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FRIC NFV NGELIST

CYRIL C.

SIMKINS

Missionary

RHODESIA AFRICA

P/Bag 56 Zaka Rodesia Africa

Forwarding Agent: Robert L. Mize Route 4 Admiral Drive

Concord Tennessee

Vol

3

January

1967

Sin ins

alled

hm el

i

rliuli

CYRIL,

M RY ANN. AND M RY SIMKINS

Cyril Simkins and family wil l be moving

to

Ghana. The

decision

has been madel After much searching

and

prayer by the Simkins and

support ing

churches

and ind iv iduals

i t i s c lea r t ha t the Macedonian

ca l l of

the

people of Ghana can not go

unheeded.

The

Lord

will ing,

th e move

wil l

be made in

February.

The

decision

was not easy. God s wil l is our most cherished de

s i r e

Churches and

individuals in America were

contacted

to pray

and of fe r the i r

advice in

th i s mat ter . One

of

the d ec id in g

fac tors

in

th is

decision was the answer received

from th is

appeal . Not

one

l e t t e r requested t ha t the

S imkins remain

in Rhodesia. Most s ta ted

r-^that

the decision

should be made by

the

Simkins.

Some

recommended

highly

the move to Ghana. The consensus

The move to Ghana wil l not be easy,

but

i t will be accomplished,

the Lord wil l ing and

leading .

yri l and

h is

family are even now

busy closing

out

the i r work and personal a f fa i r s

in

Rhodesia

in

prepara t ion

fo r

the move.

The

readers of

the

FRIC N

EVANGELIST

wi l l be kept

informed

of

a l l plans

and the i r r ea l i za t ion


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Will You Help The Work In Ghana?

We

who

r in the t tes a n d

have

a par t in

the

work of Cyril

Simkins

are t h r i l l e d beyond

w o r d s

o v e r

h is d e c i s i o n

t o e n t e r

G h a n a .

We

w o u l d

l i k e

t o

tell

you the

whole wonderful beauti

ful

story of how

God's

Word

has

found

e n t r a n c e

i n t o t h e

h e a r t s

of

these people. would

like'

to read to you excerpts of t h e i r

l e t t e r s

appealing for missionary

leadership

that

will help them

to know

and obey God's w i l l .

We

would l ike to t e l l you of the

work already done by J e r r y Gib

son,

of

the

plans to

raise

up

n a t i v e

m i n i s t r y

t r a i n e d and edu

cated via

God's Holy

Bible, and

o f t h e

v i s i o n

o f t h e Ghana

C h u r c h .

I f

you are i n t e r e s t e d in our

s e r v i c e s

and o f f e r t o t a l k

w i t h

you personally

about

these great

happenings in Ghana

please

write

one of the fol lowing:

Rober t

Mize,

Rt.

4

Admiral

Dr.

Caj.cerd,

Teaaes.s-ee

3Z72Q

Robert

Pate,

sd Cedardale Dr.

Qulncy,

I l l i n o i s

62301

Ronald

Simkins,

P.O. Box

W i t t

I l l i n o i s 62094

John Dorney,

Camp Point ,

111.

6 2 3

We have

a r e a l

chal lenge

in

the

Lord's Work in Ghana. Jerry

Gibson i n f o r m s us t h a t t h e

field is white unto

harvest .

The

people

are

tremendously

ad-

vanced compared to

others of

A f r i c a .

IfOt the v tJjj W

-iiiaui^r.ea hers.

Recently these

people

even

paid

some

of

the

t r a v e l

expense of

Dick H o s t e t t e r

when

he v i s i t e d

Ghana

i n con

s idera t ion of

moving there.

The

point i s

the

people of Ghana are

laboring

to

help themselves in

respec t to

t h e i r

f a i t h .

are

call ing

on you

to help

provide the

means

whereby

the

Simkins

and

o t h e r s

can

fulfill

t h e i r

part in t h i s great r e s t o r

a t i o n

movement

i n Ghana. The

primary purpose in t h i s work i s

t o make

G o d s t r u t h

a s i n H i s

Word available to these people,

to

preach sound d o c t r i n e

as be

f i t t i n g

people

committed

to

the

c.aiis_e_p_f_ New

Testament, f a i t h

and t o

t r a i n

an

e d u c a t e d m i n i s

tr y to

give

f u l l

proof

of i t s

work i n t h e

Lord .

i s a _3ible._College i s


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Mashoko Bible College Graduates Nine

EIGHT OF

NINE

GRADUATES

Bible College Banquet

The annual banquet

of

Mashoko

Bible College was held in the

mission dining

hal l .

Charles

Bel l was the speaker for the

evening.

The

student

body chose

one of

the

graduates. Tangai Ma

shoko.

to give the s tudent re

sponse. A number

of

awards and

books

were

presented

to

the

_ (graduating s tudents .

The

purpose

//in giving these

books was to pro-

iyvicw^tne gracjuate with

certain

Môls for his own study.

Having

/taught the graduate ow to use

/

the

Bible

and concordance

the

school now

ga.ve^h.im a

Bible with

concordance.

f^ oTHer books

wer e

for

similar purposes.

During

the

banquet

our

third

yea r

s t uden t

r e c i t e d

th e

Grea t

Commiss ion in Greek . Both

o f

th e New

Tes t amen t Greek

s t ud en t s

had made excel lent

progress. In

one

year

they

had gone through

the

Greek

grammar

book up to

the

perfec t tense nea r the end

of

the

book). Both were doing

pass

ing

work

in

vocabulary

and in

t ranslat ing

the

Greek par t ic ip le

(a crucial matter

for

reading

th e

Greek

New Tes tamen t .

Our primly aim is the

maJdjig

ôfprea.cliej^.t-

However we want

to take

the

more

capable

ones

into

advanced

study

so

tha t the

African

Church may be

provided

with

an African

leadership.

During an

impressive cere

mony Sunday

af te rnoon.

November

27 ,

n i n e s t u d en t s r e ce ived

c e r

t i f i c a t e s

and

diplomas.

Eicjht

of

the

graduates

received

two

year

ce r t i f i c a t e s in re l ig ious

education.

They

are

qual if ied

to min i s t e r t o t h e chu r ch e s .

One

received h is th i rd year

diploma and spoke a t the gradu

a t i o n

s e r v i c e . Mr. Ric l i a rd

Smith.

Missionary from

Gwelo.

was our g^raduation speaker.

Noel, .gibanda. th i rd

year

grad-

uate>âve the

morning

message

at ^he

mission

church o Sunday.

It was such a thrilling message

on I reg re t t ed

tha t

i t

was not taped

and sent

t o o ur c h urc h e s

in

t h e st tes

SCHOOL

FOR

MISSIONARY

CHILDREN

Social Hour

The

en t i re

s tudent

body

of

Mashoko

B ib le C olle ge

were gues i s

in th e home o f

Mr.

and

Mrs .

S im-

k i n s . Th i s was t h e f i n a l

on e

o f

a number

of

such soc ia l gather

ings during the school year .

These have

been designed to

give

t h e students

mor e

e a s e

in

mee t

ing

Europeans and in handling

European

th ings .

We

have

not ic

ed considerable

improvement

in

th i s . respec t .

At our l a s t ge t - t oge the r a

Christmas g i f t was given to

each

s t u d e n t .

The

s t u d e n t s

l e a r n ed

to

play

Chinese

checkers and

s c r a b b l e , whi l e we

became

ac

quainted with the i r odd way of

playing

checkers .


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\

Move To Ghana Fulfillment Of Original Plans

by

God works out our plaos ac

cording to

His own way

Three

years ago Cyri l Simkins t r ied

every

conceivable

way

to

go

into

Ghana

via

res ident permit and

work H is

e n t r a n c e

was

den i e d on

no

par t icu lar

grounds. He then

t u rned

to Rhodes i a

as

a

f i e l d in

which to

work.

Many of us

con

ce rned

and

i n t e r e s t e d in th e need

in Ghana continued to pray.

Cyri l

s t a t e d

when

he

w en t to Rhodes i a

t h a t

if God

s hou l d

w i l l

t h a t he

go

to

Ghana,

maybe He

would open

the way

from

Rhodesia.

When

Cyri l

wrote

to

me (as he

did to others) a few months ago

and asked

for

my thoughts on go

ing

into

Ghana now I sent him

the

following

words:

I have come to t h e c o n c l u s i o n

that God

is

opening a door for

you

in Ghana.

In

the f i r s t

is

sue

of

the

African

Evangel ist

we

staged that the h nge in plans

f rom GiranB ra

Rhode s i e

was

d ue

to

the unavai labi l i ty

of

a perma

nen t

r e s i d e n t v i s a It was a l s o

s ta ted tha t

by going

into

Rho

desia

you

might be

able in the

fu tu re to

secure

a way and a

means

of going into Ghana. I

fee l those words

were

most

pro

phetic. God has

apparently

opened the way and

intends

for

you to go now. The f inal decis

ion

has

to be

in

your hands. I

appreciate you asking

for

our

prayers and advice. I

also

ap

preciate

you

turning

to

others

and asking for the i r

opinions.

However, th e f i n a l

dec i s ion God

gives

to you.

Whatever

decision

you

make,

you wil l have my con

t inued,

firm

support, and

I am

s u r e t h a t

o f

all o t h e r s who

now

support

the Lord s work that

you

are doing.

I praise God

for

what He

has

accomplished

already

in Ghana

and

f o r t h e d ir e c t i o n th a t He i s

givi^-4tis->work there.

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AFRICAN

EVANGELIST

CYRIL C.

SIMKINS

Missionary GHANA CHRISTIAN

COLLEGE

Box 1914 Accra, Ghana, West Africa

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

Concord, Tennessee 37720

V o l .

3

May

1967

N o . 2

Attempted oup In hana

Fails

Dateline April 17, 1967) Today

there

has

been

an attempted

coup

in Ghana. At 4:30 A.M.

th e Reconnaisance

Regiment

attempted to take

ove r

th e

government

by f o r c e . The r a d i o announced t h a t th e Natio n al

L i b e r a t i o n Council was

d i s s o l v e d .

The news was br oadcasted only f i v e

minutes b efo re

Mary Ann l e f t

fo r

sch o o l.

Upon

hear ing

o f

t h e t r o u b l e w e c a n c e l l e d

school

p l a n s

fo r th e day for

h e r s i n c e i t was

n e c e s s a r y

t o

pass

c l o s e by

th e

F l a g s t a f f

H o u s e .

The b a t t l e rag ed a l l

morn

ing

a t F l a g s t a f f House, the

Army He a dqua rte rs

here

in

Ac c r a . A ll th e shops

a r e

t i g h t l y

c l o s e d

downtown.

A b o u t t e n o c l o c k t h e r a d i o

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

coup was crushed. We s t i l l

have a governm ent. Although

t h e r e h a s b e e n

no

w o r d f r om

A nk ra h, C hair man

o f t h e N at

i o n a l L i b e r a t i o n

C h a i r m a n t h e

V i c e

C h a i r m a n

a n n o u n c e d

t h a t

th e coup was d efeated an d t h a t

t h e

m u t i n o u s

s o l d i e r s h a d

b e e n

overpowered and the of f icer s

who

had

formed a

m i l i t a r y j u n

t a h a d

b e e n

a r r e s t e d .

Through

i t

a l l everyone

h e r e t h o m e w a s

c a l m

a n d

never unduly

nerv ous. D on t

worry ab o u t u s . God

has

tak en

r e a l

good

c are o f us. We a r e

grateful

to

Him

C.C.S.

Black S t a r

S qua r e wa s th e

s i t e

o f

t h e

n a t i o n a l

c e l e b r a t i o n o n

F eb ru ary 2 4, t h e a n n i v e r s a r y

o f

t h e o v e r t h r o w

o f

t h e

N k r u m a h

g o v ern m en t .

Nkrumah

wa s p r o -

c o m m u n i s t . He

w as

o u s t e d

f r o m

power by

f o r c e and

th e N a t i o n a l

L i b e r a t i o n C o u n ci l wa s s e t

up.

The

l a t t e r

government has been

v e r y

c o n s i d e r a t e

o f

th e

work

o f

t h e c h u r c h i n

G h a n a .

T h e

a b o v e

m o n u m e n t i s

c a l l e d

t h e G h a n a

I n d e

p e n d e n t

A r c h .

WANT A REAL

MI SSI O N PROGRAM?

W r it e

t o ;

R o b e r t Mize, R. 4 , A d m i r a l D r i v e ,

C o n c o r d , T e n n e s s e e 3 7 7 2 0


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UNLIMITED OPPORTUNIT IES IN G H A N A

o week

goes by

without new opportunities

to do God s work coming

forth

verywhere you

turn there is an inquiry about the

Word

of

God Many young

men express

a

longing

to be trained

for the minis

t ry ,

One

re l ig ious

l eade r

who

h a s ten

thousand

fo l lowers h a s

th i r ty-f ive preachers t h a t he

wants to

have t r a i n e d by B r o t h e r

S i m k i n s

a nd

o th er m iss io nar ies .

He is anxious for a

Bible

College

and has o f f e r e d land upon which

to

c o n s t r u c t a c o l l e g e

b u i l d i n g .

A l t h o u g h th i s i s a

t roubled

country

God has

opened

up

th e

land an d the h e a r t s o f p eo p le to

receive

Hi s gospel

of

love peace

and s a l v a t i o n .

Mr

S i m k i n s wr i t e s . I fee l

l ike th e

A p o s t l e

P a u l

must

have

fe l t when he s a i d A

g r e a t

an d

e f f e c t u a l door

is opened

unto us

and the re are many

adve r sa r i e s .

Th e r e

a r e

h i n d e r e r s

and h in

d r a n c e s . b u t th e power

o f

God

is

f e l t

by u s.

We

know tha t he

di rec t s

a l l

th ings

toward

th e

co un se l o f H is own will.

T r u l y i t can be sa id tha t

Ghana o f f e r s the g r e a t e s t oppor

tun i ty f o r

th e

New T es t amen t

Chu r c h that w e h a v e in t h e wo r l d

t o d a y . We in

th e

Sta tes

d a r e

n o t

f a i l in m eetin g th e c h a lle n g e o f

Ghana.

We

must

now

r i se

up

and

make poss ib le

th e

tools and

th e

means

by

which

tlie

work

can

be

d o n e .

Wou ld

Y o u

Help?

T h e

w or k in G ha na i s start

ing from

sc ra tch

as

fa r

a

needed

equipment is

concerned

Do

yo u

b el o n g o r know o f

g r o u p

with in the loca l c h u r c

t h a t wou ld

be

i n t e r e s t e d i

f u r n i s h i n g

some

o f

th e

missio

n eed s . A pa r t i a l l i s t i s a

f o l l ows .

1

Tape

Reco rd er

2 . A ir C o n di t io n er s

3 . Po l a r o i d

C a m e r a

I . 16

Film P r o j e c t o r

5.

Desks for Bible College

^ ^Come T o Us

GHANA S

MOST POWERFUL CHIEFTAIN

Prempeh

I I

is

th e

ch ie f

of

all th e Ashan t i and

i s

c a l l e d

th e Asha n t i - h e n e . H e i s

t h e

most p o w erfu l

chie f ta in

in

a l l

Ghana. He i n v i t e d

C y r i l Simkins

to

c ome

to u s . Af t e r their

co n feren ce

he

gave land in

th e

K u m a s i

a r ea

f o r

a

chu r ch and

f u t u r e s c h o o l .

This

impressive

man

belongs

to a t r i b e

t h a t

w a s neve r

d e

fe a te d in

t r i ba l

w a rs

o r by th e

E n g l i s h .


7/12

T W O M O N T H S I N

G H A N A

G od s a cc om pl is hm en ts in Ghana

during

the past two months

f i l l s

our

hearts

with

joy.

ow g r a t e f u l we a re t h a t the

Lord

works out

His own way

to

do His work

a t

th e hands of d e d i c a t e d s e r v a n t s . I t

was

d if f ic u lt

to

understand

why

Cyril

and Mrs Simkins were

delayed

for

two

years before entering this country. Now

we

know

that

od

did the delaying for

a

purpose.

Two y ears sp ent

els ew here in

A f r i c a

paid o f f

in

lessons

learned

and

e x p e r i e n c e

clo ck ed .

Moreover, the work now

being

d o n e

c o u l d n o t h a v e m a t e r i a l i z e d

under the

pro-communist

reign

of

N k r u m a h .

And if

N k r u m ah

h a d a c

c e p t e d

th e

Simkins i n t o

th e

co u n try

two

y e a r s

ago, th e

p re

s e n t g ov er nm en t w hi ch

ove r thr e w

Nkrumah) w o u l d

h a v e

n o t w e l c o m e d

t h e m

I n

ll

t h e

w o r l d t h e r e i s n o

f i e l d as

r i ch fo r the

Gospel

of

J e s u s

C h r i s t a n d H i s w o n d e r f u l

c h u r c h

a s l a n d o f

G h a n a . T h i s

f i e l d is

th e

most promising

mis

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

we

h a v e .

T h e

p e o p l e

a r e

more

a d v a n c e d t h a n

any o t ^ r

A^rican

nation. They

a r e

a n x i o u s

t o

l e a r n t h e truth

i n

G o d s w o r d .

At

th e

p r e s e n t t i me 30 s t u

dents a re

r egi st er ed a t

th e

B ib le C o lle g e

a t

Accra, These

men on th e most

p a r t

a r e high

school

g r a d u a t e s ; a l l

a re stu d y

ing

to

be

p r e a c h e r s .

I f th e

f ilities

w e r e

a v a i l a b l e

t h e r e

c o u l d b e a n e n r o ll m e n t o f 1 0 0 o r

more w i t h o u t s a c r i f i c i n g th e

q u a l i t y

o f th e s t u d e n t

We need branch c o l l e g e s in

ke y c i t i e s throughout Ghana.

T h e

l a n d

h a s

b e e n m a d e

a v a i l a b l e

in

one c i t y

by G ha na s second

most

powerful

c h i e f . He has even

offered

an e n t i r e campus as a

s i t e for a preacher

t r ai ni ng

s c h o o l T h i s

o f f e r i n c l u d e s t h e

b u i l d i n g s . I t is easy

to

count

o n t le st 1 0 0 m i n i s t e r ia l s t u

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

We

need

th e p e r s o n n e l t o t a k e

ad v an t ag e o f

such

o f f e r s We

n e e d

men w ho

w i l l

w o r k f o r t h e

Lord in s p i t e

o f th e d i r t and

d i s e a s e

a n d d i s c o m f o r t s o f a

c o u n t r y

t h a t

s e t s r i g h t on t h e

e q u a t o r

L a s t month a group o f p e o p le

d e s i r e d fellow ship

w ith

the Sim

k i n s a n d o t h e r s T h e r e

w e r e

o v e r

5 , 0 0 0

o f th em . Mr

S i m k i n s

a n d M r. H o s t e t t e r a n d M r. G i b s o n

made

i t

c ry st a l c le ar concerning

th e te ac hin gs of th e New T e s t a

m e n t

C h u r c h

A t t h e c o n c l u s i o n

t h e i r

l e a d e r s s e t

f o r t h t h e i r

d e s i r e

to bring th e

people i n t o

t h e

r e s t o r a t i o n m o v e m e n t .

T h i s

brings to

10,000

th e

number

of

people

brought into fellowship

w i t h t h e r e s t o r a t i o n m o v e m e n t i n

the past two months. There

is

yet much

f o r

them

to

l e a r n ,

but

th e o p p o r t u n i t y

to

teach

them

has

been

g i v e n .

In a d d i t i o n

to

t h i s a p r e s i d

ing

bishop o f an A frican church

lias ex p ressed

i n t e r e s t

in

send

ing

some o f h is

preachers to th e

c o l l e g e

f o r B i b l e work. Each

day

b r i n g s new

o p p o r t u n i t i e s

t v

;i i111

ii

A SH A N TI ROYAL T RA DIT IO NA L D RE SS


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20 , 000

URGENTLY NEEDED FOR

BIBLE COLLEGE

Eric

Danquali spent

four

years in Nkrumah s

prison witliout liaving

a single

cliarge

placed against liim. His uncle, J .B. Danquah died

in tha t prison.

I f

he were l iving

today

in

a l l

probabi l i ty he would

be the

president of

Ghana National Liberation Committee. Eric a r

ranged

for us

to

come

into

contact

with

the Omanhene

of

the

Akim-

Abuakwa State . This powerful chief ta in invited us to come

vis i t

him

during

the t rad i t ional council

meeting at Kibi,

This

was

the

most

splendid

gathering of cliiefs tha t I

have

eve r w itn es sed. As we came

in

our eyes were f i l led with the

royal regalia

of

over 100 chiefs

s i t t ing around the room. The Omanhene,

Ofori-Atta

I I was s i t t ing

upon his throne. He had been

de-throned

emoved from office) by

Nkrumah, but he was res tored a f t e r

the

February 24 overthrow of

Nkrumah s

regime. This great man wants to

give

us a s i te for a

preacher

t ra in ing

s ch ool. (C .C .S .)

The need is urgent for 20 ,000 .00 to be used for the necessary

equipment,

supplies

and

buildings

for

the

Bible College. I know of

no other way to ra i se th is money except by

appealing to

you who

read

with

i n t e res t

of the work in Ghana. Any church tf iat

i s

in te res ted

in

adding

the Ghana Bib le College project to i ts missionary giving

need only

to

wri te

to Robert Mize. Concord, Tennessee.

John Dorney,

Camp Point, I l l inois , or to Robert Pate, 215 N. 25th,

Quincy.

I l l i

nois,

and a l l questions

will

be

immediately

answered.

Speaking

en

gagements will be accepted. Right now, I call upon

our

readers to

increase

the i r

missionary

giving

through

the i r

local church

and de

signate i t

for

the

H N

CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Robert Mize, Route 4,

Admiral

Drive ,

Concord,

Tennessee .

37720.

R.L.P. )

AFRICAN EVANGILIST

published bimonthly for

the

Cen t ra l

Afr ica

i t l i ss ion

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

BY

MADISON

PARK

CHRIST IAN CHURCH

216

Nor th

26 t h S t r e e t

Quincy, I ll inois

62301

Second

Cla s s Pos t age

aid

Qu incy , llinois

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Sorv ice

Box 968

509 iV

J^ f for son 3 t .

Jo l i 2 t . I lUno i a

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FRIC NEV NGELIST

CYRIL C SIMKINS Missionary GH N CHRISTI N COLLEGE

Box 1914 Accra Ghana

West

Africa

Forwarding Agent: Robert L MIze Route 4 Admiral Drive

Concord Tennessee 37720

Vol

ulv

967

No.

3

Bible

College und

Needed

Now

The

great sin gle need for

the

work in

Ghana

is

a

fund whereby

Ghana

Christ ian College

can

be

gin a

building

program. The

regula r funds for Mr and Mrs.

S imk in s a r e in c o n s t a n t and im

m ed ia te u se

due

t o th e

t r emen

dous

oppor tuni t ies

as

well

as

the

uncommonly high

cost

of l iv

ing

in Ghana The

high

rental

used

by the col lege necess i t a t es

immed ia te a c t i o n

The need

for

expansion is al

so a

prime

factor in raising the

necessary

funds

to

bui ld a co l

lege

building. Every

indication

is

that

the

work

of

training

African

evangelists can expand

as f a s t as f a c i l i t i e s can be

provided. At present

the

col

lege

is

re s t r i c t ed In tha t we

can

only

accommodate

a little

under twenty

students.

Any

o t h e r s must l i v e e l s ewhe r e in

the c i t y

t

i s ou r conv i c t i o n

t h a t

we

need to l o c a t e in an a re a o f th e

city where we

can

expand

as the

oppor tun i t i e s con tinue to de

velop.

We need a dormitory

and

a building

to house the class

rooms. We need

an

a r e a where

th e s tu d e n ts can e a t

and

t a k e

care

of

the i r

personal

needs.

Our present building

is

at t rac

t i v e and se rves us wel l but it

TEMPORARY LOCATION OF

GH N

CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

Oppor tun i t ies

Ev e r ywhe r e

We

hope tha t

you

can

see

from

a l l

our

repor t s

t h a t

the t ra in

ing

of

preachers is of

f i r s t

im

portance

in Ghana. Opportuni

t i e s a re everywhere .

Jus t t h i s

morning before I

l e f t

the house

for

the

college a bishop

of

a

re l ig ious

group came to

the

house

to

invite

me

to

come

and

visit h is

chu r ch

He i s

in

t e r e s t e d

in

th e

s e r v i c e s o f o u r

young

men.

Here

is

ano ther

great opportunity to preach

sound

doctrine. The big ques

t ion is. Who can we put in? The

Bib l e

Co l l e g e i s th e answer

does not g ive us th e room t h a t

we n e e d


10/12

Ghana s Cost Of Living Fund Raisers Meet

Tlje other day I was

s i t t ing

in

the off ice of a bank manager and

clianced

to

comment on the high

cost

of l iv ing. His answer was,

h ighes t in the w orld . I do not

know if

t h i s

was i n t ended

as

a

f a c t u a l s t a t emen t

o r

no t . P e r

haps it.

was

ju s t a reac t ion ,

but

i t

cer tainly expressed my fee l -

i ngs.

In o rd e r to unde r s t a nd t h i s we

need to t h i nk back ove r what has

happened

in

Ghana during recent

years .

I t

has only been a year

since

many

Americans looked

upon

Ghana as a par t ly

communist

s ta te . Communism always ru ins a

country.

Under

the former commu

ni s t administrat ion

the

economy

o f Ghana was

r u i n ed .

The

present government i s do

ing

a l l

tha t

i t can

to

s tab l ize

the economy,

but

country

was

in

debt and a l l the money was

gone

when

i t

came

to

power.

Nkrumah

put

seventeen mil l ion

dol la rs

in

Swis s banks wh i l e he was in

power. He s to le the money from

his

government. I asked

about

this and the reply was,

That

was

only

one of the

banks

he had

money

in . Last

week

we

read

in

one of

the local papers

where the

government was

invest igat ing the

disappearance of

social

security

funds.

Workers had put in lb

cedis into socia l securi ty but

they were never

ac tua l ly

covered.

Nkrumah

col lected

the money for

h im s e l f .

e

have

no way of checking out

such informat ion ,

but we do know

tha t the country

i s in a

finan

c ia l bind.

have to

pay 1.40

to get one Cedi ,

yet othe r

governments

refuse

the Cedi in

payment

of debts. Consequently

we

have to

pay two or

three Cedis

for a r t i c l e s tha t

should only

c o s t , u s

on

If you send anything

to

Ghana

r emembe r

t h a t

cu s t oms

c o s t s a r e

100

of tlie va lue of the

a r t i c l e .

L

Left to Right - John Dorney ob

Pa t e ,

Bob

Mize,

and Ron Simkins

The

four

men

above

met

a

few

weeks ago to d iscuss the means

to

challenge our

people

in

the

States

to raise

20,000.00 to

construct a building for Ghana

Christian

College. The meeting

was held in

the

home

of Robert

Mize. Concord, Tennessee. Bob

is

Forwarding Agent for

Cyril

S imk in s .

John

Dorney, Chairman

of

the

Ghana

Christian

College

Building

Fund,

i s

mini s t e r of

the

Chr i s t

ian Church of Camp

Point.

I l l i

nois .

Robert

Pate , minis te r for

e ight years

a t Madison Park

Christian Church, Quincy, I l l i

nois . lias accepted a

cal l

to the

First Christian

Church Dodge

City , Kansas,

and wil l move

the re

next

month. Ron

Simkins

ministers to the

church at

Witt,

Ill inois.

However

art icles

sent as

gifts

to Ghana

Christian

College

are

duty

f ree .

The government

is

doing a su

perior job in solving

the

pro

blem.

Occasionally

we

can

now

buy some th ings

less

than

what

we

would pay in

the

Sta tes .

I t should also be pointed

out

t h a t ou r mission

work wi l l

not

require

the

building

of secon

dary schoo l s .

This

means tha t

the

t o t a l i nves tment

o f m iss ion

funds in

Ghana wi l l

be less than

in o ther count rie s per work done

and people

contac ted.


11/12

Candid

Quest ions And Frank

Answers

On Ghana

QUESTION

Do we have a great ,

opportun

i ty in Ghana?

ANSWER:

The

Answer i s ,

YESI

QUESTION

Is

there a

big

New Testament

Church in

Ghana?

ANSWER:

The

answer

i s No,

bu t

t h e r e

i s a

movement

t oward

t h e New

Te s t amen t

Chu r ch .

QUESTION

Are many people

l i s tening

to

you?

ANSWER:

Yes, many are

l i s ten ing

to

what

we have

to

say

from-

God's

Word .

QUESTION

Do

these people understand

ful ly

the teaching

of Scripture?

ANSWER:

No t h a t s why we

are here.

QUESTION

Are

they

wil l ing

to

learn?

ANSWER:

Many

of

them are will ing to

learn

Th i s

is more true

t h a n

in many places.

QUESTION

Are

the

missionaries making

any converts?

ANSWER:

de f in i t e ly are , but we

let

th e

Af r i c an b r e t h r e n

do

mos t

of

the

baptizing.

QUESTION

Are

there any who

understand

and preach New

Testament

doc

trine

ANSWER:

Yes,

t h i s i s

th e aim

o f Ghana

Chris t ian

College.

Some of our

s tudents

are

strong in the

fa i th.

QUESTION

Is

Ghana Chris t ian College

making

a

success of

t h i s?

ANSWER:

The succe s s i s

e xc e l l e n t . It

i s

almost phenomenal for the

s choo l to show such

f i ne

r e s u l t s

in

the

f i r s t

year ,

QUESTION

Do we l ave a

church in

Ghana?

ANSWER:

Certainly

there is a church

in Ghana. Never theless ,

i t

is

too early

to know what we

wi l l

have

in

Ghana.

Only

the

ground

work

ha s been

l a i d .

QUESTION

Wha t

a b o u t

t h e t h o u s a n d s w ho

want to jo in the res tora t ion

movemen t ?

ANSWER:

I t is

a g rea t v ic to ry when we

can e n t e r t h e s e movements , o r

when

they

come to us.

This gives

us

the

opportuni ty

to

preach

the

truth

QUESTION

What do you mean by a res tor

ation

movemen t ?

ANSWER:

A movement wi th i n th e chu r ch

that is h e ad ed to wa rd a

New

T e s t

amen t

Chu r c h .

QUESTION

Do you regard the res tora t ion

movement

as

a New

Te s t amen t

Chu r c h ?

ANSWER:

We

have

a

new

Te s t amen t Church

here , but

most of the movement

l a c k s much. The id ea o f a r e s t o r

a t ion movement presupposes tha t

it i s

no t

a New

Tes t amen t

Churcli .

If

it

were it

wou l d n t

need r e

stor ing

and we

wouldn't

need to

b e h e r e .

QUESTION

I s

t h e r e

f a l s e

d o c t r i n e

in

these c h u r c h e s ?

ANSWER:

Yes,

th is is always t rue when

a missionary is needed. The Gos

pel will separate the

wheat from

th e

c h a f f .

QUESTION

Can

you

see

any

progress

in

t h e

chu r ch e s ?

ANSWER:

see grea t progress . Someof

tliem have offered to change any

thing tha t is not sc r ip tu ra l . I t

i s

th r i l l ing to

be in a grea t

s t ruggle

for t r u th .

NATIONAL

MISSIONARY CONVENTION

PndnR C i tv Kan s a s


12/12

G H A N A C H R I S T I A N COLLEGE

Ghana Cliristian Colleje has a

tearliiny s taff

of three

professors,

Richard

Hostetter,

Gerald Gibson,

and Cyril Simkins. These teachers

have Bible College

Degrees

and Master s

Degrees

from universit ies in

America These are

the

three men who originally planned to go to

Ghana together. A replacement will be

needed

for

Professor

Gibson

as he

will

be

returning

to teach

at

Minnesota

Bible College

this

fall

Ghana Christ ian College

is

located near the Technical Inst i tu te

on the north side of Accra. I t began the second term of the 1966-67

year with an

enrollment

of 23

regular

students and 3 special stu

dents. One of

these

had to leave because we had no way of furnishing

him his meals and he had no funds to purchase his own The school

will

grow

as

we

have

inquiries

every week but growth is dependent

on

expanding

ou r

f a c i l i t i e s

African serves as business manager Almcst everything that

the

school

buys

or

has built has been done

through

him Djan

ddo

is an

invaluable

man to us in every way The school also has an

African disc ip l ine committee.

The

building

is a two story s t ructure The classes meet in

the

large room downstairs and in one

of

the

smaller

upstair rooms The

l i b ra ry

and

an

o f f ic e is

a lso loca ted

on

th e second

f l oo r with l iv

ing

quarters

fo r Djan Addo. All the s tudents are

housed

in rooms on

the

ground f loor.

When we

a r r i ved here there

were

bunks but

no

mat t re sses Since

then

we

have

furnished the building with mattresses for the bunks,

tables

for desks,

and

built

shelves for the

books in

the

l ibrary.

We

pay 70 pounds a month in rent for the building. This is the

equivalent to 200.00 in American money These expenses are shared

equal ly by the three teachers. As you can

see

we need

to

build as

soon as poss ib le

FRI N

[VANGILIST

published

bimonthly

for the

Crn t ra l

Sfr t in

id i sd ion

Churches o f

C h r i s t

By

M A D I SO N

P A R K

C H R I S T I A N C H U R C H

2 I S

N or th

2 6 t h S t r e e t

Quincy, I l linois

62301

Second

C lass P os tag e

Paid

at

Q u i n c y

Illinois

V j l

I I i s s ions G e r v i c a

Box

9 63

5 0 9 V/

J o f f a r c o n

St

J o l i o t

I l l i n o i s 60434

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