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FRIC N

EV NGELIST

CYRIL 0. SIMKINS Missionary

RHODESIA AFRICA

P/Bag 56 Zaka Rodesia Africa

Forwarding Agent: Robert Mize Route 4

dmiral

Drive

Concord,

Tennessee

Vol .

2

March 1966

New President Fer Mashoko

With

the beginning

of

the

1966 school

year in January

Cyri l

C

Simkins

began his work as

President

of Mashoko Bible College. As

President we

pledge

to a ll our

friends

in the

United

States our very

best ef for t s to t ra in

preachers who

will evangelize

Africa.

We

think that th i s is the way to do

i t . I t

is what we do

in

America.

HOW DO WE WIN AFRICA FOR

CHRIST? Our

answer i s , Tr ain A f ric an

P r e a ch e r s . We a r e much in f a vo r o f med i ca l and educa t i on a l work

a means

to

the

end.

The end

is

winning

Africa

for

Chris t .

Nothing

could

be

more

important

to our

purpose

here than

the

t raining of

Af

rican preachers. I t will take the African oreachers to win the Af

r ican people fo r

Chri s t .

The s c h oo l f a c e s

huge problems. All

of our bui ld ings

thus

fa r

belong to the ed

uc tion l o r med i c a l

work in

on e o r th e

othe r

of

i t s

phases .

The

Bible

Col lege

possesses no

bui ld

ings

for

dormitor ies

or

cl ssrooms

We

mus t soon build t h em .

As the

secondary

wil l

be expanding

next

year, i t may be-bes t

t o

move t h e

B i b l e

College

to another

one o f ou r mis s ion

s t a t i on s . However,

whe t h e r

we move

o r

s t ay here

we must

bui ld from

the ground

up.

We are faced now

with

the necess i ty of

(cont d

on

page

3

In

a

l e t t e r to

the

Puli l is l i ing Cliu rcli Mr.

Simkins s t a t e s , Tliis lus t month has been a

h e c t i c

month . We

have

st rted ou r

sc l i oo l

year .

Our

storehouse

burneei

down

before

school opened. Consequently, the one room

remaining

which we

expectetl to use for

a

B ib le C olle ge classroom has

been

turned in to

a s t o r e r o om . We

have

been

unde r

difficult

c i rcumstances in beginning . However, we

meet on the veranda

of our

home.

In sp i t e

of a l l disadvantages

we

have

got ten

off to

a

f lying s t a r t .


2/16

i

'

CYRIL S IMKINS AND BLIND

EVANGELIST AT NEW CHURCH

SITE

Some Needs

Some chu rche s and i n d i v i d u a l s

have

asked us

what

they

can

do

to h elp supply our needs.

some

big some l i t t l e .

l i s t

here

a

few o f

t h e s e

needs .

1 . CROCHET THREAD AND

KNITTING

YARN

fo r th e b e n e f i t

o f

T.B .

pa t ien t s .

They can spend

hours

in making ar t ic les

they

need in

stead of

wasting

the time.

2 .

BABY

LAYETTES

f o r new moth

ers in the

hospi ta l .

Each lay

e t te c on ta in s three diapers, one

r ec eiv ing b lanket , two safety

pins, one long gown one sac,

and e i t h e r a

bib .

boo t i e s or

shirt

The

above two i t ems

should

be

sent

direct ly

to the

Christian Hospital, Attn.. Mary

Simkins,

PB 56.

Zaka, Rhodesia,

Af r i c a

3 .

BICYCLES fo r th e use o f th e

preacher s tudents .

Each

bicycle

costs us between 45.00 and 50.

00.

The preacher boys wear

out

severa l bicyc les

as

they cyc le

for many

miles over bush roads

to preach th e g os pel.

4 . BOOKS t c o s t s

th e

s c h o o l

25.00

to

give

books to the stu

d en t s . H is B i b l e and no t ebook s

belong to

him

when he r ece ives

them . The o t h e r books a re t h e

property

of the

Bible

College

unt i l the student graduates and

then they

become the

property

of

the

student. These are only a

part of the

cost .

I t

does

not

inc lude

the

r e fe rence

books t ha t

we

provide for the s tudents .

We

would be glad to announce

tha t

you have purchased the books

fo r

one s t u d e n t .

5 . WELL FOR W T R

The

wa t e r

shortage

has

made ne cess ary th e

hauling of

water

for the dining

ha l l . We

have

r e - cond i t i o n ed

an

unused well which wil l

provide

enough water for the dining hal l

only . This

has

cos t over

300.DQ

As the

Bible

College

students

use the

dining

hal l we have

agreed

to

pay

100.00

of

this

amount. Would

you

l i ke to con

t r i b u t e t h i s

wa t e r to t hem?

6 . BIBLE COLLEGE BUILDINGS fo r

next year. We

have already been

informed

th a t th i s i s th e l a s t

year we

can

use the bu ildin gs

belonging

to

the educa tional

work . We want to bu i l d a chu r ch

where

we a l l

can worship and

wi th c lass rooms

su i t ab l e

fo r

the

Bible

College

during

the

week

and Sunday

School

on Sun

days.

7 .

ROOF FOR

THE

GUTU

CilURCH.

I t

wil l cos t 500.00 to roof the

Gutu Church . The walLs a re now

above

the top of

the

windows and

doors so we

are almost,

reatiy for

th e r oo f . We have still

not

purchased

the

roofing

materia l .

In these

days of

shortages

i t is

possible

tha t

the costs may ex

c e e d

t h e estimates

GUTU

CHURCH


3/16

Gospel Fire Is Spreading

Mr.

Simkins preached at

,

Mashoko on

Sunday. Febru-

'

ary 13. s the invita- t - ,

tion

w s

given

two

of

the

^

a l l

four were

baptized in

the

baptistry in front of the hospital. The following Sunday I

preached twice at

Gutu. In

the

morning

six

came forward

at the

new

mission site. In the afternoon I preached at the church

site

in

Gutu,

a few

miles

from the

mission s i t e .

Another came

forward to

confess

Christ

and to be baptized.

s

oug Johnson was feeling i l l

he asked me to baptize several who had come

the

week before. Six

teen persons

were baptized in

the

Dewure River.

We praise the

Lord

for the evidence of His presence

among

us.

N W

PRESIDENT

FOR

M SHOKO

which

are sent

to

other

people.

(cont d

from page 1)

All

funds

sent

to Robert Mize

raising 20,000

for this task. w i n be

used for the purpose

as

which

are sent

to

other

people.

A l l

f u n d s s e n t

t o

R o b e r t

Mize

will be used

for the

purpose as

indicated by the

donor

whether

it.

be

for

the church building

or

any o t h e r of the expenses con

nected with the Bib le College .

School Year Begins

Mashoko Bible College begun a

new

school

y e a r

with seven

new

s t u d e n t s

We now l i a v e f o u r i n

the f i r s t

year

and

eigiit in

the

second year. There are twelve

r eg ula r s tu de nt s

and

one s p e c i a l

s t u d e n t

making

a t o t a l o f t h i r

teen s t u d e n t s t h i s year. I n t e r

e s t

a n d e n t h u s i a s m i n t l i e s t u

dent body

i s

high. Already some

of them

are

preaching in

tlie

vil lages.

Mashoko

Bible

College

needs

your

p r a y e r s . One of l a s t

y e a r s graduates i s now chaplain

of the h o s p i t a l another i s

preaching in

Gwelo

and a t h i r d

i s m i n i s t e r o f o u r

c h u r c h a t

Fort

Victoria. We pray

dai ly

fo r the Lord s guidance in llie

work.

Africa

needs preachers .

We e s t i m a t e t h a t

t h i s w i l l b u i l d

a churcli

sanctuary

which has

classrooms for the college

and

Sunday

School

c l a s s e s . I t w i l l

a l s o b u i l d d o r m it o r i e s f o r t h e

s t u d e n t s and

a

house

f o r t h e

missionary.

As

yet

we

have

not launched a

fund

drive

for this project.

Since we must

of necessity

do

it,

there

are many of you who may

desi re

to help

even

before i t

begins o f f i c i a l l y . Wouldn t i t

be

wonderful

t o have f r i e n d s

contribute so

well

to this pro

j e c t

t h a t we would

not

have to

formally begin

the

drive

at

a l l ?

S i n c e

each

a r e a

o f

mission

work handles

i t s

own

funds,

a l l

g i f t s in tended f o r

th e

B i b l e

College program sliould

be

sent

t

R o b e r t

L.

Mize

Route 4 Admira l D r i v e

Concord, Tennessee 37720

The

school

r e c e i v e s no funds


4/16

These

Days In Rhodesia

Many

ask

how c o n d i t i o n s a r e in

Rhodesia.

are pleased

that

they a r e

as good as they are.

c o n s t a n t l y

ask God t o c a r e

for-

t h e

C h u r c h .

We

a s k

Him t o

l e t

the work go on.

Petro l

rationing

has c r i p p l e d

our

t r a v e l .

We

can

get very l i t t l e gasoline and

must

conserve

c a r e f u l l y

what

we

h a v e .

Many

American

goods

have dis

appeared

from

the

food

counters

a n d s t o r e s . We know t h a t little

i s coming-in

from

countr ies that

once

supplied

most

of

our

im

p o r t s .

Never the less

we

have

plenty to e a t and

a r e

not s u f f e r

ing. We may not have j u s t

what

we want in many cases but we

have

enough.

Since

we

are

in

the

bush

t r a v e l

i s a real problem.

There

a r e

many

places

where

we

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We a r e not in any apparent

danger. Thus far a l l is quiet

i n R h o d e s i a .

O u r difficulties

have been

minor and we

have

been

able

t o

cope

with

them.

We

a r e

sure that t h i s

i s

in

large

mea

sure

due

to

the

con sta nt p raye r

to God for us that you a t home

have

cont inual ly

made.

We also

pray always

for

you.

In answer

to the question What are you

going to

do?

we say Ful l

speed

ahead with

t h e L o r d s

Work

We pray continually for

the

country

and

for the

people.

God

knows

what

i s b e s t

and He i s

able

to work together a l l things

for

good.

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on

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day before

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5/16

AFRICAN EVANGELIST

CYRIL

C. SIMKINS Missionary

RHODESIA AFRICA

P/Bag

56 Zaka, Rodesia, Africa

Forwarding Agent: Robert L. Mize Route 4, Admiral Drive

Concord, Tennessee

Vol

2

J u n e

966

No. 2

Building Program

Underway

At

the quarterly meetingof

our

miss ionar ies held in Bulawayo

early in May unanimous approval

was given

for the

building pro

gram of the preacher t raining

s c hoo l The mi s s i o n a r i e s have

approved

rais ing

20,000

for

the

Bible College.

We hope

to ra i s e

5,000 of this amount by the end

of this year.

Land, has now been appl ied fo r

upon which to

build the Bible

College and as of now we

have

not

heard from

the applicat ion.

We do not yet know where we wi l l

build the preacher t raining school. are

going

ahead with plans

to build

i t

since the

need

will

be t he re regardless of

the place.

Present

plans

cal l

for

beginning

with

the

classrooms

followed by

housing

accommodations

both

fo r

dormitor ies and

fo r

married

s tu

dents. plan to extend our program

both

upward and downward.

want

to go

fur ther

in

educating

the Bible

College

students and at

the same

time

educate

lay preachers. Those who want to graduate

must take addit ional t raining and we need to t ra in many to preach

in the

vi l lages

We want

to

increase our outreach both

on

the

higher and lower l eve ls

The church needs

trained

African leadership. At

the

same time we

must

have

many

lay

evangel is ts

and

many

can

do

th is

with a minimum

of

training. think that

nothing could

bet ter mark the growth of

the

church

in

Rhodesia than

th e build ing

of a preacher training

s c h o o l

All of us know tha t

the vast

majority of our preachers in

the

United

States have been trained in

our

bible

colleges

there.

We

may

not

know tha t the

same

i s t rue here . Most

of

our preachers in

this

country

have

been t ra ined by Mashoko Bible College. We

can

n ev e r min im i z e t h e

va l u e

o f med i c a l and e d u c a t i o n a l work a s

we

have

seen

i t

open doors

in

many

places. Continued

on page 3

CYRIL

SIMKINS

RICHARD HOSTETTER

BIBLE COLLEGE STUDENTS


6/16

Gutu Church Growing

In May

the

Simkins were

a t th e Gutu

Church wi th

Pr e a che r

Kurebwa.

At

presen t th i s church has

a bou t

f o u r

hund r ed mem

bers

The

church bui lding

still

needs th e r oo f .

As

th e

wa l l s were

a lmos t

up to

the

roof l ine we

ran

ou t

o f b r ic k .

Soon

the roof wil l be going on

and we are looking forward to

worshipping

in the new

building.

As

th is is

a

project

begun by the

church people,

we have

le t

them

decide

entirely

the

style

of

building

and

they

have

made

i t

44

feet

by 44

feet.

The congregation

is

doing the work themselves and in

t e res t seems

to be growing. The

Lord is blessin g

th i s work.

Truck

For Mashoko

Mashoko

Bible

College has a

new tw o- to n N is sa n Jr t r u ck .

t

was

put to

work

carry ing br ick

and o t h e r

mat e r i a l s fo r th e GUTU

chu r ch ,

as w e l l as some o f

th e

needs

a t

Mashoko.

As

yet

i t

is

nitpaidfor. in .fiilj.._ but^_v^_

know the Lord will provide what

we n e e d .

Another Preacher?

Recent ly a denominat iona l

preacher came a l l the way from

Gutu

to Mashoko to

s e e me.

He

wanted

to

preach

fo r

the Church

o f Chr i s t

Ch r i s ti a n .

Af t e r a

long

conversat ion

about doctr ine

I

sent

him

to John Kurebwa, our

African preacher in

Gutu.

John

t a lked to

him

s eve ra l

t imes

and

f ina l ly bapt ized him.

In subsequent conversat ions

wi t h Kurebwa I dec id ed to test

th is man. Did he want

to

preach

or was he looking for a job. I

said

Tell him to go and s t a r t a

chu r ch .

f

we

have

to

start

one

for him to preach in , then we

don t

need him.

Sure enough,

he

d id it

We

are

s t i l l watching him

and

counsell ing

with him. We

think

he needs much te ach in g bu t he is

moving the

r igh t

way. We have

nine

preaching

points

in Gutu.

PART OF OVERFLOW ROWD AT

M SHOKO EASTER SERVICE

Easter

Sunday a Sunr i se

Ser

v i c e was he ld in

f r o n t

o f th e

hospi ta l with Cyri l

Simkins

and

Watson Mabona preaching. At

the

morning

worship

se rv ice the

crowd

was

so large

we could

not

accommodate

them.

Many

had

to

sit

ou t s i d e .

At present we are busy

enlarg

ing one of our buildings so

that

we can handle our Sunday at tend

ance. We now hold separate ser

vices for the younger ages and

t he re

i s

a l so

a

church

se rv ice

a t the

old c l i n i c . We a re look

ing

forward to

the

day

when

we

can a l l meet

together

in church.

Mrs. Ha r r i e t

Simkins . mother

of Cyril Simkins

passed

away

on March

28,

in Phoenix,

Ar i -

^ on a


7/16

Second Term Begins f f

T h e

s e c o n d t e r m

o f s c h o o l b e

gan

in May and

a l l

twelve boys

h a v e r e t u r n e d E n t h u s i a s m

i s

high

as the boys begin studies

and go

back to

t h e i r

churches .

Most

of the

teaching

f a l l s

to

me. We do,

however,

g r e a t l y

a p p r e c i a t e

t h e

t h re e o th e r

mis

sionaries

who

help teach in

the

B ib le Coll eg e,

as

we do l ikewise

in the secondary

school .

We

t h i n k

t h e t i m e has

come

when t h e

Bib le Col leg e

must

stand

on i t s

own

Most

of

the

boys

preach

regul

arly

and there are many

baptisms

a s a r e s u l t o f

t h e i r

work .

B o t h

the

churches and

the

boys are

s t r e n g t h e n e d

Before we

begin

classes each

morning we s t a r t with a shor t

d e v o t i o n a l s e r v i c e T h e s t u d e n t s

seem to be adequately

prepared

for what they

are

doing in

the

L o r d s

w o r k

^ T|ie_^s_tudents _gQ on bicycles

to

preach

each

week.

Every

week we

l i s t e n to

a report on

how many were baptized

or

some

o t h e r

a c h i e v e m e n t

t i s

t h r i l l i n g to hear of t h e i r

successes

Some of

the boys are married

and Mrs. Simkins i s

beginning

a

class

for

the preachers

wives.

We have

f o u r

o f t h e

wives

on t h e

mission

and

they

wil l be taught

Christian Doctrine along with

some

o th er th in gs

BIBLE

COLLEGE

STUDENTS

ON SIMKINS VERANDA

FOUR SECONDARY

STUDENTS

BAPTIZED BY SIMKINS

BUILDING PROGRAM UNDERWAY

(continued

from

page

1

However ,

we

c a n n o t

r e a l i z e

t h e

benefi t

of

these

open doors

without a preacher t raining

pro

g r a m

This i s the

most urgent need

in

Rhodesia today.

Every Ameri

can

has

paid many d o l l a r s

i n t o

taxes

which have been

spent to

s o l v e

problems

in A f r i c a

Yet,

we know

t h a t these problems

w i l l

n e v e r be

s ol v ed w i t h o u t C h r i s t

We ask for

your

g i f t s to help in

the

t raining of African preach

e r s

No

matter what

happens

p o l i t i c a l l y

in

Africa

t h i s

i s

probably

the

only thing

that

w i l l remain . t i s an

i n v e s t

ment in

the

Kingdom of God which

p o l i t i c a l

changes

cannot

take

away.

When

we

plant the

gospel

in t h e

l i v e s o f men we

do t h e

best thing possible to overcome

t h e a t t a c k s

o f

t h e

w o r l d

1 9 t h NATIONAL

MISSIONARY CONVENTION

Sep tember 27-30 , 1966

GOD S WORD

FOR

GOD S WORLD

For t

Wayne,

Indiana


8/16

Baptismal

Service

J u s t recently one of our ad

vanced

s t u d e n t s Nicholas

Mlambo^

b a p t i z e d a woman

a t

Mashoko. As

a r u l e they

b a p t i z e a t

the

l o c a t i o n

o f t h e

church in

t h e

nearest r i v e r or

a

pool.

Nich

olas

is minister

at

the Turgwe

c h u r c h

and t h i s woman i s from

the Turgwe

area.

Like so many

of our students

he

cycles

twen

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aid at

Q u i n c y

llinois

ty miles every

week in

order to

preach.

now

have nine boys going

out each

week on

bicycles.

soon e x p e c t t o have a n o t h e r

preaching

point.

I t is quite

usual

for

us to meet

at

the

pool

for

a baptism on

Sunday

after

noon.

This baptismal scene is

typical

of many

at

Mashoko

s

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FRIC N

EV NGELIST

CYRIL

C SIMKINS Missionary RHODESI FRIC

P/Bag

56 Zaka Rodesia Africa

Forwarding Agent: Robert L Mize Route 4 Admiral Drive

Concord

Tennessee

Vol 2

August 1966

No. 3

Fort Vktoria Chosen

Fo r t Vi c t o r i a ha s

been

chosen

as th e

f u t u r e

s t fo r th e B ib le

College.

We

are now in the pro

cess

of

t rying

to secure

land

in

the area . I spent the en t i re

day l a s t

week

vis i t ing

c i ty of

f ic ia l s

and

other

people

in

Fort

Vi c t o r i a Most

o f them

a re

d e f

in i t e ly in te res ted in us and our

work. We have a very good repu

t a t ion in

the

town and may ex

pect

the

cooperation of ci ty

of f i c i a l s

so fa r as

poss ible

We are

going

to

need

20 000

in

order

to

buy land

and build

needed build ings fo r a preacher training inst i tut ion. This is of

course

far

less

than

would

be

needed

for

a

college

in

the

United

States

After much prayer and thought we decided

to ask

the church

es for a minimum amount in

the

belief that they will provide

i t

need

5 000 immediately

in order to

begin.

are not

certain that

we

can

get into the Fort Victoria area but

we are

trying our very best . In the event that this

becomes impos

sible we

will

ei ther build in Bulawayo

or

build

here

at Mashoko

All

three of

these

lo catio ns are good areas. The Fort Victoria

location

is

the most centrally located to most of our mission work Many

of our

mission

stations

are approximately

one

hundred miles

from

Fort Victoria in a l l

directions.

Nuanetsi Chiredzi. Gutu

Mashoko

and Gwelo

are

a ll

nearly

one hundred

miles

away Our

printing

work

is located in Fort Victoria.

can help

in th is work as

well

as

have the

help of Tom Thurman in teaching in

the

Bible College. Some

of

our

students can be

trained

in

printing

and the

students

in turn

can help with the

translation

work They will be

able to

go in

a ll

direct ions to preach.

Will you be in prayer for the success of this work?

need your

prayers to help us.

need what financial help you can give. What

we a re doing

is fo r

the future of

the

Church here in frica

CYRIL

M RY ANN AND

M RY SIMKINS


10/16

Gutu Church

ills- fi fc-

~

The Gutu Church

is

being

bui l t

again.

When

i t looked

as i f

the

church would soon

be

f i n i shed

we ran o u t o f

b r i c k s . Fo r

a lmo s t

two

months very

l i t t l e progress

was

made. Each

week

we

thought

tha t

we would

soon be

bui lding

again. We

did

not

want

to buy

th e b rick s so the church people

made

t h em .

Tl i i s

was their own

projec t . For the

pas t two

weeks

the Bible

College

t ruck

has

been

haul ing

the-xhurch.

Tt has

brought

lumber

fo r the roof

gravel

water

and

bricks

from

the

place

where

they

were

made.

Lumber is very

expensive

in Rho

d e s i a .

As soon a s th e rafters

are

in

place we

wil l

need

to buy

corrugated iron for the roof .

Another

New

Church

The r e

i s a no t h e r new

chu r ch

now meeting

regular ly in the

Mashoko

area It was started

by

one of the Bible College

s tudents . Tonga Mashoko a

second

year s tudent . Tongai is

going there

every

Sunday

to

ho ld

s e r v i c e s .

As o f now t h e

church

has not ye t

been

of f i c

i a l l y

named.

We are

sure

how

eve r . t h a t t h i s

w i l l

become

one

of

our permanent preaching

points

in the Matsa i Reserve .

Tongai

has

put

into prac t ice

what

we

have

been teaching

the

students . We

have said

many

times I f you want to preach go

start

a

c hu r c h .

We tell

t hem

t h a t th e miss iona r i e s have come

here to e s t ab l i sh churches and

to

spread the Gospel a l l over

the

land. They

did

not come

here just

to pay the preacher

his

salary . They wil l

gladly

pay an

evangelist.

il lie

is

s t a r t i ng new churches an


11/16

Noel Sibanda New Student

O u r New Zea l a nd b r e t h r e n t

Dadaya have sent us a very

cap

le s t u d e n t in Noe l S i b a n d a .

His f a t h e r i s Joram

Sibanda ,

one

o f t h e chu r ch l e a d e r s in t h e

Dadaya a rea . Since the area

evangelist there is re t i r ing

from

se rv ice ,

the c hu rc he s c ho se

Noel to take h is

place .

He has

come

back to s choo l

a t their r e

quest for the

purpose

of

bet ter

p repa ri ng h imsel f. When

he

f in

i shes school

th i s year he wi l l

re turn

to

that

post .

Noel took

th e

two year

course

at

Hashoko in

1962.

For

the next three years he

preached

in the

Dadaya area. This year he has returned to Mashoko for his third

year. During the year

he

has

emerged

as

the natural leader among

the B ible C ollege students. He

has

a f ine sense of responsibi l i ty

e

have learned

to rely on him for get t ing things done.

Present

Needs

In

order to begin

a much

needed

bui lding

program

fo r

the

Bible

College we are in

need

of

5,000

soon.

I f churches and

classes

could make a special

gi f t

in addit ion to regular giv

ing i t would provide the

extra

b o o s t wh i ch

we

need now . We

have been praying

about

th i s

a l l

year

and we ask

you to

put

i t in

your

p raye r s

as

wel l . The Lord

can

provide

what

we

need.

Child Writes

y

name is

Kurebwa Kurebwa

and

I am eight years old. baba

fa ther is a

preacher

and for

many

years

he

and

my

mai(mother)

have been Chris t ians. One song

I wish you could hear my baba

sing i s

Only

Believe and

he

believes

tha t

i f

we

have

enough

fa i th God will do

a l l things.

Until

a few years ago he had

n ev e r h e a rd o f th e

Church

o f

Ch r i s t

bu t

t h en he f ound

o u t

a -

bou t

it and he be l i e v ed wha t t h e

mis siona ri es t augh t. y baba is

blind but he

sees

many things

tha t o ther people

never

see . He

sees how important i t is

to keep

our

l ives good and

also to

t e l l

people about

Chri s t .

Most o f t h e homes in Af r i c a

a re

d i f f e ren t

from

yours.

Our

homes a re very

smal l and

a re

made

from

poles to make th e

f r ames . These a r e co ve red w ith

mud

and

i t gets very hard. The

f lo or s a r e made

o f soil from

an

a n t hill wh i ch

is

b e a t e n down

smoo th

and

h a r d .

Then

it is

smeared

with

cows

dung.

I t

rea l ly

makes nice

f loors . In

the

cen te r o f

th e

room

i s th e

place

to

c o o k .

Unti l

a few months

ago

we

l ived

a

few

miles

away

but when

Mr. Simkins

s t a r t ed to help

our

people

bui ld

a

church

bui lding

we

moved s o baba

wou ld

b e

closer

t o

th e

c h u r c h .

Some weeks he

walks

many miles to s t a r t new

churches .

He

rea l ly

knows

how

to do i t . I guess God must have

given him th i s g i f t to make up

fo r his eyes. The people of the

congregation are making bricks

and they a re a lso helping the

b u i l d e r to do t h e work . We

want

to thank you for helping

to

buy

th e roo f , doors and w indows.


12/16

Modern Butchery

Modern

Butchery is

the neme

of

the butcher who supplies meat

for

our

Bible

College

boys.

He

r ides a bicycle from Chiremrwa-

remrwa

wi th mea t

in th e

carriers

bo th be fo re

and

beh ind . He i s

always wil l ing

to

have any old

wrapping papers

with

which he

may wrap th e

meat.

We have a -

n o th e r b u tc h e r in

t h e

a r ea

f rom

FRI N

V NG LIST

piiblislieii bimonthly for the

Crntca l Sf r t ca iHiSSion

Churche s

o f

Ch r i s t

RY

MADISON

PARK

CHRIST IAN

CHURCH

2 1 6

No r d

25 l h Stnet

Quincy I l l inois

62301

Second C la ss P os tag e

Paid at

Quincy ,

llinois

Mukanga but the

Bible

College

s tudents chose the one they pre

f e r r e d .

The m ea t

i s

some t ime s c a l l e d

re l i sh by the African

people.

The i r main d ie t i s

s adza which

i s

cooked

from

maize .

Af r i c an

ma i z e

i s wh i t e

co rn mea l r a t h e r

than yellow

as they

general ly

di s l ike yellow

corn

meal.

Due

to

a long d ro ught up unt i l the

l a s t ra iny season

the re

was

much

yellow

corn

meal used through

t h i s

year .

They ca l l

t he i r

ground maize meal ie

meal .

With

t h e i r

sadza

they

l ike

some

kind

of re l i sh ,

although there are

so

many

poor Africans

who

rarely

have r e l i s h . Th i s i s

a

meat o r

some vegetable

when ava i lab le .

The d i e t o f s adza neve r

va r i e s .

The

Afr icans on th e miss ions

d r i nk t e a and e a t b re ad f o r

breakfast . There

is

probably

little bread i n

th e r e s e rv e .

Liscions

Servics

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13/16

AFRICAN

EVANGELIST

CYRIL

C

SIMKINS

Missionary

RHODESIA AFRICA

P/Bag 56

Zaka Rodesia Africa

Forwarding Agent: Robert L Mize Route 4 Admiral Drive

Concord

Tennessee

Vo l .

2

Spi r i tua l

G r ow t h

Novembe r 19 66 No. 4

Door

To

Ghana

More than th ree years

ago Cyri l

Simkins

and

his

family were

urged

by many people

of

Ghana to

en t e r

tha t

country .

These

people

were anxious

to know the way of the

Lord

more

per fec t ly . A res tora t ion of

the

New

Testament Church was

in

the making. Mr

Simkins

in the

company

of

Max Ward

Randall

personal ly v i s i t ed Ghana

and t a lked with

numerous na t iona ls

concerning

the

opportun

i ty . Invita t ions came from

these

people

fo r mis s i ona r i e s . Because o f th e i n t e r e s t

shown Brother

Simkins

assured these people

th t he

wou l d

do ll h e c ou l d t o come him

s e l f or

send

someone to work with them.

In

the months that followed many com

munications were

exchanged. Missionaries,

churches, and the people in Ghana urged the

Simkins to

attempt an entry in to the coun

t ry Months were spent

here

in the s ta tes

in an ef for t

to obtain permis

s i on t o e n t e r

Ghana

and r e

side.

The

door would not

openi

The following words

were

pub

l i s h ed

in th e

March 1965

i s s u e

o f th e AFRICAN

EVANGELIST:in

ex

plan ation of th is :

After many

phone

cal ls and

much

correspond

ence

a

Res i dence

P e rm i t

f o r

Ghana did not come through.

More than s ix months of waiting

brought

for th

no

visa .

There

fo re

it

was f e l t t h a t

it

was

be t t e r

to

go on to Rhodesia,

as

or ig ina l ly

planned,

and vis i t

Ghana f rom

t h e r e when

and i th e

opportuni ty develops. Much

Continued on page 2)

Church Dedication

The be au t i f u l

new church

a t

Umta l i i s f in i sh ed and

has

been

dedicated. Cyri l Simkins

was

asked to come to

Umta l i

fo r

the ded ication

day message on

August 21. Building for Eter

ni ty

was the theme fo r the

day.

The

church, modestly buil t

is simple in structure, very

s tr o ng ly c o ns tr uc te d and s t r i k

ing

and

at tract ive

in

appear

ance . The church

members have

purchased sea t s fo r the bui ld

ing. A baptis try was included.

Dick Hos t e t t e r has done an ou t

stand ing job

with the people.


14/16

Students

Go

On

Evangelistic Campaign

Six

of

tlie

Bible

College

stu

den t s were i nvo lved in ex tended

vis i ta t ion

and evangel is t ic

cam

paigns in early September. This

was

during

the time

between

the

second

and

t h i r d school

term

when

there is

a

vacation per iod.

Other

college studen ts spent the

time

preaching

in

t he i r home

areas.

The

special

campaigns

were held in Umtali . Buhera,

and Gokwe.

Three

s t uden t swen t

to th e

church ded ica t ion in Umtal i .

They

then

remained

th e re fo r a

program of in tensive vis i ta t ion

and evangelism

throughout

the

ci ty. This proved to

be

very

worthwhile

and i t was a

great

experience both in city evange

l i sm

and bush work. While in

Umtali

the

African

church pro

vided meals

and lodging for the

s t u d e n t s .

Two o t h e r s t uden t s and th e

Mashoko

Hospital

Chaplain

went

to Buhera to work wi th one o f

our

Bible

Col lege graduates who

preaches

in tha t a rea . For two

f u l l

weeks

th e s tu den ts v i s i t ed

and preached

in

the

Buhera

Re

serve.

They worked out a system

whereby

each took h is turn in

preaching. They profi ted im

mensely from

this

experience.

Another s t uden t went to Gokwe

and

labored

to revive

the

church

work

in t h a t a r e a . He was mak

ing

cons iderable

progress when

(continued on

page

3

OPEN DOOR TO GHANA

con t i nued )

prayer and thought

has gone

into

this decision. I t

is

completely

in

th e

hands

o f God

as

to

what

He wi l l do wi th

th e

Simkins

in

His

work in

Afr i c a .

ow the

door has

swung open

to

Ghana.

Recently these words

were s en t

in

a l tt r

to B ro th e r

Simkins from

Ghana:

The need i s

urgent

for someone to come to

Ghana as soon as possible to

help es tab l i sh Ghana Chr is t i an

College

for

the

t raining

of

leadership for the churches in

Ghana I am

compelled

to

write

you and ask you to come. The

pos s i b i l i t i e s a f t e r

the

revolu

t ion

of February

24th are fa r

grea t e r than I ever rea l i zed

they would

be...The

young m n of

Ghana,

the preachers of the

established churches are eager

to s tudy th e

Bible

and

r e s to r e

th e Church o f th e

New

Tes tament

posi t ion,

but

th is

can not b e

done wi t hou t

qual i f i ed

t e a c h e r s

to

t r a i n them.

Can you

pos

s ib ly get

a

l e a v e

f rom

Rhode s i a

and

come

and

help

u s . We need

you. The Mace

don ia c a l l i s u r

gen t .

I beg you

th i s urgent

cal l

and very prayerfully '

In

view of the thoughts that

the

Simkins

had concerning the

Ghana work

before

they entered

Rhodes ia ,

one

i s

led

to be l i e ve

that

th is is

the

leading of

the

Lord. The door

is

open The

ca l l has

been extended.

Someone

must walk through and f u l f i l l

the

urgent

request.

I t is not

and easy

dec is ion

to

make

fo r

a ll f ields are

weeping for

work

e rs .

This

f i e ld is whi te unto

harvest .

Dare

we neglect i t?

ovto

WORLD

t o c o n s id e r

very se r ious ly


15/16

STUDENTS EVANGELIZE

(from

page 2

h e

f e l l

s i c k w i t h

m a l a r i a

T h i s

delayed his r e t u r n to school

and

h e

was

a

week

l te

A f t e r the boys re turned they

reported on t h i s work.

I t was

very evident t h a t

such missions

as these were

proved

to a great

b l e s s i n g both t o

the

s t u d e n t s

and

t h e i r

areas i n t o which

they

w e n t

t.

Bible

Co ll eg e S tudents

in Class

My Years

In Bible College

Tangai Mashoko is a s tudent in

the

Bible College

a t Mashoko. He

writes about his

f i r s t

year

in

this c o l u m n

There

i s no

great

s p i r i t u a l

v i c t o r y a C h r i s t i a n

can

win with

out

prayers .

Right

a t

the

s t a r t

of

my study

I received

help

from

many Christ ian friends. They

c o n t r i b u t e d a g r e a t number

of

books which were

of

g re a t b en ef i t

to

my s t u d i e s

T h e r e was a l o t t h a t I

l e a r n e d

in my

f i r s t

year , which w i l l be

most

helpful u n t i l the

day I

wil l

be w i t h C h r i s t I

l e a r n e d

t o

lead

in

prayer,

preach,

sing

hymns

and w i t n e s s f o r C h r i s t

All of these

blessings

came

y

f i r s t

year

of study

and

the

Lord

has

made me so prosperous in Him

only .

During the f i r s t

year

s tudents

preach only a t t h e m is s io n Sec

ond and

third year students

go

out in

the

v i l l a g e s and schools

CYRIL S IMKINS TEACHING

A CLASS AT THE BIBLE COLLEGE

An

Important Decision

B r o t h e r

S i m k i n s

f a c e s

a n

important and far-reaching

decision concerning the work

i n

Ghana .

His

d e s i r e

i s t o do

w h a t

i s

G o d s

w i l l i n

t h i s

m a t t e r

The f i e i r l i n Ghana i s

t r u l y

white

unto harvest a t

this t i m e

I s t h i s

G o d s w i l l

that

he and his family go

to

Ghana? He

is praying

anrl he

i s asking

for the prayers

of

our

readers and a l l

who sup

port the work.

Please

pray

R L P

to preach. During t h i s year I

had the Following

c l a s s e s ;

Bible

Survey, Old Testament History,

Church

History, Life of

Chris t ,

Art and Music, World

History,

and Engl ish .

y second year

of

t raining

was

full

of

changes

and new ex

p e r i e n c e s I f e l t l i k e a

fel low

citizen rather

than a

stranger.

My

sponsors,

Mr Vun Dyke anrl

family, moved

to

Mashoko. Tliis

was a g r e a t

joy to

me because i t

reminded us of the happiness

that we enjoyed together in Hip

po Valley. After Mr Van Dyke s

a r r i v a l

I went w i t h

him

t o

preach in the

vi l lages

and

schools.

I

also began to spend

some time each day helping in

o f f ic e a t the

hospi ta l where Mr

Van Dyke is the manager. At the

same t ime

I o p e r a t e d a

smal l

s t o r e

fo r the

nursing s t u d e n t s

All of this

in addit ion

to my

second year of s t u d i e s in

the

B ib le Co ll ege.


16/16

Future Plans For Mashoko ible College

We have received an unexpected

set-back in

our plans to

move

the

Bible

College

to For t Vic

t o r i a The

farm

which

we

were

planning to

buy

is

now

unavail

ab le

This place

was

s ix

miles

f rom Fo r t

V i c t o r i a

Gove rnmen t

of f ic ia l s are recommending

a-

ga ins t

locat ing the

school

a t

t h i s

site We have no wish t o

buy i t fo r

any

other reason.

The c i ty o f f i c i a l s

of Fort

Vic t o r i a have however

i nd i

ca ted

t ha t

they

wi l l

l e t us

have

a

ten

acre s i te adjoining the

Afr i can a re a o f

th e town.

Th i s

is

being considered by the ci ty

council a t

the present

time. I f

it does

no t

succeed

we

wi l l in

AFRICAN EV NGELIST

published

bimonthly Cor

the

Crntral

Si r i ca

id igs ion

Chu r c h e s o f

Christ

BY

MADISON

PARK

CHRIST IAN CHURCH

2 1 6

No r t h

2 6 th S tr ee t

Quincy Illinois

62301

Second

Cla s s

Pos t age

Paid at

Quincy Illinois

a i l probabil i ty leave the school

at Mashoko We have encoun t e r e d

so many

d i f f icu l t ies

in our plan

t o

move

it

t h a t

we

some t imes

think perhaps

we a re not sup

posed

to move i t

A

fu r the r poss ib i l i ty ar i ses

in

th e

Lundi

Rese rve One

o f

t h e

New Zea l a nd

mi s s i o n a r i e s

i s

going

home permanently and leav

ing a mission s t a t ion open. I t

is a tw en ty -e ig ht a cr e

s i t e tha t

is th i r ty miles from

Dadaya

Mis

s i on

and

f i f t e e n

mi l e s

f rom

th e

c i ty

of Shabani . The New

Zea

l and b r e t h r en have o f f e r ed it to

us

i f we wil l pay for the bui ld

ings. We have already vis i ted

th e

a re a to l ook ove r

th e

site

M i ss io n s Sarvics

Box

963

509 a

Jiff

a r s o n

St

Jolist

Illinois

60434

simkins cyril mary 1966 rhodesia&ghana

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