1968 Wesleyan World - The Wesleyan Church

Contents:
3 High Targets and High Aims
4 On and Forward
7 Dr. Liddick, a Friend and Brother
This issue features the Joint
Study Conference on Church
Growth. Suceeding issues will include fields articles on Wesleyan
World Missions by the missionaries.
The merging of the Wesleyan Missionary and the World Missions Bulletin into the new Wesleyan World
should give to our church a fine missionary publication .
Wesleyan 'Vorld is a 24-page magazine, published monthly, in color. Its
basic philosophy will be that of promoting world missions of The Wesleyan Church.
Two pages of each issue are assigned
to the Wesleyan Women's Missionary
Society for th eir promotional use in
addition to their quarterly 24-page
publication entitled The Plan.
All subscriptions to the former denominations' missionary publications
-the Wesleyan Missionary and the
World Missions Bulletin-will continue in force as subscriptions to the
Wesleyan World.
In the case where one is a subscriber to both publications, he will
receive credit for the total number of
months still outstanding.
Wesleyan World
September 1968
Volume 50, Number 1
David L. Keith, editor
Published monthly by The Wesleyan
Church, Department of World Missions.
Printed by the Wesleyan Publishing House,
Box 2000, Marion, Indiana 46952, under the
Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for malling at special second·class
rate of postage provided in Section 1103,
Act of October 3, 1917, authorized October
4, 1919. Subscription price, $1.50 per year.
In clubs of 10 or more to one address, $1.25.
Send all subscriptions and address changes
to the Wesleyan Publishing House, Box
2000, Marion, Indiana 46952.
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8 International Delegates Meet
10 Welcoming Banquet
11 Impressions
12 Interview with Saoshiro
14 International Service
16 Australian Delegates Tell
16 "I Could Write a Book"
18 A Day at Good Hope
20 News Briefs
21 Prayer Requests
21 Birthdays
22 WMS
24 To Make Disciples
1. The Joint Study Conference on Church Growth
at prayer
2. Rev. and Mrs. Wingrove Taylor, of Barbados, and
Rev. Ira Taylor, of the American Virgin Islands
3. District Superintendent Eduardo Munoz, of Mexico
4. Missionary Rev. Harris Earl, of Colombia, and
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Swauger, of the World
Missions office, sing God's praises
5. The Study Conference was composed of internationals. Left to right are: Rev. James Blackburn,
of Haiti, Rev. Clement Paul, of Haiti, and Dr.
David Tsutada, of Japan
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High Targets
and High Aims
When it comes to producing a missionary
magazine, "Seek to produce the best," is the
advice given by Dr. Paul S. Rees. He further
adds, "God is not more likely to withhold His
prospering blessing because we set high targets
and take high aims. We know in advance
that we shall have to implore His mercy to
cover the gap between target and strike. We
have a duty to inform, to interpret, to incite,
and to indict."
We, therefore, set high targets and high
aims for the Wesleyan World magazine "and
may God's mercy cover the gap between
target and strike"-between what we want for
the magazine and what we actually produce.
One of the international delegates to the
Merging General Conference at Anderson,
Indiana, stated that he was distressed over the
high percentage of American Christians who
were ill-informed on missions in general and
missions in his country in particular. He
wondered if this is due to complacency or if
American Christians listened for only the kind
of information they wanted to hear.
The making of history is not always to our
liking-we might wish it to be otherwise.
Yet I feel we must report it as part of the total
relevant knowledge that mission-minded people should have.
Our task will also be that of interpretation.
News events may be meaningless or even misleading without it. One American evangelist
preaching abroad in a mission land was
stopped short in his message when a number
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of the congregation came forward to pray.
He thought it was a great service and reported
it as such. But the fact was, the people
thought he had preached long enough, and
this was one way to bring the service to a
close.
We also have a duty to incite. It must be
our aim to generate ideas, convictions, concerns, sensitivities, strategies, tactics, prayers,
commitments.
There is also the painful side for an editorhis duty to indict. It is fairly easy to find
fault, to pick flaws, to be censorious. It is
more difficult to be a discerning and responsible critic, offering probing judgments that
are linked with constructive and corrective
possibilities.
Surveying the world of missions in an awesome crucial day, Wesleyan World magazine
dares not allow awareness of its own fallibility and limitations to choke off the voice
of dissent and disapproval. It will take risks.
It will invite controversy. It will at the same
time do its best, in the fear of God, to keep
the controversy moving on a high level. It
will not knowingly distort. It will not consciously be petty.
To inform, to interpret, to incite, to indict-high runs our
aim! We shall succeed only as God can
trust us with His light
and leading.
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ON AND FORWARD
General Secretary of World Missions,
Rev. E. L. Wilson, selects key persons
to assist him in the Department.
These are momentous days. The new Wesleyan Church has been born. Pilgrim Holiness
and Wesleyan Methodist people are now one
through organizational processes. With merger
negotiations completed, 650 delegates and thousands of people from both at home and abroad
representing 122,340 members, met on June 26
in Anderson, Indiana, for the purpose of bringing the two denominations together in organizational union. The moment of merger was a
historic event for the two holiness denominations,
who for many years have had interchange of
preachers and evangelists and have shared in a
common soul passion to preach the message of
holiness to the ends of th e earth.
The merger means that the great missionary
programs of the two denominations are now moving into a common stream. Both denominations
have been missionary; both have sacrificially sent
their best young people to the mission fields, not
counting the cost. Together, now, they will support their missionaries; together, they will recruit
personnel; together, they will publish the missionary voice of the church; and together, they will
seek to fulfill the Great Commission to go into all
the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Merger as it relates to missions means that there
will be new experiences and adventures in mission
studies for those from both groups. It enlarges
the total outreach of the church, since there is very
little overlapping on any of the fields. There
will be new names of both missionaries and
nationals to learn. There will be new countries
for which to pray. The Department of World
Missions of the Wesleyan Church will have a
total of 41 ,265 members overseas and a combined Sunday school enrollment of 84,559.
Overseas Wesleyans will be ministered to by 1,332
pastors and evangelists and a total of 254 missionaries.
Merger is in process on the home front on all
levels: general, district, and local churches.
Several districts merged this summer, such as New
York, Florida, Virginia, Wisconsin, California,
and Canada.
Merger is also in process between departments.
Step by step, the two World Missions departments
are merging.
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Ennal L. Wilson
Robert W. Lytle
One of the important factors in working out the
merger of the departments is the problem of the
location of the headquarters for the Wesleyan
Church. Much is involved in making this decision. The General Board of Administration has
set as its goal the November meeting to decide
the matter. This delay slows down merger on the
department level. But we are making the best
of the circumstances, and are going as far as we
can. We plan to continue operating the World
Missions offices in both Marion and Indianapolis
for the time being. We are moving in the direction of working together in the bookkeeping,
promotion, and editorial areas.
I am sure it will be of interest to you to know
who the key persons will be in the Department of
World Missions this next quadrennium. Rev.
Robert Lytle has been selected to be the Assistant
Secretary of World Missions. This is an important position in the church, since it involves
administrative responsibilities including correspondence with the missionaries and trips overseas to
conduct conferences and give direction to the
work. When it came to selecting the person for
this position, I felt that it must be a man who
knows the missionary fields and who has a
thorough knowledge of the former Wesleyan
Methodist missionary work. This is the kind of
a man we have found in Brother Lytle. When
I recommended him for the place, the General
Board of Administration wholeheartedly supported
the idea and elected him unanimously. Rev. Lytle
is from New York state and graduated from
Houghton College in 1939 with an A.B. degree.
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He pastored for five years and then went as a
missionary to Colombia, South America. He
completed three four-year terms on the field.
In 19 59 Brother Lytle was requested by Dr.
Alton Liddick, Secretary of World Missions of
the former Wesleyan Methodist Church, to come
to the headquarters in Marion. His first assignment was to serve as deputation secretary. Then
later he was given the assignment as Administrative Assistant to Dr. Liddick. Along with this
work he carried the responsibility of Caribbean
Superintendent. He has a family of three children .
The following persons have also accepted positions in the Department:
Rev. J. R. Duckworth is to be the administrative
aid in correspondence and bookkeeping in the
World Missions offices. He was born in Tennessee, and he has a family of two children. He is
a graduate of Frankfort Pilgrim College and served
as a missionary in the West Indies for six years.
He has been Director of Office Administration in
the Department of World Missions of the former
Pilgrim Holiness Church since August, 1966.
Jack R. Duckworth
David L. Keith
Rev. David Keith will edit the missionary voice
of the church, to be known as Wesleyan World .
Brother Keith is a second-generation missionary,
born in Swaziland, South Africa. He attended
God's Bible School, where he received both
the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Theology degrees. Brother Keith was field superintendent over the European work in South Africa.
The Keiths have four children, all born in South
Africa except one. Brother Keith served as office
editor of the World Missions Bulletin, and more
recently has been office editor of the Pilgrim
Holiness Advocate.
Rev. L. W. Leitzel will be in charge of deputation and conventions, and wills and annuities.
Brother Leitzel was born in Pennsylvania. He is a
graduate of Eastern Pilgrim College and served
as a missionary for three terms and as field
superintendent in the Eastern South American
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area. In recent years he has been Director of
Promotion in the World Missions offices of the
former Pilgrim Holiness Church.
Leonard W. Leitzel
Paul L. Swauger
Rev. Paul Swauger is to have charge of missionary recruitment, shipping, and travel. He is
a former Wesleyan Methodist missionary to
Colombia, where he served for one term. In recent
years he has been in the same field of service
in the World Missions offices in Marion as he is
accepting in the new organization.
Brother Swauger was born in Pennsylvania. He
is a graduate of Houghton College. He and his
wife Nancy pastored twelve years before leaving
for the field. They have four children.
The overseas literature program will likely be
assigned to the editor of the missionary paper.
Now for a word about the organizational guide
lines set forth in the new Discipline as they affect
the Department of World Missions.
The Department of World Missions is controlled by the General Board of Administration in
its management of the missionary work. Thus
this world-wide enterprise is not just the work of
a few within one department but is a total church
program to reach the lost beyond the borders of
our own country. In order to do its work efficiently and effectively, the General Board is to be
organized with commissions over the various departments. The Commission on Missions consists of a General Superintendent, the General
Secretary of World Missions, and six General
Board members, plus others to be elected, with a
voice but not a vote, to aid in counsel. This body
serves as a committee of the Board to approve
field minutes, to review missionary candidate applications and recommend candidates to the
Board, and to approve and recommend on its decision all the plans, budgets, and work of World
Missions. The chairman of the Commission on
Missions is General Superintendent Melvin H.
Snyder. The other members of the Commission
who have been selected are Board members, and
others may be added later. The Board members
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named are: Rev. Daniel A. Heinz, of Lockport
Conference, in New York; Rev. Dewey 0. Miller,
of North Carolina; Lowell E. Jennings, M.D., of
North Carolina; Dr. Hollis C. Stevenson, a dentist
from the Champlain Conference; Rev. H. Ralph
Ingersoll, of the Atlantic Conference, and Mr.
Wayne Nalley, from Louisville, Kentucky.
All of the General Superintendents have administrative responsibilities over the mission fields.
The Discipline provides that each General Superintendent shall not only be the presiding officer in
conferences in the homeland but shall also make
trips overseas and preside at conferences there.
They will not be making decisions or commitments for the Department, but through the
process of the minutes of such overseas meetings
matters needing attention are channeled through
the Department of World Missions offices to the
Board. The fields have been divided as follows:
Rev. J. D . Abbott-Caribbean, Haiti, Honduras
Dr. V. A. Mitchell-Africa, British Isles, India,
Nepal
Dr. B. H. Phaup-Mexico, Colombia, Peru,
Puerto Rico, Brazil, Surinam, Guyana
Dr. M. H. Snyder-Australia, New Guinea,
Philippines, Taiwan, Japan
As I assume responsibility as the General Secretary of World Missions for the first quadrennium
of the Wesleyan Church, I am fully aware of the
excellent quality of leadership the Departments of
World Missions of both former churches have had
through the years. On the Wesleyan Methodist
side, Dr. Alton Liddick and others have given remarkable direction to this important department
of the church. On the former Pilgrim Holiness
side, men like Dr. P . W. Thomas and Dr. R. G.
Flexon have served with outstanding talent in the
Department in other years. These laid a foundation of a great work.
It may be of interest to you to know that I
served for ten years as Secretary of World Missions
of the former Pilgrim Holiness Church . While
these responsibilities are not new to me, I recognize that the work load will be greatly increased.
I recognize my human limitations, and I am very
thankful to God for such fine men to help in the
work of the Department and for such fine General
Superintendents who also have administrative responsibilities in the work and will be making trips
to the fields to conduct field and missionary conferences.
I was quite impressed by the uniting Merger Conference. I am optimistic as we face the future of the
Wesleyan Church. I'm happy about it.
I. M. Wickham
Barbados, West Indies
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QUOTATIONS
Dr. V. A. Mitchell: "Jesus went up, the Holy Spirit
came down, and the church went out."
Dr. Paul Elliott: "The New Mexico state seal has
these words on it, which we should remember: 'We
Crow When We Co.'"
Rev. Wingrove Taylor: "We are to go not only to
the dear, and the near, but to the despised Samaritans
and to the distant (last creature in the farthest corner); to the religious, to the semi-religious, and to the
irreligious.''
Dr. Paul Elliott: "When Cod gets the man, man
gets the provisions."
Dr. A. E. Liddick: "It will soon be said of our
work, 'From every nation to every nation.' "
Margaret Wright: "In Nepal we don't have any
halfway Christians. It costs too much."
Rev. C. E. Jones: "The fields giving the greatest
attention to preparing workers are experiencing the
most growth.'
Clement Paul: "Practically every church member
in Haiti feels responsible to witness house-to-house.''
Rev. Wayne Wright: (Relative to building on indigenous principles) "It weakens a child to do for it
what it can do for itself, but it does not weaken a
child to do for it what it cannot do for itself.''
Rev. J. D. Abbott: "While there are differences in
the backgrounds and languages of this group, there
are great similarities · in that Christ is known to all,
He has cleansed us from sin, He abides in our hearts;
and we are alike in that Cod has given us a concern for all people everywhere and called us out of
complacency to assigned places of service.''
Dr. A. E. Liddick: "Missionary service is man's
work but it often takes a woman to do it.''
Rev. Wingrove Taylor: "The growth of the church
is closely associated with the government of the
church. Glorious on-going cannot be separated from
good organization; magnitude of the work is not likefy to be gained or maintained without management of
the work; ~nd organized service is an integral part of
all success.
Dr. Melvin Snyder, quoting John Wesley: "Cod
then thrust us out to raise up a boly people.''
Rev. Wingrove Taylor: "If we go at His command,
we shall know all the consolations of His guardianship
and grace; and by His conquests in and through us
we shall grow."
To me, the most significant statement in the first
General Conference of the Wesleyan Church was, "All
of us-all for Cod." This glorious cooperation could
bring about unbelievable results in miracle and blessing.
The Church Growth Conference was stimulating
and replete with directives for advancement on all
frontiers of the church's outreach.
Ira M. Taylor
American Virgin Islands
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As Alton E. Liddick sailed for missionary work
in India 34 years ago, he wrote back to praying
friends: "The call is not to teach or preach, but
to minister-to minister the Spirit of God." How
many, many times in those intervening years has
Alton Liddick along with his devoted and resourceful wife done just that; he has ministered
the Spirit of God.
For the next 16 years as missionary, field
superintendent, foster parent of orphans, advisor
of national pastors, designer and constructor of
churches and missionary bungalows, teacher of
Bible and of carpentry, evangelist and musician,
he labored and loved in needy India. His genteelness and amiability gave him · opportunities to
"minister the Spirit" to government officials and
people of high caste; yet his considerateness and
genuine sympathy made him God's man to the
outcast and the uneducated peasant. With his
inborn optimism strengthened by a vital faith in an
omnipotent, presently operative God he dared to
claim victory, unshaken by the stupendousness
of the task in poverty-stricken, overpopulated,
pantheistic India.
In the protractecl furlough during the war years,
Mr. and Mrs. Liddick traveled extensively in the
homeland to imbue in others something of the
Spirit's compassion and love that gripped their
own hearts for the world's lost.
Returning to America in early 19 51 the Liddicks
settled at Houghton, New York, where he again
"ministered the Spirit of God." Whether he was
working with a crew of craftsmen to build furniture in East Hall, or whether he was directing the
public relations office of the college, one recognized in him the fruits of the Spirit frequently manifested in the daily occurrences of life.
In 1959, upon the retirement of Dr. F. R. Birch,
whose assistant Mr. Liddick had been for several
years in the Department of World Missions, the
church recognized his capabilities by electing him
to head its world missionary work in 16 lands.
Here, too, as able administrator of a world-wide
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organization, as advisor and confidant of missionaries, as friend and brother to men of other races
and tongues, as a respected member of both
church and interchurch boards and committees,
and as director of his office staff, Dr. Liddick
"ministered the Spirit of God."
Now, declining to be re-elected to chairman the
merged Department of World Missions, Dr. and
Mrs. Liddick anticipate life in sunny Florida,
where they have purchased a little cottage and lot
at Brooksville. Asked what plans he has for the
future, Dr. Liddick with characteristic geniality
replies: "Oh, I think I'll take a sabbatical for a
year."
But you can be sure that it will not be a sabbatical from "ministering the Spirit of God."
That will continue wherever Mr. and Mrs. Liddick may be. Those rivers of living water will
continue to flow and bless others as they have
us who have worked with them.
Dr. Liddick with missionaries and nationals from
Africa. Left to right: Shadrack Ndlangamandla, S.
A.; Anderson Mkiiwisa, Zambia; William Morgan,
S. A.; Bai Bangura, Sierra Leone; Glendon Kierstead,
S. A.; Dr. Alton Liddick.
Mrs. Liddick tells of an amusing incident when they
were missionaries in India. The eggs they placed
under a setting hen turned out to be young vultures.
International Delegates Meet
L. W . Leitzel,
Director of Promotion
In mid-June just prior to the Merging Conference of the Pilgrim H oliness and Wesleyan
Methodist Churches, a very important threeday meeting was held at Marion, Indiana. Known
as the Joint Study Conference on Church Growth,
the purpose of this Conference was to study the
growth of the Pilgrim Holiness and Wesleyan
Methodist Churches overseas.
Months of prayer and planning preceded the
day when delegates from 18 countries assembled
for the opening session. Dr. Alton Liddick, then
Executive Secretary of Wesleyan Methodist
World Missions, and Rev. Erma] Wilson, then
General Secretary of Pilgrim Holiness World Missions, served as co-masters of ceremony.
Delegates to the Joint Study Conference:
Leslie Miller, E. S. America (PH); E. Munoz, MexicoPeru (PH); A. Mwiikisa, Zambia (PH); S. Ndlangamandla, S. Africa (WM); S. Njobe, S. Africa Native
(PH); W. D. Pinch, Australia (WM); Mrs. W. D.
Pinch, Australia (WM); F. Stanley, S. Africa Native
(PH); Carole Stanly, Honduras (WM); Ira Taylor,
Caribbean (PH); Wingrove Taylor, Caribbean (PH);
Manuel G. Torres, Puerto Rico (WM); B. Urbano,
Philippines (PH); I. M. Wickham, Caribbean (PH);
Floyd Banker, Jamaica (WM); Marion Birch, Sierra
Leone (WM); James Blackburn, Haiti (WM); William
Davis, Honduras (WM); Paul Downey, E. S. America
(PH); Harris Earl, Colombia (WM); Harold Johnson, Japan (WM); C. E. Jones, Zambia (PH); D. M.
Karns, S. Africa Eur. (PH); Glendon Kierstead, S.
Africa and Rhodesia (WM); 0. I. Lehman, S. Africa
Native (PH); E. E. Phillippe, Caribbean (PH); John
Putney, Puerto Rico (WM); Margaret Wright, Nepal
(WM); W. W. Wright, Philippines (PH); Miguel
Alvarez, Colombia (WM); Bai Bangura, Sierra Leone
(WM); Carroll Brentlinger, Jamaica (WM); F. B.
Gray, S. Africa_ Native (PH); George Hilson, Puerto
Rico (WM); Daniel Hyde, E. S. America (PH); Amos
King, Jamaica (WM); Paul Meeks, Philippines (PH);
William Morgan, S. Africa (WM); Henry Ortlip,
Haiti (WM); Clement Paul, Haiti (WM); Marcus
Phillippe, Zambia (PH)
The drone of interpreters could be heard
through the sessions as they shared information
with delegates who understood best in another
language. Interesting papers were presented by
national brethren on: Church Growth Through
a Training Program for Lay Witness, Church
Growth Through Saturation Evangelism, Church
Growth Through Stewardship, Church Growth
Through Ministerial Training, and Hindrances to
Church Growth. There were profitable discussion periods.
A program book of 276 pages had been prepared
for each member. This book covered the tenyear period of 1958-1967 and contained membership growth charts, maps, surveys, and statistical
summaries showing progress in each area. This
also included medical and educational missions.
On Thursday morning, June 20, a Communion
service was held, with Dr. Melvin Snyder and Dr.
H. K. Sheets officiating, assisted by Rev. I. M.
Wickham, of Barbados, West Indies, and Rev.
Bai Bangura, of Sierra Leone, Africa. This was an
unusual service because of the presence of God.
An outstanding part of the Conference was the
Bible study period each evening, when Rev.
Wingrove Taylor, president of Caribbean Pilgrim
College, located on the island of Barbados, gave
messages on the subject, The Holy Spirit and
Church Growth.
Part of each evening was spent viewing color
slides from various fields. These selected slides
pictured the work of missions in the following
categories: Bible Training Schools, Lay Witnessing, Literature Outreach, Medical and Educational Missions, City and Village Church Buildings
and Congregations, and National Pastors.
Findings Committees gave summarized reports
of each day's work. Among these findings were
the following:
1. The Bible school or college is a crucial
factor in the growth of the church, and those
fields giving most attention to the adequate training of workers are experiencing the greatest
growth.
2. Personal evangelism (lay witnessing) plays
a very important role in church outreach.
3. The literature ministry is of vital importance
and must not be underestimated.
4. Migration can be a help to church growth.
Illustration: West Indian Pilgrims migrated to
England, where they formed churches, resulting in
the spreading of the gospel.
5. Persecution has been a good diet for the
church. This was noted in several field reports.
6. Major hindrances to church growth are
recognized in most areas. Among these are the
deeply entrenched ancient religions and the prevalent increase of materialism.
Not only was the Joint Study Conference on
Church Growth a time of study and challenge but
it was a tir1)e of rich Christian fellowship for those
who were present. When the closing benediction
had been pronounced we all felt as did one of
the brethren, who said, "Now, more than ever, I
want to be with that number when the saints go
marching in."
Shadrack Ndlangamandla (former Wesleyan Methodist, former Reformed Baptist), stated his appreciation
for being selected to represent his people of South
Africa
International in every respect-left to right: W. Taylor,
Caribbean; B. Urbano, Philippines; D. Tsutada,
Japan; M. Alvarez, Colombia
ira Tayior, Superintendent of the
American Virgin Islands District,
felt the Conference was worth
keeping notes on
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102 At Welcoming Banquet
Pilgrim Holiness and Wesleyan Methodist missionaries and national delegates arrived at Marion,
Indiana, headquarters the afternoon of June 17
to register for the Joint Study Conference on
Church Growth.
The 102 registrants and church officials then
proceeded to the Sveden House, a spacious
cafeteria in the northwest sector of the city, for
the evening welcoming banquet.
Co-masters of ceremony, Rev. E. L. Wilson
(PH) and Dr. A. E. Liddick (WM), alternated
in introducing national delegates, missionaries,
and officials present. Following prayer by Dr. B.
H. Phaup (WM), Rev. Bonifacio Urbano (PH),
of the Philippines, read Psalm 84.
Rev. Wingrove Taylor (PH) , president of
Caribbean Pilgrim College, on Barbados, sang
"Great is Thy Faithfulness," with God's blessing.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Elizabeth Ortlip,
Haiti (WM), at the piano.
Gifts of appreciation were presented to Miss
Ruth Meeks, Director of Missionary Societies of
The Pilgrim Holiness Church, and Mrs. Mildred
Scott, President of the Woman's Missionary
Society of The Wesleyan Methodist Church,
for their labors in the interests of missions.
To aid the process of getting acquainted, a few
staff members of both World Missions departments told humorous incidents involving other
personnel, which resulted in hearty laughter.
Dr. Paul Elliott (PH) offered prayer. The
singing of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus"
climaxed the program and left a deep sense of
God's presence on the group.
Rev. E. L. Wilson speaks to the banqueting group.
Seated, left to right: Dr. P. F. Elliott, Mrs. Wilson,
and Dr. A. Liddick.
The Harold Johnsons, of Japan, and the Paul Meekses, of the Philippines.
The banqueting group
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Miguel Alvarez, of Colombia
Clement Paul, left, and missionary interpreter, Glenn
Barnett
Impressions of
Two Conference
Presidents
Grammond C. Paul, of Haiti
Grammond Clement Paul, president of the
Haiti Conference, felt that he has a great opportunity in working together with the national
Christians to inspire them, to pray with them,
and to see the church progress and go forward.
Since he assumed this responsibility, two scriptures
have been especially meaningful. Zechariah 4:6:
"Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit,
saith the Lord of hosts," and Matthew 28: 20:
"Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of
the world."
Mr. Paul has been impressed with the courtesy,
friendliness, and kindnesses shown him on this his
first visit to the United States. He said: "I
don't understand how everything can go so fast,
so smooth, and so methodical in this conference.
Even though I don't full y understand English,
it has been worthwhile to sit in these sessions, and
I have received a great blessing and inspiration.
It is the first time I have met so many people
from all over the world. It will add much to my
future service and ministry to have this privilege."
One observation about America disturbed him.
"How can people in America, who are so blessed,
neglect God and be so unconcerned about spiritual
things?" was his puzzled question.
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Much has been written in recent periodicals
about the change in Colombia relative to the
freedom which evangelicals now have to propagate
the gospel. In response to questioning regarding
this, Conference President Miguel Alvarez indicated that in comparison to the past, Colombia
does have an open door. Although the Catholic
Church still dominates the scene, Protestants have
more freedom and civil authorities are more apt
to defend evangelicals in instances of persecution.
Today the greatest need of the Wesleyan work is
for a Bible institute to train pastors, and for more
missionaries to work in new areas.
President Alvarez was the only delegate to the
Joint Study Conference who did not understand
any English. In spite of the language barrier
(Missionary Harris Earl was usually close by to
interpret conversations and the messages), Miguel
was enthusiastic when he stated, "This conference
on church growth has been of great significance to
me personally. I believe it will also be so for the
church in general. I have been impressed with
the reigning spirit of unity and the presence of the
Lord in the messages."
This delegate, who never had been outside Colombia before, was amazed to meet Christians
from so many other countries. With a beaming face and outstretched arms, he remarked,
"This experience has given me a much broader
vision of the program and needs of the church
throughout the world ."
Hoping to secure helpful information that could
be used in establishing a Bible institute, he was
happy that, in the surveys presented and the discussions which followed, so much was said relating to the importance of preparing workers in
order to realize consistent growth of the church .
"I have been impressed with the reports from
delegates of other countries and the vital place of
the Bible institute in each case," he stated.
Mr. Alvarez felt he could carry out the duties
of conference president much more effectively for
having been in the exhilarating learning situations
that the Joint Study Conference afforded.
Miguel Alvarez, left, and missionary interpreter, Harris Earl
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uestion: I was reared in Southern California,
where quite a number of Japanese lived. As
schoolmates they excelled scholastically. Most
of them made straight A's, even though their
Japanese-born parents were unable to assist th~m
with their studies and they insisted that no English
be spoken at home. These students were not only
intelligent; they were conscientious and ambitious.
I understand that this is also characteristic of
youth in Japan today. To what do you attribute
this thirst for education?
S
aoshiro: The policy of the government
changed about I 00 years ago. They began to trade
with other countries and to adopt Western customs. Education was provided for all instead of a
select few. The people had equal opportunity
and were encouraged to study.
Question: Since Japan has the highest literacy
rate in the world, I suppose the problems faced by
missionaries and Japanese Christians are different
from those of less literate countries.
Saoshiro: Yes, very different. Basically, the
same simple gospel must be presented to all men.
However, I should say that to the Japanese it must
be done in an intelligent manner, and the pastor
must know the contents of the Bible very well.
Question: Is there any organized effort by the
Immanuel Church to reach the university student
and the upper class?
Saoshiro: World Gospel Mission has a special
worker for the university students, and Bible
studies are conducted for them in her home weekly.
Question: Do any university students attend
the church you pastor?
Saoshiro: Yes. About 20 of our 126 members are from universities. The percentage is
even higher in some of our other churches. In
Immanuel Bible Training College, high school
graduation is required for entrance; but almost
one-half of the students have also completed work
for a university degree in a secular subject before
coming to Bible school.
Question: This type of backgrou.nd certainly
is different from that of many fields, where
prospective Christian workers have to be taught
to read and write before commencing Bible training. You mentioned in the survey that the Immanuel Church is endeavoring to publish holiness
books in Japanese. Why is this necessary?
Saoshiro: While many speak English, even
those who do find it difficult to fully understand
John Wesley 'and Fletcher and such works in t~e
original. It is necessary to translate these claSSics
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1968
into our own language. We are also publishing
Dr. Tsutada's sermons on holiness, which are in
four series.
Question: Numerous articles have been published in the Reader's Digest and other magazines
relative to the great industrial boom in Japan and
the extensive exporting of newly manufactured
products. Undoubtedly, this has created more
;obs and raised wages and living standards. How
has this trend affected the spiritual climate of the
country?
Saoshiro: It is similar to the United States.
The people are so satisfied in their prosperity that
they don't listen to the gospel.
Question: Why do you believe the percentage
of Japanese Christians is so small?
Saoshiro: That is a difficult question. From
the standpoint of churches in general, intellectualism is emphasized too much and there are very
few real Christians. There is not enough depth
of Christian experience. Few parents share their
faith with their children. From the standpoint
of the population they are too sophisticated for
simple Christianity.
Question: I have noted that women have
filled an important role in some of the Immanuel
churches. Do many women pastor?
Saoshiro: In the past there were more women
in the Bible school, but now we have an equal
number of men and women. I am glad for this
tendency for men to enter training, but women
will still be ordained in the future. We usually
send two women to pastor a church together, and
they do a tremendous job.
Question: Where do you get most of your
full-time workers?
Saoshiro: The Central Church is producing
more workers now than any other, but all of the
churches encourage young people to serve God.
Each year three missionary conventions are held.
Young people are asked to dedicate their lives, and
a list of these is made. Then they are recruited
for training, and at the same time we appeal for
support for the college.
Question: Have close family ties in Japan affected Christian young people?
Saoshiro: In the cities the parents give their
children more freedom to choose their education,
and it is less difficult than in the country. Some
of our students from the country have been
"kicked out" of their homes when they have asked
to go to Bible college; but I am happy to say that
often the local churches have helped to support
them.
Question: Do you feel that the recent Billy
Graham Crusade was worthwhile?
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Saoshiro: Yes, from many standpoints. Hundreds were reached for the first time. We saw a
strengthening of the Christians, and the straightforward preaching was very effective. Before,
many felt that Christians were in such a minority
that they could do little. Through the united
efforts during the crusade it was discovered that
they could do greater things together than they
supposed.
Question: What was instrumental in bringing
about your conversion?
Saoshiro: First, let me tell you about my
father. He was a T.B. patient whom the doctor
had given up. He decided to commit suicide.
But first he visited a church and attended a week's
meetings, saying, "Unless I find salvation, I will
commit suicide in the church." The pastor talked, and then listened patiently to him. My
father admitted that he had no peace, and he repented and asked Jesus Christ to be his Saviour.
He was saved and instantly healed. Now he runs
the largest floor wax manufacturing company in
Japan; he is deacon in the church; and out of
seven children, five are dedicated to the ministry.
Question: That certainly was worth mentioning. Now, what about you?
Saoshiro : In 1945 I wanted to become a
soldier, but the war ended three days later. Since
I couldn't go into the service I thought of committing suicide. All during the war there was no
place to worship, and the faith of many Christians was at a low ebb. When the Funabashi
Church was opened my cousin and I started to attend. In 1947 I received Christ, and II Corinthians 5: 17 became true in my life. I had wanted
to become a lawyer, but two years later while attending the university at Tokyo the Lord gave me
a definite call. There was no hesitancy to serve
the King of kings. After two years there and one
semester at Immanuel Bible Training College,
John Tsutada and I spent four years at Houghton
College in New York. Back in Japan, I became
a pastor; and in 19 56 I married Mary Tsutada.
\Ve have two children.
Question: Haven't you traveled some in addition to pastoring?
Saoshiro: Yes. In 1962 and 1967 I made
trips to India and Taiwan in the interests of missions for the Immanuel Church.
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It has been a pleasant experience to visit
with you, and this information should help us to
have a better understanding of the present outreach of the Immanuel Church.
International Service
al l~e (}eneraf Con/erence
With overseas field superintendents, conference
presidents, and delegates in attendance at the
Merging General Conference, it was an opportune
time for an international service.
On Sunday afternoon, June 30, approximately
6000 persons joined heartily in singing "Jesus
Saves" to open the service, held in Warner Auditorium, Anderson, Indiana. Missionaries Harold
and Edna Johnson, recently returned from Japan,
sang a medley of songs, and Delegate Leslie
Miller, of Guyana, South America, offered earnest
prayer for the needs of the world.
The International Delegates and Field Superintendents were presented to the General
Conference, at Anderson, Indiana, during
the Sunday afternoon service. Dr. Alton
Liddick presented former Wesleyan Methodists and Rev. E. L. Wilson presented
former Pilgrims. The total missionary force
of the Wesleyan Church now numbers 254,
with 1,332 national workers.
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The latest world map of Wesleyan work overseas, which includes facts of each field, was presented by the newly elected Secretary of World
Missions, E. L. Wilson, and distributed to all
in attendance.
Seated on the platform were 32 of the overseas
personnel. These were introduced by their
~eaders, Dr. A. E. Liddick, former Secretary of
World Missions for The Wesleyan Methodist
Church, and Rev. E. L. Wilson, former Secretary
of World Missions for The Pilgrim Holiness
Church.
After a congregational song and the offering,
Rev. Robert N. Lytle, who has served as Administrative Assistant in the Wesleyan Methodist
Department of World Missions, introduced Dr.
David T . Tsutada, fraternal delegate to the Merging Conference, as a beloved brother in Christ.
Dr. Tsutada, president of the Immanuel General
Mission in Japan and of Immanuel Bible Training
College, recently served as chairman of the Billy
Graham Crusade in Tokyo and is also head of the
new Japan Evangelical Association.
Mr. Lytle then interviewed Dr. Tsutada regarding his conversion and the origin of the Immanuel
Church. The story, new to most of the listeners,
Dr. David Tsutada,
president of Immanuel
General
Mission, in Japan,
was a fraternal
delegate to the
General
Conference. He is here
interviewed
by
Rev. Robert Lytle,
Assistant General
Secretary of World
Missions.
revealed that while traveling on a ship to England,
he heard a young man give personal testimony
that he knew he was saved, citing John 6:47 as
the foundation for his faith: "He that believeth
on me hath everlasting life" (present tense).
This witness impressed Dr. Tsutada, who did not
believe that anyone could have assurance of salvation in this present life. In 1928 he accepted
Christ, and thus began an amazing adventure of
faith. During the war he spent two years in
prison; and although he lost all of his possessions
God's presence was so real that he felt rich indeed. A plan from God formed in his mind to
begin an indigenous work, and the glorious truth
he had often contemplated, "Immanuel, God
with us," gave him the name of this new
organization. When the Immanuel Church was
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1968
Rev. Wingrove Taylor, Caribbean, visits with Flexon Maliwe,
a student at Owosso College,
Michigan, from Zambia, Africa
started in 1945 only six people joined him. Today 8000 members in 110 churches and preaching points in the 46 prefectures (states) of Japan
work together to spread the gospel to needy hearts.
After expressing appreciation for the prayer support of Christians during the Billy Graham
Crusade, Dr. Tsutada indicated that these successful meetings not only resulted in 20,000 people making decisions for Christ, and a tremendous
crowd of 45,000 attending the final service, but
also a uniting of all evangelicals in Japan to do
mighty things for God under the Japan Evangelical Association.
Miss Hilda Clarke, Marion College student
from Honduras, delighted the congregation with
her exuberant singing of "How Big is God?" and
"He Giveth More Grace."
Rev. Wingrove Taylor, dynamic leader among
Pilgrims in the Caribbean and president of Caribbean Pilgrim College, Barbados, spoke on "Projecting Our Heritage."
Referring to Exodus 1 :8, "Now there arose up
a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph,"
Taylor suggested that none should be so naive as
to believe that heritage can be projected effortlessly. It is wise to pause and look back over the
road we have traveled and recognize our defects,
deficiencies, and defeats.
Stating that half of the "now" generation is
under 25, has no use for heaven and tomorrow,
is skeptical, and does not want definition, he asserted that "when we fail to define we give way
to doubts; and if we cannot trust people, we cannot trust God."
While we are headed for a king who does not
know Joseph, on the other hand "The Lord shall
reign for ever and ever." He is unchanging in
His purposes, His principle of holiness, His
promises, and in His power to perform His purposes and to carry out His principles and
promises.
Rev. Taylor went on to say: "Ivory soap manufacturers spend millions each year just to say,
'Ivory soap floats.' Why? The manufacturers
realize that many who have heard it before have
died and a new generation has arisen that needs
the message if there would be progress of the
product. Staggering millions do not know about
salvation or Jesus Christ, so we, too, must spend
and be spent that they might know."
Following the dismissal prayer by Rev. Amos
King, Jamaica, many went out to exclaim, "What
a timely challenge!"
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Australian Delegates Tell of
Pioneer "Nork in Sydney
Rev. and Mrs. W. D. Pinch, Australia
Green Valley formerly was farm land reclaimed by the government to create a satellite
city to house 25,000 people. We believed God
would have us establish a Wesleyan witness there.
Pioneer work never is easy. The devil defends
his territory, and any attempt to enter his domain
is met with opposition.
Our application for one of the lots reserved for
church buildings was refused because of our inability to report a large enough membership in
New South Wales. God overruled, and on top of
this refusal quickly came the opportunity to purchase the largest of the very few freeheld properties left within the area . The little old building on the site was soon cleaned and painted, and
by removing one wall enough space was made to
hold meetings. We were ready to open for the
King's business.
With so few helpers it was difficult to visit
many homes and make our work known in the
community. But again God overruled. We were
given front-page publicity in the local newspaper
through a distressing event. Three weeks after
the opening date, four little boys broke into the
building and created havoc. They smashed the
electric organ. Chairs and tables were overturned, hymnbooks were strewn about, and paint
was poured over everything.
The parents of the boys were most disturbed,
and rallied to help us clean up and restore some
order so we could meet on the next Lord's Day.
Our refusal to prosecute, and the desire to help
these boys was unexpectedly publicized, and we
found a sympathetic response to the work. Membership in the Sunday school increased until the
kindergarten department was forced to meet in
the open air.
We then had to erect a new parsonage-chapel
with extra classrooms, yet we still need more
space, for there are many boys and girls who could
be reached for the Lord. Surely God will meet
these needs.
Our greatest discouragement is the lack of help
and the need for Sunday school teachers. Also the
fact that Mr. Pinch has to work for a living limits
time to work in the community.
There is a good response though among the
children and youth. .We live not far from a
hostel (former army camp) where British migrant
families with 600 children reside. While many of
these stay only a short time, nevertheless we do
have the opportunity to present the gospel to them
before they settle permanently somewhere else.
Who knows but that some of these children may
be the means of extending the work as they take
Christ to new areas where they locate. We
trust that the Lord will make it so.
Anderson Mwiikisa
''I Could Write ABook"
Rev. Anderson Mwiikisa is a teacher in our
Bible Institute at Jembo Mission in Zambia,
Africa. He is 48 years of age, married, and the
father of 12 children, four of whom died at an
early age.
As a young man, he was saved in a revival meeting at Siachitema Mission boarding school, where
he was a student.
Dr. Paul F. Elliott, after returning from his
visit to Africa in 1967, described Rev. Mwiikisa
as being "one of the finest teachers I have ever
listened to."
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We asked Brother Mwiikisa for his impressions
of America, the Merging Conference, the Church
Growth Conference, foods, racism, etc. He replied, "The impressions are so many that I could
write a book." We give you here several of
these impressions.
AMERICA
"The Christian
people are very cheerful.
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When they shake your hand you like the way
they smile."
"The lawns of the homes are very impressive.
And the highways-oh, no! (meaning they
amazed him)."
Kentucky fried chicken: "Whew! Very good!
Very good!"
"I had fears concerning racism. At Port
Clinton, Ohio, was the first time I have ever been
in a totally white church. I was embarrassed, but
I saw nothing of racism. People treated me very
kindly."
"I was much impressed with revival services I
attended. We need more of this kind of revival
preaching in Zambia."
Field Superintendent Marion Birch and Conference
President Bai Bangura, of Sierra Leone
Anderson Mwiikisa and Field Superintendent C. E.
Jones, of Zambia
ZAMBIA
"The standard of living in Zambia has risen,
especially since independence in 1964.
"Many are hungry for the gospel in Zambia.
The church is growing. There are better days
ahead, very much so."
JOINT STUDY CONFERENCE ON CHURCH GROWTH
"The Church Growth studies will be very helpful. We will need to make some changes."
"I was impressed with:
Rev. Wingrove Taylor's Bible studies
The work of the church in the Philippines
and Barbados
The way several missionaries interpreted the
proceedings of the Conference to their
nationals almost word for word, day after
day."
Simon Njobe and Field Superintendent 0. I. Lehman,
of South Africa and Mozambique
Field Superintendent Glendon Kierstead and Shadrack Ndlangamandla, of South Africa and Rhodesia
Frank Stanley and Field Superintendent D. M.
Karns, of South Africa (European white work)
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A Day At
Knock! Knock!
"Hello. How are you today, Joseph?"
"We are fine, except for the children. They
are caught by colds. But we go along with all
our troubles, nevertheless."
"What can I do for you today?"
"I want one stamp, please."
"Do you have the money?"
"Yes, it is here." The missionary is handed a
rand note (worth $1.40). The sta~p costs two
and one-half cents. He goes to his office, gets
the stamp and the change, which he gives to the
person at the door, thinking that is all he wants.
He is about to shut the door.
"U mfundisi (term for missionary), please will
you give me just a little bit of cement? I need it
to fix something at my home." The missionary
goes out to the workroom and puts a couple of
handfuls of cement in a piece of newspaper and
hands it to the caller.
"You have helped me very much. Thank you.
Thank you."
The missionary returns to his office to continue
his work, and gets seated comfortably.
Knock! Knock! The missionary's wife answers
the door.
"Hello. How are you, Lydia?"
"I am fine; but my daughter's child is very
sick."
"What do you want today?"
"I want to see Umfundisi."
"Go around to the office door and knock."
Knock! Knock!
"Hello, Lydia. How are you?"
"Fine; but my daughter's child is very sick."
"Oh, I'm sorry. And what do you want today?"
"Umfundisi, please when you go to town next
time I would like to go with you."
"Yes, Lydia, you may go. But I don 't know
when I'm going again."
"Oh, aren't you going tomorrow?"
"No, I'm not going tomorrow. I just went to
town the day before yesterday."
"Well, aren't you going the next day?"
"No, I'm not going the next day."
"Well, when are you going to town?"
"I just told you, Lydia. I don't know when
I'm going to town. You must come another day
and maybe I will know when I am going to town."
"When should I come?'' (By this time the
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Good Hope Mission
L. Paul Bauer,
Cape Province, S. Africa
missionary wishes he didn't have a vehicle to go
to town.)
"You can come on Thursday." (In order to
quickly settle the matter and get back to work.)
"Are you going to town on Thursday?"
"No, Lydia. You must just come, and then
will tell you when I am going to town."
"All right. Thank you."
The missionary returns to his office work. His
wife has some patients at the clinic to care for, so
she is gone. The missionary writes out a few
checks to pay some bills.
Knock! Knock!
"Wait! I'm coming!" the m1ss10nary calls.
"Hello, Tshonamali" (the name means "money
disappears"). "How are you?"
"Hello, Umfundisi. We are fine except for my
wife's brother, who died yesterday. How are
you?"
"I am fine. What can I do for you?"
"I would like to use the phone."
"Where would you like to call?"
"Ludakeni" (which means "in the mud").
"Come around to the window where the phone
is."
The missionary picks up the receiver and asks
if the line is engaged, since it is a party line.
When there is no reply he turns the winder, which
calls for the operator. No reply. Winds again .
No reply. Winds again.
"Hello. Lusiki. Number, please?"
"On serial number 12, I want Ludakeni,
please." (All this has to be written down and
returned with the money to the office in
Lusikisiki.)
"I am ringing Ludakeni."
The missionary waits. He hears the ring for
Ludakeni again, but no reply. Ludakeni is a
store, so someone has to be there. But they are
very busy.
"Did you get them?" the operator asks.
"No, I am still waiting."
The operator rings again, but no reply.
"I am sorry, Mbutu (Good Hope Mission).
will try later and call you back."
The missionary tells Tshonamali to wait a little
bit and goes back to his office work. Many things
need his attention, but he just gets a good start
when the phone rings again.
"Hello. This is Mbutu."
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1968
"I want to speak to Evangelist Mbewu."
"Hold on. I will call him for you ."
The missionary quickly runs out and tells someone to call the evangelist, who lives on the mission.
The evangelist comes running. Between gasps
for breath he says, "Hello." No reply. "Hello."
No reply. "Hello! Hello!"
The missionary then rings for the operator.
She comes on the line.
"Oh, is this Mbutu? Ludakeni is on the line.
Talk to Ludakeni."
"But operator, we just had a call from somebody else, and when we called our evangelist
to the phone no one was on the line."
"Well, talk to Ludakeni now. I will check
the other call."
So the missionary calls Tshonamali to talk to
Ludakeni, while the evangelist waits. He also
has work waiting, so eventually he goes back to
his home. TI1e call for him may come through,
and it may not.
And so it goes, on and on, sometimes most of
the day. These things can become very frustrating
to the missionary, who has many other things to
do. In your prayer for the missionary, pray that
God may give him an extra supply of patience,
that he may always display a Christian spirit and
attitude before those whom he is trying to teach
the blessed Christian way.
The Paul Bauers began their
first missionary term in South
Africa in 1957. They pastored
churches at Bredell and Durban among the European population. The Bauers began their
second term in 1964 and have
been laboring among the Baritu
people in Pondoland, southeast
coastal area of Africa.
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NEWS
Classes for the new school year opened on August
12 in the Wesleyan Academy (Puerto Rico). Wesleyan Academy is a mission-operated day school with
an enrollment of 400 in the 12 grades and kindergarten.
Rev. Miss Deltora Mason has been sent by the
Jamaican Provisional Conference to work in Honduras.
Peggy Barry Church (Jamaica) has raised about
$500 to finish a very nice parsonage which was
largely completed under the direction of Floyd
Banker and Bible school builders, with the help of
several volunteer U. S. visitors.
Two Puerto Rican pastors helped in the Evangelism-in-Depth Campaign in Colombia in July.
The new Cortes Church (Honduras) was refreshed
and encouraged by the ministry of two youth choirs
from La Ceiba.
Two ministers and three laymen from the Sierra
Leone field attended the Congress on Evangelism in
Nigeria in July.
Six Haitian Bible school students received diplomas
in combined graduation exercises at Petit Goave (2
from the northern district and 4 from the south) on
April 19.
The miraculous conversion of a witch doctor in
Port-au-Prince (Haiti) resulted in a public burning
of the tokens of her witchcraft.
Many missionaries in Nepal have been victims of
paratyphoid, being thus laid aside by long periods
of illness and convalescence.
A building lot for a church and parsonage in
Levittown (Puerto Rico) has been purchased and
construction is being started. There are four orga·1ized and three unorganized Wesleyan congregations
on Puerto Rico.
A small frame parsonage has been built this
summer at Savanna-la-Mar (Jamaica) to house two
single ladies who will assist in pastoral work there.
Negotiations are under way for purchasing property
to relocate the Shanta Bhawan Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Miss Margaret Wright, R.N., is the only
missionary of The Wesleyan Church to Nepal.
Doris Wall, R.N., of Baramita Mission, Guyana,
South America, writes : "We are encouraged by the
number of new people who are clearing land and
moving into this area. Last Sunday three men from
Venezuela-four or five days' walk from here-came
to church. These men are from a good-size village
and never had heard of Jesus. Some of our people
walked back with them. We hope we can reach
these, too." Nurse Wall is working, along with the
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Hubert Traughs, with the Carib Indians of the thick
jungles in the northwest section of Guyana.
Rev. Hubert Traugh, who was bitten by a snake
at Baramita Mission, in Guyana, South America, returned to the mission station in early July after
spending several weeks in a Georgetown hospital.
Thank God for bringing him safely through this
painful ordeal.
Three new missionaries, Miss Dorothy Brown and
Rev. and Mrs. LaMar Brown, arrived in Chiclayo,
Peru, early in July to give much-needed help to
Misses Daisy Buby and Naoma Greer.
The Don Millers of Emmanuel Mission, Natal,
South Africa, are the proud parents of a baby girl,
born on June 16. The James Campaus of St. Thomas,
American Virgin Islands, have a fine baby boy, born
in June.
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Miss Orpha Case has returned to Zambia, Africa,
after a short furlough of three months, to take uf
her duties as a teacher at Choma Secondary Schoo .
This will be Miss Case's fourth term of service.
Rev. and Mrs. 0. I. Lehman have returned to
South Africa after being in the U.S. on furlough for
three months. The Lehmans have had a unique
ministry to men of the gold mine compounds of
the Johannesburg Reef. These migrant workers who
have been saved often return to their homes in Mozambique (Portuguese East Africa) to plant the gospel seed.
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A new building has been erected at the Siachitema
orphanage, in Zambia, Africa. This building contains
a dining room, small office, sick bay, kitchen, and
storeroom. The Zambian government supplied the
total funds for its erection. Miss Blanche Tedrow
has charge of the orphanage.
The Philip Wiley family arrived in the U. S. from
Guyana, South America, on July 8. The Wileys
served in Surinam for nearly five years. They
transferred to Paramakatoi, Guyana interior, three
months prior to furlough time. Here they labored
among the Patamona Indians.
The Richard Long family arrived home from
Africa in June. The Longs have spent two terms of
service in Swaziland and Zambia, Africa.
Rev. and Mrs. Donald Bray have been approved
for missionary service in New Guinea. Their present
address is Rt. 4, Box 34, Hastings, Michigan 49058,
where they can be contacted for farewell letters.
Visa negotiations have been started and we would like
to see them get to New Guinea just as soon as
possible.
Mr. Bray is the son of Rev. Arthur L. Bray, superintendent of the Illinois District. Mrs. Bray is the
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. George Failing.
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September
1 Qualified workers, both missionaries and nationals,
are urgently needed in mission fields around the
world.
2 The national churches of India that they may be
empowered to face the implications of the forced
withdrawal of missionary personnel, especially as this
poses serious problems for the future of the Union
Biblical Seminary in Yeotmal, in Central India. Together with 16 other missions, The Wesleyan Church
cooperates in the support and operation of Union
Biblical Seminary.
3 The Christians of Nepal and that if persecution
continues it shall result in rapid growth of the
church as in the book of Acts.
4 For the world mission outreach of the Immanuel
General Mission of Japan, especially in their attempts
to secure visas for the missionaries they want to send
out. Through the Immanuel-Wesleyan Federation,
Wesleyan missionaries work cooperatively with this
growing Japanese holiness movement of 7,902 members.
5 The newly-elected General Secretary of World
Missions, Rev. E. L. Wilson, and his assistant, Rev.
Robert Lytle.
6 For the more than 500 students who attend Wesleyan Bible training schools around the world.
7 That Wesleyans everywhere will receive a new
vision of the importance of personal evangelism in
reaching lost men for Christ.
8 For the deputation workers who will be driving
many miles to visit churches in America and present
the all-important cause of world missions.
9 That God's will be done in the life of Krishna
Gopal (Nepal) now in prison for his faith.
10 For divine intervention to check the spread of
the paratyphoid ''bug" among the missionaries in
Nepal
11 For the grasp of language and adjustment to new
culture for Dr. and Mrs. Storer Emmett and Connie
Williams, R.N., in Haiti.
12 For guidance and financial aid for proposed selfhelp project for La Gonave (Haiti) being promoted by
Rev. Ron Smeenge and his people (Michigan).
13 For the granting of visas to India and Jamaica for
missionaries to be sent by the Immanuel General Mission of Japan.
14 For attaining of the goal of the Immanuel General Mission of Japan to strengthen newly formed
and weaker churches.
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1968
PRAYER
CALENDAR
15 For the Holy Spirit to grant power to the ministry of the Word in the New Life For All Campaign
in Magburaka and Makeni (Sierra Leone) during
October and November.
16 For wisdom, love, and harmony of the Spirit for
the Sierra Leone Conference and Missionary Council
in planning for the future of the church.
17 For the delegates from Sierra Leone to the Conference on Evangelism in Nigeria to have wisdom
in sharing the lessons learned and inspiration gained.
18 For a supply of workers in Honduras, where a
number of congregations are needing pastors.
19 For the providing of a permanent visa, as well as
financial support, for Rev. Miss Deltora Mason of
Jamaica, serving in Honduras.
20 For God's blessing upon faculty and student body
as Jamaica Bible School opens in mid-September;
teachers-Carroll Brentlinger, James and Jeanette
Vermilyea, and Elaine Bortner.
21 For the Brentlingers and Vermilyeas, as they
begin service in Jamaica, in adjusting and gaining
the hearts of the people.
22 For securing of a suitable lot on which to build a
new church at Ricketts River (Jamaica) where the old
church is entirely too small. Every effort for the
past three or four years has failed.
23 For salvation to come to many young people during S.[>iritual Emphasis Week at the Wesleyan Academy (Puerto Rico) the first week of September.
24 For the overruling providence in beginning construction of a parsonage-chapel in Levittown (Puerto
Rico) where a challenging work is developing.
25 For Sierra Leone young people studying in other
lands to feel the urgency of returning to help their
own people to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus
-Sori Bangura, Darlinda and Michael Thomas, J. W.
Taylor, and Abiosi Kole.
26 For the bless.ing upon the ministry of graduates
settling into the Lord's work in Sierra Leone-Panda
Kamara and Marion Kargbo.
27 For God's hand upon the political situation in
Sierra Leone as the country adjusts to civilian rule.
28 For establishing grace for 18 newly baptized
Christians (15 of them young people) at the Batkanu
(Sierra Leone) Church.
29 Dr. and Mrs. Harold Burchell as they leave this
month for Zambia, Africa, where they will have
charge of the hospital at Jembo Mission.
30 Rev. and Mrs. Donald Bray as they secure visas
and prepare for missionary work in New Guinea.
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Mrs. Mildred Scott and Miss Ruth Meeks
The Wesleyan Women's Missionary Society
stands on the threshold of an open door. New
opportunities await us in th e future, beyond the
open door. A future which is new and untried.
A future which has opportunities never before
met. A future which has open doors to be entered.
Whether these doors are entered or not depends
largely upon each one of us. Th ey are doors of
service. They are doors of prayer. They are
doors of giving-giving of time, talents, money,
and self.
The door of purpose is clearly stated in the
Constitution. The Wesleyan Women's Missionary Society shall seek to extend the kingdom of
God through the missionary, extension, and benevolent work of The Wesleyan Church at home
and abroad, by stimulating interest therein, by disseminating information about the work, by encouraging a spirit of prayer, by putting forth a
systematic effort to raise money as set forth in its
Constitution, and by providing a fellowship within which such missionary work may prosper.
The local societies shall function as a part of
the local Wesleyan Church and shall be subject
to the supervision of the pastor and amenable to
the local church board.
The members of the society may be active or
honorary. The active members are those women
who are interested in the work of the society, who
wish to assist in its efforts, who subscribe to the
doctrines of The Wesleyan Church, and who pay
the membership dues . The honorary members
may be those men who are interested in the work
of the society, who wish to assist in its efforts,
and who pay the membership dues.
There shall be an annual district WMS convention in each district for the purpose of receiv-
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Mrs. Mildred Scott, left, and Miss Ruth Meeks, right,
co-directors of Wesleyan Women's Missionary Society. Mrs. Eilene Kindley, center, has been in
charge of the Young Missionary Workers' Band.
ing reports, to elect district WMS officers, to
make recommendations to the district board of
missions and evangelism and/or to the general
WMS executive committee, to carry on all other
business pertaining to the district WMS, and for
inspiration, fellowship, and Christian challenge.
All local and district WMS organizations shall
be known collectively as the Wesleyan Women's
Missionary Society, an auxiliary of The Wesleyan
Church. This society shall be subject to the supervision of the Council of Auxiliaries. There shall
be a quadrennial general convention primarily for
inspiration, instruction, and fellowship. Nominations for the WMS executive committee will
be made at this convention for the consideration
of the General Board of Administration, who will
elect the members of this committee.
Program materials will be published quarterly
in a magazine titled The Plan. This magazine
will give study materials, aids, and notes for
society leaders. It will be by subscription.
Under the good hand of God the WMS shall
continue to be a two-way channel through which
flows information, inspiration, and direction to
the districts and on to the local churches. In
return, funds are channeled back to the various
departments; missionaries are encouraged and
cheered in their response to the call of God; and
every phase of the church's program is undergirded by the prayers of this world-wide fellowship.
The future concerns us now. It can be a record
of greater accomplishments and victories. It can
be one of new conquests for Christ and spiritual
deepening for each society member individually.
May God help us to make it so.
"BEHOLD, I HAVE SET BEFORE THEE .
AN OPEN DOOR" (Rev. 3:8).
THE WESLEYAN'
WORLD
We Wish ijou Jl( Uapp!J ffiirthday - <9ctober
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Virginia Hooker, R.N. (furlough)
5 Joan Kinde (Sierra Leone)
C. G. Keith (retired)
Eugene Kierstead (Rep. of S. Africa)
Mary Hammond (Sierra Leone)
La Shawn Davidson (Sierra Leone)
Paul Meeks (furlough)
11 Wm. E. Morgan (furlough)
18 Rosemary Maddux (Zambia)
22 George Hilson (Puerto Rico)
22 Wayne Wright (Philippines)
23 Lois Sheridan, R. N. (Sierra Leone)
24 Leonette White, R.N. (India)
25 Barry L. Ross (Japan)
25 Paul Wilson (Rep. of S. Africa)
28 William Goldsmith (Puerto Rico)
30 Franklin Heer (furlough)
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Leonard Gray (furlough) '59
Leslie Gray (furlough) '59
Joy Sanders (Rep. of S. Africa) '51
Timothy Knupp (Antigua) '61
Carla Wiley (furlough) '58
Shelly Traugh (Guyana) '63
Stephen Heer (furlough) '53
Gerri Lynn Walborn (Philippines) '58
Kevin Hudson (furlough) '61
Ruth Hotchkin (New Guinea) '63
Richard Lively (Puerto Rico) '66
Gail Heer (furlough) '60
Keith Davis (Honduras) '53
Deborah Haywood (Rhodesia) '59
Youth Missionary Society
Eilene Kindley
The Young Missionary Workers' Band is the
children's missionary organization in The Wesleyan Church. The YMWB has for its chief aim
the winning of boys and girls to Christ and the
church, through properly conducted activities, including instruction in Bible and missions. It
emphasizes study, prayer, and giving, that the
gospel of Christ may reach the hearts of those
who never have heard its glorious sound.
The organization functions under the Wesleyan Women's Missionary Society, and its local
director is elected annually by the local WMS.
She must be a member of TI1e Wesleyan Church,
except in the case of a pioneer church. Where
there is no local WMS, the church board may
elect a YMWB director who will carry on the
YMWB program. She is elected for one year,
or until her successor is elected. The YMWB
director is a member of the local WMS executive
committee.
Active membership includes all children 13
years of age and younger who pay the membership
dues. Honorary membership is open to all persons over 13 years of age who pay the membership dues.
Twelve meetings are conducted during the year
for active members, using materials supplied by
the office of the General Director of the YMWB.
In keeping with the original purpose of the
organization and its new constitution, the band's
funds for the most part will go toward the
world missions program of the church .
It is expected that those elected to office in
the organization will faithfully carry out their
assignment. It is hoped that funds from the
organization will continue to flow; and further,
that, under God, in their meetings boys and girls
will receive a definite call to service in earth's
harvest fields.
The fields are still white and the opportunities
many. The hour is late and the enemy is working overtime. The Young Missionary Workers'
Band must diligently pursue its purpose.
ANNOUNCEMENT
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We Must Maintain
Wesle an
World
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Annual Budget $1,000,000*
An average of $15 per Wesleyan* per year will be needed
to maintain our present missionary program.
*U.S. and Canada
editotiiaQ
About Future Publications
If there is a "cross" that editors and publishers
bear, it must be that of facing deadlines with
insufficient copy.
Hoping to overcome such deadlines, Miss Marie
Lind, former editor of The Wesleyan Missionary, and I have prepared a 14-month publication
schedule.
In order that all Wesleyans may quickly become better acquainted with Wesleyan World
Missions, which now embraces work in 30 countries, the next 14 issues of the Wesleyan World
will seek to give interesting facts and figures .
The November issue will present an introduction to all the fields, listing the number of missionaries, national workers, members, churches,
and other pertinent information. A thumbnail
biographical sketch of missionaries on each field
will also be included. You will find many occasions in the months ahead to refer to this special
issue; therefore, you will want to keep it.
In Dece:nber the Wesleyan World will be in
the form of a calendar, featuring the fields in
brilliant color. Not only will it be a calendar,
but more-a field-by-field prayer reminder.
Beginning in January, and following on through
with the next eleven issues, each field will be
presented. Approximately eight pages will be devoted each month to a particular study. Each
discussion will provide some information on the
political, social and spiritual conditions of the
country involved.
For instance, Wesleyan Missions in New
Guinea will be featured in January. The calendar will harmonize with this field-by-field and
issue-by-issue coverage. Special field prayer requests for New Guinea will appear on the calendar. Wesleyans are asked to pray specifically
for that field in January in addition to the prayer
requests that appear regularly in Wesleyan World.
In February, Wesleyan Missions in South Africa from both former churches will be featured.
Then the plan is to rotate former Wesleyan
Methodist and Pilgrim Holiness missionary work
in every other issue.
In addition to the eight pages mentioned above,
eight pages will be given each month to the
regular features--current missionary news, Women's Missionary Society (WMS), Young Missionary Workers' Band (YMWB), the prayer calendar, editorial and cover. The remaining eight
pages will be devoted to inspirational and informational material from the other fields. Periodically an in-depth essay on some pertinent missionary subject will appear.
At an administrative meeting in August, the
missionary leaders and their assistants from the
two previous denominations approved wholeheartedly the recommendation to place all active
\Vesleyan pastors on the Wesleyan World's complimentary subscription list.
The Wesleyan World deserves a wide circulation. Let us do all we can to secure new subscriptions and retain all the regular ones!
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Wesleyan World
October 1968
Volume 50, Number 2
David L. Keith, editor
E. L. Wilson, General Secretary of World Missions
R. N. Lytle, Ass't. General Secretary
J. R. Duckworth, Director of Office Administration
D. L. Keith, Director of Literature
L. W. Leitzel, Director of Promotion
P . L. Swauger, Director of Recruitment
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Published monthly by The Wesleyan Church, Depart·
ment of World Missions. Printed by the Wesleyan
Publishing House, Box 2000, Marion, Indiana 46952, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for
mailing at special second-class rate of postage provided
in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized October 4, 1919. Subscription price, $1.50 per year. In
clubs of 10 or more to one address, $1.25. Send all
subscriptions and address changes to the Wesleyan Publishing House, Box 2000, Marlon, Indiana 46952.
THE WESLEYAN WORLD
Designated for a much-needed building and
expansion program in New Guinea, over
$28,000 was received in the WMS White-Gift
Christmas Oflering last year. These funds
are now at work and great progress is being made.
Victor Chamberlin
NEW GUINEA ADVANCE
In March 1967, Rev. Robert Lytle visited New
Guinea as the first official representative of the
Board of Administration of the Church. How
much prayer had ascended that such a visit could
become a reality, only heaven knows.
For effective operation, leases needed enlarging, training programs needed intensification, children cried for schooling. Existing programs were
at a standstill for lack of funds and staff. Youths
were being lost as they went to non-fundamental
missions in search of schooling, training, employOcTOBER
1968
ment, or just activity. The need for a massive effort on the part of the church was appalling.
Letters proved ineffective vehicles to convey
this message, but when Mr. Lytle entered the
country, the need itself cried out so urgently that
he went home with the recommendation that the
1967 White-Gift Christmas Offering of the Woman's Missionary Society be designated for "New
Guinea Advance."
This was more than any of our staff had dared
to hope for, but such is the marvelous foresight
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of our God that He had a plan to meet the need
more effectively than we had thought possible.
December, the month for the White-Gift
Christmas Offering, has long passed. As it takes
time for the ocean's waves to cross the meridians,
so it takes time for the impact of such efforts as
an offering to move through the individual
churches, the organizational structure, and thousands of miles to its goal. And then even after
it has reached such an isolated place as the interior of New Guinea, it takes considerable time
for it to exert its influence. But now that influence has begun to be felt.
One of the greatest barriers to advance was
lack of facilities on our stations, and these funds
aided this need immediately by enabling the purchase of a portable sawmill which can readily be
moved about in the forest, rapidly converting
timber to lumber. Thus a two-classroom school
building now stands near completion, and considerable lumber is on hand for construction of
an urgently needed missionary residence. Work
ahead for this mill includes lumber for a large
workshop, another residence, two dormitories, a
convention hall, and associated buildings. Without this mill our only means of obtaining lumber
was to have it hand sawn-a process so slow
building more than one building in two years
would have been impossible. Now the sawmill
supplies lumber as fast as we can use it!
The government of New Guinea takes a dim
view of missions which do not show evidence of
establishing a program of benefit to the community, while on the other hand they do all
possible to help those missions taking a responsible position. Previous to the evidence of new
interest shown in the States, we were not getting
very enthusiastic cooperation from the government. This has changed rapidly with the new
activity about our station in the Widu Valley.
The officers administering the area have been
sincerely cordial and extremely helpful in getting
a block of land adequate for our proposed program. The land was surveyed and purchased in
a much shorter time than usual. This was a real
answer to prayer since had the lease not been
granted, or had it even been delayed, our entire
program would have been postponed correspondingly.
THINK
ON
THIS
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The road to Taguru, which had previously been
vetoed, is now underway. Without this road,
progress in the future would have been virtually
blocked. We are committed to help by lising the
mission tractor, but without government cooperation, this project would have been impossible.
A new spirit of optimism and enthusiasm is
evident among our people of the valley as school
buildings are put up for their children, efforts
are made to find ways of helping them materially,
evangelistic endeavors are stepped up, and a
compound befitting a representation of our church
emerges from former scrub and swampland.
The morale of the missionaries has been greatly
improved. Before we had vision, which is inspiring, but now we see accomplishment which
is even more wonderful.
Therefore, as these funds go to work, will you
pray for your staff in New Guinea that they may
have God's guidance in its use? Will you pray
for the greatest possible fruitage to be realized?
Will you fortify with uplifted hands the thrust
initiated for "New Guinea Advance"?
The sawmill made it possible to finish this
school building in June.
From page 3: Victor Chamberlin using sawmill in bush. A few of the many observers
at the work site.
"The gospel is a much more powerful weapon for the renovation of society than
our Marxist view of the world," states a French Communist publication. "Yet
it is we who shall conquer you in the end . . . Of our salaries and wages we keep
only what is absolutely necessary and the rest we give out for propaganda purposes. In this same propaganda we also devote our leisure time and part of
our vacation. You, however, give only a little time and scarcely any money
for the spreading of Christ's gospel. How can anyone believe in the all-surpassing value of this gospel, if you do not practice it? If you do not spread it?
If you sacrifice neither your time nor money for that purpose?"
THE WESLEYAN WORLD
Mrs. Margaret Hankins, a missionary evangelist, relates an incident involving the
conversion of a Mohammedan
:J,.ue
At the close of a service held in the jungle of
South America I felt led to ask if there were
those who, after hearing the message, would like
to have our God for their own and, if so, would
they raise their hands. Several did.
To my left, I noticed a fine young Indian boy
who was having a struggle. He made several attempts to raise his hand before he finally lifted
it up so it could be seen.
As quickly as possible after the service was
dismissed, I made my way to where this boy was
standing. While shaking his hand I said to him,
"My young friend, since you want to have our
God for your God, why don't you kneel down
here and let us pray with you?"
He raised his eyes and said, "O lady, I am a
Mohammedan."
I replied, "But that doesn't make any difference. Jesus died for you."
"But my father and mother are Mohammedans," he responded.
Again, I assured him that that would make no
difference.
But he said, "My grandparents are also Mohammedans."
I answered, "But, my friend, Jesus died for
you. It makes no difference what your parents
or your grandparents are. Jesus wants to save
you and give you peace."
He hesitated for a moment and then, lifting
his head and looking right at me, he said, " Lady,
this story you have told us this afternoon is the
most beautiful I ever have heard. It is wonderful,
wonderful-if only it is true."
How glad I was to assure him, "It is true.
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1968
Every word is true. Our Jesus can forgive sin
and bring peace and joy to your heart. He will
walk with you on the trail, sit with you in your
home, watch over you while you sleep, and
guard you from many dangers that you may never
know anything about.''
The boy still stood, and we had prayer with
him. Then we left in a few minutes to go to
another service, but he did not follow.
The next morning we prepared to leave. I
saw a boy coming down that lonely road. Something about him seemed familiar, but I knew no
one in those parts. As he came a little closer I
realized that it was the young man I had talked
with the day before.
Several missionaries and workers were between
me and the boy. He smiled and nodded to them
but came to where I was sitting.
He held out his hand, saying, "Lady, I had
to see you one more time. I want you to pray
for me. Lady, I must know the right way."
What a joy it was to again point this Indian
boy to the Christ who knows all about us and is
able to meet the need of every heart. After
prayer he went back to his home several miles
up the river. We trust that he took a heart full
of peace and joy with him.
Many hundreds of young men are like this one
who would just as gladly accept the Christ vf
Calvary if only they could hear one time. It is
wonderful to tell with confidence anyone, anywhere that the story of Jesus is true.
Will you not pray and give that more of those
for whom Jesus died will hear the gospel and
accept the truth that we proclaim?
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Accent
On
AVAILABILITY
Marie Lind, fonner editor of
The Wesleyan Missionary
During the two weeks I spent recently in
Puerto Rico, I was fascinated with the tropical
beauty of the island as well as the engineering
skills of man; however, the most noteworthy impressions were in the spiritual realm.
God has a place for each Christian in every
land. Some are called to special tasks and positions of leadership, but often a multitude of
important yet mediocre jobs would not get done
if it were not for dedicated people who are
available to do anything or go anywhere for God.
Ruth, a girl in her late teens, with a sweet
face, framed with long black, wavy hair, radiated
joy as she led the spirited singing. Her expression changed to one of concern as she called the
small group to prayer. With grace and poise
she conducted the prayer meeting of the Lomas
Verdes Church. Later when it was announced
that VBS invitations needed to be distributed in
the community, Ruth volunteered immediately. I
was informed that she frequently calls in these
homes and is very adept at visitation work.
After years of sharing facilities
of the Spanish church, a new
sanctuary at Caparra for the
English-speaking people was
dedicated July 28. Rev. George
Hilson, the pastor, supervised
the building program.
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Following that service Mrs. Heavilin conducted
a VBS workshop for teachers. As I watched their
faces, some women looked dubious and others
rather fearful while instructions were given, procedures discussed and crafts explained. The missionary wisely gave encouragement and patiently
answered questions until they were laughing and
more confident. Although some were hesitant
because they had not taught before, they were
all ready to help and willing to try.
Maria, who does not enjoy being in front of
a group, offered to handle VBS transportation.
It was she who planned the route, made the
schedule, drove the mission bus and kept good
discipline among the children. Once when a
teacher had to be away, she stepped in and filled
her place and did very well for a young person
who feared to teach.
On Saturday night the Caparra Spanish Church
conducted a baptismal service in the sanctuary
of the spacious new English Church (since it has
a baptistry). At that time seven Puerto Ricans
The missionaries' new residence
on the Wesleyan Academy
property at Guaynabo was completed early this year. The
Heavilins and Philip Stockin reside downstairs. Aylo Lippe,
Judy Case and Donnalee Berry
live on the second floor.
were baptized-four young women, two men and
a 7th grade boy from Wesleyan Academy. On
this occasion as Field Superintendent John Putney entered the door he was asked to bring the
message!-only one instance of many I witnessed
where missionaries, too, were available to "come
to the rescue" whenever needed.
To visit as many churches as possible, it was
necessary to briefly stop at three on Sunday
morning. A scenic drive first brought us to the
country village of Mameyal where readers will
recall that years ago services were begun under
a large mango tree. The pleasant young woman
in charge, whom I was told was capable and dependable, directed the children to their seats inside the cement block church and then conducted
a lively song service with musicians accompanying
on the guitar and tambourines while everyone
clapped as they sang. I wished we could have
stayed longer.
As we approached the Dorado Church, located
on a noisy street, our attention was called to an
attractive woman outside who was walking back
and forth with a baby in her arms. We were
advised that to enable the pastor's wife to teach
a class, her mother agreed to care for the grandchild each Sunday, for a crying baby in a crowded
situation could be most disrupting. Perhaps this
was insignificant, but who knows how far-reaching
the teacher's influence may be?
Next, we drove through the expansive new
housing project at Levittown where the missionaries have made thousands of contacts in person
and also by mail and are laying a solid foundation for a strong work in an area with tremendous
potential. We arrived at the Rev. and Mrs. Wm.
Goldsmith's home as classes assembled in
various rooms. While Mr. Goldsmith instructed
the Spanish-speaking adults, an American Air
Corps captain taught the English Bible class. This
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1968
man, stationed nearby, is contributing to the
growth of this infant church as he helps and
serves in various ways.
I also met a lovely Puerto Rican woman who
is bilingual and is proving to be a real blessing
by translating the children's Sunday school papers
into Spanish for this congregation. She indicated
great pleasure in assisting in this time-consuming
task and hopes it will soon be possible to enlarge
her ministry to include the other Spanish
churches.
Sunday evening, after winding through crowded city streets, the Villas Palmeras Church was
reached. The pastor, Rev. Miguel Rivera, who
was ordained last spring, is highly educated; nevertheless, he was willing to work in this congested
area where great needs of every type exist. Over
175 have recently crowded into the small building
for services. In the past few months remarkable answers to prayer have occurred for weighty
problems, difficult home situations and physical
needs. I cannot forget the glowing countenance
of this dedicated young man as he preached in
that impressive service. More of the presence
and power of God were felt in that hour than in
any meeting I have been in for a long time. The
message was delivered with such earnestness that
even though we were depending on an interpreter
to give us the gist of it, both Aylo Lippe and I
remarked that we would gladly have listened another hour.
Later after a woman had found victory at the
altar, the pastor, who also speaks English, spent
time telling us of the marvelous ways God is
working and gave Him the praise and glory. I
found myself wondering, however, if these incidents and difficult situations would have ended
in such a wonderful way had he not been available as God's instrument.
The following Sunday the nearby church at
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Guaynabo was visited. This congregation, as well
as that of the Lomas Verdes Church, were asked
to release their pastors to serve for several weeks
in Colombia to speak at Evangelism-in-Depth
campaigns. Rev. Leandro Morales and Rev. Juan
Hidalgo were chosen because of their flexibility
and clear, gospel preaching. Their absence for
three weeks meant that others would have to fill
in for services and various responsibilities, which
proved to be no problem. Volunteers were willing to help, and clothes, luggage and cash were
provided by the people for their pastors. These
churches in return have been blessed with a
missionary vision of the needs in Colombia and
these men have had new experiences that have
enriched their ministry.
While the children met in another building,
about 90 adults listened to the guest speaker with
rapt attention. I cannot report on what he said
nor what the evening Communion message was
at the Caparra Spanish Church, for that day the
Spanish-speaking missionaries were filling vacancies in other churches of the conference and we
had no interpreter. Needs arose, and as usual,
they were available when their services were requested.
Right now you may be saying, "There's nothing spectacular about any of this." But who said
the work of the kingdom was only made up of
the spectacular? When the final rewards are given, certainly God will include many ordinary
people, along with the gifted, who were faithful
to serve Him in menial tasks, commonplace duties
and humdrum routine.
Often the Villas Palmeras
Church is crowded out. Their
small building is inadequate for
the increasing congregation now
attending.
Since termites are plentiful,
most houses are made of cement
blocks. For protection all openings have iron grillwork of
varied patterns, shapes and
colors.
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Dorothy Hall, R.N.
Guyana, So. America
Typical Indian mother and child
Sometimes people at home wonder if mission
medical work really pays. I believe it does.
We conduct a service each day at Pipilipai for
those who come to be treated. Recently when
the altar call was giyen a woman came to pray
and ask God for the forgiveness of sins.
This woman from a nearby village did not
often attend our church. She was active in a
religion of her own people and only came to the
mission because she and a small daughter were
sick.
After we prayed with her, I felt led to give
her a Gospel of John. As I knew she couldn't
read it, I told her to have her daughter, who is
in grade V in our school, read it to her.
A few days later she brought the little book
to me and said, "Explain it to me. I don't understand."
I asked her what part I should explain, and
she replied, "All of it."
This time she had brought four other women
with her to learn about the book. It reminded
me of the Samaritan woman who brought others
to Jes us after He had. told her of the "living
water."
This was a great challenge. Now all of us who
conduct the hospital services are using the Gospel of John. As many as 25 are attending. Since
we don't have a classroom, the people sit on
pieces of lumber under the nurse's house. The
Lord is blessing these studies.
Pray with us that God will give wisdom whenever we present the wonderful message of salvation and that many more will find the Saviour
because of it.
At the age for retirement, life has just begun
for Mr. Townsend. The dark days of his past
were shaded with sin.
Through an invitation to church by his daughter, Ellen, Mr. Townsend started coming to the
Sunday evening services.
On the last night of our European camp meeting at Brakpan he was present. Conviction was
very strong in the service. Ellen spoke to him
about giving his heart to the Lord, but he did
not understand that he should go forward and
kneel at the altar. His wife, who had been con-
verted earlier, took him by the hand and led him
to the front of the tent and knelt on the grass
with him. In less than ten minutes he had repented of his sins and was wonderfully saved
for the first time.
At once Mr. Townsend started attending the
Bible studies and bought two new Bibles-one
for himself and one for his wife. His testimony
is backed by regular attendance at the services
and a changed life.
This new man in Christ started late, but
thank God, it was not too late.
explain
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ASTOR
ASSES ON
Graveside service for Rev. C. T. Bolayog.
Wayne Wright
Philippines
Rev. Cornelio T. Bolayog was a young Filipino stretched arms. Drawing me to himself, he told
seeking money and pleasure in Southern Cali- me of his love for me, for the missionaries, and
fornia when he met the Saviour. That was a- for the church. Sister Flora Belle Slater was with
round 1930, when holiness workers of the Pasa- us, and she began to speak to him about heaven
dena area were deeply concerned for the spiritual and of some who had gone on before who would
welfare of those who lived in the labor camps be waiting for him. With tears rolling down his
around the fruit orchards. Recently, after more cheeks, he said, "Yes, my wife is there; my chilthan 30 years of service for the Lord, he was dren are there; and now the angels are preparing
laid to rest with a simple barrio burial quite in a place for me."
keeping with his lifelong identification with the
Hearts filled with compassion sought and found
people of those villages lying at the foot of the Brother Bolayog when he was a lost young man
mountains of Northern Luzon.
in California. Who now can measure the result,
The early part of Brother Bolayog's ministry as recorded in heaven, of the influence of that
after returning to his native land abounds with act of love? He, in turn, sought and found many
stories of his faithful work among the llocanos- in his own land and brought them to Jesus. A
hiking to many villages, preaching, singing, open- daughter is now a faithful pastor's wife, actively
ing new churches. Working alongside the mis- serving the same Christ. A son is in Bible school.
sionary, Rev. R. K. Storey, he was soon acknowl- How blessed are the unending benefits ·of obediedged as a leader among the national workers and ence to the Great Commission.
As we knelt with the children and believers aeventually became superintendent of the new
district being formed by their evangelistic efforts. round the crude casket. I was again deeply imThen came the war. Hardship, hunger, sick- pressed with the faithfulness of God and His unness, torture, death are just a few of the words that changing grace. It was but a split bamboo floor
would characterize those years. Brother Bolayog and thatched roof, rough-hewn boards for the
was touched by them all. When the long night coffin, and a hurriedly dug grave in an ill-kept
had passed, freedom's dawn found him busy hold- burial ground-but there was the light of hope.
ing youth meetings and revivals, and gathering the Clouds had sometimes crossed the sun during life,
Christians together again. He continued to but through the limitless mercies of a loving Reserve the church for many years following the deemer the soul had finally made the voyage into
war, until the time came for others to take up the Haven of Rest. Meditating on the story, my
his place of leadership.
heart with deeper conviction cries out, "I am not
I visited this pioneer worker not long before he ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the
died. He greeted me from his bed with out- power of God unto salvation . . . ."
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Dorothy Brown, Peru:
I rejoice in the constant abiding presence of the Lord and
do praise Him for saving and sanctifying me. I want to be
used of the Lord in whatever capacity He sees best.
Thank the Lord for a safe trip to Chiclayo in July.
Miss Buby and Miss Greer were at the airport to meet me
and it was wonderful to see them. They took me directly to
the Bible school where I met many of the fine young people.
The day after arriving, as I sat in Miss Buby's office facing
a large map of Peru, it thrilled me as she told of one place after
another where graduates of the Bible school are now pastoring
at more than 105 preaching points.
There is no distance with the Lord in prayer and He is not
limited, so let us pray and believe Him for great advances in Peru.
Dorothy Brown
LaMar and Rebecca Brown
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1968
LaMar Brown, Peru:
My heart is open to God's will and wherever He leads I
am ready to follow and do my little part for Him.
Rebecca Brown, Peru:
Since I was a small child, I have had a consciousness that
the Lord wanted me in His work. Throughout my life I have
felt His guiding hand. I desire to be led of Him wherever He
can best use me.
We arrived in Chiclayo July 7. There were over 200 people at the airport to welcome us. They were waving, clapping
their hands and shouting, "misioneros."
On Thursday after we arrived the Peruvians had a special
welcome service. The missionaries have been most helpful in
acquainting us with the town and its people. They have kept
us busy visiting the churches.
We are thrilled with the devotion of the Christians. Their
willingness to walk miles through the driving rain to attend a
prayer meeting touches our hearts.
Peru is open to the gospel and there is so much to be done
before Christ returns. Remember us in your prayers as we
labor for Christ and the church.
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Anita Montanye
Carl and Andrea Possehl
Anita Montanye, Puerto Rico:
Puerto Rico is practically my native country since I lived
there as a child while my parents were occupational missionaries, teaching on army bases and helping build the first Wesleyan church on the island.
The Lord has been preparing me to return to Puerto Rico
through training at Houghton Academy and College and summer experiences. First, He sent me to Costa Rica to work as a
summer missionary. Another summer He led me into work in
New York State Migrant Child Care Centers. Last summer
He involved me in the apprenticeship program of Practical Missionary Training, Inc., working in Mexico and Guatemala.
Perhaps the most vital lesson He has taught me
through these experiences is how important it is for you to talk
to God for me as He leads me into the place of greatest happiness and peace through obedience to Him.
Carl and Andrea Possehl, Puerto Rico:
It is our belief that missions is a task which every Christian
has been commanded to do through the Great Commission.
We welcome the training the Lord is going to give us in Puerto
Rico and the teaching ministry into which He has led us. We
are looking forward to it with anticipation, but also with fear
and trembling because of our responsibility before the Lord
Jesus Christ. May your prayers follow us to this field of labor.
Philip Stockin, Puerto Rico :
The Lord led me to Puerto Rico in the summer of 1967 and
after completing a year of work at Wesleyan Academy under the
Wesleyan Gospel Corps, I feel it is His desire for me to return
for a while longer. I love the Lord and it is my chief desire to
know and do His will for my life.
Philip Stockin
James Vermilya, Jamaica:
I can truly say with the song writer, "Jesus is all the world to
me." I have walked with him most of my life and I have no regrets. He is the joy of living. He's everything to me. Jamaica
has been on my heart ever since I toured the island in January
1966 with a youth team.
Jeanette Vermilya, Jamaica:
I came to know Christ in my teens and I can surely say that
Christ has had His hand on me. I could not live without Him.
Doing His will and being in His service is the happiest and most
satisfying state I know.
James and Jeanette Vermilya
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Ruth King, Barbados:
In November 19 54 I was saved and sanctified in the same
revival in our church . It was during the early summer months
in 19 58 that I had a gradual awareness that God was calling me
into foreign missionary service. Ever since I first felt that call
from God I have had a great urgency to follow His leading and
a desire to do God's will. Many times He has answered prayer
in a miraculous manner and has strengthened my faith in Him.
I praise Him for victory.
Ronald King, Barbados:
I feel that the world is the field and my task is to preach
the gospel to as many as possible. I am looking forward to
serving God on the island of Barbados.
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Donald and Joy Bray, New Guinea:
"To God be the glory; great things He hath done." It is a
wonderful thing to follow our Creator and Guide who knows the
end from the beginning. Through a series of miracles, He has
brought us to the present challenge of service in the pioneer
field of New Guinea. Today we finished packing our first
barrel so it seems that the day of departure sometime in October
is drawing a little closer. We do not go in our own strength,
but in His name, and hope that you will pray often as the
Holy Spirit reminds you. Together we will work toward the
goal of proclaiming Christ to the world.
James and Marilyn Lind, Colombia:
Since our term in Mexico the Lord has provided training
and several years of experience in printing. We are thankful
that He has now opened the door to service in the press at
Medellin, Colombia after praying and waiting for His leading as
to future missionary endeavor. We are thrilled with the reported opportunities and the response to the gospel there today and
we want to be used of the Lord to help fulfill the Scripture,
"The gospel must first be published among all nations" before
He returns. \.Ve are grateful for those who helped us find God
and become established in our youth, and we desire above all
else to do all we can to lead others to Him, and serve Him
acceptably.
Donald and Joy Bray
James and Marilyn Lind
Dr. Harold Burchel, Zambia:
Christ is my Saviour and keeper and cleanses my heart
from all sin. He is my burden-sharer, my friend, my guide. He
is all I need for in Him all my deep desires are met.
Ruthan Fisher Burchel, Zambia:
I would rather have Jesus and His best for my life than
absolutely anything. I love Him because He first loved me
and has saved and sanctified me. He satisfies all my longings
and supplies all my needs.
Joseph and Faith Watkins, Zambia:
My sins, though they were many, are covered by the atoning blood of Jesus Christ. I have been thrilled in my short
experience as a pastor to find the Holy Spirit so real and precious.
I felt the call to missionary work first in a convention held in
1960 while at college. We are glad that at last we are on our
way to Zambia where we expect to continue to fulfill God's
will for our lives.
Norman and Joan Ann Parks, Sierra Leone:
Our testimony can best be summed up in the verses of
John 15:16-17: "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen
you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit,
and that your fruit should remain; that whatsoever ye shall ask
of the Father in my name, he may give it you. These things I
command you, that ye love one another."
OCTOBER
1968
Harold, Ruthan and Martha Lynn
Burchel
Joseeh and Faith Watkins
Norman and Joan Ann, Leonore,
Cheryl, John and Jennifer Parks
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Poets and writers have put into words what
"Mother" means to many. But how can we really
express our love, appreciation and thankfulness
in words?
Mrs. Eleanor Reynolds, South African missionary and wife of the late Rev. W. H. Reynolds,
has truly been a mother to many. There is hardly
a hill or valley far from or near Emmanuel Mission
where her name is not known. The African people call her Nkosakazi Matathana (The wife of
the man who goes in a hurry) or Mame Wethu
(our mother) Reynolds.
Mrs. Reynolds has been to these African people a spiritual mother, a teacher, a preacher and
a helper. Many are the times she has fed the
hungry, helped the sick, prayed with the unsaved
and the Christians. Whether she knew them or
not, she offered a helping hand.
Mrs. Reynolds also worked with her husband
in Swaziland and Mt. Frere Districts. She has
served 21 years in the mission and has loved
working for the Lord.
The years have passed and she has reached
the age of retirement. In the photo she stands
with her spiritual daughters, whom she calls her
own. This Sunday of her farewell she was given
many gifts, and words of love were spoken in the
service.
Even in retirement Mrs. Reynolds is working
for the Lord. Daily she prays for her children
in the gospel. Many are in heaven and many will
be going because of her godly life and faithful
prayers. It is still her desire to be a blessing and
help to someone every day.
After a happy year serving as layworkers,
Merla Sparks suggests others might try this-
Adventure in Australia
"For not being missionaries, you certainly are
going awfully far away!" These were the sentiments of most people when Earl and I decided
to go to Australia. The answer to "Why?" must
begin with events many years back.
Reared in a parsonage where a steady stream
of Christian workers passed through our doors,
my earliest heroes were missionaries. I followed
these revered visitors from room to room, hanging on their every word; and many times when I
finally had to go to bed, I would lie very still as
I tried to catch a bit more of those lively conversations drifting in from the living room. As
I grew into my teens I lost some of my romantic
notions about the exciting life of God's special
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workers, but to replace them, I felt a growing
sense of spiritual deepening in my own heart.
At the age of sixteen God spoke in a definite
manner. It was in an unusual place-a high
school bus full of thirty-five noisy, swearing, vulgar
teenagers, for three years my company every day
during a long twenty-eight-mile trip to high
school. But this one day, I could have been
alone on a mountain peak, for it seemed God
came right down and spoke personally to me,
"I have chosen you for special Christian service."
That was all. There was no emotional fervor, no
dramatic appeal. There was no mention of missionary work, no elaborate details of how, or
when, or where. Just a simply worded statement.
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During the next few years, although I still retained a strong interest in missions, I chose broad
areas of preparation to be ready for any opportunities of service. I combined my religious education at God's Bible School with teacher training at the University of Cincinnati, and gained
experience in secretarial, domestic, and medical
fields.
During this time Earl and I met and fell in
love. Now what was God's will? Earl had grown
up in the Sunday school; as a junior in high
school he had made a definite decision to give
his heart and life to Christ. His fluency of
speech and eagerness to work for the Lord had
convinced almost everyone that he should be a
preacher, and he was influenced to go to God's
Bible School to prepare. But although God's
plan was earnestly sought, no call to preach was
ever received. The Lord seemed to say, "Prepare
generally for Christian service now; assignment
will follow later."
With God's guidance now sure, we were married, and for eight years our lives followed a
much-turning path of college, Air Force duty,
teaching. While preparing for future service was
our first goal, we found increasing opportunities
to serve while we were still in training. There
seemed to be no limit to the variety of activities
which called for Christian workers. A growing
conviction began to grip us-God needed dedicated laymen who would be just as totally committed to His work as would a missionary, pastor,
or evangelist.
And that conviction is really the only explanation for why we are so far away. Through the
K. M. Ridgways, we heard of the great need for
Christian lay workers in the smaller churches of
Australia and the Lord began to lay this on our
hearts. He provided us the means to save the
necessary money for the long trip and guided our
every step in the detailed preparations that were
needed.
Marian Donaldson
Zambia, Africa
Do you remember the first time you saw a
washing machine in operation?
In these days of progress and electrification of
nearly everything imaginable, it is difficult for
some of us to recall when electricity first came
into use in our homes.
I have viewed with interest the amazed and
awed expressions of some of the African people
as they have watched the washing machine in operation at Siachitema Hospital. First the action
of the wringer catches their attention. This draws
them nearer to the machine until they can see
the agitator at work pounding and thrashing the
clothes as it cleans them.
As I have observed these expressions of awe
upon the faces of those among whom I labor, my
thoughts have been drawn to a greater source of
power than that which operates the washer-the
power of God. Intermingled with those who are
living in darkness are examples of what this power
can do. Here is a pastor, the only Christian in
his family, but what a change God made in his
life. There is a group of bandwomen who devote much of their time to Christian service.
What a change God has made in their community! Scattered throughout the countryside are
OCTOBER
1968
other Christians who are examples of this transforming power.
Pray with us that many who live in this area
shall become interested in the gospel as they
look upon the work and workers in Zambia and
witness the amazing things that God can do.
At the washing machine
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The Donald Woods, Zambia, came home in September. During their term they served at the secondary school at Choma and later as superintendent
at Chaboboma Mission. They will reside in Indiana
while on furlough.
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The Roger Russells, Zambia, have completed five
years of missionary service at Jembo Mission and
came to the States for furlough in September.
Dr. and Mrs. Larry Bogart, Sierra Leone, have a
new baby daughter. (No name or date is known
yet.) Recent word from Dr. Zike indicates that Dr.
Bogart has been very ill.
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transferred from Kamakwie to Bendembu to help
there in the dispensary.
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Mr. Thomas Davidson, Sierra Leone, has been
named the new principal of Kamakwie Secondary
School.
Richard Grindstaff, Jr., son of Rev. and Mrs. Richard Grindstaff, Johannesburg, South Africa, is suffering from a serious disease and is in need of earnest
prayer.
Dr. and Mrs. Norman Parks are preparing for service in Sierra Leone. Due for release from military
service, they hope to be on their way to Kamakwie
Hospital in October.
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Miss Donnalee Berry, Wesleyan Gospel Corps
teacher to Puerto Rico, has announced her engagement to Philip Stockin, who is also a teacher in
Wesleyan Academy. A December wedding is
planned.
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in Canton, Ohio. Our sympathy is extended to the
Phillippe family.
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Evangeline (Rev. E. L. Wilson's daughter) and Jim
Lindner are completing their first term of language
study in Campinas, Brazil, and have already been
using the Portuguese language in some services they
have conducted.
Mrs. Arthur Calhoon, Australia, underwent major
surgery on August 6.
Mr. and Mrs. John Martin, Gospel Corps workers
to New Guinea, are enjoying their six-month stay
where they went to assist in July. They say, "As
missionary helpers, if we can make the load just a
little lighter we will fe.el well repaid.''
Recently, Mrs. Victor Chamberlin, New Guinea,
was rushed out of the bush by an emergency airlift
to the hospital in Madang where effective medical
aid was rendered.
Rev. and Mrs. Don (Joy Failing) Bray should be
on their way to New Guinea in October. Application
for their visas is pending.
Edna Taylor, nurse who left Haiti for furlough in
August, reports 105 souls were converted at the
northern dispensary in 1967, but already from January to July 1, 1968, 120 have sought the Lord in
the dispensary. There is a good follow-up program
and a letter is always sent to the pastor in the area
from which the person comes. Those in the Port
Margot district are also visited regularly by another
zealous young Christian.
The Manila earthquake in August did no damage
nor was harm suffered by any of the staff or Christians of the work in the Philippines, reports Field
Superintendent Wayne Wright.
Rev. Ira Taylor, St. Croix, has received a call to
pastor the Wesleyan church in Toronto, Canada. He
will be serving a congregation which is 60 percent
West Indian. Another national is being sought to
fill the vacancy at St. Croix.
"If ever I needed your prayers it is now,'' requests
Sedu Mans from Sierra Leone. He is pastor of the
Makeni Church, vice president of the district, youth
director, head of the Themne New Testament revision
and president of the New Life for All campaign in
Sierra Leone. Construction has already begun on a
new sanctuary to seat 1,000 people. Remember this
spiritual leader in your prayers as he seeks to do God's
will in all these capacities.
En route to the mountain village of Ebejico, Colombia, Missionary Mitchell Cotrone traveling with
YES team members, left a package of 3000 gospel
tracts under the bus seat. The bus driver evidently
delivered them to the local priest, who distributed
From Ebenezer Mission in Swaziland comes word
that two retired national pastors went to be with the
Lord in July-John Mlotha, who was responsible for
beginning four of the churches in the Joy District, and
Aunt Fanny, who ably served the church for 67 years.
The C. J. Knupps, Antigua, will return to Guyana
this fall. In October the John L. Crofts begin their
new term at Antigua.
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Rev. Benito Gonzalez has been faithfully laboring
among the Mazatecas in Southern Mexico for several
years. Recently he had the privilege of opening a
new outstation in Santa Rosa Chilchotla, where the
first gospel service ever to be held in the town took
place. Several sought and found the Lord in the
initial meeting.
Rev. Hubert Traugh, Guyana, who was seriously
ill from a poisonous snake bite, wishes to thank the
many who prayed especially for him. The Lord
was certainly watching over him for his wife was
there to administer the first serum shot within five
minutes after the bite. In the hospital he was given
7 pints of blood the first week and then was released.
Later he returned to the hospital because of a ·severe
reaction to the serum. However, he . has complete
use of his leg with little surface skin loss.
NOVEMBER
1 Mrs. Clarence (Marion) VanDerKolk (Puerto
Rico)
3 Rev. Larry Bittinger (Netherlands Antilles)
4 Dr. John Edling (furlough)
8 Rev. James Blackburn (Haiti)
9 Rev. F. H. Soltero (Mexico)
9 Miss Delwynne Hughes (New Guinea)
12 Mrs. Paul (Darlene) Meeks (furlough)
12 Miss Dorothy Brown (Peru)
15 Mrs. Barry (Margaret) Ross (Japan)
16 Mr. Ellsworth Fowler (Puerto Rico)
16 Rev. Harris Earl (furlough)
18 Mrs. Kenneth (Anne) McDonald (Puerto Rico)
19 Mrs. Paul (Jean) Walborn (Philippines)
21 Mrs. Carroll (Mary) Brentlinger (Jamaica)
22 Mr. James Lind (Colombia)
28 Miss Anita Montanye (Puerto Rico)
29 Mrs. Joe (Shirley) Neyman (Sierra Leone)
30 Miss Ann Bowman (Sierra Leone)
Children
2 Faith Emmett (Haiti) 1965
3 Jeffrey Earl (furlough) 1956
4 John Wiggins (furlough) 1962
4 Robert Joseph Croft (Antigua) 1957
12 Lorelei Johnson (furlough) 1950
13 Ian Goulding (New Guinea) 1955
14 Melanie Earl (furlough) 1950
14 Peter Putney (Puerto Rico) 1959
18 Janelle Vreugdenhil (furlough) 1963
21 Dale Kierstead (Rep. of So. Africa) 1962
23 Cynthia Kalb (Sierra Leone) 1961
23 Patricia Wood (furlough) 1955
23 Wendy Ragsdale (Zambia) 1961
24 Gregory Hotchkin (New Guinea) 1960
26 Jonathan Ortlip (Haiti) 1959
29 Angelyn Lively (Puerto Rico) 1963
29 Paul Vreugdenhil (furlough) 1961
OCTOBER
1968
"If no budget assessment is made for World
Missions, what method will my church use to
give financial backing to the overseas ministry of
The Wesleyan Church?"
This ho~est and reasonable question has been
asked on different occasions by pastors and leaders,
especially by those with Wesleyan Methodist
background, and certainly deserves a thorough
reply. That World Missions must have funds to
operate, there can be no question.
The new Discipline makes provision for special
fund raising during November for the ministry
of the Department of World Missions. Therefore, November becomes the decisive month
which will tell the General Secretary of World
Missions how many present expenditures can be
continued without curtailing, and how many new
missionaries can be sent out in the coming year,
or what financial assistance can be given to struggling national conferences. In other words, the
response in November will guide in the plans to
meet the many demands of our Church's worldwide mission. The challenge in the thirty overseas countries where Wesleyan missionaries serve
was never greater.
A goal of $250,000 has been set and the plan
to bring this into reality involves each Wesleyan.
The Department of World Missions is asking
each pastor to promote a Self-Denial Offering in
November in which each member and interested
person would give an offering equal to one day's
income or more. In this way, the gospel will continue to be preached on the many Wesleyan mission fields that look to you and me for backing.
You will be praying, I am sure, that there will
be many responsive hearts to the November SelfDenial emphasis. Pastors are receiving posters
and other promotional materials. Interest is deepening and certainly God's undiminished blessing
will accompany those who give in the spirit of
our Adorable Saviour.
Remember November! Give, That the World
May Believe!
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Missionary
News
Around the World
ESCAPEES DENY BIBLES SMUGGLED
INTO RED CHINA
Hong Kong ( MNS) Christian escapees from
mainland China say that recent claims that Scriptures are being smuggled into that Communist
country are "ridiculous."
Asia News Report quotes one Christian man
formerly imprisoned for his faith, "It is hardly
possible to meet together for brief fellowship. It
would be absolutely impossible to distribute Bibles in our fanatically Communist land."
VENEZUELA GETS NEW TESTAMENT
Woodworth, Wisconsin (MNS) In Venezuela
the American Bible Society has published that
country's first New Testament in an Indian language. It is the Maquiritare New Testament.
The translation, work of the New Tribes Mission, was started in 19 56 and completed in seven
years. Over four years were spent in revision and
preparation of the final manuscripts.
WORLD LITERATURE SUNDAY
Wheaton, Ill. (MNS) Evangelical Literature
Overseas is again promoting "World Literature
Sunday" with the purpose of helping missions increase literature interest among their own constituencies. World Literature Sunday this year
falls on October 20.
MUSLIM RESPONSE
Grand Rapids, Mich. (MNS) "The Back to
God Hour," radio voice of the Christian Reformed Church here, has reported that for the
first time in history mail from Muslims in North
Africa has exceeded mail from Eastern Christians. The report indicated that there has been
a "tremendous increase" in mail response from
that area.
According to Rev. Bassam Madany, director of
the Arabic broadcast, most of the mail comes
from students. "During the past year," he said,
"it has become evident that the Arabic broadcast is an open door to reaching into areas otherwise closed to .the proclamation of salvation by
grace."
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MIRACLE IN COLOMBIA
Colorado, Colombia (MNS) A week-long conference was held here recently to dedicate an
evangelical church which during construction had
been twice destroyed by Roman Catholic opposition.
About five years ago a group of believers, fruit
of the work of the Inter-American Missionary
Society, started to build a church. One dark night,
hiding behind the barred doors of their homes,
they heard shouting, clanging machetes, the sound
of stones against tin roofs and the loud rumbling
of falling rocks. Soon the newly constructed
foundations of their church lay in ruins.
"We have won again!" shouted the leader of
the attacking mob. "They'll never build their
church in town as long as I, Magdaleno Marcelo,
am Inspector!"
Later, in 1965, another church building was
started in a comer lot, away from the original
site. "Let them build," Magdaleno boasted. "We
can destroy again!"
Once again, on a dark night, when the construction was nine feet high, the streets filled
with angry people shouting "Down with the
Evangelicals! Long live the Catholics!"
As the chant grew louder, the noise of cement
walls tumbling to the ground echoed through the
night. The next morning the believers looked
again upon a church in ruins.
In 1967 the church began to rise for the third
time. And when the congregation celebrated the
triumph of a completed building they rejoiced in
a greater miracle.
Among those who had given time and labor
to the construction of this church was Inspector
Magdaleno Marcelo. The love and concern the
new pastor in Colorado had shown to him when
he was ill had reached his heart, and the Inspector was now a baptized believer in Christ.
MAP RANKS 8th IN VOLUNTARY AID
Washington, D.C. (MNS) Government statistics recently published rank the Medical Assistance Program, Inc. (MAP) eighth among 73
voluntary foreign aid agencies.
Mercy shipments by MAP began in 1956 and
in 12 years have amounted to more than $32
million.
MAP serves medical missionaries, dentists and
mission hospitals associated with more than 100
foreign mission boards and societies. Drugs and
supplies are donated by U.S. manufacturers and
collected by MAP for missions.
Total shipments by MAP in 1967 weighed
more than 33 3. tons. Already in 1968 the Wheaton agency has shipped more than 240 tons of
medical supplies valued at more than $3 million
to missionaries overseas.
THE WESLEYAN WORLD
AFRICA
Transvaal, So. Africa: (European
Work)
Karns, Rev. and Mrs. Donald
Elliott, Miss Esther
Pilgrim Bible Inst., Box 349, Brak-
G!'~taff,
Rev. and Mrs. R. E., 4
Norfolk Ave., Craighall Park,
Johannesburg
Wilson, Rev. and Mrs. PaulkBox 18,
Van Riebeeck Park, via
empton
Park
Transvaal, So. Africa: (Native Work)
Lehman,• Rev. and Mrs. 0. I., Box
416, Boksburg
Amos, Rev. and Mrs. S. C., Casteel
Mission, Box 8, Acornhoek
Sanders, Rev. and Mrs. Charles, Private Bag 49, Piet Retief
Cape Province, So. Africa:
Bauer, Rev. and Mrs. Paul, Good
Hope Mission, Lusikisiki, Pondoland
Miller, Rev. and Mrs. Paul, Pilgrim
Mission, Box 84, Mt. Frere
Swaziland So. Africa:
Lehman, Rev. and Mrs. Oral D., Joy
Mission, Box 88, Manzina
Ramsay, Rev. and Mrs. James, Ebenezer Mission, Box 61, Stegi
Natal, So. Africa:
Miller, Rev. and Mrs. Donald
Reynolds, Rev. and Mrs. Paul
Pilgrim Bible Inst., P / B 713, Port
Shepstone
Kierstead,• Rev. and Mrs. Glendon,
Box 139, Paulpietersburg
Kierstead,t Rev. and Mrs. Eugene,
P . 0. Box 335, Vryheid
Zambia, Africa :
Jones,• Rev. and Mrs. C. E.
Fabyancic, Miss Rebecca
Box 103, Choma
Case, Miss Orpha
Maddux, Miss Rosemary
Schwab, Miss Charlene
Swan, Miss Naomi
Twining, Mr. and Mrs. L . E .
Walston.z Miss Leavinia
Box 1·19, Choma
Donaldson, Miss Marian, R.N.
Peyton,t Miss Claudie
Tedrow, Miss Blanche
Siachitema Mission, Box 150, Choma
Frazier, Miss Rowena, R.N.
Kilmer, Miss Elsie
Chaboboma Mission, Box 9, Chisekesi
Ragsdale . Rev. and Mrs. John
D.L.T .T .C., P / B 1, Livingstone
Chenev, Miss Wilma
Nettleton. Miss Esther, R.N.
Burchel, Dr. and Mrs. Harold
Watkins, Rev. and Mrs. Joseph
Jembo Mission, Box 17, Pemba
Kahre, Rev. · and Mrs. Gerald, Pilgrim Bible Inst., P / B 2, Pemba
Loni!, Miss Lois, R.N.
Madden, Rev. and Mrs. Ronald
Zimba Mission, Box 8, Zimba
OCTOBE R
1968
Rhodesia, So. Africa:
Haywood, Rev. and Mrs. Eric Bethesda Mission, Victoria Faii's, P.
0. Box 30
Sierra Leone, West Africa:
Birch,• Rev. and Mrs. Marion P.
Neyman, Rev. and Mrs. Joe
Holcomb, Miss Mary Jean, R.N.
Bendembu via Makeni
Bowman, Miss Ann
Kalb, Rev. and Mrs. Albert
Pake, Miss Naomi
Smeenge, Miss Esther1 R.N.
Kamabal via Makeru
Zike, Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur
Bogart, Dr. and Mrs. Larry
SheridanJ_Miss Lois, R. N.
Houser, miss Marilyn, R.N.
Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Meyering, Miss Ruth, R.N.
Bozak, Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Hammond, Miss Mary
Major, Miss Bertha, R.N.
Kamakwie, via Makeni
Dekker, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Box 86, Bo
Kinde, Rev. and Mrs. Don Sierra
Leone Bible College, Box 800, Freetown
AUSTRALIA
Calhoon, Rev. and Mrs. Arthur, Wes.leyan Hdqt. 21 South St., Glenroy,
(Melbourne) Victoria 3046
INDIA
Bibbee, Miss Rebecca
Breedlove, Miss Juliette
Rajnandgaon, M.P .
JAPAN
Ross, Rev . and Mrs. Barry, 11 Nakamaru Cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo
NEPAL
Wright, Miss Margaret, R.N., United
Mission to Nepal, Box 126, Kathmandu
NEW GUINEA
Papua, New Guinea:
Chamberli!_l, Rev . and Mrs. Victor
Goulding, mr. and Mrs. Keith
Bray, Rev. and Mrs. Donald
Wesleyan Mission, P. 0 . Pangia,
S.H .D .
Hotchkin, Rev. and Mrs. Walter
Gladwin, Mr. Robert
Leak, Miss Frances, R.N.
Hughes, Miss Delwynne
Wesleyan Mission, P . 0 . Koroba,
S.H.D .
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Wright, • Rev . and Mrs. Wayne, Pill!rim Holiness Church, Box 2849,
Manila
Slater, Miss Flora Belle, Mountain
Bible School, Slnlpslp, Bugulas,
Benquet, Luzon
Smith, Rev. and Mrs. Robert, Pilgrim Bible School, Rosales, Pangasinan, Luzon
Walborn, Rev. and Mrs. Paul, Pilgrim
Bible School, Kabacan, Cotabato,
Mindanao
TAIWAN
Farmer, Miss Freda{ 54 Wan Shen St.,
Chingmei, Taipe , Taiwan, China
CARIBBEAN
American Virgin Islands 00801
Campau Rev. and Mrs. James, Boit
2145, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
Puerto Rico 00922
Putney,• Rev. and Mrs. John
Case, Miss Judy
Cornell, Miss Connie
Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth
GoldsmlthJ. Rev. and Mrs. Wm.
HeavilinJ. nev. and Mrs. Ronald
Hilson, nev. and Mrs. George
Lipp.e, Miss Aylo
Lively, Rev . and Mrs. Richard
McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Montanye, Miss Anita
Possehl, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Stockin Mr. Philip
VanDerKolk, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Box 10185, Caparra Heights
Netherlands Antilles:
Bittinger, Rev. and Mrs. Larry, Trin·
idadweg 42, Buena Vista, Curacao
Antigua, West Indies:
Croft, Rev. and Mrs. John L., Box 81,
St. Johns
Barbados, West Indies:
Phillippe, • Rev. and Mrs. E. E .,
King, Rev. and Mrs. Ronald
Box 59, Bridgetown
Grand Cayman, West Indies:
Bowman, Miss Ruth, West Bay
Haiti, West Indies:
Blackburn,• Rev. and Mrs. James
Emmett, Dr. and Mrs. Storer
Marville, Miss Dorothy, R.N.
Oman, Miss Opal
(Mail address for Port Margot)
Box 0, Port-au-Prince
Crapo, Miss Pearl
Glass, Miss Florence, R.N.
Ortlip, Rev. and Mrs. W . Henry
Palmer, Miss Mae, R.N.
Petit Goave
Hartman, Rev. and Mrs. Alfred
Sllvernale~pr . and Mrs. E. Dewain
Williams. miss Connie, R .N.
Fulk, t Miss Gertrude
(Mail address for La Gonave) Box
628, Port-au-Prince
Jamaica, West Indies:
Phillips, Rev . and Mrs. Dean
16 Mannings Hill Road, Kingston 8
Brentlinger, Rev. and Mrs. Carroll
Carter. Miss Edna Mae
Vermilya, Rev. and Mrs. James
Box 17, Savanna-la-Mar
St. Kitts, West Indies:
Wachenschwanz, Rev. and Mrs. Donald, Box 70, Basseterre
Trinidad. West Indies:
Taylor . Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth, Box
562, Port of Spain
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Honduras, Central America:
Davis,• Rev. and Mrs. Wm. J .
Apartado 3, La Ceiba
SOUTH AMERICA
Brazil, South America:
Lindner, Rev. and Mrs. James Language and Orientation School, Rua
Eduardo Lane, No. 270, Caixa Postal No. 15, Campinas, Est. de Sao
Paulo
Phillippe, Rev. and Mrs. Paul, Caixa
Postal 444, Manaus, Amazonas
Colombia, South America:
Rev. and Mrs. Mitchell
Davis, miss Alice
Apartado 233, Medellin ( reg. mail)
Apartado 964, Medellin (airmail)
Cotron~i·
Guyana, South America:
Hall, Miss Dorothy, R.N.
Mason, Miss Evelee
Mason, Miss Genevie
Sayers, Mr. and Mrs. James
Traug!t, Rev. and Mrs. Hubert
Wall, miss Doris, R.N.
Knupp, Rev. and Mrs. C. J .
Box 693, Georgetown
Taylor, Rev. and Mrs. Francis, 190
Upper Charlotte St., Georgetown
Peru, South America:
Brown, Miss Dorothy
Brown~_Rev . and Mrs. LaMar
Buby, miss Daisy
Greer, Miss Naoma
Apartado Num. 86, Chlcalayo
MEXICO
For Cananea, Sonora: Rev. Robert
Lytle, Box 2000, Marlon, Indiana
46952
For northern, central and southern
districts:
Soltero1 : Rev. and Mrs. F . H.
Hahn, miss Martha
Dickens Miss Lillona
Box 5S2, Laredo, Texas 78040
ON FURLOUGH
Aldinger, Miss Alma, R.N., 503 8th
Ave., N.E., Aberdeen, So. Dak.
57401
Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. James, 158
27th St., Barberton, Ohio 44203
Barnett, Rev. and Mrs. Glenn,
Hougnton, New York 14744
Brown, Miss Lena, 230 E. Ohio St.,
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Downey, Rev. and Mrs. Paul, 804 E.
Clinton St., Frankfort, Ind. 46041
Earl, Rev. and Mrs. Harris, Box 35,
West Chazy, New York 12992
Ediing1 _Dr. and Mrs. John, 345 Vine
St. menlo Park, Calif. 94025
Evatt, Miss Marie, Box 64, Central,
So. Carolina 29630
Heer, Rev. and Mrs. Franklil}l 1945
Vermont St., Lawrence, Kansas
66044
Higgins, Miss Nota, 2447 W. Broad
St., Columbus, Ohio 43204
Hooker, Miss Virginia, Rt. 2, King,
North Carolina 27021
Hudson, Rev. and Mrs. Gene, P . 0 .
Box 3, Hartland, New Brunswick,
Canada
Hyde, Rev. and Mrs. Daniel, 2926 N.
Delaware St., Indianapolis, Indiana
46205
Johnson, Rev. and Mrs. Harold, Rt.
4, Box 34, Hastings, Michigan 49058
Meeks Rev. and Mrs. Paul, 804 E.
Clinton St., Frankfort, Ind. 46041
Miller, Miss Ruth, 230 E. Ohio St.,
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Morgan, Rev. and Mrs. Wm., 476
Main St., Yarmouth, Nova Scotia,
Canada
Phillippe, Rev. and Mrs. Marcus,
2928 N . Delaware St., Indianapolis,
Indiana 46205
Quarle~ Miss Bernice, 308 Katherine
St., J!;asley, So. Carolina 29640
Russell, Rev. and Mrs. Roger1 230 E.
Ohio St., Indianapolis, Ina. 46204
Taylor, Miss Edna, 1424 Bauer Ave.,
Dayton. Ohio 45420
Vreugdenhil, Rev. and Mrs. Marlon,
622 2nd Ave., Mobridge, So.
Dakota 57601
Wiggins, Rev. and Mrs. James, 101
Wesley St., Clemson, South Carolina 29631
Wiley, Rev. and Mrs. Phillip, 804 E.
Clinton St., Frankfort, Ind. 46041
Wood, Rev. and Mrs. Donald, 804 E.
Clinton St., Frankfort, Ind. 46041
ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Birch, Dr. Marilyn, 4218 Vineshlre
Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43227
Bishop, Miss Rosa, R.N., 1441 University Terrace, Apt. 823, Ann
Arbor, Michigan 48104
Freeborn, Miss Betty, R.N., Box 431,
Sedona, Arizona 86336
•Designates field superintendent
t Designates associate missionary
WESLEYAN GOSPEL CORPS
Berry, Miss Donnalee, Box 10185,
Caparra Helgh~sJ Puerto Rico 00922
Martin, Mr. and mrs. John, Wesleyan
Mission, P. 0 . Pangia, S.H.D.,
Papua, New Guinea
Stevenson, Dr. and Mrs. Hollis, Kamakwie, via Makenl, Sierra Leone,
West Africa
POSTAGE
Africa, Australia, India, Japan, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippine Islands,
Taiwan : 13 cents regular mail; 13
cents airform; 25 cents airmail per
'h ounce.
American Virgin Islands and Puerto
Rico same as U. S.
Netherlands Antilles, West Indies,
Central America and South America:
13 cents regular mail; 13 cents airform; 15 cents airmail per 'h ounce.
The next directory will appear in
January.
CHRISTMAS MAIL FOR MISSIONARIES
To guarantee delivery before December 25, Christmas greetings and packages
sent by regular mail for missionaries overseas should be posted no later than October
10 to Africa and the Far East, and by November 1 to the Caribbean area. Airmail
greetings should be sent to the fields by December 1 due to the seasonal rush.
A Gift for Missionaries
All m1ss1onaries continue to receive the Wesleyan World without charge as they
did the former magazines before merger. Individuals and some societies or churches,
however, have been paying the airmail postage rates on magazines to enable missionaries
to receive their copies in 7 to 10 days rather than 4 to 10 weeks by regular mail.
Perhaps you would like to give such a gift to a missionary for Christmas or renew
one you gave this past year. The new rates for 12 issues are: Caribbean area, $6.00;
South America, $8.40 and all other Wesleyan fields, $10.80.
Please make your check to the Wesleyan Publishing House, but send it with
your letter to the Wesleyan World Editorial Office so missionaries can be assigned
and a record made. It is not necessary to designate any individual, but if you have a
specific missionary for whom you wish to pay postage, please indicate the name and give
a second choice in the event that person is already receiving airmail copies. If your
check is received before November 15, the December issue will arrive before Christmas
and your gift will make this benefit possible for 12 months. The office will also send
the donor's pame and address to each missionary.
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THE WESLEYAN WORLD
October
PRAYER ...
CALENDAR
Pray fo r:
1 A gracious outpouring of the Spirit now to
meet spiritual needs at the Caparra Spanish
Church, Puerto Rico.
2 Margaret Wright, R.N., who recently returned
to Nepal for her third term, that God will give
special help in adjusting to a new assignment at
Kathmandu Hospital.
3 Traveling mercies this month and help in
getting settled in new fields of labor for Rev. and
Mrs. Donald Bray (New Guinea) and Dr. and
Mrs. Norman Parks (Sierra Leone).
4 Revivals now in progress in Mexico and Peru.
5 Rev. Paul Swauger, Director of Recruitment,
reaching missionary candidates through conventions in Bible schools and colleges this fall .
6 The Arthur Calhoons in Australia that renewed physical strength shall be theirs at this
time.
7 Outgoing missionaries to Zambia, Dr. and
Mrs. Harold Burchel, who will be stationed at
Jembo Mission Hospital.
8 Wesleyan radio broadcasts in the Philippine
Islands to reach spiritually needy people.
9 Steady progress to be made by builders of the
new road linking Pangia with Taguru, New
Guinea, since mission expansion depends upon
its completion.
10 Nucleus of new converts in San Rafael, Colombia, that they may be established in the faith
and enabled to face local opposition.
11 National teachers in the church-operated day
schools of Haiti that they will be kept close to
God.
12 Revival slated at Kamabai Secondary School,
Sierra Leone, to begin October 14.
13 Conviction for sin and a hunger for God
for those to whom the Wm. Goldsmiths are
ministering in Puerto Rico.
14 Mrs. Mildred Scott and Miss Ruth Meeks,
Co-directors of Wesleyan Missionary Societies as
they plan for national convention Oct. 29-31.
15 Permits for missionaries to enter Zambia:
O CTOBER
1968
Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Watkins and Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Wissbroecker.
16 Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Liddick as they retire
at Brooksville, Florida.
17 The monthly women's meeting held today at
Vryheid, Natal that it be a fruitful time.
18 The November Self-Denial Offering that it
might reach the $250,000 goal needed for the
general operation of Wesleyan World Missions.
19 The ministry of missionary teachers in the
secondary schools of Zambia.
20 Rally Day promotion programs in Sunday
schools on various mission fields this month.
21 The safety of deputational workers constantly traveling across the United States for
services.
22 The preparation and execution of overseas
literature campaigns.
23 Rev. E. L. Wilson, General Secretary of
Wesleyan World Missions, that he may have
wisdom and spiritual discernment for his many
tasks.
24 Sufficient support funds for new national
workers coming out of Bible schools soon.
25 Missionary conventions scheduled in churches this fall that those in attendance will have
their vision increased and their faith lifted.
26 Revival beginning tomorrow at the Kamakwie
Secondary School, Sierra Leone, that many students of Muslem background may find God.
27 The members of the .Board of Administration as they meet the first week of November that
divine guidance and understanding shall be theirs.
28 The Hubert Traugh family as they labor in
Guyana, South America.
29 Field Superintendents that God will give
them spiritual refreshing and physical enabling
for the multitude of duties they face daily.
30 The newly converted dispensary patients in
Haiti that they shall continue to follow the Lord
and seek Christian fellowship.
31 Those working overseas in the Wesleyan
Gospel Corps that their labors might be fruitful.
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Ways to Work
Wtth <},od
Gracia Fero Banker, Jamaica, Retired
Would you like to be a missionary? You can
be, you know. And it's reasonably simple. No
medical clearance nor annoying shots. No passport nor ticket expense. No new language to
learn. Not even the bugs and minor inconveniences of the field itself.
Working with God, you may choose your colaborer. We often call them prayer partners. A
true prayer partner enters into the labors of the
missionary selected with real understanding.
Whatever the missionary's specified task-healing
the body, teaching, preaching, homemaking, administrating, printing, or what have you-the
partner seeks to visualize the situation with the
problems, interruptions, stress of climate, satanic
pressures and such like. He intercedes that God
will surround with His protection, strengthen
with His might, enlighten with His insight, give
gentleness under pressure, guide, and provide
material necessities from His infinite resources .
This daily undergirding, together with special remembrances, is of incalculable value. A small
picture of the partner in one's Bible or bedroom
is an effective reminder. Many a missionary has
thanked God and taken courage when assured,
"I pray daily for you and the work there."
Strategic work with God, making impact both
at home and overseas, can be done by neighborhood Bible study and prayer groups. A few ladies
(or a mixed group), meeting weekly at whatever
time of day is most suitable, can be a powerful
prayer force. A broadening of the impact is
gained by drawing in some who need spiritual
nurturing. Center prayer around one field each
time, present other urgent needs, and use the
monthly Prayer Calendar.
The Prayer Calendar, besides its worth in private and group devotions (some use the Missionary Directory along with it), affords a twopronged reaction when brought into family worship. Not only can God work on the matter
prayed about, but He thus has another tool for
involving your whole family in missions. Others
have taped the calendar to the refrigerator door
for frequent reminding.
For some years interested women have met together on Tuesday-singly, in twos, threes, or
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more-in a prayer and Bible study fellowship
with the women of our mission fields. In Jamaica
I have watched the little group of faithful ladies
leaving the church after their early prayer tryst.
Strengthened and refreshed th ey have returned to
home demands or, if free to do so, have spent
the morning calling in a needy district. From
other fields likewise, reports have come of the
women's joy in joining hands by prayer on this
day with their sisters in America. Fasting, when
it can be included with this, adds power to the
praying and sharpens the spiritual sensibilities of
the prayers . Here, then, is another avenue of
working with God.
\\'hen special needs occur that require urgent
praying, you can be one who will faithfully and
persistently respond. God works as we cooperate
with Him. And when He knows we can be
trusted, He will honor us with those Spiritpromptings that enable us to share in the spiritual battles engaging missionaries or nationals in
danger, under great pressure, in ill health, or otherwise targets of Satan's attacks.
Want to be a missionary? You can be. It is
simple-not easy, but simple. Try it!
·=
:
Wesleyan Women's Missionary Society
General Convention
at
Kentucky Hotel
5th and Market Sts., Louisville, Ky.
October 29, 30, 31
Everyone is welcome!
For further Information
or
Mrs. Mildred Scott
Box 2000
Marion, Indiana 46952
write to:
Miss Ruth Meeks
230 E. Ohio St.
Indianapolis, Ind. 46204
THE WESLEYAN WORLD
Mrs. Eilene Kindley, General Director
(Children in YMWB often choose prayer partners among missionary children. Reba tells of
making her choice and Carolyn relates a happy
experience that came to her because someone
prayed.)
Reba Swauger
/Jt~ p,.11~e,.
P11/'tHe/'
At a YMWB meeting at College Church
selected my prayer partner. Pictures of missionary children on bookmarks were placed on a
table from which we each made a selection.
After we chose a prayer partner we placed our
name beside the name of the missionary child
chosen. This list remains in our YMWB record
book. My bookmark had the picture of my
prayer partner, her age and birthday.
I chose Carol Ann Earl, who lives in Medellin,
Colombia, South America. We were friends before, and she is a very nice girl. She can tell me
how things are going in Colombia and when I
hear that mission field mentioned at church or
at home, I listen carefully because I have special
interest there.
I think that having prayer partners helps
adults and children learn to pray more for missionaries and for the needs on the mission fields.
I try to remember to pray for Carol and her
family every day.
-Reba Dawn Swauger
Everyone was real happy because there was a
teacher in town and we were going to have an
"honest-to-goodness" school! There would be
other children in the school also, not just ourselves. This was really going to be great! A
teacher who wasn't our mother.
Then came the day when Mom and Dad went
to school to check on some details. The teacher
told them something new had come up and they
could only accept children who would be in the
same grade as the children in their mission.
When they came back to the car to tell us, I
believe I could have cried. None of their children
were as old as I so that meant I couldn't go.
Although it was a great disappointment, I tried
to accept the fact that I would have to study at
home. Then I began to pray because I knew
God could help. No doubt others in the United
States were praying, too, for they knew we needed a schoolteacher.
The first day of school came and my brother
and sister started off. On Friday of that week I
went to help set up the library. Then I became
the librarian. Since I was there all morning, I
helped the teacher with some of the children.
One day she said to me, "Carolyn, I do believe
I could teach you if we could find some desk
parts and put them together." I was so excited
OCTOBER
1968
that I could scarcely wait to get home to tell my
mother.
You can imagine how fast that desk got put
together. I moved my books into it and began
to study my lessons with the rest of the children.
111is all happened because some person that knew
God was probably praying for us. Many other
answers to prayer have come about because you
have prayed.
-Carolyn Downey
The Downey Family
See what it all
adds ap to I
Coming in November
SELF-DENIAL OFFERING
101 wo1/d mi11ion1
• that the wo1/d
meg he/is re•
Give at least
one day's income
GOAL
You Take It From There
Going
Beyond Ourselves
HOW DO WE refuse help to the boy who wants
to work in exchange for a Bible? . . . the sobbing Christian girl who stands at your door asking for the protection of the mission because her
heathen father is trying to force her to marry a
polygamist? . . . the native pJstor who doesn't
have the means to take his wife, desperately ill,
to the hospital? . .. the Bible school student
who must drop out of classes to help support his
widowed mother and younger brothers and sisters?
How can we help our missionaries penetrate
the walls of superstition, heathenism or ignorance
. . . the walls of sophistication, tradition or intellectualism with the true message of salvation?
We cannot reach the world with the glorious
message unless we ask God to give us meansspiritual, physical and financial-that go beyond
ourselves . . . to do more than we are able,
through our God. A look at our troubled world
reveals needs and situations that seem beyond
the help of all human resources.
The November Self-Denial Offering for missions is that going beyond ourselves, that true
self-denial that moves God to give us those
means to do more than we are able for His glory
and the salvation of the lost. H e is able to do
for and through us more than we are able to ask
or think. Let us let Him.
Let us join together, through our Self-Denial
giving and thus reach beyond our resources in
prayer and faith, then we can help that boy . . .
that sobbing girl . . . that pastor . . . that Bible
school student . . . that missionary. The needs
are greater than our means, but not greater than
our God's resources.
I LISTENED to a young convert testify at
church last Sunday. It thrilled me to hear the
fresh exciting language of one who had just
found the Lord. She did not know or try to use
"church language"-it was foreign to her. In her
words, this new experience was "fabulous," "cool,"
"a OK."
After trying to give her testimony in the best
way she could she then turned to the pastor and
said, "OK, you take it from there."
\\'hether she realized it or not this young
lady touched at the very heart of Christian witnessing. It is our responsibility, as true followers,
to tell the story of Jesus again and again. It
should be something like a marathon-I'll tell it
to you, you tell it to the next person and so on,
and each time say, "You take it from there."
The church is very much in need of marathon
Christians carrying the flame, enduring the shame.
We must be possessed with the passion to "tell
it wherever we go." Tell it simply, tell it often.
"Sound this word of grace to all. . . . Make the
message clear and plain: Christ receiveth sinful
men."
It is a grand story, a wonderful story, yet so
many die without having even heard the name
of Jesus. Let us think about this the next time
we sing the missionary song:
We've a story to tell to the nations
That shall turn their hearts to the right,
A story of truth and mercy;
A story of peace and light,
A story of peace and light.
For the darkness shall turn to dawning,
And the dawning to noon-day bright
And Christ's great kingdom shall come to
earth,
The kingdom of love and light.
And then do something about it!
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Wesleyan World
November 1968
Volume 50, Number 3
David L. Keith, editor
E. L . Wilson, General Secretary of World Missions
R. N. Lytle, Asst. General Secretary
J. R. Duckworth, Director of Office Administration
D. L . Keith, Director of Literature
L. W. Leitzel, Director of Promotion
P. L. Swauger, Director of Recruitment
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Published monthly by The Wesleyan Church, Department of World Missions. Printed by the Wesleyan
Publishing House, Box 2000, Marion, Indiana 46952, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for
mailing at special second-class rate of postage provided
In Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized October 4, 1919. Subscription price, $1.50 per year. In
clubs of 10 or more to one address, $1.25. Send all
subscriptions and address changes to t he Wesleyan Publishing House, Box 2000, Marion, Indiana 46952.
THE WESLEYAN WORLD
Headquarters Located
At Marion, Indiana
The city of Marion, Indiana, has been selected
as the Headquarters of The Wesleyan Church.
The Board of General Superintendents, composed
of Dr. B. H. Phaup, Dr. M. H. Snyder, Rev. J. D.
Abbott and Dr. V. A. Mitchell, in making the
announcement stated that the unanimous decision
to center the work of the Denomination in Marion was reached by the 36-member General Board
of Administration, after a thorough study had
been made by the 16-member Executive Council.
The church center is to be housed in the modern and spacious facilities located at Highway 37
and Swayzee Road at the south end of Marion.
Here the work of the church in 30 nations will
be administered and a church literature publishing
program of a $1 Y2 million annual volume will
be carried on. Fourteen denominational executives
will have offices at this location. Since maintaining an outlet for Christian books, literature,
and other church supplies has been a part of the
ministry of the Church, it is planned that the
widely known bookrooms at 230 East Ohio Street,
Indianapolis, and at 415 South Washington, Marion, will be continued. (The -above information
was taken from the official news release with
slight modifications.)
At the time of this writing, General Secretary
E. L. Wilson plans to merge the two officesIndianapolis and Marion-at Marion on October
1st. All department correspondence should be
addressed to Box 2000, Marion, Indiana 46952.
This would include any correspondence relating
to administration, finances, missionaries, deputational assignments, recruitment, publications such
as the Wesleyan World and overseas literature.
Check the masthead appearing on page 2 for the
names of department officers. Any and all information relating to the Women's Missionary
Society should be addressed to The Women's
Missionary Society at the same address above.
Wesleyan Church Headquarters, Marion, Indiana
This Issue
This issue of Wesleyan World features a11 the
mission fields of the church. A brief historical
sketch is given to acquaint our readers with the
work abroad. Field statistics also appear and a
thumbnail sketch of all missionaries.
Picture Sheet of Missionaries
and World Map Available
In order to become better acquainted with Wesleyan World Missions, a colorful world map
measuring 18" x 31" has been printed and is
available free (send 10 cents each to cover postage
and handling) by writing to the Department of
\Vorld Missions. The reverse side of the map lists
pertinent information of all Wesleyan missionary
fields.
Missionary picture sheets are also available at
35 cents each or three for $1.00. One sheet includes the pictures of former Wesleyan Methodists, another of former Pilgrim Holiness, and
the third of former Wesleyan Methodist missionary children. Place your order for these picture
sheets with the Wesleyan Publishing House.
Cover photo:
In spite of religious persecution many Mexican
Indians remain loyal to the evangelical faith.
Pictured on the front cover, a mother, supported by
her Christian neighbors, presents her child for
dedication, at the local Wesleyan church.
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1968
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Kamakwie Wesleyan Hospital, Sierra Leone, West Africa.
SIERRA LEONE
Sierra Leone was not only the earliest Protestant
mission field in West Africa, but also became the
first foreign missionary ven ture of The Wesleyan
Church.
Following a survey of the country by Rev. A.
W. Hall, on December 11, 1889 the first party
of missionaries, Rev. and Mrs. Henry W. Johnston, their 14-month-old son, and Dr. Alice Harris.
left America to begin this new undertaking.
The early years were marked by hardship, disease and death. After the passing of little Irvin
Johnston, the cemetery at Kunso also became the
final resting place of several missionaries and others died after they reached the U.S.A. In spite
of the unhealthy climate and many adverse circumstances, the courageous missionary pioneers
forged ahead.
In 1890 limited medical work was started and
by 1892 three converts were baptized. The first
school was opened in 1893. By utilizing various
methods of missionary outreach, the Sierra Leone
field has made great strides from this humble beginning.
Over 3200 children are enrolled in primary
schools and more than 400 attend the two secondary schools. The four-year vernacular Bible
school in Bendembu trains young men and women
for Christian service. Recently, the Sierra Leone
Bible College has offered higher educational opportunities.
The hub of the medical ministry is at Kamakwie. In addition to the 65-bed hospital, clinics
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are conducted for over 200 patients each day.
Regular dispensaries at Bendembu and Kamabai
and numerous villages are a vital phase of the
program. In 1967, 10,879 patients were treated.
Village evangelism has resulted in the establishing of new churches even though Roman Catholics and Muslim influence is strong in some
sections. Today 23 organized churches and 16
unorganized congregations with national pastors
are a part of the district.
The New Life For All Campaign in Sierra
Leone is reaping a harvest of souls in hitherto unreached villages and opening new areas to the
gospel as well as resulting in more active Christians in the established churches.
The three main stations today are: Kamabai,
which was established in 1909 where there is a
dispensary and a secondary school for girls; Kamakwie, which was established in 1918 and is the
location for the hospital and the secondary
school; and Bendembu, which was opened in
1919 and is the site of the vernacular Bible
school.
SOUTH AFRICA
Wesleyan missions in South Africa began with
the arrival in Cape Town of Rev. and Mrs. William Hurst from the United States in January
1901.
Port Elizabeth became the real point of beginning for the work in South Africa and even
that start did not take place before 1907. After
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a successful beginning in Port Elizabeth among
the Europeans (Whites), mission stations were
opened in the interior among the Bantu people
-the Swazi, Zulu and Xhosa nations.
Interest in the "Dark Continent" was strong
at the home base and other missionaries began
to arrive. By 1912 at least 2 3 missionaries were
associated with the Port Elizabeth work. The superintendent, Rev. F. T. Fuge, was glad to announce that four denominations were working together and invited others to come. All business
on the field was managed by an interdenominational board of trustees.
Growth and mergers have characterized Wesleyan missions. The interdenominational aspect
of the work gave way to denominational control.
This was largely due to lack of both financial
assistance and administrative coordination . There
are eleven major centers of Wesleyan missionary
work.
Ebenezer Mission
The Charles Slater family, after a long, hard
trip from Port Elizabeth (six-month trip by ox
wagon), arrived in Swaziland on June 28, 1910,
and settled on a chosen site near Stegi. The
main station was named Ebenezer Mission. Outstation churches sprang up. A medical work was
developed and schools were opened.
In 1957 the need became evident for a second
mission station in Swaziland.
Joy Mission
A site for a new mission station was located
about eight miles southeast of the town of Manzini. This station is 60 miles west of the Ebenezer Mission.
The district included churches and schools in
the low bush veldt.
Emmanuel Mission
Fred T. Fuge led a missionary party to a location among the Zulus near Port Shepstone.
They arrived at the mission site in July 1911 and
named it Emmanuel Mission. Converts from the
Port Elizabeth campaigns, W. H. Reynolds and
G. E. Schoombie later joined the Fuge group.
These two converts became missionary leaders in
the church.
Located in the same area is
The Wesleyan Bible Institute
Rev. C. G. Keith moved from Swaziland to
Emmanuel Mission in January 1940. His burden
was that of opening a Bible institute for the
training of African ministers. His dreams were
realized when in January 1946 the Bible institute
accepted its first students. Miss Ethel Jorden became the first full-time instructor.
Mt. Frere Mi\sion
In 1908, Charles and Eliz;,.)eth Radway chose
to settle among the Xhosa people. They opened
a mission station in the small village of Mt. Frere.
Charles Radway was an Australian immigrant
converted at Cape Town. He married Miss Elizabeth Serle, missionary sister of Mrs. M. W.
Knapp, the wife of the founder of God's Bible
School in Cincinnati. The Ray Millers were appointed to the station in 1934. They developed
the large Girls' Industrial Institute, a home economics training center for African girls.
Good Hope Mission
The opening in Pondoland, where Good Hope
Mission Station has been located near Lusikisiki,
came during the migration of a native Xhosa
man from the Mt. Frere area. He asked the Mt.
Frere missionaries to come and give his people
the gospel. Visits were made by Ray Miller and
\Vatson Goodman. In 1947 a mission station
was opened. A hospital was built, a school c}eveloped and outstation churches were begun.
Mozambique and Reef
The gold mining industry in the Johannesburg
area attracted hundreds of thousands of Africans,
many of whom came from Mozambique. Early
in the century missionaries began to hold services among these men-traveling from one gold
mine compound to another. The compounds
house approximately 5000 men each. After a
tenure of service in the mines the men would
return home. Those who had become Christians
were instrumental in planting the church in their
own home areas. Thus 135 churches have sprung
up in Mozambique, Transvaal and the Orange
Free State.
"Kraals" (huts) dot the South African hillsides.
European Work
The missionaries in South Africa had always
witnessed to the European people when opportunity was given, but there was no definite program for evangelizing among the Europeans after
the work was abandoned at Port Elizabeth in
1915. Rev. R. G. Flexon was deeply stirred
when an unusual hunger for holiness truth was
evident during his ministry among the Europeans
in 194 7. He returned to the U.S. to do everything possible to create interest in evangelizing
these people. Rev. R. E. Strickland was appointed to open work in South Africa among the
Europeans.
Zululand
Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Sanders launched the mission work in the Paulpietersburg, Zululand area
in 1901. They were joined in 1905 by Rev. and
Mrs. I. F. Kierstead. From this center their work
spread to Rhodesia and Swaziland.
A second mission station was established at Altona where the Evangelical Holiness Bible School
is located.
The Zululand missionary work, which reaches
into Swaziland, has operated three mission schools
and a number of churches in addition to the
Bible school.
RHODESIA
Bethesda Mission, located 27 miles south of the
Victoria Falls, was founded in 19 57 with the
threefold purpose of medical, educational, and
evangelistic missions. Schools, churches and a
hospital have been established as an extension
of the Zululand work.
ZAMBIA
Zambia, formerly known as Northern Rhodesia,
was first entered by Wesleyan missionaries in
1929, some 75 years after the discovery of the
Victoria Falls by David Livingstone. Rev. and
Mrs. Ray Miller and Miss Mary Loew
left South Africa and motored 2000 miles northward to Choma to find people who had never
been reached with the gospel. Ray Miller's keen
anticipation to establish the work in Zambia was
cut short by an attack of Malta fever. They
were replaced by the Harry Reynolds, Jr. family
in 1933. A mission station site was located near
Pemba, usually spoken of as
Jembo Mission
A mission home and a church school were
built. Mrs. Reynolds opened a clinic. Harry
Reynolds was only 34 years of age when his life
was cut off by black water fever on March 8, 1937.
Today the church owns a 3,000-acre farm and
is actively engaged in village evangelism, educational, medical and agricultural work. The Wesleyan Bible Institute is located here.
Siachitema Mission
This mission, located approximately 80 miles
north of the Victoria Falls, was turned over to
the church during the years of World War II.
A thriving Christian community now exists including a hospital, a girls' boarding school and
an orphanage.
Chaboboma Mission
In 1950 Chaboboma Mission, Zambezi River
Valley, was opened.
Missionaries at the Jembo Mission were burdened over the unevangelized Batonga people of
the valley. Short visits were made. The intense
heat, the tsetse fly and prevalence of deadly snakes
and other poisonous insects were all good reasons
why it was referred to as "the white man's gravevard."
· John Blann, with his family, and Miss Ruth
Miller, R.N., were the first missionaries to take
up residence down along the Zambezi.
Due to the creation of the Keriba Lake-damming up the Zambezi River-the mission was
relocated to higher land where now one of our
largest mission station compounds is located.
Zimba Mission
The C. G. Keiths, while stationed at Siachitema
Mission, made the first visits to the Zimba area
and were immediately concerned regarding the
thousands there who were without any gospel opportunity. A mission home was erected in 1957
and the Keiths became the resident missionaries.
Choma High School in Zambia with staff quarters in the foreground. Students from the high
school go on to Bible school or David Livingstone Teacher Training College to prepare for
a life of Christian service.
Today the area includes a number of churches,
schools and a good hospital.
Field Headquarters and Higher Education
The field headquarters is in the town of Choma
where the large Choma High School is located.
The David Livingstone Teacher Training College is in the town of Livingstone. The Wesleyan
Church plays an active part with other societies
in the control and management of these schools.
INDIA
Bombay State became the first location of Wesleyan missionary endeavor to Western India in
1910. Rev. and Mrs. A. E. Ashton, who had
spent some years there as missionaries under
another holiness group, joined the church and
embarked for India at this time with their family and Miss Stella Wood.
For many years village evangelism, training nationals, medical work and literature distribution
was carried on over a rural area with a population
of nearly one-quarter million people. Many missionaries have labored diligently and faithfully
to reach people bound by caste systems, ancient
traditions and Hindu religions. The missionary
staff has been limited in recent years since
schools are under the government, medical work
has been somewhat curtailed and visas have been
difficult to secure.
In Central India, the 60-year-old work of the
Missionary Bands of the World merged with
Wesleyan missions and in 1962 the Central India
District was organized. The Leprosarium with
17 buildings on a 33-acre compound, is operated
mainly by competent national workers now. A
boarding school for girls, most of whom are
orphans, furnishes elementary education for the
Christians of Rajnandgaon.
One of the most effective tools in both areas
of India has been evangelism by means of literature distribution. Tracts, Bible portions and
other booklets have been given out by the thousands and are well received in most places.
Union Biblical Seminary at Yeotmal trains
Wesleyan students from Japan and India.
NEPAL
Nepal, a Himalayan kingdom, for centuries
virtually closed to the outside world, cautiously
opened her doors in 1950 to the United Mission. The mission was organized to take advantage of the opportunity and began educational
and medical work. Later this international, interdenominational mission was allowed to add agricultural projects to its program.
The Wesleyan Church cooperated with the
United Mission to Nepal from the start and
furnished two missionary nurses for its medical
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View of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
Christians in front of the only Protestant
church building in Kathmandu, Nepal.
program, centered mostly at the 60-bed Shanta
Bhawan Hospital operated in a rented palace in
Kathmandu. Miss Isla Knight was the first American nurse to enter the country in 1954. She
stayed three months to help in the preparation
and opening of the medical work and then spent
two terms there. She died as a cancer victim in
January 1968. In September, Miss Margaret
'Vright returned to the field for her third term.
Although it is still illegal to convert a Hindu
to any other religion, a small but vigorous, indigenous church is emerging even under the stress
of severe restrictions and opposition.
Today the United Mission consists of 23 member bodies, 102 workers from 12 different countries representing 10 denominations.
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CARIBBEAN
On January 15, 1902, the C . 0. Moulton family left Cincinnati, Ohio, for St. Kitts in the
West Indies. They were associated with an interdenominational missionary society, but his labors
indirectly led to the founding of the Wesleyan
work in this area of the Caribbean. He later united
with the church.
Two West Indian ministers attended A. B.
Simpson's holiness and missionary conventions in
New York in 1890. They voiced an earnest plea
for such anointed evangelism to be extended to
their people in the West Indies. The response
was immediate and missionaries were on their
way, strictly on a faith basis. This "Macedonian
call" from two West Indian brethren eventually
resulted in a further strengthening of Wesleyan
missions throughout the Caribbean.
A significant result of early work on the island
of Saba was the conversion of Irene Blyden.
Miss Blyden attended God's Bible School and
returned to the islands about 1910 for a lifetime of most effective service. Later married to
R. A. Taylor, they were always rightfully considered as a part of the missionary staff and spent
many years on Nevis . Their two sons, Ira and
Wingrove, have become leaders in the Wesleyan
work.
A number of missionaries and independent
societies have added to the formation of Wesleyan missions in the Caribbean area. They took
the larger view for the future of holiness work
and decided it was not God's plan for them to do
further independent work. There had to be an
established church organization that would be
recognized by the government. The matter of
buying and registering property and the need of
church buildings could best be taken care of,
they felt, by an established church.
One of the first steps in the direction of establishing indigenous churches was the setting up
of responsible districts with district conferences
and district boundaries of administration according to the Discipline. By 1936, there were five
well-organized districts in the Caribbean field in-
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The new classroom building at the Caribbean Bible
College on the island of Barbados.
eluding the Northern Islands District, Barbados
District, Jamaica District, Trinidad District and
Demerara District of Guyana (Note: Guyana was
originally under the Caribbean organization but
now falls under the Latin and South America
Area).
Our Wesleyan work in England, where we
now have a fully organized district, was opened
as a result of the migration of West Indians to
that country. West Indian congregations are
also to be found in Canada and New York.
The Caribbean Bible College is located on
the island of Barbados. The church has work on
the following islands : St. Thomas, Barbados, St.
Vincent, Antigua, St. Kitts, Curacao, Jamaica,
Grand Cayman, Trinidad, Montserrat, Nevis,
Saba, St. Croix, Tobago, Barbuda and Haiti.
Honduras in Central America falls under the
Caribbean area.
JAMAICA
The merger of the Missionary Bands of the
World with The Wesleyan Church in 1958 resulted in a new field with about 20 churches and
a membership of approximately 700. New churches have been added every year until the figures
now are twice that number.
An extensive vacation Bible school program is
carried on each summer. Christian workers receive their preparation at Torrington Bible School.
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From this district workers have been sent to
Honduras to help meet the need for pastors.
HAITI
In July 1948, The Wesleyan Church received
from the Faith Missionary Association of Tabor,
Iowa, the work which they had initiated in Haiti
six years previously.
The earliest missionaries, Rev. and Mrs. Arthur
Calhoon and Miss Norah Grosenbach (now Mrs.
Ferdinand Witthuhn), laid the foundation for the
three phases of a continuing program in Haiti :
Bible school instruction, evangelism and the ministry of medicine.
Main stations have been developed at Port
Margot in the north, Petit Goave in the south
and on the island of La Gonave. Bible schools
were maintained at each of these stations until
last year when they were consolidated at Petit
Goave where there is also a dispensary. Hospitals are operated at Port Margot and on La
Gonave. Many converts come from this part of
the work as the gospel is carefully presented to
all patients. Over 65,000 treatments were given
in 1967 by the combined services of hospitals,
dispensaries and clinics.
Adult literacy classes ~nd short-term girls'
schools as well as 31 primary schools are conducted.
This impoverished nation with an illiteracy rate
of 75 percent has faced great economic and political problems. Hurricane Flora destroyed many
of the mountain churches in 1963. However,
Busta Brown, district evangelist, carpenter and builder
at Torrington, Jamaica.
Missionaries and nationals loading the motorboat and
sailboat at Montrois for La Gonave, Haiti.
these have been rebuilt and presently 59 congregations are helping to extend the outreach of the
kingdom in Haiti today in the Wesleyan work.
HONDURAS
Honduras, a mountainous, tropical land with
a per capita income of approximately $200 each
year and an illiteracy rate of about 60 percent,
became a Wesleyan mission field in 1957 when
the first missionary, Miss E. Wood, was appointed
to that Central American republic. Rev. and
Mrs. Wm. Davis followed in September 1958 and
have supervised the work since that time.
Opening a bookstore and Bible depot in La
Ceiba has resulted in the sale and free distribution
of thousands of gospel pieces. Colporteurs and
a bookmobile also are used in this important
literature ministry.
In 1962 three English-speaking independent
Methodist churches voted to become a part of
The Wesleyan Church.
The missionaries give direction to the churchsponsored primary day schools, vacation Bible
schools, the literature program and the church
work.
The Caribbean area includes Honduras as the work
there is in English. Puerto Rico, since it is Spanishspeaking, falls into the Latin and South America area.
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MEXICO
The history of The Wesleyan Church in
Mexico is filled with interest and thrilling adventure for the Lord.
In 1919 Rev. and Mrs. F. H. Soltero were in
mission work in a mining town in New Mexico.
God had given them a gracious revival there and
had saved souls in a neighboring town. After
laboring there for 15 months without definite
support, their faith reached out to believe that
God would take care of them in Mexico.
In January 1920 a farewell service was held
for the Solteros in Pasadena. $400 was given by
the church to send these missionaries to Mexico.
After much prayer they felt led to begin their
labors in the city of San Luis Potosi.
Difficult days, opposition and threats to their
lives were faced by this young missionary couple.
Yet this only intensified their burden to win
the lost. God honored their faith. The story of
the revival that swept through Aztec territory in
1925 and 1926 like a prairie fire is without parallel in Wesleyan missionary history. Whole villages were transformed. The pastors could not
keep up with it.
Even though in the beginning the Aztecs were
partly aroused by the false idea that the "new
religion" was part of the land reform movement,
they were absolutely sincere about taking the way
of Christ.
Annual conventions and conferences have been
held since 192 5. The Solteros began to train
workers at first in their own home. "So mightily
grew the word of God and prevailed" in the midst
of persecution and government restrictions.
The years of World War II were marked by
advance. The Bible school was established at
Valles, Mexico. Work was begun among the
Huastecos. Churches were built in the market
towns-the important commercial hubs-from
which the work spread still further. In 1945 the
area of Puebla was entered.
PERU
Willis Brand, under the compulsion of a divine
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call, left the United States for Peru in 1903. He
settled in Chiclayo and taught English to interested young businessmen. He held services in his
home until religious freedom was granted to
Protestants in 1920.
The Catholic fanaticism made the gospel battle
a hard one. The workers often had to drink the
cup of persecution while extending the work into
new places.
Peru is a most needy land of ten million people who are desperately poor. Wesleyan missionaries have established gospel lighthouses in a
number of places where otherwise there would
be total spiritual darkness. They also have had
a vision for the training of Peruvian workers and
have established a Bible school at Chiclayo.
The work in Peru presently comes under the
administration of the field superintendent of the
Latin American field, which includes Peru and
Mexico.
GUYANA
Wesleyan beginnings in Guyana date back to
1913 when George Biemes and R. G. Finch
launched the work in Georgetown with a good
revival. Further, due to World War I travel restrictions, several missionaries bound for South
Africa broke their journey and helped pioneer
the Guyana work. The gospel spread along the
coast into the hinterland, along the waterway
back among the Savannas where the Amerindians
lived, and along the coast to Surinam.
Guyana Interior
The conversion of a riverboat captain, Mr.
Fanfair, Jed to the next great step of evangelizing
among the Indians in the interior. Missionaries
J. M. \Valton and C. F. Berg made the first trip
back along the Patamona trail in 1946.
A station was opened in 1950 at Paramakatoi
and this project became the beginning point for
stations at Pipilipai and Baramita, and also led to
the opening of work in Brazil. The mission in
Guyana Interior can be reached only by air from
the outside world.
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Rev. Jose Aguirre encourages his young people as
they carry cement blocks up the steep incline to be
used to enlarge the Jalpilla Church, Mexico.
EXPLANATION OF CHART BY COLUMNS
l. The wife's maiden name appears in parentheses.
2. Only the present field of service of the missionary is indicated. Some have also served in other
countries. Abbreviations are:
Ant.--Antigua
Phil.-Philippines
Aust.-Australia
Pond.-Pondoland
Barb.-Barbados
P.R.-Puerto Rico
Braz.-Brazil
Rho.-Rhodesia
Col.-Colombia
S.K.-St. Kitts
C.P.-Cape Province
S.L.-Sierra Leone
G. C.-Grand Cayman
Sur.-Surinam
Guy.-Guyana
Swaz.-Swaziland
Hon.-Honduras
Tran.-Transvaal
Jam.-Jamaica
Trin.-Trinidad
Mex.-Mexico
Twn.-Taiwan
Moz.-Mozambique
V.I.-American Virgin
N.A.-Netherland Antilles
Islands
N.G.-New Guinea
Zam.-Zambia
3. The year first appointed with either former Wesleyan Methodists or Pilgrims is indicated. A few
have served before this date with other boards. Also,
some have not had continuous service from this date
as health, education, or other situations have interrupted their work.
4. Abbreviations for the present principal assignment of the missionary follow:
B-Builder
D-Doctor
P-Pastor
E-Evangelist
Pr-Pressman
G-General work
S-Field superintendent
L-Linguist
Se-Secretary
N-Nurse
T-Teacher
5. Only the state or foreign country is listed for
birthplace due to lack of space.
6-7. Where specific dates are not given under age
converted or called as a missionary, abbreviations are:
Ch-child; Tn-teen; Co-college; Nt-in nurses' training; Ad-as an adult.
8. Wesleyan Church colleges are abbreviated thus:
B-Bethany Bible College, Canada
BW-Bartlesville Wesleyan College, Oklahoma
C-Central Wesleyan College, South Carolina
E-Eastern Pilgrim College, Pennsylvania
F-Frankfort Pilgrim College, Indiana
H-Houghton College, New York
M-Marion College, Indiana
ME-Melbourne Bible College, Australia
ML-Miltonvale Wesleyan College, Kansas
0-0wosso Bible College-Michigan
FRI-Pilgrim Bible Institute, Brakpan, So. Africa
S-Southern Pilgrim College, North Carolina
9. Where missionaries have attended other colleges,
universities, or schools of nursing in addition to, or
in place of Wesleyan Church colleges, this is merely
indicated by X to conserve space.
13. The marriage date is provided for those who
like to send anniversary cards or write to missionaries
with a similar family pattern as their own.
In some cases blanks appear because the complete
information is not on file.
The average age of the missionaries who listed the
year of their conversion was thirteen. Those who
were saved at eight years or younger number 47.
Indiana tops the list with 34 missionaries, Michigan
with 27 and Ohio with 21. A total of 28 missionaries
were born outside of the United States or Canada.
Chart appears on pages 12, 13, 16, 17
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Aldinger, Alma
Amos, Clifford
Faith (Koekemoer)
Barnett, Glenn
Janice (Gracely)
Bauer, Laurence Paul
Betty Mae (Anderson)
Bibbee, Rebecca
Birch, Marilyn P.
Birch, Marion P.
Marjorie (Trout)
Bishop, Rosa
Bittinger, Larry
Daisy (Mattingly)
Blackburn, James
Della (Norman)
Bogart, Larry
Deanne (McKenzie)
Bowman, Ann
Bowman, Ruth M.
Bozak, Martin D.
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NOVEMBER
1968
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Continued from page 11
Medical and educational work have played an
important part in establishing the church in the
Guyana Interior.
SURINAM
The opening of work in Paramaribo, the capital of Surinam, led to contact with Bush Negroes
of the interior. Soon after arriving in Paramaribo
in 1945, Rev. L. W. Leitzel led to Christ an old
prospector and the young Bush Negro boy who
accompanied him. The boy later became the
means of contact with his people in the interior.
Pelgrim Kondre
Providentially, the way was opened for a mission station among the Aucaner tribe along the
Upper Cottica River. In 1952 the clearing was
made for the mission station known as Pelgrim
Kendre, meaning Pilgrim country. Schools were
opened and medical work started and the missionaries began to visit the villages. Penetrating
the dense wall of superstition has proved to be
a very difficult task. The missionaries also face
isolation and jungle conditions.
BRAZIL
vVesleyan missionaries entering Brazil are required to learn the Portuguese language before
proceeding on to Manaus, the capital of the
state of Amazonas, where the church began its
work in 1958.
Amazonas is one of the largest states in Brazil,
engulfing an area equal to all the countries of
Western Europe. The city of Manaus is the
nerve center of this vast region and has a population of 200,000. It seems necessary to establish
a base in the center from which the church
hopes to work out into the hinterland. At present
there are two V/esleyan churches and a Bible institute in the city. The work was opened by Rev.
and Mrs. Paul Downey.
COLOMBIA
The opening of Wesleyan missionary work in
Colombia in 1941 was th e result of a petition
made by the Woman's Missionary Society at the
General Conference in 1939. Following a survey, Medellin, Colombia, was chosen as a center of operation. Rev. and Mrs. Ster! Phinney
were the first missionaries. They settled in a rented home and began language study. They were
later joined by other missionaries. A headquarters
building, including two apartments and a chapel,
was built and occupied in 1943. Services were
first held in July 1943.
The Roman Catholic-controlled government
critically scrutinized every step the mission endeavored to take and made it exceedingly difficult for "Evangelicals" to operate successfully.
It seemed the only door which could be entered was that of printing gospel literature in the
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About 13 million pages of gospel literature roll off
Wesleyan presses annually in Colombia.
Spanish language. Th is phase of the work has
met with phenomenal success. About 13 million
pages of gospel literature are printed annually
from these presses and sent to many South American countries.
There has been a relaxing of restrictions and a
lessening of violence against Protestantism and
the \Vesleyan Church has grown more rapidly in
recent times . Most of the national churches sponsor primary schools for the education of their
children.
This year of 1968 Evangelism-in-Depth in Colombia has provided training for witnessing and
sponsored door-to-door evangelism, prayer cells
and citywide campaigns that have resulted in
many conversions and new areas becoming receptive to the gospel.
Th e new church in the capital at Bogota was
dedicated this year and provides a center for outreach in this booming city.
PUERTO RICO
A tent crusade sponsored by the Department
of Wesleyan Youth for the San Juan area resulted
in Wesleyan work on the island of Puerto Rico
in 1952.
Students in prayer during chapel in Wesleyan Academy at Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
•
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Crosby, who formerly
served in Colombia, were the first to give leadership, and they began services both in Spanish
for the local people and in English for the many
continentals who work on the island.
The Spanish Church of Caparra was the first
to be established. From this nucleus, five organized churches and three unorganized congregations stand today which are pastored by Puerto
Ricans.
For years the Caparra Church was utilized by
the English congregation too. Since 19 56 they
have had a full-time English-speaking pastor. This
year that group has built a spacious sanctuary
of their own and minister largely to American
educators, businessmen and some who have re-
tired on th e island.
The Wesleyan Academy also had its beginnings
in the Caparra basement. It was crowded out
long before property became available in 1961
when a site was finall y purchased and a building
program started. This year the Academy has 410
students in its 12 grades and continues its spiritual outreach to parents as well as pupils. The
school has been the scene of several spontaneous
revivals .
In the new housing development called Levittown where thousands of people live, a venture
has begun with church services held in the missionaries' home, repeated contacts made to every
family and literature being sent regularly to enlist the people of this crowded area for Christ.
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Bulletin board in front of the Kochi Immanuel Church, Japan.
JAPAN
The presentation of the cause of Christian
missions in Japan by Mr. Hirade, a Japanese theological student, gave impetus to a growing conviction of Rev. Eber T eter that the Church should
establish work in that country.
Ready to accept the challenge were Rev. and
Mrs. Maurice Gibbs who arrived in Japan to
begin their labors in 1919. About fifteen congregations were organized during the years they
supervised the field until November 1934. Then
the E. Sterl Phinneys served from 193 7 until
April 1940.
Church growth continued until 1941 when the
war between Japan and the West brought persecution to the Christians and devastation to all but
two of the churches.
In July 1947, after much deliberation and
N OVEMBER
1968
prayer, Mr. Gibbs was sent back to Japan to reestablish the missionary program. Progress was
slow, but by pioneering and tent evangelism
gradually numbers increased. Then in 1952 the
Wesleyans merged with th e indigenous Immanuel
Church-one of the fastest growing holiness
groups in Japan-to cooperate in reaching every
prefecture in the country. More than 65 organized churches, a Bible Training College, and Japan
Wesley Press, along with the faithful missionaries, all have a part in reach ing the lost of this
densely populated area.
PHILIPPINES
The beginning of the Wesleyan Church in the
Philippines was the result of soul-winning efforts
by holiness people in California. Filipinos who
page 18, please
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Kinde, Donald
Joan (Kallstrom)
King, Ronald E.
Ruth Mary (Nielsen)
Knupfc, Clarence J.
Mi dred M. (Beck)
Leak, Frances
Lehman, Orai D.
Linda W. (Cheney)
Lehman, Orai I.
Dorothy D. (Johnson)
Lemley, Bessie Alberta
Lind, James R.
E. Marilyn (Elfstrom)
Lindner, H. James
Evangeline (Wilson)
Lippe, Aylo
Lively, Richard
Angelyn (Phillips)
Long, Lois E.
McDonald, Kenneth
Anne (Bogert)
Madden, Ronald E.
Jenny
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Major, Bertha
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Darlene (Laffoon)
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Carolyn (Haney)
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Merline (Mack)
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Montanye, Anita
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Elsie (Shaw)
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Shirley (Stokes)
Oman, Opal
Ortlip, W. Henry
Elizabeth (Carlson)
Pake, Naomi
Palmer, Mae
Parks, Norman
Joan Ann
Peterson, Martin
Fern (Nelson)
Peyton, Claudie
Possehl, Carl L.
Andrea (Hoover)
Phillippe, Edward E.
Eunice (Petry)
Phillippe, Marcus
Ruth M. (Royer)
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Ragsdale, John P.
Shirley (Wensel)
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Carol (Chance)
Reynolds, Paul
Wilma (Waggoner)
Ross, Barry L.
Margaret (Tysinger)
Russell , Roger P.
Phyllis (Williams)
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Myra (Crowell)
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Kathryn
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Sheridan, Lois
Silvernale, E. Dewain
Beryle (Burnes)
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Julia (Burchard)
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Nellie (Carroll)
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Bessie (Carroll)
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Mary Frances (Rodgers)
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Traugh, Hubert L.
Joanne M.
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Madelyn (Quintana)
VanderKolk, Clarence
Marion (Jackson)
Vermilya, James
Jeanette (Holtsclaw)
Vreugdenhil, Marion
Vergie Lee (Helm)
Wachenschwanz, Donald
Luretha (White)
Walborn, Paul L .
Jean (Huselton)
Wall, Doris
Walston, Leavinia
Watkins, Josefuh W.
Faith (Cou ter)
Wiggins, James
D. Lois (Coile)
Wiley, Philip
Mildred (Oden)
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Wilson, Paul D.
Laconda (Jewell)
Wissbroecker, Josefh
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Students and faculty at the Mindanao Bible School, Philippines.
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were converted and were burdened to return to
their homeland to win others were used of the
Lord in starting the work.
The first church to be formed in the Philippines on the island of Luzon was at San Francisco, Sudipen, La Union, in 1932. Interest
soon spread to several surrounding barrios.
Enthusiastic letters of report were sent to the
general church leaders in the United States. The
need for organization in order to obtain government recognition soon became apparent.
Rev. and Mrs. R. K. Storey and family were
the first Board-appointed missionaries to arrive in
the Philippines, landing in Manila in May 1937.
Bible school classes began in 1939. Mission plans
were interrupted abruptly by the Japanese invasion in December 1941. The Storey family were
taken prisoners and interned until liberated in
February 1945 when they returned to the States.
The general upheaval and unrest following the
war affected the church. Missionary leadership
resumed again with the arrival of Rev. and Mrs.
Paul William Thomas in December 1949.
As a result of revival services and a general immigration movement from Luzon, the church became established on the island of Mindanao. A
Bible school was begun and a temporary missionary residence was established in Davao City in
1952 and was later moved to Kabakan, Cotabato,
in 1959.
The gospel reached the Igorot people in 1951
with the opening of a station in Bakan, Benguet, Mountain Province. In 1958 work was begun among the Kalinga tribe of Igorots.
Three thriving Bible schools serve the Philip18
pine area. Daily and weekly radio broadcasts
and the Voice of Holiness publication spread the
message of salvation to the vast Filipino population.
AUSTRALIA
In 1945, Rev. K. M. Ridgway contacted church
officials about commencing work in Australia
where a great need existed for the holiness message. An affirmative response resulted in his appointment as an official representative of The
Wesleyan Church in Australia. In 1947 the work
was organized and the following year Dr. Leo G.
Cox and family arrived to serve in the new Melbourne Bible College and in district leadership.
Difficult years of opposition and local prejudice
against holiness followed. In 19 50 the program
was consolidated and the church clarified its policy. A building program was accelerated and today twelve places of worship, mostly in the Melbourne area, are reaching new people.
From this field nine missionaries have been
sent to labor in New Guinea.
NEW GUINEA
Rev. Kingsley Ridgway, a native of Australia
and a key figure in the development of the Wesleyan Church in Australia, was instrumental in
opening the New Guinea work in 1961.
New Guinea is considered the greatest mission
field in our day. Approximately 1200 languages
are used on the island. Many of these have never
been learned by the white man and are unwritten.
Our mission is in the Territory of Papua,
which Time magazine describes as "312,329
square miles of steaming, often impenetrable junTHE WESLEYAN WORLD
The Wesleyan work administers a three-point
program: evangelistic, medical and educational.
Twenty-three churches and preaching stations
have been established in the Koroba and Pangia
areas. In 1962 schools were opened at Mogoro
Fugwa and Betege. Adult literacy classes, pastortraining classes and inquirers' classes have also
been part of the program. From a first-aid station in 1962, the medical work has expanded to
include infant welfare and prenatal clinics and
dispensary service to thousands of patients.
With the rise of the spirit of nationalism and
independence, a long-range plan is being instituted aimed to produce a completely indigenous
church in the near future.
Baptism of Christians in New Guinea.
TAIWAN
gle and snowcapped mountains populated by
2,400,000 natives-90 percent illiterate-and
some emigree whites."
The Wesleyans were the first to settle in the
Southern Highlands District among 200-3000
semi-primitive people. With no road link to the
coast, the missionaries have been dependent on
the services of Missionary Aviation Fellowship
for the delivery of their supplies and travel outside the immediate area. This has necessitated
the building of two airstrips.
In August 1963, Rev. Ridgway reported revival
simultaneously at both' ends of the field, hundreds of miles apart, when such deep conviction
came that fetishes were destroyed, heathen practices abandoned, quarrels settled, stolen property
paid for, blood feuds forgotten, murders confessed, and restitutions of all kinds made.
Taiwan, also known as Formosa, is governed
by the Nationalistic Chinese government that fled
the mainland of China when it was conquered
by the Communist forces in 1950.
When Wesleyan missionaries who had labored
in China were unable to return to the mainland
in 1954, they were sent to Taiwan where they
carried on evangelistic and children's work.
After the 1959 General Conference, by agreement with the Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends,
who already had a thriving work on the island,
the Wesleyan effort was amalgamated with theirs.
Currently one missionary, Freda Farmer, is appointed by Wesleyan World Missions to work
with the Friends in Taiwan. She serves devotedly among the women and children and gives
guidance to the growing national church. At
present her assignment is in the city of Taipei.
To help you identify the missionary fields of the former denominations, they are listed as follows:
Wesleyan Methodist
Australia
Colombia
Haiti
Honduras
India
Jamaica
Japan
Nepal
New Guinea
Puerto Rico
Republic of S. Africa
Rhodesia
Sierra Leone
Taiwan
Pilgrim Holiness
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Antigua-Montserrat-BarbudaDominica
Barbados
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Curacao
Grand Cayman
Guyana
Jamaica
Mexico
Mozambique
Peru
Philippines
Republic of S. Africa
St. Kitts-Nevis-Saba
Surinam
Swaziland
Trinidad and Tobago
Zambia
Statistics
Area and/
or field
Africa-Asia Total
South Afr~
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Rhodesia
Zambia
Sierra Leone
India
Nepal
Caribbean (excluding Puerto Rico; ineluding Honduras)
Latin and S. Amerlea Total
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Peru
Colombia
Puerto Rico
Pacific Total
Australia
New Guinea
Philippines
Japan
Taiwan
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Missionaries
Churches or
Congregations
Members
S.S. Enrollment
National
Workers
116
598
11,833
25,505
786
38
308
5,278
10,799
483
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39
2
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235
39
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3,090
386
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2,670
250
246
42
15
51
259
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31,487
222
62
335
10,225
20,067
232
21
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37
41
253
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195
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233
36
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247
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284
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88
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87,037
• Active missionaries and those under appointment as of October 1968.
Balance of statistics are as of 1967 reports.
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97
146
1,524
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NEWS
Mr. M. W. Heavilin, 80, father of
Heavilin, Puerto Rico, went to be with
September 26. All 13 children, most of
in Christian service, were present for the
Marion, Indiana, on September 30.
Rev. Ron
the Lord
whom are
funeral at
After 20 years of service in the Department of
World Missions, the F. B. Grays have settled in
Frankfort, Indiana, where he is employed as superintendent of buildings and grounds at Frankfort Pilgrim
College while their two daughters, Beth and Jean,
attend the school.
Rev. and Mrs. Richard Long, who recently returned
home from Zambia, are taking a leave of absence
from missionary work to pastor the Wesleyan Church
at Oshkosh, Nebraska.
Rev. and Mrs. Harris Earl with Carol and Jeffrey
arrived from Colombia for their third furlough on
August 24. They joined their three older children
who were already in the States, Melanie, Mark, and
Candy. They will be living in West Chazy, New
York, while on furlough.
A deputational briefing was held in Indianapolis
early in September to acquaint furloughing workers
with new methods and procedures in the World Missions Department and pertinent facts that concern
those on deputation. Missionaries present were:
James Wiggins, Marion Vreugdenhil, Harold Johnson,
Philip Wiley, Nota Higgins, Lena Brown, Paul Meeks,
and Paul and Lois Downey.
Charles Sanders reports eight young people converted, 30 seeking salvation and two backsliders reclaimed at the outpost of Ntungwini. This beginning
of revival in the Transvaal area should become a
matter of earnest prayer.
Mr. P. G. Bryant, who has spent a number of years
in Haiti as a builder, is returning for the winter to
supervise the construction of new buildings.
Richard Grindstaff, Jr., South Africa, has been released from the hospital although he faces another
operation soon. Continue to pray for him.
Miss Bertha Major, R.N., who has been on leave
of absence for the past two years, has completed
work on a B.A. degree at the University of Western
Ontario, Canada. She arrived in Sierra Leone September 9 for her fourth term of service.
New missionaries are Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wissbroecker, Kankakee, Illinois, who will be teaching at
the David Livingstone Teacher Training College,
Zambia; Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Watkins, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, general missionaries to Zambia; and Miss
Alberta Lemley, Fairview, West Virginia, who will
serve as a nurse in Pondoland.
Dr. and Mrs. Alton E. Liddick moved to their new
home in Brooksville, Florida, in September. Their
address is 2017 Woodlawn Avenue, Brooksville,
Florida 33512.
Two of the staff members in Puerto Rico have recently been hospitalized. Rev. George Hilson, pastor
of Wesleyan Community Church in San Juan, is recuperating from major surgery and Richard Lively,
teacher at Wesleyan Academy, has been in traction
with a ruptured disc.
Official word has been received that the visa to India for Miss Leonette White, R.N., has been denied.
Mr. and Mrs. James Lind and family have received their visas and expect to fly from the West
Coast to Colombia about October 15 to begin a term
of service.
Rev. and Mrs. Philip Hirai, of the Immanuel General Mission, Japan, are preparing to go to teach in
the Torrington Bible School in Jamaica as soon as
the necessary papers can be processed.
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December
4 Miss Rebecca Fabyancic (Zambia)
8 Rev. Eric Haywood (Rhodesia)
9 Rev. Paul Phillippe (Brazil)
10 Miss Elsie Kilmer (Zambia)
10 Rev. Richard Lively (Puerto Rico)
13 Rev. LaMar Brown (Peru)
14 Miss Doris Wall (Guyana)
15 Miss Claudie Peyton (Zambia)
18 Mrs. Clarence (Mildred) Knupp (Guyana)
21 Rev. Joe Neyman (Sierra Leone)
21 Rev. Marion Vreugdenhil (Furlough)
22 Mrs. Donald (Dorothy) Wood (Furlough)
23 Rev. Richard Grindstaff, Sr. (So. Africa)
24 Miss Ruth Bowman (Grand Cayman)
25 Mrs. Kenneth (Mary Frances) Taylor (Trinidad)
30 Rev. Victor Chamberlin (New Guinea)
31 Mrs. Storer (Wilma) Emmett (Haiti)
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10
15
16
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27
29
30
30
Children
Sarah Joan Vermilya (Jamaica) 1965
Sheryl Karns (So. Africa) 1959
Philip Meeks (Furlough) 1958
Bethany Joy Emmett (Haiti) 1959
John Eugene Parks (Sierra Leone) 1966
Mary Putney (Puerto Rico) 1962
Linda Joy Sayers (Guyana) 1954
Gillian Hudson (Furlough) 1964
Carol Joy Russell (Furlough) 1964
Ranae Vreugdenhil (Furlough) 1959
Douglas Paul Walborn (Philippines) 1959
David Downey (Furlough) 1955
Jonathan Barnett (Furlough) 1961
Joseph Phillippe (Brazil) 1958
November
PRAYER '!r
CALENDAR
Pray for:
1 Mrs. Marion VanderKolk, Puerto Rico, in her
many duties as secretary of Wesleyan Academy.
Today is her birthday.
2 Dr. and Mrs. Storer Emmett, formerly of
Rhodesia, who have begun service in Haiti, that
adjusting grace shall be theirs in changing cultures
and learning another language.
3 Evangelistic services Nov. 4-10 held at the
churches of Magboya, Kathantha and Makama,
Sierra Leone, that revival will result in each
place.
4 The Surinam work at Pelgrim Kondre in th e
interior where there is no resident missionary
during the furlough of the Philip Wileys.
5 Jim Medows of Oak Lawn, Illinois, and two
tradesmen who are now in Haiti to help with
construction projects.
6 The Wesleyan churches in Manaus, Brazil,
that the good work done by the YES Corps in
the communities will result in church growth.
7 \Visdom for New Guinea missionaries in planning ways to extend their ministry to Mt. Hagen,
the growing commercial center of the highlands.
8 The church in Davao City, Philippines, as it
endeavors to reach the many students who attend
the Manila University.
9 The health of Rev. F. H. Soltero, field supt.
of Mexico and Peru who has had a light stroke.
His birthday is today.
10 The anointing of the Spirit upon the varied
ministries of the Henry Ortlips, Haiti, who began
their sixth term in October when he also resumed the superintendency of the field.
11 True revival to result from services held simultaneously at Bendembu, Fadugu, Forecarrier
and Kamaranka, Sierra Leone, November 11-17.
12 Wisdom concerning integration of the Evangelical Holiness Bible School at Altona and Wesleyan Bible Institute at Port Shepstone, both in
Natal, S. Africa.
13 Wesleyans everywhere to respond to the November Self-Denial Offering for World Missions
that the $250,000 goal might be reached.
14 Daily help for the young people from missionaries' homes who are separated from their
families this year as they attend high schools and
colleges in the States.
15 Merging of the various operations of the two
World Missions Departments at Marion.
NOVEMBER
1968
16 Rev. E. E. Phillippe, superintendent of the
Caribbean area, as he prepares to soon turn over
the administration of that field to Rev. M. L.
Peterson. The Phillippes are due for retirement.
17 The expansion of the literacy program in
Haiti which is so necessary to the spiritual upbuilding of the new converts.
18 Rev. and Mrs. Philip Hirai of Japan as they
make preparation to go to Jamaica to serve in
the mission.
19 Paul and Jean Walborn (this is her birthday)
as they inspire young Filipino Christians to commit themselves to go as missionaries to Borneo,
Malaysia and Indonesia.
20 Rev. Dennis Sampson, superintendent of the
British Isles District whose work is largely among
West Indians who have migrated to England.
21 The building of a new church among the
Carib-speaking Indians in the interior of Guyana,
South America.
22 God to lay the need of ripened harvest fields
upon the hearts of some who served last summer
in Wesleyan Gospel Corps and YES Corps and
that they will answer the call.
23 LaMar Brown as he assumes the superintendency of the Peruvian District this fall.
24 Further fruitful contacts in the village of
Dumba in Pondoland, Africa, where Rev. L. P.
Bauer visited recently as the first white missionary.
25 The newly formed youth group at the St.
Thomas Church in the Caribbean that they make
good progress in their walk with the Lord as the
James Campaus direct them in their activities.
26 The outpouring of the Spirit among the
students at the David Livingstone Teacher Training College in Zambia, Africa.
27 The New Life For All meetings at Makeni,
Sierra Leone, Nov. 27-Dec. 6, climaxing a year
of praying and witnessing, that many in this growing city shall be transformed by the power of God.
28 Charles and Linda Kent preparing to go to
New Guinea early in 1969 that nothing will
hinder their scheduled departure.
29 The follow-up of new recruits from the 70
who attended the first Youth Camp at Port Shepstone, South Africa.
30 The right place to be found to expand the
Bible school in Peru.
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Missionary Societies In 1968
and a Projection For 1972
Mildred J. Scott, Co-Director
Women's Missionary Society
THERE ARE approximately 1900 missionary societies in The Wesleyan Church. The
Discipline provides for a society in every organized church. Therefore, as the number
of churches increases so will the number of societies. In the graphs we are endeavoring
to picture present combined totals (estimates) of various society interests and anticipated goals for 1972.
The first bar represents an approximate membership (men and women) of
the two former organizations, and the second a goal for four years later.
1968
35,000
1972
37,000
The prayer program is vital in the outreach of the Church. The number
who pray daily for missions should top any other statistical figure that is quoted.
This is the life-line of all missionary work.
18,000
1968
22,000
1972
Thousands are participating in the reading course program.
project a number by 1972?
14,000
1968
1972
16,000
Who can
To give a true picture of the total cash contribution through societies is
rather difficult; this graph tells some of the story. The goal is high but not
out1968
of reach.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ $520,000
1972
$600,000
There is no way of knowing the number of boxes and other gifts sent by societies
to assist missionaries in their service. Unless restricted by government regulations,
such contributions will continue, and requests for supplies will be provided. Also,
there are many ways that societies give assistance to district and local church programs
and projects. This is as it should be, and we suggest that all be done in His name
and for His glory.
Workers
Together
Ruth Meeks, Co-Di rector
Women's Missionary Society
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LOVE TO CHRIST will show itself in a disposition to serve Him. If our love is genuine and
heartfelt, it will be manifested through our love
service and our love gifts to Christ. About 1900
missionary societies across The Wesleyan Church
in America are showing evidence of this love
service to Christ. Many of these workers will never be privileged to go to the various front lines
of missionary activities, but they have a vital
part with those who do go. Each of us can pray
and give.
Missionary societies are prayer centers. Each
month the special prayer calendar of the WesTHE WESLEYAN WORLD
leyan World is used for m1ss10nary prayer
requests. Prayer and fasting groups are organized
in many societies. Prayer partners are daily bringing missionary burdens before the throne . Urgent prayer requests are sent to these groups.
Missionaries have learned to share their burdens
with these faithful home-front missionaries.
One of the steps in accomplishments is in the
area of information. Missionarv societies are centers of information. They study about the field
of labor, the workers, the problems, and the victories which are wrought through the combined
efforts of laboring "together with him."
Much effort has been put forth by society
members that missionary giving might be in-
creased. These efforts are paying rich dividends.
More money is channeled through societies than
ever before. We are believing that this SelfDenial Offering of missionary societies will be an
alltime high.
The activities of missionary societies may be
shared by young or old-all may have a part.
Whether that part is great or small, we are all
laborers together, showing that we deeply care
for earth's teeming millions yet unreached with
the gospel light.
World Missions can count on the Wesleyan
Women's Missionary Society in this Self-Denial
Offering!
YMWB Looks Ahead
CHILDREN ARE an important and integral part
of our church today. Without their presence,
their enthusiasm, their faith, their prayers, the
lack would be great. Christ himself set an example when He placed a little child "in the midst."
Let us keep them "in our midst" and make
them realize how important and useful we know
them to be. Every adult was once a child and
we have no look of scorn or abhorrence on our
own childhood. The same sympathetic tolerance
must be manifested toward children today. Moreover with the insecure world which the child of
today faces he needs more love and concern and
prayer than in any other period of recent history.
The Young Missionary Workers' Band and the
Junior Missionary Societies have been instruments
in guiding the young lives of their members
through the past years. The interest in others
created in hearts and minds has played a great
part in shaping the character of many an individual. To the leaders who have taken time to
prepare and direct meetings, to pray and lead
children to Christ, and to guide them in the
study of the Word, is due a debt of gratitude.
Combining the number in the two former
churches, there are in excess of 1,000 Bands
functioning in the various churches and more are
being added. Although all yearly reports are not
accessible, statistics reveal more than 20,000 children are involved in the organization-20,000
potential future church workers-preachers, missionaries, lay people. They are the HOPE of the
church in the future.
Through the treasuries of these same Bands
have passed many thousands of dollars to aid in
spreading the gospel to a needy world. Total receipts are not available from all Bands, but for
NOVEMBER 1968
Eilene Kindley, Director
YMWB
the triennial period ( 1966, 1967 and through
August 1968) available records show a total of
$249.287.60. To God be the glory!
The future of the Bands rests to a degree
upon the adults, and more particularly upon the
Women's Missionary Society. Without a director
the organization cannot function. It is the responsibility of the WMS and the pastor to elect
this officer. If it has not been done in the local
church it should be done immediately.
There is no time to waste in the work of the
Lord. In fact, "the king's business requireth
haste." Each year, yes, each month, that there
is no Band meeting the child's missionary education is neglected. Very soon he is grown and
the opportunities to teach and challenge him in
his formative years are forever lost. When the
child is gone from us as was the experience of
the servant recorded in I Kings 20:40 we will
have to say, "As thy servant was busy here and
there, he was gone."
Let someone who loves the Lord and children
answer in each (and every) church, "Here am I,
use me."
The District Director is the medium between
the General Office and the local Band. If a district does not have such an officer, one should be
selected using the Constitution for a guide in
election procedures. The officer's name, address
and district name should then be sent to the
General Office.
The Young Missionary Workers' Band was represented at the WMS convention in Louisville
the last of October. Many District Directors
were present. Plans for implementation of Band
procedures were discussed and formulated.
A "great and effectual door" is opened to us by
way of the Young Missionary Workers' Band.
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No"emher
Self-Denial Offering
... that the WORLD may believe
In gratitude, give at least one day's income
GOAL $250,000 . 00
Department o f
World Missions
Box 2000
Marion,lndiana
46952
Jesus will walk with me in life's fair morning,
And when the shadows of evening must come.
Living or dying, He will not forsake me.
Jesus will walk with me all the way home.
Our Consolation
•
On September 26, 1968, McClellan W. Heavilin, little known beyond the limits of Grant
County, Indiana, passed on to his eternal reward
at the age of 80. The funeral service was conducted at the First Friends Church in Marion.
No doubt, to many in the city of Marion this
was just another funeral. But to those who knew
Mr. Heavilin it was a climax of a glorious Christian life on earth.
Though this father left his thirteen children
little money, yet a richer legacy was theirs, for he
raised them to be obedient, to work hard and to
love the Lord. His six sons are ministers of the
gospel-possibly a famil y record. One of them,
Ronald, is a \V esleyan missionary in charge of the
Weslevan Academv in Puerto Rico .
At the funeral ~ll six preacher sons were present. With faces aglow, they blended their strong
voices to sing their mother's favorite song:
Jesus will walk with me down through the valley.
Jesus will walk with me over the plain.
\Vhen in the shadow or when in the sunshine
If He goes with me I shall not complain.
'
Jesus will walk with me, guarding me ever,
Giving me vict'ry thro' storm and thro' strife.
He is my Comforter, Counselor, Leader
Over the uneven journey of life.
Hearts were lifted and spirits were refreshed
in the Lord. And as the six men began to sing
the last verse and chorus, a seventh voice was
heard. It was their mother's and her spirit was
that of confidence and thanksgiving.
Jesus will walk with me, He will talk with me.
He will walk with me. In joy or in sorrow,
Today and tomorrow, I know He will walk with
me.
How different was this funeral from some I
have witnessed in Africa where the bitter, hopeless wailing in the night finds its own empty echo
on distant hills. Why the difference? The answer
is Christ. Christ, He is the difference between
hope and despair.
Simeon of old, in prayer, in worship, in humble and faithful expectation, waited for the day
that God would comfort His people-he "waited
for the consolation of Israel." Long ago Seneca
said that what men needed above all was a hand
let down to lift them up. It is the hand of Jesus
which lifts a man out of the old life and into
the new, out of sin into goodness, out of shame
into glory. There can be no neutrality toward
Him. We either surrender to Him or are at war
with Him. And it is a tragedy when pride keeps
us from making that surrender, for only in surrender is victory.
In the case of the Heavilin family, Christ our
consolation comes to alleviate the burden of sorrow. He comes as helper, in the hour of numbing disappointment and shattered hope. He is
there to succor His own. It is equally true He
came to be and do the same for that African family but the tragedy is, they don't know it, they
haven't been told.
Shall we, this Christmas season again recognize
the purpose of His coming: to be our consolation.
Cover Photo: Sunday school Christmas choir
at La Ceiba, Honduras.
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Wesleyan World
December 1968
Volume 50, Number 4
David L. Keith, editor
E. L. Wilson, General Secretary of World Missions
R. N. Lytle, Asst. General Secretary
J. R. Duckworth, Director of Office Administrat ion
D. L. Keith, Director of Literature
L. W. Leitzel, Director of Promotion
P. L. Swauger, Director of Recruitment
2
Published monthly by The Wesleyan Church, Department of World Missions. Printed by the Wesleyan
Publishing House, Box 2000, Marion, Indiana 46952, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for
mailing at special second-class rate of postage provided
in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized October 4, 1919. Subscription price, $1.50 per year. In
clubs of 10 or more to one address, $1.25. Send all
subscriptions and address changes to the Wesleyan Publishing House, Box 2000, Marion, Indiana 46952.
THE WESLEYAN WORLD
WHITE-GIFT CHRISTMAS OFFERING 1968
In 1953 the Woman's Missionary Society of the former Wesleyf
Methodist Church initiated a White-Gift Christmas Offering for
approved World Missions project. In the fifteen-year period ince tlie
over $200,000 has been contributed for these projects. Each year h¥
shown an increase over the previous one until an all-time high was
reached in 1967.
/
This December all societies of both former churches are joining
together to promote this special Christmas offering to est blish a , ible
Training Institute on the present conference grounds in ,aombi
South America.
"Where Is The Promi
... Of A Colombian Wesleyan Bible School?
During his recent visit to Colombia, Pope Paul
VI, directing his words to the poor, unschooled,
underprivileged, advised "patience, and resignation and time" for the Church to help them.
A newsman's comment was that "patience and
resignation and time" is just what Latin Americans aren't in the mood for now.
Leftists and revolutionary liberals are saying,
"Now, and by whatever means!"
Conservative Catholics, confused by the new
ecumenism that treats former "heretics" as "separated brethren," are asking, "Where then is the
true faith?"
Now is the time to be educating Colombia's
We Must Train Workers
Mitchell Cotrone
Basic to the carrying out of the Great Commission is the training of men and sending them
forth to communicate by word and deed to the
lost souls that only in Jesus Christ is salvation
from sin, and life eternal. Our Lord called twelve
select men and said to them, "Come ye after me,
and I will make you to become fishers of men"
(Mark 1:17).
Jesus spent the three years of His earthly ministry teaching these men the Scriptures and how
they related to Him. He taught them that He was
God and that only through His death and resurrection could the lost world of men be saved.
Read the four Gospels along with the Old Testament. This is what the disciples learned in Jesus'
Bible institute.
The book of Acts records the results as demonstrated in the lives of these men who had been
in the Bible Training Institute of our Lord for
DECEMBER
1968
•
three yea rs (they finished a four-year course in
that time by attending the summer sessions).
Upon graduation Jesus said to them, "Peace be
unto you : as the Father hath sent me, even so
send I you" (John 20:21).
Wesleyans in Colombia have until now given
major emphasis to evangelizing through gospel
literature by publishing millions of tracts and
evangelical literature in the press, La Tipografia
Union, and distributing the Word of God, books
and literature through the bookstore, Libreria
Union Cristiana. We plan to continue the effective ministry of gospel literature. We have not
worked directly in training our youth who are
called into God's service, although that has been
the missionaries' desire and prayer for years. Why
has this not been done? Because of lack of funds
and personnel.
The Mission Council on the field and the
Board in the U.S. have approved the establishment of a four-year Bible institute program to
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3
Coup In Peru
President Fernando Belaunde Terry of Peru
was deposed by an armed coup in October and
sent into exile in Argentina. The coup was headed by Army Chief General Juan Alvarado. He
later was proclaimed President by the junta.
The takeover climaxed a crisis that followed
the signing of a new contract between Peru and
the International Petroleum Corporation, a subsidiary of Standard Oil (New Jersey). President
Belaunde's opponents claimed the oil firm got
the better of the deal.
On October 9 the revolutionary military government confiscated the 200 million dollar oil
field, refinery and related property of the Inter-
national Petroleum Corporation. This action has
affected the scope of Peruvian-American relations.
It will adversely affect the climate for foreign investment badly needed by Peru.
Peru has a population of 13 million of which
85 percent is Roman Catholic, 10 percent Protestant and 5 percent pagan. The Wesleyan
Church maintains an active missionary work in
this country. Total church membership stands
at 2544 which is a 107.6 percent increase over ten
years ago. The Sunday school average attendance
is 7242, a 397 percent increase over ten years
ago. There are 103 churches and preaching points
with 65 preachers and gospel workers.
Rev. and Mrs. LaMar Brown, and Misses
Naoma Greer, Daisy Buby and Dorothy Brown
are the Wesleyan missionaries.
Mr. Guevara: Faithful Witness
Cristobel Guevara, one of the oldest Christians
in point of time and age in our church, worked
for forty years on the hacienda of Pomalca as
druggist. Some time ago Mr. Piedra, the wealthy
owner, aware that Mr. Guevara was suffering from
bronchial trouble, sent him to a ranch that he
had just bought high in the Andes.
One night after arriving, Mr. Guevara dreamed
that he was in a long white hall. In front of him
on the wall in large black letters was this text:
"The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God
is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."
While he was looking at the verse, Mr. Piedra
came up and he showed it to him.
At that Mr. Guevara awakened, but he felt
that the Lord had given him this message for his
boss. He was very happy, but at the same time
concerned about how to deliver it. In the first
place he didn't know where the verse was found,
so he lit his kerosene lamp and opened his Bible
to the Gospels. There it was on the very page
he had opened-Mark 1: 15! Then he wondered
if he would have to ask permission to go to the
coast because Mr. Piedra didn't like the mountains
and only came up about three times a year.
Usually he spent one day at the barns and corrals
4
Daisy Buby, Peru
and a day or two more on horseback visiting the
pastures to look over his stock. In the morning
Mr. Guevara asked the first person he saw when
Mr. Piedra would be coming again and was told
that he had arrived the previous night. Later that
same day Mr. Piedra walked in.
After talking about the business at hand, Mr.
Guevara took his open Bible in his hands and
said, "Mr. Piedra, last night the Lord gave me
a message for you. And in order that you can
see it for yourself, here it is."
Mr. Piedra read the verse through at least
twice and returned the Bible.
Mr. Guevara said, "Please don't think me crazy
because I know the Lord gave me this for you."
Mr. Piedra replied, "Consider you crazy?
Guevara, I've known you for a long time and I
know that you are not crazy."
Some months later on another visit, this time
with a supervisor who made fun of the gospel,
Mr. Piedra looked over the stock of drugs and
made some suggestions. The supervisor said,
"Mr. Guevara is so interested in the gospel that
he neglects his work."
At that Mr. Piedra turned on him and declared, "If all my workers were Christians, I
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THE
WESLEYAN WORLD
She was a ...
Satan Meri
Marjorie Goulding, New Guinea
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this world. . . ."
Do you believe this? Is Satan and his power as
an adversary real to you? Come with me to the
little grass "house-sick" at Alia. Inside lies Kyabe,
a 12-year-old girl. Recently she was carried in
with very bad burns extending from thigh to neck,
and was in a serious state of shock. She has responded well to treatment, and is now conscious
and taking nourishment.
Suddenly Kyabe begins to laugh, shriek and call
out bad things, saying that Satan is eating her.
The others in the "house-sick" tell me that she
is a Satan meri (girl) and her father is a village
bad man. Certainly she has a strange look, and
her actions are far from normal.
We kneel to pray with her again. Before this,
each time during prayer she either wept or muttered. Now she cries out, shrieks and then sits
quietly crying. I plead with her to ask Jesus to
take away her sins and to trust Him to release her.
The parents tell her it is no use for she is a
Satan meri. They are silent during prayer, but
there is tension.
During the rest of this day and night the
shrieking, rapid talking, and blasphemy continue.
She turns on her mother and scratches, claws, hits
and bites her. Finally one of the lay-workers
joins me and together we commit her to the
Lord.
It is Wednesday. Due to a recent illness I
have an appointment with the doctor at Mt.
Hagen. This necessitates my leaving the station
for two days. Before the plane comes I check on
Kyabe again and am pleased with the response
to treatment. There is no infection and the
burned areas appear to be healing nicely. As I
make her comfortable and tell her that we will
be gone for two days, she clings to me and insists that Satan will take her while we are gone.
Again we pray and commit her to the Lord. She
weeps quietly.
Upon our return Friday we are met with the
news that Kyabe died in the early hours of that
morning. Where did our faith fail? Why was
Satan victor? Truly we do wrestle against the
rulers of darkness in New Guinea. Praying
friends, bear us up that we will recognize these
powers. Satan, our adversary, still walks about
seeking whom he may devour. Will you pray
for us at the battlefront that the power of God
might release these precious souls from the hand
of Satan?
l ight from the moon is stupendous during the dry season.
O verworked footpaths to villages are many.
V ery heavy loads are balanced on women's and children's heads.
E very village we itinerate to for services receives us warmly.
l ittle children, though oftentimes hungry, are very friendly.
Yeast is sold even in small villages for little African loaves.
S ickness takes the lives of many before they receive medical treatment.
I nstitutes are held quarterly and yearly for pastors, laymen and women.
Every woman wears a headtie to church.
R oads and bridges provide a hundred jolts per minute.
R oses have to have special care to grow and bloom here.
A rithmetic is not one of the favorite subjects in secondary school.
l ight is furnished for the secondary school by its own generator.
E ach school pupil wears a uniform to school.
Onions are always used in soup and sauces that go on the rice we eat.
N o money for toys, so children make their own from tins and pieces of wood.
E veryone in every village must hear of new life that only Christ can give!
Will you pray?
Fast?
Believe?
La Shawn Davidson,
Sierra Leone, West Africa
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J-ANUART
1969
MON
SUN
5
12
19
26
6
13
20
27
TUE
7
14
21
28
WED
1 ~2
8 9
15 16
22 23
29 30
FEBRUARY: Pray for South Africa
Feb. - Merging
Mitchell
THU
conference with Dr.
1969
FRI
3 .4
10 11
17 18
24 25
31
1969
V.
A.
Feb. - Evangelism week in Paulpietersburg District
May - Ministry to men working in the gold mines
of Johannesburg area
July - Revivals scheduled in Pondoland District
Aug. - Annual conferences and field superintendent's tour
Nov. - Graduation of the two Bible schools and
the placement of workers
SUN
2
SAT
MON
3
JANUARY: Pray for New Guinea
Jan. - Evangelistic meetings at Fugwa conducted by Kuruga, a Bible school student
May - Evangelistic effort in Alia area using Bible school students
June - Evangelistic patrol of Widu Valley with
church youth participating
Dec. - Valley-wide convention at Taguru with
special workers from the Training College
1969
FEBRUARY
TUE
4
9 10 11
16 17 18
23 i4 25
WED
THU
5 6
FRI
7
SAT
1
8
12 13 14 15
19 20 21 22
26 27 28
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SUN
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MON
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TUE
4
9 10 11
16 17 18
23
24
30
31 25
WED
5
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26
APRIL: Pray for Mexico and Peru
1969
THU
6
7
13 14
20 21
27 28
June - Mexico Central District S.S. Convention
July - Bible school student vacation ministry in
the Peruvian churches
1970
Jan. - District conferences and Golden Anniversary in Mexico
Jan. - Coastal, Mountain and Andes District
Conferences in Peru through March
Jan. - Mexico missionary and youth conventions
SAT
MON
MARCH: Pray for Sierra Leone
1
8
15
22
29
Mar. - Pioneer evangelistic campaign at Kasengbe
May - Sierra Leone Evangelical Fellowship Convention
July - Senior youth camp
Aug. - Annual missionary retreat at Kabala
Sept. - Annual opening of the Bible college and
two secondary schools
Oct. - Religious Emphasis Week at Kamakwie
and Kamabai Secondary Schools
1969
APRIL
1969
SUN
Apr. - Mexico Northern District S.S. Convention
FRI
TUE
1
6 7 8
13 14 15
20 21 22
27 ~8 29
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1969
JUNE: Pray for the Philippines
June - Annual opening of the Rosales, Mountain
and Kabacan Bible Schools
July - Radio and literature ministries
Sept. - Ministerial conventions
Nov. - Revival emphasis in all churches
Dec. - Youth conventions
1970
Mar. -Annual conferences, camps and missionary
emphasis through April
SUN
MON
MAY: Pray for India and Nepal
May - The medical ministry and personal witness
of the only Wesleyan missionary in Nepal
May - Literature distribution by nationals in India
June - Placement of Yeotmal Seminary graduates
in India and summer recruitment of students
July - Revival of national church and indigenization of Wesleyan missions in India
JUNE
TUE
WED
1 2 3 4
8 9 10 11
15 16 17 18
22 23 24 25
29 3.0
1969
THU
FRI
SAT
5
12
19
26
6
13
20
27
7
14
21
28
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JULY: Pray for Japan and Taiwan
July - Immanuel Bible Training School students
in summer ministry at various churches
July - Taiwan Missionary Fellowship
Oct. - 7th Quadrennial General Conference of
the Immanuel General Mission
1970
Jan. - Winter Vacation Bible Schools in Taiwan
Mar. - 25th Annual Conference of Immanuel
Churches in Japan
AUGUST: Pray for South America
Aug. - Publication of the monthly tract, "El Semillero" printed on the Wesleyan press, Colombia
Oct. - Ten-day Bible institute for pastors and
Christian workers in Colombia
Dec. - Colombia annual conference and camp
meeting
1970
Feb. - Field and missionary council, Eastern
South America
Apr. - Bible translation in the Guyana Interior
1969
1969
SEPTEMBER
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
7
14
21
28
1
8
15
22
29
2
9
16
23
30
3
10
17
24
4
11
18
25
5
12
19
26
6
13
20
27
1969
OCTOBER: Pray for The Caribbean
SUN
MON
SEPTEMBER: Pray for The Caribbean
Mar. - Caribbean seminars to train for leadership
Apr. - Haiti mountain church visitation and
spring revivals
July - Caribbean youth camps
Aug. - Pastors' seminars and retreats in Caribbean
5
12
19
26
Sept. - Spiritual Emphasis Week at Wesleyan
Academy in Puerto Rico
Oct. -19th anniversary of erection of La Ceiba,
Honduras Church (headquarters of field)
Oct. - Special revival emphasis in Caribbean
churches through November
Nov. ·Bookmobile ministry in Honduran villages
OCTOBER
TUE
1970
Jan. - Caribbean youth revivals and field superintendent's tour of districts
Jan. - Haiti annual conference and convention
Sept. - Puerto Rico pastors' institute
6 7
13 14
20 21
27 28
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.... 1969
SUN
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MON
3
NOVEMBER
TUE
4
WED
THU
5 6
1969
FRI
SAT
7
1
8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23
30 24 25 26 27 28 29
1969
DECEMBER: Pray for Zambia
1970
Feb. - Special revival emphasis in all churches
May - Camp meetings
Aug. - District conferences
Sept. - Field conferences
Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year
from The Department of World Missions
SUN
MON
1
7 8
14 15
21 22
NOVEMBER: Pray for Australia and S. Africa
Dec. - Australia annual camp meeting
1970
Jan. - South Africa annual camp meeting and
field conference
Mar. - Australia youth camps
Apr. - South Africa youth camps
June - Australia annual conference
Oct. - South Africa ministerial retreat
DECEMBER
TUE
WED
2
9
16
23
3
THU
4
10 11
17 18
24 25
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1969
FRI
SAT
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6
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27
NEWS
The formal opening of the Vapi Hospital, Pardi,
India, now leased by the Mar Thoma Evangelistic
Association, took place in October. This long-awaited
event has been marked by great difficulties and much
prayer is needed that the hospital will function successfully.
Rev. and Mrs. Don Miller and family arrived in
the States October 4 from Natal, S. Africa for furlough.
Dr. John Edling, on furlough from Haiti, began a
year of work at the Agnews State Hospital in California on October 7. The Edling family is residing
in Menlo Park.
After spending the summer in French language
study, Dr. and Mrs. Storer Emmett and family arrived in Haiti September 30 to replace the Edlings.
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Rev. and Mrs. James Vermilya of Columbus, Ohio,
arrived in Jamaica October 4 for their first term and
Rev. and Mrs. W. Henry Ortlip and family returned
to Haiti October 21 where they have served since
1949. Both families had planned September departures but were detained.
An increase in the student body at Caribbean Pilgrim College in Bridgetown, Barbados, is reported.
Rev. Ronald King, new missionary, began teaching
at the school in September.
The Joseph Watkins family left the States November 2 for Zambia, Africa, to begin their missionary
service.
The Frank Roomers of Paramaribo, Surinam, are
now serving as missionaries at Pelgrim Kondre until
new missionary recruits arrive next spring. This reduction in the staff at Paramaribo makes added labor
for the Leo Van der Kuyps who are left alone at that
station. Both families are national workers.
Dr. and Mrs. Harold C. Burchel, doctor for Jembo
Mission, arrived in October to begin his medical
practice at the hospital in Zambia.
Miss Florence Glass, R.N., will come to the States
late this month to marry Mr. George Culp on December 28. They will leave for the field early in
January where he will serve with the Wesleyan Gospel Corps in the much-needed area of electrical installation and maintenance while Florence continues
her nursing.
The Francis Taylor family and Miss Dorothy Hall,
R.N., are scheduled to return to the States on furlough from Georgetown, Guyana, late in December.
Miss Naoma Greer, Peru, is due for furlough this
month and will be coming to the States.
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United States passports issued on or after August
26, 1968 will be valid for a period of five years
from the date of issue. The new law also provides
that all currently valid outstanding passports are
automatically extended to a date five years from the
date they were originally issued. No action is required of the person to whom the passport was issued.
During a revival campaign in a large stadium in
Lima, a Bible quiz program on the Gospel of Mark
was given for teenagers from all over Peru. The
seven young people who went from the Chiclayo
Wesleyan Cburch took first place in the nation. It
was an exciting time for them.
Glendon Kierstead reports that over 350 attended
the recent dedication of the second new church built
without overseas funds this year, in South Africa.
Horace L. Fenton, Jr., General Director of Latin
American Missions, reports in Christian Times on the
Pope's visit to Colombia, South America. In part
he said, "It may well be that neither the church
(Roman Catholic) nor the government fully foresaw
some of the adverse publicity which would come as
a result of this summer's celebrations. For example,
when American newspapers reported that the street
urchins of Bogota (according to some estimates, 40,000
child-beggars ordinarily roam the streets of the capital) had been gathered up by the government and
packed off to the country for the duration of the
Pope's visit, only to be returned to their squalid existence thereafter, Catholics and non-Catholics alike
must have been repelled by such a crass attempt to
protect the Pope from seeing conditions as they
really are."
Some Protestant clergymen politely declined the
invitation to participate in the celebrations. They
were very explicit in describing abuses and on insisting that the best evidence of good faith on the part
of Roman Catholics would be their willingness to
grant full liberty of worship to evangelical believers.
Colombia has a population of nearly 20 million.
The Roman Catholic Church claims about 99 percent
of the population. The Wesleyan Church has 346
members. Its main outreach is that of the printed
ministry. Over 13 million pages are printed annually
on the mission presses at Medellin.
Rev. Gene Hudson, on furlough from Rhodesia,
reports that their son Ronnie has been going deaf in
both ears. Surgery was scheduled for November 5.
They request prayer for the restoration of his hearing
if it be Cod's will.
Rosa Bishop, R.N., on leave of absence for further
medical training, recently participated in a heart
transplant at University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan. She attended the donor heart until the recipient was ready to accept it.
THE WESLEYAN WORLD
Missionary
News
MARCO ESTABLISHED
Chicago, Ill. (MNS) Medical Amateur Radio Council, Limited (MARCO), chartered as a charitable organization, is making an impact on missionary medicine around the world. MARCO publishes information on any topic relating to electronics or the healing
arts, establishes non-commercial non-profit amateur
radio networks for the dissemination of news about
them, and gives emergency consultation to missions
and missionary physicians throughout the world.
MARCO members have given service to thousands
through this medium.
Around the World
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING IN MEXICO
Minneapolis, Minn. (MNS) A report on Christian
radio broadcasting in Mexico (IBC Bulletin, September
1968, by Mrs. Elisabeth Isais) points out that during
the administration of President Adolfo Lopez Mateo
(1958-1964) the law governing broadcasting was revised.
The revised law allowed religious broadcasts provided "it involved no criticism of other religions or
had political overtones."
Getting programs on the air was a slow process,
but "through diligent selling and careful program
production, Mexico began to hear the gospel over
the air. Today there are literally hundreds of program~ throughout the country, the majority on Sundays.
The largest development involves buying time on
regular commercial stations, but there are exceptions.
In Mexico City the Maranatha Club of evangelical
laymen started and operated a commercial F.M. station aimed primarily at wealthy Mexicans. The programs also include some giving a "low-key Christian
witness."
In the coastal city of Merida, Yucatan, an interdenominational committee has been formed to organize a Christian-cultural radio station, with real prospects of accomplishing their goal soon.
In the jungles of Chiapas, the Presbyterians have
recently been given the opportunity of starting a
10,000-watt Christian station with the cooperation of
authorities.
One of the programs aired in Mexico City and on
a ten-station network is an interdenominational program called "Prisma.'' The 15-minute Sunday morning format includes news of evangelical churches
throughout Mexico and a few international news
~terns of religi~us interest. Director of the program
1s Juan M. Isais of the Latin America Mission.
WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN GUINEA
Cambridge, England (MNS) "Women have now complete equality with men in the nation's life," President
Sekou Toure of Guinea (West Africa) announced recently.
"Muslims are no longer able to take a second wife
without written consent from the first, nor are older
men able to take child brides, since the maximum
age difference between husband and wife-to-be is
now fixed at twenty years."
DECEMBER
1968
January
1 Mrs. Walter (Dorothy) Hotchkin (New Guinea)
3 Miss Rosa Bishop (Sierra Leone)
4 Miss Florence Glass (Haiti)
8 Rev. Wm. J. Davis (Honduras)
11 Mrs. Donald (Carolyn) Miller (Furlough)
13 Rev. James Sayers (Guyana)
14 Miss Mary Jean Holcomb (Sierra Leone)
15 Mr. Martin Bozak (Sierra Leone)
15 Rev. Mitchell Cotrone (Colombia)
15 Rev. Roger Russell (Furlough)
15 Miss Charlene Schwab (Zambia)
16 Miss Marilyn Houser (Sierra Leone)
17 Rev. Marcus Phillippe (Furlough)
18 Miss Alice Davis (Colombia)
18 Mrs. Richard (Norma Jean) Grindstaff (So. Africa)
19 Mrs. Norman Goan Ann) Parks (Sierra Leone)
21 Rev. Orai I. Lehman (So. Africa)
21 Miss Lois Long (Zambia)
23 Rev. James Vermilya (Jamaica)
23 Rev. Donald Wood (Furlough)
24 Miss Dorothy Hall (Furlough)
24 Mrs. Donald (Luretha) Wachenschwanz (St. Kitts)
25 Mr. Raymond J. Wissbroecker (Zambia)
26 Mrs. Paul (Donna) Dekker (Sierra Leone)
28 Mrs. James (Marilyn) Lind (Colombia)
29 Mrs. Martin Goyce) Bozak (Sierra Leone)
29 Miss Lena Brown (Furlough)
30 Miss Naomi Swan (Zambia)
31 Miss Flora Belle Slater (Philippines)
31 Mrs. Victor (Claudine) Chamberlin (New Guinea)
Children
6 Ida Mae Taylor (Furlough) 1961
10 Mark Grindstaff (So. Africa) 1960
12 Celeste Davidson (Sierra Leone) 1964
12 Duane Kahre (Zambia) 1961
13 Denise Wood (Furlough) 1964
17 Rosalea Jean Hotchkin (New Guinea) 1966
19 Susan Hudson (Furlough) 1965
23 Jonathan Kalb (Sierra Leone) 1960
24 Dale Kahre (Zambia) 1963
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December
PRAYER._.
CALENDAR
PRAY FOR:
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December youth conventions held in the Philippines that the hundreds who attend might receive spiritual help and a vision to reach the lost.
2 Rev. E. L. Wilson and Rev. R. N. Lytle who
plan to visit the work in Mexico early this month
that their presence and assistance shall encourage
the believers.
3 Showers of blessing to fall upon the mountain churches of Haiti as missionaries make their
scheduled semi-annual visits.
4 Wayne Wright, field superintendent of the
Philippines, that he may receive a physical touch
to bear his extra responsibilities at this time.
5 Missionaries in tropical countries who are
now in the hottest season of the year and need
physical renewal to endure the heat and do their
assigned work.
6 Churches in the Caribbean area whose annual
business meetings and elections occur in December that Spirit-filled officers shall be chosen.
7 The many who are starving at La Gonave,
Haiti, due to lack of rain and crop failures that
God will provide for urgent temporal needs.
8 Much-needed rain for the island of Antigua
as well as an earnest request for spiritual revival.
9 Divine help for Rebecca Bibbee and Juliette
Breedlove courageously serving in India. These
two continue to carry the work load alone.
l 0 Honduran laymen to become burdened for
souls until they will readily share the gospel with
their own people.
II A matron and cook needed at Wesleyan Bible College, Melbourne, Australia, and that more
students will apply for the semester beginning
February I.
12 Wisdom and power to be given those endeavoring to evangelize the Chinese who live in
Taiwan now.
13 The lady doctor at Vapi Hospital, India, and
her two girls who have suffered from hay fever
since living in that area.
14 God to supply the right personnel for Christian day schools in Honduras where the school
year begins in February.
15 The South Africa field polity committee as
they prepare now for the merging of the two
fields early in 1969 when Dr. V . A. Mitchell
makes his visit.
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16 111e annual conference in Sierra Leone that
God's will shall be done in business transactions
as well as in the lives of individuals who attend.
17 Mitchell Cotrone that he shall have detailed
guidance and daily strength in overseeing the field
and the work of the press in Colombia during
the Earls' furlough.
18 Missionary personnel urgently needed for
Antigua to replace the Knupps who have been
transferred to Guyana.
19 Christians in New Guinea who are meeting
new temptations as civilization with its attendant
evils moves in all around them.
20 The students at Immanuel Bible Training
College in Japan that gospel team ministries and
Christian service rendered in the Immanuel
churches shall be inspired of the Holy Spirit.
21 Gospel truth to penetrate the hearts of those
who attend Christmas services on all Wesleyan
fields and that added strength be given workers
preparing programs and training children.
22 The General Superintendents who give administrative direction to the missionary outreach
of the Church.
23 The complete restoration of health to Dean
Phillips, superintendent in Jamaica.
24 The new missionaries on many Wesleyan
fields who are spending their first Christmas outside the United States that the joy of the Lord
and the peace that passeth understanding shall
fill their hearts.
25 Wesleyans everywhere as they reflect on the
Christmas story that they shall have renewed zeal
to spread this wonderful message to others.
26 The pressing need for a missionary couple
at the Siachitema Mission, Zambia.
27 Difficulties to be overcome in securing
ground to build a church in Manaus, Brazil.
28 Flora Belle Slater, in charge of the Mountain Bible School, Philippines, that she will be
used of the Lord to help establish many students
in the deeper things of the Spirit-filled life.
29 Rich spiritual blessings to rest upon those
attending the Colombia annual camp and conference in session.
30 Anointing for Rev. M. L. Peterson as he assumes the superintendency of the Caribbean the
end of the month.
31 The Spirit to revive Christians meeting in
watch night services in many overseas churches.
THE WESLEYAN WORLD
Mr. Guevara:
continued from
page 4
would never need inspectors to take care of my
possessions."
Mr. Guevara, now an elderly gentleman, has
been a pillar in the Chiclayo Church for years.
He has been suffering a great deal with deep varicose ulcers on his legs. Recently he asked to
speak a word in the Sunday morning service.
Tottering to the platform he said, "The Lord
has reprimanded me. My custom is to have my
time of communion with the Lord from 5 to 6
a.m. I asked Him to take away the pain and
heal me, for while the pain isn't constant, when
it comes it is almost unbearable. As I was thus
communing with the Lord, He came to my room
and showing me the nailprints in His hands and
feet and the open wound in His side, He reminded
me what He had suffered for me and then
asked if I had suffered as much for Him. It
broke my heart, and although I know that the
Lord doesn't plan to heal me, I will accept all
for His sake."
Since then Mr. Guevara has had treatments
that have given him complete relief. He is so
very grateful to the Lord for this.
"He knows, He loves, He cares,
Nothing this truth can dim.
He gives the very best to those
Who leave the choice with Him."
We Must
Train Workers
continued from
page 3
train pastors, evangelists, and Christian workers
for The Wesleyan Church in Colombia. This
authorizes us to move ahead.
We must train workers to minister to the
thousands that as yet have no true gospel witness,
nor an evangelical church near them. Right now
we have new works started in San Rafael and San
Diego, two towns without an evangelical witness,
but we have no trained men to station there.
Many other towns are interested in having an
evangelical worker and a church, but we have
no one to send.
We must increase our missionary staff in the
immediate future so that we shall be able to
DECEMBER
1968
launch this program of training Christian leaders.
We have many more responsibilities than we
can properly care for with only three missionary
couples and one schoolteacher assigned to Colombia. Wesleyan World Missions has approved
staffing the field with five missionary couples and
a teacher. Therefore, pray that the Lord will call
out these two additional couples.
We must have funds to carry out this program.
I am sure that you would like to do something
that Colombian youth might prepare themselves
to go out to the field white already to harvest.
Ask God what you should do toward evangelizing
Colombia for Christ through the establishment of
a Bible training institute. Is the Lord calling
you to volunteer as a missionary? Is He asking
you to give sacrificially toward this project? Whatever God is speaking to you about, listen and obey
Him. Because Jesus obeyed His Father and
prayed, "Not my will but thine be done" we
have hope in Christ today for eternal life. Others
in Colombia may have this hope also if you do
what God asks of you in this White-Gift Christmas Offering.
YMWB -Important
Eilene Kindley
The Young Missionary Workers' Band is one
of the important arms of the church. Every
church should sponsor a band and every person
both old and young should be a member. The
dues for the year are very nominal-less than the
average person spends for soft drinks in a month.
Every penny is channeled to World Missions
for spreading the gospel and since pennies make
dollars, they are important to the missionary advance of the church.
The Women's Missionary Society is responsible
for electing the YMWB leader. She should be
a conscientious, spiritual person, interested in
children and missions and willing to assume responsibility for conducting meetings, making them
as helpful and interesting as possible.
The YMWB is important to each child. It
acquaints him with our missionaries and fields
and through the participation in various ways,
which it affords, prepares him for active service
for the future. It further opens the way for God
to call him to missionary service.
The YMWB giving in the various districts in
recent weeks has continued to be encouraging.
Checks of $600, $800 and more have been received. The project for the January quarter is as-
next page please
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YMWB continued
suming the salary and field support of Rev. William Morgan, who with Mrs. Morgan will be returning to the Republic of South Africa in January. Field support includes maintenance of a
house, the purchase of any furniture or equipment
needed, utilities, travel on the field, etc. The
amount is $3600 per person. Any excess of this
figure will be applied toward Mrs. Morgan's support.
Our responsibility to the missionary cause if we
cannot go ourselves is to "stay by the stuff."
The Young Missionary Workers' Band is a place
where children who are the church of the future
can actively share in this responsibility.
'IVJ'l\S
Convention
Highlights
•
The featured speaker of the long-awaited WMS
service of merger at the Kentucky Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday evening, October 29,
was Dr. Marilyn P. Birch, a second-generation
missionary, who was born in Sierra Leone and
has served as a doctor at Kamakwie Hospital since
1950. After expressing gratitude for the YMWB,
WMS, pastors and prayer partners, Dr. Birch
read six verses of John 17 stressing the need to
be united as one in our work of sharing the Word
in the future, and Philippians 4: 14-16 from which
the new WMS theme has been taken, "Holding Forth the Word."
The emphasis was on the importance of the
individual becoming involved if Christ's kingdom
is to advance. "When we are in His place of
choosing, one place is not more important than
another . . . Only as we work together and get
involved together will we get the job done ....
There is nothing big but what is made up of
little things." She aptly illustrated this by the
story of Mbimba Konteh who is capably serving
God in Sierra Leone today because of the combined efforts of missionaries, nationals, the hospital, the Word, and the people at home who
prayed and gave for missions. Who can say what
was important and what was not in bringing
about his conversion? In closing she declared,
"I cannot say enough for the praying host-they
are the key to oneness in 'Holding Forth the
Word.'"
Preceding this message of challenge, the codirectors who have served the two societies, Miss
Ruth Meeks and Mrs. Mildred Scott, each lighted
a candle to represent her society and then lit a
third one together for the new Women's Mission22
Rev. Harold Johnson directs in singing the
theme chorus. Mrs. M. Scott, left, and Miss
R. Meeks, right, served as co-directors of the
convention.
ary Society. Sacred moments of song brought
blessing as a district leader, Mrs. Ada White
(former Pilgrim), sang with her brother-in-law,
Rev. Harold Johnson, missionary to Japan (former
Wesleyan Methodist), "Seal Us, 0 Holy Spirit."
The unity of this first combined service continued to the last event-the announcement of
the new officers elected by the Executive Council
of the Church. As a result of nominations presented by the district presidents to these men,
Mrs. Mildred Scott is the WMS Director; Miss
Ruth Meeks, Assistant Director; and Mrs. Arleen
Wiley, YMWB Director. Mrs. Scott has been
General WMS President of the former Wesleyan Methodists since June 1966. Miss Meeks
has been Director of Missionary Societies in the
former Pilgrim Holiness Church for six years, and
Mrs. Wiley teaches at Frankfort College after having served in South America as a missionary.
Over 500 attended the services. Of these 365
were registered at the hotel, others came from the
local area and some stayed elsewhere. Wednesday morning, in addition to the officials, pastors
and visitors, 56 district presidents and 128 elected delegates answered the roll. Rev. E. L. Wilson,
General Secretary of \Vorld Missions, was the devotional speaker. He called attention to Ecclesiastes 11: 1, "Cast thy bread upon the waters: for
thou shalt find it after many days," and stated
that we never lose what we give to God or to
missions-it always comes back to us in the end.
A dramatic presentation of the new quadrenTHE WESLEYAN WORLD
nial theme for the WMS, "Holding Forth the
Vlord . . . That the World May Believe" portrayed contrasting scenes of people- who have had
the Word and people who have not.
Study sessions for the society delegation were
held in the morning and afternoon in which the
recommendations of the Planning Committee
were presented to seven groups for their consideration and discussion: Finance, Promotion; Finance, Ways and Means; Literature, Reading
Course; YMWB; Prayer Promotion; Solicitor's
Program; and Goals for the WMS. Later in the
afternoon and in the Thursday a.m. sessions
these groups reported back to the entire congregation. Their effective presentations, Keys to
Achievement, were given with visual aids to emphasize the main points of each study session's
recommendations which were then voted upon
and adopted almost without change.
Both during the Wednesday morning and
afternoon sessions, for those not involved in the
study sessions, an open forum was conducted by
Rev. Robert N. Lytle, Assistant General Secretary of World Missions. In the first, ten missionaries answered questions such as "How were you
called to be a missionary? What should we look
for in missionary candidates? What problems do
mothers have on the mission field? What do you
feel is the outlook for the next ten years?" In
the afternoon, seven missionaries gave information
on mass evangelism, evangelizing by literature,
by personal contact, by Bible school teams,
through education, and in New Life For All and
Evangelism-in-Depth Campaigns.
The morning message, "The Word at Work
in Brazil" by Rev. Paul Downey stressed the
fact that the results of the Word upon needy
hearts these past 8 years on the field were
largely due to women at home who were directly
involved through prayer and giving.
Some
will be surprised when rewards are made in
heaven for work they did in distant places.
Rev. Glenn Barnett, speaking on the theme,
"The Word at Work in Haiti," outlined examples
of the way the Word has been taught, tested and
transmitted in that country and then gave this
reminder, "His Word is equal to His presence."
To cite only one instance of the Spirit's guidance, Harold Johnson sang, "I Will Build My
Church" which was followed by the evening
message of Rev. Paul Meeks on that very text
although neither knew what the other was using.
"The main task of church building is still soul
winning," he declared, and indicated that to develop indigenous churches in the Philippines and
elsewhere the church must be self-governing, selfsupporting and self-propagating.
The Departments of Extension and Evangelism
and Educational Institutions were represented by
Dr. C. W. Lovin and Dr. Melvin Dieter. Open
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forums were also conducted on Society Procedures
and YMWB Procedures. During' services and
and mealtimes a variety of special music added
greatly to the missionary atmosphere.
The new WMS theme chorus for the quadrennium, " Holding Forth the Word!" written by
Virginia Dongell, was enthusiastically received
and was sung in every session.
With the inspiration of this first national convention, and the good foundation laid in a wellrounded program for the future, the Women's
Missionary Society should be off to an excellent
start in the merged church.-Marie Lind, reporter
Convention Comments
Attending the first national convention of the WMS
has been an unusual privilege. The Lord's presence
has been precious in each activity. For us personally,
it has been a thrill to meet a number of ladies
whom we have had correspondence with during the
past years. I am sure there has been much lasting
good accomplished in these few short days.-Rev. Paul
Meeks, missionary to the Philippines.
The convention was all I expected, hoped and
prayed for.-Mrs. Josephine Dayton, Champlain District WMS President.
This convention has been a highlight in my life.
To hear missionaries like Dr. Marilyn Birch and Rev.
Paul Meeks speak was a great inspiration. Our look
and hope is forward and upward as a merged Society.-Mrs. Lois Drown, Wisconsin District YMWB
Director.
This WMS Convention has been the highlight of
our furlough. We give thanks to God on every remembrance of the thousands of WMS ladies who
support us in every way, especially in prayer.-Rev.
Harold Johnson, missionary to Japan.
I have been greatly privileged to attend the WMS
General Convention and have deeply appreciated the
sweet spirit which prevailed, the practical and spiritual truths to carry back with us which we hope
proves to be a spiritual "shot in the arm" to help
stir up our local society to carry on more faithfully
for Him.-Mrs. Josephine Cooper, local president,
Northern Indiana District.
I felt the convention was well planned, smooth in
operation, the spirit excellent, and the fellowship
was inspiring and rewarding.-Mrs. Lucille Phaup,
Virginia District local president.
The unity and fellowship of the merging WMS
Convention has made it a great privilege and inspiration to be here.-Mrs. Clifton Berg, former missionary
to Guyana; Champlain District WMS Vice President.
It was a wonder to see fears and questions with
which we came disappear like a mist until there were
no questions left at the end.-Mrs. Aileen Shea, Lockport District Delegate.
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