Guidance Commiiiee: Department of MissionsKenneth Meade, Secretary Polish MinistryHoward Brammer EASTERN CHRISTIAN COLLEGELee Brack p O. Box 629Gerald L. Cowan Maryland 21014Carol Kakac Phone: 301-734-7250Adam J.Korenczuk Paul Bajko, DirectorC. Wayne MurphyDanny PelfreyJ. Thomas Segroves March , 1986Charles Steele

Sam E. Stone

William Walker Dear Brethren,

Last November we made a nation-wide appeal for "FUNDS TOWARD BUILDING OFHOUSES OF WORSHIP IN POLAND."In response to that appeal we received about S 12,000.00. At that time we purchased two buildings for a total of S 49,000.00.We had to scrape every available cent and limit many projects like publications,purchases of Bibles and we were even cutting off some support of workers in Poland for a time being.

THIS YEAR WE FACE ANOTHER CHALLENGE.

Brother Kostek Jakoniuk, a Polish preacher well known to the American Brethren,started to build a completely new church building. /His letter in its entiretyis quoted on the next page/.They need this year at least S 33,000.00. There is no other source of helpbut us. They depend completely upon the Department of Missions-Polish Ministry. There is nobody else who will help them.

But this is not the only project in Poland.Just a few days ago we received a letter from Bro. Andrew Bajenski, minister ofWarsaw Church of Christ, who informs us that the Warsaw Church started two preaching points and they need some meeting places. There is one house which canbe purchased for S 6,000.00, and for the other place they need S 4,000.00 toenlarge the house of a Christian worker in order to have room for services.

Brethren, Poland is the only country behind the Iron Curtain where we haveChurches of Christ-Christian Churches.

65 years ago the work began there by a missionary sent by American Churches ofChrist-Christian Churches. Thousands of people were saved because of the Gospelpreached.Now there is an URGENT NEED, need of the growing Church, which is rich spiritually but very poor materially necause of economic crisis in Poland.If only each reader of this letter would give few dollars the problem will be

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solved - buildings will be erT"ected and purchased and the New Testament Christianity will be shining in the depressed coutry of Poland.

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PLEASE HELP THEM IN THE NAME'OF THE LORD!

All contributions should be sejnt to Department of Missions-Polish MinistryM P.O.Box 629, Bel Air, Md. 21014

May the Lord bless YOU

LETTER FROM KOSTEK JAKONIUK

November,1985

"Dear Bro. Bajko, Dear Brethren in Christ!Greetings in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ Who wassent to this world to become our Saviour.

By the grace of God we are well. The busy summer is behind us.The fall was warm and permitted us to go ahead with our building.We stopped just few days ago. As we look back we see that in ourdifficult situation we were able to do much. We passed throughthe formal-legal paper work to get permission, we passed through

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projecting work and have paid already 80% for the architect. Weremoved the ground and laid foundation for the whole building.Because the soil is not very firm we had to make strong foundationusing steel in it. For the foundation and parts of the walls ofthe building which will be covered with ground on outside we poured over one thousand cubic feet of concreet. We built a basementwall 7 feet high. We have also part of bricks, blocks, steel andwood for further building.We bought also a property next to the church with a house, wherelives family engaged full time in building along with overseeingit. We also bought a truck to bring the building materials.

As we look upon all of that we can only say "to God be the glory",and also warmest "thank You" to all of you whose hearts are filledwith love and concern for us and our needs. May God bless and reward you abundantly.

After the construction work stopped, we have sat down to see whatwe will need to prepare during the winter, so the next spring wecan go on with the building.Up to this day we have used all of the funds we had /Department ofMissions-Polish Ministry contributed last year $ 20,000.00/. Thereis left just 100.000 zlotys /200 dol/.For the work we expect to be able to do in 1986 we will be in aneed of:

1. For the bricks-2,5 million zlotys /5000 dol./.2. For cement blocks-3,1 million zloty /6000 dol./.3. For cement - 900 thousand zlotys /I800 dol./4. For lime - 300 thousand zlotys /600 dol./.5. For doors and windows - 1,5 million zlotys /3000 dol/.6. For wood to be used for floors and sidings - 1,6 mil

lion zlotys /3200 dol./7. For the project of plumbing, heating and electricity -

1,6 million zlotys /3200 dol./8. We do not have calculation for the roof yet, but it

will be aproximately - 2 million zlotys /4000 dol/.9. For labour arouftd- 3 milliom zlotys /6000 dol./

We are praying that the Lord will enable you to help us to achievethat which we have planned for the next year - if Lord is willing.It is very difficult for me to ask, for it is more blessed to givethan to receive, but we are now in the situation in which we haveto ask and we hope you will understand us.Every gift, even the smallest, the Lord will multiply here and we

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will use it with thanksgiving to GOD and to YOU.

May the Lord continue to bless you in the coming New Year 1986.

We send to you our love and Christian greetings.

Yours in His service.

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LETTERS FROM POLAND

"Dear Brother in Christ! Myslowice, 1.6.86With thankful hearts we would like to inform you we had our first servicein the new building which you purchased for us.We thank God that He heard our prayers. We thank you also, dear Brother,and all those who helped us. Without God*s and your help we would neverhave a place where to worship.Once more thank you very much and we wish you God's blessing. Bro.J.Bogacki

"Dear Brother Bajko! Katowice, 1.5.86In the name of the Church of Christ in Katowice I would like to thank you andall Brothers and Sisters inUS,wha helped us to purchase the house of worship.The first service was Nov.17. Our prayers are that at every service the houseof worship will be filled with listeners. May the Lord bless you. R. Pruszkowski

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Baptismal service in Warsaw Church of Christ

Department of MissionsPolish Ministry

EASTERN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

P.O. Box 629

Bel Air, Maryland 21014Phone: 301•734-7250

Paul Bajko, Director

September, 1986

JUNE 25,1903 - AUGUST 15,1986

Bro. Jerzy Sacewicz, a great warrior forthe Lord, departed August 15 to meet hisMaster and to receive a crown of life.Bro. Sacewicz was one of the greatest preachers in Poland.

Bro. Sacewicz accepted Jesus Christ as hispersonal Savior at the age of 16, and sincethat time his life was dedicated completely to his Master and to building the Churchof Christ in Poland and in neighbouringcountries like Romania, Estonia, Lithueniaand Latvia.

Bro. Sacewicz was ordained into ministryin 1924 and ministered to the Church ofChrist in Kobryn till 1944.During that time he joined hands with Bro.Konstanty Jaroshevich in establishing chur

ches of Christ accross Poland, especially in Eastern Poland, where by 1939we had 85 Churches and hundreds of Mission places.Bro. Sacewicz was a friend of old, young and children, and huge crowds gathered wherever he preached.He was active in organizing and leading special Bible courses for trainingpreachers, Sunday School teachers and choir directors, he established oneorphanage and was engaged in publication of two monthly periodicals - onein Russian language and one in Polish, and other books and literature.Through his influence many young men went into ministry including myself.Second World War did not stop his preaching activities.In 1944 he was forced to move from Kobtyn to Olsztyn where immediatelyafter the end of the war in 1945 he started a Church of Christ. In 1948he moved to Warsaw and started the Church at Pulawska Street whre he ministered till 1981. Since 1981 he served as an evangelist, elder and to-

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gether with his wife,Maria, distributed Bibles, Songbooks and all literature published by the Department of Missions. He led extensive correspondencewith the readers and visited,$raall churches. Bro. Sacewicz was a hard worker.He was always cheerful, had good sense of humor and there was always a smileon his face. i

Three weeks before his departure to the Lord I was able to spent with himfew moments in the hospital and even there he expressed concern about Lord'swork in Poland.

We lost a great man who fought a good fight, have finished his course, keptthe faith and now he received a crown of righteousness.

WE EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO SISTER MARIA SACEWICZ AND FAMILY.

UNSCHEDULED TRIP TO POLAND

In March and April of this year I received several letters and phone callsfrom Poland asking me to come and to share several special occasions inPoland:

1. - The celebration of' the 65 th Anniversary of Churches of Christ.2. - Graduation of 36 students of Correspondence Bible Seminary.3. - 20th Anniversary of Christian Service Camp.4. - 25th Anniversary of broadcasting the Gospel of Christ in Po

lish language.July 20th, after attending for 2 days the North American Christian Convention, I was on my way to Poland..';July 11th in the afternoon I landed in Warsaw where I was met by few prea-

chers and friends.

; • Myslowice, southernBaaLm of Poland. Last

|H||HH|H were able11 L i' purchase in both places

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Myslowice a retiredmineCelebration of 65th Anniversary worker, Bro. Bogacki.

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Both places are strategically located and adapted for worship by hardwork of both preachers and members of the congregations.It was my great privilege to preach in both places the same day and toshare Lord's Supper with them. Both churches have a great future andhave good, dedicated preachers.Monday on way back to Warsaw we stopped in the city of Lodz where I visited one Christian lady at the State Home for Disabled, where I had atalk and prayer and later visited another family.Next day together with Bro. Henryk Sacewicz I had a visit with the Directorof Religious Affairs and then visited Bro. Jerzy Sacewicz in the hospital.The evening and next day together with Bro. Lonek Lewczuk I spent visitingpeople and sharing God*s good News with them.July 16th I preached at Pulawska Street Church of Christ in Warsaw, whereBrothers Andrew Bajenski and Bronislaw Hury are ministers and had greatfellowship with people and both ministers in their homes, talking aboutwork and progress of the Church.July 17th together with Bro. Lonek Lewczuk, who was my driver during mystay in Poland, we started our jouerny at SAM. The first stop was inBiala Podlaska where we met at the breakfast table with Bro. Peter Brono-

wicki. Sr. who serves the church in Biala Podlaska and his son Peter Bro-nowicki, Jr. who serves the church in Matiaszowka. Here we saw almostimpossible things done by Bronowicki*s in errecting a second floor to theChurch building.By noon we were already in Siemiatycze, where Bro. Aleksander 2eguniapreaches and admired the complete renovation of the oldest church building. The work in Siemiatycze is progressing nicely.

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ce of preachers and Christian workers was already in progress. Each daywas started with devotional selrvice and prayer, had two different workshops led by Bro. Andrew Bajenski and Peter Karel, and then preachingservice in the evening.Here I was able to meet all oujr preachers in Poland and to have shortconference with each of them.

The culmination day of the Conference was Sunday, July 20th, where over300 people gathered together f^r one of the greatest services in the history of the Churches of Christ in Poland.The service lasted 3 hours andl was dedicated to the 65th Anniversary ofChurches of Christ. Bro. Paul |^robel, minister of Ostroda Church presidedover the service. Bro. Henryk Sacewicz, minister from Dabrowa Gorniczaread the history of the Churches of Christ in Poland and I brought themain message on the theme: "The Glorious Church". Combined choir under theleadership of Danuta Ryzyk was singing. At the Lord's table several ministers were serving and there we^e many prayers thanking God for the pioneers,especially Bro. Jerzy Sacewicz,

At the afternoon service Bro. Michal Weremijewicz, director of the Correspondence Bible Seminary delivered the message and handed diplomas to 36graduates. After the service we had special conference with all graduates.

Evening service was dedicated to the 20th Anniversary of Christian ServiceCamp in which took part Bro. George Bajenski, one of the founders of Christian Service Camp, Bro. Lonek Lewczuk and Danuta Ryzyk. Slides were shownthat pictured the history of tlie Camp.

July 20th will never be forgotten. IT WAS A GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY!

Next day, July 21st, together Swlith Bro. Sergiusz Kobus, Henryk Sacewicz and2 elders we went to Gdansk to see the building where the new congregationwill meet. We found that the licjcation was excellent and the purchasing agreement was signed.The price of the building is l6million zloty and the brethren hope that wewill come with substantial helpj. I agreed to help them with S 25.000. Wedid it by faith just like last year by faith we were able to contributeover S 50.000 toward buildings in Katowice and Myslowice.I believe that this year, with the help of American Christians who are readingthis report, we will be able to^ raise the needed amount toward new Church inGdansk.

In my prayers I always thank Gpd for Lord's work in Poland, dedicated preachers and for Christians in America and orther countries who help us to spreadthe Gospel and to build the Newi Testament Church. /j ^ /o •/

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Guidance CommiHee:

Kenneth Meade, SecretaryHoward Brammer

Lee Brack

Gerald L. Cowan

Carol Kakac

Adam ). KorenczukC. Wayne MurphyDanny PelfreyJ. Thomas SegrovesCharles Steele

Sam E. Stone

William Walker

Department of MissionsPolish Ministry

EASTERN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

P.O. Box 629

Bel Air, Maryland 21014Phone: 301-734-7250

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Paul Bajko, Director

November, 1986

THANK YOU, LORD!

Our hearts are filled with joy and gratitude for all blessingswe receive from the Lord.

36 years ago I landed in the most wonderful country - the greatUSA.

Since that time the Lord bestowed on us His blessings and o-pened many doors for service in His Kingdom.

Today, on this THANKSGIVING DAY, I thank God for numerousthings:

OUR MINISTRY IN POLAND

Poland, like no other coutry, suffered losses during the Second World War. Millions of people were killed, cities andvillages were destroyed and burned. Lord's work was hindered.Poland emerged from the war badly wounded and had to startalmost from the begining. - It was the same with the Church. -There was a shortage of everything - preachers. Bibles, song-books, literature and buildings.

In helping Poland our priority was BIBLES, because as Scripture says: "Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word ofGod."

Thousands of Bibles were delivered to Poland and placed in thehands of people - old, young and children.

Next we helped our Brethren with the purchase or building ofHOUSES OF WORSHIP.

New Churches were started. At the present time we have 22 Chur-

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Bro. Paul Bajko preaches in Myslowice

ches and each of then has her cvm building or a place to meet.

Polish Christians love to sing for the glory of God but there was shortageof SCNGBCXKS and new songs. Dela, ny wife, translated hundreds of songsfrcsn English into Polish and we published lO different songbooks.Those songs reached many souls, prcrrpting them to accept Christ as theirpersonal Saviour.

Musical instruments like organs, pianos, guitars and mandolineswere sent to Poland.

There was shortage of CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, so in 1960 we started to publish a Polish monthly magazine which is read bythousands of people.For the children we translated and published "Life of Christ,"visualized and Book of Acts.

Seven poem books were published and other books and bookletswere translated and published.There is a constant demand for this literature.

In order to reach more people for Christ we started in 1961the first Polish RADIO MINISTRY.

Follow-up work was done by Polish preachers and many souls were

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won for Christ.

Just recently we received a letter from one man who said: "Itwas good to see you this year in Poland. As I told you few years ago it wasthanks to your radio messages that I and my family accepted Christ. I was aJehova Wittness and now I am a servant of the Lord and preach to them Christand we see results of our ministry - new mission station was opened in Ja-worzno".

In 1968 we were able to purchase a property in Ostroda as perma-ment location for the CHRISTIAN SERVICE CAMP, which was startedby George Bajenski, Kostek Jakoniuk and Boleslaw Winnik.Later we started to build a Multipurpose building in Ostrodawhich was dedicated in 1984.

Many of young souls found Christ in the Christian Service Camp.

Thousands of dollars each year are sent for training new workers and support of preachers.

At the present time support is given to 32 PREACHERS and CHRISTIAN WORKERS in Poland.

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MEDICINE, CLOTHING and FOOD was badly needed. Jesus said; "ForI was an hungered, and ye gave me meet; I was thirsty, and yegave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; naked, andye clothed me; I was sic]t, and ye visited me."

Through the years thousands of pounds of used clothing and foodwere sent to Poland and hundreds of prescriptions were filled.Still we receive many requests for medicine which is notavaiable in Poland and we send it. People who receive it arevery grateful and that l^d some to Christ.

WE THANK GOD FOR THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST - CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND INDIVIDUALS IN USA AND OTHER COUNTRIES who support ourwork in Poland.

Whatever has been done, yhat victories won, it was because ofYOU, wonderful Christians, who love the Lord and His cause, andhelp us financially, andjpray for us and Lord's work in Poland.WE THANK YOU VERY MUCjlH!

WE THANK GOD FOR THEjMEMBERS OF THE GUIDANCE COMMITTEE,who are vitaly interestela in the work in Poland.

WE THANK GOD FOR KEElEjiNG US healthy and giving us strengthand courage to fulfill the task in proclaiming the Gospel ofChrist,

"BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL;AND ALL THAT IS WITHIN ME,BLESS Hisi HOLY NAME.BLESS THEi LORD, 0 MY SOUL,AND FORGET NOT ALL HIS

BENEFITS.!"

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Pl^JbJu. puA- Hovto.ca^ ^^J±M±L

"65 Years of the Church of Christ in Poland"by Paul Bajko

Under this sign, July 20th, the Churches in Poland celebrated 65th Anniversary.300 people gathered for this celebration including myself and George Bajenski.I was able to deliver the keynote sermon "The Glorious Church".

Work in Poland began in 1921 by Bro. Jaroshevich. By 1939 there were 85 churchesand several hundred mission stations.

The Church in Poland had ovm publication in Polish and Kussian languages, ledmany Bible seminars preparing workers, ministers, Sunday school teachers,evengelists and choir directors.

Second World War was a great blow to the Polish nation and the Church, but Churchsurvived and after the war began with new zeal Hork in present Poland.The beginnings were hard. The country was devasteted by the war, the people wereimpoverished and needed help.

Since 1954 American Brethren helped Polish Churches through the Department ofMissions - Polish Ministry.

Church buildings were purchased or built, literature was published. Bibles werepurchased, Christoann Service Camp was started. Gospel was preached througjj theradio, ministers were trained, clothing and medicone was sent.In 1881, when Poland experienced the great economical crises. Churches in Americahelped with food, clothing, medicine and money.The hardship of the crises caused Polish people to turn to the Bible seeking fortruth.

As a result of this awakening the Churches experienced revival. New Churches wereStarted and present buildings became too small.

Eight now there is in Poland great need for new Church buildings and enlargingthe present facilities.

Last year alone, the Department of Missions-Polish Ministry was able to purchase2buildings for a tolal of S50,000.00, to enlarge another 2buildings for 10,000.00and to contribute 820,000.00 toward new sanctuary which is in a building stage now.

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All this we were able to do because of sacrificial giving of the Brethren in

America.

This year another Church was started in the historical city ofl Gdansk.

When I was in Poland in July, we signed the purchasing contract for the building

which will cost 16 million Zloty.

The local people give sacrificially, but few in numbers they are not able to

take over the whole burden. I promissed to raise and help them with S 25,000.000

We act by faith believing that God will move the hearts of Christian in America

to congribute sacrificially oce again.

Brethren in Poland depend upon you, so please help in the name of the Lord.

Please send all your contributions with the note on the check "Building in Gdansk"to DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONS - POLISH MINISTRY

P.O.Box 629

Bel Air, Maryland, 21014

May the Lord bless you as you prayerfolly make your contribution.

THIRD QUARTER

"I never thought about a radioministry until a couple of Polishpreachers asked why I didn't starta radio ministry."

"It was really hard work. I neverrealized how much work it iswith the radio."

NEWS OF THE GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION

POLISH

LANGUAGE

BROADCASTBEGINS 25TH

YEAR(Interview with Paul Bojko,long-time Polish evangelist/broadcaster, and friend of GBM. Paul was

raised in Poland, and he and his wife

Dela continue their Ministry behindthe Iron Curtain from Bel Air,Maryland.)

Q: Paul, please tell our readers aboutthe start of the Polish-language radiobroadcast which is now entering itstwenty-fifth year.

A: In 1960. for the first time. I returned

bock to Poland to visit our churches

and ministers to see how the work

was going. At that time, we didn'thave many churches or ministers,and there were remote areas of

Poland where the Gospel of Christwas not reaching people at all. Inever thought about a radio ministryto reach those people until a coupleof Polish preachers asked why I didn 7start a radio ministry. I said. "I don'tknow - maybe I will." My wife and Ispent three months in Poland at that

time, and everywhere we would gopeople would say, "What about aradio ministry?" They said theyare listening to some Russian-language broadcasts from the Luxembourg radio station because that'sall that's on the air. and they would(continued on page 2)

DIARY OF MYTRIP AROUND

THE WORLD

by Bill McCiure

(Diary of my trip around theworld, continued from last issue)

Monday, June 9 - From India. Iwas travelling on to Thailand, As Iwas about to board my flightleaving Calcutta, the lady askedwhere 1 wished to sit on the

plane. I told her in the nonsmoking section. "Oh, but sir,"she responded, "we're puttingeveryone in the smoking sectionat the back of the plane • aftertaking off you can sit where youwish because the plane is notfuil," I wondered why she askedin the first place, but not wantingto be an ugly American, 1 didn'tsay anything and boarded theplane. As you probably couldguess, the stewardess on boarddidn't want me to sit anywhereexcept in my assigned seat.However, the Captain happenedalong and let me sit where I wished. As it turned out, I was the on

ly one in the non-smoking sectionof that brand new jumbo jet, andI enjoyed every minute of therather short flight to Bangkok. I'velearned when traveling that mostcountries of the world do not

operate their transporation

systems to suit the public as wedo in the U.S. but to suit the

government and the employeeswho operate the system. Thisseems to be the case whether

we're talking airlines, trains orbuses. It is difficult for Americans

to understand this way of doingthings, but once you do it makestravelling easier and helps keepthe blood pressure lower. Afterarriving in Bangkok, I transferredimmediately to the flight to Cha-ing Mai, and reached mydestination right on time. Therewas some difficulty at passportcontrol in Thailand because I

couldn't remember the address

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(25th Year... cont. from page 1)

like to have something in Polish. So.after my return, there was a NationalMissionary Convention, and itwas there I saw Mr. and Mrs. Walter

Coble, founders of Gospel Broadcasting Mission. Mr. Coble was wearing his hat with the radio tower andred electric light on top, and theyhad literature from the Mission. I approached them and told them I gota challenge from Poland to start aradio ministry, and to broadcast inthe Polish language.

Q: Of course we already know theresults, but what was their response?

A: They just looked at me and smiled, and said, "This is what we have

been praying for - that more will goon the air." They told me, "go ahead- start the work and we will sponsorit." At that time we lived in New

Jersey and the Cobles arranged fora meeting with the representative ofan agency in New York City in orderto make all the arrangements and tosign a contract. It was in 1961. thatwe met in the East Orange. NewJersey, Christian Church with theagent and I told them I was ready toget started the next month. So. thecontracts were sent to the Cobles,

and from that time we were on the

air. So that's when I started to work

on the radio broadcast - and it was

really hard work. I never realized justhow much work it is with the radio. I

thought. "I'm a preacher, and I canpreach for an hour. So if I will take aone-hour sermon and divide it into

four sermons it will take care of fourprograms."

Ch But, it didn't work out that way didit?

A: No. it didn't. I found that in ordprto prepare a nine or ten minute sermon. it takes about eight hours oftime. And then you will have to include a song. At that time we didn'thave anybody around to help us orto sing - no Polish congregation atthat time because we had juststarted a work in Baltimore. We hadAdam Korenczuk. who was already aminister. He could understand Polish,

but didn't speak it. So, my wife taughthim the Polish words to songs, and Iwould record the two of them. Theywould sing two parts, then I would

back up the tape and re-recordthem singing other pOr/s (now calledover-dubbing), and fj))^ the end of theday we had the soun^ ofa Polishchoir with only two vaever knew there were

singing all those partsdidn't have good tape recorders atthat time because we didn't have

much money. But we $ent those firstprograms and messages on to Luxembourg, and when the peopleheard it there was sdrpe greatcelebration In Poland. THIS WAS THE

FIRST CHRISTIAN BROAlfCAST OF ANYKIND IN POLAND. Thero was no otherreligious group broadcasting beforeus - this was the first.

Q: Why is that? Do you suppose noone else thought of starting a Christian program in Polish before thattime?

A: I guess because no one hadbeen challenged like I was challenged. Maybe I was the ifirst who wentfrom America to Poland, and met our

people, and was challenged in thisway. Three or four years later, afterour program, many other groupsstarted broadcasts in Polish, but ours

was the first. And by being the first,we got the audience because it wasreaching into every cprner of Polandby short-wave radio. In those daysthe people didn't /lovie many shortwave radios, or any other kind ofradios. There were what was knownthen as "collective radios". Thesewould just receive the signal from themain government brc^dcasting station. So people were challenged tobuy short-wave receivers, which theydid often at great sacrifice.Sometimes they had to even sellsome cows or calves or pigs, in orderto buy a short-wave radio to listen tothe message. When / returned toPoland in 1963. I wanted to see how

ces. Nobodyjust two peopleOf course, we

people were listeningand what was goin^ <that I was in one village just at thetime our broadcast came on the air.We came to one Christian home andsaw people sitting around the tablein their Sunday clothes. They had invited other people. Christians andnon-Christians, and they were listening just like it was a worship service.When I prayed on radio, they werepraying. When I gavei the scripture.

to the programon. It happened

they opened their Bibles immediately,and followed the passages which Iread. And then, at the end when thechoir was singing, that means mywife and Adam, they were really smiling and trying to catch every word.And at the end when I was prayingagain, all of them were praying. Sofor many of them, this was their worship hour because in some areas.they didn't have any churches orpreachers. This was on Thursday at5:00 PM, they would leave their jobsin the fields and come to listen to the

Word of God. I was amazed when I

saw the people doing that! I waspraying and thanking God for thatradio ministry, for the Cobles andGospel Broadcasting Mission, and Iwas challenged to do much more.Then we started to receive letters and

listeners asked that we send them

copies of the messages so they coulddistribute them to others. At that time

cassette tape recorders were notavailable, but five or six years later,they had them in some areas.

Q; Any personal experiences youcan share with us from those days?

A: Yes, there is one story involving aCatholic priest. It was about 1970,and I was in Poland for the third time.

I was sitting in a home and theCatholic priest came there and whenhe found that I was Paul Bajko heasked, "Are you the one that Ispreaching on the radio?" At that timewe had moved the broadcast to

Trans World Radio from Monte Carlo.I answered, "Yes". He said, "listen,man of God, you know what I do?Every time when you are preaching, Itape record it, and then on Sunday Iplay it to the whole congregation.And they are wonderful messages."There are many other stories, but thatis just a brief look at the beginning ofthe history of broadcasting intoPoland. (NOTE: This interview with PaulBajko will be conclude in the nextissue of Listen. The Polish languagebroadcast continues to be heard

every Monday evening on TransWorld Radio from Monte Carlo. It is

prepared and produced by GeorgeBajenski and his co- workers fromGlobal Missionary Radio Ministries inCanada. GBM. with your financialsupport, helps meet airtime costs forthis broadcast.) f