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BAJBAMdS CHURCH

OF

CHRIST MISSION

Box

1674

^ssau,

Bahamas

Ed and Dona Spencer Jim and Sarah

Redmon

Forwarding Agent

Mr.

Louis

Wiese

Box

542

Cottage Grove, Oregon

Forwarding Agent

Mr.

Binion

Turner

404 Clairborne

Ave,

Statesboro, Georgia

Hubert and Lois Prather

Forwarding Agent

Ken

and va

Clark

Post Office Box I362

Eugene,

Oregon

The harvest is

plentiful,

but

the

Ic.borers

are

few;

pray

therefore the Lord

of

the

haivest to send

out laborers into his

harvest,

Matt. 9;37--38



TOMY

LOOKING

AT

THE OTHER FELLOW

used to iMnk him heathen

Just

because—^well,

don't you

see,

fe

didn t

speak

good

English,

And he

didn't

lo o k li ke me;

^e had

a

burnt con^lezion

Idiich is

heathen, g o o dness

knovs;

^e ate a

heathen s rations,

And he \fore

a

heathen's clothes.

I f e s you d

know

him for a heathen

If you

judged

him

by

his hide;

;^t,

bless

you, he s my brother,

For he's

just like me inside,

Presently wo r king in the Bahamas are t \ f O

families,

Ed

and Dona

Spencer

with

their daughter,

Connie,

ere

from

O r e g o n .

Jim and

Sarah

Redmon

wi

their daughter, Sherry, are from Georgia. The

current -program

consists

of - t h e following activities:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

GRANTSTOWN CHURCH

full schedule

of services.

COCONUT

(310VE

CHURCH

full schedule

of

services,

PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL unday

and Tuesday

service

with

-the

T.B.

patients.

PROSPECT

HOSPITAL evotions are con

ducted in two

wards of this old

people's

infirmary.

TRAINING CLASSES wo one-hour classes

are held each week

- t x equip local

lead

ers in the

churches.



6 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL two week Vacation

Bible School is held in each congregation

with ihe

help

of

added summer workers. Ihese

workers come from

our

Bible Colleges

in

the

States We believe this

is excellent

train

ing fer prospective missionaries



FUTUR

chiirche

for

all

active

taught

The COS

exi till

The

ne-v

Christi

the

loo

to see

H A . I T 1 A N

-

i e r e

a r e

an e s t i m a t e d 10 000

Haitians living

in t h e

Colony. We plan

to

start

a

French

service

and

distribute

French tracts and Testaments as

ve

try

to

reach

ihis

rejected

nation.

NEW

BUILDING

—

Pla ns are under

w a y

to

erect a

new

building for the C oconut

Grove congregation. Funds are already

being

collected toward

this project.

0 ad LS

Every effo rt

is

being made

to establish

in the Bahamas that will be able to care

of

their o wn needs. T he C hristia ns now

£ i r e

small

in

number

but

they a re

being

ihe value o f a

p ure life

and active service

o f utilities

insurance and repairs

o n

properties are paid

by

the local peop le

building will

be

financed

by

the Bahamian

W e will not solicit

funds

for aiQrthing

people can do for themselves. We want

ihe local congregation do the following:

1

T

3.

Operate their o wn congregational affairs.

Salary and hire their own

preachers.

Select train and sup p o rt their own m is

sionaries to ihe out islands.

W e need y o ur prayers as we wo rk toward

these goals. IV



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HAITI OM.

'REPUBLIC

AMAICA

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Forwarding Agents:

Ken

va Clark

P. O. ox

1362

Eugene, Oregon

S p o n s o r i n g

Church l d e r s

Eimira Church o f Christ

Elmira,

O r eg on

ELDERS:

Douglas

S t i n s o n Evan Mann

Darrel

Smith

iMwnatied

A

GREAT

BURDEN HAS

BEEN

UPON MY

HEART for

the work

of

evangelism

in

the Bahama

Islanda

since my first trip t h e r e

in 1 9 5 3 «

I have l o n g e d

for

the time

that

G o d vould op en the

door

for

further

labor

there.

May

I

relate to you the circumstances surroundi ng our

first

going to this

field.

During the years

of

1949 —195 0, Brother George Decker,

Hovard Rosebur y and myself

had

a

r a d i o p r o g r a m c a l l e d ,

God's

Way o v e r t h e s t a t i o n

at

F a l r m o u n t . We p r e p a r e d a b r o c h u r e

with

our

pictures, names

and

addresses, also

with scriptures concerning

t h e

Church re

vealed i n t he Ne w Testament, Because of an agreement between the

U.S,

Government

and

t h e

Bahamian

government,

natives

were

sent from Nassau

i n t o

Iowa and Minnesota t o

labor

on

t h e

farms.

T h e l i v i n g q u a r t e r s for t h e s e men w e r e n e a r F a i r m o n t , M i n n e s o t a .

O n e

of

t h e

natives t ook

a

broc hure

tothe Islands with him

and

gave i t to one who

wrote to

t he t hr e e

of us asking that we c o m e and start

t h e

New

Testament

Church in

Nassau, Brother G e o r g e

D e c k e r

by

t h i s t i m e w a s

i n A l a s k a

d o i n g m i s s i o n w o r k , B r o t h e r H o w a r d R o s e b u r y c o u l d

n o t

g o .

T h e e l d e r s

in D r a i n a f t e r m u c h

p r a y e r

s a i d t h a t t h e y

w e r e

a f r a i d t h e y

m i g h t

c o m e

under the same

condemnation

of those who

know not

Christ

if

they hindered

going.

The

c h u r c h

at

D r a i n s u p p o r t e d

my

f a m i l y a n d

p a y e d

a

s u p p l y m a n w h i l e I w a s g o n e . I

g a i n e d

my

needed

monev

^rom othe^jshurches, February

12, 1 9 5 3 >

Brother Bob Beach

and

his wife

flew

m e t o

N a s s a u , S u n d a y

n i^t

F e b r u a r y 1 7 , 1 9 5 3 N e w

T e s t a m e n t C h r i s t i a n i t y w a s p r e a c h e d

i n

the Islands

for

the

first time. I

l a b o r e d t h e r e

eight

weeks laying the g r o u n d

w o r k f o r

t h e

G r a n t s T o w n c o n g r e g a t i o n . B r o t h e r F l o y d H u g h e s a n d

f a m i l y

e n t e r e d

t h e

f i e l d

a f e w w e e k s a f t e r o u r d e p a r t u r e .

B r o t h e r

F l o y d l a b o r e d f a i t h f u l l y

u n t i l

h e w a s

c a l l e d

in

d e a t h

t h e f a l l o f 1 9 5 7 . D u r i n g h i s m i n i s t r y t h e C o c o n u t G r o v e

c o n g r e g a t i o n

w a s

s t a r t e d .

A t t h e p r e s e n t t i m e B r o t h e r

E d

S p e n c e r

a n d

w i f e D o n n a ,

a n d

B r o t h e r J i m R e d m o n

a n d w i f e

S a r a h

a r e l a b o r i n g

i n

l o v e t o

b r i n g s o u l s

t o C h r i s t .

T h e y h a v e at t h e p r e s e n t t i m e ,

1 , 0 0 0 n a t i v e s t a k i n g t h e

c o r r e s p o n d e n c e

B i b l e c o u r se s a n d t h i s n u m b e r

i s

I n c r e a s i n g

a t

t h e r a t e o f

2 0 0

p e r m o n t h .

T h i s

i s

d e v e l o p i n g

i n t o a f u l l

t i m e

j o b i t s e l f .

O n e

c a n s a y ,

t h e r e a r e

1 , 0 0 0

p r o s p e c t s t h a t

n e e d

p e r s o n a l c o n t a ct s .

T h e

L o r d

s a y s " G O "

W e

a r e r e a d y

a s * n i c k

as

t h e s a i n t s o f G o d

m a k e

it

p o s s i b l e w i t h f u n d s .

P l e a s e d o

n o t

s e n d c h e c k s

t o

u s p e r s o n a l l y b u t m a k e

a l l

c h e c k s

t o t h e

" E l m i r a B a h a m a

C h r i st i a n M i s s i o n , " a n d s e n t t o

M r . K e n

C l a r k , P . O .

B o x

1 3 6 2 , E u g e n e , O r e g o n . B e l o v e d

B r e t h r e n i n C h r i s t , t h e n e e d i s u r g e n t ,

t i m e

i s

f l e e t i n g ,

s o u l s n e e d

t h e

c l e a n s i n g

p o w e r

o f C h r i s t ' s

b l o o d .

W e p r a y

t h e

g r e a t

G o d

o f h e a v e n x n a y

b l e s s y o u r i c h l y

a n d

t h e

g r a c e

o f

o u r

L o r d J e s u s C h r i s t b e w i t h y o u a s y o u

b y

H i s S p i r i t d o

H i s

g o o d w i l l .

W e

t h a n k y e n

h u m b l y for y o u r p r e c i o u s g i f t s for His w o r k .

In C h r i s t i i i u

iber*^'and Lois Prather

ELMIRA

BAHAMA

CH RIS T IA N

MISSION

Mailed

by

Liberty Church

of

Christ

4764 Skyline Road South

Salem,

Oregon

KoDp-profit

Org.

U.S. Postsge

ii i P a i d

Sslem,

O r e g o n

Permit No.

11

Hubert,

B e t t y o i s P r a t h e r

A P R 5

3 6 5



OUR

NEEDS

ARE;

pledged

SUPPORT:

Monthly living

expe^&e

1. House

rent

2.

Car expenses

3.

Be t t y 's sch o o l i n g

4 .

C l o t h i n g ,

i n s u r j a n c e

medical and

food,

etc

TOTAL

M o n t h l y

m issi o n

e x p e

TOTAL

Travel to the field:

Elmlra

Church

Liberty

Ayita

Men;8 group

s

TOTAL

BALANCE

TO

RAISE:

120.00

80.00

10.00

263.00

150.00

75.00

625.00

1426.00

200.00 per month

20.00

220.00

p er m o n t h

405.00 per

mo n t h.

TBE

E X i D E R S OF THE ELMIRA CHURC H OF

CHRIST

wi ^h t o announce t h a t Brother Hubert Prathe r

i s

j o i n i n g

t h e m i s s i o n a r y

e f f o r t b e i n g

c a r r i e d

o n

i n t h e ^ B a h a m a s .

B r o t h e r

P r a t h e r

p l a n s

t o

e n t e r

i n t o t h a t l a b o r

t h e r e

by

C h r i s t m a a j o f t h i s

y e a r As t h e

s p o n s o r i n g

c h T i r c h

w e

a r e

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

m a n .

' H e

w a s

m i n i s t e r h e r e f r o m 1 9 5 6 — 1 9 6 0 ,

H e w a s

called

here

from

t h e

Church of

Christ i n

Drain,

Oreg. a n d h e

w o n t

from here to Multno mah

O r e g o n ,

He then went to Salem - ^ d i e r e he is p ? : e s e n t l y w o r k i n g

w i t h

t h e L i b e r t y

C h u r c h of

Christ. T h i s eldership

wishes

t o

recommend i b h i s minister of th e Lord as one i n whom an y

congregati on considering

joining

with

us

in

t h e

financial support can

place complete

c o n

fidence. His

work for

this congregation

was

commendable

a n d

h e continues

t o

be

much

in

spected

by

t h e

membership a s

a

diole, ' v d i i c h '

our

recent c o n g r e g a t i o n a l vote

on

him as

s p o n s o r e d

missionary

indicated.

Brother

Prather was instrumental

i n beginning the

work

i n

i h e

a n d > i a « l o n g desired to return

a n d

work there i n a missionary capacity.

The elde rs of this co n gr e ^ t i o n feel t h a t Brpther Prather was called to en ter into this

work by

th e Lord

Himself, Th e

correspon ding secreta ry throu^

hom finan ces a n d

personal

c o r r e s p o n d e n c e

will

g o will b e Brother

Kenneth

Clark,

also a

past minister here. Brother

Clarks

mailing address i s P.O. Box 1362; E ug e n e ,

Oregon.

This el dership wishes to empha

size

a g a i n t h a t

this y * ' i s

a

worker of the Lord. A n investment i n h i m i s a n invesianent

i n

the Lords

work o n

a

oreign field. Your

prayers

and financial support

o n his behalf

are

t h u s

solici t ed. I n t h e

Lords

service; Doug las

S t i n s o n , Darre l l

S m i t h

E v a n

M a n n a n d

K e n n e t h H a r p e r , M i n i s t e r.

FROM THE F O RW A EI D ING AGENT: We have known the

Prather

family for

better

than 27 years and

h a v e'been v er y close

t o

t h e m d uri n g a l l

t h i s t ime.

Th e y w ere i nstrum en t a l in bringing

us from

denominationallsm into

the

church of

Jesus

Christ.

Brother Prather never hesi

t a t ed t o

spea k for his Lord

t o

a n y

a n d a l l

p e o p l e. H e k n e w

t h a t m a n y

times it

w o u l d

sever close ties with friends

but

this did not

disstiade

him from witnessing for Christ,

We h a v e s e e n t h e v e r y

fine results

o f Christian witness i n

h i s

family. H e

h as a

mat e

that stands forth as a Saint of God in both her character and

attitude

of service. To

getiier

they h a v e g o n e t h r o u g h

many

s i t u a t i o n s that h a v e p r e p a r e d them to meet c o n d i t i o n s

on

ihe

foreign field,

I a v e known

very few

p e o p l e

that

I felt u n d e r st o o d t h e New

Test

ament ch urch and w er e as willing t o s t a n d for

it

at all cost

as

t h e

Prather family. We

h e a r t i l y

r ecomm e n d t h e m to all C hr is t i a ns as a d e d i c a t e d family, seeking only

t o

serve

t h e

Lord

in t h e w a y

H e

nay

c al l. S i nc er e l y

in Christ: T h e K « » t i ClRrk's.

D E A R

C H R I S T I AN

BRETBHEN:

I n

t h e t h r e e

years t h a t Bro t h er Pra t h e r h a s

l abored

a m o n g

ns

as M i n i s t e r a n d f e l l o w e l d e r, w e h a v e f o u n d

h i m

t o

be s o u n d d oc tri n a l l y ,

l o v i n g a n d k i n d

in sp iri t, a

m a n

o orks

t ir e l ess l y

for t h e u p b u i l d i n g o f t h e K i n g d o m a n d t h e g l o ry of

God.

It is

Brother

Pr a t h er's

de ision

t o l e a v e

t h e

field

at

Liberty t o

l ab or

in mission

work

in t h e

B a h ama Is l a n ds.

We

at Liberty

w i l l

f e e l

a d e e p se ns e

of l oss p ers o n a l l y

as

well

as

missing the fine

l e a d e r s h i p

in

our ch urch

affairs of Brother Pntther and

his

f a mi l y . H o w e v e r w e k n o w t h a t t h e y w i l l s erv e t h e Lord fa i t h f u l l y n o ma t t er Tdiere H e miglt

c a l l them. We w o u l d l i k e to t a k e

t h i s o p p o i r t u n i t y

to

r ecomm e n d

the Prathers highly in

w h a t e v e r

f i e l d

t h e y

ml gb t e n d e a v o r

t o

serve

t h e

Lord.

T h e E l d ers

at

Liberty C h urc h o f

C S i r l s t : Elmer R a y ,

Mllbre

St pe.

Fred

Robertson, John Rice,

Carl

Bea ls, F l o y d

C l a y p o o l .

prather hubert lois 1965 bahamas

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