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Box G Pasadena California 91109 Phone:.681 1324

Dr Basil Miller Director

Mrs . Esther Mil ler Secretary

WORLD WIDE MISSIONS is an

incorporated

non profi t organizat ion labor

ing in

seventy

nations.

We

are a faith non denominational mission supported by

the freewill offerings of Christian people everywhere We BELIEVE the fun

damental doctr ines

of Evangelical Christianity:

The Bible the

infallible

Word

of God the Triune God ne Fa^er

Jesus

Christ and the Holy Spirit the

Blood

of Jesus

the a tonement

fo r

our sins; the

New Birth received

through

repentance and faith in Jesus Christ; the Holy Spirit coming to the believer

to cleanse and empower;

the

Great Commission;

the

Second Coming o f C hrist;

B ap tism ; D ivine Hea ling accord ing to James; Resurrection of

the

dead and

Life Everlasting.

World Wide Missions is p ub lis he d monthly by

World Wide Missions Inc.

a t

1593

Eas t

Color

ado Boulevard Pasadena California. Sub

scription free.

Second class postage paid a t

Pasadena

California.

Volume 7 N o.

2

February 1964

m]

MEMORIAL

Earl Hunter Jr

was

driving f rom

Nampa Idaho

where he h ad

been

in college

to

L os

Angeles

to

work

dur ing th e Chr i s tmas hol idays. Ne ar O la nc he

Cal i

forn ia th e sma l l ca r in which he and four young

w o m e n were

r iding collided with a t ruck

Ear l

w as

killed instant ly and also ano ther young w om an.

The other girls

were

hospitalized. Brother Earl

Hunte r was

cabled

Immediately and flew in

from

Niger ia

for th e funera l

Earl Jr. had

devoted

his entire

life training

to be a medica l miss ionary. A genuine

Chris t ian

he w as alw ays act ive in th e

work

of th e Lord.

When this t ragedy

st ruck

m y mind whirled

back

th roug h th e

years to a

young

English

man by

th e

name of James

Hannington

who

wen t

to

Uganda as

a

m issionary. H e s tayed


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I

Miracles are taking place

in

the jungles

of

South Nigeria.

Brother- Earl on the death of

his son

flew

to

America for

the funeral. At headquarters

he

repor ted

marv elo us v ic to r

ies. THERE

ARE

NEW

200

DEFINITELY ORG NIZE

CHURCHES an d a WELL-ES

TABLISHED B IBLE SCHOOL

WITH

TH IRTY -F IVE STU

D EN TS TRA IN IN G FOR

THE

MINISTRY.

The

Materni ty

Hospital

is

completed and

in

operat ion, and Nurse

Mabel

Hunter

many days

t reats

as

many as 200 patients . We are

bui lding

a

subs tan t i a l

head

quar te rs .

Many of th e

churches

buil t

a s h o r t wh i l e

a n d

h is h e a l t h

fa i l ed .

On

re turning to England, af te r he

had

recu pera ted h e

pled

with the

Church

of England

to

send

him

b a c k . H is

h e a r t

b u rn ed w ith

zea l .

No one was willing

to

send h im

unt i l

f inally th e i n t ense desire of

th i s young

man to spend

h is l ife

in

Africa persuaded th e chu rch t h a t

he

should go back .

Said one of

th e

leaders, We will

ordain you bishop and send you to

Afr i ca .

One

month

af ter

J ames Hann ing -

ton re turned

to

Uganda , he was

s t ruck dead by a nat ive s

s tone

club.

Tragedy cried

everybody.

Not

so,

fo r in th e providence

of God

more

t han 100

f lour ishing mis sionar ie s

gave

thei r lives

to th e

foreign

work.

So

with Earl

Hunter ,

Jr. My plea

is t h a t we

sha l l

bui ld a Chr i s t i an

of blocks,

have la rge congre

ga t ions

in a ttendance .

These

are miracles wrought

by

the

power

of God.

An evangel is ti c

t eam

is

conduct ing

revivals

th roughou t th e

bush.

Ju ju

gods are

being burned and

souls won to

th e Mas t e r .

YOUR

MONEY

MADE TH IS PO SS I

BLE .

school in the jungles

of

Nigeria

to

h is

memory .

My plea

to young men and young

women a cro ss America ,

a round

th e

world

is .

Give

your

life

to

God

for

missions, in

place

of

Earl's,

which

was suddenly snuf fed out .

Many a re th e myste r ious work

ings of

the

Almighty.

Out

of Earl 's

dea th may the re come ICQ

conse

cra ted

young

men and

young

wo

men car rying

the

torch of redemp

t ion to th e primit ive

areas

of the

wor ld .

And

may you and I

sponsor

these

young people ra ised u p for th e work

of the Lord. In Nigeria

alone, I

expect 100 young c onverts to yield

the i r l ives whol ly to

mission

en

d e avo r s .

Will

you sponsor these

young

people a t from 1

to

15 monthly?


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D aphne and work among

the

world s

most

primitive people in

the wilds of

New Guinea,

writes

Ken Johns ton , from

Austra l ia ,

where

he and D aphne

are

fur lough-

ing.

Daphne was

the

first white wo

man ever to en te r th e

v illa ges two

days

walk

back

into the deep jun

gle. Among even these

primitive

people, God helps us win converts

and

break down the

prejudice

against white folk.

Ken

and

Daphne

spen t

four

and

half

years

in New

Guinea.

During

t h i s

t ime

God worked mirac l e s

th rough the i r efforts .

T WORL S MOST

A t

one service

we

baptized

300.

God s blessing was upon

us,

and

we

were able

to

t ra in many n ativ es

to

carry

the

Gospel

deeper in to

the

jungles than

we could

go.

During this period

o f s ervic e

they

labored

among

people

t h a t

had

neve r

before hea rd

th e

Gospel .

At

f i rs t

i t

was dif f icu l t to break in ,

and

then

the m iracle h ap pen ed,

a n d so u ls w ere

won to t h e Lo r d

Jesus

Christ. During

three

years

they

won

to C hr is t

more

t h an 2000

na t ive s t h a t h ad

n e v e r

be fo re

been

reached with

the story

of Jesus

Chr i s t .

, \

Many times

when the viifagers deep

in the jungles

have heard

about the

work

of the Mission, and have become

i nt er es ted , t hey

will build

white

chap

e l

of

na t ive

mater i a l s

l ike

the

one

in

the picture. Then they

will

send word,

Come tell us

about Jesus . W e

a re ready

to follow

Him , cont inues

Ken

John

ston,

in an

appea ling s to ry

about primi

t ive evangelism deep

in

New Guinea s

bu s h .

When

read

that , my heart broke

with sorrow. Here are people

who

have

never, never

in all

the

generations had

Come,

Tell

Us

an opportunity to hear about

our belov

e d Saviour.

Somebody

had come along

who

had been

in

church service,

or

heard Brother Johnston or Daphne tell

about

the

Master. They raced back into

the jungles

to

their own villages

and

passed on what they had heard about

the marvelous

Son

of

God

who

loved

t h em .

Without knowledge, with out redemp

t ion,

th e

words

of the young runner so

s t i rred

the i r

hearts

tha t

the

villagers

said,

WE

WANT JESUS.

BRING

US

JESUS .

TELL

US

ABOUT THE

LOVE

OF

GOD.


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PR M T V

P OPL

The challenge of WORLD-WIDE

MISSIONS has

been

Lord,

send

us

to the most primit ive

people of

the

wor ld

A n d n ow h e r e

a re tw o

trained,

experienced, young

mis

sionaries in

Australia, begging

to

be sen t to New Guinea . They are

t rust ing God to open the doors

as

fa i th missionaries

in to

the wilds

where stil l exist the

primit ive

people

of

th e world.

I am

certain

this is of

God;

t ha t

you and

I

send them

wi th our

money and ou r gifts ; tha t we sus

ta in t h em ; t h a t w e

establ ish

churches

for the i r converts ; tha t

we

labor under

God

among

these

people

tha t

never

before ha ve

had

a b o u t J e su s

This

Is

our

challenge, my friends.

Here

is a

field ripe

for

harvest. Mission

aries

are waiting to be

sent

back into

those

jungles.

What will our answer be?

Ken and

Daphne Johnston have been

consec ra t ed to th e

wor k

o f t h e Lo rd

They are

experienced.

Their hearts

burn

to

go back.

Ken

writes:

We are

waiting on

the

Lord. We

want

to return early

in

1964, but

finan

ces

ho ld us

back.

Can WORLD-WIDE

MISSIONS help

carry

the load?

My

heart

is moved

at this

story.

Two

brilliant young people,

trained,

on fire

for

God, longing

to

go

WHEN

MUL

a

chance

to hear

the

Gospel of

J e su s Chr i s t

I am

asking you dear friends

to

have

a

par t in this

noble

activity

Some

of you

can give 10. Many of

you can

give

25 a

month .

Some

would

ra ther

give

a lump sum.

Write

lohat

God

has placed

upon your

heart M a r k your gift, NEW

GUINEA. Oh,

may we accept

this

chal lenge

t h a t

God may

have

a

witness deep in these

jungles and

backlands

where the

s tory

of re

dempt ion has

n ever been preached

No such chal lenge

exists

around

the world today

as

among these

primitive New Guineans. Will

you

have

a

pa r t

in i t?

TIPLIED THOUSANDS OF YOUNG

PEOPLE CARE LITTLE ABOUT

THE

WORK

OF THE

LORD.

You

and

I

have fund s

t ha t

God

has

given

us . Some of

our dear

sponsors

have

surplus funds

in

bank accounts.

Some have stocks and bonds. Som e have

rental money

that

they do

not

need

t h ems e l ve s

DEAR ONES,

WILL

YOU SEND

LIBERAL

OFFERING,

BACKED

Y

YOUR

PRAYERS, THAT THESE YOUNG

P E O P L E

M A Y

BE S E N T

INTO T H E

P R IM ITIV E A R E A S O F N E W

G U I N E A ?


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PREA

JUN

I

TO

IBES?

I am

a B ibT ^w om an in the

Andaman Is lands wri tes Annam-

ma

Varghese.

There

a re t hou sands

o f w om en

t h a t

wil l neve r be t ouched

by the

Gospel

unless we

women t ake

Ch r i s t

to

t h em .

This fires my

soul. Many of our

brethren

are

l i terally s tarving.

We

have

fa i thful

young

preacher s t h a t

need sponsoring and support . They

are hungry , yet

they

carry on

the

work

of th e Gospel in th is primitive

l a nd .

B ro the r and Sis ter

Varghese ,

in

th e Andaman I s lands , have r eached

deep into

the

jungle

tr ibes,

among

Stone

Age people,

where

they are

preaching the

Gospel

of

Jesus

Chr i s t .

The best way to

reach

th e

jungle

t r ibes is

t h rough

medicine .

D r. C.

J . Ma t h ew s h a s o f f e r ed u s h i s s e rv

ices free, bu t we mus t

bui ld a med i

cal dispensary for

him,

so t h a t we

may touch the jungle tribes, which

have

neve r

hea rd

th e Gospel

of

Ch r i s t .

Here

are

some

pictures

from

the

Andaman I sl and s

showing the

t r ibal

people t h a t have neve r

hea rd

of

civilization. They are

of

Stone Age,

yet o ur fa ith fu l workers are labor

ing

for

t hem.

I t t a ke s abou t 25

a mon t h fo r a

preacher

to

l ive in

th e

Andaman

I s lands .

I t

will

t ake

3000

to

-build

the disp en sa ry, p lu s three nat ive

churches

to house

growing congre

gations among

the

more civilized

people.

This is a DEMAND made upon

WORLD-WIDE

MISSIONS.

How

can

we t u rn a dea f ea r to this call?

Will

you

feed a hungry family

in

the

A n d am a n s ?


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Ibml

r

I

c a n neve r

te l l

t h e mi rac l e t h a t

God

is working

in the

jungles of

Ghana , writes

Prince Blackson,

native

super intendent . I t is noth

ing

but a str ing

of

miracles .

Where-

ever

we

go, the Spirit of

God

is

poured ou t upon

the people.

We

t rek back in to the

j ung les

far fa r

aw ay from

th e

roads of

civilization.

Chiefs

are

call ing for us to

open

churches . Villages a re anxious .

Runne r s come

a lmos t dai ly

f rom

various par ts of Ghana

pleading

with us to bring Christ to

their

hea then

country.

My

soul

thri l ls

a t the

marvelous

work wrought

by Prince Blackson.

After

the grea t

revival

in

August

of

last

year, under Dr. Holland

London, more than eighty churches

have been organized.

This

seems

credible,

yet

i t

is true.

Prince

pleads,

Build

me

twenty

chu r c h e s a mon t h un t i l we c a t c h

up.

Many

of our services a re

held

unde r trees, in

private dwellings.

But i f

you'll

only help

up buy th e

land,

we will

build

th e

churches .

The chiefs

a re

cooperat ing,

fo r

God

has touched their hear ts . Will you

send

125 fo r

each

of these

c h u r c h e s ?

The

challenge of this country is

fa r grea te r than we have been ab le

to

mee t .

B u t

o u r

G od

is ab le . We

are pleading th e

promises, and

be

lieving God

will

touch

hear ts

to

sponsor th is

jungle work. Oh, dear

friends,

125 not much money

will achieve

a

t remendous work fo r

God. Would you build a memorial

chapel deep

in

th e jungles of this

n a t i o n ?

15 or 20 a month will sponsor

a jungle pastor

and his wife.

We

are

endeavoring

to

t ra in

th e

wife

of

each preacher to

serve

as a

Bible

woman .

10 a mon t h

will

sponsor

a Bible

woman.

NIGEKIA

God

has

given

us eight

districts,

well

organized,

in

the

jungles of

South

Nigeria,

said

Brother Hunter on a visit to headquarters. These

superintendents

must have

motorcycles.

We can purchase a light

weight motorcycle here , su ited for jungle travel, for 200.

This

will

speed evangelism. The

superintendents go

to the heathen villages and

es t ab l i sh

ou r

chu rche s .

Brother Hunter, in

outlining

the

needs

of

Nigeria

in

jungle

evan

gelism,

said

that twenty of his men are

parish

pastors.

That is, they

have

from

six

to ten jungle preachers under them.

They need

bicycles

immediately. These

bicycles

will

cost

75

new,

or

35

used.

Do

you

have some of

God's

consecrated money?

There

are

more than 200 well-established

and organized churches.

Some

of

these

need

stone

buildings.

They can be built for

500.

The grea t

cha lle nge is :

Build us

a

pe rmanen t stone or block Bible

Train ing School. We have 35 s tudents t ra in ing for

the

minis try.

The

block

Bible

school,

plus

two

block

or

concre te dormi tor ie s, will

cos t approxima te ly

1750. Already the mud a nd th atc he d Bible school

is being used, and several thatched-roof

buildings

are housing the

s t u d e n t s .

Let

your

money

work for

God

in the

jungles

of Nigeria.


8/33

FACTS ABOUT

G I F T

C E R T I F I C A T E S

Q. Shall I invest

my money

in a

commercial

bank

or purchase

a

W o r ld W i d e M i ss io ns G I F T

C E R T I F I C A T E ?

A.

If

you invest

your

money you

will

receive a

return

of from

six to

seven per

cent.

But if

you

purchase

a GIFT

CERTIFICATE,

your returns will

accrue

through all eternity. The dividends will be

in souls reached.

Q.

W h a t

a r e

GIFT CERTIF ICATES?

A.

GIFT

CERTinCATES

are

a

plan whereby

WORLD-WIDE MIS

SIONS

expansion program is put into

operation.

Many calls have

come far beyond our ability to answer. We feel that

this

is God s

hour

before nat ions

close, and

doors are

shut

forever to gospel

work.

WORLD-WIDE MISSIONS

plans to

enter

many

new

projects

immed

iately.

Q. What is

the

purpose of these GIFT CERTIFICATES?

A. 1) GIFT CERTIFICATES

will

be used to enter thirty new

na

tions

immediately.

A. 2)

GIFT

CERTIFICATES wil l

finance

a program of

enlarging

our work far

beyond

the presen t

borders,

by employing more

na

tional pastors and

foreign missionaries

to carry out the great gospel

task

of evangelizing

the

world.

A. 3) GIFT

CERTIFICATE

monies

will

be used to build

perma

nent buildings, chapels, orphanges, Bible schools,

dispensaries

in 100

n a t i o n s .

Q. How

may

they be purchased?

A.

GIFT CERTIFICATES

may be

purchased

for

cash,

or

on a

monthly

installment plan. If you

have

the cash

to

invest

in

the

work

of God,

that

money can be

put

to

work

for God immediately. We

now

need many thousands of dollars to build maternity hospitals,

dispensaries, chapels, Bible institutes, training centers and parish

p a r s o n a g e s .

They may be

purchased

on the installment plan. For instance,

a

GIFT CERTIFICATE

for 100

may b e purc ha sed at 10

a month

for

ten

months. A 500 certificate

may

be purchased in twenty

months

at 25

a month. And so on.

Your

money

will

be put to work

for

God

immediately,

once

i t

is

received.

Q. How

many

shares may I purchase?

A.

Each

share is

worth

10.

You

may purchase as

many

as

you

desire. 10 shares

equal

100; 50 shares, 500, and so on.)


9/33

South

Nigeria,

In

the

jungles

and

swamps is the juju land of Africa. Here

abound all types of

medicine

men juju

priests and priestesses witchcraft and

sorcery

that

can be found anywhere in

t h e wor l d .

This

is the greatest challenge to the

Chris tian church

that exists in primitive

lands today. Everywhere you turn there

are

witch doctors

deceiving the people.

Polygamy abounds. Many

churches

have

withdrawn

their missionaries entirely be

cause

of the improbable

and

impossible

s i tuat ions

t ha t

a re

f aced .

B roth er H unter descr ibed som e of

these conditions.

But

here and

there

sparks of holy flame appe ar.

There is one group of churches

176

IN NUMBER under a

bishop

that

wishes

to unite

with

us.

Among

their members

are many

irregularities.

The re

is another

GROUP OF

40

WELL

ESTABLISHED CHURCHES, NOT UP

TO THE

STANDARDS

WE

DESIRE,

tha t

want to affiliate us. What shal l we

do?

THIS

IS THE

GREATEST

CHAL

LENGE

WORLD W ID E M ISSIONS HAS

EVER FACED. We

must

send workers

that are

respected into

these juju cen

ters, and build

Gospel fires that

will

burn

sin and dross out

of

these

people.

They

are

anxious,

they are

calling, they

are begging.

We

need sponsors for

these

churches. Many

of

them cannot

suppo r t a pas tor .

10 A MONTH WILL SPONSOR ONE

OF

THESE

PREACHERS. Will

you be

come a

partner in this mighty

project?

We need

nurses, teachers,

white mis

sionaries . In some of these areas white

missionaries

are

as

novel

as

a

pink ele

phant. They draw

hundreds

of people

just

to

see them . Can you find workers

to

carry this load? writes Mabel Hun

ter ,

after

her husband flew to America

fo r

th e fune ra l o f h e r son Ear l .


10/33

HON

KON

S MP NS

have stood

on the

wharf at Hong Kong and

looked

out

upon the

thousands

of s ampans on

which hundreds of

thousands

of fam ilies

live. They are

born,

they

die

on these

boats. Theirs is

a

life

of priva

t ion,

of need,

o f hop eless

tra gedy w ith ou t

God.

When

stood there, my hear t

burned

to send the message of Jesus

Christ to

these sampan dwellers.

prayed

t ha t

God

would

open

a door

for

Hong Kong

boa t evangelism.

And now God has done

jus t

t h a t thing.

WORLD-WIDE

MISSIONS

has received

a challenge: Will you open

a

work

among

the

boat

dwellers

of Hong Kong?

I t

will take from 60 to

100

a month. This is not

much,

bu t it

means life, it means salvation to

the

hungry hearted sampan dwellers.

Many

never learn

to read;

many never

leave the

boats,

especially

in

their

older years. Dear friends,

let's

light the

lamp

of the Gospel

on

the boats

in

the

harbor of Hong

Kong.

PIGS

AND

GOATS

I f WORLD-WIDE MISSIONS

could

send U money to buy a

brood

sow

and a

milk

goat

for

every

preacher

and his family, and

especially

fo r

the p arish

pastors

and the d is tr ic t superintenden ts , thi s would

be

a

grea t

blessing and he lp feed ou r

hungry

A fric an le ad ers , sa id

Brother Earl Hunter in a recent

visit to

headquarters .

There is no mea t

pract ical ly

none. I f

we had a half-dozen

brood

sows, a

dozen

milk

goats

to

pu t

on

the

farm

of

our

Bible

Training

School,

and

our orphanages , this would

pract ical ly

make them self-

support ing.

Dear friends, my hea r t

goes

out to these

needy,

needy young

s tudents ,

young p re ac he rs ,

hungry children, protein hungry pastors ,

t h a t make up our

Niger ian

work. Would

you

buy a brood

sow-a t 40?

Or a

milk

goat

a t 25

for Nigeria?

Every

week

somebody is baptized. Every Sunday m any are con

ve rt ed t hr oughou t

our 200 churches in

Sou th

Nigeria, writes

Bro the r

Inyang na t ive super in tenden t of th is g rea t

Nigerian

work.


11/33

^ôrean îce ^îeid

Almost eve ry week 1 see pare nts, o r a

whole fami ly ,

commi t

suicide

because

of

starvation,

writes Brother Tai Hoon Kang, superintendent

of our

orphanage in

Korea.

The

price of rice

has

gone

up

four

t imes.

I t

is

almost

prohibi t ive

to

buy.

We have a smal l rice field on our fa rm ,

bu t

i t is

no t

suff icient

to feed all of

the

children. Nearby

there

is

a rice

field t h a t we can

buy for 500. Please,

Sister Miller,

won't you make an

appeal

for

this money?

My

hea r t

bled when I re ad the t ragic s tor ies of th e beggar boys

and girls, whose

life is worse

t han death,

hungry , s ta rv ed , d ep riv ed

of

everything

called precious. No

family life, no p arents .

Most of

them

h av e comm itted

su ic ide. O h,

t h a t

we migh t care fo r our l i t t le

Korean

orphans .

Dear

friends,

will you

pray

about buying this

added

rice field?

My

hear t swells when I th ink of

wha t

i t would

mean to

rescue a

few

more boys, a

few more

girls

from

the beggars

of

Korea.

Oh,

this

migh t

save many from suicide. Will you please

pray,

pray

through,

dear ones,

unt i l God

answers,

h earts are

touched,

and the funds

come.

tin

fs

k

jo i

m

I

l r

FEED

A CHILD

A child

was

brought

to us this past week, destitute, orphaned,

hungry, in great need. And

when

we

looked

upon

it,

we had to say

pitiful

words:

'We do not have food

enough

to

take in this child ,'

writes

Osika

Eshitemi,

from Kenya.

Wha t shal l

we

do when cases like

this

come? If we only had some

extra food money t h a t we could

lay

aside when other orphans are

brought to us.

Then

we could take

them

in.

Will

you

please, Dr. Miller,

make an appea l

fo r

food money for

th is

chi ld

and

othe rs who wan t

t o c om e?

Osika

and

Mary

have

bui l t

a

wonderful orphanage, and have

em

ployed

a

matron

a

diligent

Christian. Their

little

building

is

full.

I t is a very stable, thatched building, and it will stand for many,

many

years . The one problem is ex t ra food m oney for

o the r

chi ldren.

I t takes abou t 7 a

mon th

to

pu t

food on the t able fo r these

chi ldren. Bro the r Osika has a smal l fa rm of th i r ty acres

which

is

h is

own. This is planted,

but

i t does not bring in ample food for

all the

mou t h s t h a t

mu s t

be

fed .

And th en th ere is the

mat te r

of c lo thes . I t takes money to

get

the

cloth

to

be

made

into

clothes.

Dear

friends,

pray

for

this great

need.


12/33

We

must have

a great revival in

the

heart of jujuland

in

Nigeria,

said

Earl

Hunter,

missionary

to

Nigeria, when he

was recently

here. Can you arrange for

Dr. London to come for a campaign?

Dr. London , greatly blessed in

foreign

evangel ism,

checked

his schedule and

was able

to

arrange

to

go

in

the

middle

of

February .

I

feel

tha t God will

give

us

a

great

outpouring of th e Holy

Spir i t

a t this

time, said Dr.

Holland

London, whose

mighty revival

in

Ghana won

15,000 to

Christ, and

was i ns trumen ta l i n

organiz

ing more than seventy-five

churches

from the one campaign.

WORLD-WIDE

MISSIONS has several

churches.

But the devil

is

fighting them,

and

working

with

all

of his

might

to

destroy

them. Please,

American, Cana

dian

and world Christians,

pray

for

this

a ttem pt in the hea r t

of th e

sa tan ic

land

of

j u ju i sm

Dear friends, I

am praying

tha t you

will se t

aside

a gift marked JUJULAND

EVANGELISM.

Every

day

please

hold

this revival up

to

God. Let s work a

miracle. There

are

176

small,

struggling

churches s ca tt er ed t hroughout

this area

t ha t need help.

They

appeal to WORLD

WIDE MISSIONS to spon sor them. The

devil is fighting,

bu t let s

give ourselves

to prayer tha t

God

will reign supreme.

By the time this magazine

is

printed,

I

will be on the

high

seas sailing for Nigeria

to assist

Mabel

Hunter

in

the

Maternity Hos

pital, wrote

Barbara

Tlerney

just before

she

sailed in January. My heart is stirred. I am

going by faith.

All

of my

transportation

has

not been

covered, but I

borrowed

what I

had

to

have.

All

of my living expenses are not

covered,

but

I

believe

that

God,

and God s

people,

will

supply every

need.

Down in

the

regions where

jujuism

reigns

supreme, w itch do cto rs and medicine

men

have

control of

the

thinking of

the

people we

have built a

Maternity

Hospital.

Eighty

per

cen t of all th e bab ies born In the bush die.

But

eighty per

cent of

all bom In these Ma

ternity Hospitals

live.

Will

you underwrite

Barbara

In her

attempt

to

save

black

babies

here

In

jujuland?


13/33

OUT

CASTS

I am an orphan

in

the

jungles

of the

Congo.

There

are thousands

of

others

just

like

me.

Mother died;

f a t h e r died.

I

have n o

re la t ives

to

care for me. I

wandered

day

a f t e r

day, unti l

some kind

friend

found

m e and took m e to th e orphanage

whe r e

I

a m u n d e r

Si s t e r

Hal l e r a n d

the nurse, Susie Brucks. Will you

f eed m e ?

This

l itt le one is typical of the

hunrdeds

of

others begging for help

in the

Congo,

Nigeria,

Ghana ,

Sier ra

Leone, Senegal ,

Kenya

and the other

n a t io n s in

A frica w he re

W O R L D

W ID E M IS SIO NS

now l abors .

From

I stanbu l, Tu rkey comes an

appeal

for

WORLD-WIDE

MIS

SIONS to t ake over a sma l l

o rphan

age of

homeless,

helpless

outcasts.

From

7 to 10

a mon th will

furnish

a

h o m e fo r t he s e

d e a r

ch i ld r en .

I

am

an outcast . My

only

home

h as been th e

s t ree ts

of

Calcut ta ,

India .

I

know

no

othe r life, says

this

little child from India, typical

of th ou sa nd s a ro un d

th e world.

T

was

born

on

th e st reet .

My

parents lived

and

finally committed

suicide

on

th e s t ree ts

of

Calcu t ta .

My

brother

and I

begged, stole, did

everything else

we

could to keep

ourselves

alive.

I h ad

no

clothes.

Practically all

of

my life I

have

been

naked.

Day af ter day I

see

the dead

wagons

come by and pick

up the people that live on the

st reets t h a t

died

during

the

night .

This

is

my

life.

I

can expect nothing

be t t e r .

W O RL D-W ID E M IS SIO NS

works

with t housands

of

boys and girls

just like

this

little outcast on the

st reets

of Calcutta . My prayer

is

t h a t our f r iends a round the world

will

sponsor

an outcast boy a t

a

m o n t h .

/ am a beggar boy

of

Korea. I

l ive

on th e s tree ts . I

am cold in

the winter,

and

hot

in the summer.

I steal, I

beg

to

make

a living. My

father

was killed in

the Korean

fighting. My

mother

committed

suic ide because she could not feed

me

and

my

little

sister.

We

are

asking a home, a place to

stay,

a

sh e l t e r .

W O RL D-W ID E M ISSIO NS

is ex

tending

a hand

of

help to the

beg

gars these lads and

lassies

of

Korea this winter . Will you have

a

part in this

noble

work?

a

month will feed a

beggar

boy or girl .


14/33

My

hea r t

is bu rden ed fo r

th e

women of

Kenya, w rites M ary Eshitem i, wife of our

nat ive

super in tendent. M ary

is

a school

teacher. She

needs

to be freed

from her

pre

sent

teaching

position. Here

is why:

All

around

me are women

who

have grown

up

in

thei r

hea then

ways. They need to be

taught .

They

come

to

me

day

af ter

day

and

say, Have you forgotten us women? I sn t

there

something

you

can

do to

make

our

l ives

b e t t e r ?

The

burden of

Mary s

hear t is this: I want

to be freed from my school

teaching, that

I

may develop a t ra in ing cen te r for

the

women

of Kenya. They

are

my sisters. I accepted

Christ,

and they

went

the way of the heathen

world.

They

see

wha t

Chris t

can

do

for

women. Will you

help

me build a cen ter

for

our black sisters in

Kenya?

Dear friends, this will

take

about 60 a

month

to pu t this

Center in order .

We ll

have

to

buy

sewing machines and cloth, and other

things that are necessary.

God can use Mary

to raise th e s ta nd ar ds of these women. Please

pray abou t th is

need.

LETTERS FROM SPONSORS Many

of

you

precious

people are

f inancing and

sponsoring

orphans, p reacher s, Bible

women

and others

around the world. These

folks

are asking for le t ters from you.

Will

you

kindly,

with

your nex t

gift,

send

a let ter to your o rphan, p as to r,

Bible

woman,

or

to the

church t h a t you

sponsor?

This will prove a

grea t inspirat ion

to

them.

REVOLVING FUND,

LIFE

LOANS

AND

TRUST GIFTS Would

you like

for

your

surplus

money

to

work for

God

continually and

at

the same time

work

for

you?

If so please

Investigate our REVOLVING FUND, which

is made

possible b /

LIFE LOANS

and

TRUST GIFTS. We are set t ing

aside

cer ta in funds tha t can be

used in the work of the Lord

where emergenc ie s aris b. At

th e p rese nt

tim e this

revolving

fund is working

for

God in

Ind ia , Afr ica,

Latin Ameri ca , among the

Navaio Ind ians.

The

plan

is

simple: When an

emergency

arises,

we

use the

revolving

funds to build the

buildings, purchase land,

establish a

hospital

or

clinic, and

then we appeal

for sponsor s.

When a sponsor is

found, the money

goes back into

the

revolving fund and this is used over and over in the. work

of God

to

spread the

story

of redemption.

FUNDS

ARE URGENTLY NEEDED

to complete

the

massive

church for

Pr ince B laek son in Ghana. Th is will

sea t

f rom fou r to f ive t housand th e

normal Sunday congregation of this

marvelous

worker of God.

Also

funds to

buy an automobile

for TWIN WELLS and to pay for-the

bus a lr eady purchased ,

and

other i tems around th e world.

VIOTORIQVS

CONVERSlom

Here

are

sto ries o f

how the

grea t men and

women

of God

were

won

lo Chr i s t

by -personal witnessing.

This

will

be

an uplift to

your fai th,

and an inspirat ion

for

you to do more

to

win

others

to

Christ .


15/33

t

o

X

a t

D

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K t

a c

G ift

ooks

by Dr Basil Miller

Coming

Drawetfi

Nigb

My

Heavenly

Hcn t e

by

Dwight Moody

W hy WorryChrist is th e

Victory

T h e

Cross a nd

th e Crown

A t t h e L or d s T ab le

Devotional

Readings)

F i v e F a m o u s M i s s i o n a r ie s

Five

Fam o u s

Evangelists

F i v e F a m o u s

S l a v e s

A ma zin g A ns we rs t o P r a y e r

Searching th e Wor l d s

G r e a t e s t B o o k

C h r i st i a n

Boys

P r o b l e m s

C h r i s ti a n G ir l s

P r o b l e m s

W hy

C hr is ti an s S uf fe r

O n W i n g s o f Song

P r a y e r Adve nt ur e s

Missionary Stories

f ro m A fric a

Missionary Stories from

B i b l e L a n d s

F o r Y ou n ge r R e a d e r s :

Ken s

A rg en ti na A d ve nt ur e

KenNavajo Treas ure

KenNavajo

Trail

Thoughts

By T he Way

by

Esther

K Miller

God s Miracle

In My

Life

b y

Su sie B ru ck s

A ns we re d P aa ye r

o n th e

M i s s i o n F i e l d

G od

a n d

th e

Mis s ion

Field

M i r a c l e s

on

t h e

Mission

Field

Rescuing

J ungl e Or pha ns

W o m e n

of th e

Bible

O

Y o u t h o f th e Bible

Voices o f

t h e

Bible

Companions of J es us

G W i n n e r s

an d

Losers

o f t h e

B i b l e

L e t

N o t Y o u r

H e a r t

Be

T r o u b l e d

You C a nnot B a n k r u p t

God

C hr i st Still Heal s

M a ry S le ss or , A d ve n tu re s in

Ju n g i e i a n d

M ar y S le ss or ,

Qu een

of

C an n i b a l L an d

P at t y

L o u F ly in g M i ss io n ar y

P at ty L ou J un gle Missionary

Patty Lo u and

the Golden

W e s t Indian

Acad em y

Patty

Lou

and

the

Seminole

I n d i a n s

Victorious Conversions

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Companions

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Jesus

Winners

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P r a y e r

Personal Witnessing

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16/33

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All gifts

tax deductible

SECOND

CLASS

POSTAGE PAID

AT

PASADENA, CALIF .

FROM

THE

DESK OF

ESTHER K. M ILLER

Engraving is

an

interesting process. The

polished metal

plate upon

which the work is done to produce the

beautiful

wedding invita

tions, calling cards,

stationery,

etc. goes through several

stages

of

me t i c u l ou s work .

The

wanted

pat tern

is

first

scratched

on

the

surface.

Then

acid

is added. Finally the craftsman uses his

sharp

knife to widen the

beautiful curves

of

th e patte rn

and

deepen the fine

lines.

Not a nice

process as far as the plate is concerned could it speak

But

when

the plate is filled with fine ink

and

pressed

upon rich

paper,

what

a be au t i f u l

r e su l t

But it

takes

acid,

scratching, and

cutting

to bring

out the resulting

beauty of th e impr int .

How

l ike

life

God

has a pat te rn for each of His children.

The

scratching the acid yes the cutting will surely come. Plans may

be

shattered

our

plans

disappointments come, happenings which

will

all but

bowl

us over (maybe

they have )

but hold still and

le t

God

finish what

He

has

begun.

Our

plans may all be

good

but He

has

the

plan. Don' t

take yourselves out

of His hands.

Do you feel you have

been

cut

to

the

very

depths, and you could

not,

did

not

surmount it? God bless you Go back to where you

left

the

Lord and with Him

start

again.

He

is a wonderful Lord.

Try

Him

a n d see

Looking

unto

Jesus

the author and

finisher

of

our

faith.

Heb r ews 12 :2


17/33

YOUR MISSIONARY FAMILY

The Simkins Family

CYRIL C. SIMKINS,

A.B., M.A.,

B.D., M.TH.

Professor of New Testamenf, of Missions, and of Psy

chology at Johnson Bible College for 7 years.

MARY

SIMKINS

Christian mother

and

minister's

wife, f rom

a

Christian

family who pioneered a New Testament Church in

Rogersville, Tennessee; active with her

husband

in

establishing the Farragut Christian Church.

M RY

ANN SIMKINS8 years old.

Now talking about

when

we go to Africa.

JAMES SIMKINS17 years old.

Senior In high school, in teres ted in football,

and the

Kingdom of God.

RON LD SIMKINS21 years old.

Junior in Johnson Bible College; preparing to preach

the

Gospel.

WHAT WE MEAN

TO DO

.

1. TRAIN EVANGELISTS

AND

PREACHERS IN AFRICA.

A desperate need in a crisis country. The time is short, the need is urgent, Africa is

in the balance. Men must be trained who can evangelize their own people.

2. BUILD

UP

AN AFRICAN BIBLE COLLEGE.

The New Testament Church needs a stronger training center in Africa. Can you

spare some books from your libraryfor this school?

Will

you help build a

ible

Col

lege building in Africa?

3.

PREACH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST OURSELVES.

Wherever

the Cross of Christ is not known. Wherever the Risen Saviour can be pro

claimed.

WHAT

WE NEED

. . . .

r>4^

LIVING LINK SUPPORT

Whether you can give little or much, will you help? Steady support every month

{AM

SSioW

2.

SERVICE

LINK SUPPORT

It

will

take $7000 to build a house.

It will take ????? to build a Bible College building.

It will take what you can give for the Training Pro

g r am

3. TRAVEL

FUNDS.

Estimated over 2000 to get

our

family

and

furniture

to the

field.


18/33

WHERE TO SEND

YOUR HELP

AFRICAN

MISSION

EVANGELISM

FORWARDING

AGENT:

Mr. n

Mrs.

Robert L Mize

Route 4, Admiral

Drive

Concord,

Tennessee

MISSIONARY S

ADDRESS:

IN U NIT ED STA TES

Cyril C Simkins

African Mission Evangelism

Kimberlin Heights Station

Knoxville, Tennessee

37920

NEW MISSION

FIELD

IN GHANA

Many have already hea rd that Max Randall and I have

opened

up a new mission field in the country of Ghana

Africa Since returning to the United States I have been

trying intensively to enlist another missionary recruit for

this field As of now we have not yet been successful In

the meantime the Christians in Ghana have written request

ing me to come back there Up to now I have held to my

original purpose to go to

Southern

Rhodesia

However,

if

no one else is secured for Ghana I plan to enter this field

if possibleat least until someone e lse comes there The

need in Ghana is urgent and immediate We must not delay

sending a missionary to Ghana But it depends upon many

things including the possibility of securing permission to go

there as weli as the possibility of securing someone to go

Will

you be in prayer for this open door into a new mission

f ield?

MASHOKO BIBLE COLLEGE

Mashoko Bible College was begun in 1958 by John Pemberton Principal of the School for the purpose

of training an African Ministry of the Gospel of Christ In a few short years its graduates are already render

ing invaluable service for Christ in Africa Our g reat need is to build up this work and strengthen its educa

t ional

level .

Our work in Mashoko divides broadly into three areas qf missionary service 1 MEDICALthe Christian

Hospital under Dr

Dennis

Pruitt and a trained staff of nurses This work is invaluable both to Mashoko and to the rest of

Rhodesia 2 EDUCATIONALChristian

education,

especially

through

the training of African teachers. This work is under

the supervision of Lester Cooper and John Pemberton 3 EV NGELISTI preaching the Gospel establishing Churches

and training preachers All the staff is interested In evangelism but this area of service is especially under the direction of

John Pember ton and Bill Brant.

Mashoko Bible College is the link between these areas of missionary service It can recruit from those educated in the

schools Itcan send preachers through the doors opened by medical missions The medical work has opened the heart of the

African The Christian education has prepared his understanding The

Bible College is needed to train preachers who can take the message

of salvation through these open doors To win Africa we must have

a trained ministry of her own people

I am going to become AcademicDean at Mashoko You can help

to undergird this work We need your help to build a Bible College

building at Mashoko We need books for the library You may spare

some of your books or even a whole library for this school Send

communications to Cyril C Simkins Kimberlin Heights Station Knox

ville Tenn 37920 U S A If you can also send postage for forward

ing these books to Rhodesia it will be appreciated

WE RE GOING TO THE MISSION FIELD

IN

AFRICA

for

TRAINING EVANGELISTS

OVERSEAS

Cyril

0. Simkins

ARE YOU WILLING TO HELP HOLD

THE ROPE?


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News

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THE INDEPENDENT MISSIONS STORY

.By

Harrold

W.

McFarland

Garland Bare reports that all speaking

dates

are filled until they

leave

the States

May 16th outward bound for another term

of service in Thailand . . . Great

plans

are

under way for the 17th National lAissionary

Convention to be held in New York

City

Sept 22-25,

1964

according to

Elmer

Kile

of Go Ye Chapel Mission. Plan to attend

the

World s

Fair

on

the

same trip.

Albert

an d Mrs. Annette Hamilton ar e

making plans for their first furlough from

Johannesburg,

South

Africa to begin in

January 1965 . . . Ruth Lincoln is adding

a children s home to her hospital work at

Church of Christ Mission Hospital, Thala-

vady, Kerala State, South India.

SIMKINS

TO RETURN TO

CENTRAL

AFRICA

AS

FULL-TIME MISSIONARY WORKER

Prof. Cyril C. Simkins and hi s family

are making plans to go to

Central

Africa

w here he will serve as Academic Dean of

Mashoko Bible

College

in Southern Rho

desia . He has served fo r th e last seven

years as professor of New Testament

missions and psychology at Johnson Bible

College,

Kimberlin Heights, Tenn.

Since August 1963 when he returned

from a visit to African

mission points,

Bro.

Simkins has been seeking another mission

ary family to

answer

the call of new

Christians in Ghana for help, as well as

-pressing -His-own plans. (See Horizons,

issues of Sept. 7, Oct. 19, Nov. 2, 16,

Dec. 21 and Jan. 18.)

Bro.

Simkins has termed

th e Ghana

work as the most promising mission field

in the world today. He wrote recently:

Since returning to the States, I have been

tryingintensively to enlist another mission

ary rec ru it for

the

Ghana field. As of now

I

have

not ye t been successful. In the

meant ime

Chris t ians in

Ghana

have wr it te n

requesting me to come back there.

ALASKA HOME SAFE

The

first

word

received

from th e

missionaries in Alaska since

the disastrous

earthquake of March 27 came in a letter

from Mrs.

Sarah

Gates

of

th e

Alaska Chr is

tian

Home. Th e

letter was dat ed March 30.

A ll

at

Alaska Christ ian

Home

ar e o.k.

No damage to buildings of the Home. Very

little

damage, comparatively speaking, in

Homer. Small

boat

harbor in Homer is 80

percent loss. The end of the spit where the

dock tank farm

etc. arehas topped

three

feet. High

tides

cover it and much damage

resul ts

The children of the home kept very

calm through it all, and we praise God for

H is c ar e

We

have

ha d no word from th e brethren

in Anchorage or the Matanuska Valley

churches. Telephone service is out.

Anchorage was very hard hit, as you no

doubt know. Yours in

Christ,

Sarah Gates.

Up to now I have held to myoriginal

purpose to go to Southern Rhodesia.

How

ever, if no one e lse is secured for Ghana

I plan to enter this field if possible at

least un ti l someone else comes

t he re . The

need in Ghana is urgent and immediate.

We must not delay sending a missionary

to Ghana.

In

behalf

of the Mashoko Bible

College,

he wrote requesting library books, funds

for a

Bible col lege

buil ding and p raye r

undergirding of the work He may be

addressed

at Kimberl in

Heights

Station,

Knoxville, Tenn.

37020

More

About Simkins

Bro. Simkins received his undergraduate

training at Johnson Bibl e College, with

additional graduate study at Northern

Baptist Theological Seminary, Chicago;

Butler University School of Religion,

f

I ndianapolis; and Colle ge of Education,

Univers ity of Tennessee. At Butler, he

received the fol lowing

graduate

degrees;

B.D.,

1950; M.A., 1951; M.Th., 1952.

He then served the Rogersvil le, Tenn.

Christian Church for eight years, teaching

simultaneously for the last seven years in

Johnson

Bible College.

_

He married MaryShanks of Rogersville,

Tenn. March 12, 1940 and they have three

children: Ronald 21, James 18, and

Mary

Ann 9. Ronald is a junior in JBC, preparing

to preach the Gospel; James is a high

school senior.

(Continued on page 4)

SIMKINS FAMILY OF JOHNSON BIBLE COLLEGE

Bro. Simkins will soon go to Central Africa to become Administrat ive Dean

of

Mashoko

Bible College, Southern Rhodesia, stopping enroute to aid in estab

lishing the new and flourishing Restoration Movement in Ghana. Shoivn here

(left to right) are:

Mary

Ann 8,

Mrs Mary

Ronald 21, Cyril and James 18.


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29th

SCHOOL

OF MISSIONS

TO BE HELD AT LAKE JAMES,

INDIANA

MISSIONARY

RALLY

-

BRIGHT, INDIANA

A missionary rally will be held at the

Christian Church, Bright, Ind. on April 24,

25 and 26. The theme of the rally is A

Light for a Darkening World.

The

titles

of the messages and those

giving them are: The Coming of the True

Light by J. Lowell Lusby, Kentucky

Christian College, Grayson, Ky.; That

They

Might

See the Light by a representa

tive o f t he Chr is ti an Women s Benevolent

Association, St. Louis , Mo.; What Is Your

Life (Light)? unassigned; The Power of

Darkness by Bro. Rupert Bishop, British

West

Indies .

I

m

omea Light will be the closing

message by Bro. Ray Mings Osaka, Japan.

Sessions will be held Friday evening,

Saturday and Sunday afternoons and even

ings at 2;00and 7:30p.m.Besides bringing

the messages, each missionary will be

given 30 minutes in which to show slides

or films of hi s field of labor.

Booths

will

be available for visit ing missionaries as

well as those on the program.

Special music will be furnished by

sister congregations

of

the area.

An

offering which will be divided among those

on the program will be taken in each

session. Traveling expenses for speakers

will be paid by the

host

church. Roger

Cormican is chairman of the

missionary

committee. Charles N. Ross

is

minister.

The nation's oldest missionary

camp

program ha s announced it s 29th annual

School of Missions

to be

held

at

th e L ake

James Christian Assembly, Angola, Ind.

July 26-Aug. 1.

Helen R. Swengel, secretary of the

program

committee,

sent

word that th e

theme

is A ll

Out

for All the

World.

Denver Sizemore, professor at Atlanta

Christian College, Eas t Point, Ga. will

be the Bible lecturer; Prof. Dan Eynon,

Cincinnati (Ohio) Bible Seminary, will

conduct the daily missionary clinic;

Foster G. Sizemore, Painesvil le , Ohio

will be in charge of a daily symposium.

John Wilson, Springfield, Ohio is

directing the workers for the daily youth

sessions; Robert Palmer, Buchanan, Mich,

is the vesper speaker; and Helen Swengel,

Indianapolis, is in charge ofthe missionary

banquet. Thomas W Overton, Huntington

Beach, Calif, is keynote speaker opening

night (July 26).

WAIALUA

IS

NOT

WAHIAWAI

(A

CORRECT ION

The n ew Wai alu a church in

Hawaii is

being started by Glen A. Powell rather

than Jesse T. Nicholas as reported in

Horizons for Jan. 18, 1964. Bro. Nicholas

reports

that he is still working with the

Central Oahu Christian Church, Wahiawa,

Hawaii, which he started about eight

years

ago

He also reported

that

Kenneth and Mrs.

Marie H ill ar riv ed

to

ass is t

with th e

Wahiawa congregation Jan . 4, 1964. The

church is currently planning the addition

of six new classrooms for which they will

need f inancial help. Bro. Nicholas has

donated h is s erv ices in retirement in

Fo r U se

in

VACATION

BIBLE

SCHOOL

10 Lessons with Pictures for

th e

Flannelboord

Enti t led

LUCIA S DREAM

A True Story of a Fil ipino Girl

in Connect ion with

The Cebu Christ ian Mission

Mater i a l s a re free

and are yours to keep.

Avai lable by May 1964

Wri t e t o :

Mrs. Jean

Snocker

809 Wes t 23r d

Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69361

Heading the missionary reports will be

Prof. Cyril Simkins of Johnson Bible

College,

recently

returned from a tour of

Africa

and

a new

r ec ru it t o Southern

Rho

desia. David Grubbs and John Pemberton,

on furlough from the work in Southern

Rhodesia, will also be present.

Missionaries from Japan, Assam, the

Philippinelslands, Mexico, Alaska, Barba

dos, and from a number of home mission

projects will be on the program also.

Philip Ho, a Tibetan-Chinese convert

and long-time

worker

with Miss Gladys

Schwake, R.N. (retired) and lately with

the Assam,

India

Churches of Christ

Mission, will also be a principal speaker.

Mrs. Swengel

suggests

that mission

aries and recruits who plan to attend and

have not ye t contacted her should address

her at 1646E. LawrenceAve.,Indianapolis,

Ind. 46227. Reservations and requests for

information should be addressed to Lake

James Christian Assembly, Angola, Ind.

s tart ing the work. The

Hills

will receive

one-fourth of their support from th e mission

congregation during1964with an ascending

support planned to provide full support by

1 7. Mission support is needed for the

balance. Address is Box 497, Wahiawa,

Oahu, Hawaii

96786.

BRAZIL

MISSIONARIES HOLD

CONFERENCE

Reported by Art Carfer, Jr .

f ferent missionaries

brought

special mes

sages at the evening hour.

]

We

were very

blessed

with the

oppor

tunity to fellowship with two of the 15

non- instrument mis si onary famil ie s now

working in Sao Paulo.

We

were thrilled by

the spiri t of Christ in all our meetings and

th e manifestation

o f l ov e .

1

; The Fourth Missionary Conference is

,

scheduled

to be in Anapolis, Goias (Central

Brazil) January 1965.

The Third Missionary Conference of

all the

church of

Christ (Christian)

mis

sionaries

in

Brazil

was held in Belo

Horizonte, M.G., Central Brazil. Families

from

the

north, south and central

areas

gathered for the advancement of the Lord's

work, as well as to report on blessings

r e ce i ved and victor ies won.

Classes were held in the mornings on

various work problems plus studies on the

Holy Spirit, ordination, church growth,

spiritism and recruiting new workers. Dif-

Mt s s t o n a n e s

Gathered

Braz i l

Conference


21/33

BIBLES

FOR RUSSIA

BACKGROUND

In 1961 English-speaking New

Testament Chris t i ans and Russ ian

Chr is t ians from the Restorat ion Move

ment of Russ ia contac ted one another

in Toronto, Canada, A

growing

associa

t ion between

these

people

resulted

in

Gene Du li n

of Toronto

Chr i s t i an

Miss ion

an d

John Huk,

minister

of

t he Toron to

Russian

church, traveling

to Russia

and

other Iron Curtain count r ies in

the

spring of 1963. During

this

visit Bro.

Dul in b ecame

aware

of

th e R us sia n

Christians' great need for COPIES OF

THE WORD OF

GOD.

THE

BIBLE IN RUSSIA

The

t r ans la t ion of the B ible in to

the language of the people resulted in

th e

Russ ian

Restoration Movement's

getting under way in the 1800's. By

1920

tw o

million

members of the New

T es ta m en t c hu rch in

Russ i a

were

supporting

over 600 missionaries.

Today the Bible is a forbidden book

in

Russia.

It

is

illegal to mail or

carry

a copy of God s Word into the Soviet

Union. Apparently there is now no

confiscation

of

copies possessed

by

Christians

nor a penalty for having a

Bible , a lthough they heard of past

cases where such was true.

The only way for the Bible to be

distributed in

Russia

today is to carry

copies of it across the border

and

put

them into t he hands of people who will

us e them in the proper way. When Bro.

Dulin

and Bro. Huk

entered

Russia,

th e

c u st oms o f fi c ia l s

found

and conf i sca ted

r*. 4.

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. 10. Torjia

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McHfl,

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'^ria Hficye BotacjieH 6ma

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22/33

SIMKINS

TO AFR ICA

(continued from page 1)

Recommendation and Support

Recommendations and partial support

are being supplied by First Christian

Church, Rogersville, Tenn., and

First

Christian Church, Kingsport, Tenn. The

elders

at Rogersville wrote: Bro. Simkins

ministered here for eight years. He

left

because

he

felt

that

hi s

talent

would

be

better spent training preachers.

While

he was here, our church grewin

numbers, and the spiritual growth far

exceeded any ministry before or since.

We

feel that this was accomplished through

his

great knowledge of

God's Word, his

ability as a teacher, his laborious work

and complete surrender to the

cause

of

Christ

an d

th e church . . .

We ca n

think

of no one t ha t we

would

recommend as highly for this

mission

work

as Cyril and

Mary

Simkins.

The elders of Kingsport church wrote:

Bro. Simkins is one of the best qualified

miss ion

recru its

we

h av e ev er

seen .

His

education,

his

knowledge of the field, his

dedication, his enthusiasm, his experience

and his abili ty as a minister and preacher

make him well qualified for these

reasons we are providing part of his

l iv ingl ink support , and we recommend him

to all Christians as worthy of

financial

support, prayer and other encouragement.

Forwarding Agent is : Rober t L. Mize, R. 4,

Admiral Drive, Concord, Tenn.

NEW DECATUR, ILLINOIS CHURCH

BUYS

PROPERTY

The less-than-a-year-old South Shores

Christian Church, Decatur, 111. on Nov. 7,

1963 purchased 3.8

acres

of land. The

building

site

is s tr at eg ical ly l ocat ed in

a

new subdivision

at

2395

S.

Franklin St .

According to Kenneth E. Bennett, preacher,

payment was expected to be complete

Feb. 16, and

plans

for a new building are

in final

stages,

with construction to begin

in the

spring.

The congregation was sponsored by

th e Northwest

Christian

Church, Decatur.

Leroy Tru lock,

one

of it s members,

preached from

May

19 until Kenneth E.

Bennett came from Shelbina,

Mo. June

2 to

be full-time preacher. GeorgeGahrpreaches

fo r Nor thwest .

Record attendance to date i s

89

with a

membership totaling 41 in early February.

The chu rch's first day of

existence

saw

10 percent of their income

se t

aside and

dedicated to three mission

projects:

Lincoln Christian

College,

Mission Serv

ices and the Delbert Wilson family in

Mexico. The church

has

been self-supporting

and autonomous from the beginning.

Bro. Bennett sen t word t ha t they are

anx ious to c on ta ct o th er C hr is ti an s an d

their friends in the area. Address: 27

Madison Dr., Decatur, 111

4(36)

By

W.

E. McGilvrey, Associate Editor

MISSIONARY FACTS

75 4 Direct-Support , Church-Sent , Chris t ian Missionaries

27

Countries

Are Receiving th e

Gospel

23 4

Fields

Ar e

Being

Served

40 9 Miss iona r i e s

ou t s id e Con t in e n t al

Uni t ed

St a t e s

NEED

A

SPEAKER?

W

E. McGilvrey, Direc tor of Mission

Services,

has

a few openings for speaking

dates

on Sundays. If you

need

a

pulpit

supply, a message on missions, or a

program telling the story of Mission

Services, please contact him and give the

prefened date and two alternate dates.

Thanks. Send your request to

W.

E.

McGilvrey, Box 968, Joliet, 111 60434. He

will travel as far as 200 miles one way for

a Sunday speaking date.

100 STUDENTS

AT

ST. LOU IS

The

St. Louis

Christian

College (SLCC)

has passed the

lOO-mark

in student enroll

ment accordingto Dean

Russell

E. Boatman.

At SLCC

men

outnumber

women students

four to one, average age is in exc es s o f

30 years, and nearly 40

students

are

preaching regularly.

The

present

student body is 60 percent

larger

than

last year, and the trustees

have

approved the construction of a 60,000

addition

to the

present

building.

The

preacher training college

is

located in the

northern outskirts of St.

Louis

in Florissant,

Mo. Luther E. Perrine is president.

s ire o f

^ iJOUTK HHooe':

^HURCH

OM'WvwesKic S

BJBIE

SCHOOL

IQ-

FAMILY

HOOP

6 AW

EVENIMOWOeSHIF 7

EaeiBlE STUDY 7

SCXmiSHfflK

The house of worship for South Shores

Christian

Church, Decatur,

III.

will be

erected

on th is

site

in the spr ing. Chair

man of the congregation, H.

M.

Huffman

(right), and Preacher Kenneth E. Bennett

are shown with sign.

D E C A TU R H E RA L D ft

R E VI EW P H O TO

GABBY ON THE JOB AGAIN

Gabby, who has been Rod Cameron's

assistant in th e work

of

th e

Lord for

nine years, is again busy helping to spread

the Gospel in the Zambezi Valley of

Southern

Rhodesia.

On the day tha t Rod and Mrs. Beverly

Cameron ar ri ved in Bulawayo, Southern

Rhodes ia returning to the f iel d from

their

first furlough, Gabby was kidnapped

from the Cameron car. Neither Gabby,

hi s

other dummy friends nor any of the

other

effects

stolen

from th e

car were ever

heard from. A replacement body

has

been

secured, and

this

new body united with

the old Gabby spi ri t i s now delighting

and

teaching

among the Tonga

people

of

Southern Rhodes ia .

Rod Cam eron

is th e

author of

th e

book, A

Dummy

Goes to Africa, which

sells for

$3.50

and may be ordered through

Christian Bible House, Box 968, Joliet,

111

60434 or through the Camerons'

Forwarding Agent: Fred J. Green, Box 101,

Portage, Ind. 46368.

OLD ENGLISH

BIBLES

NEEDED

Ron Hoffman, who works in the

Philippines, sends word of an evangelistic

work conducted in Mutinlupa Prison the

largest prison in the Philippines - by

Evangelist Isabelo Isleta. More than 320

pr isone rs have been converted. One

has

been teaching Bible school for seven

years, and

has

had

his

l ife sentence

reduced

so that

he ca n be released in

another seven years . He plans to enter

Davao Bible Seminary to become a preacher

in Mindanao. Bro. Isleta indicated

that ol d

English

Bibles

would be most helpful.

They may be sen t in care of Philippine

Mission

Churches

of

Christ,

Box 2774,

Manila, Philippines.

or sons

THE

IHDEPEMOENT MIUIONS STORY

H f

t>l4

McFarlw^, EAtwHn.CSial

Anil* Laipar, Offlc* EAter

Publlihad Un l ad

Ihifd Satindajr* ql to A

seath

at S09 Wsl

Jafianeo,

Box 969,

Joliat , lUlooU

(xlp coda 60434)

bf

lOaaice

Satvicaa AaaocloUca

of tba

CbtltUaii Cbuitb

(Church e( Oila l ) .

SuhaeripUoa

priea

SI a

yra ; lOt

a cepjr poatpoU. SI

obdmI ees-

rlhuUcn U

hUsaloD

Sajrleaa AaaodaticD psjra fa aubaoipUoa.

Saeosd c laa

PoatSfa

paid at JoUat, UUooia.

AU

Gifts

Ta4)adaet ibla

April 4, 1964

No . 3 91

Horizons


23/33

D e a r

F r i e n d :

a^RIL

G. SIIffilNS

biographical sketch)

I am c er ta in t ha t

it

i s the L o r d s Wil l f o r me t o serve Him somewhere

in

Africa.

I am^with this le t ter , making formal application

to

the Board

of

the Southern Rhodesia Mission

for

acceptance as a

recrui t to Southern

Rhodesia engaged in missionary work

there.

I t

is

ray desire

to

teach

in

Mashoko Bible Col lege. I have been

requested

by

the missionaries on the f ie ld

to

come for this purpose. However I am willin g to serve in whatever

capacity i s necessary.

I have four

college

degrees as

well

as a high school diploma. The h i ^

school diploma i s from Hammond Technical High School, Hammond Indiana. The

degrees ere as foll ows: A .B ., B.D., M.A., M.TH. They are

from

the following

institutions

A.B. - Johnson Bible

College,

Kimberlin Heights, Tenn. - 1939

B.D. -

Butler

University,

School

o f

Religion,

Indianapolis , Indiana

- 1 9 5 0

M.A. - But ler Univers ity , Division

of Graduate Instruct ion 1951

M TH - Butler University , School of

Religion, Indiana

- 1952

I have

taken higher

education

also

in

Northern

Baptist Seminary

in

Chicago,

I l l i n o i s ;

and

in th e Unive rs it y o f

Tennessee,

Knoxville,

Tennessee.

Jfy

work in

the

University

is

in the

College of

Education,

I have taught for three years in th e p ub lic high

schoo l sys tem

in

Tennessee. Two

of

those years,

I served as Principal

of Rogersville

High

School, 1953-65.

I

hold

a

teaching

c e r t i f i c a t e in

th e s ta te of Tennessee.

For

more

than

seven years I have

taught

i n col lege . I

was

a professor

in Psychology a t

Milligan

College from 1956-57.

I have

taught

in New

Testament

and Psychology

for the past s i x

years

a t Johnson Bib le Col lege .

IL

iy

my

l o u f t n

ysar

as tdacHer i n m s s i o n .

During

t h i s

time

I have been consis tent ly

engaged

in preaching

and

p a s t o r a l work as m in is te r o f

a

l o c a l congregation. This

experience

includes

beginning new

work.

This

year

I

have been active in

i n i t i a t i n g a

new

congregat ion, Far ragut Christian Church. Other areas of Christian Service

include

the opportunity to defend

Christ iani ty

in

publ ic d i scuss ion

with

an

unohris t ion

rel igious

leader, and coopera tion wi th o the r mi ss ionar ie s

in opening

a new

m i s s i o n

fiel

i n

A f r i c a .

I am married to the former Ifery

Shanks of

Rogersvil le, Tennessee.

Her

family has

through the

years been active in the Christ ian Church.

The

following

are

the ages i n our

family:

C y r i l C. Simkins 47 - b i r t h d a t e Dec. 14,

1915

I^ry

Simkins 45 -bir thdate July 14, 1918

Ronald

C. Simkins 21 - b i r t h d a t e

Oct. 7, 1942

James

L. Simkins 17 - b i r t h d a t e Jan. 5, 1946

Mary Ann

Simkins

8 -birthdate July 29, 1955

Ronald i s

a

junior a t

Johnson

Bible College, James i s

a

senior a t

Young

High

School.

I ary

Ann i s

in the t h i r d grade a t

Gap

Creek

Elementary School.

~The

e a r l i e s t

possible

date for going to the f i e l d

i s

the f a l l o f 1964. I t

i s my plan t o a r r i v e t h e r e b efo re th e end

o f

1964, t h a t i s in t ime f o r th e

beginning

o f the Rhodesian

school

year in January 1964.

u r s i n ^ C l ^ i s t .

y r i l C. Simkins


24/33

FRIC NEV NGCLIST

CYRIL

0. SIMKINS Missionary

RHODESIA. AFRICA

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56 Zaka Rodesia Africa

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Vol .

1

March 1065

Sintkins

Leave

For Rhodesia frica

Mr.

and

Mrs.

Cyri l

Simkins

and

Mary Ann

your missionaries

to

1 Africa left by plane

from Knoxv i l l e .

Tennes

see Tuesday February

23 . On

th e

same a f i e r

A

noon

they

l e f t

New

York

f o r

ov e r s e a

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the

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many

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calls and much corre

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Permit

for Ghana

CYRIL SIMKINS

not come through.

More

t han s ix

months

o f

M RY

NN

SIMKINS

RY SIMKINS

waiting brought forth

no visa. Therefore i t was

fe l t

that is was bet ter

to

go on to

Rhorlesia as original ly

planned and

vis i t

Ghana from there when

and i f the opportunity

develops. Much

prayer and

thought has

gone

into

th i s decis ion. I t

is completely in

the

hands of God as

to

what He

wil l

do

with

the Sigikins in His work in Africa . A

Resi

dence Permit and Visa in Rhodesia have been

granted.

This is ac

cepted as the wil l of God.

MARY

SIMKINS


25/33

What About

Ghana?

We

know

hai our

supporters

a r e

c o n c e r n e d a b o u t

t h e s i t u a

t i o n

in Ghana.

What a b o u t Ghana

and our plans to go

t h e r e

and

w o r k ?

F o r

more

t h a n s i x months

we

have t r lef l every means

to

secure

a Residence Permi t and v i s a i n t o

Ghana. To

d a t e no

R e s i d e n c e

Permit has been granted. Some

m i s s i o n a r i e s

h a v e

r e c e i v e d

V i s i

t o r s Visas such as t h o s e which

Max Randal l and I r e c e i v e d on

previous

v i s i t s to Ghana.

How

e v e r

no R e s i d e n c e P e r m i t h a s

b e e n made a v a i l a b l e .

S i n c e t h e s i t u a t i o n

seems

no

b e t t e r

we intend to go on

to

A f r i c a .

We

have

f i l e d

f o r

a

r e s i d e n c e permit

i n t o

Rhodesia.

This

is

following

the

original

plan we had f o r A f r i c a . The

Lord w i l l i n g

we w i l l work

with

the Bible College

in

Rhodesia.

T h e

m i s s i o n a r i e s

t h e r e h a v e

a -

greed to t h i s

change,

and a r e

w i l l i n g for us to come on to

Rhodesia when Ghana

did

not open

u p .

As to Ghana, some o f t h e

m i s s i o n a r i e s o f t h e C e n t r a l

A f r i c a

M i s s i o n s h a v e

o f f e r e d

t o

take

turns in v i s i t i n g

Ghana,

and

lending what help i s possible to

the Ghana movement. When we get

to

Africa, we wil l attempt to

v i s i t Ghana and give encourage

ment

t o

t h e

b r e t h r e n t h e r e .

We

ask

for your

prayers.

C . C . S .

Our

Newslet ter

To help bridge the geographi

cal gap between

you and your

missionary

family and

to

keep

you

informed o f

t h e work

here

in

Africa

done

by

us,

we are pub

l i s h i n g

the

AFRICAN EVANGELIST

a bi-monthly i s s u e .

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w i l l be

s e n t t o o u r c o n t r i b u t o r s and

ll

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interested in

receiving

on the

f ie ld

reports of the

L o r d s work .

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wil l

be

sending a l l

ma

t e r i a l s

to

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I l l i n o i s

w h e r e

it

w i l l be a s s e m b l e d and

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of people in

t h e

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supervis ion

of

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