It will be a pleasure to meet a number of our
friends when I address the homecoming at Johnson Bible College,
Kimberlin Heights, Tennessee, February 14-16.... I have agreed to
speak at the annual banquet of the Student Christian Foundation
which carries on a work for Christ on the University of Tennessee
Campus. The banquet will be on the evening of February 16, and
the theme will be "Commandoes for Christ."... Four were immersed
into Christ in the meeting which we conducted at Beech Grove,
Arkansas, where the crowds were excellent. We closed with a full
house and good interest.... I will be speaking at the Second
Annual Brush Arbor Meeting, Fairfield, North Carolina, June 24,
1967. This is an attempt to recapture and reproduce the
background of the "Cane Ridge Revival" and last year there were
hundreds in attendance from many parts of the east. It is
estimated that the audiences this year will be even greater....
We urge all who live in the area to remember the meetings on
fellowship and unity to be held at Columbia, Missouri, February
23, 24. The series will be held on Thursday night, Friday morning
and afternoon at Westside Christian Church, and information may
be secured by writing to Lowell E. McCoy, 1108 West Ash Street,
Columbia, Missouri 65201. We will be privileged to speak at the
banquet of the college-university class on Friday night.... It
will be a privilege to teach at the Southern California
Minister's Seminar at Edendale Camp, a spot in the hills a few
miles southeast of Los Angeles, February 27, 28, March 1. My good
fortune will be to be associated with James Earl Ladd of Puget
Sound College of the Bible, and I will be presenting five lessons
on the epistle to the Hebrews.... I will be back in California a
couple of weeks later, but at a different place and on a
different theme. The congregation of saints meeting at Gardena
(14521 South Normandie) has arranged a series of meetings for
high school and college youth during the daytime, and for the
congregation at night, March 19-24. The studies will deal with
how to make the gospel effective in a pagan culture, and will be
inspirational in nature. Information can be secured from Gene
Rogers, 14521 South Normandie, 90247.... We especially urge all
of our friends and brethren in Kansas to share with us in a
spiritual battery-charging program with the Riverside
congregation meeting at Wichita, Kansas. Services will be held
nightly March 6-10. Robert Meyers serves the congregation and
information may be obtained by writing him at 867 Spaulding
Street, Wichita, Kansas 67203. This meeting will be different and
will feature discussions on how to get the saints out of their
cement structures so they can become concrete
servants for Christ.... Richard and Judy Hardman left Los Angeles
on December 31 for mission work in Samoa. They still need some
additional support but have gone on faith. The address is Box
968, Pago Pago, American Samoa.... Stuart and Marilyn Cook, who
labor in Johannesburg, South Africa, will be joined by the Roger
Vickroy family of Rapids City, Illinois. The brethren have
recently purchased a meetinghouse in Johannesburg.... Tom and
Libby Fife and family mailed a most interesting seasonal letter
of greeting from Goiania, Goia, Brazil, in which they state that
the four congregations of saints in Goiania are all doing
well.... Larry Stephens, who is a graduate student in history at
Fort Hays Kansas State College is going to do a thesis on current
attempts to solve the problem of disunity between Christian
Churches and Churches of Christ. His address is Wooster Place E
7,
Hays, Kansas.... Our good and friend and brother, Barry
Willbanks, will be serving the cause in metropolitan Boston,
while doing work on his doctorate at Harvard Divinity School. The
congregation currently meets in Bedford, Massachusetts. Barry may
be contacted at 9 Claremon, Apt. 3, Somerville, Massachusetts
02144.... Although we do not know the price as yet, we will
receive advance reservations for the book containing the speeches
on "The Holy Spirit" delivered at the Hartford Forum. These
messages from men of divergent backgrounds should be read by
every Christian.... We urge those who want to share MISSION
MESSENGER with their brethren to write for special quantity
rates. What a wonderful thing it would be if a teacher regularly
made these messages available to his class. The cost can be
relatively little.... We have addressed a letter to the editor of
The Optimist, Abilene Christian College Student Newspaper,
respectfully challenging the student body to "hear the other side
of the subject of fellowship as opposed to the exclusivistic and
monastic closed-door policy of the 'Churches of Christ.'" We will
keep our readers informed of developments.... Bert Ellis, Pusan,
Korea, writes about "a grass-roots movement of concerned
Christians who can see the folly of de-nominationalism among a
minority group such as the Christians are in Korea." The
participants came from many denominations to discuss their
problem in love and intense concern. It could well be that
history will repeat itself and the churches on mission fields
will light the way to better things for the churches back
home.... Do not get tired of us reminding you of the need of our
brother, Diosdado P. Menor, Calapan, Oriental Mindoro,
Philippines, for funds to purchase a long carriage typewriter for
use in literature work among his people. What a shame that we
must beg repeatedly for such help from a people who drive to
meeting richly clad and in shiny air-conditioned automobiles
while ignoring such pleas of native brethren.... We would like to
see our readers investigate the book "God is Not Dead" by Gordon
H. Girod and especially the chapter on "The New Universalism." We
will send you a copy for $2.95.... Speaking of books this will be
our last mention that you can secure a copy of "Deep Roots"
containing all of our issues of last year for the special price
of $2.49. It will cost you $2.95 after March 1, so we urge you to
send a postal card now and reserve as many as you wish at the
reduced price for advance orders.... We are indebted to the
following who sent us beautiful colored pictorial calendars of
their area: John S. Fulford, Mowbray, Cape Province, Africa; Tom
and Annie Nisbet, Haddington, Scotland; Fred and Hilda Hardy,
Morley, Yorkshire, England; and May Herring, Fairview, Nova
Scotia.... We also appreciate the first day covers with stamps
attached from various countries which have been sent by brethren
and friends.... Mont Smith, reports from Kiramu, Ethiopia, that
87 Ethiopians attended meetings in his living room in one
week.... Alvin Nicholson says that the new church building at
Gcilima, south of Port Shepstone, Natal, South Africa, was packed
for all three services on opening day.... Brethren Spencer and
Prather have started preaching at two Haitian labor camps on
Northern Andros in the Bahamas.... Philip Ho and wife have
embarked for India, sent forth by Ninth Street Church of Christ,
Eldon, Missouri.... Motoyuki Nomura reports 25 souls added as a
result of his work at Motosu Camp, in Japan.... Ralph Burcham,
Saigon, Vietnam, reports they could go on three more radio
stations if they had the tapes.... Wayfull and Helen Jew will go
to Japan next spring with the intent of starting a rural ministry
on the island of Tanegashima.
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