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JANUARYAND
FEBRUARY 1968NEWSLETT?^ I 648 ;
F ROM
C H A R L E S
A N D
ROB E R T A
S E LBY
PHILIPPIN M IS S IO N C H U R C H E S O F CHR I S T O
NORTH RN L U Z ON
Fu r l o ugh Add r e s s : Fa l r f l e l d Ne b r a s k a 6 8 9 3 8
Forwarding Agent:
Mrs.
R.
L.
Tolliver
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68938
Tele.
Area Code
402-726-4681
Withthe coming of the ne\
year Is gone. This Is Indeed a busy time tor us.
1968, we
Addre ss un ti l J une 1st:
Lincoln Christian College, Box 178
Lincoln, I l linois 62656
Tele.
Area Code
217-732-3995
ddenly
realize
that more than half of our furlough
It has been such an Inspiration to visit among the
Churches and Bible Colleges, and see the greatly Increased Interest In the spreading of the Gospel
around the world.
We
are strengthened through the wonderful Christian fellowship we enjoy every
where we go, and It Is such a joy to see the growth of the
Lord s
work. In numbers and In spirit In
nearly every Church and Bible College. It Is significant to note that the Churches which are giving
the most to missions are the most alert and zealous for the proclamation of the Gospel at home.
It Is my privi lege to be
teaching
some lecture
courses
on missions at Lincoln
Christian
College the second semester. Rober ta and I are
settled
In an apartment In Lincoln for the time
being, and are enjoying our fellowship with the students and faculty. I am free to speak almost
any night of the week and will be gone most week-ends. As usual, we are far behind with office
work, and we hope to
catch
up with some of that while we are here. Thank you for your pat ience
In waiting to hear from us. We are very grateful to al l who are helping so regularly and faithfully
In giving to the work of the Lord In northern Luzon. We are still having difficulty In keeping up
with financial demands of this ever growing work. Regular monthly gifts are the great need. Just
twelve Churches giving 200.00 each month would underwrite the present work. Regular monthly
gifts, whatever the amount, will be
greatly
appreciated.
Lloyd, our oldest son, had a 30 day leave fromthe Army In September and October, prior to
his
f ree trip
to Viet Nam. He Is stationed there at Cu Chi, about 40 miles fromSaigon, 8 miles
from the Cambodian border . He Is a hel icopte r mechanic. He seems to have the ability to adapt to
almost any situation, and writes cheerful letters. His address Is SP-4 Lloyd Selby, RA 16980481,
242nd A.S.H. Co., A.P.O. San Francisco, California 96353. Rick Is a sophomore at Cincinnati
Bible Seminary this year, enjoying his Bible and music classes, and
especially
the privilege of
singing In the Concert Choir. Rob, our youngest, will graduate fromhigh school on
May
24.
News from the Philippines continues to be encouraging. The Seminarycontinues In full swing,
with graduation exercises and the annual Conference on Evangelism planned for the first week In
March. Wewere
shocked
to hear
that
the whole
business
district
of Aparrl burned to the ground on
New
Years Eve.
Included In the buildings burned was the Drug Store of Mrs. Peneyra and the living
quarters of
Mr
andMrs.
Amador
Aguas. Bro. Peneyra has been the preacher In Aparrlfor
more
than
50 years and Bro. Aguas Is the director of both of our Christian High Schools In the province of
I sabe l a
Bro. Renato Agustln, the preacher In Callnaoan, writes that he has baptized several young
people
from
the high school there, and has an active and Interested youth group
from among
themand
other young people In the town, on Sundays. Preparations are being
made
to begin building the second
unit there . This wil l be needed If the 3rd year high school class Is to be added this next school year,
which will begin In July. Somefew gifts have been received for this project, but the remainder Is
needed Immediately. The total cost of the building, furnished. Is 7,200.00. This makes the cost of
one
class
room 1,200.00. The cost Is
actually
only 1.65 per square foot, furnished. This building
Is 72 X30 feet, and two stories high, with cement floors and foundations and cement blocks up to the
window sills downstairs. The rest of the building Is Philippine Mahogany or better, with a galvanized
Ironroof. The above price Includes glass windows, and paint. Inside and out. Also Included are the
student
chairs,
blackboards and
teachers desks.
In
addition
to the
above cost
will be the laboratcx y
equipment and required library books which will average about 800.00 per building unit, making the
total
cost
of each unit, completely furnished, 8,000.00.
We
are beginning a campaign to raise the
moneyfor four more units to be added to the units already constructed, and for 3 more units to be
buil t In the near future , when one more high
school
will be established. Once the buildings are built,
and all four years of high school are operating, the schools should be completely self-sustaining from
tuition paid by the students, and school farmprojects. A planning committee of 5 men Including
my
self, Is working out the details of the campaign. Advertising will be sent out, special meetings planned,
and then a special offering taken at somefuture date, perhaps Pentecost Sunday We will appreciate your
prayers for the success of this effort. Also please
remember
Mr and
Mrs
Sid Boudreaux and their Filipino
co-workers In your prayers. MayGod bless
each
of you In your service fw Him.
Sincerely yours In Christ,
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A RIEFH I S T ORY OF THE
WO R K
OF PHILIPPINE
MISSION
CHURCHES
OF
CHRIST OF
NORTHERN LUZON
P O . B o x 49 Apa r r i
Cagayan
Ph i l i p p i n e s
Un i t e d States
Ad d r e s s :
R
L To l l i v e r Fairfield Nebraska 6 8 9 3 8
B E G I N N I N G S
The w ork
of
t h e
Chu r che s
o f
Ch r i s t and
Ch r i s t i a n
Chu r che s
in
th e
Ph i l ipp ines
was
b e g u n
in th e ea r l y p a r t o f t h i s
century
by
s u c h
w el l -l o i o w n
m i ss io na rie s a s
Herman P W i l l i a m s , W,
H ,
Hanna,
Bruce K e r s h n e r
an d
Lesl ie
W o lfe.
As a
r e su l t o f
t h e i r
l abors
and t h o s e o f others who f o l l o w e d an d worked w i t h
them
there are now more than 450 Churches
o f
Christ, and probably
60,000
New
Testament
Christians
in
the P h ilip pin es,
Five
Bib le Col leges
loca ted
in all o f
th e m a j o r geographica l
a reas
o f
th e Phil ipp ines a re
t r a in ing
h u n d r e d s o f F il ip in o young
p e o p l e to take the G o s p e l o f C hr is t to
t h e i r
ow n people
C h a r l e s and R ob er ta S el by w e r e the f i r s t miss ionar ies
to
lo
cate p e r m a n e n t l y in
th e
area known
as the
Cagayan
Val ley
They a r r i v e d
there in J uly
o f
194? and se tt le d in th e town o f
A p a r r i ,
Cagayan, The S e l b y s
have
t h r e e
s o n s ,
Lloyd, Ri c h a r d ,
and Ro b e r t , In 1953 Norval and Dondena Campbell
came
to
jo in
th e S e l b y s in
the
work
an d
l ived
in A p a r r i
un t i l
1957f
when
ttieymoved o v e r to
the
w e s t coas t where t h e y opened
Phi l ippine
B i b l e S^ in a r y in the tovm
o f
V i g a n , I locos S u r ,
The
Camp
b e l l s returned to the
States
in
1963* where
they are
now work
ing
w i t h Centra l
Chris t ian
C o l l e g e of the B ib le in Mo b erly ,
Missouri, In
September of 1964, Sid and Marj Boudreaux and
t h e i r fou r
ch i ld ren
a r r ived i n
Aparr i to jo in in the
w o r k ,
A P A R R I B I B L E SE M INARY
In 1952 th e APARRI BIBLE SEMINARY
w as b e g u n by
Char l es
a n d
R o b e r t a
S e l b y to f u l f i l l the n e e d
o f
t r a in ing
Fi l ip ino
preache r s a n d t eache r s to t ake th e G o s p e l to t h e i r
own
peop le
A v e r a g e enro l lment
in th e
S e m i n a r y
has
b e e n
a r o u n d
50
e a c h
y e a r . More than 4o have
graduated
from the Seminary,
having
completed four and f ive year c o u r s e s .
A l s o , a t
l e a s t 3 5 g i r l s
h av e
received
two an d
t h ree y ea r te ac hin g
ce r t i f i c a t e s M os t
g r a d u a t e s are w orking fu l l o r pa r t t ime in
th e
L o r d s
work.
Gir l s t e a c h from 1 , 0 0 0 to 2 , 0 0 0 chi ldren e a c h svimmer in
D , V , B , S , A
k inde rga r t en
is
c o n d u c t e d b y
th e
S e m i n a r y
to
he lp
t r a in g i r l s Fu l l B i b l e c o u r s e s are taugh t in th e S emin ary ,
wi th
r e l a t ed sub j e c t s F a cu lty in c lu d es : Char le s a n d Rober t a
S e l b y , M arj
B o u d r e a u x , F a u s t i n o P e n e y r a ,
Lau rean o
Lopez,
Ben
and Guadalupe Cas t i l lo
William and
Nita Ba g a i n , S t u d e n t
p r e a c h e r s
a re
ac t ive
o n
w eek-ends an d dur ing vaca t ions in
preaching
th e G o s p el
th roughout th e
C a g a y a n Val l ey
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EVANGELISTIC ViORK
In 19^7 Uiere were but two preachers and about 10 Churches in
the
Cagayan
Valley .
As
a r e su l t o f the t r a in ing program o f
the
P RI
BIBLE
SEMIN Y
there are now between JO and 40
preachers
and
some 60
Churches
in
this
area.
The some 30
Churches
es t ab l i shed dur ing th e pa s t 20 yea r s
have been es
t ab l i shed
by Fi l ip ino preachers . These
same
men have
bapt ized
thousands o f souls
i n to
Chr i s t
dur ing
th e same pe r iod .
Every
yea r
a
Conference on
Evangelism
i s
held a t the
Saninary
campus fo r
th e preache r s
and
o t he r
Church
l eader s .
Two
Chris t ian Youth Camps are held each summer, one
in
Cagayan
Province , one in I s abe l a Province . Severa l r a l l i e s and con
vent ions a re a lso held by the Churches, completely
planned
and
conducted
by
the
preachers
and
elders o f
the
congrega
t ions . Churches
a re
poor and no t y e t completely
se l f - sup -
por t ing
bu t
a re
working toward
t h a t
end. There i s
a
grea t
des i r e among th e
Churches and preachers
to br ing about
s e l f -
suppor t ing, se l f - ex tend ing Churches
as soon as
poss ib le .
PRINTING
MINISTRY
A M ul t i li t h 1230 o f f s e t
pres s
and a sma l l l e t t e r p ress a re
used extens ively in publ ishing
monthly
papers in the
I locano
dia lec t
and
t r a c ts in
both Engl ish and
I locano. With
more
funds , -this pr in t ing mini s t ry can be developed fu rth er to be
come a very
e f f ec t i ve
t oo l in th e
evange l i s t i c
work and in
the
bringing
of
o\ir Chris t ian bre thren
to
sp i r i t ua l
matur i ty
in
Chr i s t .
The press i s cal led the
Aparr i
Bible Seminary
Press
and i s
in
charge
o f Laureano Lopez ,
William
Bagain
and
Benito
Cas t i l lo
with Soninary
s tudents
as s i s t i ng in
t h i s
and
th e book-binding shop in connection with the press .
CHRISTIANS
HIGH
SCHOOLS
In July, 1967 two Christian High Schools
were opened in the
province o f I s abe l a .
They a re known
as
Northern I s abe l a
Academy and
Southern Isabe la
Academy .
Mr.
Amador Aguas, a
C h ris tia n te ac he r
with
25 years teaching experience in the
Publ ic
and
Pr iva te
school systems
o f the
Phi l ipp ines i s d i
rector
of b o t h
s c h o o l s . The se s c h o o l s a r e
st ffed
w i t h ili
pino
t eachers
wi th
B.S.E.
degrees ,
vdio
must meet government
regu la t ions .
Build ings
l and l i b r a r i e s l abora to r ie s
and
cur r i cu lum
mus t
a l so
mee t
government
r egu l a t i on s .
These
schools
pre sen t
t ranendous
evange li st ic oppo rt uni ti es
and
t h i s is th e pr imary
reason
fo r t h e i r es tab l i shment . In
N.I.A.,
there were 86 s tudents enrol led as freshmen and 42 as
sophomores, while
in
S.I.A. 88 were
enrolled as freshman.
Not
even
one o f
th e
88 a t S. I .A .
was a Chr is t i an .
Bible
classes
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are
t aught
every
day
by qua l i f ied Seminary
graduates .
We are
sure that most of
these
88
wil l
be won to
Christ
during
their
High School days and idien they are won we know from expeiv
ience -tiaat
Idiey w il l in vi te
a
preacher
to go to t h e i r homes
to
preach thus
g iv irg n ot only the
opportuni ty o f
reaching
t h e i r
own
fami l i e s
b u t
dozens
o f
othe r fami l ies
in
t h e i r
home
v i l l a g e s . t i s en t i r e ly
possib le
t h a t
new Chxirches wi l l
be es tabl ished in every vi l lage
from
which these young people
come. Ve f e e l
t h a t
t hese High Schools w i l l double o r even
t r ip le
ovir evangel is t ic work
in
the Cagayan Valley in a veiy
s h o r t t ime. By the t ime l l ie se s choo ls
have
a l l four years
o f
c la ss es e nr ol le d -Uiey should
be completely
self-supi ort ing
from the tu i t ion paid by the s tudents
and
from other
projec ts
sponsored by
th e
schoo ls .
Sid Boudreaux
i s
working
a t pre se n t
in the developmaat o f two
farm s i t e s where
it
i s hoped t h a t two farm
schools
can be
opened in the near fu tu re .
The
main
purpose
of these schools
i s to give
an opportuni ty
to s tudents to work on the
farms
and earn
Ihe i r
way t h r o u ^ high
school .
At l e a s t
^
o f
Fi l ip ino
young
people
can
n o t
go to hi
school
because they
are
too
poor
to pay tu i t ion . Because of the farm projec ts
s tudents w i l l
be
a t t rac ted
from
wide a reas thus g iv in g u s
oppor tuni t ies to
reach
in to many \jnopened areas with l l ie
Qospel
o f C hr is t .
Ve
f e e l
t h a t
such
schools
as th ese
can
eventua l ly b e comple tely se l f suppo r t ing through
t h a t
which
is produced on th e fa rms.
Besides
the
evangel is t ic
opportuni t ies
much good
w i l l
be
ac
complished in othe r ways as a r e s u l t o f th e
program
o f these
high
schools . Many
o f the studen ts wi l l go out o f the high
schools
i n to
the Aparr i Bible Seminary to become preachers
and teachers o f
the Word of God. Many
o f them wi l l
go
in to
other Colleges
and
Univers i t i es
in Manila
and other places
to
become Doctors
Lawyers
School
Teachers e t c .
and many
o f
them
w i l l
go
back to
t h e i r home v i l l ages where
they
w i l l b e
cOTie
l e a d e r s i n their l o c a l Ch u rch es
a s
w e l l
a s
i n their com
munit ies . Because o f
t h e i r good
so l id educat ion and Bible
t r a in ing they a re going
to
improve
t h e i r
own economic
con
di t ions and t h i s w i l l lead to the eventual economic s t ab i l i l y
of the Churches of which 1hey
are
a par t . This
wil l in
tura
bring ttie
Fil ipino
Churches
to
Ihe place vhere
they
can sup
p o r t
t h e i r
own minis t ry
and t h e i r
own Bible
Colleges and w i l l
no
longer
need
help
from Chu rches
in
Anerica.
The Phi l ippines
i s loca ted in one
o f the
most
s t ra t eg ic areas
o f the
world being
in
the center of a so r t of
crescent witli
Indonesia on the south. Nationalis t China on
the North
Com
munist
China
to the
northwest and
Vie t Nam and the o ther
c o u n t r i e s o f s o u t h e a s t A s ia to
th e
w e s t . A ll o f
t h e s e
a r e a s
are
within two
hours
by Je t from
Manila.
The
time is
coming.
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if it
i s not a lre ady h ere ,
when, if
we
are
going
to
reach
th ese c ou ntrie s o f southeas t Asia w ith the Gospel , we a re go
ing
to have to
do it through
Asians, In a l l of southeast
Asia, the only place where we have the pote ntia l f or doing
this i s in the Phi lippines vdiere we have
sane
450 Churches
of
Chris t , f ive
Bible
Colleges
and
hundreds
of
preachers
of
the
Gospel. t i s
important
t ha t
the
Fil ipino
Churches
be
brought
to the
place
where ttiey wi l l be
able
to send
idieir
own
preachers
in to
the countries o f southeas t
Asia.
We
bel ieve
the
high school program
along
with
the o the r
phases
o f the
work in Northern Luzon wi l l help us to
accomplish
t h i s goal
i n
a much qu icke r
t ime
-Uian we could eve r
do it
ol i ierwise .
FINANCIAL
NEEDS
Our grea te s t
need a t the presen t time i s
fo r
regu lar sub
s t an t i a l
monthly support
to undergird
the
ent i re
evangelis
t i c program in -tiie Cagayan Valley.
This
in clu des the Semi
nary , the evangel is t ic
work,
the pr in t ing minis t ry
and
the
Christ ian
H i^
Schools.
Fif ty
Churches pledging 50.00
a
month
would
landerwr i te
Idie
p r e s en t needs .
Immediate f inanc ia l
g i f t s
a re
urgent ly
needed fo r the e rec
t i on
o f
th e second u n i ts o f the
hi
school bui ld ings a t bo th
th e hi
school
s i t e s .
One o f
t hese
un i t s
i s al ready
under
cons t ruc t ion and the othe r one must be bu i l t t h i s year if
poss ib le . Each \ jn i t
i s
72 x
30*,
two s to r i e s h igh , w ith a
cement
f l oo r
downsta i rs
and conc re t e
b lock
wal l s up to th e
window sills
downs t a i r s .
The r e s t
o f
th e b\ i i ld ing
is Ph i l i p
pine Mahogony o r be t t e r
with a
galvanized
i ron
roof . These
a re bxj i ldings t h a t
wi l l
l a s t fo r many yea r s . The
co s t
o f
one
un i t completely furn ished , inc luding l abora tory equipment
and l ibrary
faci l i t ies i s 8,000.00,
jus t
1.85
per
square
f oo t .
Plans
c a l l
fo r
th e
es t ab l i shmen t
o f
one
more
hi
school , making a t o t a l of th ree schools , each having a bui ld
ing
cons i s t ing
o f three un i t s . This makes a t o t a l o f nine
un i t s as d esc rib ed above. Two o f t hese xsiits have
a l ready been
completed which means
we
need funds
fo r
seven more
\ j n i t s .
Therefore, a to ta l of 56,000.00 is
yet
needed to complete
the
Uiree bui ld ings . We
f e e l
t h a t no grea t e r
cont r ibu t ion
can be
made
to th e fu r th e rance o f th e Gospel i n
th e
Ph i l i p
pines and in a l l o f southeas t
Asia
a t the presen t t ime.
PRAYER NEEDS
Daily prayer fo r the Holy
Spir i t s
wisdom and guidance fo r
th e mis s iona r i e s and
all F i l i p i no
preache r s and t e a che r s .
Prayer fo r the
s tudents in
the
high
schools ,
t h a t t h e i r
hear ts may be open to the
teaching
o f God's Word, t h a t
they
mi t be
won t o Ch r i s t .