2019

There are sheep out there,

waiting to be taught....
 Mission Information Magazine
for
Churches of Christ
Editor: Wayne Barrier
Founding Editor: J.C. Choate
Associate Editor, Design, Lay-out:
Betty Burton Choate
Publisher:
World Evangelism Publications

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Wayne and Janet Barrier: 3000 County Road 10, Flor- toward Christianity. God has truly
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Mrs. J.C. (Betty) Choate: 708 Burton Drive, Winona, MS many years since the world has
38967; Phone: 662-283-1192; Website: WorldEvangelism. seemed so volatile. We could be
org; Email, Choate@worldevangelism.org. on the brink of major conflict, en-
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Phone: 870-897-2373; Email: jerry@worldevangelism.org. wars.
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MS 38967; Phone: 662-739-3035; Website: gospelgazette. is the spreading of salvation
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Phone: 901-517-7274; Email: ba@oliver.net God will overrule to bless us
with opportunity. Let us be pray-
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 Global Harvest Volume 12
U.S. Activities
Editorials
u The Brazil Mission Model ..............Wayne Barrier..6
u What the Great Commission Means..J.C. Choate...7
Specials and Services
u Provisions for the Age ..... BBC...........................4
u Tracts for Evangelism and Growth.................. 13
u In Search of the Lord’s Way ....Chris Lyon....... 17
u House to House ......Matt Wallin......................... 17
u Apologetics Press ......Dave Miller...................... 21
u World Video Bible School ................................. 22
u World Bible School ......John Reese.................... 23
u Mission Printing ......Richard Renfro................. 23
u Project Rescue ...... Ronnie Crocker................... 24
u Focus Press ......Jack Wilkie................................ 25
u Gospel Broadcasting Network ......Blackman... 26
u World English Institute ......Richard Ady.......... 27
u Encourage One Another ......Jeff Jenkins.......... 28
u Valley Cities Church ......Arthur Barry............... 20
u Endless Mountains Church ......Jeff Wyeth....... 20
Team Reports
u One Gospel for All ... Jerry Bates.........................8
u From Guyana to Myanmar ... Louis Rushmore.. 9
u The Voice of Truth International ...... .............. 12
u Maywood Missionary Retreat...........................14
u World Evangelism School of Missions..............15
Central and South America,
Europe and Asia
u Biblical Institute of Central... ....George Hall... 29
u A Prayer from the Heart .... Randal Matheny... 31
u Iglesia de Cristo ...... Helmut Garcia.................. 32
u Northern Ireland Report ..... Maurice Brown... 33
u “WhatsApp” ...... Kenneth Peters....................... 34
u The Work in Romaina ...... Harvey Starling...... 35
u French Speaking World ......Barry Baggott....... 36
u New Work in Italy ......Scott Shanahan.............. 37
u Hunger Preparation in Malawi ... R. Stephens......38
2017
Foreign Activities
u Southwest School of Evangelism .... Makinde.....39
u School of Biblical Studies ......Solomon Aguh... 40
u Mauritius ............. Sylvio Salomon.......................41
u Restoration Roots in Africa .. John Reese...........42
u The “Lost and Found” Bible .... Lynn Camp.......42
u Myanmar Mission..... Wayne Barrier................. 53
u Working with the China Team .... Joey Barrier...54
u Jungle Churches .... Jeremy Barrier......................55
u Persecution in Myanmar .... Philip Lian........... 55
u The Gospel in South Korea .... M. Parsley........ 56
u McKee’s Indonesia Report .. Colin McKee...... 57
u Work in the Philippines .... A. Brumley............. 59
u Parkers in the Pacific ....... Wayne Parker.......... 60
u Pacific Bible College .... Robert Martin.................60
u Sonlight in the Pacific ....... Randy English........ 61
u Campaign in 2019 ...... Kent O’Donnell.............62
u Walk by Faith ......... Lilani Thomas.......Back Cover
Pakistan and India
u Meetings in Pakistan ..... Sajjad and Ali............ 43
u Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan .... Shahid Khokhar.. 44
u Chandigarh, India........... Earnest Gill............... 45
u Activities in New Delhi, India .... Davids.......... 46
u Eliya School of Theological Studies....Elijah...... .47
u The Work Goes On .... Ricky Gootam............... 48
u Evangelism in Tamil Nadu ... Philemon Rajah.. 49
u Ministry throughout Tamil Nadu .... Arjunan.....51
u Work in Kangayam... S. Rajanayagam.............. 52
“World Evangelism Publications” [formerly
J.C. Choate Publications] is a service, rather
than a business. Yes, we print and sell books
here in the States, written by faithful brethren.
We print enough to sell enough to give away
many thousands each year. We know this part
of our work will continue to bear fruit for many
decades, after all of us have gone to our re-
ward. Betty (Mrs. J.C.) Choate
 A4 little quiz from the pages..
1.In the Brazil mission model, U.S. missionar-
ies primarily serve as ____________, while the
________ __________ do the outreach. P.16
2. Name some ways the influence of Christ and
Christianity have changed the world. P. 18
3. Name some tools God has supplied to enable
Christians today to evangelize the world. P. 19
4. What effects would persecution have on
Christians today? P. 25
5. Christians in Lima, Peru go into the _______
Mountains and the _________ jungles to evan-
gelize and to encourage churches. P. 32
6. What method does Kenneth Peters use for
Bible studies with people in other countries? P. 34
7. Christians in Romania are translating what
into their language? P. 35
Global
8. The French language is spoken in Harvest
how many
countries? P. 36
9. In 1898 ________ __________, moved to Af-
rica and did much to spread the Gospel through-
out Zambia, Malawi, and Zimbabwe. P. 42
10. What happened to Ivan Martos’ Bible? P. 42
11. Who works with churches of Christ in Paki-
stan? P. 43, 44
12. What religion is dominant in India? P. 46
13. In the Telugu language, what does “Satya-
vani” mean? P. 48
14. Since work was begun among blind people
in India, approximately how many have been
converted? P. 49
15. Going forward, we walk by faith, but when
we look back we can see God’s ____________
care in our lives. Back Cover

Provisions for the Age

Betty Burton Choate

Naturally, before we do any-
thing, we would want to be absolutely
sure that it is necessary. This principle
would apply to mission work just as it
would to any other undertaking.
I believe there are four reasons
that make evangelization of the entire
world during our generation a neces-
sity. The first two reasons are based on
the individuals involved: Myself and
the person to whom I must teach the
truth. Every Christian should reason
from this point of view, first.
Is it necessary, for my own sake, to
evangelize the world? From our former
studies we have found that the answer to
this question is “YES”. It has been said
that “you can’t go to heaven alone,” and
this is true. As Christians we must be do-
ing all within our power to win, either
directly or through out combined efforts,
at the least, one soul to Christ during our
lifetime. If we don’t make this our task,
we are refusing to obey countless com-
mands in the New Testament. “Let your
light so shine . . . that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father
which is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16).
“Go and teach all nations ...” (Mat-
thew 28:19). “How shall they believe in
him of whom they have not heard? And
how shall they hear without a preach-
er?” (Romans 10:14). Going on, we
have such statements from the Bible as
these: “In meekness, instruct­ing those
that oppose themselves.” “Preach the
word.” ­“Let him know, that he which
converteth the sinner from the error of
his ways hides a multitude of sins.” “Be
ready always to give an answer to every
man that asketh you a reason of the
hope that is in you.” “For when for the
time ye ought to be teachers, ye have
need that one teach you again which
be the first principles of the oracles of
God.” “And others save with fear, pull-
ing them out of the fire.”
These verses, and many, many oth-
ers, teach us of our duty not only to our-
selves but also to the rest of mankind. If
we are to be saved, it is not enough that
we obey the first principles of the Gos-
pel — the remainder of our obedi­ence
lies in the teaching of that truth to oth-
ers. There­fore, it is necessary for our own
soul’s sake that we be “mission minded”.
The words of our Lord are still
ringing in the ears of the church: “Go
into all the world and preach the gos-
pel to every creature” (Mark 16:15).
Never, as long as time stands, will we
be free of that responsibility.
It is a burden on the soul, but as
we have seen in looking back over the
past decades, we don’t carry the bur-
den alone. In fact, God Himself is the
visionary and the enabler, so that it is
possible for us to do in this 21st Cen-
tury what the church of the first century
did! How can that be accomplished?
Originally, Jesus spoke to His
apostles — twelve men! Today, there
are literally millions of Christians in
the world, with hundreds of millions of
copies of the complete Word of God!
What advantages we have!
But there is much more! Through
seas, rivers, roads, and airports, the entire
world is accessible to us, wherever we
may choose to go: just buy a ticket, get
Continued on page 19
 Global Harvest 5

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 6 Global Harvest
Editorial:
Heritage Christian University’s
Center for Mission Training and Infor-
mation (CMTI) recently hosted a forum
to bring together a group of former and
current missionaries from Brazil with
individuals representing congregations
interested in foreign missions. The
Wayne and Janet Barrier World Missions (Jeremy Barrier,
have been involved in mission work
for over 30 years and their work is
overseen by the Double Springs, Al-
abama congregation. Wayne serves
as the Double Springs missions’ min-
ister and directs their World Evange-
lism Missions program with work in
Asia, Latin America, and Europe.
The Barriers coordinate integrated
evangelism efforts including mass
media teaching, follow-up cam-
paigns, and training of brethren for
teaching and leadership. The pro-
gram involves a team of 10-12 U.S.
workers and 30 foreign co-workers.
To accomplish training goals, World
Evangelism Missions funds and
directs the operation of 10 Bible
schools in Asia that provide training
to over 500 students yearly. Con-
tinuous campaign efforts to provide
follow-up to mass media programs
are coordinated and supported by
the Double Springs team.
In addition, the Barriers help with
radio, literature, and television pro-
grams directed by the Winona, Mis-
sissippi World Evangelism team.
They also closely cooperate with
The Brazil
Mission Model Wayne Barrier
World Evangelism Missions team co-
ordinated the event and provided guid-
ance for the program of speakers. I was
greatly impressed with the quality of
efforts discussed by these Brazil work-
ers representing the major population
centers of the country. They described
their work, results, and plans. I believe
their combined effort is one of the most
effective programs in the world. I was
impressed by their cooperation, will-
Madison Church of Christ). Joey
Barrier, who serves as co-director
of World Evangelism Missions, and
Jamie Barrier also work under the
oversight of the Double Springs
congregation.
Wayne and Janet have served as
adjunct faculty members of several
colleges over the past 40 years, in-
cluding Heritage Christian Univer-
sity and Faulkner University. Wayne
presently serves on the board of di-
rectors for Heritage Christian Univer-
sity and Janet serves as a Heritage
faculty member. Wayne is Editor
of Global Harvest and a staff writer
for The Voice of Truth International.
Wayne, Joey and Jeremy direct the
Maywood Missionary Retreat, the
World Evangelism School of Mis-
sions, and the newly formed Heri-
tage Christian University Center for
Mission Training and Information.
The Barriers are blessed to work
together with their children, Jenny,
Jamie, Joey, and Jeremy and their
families. They have seven grand-
children. The Barriers live in the
Florence, Alabama area.
ingness to share ideas and support of
one another as they do their separately
sponsored, overseen, and supported
works. The components of their work
include (1) Mass evangelism using ra-
dio, television, and literature (2) fol-
low-up evangelism using Gospel meet-
ings, campaigns, correspondence study
and intensive Bible teaching seminars,
and (3) extensive education and train-
ing efforts to support congregational
formation and development.
Mass evangelism programs were
designed to fit local and regional needs.
These included (1) television or radio
broadcasts to very large populations in
the Portuguese language, (2) regional
and local programs to target specif-
ic groups, (3) extensive translation,
printing and distribution of teaching
literature in Portuguese. Mass media
programs generate large numbers of in-
terested listeners and viewers that are
provided teaching literature to begin
the process of study.
Follow-up evangelism programs
provide more personal Bible study to
those responding to mass evangelism
efforts. Campaigns, Gospel meetings,
small study groups, and intensive Bible
teaching seminars are used. These ef-
forts are resulting in many baptisms
and formation of new congregations.
Missionaries and local brethren work
together to conduct this phase of work.
Bible teaching materials are adapted
from numerous books and tracts already
available in the US. They are translated
and printed in the Portuguese language.
Continued on page 16
 Global Harvest 7
J.C. and Betty Choate
moved to Pakistan to begin the
Lord’s church in Karachi in 1962.
Following five years of work, with
six congregations established,
they moved to Colombo, Sri Lan-
ka to plant the church in that city.
In 1968 they moved to New Delhi,
the capital of India.
In 1974 it became possible to be-
gin airing the Gospel over Radio
Sri Lanka, “the Giant of Asia”, with
India as the target of programs in
five of her major languages. J.C.
did broadcasts in English, Sun-
ny David spoke in Hindi, Joshua
Gootam was the Telugu speaker,
P.R. Swamy preached in Tamil,
and P.K. Varghese was the Malay-
alam speaker. The printing of liter-
ature — monthly magazines, Bible
correspondence courses, study
books, and tracts — put follow-up
tools in the hands of local preach-
ers and Christians. The result has
been widespread teaching of the
Truth and a great harvest of souls.
Television has replaced much
of the radio coverage. Preacher
training schools have been estab-
lished, as well as a program for
training local Christians to evan-
gelize [JC School of Evangelism].
J.C. went to his eternal reward in
2008, but the work that he began
continues through the efforts of
the World Evangelism team.
What
the Great Commission
Means to Me
J.C. Choate [Deceased]
“Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature.
He that believeth and is baptized shall
be saved; but he that believeth not
shall be damned” (Mark 16:15,16).
Our Saviour spoke these words to His
apostles just before His ascension into
heaven to take His place at the right
hand of God. These men who were
gathered around Him had followed
Him since His baptism by John in the
Jor­dan River; they were loyal and faith-
ful to Him even though they did not
always understand Him. But this com-
mand they could under­stand. Peter had
just asked, “Lord, wilt thou at this time
restore again the kingdom to Israel?”
and Christ’s answer had been, “Tar­ry
ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be
endued with power from on high: ...
after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you, ... ye shall be witnesses unto me
both in Jerusalem, and in Ju­dea, and
in Samaria, and unto the uttermost
part of the earth” (Acts 1:6-8).
Christ was speaking to the men
who would be the first members of His
body, the church, and He was giving
them the instructions they were to fol-
low. This command to go into all the
world and preach the good news of the
gospel was not an idle one — it was
to be the propelling force that should
move God’s people not only in the first
century, but throughout every genera-
tion since that time.
In making the statement we have
just quoted, Jesus gave two com­mands:
the first one is to the church; the sec-
ond one is to the world.
What did he say to the church?
Go and preach.
What did he say to the world? Be-
lieve and be baptized.
For years, we of the body of
Christ have won­dered at the blindness
of our religious friends when they fail
to understand the second command,
that they must believe and be baptized
to be saved. But we have neglected to
turn the mirror around and look at our-
selves in it. Is it any more unforgivable
for them to refuse to obey than it is for
us? As individual Christians we have
complied with the second command,
but we have somehow failed to see the
importance of the first one-to go and
preach this Gospel to others. Are we
also blind to the whole truth?
When I think of our attitude to-
ward the great commission, I am re­
minded of the statements Jesus made
concerning the man with a beam in his
eye who tried to pick the mote from his
neighbor’s eye. And He said, “Thou
hypocrite!” That isn’t a very pretty
word, is it? And yet many times we
are no more than pious hypocrites. We
can’t see that we are failing our Lord
even more than is our neighbor who is
in religious error, probably out of igno-
rance of Jesus’ command to the lost.
And that ignorance may be be-
cause we as his neighbor have never
Continued on page 18
 8 Global Harvest

One Gospel for All People

Jerry and Paula Bates
be discarded to the trash piles of history. rural and urban lifestyles. Within the
We must realize that people are living in same country one can experience huge
many different situations; therefore, one economic/sociological contrasts. While
method that works well with one group some can cite statistics of widespread
will be relatively ineffective with anoth- and growing access to the internet, there
er. Thus, all methods should be utilized continues to be millions of people with
as much as possible. little access to the internet, many hav-
Notice some examples of great ing little access even to electricity. For
contrasts in ways of living that we many, simply obtaining clean drinking
have recently seen. In some parts of water is a daily chore. For those people,
India one can still see people tilling the a well pumping clean water is the great-
ground or harvesting the crops by hand. est blessing to their livelihood and is a
On the other hand, combines are becom- greater concern to them than obtaining
As we have traveled many differ- the “living water”. Some live in large
ent places over the last ten years, we have beautiful homes while others live in
come to realize that the world is a com- squalor, sometimes almost within sight
plex place. Modern technology often ex- of one another. Many have grown up
ists side-by-side with ways of living as learning about God, Jesus and spiritual
old as ancient man. As the title suggests, things from birth, while there are still
there is one Gospel for all of the nearly millions of people who have no knowl-
eight billion people on the earth. Howev- edge of the one true God. Their spiritual
er, there is no one method of teaching that activity consists of going to an idolatrous
will reach the world. Oftentimes, people temple and offering a sacrifice to that
look for one method or the best method god in hopes of obtaining a blessing.
to reach the lost, and they seek to utilize ing more common. One can see large The above discussion illustrates
that method almost to the exclusion of trucks transporting materials from one the diversity that exists among the peo-
options. Sometimes, they even decry the place to another, while horse or ox carts ples of the earth. One should not expect
use of other methods as being old, out-of- continue to use the same roads. There one method to work equally well among
date and ineffective and therefore should is a great amount of difference between all groups of people. As we travel to
many countries and places, endeavor-
Jerry and Paula Bates: Jerry attended Freed-Hardeman University and ing to teach others about God, we have
Mississippi State University. After beginning preaching, he earned his MAR come to realize even more that there is
from Harding Graduate School of Religion in Memphis, TN, and now holds a place for all methods reaching the lost.
an M.DIV from Heritage Christian University. He has been preaching for 25 We believe that one should listen to the
years, working with churches in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. native workers as to what is needed,
Since 2007 Jerry and Paula have been working with World Evangelism rather than dictating to them how to do
in Winona, MS, associated with the late J.C. Choate and his wife, Betty. He their work.
serves as Associate Editor of The Voice of Truth International, and Paula
also works daily in the office, serving as the bookkeeper. In addition to print-
As we talk with various people
ing and distributing vast amounts of literature, World Evangelism sponsors about evangelism, we have seen many
many TV/radio programs and Bible schools, primarily in India. Jerry and methods being used. World Evangelism
Paula make 3-4 mission trips each year, working with the TV speakers, Bible sponsors TV/radio programs, primarily
schools, and national coworkers. in India, which bring in hundreds of con-
Jerry’s passion is teaching in Bible schools, and he also serves as instruc- tacts every week. There are numerous
tor in some Bear Valley Bible Institute’s extension schools. He has taught other similar programs in India and other
courses in Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Nepal, Myanmar, Viet Nam, and India.
Continued on page 10
 Global Harvest 9

From Guyana to Myanmar with the Rushmores

Louis Rushmore
women; Martha taught sisters in Christ. tor Christians in 14 churches of Christ
While our primary focus was on edifi- that are even further in the bush and off
cation of Christians, we also had op- the grid than he is. He also continues
portunities to engage non-Christians to teach some courses at the school of
with the Gospel. preaching that he formerly directed.
My Guyanese co-speaker in 2018 Later in the year, we were able to
was brother Thomas George. He is a re- finalize purchase of and have delivered
markable Christian and well-versed in a new, robust ATV to other Amerindian
God’s Word. It was an honor for us to brethren. These brethren reside atop a
be fellow-laborers for Christ. Brother mountain, also not far from the border
George is the past director of an in- with Brazil but elsewhere in Guyana
Overseas in 2018, we concen- country school of preaching in the in- from where brother George lives. Four
trated our efforts abroad in Guyana in terior adjacent to the border with Bra- brothers in Christ will alternate using
South America and Myanmar (Burma) zil. He is an Amerindian and supports the ATV and taking the Gospel to dis-
in Asia. January 30 through March 2, himself with subsistence farming— tant villages where there are churches
Martha and I traveled throughout the vegetables, cows, pigs and chickens. of Christ assembling. There are no
tropical nation of Guyana. There, we Brother George is a humble man who roads in this part of the country. Chris-
hosted two different programs in venues lives beyond the trappings of the 21st tian brethren from the lowlands ac-
within reach of every church of Christ century—without amenities we take companied the ATV as it was flown to
in the nation. One series of workshops for granted (e.g., electricity, radio, TV, brethren in the highlands and presented
was intended to edify church members Internet, running water, etc.). However, to them.
in general, whereas a second series of because of his fervent zeal and knowl- These two Gospel Chariots will
seminars presented more in-depth les- edge of the Bible, he is positioned to assist fellow Christians in a remote part
sons for preachers as well as additional do a wonderful work for God. Through of the world to strengthen Christians
Christian brothers and sisters who are funds placed in my hands by support- and reach out with the Gospel of Christ
particularly interested in working for ers, we acquired a used motorcycle and to non-Christians, too. These dear
our Lord. I spoke to male Christians funded anticipated maintenance for a brethren who are using these convey-
and to general audiences of men and year, so that brother George can men- ances are unsurpassed in their passion
for sharing the Word of God under con-
Louis and Martha Rushmore married on January 1, 2017. Louis ditions not much unlike those trod upon
and Bonnie Rushmore were friends with Bob and Martha Noland for the by the apostle Paul and other first cen-
past 25 years or so; Bonnie and Martha were best friends. Both Louis and tury Christians. We could learn much
Martha lost their spouses to cancer in 2015, and only in December of last from these Guyanese Christians!
year they decided to marry. Being associated with a ware-
Bob Noland was a preacher for many years, and he also served as an house of Christian literature, Martha
elder. Consequently, his wife Martha was an active wife of a preacher and and I were enabled to haul new and
of an elder. She brings that experience to her marriage to Louis and ac- reclaimed Bible materials, communion
companies him to his stateside preaching appointments nearly every week ware, etc. to a shipper for shipment to
across several states. Martha joins Louis in daily office and literature ware- Guyana. Possibly $100,000 worth of
house duties at the World Evangelism Building in Winona, Mississippi.
literature and Bibles made its way to
Louis Rushmore is an avid writer of Bible study books, tracts and Guyana, whereupon, it was distributed
religious articles, many of which have been translated into numerous lan-
to nearly every church of Christ in that
guages. He is Editor of The Voice of Truth International and Gospel Ga-
zette Online magazines. Martha Rushmore is a Staff Writer for VOTI and a
nation. The country is small enough
Ladies’ Day and ladies’ class speaker. and eager brethren there are sufficiently
Continued on page 11
 10
One Gospel for All People
Continued from page 8
countries sponsored by other Christians,
and these also bring in numerous con-
tacts. They can potentially reach literally
millions of people with the Gospel, but
results often take time to appear. For ex-
ample, we know of one person in India
who was converted primarily by listening
to radio teaching, yet he listened for three
years before ever calling in for more
study. Regardless, all contacts require
personal teaching at some point.
We help print massive amounts
of literature in various forms. We have
learned that printed materials are a great
help in evangelism; however, there are
different uses of literature. On our last
trip to India, we were talking with one
brother who distributes large quanti-
ties of literature, and he remarked on its
importance. He commented that most
people were too busy to engage in long
personal Bible discussions but will read
a piece of literature. He especially likes
distributing tracts because they are short,
easy to read and cheap to print. However,
he also stated that tracts do not work well
among college students. Since tracts are
printed on just a single sheet of paper,
they may often be thrown away, but stu-
dents will keep and read books like The
Voice of Truth International. All of our
co-workers in India print a short month-
ly magazine, and they believe that this
method works extremely well. These
magazines are cheap to print, and thou-
sands can be easily distributed by mail to
interested people regularly.
On the other hand, nothing can
completely replace books consisting of
longer discussions of a topic. Books of
this type can, alone, often take a person
from unbelief to being ready to give his
life to the Lord in baptism. One such
book, The Church of the Bible, has
been translated into at least 50 different
languages, with about 150,000 copies
printed since 1968. It is still by far our
most popular book and has helped con-
vert thousands of people to New Testa-
ment Christianity. Nevertheless, there
are many languages in which it has not
been printed, and we plan to soon print it
in the Ukrainian language. Other books
can greatly help the church to grow spiri-
tually in certain areas, but again, we rely
on the native workers to decide what is
most needful, since we obviously cannot
print everything. In recent years we have
helped print Rust As A Witness by V. P
Black in several languages, which have
helped many congregations to grow in
giving, and we will continue to print this
book in other languages.
Some of our co-workers love to
teach through seminars. Sometimes,
they will gather contacts from TV pro-
grams in particular locations for a day
of intensive teaching. This allows them
to simultaneously teach many people
basic doctrines of the Bible, and several
baptisms often result from gatherings
like this. As we travel, we also use this
method to teach deeper lessons, such as
leadership, to several preachers or other
Christians over a period of several days.
These people can then go back to their
congregations and teach them the addi-
tional truths they have learned.
Sometimes, one needs to focus on
a specific group of people. For example,
our co-worker in India, Philemon, works
extensively with the 15 million blind
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people in that country. Large quantities
of The Voice of Truth and the Seekers
Bible Course are printed in Braille and
distributed to the blind, as well as audio
Bibles. However, since most blind peo-
ple are very poor, and many are angry at
God and life in general due to their situ-
ation, benevolent aid must be coupled
with evangelism before many can be
reached among this group, which Phile-
mon is also doing.
This brief discussion doesn’t even
touch many additional ways one can use
to spread the Gospel, but hopefully, this
will help one to realize that all methods
can and should be used. Our passion is
personally teaching in different coun-
tries in seminars, churches and Bible
schools, and as we travel, we are con-
tinually looking for ways to help the na-
tive people to be more effective in their
ministries. While it is truly a joy to look
into the faces of eager students as we
help them better understand the Bible,
we feel we can be even more effective
by giving them additional tools to en-
able them to be effective in their work.
There are many more opportunities and
needs than we are able to fulfill, but it
seems that God can utilize even meager
efforts to accomplish great things. Do
not worry so much about doing great
things, or what is the best thing to do.
Rather, simply concentrate on doing
whatever one can and, with God’s help,
we can truly accomplish great things in
His kingdom (Ephesians 3:20). V
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From Guyana to Myanmar with the Rushmores
Continued from page 9
Delivery of the ATV transport to brethren in Guyana.
dedicated so that we can contribute to making a real differ-
ence for good with the Gospel of Christ in Guyana.
October 4-22, Louis and Martha served our Lord in
Myanmar. I taught for two weeks in a Bible school about
an hour from Yangon. On behalf of the Bear Valley Institute
of Bible, I taught courses to several men, and Martha taught
ladies. Myanmar is also a tropical nation with a jungle set-
ting. As was the case in Guyana, also in Myanmar, it was
my pleasure to not only worship with our Christian brethren
but on occasion to preach for them, too. Some of our closest
relationships among Christians are with those abroad.
Though not going to India this year (or Singapore and
Sri Lanka), we continued to interact with Christians in vari-
ous locations in both northern and southern India. We sent
The Rushmores with one of the classes in Myanmar.
funds with others traveling to India for the ongoing Hindi
TV broadcast and follow up. In addition, we sent money for
the publication of Christian literature in various Indian lan-
guages.
Stateside, Martha and I continued to travel to con-
gregations to apprise them of our mission work or to pres-
ent biblical lessons. Our travels took us to speaking ap-
pointments in Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama,
Florida and Ohio. Whether traveling or back in the office
in Winona, Mississippi, we worked on The Voice of Truth
International and Gospel Gazette Online, a quarterly print-
ed religious journal and a monthly Internet magazine. I also
published some books this year. Tracts and books combined,
I have nearly 30 pieces of literature in print presently, and I
have plans of publishing a few more books that I have put
together over the last forty-six years—should the Lord grant
me to live long enough and to be able to fund them.
Martha and I labor under the oversight of the elders of
the Siwell Road Church of Christ, 4075 South Siwell Road,
Jackson, MS 39212. Our Christian ministry is made possible
by Christians and churches of Christ, for which we are heart-
ily thankful. We covet your prayers. V
Books and Tracts by
Louis Rushmore:
For prices and to order, call:
World Evangelism Publications
662-283-1192
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We have individual subscriptions in the US for The Voice

The of Truth International for $15 for a one-year subscription
or $25 for two years. Congregations can receive a box of 35

Vo i c e o f T rut h copies of 4 issues for $350 per year.Many congregations do

order boxes to be shared among their members and/or given
to contacts in their area. Because so many copies are shared
I n t e r nat i o na l overseas, free of charge, some time back we came close to
the “overdrawn” point in the TVOTI bank account, so we
Betty Burton Choate made an appeal to churches and brethren to put us in their
budgets for monthly contributions so that we could continue
Volume 100!!! A milestone in our history! The first issue
using the magazine as a major outreach tool. We are very
of The Voice of Truth International was printed in 1994, a
thankful that the response to that appeal was enough to keep
small printing for the beginning because there were no sub-
us solvent.
scribers and no supporters. J.C. Choate served as the Editor,
Because The Voice of Truth International was intended
with Byron Nichols as the Associate Editor. The format was
primarily as a study tool for people in nations where other
similar to Reader’s Digest, a perfect-bound black-and-white
biblically sound materials would not be available, each is-
booklet with graphics and divided into topical articles. Nu-
sue carries about fifteen topics: God; Evidences; The Word
merous well-known and biblically sound brethren were in-
of God; Salvation; The Church; Doctrine to Live By;
vited to be staff writers.
Christianity in Action; Worship; Daily Christian Living;
What changes have come about during these intervening
The Christian Home; Textual Studies; Bible Characters;
24 years? The format itself remains the same except that,
Charts and Outlines; Humor; Poems; additional fillers.
now, we have upgraded to full color, making each issue a
As issues continued to accumulate, in effect a library of ma-
treasure to read and preserve.
terials dealing with the various topics would be available for
The intention from the beginning was to make The Voice
the recipients! V
of Truth International a magazine that could be shared with
brethren and seekers all over the world. Currently it is print-
ed in India for circulation in that country and to surrounding
nations. Usually seventeen to twenty-two thousand copies
are shipped to the States for churches and individual sub-
scribers here, and for mailing to about 60 other countries,
making a total of approximately 35,000 to 40,000 copies of
each quarterly issue! Six thousand copies are also printed in
Nigeria and an additional five thousand in Ghana.
In addition to the English copies, The Voice of Truth In-
ternational is translated and printed in the Indian languages
of Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Paite, and also Braille. A few issues
were also translated into Spanish, and we would like to do
more but are in need of capable volunteers who can do the
translation and layout.
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Available NOW! Full-color, pocket-sized, tri-fold tracts on 109 topics, writ-
ten in old-time Gospel clarity. Call 662-283-1192 for a list of the titles and to
place your order.
These conveniently-sized
tools will be helpful for out-
reach and for strengthening
young Christians. Our spe-
cial price is only fifteen cents
each, or $7.00 for 50, plus
postage.
We are thrilled with the increasing use of the
tracts we have printed, in English, and in a grow-
ing number of languages overseas. In addition to
the original 76, these new titles have been added:
seven studies by Louis Rushmore:
u The Foreknowledge of God Explained
u What About Instrumental Music in u Doubts and Fears: Satan’s Challenge
Christian Worship?
u The New Testament Church Is Divine in
Organization
u Did Dinosaurs Really Exist?
u To Drink or Not to Drink?
u The Nuts and Bolts of Pornography
u Foul Language
one tract by Ron Williams:
u When Families Deal with Grief and Loss
these new titles by Jerry Bates:
u Will a Man Rob God?
u How to Study God’s Word
and these by Betty Burton Choate:
u Training Children in Obedience
u Training Children in Disobedience



J.C. Choate


J.C. Choate
u Satan — Do You Recognize Him?
u Fig Leaves Are Back in Style!
u How Do We Approach God?
u The Heavens Declare
u The Wrath of God
u The 21st Century Holocaust
u Women’s Liberation or Exploitation of Women?
u Where Grace and Mercy End
u Why Did God Do This to Me?
u True Science? It Follows a Known Path!
u He Lifted Up His Eyes
u How Do I Wear Christ?
u What Does Prayer Accomplish?
u The Soul and Its God
u In a Time of Persecution, Can I Endure?
u To Whom and Through Whom?
It is our intention to continue to add to the titles
we offer. Many churches are ordering these handy-
sized, succinct, and biblically-sound tracts.
We encourage you to order a set for $20, or bundles
of a single title at $2.50 for 25. Call 662-283-1192,
or order online at www.gospelgazette.com.
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Maywood Missionary Retreat

Plan to join us!

The 13th Annual Maywood Missionary Re- Hey!

treat is scheduled for May 2-4, 2019. Missionaries How would you like to give away
from all over the world come together each year for a million dollars?
2 days of exciting meetings, fellowship, meals, and It’s fake, of course (Uncle Sam hasn’t started printing
retreat. The Maywood environment is excellent for million dollar bills YET) but God’s plan of salvation on
“recharging and regrouping” for the next year of the back is real. This is an eye-catching little tract.
work. Speakers cover topics ranging from current
35 cents each;
mission work issues to personal experiences and $30 for 100.
workprograms. About 100 are expected this year. Call 662-283-1192
Contact Joey Barrier at 256.577.6999, joeybar-
rier@comcast.net, Janet Barrier at 256.766.2807,
janetbarrier@gmail.com, or Betty Choate at 662. email: Choate@
WorldEvangelism.
282.1192, choate@worldevangelism.org. org
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World Evangelism School of Missions
Plans are complete for World Evan-
gelism School of Missions activities in
2019. Seminars are planned for January,
February, August and November. Top-
ics for seminars include Missionary
Sponsor Relationships and Report-
ing, Finance and Financial Manage-
ment, Logistics and Foreign Travel,
Mission Field Relationships, The
Biblical Pattern for Mission Work,
Evangelistic Program Development,
Teaching and Preaching in the Mis-
sion Field, Training Local Workers.
These lectures will provide excellent
guidance from experienced men for any
churches and individuals interested in
entering into a new mission effort. We
encourage you to make plans to attend,
contact us, and reserve space in our fa-
cilities for your overnight stays. Our first
concern is obeying the Lord’s command
to take the Gospel to the entire world.
Let’s work together to do that.
A weekend seminar for an individ-
ual congregation is planned for Janu-
ary 27, 2019 at the Madison Church of
Christ (Madison, Alabama) with an ad-
Lest We Forget
Dr. Philip Slate has worked diligently to bring together the
mini-biographies of brave missionaries of the early Twenti-
eth Century. These men and women — 84 of them — are
pictured in the collage shown on the front cover of his book.
Anyone reading the book will be
humbled by the courage and faith
of these Christians who blazed the
trail for those of us who would fol-
low them.
Lest We Forget is affordably
priced at $8.00 per copy and can be
ordered from World Evangelism,
P. O. Box 72, Winona, MS 38967;
Phone: 662-283-1192.
ditional seminar in the fall at a location Joey, and Jeremy Barrier.
to be determined. In addition to seminars and forums,
A mission forum is planned for the annual Missionary Retreat also
September of 2019. The monthly provides mission work training and in-
seminars and missions forums will be formation. The retreat is at Maywood
conducted at Heritage Christian Uni- Christian Camp in Hamilton, Ala-
versity in cooperation with their Center bama on May 2-4, 2019. Contact Joey
for Missions Training and Information Barrier (256.577.6999), Wayne and
(CMTI). Several guest missionaries Janet Barrier (256.766.2807), or Betty
will be speakers, along with Wayne, Choate (662.283.1192).
The “World Evangelism” team...
Through the Bible, God, Himself, chose the written
word as His enduring tool for reaching the world with His
message. In our six decades of mission work [including
Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Philippines, Myanmar, Viet
Nam, and seminars and teaching in Bible schools in
numerous additional nations], through monthly magazines,
Bible courses (in conjunction with WBS), and books, we
have augmented the effects of radio and television programs in the major languages of India, re-
sulting in the establishment of hundreds of congregations and the saving of hundreds of thousands
of souls. Our quarterly magazine, The Voice of Truth International, is shared
with brethren throughout the world, and is printed in bulk in India, Nigeria, and
Ghana. Here in the States more than 200 books written by faithful brethren, and
120 pocket-sized, tri-fold, full-color tracts are featured in our catalog. Each year,
thousands are shared free of charge with brethren overseas. We are so thankful to
be tools in God’s work of evangelizing the world. Check our website: Worl-
dEvangelism.org; for personal contact: choate@worldevangelism.org; cata-
log:World Evangelism, P.O. Box 72, Winona, MS 38967; phone: 662-283-1192.
Mission
Training
Manual
by
Wayne Barrier
$10.00
The perfect
study material
for anyone con-
sidering doing
mission work in
a foreign field.
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The Brazil Mission Model Guide book and Commentary

for Bible reading for a year!
Continued from page 6
The final component of the process is training and edu-
cation of Bible teachers, leaders, and preachers. Missionar-
ies lead these efforts in most areas, but local brethren are
also involved everywhere and lead in many locations. Spe-
cific efforts include (1) future preacher and teacher training
camps and programs, (2) preacher training, (3) leadership
training, (4) Bible class teacher training, (5) mentoring in
every training category, (6) equipping of preachers, teachers,
and leaders with study materials, guidance, and opportuni-
ties to work. Positive meaningful feedback was emphasized
in this phase of the evangelism process.
The Brazil workers reported on efforts conducted over
a 40-plus-year period. During this time, the church has
grown from less than 50 known brethren to hundreds of con-
gregations in the country. Congregations are developing at
different rates and there are several with hundreds of mem-
bers led by elders. Brazilian congregations are sponsoring
and supporting mission work in their own country as well.
This model is Biblical and if used will produce the best pos-
sible results in almost every field across the world.
Order from: David Conley: hdconley0817@gmail.com
The Brazil model is strong, effective, scripturally or Order from: World Evangelism Publications
sound, and financially efficient. Missionaries from the US
P.O. Box 72, Winona, MS 38967
primarily serve as leaders with much work conducted by the
local brethren. Congregations are forming and local breth-
ren are leading their worship.
Speakers for this program were Randy Short, Jamie
Richardson, Roger Copeland, F.H. Gates, and Dr. Kirk Broth-
ers. The CMTI program is directed by Joey Barrier. >

Mission Training Manual

Wayne Barrier
This manual is used as the textbook for mission
training classes conducted by brother Wayne Bar-
rier in response to requests by individual congre-
gations. They are also part of the curriculum of
Heritage Christian University, taught by Joseph We have news that
and Jeremy Barrier in evening sessions. $10.00 brother Keith Sisman of
Cambridge, England, died
Missionary Stories unexpectedly. He was a
great student and writ-
Wayne and Janet Barrier
er of the history of the
This is a delightful book, illustrated with many
pictures in full color, so that the reader has a
church. You don’t want to
small glimpse of the people who are featured
miss his book, Traces of
in the stories. You will experience events in the Kingdom. Order from
Myanmar, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Viet Nam www.chulavistabooks.com
and Cambodia, getting to know the Barriers
Keith’s website is a trea-
who have been involved in foreign mission
sure to study:
work for more than thirty years. $7.00
traces-of-the-kingdom.org
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Spotlight
Chris Lyon

As the SEARCH staff travels
around the country visiting different
lectureships, Gospel meetings, and
family encampments, we find many
members of churches of Christ who
have never heard of IN SEARCH OF
THE LORD’S WAY. While we under-
stand that some people have simply
given up on television due to the de-
cline in decent programming, this me-
dia is still the number one method of
reaching the masses with information.
After thirty-seven years of con-
tinual weekly sharing the good news via
radio and television to every comer of
this nation and several other countries,
we wonder why so many in the USA
look blank when SEARCH is men-
tioned in conversation. Others say things
like “I think my grandparents watched
that program when I was a kid.” Or, “I
don’t think we can get that where we
live.” My response is “Yes, you can get
the program where you live, either by
cable television, Internet, satellite TV,
radio, or regular airwave TV.”
I was talking recently on the
phone with a preacher from a church
of Christ in Pennsylvania. I had called
him the week before to ask if he would
follow up on a request from a lady in
his town. She had completed the cor-
respondence course SEARCH offers lis-
teners. He promptly called and talked
with her and was very encouraged by
her response. This preacher went on
to say how difficult it is in his part of
Pennsylvania when the members try
door knocking. SEARCH gets into
homes and hearts when other efforts
don’t seem to work! Our goal is to
work with the local church of Christ
to evangelize as many as will listen to
the Gospel. When the seed is planted in
good hearts, it will grow!
During the next several months
SEARCH is asking for as many
churches as possible to work with us.
SEARCH will provide, at no charge,
graphics and information regard-
ing where and when the program can
be seen in your area. Please have an-
nouncements made about SEARCH
during assembly times and use our
graphics in your bulletin each week.
Let’s work together and make an ef-
fort to let congregations be more aware
of this ministry. SEARCH is ready to
assist you in reaching into your com-
munity with the Love of Christ and the
plan of Salvation. >
In Search of the Lord’s
Way, P.O. Box 371, Edmond,
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 18 Global Harvest

What the Great Commission Means to Me

Continued from page 7
tried to share the truth with him!
To most of us, the great com-
mission is no more than a few words
that we believe, but not very strongly.
We have heard our duty along this line
pointed out so many times that our
ears have callouses on them about an
inch-and-a-half thick and our hearts are
covered by an even thicker shell. And,
brethren, we just don’t much care! We
are content to drift along in our little
world of indifference and let the rest of
mankind go by, unsaved.
I wonder: What will it take, short
of that final jolt at the end of the jour-
ney, to get us to realize that the direc-
tion every “little world of indif­ference”
floats toward is HELL! We can’t drift
and float into eternal salva­tion — we
have to paddle like the devil is after
us, because he is! And the majority of
us have already been caught, and just
don’t realize it. Brethren, the conse-
quences of failing to preach the Gospel
to all the world is eternal punishment
for every person responsible. When
J.C.Choate [Deceased]
will we wake up to the pit that lies be-
fore us, and all mankind?
But there is another reason for
going into all the world and telling the
story of Jesus. Just think for a min-
ute: What would this world be to-
day without the influence of Jesus
Christ? What would your own life be
with­out Him? Think what a blessing
this one Man —God’s Son — has been
to all those who have accepted Him!
And yet there are millions of peo-
ple who have never even so much as
heard the name of”Jesus”. They have
not even an inkling of an idea that al-
most two thousand years ago this Jesus
died for their sins. They have never
been told of the perfect example after
which they can pattern their own lives.
They have received none of the bless-
ings that come to all Christians. Just
place yourself in their position for a
minute. Wouldn’t such a life be one of
terrible darkness? Well, you as a Chris-
tian can turn that darkness into light. It
is your responsibility to do everything
in your power to see that these people
hear the story of Jesus.
But this is more than a responsi-
bility; it is a privilege. Just think: you
have a Saviour! He has wiped away
your past sins, and continues to plead
with God on your behalf. He has giv-
en you full instructions as to how to
conduct your life. He has blessed you
abundantly with both material and spir-
itual gifts. He has promised to save you
for all eternity; to give you a home with
Himself and the Father. How much
more could a people ask? And yet, all
that He wants in return is for you to
share this blessing of Christianity with
the rest of the world! Can we be true
Christians and do any less? I think not.
Christ gave everything He had,
even His life, for mankind; not only
for you and me, but also for those
in other lands who have never heard
His name. Surely, if He gave all, we
can at least share what we have from
Him with those who deserve it as
much as we. May God help us, as the
church and as individual Christians,
to refocus our aim in life so that we
will “Go ye therefore and teach
all nations...” >

Will You Take the Prepare to

have your
Challenge? intellect,
emotions
1. Will you determine today to and exist-
give just $1.00 extra each Lord’s ing beliefs
day for missions? set on fire
2. Will you encourage others in the congregation when you
read this book! Paperback
to do the same, working toward 100% participation
and Hardback available.
among the membership, to reach the goal?
Michael Shank:
Please write us: World Evangelism Team, P.O.
mikeshank.62960@gmail.com
Box 72, Winona, MS 38967; or call: 662-283-1192; office@michaelshankministries.com
or email: Choate@WorldEvangelism.org. http://www.muscleandashovel.com
 Global Harvest 19

Provisions for the Age

Betty Burton Choate

Continued from page 4
on that plane, and in a matter of hours
you can be almost anywhere on this
earth, with access to those citizens.
When you get there, you have
many tools for evangelism: word of
mouth, advertisements through many
mediums, radio, TV, printed materials,
and public gatherings.
But look at the many great ad-
ditional tools God has supplied for
our use, just in the past two and three
decades: We have the Internet, You-
Tube, Facebook, WhatsApp indi-
vidual Websites, and other mass-media
methods of connecting. Many churches
today are putting their worship servic-
es on the Internet, making the lessons
available for people all over the world!
Countless sermons have been shared
over YouTube and on individual church
websites. Through Facebook, thoughts
and even lessons can be shared with
“friends” everywhere, inviting re-
sponses and interaction. Souls can be
introduced to the Truth and can be won
to Christ through these exchanges.
We also have great avenues through
World Video Bible School, World Bi-
ble School, World English Institute,
House to House printings, Apologet-
ics Press, Focus Press, Search for the
Lord’s Way, Mission Printing, Gospel
Broadcasting Network, and other orga-
nized efforts too numerous to name. If
all of us continue our individual works
but also pool our talents and materials
to further utilize the tools God is sup-
plying, we CAN bring the Gospel to the
whole world in this generation!
I am compelled to think of one
point J.C. made in his appeals for
help with the work he wanted to do:
He said that if each American Chris-
tian gave just $1.00 more each Sun-
day, to be set aside in the treasuries
for the sole purpose of world evange-
lism, there would be approximately
$1,250,000 additional dollars more
EVERY WEEK for world evange-
lism! In a year’s time, that would be
about $62,400,000, with not one pen-
ny subtracted from the local budget!
Now, what could be done with that
money, accumulating every year? THE
CHURCH COULD HAVE ITS OWN
WORLD-WIDE 24-HOUR-A-DAY
TV CHANNEL, OR WHATEVER
ELSE SEEMS MOST EFFECTIVE
IN THE GROWING ARSENAL OF
TOOLS! Sufficient funds would be
continually given to provide man-power
to keep everything going smoothly, and
for the necessary follow-up tools!
What we need, first, is a strong,
faithful-to-the-Word congregation to
take the leadership in sponsoring this
proposed work, and then we need
every member of the Lord’s church
to be made aware of this new effort
so that all of us can work together to
achieve the goal of evangelizing the
whole world! Let’s get on board!
Brethren, I beg you to listen to this
idea and to set in motion this great work
in the congregation of which you are a
member. Convince the Christians un-
der your influence to partner with us, so
that our Lord’s parting command to His
people can be obeyed. Please contact
us with your commitment to work to-
gether: >
World Evangelism
P.O. Box 72
Winona, Mississippi 38967
662-283-1192

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 20 Global Harvest
Valley Cities Church of Christ
in Sayre, Pennsylvania
Arthur Barry
This was the first church
plant of the Antioch Initiative
launched 10/19/14 and is the only
congregation of the church of
Christ in Bradford County, PA.
The Lord’s Church in Sayre con-
tinues to hold out the word of life in this
community, though the desired response
is still not forthcoming. VBS was a great
success thanks to the devotion and hard
work of the brethren who came from
Kittanning and Camp Hill. Quite a few
contacts were made, and I enjoyed fol-
lowing up with Chuck and Elizabeth
Talada who joined us in church with
their two sons the next Sunday. I studied
with them the following Tuesday and
received very positive feedback from
Chuck and the boys. Plans were made
for a further visit, and they were excited
about coming to church again. Unfortu-
nately, that is as far as things went and
they have not answered the door, or the
phone, since then.
I had talked briefly with Chris-
topher, a wounded warrior as he came
out to sit on his porch. He said he was
interested in studying the Bible, but he
had a friend arriving for a visit, so he
told me to look out for him on the porch
and stop for a visit some other time. A
few days later I saw him on the porch
and parked my car. When I climbed out,
he got up and headed inside. I called to
him and he looked at me but continued
in and closed the door behind him.
A fair bit of the work follows that
pattern and it is hard not be discouraged
sometimes. I am praying for God to
open hearts, and there are still contacts
that are promising. Of the 10 young-
sters who visited for VBS we have
been able to get four to church at least
once, but Sandy did not have a single
child in class this past Sunday. Sandy
has taught the class for three years now
and this is only the second time that has
happened. She does enjoy getting to sit
in on the adult class, though.
We have given thought to offering
an after-school homework club for lo-
cal children as we see that as a definite
need. I have spoken to the area schools
and the idea is welcomed enthusiasti-
cally. There is nothing of this kind ex-
cept for something just beginning for
Athens elementary children, sponsored
by the local Calvary Baptist group.
We knew this building is in a great
location and we intend to utilize our
porch in ways that afford us an informal
interface with the neighbors. One idea
is to have “Prayer on the Porch” once
a week. Another is to have coffee and
donuts out there, or hot chocolate as it
gets colder. Any ideas are welcome.
This Saturday some brethren from
the Kittanning church will be treat-
ing us to our annual early Thanksgiv-
ing dinner and we are hoping to have
visitors for that. I have had positive re-
sponses from several contacts we have
been working with.
Plans have been confirmed for a
visit from Sojourners next July 8-18,
thanks to Dave and Lynn Laton, from
Prattville, Alabama, who have been
involved in the church planting in this
area. We will be hosting a Gospel meet-
ing in conjunction with this activity.
We are still waiting for our num-
bers to grow, but we are also still count-
ing on God to hear our prayer to open
hearts. May it be so. >
May all the glory be His.
Arthur and Sandy Barry
ENDLESS MOUNTAINS
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Jeff Wyeth
I was at the soup kitchen and sev-
eral came and sat by me and we had a
great conversation about baptism--Amy
Stirling, Alica Ball, and three others. I
talked with a couple of the soup kitchen
workers also. I also received a couple
of calls from Oliver Houck, the one I
baptized, and I spoke with the other
girl that was baptized, Alisha Whitsell.
I was at Wal-Mart looking for someone
to talk to and went downtown to walk,
hoping to find others.
I also got a request to lead some-
one to Christ in Liberia, Africa. This is
a woman who has become a widow and
is unhappy with her Catholic church. I
notified someone I knew in the church
of Christ over there to help that widow
find the truth. After losing her husband
she has lost hope in having a way to
feed her kids and herself. My contact
person in Liberia said they would give
God-like assistance.
Wednesday, I had a Bible study
with Carl Wiesneski and his wife, Eliz-
abeth. She has Alzheimers so things
don’t mean much to her. We talked
over two hours. He explained that they
would be going to their winter home in
Maryland soon. I also spoke with two
other men who sat beside us.
Teresa had a ladies Bible study
with Molly Rivera, Mary Grace Deste-
fano and Kelly Donovan. We had a
very nice Bible study and picked up
Mary Grace from her new place about
10 miles away & took her home and
then Faye and her family. The van is
doing for us what we wanted it for. We
are helping many but it also gives me a
chance to have Bible studies. >
For contact with the Barrys and the
Weyths, go to:
Don Myers: dmyers@faulkner.edu
 Global Harvest 21
Our History and What We Believe
In the
late 1970s,
there was a
need to make available more scriptur-
ally sound and scientifically accurate
materials in the field of Christian apolo-
getics. 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 rec-
ognized 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 man-
aged by certified public accountants,
who also submit to the appropriate
agencies all documentation required by
State and Federal law.
Currently, Dr. Dave Miller serves
as the Executive Director. Dr. Miller,
Kyle Butt, Eric Lyons, and Dr. Jeff
Miller compose the fulltime profes-
sional writing staff, assisted by an aux-
iliary staff of scientists and other writ-
ers including Dr. Joe Deweese, Dr. Jerry
Fausz, Dr. Michael Houts, Dr. Branyon
May, Dr. Justin Rogers, Dewayne Bry-
ant, James Spencer, Dr. Caleb Colley,
Kevin Cain, Dr. Earl Edwards, Rob-
ert C. Veil, Jr., Melvin Otey, and Matt
Vega. A.P. also has an excellent office
support staff that includes secretaries,
a production administrator, a graphics-
design artist, and a general manager.
What We Believe
The following principles of truth
are accepted by those who actively
participate in the work at Apologetics
Press:
Faith in God and the Bible must
be based on evidence, and not blindly
Apologetics Press
Dave Miller
accepted (1 Thessalonians 5:21; Acts
17:11; 1 John 4:1; John 8:32).
God exists, and man can know
that God exists, by means of His mani-
fold revelations, both in nature and
through the inspired Word of God, the
Holy Bible.
The Bible depicts Deity as sin-
gular, i.e., there is one and only one
divine essence or Being (Deuteronomy
6:4; Isaiah 45:5; James 2:19). However,
the Bible also clearly depicts God as a
triune Being—three distinct persons
within the one essence—with a triune
nature (Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians
13:14). Each person of the Godhead
(the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit)
is fully Divine.
The entire material Universe
was specially created by this al-
mighty God in six days of approxi-
mately 24-hours each, as revealed in
Genesis 1 and Exodus 20:11.
Both biblical and scientific evi-
dence indicate (a) a relatively young
Earth, in contrast to evolutionary and
old Earth views of a multi-billion-year
age for the Earth, and (b) that many of the
Earth’s features must be viewed in light
of the universal, catastrophic flood of
Noah’s day (as described in Genesis 6-8).
Christianity is the one true re-
ligion (John 14:6), and Jesus Christ is
the only divine, resurrected Son of God
and Savior of the world (1 John 4:14).
The 66 books of the Bible are
fully and verbally inspired of God,
and have been transmitted faithfully;
hence, they are inerrant and authorita-
tive, and a complete guide for moral
and religious conduct.
Salvation is a free, gracious, un-
merited gift from God which mankind
can receive by confessing faith in Jesus
Christ as the Son of God (Romans 10:9-
10), repenting of sin (Acts 26:20), and be-
ing immersed in water for the remission
of past sins (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38).
Those enjoying salvation are (a)
members of the one, true, undenomi-
national church (described in the New
Testament), which is the body of Christ
(Ephesians 2:22-23; 4:4), and (b) those
who are living faithfully in service to
God (Revelation 2:10).
At some unknown point in the
future (Matthew 24:36), Jesus will be
“revealed from heaven with His
mighty angels, in flaming fire
taking vengeance on those who
do not know God, and on those
who do not obey the gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Thessa-
lonians 1:7-8), while the righteous will
be given “eternal life” in heaven (Mat-
thew 25:46). >
Welcome to the
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“When are you going to pro-
duce a Bible class curriculum?” For
a period of many years, that question
has been posed to Apologetics Press
over and over again. It is hard to be-
lieve that the desire of so many has
now come to fruition. We are pleased
to announce the release of the Apolo-
getics Press Bible School Curricu-
lum: Exploring God’s Word.
 22 Global Harvest
This year has been good to us! With your help the
Lord’s work here continues to grow by leaps and bounds.
We are producing more new programs, and reaching even
more souls than we ever have before. Your help is essential
to making these Bible lessons available to millions of people
all over the world.
In fact, this year to date, the free online videos have
received over 4,000,000 views! With these online views
skyrocketing, DVDs are in less demand. However, we esti-
mate that we will still send out over 150,000 DVDs to places
all around the world. Let me share with you some of the
other exciting news and also a few of the new programs you
are helping us to produce.
Proof for God
We were blessed to have Kyle Butt come and teach this
needed program. In 8 lessons, Kyle presents the evidence
for God and His divine Word. One particular lesson in this
program received over 135,000 views online within the first
month of being made available!
Premarital Counseling
In this important series of 8 lessons, Glenn Colley
shares wisdom designed for couples who will soon marry
and who want to help create a happy, durable, Christian
home.
Apocrypha
As always, Don Blackwell has done an amazing job in
this 31-minute lesson as he looks at the background and con-
text for recognizing the canon of inspired books of the Bible.
New Website
We are blessed to have a new and updated store web-
site that gives a fresh look and easier access to WVBS pro-
grams. Viewers can navigate to the WVBS Online School,
the Free Video, and the Store websites all from one place at
WVBS.org.
Free Online Videos
This is where we continue to see phenomenal growth.
As mentioned above the number of views has continued to
skyrocket. Last month alone, our online videos received
over 25,000 views. You are an essential part of making these
videos available!
Free Online Bible School
13,000 students are now actively taking studies through
the Free Online Bible School. Almost 9,000 of these stu-
dents are not yet Christians, making this an excellent evan-
gelism tool.
One Nation Under God
This faith-based fiction novel is a powerful story about
God’s providence for His nation and His people. The author
is Rudy Cain and written by Elizabeth Turner Beall.
Other Projects Completed:
Biblical Timeline - 10 lessons on 2 DVDs by John Hall.
Poster is also available.
Bind Us Together- 7 lessons on 2 DVDs by Doritta Johnson
Colossians - Online School Program by Russell Haffner
Church History 2 - 18 lessons on 5 DVDs by Chuck
Horner
Ultimately the success of these efforts is in God’s hands,
but we know that without your help none of this would have
been possible. Please continue to assist us in this great work
for the church as much as you can. Also when possible, tell
others who may be able to help. Our commitment to you is
to continue to provide new and exciting tools that are useful
in reaching the lost and in edification. With this thought in
mind we are moving toward making as much of our DVD
material as we can available on the internet where it can
be accessed for use in evangelism and edification, free of
charge. To accomplish this great task we ask you to please
continue helping WVBS through your prayers and financial
support. Thank you. May God bless you and your family,
and may He always receive the glory.
Present Student Enrollment: 12,934
Formal Students: 3,440
Informal Students: 2,310
Auditing Students: 7,184
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World Bible School
About Us:
WBS is one of the most proven,
cost-effective means of equipping Chris-
tians to fulfill the Great Commission.
The ministry has taught millions of truth-
seekers by mobilizing tens of thousands
of everyday, volunteer Christians.
WBS teaching is something Chris-
tians of all ages can do on their own as
a WBS Study Helper. Churches can use
WBS programs to equip their members
and involve them in evangelism.
WBS Study Helpers provide Bi-
ble lessons to Students, encourage them
and guide them to grow in faith and
knowledge. They can share Jesus with
web-based lessons as online friends.
They can also use printed lessons by
Mission Printing, A Work of Churches of Christ
Mission Printing has great vol-
unteers, especially like those shown
above at the Belt Line Rd. Church of
Christ. We are blessed with more than
30 congregations who participate in
the collating and stapling of our tracts
at their facilities. They help Mission
Printing to supply 3 million free gos-
pel booklets to the world each year.
mail like spiritual “pen pals”. WBS can
often help them connect their Students
with local Christians for further study,
fellowship and even baptism.
WBS’ Bible lessons provide pure
Bible Truth. They share the Good News
of Jesus, the plan of salvation, how to
develop a personal relationship with the
Lord and Christian living. Learn more.
WBS by the Numbers:
O Over 1.5 million studying the Bible
at a time.
O One student enrolls every thirty
seconds.
O Students in all the world’s 200-plus
countries.
O Some 8,000 volunteer, everyday
We ship four ocean containers per year
with more than 750,000 booklets of re-
ligious material to many different plac-
es. Mission Printing is helping many
groups throughout the brotherhood by
shipping their biblical material in our
containers. We have shipped boxes of
children’s Bible flip charts from the
Global Seedsowers in Abilene, pallet
Christians sharing Jesus with WBS.
O Each year, about 18,000 WBS
Students request baptism. (That’s one
baptism request for every $77 given to
WBS.) >
John Reese: www.worldbibleschool.net;
800-311-2006
loads of WBS Bible correspondence
courses in different languages from
Bro. Jim McPeak in California, pal-
let loads of Bible commentaries from
Truth for Today in Arkansas, and
trailer loads of biblical material from
World Evangelism in Mississippi.
This year, several missionaries
have visited and toured our facility in
Arlington, TX. They have come from
Cameroon, South Africa, Ghana, Nige-
ria, Kenya, Australia, and India. We have
just started an effort to help Bro. Paul
Oppong of the North Bronx, New York
church with tens of thousands of booklets
for distribution in the Northeast United
States. There are many thousands of im-
migrants in some of the major cities of
that area, and Paul is anxious to distrib-
ute our material. God continues to bless
Mission Printing in “World Evangelism
by the Printed Page.” >
Richard Renfro missionprinting@gmail.com
 24
Ronnie Crocker
Evangelism is somewhat like a
competitive sport. Ephesians 6 tells
us our opponent is not “flesh and
blood”. In addition to describing
our protection, it also illustrates a
power God provides to His minis-
ters, which is the Word of God.
In the 1970s ABC’s Wide World
of Sports transmitted great sport-
ing events right into our homes!
We enjoyed the Olympics, World
Series, Super Bowls, and big box-
ing matches. This show began with
exciting music and video clips, as
the announcer said, “Spanning the
globe to bring you the constant va-
riety of sport! The thrill of victory,
and the agony of defeat! The human
drama of athletic competition. This
is ABC’s Wide World of Sports!”
In the book of Acts, we see the
Gospel spanning the globe with
eternal implications. We read about
the agony of defeat as people re-
jected the Gospel, ministers were
imprisoned, and Christians were
killed. We read about the thrill of
victory, as multitudes of souls were
added to the Lord’s church. One
of them, a terrorist of churches of
Christ before he was converted, led
the spread of the Gospel into Eu-
rope and the rest of the world!!
Today, through the efforts of
foreign mission works like the
World Evangelism Team (the Bar-
riers, Bates, Rushmores, and sister
Choate), we see the Gospel continu-
ing to span the globe! Evangelisti-
cally, these brethren feel the emo-
tional ups and downs, as they make
disciples worldwide!
At Project Rescue (www.pro-
jectrescue.org), we feel the range of
emotional extremes on a daily ba-
sis, as we live among 20 recovering
addicts! The typical man we try to
reach obeyed the gospel in his pre-
teens and wandered into the world
of drug addiction in his late teens.
In his thirties, after he ruined his
life with prodigal living (2 Timothy
Global Harvest
2:25,26), he enters our 1-year in-
house drug program and resides in
one of our 12 apartments.
The Balm of Gilead we offer
and apply is the Bible. We are as-
saulted with the agony of defeat
when our restoration (Galatians
6:1) efforts are rejected. We feel
the thrill of victory when a sinner
is converted “from the error of his
way” and his soul is saved “from
death” (James 5:19,20)!
Certainly, the apostle Paul felt
the agony of defeat over the souls
who rejected his efforts to save
them (Romans 9:1-5). The thrill of
his evangelistic victories in Philippi
surely motivated Paul to keep on
keeping on: “Therefore, my be-
loved and longed-for brethren,
my joy and crown, so stand fast
in the Lord, beloved.” Philippians
4:1
The Thrill of Victory
and the Agony of Defeat!
Our “joy and crown” consists
of members of the churches of Christ
coming to us from 22 states (so far).
Through this ministry of reconcili-
ation (2 Corinthians 5:18,19), we
serve as a bridge back from the far
country for our prodigal (drug ad-
dicted) sons, grandsons, brothers,
fathers, and husbands. It is exciting
to see our program members being
reconciled back to God, the Lord’s
church, their families, the work-
place, and society as a whole. >
www.projectrescue.org
 Global Harvest
If Persecution Begins in America
Jack Wilkie
There are two ways to learn life’s important lessons: by
observation and study of the information available to us (the
wise way of learning), or by the experience that comes from
not observing and studying (commonly called “learning les-
sons the hard way”).
I’ve often heard it said that persecution would be a
good thing for the church, but I think that view is based on
the second way of learning – the idea that we would learn the
lessons of persecution the hard way. But I’m not convinced
we have to go through persecution to learn. Shouldn’t we be
faithful and do the things we’re supposed to do without hav-
ing to be threatened first?
On the other hand, maybe these are lessons we do have
to learn the hard way. Whether it takes that catalyst or not, the
lessons are there to be learned just by looking at what hap-
pened to the early church. Here are four that stand out to me:
1. We would be fully dependent on one another.
The kind of love and unity Jesus commanded in John 13-17,
“Love one another as I have loved you”, would be
followed with “the world will hate you” in John 15:12-
25, and John said the same thing in his letter (1 John 3:13-
16). The answer to persecution is care for one another. If we
are confronted everywhere, without, with hatred, the only
natural choice is to turn within to find love and support.
2. A lot of our petty divisions would go away. The
more the world hates us, the more we turn toward each other
for love and community. And when we do that, we begin to
realize that we’re on the same team with people we might
not have cared for before. I’m not saying doctrine would be
thrown out the window. What I am saying is that the minor
issues that divide us now – matters of opinion, personality
disputes, judging one another, etc. – would suddenly be seen
for how ridiculous they truly are. Church hopping or avoiding
one another would be a thing of the past. Congregations look-
ing down on each other or refusing fellowship with each other
over minor differences or past hurts would be unthinkable.
Unity of the church isn’t valued very highly right now. Throw
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in threats of financial loss, imprisonment, or even death, and I
suspect we’d start finding more reasons to get along.
3. Half-hearted Christians would have to make a
decision. Right now it’s incredibly easy to be a “Christian.”
Very little commitment is demanded of most churchgoers
today. Should we come to a time in which following Jesus
is life or death, however, casual Christianity would rapidly
disappear. Jesus said, “He who is faithful in a very little
thing is faithful also in much; and he who is un-
righteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also
in much” (Luke 16:10), a point he reiterated in the parable
of the talents (Matt. 25:21, 23).
If a person can’t sacrifice time, preferences, sinful hab-
its, or the things of this world for Jesus now, why would they
be willing to do so at the cost of their own life? On the other
hand, those who are faithful in that way now will be the only
ones who remain should times of persecution come. There
will be no such thing as a half-committed Christian.
Continued on page 41
Where did we come from? It is a basic question
that most science textbooks address first. The
common answer is Big Bang cosmology, assert-
ing that before the Big Bang there was nothing.
But is this logical from a scientific perspective?
Is there a better answer?
In this powerful DVD Dr. Brad
Harrub reveals the fallacy
of the Big Bang theory and
shares with students how
true science fits beautifully
with the creation model. Us-
ing modern textbook exam-
ples, Dr. Harrub dismantles
the evolution and points out
the complexity and design re-
ally observed in nature.
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How can GBN help you reach your local
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Has your local congregation been looking for new
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ties are unaware that their local public access television
station can be utilized by any resident of the community
to put Gospel material on the air. GBN can help you get
on your local TV station with already completed TV epi-
sodes that will point viewers to your local congregation.
For more information contact GBN on how you can bring
this Gospel programming to your local television.
While local TV will help you get into many living
rooms, there are also new avenues such as Instagram that
allow congregations to connect with a younger audience
who spend a lot of their time on their mobile devices.
GBN can also help you establish an Instagram account
where you can reach a younger generation with the Gos-
pel and point them to your local congregation.
Other Services:
Christian videos for kids that teach important
Biblical principles. The entertaining and enlightening
cartoons star Howie and Honey and illustrate moral les-
sons on a level young children can grasp. “Digger Doug’s
Underground” program is also popular because it features
familiar characters from Discovery magazine.
Mobile apps for any platform, so you can take
GBN with you wherever you go. Apple iOS, Android,
Amazon Fire and Windows phones make it easy and con-
venient to watch or listen to everything GBN has avail-
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GBN’s Daily Devotional email service so that you
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 Global Harvest 27
Wor ld En g l i sh Ins t i t ut e
World English Institute (WEI)
is a spinoff from my family’s mission
experience in Taiwan half a century ago
when we used English classes to attract
students, and the Bible to lead them to
Christ. A one-hour English class was
followed by a Bible lesson translated
into Mandarin Chinese. Students stayed
for the Bible class to improve their pro-
nunciation and their comprehension of
spoken English. Some seed fell in fer-
tile soil, and God gave the increase.
When it appeared that China
was opening up to Christianity in the
late 80s, World English Institute was
born with China as the target, but God
had something bigger in mind. Since
1989, the Lord has used WEI to intro-
duce people to Christ in every nation
on earth. Most WEI students enroll to
learn English, but their interest often
shifts to the Bible. They come to learn
Every living thing must
be cultivated — tended — or
it wastes away from neglect
and dies. Marriages are living
things, and they must be cul-
tivated day by day or they will
wither from neglect and even-
tually die.
Many marriages are like
many gardens — full of weeds
and briars, a few good things
growing poorly in hard ground.
But, ah! The marriage that
is tended daily with love and
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 28 Global Harvest
It happens over, and over, and
over again. We hear about preachers
losing their jobs or dropping out of
ministry because the pressures are so
great. This article is not about who is
right or wrong when a preacher loses
his job. I’m certain there is enough
blame to go around. This is a plea
from my heart that those of us who are
preaching brothers will do everything
we can to encourage one another.
With apologies to those of you
who are reading this who are not
preachers, it is true that there is no
one who can understand the life and
work of a preacher better than another
preacher. I have talked to more preach-
ers than I can count who are suffering
in silence. They have been chastised
by their elders, their deacons, or some
well-meaning fellow Christian.
Their feeling is that they are un-
der-appreciated. They feel that few re-
ally know all that they do. They feel
that few really care about their families,
their health, their mental well-being,
and their spiritual walk with the Lord.
Okay, take a deep breath. I know
that some of you guys who are reading
this would say, “Jeff, I’ve never felt
that way, and those who have need to
get over it.” I’m thankful you’ve never
been treated like that or that you’ve
never been made to feel that way,
but be careful brother, about saying
someone who has needs to get over it.
At least until you’ve walked in their
shoes.
So, most of us who preach under-
stand these thoughts and feelings. This
is a plea to all of us who preach to en-
courage, strengthen, support, and love
a fellow preacher who is struggling.
Let’s consider how we can encourage
and support one another. If you are not
a preacher, why not join in with us as
we seek to encourage one another.
OFFER WORDS OF
ENCOURAGEMENT
As we mentioned earlier, there
are enough negative and critical words
spoken in our world. Those of us who
are preachers don’t need to add to what
has already been said.
Remember that as Christians
we have been charged with speaking
words, that are “good for edification
according to the need of the moment,
so that it will give grace to those who
hear.” (Ephesians 4:29)
Make a phone call or a personal
visit, send an email, a letter, a text, or
a Facebook message. Sit down with
someone who is hurting and just listen.
Listen with your heart. Show compas-
sion and concern. There are many ways
we can encourage.
Seven Ways
Preachers Can
Encourage One
Another
Jeff Jenkins
ENCOURAGE
A PREACHER’S FAMILY
If you know a brother who is
struggling, be sure to ask him how his
family is doing? If your wife is a good
encourager, ask her to call the strug-
gling preacher’s wife. Ask about the
children. See if there is anything that
can be done to encourage the family.
TALK TO OUR FATHER
It has been my personal practice
to keep a running list of preachers who
I know are dealing with difficulties, as
well as preachers who have contacted
me to ask for prayers.
I do my best to pray through that
list on a weekly, sometime daily basis.
One of the greatest gifts we can give to
a brother who is struggling is the gift
of knowing we are praying for them. If
you tell someone you are going to pray
for them write it down and be sure you
follow through. (If you would like to
be added to my list, please send me a
private message, no details needed!)
EXTEND GRACE & FORGIVE
There are times that the preacher
who is struggling is the one who is in
the wrong. Perhaps he has brought his
struggle on himself. I am not writing
this to say that preachers are always
right.
Continued on page 30
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Biblical Institute of Central America
A Two-Year Bible School to prepare evangelists and church leaders
from the Caribbean to the Pacific shores of Central America
God desires a close intimate re-
lationship with His children… all His
children. This desire is the basis of the
Great Commission. God wants those
who know Him and love Him to “go
into all the world” to tell those who
don’t know God that He desperately
wants to have a relationship with them.
BICA has found a very effective way to
accomplish God’s command.
It is buried in the very words of
Matthew 28. Teach them? Yes… Bap-
tize them? Yes…but the first phrase
after “go” is “make disciples” What is
a disciple?... a follower? Yes… but our
definition of disciple is a follower who
teaches others how to make disciples...
disciples teaching other disciples how
to teach other people to be disciples!
BICA has also found this process
to be most effective when local believ-
ers teach other people in their commu-
nity. A person from another nation or
culture can be effective to some degree,
but in Central America, the most effec-
tive teacher is another Hispanic, prefer-
ably someone from their country.
BICA currently has schools in
Honduras and Guatemala. It is our
dream to expand to other Central Ameri-
can countries. There is a sense of nation-
al pride that makes the spreading of the
good news of Jesus even more effective.
BICA’s vision is to teach believ-
ers in every Central American country
how to reach their fellow citizens. We
will continue to pursue that dream by
training local evangelists to teach their
neighbors while also working to provide
for themselves and their families.
Andrew and Philip brought their
brothers to Jesus. We are instructed to
bring “all nations” to Jesus. We feel the
George Hall
best way to accomplish that is to teach
brothers how to bring their brothers. It
is a two year intensive training program
for evangelists and church leaders! In
the students’ two years of preparation,
they will develop an extraordinary ca-
pacity and passion to convert the lost.
Each student in his/her years at BICA
will have the experience of presenting
more than 700 Bible studies to the lost.
We send sustainable evangelists
into the mission fields! These evan-
gelists will preach and serve for the
glory of God for at least 40 years…
and all across the world, all without
relying on foreign support. We are
not opposed to foreign support for
our students but we realize it is unre-
alistic to find support for almost 800
of our current BICA graduates and
each additional in the future. There-
fore, we teach them to have ministries
that are self-sustainable by providing
them the capital for the start of busi-
nesses when they graduate.
Our costs are low for training each
student! We are positively influencing
the growth of the churches of Christ in
Central America and the establishment
of new churches of Christ all within a
reasonable and conservative budget.
We prepare women. BICA is one
of the few institutes who prepare women
to be powerful evangelists, to be leaders
in women’s and children’s ministries,
and to be the perfect partner if their hus-
band shares in the ministry as well.
MISSIONS LIKE NEVER BEFORE
Are you looking for a mission op-
portunity for church, team, family or
friends? Mission teams partnering with
BICA are growing in number and enthu-
siasm. Currently, the opportunity exists
to join with BICA students in Guatemala
and Honduras to support local churches
by evangelizing in the community, con-
structing of new or upgrading of exist-
ing church buildings, promoting and
participating in campaign work, and en-
couraging BICA students. We work with
your group as a partner to find the right
combination of ministry opportunities
for your team. U.S. staff volunteers as-
sist groups in the planning process and
in arranging travel plans. Mission op-
portunities are available year round.
W h y S h o u l d Yo u
Go With BICA?
l God calls us to spread the Gospel
l Short-term missionaries can make
a lasting difference
l Teams help reach lost souls with
the Good News
l Participants grow in faith and re-
turn home with renewed energy to
be disciples
l BICA leadership staff members
accompany, lead, and transport the
group trip in its entirety
l Americans are able to join native
evangelists and local medical profes-
sionals
l The mission strengthens church
member relationships - cross culture
for team members and supporters
l The team connects others from
outside the church to help with the
cause… encouraging community in-
volvement
l The trip supports and encourages
evangelists who are actively saving
souls
l Team members build relationships
in Central America
Continued on page 30
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Biblical Preachers Can

Institute Encourage One Another
Continued from page 29
Continued from page 28 brother knows that we won’t drop him
I know from my own life that all it will mean the world to him. Since
What are the learning about the return of my wife’s
of us have to constantly watch our-
Team Requirements? selves. Our own decisions and choices cancer, one of my preaching brethren
l Suggested minimum age, high can bring pain to our lives and the lives has texted me regularly just to say he is
school junior (parental consent doc- of our family. That is why we must praying for us. It has meant more to us
ument required) constantly examine ourselves to be than he’ll ever know.
l Application sure that we are, “In the faith.” (2 Cor- BUILD UP PREACHERS IN THE
l Background check inthians 13:5) PRESENCE OF OTHERS
l Passport DON’T PRY OR Work overtime not to be critical
l Immunizations ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS of a preacher in the presence of other
Some people (and this includes preachers, church leaders, or members.
How do you plan for the trip?
some of us who preach) pride them- If someone hears you “speaking out of
l Our US staff volunteers help you school”, they will not feel that they can
through each step. We suggest you: selves in knowing every sordid detail
trust you when they need to be able to
l Pick a trip leader (coordinator) or about every problem in the church. reach out.
two They want to be able to “report” to oth-
ers about the heartaches of those who Brothers, those of us who preach
l Announce the plans for the trip are blessed to be a part of a very special
are suffering.
and prospective dates fraternity. The best friends I have in my
I have seen preachers who pry
l Request response for those inter- life are preachers. Some of them are old-
into the lives of people just so they
ested (get emails and text numbers er, some of them are younger, and some
will know. Be careful to not “stick your
for group communication) of them are my age (some of you are
nose,” where it is not needed. Be care-
l Host a planning meeting thinking, that would be the same as the
ful about asking too many questions.
l Set deadlines for application, de- Someone who is hurting will tell you older ones)! God has blessed my life be-
posit, and payment schedule what they want you to know or what yond measure by my preaching brothers.
l Set up an online donation site that they feel you need to know to be able Let’s help one another during dif-
is specific to the trip to help. ficult times. Let’s reach out to one an-
l Get your congregation involved other. Let’s thank God for one another.
DON’T FORGET
(prayer, fund-raising, collecting Dear Father, we know that we
ABOUT ONE ANOTHER
items) have some brothers who are hurting
AFTER THE INITIAL CONTACT
l Send regular emails and texts with right now. Help us, dear God, to reach
Please don’t overlook this very out to them. Help us to encourage them
reminders and updates
important part of the helping process. in every way possible. Help us to pray
Is the Lord Calling You? Many times, we reach out to a hurting
This mission experience will brother, pray for him, encourage him, for those around us who are hurting.
forever impact the lives of those that and then we forget about him. Dear Father, please give a special mea-
go, those that are served, and those sure of Your grace to those who need it
Hurts and pains don’t quickly go right now. In the Name of the One who
that help in prayer and support of away. Make another phone call, send
the faithful servants. > another note, reach out again, sometime will give us rest we pray, Amen. >
Jeff Jenkins: thejenkinsinstitute@gmail.
George Hall: gwhall43@gmail.com after the initial contact. When a hurting com

Will you GO, or will you SEND?

 Global Harvest 31

A Prayer from the Heart

J. Randal Matheny

True and living God, Christ, and instill in them love in its to contribute to a small effort already
Your works go before you and purest form. begun.) On November 15, Brazil’s
proclaim Your glory. In Christ we see Thank you, Lord, for reconcilia- Proclamation of the Republic, we
Your love and goodness, the justice tion, to give us peace with You and in celebrated the 30-year anniversary of
brought to man. You are worthy of ourselves, for peacemaking as our ob- the church’s start here!
praise. jective. We rented a venue for the day,
We love You, and desire that You Thank You for the recorded his- about five minutes from our home.
dwell in our hearts. Come to us, for we tory, in Scripture, of Your work to save Douglas’s wife, Ludmila, planned a bar-
have come to the Rock that shelters us mankind, for Your patience with the becue that went off exceptionally well.
above all tempests. stubbornness of Israel and with the re- Afterwards, four men spoke between
Forgive us of the sin of anxious- calcitrance of the church. songs and prayers. Ten non-Christians
ness, O Lord, that inner turmoil over our What a wonderful God You are to joined us for the day. Two of the oldest
many responsibilities or the dread con- love and save us! converts, Paulo Lelis and José Roberto
cerning current events. Give us, Father, from the East Side congregation, spoke
BBQ for region’s 30-year Mark about their spiritual journey. These
a sense of abundance and fullness that
come from the bounty of Your goodness. The Gospel penetrated our Val- meetings encouraged the congregations
We are thankful for technology ley area in October, 1988, when two and offered a vision for the work that the
that permits us to do more, be more ef- Brazilian families were sent from the Lord Jesus Christ gave us to do. For that
ficient in our work, have greater con- state capital. (Vicki and I arrived in SJ- we are thankful. >
tact with loved ones and friends, share Campos in 1995 from Belo Horizonte, Randal Matheny: randal@fastmail.com
the Gospel with the lost.
Father, bless the work of the
Good News in Argentina. May the
brethren here be strong in faith. Send
more workers into the field.
Uphold the work of Colin and
Lisa Graham in Bangor, North Ireland,
and give them fruit from their labors.
Bless parents as they rear their
children in the fear of Your Name,
transmit to them the joy of serving
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 32 Global Harvest
Dear brethren in the Lord and
God´s faithful workers, my best regard
and season’s greetings from Montecarlo
congregation in Lima city, Peru. Hoping
this message finds you in good health
both physical and spiritual, and may God
continue to bless you and your church
work ministry in this current year.
I am back in town after spending
time with a rural congregation in the An-
des mountain areas for about ten days.
We want to let you know that we
are planning to launch a Bible training
center and missions with 10 students
Spanish Materials Available for Evangelism and Grounding in the Faith
The Voice of Truth International magazine
and up (both men and women), March
2020, to be held every three months dur-
ing that year at the Montecarlo church
building`s facility, starting from a Tues-
day morning and continuing through the
next week (almost 12 days in total). That
would be a three-years’ Bible program
in which some church members around
the city and within Peru will be well-
trained, and we make an open invita-
tion for you to help us out on this church
project. We will also be very grateful for
you to come over to visit us, so we can
host a five-days’ Mission and Evange-
WORLD EVANGELISM
lism Training Seminar in the first week
in December 2019.
Although we are not a wealthy
congregation (located in Lima city in
the northern area), all our efforts in
these past years have been focused on
visiting and helping out with church
work with the neediest congregations
around this whole nation.
Our church does mission trips
to the Andes Mountains and Amazon
jungle`s remote areas four times a year,
to teach and preach God`s Word and
do the best we can, although money
resources are not enough for the many
things that need to be done over there.
Together with some local church
workers, we do those mission trips
and we thank God for this work, since
many people have obeyed the Gospel
of Christ, and those church members at
those remote locations are visited and
encouraged. They are always happy for
us to help out on door-knocking and
having Gospel campaigns for them to
stay faithful and work harder to build
up the Lord`s church.
I hope you all consider to partner
with us and to visit us in Peru anytime.
We will always be glad to have you, ei-
ther in this coming year or in the near-
est future. Romans 10:15 >
Helmut Garcia: this is our church face-
book site: https://www.facebook.com/
ideCMontecarloPeru
Class and study books.
Call 662-283-1192
 Global Harvest 33
Northern Ireland Report
I was born in Belfast, Northern
Ireland, where I attended the Church
of Ireland in my younger years. After
much searching, I came in contact with
the church of Christ in Belfast, and be-
came a Christian in 1978. I am currently
a preacher for the Broadway Church of
Christ in Rockford, Illinois, but I enjoy
going back to my home country once a
year, if possible. In October 2018, my
wife, Tami, who is originally from Ten-
nessee, joined me as we visited with my
family, as well as church family.
Northern Ireland has five church-
es of Christ, consisting of the Westway
congregation in Belfast, two congrega-
tions in Bangor, one in Newtownards,
and one in Coleraine. Tami spent 2
years in Coleraine, as part of a mission-
ary team in the early 1980’s.
We spent several days giving out
about 600 postcards through the let-
terboxes of various homes in Belfast.
These cards offered a free Bible Cor-
respondence Course and contact infor-
mation on the church of Christ. There is
also a year-round weekly advertisement
in the Belfast Telegraph newspaper to
bring awareness of the church. Over the
last several years, Brother Michael Ke-
aney, who preaches for the church that
meets on Southwell Road in Bangor, has
kindly taken charge of sending Bible
courses to anyone who responds to the
ad or sends in one of the cards.
Michael Keaney &
Jackie Thompson
Maurice Brown
On Sunday morning, I had the and Tami was able to visit with some
honor of preaching at the church of of her friends from the church there.
Christ in Bangor, which is small in num- We also had a short tour of the church
ber, but big in heart. We received a lov- building, which had been recently ren-
ing and warm welcome, even though it ovated. It was a great ending to a won-
was a cold day! In the foyer was a rack derful trip to Northern Ireland! >
full of tracts and literature that had been Maurice Brown: mbrown53@comcast.
sent to the church by the World Evan- net
gelism team. The members were very
grateful and appreciative. To show their
appreciation, they gave me a check
for $1293.54! Robin Coulter traveled
68 miles by train to worship and fel-
lowship with us. He is a member of the
church of Christ in Coleraine, and it was
the first time we had seen him in over
30 years. We enjoyed spending the af-
ternoon with him and catching up on the
news. Tami and I went back to Bangor
for the Sunday evening service. We par-
ticipated in some great Gospel singing
and heard a sound Biblical message by
Michael Keaney. After worship, he and
his wife invited us to their home for a
“wee cuppa tea” and a nice chat.
On the day before we left to travel Door-to-door distribution of tracts
back to the USA, we drove to Coleraine, and invitations to meetings.
Tract rack with copies of The Voice of Truth International.
 34 Global Harvest
My Experience with “WhatsApp” Kenneth Peters
I find social media, especially WhatsApp, a way of mak-
ing a positive contribution to personal Bible study. One day, a
sister in Christ living in Germany, with whom I was having a
telephone conversation, asked me a question about the Bible
teaching on the Holy Spirit in Acts 2. I suggested to her that
she first read John 16 and then we would have a discussion,
to which she agreed. Before we started our discussion, I asked
her to read Acts 2 and then the end of Luke 24. After explain-
ing the passages, especially how connected they are, I asked
her if she would like to continue studying the Bible over the
telephone. She said she was interested. Then she requested
that we continue with John. That was the beginning of this
experience of Bible study via WhatsApp.
So we studied John’s Gospel and went on to look at his
epistles. After those books, we went back to Acts and from
there we proceeded with the other Gospel books. We have
completed the study of the whole New Testament and we are
now in the Old Testament. From once a week initially, our
study soon upgraded to two days weekly. Also, she is now
seeing situations where she can help to spread the Gospel mes-
sage this way. She said she is in touch with two young Muslim
women, so by the blessing of God it is all possible.
In the meantime, I happened to speak with another sister
in Christ, a resident of New Jersey, to whom I mentioned my
study with the sister in Germany and immediately she said
she was interested in Bible study. She was so excited about
the idea that she wanted to study almost every day. But the
only problem with that was the time difference of five hours
between the UK and New Jersey. So we decided to study three
days a week.
Then I was speaking with my youngest blood brother who
lives in Barbados. When I told him I needed to get off the phone
because I had a scheduled appointment to study the Bible with
someone in Germany he thought it was a good deed/enterprise,
to which I retorted that it would be better if he would join us in
the study. He said he would. I thought he was only joking, but
I realized that he was serious. He asked when we should start. I
suggested once a week on Saturday but he thought that wasn’t
enough; he wanted us to study three times a week. Again the
time difference was a challenge: he gets up 3 a.m. for the study,
which corresponds to 8 a.m. UK time. He is so eager that if I
miss calling him at 8 a.m. on the dot, he calls me. I gave him the
choice to start the study either with the Gospel of Mark or John
and he went for John (everyone seems to want to begin with
that book.) We are currently going through Paul’s first epistle to
the Corinthians. After one of the Gospel accounts, I move on to
Acts, then to the Epistles. At the present time, we are half way
through 2nd Corinthians.
I also study with another blood brother who lives in the
Caribbean Island of St Vincent. I introduced him to the book
of Mark using a study aid called 90 Days Walk with Jesus
through the Eyes of Mark, written by Malcolm Chusham.
I asked my brother to order one copy of that book from the
Internet, which he did. It uses a method in which the student is
required to answer the questions asked, applying them to his
own life. My brother liked the method so much that he is plan-
ning to start a course in his congregation based on that book
and its study method.
The way I conduct a study is quite simple. I ask the stu-
dent to read the chapter we have decided to study. After the
reading, I ask the student to tell in their own words what they
understand from the passage. Then I let them say what they
have learned from the passage we have read. For example, in
a study of the conversation with Nicodemus, I ask the student
to tell how one gets into the kingdom of heaven, instead of me
telling them. One more example is related to the unity of the
church. After studying the subject of the church in Acts and
other passages, I ask the student to tell how many churches
there are. When they ask questions, I answer either using ele-
ments straight from the Bible or from church materials.
This teaching experience takes place in a social setting,
and I believe this makes it even more valuable and appreciated
by people, beside the fact that the telephonic conversation on
WhatsApp is free of charge.
So I now have altogether four students in various parts
of the world.
I benefit a lot from this whole personal evangelism ex-
perience because it helps me search the Scriptures in prepara-
tion for my lesson. The questions the students ask equally help
me to dig the Scriptures. Also, after a lesson I go over it for
a check of what I have studied with the student. In this way
I grow in the knowledge of the Bible. Also the brother in St.
Vincent has started the study with his wife and his 13 year-old
son. The sister in New Jersey now is challenging some Jeho-
vah’s Witnesses to study with her, all thanks to her knowledge
gained through simply studying the Gospel message. >
Kenneth Peters lives in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England
 Global Harvest 35
The Work in Romania
BIBLE
TRAINING
SCHOOL
UNDERWAY IN
PITESTI,
ROMANIA
The 18th annual Bible Training School in Pitesti, Ro-
mania began Sunday night with orientation for all students
and instructors. Marc Curfman and Joel Inman, both capa-
ble and very experienced Bible teachers, are instructing 40
students from the seven churches in Dolj, Arges and Valea
Districts. The training school is completely funded by the
Glendale church in Murray, Kentucky. The classes continue
for two full weeks, with graduation on the last Friday of the
school. There are 60 hours of class room teaching plus ex-
tensive outside study. The average age of the students is 39
years. They receive no payment for attending the school, but
lodging and food as well as all study materials are provid-
ed. A number of those in the school are men who presently
preach in the seven churches, children’s Bible class teachers,
and others who desire a greater knowledge of the Scriptures.
The two full weeks is extensive, and several take their va-
cation in order to attend. Others are retired, and some are
university students who begin classes the following week.
THE ENTIRE NEW TESTAMENT COMMENTARIES
TO BE TRANSLATED
Plans are underway to translate and print a complete
set of New Testament commentaries from English into the
Romanian language in the near future. The book of Acts has
already been printed, and the book of John has been trans-
lated and is at the printers now.
Plans now call for the books of Hebrews, Romans and
Galatians to be completed in the coming year. Adi Voicu,
along with other Romanian Christians, have excellent
knowledge of the English language and have helped to trans-
late scores of booklets and tracts now in use by the seven
churches. According to one of the U.S. men involved in the
entire project, “This project of translating and printing com-
mentaries of every New Testament book in the Romanian
language will be a blessing to the Lord’s church is Romania
for generations. Several Romanian denominations have had
commentaries by their own scholars for many years. They
Harvey Starling
all teach Calvinism and have been readily available to the
public. These new commentaries written by faithful Gos-
pel preachers, mostly men from the Sunset Bible Institute
in Lubbock, TX, will help students of the word to learn and
grow in Bible truth.”
THOUSANDS OF BIBLES FOR ROMANIA!
A shipment of Bibles arrived a few days ago to use in
the work of the seven churches. In the past five years over
5,000 Bibles have been purchased and distributed in concen-
trated efforts to get the Gospel to the people of Dolj, Arges
and Valcea Districts. The financial sacrifices of congrega-
tions and individuals in the U.S. make the purchase of these
Romania Bible possible. They are used in regular assemblies
in the seven churches and in every special evangelistic ef-
fort’ as well as in one-to-one studies.
ROMANIAN LADIES
CONTINUE TO MAKE QUILTS
The special project to make quilts for the needy con-
tinues in the seven churches in Dolj, Arges and Valcea. Pat
Starling helped to get the work started some 15 years ago
when so many were in need of warm bedding. The need con-
tinues today even though hundreds of quilts have been made
through the years. Over 30 ladies participate in this work
with the quilt materials coming from both the U.S and Ro-
mania. Ladies in the U.S. contribute materials for the quilt
tops and these are taken to Romania by U.S. teachers. In
recent years that has been Daryl and Ann Newton. The Mid-
way church provides funds for the flannel and filler which
is needed to make the quilts. Also several sewing machines
have been purchased for this work. >
Harvey M. Starling: hmsstar@bellsouth.net
Friday night youth study in Craiova, in the book of Acts.
 36 Global Harvest
Help Take the Gospel
to the French-Speaking World
Few people realize in how many
nations the French-language is used
around the world and how much is yet
to be done in taking the Gospel to those
nations. Over 600 million people live
in the 57 countries and territories that
consider themselves part of the French-
speaking world. Yet we have no more
than five American missionaries living
and working among French-speakers in
these countries, and almost all of these
are in just two European countries.
In spite of a shortage of mis-
sionaries to the French world, much
progress has been made in the past 30
years. The number of French-speaking
countries where the church of Christ
has been established has gone from
11 to 34. The number of congregations
has increased from fewer than 90 to
nearly 700. Schools of preaching in six
French-speaking countries are current-
ly training scores of local evangelists.
A wide selection of printed materials
in French has been developed for use in
evangelism and grounding of converts.
Weekly Gospel radio broadcasts are
heard in at least 14 French-speaking
countries in Africa and the Caribbean.
Nevertheless, an extraordinary
amount of work is yet to be done. It is
true that we must be busy evangelizing
to reach the lost in the United States,
where only one out of 240 people is
a member of the New Testament
church, but the task of reaching the
French-speaking world is even more
daunting: only one of 44,000 is a New
Testament Christian!
The Crieve Hall Church of Christ
in Nashville, Tennessee, is working on
several fronts to evangelize and build
Barry Baggott
up the Lord’s church throughout the
French-speaking world.
A school of preaching in Ivory
Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), West Africa,
trains faithful men from various Afri-
can countries to serve as evangelists.
Crieve Hall fully supports this work,
which is directed by Ivorian Christians.
Crieve Hall also oversees a lit-
erature ministry called French World
Outreach, which provides over 90% of
the printed materials used by French-
speaking churches around the world.
Crieve Hall provides the facilities for
the work, a team of volunteers, and sup-
port for two full-time workers, Barry
Baggott and Garrett McGilvray. Over
200,000 pieces of Gospel literature are
provided each year through this work.
These include tracts and booklets, New
Testaments, correspondence courses,
Bible school curriculum, song books,
periodicals, commentaries and other
books for Bible study.
Another means of teaching God’s
word to French-speakers around the
world is an extensive radio ministry
involving numerous weekly broadcasts
heard in 11 countries. Many of these
lessons are prepared and recorded by
Barry Baggott, while follow-up is done
by local Christians in each country.
Barry and Garrett also make mul-
tiple mission trips each year to French-
speaking countries, mostly to countries
where no American or European mis-
sionaries are serving the Lord’s church.
The objectives of each trip depend on
the needs in the particular country. In
some cases they are working to establish
the church where it does not yet exist. In
others they are providing grounding, en-
couragement, and help in evangelism to
local congregations. And in other cases
they teach courses in schools of preach-
ing or provide in-depth training and/or
refresher courses to evangelists already
serving on the field.
Much of the literature and many
of the radio broadcasts mentioned
above are made available on Internet
websites for French-speakers anywhere
in the world. A French site intended
especially for Muslim seekers of truth
has also been created and is receiving
nearly 100,000 visits per year. (There
is considerable overlap between the
French-speaking world and the Muslim
world.)
Fi n a n c i a l N e e d s
As already mentioned, the Crieve
Hall congregation provides full support
for the school of preaching in Ivory
Coast, facilities for the literature minis-
try in Nashville, and salaries for Barry
and Garrett. Help from other congre-
gations and from individuals is gladly
received for other needs such as travel
funds and money for printing and ship-
ping of literature.
The two most urgent needs at
the present time relate to the radio
ministry and the teaching periodical,
Chemin de Vérité (Way of Truth):
Radio: Several weekly radio broadcasts
in the African countries of Ivory Coast,
Chad and the Democratic Republic of
the Congo are currently underfunded.
In most cases, $50 per month would be
sufficient to keep a program on the air.
Chemin de Vérité: We send bun-
dles of this periodical free of charge to
Continued on page 37
 Global Harvest 37
New Work in Italy
Scott Shanahan
Please accept my apologies for not sending any up-
dates lately. We have been traveling around a lot the last few
weeks trying to secure sponsorship and support for our new
work. We continue to move forward with the work in Italy
and are hopeful that it will be a reality soon.
We hope this report finds you well. Rebecca, Violet and
I are happy to announce that we have a new overseeing con-
gregation for our work in Italy. The Margaret Street church
of Christ in Milton, Florida has decided to accept oversight
of our work! We are very happy with their decision to take
our sponsorship. They are a great, loving congregation whose
elders want to be more than just a sending and receiving point
for funds. They want to be intimately involved in our work
and our spiritual development. We look forward to working
with them. We will be moving down to Milton in a few weeks
and then start making our final plans for Italy. For those of
you whom we have not yet visited we will try our best to see
you before we leave. I’ll be in touch to try and arrange a visit.
If you are a congregational or individual supporter of
the work, you can start sending your support to:
Margaret Street Church of Christ, ATTN: Italian
Missions, 6745 Margaret Street, Milton FL 32570
If you’ve already sent your support to Dunlap, do not
worry about it; they will forward it along to Margaret Street
when they get it. Thank you so much for all your prayers and
continued support! We love you all very much and we should
be in touch soon with great news about the work.
Scott Shanahan: scottshanahan@hotmail.com
French-Speaking
World
Continued from page 36
every French-speaking congregation around the world for
which we have an address, as well as individual copies to
isolated Christians, Bible correspondence course students,
and many other Truth-seekers. It is used as a tool for evan-
gelism, for grounding Christians in sound doctrine and for
edifying and strengthening them in their spiritual lives. For
many congregations, this bimonthly publication is the only
printed teaching material they receive in the course of a year.
Unfortunately, because of ever-increasing postage
costs and the growth of the French-speaking churches
and our mailing list (it has grown from about 1,400 in
1993 to over 19,800 today), as well as the loss of some
regular support from congregations that were unable to
continue this year, the funds that we receive for producing
and shipping Chemin de Vérité are woefully inadequate.
In fact, the monthly shortfall for this important tool for
evangelism and edification has risen to about $1,500 per
month. If you or your congregation would be willing to
contribute monthly to enable us to meet this need, please
let us know. Or, if you can arrange for Barry or Garrett
to speak to a church or group of Christians who might
help, please do so. >
Barry Baggott, Crieve Hall Church of Christ, 4806 Trousdale
Drive, Nashville, TN 37220; Phone: 1-615-781-2137: email: fwo.
ceb@gmail.com www.frenchworldoutreach.org
>
Teaching through a French Vacation Bible School.
 38 Global Harvest

Hunger Preparation Ahead of Famine for Malawians

“Then the King will say to Old Testament whom God instructed to Three of these projects have been com-
those on his right, ‘Come, you create grain storage facilities in order pleted in less than a year, and plans
who are blessed by my Father; to fend off major famine. Joseph com- call for more examples for their neigh-
take your inheritance, the king- plied, and the nation was saved. bors, showing what can be done when
dom prepared for you since the These projects follow intense people band together to solve a prob-
creation of the world. For I was educational preparation through dis- lem. Of even greater importance is the
hungry and you gave me some- tribution of 10,000 booklets, half in fact the Malawians handled the heavy
thing to eat, I was thirsty and you English and half in the native language, lifting on these projects. The Malawi
gave me something to drink, I was Chichewa, that teach the story of Jo- Project gave only minimal funding, the
a stranger and you invited me in, seph, and the way he prepared for fam- Malawi churches did the rest.
I needed clothes and you clothed ine. These booklets were followed by Four members of the Malawi Proj-
me, I was sick and you looked the use of drip irrigation projects to help ect Board traveled to Malawi in Sep-
after me, I was in prison and you raise additional food to offset famine. tember and October to see these projects
came to visit me.’” Matthew 25:34-36 The next step was funding assistance first-hand. Helping feed people is what it
We have heard these verses quot- for concrete floors, doors, windows and is all about. This program is yet another
ed, but the Malawi Project and a group roof panels, for a storage facility. way to help them help themselves. For
of Malawians are doing something to The Malawian groups took it more information on the Malawi Proj-
help combat hunger before its unwel- from there, in one case 18 churches ect, and its assistance programs, go to:
comed arrival. While direct food aid is joined together to raise and store grain. www.malawiproject.org >
necessary in times of crisis and famine,
this church-related effort works to com- Crowd at Joseph 2
bat hunger in one of the poorest nations
in the world. However, it is important
to help fend away famine ahead of its
unwelcomed arrival. When rains fail
or too much rain prevails, or invasion
of insects occurs, crops fail and people
suffer. That is when the Malawi Project
steps in with aid. Waiting for the crisis
to arrive is not enough.
In the past two years the Malawi
Project has worked with community
based organizations, churches, and lo-
cal tribal authority to create what is
known as the Joseph Projects. These
programs are named after Joseph in the
 Global Harvest 39

SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF EVANGELISM

Greetings from staff and students
of BVBIN & SWSE, IBADAN.Here is
the summary of recent activities.
1. OVERVIEW: The Diploma
(year-1) and Advanced Diploma (year-
2) students reported fully for classes as
scheduled. Presently, we are through
with the following subjects. Evange-
lism-1, NT Church-1, Life of Christ-1,
The Pentateuch, OT-History (Joshua 5. OTHER COMMENTS: A
-Esther), Denominational Doctrines, lover of good things just donated a
Prison Epistles, Gospel of John, 1,2&3 fairly used bus to South West Nursery
John and the Book of James. & Primary School to convey the less
2. SPECIAL ACCOMPLISH- privileged children to the school from
MENT: One of our August 2018 grad- Monday to Friday.
uates, brother Andrew Adeolu, is now Also, I will be teaching on The
serving as the evangelist of the just GODHEAD on October 14 in Isheri-
established Lord’s church in Bachita Oshun congregation, Mile-12 on Octo-
town, Kwara State. Brother Andrew ber 21 and in Agege on October 28.
is one of our present year-2 students, CONCLUSION: We deeply ap-
a native of Ilesha in Osun State. He is preciate your partnership and support
happily married and blessed with a kid. for African countries and beyond. May
His mission is spreading the good news the Lord keep on blessings all our joint
Makinde Ebenezer Olufemi (Director of Stud-
ies for Bear Valley Bible Institute of Nigeria
in the rural area. effort in Christ Jesus, amen. > and Southwest School of Evangelism, Ibadan)
3. EVANGELISM: Students of
the school were able to evangelize in
Asejire-Oyo State, Asejire-Osun State,
Egbeda town-Oyo State, Ikire-Osun
State, Butubutu village and environ-
ment and Ido-Ekiti in Ekiti State in the
month of September, and our joint ef-
fort was blessed with five converts and
two restorations.
4. SPECIAL CHALLENGES:
The school van broke down twice during
the month of September, and we were
able to change the van gear and some
other components that go along with it.
Also, the printer and photocopy
machines cost us some money. We
bought toner for the two printers and
complete drum unit for the photocopy
machine. Six thousand copies of The Voice of Truth International are print-
Lastly, the school now employs a ed in Nigeria under brother Makinde’s oversight, and circulated
brother as the school driver. throughout the country.
 40
Jos, Nigeria: School of Biblical Studies
68 SOULS ADDED
TO THE KINGDOM
Since our graduation of 2017,
with a student body of 137 students,
our Weekend Evangelism Program has
proven to be a tremendous success.
Brother Naphtali Dagasamah contin-
ues to match our students to locations
throughout the area every weekend.
We now have over 14 congregations
in and around the city of Jos. Through
this program our students learn to take
the knowledge they learn in the class-
room and apply it to the people in the
streets and villages. Our students have
averaged conducting 651 Bible studies
per month! They have baptized 68 peo-
ple who believed, repented, confessed
and expressed a desire to be baptized
into our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus.
God’s word is still powerful!
Our graduates in Chad (Pierre, Sa-
bastian, and Lazarus) had a two-day Gos-
pel meeting planned, and I was sched-
uled to do the preaching. The subject
was Church Growth. Over 320 brethren
came from 11 congregations in a 50-mile
radius. The sessions went well, and we
had 26 baptisms! Lazarus and Sabastian
Solomon Aguh
are in good health, and each is planning
to move to a new area to start preaching
at four new congregations.
I met with the children at our
school on Friday morning. The school
conducts two sessions each day be-
cause of limited classroom space.
The first session is from 7:30 am until
12:00 and the second is from 1:00 un-
til 5:30 pm. When we can build three
more buildings, which will give us six
more classrooms, we can have all 800
children during the day, and none will
have to travel home from school in
the dark. Each building costs $12,000.
Would you or your congregation care
to help?
OUR KITCHEN
The construction of our dormi-
tory is complete. The only task remain-
ing is the painting of the top floor and
the outside of the structure. We plan to
start this task in late October during the
dry season.
We do not have central feed-
ing at the school, so each student is
required to provide his/her own food.
We do have a small outside kitchen for
the ladies, who now live in the former
male dorm, and we have constructed
a temporary kitchen for the male stu-
dents. Most students form groups and
prepare their food on a small kerosene
stove. Funds were not available, so the
temporary kitchen was a project born
of necessity. We had to use used metal
roofing so rodents are a constant prob-
lem, along with sanitation.
The cost of construction of a
proper kitchen building is $7,843.57.
Will you help us with this project?
Please send a check to the Church of
Christ, 1175 Pickwick Street, Savan-
nah, TN 38372: attn. SBS kitchen.
Thank you for your support in the past.
Global Harvest
When the School of Biblical Stud-
ies, Jos, started in August 20, 1989, we
were located on the Ring Road that
by-passed the city of Jos. We were in
a village named Furaka, whose water
was supplied by a stream. One of our
first tasks was to locate water and drill
a bore hole on our campus. Our Lord
provided a good source of water. We
allowed the villagers to bring buckets
twice each day and collect water for
drinking. They have done this for over
25 years. This Christian act of kindness
has helped cement our friendship and
love for each other.
Through the years the city of Jos
has grown to over a million people, and
we now find ourselves part of the city.
Our first bore hole lasted 20 years but
finally went dry. The city installed a wa-
ter main along the Ring Road, but their
service is sporadic at best. Sometimes
we will go weeks without city water. A
few years ago, we drilled another bore
hole that provided us a limited source
of good drinking water.
When we increased our student
body to 137 students, we found we
needed an emergency source of wa-
ter that could only be provided by
our owning a water tanker truck. You
helped us obtain this tremendous gift.
With the funds you provided, we found
a very good Mercedes truck shipped
to Nigeria from Germany. It has a die-
sel engine and a new water tank. We
bought and installed a water pump and
painted the inside of the tank with anti-
rust paint. Your gift is now in service!
May our Lord bless you for your love
and support for us. Thank you. Thank
you. Thank you! >
Riverchase Church of Christ: 1868
Montgomery Highway, Birmingham, AL
35244. Phone: 205 988-5808
 Global Harvest 41

The Church in Mauritius continues to Grow

As you may know, I was converted
and baptized by missionary Russell Du-
Pont, sent and sponsored by the Benton
church of Christ in Benton, Kentucky
to established the church here in 1970.
I was privileged to be among those
foundation members of the church in
Mauritius. Between the 35/40 students
qualified to be in the first Bible school
in the Indian Ocean. I am the only one
remaining in that group, fighting for the
doctrine of the church of Christ as it is in
the Bible until now, and for the remain-
der of my life in this world, God will-
ing. Out of this beginning, by the help
Sylvio Salomon
of God, in my family my mother and my
sister were baptized. After our wedding,
Marianne, my wife, was baptized. Then,
as young adults, my two daughters were
baptized, and before they got married,
both sons-in-law will be baptized.
Now I want to share with you this
great event, which took place at Joanne
& Merlin’s place at Palmar. Melia and
Maiva, their two daughters, were bap-
tized and added to the church. At the
same time, the daughter of Bruno &
Marie Claire Toi was baptized. Bruno is
the son of Harold Toi, baptized in 1980.
Bruno & Marie Claire were baptized in
2003 and now their daughter! Bruno is
also one of the two Brunos with whom
I share the pulpit, ready for the future,
and for generations to come!
For me, this is the best event
of this year, by the grace of God. He
helped us to witness our two grandchil-
dren added to the church, which is the
fourth generation of Christians in our
family, and a good sign for our next
generation. I truly hope that they will
continue to put God first in all.
Please add Mauritius to your
prayer list. >
Sylvio Salomon: ssalomon@intnet.mu

It should not take the threat of persecution to get us

If Persecution Begins...
Continued from page 25
4. Prayerlessness would be absurd. In my experi-
ence, prayer is often an afterthought today. We add a couple
of prayers to our worship times. We keep a prayer list of
those who are sick. But the idea of regularly (as in, every
week or so) gathering solely for the purpose of prayer is
given little thought in many cases. If we were dealing with
great persecution, though, I suspect that’s another thing that
would change quickly.
Just look at the early church in the book of Acts – they
didn’t do anything without prayer. One of my favorite ex-
amples is found in Acts 4:24-31, where Peter and John were
released from arrest and immediately gathered with the
church to pray – not that they would not be arrested or perse-
cuted again – but for more boldness and confidence to keep
preaching. Once again, the point is that we shouldn’t have to
learn the hard way. It shouldn’t take imprisonments and death
threats to get us to do what we should already be doing. The
question is whether we’re willing to learn from the knowl-
edge that is readily available to us, or if we will stubbornly
refuse to do what we should unless we are forced to do so.
Will we learn from the information available, or will
we wait until times are difficult before we do what they did?
It should not take external pressure to make us love each
other with the same self-sacrificial attitude Jesus had (Philip-
pians 2:1-8). We should do so because He first loved us.
to find out what is really essential and what is merely pref-
erence or personal pettiness. We should be willing to look
past differences of opinion without being forced to do so (see
Romans 14).
Churches should not tolerate half-hearted, one-foot-in
and one-foot-out Christianity. Jesus challenged those who
would follow Him (Luke 9:57-62), yet we try to provide as
easy of a path as possible to get as many as we can in the
door. Let’s not wait for persecution to force our hands in
challenging people with the call of Christ.
Prayer should be one of the driving factors of every sin-
gle congregation. It shouldn’t take a severe illness or hard-
ship to call us to prayer now, and it certainly shouldn’t take
mass persecution to cause us to devote ourselves to prayer
in the future.
What lessons do you think persecution would teach us?
Can we learn them without having to be persecuted first?
We’re excited to announce the launch of our new podcast!
Each month the Think Deeper podcast will take an in-depth
look at the topic covered in that month’s issue of Think mag-
azine. In our inaugural episode, Joe Wilkie joins the show to
discuss transgenderism. He shares clinical insights into the
issue from a counselor’s perspective, the statistics, tips for
parents, and thoughts for how the church can be loving yet
uncompromising.
Subscribe:Apple Podcasts (iPhone users)
Google Podcasts (Android users) or, our
YouTube channel >
 42 Global Harvest
Restoration Roots in Africa
The Sherriff family had been in-
volved in the Restoration Movement —
in Great Britain. They helped carry the
movement to John Sherrff’s birthplace,
New Zealand. Later John joined the gold
rush in Johannesburg, South Africa. In
1898 he moved to Bulawayo in what is
now Zimbabwe, and opened stone works
that employed workers in transit to the
South African gold mines. At this point,
Roy Merritt picks up the story:
“One night Sherriff saw a fire in
one of the laborer’s huts. Concerned
that the fire might spread, he rushed
across to the worker’s compound.
Drawing aside the blanket across the
hut’s door, he noticed that the laborer
was looking at a scrap of paper in the
light of a candle. ‘What’s that?’ Sher-
riff asked. The man said, ‘I don’t know.
I just saw it blowing in the street this
morning.’ He handed it to Sherriff.
“When Sherriff saw it was a page
out of the New Testament, it was as if
The “Lost and Found” Bible
In July 1961, I boarded the Dan-
ube Express at Vienna’s West Train Sta-
taion, travelling to Budapest behind the
Iron Curtain. What a contrast between
free Austria and Communist-occupied
Hungary — so dark and drab! Busi-
nesses were closed. Signs were banned.
People hardly dared to speak or smile.
Carefully contacting names accu-
mulated in Vienna, we met Ivan Martos,
an officer of the National Bank of Hun-
gary. He traveled to Vienna twice each
year for bank conferences. Later, I ar-
ranged to meet Ivan at West Train Sta-
tion. When he arrived, he looked like he
had lost his best friend. Indeed, he had.
Ivan related his bitter experience. Guards
had boarded the train at the next-to-last
John Reese
God had struck him with lightning: ‘I
didn’t send you to Africa to get rich. I
sent you to Africa to preach the Gospel
to the people.’ Then Sherriff realized,
‘I’ve got people here from Zambia, from
Malawi, and from all over this country.
That’s where we’re going to get started.’
“So he started teaching his work-
ers how to read, how to understand the
Bible and how to preach. Then he start-
ed sending them back to their homes,
saying, “Don’t go on down to Johan-
nesburg. Go back and take the Gospel
to your people.”
Restoration churches today that
exist in Zambia, Malawi, and Zimba-
bwe have their roots in that singular
event. The first missionary who went to
Zambia was Peter Masiya. He started
the first church in Mukuni near Victoria
Falls. Later he moved to Mujala near
what is known today as Sinde Mission.
John Sherriff had heard that
there was a restoration movement tak-
Lynn Camp
stop on the Hungarian side. Checking all
passengers, they came to Ivan. His ID
and travel documents were in order. But
one guard made Ivan open his briefcase.
Finding Ivan’s personal Bible, he held
it up for all to see and angrily shouted,
“What is a man in your position doing
with a Bible?” Before Ivan could re-
spond, the guard threw the Bible out of
the window of the moving train.
About two years later, at another
Vienna meeting with Ivan, he was as
upbeat as he had been downcast be-
fore. He had received a postal package
in Budapest — it was his Bible! An
apologetic note explained:
“Our children were playing one
day along the railroad tracks. They
ing place in the United States. He came
over here and visited some of our early
Christian schools. The first recruits were
W.N. and A’Delia Short. They went to
Africa in 1921 and worked with Sher-
riff for two years. Then they moved up
to join Peter Masiya to open Sinde Mis-
sion there. My (John Reese) father and
his wife, Alice, went there in 1926.
John Sherriff passed away in
1935, but his influence continues with
some 3,000 churches of Christ in Zam-
bia, and many thousands in Malawi and
Zimbabwe. >
found your Bible. Not knowing what it
was, one of them took it to his grand-
mother who immediately recognized it
as a Bible. Word spread quickly through
the little village on the border. Some of
our older people had possessed Bibles
before they were banned and remem-
bered the significance and power of the
Word of God. We decided to conceal
the discovery while those who so de-
sired would make handwritten copies.
The joyful task lasted two years. Please
forgive our keeping your Bible so long.
But you might like to know that we are
now a secret band of about 30 who
have baptized each other and seek to
follow Jesus in our daily lives.” >
From ACTION, worldbibleschool.net
 Global Harvest 43

Meetings in Pakistan
Sajjad Bano and Asghar Ali

I greet to you in the name of Jesus Christ. I am so glad

to inform to you about 20th Annual Gospel Meetings which
were held at Malir Church of Christ from 12 to 14 Octo-
ber 2018, and this year brother Asghar Ali came to Karachi
from Lahore for the Gospel preaching . He is senior minister
of the Church of Christ in Lahore and he came with his son-
in-law, brother Obed Arthur. He is also a preacher of the
church and works with brother Asghar in Lahore.
It was so wonderful and glorious Gospel Meeting and
seminar in these four days. Big crowds came to listen to the
Word of God. On 16 October we arranged a seminar. Its topic
was CHRISTIAN WORSHIP AND MUSIC. On 15 October
eleven people were baptized and came in Kingdom to have
salvation in the glorious name of Jesus Christ.
Sajjad Adil: sajjad_adil_bano@yahoo.com
[Note; the work of establishing congregations of the church
in Karachi began in 1962 with the arrival of the J.C. Choate family.]

Report from Asghar Ali

on the Karachi Meeting:
We both, Obed and I, reached Karachi on October 11,
2018 Thursday at 6:00 in the evening. Brother Sajjad with
brother Waris came to Karachi International Airport to pick
us up.
We hired a local taxi and went to Malir Church of Christ.
On our arrival, Sunday school children were doing practice
with their teacher. We were welcomed by some members in
the church and after having tea we went to the auditorium and
had some discussion with church members, Sunday school
teachers, and their singing team. The singing was very much
appreciated by Obed who openly commended them. We ac-
companied the church members till 9:30 pm in the night and
then we had dinner with brother Sajjad at his residence near-
by. At about 11:00 pm we were given a room in the church Proper meetings were started from Friday evening
building for sleeping. Before leaving us, Brother Sajjad asked at 8:00 pm and topic was the beginning of the Kingdom/
brother Obed to share a message with the school children on Church and second coming of Christ, which was to be
Friday morning at 9:00 am. shared in three days from Friday to Sunday by me. The
The meeting was started at 9:15 in the morning with building was full on all three days, especially on Sunday.
prayer, and Brother Obed shared a message with the chil- Monday was rest day and on Tuesday I had a full-day semi-
dren concerning how we need to stand for our faith. After- nar on instrumental music in the church building and it was
wards, he had a meeting with the school teachers and he full. This session was very useful and interactive. Questions
advised them to be firm in truth and teach the same to the were welcomed and people learned a lot. >
children. Asghar Ali: asgharcoc@gmail.com
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Growth of the Lord’s Church in Pakistan
Shahid Khokhar
There was a time when we were seekers, looking for the
truth. We visited different churches to learn, to know and to re-
alize the truths in our lives, but it seemed everything was not
practiced exactly the way it is written in the Bible. We could
have never imagined that the Word could make us alive spiri-
tually and open our minds to a new world, a world filled with
wisdom, a world that is no more a secret for us, a world where
our souls can breathe freely. The Word fed us and brought nour-
ishment to our empty souls. We felt that our missing part was
being filled and we became hungry for more. It was not so long
before we found the website named World Bible School and
logged on to it. We could never believe that such a “minor” de-
cision changed our lives as we started our regular lessons with
utmost interests. Our motivated and dedicated teachers, like sis-
ter Mary McKinney, encouraged us to concentrate on the given
verses from the Gospel. We shared the same teachings of the
Bible with our other brothers and sisters and they believed and
in this way with a small number, the church of Christ began in
the city called Hyderabad in Pakistan.
It has been eight years now since we started preaching
the Word to our Christian brothers and sisters and we are
glad that God has not only kept us in one city, but with His
will and the encouragement of the World Evangelism team,
God’s message is also spreading in the cities of Punjab, i.e.
Toba Tek Singh, Multan and Burewala. In this month, five
more souls were added to the church of Christ and we pray
that they remain strong in His Word. The congregation in
Multan is growing fast in numbers and I am asked by more
individuals to visit their families in the outskirts of Multan.
I am thankful to brother Shadman who was once my student
on mobile phone for learning, and now he is supporting me
in preaching and in visiting different families in his location.
I would like to make a request for brother Shadman and
Shahid teaching in a home study.
for brother Waqas who are helping us in Burewala and Mul-
tan: they need our prayers and encouragement in spread-
ing the truth among different sects of believers in Christ.
We are glad to inform you that our elder son, Sterling,
is enthusiastically studying the “Life of Christ” from https://
www.throughthescriptures.com/ in English and he is prepar-
ing himself for baptism soon. He is in his thirteenth year, and
we are encouraging him that besides his academic degrees,
he should also go for his religious studies. Our little Joy is
studying in the 2nd grade and is much interested in art work
and dolls. The youngest boy, Stanley, has taken his place in
Nursery class, but is struggling to concentrate on his studies
as both the older ones take their mother’s attention.
We are studying and translating the following tracts in
Urdu and Punjabi for our brother and sisters.
1. The New Testament Church is Divine in Origin by
Louis Rushmore
2. From the Beginning by J.C. Choate
3. The Thief on the Cross by J.C. Choate
We have also started sharing the book by Steve Williams,
The more Excellent Way, with brother Waqas and Shadman.
They had some questions from the 1st book of Corinthians
and this book has really helped us to make them understand
the 13th chapter in a more detailed and clear meaning.
We are thankful for your prayers and contribution to
spread His kingdom in this part of the world.
All congregations send their love and prayers for you
all. Blessings, Shahid and Congregation in Toba Tek Singh >
Shahid Khokhar: cochyderabad@gmail.com
 Global Harvest 45
We pray all is well with you and
the lord bless you with a sound health
and mind for many more years. We are
doing fine. Just get busy and making ar-
rangements. We do get rain here these
days and, as you know, Kerala got worst.
I had sent a text message to the
printer several days ago but perhaps he
did not read it. On Saturday I talked to
him and then he again gave the price
for 2000 and 3000 for Holy Spirit in
Punjabi. For 2000 with the same qual-
ity of paper will cost $2730 and for
3000 copies $3650.
I also checked for Worship,
Godhead, and Covenants in Punjabi
for 2000 copies each. Each will cost
$650 (a total of $2000). One will be a
little more as there are additional pages
in that.
Regarding the price of the land,
yes, prices in the city have become so
high, but we need a place somewhere.
I have been trying to find something
available outside Chandigarh. Lately I
visited a neighboring village and was
told that a plot of land may be avail-
able there for Rs. 4-5 million ($60,000
to $70,000). I think if we get this kind
of deal, we can ask them to give us 1/2
acre. That will be a great place where
we can start more things. In the city,
near our place, but in Mohali, there is
a new area developing and plots are
about Rs 13,000 to-18,000 per sq yard.
Plots of 200-500 sq/yards are available.
Chandigarh, India
Earnest Gill
I do not know who will be used
by the lord to help us with the money
for our own place, but I have firm faith
in Him that once we start asking and
He knows that our need is genuine, He
responds positively.
I believe we can achieve anything
with the help of the Lord. I have learnt
that we only can try to solve a problem,
once we know what it is. I mean first
we need to realize that there is a need.
Now when we have accepted that, I
think the Lord will show the way.
I have been granted a 10-year visa
for US. I had no plan but maybe the Lord
has one. It was my cousin who invited
me on her husband’s 50th birthday, and
I applied in March. I got the visa after
2 months, when I went to the embassy.
They granted it, even when the time was
gone, and they knew I had no purpose to
go. Maybe there is something that we do
not know but the Lord knows.
As the last quarter of the year
starts, I am wondering about the next
year’s lectureship because brother Rus-
sel is no longer able to come and help
with the finances. We have not declared
the dates yet, but believe that we need
to arrange for the expenses before the
time of the lectureship is on us. Brother
Russel used to call me near this time
and send 1/2 the amount early. That
was $2000. Last year he sent 100% and
did not attend the lectureship. We have
been grateful for his contribution and
efforts to make it possible.
He had been supplying us 400 Hin-
di Bibles each year for the past several
years. We have composed and printed
a song book containing Hindi, English,
Punjabi, Sadri (Bihari), Dogri (Jammu
& Kashmir’s language). The script for
the regional languages is the same that is
used in Hindi. That way it can be used by
many people. Brother Russel had asked
me last year to get the price but this year
he did not come and wrote me that he will
no longer be able to help with the Bibles
and any other activity.
I believe the Lord will provide,
but thought it good to let you know so
that you can also join us in prayer.
This year we are in need of 500
Bibles. One Bible costs us about $3.
We have ordered 5000 song books, and
each one costs us $0.68. The Govern-
ment has levied 18% GST on printed
material. That has raised the prices
very high, but I believe song books are
necessary for the growing congrega-
tions. We have been asking the breth-
ren to share the cost with us. Some
have already come but they will pay for
themselves only. Postage, too, has been
increased a lot. For sending 10 books
to a place we are asked to pay Rs. 100.
We have a problem in the neigh-
borhood. They had called the Police
several times, claiming disturbance by
the students and classes we have. We
rented another place for the students.
We also had to move to another
apartment and the owner stopped us to
do church activities. We are now very
restricted but the Lord has been giving
us strength. We have started praying that
we should have a college campus where
many people may be trained in the com-
ing years and have a place of worship.
It is good to learn that Ricky is
planning to start a Youtube channel
“BIBLE KI BAAT”. We already have
started but could not upload the stuff
because we need a basic setup to record
the things. Moreover their language is
Telugu and we need to work in Hindi
and Punjabi. Pray for us. >
Earnest Gill: ernst@rediffmail.com
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Activities in New Delhi, India
Had a good trip to Balco in the cen-
tral part of India in the month of April,
2018. On this trip, I was accompanied
by my father, Francis, as well as the Bar-
riers: Jeremy and Kerry. We had great
2 full days of Bible Seminar from the
Book of Ephesians and Colossians. Dur-
ing this trip, one Hindu girl obeyed the
Lord, and another young girl came for-
ward to study more about Jesus before
she decided to obey Him in baptism.
Again, in the middle of June,
2018, I went back to Balco for a week,
and worked with the local congregation.
I bought them five new ceiling fans be-
cause it was very hot inside the church
building when I was speaking. As you
know, both May & June are the hottest
months in India. The temperatures go up
to 115-120 degrees Fahrenheit. So the
ceiling fans provided the church great
relief from the heat.
I also helped the congregation in
building a baptistery inside the church
building so that they don’t have to
travel far to a river or a lake to baptize
people. Actually, conversion is banned
in this particular state of India (Chhat-
tisgarh). Moreover, there is a strong
presence of Hindu fundamentalists
and extremists, which makes the situ-
ation even more sensitive and volatile.
So when somebody is being baptized,
it has to be done in a very hidden and
quiet manner. In fact, sometimes when
people are being baptized in a river or
a lake, questions are being asked by the
local people about their act. So keeping
these things in mind, I decided to help
them build a simple baptistry inside the
church building. This will be safer, and
convenient for the future.
The Delhi congregation has been
doing well. One Sunday back, I spoke
Vinay David
from 2 Kings chapter 5 about the little
Jewish maid who served Naaman’s wife.
On this particular Sunday, we had 3
young girls obeying the Lord. I was glad
to baptize them, and I hope and pray that
they remain faithful to Jesus and to His
“One True Church of the Bible.” These
three are now worshiping with the
church that meets in Faridabad village,
where brother Wilson preaches. Wil-
son and five of his family members
were baptized on September 13, 2008.
and the church has been meeting there
regularly. Brother Wilson taught these
three who were baptized. They all live
in the same village.
The TV work has been going
strong. I just finished recording a fresh
set of sermons. Many responses and
contacts for the Hindi Bible correspon-
dence courses, Hindi Bibles, and Hindi
tracts are still being generated from our
TV programs.
As I said, the Bible correspondence
work has been running well. In fact, just
recently two of my students expressed
their desire to obey the Lord. They said
that they want to become members of
the New Testament church. I was so glad
to hear about this, and I have forwarded
their contacts to local preachers in their
Jerry and Paula Bates were with the church in New Delhi, India.
area so that they could help them with
their obedience.
Yes, we did talk to Ricky Gootam
about the “Lads to Leaders” program. It
will be a wonderful thing if a program
like this can be run in India. In today’s
world, many young people are losing in-
terest in spiritual matters. The churches
need to show more concern about them
since they are the future pillars of the
church. Anyhow, Ricky, will be sending
us some details regarding how to devel-
op such a program In India.
In regards to airing our Hindi TV
programs on YouTube channel, the
Shubhsandesh channel people have al-
ready put our programs on YouTube. In
fact, the Telugu TV programs are also
on their channel. You just have to type
the speaker’s name, and it will show
their program. I shared this informa-
tion with Ricky too, but he says the TV
channel has not put all our programs,
and that might be true. Anyhow, in
regards to securing some financial as-
sistance from Delhi congregation to
run this YouTube thing, I told Ricky
that he needs to talk to the elders about
this matter since they are in charge of
church financial matters. >
Vinay David: vinay_david2002@yahoo.co.in
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ELIYA SCHOOL OF
THEOLOGICAL STUDIES
The month of September has been
very successful and productive for the
mission of the Lord. It has been a won-
derful sight to witness seven new souls
being baptized for the remission of their
sins and accepting “Christ as their Lord”.
Among the seven newly baptized
souls, three are the result of the ef-
forts of the preaching school and they
come from the same family. Brother
Prasad Savarapu has been a full-time
teacher for 30-plus years. He was a
member of the Roman Catholic faith
for more than 42 years. In the last ten
months, as he planned to retire May
2018, he wanted to preach Christ,
so he approached us to learn in the
ESTS School. This July as he started
to attend classes, study more into the
word and understand about the Lord’s
Church, he studied the Bible with his
wife, Pusha and his son Pranay, about
being part of the Lord’s Church. The
result of this effort has been the bap-
tism of their family.
Brother Prasad is a very diligent
learner and wants to drink into the
deep waters from the Bible. He plans
to graduate this December from the six
months course and start working with
the local church — Palakol Church of
Christ — in the mission efforts.
ESTS has been having classes for
five days a week (Mon-Fri) with Satur-
day being a time for practical training –
Personal Evangelism. The classes this
month have been geared towards “The
Plan of salvation” in the morning ses-
sions and “Personal Evangelism” train-
ing in the afternoon sessions. Classes
for the month of September have been
taught by two of the elders – Venkanna
Elijah Vivek Sanamanda
and Raju Matta in the mornings. Our
pulpit minister, brother Ebenezer, has
been overseeing the Personal Evange-
lism part of the course in the afternoon.
Two of our baptized women,
students from ESTS, Mangamma &
Raghava, are very effective in teaching
other women. We here in India believe
that women can be the key to evange-
lizing the entire family.
Students have been doing well so
far in terms of learning and implement-
ing the strategies for reaching souls.
Soon we plan to have a door-knocking
campaign in the nearby village of Peru-
palem. Please pray that the students do
well in having a fruitful campaign and
having a godly impact on the ones they
meet in the course of the campaign.
Our water plant has been the key
for us reaching souls in our communi-
ty. On a daily basis, students have been
distributing about 420 – 480 tins (hold-
ing 5 gallons) of water, which is ap-
proximately 2000 – 2020 gallons a day.
Distribution of Bibles to newly baptized members.
47
With the generosity of the breth-
ren we have installed 12 hand pumps
for water in the community, which
have been helping the people have ac-
cess to water for their entire household.
We have been having a lot of pow-
er cuts due to various reasons. With the
support of the brethren we were able
to purchase a 62.5 KV power genera-
tor with an automatic panel to meet the
needs of electricity at the living facility,
studio and especially the water plant.
The generator has been scheduled to
be delivered on Oct 5th and would be
completely installed before the of third
week of October.
Please keep all these efforts in
your prayers, which are being dedicat-
ed towards taking physical waters in to
the community, through which we hope
to teach about Christ and quench their
spiritual thirst.
Our Bible studio construction
has been through a fair number of ups
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The Work Goes On... Ricky Gootam
Our TV programs are going very well. We have been in
mass media out-reach since 1975. We are known as “Satya-
vani” which means “Voice of the Truth”. We had this name
from the time we started. We were on the radio, we are on
the TV and now we are entering to internet. Many of the
sermons are posted on Youtube but we are working of hav-
ing our own “Youtube live” channel called “Satyavani”. To
set it up we are looking at $1500 for onetime investment and
$380 (for cloud steaming, internet and one person to manage
that every month). We are praying to start this very soon and
make it a reality at the end of August. We wanted to launch
this on October 1st. We are also thinking of developing an
app so that everyone all over can be reached via internet.
Our TV programs right now come in three different sat-
ellite channels twice a week, and one channel comes twice
every day. So we have an audience of 1 million viewers all
over India. Every month 1200 finish our Bible courses and
every day we get 200 responses.
The Church in Kakinada is healthy. We have able men
who can lead and families who support all the things we do
from Kakinada. The congregation right now is 250+ (not in-
cluding children). We have 130 families who are involved at
Satyavani Church of Christ.
We had Brother Lucus from Italy and Sister Liz from
West Virginia for two weeks. They study in college in West
Virginia. They were going to climb Mt. Everest in Napal, and
one of our common friends suggested they go and see us in
Kakinada, India. They stayed with us in Kakinada for a week
and worked with
our Children home
kids. We had 350
children from dif-
ferent villages
come to Kakinada
that week. Next
year we are plan-
ning to start a pro-
gram called “Lads
to Leaders—India”
from Kakinada, India. So we wanted to give the kids and some
of the preachers what is this and how we are going to do this.
In this picture above you can see a “work book” which
will be in Telugu on “Lads-to-Leaders: India”. This book has
18 chapters, and we are translating the materials to the Telu-
gu language first, then we are going to see how that program
goes in Andhra Pradesh, and then we will take it from there
throughout the country. There are 29 states in India and not
all the states have strong churches. The church is stronger in
the South India.
Below is a group of students from Oklahoma State
University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. These are nice college
students who came and worked with us from July 4th to July
27th.
We had brother Roger Wright from June last week to
July 5th. He has been with the church in Vincennes, Indiana
for many years. That church and the Ford family from there
are instrumental in the work with the Kakinada School of
Preaching. Roger has been coming to India every two years
for the last 23 years. When he was here, he got to work in a
village called “Shahpuram” and also with some of the chil-
dren home kids in Kakinada. He was here when the OSU
college students came, so he counseled what to do and what
not to do when they are in India.
While the OSU group was with us we had another group
from Oklahoma and Texas. This was led by my friend Lanny
whom I have known from summer camps in Oklahoma. He is
a great Gospel preacher. Thirteen Americans came with Lanny
from July 21 to July 26th. We had our preachers’ workshop in
Kakinada and also preachers’ wives workshop at which some
American brethren spoke and the American ladies spoke to
the preachers’ wives. Three hundred and fifty were present
Continued on page 50
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Evangelism in Tamil Nadu

P h ilemo n Rajah and Kingsly Rajah

The J.C. School of Evangelism
program started in the year 2007. Now
we have completed 10 graduation pro-
grams and are presently training in
the cities of Arakonnam (Tamilnadu),
Yeswanthpur, and Mysore (Karnataka).
This 18- month training program is de-
signed to motivate church members in
the field of evangelism. We thank God
for the opportunity He is giving us to
motivate and empower these Christian
men and women who do have the zeal
and burden to find new souls for their
congregation among their day to day
problems and challenges.
The response from the members
of the Lord’s Church is tremendous. We
had a report from one of the graduated
schools that they had added some 35
new souls this year through the students’
efforts. Also in another area, where the
school program is currently going on,
last month during the Bates’ visit they
distributed and studied the Bible courses
Participants of recent Insight Bible camp for blinds and Braille literature to be
given to them, displayed. 200 blinds were encouraged through word of God
and benevolence.
personally with 200 new contacts, and
we gave the Bible as a gift to 60 people
who had completed the course. These
same students through their efforts dur-
ing their summer vacation time worked
tirelessly and brought more than 12 souls
to obey the Lord in baptism. Through
the intensive classroom and field train-
ing of our school of evangelism program
they continue to harvest. We humbly
thank God for honoring the sincere ef-
forts of His children. Also this month
in the same place, they have organized
a soul-saving festival and to encourage
those course-completed people on to
salvation. Please pray for these efforts.
Apart from the monthly school
of evangelism program, we are hav-
ing one-day special Bible classes ev-
ery month in 3 places for our television
contacts. They are taught basic lessons,
and we are leading them to Christ with
the help of the local congregations. This
outreach effort is bringing tremendous
results. Thank you for upholding this
work. Surely, our television programs
are helping the growth of the local con-
gregations.
Insight for Blinds
through Braille literature and
Bible Camps
The Gospel and benevolence work
among the visually challenged people
is giving wonderful results since 1998.
Nearly 600 blind people have been
added to Lord’s church, and many more
blind men and women are having the
opportunity to know Jesus Christ and
the message from cross for the first time
in their lives through our Insight Bible
Camps for the Blinds and the Braille
literature that we produce and distrib-
ute through the camps. Though we face
financial challenges now and then for
carrying forward this ministry, God has
been always gracious in our efforts to
reach the blinds for Christ.
During the time of the Bates visit-
ing us in November 2018, we had the In-
sight Bible camp in two places. The first
one was organized in the Trichy district,
135 kms. from our Madurai city. As we
do for every Insight camp, we had also
made two preliminary visits to arrange a
rental place and food for the participating
blinds and to invite them personally for
the camp. We expected some 120 people
but they turned out in good numbers, that
is 190 attended the camp! Brother Jerry
encouraged them with the word of God
from John 3rd chapter, and it was really
an eye opener message for them. Nearly
80 who could read the Braille language
were provided with THE VOICE OF
TRUTH BRAILLE magazine, a new
volume printed through our new Braille
printer purchased for the Insight office
Continued on page 50
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The Work Goes On...
Continued from page 48
that day in Kakinada. After we finished
our classes for the preachers and their
wives we gave 15 cycles to the Indian
preachers.
There were 23 Americans in
brother Lanny’s group. This was
first time a group that big stayed and
worked with us. They did a lot of work
with our children’s home and with our
preachers and with many villages.
They got to visit our Leper Colony,
Evangelism in Tamil Nadu
Continued from page 49
in Madurai. Also Braille Bible lessons,
SEEKERS, lesson 1 & 2, printed by us,
were distributed to them. Twenty people
were provided with AUDIO BIBLE in
the Tamil language, costing $48, as a gift
for completing the eight Seekers Braille
lessons. Our visually challenged Gospel
workers studied with these 20 people in
person, one to one, and taught them the
Bible lessons.
We are expecting many of the at-
tendees to the camp to obey the Lord
in baptism soon. All of the participating
people were provided with a bag of rice
(5kg) and lunch as a gift, to show the love
of Christ.
Many of the participants in the
camp made a promise to meet at least
one sighted person daily and share with
Tribal Jungle village, mountain vil- In some of the villages it is hard to be
lage churches where we had to walk a Christian because in India 80% are
some places as there are no roads. We Hindus.
opened two church buildings, one in
“Kolapari” and “Venkatapuram” vil-
lages in which we have been working
for the past three years. We also gave
5 public audio systems to five tribal
jungle churches.
With the college students from
Oklahoma, we went to many Jungle
and tribal villages to evangelize in the
northern part of the state of Andhra Thank you for all your prayers
Pradesh. We were near the borders for the work with us from Kakinada,
of Orissa State, Aruku Tribal jungle India. The church in Stillwater, Okla-
villages, Tuni area and also in Vijay- homa is the overseeing congregation
anagram and Visakapatnam district and stateside coordinator of funds for
churches. Ricky Gootam’s mission work in the
In the month of July with all our Kakinada area. >
traveling and preaching, 42 obeyed the E-mail: rickygootam@yahoo.com Web
Gospel of our Lord and were baptized. — http://www.satyavanicoc.com/
them the Gospel message by distribut-
ing the Christian hand bills and Bible
lessons. This effort is giving tremen-
dous result in bringing them to God.
The second Insight Bible camp
was held in Madurai city at our “new”
place purchased for the camp. It is actu-
ally an old building which needs to be Paula and Jerry giving audio Bibles
repaired. Hence we conducted the camp to those who completed the Braille
in a temporary cloth shed (Shamiyana Bible Lessons.
tent). By the grace of God and love of
Christians, we have purchased this
place. We humbly thank the compas-
sionate Christians for helping towards
this cause.
Kindly pray for this work among
the socially neglected under-privileged
people of India. >
Philemon Rajah: obey2jesus@gmail.com
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Ministry throughout Tamil Nadu
B. Arjunan
We are very glad to work with the World Evangelism
Team as fellow-workers in preaching the Gospel and fulfill-
ing the Lord’s commandment throughout Tamil Nadu and
sometimes in neighboring states. We are grateful for World
Evangelism in evangelizing and harvesting souls through our
media works as TV, Radio and our monthly magazine, and
we are glad to share that now we have 10 thousand readers
approximately! Though we print 7000 copies, the recipients
share their magazines with others by making Xerox copies
and distributing themselves. Out of these readers, we have
78 students who attend the quiz and win by answering 10
questions regularly. These questions will be taken accord-
ing to the doctrine only covering the whole Bible. So we
are very happy about these students’ enthusiasm. Thus our
magazine ‘The Word of Christ’ reaches the unreached.
We had gone to Turicorin, the Pearl City, to meet our
magazine readers there personally. These people are regu-
lar participants in ‘Quiz’ of our magazine and score good
marks. To encourage them, we presented them Bibles. After
this session the ladies’ discussion from the Scripture took
place. Glory answered them from the Scriptures. I had a
class for World Evangelism Bible School students also after
preaching in the special meeting. It was wonderful.
We’ve finished our Second Round of Readers’ Seminar
successfully. We thank God for His wonderful help in con-
ducting such seminars. We had a new thought of introducing
our monthly magazine and the publications of World Evan-
gelism in all districts of Tamil Nadu State personally without
missing. We started our journey of the First Round in 2001
at Nagercoil district, a coastal city, and accomplished our
goal in 2008 at Tirupur district, the 32nd one. With sister
Betty’s encouragement and counseling we started our Sec-
ond Round in 2016 at Tuticorin, a coastal district and ac-
complished our trip in June 2018 successfully at Sivagangai
district. Thus we have gone through all districts of Tamil
Nadu twice and were in personal touch with many readers.
Through our TV ministry many doors have been opened
to meet denomination people and preachers to share the
doctrine of Christ. One of the denomination preachers who
previously belonged to RSS, a Hindu Formation, invited us
to speak to his congregation in Ramapuram in Chennai. He
loved to read sister Betty’s book,‘Can Man Find The Way
to God?’ which was translated by us in Tamil. This book is
moving fast among our readers and viewers. Many inform
us that it is very useful to learn the only way to God, and it
is helpful to teach heathen people. This man received a copy
and introduced it among his congregation members.
We run ‘World Evangelism Bible School’ and train the
students to preach the Gospel. The preachers who are work-
ing together with us teach classes in their places every week.
Brother Jerry and sister Paula teach students twice in a year
when they come to India.
Our Batlagundu church meets in the new place and is
worshiping God every Sunday. Some new souls are com-
ing from different villages and attending the worship service
regularly. We have Bible study program every Thursday. A
man who has been attending the study understood the word
and obeyed and took baptism. His name is Joshua. He be-
longed to a denomination church, ‘Layman Evangelical Fel-
lowship’. Now he is steadfast in knowing the true doctrine,
and he sometimes comes to our house to study and learn
scripture even on week-days. Three more people from one
family were baptized.
Arjunan (left) with readers and TV viewers in Chennai
On 27th of September six preachers were invited for a
special Bible study program. They attended and decided to
establish the Lord’s church in their villages. We discussed
about evangelizing in our country where Hinduism is the
dominant religion. The Indian Government is vigorously
spreading their Hindu religion and building the temples
everywhere day by day. Some of the judgments of our Su-
preme Court also are against the doctrine of our Holy Bible.
Please pray for India.
We pray for World Evangelism Ministries and we ask
that you also pray for us. >
B.Arjunan: arjunanglory@gmail.com
 52 Global Harvest

The Lord’s Work in Kangayam

and Tamil Nadu
S. Rajanayagam

I am very happy to submit this work report on behalf of
Tamil World Evangelism, stationed at KANGAYAM, Tamil
Nadu, India to the World Evangelism that functions from
Winona, MS, USA for the Global Harvest journal.
First of all, we thank God for having blessed us to have
a working relationship with World Evangelism since 1988
and we are more thankful to God for the privilege of spread-
ing the Gospel in several capacities such as TV, monthly
and quarterly journals, printing tracts on a number of topics,
sending Bible correspondence courses to hundreds and, of
course, distributing Bibles to many so that they can know the
word of God. I want all of you to be aware that the Lord’s
work is growing amidst challenges in this country of India.
As we aware, no force can halt the marching of His army as
the Lord Almighty is our commander-in-chief.
The church where I preach is a self-supporting one,
having facilities to hold meetings with large groups of peo-
ple. So, we have been conducting Bible Lectures for the past
21 years and the latest one was on October 18 and 19, 2018,
having the theme, “The Mind of Christ”. It was a well attend-
ed and, by our record book, at least 35 congregations from
the States of Tamil Nadu and Pondichery participated. We
had TEN different speakers, who did a wonderful job that re-
ally stimulated the minds of those who gathered, comparing
our thinking with the Mind of Christ. Above all, we had 6
baptisms and through this act FOUR different congregations
benefitted numerically.
Since the media rules the world, we as Christians are
to make use of the modern tool that helps us to reach people
even in remote areas. By the support of World Evangelism,
I preach the Gospel of Christ three times each week on a
satellite channel that reaches a number of countries and the
Tamil speaking people who live in those countries are listen-
ing. On their request, we send our literature to enable them
to know more, and we visit them if they are in our country
to study with them. Many who obeyed the Gospel through
TV are now an asset to the local churches. I would like to
share information about two ladies who are in Karaikkal, a
town in another State of india. One is from Roman Catholic
background and the other one is from a Pentecostal back-
ground. Since there is no church building for the Christians
in Karaikkal to meet in, the former Roman Catholic lady
opened her big house for the church meeting, which is not
a small thing. The other one, who obeyed the Gospel in our
last Bible Camp in the month of May led several to accept
the one true church and she is committed to bringing more
from her old group. These are two examples to prove how
the Lord’s work, through the TV outreach, is effective.
We have established contact with many churches across
Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry and are working closely with
them through our regular visits, sending literature, holding
Gospel meetings, etc. Of course, we send our monthly maga-
zines to as many of the churches as we aware of and they all
appreciate its usefulness. The printed page always has sus-
tained power.
Recently, we conducted a Bible seminar for the preach-
ers and their wives. It was attended by around 40. Brother
Jerry Bates taught on Bible Hermeneutics and Paula Bates
taught “wise women”. We were encouraged by these lessons.
The Bates have a plan to conduct two such seminars each
year to teach on different subjects that are in Masters level
of Bible school education. Since many of us here took Bible
All India Preachers Fellowship Seminar in Hyderabad:
Antony, Kingsly, Vernon Douglas, and Philemon Rajah
were among the many who attended.
courses on the basic level, these deeper studies help a lot. We
thank God for this wonderful opportunity.
Before I wrap up this article, I want to thank our
motherly-care sister Betty for anchoring this great work
that spreads its wings in different directions of the globe.
Continued on page 54
 Global Harvest 53
Myanmar Mission, 2018
Wayne Barrier
Myanmar is a Southeast Asian
nation of about 58 million people
nus, Jon Lucius, Daniel Hamm, Mark
Reynolds, Dr. Steven Christian,
with most having a Buddhist back- George Achard, Jake Leonard, and
ground. The current work program is Adam Miller. In addition to the US
led by the Double Springs, Alabama teachers, several local brethren are
congregation and involves a combi- now teaching classes.
nation of regional campaigns, local The new Bear Valley Bible In-
meetings and training of local teach- stitute program entered the second
ers, preachers, and leaders. year in the fall of 2018 with 9 stu-
Three major work sessions dents seeking a BA degree in Bible.
were held in 2018. During these ses- These students can become leaders in
sions, teams of US workers visited future training programs.
several areas of the country to assist In addition to work in Myan-
with campaigns and to teach in Bible mar, several team members assisted
schools located in Yangon, Hmawbi, with a training program for workers
Myitkina, Kalay, Taungyii, Magway that travel into central China for cam-
Division, and Mandalay. Bible class- paigns and Gospel meetings. These
es were provided for about 120 stu- trips are made several times each
dents who desire to develop teaching,
year and are reaching many people
preaching, and leadership skills.
that have never had an opportunity
Teachers over the past year in- to hear the Gospel. Literature is be-
cluded; Wayne Barrier, Don Posey, ing translated and printed in local
Joey Barrier, Jamie Barrier, Louis languages throughout the country.
and Martha Rushmore, Jerry and Bibles are also being purchased and
Paula Bates, Robin Dunaway, Damon distributed in the region.
Vincent, David Conley, L.T. Gurga- Wayne Barrier: wbarrier@hiwaay.net
Class Books by
Betty Burton Choate
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The Role of Woman, $6.00
Search for Truth, $7.00
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ELIYA SCHOOL OF
THEOLOGICAL
STUDIES
Continued from page 47
and downs in the building process. We
are working diligently to get it up and
functional before the end of December
2018. We have two sound engineers
who are working with this project as
they finish up their previous commit-
ments in other projects. There is a scar-
city of quality materials for finishing
the interior of the studio. The outside
construction of the studio is complete
and we have received the raw materials
for the studio insulation. The project
has been delayed for reasons that are
beyond our control in respect to con-
struction. We are striving to get things
working and we covet your prayers for
completion of this studio project.
The following months — Octo-
ber, November and December — are
the months in which many Indian cul-
tural and traditional pagan celebrations
take place all around the country. Some-
> times on these occasions Christians are
persecuted, and we ask your prayers for
our safety and also that Christians will
stand their ground in Christ when fac-
ing these challenges.
We appreciate each one of you
who keep us in your prayers, support
our work, and most importantly en-
courage us to continue our efforts in
reaching the souls that are “white unto
the harvest” in India.
There is a great need for Bibles
($3.50 each) and song books ($1.00
each) to strengthen those who are be-
ing evangelized, please pray and sup-
port this need. We are grateful to every
one of you and are upholding you all in
our fervent prayers. God Bless. >
Elijah Woodroy: eliya999elijah@gmail.com
 54 Global Harvest
Working with the China Team from Myanmar
In October I met with the “Chi-
na Team” as they reported on the last
year’s activities. The team consists of
8 men who live in northern Myanmar,
working closely with Jay Ahti and
his wife Nancy who currently live in
southern Myanmar.
Jay Ahti directs, organizes, and
leads the campaign efforts that are
reaching into the Kachin state of
Myanmar, the Yunnan Province of
China, Tibet, Northern Laos, and
hopefully very soon, into northern
Vietnam. These campaigns are carried
out by Jay Ahti with eight Christian
men from northern Myanmar. Three
of these have dual citizenship and
The Lord’s Work in Kangayam
Brother and sister James L. Stofel attended the opening ceremony
for a children’s home which they have helped to establish in Chen-
nai, India. More than 500 were present for the happy occasion.
Continued from page 52
It’s always an encouragement and mo-
tivation to see and know her working
to keep the ball moving. The zeal that
we have seen in brother J C Choate is
still shining through her, of course with
the full cooperation and support of all
who are involved with the World Evan-
gelism Team, the sponsoring elders, the
Joey Barrier
have been granted permission to freely
preach and teach in China. They report-
ed that over the last 5 years, they, along
with those whom they have taught,
have baptized 1260 people in China!
Several of these men have stepped
down as “pastors” of denominational
groups to become evangelists, teach-
ing the “truth of the Bible” that they
have learned in our training sessions.
As they go, they distribute literature
that has been translated by Jay Ahti and
his wife Nancy. One of the latest books
that has been translated and distributed
is the Apologetics Press book “How do
you know God is Real” by Kyle Butt.
They are very excited about this book,
churches, and the individual support-
ers. We do sincerely thank, from the
bottom of our hearts, all the churches
and individuals that extend moral and
financial support for this cause. May
God bless and continue to bless. Please
pray for us. >
S. Rajanayagam: rajarichal@yahoo.co.in
as they are going into highly atheist
areas. Along with these teaching ma-
terials and books, we are flooding the
areas with Bibles.
We also have been able to access
new areas using the internet. Jay Ahti
has already held several training ses-
sions at the border of Myanmar and
China with students from Yunnan Prov-
ince that he met via the internet!
Please pray for the work in China
as it is still very dangerous and very dif-
ficult. Many have sacrificed everything
to reach this massive population. Please
keep them in your prayers!!! >
Joey Barrier <joeybarrier@gmail.com
Here’s how we at
“World Evangelism”
can help with your
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Our printing work is a tool to
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rate of $1.50 per copy. Call us
if we can help you with your
outreach:
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 Global Harvest 55
Jungle Churches in Malaysia:
Encouraging Churches & Mourning Losses
Amidst the noise of crickets,
toads, and the such, I woke up at 5
am to the sound of a variety of birds,
animals, and insects that were not
completely familiar to my ears! I was
deep in the jungles of Malaysia, one
of the richest, most biodiverse islands
on planet earth. Churches of Christ ex-
perienced an explosion of growth here
in the Kampong areas (i.e., jungle vil-
lages) beginning back in 2006, so this
past week, we traveled to visit some of
the new churches here in Sabal Kruin,
Nyelitak, Sabal Tapang, and Sabal Ap-
ing. Gijs Bardoel, one of my students
at Heritage Christian University, and I
were traveling with Thomas Koh—the
local preacher in Kuching who was
instrumental in starting these church-
es—, as well as three coworkers from
Singapore who were leading this ef-
fort: Matthew Tan, Richard Phang, and
Gary Liew. My experiences here have
always impressed me, both the church-
es that continue here and also the co-
Jeremy Barrier
workers who continue their efforts.
This coming December we anticipate
a “Bible Camp” taking place here, and
are excited that the village churches are
all going to unite to carry it out.
While this work was extremely
exciting and enriching, we were also re-
minded that the growth they experience
is hard-earned. As we say “two steps for-
ward, one step back”. Thomas Koh, who
initially baptized 26 people at one time
here, had to travel 6 hours every Sun-
day for over three years to help sustain
the 200+ baptisms as they formed into
new churches. As Thomas was traveling
back and forth to help these churches,
one of the men of the church in Kuching
was ‘holding down the fort’ there, so to
speak. His name was Poh Khee Yiong.
We were sad to learn that just days prior
to our arrival to the island of Borneo,
Poh passed away on Sunday, October
14, 2018, after a two-year battle with
lymphoma. While we were celebrat-
ing the growth of these new churches,
the following Saturday after his death,
we were also mourning with his widow
Linda and their children: Gregory, Ben-
jamin, and Valerie.
On an island that daily experi-
ences temperatures above 90 degrees,
in this time of year there is a massive
rain fall that comes every afternoon
and cools down the island into the
80’s and makes it quite pleasant. This
is the cooler, rainy season. As we fin-
ished up our time here, visiting with
churches and hopefully offering some
encouragement to them to face another
day and another year, I was mindful on
my last afternoon here as I watched the
rains coming in, that even during the
hardest moments of life, God does not
forget us. He does not fail to send a re-
freshing rain to offer relief. I hope that
we, as the people of God, can offer this
hope to those around us. >
Jeremy Barrier, the son of Wayne and
Janet Barrier, helps with short-term
teaching trips to Asia.
Persecution in
Myanmar
Philip VanBiak Lian
Yes, persecution of believers in
Christ is severe but none of the Lord’s
church is persecuted physically. This
persecution is happening in Rakhine
state and by the Buddhists. One preacher
of Evangelical church that I know was
beaten badly and was put in hospital but
discharged yesterday. Buddhist commu-
nities do not want Christianity to come
in. That’s why they attack. This has been
happening since a long time ago. We
pray and watch. >
Philip: philipvanbiak@gmail.com
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The Gospel in South Korea
Malcolm Parsley
YONGSAN CHURCH NEWS
Well, the Yongsan congregation is now down to just
one U.S. Military family, and they will be leaving in the near
future. However, we are beginning to pick up some Ameri-
cans that are here to teach English and are employed by Ko-
rean companies. We are praying, looking for, and hoping that
even more will come. One of the good things that has come
out of this scarcity of men is that some of them who in the
past were shy about helping in the services are now volun-
teering, and their volunteering has encouraged even more. In
this way it has been a blessing that would not have occurred
because we have tried to get these others to help all along,
but fear of making a mistake has ruled until now.
KC University 60th Anniversary
Jun Seo Kee brought a sermon titled “Between Hope
and Hope”. It was a fine lesson. Other uplifting talks were
brought by local dignitaries and a senator. I have attended
nearly every one of these, and they all try to bring something
to encourage the students. This is naturally good for them for
they change every four years unless they go on the graduate
school and then it is six. It is hard to believe the school is 60
years old. I came during its second year so no graduations
had occurred at that time, but I have seen a lot of students
come and graduate. May our Father bless them all that they
will all be a blessing to the Father and His school.
The picture above is of brother Shane Fisher, brother
Jun Hun Bae and myself in my office during the time brother
Bae confessed Christ and requested baptism. Shane had been
teaching him and had the honor of baptizing him. We felt we
needed to take a picture for him and all to enjoy. Brother Bae is
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a fine young man and exceptionally sincere about wanting to
follow the Bible. He is a freshman at K.C.U. His parents came
for his baptism. He said the family has always had family de-
votionals every evening, yet they do not attend any worship
services. They are very friendly. I talked to them and several
others. Also I warmly invited them back, but so far they have
been out of town each Sunday since then. Please be praying
with us that we might be able also to bring them to Christ.
North korea?
Stateside brethren continuously ask about what I feel
about the North Korea situation. From here it appears what
little change that has occurred has been of little importance,
for no major decisions have been made. The North wants a
piece-meal process so Kim can get a lot out of the deal and
still be able, along the way, to back out and yet have gained
a lot of what he wants. A signed peace treaty would be real
progress. Please keep praying. I do believe the Father has
His hands in this and progress has been made. The general
direction has moved toward what we all want in the end. The
Lord’s time-table is just a little bit slower than mine, but I
am not complaining. He always knows best! I just want to
go North and take His word to the millions of lost and suf-
fering who will love the Father and His Son when they are
introduced to Them. Please keep praying.
Sermons on the Web
Someone the other day was surprised to learn that all
of my Kangnam sermons are on our WEB site (http://the
church.kr/audio_sermons) The congregation wants to keep
their English and their children’s English maintained. They
have requested the sermons be interpreted so that they will
get both the English and the Korean. >
Malcolm Parsley: parsleyone@gmail.com
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McKees’ Indonesia Report
Ch im a l a , Ta n z an ia, A frica
Ellen and I celebrated 55 years of
marriage this year, and 50 years of in-
volvement in missions in S.E. Asia. Our
latest trip to Indonesia took us first to
Tanzania in Africa. Dalraida church of
Christ, our over-seeing congregation,
asked us to go along with John Kackl-
eman II and Adam and Andrew Gifford
to survey the work at the Chimala Mis-
sion near Mbeya. Dalraida will be taking
the oversight of that mission and wanted
a first hand evaluation of the work.
Chimala is quite remote; a one-
hour flight from Dar Es Salaam to
Mbeya, then a two-hour drive from
Mbeya to Chimala. The church has a
complex there consisting of about 500
acres with a hospital, elementary, mid-
dle, and high schools and a preaching
training school. There is also a piece of
property of 200+ acres up on the moun-
tains that is accessible by a treacherous,
unpaved, and very bumpy road with
hairpin curves and deep ravines. I don’t
see how it can be traveled in the rainy
season. Some of the missionaries in the
early years of the work lived there.
The terrain of that area is rugged
and since it was the dry season the land-
scape looked somewhat bleak. On our
Sunday morning at Chimala, I preached
at a small congregation about 10 miles
from the compound. Bill and Cyndi
Stinson took us with them for worship
there. They have worked with the Chi-
mala mission for 20 years, supported by
the New York Avenue church in Arling-
ton Texas, where Bill was once an elder.
There were 16 locals present.
They were very friendly and the
audience was attentive and receptive.
We visited a second congregation in the
afternoon where Bill did the preaching.
Colin McKee
Gage and Kelly Coldwater who were
visiting there will return in December
with their two children for 6 months to
start an agricultural program that should
enable the preacher students to be self-
supporting as well as providing income
for other facets of the work. Howell
and Mary Ferguson also went with us
to Chimala as he will be the new state-
side coordinator for the mission. They
will make two trips per year there and
the rest of the year will be raising and
securing funds for the work. We were
able to spend some time with Richard
and Carol Rogers who are resident mis-
sionaries there and Cheryl Bode who
has been the hospital administrator for
the last six years.
Almost all the buildings in that
area are made from mud brick which are
fire dried in their front yards. Most now
have tin roofs, whereas 25 years ago the
norm was a thatched roof, which a few
still retain. The church buildings in the
villages have cement benches without
backs for pews. We enjoyed our few
days at Chimala and the opportunity to
meet the workers and the brethren and
see the Lord’s work in another part of
the world. His church is truly universal.
Nias, North Sumatra, Indonesia
We held our usual Intensive Bible
Course for village preachers and teachers
in Gunung Sitoli. The class was on the
gospel of John, but as is always the case,
we had a lot of questions covering a wide
variety of topics. Some were engendered
from the text, but others dealt with ques-
tions from personal study and interac-
tions with acquaintances. For example :
“How did Christ in the spirit
preach to those of Noah’s generation
since he was not known as Christ before
his generation?” I explained that Christ
is eternal and he acted both in O.T.
times as well as N.T. times. Although
the name Christ was not applied to him
in the O.T., He, as one of the three was
interacting in various ways. John 1 and
Colossians 1 show that He was the in-
strument of creation in the presence of
the Father. 1 Peter 3:19,20 show that in
the Spirit he inspired Noah to preach to
the generation before the flood. Noah
moved by the Spirit of Christ, was the
tool of God to warn those rebels of his
time to repent. They did not do so, and
are said to be “in prison” at the time of
Peter’s epistle. They were not in prison
(Hadean world) when Noah through
Christ preached to them, but when Peter
wrote they were dead and in confine-
ment until judgment day (1 Peter 4:6).
“It seems non Christians pray and
receive blessings. How can this be?”
Ans: Our universe operates on what
we call “laws of nature” that govern
everything around us. A non-Christian
may follow sound principles of sow-
ing and cultivating and reap a good
crop the same as a Christian. He may
apply sound principles in business and
become wealthy. A non-Christian may
receive certain blessings because he fol-
lows the principles of truth and honesty
and right living, but the true spiritual
blessings of salvation, forgiveness and
fellowship with God are limited to His
obedient children. Three men who were
not members of the church came to fol-
low the course and were baptized on the
third day of the seminar.
Medan, North Sumatra
The Sunday worship service at Se-
layang was crowded with many young
couples, children, pre-teens, teens and
older families. After worship the teens
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Continued from page 57
did a program of spiritual songs which
they had been practicing. They all had
matching outfits with the church insig-
nia. We had nightly Bible classes and
experienced a number of transportation
problems getting to and from the build-
ing. The becak (motorcycle with side
car) didn’t want to run properly so we
had some delays. Then the light gave
out temporarily one night on the way
back to the hotel, but after a few minutes
decided to live again. Brother Ndruru is
doing a great job of ministering to and
serving the church there.
Bekasi, West Java
We again stayed at the Connor
House orphanage where the church
also meets for services. They have five
children and one adult as residents now.
We conducted a Saturday Bible seminar
which was well attended and I preached
at Sunday services the next day. Daniel
and Naomi Setiabudi continue to do an
outstanding job of taking care of the
residents of the home. One young girl,
Queen, age four, is having health prob-
lems that are puzzling to the doctors.
Please remember her in your prayers.
Jakarta, Block M
On Saturday we had a Bible class
and fellowship at brother Jacob’s house
in the Sunter area. They asked that I teach
a lesson on the Christian family. We had
a lot of discussion after class and then a
fine meal of soto ayam (chicken soup).
On Sunday we had a joint worship
of the Block M congregation and the
Sunter, Depok, and Tanah Abang con-
gregations and a fellowship meal after
services. The building was jam packed
and worship was uplifting. I met brother
Tarigan who had for years been search-
Colin McKee
ing for the truth while taking correspon-
dence courses from several denomina-
tions until he somehow found a web site
of the church and began taking a course
from our brethren. He immediately rec-
ognized that what he was studying was
what he had been looking for! Through
them he finally made contact with
brother Jacob and obeyed the Gospel.
The Depok congregation now meets in
his home. There are still true seekers
who want the truth and who are will-
ing to commit themselves to it when
they learn it.
Earthquake and Tsunami
The island of Sulawesi was hit by
a large earthquake and tsunami while
we were in Medan about 1500 miles
away. Over 2000 bodies were recov-
ered and about 5000 are missing since
the village, Balaroa, where they lived
was swallowed up by the liquefied earth
caused by the quake. Another village
had 400 acres of houses and business
wiped away. One woman was dragged
10 miles by the tsunami but managed
to hang on to a roof and made it safely
through. Another lady was submerged
in mud up to her chin for 3 days but
was finally rescued. Some reports said
the structural damage was worse in Su-
lawesi that in the province of Aceh a
few years ago where about 250,000 per-
ished. Thankfully none of our brethren
were affected.
Rad io
Our short wave radio program still
draws a lot of attention. From June to
October we had visits from 25 countries,
with 66 downloads of programs in PDF
format. During September we had 39
hits from Indonesia, the largest for any
period so far. There were 193 visits to
the site during July-October.
Ellen’s Notes
As Colin said, we began our trip
by visiting Tanzania, Africa. This was
our first trip to that vast continent. We
have read several books about various
works of our brethren in Africa over the
years and were thrilled to have the op-
portunity to visit Tanzania. The country
is renowned for its wildlife and beautiful
scenery. There are game reserves on the
Serengeti Plain and Ngorongoro Crater,
with an abundance of local fauna. Afri-
ca’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, is in
the north and its largest lake, Lake Vic-
toria, extends into northern Tanzania.
Lake Tanganyika, the world’s largest
fresh water lake, and one of the deepest
in the world, forms part of the western
border. It was the dry season and most
of the trees were bare, although some re-
tained their leaves, and there were many
large trees with beautiful purple blooms.
They say that during the rainy season,
the scenery is breathtaking.
As always, we are happy to return
to Indonesia and visit with the Chris-
tians there and when we are in Bekasi I
especially enjoy staying in the Connor
House with Naomi, Daniel, and the little
ones. While we were still in Bekasi we
received word that our son, Marcus, had
been diagnosed with thymic carcinoma
and we were, of course, heart-broken. We
trust that through the Lord and His provi-
dential care through doctors, nurses, and
other means he will be able to overcome
this. We are so grateful for all the out-
pouring of love and care from so many.
I don’t know how people can survive the
heart-break and tragedies of this world
without our Lord God. We appreciate the
love and support of all of you. >
Colin &Ellen: cohamckee@att.net;
205-590-1376
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Spiritual and Humanitarian Work in the Philippines

Allon Brumley

We work very hard with the children here. As they say, a little dirt that is on top of the rocks, and it grows, some, but
“The children are the future.” A lot of our kids have learned doesn’t really produce. The roots do not get enough soil. Most
the names of the New Testament books already and now we do not even fertilize. The large commercial farmers do, but
are teaching them Psalm 23. Nicol the small home gardeners do not.
Barro is barely 5 years old, and she Once we get a few spots going, it will be a lot easier to
has learned the books of the New not only teach the people but also convince them that small
Testament. The kids are such a gardening can work. We also plan to even do a lot of container
blessing to work with and they are growing and help them get started with this too.
so sweet. As part of the teaching proj-
In my last report I told about ect, we started our first compost
a girl, Susanna, who was very bin this month, a layer of brown, a
poor and had clothes with holes. layer of green and a layer of cow
We had her and her sister, Susan, manure. By using wire, it gets good
over. Ritchel (my wife) had for air circulation and all you have to
three days been taking some of the do is slip it off the pile to “turn” it. I
clothes that were too big and cutting turn it every week.
them down and styling them to fit the I built a new “seedling” table
two girls. We also bought both the girls for the program. The ants ate some
a pair of pants. They, of course, were seeds that we planted directly in
very happy and so were we because we the ground, so starting the seeds
were able to help. By the way, Ritchel from cups might help keep the ants
does all the sewing by hand. at bay. We have tons, millions, bil-
Our new Livelihood Program lions, trillions, and more of ants and
starts up next month. It actually is a different types and species of them
real good program for all involved and too. Mama is sending me a box of
it does not take a lot of money, which is Borax. Thank you, Mama!!!
a good thing for us right now. Our adults are already get-
What we are going to do is ting very excited. The pictures are
teach the people how to do 4’x of a garden spot we picked out
4’ plots or gardening, beds that and have started cleaning out to
are raised and filled with soil, plant a garden.
which they do have available PLANNED UPCOMING WORK/PROJECTS
and can get fairly easily. This is P Continue to work on and plan our “livelihood” program
what we had to do on our prop- as funds allow us.
erty because all we have is sand
P We mostly are concentrating on the new Tambo area to
– no dirt. We will teach them
build the church there for the next few months.
how to maintain the soil, rotate
Please consider us in your budget and please continue to
the crops, how to do companion
pray for us. We only have one month worth of funds left in our
planting, and of course we will
account, again, as of this typing.
teach them how to make compost. We will also teach them
how to plan out their planting so all their crop does not come And again, some of you have been adding a little extra
in all at once. Remember, most do not have a refrigerator. each month for us. AND THAT IS GREATLY APPRECIAT-
ED! Thank you very much! >
Most of the people in this area, again, are very poor and
very uneducated. What most people do is plant something in Allon Brumley: abbprinting@gmail.com
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Parkers in the Pacific Islands

Pacific Bible College
Robert H. Martin
Wayne Parker
We are approaching the end of our reporting time here
in the states. It has been quite an eventful journey. Think- P R O D U C T I V E PA C I F I C I S L A N D S
ing back on all of the wonderful loving Christian brothers BIBLE COLLEGE CLASSES
and sisters we have had the privilege to worship with, sing I N TA R AWA , K I R I B K AT I
with, laugh with, and fellowship with in the past few months, These were the most productive classes ever for me in
it’s truly humbling and encouraging to think that we have Tarawa, Kiribati. We had more than 50 students to attend.
such an amazing support system keeping the work going and I taught the class on Leadership in the Church and 1,2, &3
growing in Micronesia. As we return, we are bringing new John. We had brethren to comed from 3 islands, representing
tools, insights, and ideas with us and are excited to get back 4 congregations.
in the field and get back to work. We had two broth-
As the end of the year approaches, it’s time to budget ers to receive their PIBC
for the new year. As we have told many of you while we diploma; brother Tabera
have been on the road, our goal has been to raise at least Tenieu and Teunaia
$1200 more in monthly support, and we still need at least Bonobati. Then we had
$1000 more monthly in order to complete our upcoming a very encouraging and
goals in Micronesia. Please keep us in mind and prayerfully historical happening,
consider becoming a part of this great work if you’re not the appointing of two
already, or increasing support if you are and it is feasible. elders and two deacons
We realize that there are many others out there in the mission of the Eita congregation!
field and that it can be quite a challenge for individuals and The two elders ordained where Teeta Wiauea and Tabera
congregations to decide how to use their mission funds. Teunaia and the two deacons were Toaiti Teatu and Teunaia
In making plans for the next couple of years, we are Bonobati. Now the
limited by our current budget. We would like to make at Eita congregation
least two more visits next year to work in Chuuk. It is vital has appointed a
that the Christians there receive leadership training, encour- third elder, brother
agement, and instruction. They face so many challenges and Bonobati. The ap-
are always strengthened and encouraged by our visits. Also, pointing of elders
we would like to visit Kosrae and follow-up on some of the and deacons at the
work done there in years past by the Shanahans. Eita congregation
in Tarawa, Kiribati
Please continue to keep us in your prayers. I’m sorry comes as a result
we have fallen behind on our newsletters. We have been of many years of teaching, edifying, and training. These
going non-stop in the States and have rarely had decent in- new elders will have much growing to do spiritually but this
ternet or so much as an hour of available time, and unfortu- should strengthen the church also.
nately, motion sickness has prevented us from working on it
I am humbled to work among these beloved brethren and
while on the move. As we return, back to the island, we will
give the Lord all the honor and glory. There are already other
resume our monthly or bi-monthly newsletters. We should
congregations that have appointed elders and we thank the
have one out in the next few weeks. Again, we cannot thank
Lord. We pray that many more congregations in the Pacific
you enough for all of the love and support you have given
Islands that have faithful, older, and good men that desire the
and continue to give our family. >
office of elders and deacons will appoint them. >
Wayne Parker: www.ParkersInThePacific.com Robert H. Martin: robertfiji@aol.com
 Global Harvest
PACIFIC BROADCAST PROJECT
The Pacific Broadcast Project is comprised of three
different works, each of which has grown considerably in
goals of serving the Lord and the people of the Pacific Island
nations. First, the project includes a radio Bible ministry
entitled Sonlight In The Pacific Radio which we began in
1995. These radio Bible programs are produced twice each
week for distribution to radio stations and individuals in the
Pacific Islands.
Second, the Pacific Broadcast Project includes an FM
Radio Station in the country of American Samoa which we
began working to develop in June 2000. Licensed by the
FCC in August, 2004, KULA-LP FM 95.1 operates 24 hours
a day/7 days a week, with extensive programming in Bible,
culture, education, and health.
The third element of the Pacific Broadcast Project is the
development and operation of an International Short-wave
Radio Station. This high frequency international broadcast
facility will primarily serve the millions of Micronesian,
Melanesian, and Polynesian people living throughout thou-
sands of scattered islands in the Pacific.
FM Radio: Bringing God’s Word To Thousands
on Tutuila Island and Beyond
With the FM station broadcast fully underway in the
country of American Samoa, we are now able to focus on a
second phase of improvements for this great work that God
has blessed us with. First, we are making additions to the
daily broadcast. One of the most recognizable needs is for us
to present regular programming in the various languages that
are used in our nation, with Samoan being the greatest need.
Other programming in Tongan, Korean, Philippine, and Chi-
nese, will likewise be added to the broadcast. Although the
number of people using languages other than English and
Samoan may be small, they nonetheless are present in the
country of American Samoa and therefore we believe it is a
great opportunity to reach them with programming in their
own language. Second, architectural plans have now been
completed for the radio station facility here in American
Samoa and construction can soon begin. The need for this
facility is great and once completed it will be of immediate
use in advancing the station’s daily work. Third, the sta-
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tion’s coverage area is being greatly expanded through the
use of FM translators. An FM translator simply receives the
primary signal of the radio station and then re-transmits it
to hard to reach, distant areas. In addition to these improve-
ments, the radio station will be installing a new tower for its
primary antenna, plus increase its team of those providing
excellent audio content for our daily broadcast.
We want to bring the Gospel in truth to remote resi-
dents like Gideon Alamu in the Solomons. Short-wave radio
facilities can accomplish this great task!
Short-wave Radio: The Way to Reach People
in Every Nation of the Pacific!
Years ago, while I was working in the Solomon Islands,
I had the privilege of studying with Gideon Alamu. Brother
Gideon lives in a very remote area of the Western Province.
One day after a long journey by canoe, we came upon this
man and began studies. He was baptized and has remained
faithful to God to this day! In Gideon’s native thatch home,
he has a short-wave radio. Short-wave radio is far superior
than other radio broadcasts because of its ability to reach
long distances. Short-wave receivers are popular in the Pa-
cific Island nations and readily available, allowing Pacific
Islanders to listen to the broadcast in their own homes. As
with any great “tool” used in teaching God’s Word, radio
broadcasting is not intended to be an absolute replacement
for Christians teaching God’s Word “face to face”. But even
the apostles and Jesus recognized that in their absence their
words through letters would teach, encourage, and equip
others. Today, their words can do the same for millions of
people in the Pacific through short-wave broadcasting. >
Randy English: thesonlight@hotmail.com
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● Palmerston North is a city of 86,000+ souls, and with the
whole Manawatu district it = 117,000+ souls.
● The church of Christ has existed in this city since 1976. It
has undergone several periods of growth and decline.
● Currently, the congregation has 57 members, a strong
family nucleus, a broad age range, a solid leadership, and
strives to be faithful in teaching & practice. However, it is
not content to simply preserve the status quo.
● The congregation desires to grow in faith and number, to
have an eldership, and to be financially independent (i.e.,
able to fund it own operations and fully pay a preacher’s
income without outside support).
● These goals take time to develop, and finding interested
contacts in evangelism is a difficult and slow process in New
Zealand. But with a significant workforce, in a concentrated
effort, we can cover a wide area in a short amount of time,
and find a lot of contacts quickly.
● We have found that two-week door-knocking campaigns
are an effective means to achieve just that.
The Benefits of Campaign Works
● Many people are given a chance to hear the Gospel (Ro-
mans 10:14-15). In the 2017 effort more than 4000 house-
holds & individuals were provided that opportunity.
● Scores of souls have been won as a result of past campaigns,
including several current members (cf. Galatians 6:9).
● The host congregation is built up and encouraged with
the mutual blessings of serving and being served (Romans
1:12), not to mention the potential growth in numbers (1Cor-
inthians 3:6-7).
● Campaigners gain a wealth of knowledge and skills from
both their training & field work. This “wealth” goes home
with them to use in their local evangelism and can be shared
with the members of their own congregation.
● Participants also undergo significant personal develop-
ment. There are few better ways to grow in faith, sharpen
your spiritual sword, increase your usefulness in the cause
of Christ, learn to humbly rely on His strength, and bask in
the real joy and satisfaction of meaningful service, than dur-
CAMPAIGN 2019
Kent O’Donnell
ing a campaign. It is truly a life changing activity.
● Add to this the camaraderie and friendship that come from
spending two weeks with other committed soul seekers “on
the front line.” It takes the meaning of fellowship to a new
level (Philippians 1:3-7; 2:25; Colossians 4:7-14).
This is where YOU come in...
Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful,
but the workers are few. “Therefore beseech the Lord of
the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.” (Mat-
thew 9:37-38)
Will You Be a Work er
in ou r Cam p aign Ef f ort s in 2019?
● All who are of good, sound Christian character, with a
hard-working desire to win souls are needed.
● Age is not a barrier, but a realistic level of maturity and
physical health is required.
● Evangelistic experience is certainly welcomed, but not
necessary. Training is provided, and new workers will be
paired with seasoned workers.
Accommodations/Catering/Transport
● The local brethren can provide accommodation in their
homes at no cost to the campaign workers. Motels are avail-
able; however you will have to pay for this yourself.
● The local congregation will also provide breakfast and
dinner and most lunches each working day, though cam-
paigners are advised to have cash on hand if they wish to
purchase their own meals, or if other situations mean they
can’t eat at the church building.
● You will be responsible for your own travel costs to and
from Palmerston North (e.g., airfare, train/bus tickets). [Spe-
cial travel financial assistance may be considered on a case
by case basis, but is not guaranteed.]
● During the campaign, vehicles will be provided to drop
off workers to door-knocking areas and Bible studies. If you
can bring your own vehicle it would be most appreciated
and your fuel costs during the campaign will be reimbursed
by the local congregation.
● Campaign vehicles cannot be counted on for possible
days off or non-campaign activities - studies get the priority.
You will be responsible for fuel or any other costs associ-
ated with non-campaign activities. More could be said, but
participation in a campaign is better experienced than de-
scribed. Come, see for yourself! >
Kent O’Donnell:kentus73@gmail.com
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‘WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT’
Continued from back cover
the top of my blouse and he asked me
what happened? I said, “You put it
there.” Boy, was he surprised, looking at
one of his patients, 25 years later!
During each of these surgeries the
brethren of the Deer Park Church of
Christ in Houston, with brother and sister
General George, and brother and sister
Frank Koctar, specially blanketed us with
concern and love, taking those foreigners
in as their own in Christ.
In 2004 our family had another
major shakeup. My only sister, Cyn-
thia, lost her husband, Daniel, tragically.
They were married for ten years and she
had a son and a daughter, aged 10 and 4.
Also in 2004 a huge tsunami hit
the east coast of India and Sri Lanka.
Help came pouring in from our Ameri-
can brethren, and the Colombo church
was able to do much relief work in Ne-
gombo. As a result of this, my father
baptized a family, and a congregation
was formed. Every week after morning
worship in Colombo, my father, another
brother Nimal, Harold and I, would go
to Negombo to conduct an evening wor-
ship service.
Kalum Gamage, a devout Catholic,
is our child in Christ. He was a co-worker
with Harold in the rubber factory, but af-
ter much teaching he obeyed the Gospel
and has become a pillar of strength to the
church and to us personally. Harold and
I, with Kalum joining us, continued with
the worship service in Negombo.
A congregation had been start-
ed in Wennappuwa in 1975. With the
passing of the years and the deaths of
earlier leaders and preachers, brother
Nihal Perera was holding together the
congregation. He joined us in Negom-
bo for Sunday evening worship.
Brother Nihal’s daughter, Julia,
was a God-fearing child and would not
compromise her Christian principles.
She even refused to marry unless the
person she married was a Christian. A
big dilemma. Then comes Prasanna:
Ex-Navy and a pharmacist, but a Bud-
dhist! He met Julia in the state phar-
macy course, and seeing her character
and behavior, he bravely came to meet
her father to ask her hand in marriage.
Brother Nihal was not going to see his
beloved daughter married to a non-be-
liever. Prasanna turned out to be a dili-
gent student of the Bible, believed and
was baptized, and finally got the hand
of his bride! God was working!
In 2015 brother Nihal was di-
agnosed with leukemia. Harold and I
were very concerned as he was needed
for the work, being highly respected in
the community and in the Church.
Harold learned of a UK-based
Sri Lankan doctor, a pioneer in the
treatment of blood cancer, operating
from a private hospital. We needed to
raise $30,000 funds for the treatment,
of which our local congregation gave
about $10,000. Brother Wayne and sis-
ter Betty came to the rescue, raising ad-
ditional funds from American brethren.
Every day Harold would visit
brother Nihal, sit with him, study with
him and share good humor. In the process
our faith levels increased so much that the
doctors and nurses and staff members of
the hospital were surprised at our attitude
of good cheer. Brother Nihal would talk
to the staff, teach them what the Bible
says and that this world is not our home,
but that we are sojourners.
We prayed without ceasing. When
the months continued, our finances were
dwindling. Then we saw, again, the
mighty hand of God working. Harold
was talking to an old school mate about
his need for further funds ($20,000) for
the treatment. His friend casually told
Harold give him the bank details of the
patient. We thought he at least would
come forward with about $1000. When
we got the bank statement we could not
believe our eyes: he had deposited the
equivalent of almost $20,000! For a sin-
gle local man?? God’s providence!
Brother Nihal’s daughter, Julia,
and her husband are both pharmacists.
Julia is working for the state Medical
Supply Division. The irony and prov-
idence was that she was in charge of
so many cancer-related drugs and
the government gave them to her,
free of charge! Unbelievable. How
marvelous is our God in bringing all
the pieces of our church history and
our families together so perfectly!
My mother, Mahes, passed away
on the 25th of October 2018. Bro. Nihal
passed away on 19th November 2018.
From the time he fell ill in late 2015
till the last Sunday of his life, he never
missed a day of partaking of commu-
nion. On the 18th, even in a very weak
condition, he was worried only of miss-
ing Sunday communion.
Today when we look back, why
did all these things happen in our
lives? Another new chapter in Sri Lanka
Church history was in the making: The
next generation of members are ready to
carry forward. Harold has now started
Bible study with the 3rd generation of the
Wennappuwa brethren: 4 boys, (cousins
of Julia) late teens and early 20’s. All
have already proved their worth by tak-
ing turns to be with brother Nihal in the
hospital, giving him the chance to have
one to one Bible lessons with them. Ev-
ery day in the hospital was a Bible study
till the end. And so the Lord’s work goes
on, walking by faith! >
 ‘WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT’
It is a simple line that many have heard, but to us, members of the Lord’s
body, it is a powerful statement of fact.
I am Lilani Thomas, from Colombo, Sri Lanka. I still remember when my
Papa brought me to the US in 1970 for heart surgery at the age of 6. It was a
life-threatening surgery which was performed by Dr. Denton Cooley of St. Luke’s
Hospital in the Houston Medical Center. Dr. Cooley responded to a plea from a
desperate father to save his daughter’s life. Not only did he perform a successful
surgery but he also waived his charges for what the newspapers called “the girl
from the other side of the world”! Unbelievable.
When I look back now, how did it all start? How did the church have its
beginning in Colombo? How did I end up ( as I proudly say) as the “first daughter”
of the Church of Christ in Sri Lanka?
Brother J.C. and Betty Choate came to our island (In December 1967) in the
hope of getting their Indian Visas. During almost a year that they spent here, the church was established. One of the first
converts was my father, Reggie Gnanasundaram. In 1970 after my heart surgery my father decided to dedicate his life to
teach the pure Gospel and he continued until his death in 2007.
Brother. L D. Willis and brother Gordon Hogan held meetings here. Brother Frank
Pierce moved to Colombo and worked to build up the church. Around 1978 brother J.C.
requested funds to build a meeting place in Colombo. Brother Wayne Barrier was given
the task of raising funds and the Pine hill Church of Christ in Florence, Alabama provided
much of the needed help. Brother Wayne’s unwavering spiritual support and bringing many
teachers to encourage us has never waned through the years.
Sister Betty Choate, I count as my “other mother”. She has been a major role player in
my life, from the time she helped to bring me to the US for heart surgery, being with me in
the hospital room till today, to laugh and cry together for we have shared joy and suffering.
We have all walked by faith
and, now, when we look back, it is
amazing to see how the hand of our
Father in Heaven has guided our
ways: The meeting place in Colombo
was completed in 1981. Brother JC
and all the brethren came every year like clockwork to encourage
us. When the radio programs for India began airing on our “Gi-
ant of Asia” radio station in Ceylon, I cannot forget how brother
J.C. would bring heavy loads of tapes to be aired. My father was
the “bridge” between the station and brother J.C., submitting the
tapes and keeping a check on the station’s often-incorrect financial
records. The church grew throughout India as many rendered obe-
dience to the Gospel.
Looking back again, there was a major shakeup in 1983. We were affected by a terrible communal riot in which our
home was destroyed and we barely saved our lives. My father refused to leave our Island for safer pastures. He kept on
repeating to us, “What about the Church?”
In 1984 my father suffered a heart attack from the shock of seeing his life savings destroyed. My sister and I accom-
panied him to Houston for heart bypass by Dr. Denton Cooley. Again, he operated FREE of charge!
As soon as we came back home my father started looking for a husband for me. I was not going to be given in mar-
riage to a non-Christian! Then came Harold Thomas. He had been searching for the true Gospel teaching. He had noticed
the Church of Christ signboard and was thinking, “I must go and see what is being taught.” He studied for 2 years and he
was convinced and believed and was baptized. In December of 1987 we were married! What providence!
In 1995 my father had to undergo another bypass. Again in Houston, Dr. Denton Cooley operated free of charge! I
think my family should be in the Guinness record books. WHY? World famous heart surgeon, Dr. Denton Cooley, per-
formed surgery 3 times FREE OF CHARGE in one family! Before the surgery Dr. Cooley noticed the scar of a surgery from
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