We found the article "Perspective on
Arab-Israeli Tensions" by William Culbertson and James L. Kelso,
in the June 7 issue of Christianity Today very
interesting.... The June issue of Underground Evangelism
reproduces a page of a Bible completely written by hand in
Russia. Russian and Ukranian believers actually have organized to
thus copy smuggled Bibles so that more may have access to the
truth of God.... A congregation has been planted in Cardiff,
Wales, by Clyde Findlay and William Hurcombe. Cardiff is the
capital of Wale.... Finis Caldwell has resigned from work with
the Bible Chair at Eastern New Mexico University to begin work on
his Doctorate at Baylor University. He will be the new director
of the Bible Chair at Tarleton State College in Stephenville,
Texas.... The Atlanta Declaration Committee, a group of
brethren in the Disciples of Christ, who are opposed to the
Restructure Program of that segment, have just issued a very
attractive booklet entitled, "A Reaffirmation of Convictions and
Concerns." If you are interested you may secure a copy by writing
to my good friend, Dr. Robert W. Burns, 1580 Peachtree Street,
Atlanta, Georgia, 30309.... We regret to chronicle the death on
May 31, of L. R. Wilson, editor of The Voice of Freedom.
Brother Wilson had been ill for a long time.... Gospel
Tidings is running a series of articles on "The Holy Spirit"
from the writings of pioneers in the restoration movement. The
paper is edited by Baxter Loe, 1005 West 24th Street, Odessa,
Texas 79760.... B. and Ruth Shelburne have flown back to their
work in Malawi, Africa, after nine months at home in the
states.... Glenn Olbricht is returning to the United States after
nine years with the congregation at Nurnberg, Germany. Glenn will
begin a new work at Syracuse, New York..... There were 27
immersed at Broadway congregation, Lubbock, Texas, in a special
four-day meeting held by Bill Banowsky, who thus closed his term
of labor with the congregation.... Jimmie Lovell has asked a
number of editors representing various segments of thought to
contribute to a special forum edition of Action, for
November. The purpose is to seek for common grounds of
fellowship. The paper is published at P.O. Box 146, Palos Verdes
Estates, California 90274.... Pearson's Mill Christian Assembly,
near Converse, Indiana, will feature a family weekend camp,
August 30-September 2, with the theme "Every Christian is a
Minister."... During the week of April 7-14 students and faculty
members of Ozark Bible College, Joplin, Missouri "went everywhere
preaching the word," and returned to report a total of 210
immersed into Christ.... Gerald A. Gibson will conduct the campus
ministry at the University of Illinois. Gerald was head of the
Old Testament department at Minnesota Bible College for thirteen
years.... If you will send us three dollars we will send you four
assorted books by J. B. Phillips, C. S. Lewis, and William
Barclay.... Two were immersed into Christ in the sea at Sopot,
Poland, April 28, by our brother W. Dawidow.... Norvel Young was
the Commencement speaker for graduation exercises of Pacific
Christian College. The program was held in First Christian
Church, Long Beach, California.... Roy Osborne spoke at an
informal session of students at University Christian Center,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, May 7.... William
Robert Heid had an article on the subject, "The Located Preacher
and God's Word" in The Word and Work for May, 196.... Inis
Mitchum, Rolla, Missouri, is making satisfactory recovery after
surgery. She and
Martin were with the mission work in Ethiopia for several years,
but do not plan to return to that land.... Many of you will
recall that one-third of the Sunday School children in the little
Christian Church at Aberfan, Wales, were killed when a pile of
slag crushed their school building. The congregation now has a
preacher, Derek Nuttall, and is seeking to carry on in the little
village that is still filled with broken hearts.... We should
like to mention that if you'd like to share this issue of the
paper with others we will send you additional copies upon request
at the rate of ten for one dollar.... We commend the brethren in
Korea for a joint attempt to translate and publish helpful books
and commentaries in the language of the native peoples. They have
already agreed upon 20 books which they hope to bring out. The
work is a joint effort of those who are supported by instrumental
and non-instrumental congregations in the United States. Such
efforts need to be imitated all over this world.... We are
saddened to report that the meetinghouse of the congregation at
Reeds Station, near Carbondale, Illinois, was completely
destroyed by a tornado, last April 3.... The theme for the School
of the Ministry, to be held on Milligan College campus, August
19-23, will be "The Vitality of the Church." Among the special
speakers will be Earl Stuckenbruck, Director of the Institute for
the Study of Church Origins, Tuebingen, Germany, and Matthew
Ikeda, Instructor in Psychology, Valparaiso University. Having
twice been on the program of this seminar I can testify to its
challenge.... The Far East Christian Missionary will
change its name and become a journalistic forum for the entire
mission field, according to Al Hammond, the editor. It will be my
privilege to serve on a committee of an advisory nature dealing
with problems of unity.... Attendance for our evening messages at
Wonder Valley Camp, near Salem, Indiana, averaged 218. Two
afternoon sessions were held for open discussion of the role of
the Christian in the political arena of these days. All of the
meetings were very gratifying in the interest manifested.... We
are saddened by the loss of a long-time friend and brother, Fred
H. Pryor, of Denver, Colorado.... Hubert Locke spoke at Valley
Forge Church of Christ, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, May 19,
and on that evening addressed a gathering of all the churches in
the community at Valley Forge Presbyterian Church....
Congratulations to our brother, Solon Whitehead, Montgomery,
Alabama, who has propelled his wheelchair past the 72nd milestone
of life.... Barry Willbanks, Somerville, Massachusetts, is now
pursuing his studies in Israel and Europe.... Carolyn Houser, of
Oak Hill Chapel, St. Louis, is currently on a tour of the world
with a group of teachers, who will investigate teaching
approaches behind the Iron Curtain.... If you have a set of
Bible Talk, six volumes in three bindings, and you will
sell them, contact Arthur H. Farmer, 260 West 19th Street, Alton,
Illinois 62002.... Our congratulations to Brother Edward Buttram
and wife, Springfield, Missouri, who celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary on June 23. They were a little ahead of us
because Nell and I celebrated our fortieth anniversary the next
day, June 24. The Oak Hill Chapel family took appropriate note of
the occasion.... We note that a lot of people become careless
about renewing at this time of year. We urge you to send three
dollars for a three year renewal and we will send you absolutely
free a copy of the book "The Holy Spirit in Our Lives Today" as
edited by W. Carl Ketcherside. Why not do it today?.... A total
of 445 attended Homecoming services at New Liberty (Illinois).
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