung 2,000 hymns over and over, and
won no one to Christ.” Herb Miller, Fishing on the Asphalt
We have everything we need to take the gospel to
the world…now! We do not have the will.
Charles Valentine, cbs1.org
“For too long, members have focused on what goes on
inside the building. Members have not been concerned about
the boys and girls, women and men outside the building.”
Mark Rodriquez, Lawton, OK
One large congregation has a list of ministries but
evangelism is not on it. They hear sermons about it. They
pray about it. They sing about it. They teach classes about
it. They talk about it. They see videos about it. They read
reports about it. Very few get out of the building and do it.
Growth and decline of the church of Christ in the USA
1. 1960s 17%
2. 1970s 6%
3. 2003-5 lost 10 per day!
4. 2006-8 lost 52 per day!* *Don Petty, Dosyl56@aol.com
Jesus said, “If you love me,
you will keep my commandments.”
Every Christian can sow the Seed. !
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Ugbogbo Church of Christ:
Reports of Ekor and Ijaja Campaigns in Nigeria
Ekor
Ekor is a very small, rural com-
munity next to Ibillo town. There are
two congregations in Ibillo, but none
at Ekor — until one was started on
Sunday, June 14th, 2009.
The work at Ekor has been a re-
sult of the combined efforts of WBS
teachers who sent Bible lessons from
the U.S. and local folks who followed
up and then conducted a campaign in
June. We had only two converts at the
time the church was started, so we
realized there was much work to be
done to sustain the congregation.
Every week we send brethren from
Ugbogbo to go up to Ekor to conduct
Sunday service and encourage the
brethren in their new faith.
On Saturday, July 25, we went
there for another day of campaigning
for Christ. As we used to do, we
fanned out and went in twos from
house to house, preaching and teach-
ing the saving message of Christ to
all who listened. We had good atten-
tion, and many questions were an-
swered. But we did not immediately
baptize anyone. Several prospects
promised to look further and investi-
gate the “new church”.
On Sunday, it was my turn from
the Ugbogbo group to go to Ekor. I
went with two young brothers and
picked up brother Sixtus on the way.
On arrival we first went round from
house to house inviting all who are
available to come and hear the gospel
preached. Many came. And at the
end of the service, three of them were
baptized while others insisted they
want to wait and learn more. Two
others have been baptized since then.
We thank brother and sister Lil-
lard Berry of the Konawa church of
Christ in Konawa, Oklahoma for the
funds to undertake this effort.
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Sylvester A. Imogoh
too. Both have been strengthened by
Ijaja the exercise.
On this day, we [the “army”] Our thanks go to Jim McPeak and
went to Ijaja village on the Western the Orangevale Church of Christ in
border of our county for a day’s cam- California for the funds to conduct
paign for Christ. We had good atten- this campaign.
dance, good attention, good food, and Usually, we spend campaign
very good results. The only thing that funds for food, fuel and transport, and
was not quite good was the road. It a little for advertisement or invitation.
was a feat to go on the washed out Should you want to help in one of
roads to that village [and most other these campaigns, please contact Doug
villages] especially in this heart of the Wheeler at the Westside Church of
rainy season. Christ, in Norman, Oklahoma.
But at the end, we made two trips Thank you for giving us this great
to the river and baptized seven souls privilege and opportunity to be co-
into the Body of Christ. There is al- workers in Christ’s Kingdom. May
ready a small congregation in that vil- God take all the glory for all we are
lage where Andrew Nasamu preaches able to do for Him. !
with financial support from Mildred
Davies of the Dewey Church of Christ
in Dewey, Oklahoma. The Ijaja breth- Sylvester# A. Imogoh, Church of Christ,
ren were very happy we came to work P. O. Box 251,#Igarra, Edo State, Nigeria.
with them, and the brethren from all mobile #234 0803 813 2325
over Akoko-Edo county were happy email:imogoh@yahoo.com
Dear Choate,
I received two boxes of books, The Voice of Truth Interna-
tional, Vols. 58 and 59. The books are well understood, build up
and well arranged. Those kind of books are very important, in
the way that many people liked them. They were taken by peo-
ple after the sermon. They said, “We need these books to feed
our souls, books that are easy to carry anywhere. Write a letter
to who sent you these kinds of books, after you preach to us,
don’t leave us without books for us to read.”
Brother I am doing the work alone I need more help from
you by providing materials that can be given to people. I walk
in different places, preaching alone. I do feel tired but I don’t
worry. God will give the means to reach out to those in remote
areas.
Lastly, it is sad to hear that brother J.C. Choate died but I
am happy that where he stopped you are going on. May the
Lord give you wisdom and knowledge to continue this kind of
work.
I am your brother in Christ,
Vincent Sambo
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Recent Trip
We traveled to Zimbabwe in August and returned Septem-
ber 2. We thank God for our safe trip and for the opportunities
to strengthen the church and reach the lost with the gospel. We
were busy every day with preaching, teaching, assessing needs,
and distributing Bible study materials and drought relief.
A few statistics provide an overview of the trip. We vis-
ited 28 places and gave 44 lessons to a total of 2,885 people.
Thirty-eight came asking for prayers, and twenty-one were
baptized into Christ. We gave out 500 English Bibles, 180
Shona Bibles, 500 Shona hymnbooks, and 200 “In Search of
Truth” lessons from Christian Woman. I was not well for two
days; thus, we did not go to Mozambique. However, two
preachers and an elder from Mozambique came to Mutare
with a report of the work there.
At every place, people were waiting patiently to hear the
message of salvation.
They also asked us to convey their thanks for funds to
feed orphans, widows, and the needy. Do continue to pray
that good changes will take place politically and economically
in Zimbabwe. We encountered plenty of police roadblocks
but no real problems as we had in December.
Contrast
“Which do you want to hear first, the good news or the
bad news?” In 2008, Zimbabwe was a “bad news/worse
news” place — beatings and murders during the elections, no
food in the shops, inflation too high to comprehend, rampant
cholera and malaria, and ninety percent unemployment. It
was a year of darkness.
In January 2009, the new “inclusive government” an-
nounced that trading in U.S. dollars or South African rand
was now “lega1”. Slowly things improved; by the time we
arrived on August 13, the people we visited said, “Things are
a little bit better.” Some areas had more rain, so crops were
better. As U.S. dollars circulate, inflation has dropped dra-
matically; food in the stores is reasonably priced; fuel is
available for less than four dollars a gallon instead of eight.
Of course, getting U.S. dollars is still a problem, but the
mines and a few factories are functioning now, though at a
low capacity. While still suspicious of the government, peo-
ple hope things will continue to “get better”.
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News from
Zimbabwe Loy and Debra Mitchell
The darkness has not disappeared in a dramatic burst of
light, but it is thinner. In the darkness of his terrible trials, Job
said, “I know that my Redeemer lives ... I shall see God” (Job
19:25,26). So the Christians in Zimbabwe say, “God is good.
God has blessed us. Your visit has encouraged us. Thank the
church in America for the food and clothing, for Bibles and
song books, and especially for their prayers.”
Evidence of Church Growth
During August, area churches sponsored and directed two
lectureships at Nhowe Mission where we worked from 1958
to 1962 and 1964 to 1965. Despite cold weather, more than
1,800 ladies came from all over Zimbabwe to enjoy spiritual
nourishment and to encourage one another in the faith for
three days. Then more than 1,000 young people attended a
youth fellowship, hearing messages by mature preachers from
the word of God. These events were planned, financed, and
carried out by indigenous preachers, elders, and deacons.
Economy Improving
When we returned home, we received a report from Ve-
laphi Mlangeni, a preacher in Bulawayo. He included this
quotation from the International Money Fund (IMF); “Zim-
babwe’s economy is likely to grow by 3.7 percent this year,
the first expansion since 1997. The country’s gross domestic
product (GDP) is expected to accelerate by 6 percent next
year. The economy contracted by 14.1 percent last year. It
had never made any growth for the past 12 years.”
Brother Mlangeni adds, “The country has been on a
steady growth path since the formation of the inclusive gov-
ernment in February this year [2009]. Since the introduction
of the U.S. dollar to the economy, employment, and industrial
capacity use have doubled and the once breaking inflation is
now under control. Goods are now readily available in shops
and these include most basic foodstuffs. We thank God for
answering the prayers of many saints worldwide who prayed
fervently for the recovery of Zimbabwe’s economy which had
been in the intensive care unit for some time.”
The “door of faith” (Acts 14:27) is open in Zimbabwe,
and indigenous preachers continue to spread the gospel under
harsh political and economic conditions. We praise God for
the recent improvement and growth, and we continue to pray
for the faith and commitment of Christians in Zimbabwe. !
Loy Mitchell pioneered much of the work in Zimbabwe. Phone:
731-287-8823; Email: lsmitchell@juno.com
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Opportunities in Ghana and Liberia
On August 18, Bill Burk, preach-
er for the Seagoville, Texas church,
and I embarked on our annual trip
together to Takoradi, Ghana, West
Africa. This was my eleventh jour-
ney to this wonderful country since
1999 and Bill’s ninth since 2001.
In previous years, our primary goal
in Ghana was to conduct a nationwide
preachers’ seminar, work with the West
Coast School of Preaching, and encour-
age the work of local congregations. In
2008, we temporarily suspended the
seminar, replacing it with a local evan-
gelistic campaign, utilizing the students
in the school of preaching.
Our first three-day campaign re-
sulted in 28 souls being baptized into
Christ. Moreover, the campaign led
to the re-establishment of the local
congregation in the village of Essi-
pong. The church at Essipong had
ceased to meet some years ago, but
eleven souls were baptized there,
leading the brethren to work to rees-
tablish the church in that location. A
good number of delinquent brethren
were restored and the church now
meets each Lord’s Day and two or
three times through the week. The
work is presently carried on by three
preaching students, and will soon be
led by one of those students when he
is graduated next year.
This year’s campaign was ex-
panded to include nearly 50 students
and local preachers, and resulted in
more than 40 souls being baptized
into Christ. Because of the preacher
shortage in Ghana, we did not go into
villages where the church is not al-
ready established. Instead, we re-
turned to all the villages where we
worked in 2008. This provided a tre-
mendous boost to the local congrega-
tions. I believe our increased number
of conversions are directly attributed
to several good sisters in each village
where we worked. They did the leg-
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Todd Clippard
work ahead of our arrival, and many told that 200 preachers would be present,
prospects were prepared and ready to the actual number of attendees was closer
study when we arrived. to 75-100 — still a marvelous opportu-
Another effort that stood in the nity that would likely never be duplicated
place of the seminar was work with the in the States.
West Coast School of Preaching’s pre- Bill lectured twice each day on “The
sent and past students. About a hundred Church in Promise, Prophecy, and Pur-
men gathered in oppressive heat to sit at pose”. My subjects were the “Authority
our feet from morning until late after- of the Scriptures”, “The Division of the
noon. Bill and I lectured several times Covenants”, “Church Organization”, “In-
each day, with Bill delivering material strumental Music”, and “The Relation-
on “The Church in Promise, Prophecy, ship between Grace, Law, Faith &
and Purpose”. I presented “Pictures of Works”. Each evening Bill and I also
Jesus” as revealed in John’s gospel. preached evangelistic sermons in that
There would be no lectures at the same building. Our lessons were well
school in 2009 as Bill and I were pre- received and several men publicly deter-
sented with a unique opportunity. At the mined to return to their congregations and
Freed-Hardeman lectures in February, implement the New Testament plan for
Ken Gardner of Clinton, Mississippi the church. Two attendees requested to be
asked if I could go to Liberia at the end baptized during the course of the seminar.
of the month to conduct a seminar for All attendees were registered, with
denominational preachers. Obviously their contact information turned over to
the time frame was too small to organize the Smythe Road Church of Christ eld-
and carry out such an undertaking, but I ership in Monrovia for further contact
offered to go to Liberia if they were will- and follow-up. This follow-up work is
ing to wait until I went to Ghana in mid- already underway with the preachers
August. The Liberians were more than from Smythe Road teaching in the
happy with that arrangement, and after churches represented at the seminar.
our week in Ghana, Bill and I traveled to Continued on page 43
Monrovia, Liberia
to conduct a three-
day seminar for
local denomina-
tional preachers.
This seminar
was sponsored and
hosted by a de-
nominational
church, specifically,
Rock Church of
Town Point Minis-
tries. This group was
founded by Charles
Bestman. Our theme
was “The New Tes-
tament Church”,
with our text being 2
Timothy 3:16,17. Todd Clippard with denominational preachers
Though we had been at the seminar in Liberia.
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FRENCH AFRICA
EVANGELISM ON COURSE
Just a couple of years ago, when
we spoke of the churches of Christ in
Africa, we were speaking of Nigeria,
Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and the
rest of the English-speaking nations.
Because the French language is a
barrier, most missionaries from the
USA go to the English-speaking na-
tions. This has changed since the late
1980s. The Ivory Coast, Benin, and To-
go have seen American missionaries
come to stay on both long and short-
term basis.
However, most of the growth of the
church in French-speaking Africa is due
to the leadership training done by the
preacher training schools that were es-
tablished by Barry Baggott in the Ivory
Coast and by George Akpabli in Benin.
These two schools that started in 1994/
1995 have trained more than 100 Afri-
cans as gospel preachers. These new
preachers are spread all over West and
Central regions of Africa, working as
African missionaries and local preach-
ers. They have entered nations where
the Lord’s church had never existed and
have planted congregations, bringing
hope where there has been none.
Most of these African preachers
can be divided into two groups. Some
are sponsored by American and Euro-
pean congregations, and some have
absolutely no contact with the outside
world. Those on sponsorship preach
and teach on the radio, and they are
doing a magnificent work. You can
find a marked difference between these
and those working on their own, as I
found out on my 30-day trip to Camer-
oon and Chad in August 2009.
At the last count, we now have con-
gregations in Niger, Mali, Central Afri-
can Republic, Guinea, Gabon, Chad,
Benin, Togo, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso,
and Senegal where new congregations
have been started by Africans, the major-
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George Akpabli
ity of whom are graduates from the two I would encourage some congrega-
preacher training schools. Though new tions that are serious about doing mis-
congregations are being established in sion work to look at the possibility of
these African nations, the majority of adopting some French-speaking nations
these groups are struggling as they deal for missions. A cheap way of doing it is
with the typical African problems of providing the essential tools that the
poverty and their inability to teach and African church leaders need to win
convert the well- to-do. The places in souls and to provide adequate meeting
which they meet to worship are in the places. !
back alleys, and the tools they use in
their evangelism are primitive. I, how- George Akpabli is a Ghanaian mission-
ever, salute these brave men and their ary working in the French-speaking na-
families because if you do not love God tions of Africa since 1984. He is the di-
rector of the Benin Bible Training Center.
enough, there is no motivation to do
Email: akpabli@yahoo.com
what they are doing. Most of these men
work in predominantly Muslim regions
and also face great challenges from the Note from the World Evangel-
denominations. ism team here in Winona:
One of the limits of the brethren Barry Baggott has just completed
working in the French-speaking nations the translation of Why We Be-
of Africa is literature. Compared to the
lieve What We Believe into
quantity and quality of literature avail-
able for the English-speaking brethren, French. We want to print that
the French-speaking brethren book, and we want
struggle. So far, the French World to have the money
Outreach, based in Nashville,
for postage for
Tennessee, Editions CEB based in
Canada and Ge- shipping books to
neva, Truth for the French coun-
Today from Ben- tries of Africa.
ton, Arkansas and
Would you help us
some books from
World Evangel- do these things?
ism from Wi- Call 662-283-
nona, Mississippi 1192.
provide limited
amounts of free
literature. Despite
the great effort of
these brethren,
these are woefully not enough. I have
found out that most of the congrega-
tions do not even have a mailing ad-
dress to enable them to receive what-
ever they can receive for free, so litera-
ture has to be delivered, brother to
brother.
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From a Prison in Zambia

Lemmy Nyambe

Dear Mr. Choate, Many messages changed us for the

Bountiful greetings to you in the
all-merciful name of my Lord and Sav-
ior Jesus Christ. Volume 28 of The
Voice of Truth International has
prompted us to write to you for many
reasons, after our church delivered the
books to us.
We are two male convicts, namely
Lemmy Nyanbe and Martin Muyunda,
aged 40 and 30 respectively. We have
both been reading the 28th volume and
only wonder why this is the first time to
read such Truth. Both of us are inmates
in the above stated prison, serving five
years and ten years, respectively.
First and foremost, we wish to tes-
tify that not a single book ever influ-
enced us the way that this book has,
and within just five days of reading it,
nothing has been so benefiting to us in
terms of spiritual growth! We never
before received anything from your
ministry. This was the first time, and it
came via the church of Christ. Thank
you so much for everything.
Before reading the table of con-
tents, it was already uplifting to read
your message, “Great Treasure”. It is
undoubtedly the great treasure that you
already found which makes the mes-
sage in that passage really a ‘great
treasure’ to God-seeking persons like
myself. We’ve been reading it over
and got motivated to believing every
single word from the start to the very
end of it.
better. “How Narrow-Minded Should
We Be?” is where we learnt that there
is absolutely no room for broadmind-
edness even in the many fields of this
world.
How much we enjoy! We have,
however, nothing to offer to you for
any more copies of your books, but we
would love some more.
As inmates who are to be released
(hopefully) in 2011 and 2012, we still
want to feel part of the Christian com-
munity. We will be anxiously waiting
to receive replies from you as we put
you in constant prayer for your spiritual
prosperity.
We both congregate with church of
Christ members each Sunday from
about eight to twelve. But nothing has
ever been more nourishing than what
we read in your books. We find every-
thing so empowering and truthful in all
your passages, so much that we even
go back over the same lessons! Still
we find new things that you have so
beautifully unfolded.
In Christ’s loyal love,
Lemmy Nyambe
and Martin Muyunba !
NOTE: We include this letter from Zam-
bia, to enable you who read Global Har-
vest to know what such a small thing as
a book can mean to people who are
starving for spiritual reading materials.
Opportunities
Continued from page 41
All participants also received a copy of
Truth for Today’s, Into the Abundant
Life. Also, Bill and I exchanged con-
tact information with several interested
preachers and will continue to corre-
spond and study with them via email.
The work in West Africa continues
to produce thousands of conversions
each year. With these comes the need
for additional preachers and financial
support. In 2006, the Burleson and
Howe, Texas congregations built the
present facilities for the West Coast
School of Preaching in Takoradi,
Ghana. This school now has 25 stu-
dents and serves as a satellite campus
for the Bear Valley Bible Institute in
Denver, CO. Plans are underway for
our return to Ghana in 2010. Bill and I
have been invited back to conduct an-
other seminar at Rock Church, so if
time and the Lord permit, we may visit
Liberia again next year. Please keep all
of our good West African brethren in
your prayers. They are doing a marvel-
ous work under very difficult condi-
tions. !
Todd Clippard preaches for the Burleson
Church of Christ in Hamilton, AL# 35570.
Email: toddrow@centurytel.net
www.burlesonchurchofchrist.com

Mt. Sinai Bible Camp and Christian Academy

James E. Jones
In 1999 James and Barbara Jones began
working with congregations of the Lord’s
Church in Africa. It was at that time that they
met Brother Moses Kriogi and other brethren
at Mauche. During those days, the Triogiie
congregation was meeting under trees but
had hopes of building its own building.
Since then it has accomplished that goal.
The church had been given five acres of prop-
erty by the government, so the brethren be-
gan talking about establishing a Bible Camp,
which would be the first of such endeavors in
all of east Africa by the churches of Christ.
In 2003 the effort was begun and to date
they have three new buildings. One will house
the director of the camp, another is an admin-
istrative building, and the third is a house for
Continued on page 46
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Malawi ~
A Change of Heart, a Change of Life
It was a warm July morning as Prissy
Sellers and I exited the South African
Airways flight and stepped onto the tar-
mac of the Kamuzu Airport in Lilongwe,
Malawi. It was our first trip into Central
Africa and I was really excited, but also
apprehensive as we walked toward the
terminal building. After an uneventful
trip through customs, we walked out into
the main terminal. We were face to face
with Randy and Marty Judd, some
American missionaries, and we immedi-
ately felt a sigh of relief. They would take
us to Jenda to work with the Gospel
Chariot (George Funk’s evangelism pro-
gram) for several days.
The people in Jenda made us feel
special as we taught the women, had
individual studies, had baptisms and at
night went to the big tent of the Gospel
Chariot for hours of preaching and sing-
ing. Our experience in Jenda was won-
derful, but we kept wondering who was
coming to carry us to the area ofMzimba
where we would work for two weeks.
On Friday, we saw a huge truck pull
in and men started piling out — 80 of
them to be exact. Randy and Marty had
brought these men from one of the Chris-
tian schools for the weekend meetings.
On Sunday evening, Prissy and I
climbed into that big truck with 80 men,
and we headed for Mzimba. Maybe it
was the beauty of the mountains, or the
majesty of untamed valleys and jungles,
or perhaps it was because we were cap-
tivated by the sunset over a distant water
hole, or the sun appearing to sink be-
neath the waves of a sparking lake, or it
could have been that we were mesmer-
ized by the herds of wild beasts we saw
in the plains, or the view of a large fam-
ily of elephants — we only know that at
that time we were thanking God for al-
lowing us this journey along the red
dusty roads, beside the villages of mud
huts and thatch roofs of Malawi.
Soon we came to the town of
Mzimba. The big truck stopped, and
Randy said, “We can’t take the truck to
Ruth Orr
where you are going.” Our minds
quickly thought, “Why not?”
But we did not say a word. We
climbed from the truck with our belong-
ings, and Randy said that someone
would carry us from here to Tombo-
lombo. A tall, slender young man by the
name of Mbwenu Chirwa was waiting
for us with a taxi to finish our journey to
the village that would be our home for
the next two weeks. We didn’t know it
then but the journey we were taking
would change the way we would view
relationships and people for the rest of
our lives.
Prissy and I would try to pronounce
Mbwenu’s name, and he would always
say, “That’s right!” From then on his
name became “That’s Right”, and he
and his family opened their home to us.
We had all the necessities of life we
needed. We had two small beds, a small
table between them and an oil lantern.
We were shown the “out house” and
“buckets” for bathing, but we would
soon learn we were living in a Holiday
Inn compared to the rest of the village,
and this had been built just for our com-
ing. How very grateful we were!!!
We unpacked and tried to read our
Bibles but there wasn’t enough light, so
we turned in for the night. It didn’t take
us long to learn that you go to bed
when it gets dark and you don’t get up
until daylight. In Tombolombo there
are no electricity, no phones, no cars or
transportation of any kind except oxen
and cart, and no water except one well
for the community. There is no town
for miles, and no police. There is no
need for police since there is such little
crime, they said. We felt like we had
gone back in time 100 years, but we
learned to love the quiet, slow pace of
the “Gentle people of Malawi”.
As we walked the two miles to the
church building the next morning, we
were told we would be teaching about
100 women every day, all day long for
eight days. By the end of the third day,
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we were saying, “What now”? But
their Bible questions kept us busy as we
looked up Scriptures and tried our best
to answer their questions with Bible
answers. I don’t know who learned the
most but Mbwenu, our translator, said
that he did.
One day I was standing outside along
the road when a man on a bike rode by.
He turned around and came back, I guess,
to see what a white woman was doing in
Tombolombo. He was on his way to a
funeral, but he said enough to me that I
asked him to come back and we would
talk again. He agreed and told me his
name was Timplex Nkosi. The next day
he came back and, as we talked, he told
me a story that was very hard to believe.
In fact it would be a best seller as a book
or movie.
He said he grew up in a Christian
family, went to the best schools, then to
one of our Christian preaching schools
and became a gospel preacher. He mar-
ried a Christian girl, and they had two
children. He made a living off the land
and even though they were poor, life
seemed good. Then his life changed.
His wife began going out with different
men and eventually left him and the
children and went to South Africa and
married another man.
As his story unfolded, he seemed
reluctant to talk about certain things, but I
could tell he needed someone to listen
and not be judgmental. We talked for
hours on several occasions, and then he
didn’t show up one day for our appoint-
ment. There are no phones there so no
way to get in touch with him. I just
prayed that he would want to come back
and talk.
Two days later as we were walking
home and the sun was beginning to set, I
saw him coming on his bike. I told the
others to go on and I was going back to
the church building to talk with him. At
this time he was ready to finish his whole
Continued on page 45
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A Change of Heart, a Change of Life
Continued from page 44
life history and with tears streaming
down his face, he told of marrying again
and how much he really loved this
woman and they had two children to-
gether. But he had let her lead him off
into Mormonism. He left the church,
went to Mormon classes and attended
several of their schools and became a
“big preacher” for the Mormons. He
traveled all over Africa, preaching and
teaching the Mormon religion. He bap-
tized hundreds and started 18 Mormon
churches and was becoming wealthy,
and famous. This went on for many
years.
Then one day in November 2007, he
told his wife that his conscience was kill-
ing him, and if he died he knew he would
go to Hell. He had forsaken his God for
money and fame and to please her. She
was furious, and she said if he left the
Mormon church she would ruin him, take
everything he owned and have him put in
prison. At this point he said he asked her
to leave so he could try and get his life
back right with God if she could not un-
derstand how he felt.
By this time we were both crying,
but he seemed to want to finish, so I sat
quietly, just the two of us and God, to
whom I was praying every minute to
help me know what to say when the
time came. As Timplex composed him-
self to continue, he said that one day he
had gone to the fields to work and when
he came home, he found his house to-
tally empty except for a few of his
clothes. His bike was even gone. A few
days later his wife returned and said she
wanted food and his clothes. He asked
her to leave again, and when she refused,
he hit her, and that is when he found
himself in prison. He said that no one
from the church of Christ came to see
him while he was there, only the “high
up” Mormons they had brought in to try
and get him to come back. When he
was discharged, they were there to carry
him home and begged him to come back
with them. When he refused and tried to
reason with them, they said, “We will
see that your life is ruined.”
Then he looked up at me and said, “I
hate all women, so why am I sitting here
talking to one?” At this time I knew I had
to say something. It was almost dark and
all I had was a flashlight, but I turned my
Bible to some scriptures and began read-
ing and telling him of God’s love and
how He will forgive our sins, and of Tim-
plex’s need to come back to the Lord. I
told him that the church there would for-
give him and love him. That is when he
became angry, saying that all these years
no one in the church had ever come to see
him, to convince him to come back, and
no one in the church seemed to care for
his soul and that they would never accept
him back into fellowship.
The Lord answered my prayer as
He knew I needed Him now. Two
preachers, Mbwenu Chirwa and Wil-
liam Bongwa, came to see what was
going on. As Timplex sat very quiet, I
was afraid at this point he would leave,
but he didn’t. I explained a little of our
conversation and asked them why all
these years they had said nothing to
him. I said that he doesn’t think he will
be accepted back even if he asks for
forgiveness and wants to come back
into fellowship with the saints.
They both began to cry and said
they were so sorry. They asked for his
forgiveness and begged him to return to
the church. He refused, saying the
people would not accept him, the sinner
he was. They read him other Scriptures
and told him we were having a gospel
meeting on Saturday night and Sunday
morning and hoped he would come. As
we got up to leave, I hugged him and
told him I loved him but the Lord loved
him more and to think seriously over
the things we had talked about.
Saturday night came and I couldn’t
see him any where, but when the invita-
tion was extended, he started down the
aisle, and all the men met him with hugs
and walked down the aisle to the front
with him. I had never seen so many peo-
45
ple, including preachers, asking for for-
giveness. What a wonderful sight it
was!!!
Sunday morning as we gathered for
worship, there were over 1,000 people,
all sitting on the concrete floor as they
had no benches to sit on. I did not see
Timplex anywhere and my heart was
pounding, but as the third preacher con-
cluded his sermon, Timplex once again
came down the aisle and hundreds of
people crowded around him, hugging and
crying. He made the sweetest speech,
asking for their forgiveness and God’s,
and saying he wanted to come back and
work with the congregation and with Wil-
liam and Mbwene, helping to bring more
souls to Christ. Such joy I had never seen
before. People had come from miles to
welcome him back. God had also given
the increase of 48 more people through
baptism those two weeks.
Prissy and I left that afternoon, in
the same big truck with 80 men who
had come for the worship service at
Tombolombo. All was quiet as we
drove out. I knew if I tried to talk I
would just cry. We had seen God’s
hand at work in leading one lost in sin
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Mbwenu, William and Timplex
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The Voice of Truth in Nigeria
Kingsley Odogwu
The V.T.N. is not another church/body, a religious organi-
zation or group intending to carve out from the original body
(church), or even a social/political group hiding itself under
the umbrella of the church.
Instead, the team is one of the soul winning organs of the
church and a part of the world evangelism efforts of the
churches of Christ, purely committed to the spread of the New
Testament Christianity into all the world. It consists of a group
of mature Christians, both men and women, from several
congregations in Nigeria who not only teach and preach Bible
in their various congregations and several Christian colleges,
as well as preaching schools across Nigeria, but have also
deemed it fit to use the various talents and training packages
they have received in Bible to defend the gospel of Christ as
well as His church in Nigeria.
The name, The Voice of Truth in Nigeria (V.T.N.) was
also chosen to immortalize the late Editor-in-Chief of The
Voice of Truth International, — a quarterly publication of
the Churches of Christ, U.S.A., — Bro. J.C. Choate, who sent
the first 200 copies of the magazine for distribution in gov-
ernment offices, hospitals, banking houses, market places and
other strategic locations.
V.T.N’s major tasks include:
To rescue backsliding souls.
To encourage outdoor evangelism.
To reposition, through the guardian of the Scriptures,
those who are confused about New Testament Christianity.
Distribution of Christian literature, tracts, books and fly-
ers, in government offices, hospitals, schools, markets, homes,
car parks, and other strategic areas.
To locate won souls into the Lord’s church within the
prospect’s community.
To enhance and strengthen Christian faith through scrip-
turally based archaeological tourism programme.
To keep moving the house-to-house evangelism work in
the villages as well as in the cities.
To also win souls within the community of the impris-
oned, physical and spiritual imprisonment. !
For information, email us at: thevoiceoftruthinnigeria@yahoo.com
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Mt. Sinai Bible Camp and Christian Academy
Continued from page 43
missionaries. The Christian Academy, which has an enroll-
ment of about 200 students, currently meets in the church
building; however, plans are to build a new auditorium in the
near future.
Recently, one of our major projects was to ship a 40 ft.
container of donated items that could not be purchased locally.
The shipment included religious materials, Bibles, materials
for the Christian Academy, a tractor, a trailer, garden tiller, lawn
mowers, and many other things that were donated and will be
of tremendous help to the work in general.
One of the greatest remaining needs is to supply the
camp and the surrounding area with a safe water supply.
There is no water within several miles of the camp during the
dry season, which sometimes lasts for several months. Re-
cently, American brethren provided assistance to build a cis-
tern that will hold several thousand gallons of water, but that
is helpful only during the rainy season. Plans are to have a
well drilled on the compound when funds are available.
Future plans for the school include a computer training
program, a vocational training school, and a preacher train-
ing school, among other things. The brethren are also mak-
ing plans to build housing for the students and also for
members of the Lord’s Church who will gather from all
over East Africa — Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya for lec-
tures, seminars, singings and many other such functions.
Restoration Radio (see page 20), with which we are as-
sociated, is a thirty-six-year-old ministry, broadcasting in over
one hundred and twenty nations in several languages. Cur-
rently, we are broadcasting on a local AM station in Baghad.
For the past several years we have averaged more than ten
conversions per day, somewhere in the world. Recently, five
hundred and three baptisms from six different denominational
groups were reported by some of the workers in Malawi.
Another aspect of the work is the Obonga Orphanage,
established several years ago by brother Lawrence Okonga
and his wife. Currently, they have about forty street chil-
dren at the compound and at least that many more being
cared for in homes in other places. !
James E. Jones, P.O. Box 952, Franklin, TN 37065
Obonga Orphans! Home
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Jos School of Biblical Studies is 20 Years Old!
Each August men and women come
to Jos, Nigeria, from many countries in
Africa. Along with most Nigerians, they
have a hard time adjusting to the cool-
ness of the altitude of Jos. Many are sur-
prised to learn that, in conjunction with
their intensive studies of the Bible, they
are required to evangelize every week-
end. These efforts on the part of students
have resulted directly in the baptism of
3,505 souls and the establishment of 70
new congregations of the Lord’s church.
SBS started classes with twelve
students which enrolled for a two-year
diploma in Bible. It has now graduated
292 students. The graduates are serving
in several countries of the world, in-
cluding Guinea, Niger Republic, Chad,
Cameroon, Uganda, Ghana, Bangla-
desh, Australia, and Nigeria. SBS has
trained seven from Uganda, two from
A Change . . .
Continued from page 45
back into the fold and it was done with
kindness, gentleness, and love.
I can’t wait to see Timplex again. I
hear from him every week, and to read
Timplex
Solomon Aguh
Bangladesh, four from Liberia, five
from Cameroon, three from Chad, one
from Ghana, and 222 from Nigeria.
Upon graduation, students are warned
against preaching for money, fame, or
any reason other than to save souls.
When the school started in 1989, there
were about 25 to 35 local congregations
of the Lord’s church scattered over north-
ern Nigeria. Today, there are over 400
congregations in the north. The gradu-
ates of SBS are needed by other schools in
Nigeria and the sub-region of West and
Central Africa to preach and run schools
built by the brotherhood.
SBS has not relented in her efforts on
evangelism training, since it forms the
core of our training program. Students
and staff go out each weekend during the
semester to knock doors and set up Bible
studies. This practice grounds our gradu-
the joy and happiness from his letters is
the reason we keep teaching and pray-
ing and going “the extra miles”.
Today, Timplex has his children and
aged parents living with him. They are
all faithful Christians. He still grows
maize to make a living, but most of the
time people will see him on the new bike
we gave him, going to teach and
preach some place. WBS was just
introduced there after we left but it
has become his passion and he is
the organizer of WBS in that whole
area. He goes to all the villages and
schools, teaching, but his biggest
trial is trying to teach all the people
that he helped to convert to Mor-
nomism. He has been persecuted,
beaten, threatened, and told to leave
the Mormons alone or they would
kill him. He, like Paul, has contin-
ued to teach them, and 140 Mor-
mons have been baptized in the past
year.
In July 2009, Timplex went
back into the same prison that his
wife put him in for teaching the
gospel, but this time it was to teach
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ates, biblically, and creates an evangelistic
spirit in them. The weekend Practical
Evangelism Training is backed up by
annual campaigns. During the 2008/09
academic year, we had about 156 bap-
tisms as a result of these programs, with
two new local congregations started.
Our special appreciation goes to
the Central Church of Christ, Gadsden,
Alabama, whose eIders took the over-
sight of this work 20 years ago, and
since then has not looked back. We
thank every one of you who worked
with us, and those also who come to
teach and share experiences with the
students. !
Solomon Aguh directs the School of
Biblical studies in Jos, Nigeria. Being in
a predominantly Muslim area, there is
some danger of persecution.
Email: siaguh47@yahoo.com
the prisoners. They love him and the
Good News he brings. There are now
125 Christians that worship in this one
prison, and every Sunday Timplex goes
there to preach and have worship serv-
ices with them. A baptistery had to be
built because the government would
not allow them outside to be baptized.
So we built a baptistery inside the
prison. Almost every prisoner is a WBS
student. It thrills us to teach them be-
cause it had been over 40 years since
anyone had been to the prison to teach
God’s Word.
William, Mbwenu, and Timplex
have become a “trio”, working hand in
hand with God — knowing it is only
by His grace that any of us are saved.
Do I believe in the providence of God?
Oh, yes. I now know why God wanted
Prissy and me in Tombolombo — To
help a man who “hated all women”, to
teach the ladies, and to help many oth-
ers to come to Christ. Thank you, God,
for this wonderful experience. !
Ruth Orr, 1272 Yell Rd., Lewisburg, TN
37091; Email: wbsteach@yahoo.com
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We are glad to report that more of the members are now

some of the church members have From Troubled Pakistan
started a visitation program.
Brother Obed Arthur took the ini-
tiative, and others have joined
him. Please pray that the efforts of these
members will bring forth much fruit.
Some of the teenage girls are brave
enough to discuss Scripture with so-
called denominational preachers who
come to their area for conducting Bible
classes and devotional prayers.
My wife, Rahat, and I are doing
the second proofing of our book on the
music God wants in His church.
As is common with most churches,
a certain number of members will be
present before worship time; the rest
Asghar Ali
follow after. In the last two months a
thrilling change has taken place. A
family of six members, having only a
motorbike, joined us in being regular
and punctual. Although this family is
semi-educated and financially weak, on
two consecutive Sundays the lady of
the house came to the service on foot
and reached before time, covering a
long distance of approximately 4 kilo-
meters. Moreover, it is pertinent to
mention that she is encouraging other
church members to be punctual. Due
to their example and encouragement,
arriving on time.
Having been forced to leave
the church-owned property, we
had no choice but to rent a place
for the worship of the church. We re-
quire $200 per month on a regular basis
for the rent of the worship place. It is
essential for the survival of the church,
because no member’s place is large
enough. Any brother or sister or con-
gregaion desiring to help is requested
to please mail your contribution to our
elders at the following address:
West Corinth Church of Christ
(Lahore, Pakistan work)
P.O. Box 935
Corinth, MS 38835

The Church at Roshan Nagar

Is One Year Old
Sunny David

Situated in the neighbouring state of Haryana, and bor- modate more people. We are trying to reach others and hope
dering South East Delhi, Roshan Nagar is a vast tract of un- that this congregation will continue to grow in time to come.
developed land that has been lying unused in the past, but as The Catholics have already moved in here and have
the prices of property in Delhi and other cities have been ris- bought a place from which they are operating their charitable
ing, Roshan Nagar has been attracting migrant workers who and religious activities. Some evangelical groups are trying
come looking for low-income jobs in nearby factories and to do the same. Please be praying for our efforts as we reach
other establishments. Thousands of people with their families out to people here with the truth, and remember the little
have moved there to live. Most of them are Hindus, with church in Roshan Nagar that it may grow and become a
some Muslims. blessing in this place for many other people. !
Last year, I located a family there and began to study
with them. Soon, six were baptized. Later, two more were
baptized. As we were meeting regularly in a home, others
began to come and join us. In the weeks that followed,
some more obeyed the Gospel. Today, there are 14 members
of the church in Roshan Nagar. On Sundays, after the wor-
ship with the church in Delhi, my wife, Nargis, and my son-
in-law, Ajit, go with me in the afternoon to meet with the
church in Roshan Nagar.
We worship in the house of brother Wilson, one of the
members, who has two small rooms where his family of eight
adults and three young children live together. On Sundays,
they empty one of the two rooms and place a mat on the dirt
floor where everyone, including some visitors, sit as we wor-
ship. The room is so small that it looks like a can of packed
sardines after everyone somehow manages to find a place and
sit down on the floor.
We are praying for a suitable place where the church can
meet in this area, maybe a room that is large enough to acco- Bowing in prayer
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The Gospel in! India
Recently, a member of the church
here in Delhi was asked by his office to
move to Calcutta (Kolkata, as it is called
now), to take charge of the new office
there. Calcutta is one of the largest cities truth has not gone. Congregations,
in India with a population of more than
15 million. But there is not even one
local member of the Lord`s church in that
city. On Sunday this brother from Delhi
went to the house of another brother who
is from South India and has been living in
Calcutta for some years, and he worshi-
ped with him and his wife in their house.
What does this tell us? That we have not
even touched the hem of the garment
with the Gospel in India, a coun-
try of more than one billion
souls. There are other cities of
the size of two or three or five
millions where there is not even
one congregation of the Lord`s
church.
While visiting the United
States of America, I was
greatly encouraged and im-
pressed to see that in every
State there were members of
the church of Christ, and in
some states there exist congre-
gations every few miles. Some
brethren informed me that they
were doing mission work in
India, that they were sending
funds and men to preach the
Gospel. But what about Cal-
cutta, one of the largest and best-known
cities in the country? And what about
hundreds of other cities where no one
has gone yet with the Gospel?
During my visit to the United
States, I observed that many congrega-
tions of the Lord`s church are willing to
share the Gospel with others and espe-
cially with the people of India. Some
have been doing that for the last fifty
years, and it is highly appreciable. In
fact, if it was not for them there would
be no New Testament Christians and
churches of Christ in India today. But I
Sunny David
believe the churches in America need
to now change their strategy of work to
be more effective in reaching people
with the Gospel in places where the
elders, Mission Committees — who-
ever is in charge concerning the work
in India — need to take a broader look
at the entire country. Take a map and
see where work has been done and
where it needs to be done.
Most of the northern, and eastern,
and western parts of the country have
been left without the true gospel. For
instance, the entire state of Rajasthan, nominational churches. Maybe these
Sunny David, teaching a Bible class.
comprising millions of people, which
attracts hundreds of thousands of tour-
ists from all over the world annually,
with large cities such as Jaipur, Jaisal- provide names and addresses of
mer, Bikaner, Ajmer, and Udaipur, has
few, if any, congregations of Christians tion, I may be reached via email at
meeting on the Lord`s day for worship.
And the same would be true of several
other states, such as Haryana, Punjab,
Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Hi-
machal, Uttrakhand, Uttrachal, Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and others.
I see no reason why more people in
different parts of India can’t be reached Email: Sunny_davidin@yahoo.co.in
49
with the gospel truth. Why can`t there be
at least one congregation of the Lord`s
church in every city where millions of
people live? It can be done if we only
change our work strategy. Send people
to work in new places where none has
gone before, or to places where little has
been done in the past.
It is true that most people in this
country are Hindus, and it is more true
of the northern, and eastern, and west-
ern parts of the country. But in almost
all places in India there are those who
believe in Christ and are in various de-
are the ones who could be
first contacted, and then
through them others may be
reached in time. Those who
come to evangelize need to
spend some time in new
places, make friends, maybe
give some tracts and set up
personal studies. You will
always find some who would
be interested in studying the
Bible.
In the last many years,
we have sent much Bible
literature from Delhi to
many people all over the
country. A monthly maga-
zine, The Bible Teacher, in
English and Hindi, is being
sent regularly to many con-
tacts in almost every state of the
country. In most cases, wherever
brethren want to go to work, we can
some contacts. For more informa-
the address given below. !
Sunny David of New Delhi, India, con-
verted in 1968, is the Hindi radio speaker
for programs from Sri Lanka, and edits a
monthly magazine, The Bible Teacher,
printed in English.
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CHURCH OF CHRIST and EKKLESIA BIBLE COLLEGE

TWELFTH ANNUAL BIBLE LECTURESHIP
S. Rajanayagam

THEME:# “You therefore must endure hard- Bates and his wife, Paula. Although we have conducted
ship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ” such lectureships for the past eleven years, this was the first
(2 Timothy 2:3) time somebody from World Evangelism took part, and this
was a great encouragement to us. Brother Jerry spoke on the
Warm greetings to you all, who love the Lord and His
subject “For God Is Not Unjust” (Hebrews 6:10). Sister
church first and most in this temporary life, in the exalted
Paula handled the children’s class which was attended by
Name.
more than 50 children.
Since we are part and parcel of the World Evangelism
The Bates were with us for about 10 days and all the
team, I am so happy to contribute this article for the Global
days were busy and hectic. Following the lectureship on
Harvest, which is the voice of the World Evangelism, envi-
Sunday, 4th October, the Bates attended worship with us,
sioned by the late, respected brother, J.C. CHOATE, to in-
and brother Jerry spoke for the assembly. Then, after the
form Christians of the spiritual needs and accomplishments
worship service, we had a special session for ladies of the
of the Lord’s work across the world.
church in which sister Paula spoke for the gathering, which
We are extremely happy to announce that the 12th An-
was attended by more than 50.
nual Bible Lectureship, conducted by joint efforts of the
Besides Kangayam activities, we conducted gospel
Kangayam Church of Christ and the Ekklesia Bible College
meetings and Bible classes in 6 different towns, and almost
went very well in all aspects, by the mercy, grace, and provi-
all were attended by many people. Our first meeting outside
dence of the Lord Almighty. The most important thing was
Kangayam started on the evening of Sunday, the 4th of Oc-
that ten precious souls rendered their obedience to the gospel
tober in Tirupur, and it was attended by about 70 people.
and, by this, four congregations were benefitted numerically,
On Monday, the 5th of October, we had a day class in a
including the host church, Kangayam.
town called Musiri, and this was attended by about 40 people.
Like all other lectureships, this was also thronged by
many people from different parts of Tamil Nadu. According Continued on page 52
to our register, the total attendance was
457 Christians and visitors from 46 dif-
ferent towns and cities, representing 56
congregations, which was more than last
year. Please know that we didn’t invite
people to “come and enjoy the blessings
of the Christian life”; rather, we invited
people to “Endure Hardship for Christ”.
This reveals a lot about the Christians
who live in this part of the world.
As always, many of our magazine,
Thirumarai Aasaan, readers and our
TV program, “Bible Meditation”,
viewers attended. Of the 10 converted,
three were TV viewers. We receive
many calls and letters after each pro-
gram for ABC Course and for monthly
magazines. Our monthly magazine is
much loved by the Christians and non-
Christians, and it teaches many things
which they didn’t know. We thank the
World Evangelism supporters in the
U.S. for entrusting this work to us.
This 12th Lectureship was so
graced by the presence of brother Jerry More than 450 people attended the lectures.
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Busy Days in Bangalore

P.R. Swamy

Brother Louis
Rushmore and
sister Bonnie ar-
rived October 9,
2009 at Bengaluru
International Air-
port, 50 KM from
the Davis Road
Church of Christ.
I went and re-
P.R. and Sarojah Swamy ceived them and
brought them to
my son Douglas’ home, where they stayed while in the city. On
the 10th and the 11th, brother Rushmore taught the Parables of
Jesus, evenings, in a two-day Gospel meeting. On Sunday, the
11th, he spoke to a combined Tamil and Kannada worship as-
sembly. The Gospel meeting and Sun-
day worship speaking to two languages
simultaneously was possible through the
aid of two translators. Sister Bonnie
taught a ladies’ class Sunday afternoon.
Monday the 12th, we traveled sev-
eral hours by car to Namakkal where
we had a night halt at a hotel. The next
day (13th), we drove to the neighbor- translators, brethren Prasad
ing city of P. Velur where we con- and Raj Kumar. We all
ducted a seminar in the church meeting took rooms in a hotel. The
place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 15 17th, we went by car 84
preachers brought their contacts with kilometers to Tiruvuru
them. Two precious souls requested where we were received
baptism. Brother Louis again taught by Vijaybabu. We at-
“The Parables of Jesus Christ”. tended “Timothy Bible
Brother Sankaran spoke on “The Plan School for Rural Youth”.
of Salvation”; brother Abraham spoke They conduct these classes
about “The One Church”, and I preached about “Christian Liv- on Saturday, twice a month. Brother Rushmore spoke on
ing”. That evening we conducted a Bible study for 12 blind “The Parables of Jesus”. Sessions went on from 10 a.m. until
people in Namakkal, at which brother Rushmore taught about 4:30 p.m. Their four teachers also spoke on “Personal Evan-
the “One True Church of the Bible”. gelism”, “Letters in the New Testament”, “Old Testament
Wednesday the 14th, we participated in a full day seminar Survey”, and “Minor Prophets”. Eighty-five gathered. Af-
at Namakkal. Again, preachers brought their contacts. In the terward, the Rushmores and I with our translators returned to
morning session, brother Louis spoke about the Parables of Vijayawada for a night halt in our hotel.
Jesus Christ; brother Sankaran spoke on the Plan of Salvation, Sunday, October 18th, we drove from Vijayawada, 75
and brother Abraham spoke about The One Church. I ad- kilometers to Chilakaluripet where we were received by Anil
dressed Christian Living. For the evening’s session, brother Kumar. Brother Rushmore spoke at the morning meeting.
Rushmore continued speaking about the parables and I con- After worship there, we left sister Bonnie to conduct both a
tinued to address Christian Living. After the seminar con- children’s class and a ladies’ class, and the rest of us pro-
cluded, we returned to Bangalore by car through the night. ceeded 120 kilometers to Ongole where we attended worship
Friday, the 16th, brother and sister Rushmore and I flew
to Vijayawada where we were met at the airport by our Telegu Continued on page 54
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TWELFTH ANNUAL BIBLE LECTURESHIP

S. Rajanayagam

Continued from page 50

Brother Jerry spoke for the mixed gathering, and
sister Paula spoke for the ladies in the afternoon,
which was attended by about 20.
On the forenoons of the 6th and 7th of Octo-
ber, Jerry taught on the subject, “How to Preach”
to the Ekklesia Bible College students and our
team preachers, which was attended by about 24.
In the evenings, we held gospel meetings in two
towns: Chennimalai and Konganapuram, which
were attended by about 125 and 100 respectively.
On the forenoon of the 8th, Thursday, we had
a day class in a hill station, Yercaud, where one of
our graduates is working. It was attended by not
less than 85. Then, on the same evening, we had a
gospel meeting in a town called Tirupattur, which
was attended by about 150. We had to travel three
hours to reach this meeting venue after our day
class in Yercaud.
The Bates, my wife Racheal, and I stayed
overnight in a hill station called Yellagiri, where we The children!s class was taught by Paula Bates.
have conducted our Annual Summer Bible Camps During the lectureship, the church in Kangayam took all
for the past 12 years. We showed all the places where we the responsibilities of feeding the whole gathering for two
stay, where we have classes, etc., etc., and they were very days and also arranged lodging facilities in the campus for
happy about this. They even discussed the possibility of those who came from long distances. Although it was a huge
holding a “World Evangelism IndiaTeam” meeting there, if it task, the church did it joyfully. We have never asked any help
is His will. from other congregations or from abroad to conduct the Lec-
tureships or the Summer Bible Camps during
these years. However, “Our cup of needs al-
ways runneth over.” I always thank God for
the members of this congregation, for their
dedication to undertake such events. The in-
teresting thing is that we never take any
money from the church treasury for such
meetings and everything comes from the indi-
viduals and families of the church as a special
donation.
It is this congregation’s desire and deter-
mination to conduct many more such events in
the future, to uplift the spirituality of the Chris-
tians in this part of the world and to extend the
kingdom of our Lord by the preaching of His
powerful gospel. We need your fervent prayers
and moral support, and we hope that you will
remember us in these ways. !

S. Rajanayagam, a second-generation Gospel

preacher, works with the church in Kangayam,
Tamil Nadu, India. Through literature, TV pro-
grams, and personal evangelism, he does an
A careful teaching session before baptisms. effective work.
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Evangelistic Efforts from New Delhi, India
Vinay David
I want to thank World Evangelism for giving me this
honor to write a few things about the work that is being done
from New Delhi, India. However, before we get into it, I
want to tell you that all these years a lot of work has been
done by the combined efforts of brother Francis David as
well as brother Sunny David from New Delhi, and they are
still very much doing it. These two sound gospel preachers,
along with their partner, another great man of God, the late
brother J.C. Choate, really got the church going here in New
Delhi. They also helped to spread the gospel all over India
through their extensive Bible correspondence programs, radio
and TV programs, as well as distributing thousands and thou-
sands of sound biblical literature not only to individuals, but
also to different parts of India. Because of their efforts, thou-
sands of people were able to know and obey the truth, with
New Testament congregations being established. We appreci-
ate and respect these men who have played a great role in
spreading the gospel to this country.
I have wanted to have a place where I could start a Bible
Study Centre. My father agreed to let me use his apartment
for this noble work. It is now my residence as well as my
office. Also, it has a small sitting area, which is being used
for conducting Sunday Evening Bible Studies, Personal Bible
Studies, and Bible Seminars. I am trying to advertise through
local newspapers, and I have distributed thousands of leaflets
in the neighborhood. This centre is open to every sector of the
society that would be willing to study the Bible with us.
Our work continues to grow and spread. The Bible cor-
respondence work has been going on well, giving us a good
and a positive response. We are using a new booklet called
the “Seekers”. It has eight basic lessons, and people very
much love this Bible course. It was available in English, but
recently I translated and printed it in our national language,
Hindi. After successfully completing the course, the students
receive a beautiful certificate along with a tract, written by
Vinay David, translating in class for Wayne Orr.
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brother Louis Rushmore, which talks about the church of the
Bible as well as how one can become a part of the Lord’s
church. I was privileged to translate the tract into Hindi. Stu-
dents who are enrolled in this course, and those who have fin-
ished it, are from different parts of India. Just a few days back,
a student came all the way from Punjab to meet me, and to
know more about the truths of the Bible. He is a smart, young,
and educated Sikh boy who is working for a health insurance
company. Brother Francis David and I spent some time with
him, teaching him about the truths of the Bible. We hope and
pray that in coming days he will obey the gospel.
Apart from the Bible courses, we are also making use of
tracts in our evangelistic efforts to reach as many people as
possible. I have translated 10 different titles of English tracts
into Hindi. Apart from being used here in Delhi, these tracts
are used in other areas of North India.
Students attending the 3-day Bible Seminar.
Brother Francis David has translated a ladies’ book called
Daughters of Eve into Hindi. It has been given especially to
those ladies who have finished our Bible course successfully
as a complimentary copy, and they have greatly appreciated
it. I have also mailed many copies of a book written by
brother J.C. Choate, The Gospel of Christ, translated into
Hindi by brother Sunny David.
Our monthly magazine, The Hindi Bible Teacher, has
been running very well. In fact, requests for it keep pouring
in every day, and it is greatly appreciated all over North India
for its sound doctrine as well as for its bold portrayal of the
truths of the Bible. The editor of this magazine is brother
Francis David. For many years he has been faithfully trans-
lating all the articles of the English Bible Teacher into Hindi,
and getting the magazine ready for printing every month.
Continued on page 54
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Busy Days in Bangalore
P.R. Swamy translating for Louis Rushmore study, brother Rushmore and I
in one of the outlying meetings.
Continued from page 51
and brother Louis spoke. Next, we went
to Irulapadu, 10 kilometers from Chi-
lakaluripet and attended their worship,
where brother Louis again preached. We
returned to Chilakaluripet to pick up sister beamed into Sri Lanka and through-
Bonnie before going to Guntur on the
way to Vijayawada. The church meets in
Anil Kumar’s in-laws’ house. By the
time we reached that place, they had fin-
ished their worship and were waiting for
us. Brother Rushmore exhorted them and
prayed for them. Anil stayed back, and
we proceeded to Vijayawada, reaching
our hotel at midnight. We visited four
congregations that day.
On 19th, we flew back to Bangalore,
arriving at 2 p.m. We had lunch at the
Davis Road site, which my wife Saroja
had prepared. I took the Rushmores to an
evening meeting nearby at one member’s
house; they are Telugu people; there were
over 37 people present in a small room
when sister Bonnie couldn’t keep count
anymore because of the coming and go-
ing as well as those outside the doorway
who could not find room to enter.
Brother Rushmore and I shared God’s
Word with them. Next, we proceeded to
another member’s house. This is the
home of brother Sampath Kumar, Deputy
General Manager of a large manufactur-
ing plant. He was out of station with his
wife, but his three children were there.
Another family, Mohanlal, his wife and
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two children came. We had a
fine meeting; they asked Bi-
ble questions that brother
Louis answered. They all
know English so here brother
Rushmore needed no transla-
tor. We returned to Douglas’
home by 10 p.m.
On Wednesday the 21st,
we left at 4:45 a.m. for Co-
lombo, Sri Lanka. We were
received by Lilani Thomas
and taken to her and Harold’s
home. That evening at Bible
spoke to the congregation,
after which there was a fel-
lowship meal. While I visited various
brethren and congregations out from
Colombo, the Rushmores visited the
radio station from which radio pro-
grams in various languages are
Harold and Lilani Thomas, pictured
out Asia. Sunday, the 25th, brother with P.R. Swamy in Colombo, SRi Lanka.
Louis spoke for worship and Bible
class at the congregation in Colombo Brethren, we enjoyed the Rushmo-
where Harold and Lilani Thomas are res’ visit to Bangalore. We used them
members and hard workers. profitably, and they in turn encouraged
About 9 p.m. the same day, the us. They both are good teachers and
Rushmores headed to the airport for an effective tools in the hands of God. !
early morning departure, which after
several hours would see them arrive in
Yangon, Myanmar (Burma), where they P.R. Swamy is the Tamil radio speaker,
both taught in a Bible school for three living and working in Bangalore, Tamil
weeks before returning to the States. Nadu, India.
Evangelistic Efforts from New Delhi, India
Continued from page 53 grounds, and it seems that they are very
From time to time, seminars are close to the truth, and would obey the
conducted at the Bible Study Centre. gospel. After the seminar was over, the
We invite people from North India, es- people who attended took 1,000 tracts
pecially those who have completed our with them to be distributed in their re-
Bible courses, to be a part of these spective villages.
seminars. We just concluded a 3-Day A couple of months back, we con-
Bible Seminar, with people from three verted a Hindu family. The man, Moti
states, i.e., Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, and Chand, and his wife, Reshma, were
Chhattisgarh. Two brothers from Ala- baptized on 14th of August, 2009, and
bama joined brother Francis and me to they are now members of the Lord’s
teach in this seminar. Four of the stu-
dents were from denominational back- Continued on page 57
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J.C. School of Evangelism
Philemon Rajah and Kingsly Rajah
See Philemon Raja!s Tamil TV
program at this “address”:
Christian_living.mpg
“. . . and those who turn many to
righteousness (shall shine) like the
stars forever and ever” (Daniel 12:3).
J.C. School of Evangelism was
started after the vision of brother J.C. to
fulfill the Great Commission of our
Lord Jesus Christ and to honor the
dedicated evangelist, J.C. Choate.
Through this novel method, the team
here in Madurai, along with the guid-
ance of Jerry and Paula Bates, is en-
couraging the members of the congre-
Philemon teaching the men in the J.C.
School of Evangelism.
gations to commit themselves to do the
much needed evangelistic work in their
day-to-day life. Rather than striving
simply to develop preachers, the indi-
vidual Christians — according to the
55
New Testament pattern
— need to work for the
development of the local
church (Acts 8:4;
11:19-21). So with the
burden of this 1st century
example, we have
prayerfully decided to
have special training for
men and women who
desire to learn and work
for the Great Commis-
sion of Christ (Matthew
28:18-20). Now by the
grace of God, due to the
tremendous and dedi- Ladies in their special studies, displaying
new copies of the Tamil translation of
cated involvement by
“Evidence That the Bible Is Trustworthy”,
the students of this J.C.
School of Evangelism written by brother Dick Ady for use in his
here in Madurai city, World English Institute.
we are having invita-
tions from some preachers of other cit- work time (example: One of our stu-
ies that have seen this result. dents who is a tailor shared the Gospel
Our Academic President, Jerry with the people who came to stitch
Bates, with his wife Paula, graciously clothes with her), on the way to and
accepted our vision to train members of from work, while traveling by bus,
the congregations as teachers, and the share auto, or train.
first class of the J.C. School of
Evangelism was started in # 15,050 tracts have been distrib-
March 2008. Every month the uted by the students.
classes are conducted during # 3,920 Bible lessons have been
the 4th week, from Monday to given to the interested contacts.
Friday, and the students are # 3,350 copies of monthly maga-
given field-training on Satur- zines in Tamil and English distrib-
days and Sundays. All the stu- uted by these students, house-to-
dents worked with dedication house and door-to-door.
in the evangelistic fields near # 3 new area Bible studies have
their homes and brought souls been started, due the students’ ef-
to the congregations they at- forts.
tend. Members of six churches # Several house Bible studies
of Christ in Madurai registered have been started by the students.
for the first school, which Student ares concentrating in the
started with 25 students. All of areas near their own homes and
these have been in training for bringing contacts.
the last 18 months, studying # To the glory of God, some 59
how to teach, and practicing what they people have taken baptism by the
have learned. Below are the highlights efforts of the students in these 18
of their field work. . . . months.
These students shared the Gospel at
their family functions, during their Continued on page 58
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Using Mass Media in India
“Let the word of Christ dwell in
you richly in all wisdom . . .” (Colos-
sians 3:16)
We have a great task of carrying
the word of Christ in Tamilnadu, India.
We are very grateful for having fellow-
ship in reaching the lost.
LITERATURE: In 1992 we started
our literature work and published a
monthly Tamil magazine, The Word of
Christ. It was published as a booklet con-
taining four pages at first, but it has be-
come a beautiful book with 28 pages
now. This is because of the timely help of
brother J.C. Choate and sister Betty. In
1996 God gave us an opportunity to meet
the Choates in Bangalore,
and the situation how
brother J.C. helped is still a
good memory to us. It
showed his love for the lit-
erature work. His desires are
being fulfilled even after his
death. We print 2,500 copies
of the magazine, as well as
tracts and books, under the
b a n n e r o f Wo r l d
Evangelism. We receive
hundreds of responses from
readers every month. One
such man is Mr. Rajamani,
who was an inspector of
“The Department Fire Sta-
tions of India” in Trinelveli
district. He read our magazine, came to
know the doctrine and he and his wife
were baptized. Now he is doing God’s
ministry in his village.
We are excited to conduct “Readers’
Seminars” in each of the 32 districts of
our state, enabling us to meet the readers
in every district. In those trips we have
won many souls for Christ. In Veli-
chankudi, Ariyalur District, 54 persons
who belonged to TELC background
obeyed the truth and took baptism.
RADIO: Our radio ministry was
also started with the help of brother J.C.
in 2005. Our Tamil program is broad-
cast over Radio Sri Lanka and is heard
B. Arjunan
throughout Asia. We receive many con-
tacts from India and from some foreign
countries like Dubai, Kuwait, and Sri
Lanka. We follow-up by offering CDs
of the radio messages.
We are glad to say that Hindus and
Muslims, as well as believers in Christ,
hear the programs. One of our listeners,
Mr. Mayandi and his wife Dhanalakshmi,
were recently baptized and added into the
Batlagundu Church of Christ. They had
been listening for the past two years.
Now they live in Erode district with their
two children and do God’s ministry there.
Some of their relatives persecuted them
after they became Christians, yet they live
in Christ happily, introducing our pro-
gram to their neighbors and doing evan-
gelical work in their town. Recently, this
couple led a young widow to Christ. She
was also baptized.
TELEVISION: We thank God for
the freedom of the satellite network in
India. There are many private TV chan-
nels to telecast religious programs
throughout the country. We began our
TV program also with the help of brother
Choate, in 2005. ‘The Word of Christ’
Tamil program is being telecast on two
different channels every week. It is very
useful, especially in reaching denomina-
tional groups. Throughout Tamilnadu we
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receive many contacts and responses.
Eighteen people who are our viewers in
Krishnagiri District took baptism.
ESTABLISHING CHURCHES:
In our gospel trips we gained some
preachers and started congregations in 15
districts. Our concern was seeing con-
gregations, some dying and some falling
into error. We were convinced that it
could be reversed and corrected if we
work together. So we have ‘Preachers’
Family Fellowship Meetings’ every year
for the growth of the congregations.
We are trying to establish congrega-
tions in the rest of the districts. We plan to
have meetings once in three months in our
place. Now and then we are
conducting “Seminars for
Preachers”, Bible studies,
district visits, and preaching
the doctrine in “Mobile
Preachers’ Training School”
by using brother J.C’s books.
On 7th, 8th and 9th of May,
we had “The Second
Preachers’ Family Fellow-
ship”, meeting in Kodaika-
nal Hills for the purpose of
being in the presence of God
and praying like Jesus who
had gone up into a high
mountain apart with Peter,
James, and John. Through
all of these ministries the
truth is being planted, and the harvest is
increasing. We thank God for all.
On September 27th, 28th, 29th, and
30th, we had a gospel meeting and re-
treat in Kodaikanal Hills. Brother Jerry
Bates gave God’s message to the group.
Fifty-four persons gathered for the re-
treat. All enjoyed hearing God’s word in
a wonderful and pleasant environment.
We are unprofitable servants. We
are doing what is our duty to do by
God’s wonderful grace. !
B. Arjunan and his wife, Glory, are a
dedicated team, living in Batlagundu,
India. Arjunan was converted from Hin-
duism as a young man.
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Richard (Dick) Ady
July 21, 2009 marked the beginning of the most exciting
and productive short-term missionary journey in my life. I
landed in Chennai, India just before midnigh, July 23, and was
met at the airport by Prabhu Kumar, his family, and some of his
friends. Their royal welcome was a prelude of things to come.
During the next seven days, Prabhu and I traveled more
than 1,000 miles by night train and by rented car. I preached
for two churches, inaugurated four new “branches” of World
English Institute, spoke at seven WEI graduation ceremonies,
and conferred diplomas upon hundreds of graduating stu-
dents. We rejoiced over the baptisms of thirty-two people in
lakes, rivers, ponds, and canals. Twelve of these new Chris-
tians had come from Hindu backgrounds.
At Wyra, a town about 500 kilometers north of Chennai,
185 students and their teachers met in a church building for
their graduation ceremony. Prabhu interpreted as I spoke and
handed out diplomas. Each of the seven teachers put a gar-
land of flowers around my neck and draped a colorful shawl
around my shoulders. It is customary for people in India to
honor their guests in this fashion. It was a heart-warming,
humbling experience.
Following the graduation ceremony at Wyra, we drove to
a nearby lake, and thirteen graduating students were baptized
into Christ by their teachers. One of them was a journalist
who wrote for a local newspaper.
In Wyra, I saw evidence that Prabhu Kumar’s dream was
coming true. Two years ago, Prabhu was a WEI Internet stu-
dent. When he completed the courses, he shared what he had
learned with twenty-five friends. When they graduated, he
selected the ten best students and asked each of them to teach
Pictured on the left are three generations of WEI
teachers. Prabhu is on the far left. One of his
original students (in white) is standing next to
him. The other six men are his students, all of
whom are now WEI teachers. These six men had
just baptized thirteen of their students in the lake.
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twenty-five of their friends. By using this system of multipli-
cation, Prabhu plans to establish “branches” of WEI in every
state in India by 2014, God being his helper.
Here is an example of 2 Timothy 2:2 in action. Prabhu
taught others to teach others to teach others, and so on. God
is at work in India spreading the Good News about Christ. To
him be the glory. !
Richard (Dick) Ady, [Founder of World English Institute]
1525 NW Division St., Gresham, OR 97030. Tel: 503-661-0348"
Email: weiady@aol.comWebsite: www.weiady.org
Evangelistic Efforts from New Delhi, India
Continued from page 54
church. On the same day, one Hindu young man was also
baptized from the state of Uttar Pradesh. We are very happy
for these people, and we pray that they continue to remain
faithful to the Lord.
I have been thinking to go to Maharajganj, a place in
Uttar Pradesh, to conduct a meeting. A man there has been
receiving our literature for the past so many years. He has
been our radio contact, too, and has completed our Bible
courses from Delhi. He was confused about the subject of
baptism, so I invited him to come here to study together. I
taught him the whole counsel of God, and he obeyed the truth
and was baptized. Since then he has been sharing the gospel
with the people of his village and, as a result of his work,
some people have obeyed the truth. Recently, when he came
for the 3-Day Bible Seminar, he told me that his wife who
was a Hindu has now obeyed the Lord. He has been study-
ing with her for a long time, and I am glad that he was able to
teach the truth to her. A small congregation is now meeting
at his place, and we are so glad about it. I am encouraging
him to keep preaching the truth to others in his village. One
good thing about this man is that he is not receiving any fi-
nancial help from us, but is still preaching the gospel.
Thank you for your encouragement and prayers. May
God continue to bless you all, and may He use us all mightily
for His great work to spread the true New Testament gospel.!
Vinay David!s email address is vinay_david2002@yahoo.co.in
To receive regular reports about
the work in India, call 662-283-1192.
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Jesse Nance, US Marine
A Gift of Honor
Brother Paul Walden, minister for
the Morton (MS) Church of Christ
called to say that the men of the con-
gregation had made a decision: they
wanted to honor one of their own, Jesse
Nance, son of Lisa Dearman, who is
currently serving his country in the Ma-
rine Corps, stationed at Camp Lejeune
in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
What would they do in his honor?
They would give their fifth Sunday
contribution, in his name, for the pur-
chase of Bibles for the people of India!
What a novel and wonderful idea!
Jesse, now 21, obeyed the gospel
at the age of 13 and has been an ex-
emplary young Christian since then.
Going into the military, he was cau-
tioned about the need to associate
with other Christians and to worship
regularly with a faithful congregation
of the Lord’s church. Brother Ed Ca-
trett, an elder in the Roosevelt Chruch
of Christ, has interacted with Chris-
tians at Fort Lajune, and has been
instrumental in involving Jesse in the
activities of that congregation. He
participates in waiting on the Lord’s
table and doing whatever else he is
called on to do.
We are grateful to all concerned
for the spiritual good being done. !

J.C. School of Evangelism

Continued from page 54
To our excitement, one of our students who owned and
ran a motorcycle workshop, kept on attending the classes.
Motivated by the Word of God, he decided himself to close
his shop and now voluntarily works fulltime proclaiming the
gospel. He is working with one of our village congregations
in which he is a member, surrounded by some 10 small vil-
lages and the congregations that were started through our
television program. Now with very little money given by
that local village church, he is sacrificially working and
bringing many souls for Christ. When asked he said, “I have
missed this opportunity for a long time. Though I may suf-
fer now, God will take care of me and my family.”
Out of these 25 students, 15 got diplomas and 10 others
received certificates based on their attendance and perform-
ance. In each and every class, memory verse tests and regu-
lar subject tests were conducted. The students were of the
age from 18 to 75. Whenever there happened to be big de-
nominational open ground meetings, our students were
given Christian handbills and Bible lessons with address
cards to meet all the participants of those meetings. Through
such efforts of the students, many have enrolled in the Bible
correspondence courses and many house Bible studies have
been started. Now for this academic year (October 2009 to
March 2010) of the J.C. School of Evangelism, we have re-
quests from two more places apart from Madurai City to
have such training. We need God’s grace and prayerful sup-
port of the generous saints to continue this much fruitful
(soul winning) project. All the lessons for the past 18 months
have been designed and given by the Bates, and they were
the most suitable lessons to motivate the students for evan-
gelism. !
Please note our website:
www.graciousword.org; Email: petrosbible@yahoo.com

Philemonrajah, along with his son-in-law, Kingslyrajah, works

among Tamil-speaking people in the general area of Madurai,
India, using mass media tools of literature and television,
coupled with a great deal of personal work. This report con-
cerns the “J.C. School of Evangelism”, developed to train
Christians in personal evangelism methods. Philemon and
Kingsly also do extensive work with the blind.
Paula Bates with the ladies.
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From Kakinada, throughout Andhra Pradesh
The work in Kakinada actually
spreads throughout the state of Andhra
Pradesh in southeastern India. Mass
media tools are used for initial teaching
and contact, followed with literature
and personal teaching.
Bible Correspondence Courses:
We have three million, plus, en-
rolled in Bible courses. Most of the
contacts come out of our TV and Radio
programs, both in Telugu and Oriya.
We enroll about 100 a day.
Even though about 250 respond per
day to our programs, we have no means
to enroll all of them. Also each one that
completes the Bible course, either in
Telugu or Oriya, gets a copy of the Bible
in his or her language as gift. We are
placing about 40 Bibles per day in that
many homes through this work. And,
because of our reputation, people all
over Andhra and Orissa know where to
look if they want a copy of the Bible. On
the average, we need 1000 Bibles per
month. Each copy costs only $2.50.
We get reports of at least three bap-
tisms per day from all over this state.
Some travel here to Kakinada to obey
the gospel. Besides my wife, Kabita,
and me, fourteen people work in the
office each day, grading courses, an-
swering mail, and preparing materials
for mailing in response to requests from
listeners to our programs.
Monthly Magazines:
We are running two monthly maga-
zines, one in Telugu and the other in
Oriya. The Telugu magazine goes to
11,000 homes, while Oriya goes to 2,000
homes. There are more than 2,000 people
for each language waiting to get into our
mailing list. The church has a special
mailing peremit for the Telugu magazine,
which reduces the cost of postage.
The Oriya radio program, which
we started recently, is bringing a lot of
contacts from interior Orissa who could
not have otherwise been reached. And
all of them want the Oriya magazine
sent to them. It is now costing $125 per
Joshua Gootam
1,000 copies. We badly need extra
funds for the ORIYA magazine and for
the work in Orissa, one Indian state that
has seen very little evangelism.
The magazines and the many gos-
pel books we print, both in Telugu and
Oriya, are doing a world of good. There
is no one else as far as I know that is
putting valuable Christian literature in
the hands of people in such a concerted
manner as we are. The Voice of Truth
International in Telugu is a wonderful
tool. People do like it very much. For
this we appreciate World Evangelism
for its vision and helping hand in these
radio, TV, and printing works.
Radio & TV Ministry:
Voice of Truth (Satya Vani) Telugu
radio program, beamed from Sri lanka
into India, is now 33-and-a-half years
old! There is no other program like it on
the radio and certainly not for that num-
ber of years. While most of the homes
now have a TV set, there are lots of peo-
ple still hearing and cherishing the truth
being presented on the radio. We
were also happy to produce the ORIYA
RADIO program here and send the CDs
to Sri Lanka. Brother Benjamin Suna
from Orissa is the preacher for Oriya
programs. The denominations don’t
have any thing on the radio in the Oriya
language, so we have a head start. Since
it is forbidden by law to change religion
in Orissa, our contacts generally travel
here to obey the gospel.
Children’s Home:
Our son, Ricky
Gootam, began a chil-
dren’s home here five
years ago, with 10 chil-
dren. There are now 70,
plus. Some are orphans,
some have one parent liv-
ing, and others were from
destitute homes. Their
schooling, food, and lodg-
ing and also clothing are
being provided. They are
being taught about Jesus
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and the Bible each day and are soon go-
ing to become good and well taught chil-
dren. They will be useful tools in the hand
of God a few years from now. Ricky also
runs an old-age home for the very old and
shelterless people. They do not have any
one to look after them, and there are no
government operated homes.
Village Gospel Meetings:
Besides all the above work, Ricky
and I preach in a number of meetings all
over the state. Since both of us are on TV,
a good number of people attend these
meetings and obey the Lord. Thus the
Gootams are stretching their every nerve
to reach this part of India for Christ.
Update on Printing:
Preaching through Revelation,
brother John Stacy’s book which I trans-
lated and printed, after using it in a series
of TV lessons, is going like hot cakes.
Brethren are really excited to have a copy
of it. We may soon have to reprint it.
We have also translated and printed
Richard Ady’s books on evidences, and
we would like to make these into an
advanced correspondence course. Bi-
ble Keys, by J.C., translated into an
Oriya book, has turned out to be a good
one. I received two boxes of Volume 61
of The Voice of Truth International
(the Indian version of the English edi-
tion) from Madurai today. Brother
Philemon has done a very good job.
We deeply appreciate your fellow-
ship and prayers. God bless you. !
A busy office . . .
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To all the Churches of Christ, we
salute you, in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ. This is a small letter to inform
you all from a small congregation from
the City of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Greetings!!
It has been close to two and a half
years since the passing of my beloved
father Reggie Gnanasundaram, and our
beloved spiritual father J.C. Choate.
Picking up from where they left has not
been easy. One of the tasks that’s not
easy for me (Lilani Thomas) is writing
articles. Give me a phone and I can talk
without taking time off to breathe.
But, knowing Betty Choate, as
many of you are aware, is like little
drops of water; she finally got me to
write this article. How can I refuse!
She has been my personal guardian
from the time I opened my eyes after
open heart surgery at the age of six.
It has been a heartrending, edifying,
uplifting and jubilant two years. How
the local brethren have come together!
My husband, Harold, is a great source of
encouragement to all. He started by get-
ting a Bible class going in his work
place. (Harold is manager of a rubber
factory which is making auto exhaust
rubber parts, mainly supplying to a Ger-
man company. This factory is located 27
kilometers from Colombo City.)
It was such a joyful occasion when
his production manager, Kalum
Gamage, rendered obedience to our
Lord, after much studying with Harold.
Together with Kalum, Harold started
another Bible study in the house of an
ardent Catholic family. The husband,
Chandika, is a small-time building con-
tractor. It was an uphill task as Chan-
dika’s house was filled with statues
from the Catholic Church.
From Sri Lanka... Harold and Lilani Thomas
In the meantime, one of our young
men, Ramesh, brought his fiancée,
Iroshani, for Sunday worship and
Wednesday Bible classes. Listening to
Harold teach the basics in Sinhala (a
language in which he has excelled since
two years), Iroshani wanted to be bap-
tized. She is coming from a Buddist/
Catholic home. Ramesh also wanted to
be baptized again as he felt his under-
standing is better now than the time of
his first baptism.
Harold baptized them both. We
were thrilled as all this took place be-
fore they got married. This is a good
start for their married life.
Next came the shocker. Ramesh
wanted Harold the solemnize his mar-
riage to Iroshani. This is a role Harold
fulfilled wonderfully. I was a nervous
wreck. Our senior brethren, Nimal Le-
anage and Trevor Wijesuriya, supported
Harold throughout. Our whole congre-
gation was present. Singing was won-
derful, the church building was deco-
rated beautifully. On the whole it was a Swamy and Philemon Rajah, S. Ra-
beautiful occasion.
During this month of November
Chandika and his wife rendered obedi-
ence to our Lord! They are a young
family with a daughter and a son. It
was such a jubilant occasion when
Chandika and his wife, Sharika, were
baptized. All the members had tears of
joy in their eyes when
Chandika also pub-
licly dedicated his 4-
year old son to the
church to be a
preacher. It took Har-
old and Kalum over a
year to convince es-
pecially Chandika of
the truth about the
one true church that
Christ Jesus shed his
blood on Calvary. Chandika and Sharika, with their two children.
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These last two years have con-
vinced Harold that it is only with much
teaching of the truth that you can genu-
inely bring a soul to Christ, to be a wor-
thy son to our Father in Heaven.
As for me, I am on my toes, mak-
ing sure the radio broadcasts to India
and the far east are on schedule. I am
thankful to J.C. and Betty for entrusting
this great work to me. My sister,
Cynthia, is also of help to me in this
regard. She keeps a tab on all the tapes
and CDs.
My mother, Mahes, comes daily to
the church building to make sure the
garden is looking good. She is our offi-
cial tea maker on Sundays after wor-
ship.
We are thankful for all the support
from our foreign brethren, who have
visited us to encourage us and to re-
charge our batteries. I would like to
name the following brethren: Wayne and
Janet Barrier, Jerry and Paula Bates,
Louis and Bonnie Rushmore, P.R.
janayagam, and D. Aseervadam. We
thank you all for standing with us as one.
As for me and our family, we are
also waiting for Betty Choate.
May the good Lord bless us all as
we march diligently in his service. !
Harold and Lilani Thomas work with the
Lord!s church in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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The Lord’s Church in Viet Nam
Jeremy W. Barrier
Let me begin by making it clear that I am only attempting
to summarize my own efforts in the spread of the Gospel in
Vietnam. While time and space do not allow me to recount all
of the details of the modern history of the church in Vietnam,
there are several individuals and congregations that have been
working to spread the Gospel in this nation for over 40 years.
My hope and prayer is that this brief article will (1) share with
you some information that may encourage you about our ef-
forts to assist the church in Vietnam, and (2) to attract others
who are interested in spreading the Gospel there.
Initial Contacts:
During the latter part of 2007, I (and several others) re-
ceived an email from our Filipino friend and co-worker in the
faith, Luis “Chito” Cusi, about an expedition that he and his
wife, Tess, had taken to Ho Chi Minh City. Upon hearing of
his “survey” trip, I emailed Chito and wrote:
“I received your email concerning Vietnam. It was very
insightful and we appreciate you and Tess and your commit-
ment to the world mission of God. We are also thinking about
Vietnam. We are interested in going there with you to meet
with the church there and consider possibilities for the future
growth of the church. What else do you know of the church
there? Let me know if you are interested in making another
trip. My father [Wayne Barrier] and I would like for me to
possibly visit in June. What are your thoughts?”
Chito responded to my email in a positive manner, and
stated that he wanted to gather more information before our
trip. That summer, June 2008, I, along with Charles Webb, an
elder from Jacks Creek, TN, traveled to Ho Chi Minh City,
where we were greeted by Chito Cusi, along with Ho Van
Minh, preacher and leader for one of the local congregations
in the city. We spent a brief time there speaking with brother
Minh as well as meeting other Christians. In a short time we
met Christians from the Philippines, Singapore, and Laos.
The following day (Sunday), Charles and I split up with Chito
and me worshipping with one of the small groups along with
brother Minh, while Charles went to visit an orphanage and
the congregation that meets at another location.
To complete our trip, we had a congregational meeting and
period of sharing, where leaders from other regions of the
country spoke to us for some time, with many questions and
thoughts on their hearts. We discussed the future of the church
in Vietnam, and entertained several possibilities about what
could be done to help the church. Upon leaving, it was decided
that there would be a concerted effort made by Chito with his
organization, MARCH for Christ, to lead a medical team into
the country to offer medical assistance to any of the Christians
there, as well as their surrounding neighbors. In addition to this,
it became clear that there was a sufficient number of Christians
to justify pushing forward with some kind of leadership and
Bible training that might help the congregations to grow.
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Our best estimates suggest that there are a couple hun-
dred Christians throughout the country, but the unity and or-
ganization are badly damaged due to persistent and continual
negative pressure exerted by the present ruling government.
Therefore, mass communication methods are limited, ruling
out radio or television broadcasts. The best approach is one-
on-one contact and Bible school training programs, patterned
after our work in Myanmar that was initiated in the mid-90’s
through the efforts of the Double Springs, Alabama Church of
Christ. With these plans developed, we moved forward, suc-
cessfully completing our first leadership training session in
December 2008, although experiencing some difficulties
from the government. However, our Filipino teachers and
missionaries, Reuben Emperado and Jun Arcilla, along with
brother Minh, were able to smooth over the difficulties, and
we taught about a dozen people in that first session.
In 2009, we had two more intensive sessions of the Viet-
nam Bible College in June and then October. In these meet-
ings, Reuben and Jun taught the summer sessions in Da Lat,
Vietnam, while Joey Barrier and L.T. Gurganus were able to
travel to Vietnam in October for classes with 16 students. The
work is developing well as we continue to move forward.
We have been in regular contact with several U.S. based
Christians who have been targeting Vietnam for quite some
time. For instance, we have been able to collaborate with
Leonard Blake, missionary to Vietnam off and on since the
1960’s. In addition, T.J. Hughes, Charles Thigpen, Jim
Ridgeway, Gordon Hogan, Don Green, and many others have
been very helpful in offering insights, information, and mak-
ing trips to Vietnam, as we attempt to unite the pre-1975
Christians with the post-1975 Christians to help the church
grow throughout the nation.
Back in the United States, in December of 2008 a small
group of individuals met on the campus of Heritage Christian
University, located in Florence, Alabama, to discuss the work
of Vietnam and what can be done for the future. At this point,
we plan to meet again in January 2010 to analyze what lies
ahead for the church there. We are anticipating two more
meetings of the school in 2010, as well as a medical cam-
paign led by Chito Cusi.
In addition to the resources provided through our over-
seeing congregation, the Church of Christ in Madison, Ala-
bama, funds to help with this work are being provided by
congregations in North Alabama (such as Gravel Hill), Ohio,
and Hawaii. In addition, numerous individuals are helping,
such as Dave Anderson along with a group of veterans of the
U.S. war in Vietnam. There is still much to be done and more
help needed. If you are interested in this work, please contact
me or my brother, Joey Barrier, and we will be very happy to
discuss the work with you more fully. !
Email: jnrbarrier@yahoo.com or joeybarrier@bellsouth.net
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Why Me?
Bonnie Rushmore
As I sat on an airplane enroute to Dallas, TX, the first of four planes
before our arrival in Bangalore, India, I wondered, “Why me?” Why am I
making my second trip half way around the world to teach the Bible to
souls far from home? This trip is not something I dreamed of while a
child, nor is it something I imagined as a young adult. Yet, here I am mak-
ing a six week journey to India, Sri Lanka, and Burma.
Why me? I was reared a “heathen” with no religious training and in a
home with few morals. Furthermore, I grew up with what would be con-
sidered low income. Frequently, the power was disconnected for failure to
pay the electricity bill. The propane tank was empty and not refilled due
to lack of money to purchase more. Clothes were hand-me-downs or
something purchased at a discount store and frequently hand washed in a
tub of water then hung to dry. Travel to another state was a rarity even
though the Ohio state line was ten miles or less from my home. The
thought of flying somewhere was unrealistic and never entertained. So,
why me? Why am I privileged to make this trip?
After marrying my husband in 1973, I moved with him to Michigan
where I was taught the Good News of Jesus Christ and I obeyed the Gos-
pel. For me that decision was easy. I could see the truths written in God’s
Word and I did not have to give up some other doctrine as I had no train-
ing in any religious practice. Shortly after baptism, I began teaching a
children’s Bible Class, learning each lesson for the first time as I prepared
to teach the children. About two years later we moved to Memphis, Ten-
nessee where Louis enrolled in the Memphis School of Preaching, and
thus we began a lifetime of many moves as we worked with congregations
in several states east of the Mississippi River.
Why do I mention all the information in the two preceding para-
graphs? Because it has helped to prepare me for where I am today and for
the answer to my original question.
Why me? I travel half way around the world because Jesus said, “Go
ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto
the end of the world. Amen” (Matthew 28:19,20). Each Christian is com-
manded to teach others the way of salvation. We need to teach our neigh-
bors, our friends, our relatives, our co-workers, our classmates, and all those
to whom we have an occasion to teach. We cannot wait for the opportunity
for them to find us; we must make the opportunity happen.
Why do I go to other countries to teach the Gospel? I go because I
can. Some individuals see the need to teach all humanity the way of salva-
tion, but their circumstances prohibit them from making trips to other
countries. I do not have such restrictions in my life. My husband and I
can work as a team teaching the lost. My children are grown and living
their own lives. My travel is not complicated with health issues. I have
the ability to teach children and ladies, and I must use the talents God has
given me to spread His Word (Matthew 25:14-30).
Due to the generosity of congregations of God’s people and individual
Christians, we have the finances available to make trips to other countries.
These individuals understand that, for some to go, others must send them.
God does not expect anyone to do everything, but he demands that all
Christians do something to spread His Word to a lost, sin-sick world. I go
because God demands it and I can. !
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Tamil News
Don Iverson
On a map of India you can find the city
of Coimbatore, the location for the children’s
home supported through individuals and
congregations of the churches of Christ. Cur-
rently, more than 120 children are in our care.
Almost all of these children (except for rare
exceptions) have lost both of their parents.
Cottages: There are twenty cottages
(240 s.f.) located on the property. In each
dwelling, one house-mother (a faithful Chris-
tian) lives with 6 or more children. Inside, the
children all have their own personal lockers
and bed mats. Three meals per day are
served in our common dining hall.
Bible Training: Teaching our children
how to get to heaven is the number-one prior-
ity at DAL (Deva Anbu Illam, the name of
the orphanage). With regular memory verses,
daily Bible classes and devotionals, and spe-
cial Bible programs, our children have the
surprising ability to call to mind exact details
of Bible stories.
Vocational and Secular Education:
Our children attend local government schools
and receive special evening tutoring classes
on our campus. Adjoining the library, we
have a computer room where we teach spe-
cial classes, including English, to our older
children. Our on-campus garage affords us
the opportunity to teach mechanical skills to
the older boys, who also receive driver edu-
cation classes. Some have been trained as
welders. Four sewing machines have permit-
ted us to teach tailoring skills to many of the
teenage children. Older and more scho-
lastically-minded youngsters can attend col-
lege classes. One young man is studying to
be a lawyer. Others are preparing for tech-
nology jobs. Two young ladies are learning to
be nurses. One young man wants to be a pro-
fessional chef. He is a great help in our
kitchen at DAL. All of the boys will tell you
they intend to be gospel preachers, and they
are given many opportunities to practice.
A second home is being developed at
Tirunelveli. Two acres of property have been
purchased and the first four children have
been taken into a foster home. !
Don Iverson, Banner Elk Church of Christ,
P.O. Box 1413, Banner Elk, NC 28604
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Church Growth in Nepal
Michael E. Brooks
In 1991 Gun Bahadur, a Nepali
preacher in Katmandu met a Tamang
farmer and porter from the Himalayan
mountain district of Dhading who was
visiting the city. This farmer, Sircha,
became interested in Bible study, and
after several sessions was baptized into
Christ. Sircha soon returned to his home
in the village of Lapdung and began
sharing his new faith with others.
A little later, Sircha wrote Gun and
invited him to come to Dhading to help
preach in his home and other nearby
villages. Gun accepted his invitation
and spent a month there. During that
time, these two men were able to plant
churches in about half a dozen villages,
some of which were in the neighboring
district of Rasuwa, baptizing approxi-
mately 500 people.
I was first able to visit this area in
1994, when I went with Gun and Sircha
to Rasuwa for ten days of hiking and
preaching. Our routine was to arrive in
a village in mid-afternoon, preach
through the evening and the next morn-
ing, and then walk two to four hours to
the next place. Though this is consid-
ered a mountain district, well within the
Himalayan range, these villages were
located on relatively modest elevations,
none exceeding 7,000 feet above sea
level. They were quite steep, however,
and the hiking was challenging to a
“flat-land tourist” like me.
On subsequent visits I have gone
into Dhading district also and visited
the original congregation at Lapdung as
well as many others. Reception to our
visits and preaching have always been
extremely positive. There are now over
20 congregations in those two districts,
many with permanent buildings of
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stone and tin. Some have up to 100 or lish the Gongabu Church in the northern
more members. Sircha now lives in outskirts of Katmandu.
Rasuwa district but continues to visit This growth of New Testament
and work among churches throughout Christianity among the Tamang people
both districts. In addition to him, a of Nepal is illustrative of the history of
number of faithful Tamang men have the Church in Nepal over the past 30
served these churches as evangelists plus years. Similar growth has occurred
and leaders, including Bir Bahadur Ta- in the Katmandu Valley, in extreme
mang, Mencha Tamang, Sarki Lama, southeastern Nepal, in the Chitwan area
Che Wan Tamang and many others. of south-central Nepal, and elsewhere.
The Tamangs are an ethnic group It is difficult to estimate the total number
located primarily in these mountain of churches of Christ in this former
districts, but in recent years they have Hindu kingdom, but there are at least
begun to relocate in several different 150 at the present time. Though this is
areas of Nepal. A number of Chris- exciting progress, it illustrates the great
tians have made such moves, and need for our efforts in Nepal. Almost 90
have established faithful congrega- percent of the population of about 30
tions of the Lord’s Church wherever million people profess Hinduism. Most
they have settled. One such congre- of the remainder are Buddhists, animists,
gation is the Kathitok church in Muslim, or denominational. Many are
Tanahu district, with about 100 mem- open to a presentation of the Gospel.
bers and a good stone building, which Let us “therefore pray the Lord of the
generous Americans helped to fi- harvest to send out laborers into His
nance. At least two other smaller con- harvest” (Matthew 9:38). !
gregations have been established
among the Tamang people in Tanahu. Mike Brooks: mikeebrooks@yahoo.com
Many Tamangs
are now coming into
the Katmandu Val-
ley to take advan-
tage of job and edu-
cational opportuni-
ties. Again, some of
those are Christians
who have estab-
lished congregations
in the localities
where they have
settled. Shu Bahadur
Tamang and Harka-
man Tamang are
among those who
have helped estab- The Kothitok Church of Christ in Tanahu district, Nepal.
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The Explosion of the Gospel
in Borneo
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We were already half an hour late
when we arrived at Mr. Gani’s house in
Kg. Sabal Kruin at 7:30 p.m. on Satur-
day, 29-9-2007. I walked up the wood-
en stairs that led into his house. Wait-
ing there, ready to hear the preaching of
the gospel, was a crowd of about 30
people. They had squeezed into the
small living room, leaving a section to
be occupied by our party. Mr. Gani, the
local Anglican church leader, apolo-
gized for the small space. There was
no necessity at all for him to do so. He
had already done so much for us.
There was a sense of excitement in me.
After introducing the members of our
group, I launched into the lesson. The
people listened attentively as I taught
on sin, salvation, and the church. They
participated in the lesson, nodding their
heads in comprehension, answering at
the pause which followed each ques-
tion. The time passed quickly and the
meeting came to an end. Two hours
had passed. Anja, the wife of Mr. Gani,
had prepared food, and this was soon
served. We were thankful for the gra-
cious hospitality of our hosts.
The following morning, the people
would not be able to join us for worship
as they would be jointly involved in a
community padi-planting effort. We
left the place with a feeling of happi-
ness. All of us felt that we had done as
well as we could. It was left to God to
give the increase.
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Mr. Gani was very contemplative
after the lesson. There were many
things he had to consider. He had been
an Anglican for many years. If he be-
came a Christian, he would have to
give up his ‘lesen’ (licentiate?) and the
motorvan also. Those who converted
would also no longer have use of the
Thomas Koh
Anglican cemetery. His decision would
have far-reaching consequences for
those in the village who looked up to
him for spiritual leadership. While Mr.
Gani and others contemplated, one per-
son at least had made up her mind to be
baptized.
Mr. Gani’s wife, Anja, was no or-
dinary lady. When I first met her (on
Saturday night 4-9-2007) at brother
Lim’s house, I had come away im-
pressed by her faith and single-
mindedness to obey God. This time, in
her own house and in her heart, the
seed of God’s word had found good
soil. The following morning on 30-9-
2007, Anja joined us for worship in Kg.
Sabal Tapang. When the invitation was
extended, she raised her hand in re-
sponse. After that we joyfully pro-
ceeded down to the river. There, Anja
confessed Jesus Christ as her Lord and
Saviour and was baptized in the chilly
waters of the river for the remission of
her sins.
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It was Saturday evening 27 Octo-
ber 2007, and about 50 people were
gathered in Mr. Gani’s yet uncompleted
storehouse, waiting to hear the preach-
ing of the gospel. Earlier in the after-
noon, we had been told by brother Lim
when we arrived at his house that sister
Corlina had a list of names of those
people from Kg. Sabal Kruin who
wished to be baptized. There were ten
names on the list. I felt happy and
knew that sister Anja had been busy
working for the Lord. It was time for
the meeting to start. Mr. Gani stood to
address the people. He bid them give
attention to the message that was to be
preached and to respond as their heart
dictated. And then the lesson began.
Half an hour passed, then an hour, then
an hour and a half. The people sat
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rooted in attention, listening to the Bi-
ble teaching on sin and salvation.
Some of the ladies then asked ques-
tions. We answered. Everyone was
satisfied. The people were then asked
to think over the things that had been
taught that night and if they wished to
be baptized, to be present the next
morning at 8.00 a.m. We left Kg. Sabal
Kruin at about 11.00 p.m. that night.
We felt a sense of excitement. Word
had come to us that two very elderly
women who had sat there listening at-
tentively had expressed their wish to be
baptized. What wonderful news! We
could hardly wait for morning.
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It was the 28th of October 2007,
and it was the Lord’s Day. We woke up
to a bright and cheerful morning in Kg.
Sabal Tapang. There was a sense of
excitement in us, just thinking of what
lay in store that beautiful morning. Our
brethren had tilled the ground, planted
the seed, and watered the soil. And
now God was going to give the in-
crease. The people were already gath-
ered in Mr. Gani’s storehouse when we
arrived. Greetings were exchanged.
We then made our way to the riverbank
that stood just 50 metres away from the
house. The river was about 15 to 20
feet below the level of the riverbank. I
climbed down the steep, slippery slope
that led to the river below. Some of
those who were to be baptized climbed
down also. The rest stood on the bank
to witness the event. Mr. Gani was
busy ensuring that things proceeded
smoothly and had also climbed down to
the edge of the river.
When all was ready, Mr. Gani him-
self requested that he be baptized.
What a surprise and what a joy Mr.
Gani’s decision brought to all present!
Continued on page 65
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The Gospel in Borneo . . .
Continued from page 64
None of our party knew that Gani
would obey the Lord that morning. We
thought there were still some problems
that he wanted to take care of before
accepting the Lord! We were glad for
his decision. We quickly got down to
the business at hand. “Do you believe
that Jesus Christ is the Son of God?”
asked Thomas in the Iban language. “I
do,” replied Gani. “Do you take Him
as your Lord and your Saviour?” asked
Thomas. “I am willing,” answered Gani.
And, with that, Gani ak Lindang was
baptized into Christ. As he emerged
from the water, the villagers broke into
applause.
There was more joy to come. Cha-
rang ak Mumbang, aged 83 years, had
heard the gospel the night before and her
heart had opened. It was her turn to be
baptized. After that came Bundan ak
Jangok, aged 77 years. He, too, was
baptized. After that it was the turn of
Tera ak Bundan, an 85-year old woman.
She was followed by another elderly
woman, Megit ak Juing, an octogenar-
ian. Following that, Benang ak Engku-
jat, a woman in her sixties was baptized.
She was followed by Samban ak Kaya,
who was also in her sixties. It was in-
deed a special occasion, seeing the older
persons in the village rendering obedi-
ence to Christ the Lord. It appeared to
me that the older folks were given def-
erence to be baptized first.
It was now the turn of the younger
people. John ak Ganyon, a 42-year old
man, came forward to obey the Lord.
He was followed by Jenau ak Ganyon,
aged 38 years. Then came Anthony ak
Bundan, aged 41 years. Next was Jef-
frey ak Achoi, aged 22 years. He was
followed by Rayley ak Joan, aged 17
years. Then came Nicholas ak Jugah,
aged 17 years, and after that Rammy ak
Joan, aged 13 years.
By this time, it was becoming joy-
fully evident to us that the number of
people to be baptized was going to far
exceed the dozen or so that we had ex-
pected. By our experience, it was usu-
ally the case that in any meeting it
would be the women who would re-
spond first to the gospel. At this point
of time, however, only the elderly folks
had been baptized. The younger women
were still waiting their turn. The excite-
ment was again building up in me.
“How many people in all are going to
be baptized?” I wondered.
After the men and youth had been
baptized, it was the turn of the younger
women to be baptized. Adot ak Nga-
ran, aged 55 years came forward and
was immersed. After that Timah ak
Ngaran, aged 45 years was baptized
into the Lord. Then it was the turn of
Mendu ak Mundan, aged 37 years. She
was followed by Ina ak Indon, aged 30
years. Following that came Sindok ak
Jana, aged 20 years, Jata ak Mangai,
aged 36 years, Mary ak Saying, aged
32 years, Anita ak Abang, aged 42
years, Perry ak Achoi, aged 29 years,
Rose ak Hussin, aged 15 years, Caro-
line ak John, aged 17 years, Liana ak
Senorin, aged 13 years, Catherine ak
Nanta, 31 years, and Senorin ak Lan-
yau, aged 13 years.
All together, 28 persons had re-
sponded to the gospel call! What a har-
vest of souls to the glory of God! The
Lord’s church had sprung up in Kg.
Members and children in the growing congregation.
65
Sabal Kruin! The members range in
age from the very old to those still in
their teens. Some had never attended
any church before. Others had been
members of various denominations.
All had been moved by the preaching
of God’s word. To God be the glory!!
After the excitement of the bap-
tisms, it was time to sit down to wor-
ship the Lord. We all gathered to sing
hymns in praise of God and Jesus.
This was the first time that some of
our brethren were singing the hymns.
Tears welled up in the eyes of some
when the song ‘Tu Meh Dunya Apai’
(‘This Is My Father’s World’) was
sung. Brother Julian Baja then led the
congregation in prayer before partak-
ing of the bread and the fruit of the
vine. Then followed a sermon based
on Colossians 3:1 to 4:6. After the
lesson, announcements were made,
followed by a closing prayer in Iban
by brother Lim Thaw Tong. With the
meeting at an end, we all continued in
the very pleasant company of our new
brethren. Too soon, the time came for
us to say goodbye. It would be an-
other month before I would have the
privilege of meeting again with the
brethren in Kg. Sabal Tapang and Kg.
Sabal Kruin. I am looking forward to
the trip. !
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Bor ne o
East Ma l ay s ia
Wayne Barrier

An exciting story of growth in the Lord’s church was

reported by brother Thomas Koh in the previous article
about Borneo. The current mission evangelism program
for that area of the world, sponsored by the Double
Springs, Alabama,congregation and supported primarily by
the Pine Hill and Austinville, Alabama congregations, has
experienced much success over the past 2-3 years. Tho-
mas, our co-worker and evangelist living in Kuching,
Sarawak, has reported over 290 baptisms in a very diffi-
cult area since January 2007. Working with brother Ong
from West Malaysia, Thomas has developed an effective
campaign/gospel meeting program that is reaching Bor-
neo’s Ibani population. This ethnic group is an indigenous
tribe, living primarily in the Sarawak state. Borneo is a
part of East Malaysia, which is a Muslim nation. On
August 29, 30 of this year, 34 were baptized as a result of
intensive teaching and preaching by Thomas and Ong.
Brother Thomas Koh has worked with Double Springs
22 of the 34 baptisms on Aug. 29-30, 2009 af-
over the past 13 years in a program that includes three com-
ponents. First, Borneo Bible School was formed to offer ter a seminar at Sabal Aping.
Bible correspondence courses. Advertisements for these dreds of students are enrolled each year. Each student is pro-
courses are published in two national newspapers, and hun- vided literature that offers guidance for studying the Bible.
Next, personal follow-up is provided for students
who express interest in more in-depth study. Cam-
paigns, meetings, Bible school seminars, and personal
Bible studies are used to finalize the teaching process.

Finally, training is offered to new Christians to

The congregation of Sabal Aping after the
22 baptisms. There are now 25 members.
encourage growth, development, and involvement in
local evangelism and teaching. Thomas and his co-
workers provide teaching that helps form stable and
active new congregations. Several local brethren
have developed to become dependable members of
the team.
The Borneo work involves efforts in other states,
with help from a team of Singapore brethren. Ameri-
can brethren visit 1-2 times each year and help with
planning, support, and teaching. Bible correspon-
dence course students come from many states and
cities of Borneo, and literature has been distributed on
this island for over 20 years through the World Evan-
gelism literature program. !
Janet and Wayne Barrier of Florence, AL, part of the
World Evangelism team, can be reached at email:
wbarrier@hiwaay.net
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It was not a dream but a dreary and gloomy time of

despair on which all things dragged as the cyclone (called
Nargis) hit the delta area and Yangon on the second day of
May, 2008. It took many lives (nearly 200,000), destroyed
many things, and left many people homeless and helpless.
Such kinds of disaster are not new to many people, but it was
truly new to me and the people here in our country. It was
said that this had happened once before, a century ago.
The delta area was swept away on that day about three
o’clock (local time) in the afternoon and the cyclone reached
Yangon about 10:00 p.m., and it continued until the next day
about noon. As a consequence, all the roads were blocked by
fallen trees for two or three days, electric power and all com-
munication media were destroyed, and there was no pure wa-
ter to drink. What a tragedy. We brethren could not visit each

Dark Yesterdays into Bright Tomorrows

Philip Van Biak Lian

other for days. As soon as public cars were available, we (with

brother Sian Thang) visited them and found that they were
safe, though their house roofs (tin) were gone and destroyed.
We could not help, but we just prayed and encouraged them.
It was not long before that dark hour turned to light through
the kind helping hand that came from brethren in America and
other countries. Generous funds were collected through the
Liberty Church of Christ — World Evangelism — and brother
Wayne Barrier’s sponsoring church, Double Springs. Physical
help came through brother Chito and his MARCH team in the
Philippines. As soon as he arrived, we visited all the families of
the brethren and helped repair the houses. That gave us great
comfort and strength. Moreover, we started doing the relief
work to open up the door for the Gospel under his guidance.
On one occasion as we were distributing some food, we sang a
song of “Jesus loves me, this I know” to people who were wait-
ing for a package of rice, dile and dry fish. The people remem- A huge tree fell on the grounds of the Bible Col-
bered that very well and today when I visit them, they tell about lege. Joey Barrier and Philip Van Biak Lian are
our singing and words of love and care, again and again. shown in the clean-up work.
To clean up our school compound and cut down all the
trees that fell, the “March for Christ” group from the Philip- Brother Chito Cusi and his group from the Philippines
pines bought us a chain saw, but we did not know how to use came several times and did medical missions as well as relief
it. Meantime, Joey and Jeremy, brother Wayne Barrier’s sons, work in several areas, which resulted in planting churches.
came to help us though it was difficult for them to get visas. If Since we are few in number to do this great work, brother
there was not love and concern about the people here, they Hnin Mg from Tamu township, Saging Division was invited,
would not have ventured to come in such a troubled time. and he is currently staying in Than Lyin, near Yangon. He is
They showed us how to use the chain saw and cut down a big one of the most evangelistic persons, and the church is grow-
tree that fell at the front of our school and blocked our way. ing and meeting at his rented house; about 20-30 people
Another concerned brother from America, Daniel Hamm, gather every Sunday. How bright is the light of the Gospel!
and his friend, James Mack, also came and did relief work in Further, brother Bill McDonough came along and con-
such an intense time, and they conducted a two-week long tinued the work in Laputta in the delta area and extended the
Bible study that resulted in saving four souls, which was the workplace. We have been making several trips there to pro-
beginning of converting people to Christ through relief work vide food and to help them rebuild. One time we took the life
and teaching. Continued on page 68
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Dark Yesterdays into Bright Tomorrows
Winsome Vertannes handing out tarps to things can be
people whose homes were destroyed.
Continued from page 67
of Jesus VCD and showed to all the vil-
lages that we have been helping, and they
recognized us as “Jesus Christ’s group”.
The more we went there and tried to per-
suade the people to obey God, the Bud-
dhists did the same by sending some
monks to those villages to keep people
from becoming Christians. So we de-
cided to invite two persons from each
village to Yangon and have a seminar.
We did that on 21 to 26 of September this
year with brother Bill McDonough. That
effort resulted in 13 souls being saved and those things, God was opportunities to teach God!s word to old and young.
the seed of the kingdom has been sown in
new places where the pure seed of the
Gospel has never been sown before.
Since the church has started in seven new
places, we are concerned for their faith-
fulness to the Lord and plan to visit and
send some brethren as often as possible to
do follow-up work, which requires more
effort still.
During all this time the people in
Rakhine State and Chin State were starv-
ing because of rat infestation. The rats ate God never prom-
up all the crops and plants. History tells
us that this plague happens when the
bamboo blossoms and gives fruit, and
once it happens, it continues for three
years. Because of this disaster, some of
our brethren were forced to leave their
places to find food. So, we, the church in
Yangon, gave some help to the brethren
in Rakhine, but our help was so little and
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lasted only for a few days. There- will seem greater than we can bear, and
fore, help was sought from the we may be tempted to give up. But at
brotherhood, and was given. The the same time, God promises not to for-
aid was taken and distributed to sake us and leave us (Hebrews 13:5),
the people by the brethren who and He will not allow temptations to
are leading in those places. So come on us that we cannot bear, but He
many good things and great com- will make a way of escape. In Romans
fort have occurred in all places 8:28, we know that all things will work
where the aid reached. The breth- together for our good to those who love
ren received the aid with tears God. Weeping may last for a night, but
flooding their eyes and ceased not joy comes in the morning (Psalm 30:5).
expressing their gratitude and That morning is dawn when we trust
glory to God. We can never God and His promises and commit our
know how great
done when the
brethren join
hands in putting our little
means together. By this
effort of concern and
love, the territory of the
kingdom of God is being
expanded in our country,
and many have opportu-
nity to hear the Gospel
for the first time in their
lives.
Though there were
problems and disap-
pointments in doing all The good that comes from catastrophe:
with us through it all,
and made it for our good by turning the lives fully to Him, and then eventually
day of darkness into light as all the we will enter into our eternal abode
Christians in the world work together as where there is no night. !
commanded in 1
Corinthians
16:1,2, and in
obedience to
what Jesus said
in Matthew
25:34-46. As
ised His follow-
ers to keep them
from troubles,
problems, and
difficulties, we
will face many
problems from
time to time. A new congregation at Chaung Tha Beach,
Some problems resulting from the work done because of the cyclone.
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A product of the radio program, this
man’s name is Yoshua and his age is 36
years. He has been studying with me for
a year using WEI materials at my house
before we rented the ruko. As we con-
tinued to study, he attended the worship
services. About 5 months ago he brought
a young lady named Damilia with him
who will become his wife next month.
She also studied with me and both de-
cided to be baptized on the 15th of No-
vember, 2009. We know you also rejoice
with the angels of Heaven. Praise God.
Living Conditions
for the Garbage Man
The first time I met the garbage
man’s family, they were stopped at the
alley way leading into their little make-
shift “village”. One of his children slept
in the garbage cart while he repaired
one of the wheels. His wife was watch-
ing him and also watching the other
children playing nearby.
The next morning I met them at
their house. The house is very small and
measures about 8 by 12 feet in size.
They have electricity but only up to 100
watts maximum usage and it costs them
$3 a month. The room has no windows,
little sunlight, and the smell is awful;
nevertheless, two children were sleeping
there when I en-
tered.
Their neigh-
borhood consists
of about 20
families, all liv-
ing under similar
circumstances
and all sharing
the same com-
munal toilet
which isn’t large
enough for all of
them, making it
Indonesia
Steve Cate
necessary for some to go to the river to
relieve themselves and bathe.
All of the houses are small, with
dirt floors and garbage collected from
the streets, and garbage dumps fill the
space between the shacks. A day’s col-
lection of plastic and other recyclable
materials will yield, on a good day, be-
tween $1 and $2.
Cooking is often done outside on
the ground. The family sleeps on a very
smelly kapok mattress on the dirt floor
of the shack. When I visited them, they
borrowed from their neighbor a small
piece of carpet for us to sit on. There
were no chairs.
They usually leave their house with
their children about 8 in the morning
and sometimes search for recyclable
material as far as 10 miles away. While
the parents look through the local pub-
lic dump areas, the children will look in
the garbage cans of the people living in
that section of the city.
Few, if any, of these garbage family
children attend public school which, even
though “free”, can still be expensive in
Indonesia. Uniforms have to be pur-
chased along with school supplies, and
teachers’ salaries have to be subsidized.
This man’s 11-year old daughter is now
in school, thanks to the generosity of oth-
ers, but his other children are not.
As you can imagine, living in all
this garbage can result in health prob-
lems. Skin rashes and infections are
common. Tu-
berculosis,
worm diseases,
and other more
serious health
problems are a
constant threat.
This particular
family of five
divides 4 cups
of rice between
them and eats
only once a day.
If there is a day
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when they cannot forage, then they do
not eat that day. Such is the life of the
poorest of the poor in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Almost everything you see in the
photo is scavenged from the dump. Un-
derneath the floor coverings is dirt. It will
be difficult to stay dry inside when the
monsoon rains come. The ground will
become so saturated that water will come
up through the floor covering. The wind
will blow rain in through the walls.
Flooding is a major problem in many
sections of Jakarta. I remember spending
a large part of one day sitting on the back
of a teak wood pew with my feet on the
seat of the pew and the water lapping
around my feet. This was the highest
floor in our house. When I went back to
the bedroom, water was up to my chest.
Thankfully, we had lost our electrical
power that day. If this happens in one of
the finest neighborhoods of the city, what
happens to the poorest of the poor in the
least desirable neighborhoods?
1. Because of the economic down-
turn, there are more people searching
through the garbage dumps of Jakarta,
looking for recyclables, than in good
times, making it harder for the poorest
of the poor to feed themselves.
2. Some government assistance is
available for these poorest of the poor,
but an ID card is necessary in order to
apply for it. After buying food for the
family, most do not have money left
over to apply for an ID card.
3. There is probably some fear in
making application, too, fear of being
forced out of the city or into some insti-
tution.
We feed children. Your $15 dona-
tion will feed one child one meal a
day for 30 days. Will you miss the
money? Really? !
Steve Cate: Email: scate@neb.rr.com
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Mission Work in Cuba —

Not in the Pacific, but in our own Western Hemisphere
Robert Shelton

Cuba is an island in the Caribbean about 90 miles south ple, on the back of the
of Miami, Florida It is 745 miles long and 22 to 125 miles house and covered it
wide. It has a population of 11,000,000. The capitol is Ha- with a canopy. There
vana, with a population of 2,800,000. is an eight-foot tall
About 49% of Cubans are Catholic, 49% Secular and 2% wall around the prop-
Protestant. The most prominent of the Protestant churches erty so there is no
are: Methodists, Presbyterians, Holiness, Jehovah’s Wit- outside interference.
nesses, 7th Day Adventists, and Baptists. Less than 1% of the The church in
Catholics attend Mass on a regular basis. Less that 5% of the Matanzas is a work-
Cubans attend any kind of church service. That is the lowest ing congregation. In
percentage of any country in the Western Hemisphere. the last two or three
Fidel Castro became the president of Cuba in January years they have
1959. At that time there were about 60 congregations of the started 19 other con-
Lord’s church, with about 3,000 members. After Mr. Castro gregations in the
came to power, a ban was placed on Christianity and atheism province. They pro- Robert Shelton baptizing
became the national religion. The Christians had to worship vide the preaching a leading Cuban physician.
secretly, and if they were caught worshipping they could be put for these congrega-
in jail, lose their jobs, or be punished in other ways. By 1993, tions each Sunday. They also visit those members regularly.
there were eight to twelve congregations still meeting, with Wendell Agee, formally of the Clinton congregation, and
about 300 members. In 1993, this ban was lifted. Paul Walden of Brandon, Mississippi, are also a part of this
In April and May of 1993, 12 Americans and 5 Jamaicans work. They go to different locations in Cuba each time. There
went into Cuba for the first religious campaign to take place are a number of other congregations also working in Cuba.
in that country since 1959. The American brethren came The work of Agee, Walden, and myself has resulted in the
from Alabama, Texas, Missouri, West Virginia, Tennessee, baptism of 1,960 souls in Cuba. Most of those baptized have
and Mississippi. We had no idea what to expect when we remained faithful. There are now about 140 congregations
arrived. Would the Cubans accept us as Americans or reject and 4,000 to 5,000 members in that country.
us? We found the friendliest, most loving, most accepting To go to Cuba, you must have a license from our State
people you could meet anywhere. Department. Without it you are subject to fine and/or jail. To
Upon arriving in Cuba, we were divided into groups of do any religious work when you get to Cuba, you must have a
two or three and sent to different locations. Brad Blair and I religious visa from that country.
went to the city of Matanzas, which has a population of about Please pray for this work to continue so that many more
170,000. The church there had about 20 or 30 members that souls may be saved in that country. !
met each Sunday in the preacher’s living room. During the
two weeks we were there, we baptized 22 people. The cam- Robert Shelton is an elder in the Clinton, MS Church of Christ.
paign team as a whole baptized 93.
The church in Clinton, Mississippi, where I preached at
that time (I am now semi-retired and serve as an elder in that
congregation), began supporting the preacher in Matanzas.
At the time we took on that work, we made the decision to
visit there at least two times each year. Since his death, we
still go at least one time per year and give the church some
financial support. Each time we go, we spend two weeks do-
ing campaign work. I have now made 26 trips to Matanzas.
During these 26 trips, there have been 750 baptisms.
Obviously, the preacher’s living room cannot hold all the
members now. It is illegal to build a church building in Cuba, but
you can build a house for the preacher and make it big enough
for the church to meet in. A piece of land was purchased and a
house was built on it. Because of the climate there, they need no A portion of the Matanzas congregation
heat. They built a huge patio, large enough to seat 300-400 peo- on a Sunday morning in March 2009.
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Passing the Gospel on

Through Training Others
Robert Martin

Matthew 28:19,20: Students would take classroom courses, video courses (now
“Go therefore and DVD courses), and if necessary, correspondence courses.
make disciples of all With the help of the Fairview congregation, one of our
the nations, baptizing faithful supporting congregations in Stockbridge, Georgia, we
them in the name of secured a large office area. We designed and built our own
the Father and of the film studio, editing department and a bulk storage area for
Son and of the Holy materials. We have come a long way in the past thirteen
Spirit, teaching them years. We can see what a great impact this college is making
to observe all things on the spiritual and numerical growth of the Lord’s church
that I have com- throughout the Pacific Islands.
manded you; and lo, I In 13 years, Pacific Islands Bible College has really
am with you always, grown. We thank the Lord for so many brethren in the States
even to the end of the age. Amen.” Our Lord’s command to who have assisted us in bringing the college to where it is
His followers is to “Evangelize, Edify, and Equip”, to en- today. Many congregations not only allow their preacher the
sure that the good news will continue to go into all the world; time out of the home pulpit, but they provide travel funds to
He has no other plan. Thirty-six years ago when we em- enable him to teach in the college. Because of the great
barked on our work for the Lord in the Pacific Islands, in Continued on page 74
1972, we believed in the importance of the 3 E’s in mission
work: Evangelizing, Edifying, and Equipping.
What a challenge and opportunity we have in the Pacific
Islands. It is the largest area of the world that the Lord has cre-
ated. There are 22 countries, 30,000 islands, and over 6 million
people. In the Pacific we are active in evangelizing, but also
really emphasizing the need for edifying and equipping those
that are baptized. We do that in many ways: Sunday and
Wednesday Bible classes, worship sermons, and workshops.
When we lived in Fiji we operated the School of Biblical
Training, and the same when we lived in American Samoa and
the Northern Mariana Islands. These schools added to and
more adequately met the needs locally in those countries. In
these training schools we brought Christians together weekly
for teaching and training.
Because the Lord’s church was spreading throughout the
Pacific Islands, I started talking to older, mature brethren in
many of the countries of the area. I could see that there was a
great need for edifying and equipping more Christians. From
this came a dream for a school that would encompass the en-
tire Pacific, one that would not take the students from the
country where they lived. It would not require putting people
on U.S. financial support, and it would not limit the number
of students we could edify and equip. Pacific Islands Bible
College is the fruition of that dream.
There was much discussion about how we wanted to set
up the school, praying, preparing with our Pacific Islands
brethren, our elders at the Forest Park congregation in At-
lanta, and our mission team. In April 1996, we launched the
school. In order to accomplish the most, we designed this Stacy Ferguson, with his translator,
school so that the instructors would be carried to the students. in a training session.
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The
Chinese
Dragon
Wakes up
When WWII was over in 1945, the
Japanese were forced to leave China
territory after U.S.A. dropped atomic
bombs on the Japanese cities of Hi-
roshima and Nagasaki. Then the people
of China no longer suffered the torture
of Japanese soldiers. Mao Zedong be-
came the first chairman of the People’s
Republic of China in 1949. After the
world war was over, China immediately
faced the civil war between National
Party and Communist Party. Both par-
ties fought each other and many inno-
cent people were killed during this civil
war. In 1954 the Communist Party de-
feated the National Party and forced all
Nationalists to move to Taiwan. China
has not had any war in her own territory
since 1954. Of course, China was still
involved in several wars, such as Viet-
nam, Korean, and others after the Com-
munist Party controlled the country, but
those were not fought in Chinese terri-
tory.
After Chairman Mao controlled
China, the living of Chinese people had
not totally changed. Many people were
starved to death. Between 1966 and
1976, Mao Zedong launched the Great
Proletarian Cultural Revolution. It was
also called “Chinese Cultural Revolu-
tion”. This upheaval created nation-
wide chaos and economic disarray.
Most of the educated people were
blamed as the cause of the disorder in
the economy. During these ten years of
the Cultural Revolution, thousands of
thousands of people disappeared from
the earth. Some were killed, and others
were forced to work in no man’s land.
They probably died there and never
returned to their hometowns. Because
of the happening of the Cultural Revo-
lution, many Chinese migrated to other
countries.
During the regime of Mao Zedong,
China was isolated by many countries.
In addition, many religious buildings or
temples were shut down. He did not
allow his people to believe any god, es-
pecially the members of Communist
Party. According to the doctrine of
Marxism, gods do not exist. That was
the reason when Chairman Mao ruled
the whole of China, he caused many
people to be atheists. But on the other
hand, many people put Mao Zedong’s
picture in their house or car. They
treated him like a god. It was ridiculous.
Between 1954 and 1976, many schools,
which were established by missionaries
and churches, were taken away by the
Chinese government. If some religious
people wanted to keep the Bible in their
houses, they would risk their lives.
Mao Zedong died on September 9,
1976. Then Deng Xiaoping became his
successor. In fact, when Chairman Mao
ruled China, Deng Xiaoping was perse-
cuted by Mao’s soldiers, too. One of
Deng Xiaoping’s children became a dis-
abled man because of Mao’s persecu-
tion. After Mao Zedong died, his close
fellowmen were forced to step down or
were put in jail.
From 1979 to 1997, it was the re-
gime of Deng Xiaoping. Chairman Deng
had a great vision of his own country.
He knew that in order to improve his
country’s economy, the Chinese govern-
ment needed to establish a good relation-
ship with western countries. In 1979,
after Deng Xiaoping became the chair-
man of the People’s Republic of China,
he went to U.S.A. to have a short visit.
After that the economic door was gradu-
ally open for foreign investors to invest
money in China.
Since the economic reform was
launched by Deng Xiaoping in 1978, the
living of Chinese people has been im-
proved tremendously. China has achieved
great economic development in the last
three decades. The total factor productiv-
ity (TFP) grows progressively every year.
The gross domestic product (GDP) has
been over 7.8% every year since 1995.
Even though the global economic crisis
occurred between the late 2008 and the
beginning of 2009, it did not affect the
Chinese economy enormously.
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Because of the economic reform,
the Chinese people can have more free-
dom than before. They can travel to
different countries or Chinese cities
without any restriction. They also can
believe different religions if they want
to. This economic reform has produced
many opportunities for Chinese people
to know more about western countries.
In 1992, the Chinese economic door was
totally opened, and many people from
different countries poured into China.
While they worked and lived in China,
they also brought their religions with
them. Today, many Chinese have more
freedom to believe different religions.
A former senior foreign correspon-
dent for Time magazine, David Aikman,
who wrote a book, Jesus in Beijing, said
that there were over 80 million Christians
in China in 2005. According to the popu-
lation of China in 2005, it would be 6.1%
of the total population. But in 2009, the
number of Christians had increased to
100 million, based on Time Online
magazine’s information. That means
from 2005 to 2009 the number of Chi-
nese Christians has increased 25%. It is
great news for all Christians.
Today, some church members from
all over the world live in mainland China.
They are hired to work in China by their
home companies. Some are hired by
Chinese schools to be English teachers.
No matter through what kind of channels
they get into China, it gives them oppor-
tunity to share their beliefs with Chinese
people. Many lost souls from mainland
China now can hear the Gospel through
foreign Christians. The Lord really an-
swers all of our prayers. We often prayed
that the religious door of China would be
opened one day. Now it is open for us. I
do remind those who serve Him in main-
land China to understand who you are.
Wherever you go, you represent the Lord
on the earth. Your behavior can affect
your work in China. It also can destroy
the reputation of Jesus Christ if you mis-
behave while you are working in China.
God bless the workers in China as well as
in the world. !
This summary of the historical and relig-
ious background in China was written
by a Chinese brother.
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China Mission News
On September 5, 2009, Jim and Pam Griffith from
North Canton, Ohio, visited Wesley’s House, which is
named in memory of Pam’s brother. They donated funds
for a computer lab that was set up and ready for the chil-
dren when they arrived. They also gave money for extra
gifts for the children. Mr. Liu, the CEO of Toyota in
China, escorted the Griffiths from Nanning to Pingguo.
He also donated some gifts to the children.
The Jackson Family Foundation Christian Care Center
has opened its doors to accommodate over 100 orphan
children in Zigong, Sichuan. When the Jackson Family
Center is filled with orphans, we will be caring for ap-
proximately eight hundred in China. The center will be
the home of orphans from our foster care program in
Yongshan, Yunnan and victims of the Sichuan earthquake
last year. All of the orphans we have supported in the
Yongshan foster care program will be permitted to relocate
to the Jackson Family Center.
This facility was made possible by the generosity of
the Jackson Family Foundation and the South Baton
Rouge Chinese Church of Christ ($10,000). We want to
express our sincere thanks to both for making the facility
possible. Many poor orphans will be provided not only
with a beautiful place to live, but also a home with loving
care that will give them an opportunity for a good educa-
tion and a hope for the future.
The warm, lovely days of summer vacation are over in
China. School for the fall semester has begun. During the
summer break, some children returned home to visit
grandparents or relatives, but others stayed at the orphan-
ages all summer. For those that remained at the care cen-
ters, there were many interesting games or sports such as
The lovely facility of the orphanage.
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Visitors to the Wesley House,
including Jim and Pam Griffith
basketball and ping pong. They had free time to catch
crabs and fish, play games such as chess, or do some of
their summer homework. In the evenings, they had an
opportunity to watch some TV shows.
The children were given chores to keep their dorm
rooms clean, help cut the grass, plant some new flowers,
and clean up the yard. At Wesley’s House, renovation be-
gan on classrooms in the old school to provide more space
for orphans to live. Ronald Brown, son of Ron and Pat
Brown, completed that work in time for new children to
come this fall. He had a lot of help from the children and
has some funny stories about their participation in the
work.
Classes were prepared for the children at Wesley’s
House. Peter taught the 5th & 6th grade students, and a
female worker taught the lower grade children. They had
classes in the morning in both Bible and English. At John
Connor Brown, Mark planned a summer Bible camp for
the children, and it was very well attended.
An added excitement was the American group of
sponsors that went to China to see their supported
orphans. Chad and Carlyn Jackson, from the Jackson Fam-
ily Foundation, went to see the new orphanage they are
funding in Zigong, China. Sponsors Carol Mitchell and
Le Ellen Smith were in this group. Le Ellen’s college-age
son, Clay, enjoyed the trip as well.
The children at JCB enjoyed a visit from the John Bailey
family the last week of July. They donated funds for this or-
phanage and named it in memory of their grandson. John
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48th Asian Mission Forum
Held in Beijing
Coming to Beijing for the Asian
Mission Forum, conducted for mission-
aries of churches of Christ has been an
eye-opener.
Before coming here, there was
much fear and apprehension. We heard
stories of underground churches and the
Chinese government’s censureship of
religion and religious assemblies. It
was in this mindset that we gingerly
approached our attendance at the 48th
AMF. I brought along a MARCH for
Christ shirt with the phrase “Because
Jesus Cares” emblazoned on the back,
and I wondered if I would be allowed
to wear it in public. This was the one
careless act that I thought I could flirt
with. Silently, I wondered whether I
would be deported if ever this caught
the ire of the authorities.
Hahahahaha! What a laugh!
God’s Holy Spirit is moving in this
vast land of over a billion people. Doors
are open in a manner we did not imagine.
Although they are not wide open, they are
opening. Coming here at this time gave
us this privileged experience. How awe-
some and blessed we feel!
The minute we entered the lobby of
our hotel in Beijing we knew there was
something different. A sign (which
everyone who entered the hotel could
see) that read “ASIAN MISSION FO-
RUM” greeted us. Then we met an
American lady, an English teacher in
Chingdao, telling us that she openly
invites people to her apartment for Bi-
ble stories and Bible sharing, and that
she uses the gospel of John and Paul’s
letter to the Romans as her text in Eng-
lish classes. There is a great hunger for
the word, she said. People are very
inquisitive about God and have endless
questions once they get started. No
wonder! All these years the communist
regime has erased the idea of God from
their minds, and all of a sudden, there is
an openness!
One of our unforgettable experi-
ences in this forum was worshipping on
Luis Cusi
the Lord’s day with Chinese brethren
from four congregations who meet in
Beijing. Together, we worshipped,
praised God from our hearts in song
and prayer, broke bread, meditated on
forgiveness and the healing of past
wounds. A Japanese brother recounted
the cruelty of his people during the
Japanese war, and how the Chinese
treated with kindness and goodness
these same evil men, when 1,500 of
these Japanese soldiers became their
prisoners after the war. It was a touch-
ing moment to see our Japanese speaker
and our Chinese song leader em-
brace each other for many seconds with
love and forgiveness in their hearts.
There were tears in the eyes of our Chi-
nese brethren, and those of us who saw
were uplifted.
Our missionaries say they are
not an underground church. They
openly pass out invitations for their
Bible meetings and worship services
which they hold regularly in the public
restaurants. They make sure that the
police they meet in the streets get cop-
ies of the invitations. They are open
about their work and their faith when
asked. It removes suspicion from the
authorities, and it builds up church
members when they do not keep their
Christianity a secret.
We praise God for the way He is
moving this great land to know
Jesus. Our U.S. missionaries on the
ground foresee a 10-year window of
openness. People are hungry to know
God and to have faith in Him. Materi-
alism — not government restrictions —
will become a great problem in the
future. The time for people to grow in
the knowledge and faith in Jesus is now,
before materialism sets in and deceives
them. Their cups are empty and must
be filled TODAY.
Our one-week stay in Beijing was
not enough but we have learned enough
to know we want to come back to be
part of this historic moment of evan-
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gelization in China’s history. We might
not be able to go back immediately and
respond to the call, but with this report I
pray that I have helped somehow in
making brethren aware of China’s
guarded yet growing openness. You
might have a burden in your heart to go
or maybe you know someone who
wants to go. Let me know. I can direct
you to our brethren, or to a team that is
shaping up to meet this challenge.
P.S. The 49th Asian Mission Fo-
rum will be in the Philippines on July
31-August 4, 2010. Please lift this up
in prayer, as an all-Filipino AMF Or-
ganizing Team searches and puts to-
gether the Fourm’s theme, speakers, a
venue, a program, etc. To God be the
glory forever! !
Luis Cusi: Email: lpcusi@yahoo.com
Passing the Gospel On
Continued from page 71
growth of the college, we recruited
Stacy Ferguson to come over and work
with us four years ago. He is a blessing
to me and to Pacific Islands Bible Col-
lege as it continues to grow and meet
the needs of the Lord’s people in that
part of the world. We continue to de-
velop and expand the college to edify
and equip the Christians as elders, dea-
cons, preachers, teachers, and soul
winners for Jesus throughout the Pa-
cific Islands.
Our desire is to do what Paul said
in 2 Timothy 2:2 “And the things that
you have heard from me among many
witness, commit these to faithful men
who will be able to teach others also.”
By Christians “passing the gospel on”
we will be able to take the message to
every nation in the Pacific. !
WORKERS TOGETHER for the cause of
Christ, Robert H. Martin.
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Learning English in China
Continued from page 73
Connor Brown’s mother and brother
were among the family members that
visited the orphanage. We know that
similar activities took place at North
Canton Christian Care Center, Mama
Jo’s House and Neil Taylor. It is hard
to say who enjoyed the visit the most
— the Americans or the children.
China
Wayne Barrier
Several years ago one of our co-
workers from northern Myanmar
made several trips into China and
Tibet to preach and teach the gospel.
Several were baptized in about 35
different communities, and reception
of the gospel was very good. On his
last trip, our brother died, and the
work was delayed for about a year as
plans were developed to continue the
work with two men that brother
________ had carried with him on his
last trip.
Over the past three years, several
workers have made numerous trips
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English Teacher
Things are going well at
NCCCC! I just have this weird
feeling of incapability ... but the
children and Esther say I’m a
good teacher so hopefully I will
be able to do a good job. I
think that teaching will be eas-
ier once I separate the kids into
groups and look at their text-
books. I can work with their
“English Teacher” with one of the
school plan then.
orphans who has “adopted” her!
Some of the children are very
good students and some are not. The Life here is tough! Everything
girls seem to do better than the boys is hard and dirty, but I’m so glad to
(at least their English is better). You be here and am falling in love with
can look at the picture of the black- the children. The boy with me in
board. The girls wrote with white and the picture is five-year-old (Zhu
the boys with red. There were maybe Haiqin’s little brother). He wants to
four boys who wrote something and be with me all the time! He has
about a dozen girls who wrote. The asked me many times, “When are
question I asked was, “What is im- you going home?” I ask him when
portant to you?” Most of the answers he wants me to go home, and he
were terrific! says he never wants me to go! !
into China to preach, teach, and plant Our American evangelism team
congregations. Journeys have taken visits northern Myanmar once or
our co-workers hundreds of miles twice each year and conducts training
into the areas of China that border seminars to prepare these co-workers
Myanmar, to many villages, towns for this work. Trips are planed for
and cities. late 2009 and early 2010. Please pray
Earlier this year, the China team that these productive efforts to this
was able to begin new training massive field can continue success-
schools near the city of Kumming fully. Pray that our brethren can re-
and in a city on the border between main free to do this work. !
Tibet and the state of Sichnan. A total
of 30-40 students are attending
monthly sessions of class to inten-
sively study the Bible and prepare to
spread the gospel to others. These
students are recent converts and much
training is needed. Our co-workers
are being equipped with as much lit-
erature and printed material as they
can carry from Myanmar. These ma-
terials have been translated into the
Chinese language.
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We have completed another distri-
bution of relief, this time to individual
families in different villages. It was
such a wonderful thing for the Chris-
tians here at the Leone Church of Christ
to be able to provide help to these peo-
ple through your donations. Several
very encouraging things took place, but
not without burdening our hearts with
some very special needs about which
we have learned. For example, we
served four families that together had
about 17 small children. When we
came to the location where they are
temporarily staying, the children were
very slow to come near to us. Then,
one by one they began to come. I sat
down and talked with them for awhile,
after we had finished giving the sup-
plies to the adults.
I spoke to each one, individually. I
told them my name. I asked each one
their names, and how old they were.
As I spoke to them, I took the opportu-
nity to look at each one of them closely
… and I noticed that many of these lit-
tle children had cuts, bruises, gashes,
etc. from having been in the tsunami.
What clothing they had on was torn or
worn, and in many cases either too big
or too small. From the outside, one
could tell that they are suffering. Even
so, as island children often do, they
were content to just sit and visit, while
seemingly unaffected by their present
injuries and dire circumstances.
I introduced them to my little girl,
Cassie Leilani. At first, they were shy,
but within minutes they were visiting
together with Cassie. It was the sweetest
thing to witness all those children and
Cassie together, and for a few moments
seeing them smile. However, before we
left, we learned that most of these little
children have yet to return to school.
Why? Well, it is not because they don’t
have a school to go to — in places where
schools buildings were destroyed, our
government has relocated children to
other schools that were unaffected by the
tsunami. But the reason they have not
gone to school is because they are afraid
that another tsunami will strike. You
see, these little children were actually
caught up in the tsunami that hit their
village early in the morning on Septem-
ber 29th. Other children were killed.
What a tremendous burden they have on
their hearts. One could tell that they are
suffering from the inside. Although the
physical relief that you and I provide
them will be of comfort and help for the
“outside”, we know that truly the only
answer for their suffering on the “inside”
is Jesus. When you and I have done all
that we can to help relieve the physical
suffering of mankind, as the slogan on
the back of one of the local Christian’s
T-shirts says, “Jesus … That is my final
answer.”
Yes, Jesus. For each of these little
children, and every other human being
on the face of this earth who is, or has
suffered, Jesus is the answer. The situa-
tion with these children and other peo-
ple in these destroyed areas has re-
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the Suffering
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minded us that when we see a person in
need physically, although it’s natural
perhaps to be most focused on the “out-
side” of man, we must focus, too, on
the “inside” of man. We must help
them spiritually — by teaching them
about Jesus and His way of salvation,
about His church, and how He relieves
the suffering of mankind.
When Sharon and I and our chil-
dren returned home after the distribu-
tion of relief items, we talked more
about the particular circumstances of
these children. We also spoke with
Cassie about this and asked her if she
wanted to return with us, explaining
just what the situation was and their
fear of returning to school. To this she
replied, “Yes, I’ll go and help these lit-
tle children.”
We will do more. We need to do
more, and we can do more. So, we pur-
posed to go back to these families. First,
we’re going to try to come up with
enough school supplies so that they can
have some measure of “school” while
there at their temporary home. Maybe
this will help them to overcome the fear
they have on the “inside”, as they further
heal up on the “outside”.
We’re also going to tell them the
story about Jesus walking on the water,
and in that circumstance, how He
taught Peter and the other disciples to
overcome fear through faith in Him.
It’s sort of hard to imagine exactly what
must be going through the minds of
people who survived this unbelievable
disaster. But when we add to that
thought the little children — yea, like
these little children that we came across
yesterday — it makes our hearts heavy
burdened to do what we can while we
can — and draw a little closer to our
own and be more thankful for this day
that God has given us to serve. !
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Luis Cusi, president of the Philip-
pine service group, M.A.R.C.H., com-
posed of preachers, teachers, doc-
tors, nurses, and active Christians
who join hands to help in times of cri-
sis, has sent this report about the re-
lief work in the Philippines. Philip-
pine, American, and Singaporean
Christians contributed toward this aid.
The account was given by one of the
Relief Mission Teams, headed by
Bonifacio Patricio, Jr.
Brethren,
This is the sixth day of our relief
operation. In the past days, we tried to
give the basic needs to the victims. Our
pack contains a kilo or two of rice, sar-
dines, noodles, biscuits, candles, kero-
sene, mineral water.
Christ’s Love Reaches Out
We tried to find the brethren first,
and then of course all those needy ones.
On the first day (September 28), six
of our teams went in by walking flooded
streets, about four kilometers, in 3-4
hours (I called it the “waterworld”).
On the 2nd day (September 29, my
birthday), we were able to ride a gov-
ernment garbage truck, bringing in sup-
plies. We went to one brother’s area
since it is shallower than where the
chapel is. We brought the same pack of
supplies. We walked coming back. Wa-
ter was waist deep. We stablized a
“base” at the house/garage of the Alam-
bans.
On the 3rd day (September 30), we
surveyed the next town, Taguig. One
brother is very much affected. He and
his family were evacuated to the church
building. His house was flooded. Wa-
ter is over the floor. Water stinks.
On the 4th day (October 1), we
started house-to-house giving of relief
goods, starting from the chapel in
Pinagbuhatan Pasig. Water going to the
chapel is up to waist deep. Attended a
coordianation meeting with other breth-
ren in Metro Manila led by Chito Cusi.
On the 5th day (October 2), I
brought one group from Taguig, led by
Bonifacio Patricio, Jr.
brother Onofre Corpuz, on the other
side of the flooded area. Onofre is a
victim himself in Taguig. His family
now lives in the chapel. We took the
container van of relief goods from
Cebu. We bought supplies in Baclaran
at midnight, a stormy night.
The 6th day, preparing to leave
now. A brother texted saying 12 of
them are in our meeting trying to go to
the affected area,”the waterworld”. My
team is taking time. Two assistants
were so tired they could hardly get up,
but they are up now and preparing
while I do this report. We are initiating
a free clinic in our base, beginning this
afternoon. A doctor from Caloocan and
his intern brother are coming. We gath-
ered donated medicines last night. We
need to buy more today.
On the 6th day, we felt endangered.
My team of four was bringing the sup-
plies for the day and the next. We parked
over a bridge where we were to meet lo-
cal brethren in Pasig, and the volunteer
workers who arrived earlier in the area.
There were not so many people on the
bridge, but after I opened the vehicle’s
door, people started coming in our direc-
tion, thinking maybe that we are giving
relief goods. In a few minutes, we were
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sorrounded by hundreds of hungry vic-
tims. We tried to explain that we were just
passing through but they engaged us in a
discussion that we must give them the
goods. It was good that brother Jun
Alamban, one of the self-supporting
preachers there, is also a chief security
officer in his area. He happened to rec-
ognize one person who holds authority,
and he explained to him our situation.
This person told the people to calm down
and leave. It was good that they did. I
overheard someone saying, in the dialect,
“Let us forcefully get all they have.” I
didn't even look at the person, I just said,
“Don’t do that. Be merciful to us.”
Another dangerous experience
when I felt terrified was when I saw
people moving fast away from a house
along the flooded road. I heard that a
portion of the house was sparking, or
was grounded. Realizing that we were
in the water, that was terrifying. For
minutes, people were just standing. A
scared wife was calling for her husband
who went in the other direction
when they scampered for safety. Well,
nothing happened. Brother Jun Almban
started walking, and passed the
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Typhoon Ondoy in the Philippines
It was rainy morning and the
weather man announced that typoon
ONDOY had reached the Philippines.
We were supposed to have an evangel-
ism campaign at Cubao Church of
Christ, but it was cancelled due to
heavy rains. Around 9 a.m. we ob-
served the rains, but we did not expect
the flash flood. Then suddenly the wa-
ter on the road turned to a muddy color.
I decided to transfer the car on
the highway but to no avail; the
water got deeper. I just parked
the car near the main gate of the
village and ran back to our
house. When I reached the
house, the water was already at
waist level. We decided to
climb to the roof and in just a
few minutes the water was very
high.
My family and I were res-
cued from the roof by midnight.
We stayed on the roof from
around 10:20 a.m. until our res-
cue, without any food and wa-
ter. My mom, my son, Idann,
and my pregnant wife, Eileen, almost
lost their lives during theatempted res-
cue. Around 10 in the evening the im-
provised boat suddenly got a leak and
started to sink. God is so good, we
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were able to push the boat at the side, and
I was able to hold the electric wire and
step on roof gutter of a house and push
my son and my wife to climb the much
higher roof. My mom was able to be
saved by a friend, and we prayed and
cried on the roof while heavy rains
poured. It was so dark our only hope was
God. Everything that we have — all our
belongings, including my car, were sub-
merged in water full of mud. It was
traumatic for me and my family. I even
drank flood water when I started to sink
during our attempt to go on the highway
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God is so merciful. All of us were
safe on top of the roof, including my
dad and my older brother who is very
much frightened of water. Please help
also our brethren in Balubad, 100%
affected, Marikina City, 100% of them
were affected and all their belongings
too were submerged. Some of them
lost their wooded houses, and a hus-
band of our sister died. It was really a
tragedy for all of us. Please
pray for us and help us.
My brother who lives in Las
Pinas took us temporarily to
his house in order to recover
and rest our tired and weary
bodies. But I am thinking of
all our brethren in Balubad and
Marikina City. We were able
to send brother Steve and
talked to him over the cell
phone this morning. Accord-
ing to him, he could not go
down where they live because
it was still under water and full
of mud all over the place. Even
the place where we assemble
every Sunday was also damaged by 9
to 10 feet deep of muddy water. The
Lord willing, after recovering from
this tragic event, I will go and visit
them and assist them. !
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grounded house. Nothing happened, so
I thought maybe it is nor true that the
house is grounded. So I started walking
too. When I passed the house and
looked up to the next house, I saw a man
with a fire extinguisher. That made me
realize it was true, the house was
grounded. I know our brothers are pray-
ing for us. God spared us that day.
Brethren, I don’t know how long we
will be able to help the victims in the
area. All I can say is that as long as we
are able and as along as the Lord will
continue to use you as His conduit of
His love and care, we will go on and try
to assist in any way we can. We are now
recruiting brethren to do the job of dis-
tribting relief goods every day, because
the situation is not normalized. You see,
people lost their livelihood. They need to
eat, to survive. They need to know that
they are loved. While I was attending
the wake of my father in Bayugan, Agu-
san del Sur, the brethren in Manila and
Cavite, with the leadership of brothers
Onofre Corpuz and Jun Alamban,
passed through with the distribution of
relief goods on Saturday, October 10, a
regular door-knocking day of Metro
Manila brethren.
From a Philippine Evangelist
Just a note to tell you hundreds of
us in this remote island of Leyte are so
happy to receive The Voice of Truth
International, with the new editor,
brother Byron Nichols, as proof that the
magazine did not die with the passing
of J.C. Choate.
I personally believe The Voice of
Truth International is the GREATEST
contribution of any man in world evan-
gelism.
One man not long ago was con-
verted largely through The Voice of
Truth. Though old — 80 — Leon Ro-
tairo amazed us with his fruitful preach-
They gave the informa-
tion later that there were
35 volunteers. They were
able to distribute 376
packs of relief goods on that day and
were able to schedule 125 home Bible
studies. There are already Bible studies,
conducted by Bill Westerberg in our
base at the “waterworld”.
Yesterday, there was a medical
mission in the Marikina area, maybe
the worst hit area in Metro Manila. I
was set to join, but I was asked to go to
the pier to get the relief goods from
Cebu sent by Chito Cusi, president of
M.A.R.C.H. for Christ. I complied.
At around 2 p.m., the container van
arrived at the church building of the Samar
Avenue congregation. Five brothers were
there to help unload 120 sacks
of rice, and about 50 sacks and
boxes of other things. After 35
years, I have carried again a 50
kilo weight on my shoulder. I
was 15 or 16, when I was
helping father in the farm and
used to carry sacks of rice.
The job is halfway
done. The Lord, Himself,
did some benevolence while
here in this world, physi-
cally, to be able to do His
main mission — that is, to
seek and save the lost. And
we intend to do the same.
Dominador “Jack” Belo
ing. He baptized 13 on his 81st birth-
day, and the other Sunday he baptized
another five.
You can be sure there are hundreds
of men in unknown islands doing a
great job like this man with the use of
The Voice of Truth for the correct mes-
sage of the Gospel, salvation, worship,
and the church.
Our nation just lost Corazon
Aquino who died of colon cancer. My
brother-in-law also died of the same
colon cancer. I believe brother J.C. was
given the BEST answer to prayers with
five years grace period he enjoyed from
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We are making as many contacts as we
can so that we can share with them the
good news in due time. I am now
thinking of asking our students in
Batangas and Cavite to spend their se-
mester break in the “waterworld” to do
intensive evangelism.
Today, we are scheduled to have
another medical mission in Pasig. Peo-
ple are getting sick. The water level
has gone down, but illness, because of
the polluted water, is going up.
For the meantime, we are taking
precautionary measures for our volun-
teers. We were advised to take medi-
cine once a week that will protect us
from liptospirosis, a deadly disease.
Please continue to pray for the re-
lief effort here and for the evangelism
efforts too. !
the time his problem was first detected,
about the time he visited our home with
Reuben Em-
perado and
Wayne Bar-
rier.
M a y
God bless
you as you
continue
your great
work with
The Voice of
Truth Inter-
national. !
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Australia’s Next Campaign for Christ
Rod Kyle
. . . will be conducted in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia,
with the fine brethren meeting at 45 Gipps St., Drayton, Toowoomba
1st – 14th March, 2010
Can you join this effort to reach this city of 95,000 + souls?
Call Rod Kyle or Michael Widderick with
your enquires or commitment today!
Do you remember Jesus’ prayer in Luke 10:2?
“The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are
few; Therefore, beseech the Lord of the harvest
to send out Labourers into His harvest.”
Are YOU the answer to His prayer ? Will you
come to seek a seeking soul in this harvest field?
THE NEED:
The Toowoomba region boasts a population of over
95,000+ souls. The city, established in Drayton in 1840, is set
on the edge of the Great Dividing Range, some 130 kilometres
west of Brisbane, the capitol of the State of Queensland. The
church of Christ has been meeting in this community on a regu-
lar basis since the 1960’s. This beginning congregation of sev-
eral widows was reminiscent of Jesus’ parable of the mustard
seed (Matthew13:31,32). They were later joined by a family
working in the oil exploration area. In the late 60’s, two mis-
sionary families came from the U.S. They began using a shop
front at 580 Ruthven St., to worship in and work from. In
1974, after the involvement of two other American missionary
families, Ian and Dianne Coker joined the work (having re-
cently graduated from an Australian preacher training school).
By 1976 this work became solely indigenous. In 1977
the congregation began the construction of its meeting place
on Gipps St. The building was enlarged in 1993 with a reno-
vated ground floor auditorium. Because of continued out-
reach through Holiday Bible Schools, door knocking out-
reach, one campaign for Christ, and friendship evangelism,
the church has grown to its present size of around 90 souls. It
has been active in sending the gospel into parts of Africa, In-
dia, and the Philippines, and has sent several young men to
train at the Tasmania School of Preaching. Over many years,
these brethren have supported their local preacher to assist in
numerous efforts around Australasia. Now, they are in the
process of selecting a replacement worker for the Coker fam-
ily, who are now labouring for the Lord in Townsville.
Global Harvest
Australian campaigns for Christ,C/- New Plymouth church of
Christ, 96 Waimea St., New Plymouth, New Zealand.
064-6-753-5681, 064-27-4382240.
RodandGayeKyle@xtra.co.nz or Michael Widderick, P.O. Box
231, Toowomba, Queensland, 4350, Australia. 0061-7-
46366453, churchofchrist@gotalk.net.au
The church’s passion for seeking and finding souls con-
tinues, but they know they need help in the task of reaching
their growing city. They see this Australian Campaign for
Christ as the best, current means available to do this.
Past campaigns have revealed that a campaigner has to
speak to 45-89 people to set one Bible Study, and it takes
around 11 original Bible Study appointments to see one soul
baptized into Christ. The brethren are excited by the prospect
of seeing growth happen through this effort. They know that
if they ‘go’, souls will ‘come’ to the Lord.
THE EFFORT:
This is to be the 21st Campaign for Christ Rod Kyle has
organized for the Lord’s work ‘down under’. These efforts
have steadily built a reputation for effective organization, pro-
ductive soul winning instruction and methodology, and loving
but uncompromising outreach through door-to-door visitation.
The resources have been assembled through the faith of soul-
conscious congregations and individuals throughout Australasia
and North America. The composition of the campaign teams
has been international, including all ages.
Continued on page 82
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New Zealand is a place where people pour out compas-
sion for the hurting. However, they are slow to come to a
belief in our Lord, for to believe would mean a lifestyle
change.
For that reason, the Morningside Church of Christ in
Auckland is full of foreigners! Drawn from New Zealand
shores and beyond are South Africans, Zimbabweans, Filipi-
nos, Malaysians, Indonesian and Singaporean Chinese, Main-
land Chinese, Koreans, Tongans, Fijians, Indians, British,
Hungarians, Americans, and Russians. Yes, we do have
Maori and European “kiwis” (New Zealanders) amongst all
these foreigners. Although this diverse culture exists, a genu-
ine love for each other as family is clearly exhibited here.
One of the most memorable occasions this year was
when Thomas Lehauli obeyed the Gospel on his 13th
birthday. Thomas had wanted
to become a Christian for a
long time before this. I (Lyn-
da) had been his Sunday
school teacher for at least
three years, and we adequately
covered the book of Acts in
that time. I felt he was ready,
but his mother desired that he
wait. Finally, the time came
when she felt he was mature
enough to know what he was
doing. Many Christians from
Morningside gathered down at
the Mt. Albert swimming pool
and Thomas was baptized as John Staiger with Thomas.
we all rejoiced.
Thomas is the oldest of six children. His mother went
to her island of Tonga and brought back two of her brother’s
children, whom she cares for. I asked Thomas how this ar-
rangement was working. He replied that it was difficult. He
remains the oldest, but there are six other boys in the house
and one girl. Thomas shares a small room with two boys that
are near his age. Besides this, Thomas’ aunt and her boy tod-
dler live there also, bringing the total count of children to ni-
ne, with two woman to care for them. Thomas has a lot of
responsibility in this small house. He is a great example to all
who live there, and we feel that he will do great things for the
Lord in his lifetime.
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Auckland, New Zealand
John and Lynda Staiger
Thomas’ mother, Vai, is keen to bring anyone she can to
worship. She brings a lot of visitors. Right now, she is regu-
larly bringing some neighbourhood brothers who are very keen
to learn about the Bible, and she is also bringing some cousins.
John gears some of his Sunday night devotionals to this
younger generation. One Sunday night recently, I counted up
12 people that Vai was happily taking home in her average
sized car! These included her children and her visitors!
John describes the work here in New Zealand with these
words:
“Given the prevalence of the average New Zealan-
der’s resistance to Christianity, the most effective forms of
evangelism are summed up in these verses:
Matthew 19:14 — “Jesus said, ‘Let the little children
come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of
heaven belongs to such as these.’”
Matthew 5:16 — “In the same way, let your light
shine before men, that they may see your good deeds
and praise your Father in Heaven.”
Proverbs 22:6 — “Train a child in the way he should
go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” !
John and I (Lynda) Staiger# have been working with
the# Morningside Church of Christ in Auckland# for 14
years, come the end of January 2010.# We strive to reach
the young so that the church can be in good hands as
the next generation takes leadership.
Vai, with part of her family.
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Gipps St. Church of Christ

News from Tasmania, Australia’s Campaign . . .

Australia Continued from page 80

The hosting congregations must

Dennis and Shirley Gresham demonstrate a clear commitment to the
sound doctrine of Christ (2 Timothy
1:13) and a unified approach to the task
Hello from “the Land Down Under”. The past few months has found us very
of reaching their community with the
busy; however things are beginning to settle back down now.
gospel (John 17:21). The campaign
About five years ago, we looked at leasing a large home in Sandy Bay, but the
effort is required to be the major focus
timing was not good. Then, out of the blue, two months ago the owners called us to
of their work for that part of the year.
see if we were still interested in the house. At first we said no, then after praying
They have to make a definite commit-
about it for several days, we felt that there must be some reason that the Lord had
ment in welcoming, hosting and cater-
opened this door for us. So six weeks ago we moved into it.
ing for the campaigners. After the two
One of the reasons we took this house is so we can begin a Sunday night wor-
weeks of visitation, they must be able
ship service here, which has now been going for 4 weeks. The first Sunday we had
to adequately follow-up on all the new
eleven at the service and last week there were 33! There have been visitors here
Christians, continuing studies and con-
each week.
tacts needing further visitation. They
News from Somalia: also have to volunteer a Campaign Co-
Three weeks ago, we received word from ________ telling us that the Muslim ordinator for the effort and a Follow-up
extremists have taken over the town of Jillib in Somalia, where we have brethren. Director to handle this crucial stage of
An edict has been given that all men must attend the mosque several times a day for the campaign.
prayers. Any man who does not attend for three days without a valid reason will be Accomodations
publicly beheaded in the town square. Please keep these brethren in your prayers.
The local brethren are able to ac-
News from Viet Nam: commodate workers. There will be no
This past week two more young people were baptized into Christ. Again, this is cost to campaigners for their accom-
a country where they must modation. However, if you wish to
be very careful, since the stay in a motel, one can be reserved for
church is not recognized you. The local brethren will do the
there. However, they are catering. Campaign vehicles will be
continually sharing the provided.
good news. ! This Australian Campaign for
Christ, hosted by the Gipps St. Church
Dennis Gresham, 169 Mel-
of Christ, will continue this tradition. !
ville Street, Hobart 7000,
Tasmania, Australia Director of this effort: Rod Kyle. Local
campaign co-ordinator:Michael Widderick.
dsgresham@bigpond.com
Internet Bible Study @ Rod Kyle, long-time worker in New
rickthewalker@yahoo.com; Plymouth, NZ, currently is a preacher
“at large” for the country. His email is:
Phone # +61 3 6234 4428 RodandGayeKyle@xtra.co.nz
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God Is at Work
Betty Burton Choate
When we read the book of Revela-
tion, we see the final victory of God and
His people over the forces of Satan.
Jesus, Himself, pledged in John 16:33:
“... I have overcome the world.”
Yet, we look around and what we
see is deeply troubling. Hinduism ac-
counts for one-fourth of the world’s
population. Another fourth is claimed by
a militant Islam [and let us not be trusting
and naive enough to believe otherwise.
The Muslim world is being taught by its
mullahs that Allah is directing Islam to
conquer and rule the world. The radical
terrorists are the army of that “peaceful”
population, concentrated in the Middle
East but growing through immigration in
rapid numbers in most countries, ready to
strike and impose Shariah law whenever
and wherever they have enough power].
Buddhism, Shintoism, animism, and
atheism fill the hearts of most of the re-
maining half of the human race. Believ-
ers in evolution and humanism are mush-
rooming in numbers and boldness. Their
concepts govern what is taught to our
children in state-run schools, what is writ-
ten in newspapers and magazines, what
becomes the basis of judgments in courts
of law in our country.
In Europe, nine out of ten young
people have given up professing any
form of Christianity [Already Gone by
Ken Ham]. Many cathedrals and former
places of worship have been turned into
museums, restaurants, theaters, and even
pubs, because there were no longer
enough members to keep the properties
in use as places of worship. Mosques
and temples have been built by the thou-
sands for the growing immigrant popu-
lations. Mr. Ham warns in his book that
America is moving along the same lines.
We hear the news and it makes us
sick at heart because of the promotion of
godless living — “free love”, divorce,
abortion, alternative life styles, “what-
ever is right for you is right” — and we
wonder, “How long will God allow such
rottenness to continue?”
We cringe at the thought that our
government is being taken down the
road to socialism or outright commu-
nism. Personal indebtedness is surpas-
sed only by the overwhelming indebt-
edness of the federal government —
indebtedness so great that it will destroy
the economy and leave the majority of
citizens dependent on government
handouts, a dilemma intended to ensure
that the people doling out the carrots
will forever be re-elected.
For those of us who are Christians,
trying to follow the commands, values,
and morals laid out in Scripture, it doesn’t
sound much like victory, does it? We
could easily become disheartened and lose
courage. We could add our voices to those
of the martyrs under the altar in Revelation
6:9,10, “How long, O God . . .?”
If we could project ourselves back
to the time when, in God’s analysis, “...
the wickedness of man was great on the
earth, and ... every intent of the thoughts
of his heart was only evil continually”,
we would be asking what the righteous
Noah must have asked, “How long, O
God . . ?”
We cannot doubt that God was aware,
and that the timing for correcting the un-
godliness was of His own choosing.
Nor can we doubt that He is the
One in control of the world’s affairs to-
day. Romans 13:1 says, “Let every soul
be subject unto the higher powers. For
there is no power but of God; the pow-
ers that be are ordained of God.”
So when evil seems to be winning,
and when governmental decisions and
judgments are being made that seem
contrary to everything God would want,
how do we reconcile reality with God’s
statement that it is through His oversight
that governments rise and fall?
Turning back to Isaiah 10, we read of
governmental judgments in Israel that
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were unrighteous (verses 1,2). Going
further, we see that the wicked nation of
Assyria was empowered to overwhelm
Israel: “O Assyria, the rod of mine anger
and the staff in their hand is mine indig-
nation. I will send him against an hypo-
critical nation, and against the people of
my wrath will I give him a charge ...”
(verses 5,6). Then God says, “... when
the Lord hath performed his whole work
upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I
will punish the fruit of the stout heart of
the king of Assyria ...” (verse 12).
None of us would deny that our
nation as a whole has moved far away
from God in the past fifty years. Many
congregations of the church itself are go-
ing through an apostasy. The focus for
other congregations is inward and secu-
lar, with a greater emphasis on entertain-
ment than on carrying the message of the
Gospel to neighbors and to the world.
Too many have been spoiled by the
“good” times that have resulted in ungod-
liness and materialism. Can God turn
things around with more years of “good”
times? No. So , is it possible that He is
bringing “Assyria” in the form of hard
economic times, terrorism, and oppres-
sive government as tools for correction?
If this is so, our prayer must be for
strength to endure in faithfulness.
What is the role and work of the
Christian in such troubled times? Yes, we
can write or call our Congressmen; we
can be actively involved in trying to bring
sense back to our nation’s politics, and in
trying to restore the biblical standard of
values and morals that has been lost. It is
important for us to realize that God can
use Tea Parties and concerned citizens of
all kinds to help with those things. He is
not limited in available tools.
But it is critical that we remember
that God’s tool to change the hearts of
men and, ultimately, the world is the
church. Yes, the majority will always be
on the broad way, but Christians pas-
sionately working to spread God’s mes-
sage will temper the world around us,
and will bring that inner peace, which
Jesus promised, to those who accept the
fullness of the message. We must re-
focus in these troubled times and devote
our full attention to the one work for
which God has left us in the world. !