dutka boris eloise 1959 brazil

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PERSONAL FILE

May 8,

1959

Name

i n f u l l ^ Boris

Dutka Sex—

Complete

address

on i < = > l r i

none

as

vet)

Complete forwarding

a d r i r f t i = ; s Darrell

Decl^. G-uyton.

G-eorp:ia

Name

and address

o f

sponsoring

or

endorsing c l i u r c h or

churches):

These- churches are to h e used for references only:

Oonfluence Christian Confluence

Fennaylva-nla

^

irst Christian Church.

Ouster,

Oklahoma

l l e v 7

Tazevrell

Christian

T . e \ r

Tazswell,

Tennessee

River Hill C hurc h of C hrist

Kononp:ahela,

Pennsylvania

Duquesne

Christian Church Duqueane,

Pennsylvania

Name

a n d a d d r e s s o f hometown n p w H p a p p r ^ rlttshurgh

Sun-Telefrraph, F f g h

a,

Names and

addresses o f other papers which might carry s t o r i e s o f

your

work.

. .

J,J.U

J. UU

Pittsburgh

Press

Ppch.

Penna.

Braddock Free Press

Braddock Penna.

P l a c e o f B i r t h

Brooklyn,

nay 19 M o n t h July voar,1934

Fa^

•

Where h a p t i g o H ?

Braddock

Chrlctlan

C hurch, Sraddock,

nato Bec> 23, 1946

On

back

o f page, please

describe

any s p e c i a l

circumstances

regarding conversion

M a r i t a l

s t a t u s :

M a r r i e d

S i n g l e

D i v o r c e d W i d o w e d . D a t e

o f

M a r r i a g e ^ J S ? ^

List children by f u l l name giving place, day,

month,

and

year

of b i r t h :

Name Place Day

Month

Year

Niels Dutka

Hartselle, Ala. May

18,

1953

Loren

Dutka Corin th, Mjsa. Aug.. 18, 1958


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A

Schooling

(High

school and

later):

Name

and Location

of

school Number

Scott

Hifch, No

Braddock Penna

of Years

3

Major Degrees

with

dates .

ma or}

(incomplete scientific.

Johnson Bible Gollecre.

Tenn.

4 A,B,

(cum

laude)

19^5

Phl.llins

Univ.

Okla. em.

graduate

work

Johnson Bible ^olle^e 1 sem.

crraduate v:ork

What t h i n g s i n f l u e n c e d you t o become a missionary? Your own story I n some d e t a i l might

be

i n f l u e n t i a l

i n

leading

others

i n t o

f u l l t i m e

service

(use back

of sheet for

mo r e

space)

?

This

could

he

called a story

of

closed doors

and open

doors,

I have experienced this G-od-directed process and

sometimes

stand amazed

t h a t

i t has happ ened to me, My p rima ry ambition in

c o l l e g e

was to become

a

B i b l e p r o f e s s o r a n d j t e a c h

o t h e r s

t o p r e a c h t h e g o s p e l . M y r e c o r d v r a s

above average in

school. After graduation, I

proceeded

to take seminar

work . - i t h t h e desire to teach in an American Bible Gollege, Financial

considerations as well as discovering

for

the first time the full.reality

of the liberalism

in

one

of

our schools

made me

leave

further

graduate

training.

The church where I served as a student preacher was my charge

due to the

efforts

of the

school I attended.

Since

I

had

previously

signed an agreement

to leave

the church were 1

t o

leave t h e

school,

I was

bound, I felt, to keep my

vrord

with the school. T h u s

d o o r s w e r e

shut to

r e c e i v i n g g r a du a t e w o r k and t h i s church, I returned

to

Benna. to my home

town

and

n o t being able to locate any churches in

need

of a pastor I

took

a small

ccn?r r e~at ion as my charge,

I

then

located

a

Job with Westinghouse

Plans

must be largely

indefinite until

upon the field,

u-enerally,

plan

to

w o r k i n

t h e

Belem Bible

S eminary e v e n t u a l l y

several

days

a v/eek and

establish churches the

rest

of

the time.

Which

of the

following

t e r m s

most nearly describes

your missionary status?

Evangelist, Bible

College teacher.

.

Public

School

teacher^-^

Homemaker_

Doctor Nurse Social

worker

Of f ice

wnrkpr

Name

t h e r .

Metro Dutka

Father's name

and home

address ( i f l i v i n g ) ,

5227 Valley ^treet, Ivest

Mifflin,

Pa

t r - X - works in

h estin^dicuse

-

.- x .

«

ves

His

occupation. - Is

h e

a Christian? ^


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congresation

on

the same basis as the first- Sundays only. In the meantime

I was

constantly supporting and writing

to a

missionary

school ftiend o f * -

m i n e i n B r a z i l . I h a d

n e v e r

c o n s i d e r e d t o

a n y

d e g r e e o f b e i n g a m i s s i o n a r y .

I f e l t t h a t t e a c h i n g a n d t e a c h i n g a i o n e w a s m y m a j o r t a l e n t . O n e d a y

a

letter arrived

from

this missionary friend and he asked outright without

any previous

overtures

if I would come down and teach in

the

newly

e s t a b l i s h e d

Belem Bible seminary, Belem, Brazlj^Jt seemed as if a

special

task was suddenly revealed

to

us

and that

we

especially

interested

ano

Qualified

to

accomplish

that

task. It was a simple

request to

come and

teahh from

a

man. It

sounded

like the

voice of God

saying

that here

is a

w o r k to be done - w ould we go for Him?

I never had even thought of

mission

w o r k . If one needs a call to do

the

Lord s will what

more

of a call could-one be

s r i v e n

than to see a need

and k n o w f t h a t y o u

can personally

fulfill

that

needT I still

was

hesitant.

I

had just

been

promoted to a n e w

job leading eventually

to training for

management in

Vêstinghouse.

An

idea grasped my

mind and

would

not let

go.

Visit Brazil and see if the L o r d / h a s a place fonôu. On my facation from

my

job I.made the

trip

b y airplane to

Brazil.

'There for two w e e k s I saw

enough

which eventually led

me to

make the decision

that Christ has a

place for me

in

the Amazon Valley. This

is

a story of doors. To

settle

the

decision concerning my

job

the regression

came and

my

job

was

placed

in

a

very perilous state. Since I had very little service I was about to

be dismissed

in

accordanc e with seniority rules.

And

yet this job opened

many doors.

It

enabled me

to finish

paying my school debts which I

had

accumulated since

I

was

married

and'had

a

family

while

attending school.

It gave

m e f t h e

finances to

make

t h i s - trip to Brazil. It cleared up many

debts and left us free

to

consider'Brazil more practically.

I

v r a s

still hesitant.

Times were

bad economically. I en»tered

Johnson Bible College to

continue my

graduate

studies

until

conditions

improved

a o m e v j - h a t . Again a door was

^ a h u t

and due to financial problems

but moreao

the

impossibility of our earning a degree

within

a year, w e

discontinued this

effort.

We

were

pasturing a

small

church in T e nn.

We

thought

perhaps

we

should

take

a

fulltime church

and

get on

our feet

a little better.

V J e

didn't even have

a

house or

place

to

stay

if

we

tried to raise our

supoort for

Brazil. But before w e could

seriously

consider

a

church God:began opening doors. A woman

in.

our

nhurclL L.

offered U £ ( t h e use

o i

aer

house

couiDletelv furnished until we leave for

Brazil.; , A friend

quickly accepted'the

ehallenge and

grinding

work of

being bur forwaj^ding agent; --a problem, which

seemed.insurmountable,

for^ v .

a

moment

only. One missionary donated enough funds

to

pay for

ou

r

printing matter. Another a l l o v r s uô make use of

his

wideaoread paper

without charge. In

all

of

this

w e see Gg^Cever leading us o n w a j ^ f t

to

B r azi l ,

i - ^ a n y

people may

not

see much

v alue

in

such

opened

and

closed

doors.

I confess

I never did.

I believe in

such

doors

now. O f

course

we

must

cross through

the

doors when God opens

them and we must not-

loose

faith

because our plans from being fulfilled w hen

God closes doors to them.

are.,facing spme doors

nowhwhich

for the moment are closed.

People are falling to a n s v ; e r bur letters v . h e n we

reouest speak ing

engagements

in theW c^ urclies, People are

reluctant o-make

a small

contribution or

pledge

and are always leaving our support to the other


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P e r s o n a l

F i l e

-

P a g e

3

-

N a m f t Boris Dutka

Name o f f o r w a r d i n g

a g e n t s

Darrell l ^ e c k

Address,

(^vton.

Geo rgia

Telephone

W h at d u t i e s are performed by your

forwar ding agent?

receives

all funds

and makes

all

disbursements

accounts for

expenditures

official

accountant

vrlll

publish our periodical report

legal agent for all matters

promotional agent

prefer

S h o i i l f i money be sent

to forwarding

agent nniy? ves form

I f i t can

be

m a i le d

to

y o u , p le a se

indicate how n

what

form

Does y o u r f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t r e c e i v e

a

s a l a r y

completely

voluntary

agent is minister of Christian

Church

Use the

remainder

of t h i s

sheet

t o supply

other

information vhich yo u think might be h e l p f u l

t o the s t a f f

of

Mission Services in preparing

news stories about yo u r

ministry:


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\ J u n 3 5 1 9 5 9

CLINTON THOMAS

S C H 0 0 m A T V p F 3 a i i * B t L N S

T O

W O R K

I N

B E L E M

B I B L E S E M I N A R Y

Since his graduation A.

B,

from Johason Bible College, Kimberlin Heights,

Tennessee in 1955)

Boris

Dutka has

served

small

churches and

taken sone

graduate

training

at Philips

University,

Enid, Oklahoma

and JBC,

During part of this time,

he

supported his family through employment at Westinghouse.

oi

W h i l e

a t

W e s t i r ^ o u s e ,

h e

r e c e i v e d

a

e a i l

f r o m

C l i n t o n T h o m a s j ^ s k i n g

i f

h e

would come

to

Brazil and teach

in

the newly

established

Belem Bible Seminary, Brother

Dutka later wrote

It

was a simple request

to

come and teach from a man. It

sounded

like the

voice

of

God saying

that here

is a work

to

be done

—

euldre go

for Him?

h } s ioh,

U i ^ f T e J

^

ce>©ht fA^P»

It

was

one of many open doors, and the Dutkas

prepared

to step through, ^

^4

Brother Dutka was born at

Brookl^,

New

York

July 19, 193^ and was reared

in

North

Braddock, Pennsylvania

as a

member

of

the Russian Orthodox Church,

In

D e c e m b e r 1 9 4 6 h e w a s b a p t i s e d i n t o C h r i s t .

H e

g r a d u a t e d A B . f r o m J B C i n 1 9 5 5 .

Mrs. Dutka was bom Eloise Sandlin June

14,1932

in

Masey,

Alabama,

They

were married

irodtS^ May

28,

1952 and

have

two

children Niels

6,

and Loren about

a

year old,

NQ.ssionaries William E, Loft

and Clinton Thomas

are anxfeous

to have

this

family

on the field

to

work in the Belem Bible Seminary,

and in

the

for

Belem

area

g e n e r a l l y .

As r e f e r e n c e s they

g i v e the

c h u r c h e s / w h i c h

B r o t h e r

D u t k a | a s p r e a c h e d : F i r s t C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h

C u s t e r

O k l a h o m a ; C h r i s t i a n

Church, Confluence, Pennsylvania; First

Christian

Church, Duquesne,

Pennsylvania;

and Christian

Church,

New

Tazewell, Tennessee,

In writing to H o r j s i f o n s Brother Dutka said We would appreciate requests


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7/9

CONCERNING THE MISSIONARY:

I

w a s

b o r n i n B r o o k l y n ,

N e w

Y o r k

o n

J u l y

1 9 ,

R e a r e d

m

o r t h

B r a d d o c k , P e n n s y l v a n i a a s a m e m b e r o f t h e

S u a t e d

w a s

b a p t i z e d

i n t o C h r i s t

a n d H i s C h u r c h o n

D e c e m b e r

2 2 ,

1 9 4 6 .

I ^ a d u a t e d

f r o m

J o h n s o n B i b l e C o l l e g e i n

1 9 5 5

w i t h

t h e

d e g r e e B a c h e l o r o f

A r t s .

S i n c e t h e n I h a v e

c o m p l e t e d

o n e y e a r o f p o s t - g r a d u a t e w o r k . I h a v e s e r v ^

c h u r c h e s i n O u s t e r ,

O k l a h o m a M o n o n g a h e l a a n d C o n f l u e n c e

m

T a z e w e l i ,

T e n n e s s e e .

S i n c e g r a d u a t i o n I h a v e w o r k e d

l a r g e l y

w i t h s m a l l c o n g r e g a t i o n s u n a b l e t o s e c u r e

a f u l l - t i m e

m m i s t e r .

I n A p r i l 1 9 5 8 I m a d e a v i s i t

t o

t h e A m a z o n V a l l e y a n d w a s i n t r o d u c e d

t o t h e ^ S n t h a t f i e l d , i w a s

i n v i t e d

t o

h e l p

h a r v e s t t h e l o r d s ^ n ^ a r d

i n

B r a z U

a n d

s e e i n g

t h e

p r e s s i n g

n e e d

f o r

t h e

p r o c l a i m i n g o f t h e g o s p e l

I

h a v e d e d i c a t e d

m y s e l f

a s H i s

s e r v a n t

i n t h i s a r e a .

CONCERNING THE

MISSIONARY S WIFE:

I a s b o r n on

J u n e

1 4 .

1 9 3 2 a n d

r e a r e d

i n

FaMUe

J o h n s o n B i b l e C o l l e g e a n d c o m p l e t e d

t w o

y e a r s o f s t u d y . O n

M a y

2 8 . 1 9 5 Z

I m a r r i e d B o r i s a n d g r a d u a t e d w i t h

a

M R S . d e g r e e . My r i m a r y j o b i s

r e a r

i n g

o u r

t w o

s o n s — i e l s ,

a g e 6

a n d

L o r e n , b o m

A u g u s t 1 8 , 1 9 5 8 .

CONCERNING

OUR

AMILY:

We

l a n t o w o r k i n

t h e B e l e m

B i b l e S e m i n a r y a n d i ^ i n ^ e d i a t e B e l e m

a r e a

t h e L o r d w i l l i n g . W e

o u l d

a p p r e c i a t e

a n y

m o n t h l y s u p p o r t t h a t c a n

b e

p l e d g e d

a n d

a n y

c a s h d o n a t i o n a s o u r i m m e d i a t e n e e d

i s

f u n d s f o r

s u p p h e s .

S i i o m t r o ^

b e

s e n t t o o u r f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t w h i l e a U p e r s o n a l c o r

r e s p o n d e n c e

m a y

b e s e n t t o

o u r o w n

a d d r e s s .

REFERENCES:

F i r s t C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h F i r s t C h r i s t i a n

C h u r c h

c / o C h a i r m a n - o f - B o a r d

.

c / o C h a i n n a n - o f - B o a r d

O u s t e r

O k l a h o m a D u q u e s n e

P e n n s y l v a n i a

C o n f l u e n c e

C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h New

a z e w e U

C h r i s t i a n

c / o C h a i n n a n - o f - B o a r d c / o C h a i n n a n - o f - B o a r d

C o n f l u e n c e P e n n s y l v a n i a

New T a z e w e U

T e n n e s s e e


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LETTERS OF

RECOMMENDATION

TO

W OM

T MAY

CONCERN

I w i s h t o r e c o m m e n d t o

t h e

b r o t h e r h o o d

a t

l a r g e B r o t h e r

B o r i s

D u t k a ,

w h o h a s a n n o u n c e d

h i s d e s i r e

t o s e r v e t h e

L o r d

h e r e i n t h e A m a z o n V a l l e y .

From

p e r s o n a l a c t j u a i n t a n c e w i t h

B r o t h e r B o r i s

d u r i n g h i s

v i s i t

t o t h e f i e l d

l a s t

y e a r

we

r e c o n v i n c e d t h a t h e w i l l make

g o o d

m i s s i o n a r y .

The m o s t i m p o r t a n t t h i n g I c a n s a y i n h i s b e h a l f

i s

t h a t he

i s n e e d e d .

T h i s

s

a t o u g h f i e l d a n d h e k n o w s t h a t f r o m

h i s

v i s i t h e r e . H i s v o l u n t e e r i n g

f o r t h e

j o b

s h o w s h i s w i l l i n g n e s s t o s a c r i f i c e

f o r

t h e L o r d .

I t

s h o w s

h i s

l o v e f o r

t h e s e

p e o p l e

s t e e p e d i n s i n a n d

p a g a n i s m .

O t h e r

t h a n

w h a t w e

k n o w p e r s o n

a l l y o f B r o t h e r B o r i s we h a v e h e a r d

o n l y g o o d

c o n c e r n i n g

h i m .

I

a m s u r e

t h a t

h e

w i l l

b e

a c r e d i t t o

t h e

L o r d ,

t o t h e c h u r c h e s

and

t o

y o u i f y o u s e n d

h i m t o

t M s i e l d . We r g e t h a t y o u

s e n d

h i m , a n d

a s

q u i c k l y

a s

p o s s i b l e .

E v e r y d a y t h a t h e i s u n n e c e s s a r i l y

d e l a y e d

ma ny

s o u l s w i l l

p a s s o n u n n e c e s s a r i l y t o a C h r i s t - l e s s e t e r n i t y .

O u r p r a y e r s

a r e t h a t y o u

w i l l s p e e d B r o t h e r B o r i s D u t k a

a n d h i s

w o n d e r f u l

h e l p m a t e , h i s

w i f e t o

t h i s

field.

Y o u r s , i n t h e L o r d ' s S o u t h

V i n e y a r d

W i l l i a m E. L o f t , M i s s i o n a r y

BRETHREN

G r e e t i n g s m h e n a m e

o f

o u r L o r d a n d

S a v i o r

J e s u s C h r i s t . I am v e r y

h a p p y t o c o m m e n d

t o

t h e C h u r c h e s o f C h r i s t

o u r

b r o t h e r B o r i s D u t k a a s a

c a n d i d a t e t o s e r v e i n t h e A m a z o n V a l l e y o f

B r a z i l .

My s s o c i a t i o n w i t h B o r i s

s p a n s . s o m e s i x y e a r s o f

C h r i s t i a n

e x p e r i e n c e .

I t

w a s my p r i v U e g e t o s t u d y

w i t h

h i m

f o r f o u r y e a r s a t J o h n s o n B i b l e C o U e g e

a n d

I h a v e

f o U o w e d h i s

w o r k s i n c e w e

g r a d u a t e d i n

t h e

s a m e

c l a s s

f r o m

J o h n s o n i n '

1 9 5 5 ,

As a s t u d e n t

B o r i s

h a d

a

v e r y

n e a r l y

p e r f e c t r e c o r d t h a t w i l l b e i n v a l u

a b l e h e r e

i n h i s w o r k i n t h e

A m a z o n . T h o s e

o f u s w h o s t u d i e d w i t h

h i m

l o o k

f o r w a r d t o

t h e d a y w h e n h e

m a y

a p p l y

h i s

u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e W o r d t o

t e a c h t h o s e w h o k n o w Him o t . I n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h h i s p r e p a r a t i o n

t o

c o m e

t o B r a z U

B o r i s

h a s v i s i t e d w i t h u s h e r e

o n

t h e

f i e l d a n d

t h e r e f o r e u n d e r s t a n d s

m a n y o f t h e p h y s i c a l

d i f f i c u l t i e s

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200

R e f r i g e r a t o r —erosene 200

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