The series of studies in Escondido,
California brought an average attendance of 300 per night, and
reached 150 for the daytime question forums. Brethren were
present from many areas of the state.... If you are a student in
college or university we will mail you absolutely free a copy of
the book Simple Trusting Faith, a volume on apologetics by
W. Carl Ketcherside. All you need to do is to send your request
personally, giving us name and address, and mentioning the school
where you are enrolled.... Warren Bell has been called to the
faculty of San Jose Bible College, to teach in the fields of New
Testament and Oral Communications.... Thanks to John Fulford, who
labors in South Africa, for a beautiful colored calendar from
that area of the world.... If you live in the area of DeKalb,
Illinois, why not secure our books from Kingdom Kraft, 1031 South
First Street (60115)? They may even have Christian
Commandos in stock, although we no longer have them here....
A tremendous Unity Forum is shaping up for April 29-May 1, at the
Farmers Building, Indiana State Fairgrounds. This is one you must
not miss if you can get there. It will really cut across lines.
You can secure a complete program by writing to John R. Lee, 7264
North Hague Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46256.... The
College-Career Class at First Christian Church, Ferguson,
Missouri, is raising funds to purchase a Toyota station wagon for
use by Lillian Martin, a black sister who is a missionary in
Taiwan. She spends much of her time working with spastic children
and is one of only two qualified physical therapists in the
southern half of Taiwan. Send a check to Lillian Martin Car Fund,
care of Dean Hickerson, 303 North Elizabeth Street, Saint Louis,
Missouri 63135.... If you would like to become involved in
sharing the message of MISSION MESSENGER, why not write for the
special rate for 25 copies per month to one address.... I lost a
great friend and brother when Forest Tabor, of Fairplay,
Kentucky, was summoned to be with Jesus.... Would you like to
hear the tapes of my meetings in Sacramento, California, where
the subject of fellowship was openly explored and my position
just as openly questioned? You can borrow these tapes or buy them
at a very minimal price if you will write to A. V. Mansur, Route
3, Box 278, Galt, California 95632. The Sacramento meetings were
important. Why not play the tapes for your class?... The
Canadian Christian Harbinger is worth your reading. Ask
for a copy by writing to P.O. Box 220, Station N, Toronto 14,
Ontario, Canada.... The Christian Appeal is an attractive
little journal which would make an excellent distribution piece
for hospitals, offices, and waiting-rooms. If you have not seen
it write for a sample to 4220 West 11th Avenue, Amarillo, Texas
79106.... The Gospel Speaker is a quarterly published at
428 West Ninth Street, Concordia, Kansas 66901. The fall edition
carried a reprint of the article by Alexander Campbell on the
origin of demons.... The Concerned Christian, published at
2912 West Lawrence Lane, Phoenix, Arizona 85021, devotes a good
deal of its space to discussion of marriage, divorce and
re-marriage. It has contributed a good deal of information
concerning adultery, and other kindred terms in Biblical
literature.... Andrew J. Hairston, a black brother of eminent
ability in Atlanta, Georgia, was given a well-deserved listing in
the volume "Personalities of The South."... Robert E. Gulledge,
211 South Arch, Jerseyville, Illinois, has compiled an attractive
folder on the theme "The Lord's Day by Early Christian Writers."
It is designed to be
used as a tract. Send Bob a stamp and ask for one.... If your
subscription to MISSION MESSENGER is due to expire this year,
will you please renew now, and send three dollars for three full
years? This will help to eliminate a great deal of bookkeeping
and Nell will really appreciate that.... If our precious Lord
wills I hope to see a number of you at Newport, Oregon, March
15-19, when I will be conducting nightly studies on "The Holy
Spirit in Our Lives Today." I will be speaking on the person,
purpose, performance, power and peace of the Spirit, in that
order. Write to Robert Church, First Christian Church, 809 S. E.
Second Street, Newport Oregon 97365, or call him at 265-2531....
I am to be at Logan, Kansas, April 5-9, and if you can come be
sure to contact Richard D. Hofaker. The zip code is 67646.... We
have a great meeting planned at Phoenix, Arizona, April 26-30. It
is our hope to make practical suggestions for resumption of
association and fellowship which was disrupted by the factional
attitudes of the past. Come if possible!... I will be at
Yellowgrass, Saskatchewan, and at Regina, April 16-18.... May
12-14 I will be speaking at the Central Ohio Ministers'
Fellowship, at Columbus, Ohio, on "Growing Up in Our
Understanding of Christian Unity."... May 24-28 I will be at
James River Chapel, south of Springfield, Missouri, developing a
series of talks on the relevance of Jesus in this age of
revolution. I hope you can make it!... Among the many other
places at which I will be this year I want to mention in advance
the Blue Ridge Men's Clinic, August 27, 28. Beauford Bryant and
Clarence Greenleaf will be on the same program. They are great
men of God. I will tell you about a lot more meetings later.... I
hope you do not get tired of my mentioning it, but we will send
you my long play recording entitled "Fellowship for the Lonely
Crowd" if you will send a check for only three dollars. The
supply is getting very limited, and you should hurry if you want
one.... If you do not have a copy of my book Deep Roots,
there are less than a hundred remaining. The price is $2.95 and
we think you will feel it is a real bargain.... "Speaking in
Tongues," the speech by Edward Fudge at The Hartford Forum, can
be secured by sending fifty cents to C.E.I. Publishing Co, Box
858, Athens, Alabama 35611.... Have you read "The Church at the
End of the Twentieth Century," by Francis A. Schaeffer? This
clothbound volume is $3.95. It deals meaningfully with the
question of whether the institutional church is dying.... The
January issue of Mission, published at P.O. Box 2822,
Abilene, Texas 79604, was powerful medicine. If you merely want
your prejudices re-arranged this is not the magazine for you....
Volta á Biblia, a magazine published by missionaries in
Brazil, is offered free to Portugese-speaking people anywhere in
the world. Correspondence should be addressed to Glover Shipp,
Caixa Postal 1514, Belo Horizonte, M.G., Brazil.... Our theme
next month is "The Indwelling Spirit." You will like it!... The
Chantiers Quartet, Box 634, Mattoon, Illinois 61938, has a long
play album of a cappella gospel songs, for only $4.00, and they
are good. Write them as above.... It was my privilege to address
a full house at First Church of God, Sullivan, Illinois, at an
Interfaith Council meeting studying the unity of believers. John
Fleener acted as moderator for the question period and Harold
Shasteen directed the singing.... We commend Darrell Bolin for
his work with inmates at Rockview Prison, in Pennsylvania. He is
communicating with these men in an effective fashion and deserves
our prayers and thanks.
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