Herald of Holiness Volume 83 Number 10 (1994)

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Herald of Holiness Volume 83 Number 10 (1994)
Wesley D. Tracy (Editor)
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FEATURES
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Grandparenting After the Children Divorce
CAROLINE RAY
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H oliness and H alloween
DANNY GODDARD
14 The Evangelist in a Changing World
BILLY GRAHAM
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Nazarenes Contribute to National Conference
MARK GRAHAM
18 Evangelists in Dialogue
NELSON PERDUE
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Taken Inventory Lately?
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CURTIS LEWIS, JR.
32 A Burning in the Bosom
IOHN CONLON
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By Grace Alone
CARL M. LETH
CONTINUING COLUMNS
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W h en You Pray,
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Mentoring Moments
WESLEY
. TRACY
I CAN EITHER LET THIS NAG m y blood
p r e s s u r e to u n h e a lth y h e ig h ts , I
thought, or I can try to m ake the best
o f it. I lifted a prayer asking for an
extra dose o f grace.
The flight from Los A ngeles was
o v e r b o o k e d . N o t o n e s p a r e s e a t.
W hen I got to my assigned seat, 24D, it was already taken. T here were
three seats in the row. A m other and
tw o c h ild r e n w e re a lre a d y f illin g
them.
I fished for m y ticket stub, “ Did I
re a d th is w ro n g ? ” I a s k e d lo u d ly
enough for the m om to hear. “No, it
says 24-D .”
T he m o th e r sco o p ed up the tw oyear-old. “ C om e on in. T h a t’s y our
seat. Tam m y here is a lap child. S h e’s
m ore than tw o, but I lied about h er
age— saved $370.”
O ne m ore fu rtiv e g lance to ld me
there was not another seat to be had. I
settled into the seat vacated by twoy e a r - o ld T am m y . I fo u n d o u t h e r
name soon because she was energeti
cally kicking m e and scolding, “G et
out. G et out.” She had new sneakers.
The kind with lights in the heels that
flash when you m ove your feet. She
was adm iring her flashing feet as she
kicked m y kneecaps.
“ I c a n ’t c o n tro l th e se k id s ,” the
m other said, trying to hold dow n the
h o o f o f th e k ic k e r. “ I ’m p re g n a n t
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ing routine. They c a n ’t scream much
again, and I d o n ’t do m ornings very
when they are into the stiffening ex
w ell.”
ercise.
A lread y w e w ere g ettin g glan ces
“ Do you know what I am ?” I asked
and m u rm urs from the folks seated
the stiffened one. Slowly, alm ost omi
a ro u n d us. “ Y o u ’re in lu ck to d ay ,
nously, I said, “I am a grandpa.” She
M a ’a m ,” I said. “ I ’m a w o rld-class
looked at me quizzically with a hint
grandpa.”
“Oh yeah?”
o f a sm ile. I was winning.
I pressed my advantage. "Tammy,
“I ’ve got a T-shirt to prove it. It’s
do you know what you are? You are a
w h a t I d o b e st. I 'l l h e lp w ith the
sw eet little kid. You are trying to act
kids.”
T h e te s t s o o n c a m e . T h e s te w
like a bad girl, but you are not fooling
ardesses were serving breakfast. I had
m e — y o u are r e a lly a s w e e t little
g ir l.” N o o n e w as m o re su rp rised
a m eal com ing, but I quickly decided
than 1 w hen she sta rted actin g like
to donate it to the lap child, Tammy.
one. I hugged my new friend.
Ju st as w ell, she to o k it anyw ay. I
M o th e r a n d P am m y cam e back.
tried to help feed her. O nce, just for a
M om b eg an te llin g me m ore about
second, I looked away. Tam m y em p
h er p re g n an c y th an I e v e r cared to
tied the m ilk carton. Som e o f it went
k n o w . “ I f t h e r e ’s tw o o f th em in
in the plastic cereal bowl, the rest in
there. I ’m nam ing them M yrna and
the tray. I decided not to scream or
chide. Instead I reached into my back
M yra.”
T he pilot announced that we were
pocket and to my surprise found two
flying over Las Vegas. “ N othin' there
p aper tow els. Just before boarding I
I want. Las Vegas ruined my life. We
had discovered that I had no Kleenex
and had stuffed a cou
ple o f tow els from the
m e n ’s ro o m in to m y
pockets (d o n ’t tell me
th ere’s no God).
W e a ll b a ttle d th e
I felt so good about what I had
breakfast trays until fi
n a lly
a f te r
w hat
done that I rewarded myself with
s e e m e d an a g e th e
a nonfat strawberry yogurt.
s te w a r d e s s e s
to o k
th e m a w a y . T h e n a
new challenge arose—
th r e e r e a lly . P a m m y
(Pam ela?) had to go to
used to live in a four-bedroom , fourthe bathroom , Tammy had a bad dia
bath hom e. N ow we live in a garage
per, and m o th er had m o rn in g sic k
apartm ent. My husband gam bled it all
ness. W hile m om took the five-yearaway. R estitution for gam bling debts
old to the rest room I was to care for
cost us our house. Last year he finally
Tam m y. She had a n o th er plan. She
stopped— w hen I took the kids away
d id n 't like the idea o f her m other and
from him . H e d e c id e d he liked his
sister disappearing dow n the aisle and
kids b e tte r th an his dice. I can tell
h er being left behind. She tried the
w e ll-k n o w n b o d y -s tiffe n in g a c t—
you, h e ’ll be m aking restitution to me
w hich is, after all better than the w ail
the rest o f his life.”
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PROFILE
A f te r a n o th e r s h u ffle o f s e a ts I
found m y self sitting by Pam m y, the
fiv e-year-old . B ending dow n I tried
to start a friendly conversation. “Your
e a r’s dirty,” she blurted. Sure enough,
g rap e je lly on the e a r is one o f the
hazards o f feeding a “terrible tw o” at
33,000 feet.
P am m y o p en ed a n o th e r to p ic . “ I
hurt my m other a lot.”
“H ow did you do that, Pam m y?”
“W hen I was in her tum m y. I was a
v ery bad g irl. I h u rt m y m o m m y a
lot.”
“Oh, but Pam m y, that w a sn ’t your
fault. You are not a bad girl. You are
a good girl, a fine young lady. A nd a
pretty one too.”
T hose big brow n eyes sparkled as
so o n as th a t g o o d n e w s so a k e d in.
She sm iled, in relief it seem ed to me.
I had another new friend. She already
m issed her daddy, she told me. “Well,
w hy d o n ’t w e phone h im ?” I suggest
ed. We got m om 's perm ission. I took
out m y V isa card and a ctiv ated the
airp lan e phone. “ H e ’d b e tte r not be
there,” the m other threatened, “ H e ’d
better be g ettin ' that car fixed.” M om
was right, no one answ ered. But I got
c re d it fo r try in g . B y m id trip th e y
were all three calling m e grandpa.
We arrived in Salt Lake C ity where
they had to change planes to get to St.
Louis where the w om an’s grandm oth
er was dying. They all bid “grandpa”
a cheerful good-bye. “Sure w ish you
w ere going to St. L ouis,” the m other
s a id , “ I c o u ld su re u se y o u r h e lp .
Thank you.”
By now they w ere standing in the
aisle ready to exit. A w om an in the
seat in front o f us heard all the good
b y e s a n d w ith h e r m o u th h a n g in g
open for an em barrassingly long tim e
she gasped, “ You m ean h e ’s not the
real grandpa!” A t the sam e instant a
passenger in the row behind us blurt
ed, “ W h at? H e ’s n o t th e k id s ’ real
grandpa?”
I w as a hero. I felt so good about
m y self that in the 20 m inutes before
the plane took off again I strolled into
the airport and rew arded m yself with
a nonfat yogurt— strawberry.
It w a s n ’t u n til the n ex t m o rn in g
th a t I r e a li z e d th a t I h a d b a d ly
screw ed up a m en to rin g m om ent. I
a w o k e w ith an a w a r e n e s s o f th e
L o rd ’s presence. You know how it is.
You are barely aw ake, and as soon as
you get conscious the first presence
you sense is that o f Jesus. You start
the day with prayer. I started to pray
f o r T am m y a n d P a m m y a n d th e ir
m om , w hose nam e I never learned.
I h a d g o tte n no a d d re ss, no last
n a m e . 1 h ad n o t w ritte n d o w n the
phone number. I believe that the Lord
had supervised the seat assignm ents. I
had not been given 24-D by accident.
The Lord had done His part, but I had
screw ed up— again.
If I had gotten full nam es, the ad
dress o f that garage apartm ent I could
h a v e p u t th e lo c a l C h u rc h o f th e
N azarene in touch w ith them. I could
h a v e p u t th e m in to u c h w ith th e
chu rch too. F o r p ity ’s sake, I could
h a v e sen t th em a H e ra ld su b sc rip
tion!
But m e— I got a straw berry yogurt.
W hat if those little girls w ere to get a
b irth d ay card every year from th eir
airline grandpa? A nd special gifts at
C h ristm a s o r w hen th ey g ra d u a te d
from grade school? W hat if w hen I
was in L.A. next . . . ? It was a m en
toring m om ent that could have grown
in to a m e n to rin g d e c a d e , o r a life
time.
I know the Lord is not going give
up on Tam m y and Pam m y and their
m om . I ju st hope that the next person
He sends into their lives has enough
sense to recognize a m entoring m o
m ent w hen it hits him like a carton of
2 percent m ilk on an airline tray,
NAME:
L arry & E unice B ryant
EDUCATION:
Larry: 1939, Olivet Nazarene College, A.B.;
1949, NTS, B.Div.
Eunice: 1940, Olivet Nazarene College,
A.B.; 1970, NTS, B.Div.; 1982, NTS, D.Min.
CURRENT MINISTRY ASSIGNMENT:
Larry, retired; Eunice, writing books in En
glish and Spanish, teaching a course on
prayer to a group of Hispanic women.
PREVIOUS MINISTRY ASSIGNMENTS:
Missionaries to Guatemala, 12 years; El
Salvador, 12 years; Peru, 2 years, His
panic Nazarene Seminary, 4 years. Since
retirement, teaching 6 years at ENC and
intensive courses at seminaries in
Ecuador, Mexico, and Costa Rica.
ON MINISTRY:
Larry was among the first students who en
rolled in NTS. We had the first seminary ba
by. Since Eunice used her missionary fur
lough years for returning to NTS, we
enjoyed the luxury of being exposed to the
history-making events of NTS from 1945 to
1982: new programs, new faculty members,
new textbooks, and new perspectives on
ministry. We especially appreciated the de
velopment of a school of missiology and the
D.Min. program. These NTS contributions
to our ministry have kept us constantly
stretching for excellence.
To invest in the lives of those called into
ministry in the Church of the Nazarene,
please contact: Development Office, 1700
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NAZARENE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
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Superintendent’s
VIEWPOINT
Our Times and God’s Timing
by John A. K night
p e a k in g o f th e c o m in g o f
C h r is t in to th e w o r ld , th e
apostle Paul wrote: “W hen the
fulness o f the time was come,
G od sent forth his Son . . . to
redeem them that were under
the law ” (G alatians 4:4-5).
The phrase "fulness o f tim e” trans
lates the w ord kairos, w hich m eans
the m ost "opportune tim e,” the “right
tim e.” Thus at the m om ent o f kairos,
at the m ost advantageous tim e, God
acted decisively in Christ.
W hen all things w ere ready, G od
responded to the fundam ental need of
hum an h istory, the need fo r a S a v
ior— and He sent Jesus. C ond itio n s
were all in order for C h rist’s appear
ance: (1) G reek philosophy had c u l
m inated in the idea o f one God; (2)
the Greek language was virtually uni
versal, facilitating the com m unication
of the gospel; (3) the m agnificent sys
tem o f R om an roads w as com plete,
m ak in g p o ssib le the tra v e l o f m is
sionaries and the rapid spread of the
gospel; and (4) the failure o f the pa
gan p h ilo so p h ie s and m y stery re li
gions to m eet the deep spiritual needs
of the people left them with an insa
tiable hunger for salvation.
P aul w as a w are o f th e se h u m an
conditions and declared joyously that
in the m om ent of kairos, when every
th ing w as ready, G od, in carn ate in
Christ, stepped into human history.
In our perso n al liv es, we e x p e ri
ence m om ents o f kairos, a tim e for
a c tio n . A y o u n g c o u p le , fa llin g in
love, co m es to th is m o m en t. Som e
evening at dinner conditions are “just
right"— the m oon casts its silver rays
a c ro ss the ta b le an d b rig h te n s the
young la d y ’s co u n te n a n c e w ith the
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radiance o f love. There is affection in
her eyes and m agnetism in her voice.
F e e lin g th e su rg e o f ro m a n c e , the
y o u n g m an cla sp s his lo v e r's hand
and asks, “Will you m arry m e?”
It is the m om ent of kairos, a oncein -a -life tim e o p p o rtu n ity th a t w ill
never return for either o f them in just
this way.
H istory has its m om ents o f kairos.
This last decade o f the 20th century is
one o f them . Everything is right for
G o d ’s decisive action, for the revival
of His Church, for a m ighty visitation
o f His Spirit. He is p o ised to break
W h e n EVERYTHING WAS
READY, GOD STEPPED INTO
HUMAN HISTORY.
the pow er o f canceled sin and set the
captives free. He is ready to apply the
B alm o f G ilead to our sick so ciety
and bring healing to the nations.
T h e m o m e n t o f k a ir o s is h e re .
Everything is in readiness for revival.
Walls that have stood for generations
are com ing down. D ictatorial govern
m ents are being shaken by the tum ul
tuous cries for freedom . D ebilitating
system s o f econom ics that have d e
stroyed the hum an spirit are collaps
ing and being replaced. H um anistic
ed u c a tio n is being seen fo r w hat it
is— a godless and destructive body of
ideas based on selfishness. O ur cul
tural and eth ical th eo ries are bank
ru p t, le a v in g us e m p ty an d u n fu l
filled.
We f e e l the tru th o f A u g u stin e ’s
words: "Thou has m ade us for thyself
and our hearts are restless till we find
our rest in T h e e." M en and women
are hungry for God.
Our tendency is to look on the dif
ficulties rather than on the moment of
kairos. T he d isc ip le s had the same
problem . Jesus said to them : “ Say not
ye. T h ere are yet fo u r m onths, and
then co m eth h arv est? behold, I say
unto you. Lift up your eyes, and look
on the fields; for they are white al
ready to harvest" (John 4:35, empha
sis added), iiterally "o v e rrip e ”— the
m om ent o f kairos is rapidly passing
you by.
Oh, N azarenes, let us not be intimi
d a ted by som e p rem a tu re paean of
victory from the en e m y 's cam p that
G od is dead or the gospel is irrele
vant. The m essage o f heart holiness
will be relevant as long as there are
sinners and the world needs a Savior.
L e t’s not be overcom e because of
the enorm ity o f the harvest. Rather, let
us pray for laborers to go into the har
vest. The time is right, the moment of
kairos is here. The harvest is almost
o v e rrip e . W ith re n e w e d zeal, le t’s
continue and intensify our work in the
w hitened fields. The Lord of the har
vest will renew our strength and pros
per our labors. In due
season we shall com e
fo rth w ith re jo ic in g ,
b rin g in g o u r sheaves
with us to the glory o f
G od
th e
F a th e r.
Amen.
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H e r a l d o f H o l in e s s
N a z a re n e R o o ts
William C. Wilson: The Fifth General Superintendent
by Stan Ingersol, Denominational Archivist
After reading a Nazarene Manual, Wilson
agreed. He and his family united with Los
Angeles First Church.
W ilson held revivals until 1905, when
the fam ily m oved to C alifornia. He pas
tored at Long Beach, Upland, and Pasadena
First. From 1911 to 1915 he was superin
Ellyson had not withdrawn from
tendent of the Southern California District.
the general superintendency in
His relationship to Bresee was close, and.
1911 after one term or had not
in late 1914, Wilson presided over district
declined reelection to it in 1915?
assemblies in Bresee's stead.
W hat if W. C. W ilson had not
The 1915 General Assembly elected Wil
died of possibly preventable causes shortly
son general superintendent. He was proba
after becom ing general superintendent in
bly B resee’s favored choice as successor.
1915? Different circumstances or decisions
As one who knew the Holiness Movement
co u ld have re c a st the g ro u p o f lead ers
both in the South and West, he could bridge
(Reynolds, Goodwin. Williams, and Chap
fractious regional differences in the church. Indeed, after his
man) guiding the church in the 1920s and
election, Wilson made plans to move to Nashville to place a
1930s.
resident general superintendent in the South.
William Columbus Wilson, our fifth gen
This was not to be. Bresee died a month after General As
eral superintendent, was bom December 22,
sembly. Wilson was conducting the Dallas District Assembly
1866, in Hopkins County, Kentucky. At 16. he was converted
when he learned of it. He proceeded to the San Antonio Dis
in a Methodist revival. He married Eliza Jones in 1886, join
trict Assembly but left suddenly and returned home, feeling ill
ing the Missionary Baptist Church to which she (and his par
from an abdominal ailment. His condition went up and down.
ents) belonged. Two years later, Wilson was sanctified and
S urgery on an u lcerated tooth left him w ith perm anent
joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. He later told his son,
headaches, and, on December 19, 1915, he died.
Mallalieu, there was no sudden call to preach. He simply held
The church was stunned. Wilson was expected to play a
prayer meetings and grew more active in ministry until there
crucial role in developing the church. Now he was gone. He
was a certainty that God w anted him to be a m inister. He
left behind his devotion as a founder.
obeyed, sold his farm, and went to school.
But he also left a family that has given
In 1890, W ilson took the G reenville C ircuit with three
unbroken service to the church. Sarah Wil
churches and organized a fourth. Then, for tw o years, he
son taught in Pasadena College’s academy
served the Vine Grove Circuit with eight churches. HisILSON’S
w ife’s DAUGHTER,
after her husband’s death. Three children—
sudden death during annual conference was
Guy, Bertha, and Mallalieu— became min
BERTHA, MARRIED
a c ru sh in g blow . He w as left w ith fo u r
isters. Other daughters married ministers.
HALDOR LILLENAS
young children.
Bertha married songwriter Haldor Lillenas
He became a revivalist, holding meetings
and was a noted preacher in her own right.
in Kentucky and neighboring states. A stal
Her serm on on “C hristian Freedom ” ap
wart in the Green River Holiness Associa
peared in The Nazarene Pulpit (1925)— an
tion. Wilson preached alongside H. C. Mor
anthology of "best sermons.” She pastored Indianapolis First
riso n , L. L. P ick ett, and o th er southern
Church after Haldor resigned to found the Lillenas Publishing
h o lin e s s le a d e rs. In 1896, he m a rrie d
Company. Guy Wilson was a noted evangelist and pastor in
schoolteacher Sarah Ragsdale. Five ch il
both Nazarene and Methodist circles. Mallalieu had several
dren were born to his union.
pastorates but devoted most of his life to teaching in Nazarene
Wilson was transferring his credentials to the M.E. Church,
colleges, most notably at NNC. He is one of the last living
S outh, w hen he was put on trial for v io la tin g S outhern
Nazarenes with direct, personal knowledge of Bresee and the
Methodist discipline. He had conducted a holiness revival that
church founders in the west.
competed with a local M ethodist church’s worship services.
Later generations of the family have continued the tradition
Discouraged, he considered launching a new holiness church
of service as ministers, missionaries, educators, and commit
and briefly pastored an independent congregation. During this
ted laity.
troubling time. C. W. Ruth wrote in August 1903, urging Wil
son to join the Nazarenes, assuring him that “the Church of
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I look forw ard each m onth to receiving the H era ld o f
H oliness! The them e o f each issue is relevant and helpful
to m e and my congregation. In the July issue, I especially
appreciated your article on contem plative prayer. . . . Also,
the article “Suffering Taught Me H ow to Pray” was very
inspirational. I shared it with the entire congregation in a
W ednesday evening service.
Norman K. Phillips
Belle, W.Va.
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I ju st read the A ugust H erald o f H oliness. M y com pli
m ents to you and Dr. Terry Read on the three articles com
prising “Prim itive Religion in A m erica.” T hey w ere fasci
n a tin g , i n f o r m a tiv e , a n d s h o u ld le a v e m a n y o f us
“everyday N azarenes” challenged to be aw are o f Tradition
al A frican Religion around us.
W hile the New Age M ovem ent has captured the media
for several years, it seem s TAR has slipped in w hile many
o f us w ere lo o king the o th er w ay, fig h tin g o ff crystals,
transcendental m editation, and yoga.
T hank you, Dr. Tracy and Dr. R ead, for rem inding us
that Satan gets in by w hatever m eans possible.
Gail Sawrie
Kansas City, Mo.
As a faithful reader o f the H erald, I ’m afraid I did not
get to enjoy the A ugust issue. I ’m probably not the only
Nazarene that has a revulsion o f snakes, even in pictures.
F o rtu n a tely fo r m e, m y h u sb an d ju s t h ap p en ed to be
hom e w hen the m ail cam e and got to it first. He warned me
not to look at the cover but then said it w ould probably be
best to skip the whole issue. W hat a disappointm ent!
Emily Moran
Beaver Falls, Pa.
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T hank you for the inspiring article w ritten by John W.
M ay titled “Let Go and Let G od” in the June 1994 issue.
M any w ho have accepted C hrist deal with guilt o f past . . .
failures. Mr. M a y ’s article is such an encouragem ent. . . .
As Mr. M ay brought out so clearly, “full release is the only
way.” Every C hristian should have a copy o f this article to
reread w hen the m em ories o f the past try to dim the vision
o f com m itm ent to our Lord.
Janis Lafferty
St. Augustine, Fla.
W h en D id C ath olicism C h an ge?
I want to thank you for your very clear, factual, and timely
special report on “Prim itive R eligion in A m erica.” We are
defin itely ex p erien cin g an “ in v a sio n ” o f these things in
America. . . . The pictures and references to Catholic saints
and statues were very accurate, as they are indeed incorporat
ed into these forms o f pagan worship. I ’m a little confused,
how ever, by your continued references to “unenlightened
Catholicism ” or “Catholicism before the Counter-Reforma
tion.” W hen did Catholicism change or the Catholic church
renounce these things? In 1986, Pope John Paul II, in Assisi,
Italy, joined in a circle to pray with some o f these same snake
handlers, shamans, and tribal witchdoctors you describe. In
February o f 1993, the pope made a pilgrimage to the African
nation of Benin, which you accurately identify as the origin
of Traditional African Religion. W hile there, he met with the
priests and leaders o f the vodun religion of Benin (vodun be
ing the name for the ancestral gods in the Fon language). Ac
cording to a CNN news report on Feb. 5, 1993, the pope stat
ed “one does not have to give up the practice o f voodoo to
becom e a C hristian.” An A ssociated Press account of the
pope’s visit titled “Pope M eets with Voodoo Leaders” said
this: “Pope John Paul II on Thursday sought com m on ground
with the believers in voodoo, suggesting they would not be
tray th eir trad itio n al faith by co n v ertin g to C hristianity.
. . . The pope told the voodooists that just as they draw on
their ancestors for their religion, so do Christians revere their
ancestors in the faith, from the apostles to the missionaries.
, . . Voodoo leader Senou Zannou gave a formal speech in
w h ich he a n n o u n c e d h is son w as b e c o m in g a R o m an
C atholic priest. But he also offered a defense o f his faith.
God knows that the vodun has nothing to do with the devil or
Satan, he said.” N ot one word came from the pope to refute
this. The next day in Parakou, at an open-air mass, according
to the A P report, the pope “ urged religious com m unities
working in A frica to incorporate African cultural expressions
into Roman Catholic w orship.”
Recently, every tim e I turn around, I hear N azarene lead
ers joining other evangelicals in giving us the im pression
that C atholics have changed. M y only q uestion is w hy?
T he e c u m en ic al m o v em en t I h eard p reach ed ag ain st so
strongly w hen I first becam e a N azarene seem s to be alive
and well in N azarene circles today!
Darrell Nicklow
Orbisonia, Pa.
S a v in g the W orst ’Til L ast
I just got m y H erald and on the front is a picture o f a
w om an with a snake. I checked again to be sure I was not
looking at W orld M ission m agazine, no, I was looking at
the H erald. N ot only w as it on the cover, but on exactly
five m ore pages again was a snake. I hate snakes and have
a problem w ith reading the articles, w hich are probably
good, but w hen a snake is a part o f the page . . . m y con
centration . . . is disturbed. . . .
I have always loved the H erald . . . but I will not be at
all com fortable reading w hat you have to say w hen a snake
was or is so m uch a part o f that page. In fact, I will hold off
reading those pages until the last, after I have read every
thing else. You overdid it on the snake stuff.
Not a snake fan,
Joann Baer
Shermans Dale. Pa.
R ap p in g R ap?
I w as c asu a lly g lan cin g at the le tte rs [“T he R eaders
W rite,” July 1994J when one caught my eye. It was called
“ Rap on Rap.” A couple criticized the fact that two Chris
tian rap groups had perform ed in their church. To this, I say
“Praise the Lord." Obviously, some teens in their church are
really on fire for God. It’s too bad they can ’t see it that way.
We have a “rap group” in our church called “ D -C ure.” It
is com posed o f three young men who dedicate their time
and talents for the Lord. W ho know s how m any young
people have been saved because o f their efforts.
The couple pointed out that “Jesus Christ is the same yes
terday, today, and forever.” This is true, but the tim es are
changing. Teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, violent crim es,
and suicide are on the rise am ong A m erica’s youth. Very
few teenagers who have never been in a church are going
“to be challenged by the w hole W ord o f G od.” We first
need to reach out to them. Christian rap is one of the ways
that we can do this. Please d o n 't be so quick to put it down.
It’s not just entertainm ent; it’s another means o f salvation.
Melanie A. Causey
Atlanta, Ga.
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AFTER THE CHILDREN
DIVORCE
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p lac e fo r th e tw o o f y o u to liv e. D o n ’t w o rry a b o u t it.
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W e ’ll g e t h e r e n ro lle d in sc h o o l o v e r h e re .”
w a s te p a p e r b a sk e t e v e ry d a y in to th e m a in tra sh can
T h e re lie f in h is v o ic e w as a p p a re n t. “ T h a n k s ,
in the k itc h e n . T h e o n e c h o re sh e d id n ’t b a lk at was
M o m . I k n e w I c o u ld c o u n t o n y o u an d D ad . I ’ll be
s e ttin g th e ta b le . T h o u g h at first sh e a c c u se d m e o f
th e re w ith in 2 4 h o u rs w ith T o n i.”
b e in g m e a n , sh e so o n se ttle d in to o u r ro u tin e and
O u r son an d h is w ife , L isa , h ad d iv o rc e d . O u r
se e m e d to ta k e c o m fo rt fro m th e s ta b ility o f o u r
g ra n d d a u g h te r T o n i, se v e n , d id n o t g et a lo n g w ell
h o m e.
w ith h e r m o th e r an d h a d c h o se n to liv e w ith h e r d a d
B e fo re th e d iv o rc e , T oni h a d o fte n b e en an u n w ill
dy in stea d . H e r y o u n g e r siste r, B e th , sta y e d w ith th e ir
in g w itn e ss to b itte r a rg u m e n ts b e tw e e n h e r parents.
m o th er. A fte r a sh o rt w h ile D on fo u n d th a t he w as u n
A lso , h e r m o th e r p a m p e re d h e r y o u n g e r sister, B eth,
a b le to ta k e p ro p e r c a re o f T oni.
to th e p o in t w h e re T oni w a s a lw a y s th e “ b a d g irl”
T h e n e x t e v e n in g h e a rriv e d , b rin g in g T o n i a n d h er
e v e n w h e n sh e w a s n ’t.
p o sse ssio n s. I fe lt r e lie f w h e n I saw th a t he b o rro w e d
A fte r ta k in g h e r in to o u r h o m e it so o n b e c a m e e v i
a c a r fo r th e trip . T h e o ld ju n k e r h e b o u g h t a fte r the
d e n t T oni n e e d e d p ro fe s s io n a l h elp . W e g o t h e r into
d iv o rc e lo o k e d as if it w o u ld d is in te g ra te if s o m e o n e
fa m ily c o u n s e lin g at th e lo c al m e n ta l h e a lth clinic.
le a n e d a g a in s t it.
T h e y b a se d th e ir fe e s on o u r s o n ’s a b ility to pay.
O u r so n lo o k e d so a lo n e a s he w a v e d g o o d -b y e an d
T h e c h ild p s y c h o lo g is t a s s ig n e d to T oni saw her
d ro v e a w a y th e n e x t day. T o n i’s little h a n d w a v e d
. w ith m e a n d by h e rse lf. H e w o u ld a sk a few low -key
b ra v e ly as sh e said , “ B y e, D addy. I ’ll be a g o o d girl
q u e stio n s a n d th e n ju s t let h e r ta lk th in g s o u t o f her
like 1 p ro m is e d .” I c h o k e d b a c k th e te a rs. N o w w as
sy ste m . W e d id n o t sit in ju d g m e n t a g a in st h e r o r ei
no t th e tim e fo r w e e p in g . I h a d a b ig jo b to do .
th e r o f h e r p a re n ts.
I e n ro lle d h e r in sc h o o l a n d e x p la in e d the situation
I so o n d is c o v e re d w h a t I h a d lo n g su sp e c te d . T oni
to the p rin c ip a l. H e to ld m e th a t h e a n d h is w ife had
w as u n a c c u sto m e d to e a tin g n o rm a l m e a ls at re g u la r
a lso ta k e n c a re o f so m e o f th e ir g ra n d c h ild re n w ho
tim e s. H er id e a o f e a tin g w a s to fo ra g e in th e re frig e r
w e re th e in n o c e n t v ic tim s o f d iv o rc e . H e understood
a to r an y tim e sh e fe lt like it fo r slic e s o f c h e e s e , lu n ch
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T o n i’s p ro b le m fro m firsth a n d e x p e rie n c e .
S e v e ra l m o n th s later, o u r so n g o t a b e tte r jo b . H e
p ro m p tly re n te d a tw o -b e d ro o m a p a rtm e n t a n d e n
g a g e d th e p a rt-tim e se rv ic e s o f a C h ris tia n m id d le ag e d b a b y -sitte r. It w as a h a p p y d a y fo r T o n i w h e n
h e r d a d d y c a m e to g e t her.
A s th e y e a rs h a v e s lip p e d by, T o n i h a s e n jo y e d a
s p e c ia l b o n d w ith h e r g ra n d p a a n d m e. O n th e o th e r
h a n d , w e ’v e o fte n h a d to re a s s u re B e th , T o n i’s little
sister, th a t w e lo v e h e r to o . F o r a lo n g tim e th e g irls
v ie d fo r o u r a ffe c tio n s m o re th a n th e y n o rm a lly
w o u ld h a v e d o n e . G ra n d p a re n tin g to th e s e tw o is lik e
w a lk in g a tig h tro p e . W e h a v e to b e c a re fu l n o t to fall
o f f on e ith e r side.
W h ile w e w e re g o in g th ro u g h th a t try in g tim e w ith
T o n i, so m e frie n d s o f o u rs, T o m a n d M a rle n e M a rtin ,
h a d a d iffe re n t ty p e o f g ra n d p a re n tin g p ro b le m . W h e n
th e ir d a u g h te r-in -la w d iv o rc e d th e ir so n , a c a re e r m a n
in th e A rm y , sh e re fu s e d h is p a re n ts th e o p p o rtu n ity
e v e n to see th e little boy. A fte r try in g to re a s o n w ith
h e r w ith o u t su c c e ss, th e y to o k h e r to c o u rt, su e d fo r
th e p riv ile g e o f g ra n d p a re n t v is ita tio n rig h ts — a n d
w on.
T h e ir tro u b le s w e re n o t o v e r yet. W h ile th e ir so n
se rv e d o v e rs e a s , h is w ife b o re a n o th e r m a n ’s c h ild .
S h e b ra z e n ly to ld h e r e x -h u s b a n d ’s p a re n ts , “ I d o n ’t
c a re if y o u d id w in w e e k e n d -v is ita tio n rig h ts to y o u r
g ra n d so n . I ’ll m o v e so fa r a w a y fro m h e re y o u w o n ’t
k n o w w h e re to fin d h im — u n le ss y o u ta k e h is h a lfb ro th e r o n as y o u r g ra n d c h ild to o .”
T h is w a s a h a rd th in g to d o — b u t o u r frie n d s d id it.
T h e y a c c e p te d th e y o u n g e r b o y o n e q u a l fo o tin g w ith
th e ir g ra n d so n . T h e y s h o w e d h im th e sa m e lo v e a n d
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a ffe c tio n as th e ir re a l g ra n d s o n . B o th little b o y s c alle d
th e m th e ir g ra n d m a a n d g ra n d p a . W e e k a fte r w e e k ,
th e M a rtin s b ro u g h t b o th “ g ra n d s o n s ” to S u n d a y
S c h o o l a n d c h u rc h .
I o n c e a sk e d M a rle n e h o w sh e c o u ld d o it. S h e
re p lie d , “ W e h a d to if w e w a n te d to se e o u r g ran d so n .
B e sid e s, it is n ’t th e y o u n g e r b o y ’s fa u lt th a t h e is ille
g itim a te . H e n e e d s all th e te n d e r lo v in g c a re an d
g ra n d p a re n tin g h e c a n g e t, a n d w e a im to se e th a t he
g e ts it.” M y a d m ira tio n sh o t sk y h ig h fo r th is c o u p le.
L ik e o u rse lv e s a n d th e M a rtin s, m a n y o f o u r a c
q u a in ta n c e s h a v e g ra n d c h ild re n w h o c o m e fro m b ro
k e n h o m e s. S o m e see th e ir g ra n d c h ild re n ra re ly — o r
n o t at all. O th e rs, lik e u s, are m o re fo rtu n a te . A fte r
T o n i g o t o ld e r sh e w e n t b a c k to liv e w ith h e r m o th e r
fo r a fe w y e a rs. B o th sh e a n d h e r y o u n g e r s iste r are
n o w liv in g w ith th e ir fa th e r a n d h is p re s e n t w ife. To
th e c re d it o f o u r e x -d a u g h te r-in -la w , sh e n e v e r trie d to
k e e p us fro m se e in g e ith e r o f th e g irls.
D u rin g D o n a n d L is a ’s m a rria g e , it b ro k e o u r hearts
to see th e s lo v e n ly w a y sh e k e p t h o u s e a n d th e w ay
sh e n e g le c te d th e g irls. It h u rt a n d a n g e re d us w hen
sh e b la ta n tly p a ra d e d h e r v a rio u s b o y frie n d s b e fo re us
and D on.
S o m e tim e s w h e n th e y v isit us, o n e o r b o th g irls
m a k e u n k in d re m a rk s a b o u t th e ir m o th e r. T h o u g h it
is n ’t e a sy to d o , w e k e e p q u ie t. W e h a v e n e v e r badm o u th e d h e r to th e g irls— a n d w e n e v e r w ill. N o m a t
te r w h a t she d id in th e p a st o r w h a t sh e d o e s now , she
w ill a lw a y s b e th e m o th e r o f o u r g ra n d d a u g h te rs.
W h e n T oni liv e d w ith us sh e o fte n w o u ld rem ark ,
“ G ra n d m a , M o m m y lo v e s B e th m o re th a n she does
m e .” W h ile I d id n ’t try to d e n y it— it w a s to o o b v iH e r a l d o f H o l in e s s
o u sly tru e fo r th a t— I re fra in e d fro m c u ttin g L is a
d o w n fo r it.
I o ffe r th e s e d o s a n d d o n ’ts fo r g ra n d p a re n ts o f c h il
d re n fro m b ro k e n h o m e s . T h e y c o m e fro m o u r e x p e ri
e n c e s a n d th o se o f o th e r g ra n d p a re n ts in s im ila r s itu a
tio n s.
T he “ D o n ’t” L ist
1. D o n 't, e ith e r b y w o rd s o r im p lic a tio n , c ritic iz e
y o u r e x -so n - o r d a u g h te r-in -la w , o r th e o th e r g r a n d
p a r e n ts , to th e g ra n d c h ild re n . T h o u g h th e w o rs t y o u
c o u ld sa y m ig h t b e tru e , it still h u rts th a t in n o c e n t
g ra n d c h ild . I t p u ts h im o r h e r in a n im p o s s ib le s itu a
tio n . W arn y o u r frie n d s w h o m ig h t m e e t y o u r g ra n d
c h ild re n to h o ld th e ir to n g u e s a s w e ll. B e tte r y e t,
d o n ’t s u p p ly th e m w ith th e a m m u n itio n in th e first
p la c e . T h is is n o t a n e a s y r u le to fo l lo w — b u t it p a y s
b ig d iv id e n d s .
2. D o n ’t b e o v e rin d u lg e n t w ith y o u r g ra n d c h ild re n
e ith e r in g iv in g th e m g ifts, m o n e y , sn a c k s , o r in fa il
in g to d is c ip lin e th e m w h e n th e y a re in y o u r c a re .
3. D o n ’t try to o v e rc o m p e n s a te fo r th e ir la c k o f
lo v e o r m a te ria l th in g s , o r w h a t y o u p e rc e iv e to b e a
la c k , b y g iv in g in to th e ir e v e ry w h im .
4 . D o n ’t pry. I t ’s u n fa ir to a s k th e g ra n d c h ild re n
le a d in g q u e s tio n s a b o u t th e p riv a te liv e s o f e ith e r o f
th e ir d iv o rc e d p a re n ts . It p u ts g ra n d c h ild re n in a m o st
u n c o m fo rta b le p o s itio n , a n d n o b o d y c o m e s o u t th e
w in n er.
T h e “ D o ” L ist
1. D o m a k e th e m o s t o f e a c h v is it y o u h a v e w ith
th e m . A llo w th e m to fin d in y o u r h o m e a h a v e n o f
re fu g e , a p la c e o f u n c o n d itio n a l lo v e , a n d a re tre a t
w h e re th e y a re fre e to b e th e m s e lv e s .
2. D o ta k e y o u r g ra n d c h ild re n o n sp e c ia l o u tin g s.
T h is c o u ld b e a h a lf-d a y o f s h o p p in g , a m e a l a t a
re s ta u ra n t, a d a y a t th e z o o , a trip to th e b e a c h , o r a
p ic n ic , to n a m e a few . A lw a y s g e t p e rm is s io n a h e a d o f
tim e fro m th e c u s to d ia l p a re n t, w h e th e r it is y o u r so n
o r d a u g h te r, o r th e ir “ e x .” A fte r y o u r e x -in -la w fin d s
th a t y o u a r e n ’t g o in g to ru n o f f w ith th e g ra n d c h il
d re n , p e rh a p s y o u c o u ld e v e n ta k e th e m o n a v a c a tio n
w ith y o u .
3. D o ta k e th e m to c h u rc h w ith y o u w h e n th e y v isit
o n w e e k e n d s. P o lite ly re q u e s t th a t th e c u s to d ia l p a r
e n t se n d p ro p e r c lo th in g fo r c h u rc h . I f th e p a re n t ig
n o re s y o u r re q u e s t, p e rh a p s y o u c o u ld b u y o n e o r tw o
c h u rc h o u tfits p e r c h ild a n d k e e p th e m at y o u r h o u se .
4 . D o le t th e m se e th e lo v e o f C h ris t in y o u r life ,
y o u r w o rd s , a n d y o u r a c tio n s . E v e n i f th e y liv e m o s t
o f th e tim e in a n o n -C h ris tia n e n v iro n m e n t, y o u r w it
n e ss fo r C h ris t w ill h a v e an in flu e n c e o n th e m .
5. D o le t th e m h e a r y o u p ra y fo r th e m b y n a m e .
T h o u g h th e y m a y s o m e tim e s sc o ff, it w ill still b e a
c o m fo rt to th e m to k n o w th a t s o m e b o d y lo v e s th e m
e n o u g h to p ra y fo r th e m .
as C h ris tm a s , b irth d a y s, g ra d u a tio n s, a n d w e d d in g s. I f
y o u h a v e lim ite d fin a n c e s a n d c a n n o t affo rd g ifts fo r
th e se o c c a sio n s, se n d a p e rso n a l m e ssa g e o f lo v e and
c o n g ra tu la tio n s.
7. D o k e e p in to u c h w ith y o u r g ra n d c h ild re n e v e n if
th e y liv e fa r aw ay. K e e p u p c o rre s p o n d e n c e w ith
th e m . T h e y m a y b e to o little o r to o la z y to a n sw e r—
b u t th e y w ill re m e m b e r th a t y o u c a re d e n o u g h to
w rite .
8. D o c a ll th e m re g u la rly o n th e p h o n e if th e y liv e
nearb y . I f i t ’s lo n g d ista n c e , p la n sp e c ia l tim e s to call
th e m . It m ig h t b e a g o o d id e a to w rite a h e a d an d let
th e m k n o w e x a c tly w h e n y o u w ill c all.
9. D o b e th e re fo r th e m in th e ir tim e s o f stre ss, su ch
as a c c id e n ts a n d m a jo r surgery. B e th e re , as m u c h as
p o ssib le , in th e ir tim e s o f a c h ie v e m e n t too.
10. D o g iv e sp e cia l tre a ts o cc a sio n a lly . T h is m ig h t
b e a s sim p le as a sh in y q u a rte r o r stic k o f g u m fo r lit
tle o n e s, to m o re so p h istic a te d tre ats fo r th e o ld e r
o n es. D o n 't a llo w y o u r g ra n d c h ild re n to b la c k m a il
y o u w ith , “ M y o th e r g ra n d p a re n ts g iv e m e su c h an d
s u c h .” T h e p ric e o f y o u r tre a ts s h o u ld b e in k e e p in g
w ith y o u r a b ility to pay.
11. I f y o u h a v e o th e r g ra n d c h ild re n fro m n o rm a l
h o m e s, d o m a k e e v e ry e ffo rt n o t to a p p e a r to fa v o r
y o u r “p o o r g ra n d c h ild re n fro m a b ro k e n h o m e .”
12. D o a v o id o u tsh in in g y o u r g r a n d c h ild ’s p a re n ts.
B e c a re fu l to p u t y o u rs e lf in a s e c o n d a ry p la c e — ev en
if y o u h a v e to w o rk at it.
D iv o rc e is ugly. B u t it c o u ld h a p p e n in y o u r fam ily.
T h e c h ild re n a re a lw a y s th e in n o c e n t v ic tim s.
It is n o t e a sy to g ra n d p a re n t a fte r o u r c h ild re n d i
v o rc e . W e, as th e g ra n d p a re n ts, m a y h a v e to g o the
s e c o n d m ile o r b e y o n d — b u t i t ’s w ell w o rth th e effo rt.
IO
fc L I^ jW
lC W
t
L ivin g trees
ben d before
f o u r unseen breath,
Lord.
Supple, strong
in flex ib ility
‘They boiv themselves
iv ith grace.
‘Unseen Spirit,
Sim I so inclined?
— f a n c y Spiegel6erg
6. D o r e m e m b e r th e sp e c ia l tim e s in th e ir liv e s su c h
O cto ber 1994
11
by Danny Goddard, pastor, Harris Chapel Church o f the Nazarene, Selma, Indiana
s a c h ild , I c e le b ra te d
H allo w een w ith the b est
o f them . W hen I grew in
to m y te e n y e a r s , m y
tr ic k - o r - tr e a tin g tu r n e d
in to t o u r i n g a ll th e
“hau n ted h o u se s” I could
find in A tla n ta , G e o rg ia . M an y o f
them w ere in ch urches or sp onsored
by C hristian youth o rganizations. It
w as after co lleg e and into o u r first
pastorate that m y w ife and I had b e
gun to seriously questio n this secu
lar celebration. A t a public library, I
co n d u c ted a study on the o rig in o f
H allo w e e n , and b o th re lig io u s and
secular so urces led m e to con clu d e
th a t H a llo w e e n a n d H o lin e s s ju s t
d o n ’t go together.
H o sea 4 :6 say s, “ M y p eo p le are
d e stro y e d fo r la c k o f k n o w le d g e .”
There are a few facts concerning H al
low een and H oliness living that every
child o f G od should understand. O th
erw ise, there is the danger o f falling
prey to the schem es o f the devil.
E n c y c lo p e d ia s te ll us th a t H a l
low een is the result o f three histori
cal stream s that converged. The first
dates back before C hrist to the C eltic
c o u n trie s o f B ritain , Irelan d , S c o t
lan d , and W ales. D ru id p rie sts led
fe stiv a ls th ro u g h o u t th e y e a r w ith
their chief celebration being the Fes
tival o f S am hain, observ ed O ctober
31. S am h a in w as the lo rd o f d eath
and is believed by som e to have been
S a ta n h im s e lf . T h e a n n u a l e v e n t
c a m e at th e e n d o f su m m e r w h en
leaves and vegetation w ere dying.
In an a rtic le p u b lis h e d b y N ew
D irectio n s M in istrie s, “ U n m ask in g
H allow een,” Dr. J. L. W illiam s says
these D ruids believed the earth cam e
in to c lo se st c o n ta c t w ith th e sp irit
w o rld o n O c to b e r 3 1 , th e ir N e w
Y ear’s Eve. Souls o f the dead w ere
b e lie v e d to re tu rn to th e ir fo rm e r
hom es to be en tertain ed by the liv-
A
Comstock
H
e r a ld
o f
H
o l in e s s
ALLOWEEN IS THE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
OF SATANISTS.
ing. Dr. W illiam s w rote, “ If ac c e p t
able fo o d and sh elter w ere not p ro
v id ed , th ese ev il sp irits w o u ld cast
sp e lls, d e s tro y c ro p s , ste a l b a b ie s ,
and kill farm anim als, and, in g en er
al, w o rk h a v o c , h a u n t, an d to rtu re
the liv in g . T h e y d e m a n d e d p la c a tion. T h u s, the b e g in n in g o f ‘trick o r - tr e a t,’ e v il s p irits d e m a n d in g a
‘tre a t.’ If they failed to receive a sat
isfactory one, you got a ‘tric k !’”
A c c o r d i n g to s o m e s e c u l a r
sources, I h av e read N ew Y ear w as
beg u n in som e reg io n s w ith both a n
im al an d h u m a n sa c rific e s. P eo p le
chan ted and d an ced aro u n d the fire
d re s s e d in a n im a l c o s tu m e s . F o r
tunes w ere told o v er the b o n es that
rem ained.
T h e se c o n d s tre a m o f h is to ry
com es from cen tral E uro p e. W itch
craft w as w id esp read , resu ltin g in a
n u m b e r o f c e le b r a tio n s e a c h y e a r
k now n as “W itc h e s’ S a b b a th s.” T he
hig h est o f th ese sab b ath s w as called
the “ H igh S a b b a th ” o r “ B lack S a b
b a th ,” a nig h t o f feastin g and re v e l
ry that o ccu rred on O cto b er 31. Dr.
W illiam s ex p lain s, “ It w as this feast
th a t g av e us m a n y o f th e co m m o n
p a r a p h e r n a l i a li k e w i t c h e s o n
b ro o m stic k s, b lack cats, sk u lls, and
p u m p k in s . S o m u c h o f o u r H a l
low een folk lo re to d ay stem s d irectly
from this H igh W itc h e s’ S ab b ath o f
O cto b e r 31, c eleb rated in E urope in
the M iddle A g e s.”
T h e n th e t h i r d b i t o f h i s t o r y
c o m e s fro m th e R o m a n C a th o lic
C h u rch . T h e R o m an P a n th e o n w as
b u i l t b y th e E m p e r o r H a d r i a n
aro u n d a . d . 100. It b ecam e a place
th a t th e R o m a n s p r a y e d to a n d
w here they h o n o red th eir dead. A f
te r s e v e r a l c e n tu r ie s , th is te m p le
w a s r e c o n s e c r a te d b y P o p e B o n i
fa c e IV to th e V irg in M a ry . T h e
C atholic C hu rch h ad alread y b een in
th e p ra c tic e o f h o n o rin g sa in ts on
O ctober
1994
c e rta in d ay s, but it w as im p o ssib le
to h av e a day fo r each saint, so one
d a y w as a p p o in te d as “ A ll S a in ts ’
D a y .” H is to ry te lls us th a t in th e
e ig h th c e n tu ry , P o p e G re g o ry III
m o v e d th is d ay fro m M a y to N o
v em b er 1. In 834, Pope G regory IV
to o k this celeb ratio n out o f the P a n
th e o n a n d in to th e e n tir e R o m a n
C hurch. He w anted to coincide w ith
the D ru id and p ag an p ra ctice s th at
h a d b e e n g o in g o n f o r c e n tu rie s .
S ince N o v em b er 1 w as “A ll S a in ts’
D ay,” O cto b er 31 becam e know n as
“ A ll H a llo w ’s E v e ,” then “ H a llo w ’s
E v e n ,” and finally, “ H allo w een .”
To th is day, H a llo w ee n is still a
d a y to h o n o r d e a th , d a rk n e ss, and
the dev il. In his b o o k T he B o o k o f
D a y s , R . C h a m b e r s s a y s it is “ a
n ight set ap art fo r a universal w alk-
S
h OULDN’T w e b e m o r e
CAREFUL ABOUT MIXING
GOBLINS AND THE GOSPEL?
ing abroad o f spirits, both o f the v is
ib le a n d in v is ib le w o r ld s .” C la ra
Sue H all, in her article fo r E m p h a sis
m a g a z in e , “ H a llo w e en — the G re a t
e st T ric k o f A ll,” e x p la in s th a t o f
the fo u r m ain holidays o f satanists,
H allow een is co n sidered the Satanic
N e w Y e a r. S h e s a y s c o v e n s o f
w itc h e s (g ro u p s o f 13) s till m e e t
each y ear to co n duct b lack sabbaths
and p ray to S atan fo r pow er. It all
tak es place on H allow een night.
N ow I w o uld not go as far as to
suggest that people are into the o c
cult if they send th eir children tricko r-treatin g or attend a party or carve
a pum pkin. I w ould suggest, h o w ev
er, that w e be ex trem ely careful, for
w e are dealing w ith S a ta n ’s big day.
A cco rd in g to the W ord o f G od, S a
tan is n o t a m y th b u t is v ery real.
“ Be self-c o n tro lled and alert. Y our
enem y the devil prow ls around like
a ro arin g lion looking for som eone
to d ev o u r” (1 Peter 5:8, N IV ).
T h e a p o stle P aul w a rn s us in 2
C orinthians 4:4 that Satan is a liar, a
deceiver. P erh ap s som e o f his b est
tricks o f deception are played on us
at H allow een tim e. Paul also w rote
in 1 T h e s s a lo n ia n s 5 :2 2 , “ A v o id
every kind o f evil.” C an w e, w ith a
g o o d c o n sc ie n c e , m ix g o b lin s and
the gospel?
W h a t a b o u t c o s tu m e s ? S h o u ld
p e o p le, w ith C h rist in th e ir hearts,
be disguised as dem ons? Should the
hom es o f C hristian fam ilies be dec
o ra te d w ith sk e le to n s and w itch es
on the d o o rs and w in d o w s? T h ese
are som e things w e need to c arefu l
ly consider.
Dr. W. E. M cC um ber, form er ed i
tor o f the H e ra ld o f H oliness, once
responded to a re a d e r’s letter: “ H al
low een is celebrated in pagan w ays,
and the church w ould be w ise to ig
nore it and deplore it, not explore it.
Its occu lt sym bols and features are
c o n d e m n e d in S c rip tu re . E v e n the
p h r a s e ‘tr ic k o r t r e a t ’ im p lie s a
species o f blackm ail. If our children
n e ed e n te rta in m e n t at th is tim e o f
year, w e are sadly lacking in im ag i
n ation and enterprise w hen w e c an
not offer a w holesom e, fun-filled a t
m osphere utterly divorced from the
su p e rstitio u s and d e m o n ic asp e c ts
o f the w o rld ’s celeb ratio n s” (H erald
o f H oliness, Sept. 15, 1987).
So w h a t, th e n , are w e to do on
H allow een? Should we ju st sit in a
c o m e r and let the w orld celeb rate?
A bsolutely not. C hristians should let
th eir view s be know n.
M y w ife a n d I w e re d is tu r b e d
continued on page 40
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The Evangelist in a Changing
A message by evangelist Billy Graham delivered at the North American Congress for Itinerant Evangelists— NACf
because o f the urgency o f the hour.
y prayer for us during these few days together
is that we have a new touch o f the Holy Spirit
The world situation seem s to be alm ost as dangerous as
in our ministry. My text is one that you have
the days just before W orld W ar I or W orld War II. My son,
used, and that you w ould expect m e to use
F ranklin, has ju st com e back from R w anda, w here he is
to n ig h t— E p h esian s 4:11-13: “ A nd he gave
setting up m edical units right around the capital.
so m e , a p o s tle s ; an d so m e , p ro p h e ts ; and
We have been in North Korea twice in the last 18 months.
so m e , e v a n g e lis ts ; and so m e, p a s to rs and
The last time we were there. President Kim II Sung greeted
teachers; for the perfecting o f the saints, for the work
o f the
m e and
hugged me, saying, “You are a m em ber o f the fam i
ministry, for the edifying o f the body o f Christ: till we all
ly.” I didn’t know what to make o f it, but I accepted it, and I
come in the unity o f the faith, and o f the know ledge o f the
was able to preach at the university. Nobody had preached
Son o f God, unto a perfect man, unto the m easure o f the
any gospel there in 40 or 50 years. I found out that he and
stature o f the fulness o f Christ.”
m any others like him are looking for a friend.
The evangelist is a gift o f G od to the Church. M any of
An Hour of Urgency
our denom inations have forgotten that. T h ey ’ve neglected
There
is
an
urgency
o f the hour. There is an urgency in
evangelism , the evangelist, and his gift. T here are m any
this
country.
In
the
m
idst
o f all this, you and 1 m ust prepare
people in our deno m in atio n s w ho are g ifted ev an g elists
the
ground,
sow
the
seed
o
f G o d ’s W ord, and w ater it. Paul
who are not supported by the Church. But they should be,
declared
to
the
C
orinthians,
“ I have planted, A pollos wa
because if they vanish, the Church is going to suffer.
tered; but G od gave the in c re a se ” (1 C o rin th ia n s 3:6).
Evangelists Pay a Great Price
Strangely, all that we see happening is a m arvelous prepa
M any of you pay a great price for being an evangelist.
ration for the gospel. T h ere’s never been a m om ent when
Some have com e here weary and burned out, close to tears.
there has been such w orldw ide preparation for the procla
Som e o f you are show ing signs o f suffering for C h rist’s
m ation o f the gospel as we see at the m om ent. People are
sake. There are tensions in your church and in your family.
disillusioned; secular answ ers have failed them . We have
M any have com e from thrilling evangelistic efforts that you
tried everything in our search for peace, security, and ful
could tell about that w ould bless us all. But others have
fillm ent, but we h a v e n ’t found it. M aterialism , politics,
com e from spiritual deserts where little is happening, and
drugs and alcohol, sex and money, the occult, Satan wor
yo u ’ve seen very few results.
ship, false philosophies and religions have failed; thus, mil
I rem em ber sitting at a table in A m sterdam w here the
lions are open to the m essage o f the hope o f new life in
evangelists were eating, and I sat down beside an A frican
Christ. Seldom has the soil o f the hum an heart and mind
from B otsw ana. H e had a goatee and w as d ressed in an
been better prepared than it is today.
A frican robe. I asked him, “ How do you do evangelism in
The words o f Jesus challenge me as never before. “Be
B otsw ana?” “W ell,” he said, “we have a tough time. I was
hold, I say unto you. Lift up your eyes, and look on the
preaching a few Sundays ago, and I gave an invitation. Two
fields; for they are white already to harvest” (John 4:35).
fellows responded. W hen I went to greet them , they started
People today are saying, “ I w ant som ething to satisfy, I
running into the bush. But, I ’m a pretty good athlete, so I
w ant som ething for fulfillm ent, and I ’m not finding it.”
went after them and tackled them . 1 did m y follow -up work
M arriages are breaking apart, hom es are crum bling, morals
with them on the ground.” I asked him if he had any Bible
are going down.
schools or training places in Botswana, and he told me, “I
M y father w as a farm er, and I know som ething about
have my m a s te r’s d egree from C am b rid g e U n iv e rsity .”
farm ing. He probably w ished I knew a lot m ore about it.
Well, I sat back and looked at him again, because I d idn't
But I ’ve learned one thing, harvesttim e is short. This is har
know that he had m uch education. But he did, and he dedi
vesttim e in A m erica, in Canada, in M exico, and throughout
cated it to the Lord to work in Botsw ana, way off the beat
North and South A m erica. I ’ve never seen so m any people
en track, even in Africa.
com e to C hrist in so short a tim e as we are seeing today.
So m any of you have com e from where there has been
Evangelism Is a Gift
very little. This week, w e’ve com e to share our victories,
An evangelist is a person with a special gift and calling
our problem s, our defeats, and our joys. C hrist has given us
from the H oly S pirit to announce the good new s o f the
a variety o f gifts to use in the Church— apostles, prophets,
gospel. You cannot m anufacture it. It cannot be organized
evangelists, pastors, and professors. W e’re not engaged in a
or m anipulated. I t’s a calling from God. You c an ’t even be
contest o f greatness, but rather a cooperative enterprise of
fitting all believers into perfectly functioning m ature men
educated into being an evangelist. W hat is an evangelist?—
a person w ho anno u n ces the good new s o f C hrist, who
and women capable o f resisting error and standing up for
preaches Christ. In other w ords, the gift o f an evangelist is
the truth in word and deed. W e’re here because all o f us are
one o f the great gifts that G od has given to His Church.
engaged in some form o f evangelistic activity. W e’re here
M
14
iVorld
IJune 2 8 , 1 9 9 4
And h e ’s just as im portant as a professor at the sem inary or
a pastor in the largest or sm allest church in the country.
T he S criptures call the evangelist an am bassador, a proclaimer, an advocate, an announcer o f good news. H e’s the
one that presents the new s on the w orld netw ork. One of
the greatest needs in the C hurch today is to recognize the
gift o f the evangelist.
The Message of the Evangelist
First, 1 want to say a word about the m essage of an evan
gelist. W hen Paul left the city o f C orinth, w hat did he say?
"F or I determ ine not to know any thing am ong you, save
Jesus C hrist, and him crucified” (1 C orinthians 2:2). That
was his m essage. He could have used his intellectual abili
ty. He could have talked on other subjects, but he didn't.
I rem em ber I was in A ustralia, and we w ere holding a
crusade in the great stadium , and I turned to the archbish
op, M arcus Long, one o f the greatest m en o f G od it’s ever
been m y p riv ile g e to know . He w as the p rim ate o f the
C hurch o f E ngland for A u stralia. 1 said, “ M arcus, w hat
should I preach on tonight ?” He said “ Preach on John 3:16,
and preach on it every night y o u ’re here for three weeks.
T h at’s the m essage G od needs to be heard in A ustralia.”
If y o u ’d asked the apostle Paul “ How do you com m uni
cate the gospel? W hat is your secret?” He w ould have said,
“ I preach C hrist.” Paul knew that there was a built-in pow
er in the m essage o f the gospel. And we need to know that
when we stand up and proclaim the m essage, or when we
com m unicate it to a person in individual counseling, that
there is a pow er in the m essage o f the gospel, a built-in
pow er that you d o n ’t have to w ork up. H um an logic, hu
man eloquence, organizing big crusades will not do it.
The S pirit’s work is vital. For as Paul says in 1 C orinthi
ans 2:14: “The natural man receiveth not the things o f the
S pirit o f G od: for they are fo o lish n e ss unto h im .” And
w hen we proclaim the gospel to m any people outside of
Christ, it’s foolishness, it’s ridiculous.
Prayer Is Vital
I’ve often been asked what is the secret o f my m inistry. I
said, there are three secrets: prayer, prayer, and prayer. We
had a m an that cam e w ith us in the very beginning. His
nam e is W illis Haym aker. In those days, we d id n ’t have au
ditorium s and stadium s. We had to build our own in town
after town where we went. This was part o f the jo b o f the
man w ho set up the m eetings. Not only did he have to get
com m ittees and m usicians together, but he had to build a
building. So, W illis w ould build these b u ildings seating
anyw here from 10,000 to 20,000 people. His philosophy
w as “ Y o u 'll n e v e r g et a n y w h e re in e v a n g e lism u n less
everything you do is bathed in prayer.” So he put prayer in
to everything. The carpenters prayed, the people w ho put
the floors dow n or the saw dust or w hatever it was— he had
them all praying.
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B illy Graham Evangelistic Association
A Message That Transcends Barriers
O ne o f the m ost im p o rtan t tru th s I'v e learned as an
evangelist preaching in over 80 countries is that the gospel
cuts across every cultural, political, and social barrier.
N ever change the m essage. We try to preach it in the
context of the group to whom we are talking. If I come up
on an illustration in some sermon outline and I ’ve used it
som ewhere over here, and I ’m preaching in India or China,
I try to get som ething that they are acquainted with that
will illustrate a spiritual truth. But the spiritual truth is ex
actly the same. The gospel never changes. The human heart
d o e sn 't change. The hum an heart is filled w ith sin. We
need reconciliation, and the only reconciliation is through
the Cross and the Resurrection by repentance and faith.
W hatever place that I ’m in, I know that the gospel is go
ing to w ork, because G od m ade it for the w hole hum an
race. The gospel speaks to people at a university, on a street
com er, in a tribal village, a stadium, a cathedral, anywhere.
The basic needs of the hum an heart are still the same.
W hen I face an audience, I know that that audience al
ready has been prepared by the Holy Spirit for my m es
sage. I know that there is em ptiness and loneliness in the
hearts o f m ost people. T h ey ’re not sure what they are lone
ly for. They can be lonely with their wife, they can be lone
ly in the m iddle o f m aking love, they can be lonely with a
crow d— cosm ic loneliness. It’s loneliness for G od, and they
d o n 't understand it. Then I know that there is guilt in every
audience. They do n ’t know where it came from. They d o n ’t
know what it is. It’s a load that they have to carry. And that
prepares me to bring the gospel m essage of good news.
Then, I know that there is a fear o f death. I have several
close friends, right now, dying. W hen you reach my age, a
lot o f people y o u ’ve known die, all around. I’m not afraid
to die; I do n ’t like the process of dying, but I ’m not afraid
of death. I ’m looking forw ard to it with great anticipation.
Different Methods of Sharing the Gospel
Then there are the various m ethods we use in com m uni15
eating the gospel. There are many. I d o n ’t think that m ass
evangelism is the proper m ethod for everybody. There are a
thousand different methods. It’s like the wheels o f a bicy
cle— m any spokes going tow ard the center. But w hen we
proclaim the gospel, we are to do it with authority based
upon the Word of God.
I have no trouble about the Scriptures being inspired, be
cause m any years ago, I settled it by faith. I d o n ’t care what
the scholars say, I know that this book is inspired o f God.
And that is your authority. You have the authority o f the
words o f Christ. You have the authority o f your own walk
w ith the L ord. You have the au th o rity given to you by
God— the Holy Spirit.
Is G o d ’s Word like a burning fire in your soul and mine?
I have to ask m yself that question. I t’s not always there. I
get concerned about it som etim es, and I have to fall on my
face before God and say, “O God, I w ant to be like Jerem i
ah. I want
Word to bum in my heart and to proclaim it
with sim plicity.” We need to avoid the tem ptation to im
press people with our learning, travels, intellectual abilities,
cleverness, or our eloquence.
The Bible says, “The com m on people heard him gladly”
(M ark 12:37). W hy? B ecause they understood H im . He
spoke th eir language. Part o f p reach in g w ith sim plicity
m eans to preach w ith illu stratio n s o f sp iritual truth that
people can understand.
Don’t Complicate the Message
Also, d o n ’t be afraid to repeat. Jam es Denny wrote that
Jesus probably repeated him self more than 500 times. Now
that encourages me, because I do a lot o f repeating. I used
to have about 250 evangelistic sermons. I'm now dow n to
about 8 or 10. W hen I stand up to preach, I can see my
team and fellow colaborers w ondering which one I'm go
ing to give tonight. And they know it’s going to be John
3:16, and it ought to be.
We need to get back to the sim plicity o f the gospel be
cause so m any people w ant C hrist, but they d o n ’t know
how to find Him; they d o n ’t know what it is. They h aven't
been told in sim ple, everyday language that they can under
stand.
Preach with Compassion
Preach the gospel with love and com passion, even if you
are preaching on hell or judgm ent. Let people feel the tears
in your heart and the com passion in your soul. Jesus wept
over Jerusalem . How often do we w eep over the cities that
we go to? We have a responsibility to have com passion to
poor people, the sick, the oppressed, the hungry, the out
cast, those torn by terrorism and war, especially the believ
ers. And there are believers all over the world where wars
are going on today. We have a responsibility to the hurting
people o f the w orld. R em em ber the apostles in A ntioch
helped the suffering believers in Jerusalem w hom th e y ’d
never seen or met.
Holy Living
And last, we are to com m unicate the gospel in the pow er
o f the Holy Spirit. If we try to m anipulate or m anufacture
success, or if we try to take credit for what God is doing,
then we will be set aside by G od. But preach in g in the
pow er of the Holy Spirit also m eans living in the pow er of
the Holy Spirit. We must be m en and w om en who are pure
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vessels for G o d ’s message.
We saw som ething a few years ago that m ade all the
headlines. They call some o f these people “televangelists.”
It’s interesting to me how m any o f those people were not
evangelists at all; they were pastors, or were presidents of
institutions. They had other big w orks going on that pro
vided their main support. But evangelists got the blam e. I
think the evangelists that I know are som e o f the finest,
cleanest, m ost dedicated all-out people for C hrist in the
country, and I thank God for all o f you.
But w hen people criticize evangelists, they usually at
tack us along three lines: money, m orals, and pride. These
are the same things Satan used with Eve and with Jesus.
H e’s never changed his tactics. H e’s always after us, setting
traps. Paul warned, “Let him that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall” (1 C orinthians 10:12). Som e o f us here
tonight say, “ I ’ll never do that. I ’ll never fall. I ’ll never
fail.” We d o n ’t know. In a m om ent o f w eakness, the devil
com es in mighty power, and if we d o n ’t have on the whole
arm or o f God and stay prayed up, he can penetrate.
A Great Opportunity for Evangelism
This is a very wonderful day to be alive. I ’m glad that
God allow ed m e to live to see a new daw ning for evange
lism. Evil is very strong, but God is stronger. M an is on a
self-destructive binge, but G od is still in the business of
turning around the lives o f men and women.
Perhaps w e’re in the last days. I rather think we are. The
days spoken o f by Joel and Peter. There are m any w onder
ful signs. I ’ve been reading in the papers and in the litera
ture about the “True Love W aits” m ovem ent all over the
country. T h e y ’re getting tens o f thousands o f com m itm ents
from young people who say they will stay sexually pure.
Then there’s Youth with a M ission, and Cam pus Crusade
with their thousands o f people out proclaim ing the gospel
in every type o f situation, with thousands o f people coming
to Christ.
T hen th e re ’s that m ovem ent called P rom ise K eepers.
They had 62,000 m en together in Indianapolis the other
day. And they are going to go from city to city and stadium
to stadium this summer.
B arna and G allu p p o lls ag ree th at 96 p e rc en t o f the
A m erican people believe in a personal G od o f some sort;
82 p e rc e n t p ray at le a st o n ce a w eek; 56 p e rc e n t say
th ey ’ve had a personal encounter with God; 38 percent say
they have been bom again. W e’ve never had such high sta
tistics in the history of the U nited States. This is a glorious
moment! God is at work.
I think historians will look back, if we live that long in
history, and say this has been a period o f revival. W ouldn't
it be som ething if you slept through the revival? Because
God is m ightily at work. We should hold out hope to peo
ple that Christ will com e and that He will keep His prom is
es to us. It w o n ’t be long before we will all be at the feet of
Jesus at that great M arriage Supper o f the Lamb. I'm look
ing forw ard to that day.
I heard this story last week from Ken Sm ith at a meeting
of the Fellow ship o f C hristian A thletes. He said that it was
T hanksgiving, and it was his 12th birthday. Since it was
raining, he and his cousins were playing football in the livcontinued on page 35
NAZARENES CONTRIBUTE
TO NATIONAL CONFERENCE
She was chairperson of the Nazarene
everal Nazarenes led activi
prayer effort and assisted with
ties at the North American
prayer activities at the conference.
Conference for Itinerant
As the final speaker for the con
Evangelists (NACIE ’94) in
ference, E. V. Hill, pastor of Mount
Louisville, Kentucky, June
Zion Missionary Baptist Church in
28— July 1. The event was
the Watts district of Los Angeles,
supported by more than 60
urged evangelists to go outside the
denominations and sponsored by the
church to proclaim the gospel.
Billy Graham Evangelistic Associa
tion. Evangelist Billy Graham
“There was a time when evange
brought the opening address (Gra
lists were hired by a church to do a
ham 's message begins on p. 14).
revival, but this is not so true any
The meeting, with the theme
more,” Hill said. “New, innovative
“Proclaiming C h rist. . . to a Needy
outreach by evangelists is what we
have to do today, because sinners are
World," hosted some 2,500 evange
not walking into church anymore.”
lists and spouses, seminary and
Bible school students, and pastors.
Evangelists were challenged to
The number included 67 female
sign a special document called “Bib
evangelists. A total of 112
lical Standards for Itinerant Evange
Nazarenes attended.
lists.” The “contract” seeks to ad
Bill Sullivan. Church Growth Di
dress the issue of credibility and lift
vision director, served on the NACIE
itinerant evangelism to a new level
executive committee. He worked
of accountability. It acknowledges
with 15 other denominational repre
the authority of Scripture, affirms
sentatives on finance, arrangements,
that salvation is effected by the
programming, and promotion for the
grace of God through Jesus Christ,
conference. Sullivan performed plat
and emphasizes the power of the
form duties one day at the event. He
Holy Spirit to bring conviction of
also led the closing Communion ser
sin. These standards are expected to
vice, assisted by two other executive
be incorporated into the evangelist
committee members.
accreditation process of many de
nominations.
“A conference like NACIE was
long overdue in North America,”
Sherman R. Reed, Nazarene evan
Sullivan said. “It met a protracted
gelist and U.S. Army Reserve chap
need for fellowship and training
lain, said, “For me the conference
among itinerant evangelists."
has been one of information, inspira
Chic Shaver, Nazarene evangelist
tion. and application. I truly feel I
and professor of evangelism at
have been in a forest of giants this
Nazarene Theological Seminary, led
week as my focus has been sharp
a workshop on linking converts to
ened, my ministry enlightened, and
local churches for growth in Christ.
my commitment renewed to spread
A new book edited by Lewis Drum
the good news of Jesus Christ to the
mond, with several chapters written
ends of the earth.”
by Shaver, was released at the con
“What a refreshing experience to
ference.
be in the company of men of faith
Nazarene evangelist Chuck Millwho are able to sift through all the
huff taught a workshop on the final
intellectual and cultural maze and
day of the conference. His topic ad
keep Christ’s message crystal clear,”
dressed preparation principles for
said Henry Cheatwood, a Nazarene
evangelists.
evangelist from Missouri who at
Beverly Burgess, personal evan
tended the conference. “I have been
challenged anew to preach Christ. I
gelism program manager for the
dare not allow any issues to cloud
Church of the Nazarene, served on
the simple presentation of Christ.”
the conference prayer committee.
S
O ctober
1994
Billy Graham at a news conference at NACIE
’94. He is flanked by conference speakers
Sterling Huston (I.) and T. V. Thomas.
I
Bill Sullivan performs platform duties.
Nazarenes gathered together at several
luncheons during NACIE ’94 (standing I. to r.):
Beverly Burgess visits with Mrs. Stephen
Manley, while Stephen Manley speaks with
Chic Shaver.
IN DIALOGUE
Five Nazarene Evangelists Talk About Revivals
P hotos b y B ra d E lsberg/M edia International
Editor’s note: This dialogue was conducted by evangelist Nelson Perdue. Working through the
Division o f Church Growth, he serves the denomination as revivalism coordinator. This article
is extracted from a two-hour, 2 7 -page dialogue held in Kansas City.
Dialogue participants— all members o f the God-Called Evangelists Committee— included:
Chuck Millhuff, Duane Smith, Gary Bond, and Richard Strickland.
Nelson Perdue: G en tlem en , than k s for b ein g here.
O u r aim is to d iscuss the issues relev an t to revivals and
evangelists in these days. D efin e itin era n t evangelist.
W hat cha ra cterizes an itin era n t evangelist?
Chuck M illhuff: T h ere have b een ev an g elists o f v a ri
ous sorts through the ages, b u t the itin eran t ev an g elist is
a “Jo h n n y -co m e-lately .” I m ean, the itinerant ev an g elist
has only b een around fo r a couple o f h u n d red years. Its
idea is unique to A m erica. T his perso n , this role, evolved
from the need s and circu m stan ces o f the A m erican set
ting— along w ith cam p m eetin g s and altar calls. E u ro
pean C hristian ity knew noth in g o f itin eran t evangelists
before the A m erican church invented them .
Duane Smith: M y d efin itio n o f the itinerant e v a n g e
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list is a perso n w hom G od calls o u t o f the Body, the
C hurch, to specialize in preach in g the G o o d N ew s for
the co n v ersio n o f sinners, fo r the p erfectin g o f the saints,
and fo r the ed ify in g o f the B ody o f C hrist.
A ll b elievers are co m m an d ed to w itness; the itinerant
ev an g elist is gifted and called to p ro claim the gospel
from ch u rch to church.
M illhuff: I th ink th at itin eran t ev an g elism is not so
m uch so m ething y o u ’re called to, it is som ething y o u ’re
b o m to. A n e v an g e list is so m ething like an O ld Testa
m ent p rophet— even dow n to not fitting in very well
w ith o ther clergy.
Smith: A n evangelist is usually a self-starter, an entre
preneur, a visionary com plete w ith a unique temperament.
The God-Called Evangelist Committee (left to right): Gary Bond,
Duane Smith, Richard Strickland, Chuck M illhuff, Lindell Watson,
and Nelson Perdue.
H e o r she is o ften a d iscern in g p erso n w ith an aptitude
fo r ex p o sin g sin, p ro claim in g rig h teo u sn ess, and w arn- .
ing o f ju d g m e n t. C o n fro n tin g sin and m o ral d eg rad ation
m u st be b alan ced w ith C h ristlik e co m p assio n . T h is can
only be do n e ap p ro p riately th ro u g h a pure heart. T he
ev an g elist is p ecu liarly called to h eart purity.
Perdue: H o w is the m in istry o f the itin era n t e v a n g e
list d iffere n t fr o m a p a sto r's m in istry?
G ary Bond: W ell, it certain ly is n ’t in co m p etitio n
w ith the p a s to r’s m inistry. O u r m in istry m u st c o m p le
m en t the p a s to r’s w ork. P asto rs are sincerely co n cern ed
about the spiritu al w elfare o f th eir p eople. O ften, the
ev an g elist is a v o ice affirm in g w h at the p a sto r has been
teaching all along.
M illhuff: T h a t’s tru e, the e v an g elist ty p ically re c o n
firm s w hat the p a sto r h as said a h u n d red tim es. T he
ev an g e list can be m o re d ram atic, m o re ex trem e than the
p asto r b ecau se he is leav in g soon. I m ean it, th a t’s one
d istin ctiv e d ifference.
R ichard Strickland: M y m in istry I see as en h an cing
the m in istry o f th e local pastor. So in m y p rep aratio n , I
th ink abou t the cu ltu ral asp ects o f the ch u rch , its area,
en v iro n m en t, etc. A n d I try g o in g w ith the flow o f w hat I
feel that the p a s to r’s d o in g , and to m e w hen a p asto r
says, “ D ick , y o u ’ve b een c len ch in g the nail th at I ’ve
b een tryin g to d riv e fo r the last six m o n th s,” that, to m e,
is part o f the su ccess fo r revival.
Perdue: L e t’s ta lk n o w a b o u t p re p a ra tio n f o r revival,
p a rtic u la rly y o u r p e r so n a l p re p a ra tio n f o r a m eeting.
Smith: I send a rev iv al p rep aratio n letter to the church
about tw o m o n th s in ad v ance. T h a t’s not ju st to help
them prep are, it’s also to h elp m e prep are. W h en I learn
the c h u rc h ’s g o al it h elp s m e to p lan and pray properly.
F o r m y o w n sp iritu al p rep aratio n I spend o n e or tw o
hours in prayer, p rep aratio n , and m ed itatio n b efo re every
service. A lso, trav elin g so m u ch , I listen to a lot o f tapes
and do a lot o f read in g .
Strickland: I f he is n o t carefu l, th e e v an g elist can b e
co m e an u n d iscip lin ed perso n . H e is his o w n b o ss— he
has no d irect supervisor. I ’ve fo u n d that u n d er such a
system i t ’s im p o rtan t to p lan y o u r tim e carefu lly — for
p ra y er and study— an d stick to the p lan religiously. Part
o f m y ow n d iscip lin e is to dig o u t tw o new serm ons per
m onth. I ’m not a scholar, b u t I love to study.
Bond: I agree w ith w hat h as b een said. I ’ve d isc o v
ered that if I have ad eq u ately p ray ed and studied, asked
fo r G o d ’s g u id an ce, an d m ade m y se lf availab le to the
H oly S pirit, th in g s o ften go better. S uch p rep aratio n adds
to m y ow n ex p e c ta n cy — an d th a t’s w hat is m issing
som etim es. C an n ed serm o n s are no su bstitute fo r e x
pectan cy an d sp o n tan eity in resp o n se to the Spirit.
Strickland: B ut, y ou k n o w — and I ’m sure th at w e
have all ex p e rie n c ed it— so m etim es the b est p rep ared -fo r
rev iv al turn s o u t to be a flop.
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Perdue: P erhaps the sovereignty o f G od com es in
here. T he harvest m etaphor— planting and reaping— is
often useful in talking about revival, but it d o e sn ’t say it
all. G od in H is sovereignty sends revival in H is ow n
tim e, w hen and how H e w ishes. I t’s not as m echanical as
sow ing and reaping— G o d ’s sovereign w ill is involved.
Strickland: Som etim es it is ju st a case o f the en th u si
asm , energy, and p rep aration peaking before the ev a n g e
list arrives. T hen the preparation is the revival. The p e o
ple are then likely to ju st sit back and w ait for things to
happen. T he cam p aig n then b ecom es anticlim actic.
M illhuff: A s far as m y ow n personal preparation is
concerned, I ask the L ord to give m e a new heart every
w eek— like H e gave Saul a new heart w hen H e called
him to be king. L ast w eek I had a heart for Salina,
K ansas. N ext w eek I ’ll have a heart fo r L incoln, N eb ras
ka. I ’m so involved in w here I am today, that i t ’s difficult
for m e to th ink ahead.
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e v i v a l w i l l c o m e w h e n g o d ’s
PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PRAY
‘THY WILL BE D O N E-A T ANY COST.” ’
NELSON PERDUE
I try to follow the leading o f the S pirit in every ser
vice. I go to the platform about h a lf the tim e n o t know ing
w hat I ’m go in g to preach and have w ith m e 50 serm ons
th at I can preach from m em ory. B ut you d o n ’t know w ho
is going to be there. T he H oly S pirit ju st know s, and
som e days H e d o e sn ’t tell m e. Som etim es H e tells me
w hile I ’m eating lunch. A nd it’s . . . it’s a m y stical thing.
B ut a real ev an g elist lives that way.
Strickland: I like w hat C huck said. O ften, I ’ll go to
the platform w ith five o r six things going through m y
m ind. N ow that m ig h t sound like it’s less p reparation, but
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b r id g e s t h e g a p b e t w e e n t h e
SECULAR AND THE SPIRITUAL, BETWEEN A
HECTIC WORLD AND THE HOLY WORD.”
DUANE SMITH
fo r m e it’s m ore. I ’m tru stin g that the L ord w ill put His
thum b in m y b ack and say this is the direction to go—
w ith the flow o f the Spirit.
Perdue: L et's talk a b o u t prea ch in g , the eva n g elistic
serm on in particular.
M illhuff: E vangelistic p reaching, bey o n d every th ing
else, drives to a conclu sio n and d em ands a decision.
T h a t’s the key. B illy G raham has used it on his radio
b roadcast “T he H our o f D ecisio n ” all these years. P ri
m arily, the fo rm u la o f ev an g elistic p reach in g is: create a
problem , provide a solution, give an opportu n ity fo r p e o
ple to take advantage o f that. A nd y our ability to create
that distinction is the d egree to w hich y our ev an g elistic
serm on w ill be successful. T h a t’s the form u la I have
used all these years.
Smith: I think the C h ristia n ’s b ig g est problem is pride
and ego. T he essence o f sin is pride. T he essen ce o f sa l
vation is hum ility. A m ain ingredient, then, o f the e v an
gelistic serm on is the call from pride to hum ility. A call
to hum ble o n eself before G od.
Perdue: H o w do yo u know w hen a revival has been
successfu l? W hat results sh o u ld eva n g elists a n d ch u rch
es look fo r?
Millhuff: First, the pasto r should feel that the revival
has been a p ositive experience. Second, the revival
should be a revo lu tio n ary ex p erien ce— the church or
som e o f its people w ill n ev er be the sam e.
Strickland: I t’s not unusual in som e ch u rch es to
preach all w eek and not have a single unsav ed person in
the audience until Sunday. In such a case, one w ill look
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in vain fo r w aves o f seekers as the m easu re o f a re v iv a l’s
success. H ow ever, if the people are stren g th en ed and
spiritually energ ized and renew ed, the revival w as a suc
cess.
Perdue: T h a t brings up the m a tte r o f seekers. D o you
fe e l th a t yo u r m in istry is ju d g e d by the n u m b e r o f se e k
ers w ho com e fo rw a rd ?
Bond: We all derive a certain m easure o f gratification
w hen w e see people com e to the altar. B ut, I ’ve noticed
o v er the last 20 years a ten dency to accept the truth, to
listen, and not to respond to an invitation in a crisis m o
m ent. We give an invitation every service. B ut, I think
the indication o f w hat a true, heav en -sen t revival is
com es w hen I get a letter from a p a sto r tw o m o n th s later,
three m onths later, telling m e that o u r w ork to g eth er in
the m eeting is still bearin g fruit. T he true, overall picture
is that the hea ven -sen t revival that G o d brings is a result
o f co o rdinating all the m in istries th a t are available.
Strickland: A s has been often said, “ P roduction is the
nam e o f the g a m e .” A n d w ith m any p astors, the nam e of
the gam e is response at an altar. S om e p astors expect
you to get a response ev en though they, them selves, have
not been able to get th eir con g reg atio n to respond.
I use the altar every night, b u t not ju s t fo r the unsaved.
I like to see everybody, anybody, com e forw ard— it’s a
step tow ard G od. If th e y ’ve m oved up and gotten a bet
ter grip on G od, and G od has a b etter grip on them , I ’m
for it.
M illhuff: You d o n ’t w ant to abuse the altar service.
I ’ve seen som e p reachers w ho created so m any kinds of
needs that every b o d y in the service co u ld go to the altar.
If y o u ’ve got a h eartache, if y o u ’ve got an unsaved loved
one, if y o u ’ve got a b ro th er or a sister that needs God, if
y o u ’re h aving trouble at w ork, I m ean, you can make
en ough situations to w here anyone can com e to the altar.
A nd you can fill the altar w ith that kind o f thing. I sup
pose you go hom e at night feeling like y o u ’ve done a
great thing.
A n other thing that w e need to em p h asize regarding
the altar service is that the H oly S pirit never com es to
em b arrass anybody. E m b arrassin g potential seekers is
unchristlike and does dam age to the cause.
Strickland: B ack to the idea o f ju d g in g the success of
a revival. S om etim es all the result you can see is that the
pasto r and the p arsonage fam ily is uplifted and encour
aged. S om etim es w e evan g elists are the only sounding
board or co u n selo r a pasto r has.
M illhuff: T h at is certain ly true. If you can lift the pas
to r ’s load th ro u g h yo u r frien d sh ip , and th a t’s all that
happens, you have no right to call the revival a failure.
M any tim es chu rch es are in the grip o f dangerous per
sonality conflicts. I ’ve seen m any a p asto r w eep when he
saw people w ho w ere locked in such conflicts m eet at
the altar and su rren d er th e ir hard feelings to G od. Isn’t
that a heav en -sen t revival?
T here are tim es, o f course, in this lonely calling that
the only co n so latio n you have after a revival is that you
know you did yo u r best.
Perdue: G en tlem en , w h a t are so m e o f the h in d ra n ces
to revival?
M illhuff: T elevision. F irst M o n d ay n ig h t football
squeezed out the M onday n ig h t rev iv al service. N ow the
S uperbow l has taken one S unday n ig h t o u t o f ev ery Ja n
uary. W ho w ould sch ed u le a rev iv al on S u p erb o w l S u n
day?
B eyond that, I w o u ld say the g ro w in g evil o f the
tim es, and w ith it the g ro w th o f h u m an ism , new age d o c
trines, and, m ost recently, certain aspects o f the church
grow th m o v em en t, have h ad a d ev astatin g effect upon
the revival m eeting.
on crisis conversion. I do preach on the crisis event o f
second blessing H oliness.
Perdue: M u sic is an im portant p a rt o f any N azarene
service. Talk to m e a b o u t m usic f o r revival m eetings.
Smith: M usic b ridges the gap betw een the secular and
the spiritual, betw een a hectic w orld and the H oly W ord.
M usic p repares the w ay fo r preaching.
M illhuff: T he m usic should conclude w ithin 30 m in
utes o f the beg in n in g o f the service. T h a t’s one o f the
m ain issues.
Bond: C ertain songs are appropriate fo r a concert, but
not so appropriate for a revival service. Songs selected
fo r special m usic in a revival service should focus on
setting the stage fo r the opening o f the W ord o f G od. I t’s
not to detract from the evangelist. O ne thing I noticed as
a boy grow ing up in the church w as that too often there
w as that com petition betw een the tw o.
Smith: The song ev angelist should do the singing and
leave the preaching to the pastor.
Bond: T he tw o should w ork as a team . I t’s crucial.
T he song ev angelist should select m usic that is positive
and praise-centered. Som etim es the m usic is enough.
G od m ay so m ove on the service in a song that there is
no need to preach. I t’s all been said.
Smith: T he m usic should include songs that the p e o
ple can relate to. T h a t’s w hy w e need so m any new
songs. M any traditional songs are so well know n, so
steeped in tradition, that we m iss the truth we are singing
about. C horuses and hym ns o f praise m ay be needed to
produce a heartfelt experience.
Perdue: W hat can the church do to affirm yo u a n d e n
hance y o u r m inistry as an evangelist?
E v a n g e l is t ic p r e a c h in g , b e y o n d
EVERYTHING ELSE, DRIVES TO A CONCLUSION
AND DEMANDS A DECISION."
CHUCK MILLHUFF
Perdue: W hat a b o u t p re a c h in g H o lin ess? So m e
ch urches tell m e th ey d o n ’t have m uch H o lin e ss p re a c h
ing anym ore.
Smith: T he p reach in g o f h eart H o lin ess is very im p o r
tan t b ecause the L o rd sh ip o f C h rist w ill d eterm in e our
priorities. T h o se w ho co m e to C h rist in co m p lete c o n se
cration, seek in g san ctify in g g race, are the ones w ho
m ake C hrist the real L ord o f th e ir life. T h o se w ho fail to
do this are alm o st sure to m ak e rich es, p leasu res, and
cares the lord o f life.
M illhuff: I think an e v an g elist m ust be d efin ite about
his co n v ictio n s and about his doctrin e. If you are a
N azaren e you o u g h t to preach like a N azarene. I 'm very
keen on that. I p reach ed on n atio n al telev isio n a m onth
ago and w as in tro d u ced as a N azaren e e v an g elist because
do ctrin ally I am lin ed up w ith the N azaren es. I do preach
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1994
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f t e n t h e e v a n g e l i s t is a v o ic e
AFFIRMING WHAT THE PASTOR
HAS BEEN TEACHING A LL ALONG.”
GARY BOND
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I USE THE ALTAR EVERY NIGHT,
BUT NOT JUST FOR THE UNSAVED.
I LIKE TO SEE ANYBODY COME FORW ARDIT’S A STEP TOWARD GOD.”
RICHARD STRICKLAND
M illhuff: M ake the revival a high p rio rity item for the
church. A d v ertise the m eeting w ell. A nd d o n ’t have any
big altar pulls fo r a m o n th p rio r to the m eeting.
Bond: I believe the old adage is true: “ If w e fail to
plan, w e are p lanning to fail.” T he b est plans start with
intercessory prayer. A d equate pray er p rep aratio n w ould
help trem endously.
M illhuff: I w rote a book titled The R ev iva l M eeting in
the 20th C entury, w hich I w orked very hard on and is a
CLT book that deals w ith the various aspects o f prepara
tion. I send it out to every church before I get there. I
th ink it helps a lot.
Strickland: O ne o f the m ost affirm ing things that
h appens— and it h ap pens now and then— is fo r the
church o r the pasto r to rem em b er m y w ife. W hen a pas
to r stands up and an n o unces, “T onight w e are going to
take a love offering fo r the e v a n g e list’s w ife ,” that really
helps. W hen you com e hom e o ff the road you have that
special gift fo r yo u r w ife— it m akes a guy feel real good,
and it m akes being an e v a n g e list’s w ife a little easier for
yo u r d earest friend in the w orld.
M illhuff: B illy G rah am said that G od gives a unique
spouse to anyone H e calls into ev an g elism . T h at has
been true in m y case. T he fam ily life o f an evangelist is
ex trem ely unusual, and the e v an g elist pays a trem endous
price at this point. It is rare, but very h elpful, w hen a
church rem em b ers y o u r w ife w ith a letter, an offering, or
som e flow ers.
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Causes and Effect
C . E l l e n W a t t s is a freelance writer living
in Nampa, Idaho.
a u s e s , i n m y o p i n i o n , have becom e
as thick as Iow a chiggers on a hot
sum m er night— and tw ice as pesky.
The pressure to save, preserve, p ro
tect, donate, give up, stam p out, pick
up, or m arch to the beat o f another
m an ’s enthusiasm zaps energy from
the C hurch and has us scratching in
our w allets w here they h a d n ’t ought
to itch.
Som etim es even perpetrators o f
C hristian causes put the H oly Spirit
on hold and presum e the hum an heart
incapable o f responding to G o d ’s
voice m inus the goading o f an eightpage, com puterized plea.
F or som e o f us, ignoring an urgent
reply envelope or throw ing aw ay an
appeal unopened is like rem oving the
tag from a m attress. We sim ply c a n ’t
do it.
N either can w e grasp all th a t’s go
ing on concerning the birds and the
beasts. W here I live, for instance,
w e ’re supposed to be saving the
salm on. G reat idea. E xcept that oth
ers are into saving the seals and the
sea lions that are snarfing dow n the
salm on w e ’re supposed to save.
W hat w e do understand is picking
C
O ctober 1994
tance. Norm stood and listened while
up after ourselves and recycling. We
I filled his other ear on the subject of
learned this before bubble gum. If
you know what.
you got it out or dropped it, you put it
We had paused on a rocky ledge to
back or picked it up. W hat you need
rest when we heard another sound,
ed, you used; the rest you gave to
faint at first, then stronger. “T h ey ’re
som eone else or saved for next time.
playing a hym n,” Norm said.
R ecycling was how you got your
As we listened in silence to the fa
clothes. You d id n ’t m ess with nature.
m iliar notes o f “Am azing G race," we
T hat was G o d ’s departm ent.
decided that those w e’d thought to be
I got to thinking about all this up at
partying were instead celebrating
Lake Louise last sum m er after w e’d
what I had tem porarily forgotten.
laced on our grungiest tennies and be
The clarion call o f that giant Swiss
gan a five-hour hike that turned our
instrum ent rem inded me that, while
legs to jelly and left me with some
hunting cigarette butts m ight serve as
food for thought.
an exercise for o n e ’s righteous indig
At the start o f our clim b, we passed
nation, it does nothing to further the
w hat looked like a group o f m orning
cause to which I ’ve long been com
“partyers” and paused to gaw k at a
mitted.
giant, Sw iss-type hom on a stand
My focus lifted as we toiled on to
near the w ater’s edge.
dine on hom em ade bread with honey
The m orning was perfect for hik
near the foot o f the glacier before be
ing, our surroundings as clean as a
ginning our descent. By the time
new pinecone— except for one thing.
w e’d stum bled back to the business
“W hy is it?” I said, pointing to a
cigarette butt on the path
ahead, “that sm okers con
sider them selves exem pt
from the proper disposal
o f trash?”
“ I d o n ’t know ,” Norm
Why is it that smokers consider
said in a patient, here-w ethemselves exempt from the
go-again tone.
W ell, som ebody needed
proper disposal of trash?
to care!
Ten butts later, after my
m outh had started to feel
like a prune that w o n ’t let
end o f Lake Louise, I regretted hav
go o f its pit, w e started up a dirt trail
lined w ith w ildflow ers. Then, there
ing w asted so m uch energy grousing
w as another stam p o f a cigarette, rest
over a lost cause.
W hen we got hom e, I tossed all the
ing, this tim e, atop a clum p o f dew y
junk mail (unopened) into the recy
buttercups. Now, m y fillings hurt.
cling bin and wrote an extra check for
The trail grew steeper and rockier.
N orm began to puff and I to huff as
m issions to thank the Lord for all I ’d
we cam e across still another butt
learned on the journey. Then I called
a friend to see w hat had happened
lodged am ong the stones lining a
rushing stream.
concerning the cause for which Christ
died while I ’d been away.
An avalanche crashed in the dis
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I nto the W ord
Foundations o f the Faith in Philippians
No Need for False Modesty
ROGER L. HAHN
R o g e r L . H a h n is p ro fe ssor o f N ew Testa
m e n t a t Nazarene Theological Seminary.
I am not claim ing that 1 have already
grasped all o f C hrist nor have I a l
ready reached perfection, but I am
continuing to pursue it, to see i f I
m ight fu lly grasp him because 1 have
been fu lly grasped by C hrist Jesus
(Philippians 3:12).*
e o p l e w i t h g r e a t g o a l s are often
hard for the rest o f us to handle. We
sniff at the w ould-be high achiever
and m utter, “W ho does he think he
is?” We assum e that the person could
never reach such high goals. On the
other hand, we scoff at the hum ility
o f great achievers. “O h, she is just
being m odest,” we declare as a way
o f accusing the truly successful per
son o f false modesty. We fear accept
ing as genuine the hum ility o f highachieving people. Perhaps their lack
of pretension convicts us o f the
sm allness o f our own goals. Paul
seem s to have know n some Philippi
an believers who had trouble dealing
with his high spiritual aspirations. In
Philippians 3:9-11, the apostle stated
his am bitious goal o f finding union
with Christ in our L ord’s death and
resurrection. The follow ing verses at
tem pt to clarify the m eaning o f P au l’s
goal. He did not want to be m isunder
stood and accused o f either arrogance
or false humility.
Verse 12 begins this clarification, "I
am not claim ing that I have already
grasped all of Christ.” This phrase has
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the day-by-day nature o f relationship
with C hrist offers us unending oppor
tunities for grow th and developm ent.
P au l’s conclusion is that he will
continue pursuing this goal, but he in
tensified his language in the final part
o f verse 12. From the verb “grasp,”
he shifted to a m ore intense com
pound o f that verb w hich we can
translate “fully grasp.” Paul was will
ing to rejoice in and testify to the
C hristlikeness that he had already
grasped. But the fullness o f Christ
beckoned him on to experience the
depths o f spiritual grow th. His m oti
vation was not false hum ility to avoid
suspicion o f arrogance. He w anted to
fully grasp C hrist because he had
been fully grasped by Christ.
W hen w e finally com prehend that
C hrist fully know s us and com pletely
loves us anyway, no other m otivation
or explanation is necessary for our
C hristian walk. We w ant to love,
obey, and serve Him because He has
already loved and served us. There is
no arrogance or false hum ility in our
intense desire to be united with
Christ. A nyone w ho questions that
has not yet com prehended what it
m eans to be fully grasped by Christ.
F o r f u r th e r stu d y : (1) R ead 1
C orinthians 13:8-13 as a com m en
tary on Philippians 3:12-16. What
are the points o f sim ilarity between
been translated several ways. The
G reek word for “grasped” has several
m eanings, but no object for “grasped”
appears in the original text. In fact, the
Greek looks almost as if Paul’s secre
tary slipped back into shorthand for
verse 12. However, the subject of
verses 9-11 was knowing Christ, and
the word “grasp” includes the m eaning
o f m entally com prehending. So it is
best to assum e that Paul was still talk
ing about knowing Christ in verse 12.
The apostle’s am bition was such
personal know ledge o f the Lord that
he w ould actually share in C h rist’s
death and resurrection. Som e of
P au l’s com m ents in his other letters
show that he believed he was experi
encing that kind o f union with Christ.
H owever, he did not want the Philip
pians to think that he was arrogantly
claim ing equality with Christ. N either
w ere these w ords an expression o f
false hum ility. In reality, Paul still
had m uch to learn and experience in
his relationship with Christ. He un
derstood very well that no hum an b e
ing ever fully com pre
hends the full reality o f
Christ.
The second phrase in
verse 12 clarifies P au l’s
thought further. The
Christian perfection is not a
G reek text can be most
condition one has, but a life
simply translated, “O r not
one lives.
that 1 have already be
com e perfect.” This is not
a denial o f the doctrine of
____
Christian perfection, for
Paul w ill affirm perfec
tion in verse 15. The tense o f the
the two passages? W hat does the
G reek verb shows the ap ostle’s inten
m essage o f 1 C orinthians 13:8-13
tion. The tense refers to results that
add to the Philippians passage? (2)
follow from a previous action. Paul is
Study 1 John 4:16-21. W hat insights
denying that he had achieved perfect
do these verses contribute to your un
C hristlikeness at som e point in the
derstanding o f P hilippians 3:12? (3)
past and was now sim ply enjoying it.
In 1 C orinthians 11:1, Paul urges his
U nion with C hrist (or C hristian per
readers to becom e im itators o f him as
fection) is not a condition one has,
he im itated Christ. In light o f Philip
but a life one lives. It is daily know
pians 3:12, w hat w ould imitating
ing C hrist better, daily sharing
Paul m ean in your life?
‘ Scripture quotations are the author’s ow n translation.
C hrist’s death and resurrection. And
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W E S L E Y D .M E IS N E R
N . G R EG & J E R E L Y N
R O Y A . SHUCK
K A N E O H E FIR ST
N O R M A N FIR ST
R IC KEY
N A P L E S FIR S T
M EM P H IS C A LV A R Y
N EW S U P E R IN T E N D E N T
HAW AII PACIFIC DISTRICT
W A R R EN D . KO KER
V IR G IL R . & PA TT Y
DAVID L . R IN G H IS ER
G A L E N R . SKIN N ER
T O P E K A FIR ST
M ILLS
S T. LO U IS O V E R L A N D
L IN C O LN FIR ST
H U T C H IN S O N FIR ST
JA M E S M . K R A EM ER
B. KEITH M O W EN
KEITH D . R OBINS O N
J A Y R . SM ITH
PEKIN FIR ST
P H IL A D E L P H IA
IN D IA N A P O LIS
W IN N S B O R O FIR ST
CROSSROADS
W ES TB R O O K
RAY LA S A LLE
R O B E R T W .M U N C IE
DAVID R . R O D ES
M . KIM SM ITH
B U C Y R U S FIR ST
C O LU M B U S FIR ST
G R A N D V IEW FIR ST
S T E R LIN G FIR ST
H E N R Y S P A U LD IN G
M IC H A EL S . TIN N O N
G ER A LD VAUGHT
JA M E S N . W ILLIA M S
W O O D B R ID G E FIRST
BIRM IN G H AM
LE B A N O N FIR S T
M ID L A N D FIR ST
PLEASAN T GR OVE
J E R R Y STIPP
J O E L . TO M PK INS
D A N & D A R L E N E W A LT ER S
D A N IE L J . W INE
FO R T W A YN E
C A R TH A G E FIR ST
TRI C O U N T Y
W IL L IA M S LA K E
G R E G O R Y W . STO R Y
JO H A N H .T R E D O U X
JO S E P H W ATKINS
C LIFT O N 0 . W OOLDRIDGE
C U LLM A N FIR ST
IN D E P E N D E N C E FIR S T
S IE R R A V IS T A FIR S T
F O R T W O R TH NORTHSIDE
LA K E A V E N U E
S T EP H EN P . S TR IC K LER
KEVIN M . U LM E T
M IC H A EL R . W E H N E R
L E L A N D G . W O O LER Y
M ES A FIR ST
G R E E N V IL L E FIR ST
W O O S T E R FIR S T
H E N D E R S O N V IL L E FIRST
G E N E F . TA N N ER
W ILLIA M A . U LM E T
D O N A LD W . W ILLIA M S
V A LP A R A IS O FIR ST
E V A N G E LIS T
W E IR T O N FIR S T
ARGE CHURCH MANAGEME
PERSONNEL
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DAVID W. HOLTZ
ROBERT KREITNER
NORMAN SHOEMAKER
DEAN, SCHOOL OF LARGE
CHURCH M AN AG EM EN T
PROFESSOR, A R IZ O N A
STATE U N IV E R SITY
PROFESSOR, POINT
LOM A NAZARENE COLLEGE
■ T H E K -C H U R C H P R O JE C T
JOHN VAUGHAN
PROFESSOR, SOUTHWEST
BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Churches with 250 or m ore members are served by “The K-Church Project.”
The School of Large Church M anagem ent is one of the seven com ponents of
the K-Church Project. It is a curriculum requiring six weeks of classroom train
ing under college professors. Each session of the school lasts for four days.
Two sessions are held each year (January and October) for three years. The
goal of the K-Church Project is to build 50 Churches of the Nazarene with a
membership or attendance of 1,000 by the year 2000.
TAKENINVENTORY LATELY?
by Curtis Lewis, Jr.
s a student in high school, I
sick. As soon as I finished my assign
w orked for the Thrift-W ay
m e n t, I c a u g h t th e f ir s t a v a ila b le
superm arket. O ne day, the
f lig h t h o m e , a rriv in g in th e e a rly
store ow ner said to an old
hours o f the m orning. A fter sleeping
e r e m p lo y e e , “ D o n ’t you
for a few hours, I aw oke to notice a
tightly w rapped, sm all object on the
think it’s tim e to take in
ventory? We h av en ’t done
nightstand. I asked m y w ife w hat it
it for a w hile.” G iant superstores
andShe sim p ly re sp o n d e d , “ W hy
w as.
shopping malls were still in the future
d o n ’t you open it?” I unw rapped the
for the sm all K entucky tow n where I
sm all o b je c t and d isco v e re d a very
lived. Finally, the day arrived for the
inventory to be taken. Every item in
the store had to be cou n ted — all the
g ro ce ries on the sh elv es and in the
basem ent. E v ery th in g that p ertained
T h a n k s g iv in g s p ills o v e r
to the operation o f the store was in
AND BECOMES NOT A TIME
cluded. It was explained to m e by the
ow ner, “An inventory is counting up
OF THE YEAR, BUT AN
all y o u ’ve got.”
A g o o d T h a n k s g iv in g in v e n to ry
ATTITUDE OF THE HEART
will rem ind us to give thanks for all
the ob vio u s th in g s, w hich are those
good things and people that we often
look right past. The list is endless: a
ch ild ’s giggle, the arom a o f hot apple
pie. the glory o f a sunset, even life.
My wife and I were caught on In
terstate 40 out W est during one o f the
infam ous storm s o f this past winter.
The highw ay was closed, and we sat
for tw o hours only six m iles from a
warm room and a good bed. Finally,
when the road was opened, we exited
and found a H oliday Inn that could
a c c o m m o d a te u s. T h e ro o m w as
w arm and the bed w as com fortable.
As I drifted o ff to sleep, I found m y
se lf givin g than k s for som eth in g so
sim ple as a w arm room and a good
bed. As we begin to take inventory of
our blessings, we cannot contain all
th e t h a n k f u l n e s s th a t w e lls u p .
T h a n k s g iv in g s p ills o v e r a n d b e
com es not a tim e o f the y ear but an
attitude o f the heart.
In o n e ’s T h a n k sg iv in g inven to ry ,
thanks m ust also be given in the o b
scure things o f life. T his m eans that
thanksgiving can be given for hidden
O F F E R IN G FOR
o p p o rtu n itie s, p eo p le th at we d o n 't
W
O
R L D EVA N G ELISM
see right away, things that seem o f lit
tle v alue, treasu res in the d ark n ess.
C H U R C H O F THE NAZARENE
O nce w hen I w as aw ay from hom e
fo r a p re a c h in g e n g a g e m e n t, 1 b e
STEWARDSHIP SERVICES
cam e quite ill. M y fam ily knew 1 was
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d elicate, extrem ely sm all, w ell-p o l
ished shell. M y question to my wife
was simply, “W hat is this for?” “Your
little g irl, L anissa, knew her daddy
was sick,” my wife said. “The shell is
h er w ay o f say in g ‘I love y o u .’” I
found m y se lf giving thanks for her
and her love and for a tiny, obscure
shell.
A thanksgiving inventory also in
cludes some things in life that are ob
jectionable. The late Corrie ten Boom
b r o u g h t th is h o m e to m e w h e n I
heard her speak. She told o f being in
a fle a -rid d e n N azi p riso n cam p. It
w as su ch a te rrib le p la c e th a t she
could not bear it. H er sister, Betsy, re
m in d e d h e r th a t th e y s h o u ld g iv e
“ th a n k s in a ll th in g s .” C o rrie r e
s p o n d e d by s ta tin g , “ I c a n ’t g iv e
thanks for the fleas.” B etsy replied,
“ G iv e th a n k s th a t w e ’re to g e th e r.
M ost fam ilies have been sp lit u p .”
Corrie thought, “ I can do that.” Betsy
continued, “G ive thanks that som e
how the guards d id n ’t check our be
longings, and our Bible is w ith us.”
Corrie gave thanks for the fleas. Later
they discovered that the only reason
they were not harm ed or m olested by
the guards were because they were so
repulsed by the fleas they would not
enter the w o m en ’s living area. G ive
thanks even for the objectionable!
T he C hurch o f the N azarene pro
v id e s its m e m b e rs and f rie n d s an
opportunity each year for a "T hanks
giving Inventory." During the Thanks
giving season, we are asked to reflect
on the gifts God has graciously given
to us. We can express our thanksgiv
ing in a tangible way by giving o f our
financial resources to extend our love
to a lost and hurting world. By sacrific ially giving in the T h an k sg iv in g
O ffering for W orld E vangelism , we
declare that we are indeed thankful
for the obscure, obvious, and even the
objectionable things in life. Have you
taken inventory lately?
C u rtis L e w is , J r .,
is the p a s to r o f First
C hurch o f the Nazarene, N orth Little
Rock, Arkansas.
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N ews
BY M ARK GRAHAM and BRYAN M ERRILL
General Board Receives
Two New Members
T. Daniel Casey and D. Eugene Simp
son were elected to the General Board
by a mail ballot announced July 28, ac
cording to Jack Stone, general secretary.
The ballots were cast by District Advi
sory Board members of all the districts
on the Southeast U.S. Region.
Casey has served as
s e n io r p a s to r o f A t
lanta, Ga., First Church
of the N azarene since
1988. He is an alumnus
o f O liv e t N a z a re n e
College and N azarene
Theological Seminary.
Casey fills the vacancy
Casey
left by the resignation
of Donald Wellman.
A g rad u ate o f Trev ecca N azaren e C o l
leg e and N a z a re n e
Theological Seminary,
Simpson has served as
the North Carolina Dis
tr ic t s u p e rin te n d e n t
since 1986. He fills the
Simpson
v a c a n c y le ft by T alm adge Jo h n so n , who
was elected Sunday School M inistries
Division director.
Tornado Strikes
Pennsylvania Community
A late-night tornado that killed three
persons affected a number of Nazarenes
in Royersford, Pa., July 27. Royersford
is located 30 miles west of Philadelphia.
The storm struck shortly after m id
night, according to Paul Thornhill, pas
to r o f R o y e rsfo rd C h u rc h o f the
Nazarene. The tornado caused $25,000
in damage to the roof of the church and
adjacent parsonage. Five families in the
church su ffered e x ten siv e dam ages,
mainly to their yards.
“The tornado broke and toppled trees
that were hundreds o f years old and
ripped up yards,” said Thornhill, who
w as alo n e at hom e w hen th e storm
struck.
“ It was over in about 40 seconds,”
Thornhill said. “It sounded like a train.”
Thornhill said the tornado affected an
area about 150 yards w ide and four
m iles long. M ost o f the dam age o c
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curred in a newly developed neighbor
hood where 30 homes were destroyed
and three persons were killed. Damages
from the storm were estim ated at $25
million.
“If the tornado had shifted 20 feet, it
would have struck our parsonage direct
ly ,” T h o rn h ill sa id . “ If it had
shifted another 50 feet in the other di
rection, it would have struck our daugh
ter’s home.”
Thornhill said forecasters described
the tornado as a level-three on a scale of
five. “They said there was no record of
a tornado in this area before and that it
was very unusual for us to see one of
this size,” he said.
Thornhill said the church properties
were covered by insurance. He added
that the buildings were patched and are
usable.
“ It is a miracle that some of the trees
that fell d id n 't hit the hom es o f our
p a rish io n e rs,” T hornhill said. “They
could have done much more dam age,
but they didn't.”
Lexington Nazarenes
Respond to Local Disaster
T he v io le n t re m n a n ts o f tro p ic a l
storm Beryl hit downtown Lexington,
S.C., Aug. 16, causing extensive dam
age and several injuries. Several Naza
renes were affected by the storm.
Stephen Sm ith, pastor o f Shepherd
Community Church of the Nazarene in
Lexington, visited the affected areas
with Jam es B earden, South C arolina
d is tr ic t s u p e rin te n d e n t, in o rd e r to
assess the damage.
Joe Swafford, district coordinator for
Nazarene Disaster Response, met with
Smith the next day to help evaluate the
crisis. Sw afford, a N azarene laym an
from G re e n v ille , S .C ., is a 17-year
v e te ra n o f the R ed C ro ss d is a s te r
service. Though several Nazarenes were
d irectly involved in the crisis, there
were no injuries among Nazarenes and
no loss of Nazarene property, according
to Tom Nees, national NDR director.
A N azarene wom an, Faye Chnupa,
w ho o w n s the L e x in g to n C h ristia n
B o o k s and G ifts , saw h er b u sin e ss
destroyed by the storm. The high winds
lifted the roof o ff the V illage Square
Shopping C enter, causing all but one
store in the center to be destroyed.
“The store was totally devastated— a
com plete loss,” Sm ith said. “ She had
a lre a d y s to c k e d h e r sto re fo r the
Christmas season.”
Nazarene Clay Mitchell observed the
tragedy from his dow ntow n business.
He told Smith that the storm sounded
like a locomotive coming out of the sky.
“ It looked like a war zone,” Smith
said. “ It is am azing that nobody was
killed based on the amount of property
damage. We believe our weekly prayers
for our town really made a difference in
this tragedy.”
New Method for
Filling G.S. Vacancies
V acancies in the office o f general
su p e rin te n d e n t b etw e en G eneral
A ssem blies are now filled by a twothirds vote of the General Board rather
th an by v o te o f the d is tr ic t su p e r
intendents. The change is the result of a
constitutional am endm ent ratification
announced A ug. 25 by G eneral Sec
retary Jack Stone.
Once 116 regular and mission districts
concurred with the action o f the 23rd
General A ssem bly, the constitution of
the Church of the N azarene was offi
cially amended, according to Stone.
The o rig in al reso lu tio n was in tro
duced to the 1993 General Assembly by
the Northwest Oklahoma District. It was
approved unanim ously by the Special
Judicial Committee and by a two-thirds
v o te o f the G en e ral A ssem b ly . The
a c tio n w as th e n fo rw a rd e d to the
districts for ratification.
The amendment changes the language
of Manual paragraph 31.5.
It now reads as follows:
The General Assembly shall elect by
ballot fro m among the elders o f the
C h u rch o f the N a za re n e as many
g e n era l su p erin te n d e n ts as it may
deem necessary, who shall constitute
the B o a rd o f G en e ra l Superinten
dents. A ny vacancy in the office of
general superintendent shall be filled
by a tw o-thirds vote o f the General
Board o f the Church o f the Nazarene.
Nazarene Writers
Examine Ministry
More than 200 writers, editors, educa
tors, and ministers convened July 27-30
at M idA m erica N azarene C ollege for
the first Nazarene W riters Conference
in eight years. Featured speakers includ
ed Bill Myers, creator of “M cGee and
M e,” and W es Tracy, H erald o f H oli
ness editor.
Conferees gathered from all parts of
the U.S. and Canada, representing 26
states and/or provinces. The w eek’s ac
tivities included plenary sessions, work
shops, common meals, and informal late
night sessions. The conference them e
was: “W rite to Sell, W rite to Publish,
Write to M inister.”
A faculty of 24 persons led more than
60 workshop sessions during the confer
ence. Topics for workshops were great
ly expanded from sim ilar past events.
These included tracks for both begin
ning and advanced writers. Venues also
were available for m agazine and book
writers. Specialty writers were able to
focus through tracks offered in teaching
and m in istry , ch ild ren and youth, or
music and drama.
“A ttendance and enthusiasm far ex
ceeded our expectations,” said Bonnie
P erry , co n fe re n ce d ire c to r. “ A ll the
feedback and comments have been very
positive. We are excited that the confer
ence was so well received.”
The conferen ce was attended by a
higher percentage of men than those of
the past, according to conference staff.
Nearly 20 percent of those preregistered
for the conference were m en, far ex-
Herald of Holiness editor Wes Tracy speaks
to writers about communicating theology in
everyday English. The workshop was one of
more than 60 included in the recent Writers
Conference.
O ctober
1994
ceeding the typical count of 3 to 5 per
cent.
“ It was a w ell-coordinated confer
ence with a distinctive Nazarene angle,”
said Michael McGarry, pastor and par
ticipant from Boswell, Pa. “My wife is a
writer, too, so we went as a team. I had
originally purchased the conference as a
surprise for her, but once there, I found
m yself gaining tremendously from the
experience.”
Future writers conferences are under
consideration, according to Perry.
NWMS and NCM Pilot
Project for Mozambique
NW M S is netw orking with N azarene
Compassionate Ministries, Inc., to meet
the p ressin g need for m edicines and
medical supplies in Mozambique. The
program utilizes the local church infra
structure of NWMS and the relief deliv
ery systems of NCM.
T he p ro g ram is in itia ted by local
NW M S chapters who elect to coordi
nate the collection and packing of need
ed items within their churches. All med
icines and supplies are nonprescription
and can be purchased at any pharmacy.
The local church collects the provi
sions into standard-sized boxes. The
boxes are then sent to a designated tem
porary storage facility. At the storage
site, the MedCare Paks are prepared and
packed for ocean freight shipm ent. A
$10.00 donation per box is sent to the
general treasurer to offset the cost of
shipment to Mozambique.
MedCare Paks for Mozambique will
be packaged for ocean freight shipment
in November 1994.
“W e are all very excited about the
potential for opening the door for com
passionate evangelism by means of the
MedCare Pak concept,” said Linda W e
ber of N azarene Com passionate M in
istries, Inc. “There is great potential for
village health-care training, as well as
for p roviding im m ediate disaster re
sponse.”
M o z a m b iq u e is the firs t ta rg e te d
world area for the new program. In ad
dition to a recent famine and civil war,
the southeast African nation suffered a
severe cyclone last M arch, which af
fected 1.5 million people in the Nampula Province.
Sixteen Nazarene churches and par
sonages on the Mozambique North Dis
trict were destroyed by Cyclone Nadya.
“From time to time, the NWMS com
m unity w ill be given opportunity to
minister to those with desperate needs
in v a rio u s w o rld a r e a s ,” said N ina
Gunter, general NWMS director. “I en
courage all local churches to participate
in helping to meet these critical needs
through MedCare Paks.”
Information on assembling and ship
ping MedCare Paks is available through
district NWMS/NCM coordinators and
district NW MS presidents. C ontribu
tions for shipping expenses should be
earmarked “NCM/NWMS Relief Ship
m ents” and sent to General Treasurer,
6401 T he P ase o , K ansas C ity , MO
64131.
Nazarene Health Care
Boasts Low Costs
Adm inistrative costs for the Nazarene
H ealth and H o sp italization Program
(NHHP) are 50 to 70 percent less than
those incurred by other private and pub
licly funded program s, according to
Don W alter, Pensions and Benefits di
rector.
The April 18, 1994. issue of National
U nderw riter reported the results of a
study comparing administrative costs of
governm ent program s (M edicare and
Medicaid) versus those of private health
insurance. The study found that private
insurers spend an average of 16.2 cents
on adm inistration for every dollar of
benefits paid. Government spending av
eraged 26.9 cents on administration for
every benefit dollar paid.
In contrast, the NHHP spends an av
erage of eight cents on administrative
services for each dollar of benefits paid.
In relation to other private insurers,
NHHP operates at one-half of the cost.
C om pared to governm ent program s,
NHHP operates with 70 percent less in
administrative costs.
“What the business world calls ‘cost
m inim ization’ we call ‘good stew ard
ship' in the church.” W alter said. "The
Pensions and Benefits office is commit
ted to maintaining this high standard of
stewardship in order to m aximize our
service to the church.”
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Compassionate Ministries
Active on Campuses
Tom Nees, director of U.S./Canada Com
passionate Ministries, emphasizes the im
portance of cooperation between institu
tions in meeting human needs.
Representatives from 11 college cam
puses in the United States and Canada
met July 22-23 in Kansas City for the
first N azarene C om p assio n ate M in
istries (NCM) Campus Liaison Meeting.
They met with leaders from Church
Growth, World Mission, NCM, NWMS,
and NYI to discuss compassionate ac
tivities on Nazarene campuses.
The meeting sought to facilitate in
teraction between the various organi
zations and to clarify com passionate
ministries services and information, ac
cording to Tim M astin, C ollege/U ni
versity liaison for NCM. Each of the
college presidents, in consultation with
U S A /C a n a d a N CM D ire c to r T om
Nees, appointed v olunteers on each
campus to act as liaisons to NCM.
“These liaisons serve as a link be
tween NCM and the campus communi
ty, including faculty, students, and ad
m inistration,” Mastin said. "They not
only facilitate periodic NCM Regional
Conferences on the campuses but also
promote and inform the campus com
munities about NCM programs and op
portunities— locally, nationally, and in
ternationally.”
The meeting also included evalua
tion of the recent regional conferences
held throughout the United States. An
other series o f co n ferences is being
considered for the future.
A publication titled NCM Campus
C om m unique, h ig h lig h tin g co m p as
sionate activities at the college/univer
sity level, will be distributed to inter
ested parties.
Those participating in the m eeting
in cluded: M ike B ro o k s. SNU; Ron
D a lto n , O N U ; S an d ra F ach . C N C ;
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Jam ie G ates and G ordon W etm ore,
NTS; Irving Laird, NNC; Frank Moore.
M A N C ; G ary S iv e w rig h t, M V N C ;
D avid Slam p, TN C; D ana W allin g ,
P L N C ; Joe W a rrin g to n . N B C ; and
David Wooster, ENC.
ficially start until next year.”
L ancaster said strong support has
been given to the thrust by its honorary
chairman, Raymond W. Hum, and by
Michael Estep, Thrust to the Cities di
rector.
Houston Thrust Progressing
NWMS Supports
Ministerial Education
Henry Mills has been appointed local
coordinator of the Thrust to the City of
Houston, according to J. W. (Bill) Lan
caster, Houston District superintendent.
In this post, he will have the responsi
bility for running the program, which
officially begins next January. The ap
pointment is for two years.
M ills m oves to the
post from the pastorate
o f the NASA C hurch
on the H o u sto n D is
tric t, w h ere he had
se rv e d fo r the p ast
year. Prior to this, he
p astored N orth L ittle
Rock First Church for
10 years. He has pas
tored other churches on the Tennessee,
Hawaii, Alabama, Georgia, and South
ern Florida Districts.
“He is an outstanding pastor, a good
public relations person, an excellent
administrator, and a good leader, who
will bring his skills to this task,” Lan
caster said.
Lancaster said the work of the Hous
ton T h ru st is p ro g ressin g w ell. Jim
Palm er has resigned the pastorate of
Pasadena, Tex., First to accept the chal
lenge of starting a church in the Hous
ton suburb of First Colony. "This is an
upper crust community,” said Lancast
er. “One o f our laym en has invested
$52,000 to help start this church.”
The church plans to meet in a school
in the heart of the com m unity where
some homes are valued at $1 million.
“We launched the Bethlehem Black
C hurch three weeks ago,” L ancaster
said. “Jim Bums, our new pastor there,
is off to a big start. He had 35 persons
on the first Sunday.”
A H isp a n ic c h u rch w as re c e n tly
launched in the Denver community on
the southeast side of the city. Two oth
er H is p a n ic c h u rc h e s a lso w ere
launched this summer.
“I feel like we are getting off to an
excellent start,” Lancaster said. “These
things are happening, and we w on’t of
The Nazarene World Mission Society
will celebrate its 80th anniversary in
1995 by sponsoring an offering project
for missions scholarships, according to
Nina G. Gunter, general NWMS direc
tor.
The General NWMS Council select
ed a project that will provide scholar
ships for needy ministerial students at
N azarene world m ission educational
institutions. The goal for the interna
tional offering was set for $480,000.
“W hat we, as a com m unity, do in
this project is very important," Gunter
sa id . “ T he c h u rc h w ill n e v e r be
stronger than its educational institu
tions that train leaders and laity.”
The them e for the project will be
“W orld C la ss.” O ffering goals have
been given to each district. A promo
tional video also will be made available
for district NWMS conventions.
Local churches can expect to receive
p ro m o tio n a l in fo rm a tio n about the
project early next year.
International Lay Ministry
Congress Announced
The Center for Lay Ministry has begun
receiving registrations for an Interna
tional Congress on Lay Ministry to be
held January 6-8. 1995, at Nazarene
Theological Seminary in Kansas City.
The congress is being promoted as a
call to recover the full partnership of
laity and clergy in the global ministry
o f the C hurch o f the N azarene. The
event is being sponsored by the Church
Growth Division, Nazarene Theologi
cal Seminary, and the Center for Lay
Ministry.
A $95 registration fee includes con
ference fees and four m eals. Partici
pants will provide their own transporta
tion and housing. Those interested in
more information may phone 913-7645690 or write the Center for Lay Min
istry, 13849 S. Murlen. Suite F, Olathe,
KS 66062.
H e r a l d o r H o l in e s s
District Assemblies Extend
Terms for Superintendents
U.S. district superintendents whose terms
expired this summer were all reelected to
four-year terms, according to the Board
of General Superintendents.
According to the Manual, a district su
perintendent is initially elected or ap
pointed for a two-year term. After serving
two years, a district superintendent may
be reelected for a four-year term with the
approval of the general superintendent in
jurisdiction. All elections require a twothirds favorable vote of the district as
sembly.
The following is a list of superinten
dents who were reelected for four-year
terms this summer by their respective dis
trict assemblies:
Stephen Anthony, Eastern Michigan
James R. Blankenship, San Antonio
James Bearden, South Carolina
Bill Burch, Arizona
Larry Coen, Rocky Mountain
Jose Dimas, Central Latin American
Ronald G. Fry, Canada Central
Clarence Hildreth, Maine
Russell Human, Northeast Oklahoma
Richard Jordan, Northwest Indiana
Ronald Kratzer, Intermountain
J. W. Lancaster, Houston
J. E. Shankel, Northwestern Ohio
Kenneth Mills, New England
Dwight Neuenschwander, Nebraska
Sam Pickenpaugh, Minnesota
Jerry Porter, Washington
J. Phillip Sessions, Alabama South
Pal Wright, Joplin
Charles Zink, Upstate New York
In addition, the following superinten
dents were elected or appointed for twoyear terms to their respective districts:
Danny Gales, Canada West
Ron Greeno, Sacramento
Carlton Harvey, Canada Quebec
Robert Killen, Hawaii Pacific
John Nells, Navajo Nation
Byron Schortinghouse, Southern Florida
Tennessee, ONU, and NEO
Win National Bible Quiz
The fo u rth G en eral NYI B ible Q uiz
Tournament was the largest such event to
date with more than 250 quizzers, coach
es, and officials converging July 10-13 at
MidAmerica Nazarene College.
A total of 41 teams from across the na
tion competed for a traveling cup. a $500
scholarship, and regional honors. The
O ctober
1994
toumey was divided into three seperate
divisions to test participants’ knowledge
of 1 and 2 Corinthians.
Each o f the eight U.S. regions was
represented in the regional competition.
Each team is named after its regional
Nazarene college, though no official re
lationship existed with the schools. The
ONU regional team emerged as champi
on after earning only a 4th place seed in
the double-elimination tournament. The
MANC regional team finished second,
follow ed by the SNU region and the
PLNC region, respectively.
The top five quizzers in the regional
division were: Bill McCoy, PLNC; Josh
M cCoy, PLNC; Ryan Vickery, ONU;
Kristen Knipmeyer, MANC; and Chris
Kirk, MANC.
The novice division, com prised of
d istrict and local church team s, was
won by the N ortheast O klahom a D is
trict “B” team. They were followed by
The Tennessee District took first place at
the recent National Bible Quiz at MidAmerica Nazarene College. Pictured are (I. to
r.): sponsors Ron and Sharon Ohsfeldt, Ja
son W eils, M elissa O hsfeldt, Jason Ad
kin s, Eka Uduomono, and coach Jam es
Hodge.
the Akron District “B,” Tulsa Regency
Park Church, and Chicago Central Dis
trict “C ” teams, respectively.
The experienced division, also com
prised of both district and local church
teams, hosted 25 of the tourney’s teams.
The Tennessee District won the honor
of taking home the traveling cup as the
1994 C h a m p io n sh ip T eam . S econd
place was won by the Kansas City Dis
trict, follow ed by Southw estern Ohio
District "B ,” Indianapolis Fortville “A,”
and N orthw estern Illinois District, re
spectively.
Ryan V ickery, o f the Indianapolis
Fortville Church, was awarded a $500
scholarship to the Nazarene college of his
choice as the top quizzer in the experi
enced division. The rest of the top five
were: Jason Slinker, Northeast Oklahoma
D istrict; Jerem y H all, In d ia n a p o lis
Fortville Church; Destin Weishaar, Illi
nois District; and Jason Adkins, Ten
nessee District.
Collins Continues Recovery
Robert Collins, director
of Nazarene Theologi
cal Seminary in Brazil,
continues a slow recov
ery from a nearly fatal
g u n sh o t w ou n d s u f
fered May 31. Since Ju
ly 28, he has been on a
hom e re c o v e ry p r o
gram, which includes receiving antibi
otics intravenously every day. A nurse
atten d s to him at his s o n ’s hom e in
Pataskala, Ohio.
The gunshot was suffered during an
attack on Collins in front of his campus
home. No suspects are currently in cus
tody.
C ollins described the assailants as
two short young men w earing khaki
factory uniforms and brown ski masks.
They were hiding in shrubbery in front
of the home. Collins returned from the
library around 8 p . m . when the two men
approached him on his porch.
Strangely, the men asked for Collins’
keys instead of money or jewelry. Later
the next morning, the full set of keys
was discovered near the back of the
seminary property
The men fired at Cbllins three times.
One shot entered C o llin s’ abdom en,
damaging his aorta and intestines.
Collins lost five pints of blood on the
way to the hospital. His wife, Frances,
called ahead to their doctor, who quick
ly assembled a team of surgeons. The
doctors, upon exam ining the injuries
and diagnosing pneumonia, were doubt
ful he would recover.
During his third of five early surg
eries, technicians reported that an “un
usual presence” was sensed in the oper
ating room, according to Mrs. Collins.
Shortly afterward, C ollins' lungs were
clear of pneum onia, and his recovery
began.
“The family of God around the world
has b een so b e a u tif u l,” said M rs.
Collins. “It is during these times that
you realize exactly what your church is
all about. Hands of love were extended
so freely to us. We appreciate the con
tinued prayer for Bob's recovery.”
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Church Sets Sights on 2001
of events.
Two New Pastors in Indy
Strategies are currently being d ev el
oped to reach a new church grow th
goal of 15,000 churches by 2001, ac
cording to M ichael R. Estep, Church
Extension Ministries director.
Estep has reached an agreement with
Mark R. Moore, president of Adopt-aBible Study, to assist in sponsoring
Bible studies for the purpose of starting
and organizing new churches.
Adopt-a-Bible Study is currently as
sisting a new work on the N orthern
California District. It is sponsored by
the Sunset District Community Devel
opment Organization under the leader
ship of Michael R. Funk.
M oore’s organization recently met
w ith M erlin P ro v an ce and the A p
palachian Strategy C om m ittee. They
discussed the potential of establishing
Bible studies throughout Appalachia in
support of new church development in
that underevangelized area of the U.S.
An agreement also has been reached
with the Eurasia Region for a number
of Bible studies to be sponsored in In
dia, according to Estep. The launching
of the effort will coincide with the In
dia N ational P a sto rs’ C onference in
N o v e m b e r 1994. In a d d itio n , R.
Franklin Cook, Eurasia regional direc
tor, and Hermann Gschwandtner, East
ern European M inistries coordinator,
are establishing procedures to aid in the
opening of new works in Eastern Eu
rope.
“I personally feel that organizations
such as Dr. M oore’s can be of great as
sistance in reaching our sizable goal of
15,000 churches by the year 2001,” Es
tep said.
A forum, “Racism and Reconciliation
in the Urban Church,” will be held Oct.
1, 1994. The forum will feature presen
ters Joe Noonen, Leroy Richards, and
Ferdinand Santiago. David Best will
serve as the facilitator.
The two largest churches on the Indi
anapolis D istrict elected new pastors
this past summer, according to District
Superintendent John Hay.
E.
L
47, was elected senior
pastor of Indianapolis,
In d ., F irst C h u rch of
the N azarene July 24
by a c o n g re g a tio n a l
vote o f 343 yes/3 no.
He began his new as
signm ent Aug. 28. He
succeeds Charles Kirby.
W isehart recently completed his fifth
year as sen io r p asto r o f O skaloosa,
Iow a. First Church. Prior to that, he
was resident evangelist at Denver, Co
lo., First Church of the Nazarene for 3
years. He had previously served as a
c o m m issio n e d e v a n g e list and song
ev an g elist for 17 years. He was or
dained in 1973 on the Northwest Indi
ana District.
W isehart is an alum nus o f Olivet
Nazarene College and Nazarene Theo
logical Seminary. He is married to Joy.
Michael B. Ross, 47,
was elected July 31 as
senior pasto r of Indi
a n a p o lis, Ind., Westsid e C h u rc h o f the
Nazarene. Ross accept
ed the call following a
unanimous vote of the
church board and a fa
vorable congregational vote of 89 per
cent. He began the new assignm ent
Sept. 4. He succeeds J. K. Warrick.
R oss has serv ed fo r the past two
years as senior pastor of the Charlotte,
N .C ., P in e v ille C hurch. O ther pas
torates include: Fort Myers, Fla., First;
Saint Louis, Mo., Southwest; Miami,
Fla., First; Albuquerque, N.Mex., First;
and Thom asville, Ga., First. He trav
eled as a c o m m issio n e d evangelist
from 1979 to 1983.
E arn in g his B .A . and M.A. from
T revecca N azarene C ollege, Ross is
currently a D.Min. candidate at Drew
U niversity. He and his w ife, Diana,
have a son, B ren t, and a daughter,
Danielle.
CUSD Schedules Events
The Center for Urban Strategy Devel
o p m en t in N ew Y ork C ity has a n
nounced a number of events planned for
1994-95, a c c o rd in g to D avid B est,
CUSD coordinator.
The Center for Urban Strategy D e
velopment is a resource and consulta
tive center for urban m inistry in the
Church of the Nazarene. It is located
just 'A block off Tim es Square in the
historic Lamb’s building.
The center has hosted various consul
tations and training events since open
ing in Septem ber 1992. The calendar
for the coming year includes a variety
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A workshop, “How to Raise Funds,”
featuring Bob Brower of M idAmerica
Nazarene College, will be held Nov. 4,
1994, with consultations on the follow
ing day. Brower will provide an intro
duction to the basics of fund-raising, in
cluding biblical and ethical issues, and
how to get started.
A conference, “Building Partnerships
for Peace in the City,” will be held Feb.
8-9, 1995. K eynote speakers will be
John Perkins and J. K. Warrick.
On April 6, 1995, a workshop, “Per
sonal Growth: Developing Habits for a
Lifetime of Service,” will be presented
by Rebecca Laird and David Best.
A consultation, “Community Assess
m ent: K ey to C o n te x tu a liz in g the
Gospel for City N eighborhoods,” will
feature Michael Christensen as the pre
senter on July 20, 1995.
A fo ru m , “ M a ste rp la n n in g Y our
Ministry,” will be held Oct. 6, 1995. Fo
rum presenter will be Bobb Biehl. The
location for this forum was not final
ized.
“We conducted a survey of a selected
group of urban leaders and found that
one of the topics most mentioned was
the problem of racism in American so
c ie ty and its im p ac t on the urb an
church,” Best said. “The other concern
that was voiced over and over was the
matter of how to raise the financial re
sources necessary to support the urban
church and its related missionary work.
“Our four annual events offer the ur
ban minister, clergy or lay, the opportu
nity to learn from individuals who will
combine scholarship and professional
knowledge with practical experience.”
Sponsored by the Church Growth Di
vision, CUSD exists to provide ongoing
training and educational opportunities
for Nazarene urban m issionaries, pas
tors, denom inational leaders, and lay
ministers.
For more information on any of the
planned events for 1994-95, contact
CUSD, 130 W est 44th St., New York,
NY 10036; phone/fax: 212-382-1984.
Nazarene Telenews
/ 816-333-8270
EVANGELISTS IN DIALOGUE
continued from page 22
Perdue: C an w e d e fe n d the existen ce o f eva n g elists
on the b a sis o f Scrip tu re?
M illhuff: I b eliev e the e v an g elist is an o rd er o f the
m inistry. T he “ A m erican c re a tio n ” o f the ev an g elist to
day is a form o f the o rd e r that has been w ith us from the
b eg in n in g . I w o u ld like to cite tw o scriptures. O ne is in
R om ans 10:15. T h ey are the w ords o f Paul. “ A nd how
shall they p reach e x cep t they be sent? as it is w ritten,
H ow beautifu l are the feet o f them that p reach the gospel
o f peace and b rin g glad tid in g s o f good th in g s!” T he
G reek w ord fo r e v an g elist is used here. Paul is quoting
Isaiah 52:7 w here Isaiah uses the H ebrew w ord for e v a n
g elist, M abasser. T h o u g h the form o f the ev an g elist has
ch an g ed thro u g h the years, the callin g o f ev an g elists is
as old as the B ible. T he w ord e va n g elist is m entio n ed
three tim es in the N ew T estam ent.
Perdue: T h a t b ein g th e ca se, w hy are so m a n y p e r
so n s w ho are n o t G o d -c a lle d eva n g elists ca lle d as
sp e a ke rs f o r ca m p m eetin g s a n d revivals?
M illhuff: T h ere have b een som e trem en d o u s abuses
by ev an g elists. A nd, eco n o m ic p ro b lem s— like the G reat
D ep ressio n o f the 1930s— have k n o ck ed m any e v a n g e
lists out o f the field. A ll this h as had a negativ e im pact
on the ex isten ce and im age o f the e v an g elist in our
church. F or ex am p le, at ou r last G en eral A ssem bly, the
ev an g elists w ere literally ignored.
T h at w o u ld n ’t h av e h ap p en ed in the early y ears o f our
d en o m in atio n . N early all o u r lead ers w ere ev an g elists.
T he typical p attern o f g ro w th clearly show n in T im othy
S m ith ’s boo k , C a lle d U nto H o lin ess, w as that o f an
e v a n g elist h o ld in g a rev iv al and staying on the scene for
th ree m o n th s, o rg an izin g a ch u rch , and then m ov in g on.
Perdue: We h a ve a lo t o f reviva l su b stitu tes these
d a ys— sem in a rs, m a rria g e w o rksh o p s, a n d the like. W hat
a b o u t them ?
Strickland: A ll such th in g s h av e v alue, b u t they a l
m o st alw ay s ad d ress only a few , o r o n ly one type o f p er
son w ithin the fam ily o f faith. T he rev iv al ad dresses
everyone.
Bond: U n less, o f co u rse, the serv ices have b een so d i
v ersifie d th at fam ilies seld o m sit to g e th e r durin g the ser
vice. C h ild ren an d teens often have th eir ow n separate
services.
Smith: S em in ars aim at so m eth in g d ifferent. T h e re
vival m eetin g is a tim e o f ren ew in g and em p o w erin g
G o d ’s peop le fo r serv ice and ev an g elism . R evival p re p a
ration and p ray er is a lot d ifferen t from p rep aratio n fo r a
sem inar. T h e p rep aratio n is differen t; the p u rp o se is d if
ferent.
Perdue: W h a t a b o u t p a y in g the evangelist?
M illhuff: T h e e v a n g e list should be p aid a m inim um
o f $ 1 ,000 p er w eek. L et m e b reak that d o w n fo r you.
T he averag e e v a n g e list h o ld s ab o u t 26 rev iv als a year.
T h at am oun ts to a g ro ss salary o f $26,000. Take out o f
th at social secu rity an d in co m e tax, that b rin g s it dow n
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to about $18,000 right there. Take $18,000 and divide
that by 12 and y o u ’re not far from the poverty level. The
ev an g elist has extra ex penses such as higher phone and
dry cleaning bills. So, $1,000 per revival to the e v an g e
list is still far below w hat the average pastor is being
paid in cash salary. I think that this $ 1,000 figure needs
to be established in the m inds o f churches and boards as
a m inim um . T here are som e that cannot. T here are som e
that w ill not. A nd in those cases, evangelists w ill still go
to those churches. I have been to churches this last year
that d id n ’t pay $1,000.
Smith: W hatever a church establishes as its m in i
m um , the ev angelist needs to be inform ed w hat it is at
the tim e o f the call.
Strickland: A nother aspect o f this is the fact that al
m ost no churches schedule a revival m eeting during D e
cem b er anym ore. T hat m akes for som e lean C hristm ases
w here the evangelist lives. N o one know s how m uch it
m eans w hen the churches w here y o u ’ve preached during
the year rem em b er you and send along a C hristm as
check.
Millhuff: I w ant to encourage young people w ho m ay
be considering a call to evangelism . It is an exciting, if
not at tim es terrifying, kind o f w ork to do. But I have no
regrets, m y w ife has no regrets, m y children have no re
grets. A nd it is a lonely life in som e respects, but it is
very rew arding. I w ould challenge those to w hom G od is
calling to do this w ork to seek out a real ev angelist and
let that evangelist m entor you.
Strickland: I liked his com m ent regarding fu lfill
m ent. Y ears ago, a pastor turned to m e and said we have
a Jew ish fam ily in the congregation tonight. T hey cam e
to the altar and w ere saved. N ow the three kids have
gone through O livet. T h e re ’s no greater fulfillm ent to a
full-tim e evangelist.
Perdue: It is fu lfillin g . I ’v e w o rk e d w ith e v a n g e
lists o v e r 2 0 y e a rs. I t ’s a d e sire o f all o f th e m to b e a
c o m p le m e n t to th e c h u rc h a n d to th e p a sto rs th at th e y
serv e. W e w a n t to liv e e x e m p la ry liv es th a t c o m p le
m e n t th e m e ssa g e w e d e liv e r to tro u b le d p e o p le .
^
“ I w ant to meet this amazing Grace
you guys are alw ays singing about.”
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li testified that he w as a
M orm on, but cam e to the
C hurch o f the N azarene
that first tim e becau se he
w as afraid that his w ife
w ould be brain w ash ed if
she cam e alone. M any ask,
“ W h a t’s the big deal? Isn 't M orm onism ju st an o th er d en om ination?
Is n ’t conv ersio n som ething like
changing from one C hristian church
to ano th er?” T he answ er is a re
sounding no!
E
Yet, we view the w holesom e fam
ily attitudes and ideals p rom oted by
the C hurch o f the Jesus C hrist o f
L atter-day Saints (L D S) as so m e
thing very C hristian. H ow can an y
thing that appears to be so good be
w rong? A d eep er search m ay find
us looking on w ith sadness as we
observe o u r LDS n eighbors stru g
gling over the uncertainty o f
w hether all their efforts to attain fa
vor w ith G od will be in vain. M o r
m ons are taught that their salvation
is not by “ g race” but at the resu rrec
that m u m b o -ju m b o ,” Em ily, his
w ife, interrupted, “ if he forgets the
secret nam e o f his w ife, sh e ’s
d o o m ed fo r eternity because h e ’ll
n ev er be able to call h er out o f the
g ra v e !”
H ow did it all get started? W here
did such a radical idea o f religion
begin, and how did
it becom e so a ttra c
tive to so m any
people? In the e a r
orm o n b a sh in g d o e sn t brin g
ly 1800s Joseph
Sm ith claim ed he
had received a rev
elation directly
from Jesus and o th
ers. He preached a
new aw areness that
Jesus C hrist had
chosen S m ith to restore the true
tion ju d g m en t they m ust stand b e
gospel, w hich had been lost by the
fore Joseph Sm ith, w ho will preside
“ab o m in ab le ch u rch " follow ing the
w ith "H eav en ly F a th e r” (E lohim )
death o f its original 12 apostles (I
and Jesus C hrist in determ ining their
N ephi 13:26-40).
destiny.
M orm on teaching is w rapped up
W hen Eli w as asked to explain
in three extrabiblical w ritings that are
the pull that his fo rm er religion had
claim ed to have been revealed from
upon his life, he respo n d ed that, “ It’s
G od to supplem ent and correct the
all w rapped up in greed— we all
Bible. First is the B ook o f M orm on;
w ant to be a god and rule our ow n
second, the P earl o f G reat Price; and
planet.” He paused a m om ent, then
third, the D octrine o f C ovenants. The
said. “ M ost M orm ons d o n ’t get into
basis for M orm on strength and per
the tem ple, but, w hat goes on there,
severance, how ever, is not found in
w e ’re told, is so sacred that we ju st
these books or any other book. The
d o n ’t discuss it w ith n o n b eliev ers—
basis is a “burning o f the bo so m ,”
things like secret hand -clasp s, sacred
w hich is a subjective authority that
underw ear, secret nam es, and a lot
overrides logic and objectivity. B e
o f m um bo-jum bo— ”
lievers m ay never have read the M or“ Yeah— but if the h u sb an d forgets
by John Conlon, pastor, New Beginnir$lc
M
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VERY MANY MORMONS TO THE FOOT
OF THE CROSS.
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The home of Mormonism is centered
around Temple Square, Salt Lake City.
Pictured here are the Temple, the Visitors’
Center, the domed Tabernacle, and the
Assembly Hall.
d ent o f the church is a ‘liv in g ’
prophet o f G o d .” T he im plication o f
this “ living p ro p h et” is that the p res
ident o f the church can receive rev e
lations that m ay supersede even the
teachings o f Jesus.
to w s hip Church o f the Nazarene, Orem, Utah
m on books or the Bible w ith any un
derstanding, but the subjective
“b u rn in g ” confirm s their faith
against any outw ard attack.
A fter ex p lain in g the m ost flagrant
erro rs co n cern in g the supposed preC o lu m b ian civilizations described
in the B ook o f M orm on to a young
m an n am ed D ave,
his resp o n se w as
straig h tfo rw ard: “ I
h ad a vision about
th a t.” H e said,
“ N oth in g has been
found because all
o f this history w as
on a part o f the
co n tin en t that has
mm
since fallen below
the ocean, and it’s
not availab le fo r investig atio n .”
A lthough the B ook o f M orm on d e
scribes certain “c iv iliz ed ” tech n o lo
g ies, ex am in atio n o f the arch aeo lo g
ical reco rd o ffers no evidence o f
iron m ining, W estem -style gold and
silv er co in ag e, shipbuilding, sailing,
the use o f m agnetic com pass, horsed raw n w h eeled vehicles, or silk and
linen m an u factu re in the N ew W orld
b efo re the arrival o f the Spanish
colonizers.
T he “b u rn in g ” testim ony that
M o rm o n s repeat at priesthood,
sacram en t, and testim ony m eetings
is that “ I know the B o o k o f M orm on
is true, that Joseph S m ith w as a true
prop h et, that the M orm on church is
the only true church, and the p re si
B righam Y oung taught that Jesus
w as “not [crucified for] the actual
individual transgressions o f the p eo
ple, but only for O riginal S in ”
(.Jo u rn a l o f D iscourse, vol. 13, p.
143). M orm ons believe that the
atonem ent at C alvary is not suffi
cient to forgive sins, since Jesus did
not voluntarily subm it to that cruel
execution. T heir faith allow s that
the sw eating o f drops o f blood in
the G arden o f G ethsem ane w as
m ore efficacious. Young also w rites
that “ there is not a m an or w om an,
w ho violates the covenants m ade
w ith their G od, that w ill not be re
quired to pay the debt. T he blood o f
C hrist w ill never w ipe that out, your
ow n blood m ust atone for it” (Jour
nal o f D iscourse, vol. 3, p. 247).
T his teaching stem s from a faulty
T ,HE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE IS
A MAN WHO HAS GRADUATED
INTO G0DH00D.
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1994
understanding o f w ho Jesus is in re
lation to G od and Satan. Jesus is
seen as one o f “H eavenly F a th e r’s”
(E lo h im ’s) spirit sons. H e is called
“the Savior.” But, Satan w as another
son o f E lohim as are all the m en o f
this earth as w ell as all the dem ons.
T hey teach that E lohim h im self is a
form er hum an w ho w as elevated to
godhead, as his father before him ,
and that process has been going on
forever. A lthough the M orm on god
had m any grandfathers, there is no
aw areness in the M orm on m ind or
doctrine o f w here god originated or
in w hat form . In the w ords o f Joseph
Sm ith, “G od sits enthroned in y o n
der heavens an exalted m a n ,. . . He
becam e G od the sam e w ay all the
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other G ods b efore h im ” (Journal o f
D iscourse, Vol. 6, pp. 1-7). A s an
exalted m an, the M orm on god is
neither om nip resen t n o r om niscient.
A noth er M orm on, w ho is quite
influential in the LD S religion, w as
asked, “ W hy do M orm ons have all
the m icrofilm records stored in
vaults out in the U tah m o u n tain s?”
H is resp o n se w as, “ So G od can
identify his true b eliev ers.”
“ But, d o e sn ’t G od know them
all? ” I asked.
“O h no, there are ju st too m any.
He c a n ’t rem em b er them all— w e ’ve
got to keep it straight so there w o n 't
be any m istak e.”
In m any w ays M orm ons believe
that th e y ’re not responsible for their
m isdeeds. W hen Eli suggested to
his gran d m o th er that “ Satan has a l
ready been defeated by J e su s' sacri
fice at C alvary,” G ran d m o th er b e
cam e irate and shot back that "S atan
has all the po w er he ev er had, and
he controls this earth. B ecause o f
our sin nature, Satan m akes us do
all the bad things that we do! We
d o n ’t have a choice, but Satan
m akes us do these bad th in g s.”
G ra n d m o th e r’s b e lie f opens the
d o o r for universal salvation. M or
m ons do not believe in hell, but,
taking a text from 1 C orinthians
15:40-41 out o f contex t, teach that
there are three levels o f heaven
w here all w ill even tu ally go. First is
the C elestial kingdom , w here all
good M orm ons w ill find th eir u to p i
an eternity. S econd is the T errestrial
kingdom for those w ho w ere not so
good, but w ere M orm on n o n eth e
less. L ast is the T elestial kingdom
reserved for all others. T he only
persons to be rejected will be ap o s
tate M orm ons— those w ho have had
the truth given to them but have re
jec ted it. Souls w ho die not know ing
the truth go to a “ spirit p riso n ”
w here they aw ait assig n m en t to one
o f the heavens. D evout M orm ons,
w ho can identify specific an cestors,
pray for them and are baptized for
the dead at T em ple cerem o n ies that
m ake it possible for those lost souls
to be released.
W hat kind o f response should a
C hristian have to the M orm on d e lu
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Mormon founder Joseph Smith preaching to
the Indians as pictured in Mormon art.
Many Mormons believe that Native
Americans are the last 10 tribes of Israel.
sion? F or o ver a hundred years,
harsh co n fro n tatio n and M orm on
b ash in g have failed. People m ay
hold o p p o sing view s, but they still
have sim ilar needs. B oth the M o r
m ons and the n o n -M orm ons are
search in g for the G od o f truth w ho
satisfies the deep needs o f the hu
m an heart. It is up to us w ho know
G od to d em o n strate that, in this life,
it is G od in C hrist w ho brings h e a l
ing. peace, and forgiveness through
grace, w hich is a result o f G o d 's
love. T hen, all w ho accept Jesus
C hrist as th eir personal S av io r can
have a satisfying, personal, and vital
relatio n sh ip w ith G od.
B efore any seed o f the gospel can
g erm in ate in the M o rm o n ’s m ind,
there are four cultural bridges that
Religious News Service
m ust be crossed. F irst, bring the
M orm on to q u estion his or her be
liefs regarding the real nature of
G od. (O ne eternal G od revealed in
three p ersons.) Second, show that
any su bjective “ burning in the bo
so m ” m ust be co n firm ed by the
Bible. Third, d em onstrate the falla
cy and erro r o f the M orm on books.
A s long as the M orm on is clutching
the idols o f M orm onism — polythe
ism , Joseph S m ith, the B ook o f
M orm on, and subjective revela
tion— there w ill be no aw areness in
a M o rm o n 's m ind o f w hy he or she
should be in need o f salvation.
F ourth, and m ost im portant o f all.
show respect fo r yo u r M orm on
neig h b o r as a person created in the
im age o f G od. A nd love him or her
w ith the love o f Jesus w ho poured
out H is life like a drink offering for
those w ho needed to be saved.
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October’s
husbands or boyfriends. What percent say that men sometimes
deserve to be hit by wives or girlfriends?
A. 12
C. 64
B. 24
D. 29
10-PointQuiz
1. The first television network correspondent assigned to
faith issues is ABC’s:
A. Jonathan Noble
C. Peggy W ehmeyer
B. Sophia Lewis
D. Jose Comblin
2. When the Gallup Poll people asked teens who they thought
served as the best role models for youth, which of the following
pairs tied for first?
A. David Letterman and Madonna
B. Pope John Paul and Arnold Schwarzenegger
C. Oprah W infrey and Ross Perot
D. Hillary Clinton and Billy Graham
3. A Denver woman who sued a United Methodist minister
and the Conference because she claimed the pastor pressured
her into a sexual relationship at age 12 was awarded a judg
ment of:
A. $1
C. $3,000
B. $1,000,000
D. $700,000
4. Which “Christian” music Dove Award winner recently sent
back his awards as his recording company pulled his records off
the m arket, because his love a ffa ir with a m arried woman
became public knowledge?
A. Michael English
C. Frankie Scott
B. Boris French
D. James Taylor
5. Tw elve percent of A m erican s, according to H arp er’s
Magazine, say that women sometimes deserve to be hit by their
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ing room, on their knees, w hile the big folks ate at the big
table with the grandfather w ho was called “the boss,” b e
cause all the sons and daughters w orked for him.
D uring the football gam e, Tim threw the ball, breaking
his g ra n d m o th e r’s fa v o rite and m o st e x p e n siv e an tiq u e
vase. All the cousins said, “ Y ou’re going to get it. S h e ’ll
kill you.’’ W hen she cam e in, they w ere all trem bling, espe
cially Ken. She cam e in, grabbed him, took him to the bath
room , shut the door, grabbed the hairbrush, and he thought,
“ Boy, sh e ’s going to let m e really have it now w ith that
h a irb ru sh .” B ut in stead , she said, “ B rush y o u r h air and
wash your face, y o u ’re going to eat at the big table today.”
Eat at the big table? H e’d never dream ed o f such an hon
or. That was where the leaders o f the fam ily were, all the
u n c le s and the g ra n d fa th e r— e v e ry b o d y . He k new th at
som eday he would be old enough and would be invited, but
he d id n ’t dream it would be now.
W hen he arrived in the dining room , they all stood up,
shook his hand, and called him Kenneth. He said h e ’d never
seen such a Thanksgiving feast on the table, because by the
tim e uncles and aunts had eaten, and it got dow n to the turn
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6. Which of the following ranks first among crimes for which
teenagers are arrested in the U.S.?
A. Elder abuse
C. Arson
B. Auto theft
D. Drug abuse
7. According to “ Harper's Index,” what are the chances that a
new job created in the United States this year w ill require a
college degree?
A. 1 in 3
B. 1 in 4
C. 1 in 5
8. Recently, the U.S. Army inducted its first Muslim chaplain.
How many men and women in the U.S. Armed Forces identify
themselves as Muslim?
A. 40,000
C. 84
B. 17,000
D. 2,500
9. The 1994 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, worth
about $1 m illion, was awarded to
A. Chuck Swindoll
C. Michael Novak
B. Herb Goode
D. Pat Robertson
10. Armitage Baptist Church usually has about 200 persons
at its midweek prayer meeting. When it became known that 150
gay and lesbian and proabortion demonstrators (from Sister
Serpent and Queer Nation) were going to haze the worshipers,
how many believers from various Chicago churches showed up
to pray for the demonstrators and for revival?
A. 250
B. 900
C. 1,000
D. 400
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o f the co u sins, they never got the w hite m eat, and they
rarely got the coconut cake and banana pudding. But every
thing was there when he went into the big table. The “boss”
looked up and said, "K enneth, come and sit here beside me.
You’re now at the big table, and I want you to lead us in the
p ray er.” Ken said he prayed, “ D ear G od, thank You for
the m ashed potatoes, for the white m eat on the turkey and
the coconut on the cake. But m ost o f all, thank You, God,
that I ’m sitting at the big table.”
Someday, th ere’s going to be a big banquet held in our
honor, called the M arriage Supper o f the Lam b. A nd the
M aster will be there, and the M aster will say to you, “Jim,
Susie, Mary, com e and sit beside Me. You’re now at the big
table. You’re here because o f what My Son, Jesus Christ,
has done for you.” A round the table will be Uncle Jonah,
Uncle David, Uncle Peter, Uncle Daniel, Uncle Gideon, and
Uncle Paul. T h ey ’ll all be there, and y ou'll be one o f them.
It doesn’t m atter who you are or where you com e from.
. . . By His grace, "though your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow ” (Isaiah 1:18).
I’m looking forward to that day when we will all stand
and sing “All Hail the Power o f Jesu s’ N am e.” W hat a day
th at’s going to be! And you and I will be there because of
Christ.
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By Grace Alone
by Carl M. Leth, pastor, North Raleigh Church o f the Nazarene, Raleigh, North Carolina
October 3 0 is Reformation Sunday
o m e h i s t o r y is w o r th r e
w a y f o r th e R e f o r m a tio n a n d
c o n fe s s io n , an e x e rc is e th a t co u ld
p e a tin g . Its v a lu e is n o t o n
h e lp e d sh ap e it.
la s t f o r h o u r s . L u th e r d r o v e h is
ly in u n d e r s t a n d i n g th e
O n e o f th o se m o v e m e n ts o f re
c o n f e s s o r to d i s t r a c t i o n b y h is
p a st b u t a lso in its p o te n tia l
f o r m w a s a n e f f o r t to r a i s e th e
e n d le s s re c o u n tin g o f e v e ry real or
to t r a n s f o r m th e p r e s e n t .
m o ra l life o f th e p e o p le a n d h e lp
im a g in e d s h o rtc o m in g o f h is life.
T h a t ’s w h y w e c e l e b r a t e
th e m f in d a s s u ra n c e b e fo r e G o d .
D e s p i t e t h i s e x t r e m e e f f o r t , as
th e R e f o r m a t i o n . W e a re
T h is m o v e m e n t ta u g h t th a t G o d
so o n as h e le ft th e c o n fe s s io n a l, he
d o in g m o re th a n r e m e m b e r in w
g oau l d n o t d e n y g r a c e to t h o s e
w o u ld d is c o v e r so m e u n c o n fe sse d
sig n ific a n t h isto ric a l e v e n t. W e are
w h o d id w h a t th e y w e re a b le to
sin in h is life. T h e e n d le s s to rm en t
c e l e b r a t i n g th e i n s i g h t s o f th a t
d o . T h i s e n c o u r a g e d p e o p l e to
o f h is e ffo rts to e a rn G o d 's grace
m o v e m e n t th a t still h a v e a p o w e r
striv e to w a rd b e tte r liv e s— b y d o
b y h is o w n d o in g fille d e v e ry part
ful m e ss a g e fo r us today.
in g all th a t th e y w e re ab le to d o . It
o f h is life.
T h e ric h le g a c y o f th e P r o te s
a lso trie d to g iv e th e m c o n fid e n c e
In th e m id st o f th is p riv a te to r
ta n t R e f o r m a ti o n in c l u d e s s u c h
b e fo re G o d . S u re ly G o d w o u ld re
m e n t, L u th e r c a m e to a p e rso n a l
c e n tra l a ffirm a tio n s o f o u r fa ith as
s p o n d to t h e i r b e s t e f f o r t s b y
d is c o v e r y o f G o d 's g ra c e . In the
ju s tific a tio n b y fa ith , th e p rim a ry
g ra n tin g th e m g ra ce .
c o u rs e o f h is stu d y o f R o m a n s, the
a u th o r it y o f S c r ip tu r e ,
m e s s a g e o f o u r s a lv a
a n d th e p rie s th o o d o f all
t i o n b y G o d ’s g r a c e
b e lie v e r s . B u t n o n e o f
a lo n e , c la im e d by faith,
th e in s ig h ts o f th e R e
c
a m e a liv e in lib erating
n pe r so n a l a n g u ish h e tried
fo rm a tio n a re m o re p r e
p o w e r. L u t h e r ’s e ffo rts
c io u s th a n th e lib e ra tin g
to m e rit g ra c e en d e d in
tru th th a t w e a re s a v e d
th e t r a n s f o r m i n g d i s
by G o d ’s g ra c e a lo n e . It
c o v e r y o f G o d ’s g race,
w a s th e p e r s o n a l d i s
f r e e ly g iv e n . T h is d is
c o v e ry o f th a t tru th th at
c o v e ry c h a n g e d h is life.
tr a n s f o r m e d th e life o f
H e re c o u n ts th a t he felt
M a rtin L u th er.
a s th o u g h h e h a d been
S o m e tim e s w e P ro te sta n ts o v e r
It w a s th is m o v e m e n t o f re n e w
b o rn a g a in . It w a s a s if th e very
sim p lify th e R e fo rm a tio n . It is e asy
al th a t h e lp e d s h a p e M a rtin
g a t e s o f h e a v e n h a d o p e n e d to
to p o r tra y it as a re s p o n s e to th e
L u th e r . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , w h ile it
h im , a n d h e h a d e n te re d paradise.
m o ra l la x ity a n d s p iritu a l c o r r u p
sp u rre d h im to h e rc u le a n e ffo rts to
G o d ’s g ift o f u n m e rite d g ra ce had
tio n o f th e m e d ie v a l c h u rc h . It is
b e h o ly , it fa ile d to g iv e h im an y
se t h im free.
tru e th a t m o ral lax ity an d sp iritu al
p e a c e b e f o r e G o d . It b e c a m e a
M a r tin L u th e r h a d d is c o v e re d
c o rru p tio n w e re p re s e n t in a la rm
b o n d a g e to h im th a t d e n ie d h im
th a t h u m a n e ffo rt is in a d eq u a te to
in g m e a s u r e ; h o w e v e r , it is a ls o
h o p e o f G o d ’s g ra c e u n til h e h a d
e a rn G o d ’s g ra c e o r to m ak e our
true th at th e late m id d le a g es w ere
d o n e all th a t w as in h im to d o . In
s e lv e s holy. T h e c o rru p tio n o f sin
aliv e w ith a ctiv e effo rts at refo rm .
p e r s o n a l a n g u i s h , h e t r i e d to
is to o th o r o u g h to b e c o r re c te d
R e f o r m s in p r e a c h i n g , b i b l i c a l
a c h ie v e a le v e l o f h o lin e s s th a t
w ith o u t a c o m p le te tran sfo rm atio n
study, p o p u la r piety, a n d m o ra l re
w o u l d m e r i t G o d ’s g r a c e . F r e
o f th e h u m a n c o n d itio n . T hat
n e w al w ere c o m m o n . T h e se effo rts
q u e n tly , s o m e tim e s d a ily , he
tra n s fo rm a tio n is b e y o n d o u r abil
a t re fo rm an d re n e w a l p re p a re d the
w o u ld p ra c tic e rig o r o u s p e rs o n a l
ity. L u th e r f o u n d f r e e d o m w hen
S
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TO ACHIEVE A LEVEL OF HOLINESS THAT
WOULD MERIT GOD’S GRACE.
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h e d is c o v e re d th a t G o d is w illin g
a n d a b le to d o fo r us w h a t w e c a n
n o t d o fo r o u r s e lv e s . M a rtin
L u t h e r ’s r e f o r m a tio n b e g a n w ith
G o d ’s g ra c e , f re e ly g iv e n , a s th e
so le b a s is o f o u r f o rg iv e n e s s a n d
re d e m p tio n .
T h a t ’s h is to r y w o rth r e p e a tin g .
W h e n w e c e le b r a te th e R e f o r m a
tio n , w e a re c e le b r a tin g th a t life g i v i n g d i s c o v e r y . A n d i t ’s a s
tru e — a n d a s n e e d e d — to d a y as it
w a s f o r M a rtin L u th e r a lm o s t 5 0 0
y e a rs ag o .
T e rry w a s h a p p y to re p e a t h is to
ry. T h r o u g h te a r s o f b r o k e n n e s s
a n d sh a m e , sh e re c o u n te d h e r s to
ry o f sin. D a rk a n d s o rd id e x p e r i
e n c e s h a d ta in te d h e r life so c o m
p le te ly th a t s h e w a s s u r e t h a t it
w a s b e y o n d h e r a b ility to a tta in
g r a c e . T h e s ta in s w e r e to o d a r k
a n d th e s c a rs to o d e e p fo r h e r to
o v e rc o m e . S h e w a s b e y o n d h u m a n
h o p e. B ut sh e w as not b ey o n d
g r a c e . F o r h e r — a s f o r L u th e r —
th e d is c o v e ry th a t G o d ’s g ra c e is a
g ift o f u n m e rite d fa v o r w a s an e x
p e rie n c e o f n e w b irth .
D a n w a s h a p p y to re p e a t h is to ry
to o . A ll o f h is life , h e h a d s tr u g
g le d u n d e r th e b u rd e n o f try in g to
b e g o o d e n o u g h . O n ly w h e n h e
w a s g o o d e n o u g h w o u ld G o d b e
s a tis fie d w ith h im . B u t n o m a tte r
w h a t h e d id , it n e v e r s e e m e d to be
e n o u g h . H is sp iritu a l jo u r n e y w as
a b u rd e n s o m e b o n d a g e w ith o u t
jo y o r h o p e o f s u c c e s s u n til fin a l
ly, at an a lta r o f p ra y e r, D a n d is
c o v e r e d th e l i b e r a t i n g p o w e r o f
G o d ’s g ra c e . It w a s G o d ’s g ift o f
u n m e rite d g ra c e th a t w a s th e b a s is
o f h is r e la tio n s h ip w ith G o d , n o t
h is w o rk s o r h o lin e s s . F o r D a n —
as fo r M a rtin L u th e r— th e d is c o v
e ry o f G o d ’s fre e ly g iv e n g ra c e se t
h im free.
S o m e h is to r y is w o r th r e p e a t
in g . T h e d i s c o v e r y o f s a l v a t i o n
b a s e d u p o n G o d ’s g r a c e a lo n e is
w o rth re p e a tin g e v e ry S u n d a y .
D o n ’t le t y o u r R e f o r m a tio n c e le
b ra tio n b e lim ite d to o n e S u n d a y a
y e a r. R e m e m b e r th a t w e ’re c e l e
b ra tin g th e tru th o f th e R e f o r m a
tio n e v e ry tim e w e c la im th e m e s
sa g e e x p re s s e d in th is h y m n :
O ctober
1994
Dick Smith
M a r v e l o u s g r a c e o f o u r l o v in g
L o rd ,
G ra c e th a t e x c e e d s o u r sin a n d o u r
g u ilt,
Y o n d e r o n C a l v a r y ’s m o u n t o u t
p o u re d ,
T h e r e w h e r e th e b l o o d o f th e
L a m b w as spilt!
G ra c e , g ra c e , G o d ’s g ra c e ,
G ra c e th a t w ill p a rd o n a n d c le a n se
w ith in !
G ra c e , g ra c e , G o d 's g ra c e ,
G ra c e th a t is g re a te r th a n all o u r
sin!
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“Grace Greater than O ur Sin,” Julia H. Johnston, Daniel B.
Tow ner, S ing to the Lord, 84.
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Soft w ind whispers
through Cacy pines,
Sunlight filters
through 6ronzed leaves o f mighty oak.
Leaves glistening with morning dew
gently cascading,
teardrops pounding kettledrums.
A symphonic voice o f nature.
Odarmonious palette
oranges, reds, yellows
colors crisp, tasting o f fresh pressed cider.
Qod’s stretched canvas,
Slis masterpiece.
—
‘EstherMcQraiu
I n a W o m a n ’ s V o ice
Think on These
Tilings
REBECCA LAIRD
R e b e c c a L a i r d is a p ro fe ssio nal w rite r
a n d e d ito r in Sum m it, N e w Jersey.
OK , I c o n f e s s . M y television set was
on last June when the m ajor netw orks
preem pted regular program m ing to
follow the LA PD as it cautiously fo l
low ed a white Ford Bronco dow n the
freew ays o f Southern C alifornia. I
sat, m agazine in hand, trying not to
watch. My husband asked me, "H ow
can you read w hile this is happening?
M y heart is in my throat!” I answ ered
rather high-m indedly, “ I d o n ’t think
w atching a suicidal m an m ake the d e
cision betw een life and death is great
entertainm ent. This is really m orbid.”
D espite my lofty ideals, I w atched
m ore than I read.
A few w eeks later, I had to limit
the num ber o f tim es I turned on the
television or picked up a new spaper
to drink in m ore details o f the prelim
inary hearing for O. J. Sim pson. The
national obsession with this sad crim e
captivated me too. O ne night, I lay
aw ake trying to figure out the how s
and w hys o f this all-too-real w ho
dunit. As I did 1 felt anxiety, fear, and
confusion. If this crim e was indeed
one o f dom estic violence, how could
love go so wrong? And w hat was to
happen to those tw o young children?
Tired o f thinking o f m urder and
m adness, 1 tried to focus on more
pleasant thoughts, but the m agnet of
dark curiosity kept draw ing m y m ind
O ctober
1994
claim ing responsibility for personal
actions.
W hatever is pure. Purity focuses on
our m otivations and conduct. A pure
conscience is a clean conscience. A
pure act is one that is done out o f a
heart o f love.
W hatever is lovely. Lovely things
or people are pleasing, winsom e,
beloved, and desired. Truly lovely
acts bring out love in ourselves and
others.
W hatever is adm irable— excellent
or praiseworthy. Things that fit in
this category build rather than de
stroy. They take into account G o d ’s
blessings as well as the w orld’s evil.
They glorify G od and reflect hope
rather than despair or cynicism .
This verse ends with the phrase
think about such things. To think
about som ething m eans to reflect and
allow it to shape and influence our
actions and conduct. I concluded that
for m e, there were far better things to
which I could give my m ental ener
gies than a sad and terrible crime.
Later that week after consciously
focusing my m ind on things that m ea
sured up to this list o f ideals, I heard
my father teaching my toddler an old
Sunday School chorus. She delight
edly put her hands over her eyes as he
sang, “ Be careful little eyes what you
see / Be careful little eyes what you
back. I prayed for peace o f m ind and
instantly, as if a key was punched on
an internal com puter, a scripture
verse, m em orized long ago flashed on
m y m ental screen: “W hatever is true,
w hatever is noble, w hatever is right,
w hatever is pure, w hatever is lovely,
w hatever is adm irable— if anything is
excellent or praisew orthy— think
about such things” (Philippians 4:8,
NIV).
The clarity o f this scripture refo
cused m y m ind on the true, noble,
right, pure, lovely, adm irable, excel
lent, and praisew orthy things o f that
week rather than the sensational and
violent things I ’d been pouring into
my head com plim ents o f the media.
Soon I peacefully slept.
L ater that w eek as I read through
Philippians, it becam e clear that this
verse was a tool that I could use to
foster right thinking and better culti
vate the m ind o f Christ.
I decided to look for
these virtues and use them
as a litm us test for deter
m ining what I put into my
mind.
“I don’t think watching a
W hatever is true.
suicidal man make the decision
Som ething that is true is
real, substantial, not
between life and death is great
im aginary or false. True
entertainment.”
people are upright, full of
integrity, and devoid of
hypocrisy.
W hatever is noble. O th
see / For the Father up above is look
er Bible versions use the words “hon
ing down in love / Be careful little
orable” or “venerable.” All o f these
eyes what you see.”
w ords point to things that possess
A week earlier I would have paid
dignity, inspire reverence, and call for
little attention to this tune, but after
em ulation.
focusing my attention on right think
W hatever is right. Righteousness
ing 1 clim bed into the car hum m ing
and justice seek the best for all in
the chorus and decided to change the
volved. Right thoughts and acts honor
words to "B e careful little mind what
G od and prom ote equity and com pas
you think. . . . ”
sion for all whom G od loves. Being
Care to sing along? M aybe it’ll do
right is m ore than w inning a trial, it
you good. It sure helped me.
also requires telling the truth and
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a g e m e n t. U n fa ir tre a tm e n t. Fear.
G uilt. R eal-life needs dem and reallife a nsw ers. The good new s is th a t
God kno w s, u nd ersta nd s, cares for,
and a n s w e rs even o u r m o s t tro u
b le som e needs. Petersen leads us
th ro u g h c h e ris h e d p s a lm s to d is
c o v e r G o d ’s a n s w e r to p e rs is te n t
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hom e from p resch o o l w ith the p ic
ture o f a v am pire, teaching the letter
“v.” We even had a co n ference w ith
h is te a c h e r p rio r to H a llo w e e n to
find o u t h ow they m ig h t c ele b ra te.
T h is te a c h e r o f a c h u rc h -o p e ra te d
preschool (o f an o th er den o m in atio n )
b ecam e very d efensive and assured
us that there is no harm in en joying
H a llo w e e n . W e w e r e n 't try in g to
m ake trou b le, but w e w ere trying to
m ake a point. Several C hristian p a r
e n ts k e p t th e ir c h ild r e n h o m e on
H allow een party day at that school.
We have a very im portant task to
carry out on H allow een, ju s t as we
do on every day o f our lives, and that
is to live liv es o f h o lin e ss. I f y o u r
c h u rc h is u se d to p la n n in g a H a l
low een party for your children, w hy
not have it a w eek or tw o earlier or
later and plan it as a harvest party? If
it’s to be a costum e affair, ask that no
o n e d r e s s in e v il a ttir e . P a ss o u t
gospel tracts to your trick-or-treaters.
P ro b ab ly , the b e st th in g to do as a
c h u rc h on O c to b e r 31 is to p la n a
p rayer m eeting or a Bible study.
W e a re v e ry m u c h in v o lv e d in
s p i r i t u a l w a r f a r e , a c c o r d i n g to
P a u l’s w o rd s in E p h e s ia n s 6, and
th is w ill c o n tin u e u n til C h ris t r e
turns. W hen H e com es, w e w ant to
be fo u n d e x e m p lify in g H im , n o t a
dem on. We w ant to be found in His
p re s e n c e , n o t a “ h a u n te d h o u s e .”
We w ant to be found w ith o u r m inds
and fo cu s fix e d on C h rist, n o t the
th in g s o f hell. H o liness is the way,
n o t w o rld lin e s s , a n d y e s, e v e n on
H a llo w e e n . . . p e rh a p s e sp e c ia lly
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Living with the
Lord’s Prayer—Part 2
E . D e e F r e e b o r n teaches p ra ctica l theol
o g y a n d spiritual form ation a t Nazarene
Theological Seminary.
o d a y , o u r c o u n t y is in need of
rain. The law ns are turning brow n,
flow ers are w ithering, young trees are
stressed. The local lawn and garden
w isdom insists that quick, shallow
w aterings will not do. To do the job
right, tim e m ust be taken to let the
w ater soak dow n deep, to the roots.
Increasingly, my h e a rt’s desire is to
take tim e to so live in this prayer that
it can soak to the depths o f m y soul.
Last time, our attention was on the
beginning o f the L o rd 's Prayer and
the first petition, "O u r Father in heav
en. hallow ed be your nam e” (M at
thew 6:9, NIV). This m onth, we turn
to the second and third requests,
“your kingdom com e, your will be
done on earth as it is in heaven" (v.
10. NIV). The m ore tim e we spend in
this blessed prayer, the m ore we real
ize we have been given som ething
sim ple and yet profound.
To pray for G o d 's kingdom to
com e is pretty "h ead y ” business. One
m eaning o f the phrase is the end of
history, the L o rd 's final return. A n
other is the kingdom o f G o d ’s reign
w ithin my own heart and life. A third
aspect is the prayer for G o d ’s king
dom to com e to the w hole earth, to
our world.
At the core o f praying for the
T
O c to ber
1994
done,” can be easily m isunderstood.
This is not a prayer of resignation or
fatalism . Taken in the context of
Scripture (2 Tim othy 2:4; M atthew
18:14; John 6:40; and Ephesians 1:910), the will of G od in this passage
refers to His divine plan o f salvation,
to His deepest desire for His creation.
It is His will to save. “ In the context
o f a world actually w andering from
G od, it is His saving will that lies at
the center o f this petition” (G. R.
Beasley-M urray, Jesus and the K ing
dom o f God, Eerdm ans, 151).
It is striking that we do not pray in
abstractions here. This is not some
shapeless, ill-defined generality. The
prayer is quite precise and with un
canny accuracy, boom erangs on us.
W hat we are really praying is that
this saving will o f God may be
w orked out in the world, in those who
live next door, and in our own hearts
too. W hat a prayer!
These two petitions, “your king
dom com e, your will be done,” invite
K ingdom is the realization that the
K ingdom is Jesus. As Frederick
B runer puts it, “In the final analysis
the kingdom is the king himself;
C hrist is G o d ’s M essianic kingdom in
person, and this kingdom is presented
to us in infinite richness in Scripture"
(The Christhook, W ord, 246). From
the m anger to the em pty tom b, we see
the K ingdom in the life o f Jesus. God
has becom e flesh, and the K ingdom
is am ong us!
This petition triggers a sobering
thought. W hen we pray for His king
dom to com e, we are praying that our
ow n hum an kingdom s will be utterly
destroyed. If my kingdom s are in the
way, they m ust go. And there are so
m any o f them! K ingdom s o f busi
ness, profession, self-interest, and on
it goes. As Jan Lochm an pinpoints it,
“We have to consider that in the
G ospels hum an decisions regarding
the kingdom o f G od are often bound
up with small but very
painful decisions in
everyday life” (The Lord's
Prayer, Eerdm ans, 58).
Further, when I pray for
His kingdom , I pray with
To pray for God’s kingdom to
hope for the future. No
m atter what the ten
come is pretty “heady” business.
o 'c lo c k new s says about
the desperate condition of
our w orld, there is hope in
the com ing o f G od's king
dom , w hich can change
our situation. John Wesley believed
us to ask such questions as, Lord,
in the radical optim ism o f grace to
how can I facilitate the coming o f
the extent he changed his w orld and
Your kingdom? To what extent have 1
resigned to accepting things as they
averted revolution, and so can we!
We are liberated from fatalism; the
are? W hat part can I play in Your will
risen Christ is Lord o f the kingdom s
being done where I live and work?
G.
C. Berkouw er sums it up for us
and principalities o f this earth! O ur
world does not have to rem ain the
all when he says, “Every time we
pray the L ord's Prayer there is reason
sam e, and we can be part o f that re
for us to go and stand at the window
sistance m ovem ent when we pray
“ Your kingdom com e.”
o f expectation” (The Return o f Christ,
Eerdm ans, 453).
tpi
The third petition, “your will be
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Close to Home
News About Nazarenes
BY BRYAN MERRILL
Jedonne Smith,
m em ber o f the
Carrollton, Tex.,
C hurch o f the
N azarene, was
recently named
to th e 1994
W h o ’s
W ho
A m ong A m e ri
ca's Teachers.
Smith teaches eighth grade
James M. Salo,
44, becam e the
first N azarene
elder appointed
as chaplain to the
M ichigan State
P olice D e p a rt
ment earlier this
year.
Salo cu rren tly serves as
minister of evangelism at Sagi
The 1 9 9 4 S a c ra m e n to
D is tric t ordinand class
included (I. to r.): General
Superintendent Jerald D.
Johnson, Rev. Dave and
Karen Lucci, and retiring
D is tric t S uperintendent
W alter M . Hubbard.
history and humanities at Lamar
M iddle School in Flow er
M ound, Tex. She is a 1975
graduate of Mid America Naz
arene College.
Nomination to the publica
tion is made by students who
have demonstrated high aca
demic achievement, according
to Smith. Less than 5 percent of
all teachers receive the honor.
naw, Mich., Valley Church of
the Nazarene. A 1970 graduate
of Olivet Nazarene University,
Salo was reco g n ized as an
e ld e r in the C hurch o f the
Nazarene in 1991.
Salo’s assignment as chap
lain is with the Third District.
Bridgeport Post 37, just out
side Saginaw.
R obert W.
G ardner, 64,
recently complet
ed his 30th con
secutive year as
pastor o f the
H a c i e n d a
Heights, Calif.,
C hurch o f the
Nazarene.
G ardner was
first elected as Robert Gardner (seated) poses with guests at a
pastor to the Los special service honoring his 30 years of service.
Angeles suburb Standing are (I. to r.): Lt. Col. Carl T. Rogers,
in 1964 when C ity C ouncilm an C h a rlie S to rin g , Glendora
Lyndon Johnson Police Chief Paul B utler, Glendora Mayor Pro
was still p re si Tern M arshall M euw , D istrict Superintendent
dent of the Unit Roger Bowman, retired elder and master of cer
ed States. Hardy emonies Hugh Smith, Associate Pastor Andrew
Pow ers
and F. Cone, and Police Chaplain M ike McCullough.
G. B. W illiam son were still Theology. Besides his pastoral
general superintendents.
duties, he serves as a chaplain
G ardner is a graduate o f for both the U.S. Army Reserve
Pasadena Nazarene College and and the Glendora, Calif., Police
California Graduate School of Department.
The 1994 Los Angeles
District ordinand class
included (I. to r.): Dis
t r ic t S u p e rin te n d e n t
Roger E. Bowman, Sr.,
Rev. James and Kath
leen Wilder, Rev. Juver
and Christina Ramirez,
Rev. John and C ecillia
Rivas, Rev. Alexander
and Lyndel Mason, and
G e n e ra l S u p e rin te n
dent James H. Diehl.
The 1994 New England District ordinand class included (I. to r.): General Superintendent
W illiam J. Prince, Rev. Michael Prestia, Rev. Kenneth and Sally Balch, Rev. Esther Sanger,
Rev. Sally and Dennis M iller, Rev. Craig and Janet Everett, Rev. Vincent and Diane Crouse,
Rev. Jossie Etta and J. Thomas Owens, Rev. Malcolm and Virginia W hite, Rev. Donald and
Holly Woodbridge, Rev. David and Karen Vatral, Rev. Manuel and Almeda Chavier, Jr., Dr.
Maria-Odette Pinheiro, and District Superintendent Kenneth M ills.
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The 1 9 9 4 N orth ern M ic h ig a n D istrict
ordinand class included (I. to r.): General
Superintendent Jerald D. Johnson, Rev.
and M rs. Samuel Stone, Rev. and Mrs.
Timothy Hall, Sr., and D istrict Superin
tendent Milton E. Hoose.
V ital S tatistic s
Deaths
REV. W IL L IA M M . A PPLEG ATE, 90,
Ripley, Ohio, pastor of 40 years, June 28.
Survivors: wife, Hazel; son, Rev. Virgil P.;
d a u g h te rs , D o ro th y M in to n , R uth
Leasoure; 4 grandchildren; 24 great-grand
children; 4 great-great-grandchildren.
REV. W IL LIA M D. (B IL L ) ARNDT, 46,
Stephenville, Tex., died in an autom obile
a c c id e n t w h ile on v a c a tio n J u ly 21.
S u rv iv o rs : w ife , B a rb a ra ; so n s , D avid,
M atthew, Stephen; parents, Robert Lee and
M ary Ida A rn d t; tw o s iste rs; nieces and
nephews.
ROM A (BO LDT) BORDELON, 87, New
Orleans, La., June 18. S urvivors: daugh
te rs , M a ria n a M o o s a , G ayle C am e ro n ,
Donna Alder; 11 grandchildren.
LEONA CHISM, 79, Conover, W is., July
21. Survivors: husband, Robert; son, Paul;
daughters, Grace Bouers, Ruth R upnow ,
Juanita Folkens, M artha (M arty) Halstead,
Naom i C hism ; nine g ra n d c h ild re n ; eigh t
great-grandchildren.
REV. NORVIE 0. CLIFT, 71, W arrenton,
Oreg., evangelist and pastor o f 38 years,
June 21. S urvivors: wife, Marie; one son;
tw o d a u g h te rs; fo u r g ra n d c h ild re n ; one
brother; tw o sisters.
B A R B A R A JO AN C LIN G E R M A N , 60 ,
M o n ro via , M d., June 2. S u rv iv o rs : h u s
band, Quentin; daughters, Vicki Sherman,
Lori Ballew, Bam bi Steelman; 2 sisters; 3
brothers; 10 grandchildren.
RALPH DOW NS, 63, O kla h o m a C ity,
Okla. S u rv iv o rs : w ife , Evelyn; so n, Rev.
D a v id ; d a u g h te rs , C a ro l R o h r, A n d re a
Downs; five grandchildren.
C LA R A S. G A L L O W A Y , 8 9 . M o u n t
Vernon, O hio, Ju ly 28. W id o w o f fo rm e r
C e n tra l O h io D is t r ic t S u p e rin te n d e n t
H a rv e y S. G a llo w a y . S u r v iv o r s : s o n s ,
H arvey J r., D ale; seven g ra n d c h ild re n ;
three great-grandchildren; one niece.
MILDRED HARRIS, 72, Bethany, Okla.,
June 28. Survivors: husband, Hubert; son,
Mike; daughter, Lynne Sherwood; brother,
Raymond Albright; fo u r grandchildren.
THOMAS 0 . HATCHER, 82, Jam estown,
N.Y., June 7. Survivors: w ife, Loretta; son,
W a lte r; d a u g h te rs , M a ry B lu m b e rg s ,
Sharon Sm ith; one sister; eight grandchil
dren; three great-grandchildren.
BESSIE M. HILL, 94, C ircleville. Ohio,
May 20. Survivors: sons, Rev. W illiam G.,
Rev. C harles W .; s ix g ra n d c h ild re n ; six
great-grandchildren.
REV. CARL W. KISER, 85, St. Peters,
M o ., Ju n e 7. S u rv iv o rs : w ife , M a ria n ;
da u g h te rs, K athleen, Karen, Sandra; 13
grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren.
LOWELL STEVE KLATT, 44, Corsicana.
Calif., July 9. Survivors: parents, Fred and
B etty K latt; d a ughter, Johanna; b rother,
Jim ; sister, Evangeline McKee.
CLARA MAY KUHN. 71, M iam i, Fla., July
10 . S u r v iv o r s : h u s b a n d , J a m e s ; s o n ,
David; daughter, Sandy; one grandson; tw o
sisters; one brother.
M ARVIN A. M cDANIEL, 87, Greenville,
Tex., M ay 27. S urvivo rs: w ife, Lou Ellen
(J o h n n ie ); so n s , Rev. M a rv in 0 ., Rev.
L y n d e ll, C ha rlie ; d a u g h te r, L o is M argie
Foust; fo u r brothers; tw o sisters; grand
children; great-grandchildren; great-greatgrandchildren.
ARTHUR L. MUND, 88, St. Louis Co.,
M o., Ju ly 14. S urvivo rs: sons, David L.,
Fred A., Rev. Daniel L.; e igh t g ra n d c h il
dren; six great-grandchildren.
ROBERT PATZOLD, 74, Portland, Oreg.,
O c to ber
1994
July 28. Survivors: wife: Aletha; son, John;
daughters, Pattie Boyes, Bobbi Outhouse;
one brother; fo u r grandchildren.
REV. M O R R IS E. P E R K IN S , 88 ,
B irm in g h a m . Ala., m in is te r o f 54 years',
July 8. Survivors: wife, Abbie L.; daughter,
M ary E. Frost; tw o grandchildren.
BOBBYE SUE REED, 67, L ittle R ock,
A rk., June 22. S u rv iv o rs : b ro th e rs, Jim
Reed, Tom Reed; siste r, Linda W heeler;
nieces and nephews.
C. HAROLD RIPPER, 89, form e r acade
m ic dean at B ethany Nazarene C ollege,
Ju ly 30. S urvivors: sons, M arloe, Leroy;
daughters, M rs. Ray (Nadene) R ichards,
M rs. Jim (D a rlene ) G raves, M rs. M onte
(J o y c e ) Page; s is te r s , L o ra in e S h a rp ,
M aybelle Reed; 18 grandchildren; 18 great
grandchildren.
REV. C AR L H. RO BER TS, 91 , B o u rb o n n a is , III., A u g . 1. S u r v iv o rs : w ife ,
Esther; sons, Carl, Fred; daughter, M ary
Nickels; 1 half-brother; 9 grandchildren; 12
great-grandchildren; 5 great-g re at-grand
children.
ANDREW W ILLIA M (BUG) ROMANO, 9,
Newark, Ohio, June 14. Survivors: parents,
G ary W . and L y n e ll (T u c k e r) R om an o;
b ro th e rs , A n to n io , A lex; s iste r, A ndrea;
g ra n d p a re n ts, Carl and V irg in ia Tucker,
P hilip and Kathryn Rom ano; great-grand
m other, Lelah Ehlers.
GOLDIE ROPER, 100, Victoria, B.C., July
24. S urvivors: husband, E. E.; son, Lyall;
d a u g h te rs , F ra n c e s K e ttle h u t, Ire n e
Coulter; 9 grandchildren; 18 great-grand
children; 1 great-great-grandchild.
R o p e r w as th e d a u g h te r o f th e late
Thomas Bell, founder of the Church of the
Nazarene in Western Canada. She joined the
C hurch of the Nazarene in 1911 and was
active in all aspects of congregational life.
B. ESSIE STIFFLEMIRE, 88, Sherm an,
Tex., Sept. 19, 1993. S urvivors: one son;
one granddaughter.
GEORGE STO CSTILL, 72, L e w is b u rg ,
Tenn., Ju ly 19. S urvivors: w ife, D orothy;
son, Steve; three grandsons.
W ILLIA M C. STONE, SR., 95, Orlando,
Fla., J u ly 14. S u rv iv o rs : so n s, R ob ert,
W illia m C. J r., F redric, Vince; daughter,
Betty Stults; 10 grand childre n; 13 great
grandchildren.
VALORA TRUE, 96, fo rm e r m issionary
to Guatemala and Peru, July 2. Survivors:
son, Rev. Ira L. True, Jr.; daughter, Berry
Paine; brother. O rville Bliss; 5 gra n d ch il
d re n ; 10 g re a t-g ra n d c h ild re n ; 3 g re a tgreat-grandchildren.
CHARLES T. W ALTERS, S e lin sg ro v e ,
Pa., May 12. S u rvivo r: daughter, S hirley
Ulrich.
LO R A (O R E T A ) W A T R O U S , 87,
Lakeland, Fla., June 23. S urvivors: sons,
Howard, Lloyd; daughters, Laura, Alice; 20
grandchildren.
W ANDA WOODS, Sherm an, Tex., April
30.
CHARLES E. WRIGHT, 33, Butte, Mont.,
J u ly 25. S u rv iv o rs : p a re n ts , O scar and
J e a n e tte W rig h t; b r o th e r s , O sc a r J r.,
W illiam , Kenneth; sisters, Anna Philp, Betty
Hooper; several nieces and nephews.
ROBERT DALE YOUNG, 65, Austin, Tex.,
M ar. 31. S u rv iv o rs : w ife , Jo yce ; s iste r,
M yrtle Hills.
Births
to DAN A N D S A N D R A (C O LS TO N )
D A V IS , H o u s to n , T e x ., a b o y, T re n t
Colston, April 19.
to DANIEL AND LISA DIXON, Lexington,
Ky., a girl, Hayley Dawn, May 16.
to STEVE AND KAREN (COBB) FRANK,
Phoenix, Ariz.. a girl, Samantha Dean, June
21.
to SCOTT AN D R O BIN (L IT T L E )
KENNEDY, W innsboro, Tex., a girl, Rachel
Leigh, May 12.
to DAVID AND RENEE RILEY, O lathe,
Kans., a boy, Chandler David, July 22.
Marriages
SHARON LYNETTE FULTON and JASON
CROUCH, July 2 at Sherman, Tex.
MELISSA LYNN RINGSTAFF and DAVID
HOPKINS, July 16 at Oxnard, Calif.
BARBARA WAGNER and MICHAEL FERREE, July 2 at Selinsgrove, Pa.
BETH ANN ZE ID E R S an d W AYN E
STEVEN SLEAR, June 18 at Selinsgrove,
Pa.
Anniversaries
D A N IE L AN D D O RO THY CR EHAN,
H a m p to n , V a ., c e le b ra te d th e ir 5 0 th
anniversary Apr. 2. They have fo u r children
and eight grandchildren.
M R. AND M R S . LESTER D AW SO N ,
C la rk sville , M ich., celebrated th e ir 60th
anniversary June 21. The Dawsons have 6
children, 25 grandchildren, and 27 great
grandchildren.
FRANK AND EDITH FISHER, Santa Rosa,
C alif., celebrated th e ir 50 th a n n iversary
A ugust 2. They have two children and four
grandchildren.
REV. AND M R S . KENNETH HAYSE,
Danville, III., celebrated their 50th anniver
sary July 31.
W AYN E AN D M A R T H A M U R R A Y ,
Oklahoma City, Okla., celebrated their 50th
anniversary April 14. They have three ch il
dren and five grandchildren.
FOR THE RECORD
Moving Ministers
ROBERT L. ANNON, from Tuttle, N.Dak., to
Sioux Falls (S.Dak.) First
GERALD R. BELL, from M inot, N.Dak., to
Cody (W yo.) Com m unity Fellowship
M ARK A. BROW N, fro m e va n g e lism to
pastor, Fort Wayne (Ind.) Elm hurst
JO EL C. C A S S A D A Y , fro m a s s o c ia te .
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Woodhaven, to pastor,
Hot Springs (Ark.) Lockhaven
ROBERT J. COEN, from Fairgrove. M ich ,
to Potterville, Mich.
THOMAS D. CRIDER, from Kankakee (III.)
Lim estone to St. Louis, Mich.
RONALD P. DECH, fro m Yreka, Calif., to
San Benito (Calif.) First
RO BERT A. D E N H A M , fro m F re m o n t
(Calif.) Central to Redding (Calif.) First
RANDY DORITY. fro m Alberta. M inn., to
Phillipsburg, Kans.
DANIEL R. GALES, from pastor, W innipeg,
(Man.) Fort Garry to d istrict superinten
dent, Canada West
CAR LTO N F. H AR VEY, fro m p a s to r,
Bradford (Pa.) First to d is tric t superin
tendent, Canada Quebec
JOSPEH A. HITTLE, fro m R h in e la n d e r,
W is., to Ottumwa (Iowa) First
JACK HOPKINS, to pastor, W ichita (Kans.)
Grace
BART A. HUGHES, from San Diego (Calif.)
Clairem ont to Taft (Calif.) West Hills
STEPHEN M. JOINER, fro m Aledo, III., to
Clarinda, Iowa
GARY E. JONES, fro m a s so c ia te , Lim a
(Ohio) Com m unity, to associate, Nampa
(Ida.) First
DAVID M. M cCALLUM, fro m Benton City
(W ash.) New Hope to Davis, Calif.
M ARK W. M cCUISTION, fro m Tipp City,
Ohio, to Elyria, Ohio
M ARC E. M C D O N A LD , fro m s tu d e n t,
Nazarene Theological Seminary, to asso
ciate, Prescott (Ariz.) First
JESSE L. McKINNON, from Noble, Okla., to
Slidell (La.) First
DOUGLAS J. McVAY, from Syracuse (N Y.)
Im m a n u e l to V ic k s b u rg (M ic h .)
Chapman M em orial
RANDY W. MARSHALL, fro m associate,
Selm a (In d .) H arris Chapel, to pastor,
Angola, Ind.
M IC H A E L E. M O R R IS O N , fro m Blue
Springs (M o.) First to Vacaville, Calif.
MICHAEL G. PALMER, from pastor, Cedar
Rapids (Iowa) First, to evangelism
V IR G IN IA P R U IT T , fro m a s s o c ia te ,
Roanoke (Va.) First, to pastor, Chicago
(III.) Hickory Hills.
JERRY M. RAGSDALE, from Elgin, Oreg.,
to Sacramento (Calif.) Cordova
MICHAEL L. ROBINSON, fro m associate,
C ouncil B luffs (Iow a ) First, to pastor,
Des Moines (Iowa) Highland Park
M IC H A E L SATTERLEE, fro m S ta ffo rd .
Kans., to Austin (Tex.) First
CHARLES C. SAVAGE, fro m S ta te s v ille
(N .C .) F irs t to K a n n a p o lis (N .C .)
Westside
JAMES L. SHERMAN, from Bamberg, S.C.,
to Archdale, N.C.
J. M O NTY STEW ART, fro m a s s o c ia te ,
Dodge City (Kans.) First, to associate,
St. Louis (M o.) Trinity
T IM O T H Y J. S T ID H A M , fro m s tu d e n t,
Nazarene Theological Seminary, to pas
tor, Chicago (III.) Calvary
MARK E. STONE, from Kent (Wash.) First
to Chicago (III.) First
W IL L IA M M. TU R P IN , fro m a s s o c ia te ,
E agle, Id a h o , to a s s o c ia te , D e n ve r
(Colo.) Colum bine Hills
A R LIN K. TYLER, fro m a s s o c ia te , O ro
Valley, Ariz., to associate, Temple (Tex.)
First
RICKY G. VAN WEY. from student to pas
tor, Deep River, Iowa
Recommendations
The follo w ing have been recommended
by th e ir respective d istrict superintendents:
KEVIN BO CKU S, e v a n g e lis t, 6 2 7 E.
Center St., Canton, MS 39046, 601-8590 6 5 5 , by L. W ayne Q uinn, M is s is s ip p i
District.
HUGH LAMBERT, evangelist/song evan
gelist, P.O. Box 48, Fernwood. MS 39635,
6 0 1 -6 8 4 -1 1 0 5 o r 6 0 1 -6 8 4 -3 3 4 5 , by L.
Wayne Quinn, M ississippi District.
Announcements
FAIRFIELD (OHIO) CHURCH w ill cele
brate its 30th anniversary Oct. 8 and 9. A
Saturday evening reception and a full day
of activities on Sunday are planned.
Form er mem bers and friends are invited
to attend or send greetings. For fu rth e r
in fo rm a tio n , c o n ta c t 14 25 N ille s R d.,
Fairfield, OH 45014 or 513-829-3752.
HARRISON (OHIO) CHURCH w ill cele
brate its 50th anniversary Oct. 23. Dinner
w ill fo llo w the m orning service.
Former mem bers and friends are invited
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to a tte n d o r send g re e tin g s . For m ore
inform ation, contact Carolyn Vogelm ann,
249 Sunset Ave., Harrison, OH 45030, or
513-367-9727.
MACKEY (IN D .) CHURCH w ill celebrate
its 75th anniversary Oct. 8-9. A Saturday
evening concert and reception, and a spe
cial Sunday m orning service follo w ed by
dinner and an afternoon of fellow ship are
planned.
For more inform ation, contact P.O. Box
78, Mackey, IN 47654, or 812-795-2312.
PRESCOTT (ARIZ.) FIRST CHURCH will
celebrate its 70th anniversary Oct. 22-23
(please note date change). Special services
are planned.
Form er pastors, m em bers, and friends
are invited to attend or send greetings,
photographs, etc. For fu rth e r inform ation,
contact 2110 W illow Creek Rd , Prescott,
AZ 86309, or 602-445-1136.
RIDGWAY (PA.) CHURCH w ill celebrate
its 50th anniversary Oct. 23. D inner w ill
follo w the special Sunday m orning service.
The evening service w ill feature a gospel
concert.
For fu r th e r in fo rm a tio n c o n ta c t 23
M etotext St., Ridgway, PA 15853, or 814776-6323.
SULPHUR SPRINGS (T E X .) CHURCH
w ill celebrate its 70th anniversary Oct. 2930. A c o n c e rt is plan ned fo r S a tu rd a y
evening, and special services w ill be held
S u n d a y m o rn in g and a fte rn o o n w ith
General S up erintendent James H. Diehl.
Lunch w ill be served.
Form er pastors, m em bers, and friends
are invited to attend or send special greet
ings. For m ore inform ation, contact 1300
S. League, S ulphur Springs, TX 75482.
Moving Missionaries
BARTLE, REV. NEVILLE and JOYCE, Papua
New Guinea, New Field Address: P.O.
Box 416, Mt. Hagen, W estern Highlands
Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
BATY, REV. DUANE and SUE, Cambodia,
New Field Address: House 3A, Street MV
Samdech M onireth (Street 217), Vithei
P o k o m b o r, Khan 7, M aka ra, P hnom
Penh, KAMPUCHEA
BIESENBACH, MR. HARALD and HELEN,
A fric a O u tre a c h M in is tr ie s , F ield
A d d re s s: P.O. Box 92, 17 10 F lorid a,
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
BOYD, M ISS JULIA. Papua New Guinea,
Stateside Address: Box 675, Condon,
OR 97823
BOYES, REV. RUSSELL and PATTIE, Papua
New Guinea, Address: 625 W arsaw Ave..
W innipeg, MB R3M 184, CANADA
CARNEY, REV. KEN and RUTH, Caribbean
Regional Office, Furlough Address: c/o
A a ro n T a y lo r, 651 G rin d s to n e R d.,
Dickson, TN 37055
COX, REV. DONALD and CHERYL, SAM
Regional Office, Ecuador. Field Address:
Casilla 17-11-05027, Quito, ECUADOR
CROFFORD, REV. DAVID and CINDY, Haiti,
Furlough Address: 1815 Titabawassee
Rd., Saginaw, M l 48604
GARMAN, DR. LARRY and ADDIE, Peru,
New Furlough A dd ress: 23423 T ris tin
Dr., Valencia, CA 91355
GILBERT. REV RON and DIANNA. Ghana,
Furlough Address: 3116 Sharpview Ln.,
Dallas, TX 75228
HALL, MISS JANICE, Japan, J.C.J.C., New
Furlough Address: 134 Kim berly Dr., No.
2, Boone, NC 28607
HEAP, REV. STEPHEN and BRENDA, Brazil,
Field Address: Rua Jose Portolano. 171,
Ja rdim da Im buias, 04 829 Sao Paulo,
SP, BRAZIL
KELLY, DR. DAVID and NANCY, APNTS,
P h ilip p in e s , F u rlo u g h A d d re s s: 25 00
Edward S.E., Bessemer, AL 35023
LEUPP. DR RODERICK and STEPHANIE,
APNTS, P hilippines, Furlough Address:
8100 S.W. Second Ave., P ortland, OR
97219
NEWTON. MR TERRY and MARY, Kenya,
S ta te s id e A d d re s s: 14 6 V e n e tia D r.,
Long Beach, CA 90803
S M ITH , REV. JIM and PATRICIA, A frica
South Field Central, Furlough Address:
P.O .Box 439, Gosport, IN 47433
UNG. REV. R A TLIE F an d S U S A N ,
C am bodia, New Field A ddress: House
3A , S tre e t M V S a m d e c h M o n ire th
(Street 217), Vithei Pokom bor, Khan 7,
Makara, Phnom Penh. KAMPUCHEA
W H IT E . REV. W A LLA C E and M O N A.
S o lo m o n Is la n d s , N ew F u rlo u g h
A d d re s s :
18550
G o rd o n
W ay,
M onum ent, CO 80132
DIRECTORIES
BOARD OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS
Office: 6401 The Paseo. Kansas City. MO
6 4 1 3 1 . D o n a ld D. O w e n s , c h a irm a n ;
W illiam J. Prince, vice-chairm an; James H.
Diehl, secretary; Jerald D. Johnson, John
A. Knight, Paul G. Cunningham.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS EMERITUS:
G e o rg e C o u lte r, 9 3 1 0 C a n te rb u ry ,
Leaw ood, KS 66 206; V. H. Lew is, 1406
Cam bridge, Olathe, KS 66062; O rville W.
Jenkins, 2309 W. 103rd St., Leawood, KS
6 6 2 0 6 ; W illia m M G re a th o u s e , 11 79
R osew ood T r., M o u n t J u lie t, TN 37122;
Eugene L. S tow e, 5555 S. Em poria Cir.,
Englewood, CO 20111-3635; Raymond W.
H um , 7 8 fO W 118th, O verland Park. KS
66210.
Corrections
In the August issue of the Herald, we failed
to re p o r t th a t M id A m e ric a N azarene
College aw arded the h o n o ra ry d o cto r of
d iv in it y d e g re e to Pal W r ig h t, J o p lin
D istrict superintendent.
Northw est Nazarene College awarded an
h o n o r a ry d o c to ra te to H ug h S m ith ,
W ashington Pacific D istrict superintendent,
rather than to F. Thom as Bailey. We regret
the errors.
Due to the m isunderstanding of a corre
spondent’s verbal report, the cutline fo r the
p h oto on p. 25 o f the A ug ust issue was
inaccurate. Although cigar sm oke and rum
were used in the Santeria cerem ony, and
som e devotees experienced sp irit posses
sion, the w hite-clad w om an pictured was
no t one o f th e m . As sh o w n , the leader
touched her body w ith a piece of fru it and
she was then instructed to th ro w it away.
We regret the error.
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in the global ministry o f the Church o f the Nazarene
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NEWS OF RELIGION
Promise Keepers Count Nearly a Quarter Million
A stirring speech by Coach
Bill M cCartney m arked the
end o f the 1994 s e rie s o f
Promise Keepers m en's con
ferences in B oulder, C olo..
J u ly 30. A p p ro x im a te ly
2 3 3 ,6 0 0 m en fro m e v e ry
state and five foreign coun
tries attended the six confer
e n c e s h e ld th is su m m e r.
N azarenes from around the
country also attended.
F o u n d e d ' in 1990 by
M c C a rtn e y , h ead fo o tb a ll
coach at Colorado U niversi
ty. Promise Keepers believes
it is uniquely positioned to
lead a national m en's m ove
ment. It seeks to call men to
c o n v ictio n , actio n , and in
tegrity, according to a recent
press release from the orga
nization.
"1 believe we are on the
threshold of an aw akening,”
said Randy Phillips. Promise
Keepers president. "W ithout
a doubt. God is reviving the
spiritual call o f the men of
Christ in this nation. He has
g iven P rom ise K eep ers an
u n p reced en ted o p p o rtu n ity
to impact thousands of men
in this country, who in turn
can influence others to heal
m arriages and fam ilies and
strengthen their churches."
The m e n 's m o v em en t is
n o t w ith o u t d e tra c to rs . A
plane flying over the Boul
1992, 2 2 ,0 0 0 g a th e re d at
der conference towed a ban Folsom Stadium in Boulder,
ner reading, “Smart Women Colo., for the second confer
D on’t Buy Your Prom ises.” ence. More than 50,000 men
L ater in the day the plane
returned to B oulder for the
re tu rn e d w ith a new m e s
1993 event.
sage: “ P ro m ise K e e p e rs—
This year, Promise Keep
Losers and W eepers.”
ers hosted six separate con
“ It is e x c itin g to see
fe re n c e s th ro u g h o u t the
50.000 men gathered togeth n a tio n w ith a tte n d a n c e
er for a nonsporting event,” exceeding the organization’s
sa id D a v id M c D o n a ld ,
p ro je c tio n s . T h ey w ere:
m u sic e d ito r fo r L ille n a s
A n a h e im , C a lif .. 5 2 .8 0 0 ;
B oise, Idaho, 5,500; In d i
anapolis, Ind.. 62,800; Den
“We are on the
ton, Tex., 33,000; Portland.
threshold of an
Oreg.. 27,500; and Boulder,
awakening. Without Colo., 52,600.
Promise Keepers plans to
a doubt, God is
expand to additional cities in
reviving the spiritual 1995. S p e c ific d a te s and
sites will be announced this
call of the men of
fall. In ad d itio n , a c o n fe r
Christ.”
ence specifically for clergy
is planned for 1995.
P u b lish in g C om pany, who
Future plans include the
jo in e d 135 o th e rs fro m
gathering o f 1 m illion men
O la th e , K a n s ., C o lle g e
in 1996. By the year 2000.
C hurch o f the N azarene at Promise Keepers also hopes
the B oulder co n feren ce. “ I to fill stadium s sim u lta n e
attended last year, but this ously with conferences in all
tim e I w as r e a lly a b le to 50 states.
focus in on where I need to
T h is y e a r 's c o n fe re n c e
be as a Christian. I definitely
sp e a k e rs in c lu d e d : C huck
p lan to a tte n d a g a in next
S w in d o ll. Jo h n M a x w e ll,
year."
G ary S m alley, and others.
The first Promise Keepers M u sic ian s in c lu d e d S teve
conference was held in 1991, G reen, Larnelle Harris, and
a ttr a c tin g 4 .2 0 0 m en . In
Bob Carlisle.
Wease to Lead Evangelical Methodist Church
Jack W. W ease. d irector of
W o rld M issio n s fo r the
E v a n g e lic a l
M e th o d is t
Church, was elected general
superintendent of the denom
ination at its 25th G eneral
C o n fe re n c e Ju ly 19-22 in
O la th e. K ans. His term as
su p e rin te n d e n t w ill be
through 1998.
Wease. who also served as
pastor of the Sullivan. Ind.,
E v a n g e lic a l
M e th o d ist
O C TO B hR
I994
Church until his election, has
served as a m in ister in the
Holiness denomination since
1950. He previously served
as d is tric t su p e rin te n d e n t,
c h a irm a n o f th e b o a rd o f
world m issions, and on the
d e n o m in a tio n a l b o a rd o f
youth activities. W ease has
also served on the board of
d ire c to rs o f W orld G ospel
M issio n an d on th e O M S
In te rn a tio n a l
b o a rd
of
trustees.
In o th e r n ew s from the
G e n e ra l C o n fe re n c e , the
headquarters o f the church
will be relocated next year
from Wichita, Kans., to Indi
anapolis, Ind.
The Evangelical Methodist
Church is com posed of 123
churches and 8,700 members
in the U nited States. A ddi
tional congregations are sup
ported in Bolivia and Mexico.
Christian Teens
Take National
Abstinence Pledge
More than 20,000 teenagers
g a th e re d a ro u n d 2 0 0 ,0 0 0
pledge cards in Washington,
D .C ., July 29 asking God
for help in maintaining sex
ual a b stin e n c e u n til m a r
riage. Christian youth across
the nation wore w hite rib
bons that day as a sign of
solidarity with others m ak
ing the pledge.
T he p le d g e c a rd s w ere
attached to individual stakes
and planted into rows on the
N ational Mall betw een the
Capitol and the Washington
Monument. They were com
pleted by teens not in atten
dance.
Each card stated: "B eliev
ing that true love w aits, I
make a commitment to God,
m yself, my fam ily, those I
date, my fu ture m ate, and
my fu tu re c h ild re n to be
sexually pure until the day I
en ter a co v enant m arriage
relationship.”
The national abstin en ce
celebration was held in con
junction with the Youth for
Christ Super Conference on
y o u th e v a n g e lis m . The
event was promoted by True
Love W aits, a para-church
organization based in D en
ver. C olo., which leads an
abstinence m ovem ent su p
p o rte d by 26 C h ris tia n
denom inations. The m ove
ment began last year when
59 te e n s to o k a vow o f
c h a s tity at a c h u rc h in
Nashville, Tenn.
T ru e L ove W a its w as
e n d o rs e d by the G e n e ra l
NY1 Council at its February
m eeting, according to Fred
F u lle rto n . NY1 M in istries
director. Pledge cards were
distributed among Nazarene
youth through district and
local NYI organizations.
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O b s er v er a i La r g e
The God Who Hears
C. B o w lin g is president of Olivet
Nazarene University.
John
If y ou
t o o k
a
c o o l
- o f - t h e e v e n in g
stroll around St. C atherine's
M onastery near Mount Sinai in
Egypt, you would bump into a
strange pair o f caskets. Several cen
turies ago. tw o young men who were
part of that m onastic com m unity took
a vow to devote their lives to perpetu
al prayer and adoration.
It was their intent to spend every
m om ent of every day o f every week
and month and year in praise and
prayer. To accom plish this vow, they
were assigned to adjoining room s and
were fastened together at the wrists
by a length of chain.
The plan was for one to pray and
the other to sleep. From the m om ent
they began, they neither saw nor
spoke to each other again. Their only
contact was the chain that ran through
the wall.
W hen one was finished with his
prayers, he would tug on the chain to
awaken the other. A tug back meant
that the other had begun, and the first
man could rest. Back and forth they
prayed for decades until they died. In
honor of their devotion, their rem ains
lie side by side in caskets still united
by the same chain.
This is a rem arkable story o f com
m itm ent, but it m isses the point of
prayer. It is true that God calls us to a
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about this personal aspect o f prayer
life o f devotion, obedience, and
when He said to His follow ers,
prayer, but these obligations should
"W hen ye pray, say, ‘O ur Father,
not be view ed as chains that bind us.
which art in h eaven.” ' The first
Prayer is intim acy with G od. It is
w ords o f prayer are w ords o f relation
building and m aintaining a vital spiri
tual relationship. We have the assur
ship: “O ur Father.” Prayer strength
ens that relationship.
ance from G od's Word that God hears
Prayer is not an exercise in which
our prayers.
we try to get G o d ’s attention or talk
This is affirm ed clearly in the
Scriptures: “ Does he who im planted
Him into som ething; it is spending
the ear not hear? Does he who
tim e with Him. Prayer really makes
sense only in term s o f relationship
form ed the eye not see?” (Psalm
and against the backdrop o f G od's na
94:9, NIV); and “ Before they call I
will answer; while they are still
ture.
speaking I will hear” (Isaiah 65:24,
It is because God is holy that we
m ust confess.
NIV).
It is because He know s everything
To pray is to know God. The true
that we m ust and can be totally hon
aim o f prayer is to know God. Too of
ten we focus narrow ly on our peti
est before Him.
It is because He is sovereign that
tions and intercessions.
My wife and I are bound together
we m ust ask according to His will,
by a covenant we made years ago to
and it is because He is loving that we
com e to Him as Father.
one another. The chain that binds us
As we com e to know God through
is love for each other. O ur conversa
tions are the natural ex
pressions o f that relation
ship.
1 d o n 't wait to talk with
her until I need her help
Prayer is not an exercise in
with som ething. I talk
which we try to get God’s
with her because I love
her, and the needs have a
attention or talk Him into
way o f being cared for as
something.
a natural part o f loving
conversations.
These conversations
take different forms.
prayer, we also com e to know our
Som etim es they are joyful conversa
selves more fully.
tions w here the sole purpose is to
Prayer has a way o f uncovering
simply enjoy each o th e r’s presence.
and refining us. G od d o esn't simply
Som etim es our conversations focus
respond to our prayers— He responds
on particular issues. Som etim es they
to us. W hat we say to G od in prayer
are brief, som etim es long. Som etim es
cannot be isolated, segregated from
they are filled with laughter— or
what we think, feel. will, and do. in
tears. But each conversation deepens
the other areas of life. Prayer is com
and enriches the relationship. Sim i
m unication from w hole persons to the
larly, prayer is the conversation of a
w holeness o f God. It is m uch more an
loving relationship.
opportunity than an obligation.
Jesus dem onstrated and taught us
H e r a l d o k H o l in e s s
m
a r k
e d
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p
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N o te s fro m a n e d ito r's jo u rn a l
October 1994 •
by M ark G raham , M anaging Editor
Whole No, 3558 • Vol. 83, No. 10
Editor, Wesley D. Tracy
Rights of Passage
Managing Editor, Mark Graham
Administrative Secretary
Carolyn S. Hampton
Director
Division ot Communications
Paul Skiles
General Superintendents
Jerald 0. Johnson
John A. Knight
William J. Prince
Donald D. Owens
James H. Diehl
Paul G. Cunningham
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O c to ber
1994
W
e finally did it. This summer, for
On Friday afternoon. Mom was there
the first time, we sent Joey to
to greet him and his friends when the bus
church camp for a full five days.
returned. He was rather dingy, his tan
It was an event we approached
seemed darker, his voice was hoarse, and
with m ixed em otions. Was he mature
he smelled like something you would
enough to handle being on his own for a
throw away, but he was home, smiling
week? Were Cathy and I mature enough
and sharing experiences of the previous
to let him out from under our wings for
week. He also seemed older and, per
that long ?
haps. more mature for having endured
The time approaching departure day
his first week "on his own."
was filled with restless
Joey's one experience
ness on Jo e y 's part. He
that meant the most to us
was so excited he couldn’t
was relayed by our chil
He seemed older
sleep. He stayed up until
d ren's m inister the fol
1:30 in the morning read
lowing Sunday.
and, perhaps,
ing books and thinking
He told us that Joey
about all the fun he would
was in chapel one
more mature.
have. Perhaps some of the
evening when the Holy
time was spent wondering
Spirit seemed especially
what the week away from home would be
close. As the speaker gave an invitation
like, whether he would enjoy it, and if he
to come forward and pray. Joey was
would find friends.
moved to turn to one of his buddies seat
Five days before he was to leave, he
ed behind him. "Why don’t you go down
dum ped the clothes from his chest of
and ask Jesus to forgive your sins and
drawers, wanting to get a jumpstart on
come to live in your heart?’’ Joey prod
packing.
ded. "W hy d o n 't you g o ? ” was the
Meanwhile, Mom and I—mostly Mom,
friend's reply. Joey explained that he had
went to the store to find the required
already invited Jesus into his life.
sm all tube o f toothpaste, toothbrush,
“Joey was just being a little evange
soapdish, flashlight, and a tube of sun
list," said Phil, Joey's pastor. "The young
block that we strangely im agined he
man didn’t go forward, but 1 think God
might try to use without parental supervi
used Joey to plant a seed in that boy’s
sion.
heart. We were all impressed by Joey’s
I couldn't be there to see him off, but
sensitivity." 1 told Phil and Joey that
Mom was. He d id n 't care if the other
Cathy and I were equally impressed. As I
guys saw him or not— he needed a big
write this, I find myself very proud of my
hug before he climbed on the bus.
1 1-year-old son (in a Christian sort of
A hot school bus and a three-hour trip
way).
across Kansas is no place for a lunch con
We parents o f young ch ild ren go
taining a box drink and Jell-O . When
through our days wondering if the mes
Joey tried to pull the top off the Jell-O, it
sages we share with them are being
heard— whether or not all those trips to
exploded on him , leaving his clothes
bright red and making him a sticky mess
church services and Sunday School are
for the duration of the trip. The drink was
having an impact— whether or not those
hit-and-miss family devotions are taking
so hot it didn’t go down well.
We found out about this before he re
root. Then there is a shining moment like
turned. A bit homesick, he slipped away
Joey's attempt to share Christ at summer
from the rest of the group one afternoon to
camp, and, suddenly, all of our efforts
place a call from the pay phone in front of
are worth it. We are encouraged to keep
the cafeteria. He simply dialed one of
at it for as long as it takes.
those 800-collect phone services (the child
Thanks, God. we needed that!
watches too much TV). When they asked
him for an area code, all he could recall
was the zip code, but somehow he cajoled
the operator into finding those three little
digits needed to complete his call.
47
L ate N ews
Eyestone Elected in Missouri
Jack Eyestone, 58, was elected
superintendent
o f the M is
souri D istrict
Aug. I 8, a c
cord in g
to
Ge n e r a l
S u p e r in te n
dent John A.
K night. E ye
stone was elected on the fourth
ballot by the Missouri District
Assembly. Eyestone began his
new assignment Sept. 1.
The action was prompted by
the recent election o f Hiram
Sanders as president of Naz
arene Bible College. Sanders
had served as superintendent of
the M issouri D istrict since
1984.
Eyestone had served as pas
tor of Puyallup. Wash.. Church
of the N azarene since 1984.
P rio r to th is, he p astored
Bloom ington Church o f the
Mitchell Dies at 83
Nazarene on the Southern Cali
fornia District for 15 years. He
has pastored other churches on
the Arizona District.
Eyestone attended Bethany
Nazarene College and Califor
nia Graduate School of Theolo
gy. He received the D.D. from
N azarene B ible C o lleg e in
1993.
Eyestone and his wife, Mar
garet, have two children, Cindy
and Timothy.
Skiles Announces Retirement
Paul S k ile s. 67, has a n
nounced that
he w ill step
dow n from
his p o st as
C om m unica
tio n s D iv i
sion director
by the close
of 1994.
S k iles has se rv e d at
Nazarene Headquarters since
1960, when he was elected
e x e c u tiv e se c re ta ry o f the
N azaren e Y oung P e o p le ’s
Society by the General NYPS
C onvention. W hen changes
w ere m ade in 1968, Skiles
became the executive secre
tary o f the D ep artm en t of
Youth, where he served until
1973. During this same peri
od. he was d irecto r o f ser
vices to chaplains and m ili
tary personnel. In 1973. he
b ecam e d ire c to r o f M edia
Services, a post he held until
he was elected director of the
Communications Division in
1989.
A la y m a n , S k ile s w as
youth activities director for
the Northern California Dis
trict when he was elected in
1960. While in northern Cali
fornia, he used his skills as a
m usician, athlete, and com
m unicator to encourage and
give vision to young people.
“My main concept of min
istry w as th a t we n eed to
channel the energies of youth
in to the to ta l e v a n g e listic
mission of the church," Skiles
said.
Skiles was the originator of
the concept of Youth in Mis
sion. w hich was o rig in ally
called "Nazarene Evangelistic
A m b a ssa d o rs." The initial
p ro g ra m ,' la u n c h e d in the
sum m er o f 1963, included
two teams o f N azarene col
leg e stu d e n ts w ho w ere
involved in tw o m onths of
service on a m ission field.
Many of those students went
on to find areas of ministry in
the denomination.
"Everything Paul has done
has been c a rrie d out w ith
firs t- c la s s e ffic ie n c y and
skill," said General Superin
tendent Jerald D. Johnson,
who was elected with Skiles
as a "youth-at-large” repre
s e n ta tiv e on the G en era l
NYPS Council in 1952. "His
life has re fle c te d all the
church believes and teaches.”
When asked about his hope
for the future of the Church
of the Nazarene, Skiles said
his advice is, "Be believable.”
A native of Orange, Calif.,
Skiles served in the navy and
is a g ra d u a te o f P a sa d e n a
C o lle g e . He and his w ife,
Maxine (nee Grim), have two
children, Paula St. John and
Scott Skiles, and five grand
children.
T he B oard o f G e n e ral
Superintendents has appoint
ed a sea rch c o m m itte e to
locate a replacem ent for the
retiring Skiles.
A special tribute to Skiles
w ill be p u b lish e d in the
December Herald.
Church Enters Bulgaria
The Republic of Bulgaria has
become the 107th world area
entered by the Church of the
Nazarene, according to Louie
Bustle, World Mission Divi
sion director. The decision to
enter the eastern European
n a tio n w as m ade by the
W orld M ission D epartm ent
at its June meeting.
48
The mission to Bulgaria is
a jo in t v e n tu re b e tw e e n
Southern Nazarene Universi
ty and the W orld M issio n
Division. The university has
accepted the responsibility of
enlisting groups of students
to travel as advance teams to
the new field. These students
v o lu n teer th eir service and
provide their own expenses.
The first team of students
arrived in Bulgaria in May.
In order for a new work to
be added to the list of active
N azarene m issions, it m ust
have personnel appointed to
it or m u st have o rg a n iz e d
congregations m eeting on a
regular basis.
H. Dale M itchell, 83, fo r
mer director
of the Naza
re n e C o m
m unications
Commis
sio n , d ied
A ug. 1 at
G re e n c ro ft
Nursing
C e n te r in G o sh e n , Ind.
Death followed an extended
illness. Services were held
Aug. 5.
M itchell is survived by
h is w ife o f 62 y e a rs,
D orothy; a son, H arold; a
daughter, Mrs. James (Vivi
enne) Evans; three sisters;
12 g ran d ch ild re n ; and 17
great-grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by a son,
John Paul.
M itc h e ll w as the first
d ire c to r o f the N azaren e
C om m unications Com m is
sion, now the Communica
tions D ivision, which was
fo rm e d by th e G eneral
B oard in 1968. He began
his service to the general
church in 1965, succeeding
T. W. W illingham as direc
tor o f the N azarene Radio
League. The Radio League
produced the "Show ers of
Blessing” radio broadcasts.
“ He was an early leader
with great vision," said Paul
S k ile s , C o m m u n ic a tio n s
Division director.
P rio r to h is se rv ic e at
H e a d q u a rte rs , M itchell
served for two years as pas
tor o f Detroit, Mich., First
C h u rch . O th er pastorates
include: Chicago, 111., First;
East Liverpool, Ohio, First;
East Liverpool, Ohio, Gard endale; and Lim a, Ohio,
First. He served an addition
al 13 years as an evangelist.
A g ra d u a te o f Fort
Wayne, Ind., Bible College,
M itchell received the hon
o ra ry d o c to r o f divinity
degree from O livet Naza
rene College in 1966.
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