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uidance Committee:

Department

of

Missions

Meade Secretary Pollih Ministry

rd Brammer

EASTERN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

ald L.Cowan P.O. Box

629

Howes

Bcl Air Maryland 21014

arol Kakac Phon€: 30I-734-7250

.

Korenczuk

Paul Bajko

on Lowry Irek Wolosz

. Wayne Murphy

Bill Oates

Danny Pelfrey

J. Thomas Segroves

Wilham

Walker Y RS OF

TH

POLISH MINISTRY

January 1989

Thirty

five

years ago, with

the

Lord s help,

we

started the Polish Ministry.

I t developed to be a very

broad

mini st ry , cons is ti ng

of;

1 . A ssis ta nc e

in

establ ishinent

of

14

congregat ions

in

Poland;

2. Radio ministry to Poland in

Polish,

and in the USA in Polish, Russian

and

Ukra in ian l anguages ;

3. Translation

and

publication of

books

such as

Life

of Christ and the

Book o f Acts Visual ized

Li fe of

Chris t

-

Book

3

in

Russian, Harmony

of Scripture

and

Science,

What

Cured Naaman s Leprosy,

7 Poem

Books

t ranslated and to be pub li shed Don DeWelt s

books

on the Holy Spir i t ;

4. Edition and

publication

of a monthly

Polish magazine Drogowskaz,

which entered into i t s 30th

year

o f publ ic at ion ;

5 . Purchasing and

building of 13 Church

buildings in Poland and one

in

Baltimore,

and rebuilding or renovating 6 already

exist ing

buildings

in

Pol and

6.

Sending

tons

of used

clothing and

hundreds

of

packages

of

medicine

and

food in th e

t ime

o f economica l c ri s e s in

Pol and

7 . Supply ing Poland with thousands of Bibles and

New

Testaments, la te ly

sending

Bibles to Russia as w ell:

8. Translat ion into Pol ish

and

publ ic at ion o f

2 Chorus

Books,

4 Song-

books,

3

Cantatas,

1

Songbook in Russian,

and publ icat ion

of one

Songbook with the original Polish

songs

of a Polish song writer and

c ompo s e r

9. Financial

support

of and assistance to 33 ministers and

Christian

worke r s i n Poland

10.

Financial assistance

in tr ain in g

of Polish students

in

the

USA

and

in

Poland

a t

the Academy of Theology and

the

Correspondence Bible Semi

n a r y

11. Casse t te minis t ry

12.

F inanci al hel p

in

rebuilding the

Home for the

Senior Citizens

in

Os t r o d a Po l a nd

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13 . S end in g

to

Poland organs

and other musical instruments;

14 .

Es t a b l i s hmen t

o f and work w i t h t h e

S l a v i c

Chur ch o f C h r i s t i n a

mor e , MD;

15. Purchasing and construction of the Chris t ian

Service

Cart^ in

Ostro

16. S end ing

out thousands of packages with

Chris t ian

l i t e r a tu r e to

Pol

and o t h e r

coun t r i e s ;

17.

Answering

thousands of l e t t e r s ;

18.

Visi t ing Poland fo r

preaching,

consul t ing

with

the

preachers

and

t he i r sp i r i t u a l suppor t ;

19. L eading Missionary Seminars ;

20. Preaching in Church

Canps, leading Fai th

Promise

and

Mission

Ral

We

can

sure ly say together with Samuel:

Thus

f a r has th e Lord helped us

1

Samuel

7:12 .

We

thank

God tha t

fo r

years

He

i s

leading

us from one vic tory to ano

and t h a t He uses us in bui ld ing

His

Church in Poland.

We thank

God

fo r YOU

who

fo r

years

stay

behind us with your

prayers

an

f inanc ia l

suppor t .

GO

BLESS

YOU

REAL

GOO

^

N SAM

Baptismal

se rv ice in Ostroda



SERVICE

OF

IREK

WOLOSZCZYK

I have been t ru ly blessed in the l a s t months

of 1988

to go and v i

t h e

Panhand l e

a r e a

o f

Oklahoma

and

Texas

whe r e

th e

Churches

have

had

t

annual Hi-Pla ins School of Missions. Being par t of

t h a t

program was a dou

t h r i l l

fo r

me. F i r s t

of

a l l / touring along

with f ive other

missionaries ,

could

v i s i t several

congregations, meet many brothers and s i s t e r s

in Chr

t i e new fr iendships , and

share the

news

of

our respect ive min is tr ie s t he

Secondly,

fo r the

f i r s t

t ime s ince I came

to

the

United

Sta tes , was I

overwhelmed

by the

dis tances

and the

s ize of t h i s country. I

have

never s

before

such s t ra ight -and-long-for-mi les roads, vas t

pra i r i es

with

so m

ca t t l e

on them, e tc . And

it

seemed t h a t the fu r ther West I went, th e

big

the country

grew

(0,

beaut i ful

for spacious sk ies . . . )

On the way home I was able to s top and v i s i t also several congregati

to

whom I

want to

express

my

gra t i tude fo r

t he i r hosp i ta l i ty and

the

oppo

uni ty given me to preach

and

sh ar e w ith

them

th e news

of

our work

in

Pola

These churches are : Glendale Church

of

Chr i s t

in

Springfie ld , O

Jenni

Chr i s t i an Church and

Mrs. Melba White

in S t .Lou i s ,

MO;

Linnwood

Church

Chr i s t and Bro.

John Muel len

in

Lafayet te ,

IN; Lakeside Chr i s t i an Church

F t . Mitche l l ,

KY;

Jamestown Church o f C hr is t

in

Jamestown,

OH;

and

Fa i r f i

Church o f C h r is t i n

Lanca s t e r ,

OH.

Special thanks to Mark

and

Stephanie

Howes and Ron

Lowry of

the

Fair f i

Church of Christ for t he i r

hosp i ta l i ty

and help in promoting our

Pol

minist ry in the i r

area

and congregation, and for

taking

a specia l care

of

in

ny l a s t days of

the t r i p .

Back home, th e usual

t asks of

mailing l i t e ra tu re and newslet ters , t ra

la t ing l e t t e r s and

writ ing

a r t i c le s were wait ing fo r me. The corresponde

a c c umu l a t e d .

Spending

the

Christmas Eve with

the

Bajkos was l ike spending

Christ

a t

home. Those spec ia l moments together made us r e f l e c t

again upon

blessedness of

t h a t

day when Jesus was bom

and the

bless ings

t h a t

follow

fo r

a l l who accepted Him

as

t he i r Savior even

today

in

t h i s country and

coimtry we s e r ve , Poland .

The

new year

1989 opens

up with many promising opportuni t ies to

se

our

Lord, to

preach

the Gospel and to bui ld

God's

Kingdom

in

Poland.

I

w

to

be par t

of

t ha t

exci t ing

experience and

make

the

Heaven

re jo ice

May God

bless us

a l l

in His service

Thank

you

fo r your

prayers fo r

us

your s uppo r t .

3



IMPRESSIONS OF MY

V I S I T

TO

POLAND

by Waj^e Murphy

One of the

most

inspir ing and inpressive worship services of

which

have ever

been

a

par t took place ill the

Church of Christ in

Kolobrz

Poland. The

building was

lo cated w ith in a shor t

walking

dis tance

of

B a l t i c

Sea. I t

had o r i g i n a l l y been

b u i l t

as a

bakery ; to day

one can go t h

for the Bread

of

Life.

The

building

\Ms overfilled

with

people

standing

around

the

crowded pews

People greeted us

as i f

we

were

members

of

th

family

who

had

come

for a

visit .

Theiif language

was different some

wors

cus toms were

d i f f e r e n t /

b u t

we

preached t h e

same Gospel.

By

visiting Poland

in 98 it^ er^tire perspective of the

work

of

Department

of

Missions has changed. People and places have taken

on

a

s ignif icance.

I saw crowded buildings. I saw houses.that were used as chu

buildings

Everywhere

we went the coirjnitment of the people

was

evident

they

came to hear the Word proclaimed. We did not speak t h e i r language/

when we met a ro un d

t h e

L o r d s Table we were one Body.

I have been associa ted

with

t h e Department of Missions

since

1977.

appreciation for Paul and Dela Bajko continues t o grow. The work

that

t

do

cannot

be measured

this

has

been [evident by

the

growth

of the

churc

n P o l a n d .

The

needs

i n Poland

a r e st

g r e a t ev en th ough much

has been done o

the

years.

There are churches needed din so many

areas

and church buildi

t o b e

e r e c t e d

o r r e n o v a t e d . I know o f no m i s s i o n

work

where a

d o l l a r

me

as much as one given to the Department of Missions of the work of the Po

Ministry.

I am

proud to be

just a

small part

of

this great

work I anxiou

a w a i t

a n o t h e r

v s t t o

P o l a n d

i n

1 9 9 0 .

FINANCIAL

REPORT

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

MISSIONS-POLISH

MINISTRY

FOR

1

INCOME; 1 . B al a n c e

from 1 9 8 7 . . .. 1 3 8 . 8 6

2 .

Received

from

Churches

and I n d i v i d u a l s i n 1988

218666.15

2 1 8 8 0 5 . 0 1

EXPENDITURE:

1.

Living

l ink supports 35777.84

2. Housing 8610.00

3.

Insurance

Social Sec. T axes Hospi tal izat ion 13962.79

4 .

U t i l i t i e s

.1 1154.36

5. O ffice

s u p l i e s

Teleph.

CPA service

4057.99

6. Promotion f 9840.41

7.

POLAND;

preachers

buildings

medicine

89163.53

8 . L i t e r a t u r e and B i b l e s . . 7628.80

9. Trainees

Scholarship f<t»r

Irek Woloszczyk 12249.25

10.

T ra nsfer to Polish

Church

bui ld ings acc

36000.00

2 1 8 4 4 4 . 9 7

Balance

on

Dec.31 1988

S

360.04



Department ofMisshm

Kenneth Meade tcrti ry Pollth Mintotry

Howard Brammer

EASTERN CHRIST IAN COLLEGE

Gerald L.

Cowan

P.O. Box

629

Mark Howes

Bel Air Maryland 21014

Carol Kakac

Phone: 301-734 7250

Adam J. Korenczuk Paul Bajko

Ron

Lowry

Irek

Wolosz

9 8 9

Danny Pelfrey

J.Thomas Segroves

DEAR

FRIENDS

William Walker

Apostle Paul in l e t t e r to Romans

chapter 10:14-15 sa id:

How then the

sha l l ca l l on Him in Whom they have

not

believed? And how sha l l

they believ

in Him of whom

they

have

not

heard?

And how

sha l l

they

hear

without a prea

cher? And how

sha l l they

preach

unless

they

are sent?

As

i s writ ten:

How

beaut i fu l are

the fee t of those who preach the Gospel of

peace,

who brin

glad t idings of

good

thingsi

We thank

God

tha t you send us to re ach p eople for C hris t in Poland; peo

p le

who

ca l l

themselves Chris t ians

bu t are fa r from Chris t ; people

who

sti

walk in

darkness; people who are disappointed

in the ir rel ig ious

and po l i t

c l

le ders

There are

many people

in Poland

who

are searching fo r thruth and sa lva

t i o n

Last year

we

were

able

to give

f inancia l and sp i r i tua l ass is tance to

ov

30

ministers

in Poland as they

preached

the

Gospel.

Others wri te

to

us fo r l i t e r a tu r e Bibles , Songbooks, Medicine

and

advice.

Because

of

you

we

are able to give them what they need

to

f ind Chris t or

do the work in reaching people for C hrist and to encourage others to

ser

the Lord in thruth and

sp i r i t

I t

a l l

is done because af YOU YOUR prayers, love , concern and f in an cia l a ss i

t nce .

AND NOW

SEVERAL

LETTERS

FROM

POLAND.

Dear

Brother

Thank you

very

much

for

supporting

my

ministry

and

for

th

f inancia l ass is tance

in remodeling

our

church

building. This

year

the Lo

added

5 souls to

the Church and

we

expect more in

the

near fu tu re

Each

Lord's Day

our

chapel i s fu l l This year we began regular services

Lagisza / i t is a new mission place/ . We are renting a

building

there with

agreement tha t by

the end

of November

we

wi l l

buy

it I t s

cost

is

S

4,000.

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Baptismal Service in Poland

ould you help us in that Please it i|s very urgent nd

very

import nt th

we buy

that

house. Yours

in Christ, K.B.

Dear

Bro.

Bajko

Our summer has past so f as t and

the fa l l

i s already

here

Our f a l l th is

year i s t ru ly

beau t i fu l

As you know a t the end

of

the summer we celebrated the 40th anniversary o

our

congregation

in Warsaw.Tliere was much activity and work sur rounding th

event, but

was

well

worth

the

e f fo r t

for us

to take

tha t time

to look

back.

Reflection on the past enriches and deepens the

experience

of l i fe

i

the present.

Maybe

bacause

I

myself

am forty, I

had

strong feelings

abou

that

jubilee

forty years

is quite a

time.

The

celebration

i t se l f

is

imp

tant , but

i t lasts jus t

a

short

moment and

then i t is

gone. But

the jubi le

reminds us

of

the

fact that

something has happened and

past

away

and/o

that something

was

accomplished. I t

speaks

of

a work done by men

with

the

l imitat ions and weaknesses, but also speaks of

t a lent

hear t ingenuity, d

d ica t ion e t c

And you. Bro th er Pau l,

played

a

s igni f icant

ro le in

that

work. You have

already received the off ic ia l l e t t e r

of grat i tude

from the

Church and

th

t i t l e

of the Honorary Member of

our

congregation. But, I would l ike to ex

press my personal grat i tude to you

for your heart ,

endurance and zeal show

in

the

ministry

of

spreading

the

Gospel

to

our fellow country

men.

Broth

Paul, what I

wil l say

is

nothing

new to

you,

but s t i l l l e t me

t e l l

you ho

I

see things concerning you.

You had

the

same

choice

that

many

other Chris

t i ans t ha t went

overseas

to America had, the choice of

making

a career an

a

li ving the re .

But you

chose instead to

carry on

evangelism

to

our

count

2



Harvest

Day

/Thanksgiving/ in Bielsk Podlaski

of Poland. In a l l simplic i ty I

want

to thank you for your pain your

stru

gling

with

and overcoming the dif f icul t ies and for stra ining your ingenu

ty in order to accomplish something for

us

in th is country

A week ago I at tended the Feast of th e H arve st in

Kolobrzeg.

Ten years a

that congregation was jus t a handfu l o f people. Today i t is a large conre

t i on

Pe te r Kare l works hard the re o f co urse bu t how much would

he

have a

complished without

your

help?

B H

GREAT TRAGEDY

Benjamin Bajenski the 14 year old son of George and

Vera

from

Globa

Radio Minis t r ies Pol i sh Minis t ry was ki l led

by

a school bus February 16 8

on h is

way

to school

This tragic news f i l led our hearts with sadness and eyes with tears.

Benji as we called him was a

very

promissing boy bright and in te l l

gent

kind hearted

and a good Christian.

We express our

deepest

sympathy to

George

and Vera and pray

that

the

Lord

will

comfort them and give them strength

to

continue in

their minist

Those who

would

wish

to

send them a

word of sympathy

and encourageme

there

i s

the i r

address; George

and Vera Bajenski

7

V e n t r i s

D r

Ajax

Ont. LIT

M

Canada Tel./416/427 37

3



NOKTONWCHUipi

Ol

CHRIST

February 17, 19

iJlN OPEN LETTER TO PAUL

AND

DELA BAJKO.

Congratulations to you on

the

coirp^etion of 35 years of service to

t

Lord

in

the Polish

Ministry

Speaking

for

myself

personally,

and on

beh

of Norton Church of Christ here in

Cjoluiribus Oh we

count

i t

a privile

to

have

been

associated with

you in th i s work for

well

over

ha l f those year

As t ime goes by, I am cont inual ly

amazed a t the

depth of

your

devoti

to the

work. The qual i ty

and

quant i ty of your accoirp li shments in the Lo

i s

enough

to

put

workers half your

age

to shame. As a long-term member

The Guidance Committee I know that th is is true. But I impressed sti

more with what I regard

as

your eve r-growing ab i l i ty

to

do and

to

teach t

things

of Chris t . Of

course,

you two

have had

an understanding of

Pola

from the t ime of

your

bi r th Unlike sbme others you have known the

Poli

language

and

the

cul ture from

your youth. You are

wel l

aware

of

the st rengt

and

weaknesses

of the

people

you

se rve

Other

missionar ies

must

l e am

tho

th ings. More than a few

have not

managed

to

leam them

well .

F in ally , f

now,

I

have

always found

your

absolu te

honesty

impressive. You

have nev

yielded to the

temptation

to dis tor t the t ru th however s l ight ly

for

t

sake

of appearances. We appreciate you fo r these things.

I

know t h a t a l l

pra i se

i s

due to

God. Great th ings

He

has done Bu

praise God for you and for all who la|bor together faithfully with

you

each

s ide of the ocean. Paul and Dela, may

our

Father in heaven

give you

bo

an

ever-increasing sat isfact ion

in His service. May He gran t

you

the r ich

deserved

joy tha t comes with the s ight

ojf

more

and more

f ru i t

fo r

your labo

unt i l

your work

on

ear th i s done.

Yours in

Him,

W il li am B

Walke r

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Deparimeni ofMissions - Polish Ministry


P .O . Box 629

Guidance

Committee

Bel Air Maryland 21014

Kenneth

Meade Secrefafy Phone: 301-734-7250 „

.o ,

r^•

L j „ Paul Bajko Director

Howard Br ammer

Gerald Cowan Irek Woloszczyk Asso

Mark Howes

Carol Kakac

Adam J . Korenczuk

Ron Lowry

C.Wayne Murphy July 1989

Bill Oates

^ : :Z

GOD S

OPM

BOOR

SEE,

I HAVE

PLACED BEFORE

YOU AN

OPEN

DOOR THAT NO ONE CAN SHU

THOUOi YOU HAVE LITTLE STRENGTH,

YET

YOU HAVE KEPT MY WORD A

NOT

DENIED

MY

NAME.

(Rev.3:8)

With these encouraging words as a motto, the Church

in

Kolobr

Poland,

celebrated l a s t

year i t s 10th

Annive rsary. That f a s t

growing

con

gation,

t ha t in e leven yea rs grew from 6 to over 200 people, i s a wonde

exairple

o f th e

magnificent

work t h a t the Lord

has

been doing in Poland

th e

yea r s .

Today, in sp i te of some l oca l cases of persecut ion from the Po

Catholic

Church, and,

in

sp i t e

of

general ly very poor

economical condit

in Poland,

the

Lord

i s

opening

the

door of re l ig ious freedom t ha t allow s

Brothers and Sis t e rs

the re to take

courage and

receive

s t rength to grow

Chr is t ' s

glor ious

Church

t ha t

declares

the

praises

of Him who

cal led

out of darkness in to His wonde rf ul l i gh t

However,

many

people

in Poland still

l ive

in

sp i r i t ua l

darkness;

still

s e a r c h

f o r

truth and need

s a l v a t i o n .

For

us, in

th i s great

and much

blessed

country of America,

the

Lor

opening

the

door

for many oppor tuni t ies to ass i s t and help our B ro ther s

Sisters in

Poland.

As the Church grows

there,

the

needs

grow along. An

are the ones

here

t ha t can meet

those

n ee ds . P eo ple, more than ever, wri t

us a sk ing fo r Christ ian l i t e ra ture . Bibles , songbooks, medicine, advice,

and

express t he i r deep gra t i tude

fo r

whatever

help they

are

receiving.

r

s ome

l tt rs f r om P o l a n d :

Dear Bro.

and S i s t e r

Bajko ,

Pra i se

be to our Lord

I

want to s t a r t these

few

words wishing you

God

b l e s s i ng

I am happy

t h a t

I

can

w rite to

you.

I

work

with peop le t h a t

a r e enslaved

alcoholf

c iga re t t e s r drugsf

and

have many problems. Late ly, when I

v is i

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Baptismal

serv ic e in

the

Church in

Kolobrzeg

the congregat ion in Gdynia, I saw there

one

songbook o f yours Jedna

Pie

One Song)

and

I loved

it

right-a-way because o f

i t s songs

that come from

hear t

and

touch the

heart

as

well .

I f I may, I would l ike

to

ask you

to

s

me

some o f those beau t i fu l songbooks.

I don ' t have

any do l l a r s to pay you

them, but if you would l i ke me to help you here

in

any o the r way, I wil

happy

to do so

fo r you. Again, I thank God I can wri te to you. May He

alw

keep

you

i n His c a r e

I - Krzysztof

K

Dea r B r o t h e r in

hrist

Gree t ings

May God's peace be w ith you .

I

tu rn

to you, dea r

Bro ther ,

because , o rde r

to r e s t o r e

my

he a l t h ,

I n

a spec i f i c medicine

t ha t

i s impossib le

to

f ind here in Poland. I am 55 y

old . My husband i s 59, and we have two married daugh te r s and a 10 year s

son . I

would l i k e to l i v e

j u s t a little

b i t l onger in orde r , a t l e a s t ,

give the

needed

a t t en t i on and mother ly love

to my little boy

till

he g rows

Because

I

don ' t

have

t h a t

medic ine , my hea l th

and phys ica l condi t ion a re

t e r io ra t ing more

each

day. In Apri l , my hu sband had a s er io us s ur gic al ope

t ion

that

ended with complications. Dear

^Brother, could

you help me with

t

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medic ine? I t s name i s L ipan thy l 200

and

I would

need two packages

o

If

you could

do

t h a t fo r me, tell

me how I can

pay you back in o rde r to

p r e s s

my g ra t i t u d e . P lea se , h e lp me with t h i s . I thank you befo re hand.

Halin

The

occurr ing

changes

in

th e

communist

world today and th e po lic

openeness followed

by

Russia

give

more

freedom

of

worship

to

our

Bro

and Sis t e rs in Poland,

but th eir s pi r i tu al

and

mater ia l

needs

are stil

met

in

th e process ,

but

r a the r

are grea te r

than ever .

God i s opening a

door

fo r us

in

America to the opportuni ty of a

gr

se rvice to

Him and

His people

in

Poland.

We need

to

pray

tha t th i s doo

not be shut , and tha t we may be th e instruments God wi l l use to b rin g

and

peace to mil l ions

in

Poland who

still l i ve without Chris t

CONGRATULATIONS

—

Paul B«

TR I P TO POLAND

On May 31, 1989,

Bro.

Paul

Bajko

l e f t Dulles

In ternat ional

Airpo

Washington, D.C.,

and

flew

to Poland

in order

to trave l extensively,

th e churches and meet with th e P olish preachers t he re .

On h is

t r ip

he

was joined by

a

team

of American preachers and t ea

and

t he i r

wives

who also

w ill tra ve l

in a l l Poland, preach the Gospe

e nc ou ra ge God s

people

t h e re .

The

highl ights

o f t h i s t r i p wi l l be the meeting in th e cap i t a l c i

Poland,

Warsaw,

with

the

s tudents

of

the

Correspondence

Bible

Seminary

th e end o f t h e i r school

year

and graduat ion,

and

th e

dedicat ion

- ce leb r

se rvice

in

Ostroda of the Home

fo r

the

Senior

Cit izens during which

Paul

wi l l

present a specia l monetary g i f t from the American Chris t ians .

The

next

issue of our

newslet ter wil l give

you a fu l l report of

tha t

t r i

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IREK 'S

SERVICE

The

Lord is

good

and to serve

Him

is

a

joy

The months

of

April and

were par t icu la r ly

loaded fo r me

with

tasks

t ha t

had

to be f in is he d b e

Bro.

Paul ' s

t r ip

to Poland:

packing

and

mailing

of

our monthly Polish

m

zine Drogowskaz and other

Christian l i terature to Poland,

tape-record

of

2

radio

programs

with

songs

and sermons

in

Polish,

f inishing

the

t ran

tion into Polish of an English book oni the basic p ri nc ip le s o f

VBS

- idea

m in istry n ot

known

yet

in Poland,

e tc .

Trave ling t ho se pas t months, whether by myself or with Bro. Paul, w

rea l t h r i l l . I could share God's Word, ping and share

the news of

our Po

Minis t ry

with Fairmont

Chris t ian

Church

in

Richmond,VA, Cumberland

Chris

Church in CumberIcind, IN ,

and

wi th Winif red Road Church

o f

Chr i s t

in Cum

land, MD I want to thank a l l those who made those t r ips possible for

beaut i fu l ly

unforget table moments

I hea r a lre ady the

American young

people singing B6g dobry

j e s t ,

God i s

so good,

in Polish again th i s summer

as

I wil l

v i s i t the

diffe

Christian Service

cait^s

and

speak of tiie

amazing

things

o

is

doing

in

land

today. Two

weeks of

VBS in June

a t

Levittown, PA a

week

of camp in

in

Michigan

and a

week

in

August

at ]jndian Lake Christian Service camp

Maryland a re

my

mission

f ie lds

t h i s summer.

May God

bless

t ha t

time in

s e r v i c e

FINANCIAL REPORT OF POLISH MINISTRY: JANUARY 1 - JUNE 30, 1989

INCOME:

Balance

on

Jan.1.89

4

360.04

Received

from Churches

and

Ind iv iduals 106,596.43

106,956.47

EXPENDITURES:

1.

Living-link

supports

for P.B.

and A.B

16,787.70

2. Housing - off

ice. . . . . . .

j 4 305.00

3.

Insurances,

S/S, Taxes,

Hospit

7,548.14

4. Ut i l i t i e s

831.52

5.

Office

Supl. ,

Telephone 1,783.12

6. Promotion 1 3 594.75

7. POLAND: Preachers,

buildings, medicine 48,640.59

8. Literature,

Bibles . . . . .

3,574.00

9.

Irek

Woloszczyk

-

Trainee Scholarship 8,750.00

10.

Transfer to P olish Church Buildings

Fund. . . 10,000.00

105,814.82

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Department of

issions

- Polish Minist

EASTERN

CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

P .O . B ox 629

Bel Air

Maryland

21014

Phone: 3 0 1 7 3 4 7 2 5 0

POL N i n 1989

Paul Bajko Director

Irek

Woloszczyk Asso

September 1989

Guidance Committee:

Kenneth Meade

Secretary

Howard Brammer

Ma rk Howe s

Carol

Kakac

Adam J Korenczuk

Ron Lowry

C. Wayne Murphy

Bill

Oates

Ivan

C. Odor

Danny

Pelfrey

BiilSmith iiriruj. _-i

mi

This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts who is

won

derful in

councel

and

excellent

in

working

Isa iah

28:29.

Recently

there

is hardly

a

day without

news in our

newspapers and TV

the po l i t i c a l

and

economical s i tua t ion

in Poland.

There

are

worrisome

news and good

news but the bes t

news i s

the OO N W

salvat ion which reaches

Polish people.

With that OO

N WS

we went in June to Poland where we have seen the exc

work o f th e Lo rd

Together

with Bro. and

Sister

Bob Martin from Johnson Bible Col lege

parted to Poland May

31.

With some

delays

we reached Warsaw

June

1st la te

th e a fte rnoon where we were met by a group o f p re ache rs and Christ ian fri

And so began our very

busy schedule

-

preaching teaching visi t ing

people

I..

Service a t Polczyn Zdroj

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homes

c o n f e r e n c e s e tc . There wa s no time f o r reading newspaper to watc

TV o r d i s c u s s economi cal s i tua t ion an d p o l i t i c a l changes in P o l a n d .

Br o.

and

Si s t e r

M a r t i n

t ravel led

w i t h

Bro Michal Weremijewicz di rec t

o f th e Correspondence Bible Seminary an d I t ravel led a l l o n e

f o r

th e n ex t

days

begining

ray

preaching

in

the

Warsaw

Church

of

C h r i s t

then going

t o B

la

P o d l a s k a Z a l e s i e

Czarna

S r e d n i a Sie lc B i a l y s t o k S i e m i a t y c z e .

B i e l

P o d l a s k i

and

S z e s z y l y .

In a l l thos e

Churches

where a re m i n i st e r i n g B r o t h e r s : Andrew B a j e n s k i P e t

Bronowicki

Sr .

P e t e r Bronowicki J r . E m il H e tm a ni ok Z b i gn ie w Szymczuk

Olek Zegunia Kostek

Jakoniuk

an d Konstanty

Zegunia

I saw g r e a t p ro g res s .

New

s o u l s

a r e

added to

th e

Church

b uild in gs a re er rec ted o r e n l a r g e d .

I n

th e

conference

w i t h a r e a

p r e a c h e r s I n o t i c e d

the i r

desire fo r gre ater e

for t

in

winning souls f o r

C h r i s t

an d fellowship.

On

J une

9 I r e t u r n e d to Warsaw

to meet

more

p r e a c h e r s from th e

Sta te

who

spent the

next 7 1 2

days

i n Poland.

That da y

we

met

with

the

st u d e n t s

of the

Correspondence

Bible

Seminary wh

Bro.

Martin

wa s

l e c t u r i n g a l r e a d y

fo r

3 d a y s . was grea t

to s e e

younger

an d o l d er

st u d e n t s

preparing themselves f o r

the

m i n i s t ry in

the Lord s

Vin

yard

and

hear

wondeful r e p o r t from Bro. Mic ha l We remieje wic z

June 10th we

were

devided i n t o two

groups

an d

went dif ferent d i r e c t i o n s

Itys.elf Bro. an d S iste r B il l

Smith

from Cumberland C h r i s t i a n

Church I n d

B r o . and Si s t e r G e r a l d M or e l a nd

from

M ar kle C hu rc h o f

C hr i s t

I nd and C a

r i n e E d d l eb l o t t e G e r a l d s s i s t e r in-law went

to

Polczyn Zdroj

Kolobrzeg

Bialogard Gryfice Gdynia

Olsztyn Lidzbark

Warminski where Brothers:

W

demar

Swiatkowski P e t e r Karel

Roman Szmigiel Henryk Zagrodnik

Sergiusz

Kobus Jan Szymczuk Jerzy Puszcz and Mikolaj Makarczuk a r e m i ni st er in g .

P i

Building of

the

new church

bui l di ng

in Zalesie

2



A t

th e

ded i c a t i on

o f

Sen io r Ci t i z en s Home i n

Os t roda

Each

day we had serv ices with overflowing houses

of

worship. People were

to hea r the Gospe l

We saw work which was done on a new

church

bui ld ing

in

Bialogard a

newly

chased building

in

Gryfice a beaut i ful ly renovated building in Lidzbark

the need

f or r ep air in g

of

the building in

Olsztyn.

Also

we

were

able

to

purchase

new

building for

the

newly

established

miss

place in Zlotow

where

the elder

of

the Church in

Kolobrzeg

is moving to l

t n ew wo r k

Bro. Richard Sprague from Internat ional Disaster Emergency Service an

Norman Weaver

from

Mission

Services together

with

Kostek

Jakoniuk

went

Eastern par t of Poland where they

vis i ted churches

in

Bielsk

Podlaski

Si

tycze Sie lc

Czarna

Srednia and Biala Podlaska.

June

17 I spent a l l

day

in conference

with the

Executive Committee

the Churches

of

Chr i s t where in d eta il s we

discussed

the

work

in Poland

achievements fa i lures

and needs again emphasizing greater ef for t in eva

gelism and establ i shing new churches.

June 18 was the

highl ight

of

the t r ip

All of us met in Ostroda

w

we have Chris t ian

Service

Camp a

Church

and a Home

fo r

Senior Cit izens.

Pau l Wrobe l

is

t h e m in is t e r o f t h e

C hurch and

d i r e c t o r o f

th e

Home

3



I t

was the

day of dedication of

the

completely rebui l t Sanctuary and

th

Home

of

Senior

Citizens

which was

destroyed by f i re

3 years

ago.

wo

years

ago International

Disaster

Emergency

Service gave

S 5000

toward

th at p ro je ct

and

th is

year another

S

2500.00.

The ome

has

8

beaut i ful

rooms

and in

October

they

will

be occupied

by 1

Sen io r i t i z en s from hurches

o f

hr i s t

Bro.

Richard

Sprague

was

the dedicatory

speaker who brought a

challengin

message The rest of us gave

short

messages and greetings. The Church

Ostroda presented

to

Bro. Sprague Bajko Tomaszewski and Biernacki f low

and expressed

appreciation

and thanks

for con tr ibut ions

and work put int

res tor ing the Home

After

the

service there

was Agape

with great fellowship around the

tab

On

the

way

to

Warsaw we

stopped

in Ciechanow

a

mission s ta t ion of t

Pulawska

Stree t Church of

Chris t in Warsaw.

There

i s

a beu t i fu l

buildin

and

the

work is led

by

Krzysztof Pietrzak a dedicated man od

God

June

20th a l l

American guest s depar ted and

I remained

in Poland for

another several days

to

v i s i t

Churches

in

the South and

also to meet

ra

bro the r s

and

s i s t e r s

and o the r r e l a t i ve s from the

Sov ie t

Union whom I

d

not

see

fo r

45 years

To be

con t i n u ed i n th e n ex t

n ew s l e t t e r

Fellowship around tjhe

tables

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Department ofMissions Polish Ministr


P.O.

Box 629

Guidance Commitlee Maryland 21014 Director

Kenneth

Meade Secretary Phone: 301-734-7250

Irek Woloszczyk./Assoct

Howard Brammer

Ma rk Howe s

Carro ll Kakac

AdamJ.Korenczuk

November December 1989

Ron Lowry

C.

Wayne

Murphy

BlllOales P O L AND

IN

1989

IvanCOdo /Continuation/

Danny Pelfrey

Bill Smith

After visit ing

and

preaching in

Churches

in

Eastern

North

Western and

Northern parts

of

Poland

we

arrived in

Warsaw.

Here I was

able

to

meet

my

2

brothers

and 3

sisters

with

their

families—a-

bout

30 people

a ll together

from Soviet Union. IT

W S

A GREAT

REUNION

We

spent

hours in

conversation

about

l ife in Russia

and especially about

sp i r i t ua l l i f e

The part of Soviet Union where they live was Poland before the Second World

War where we had many churches of

Christ .

For

years they suffered

persecution.

All

Churches were

incorporated into

on

Evangelical Christian-Baptist Union where they had limited freedom to worshi

in

registered

churches. There was much limitation put on children and youn

people.

I t

was forbidden to take children to church and only

at

the age o

18 young people were allowed to be baptized.

There

was

constant shortage of

Bibles

l i t e ra ture

songbooks

etc.

Lately

because of glasnost they

got

more freedom to worship

visi t

and e-

vangelize.

Today doors are open

for

sending there

Bibles

and Christian literature.

These opportunities

are

redeemed by us and we ship many packages with Bible

and l i t e ra tu re di rec t ly from USA.

At

the

same time we engaged several

preachers

in Poland to send hundreds of

Bibles from Poland to the Soviet Union. Also we

keep several

thousands Bib

les

and literature for those

people

from

Russia

who vis i t Poland and worsh

in our churches and on their way back they

carry with

them full suitcases

of Bibles Bibles f or c hild re n and songbooks.

There

is great

spiritual hunger and we try to supply the spiritual food.

Together with almost all members of my family from the Soviet Union we

went

South

where we

vis i ted

some

his tor ica l places

and

every

evening we ha

services in Churches: in Dobrowa Gornicza Katowice Sosnowiec. We held

on

1



n

P a u l s f a m i l y

from

S o v i e t

Union

day conference

with

the area preachers and on Sunday June 5 a

glorious

de

d i c a t i o n o f th e

newly e r r e c t e d Church b u i l d i n g

i n Rybnik

took p l a c e .

Bro. Gutkowski m i n i s t e r

together

with other members put much e f f o r t an d

hundreds of hours

of work

i n t o t h i s b u i l d i n g . We supplied

finaces

f o r ma

teri l

I t

was a

great

day

for

the young congregation. The sanctuary was

f i l l e d t

capacity

and the service

lasted

3 hours songs messages

congratulation

Lord s Supper

thanks

d e d i c a t i o n .

Next day I v i s i t e d s ev eral homes

in the

Southern p a r t of

Poland an d

return

to Warsaw fo r a

s h o rt

meeting with the Director of th e R eligious Affai rs a

some members

o f

th e E x e c u tiv e Committee

o f

th e Church

o f th e

Congregatios

C h r i s t

June 8 I departed to London

England.

Here I was met by

Bro. Antoni Kosciecha

who

brodcasts

the

Gospel to Polan

through I R

S ta tio n in Lisbon

Portugal. I

read

se ve r a l

l e t t e r s

from

the

l i s t e n e r s

an d sa w how im po rtan t th e Radio m i n i st r y i s

After

a

s h o r t r e s t of on e day

we

went No rth to

the

c i t y of Nottingham to



to v i s i t s ev er al f am i li es

where

we

had

a great service in one of

the

homes

After

return

to London I

preached in

two more places to

the

Slavic

people

All

in

a l l

my tr ip

was

tiresome

but glorious

I saw

radiant

Christians

despite

of

a gloomy

economical

si tuation;

I saw

working

preachers;

I was

able

to preach

almost every

day and some days se

veral times;

I saw buildings

being bui l t or

purchased

with our help

and I

saw

determination of

our

preachers to stay in Poland

and

to preach

There is a

trend

in

Poland

l ik e in many other ocial i s t ic countr ies to leav

the country for a bet ter l i fe in America

or

any other

Western country

any

denominational churches loose

many of

their

ministers do not

did

not loose a

single

one

All

of them

are in our

prayers and

support

and

stay firmly

on

the

ground

preaching the

Gospel

e thank God for that

But they need more prayers and more help in purchasing places of worship in

new areas They also

need

more l i e ra ture

All of us who

vis i ted

Poland

this

year saw great things done

in

Poland

Congregation

in Bielsk

Podlaski



Around

th e Lord s Table

and

every

one expressed the desire to come back again.

Bro. Bi l l Smith summarized the s i t u a t i on The Chu rch in Poland i s

well and alive;

progresses

slowly but

stadily

and is dedicated to saving

sou s

Chris t ians

are

content with what they

have

and share with others

There is great hospital i ty beautiful expression of love.

Spirit of

the

Lord works in

the

lives of people and prayers are answered.

PRAISE GOD FOR THE CHURCH OF iCHRIST IN POLAND.

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