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U.S. Activities
Volume 12
Fall 2016
Foreign Activities
Editorials
and try to mimic her spunky behaviors and infectious laugh that
was so delightful in her sub-fivefoot frame. But that small package delivered powerfully!
Jane mentored many with
her kitchen prowess, and frequently acted as nurse or mama
away from home. Her home was
aptly called the Hogan Hotel
because of her hospitality.
She was the doting wife of
Gordon, creating a strong bond of
68 years. Each found the love of
their life and created a treasured
home for the family to follow.
Three children Beth,
Dave, and Julie rise up to call
her blessed. With their spouses
they added eight grandchildren
and twelve great-grandchildren
who are the progeny for this dedicated and talented couple.
Without exception, every
family member along with a
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Editorial:
Stragetic Plan
for
World Missions
Wayne Barrier
The most important and most valuable organization in the world is the
church established by Christ in the first
century. The New Testament church, as
promised for thousands of years, was established to provide for the redemption
and salvation of sinful man. Through
Christ one can be a citizen of the kingdom of heaven and inherit eternal life.
Finding a path from this world to life
forever in heaven is the most important
quest of man. Gods word shows us this
path and guides us to its entrance and
provides instruction for sustaining our
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It is nothing new to see a statement in most any issue of a Gospel paper telling of a particular congregation
that is on the march. To verify this it is
stated that some magazine is being sent
to every member, or the attendance is
moving upward, or a number of converts are being made (not as frequently
now as in the past), or a new building is
going up, or a new gymnasium/fellowship hall is being built, etc. While all
of this may seem to be progress, I have
often wondered why the activity is limited to only a few congregations scattered over the country, and why there is
seldom any mention of organized programs of outreach? Why shouldnt the
church everywhere be on the march?
Go into any city you choose where
there are several congregations of the
Lords body and, if you enquire around,
youll find that in most cases one or
two of them are pushing ahead, making some progress, while the others are
just coasting. Why must this be? Why
shouldnt all of them be growing and
seeking to do more? Why arent more
of them on the march?
In the realm of real evangelism at
home and mission work abroad, youll
be surprised to find how few are doing
the work, while the majority are putting very little of their budget and the
effort of their members on outreach
at home or abroad. Many brethren are
using the same reasoning that some of
our cities are using, and that is, Spend
your money at home. But even the
money spent at home is too often on
the building or some fellowship trip or
some other project for the benefit/en-
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A graduation of students of
JC School of Evangelism in Kochin, India
Jerry and Paula Bates: Jerry attended Freed-Hardeman University and are usually small and, unfortunately, do
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Louis Rushmore
Louis and Bonnie Rushmore accepted the invitation
to become World Evangelism team members in 2007,
and they moved to Winona, MS to participate in the dayto-day operations.
Louis is Editor of Gospel Gazette Online, a monthly
Internet journal, and of The Voice of Truth International,
a quarterly Gospel magazine, and he writes for Global Harvest magazine. He helps proofread all literature in production, and assists with shipping and receiving. He has traveled extensively stateside and abroad to teach the Gospel
and report on mission work. Foreign work includes Myanmar
(Burma), India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Guyana.
The year 2013 was a celebratory one for the Rushmores. July 14th they observed their 40th wedding anniversary. October 20th Louis noted that he has been preaching
now for 40 years. Louis expects to continue with World
Evangelism alongside other team members in spite of the
tragic loss of Bonnie to pancreatic cancer in May of 2015.
One of the highlights of the intervening months between the last issue of Global Harvest and this one was cloud hopping over the tropical jungles of Guyana
to remote villages where precious souls of
Christians and non-Christians truly thirst
for the Gospel of Christ. At least twice I
consciously thought to myself, Im having the time of my life! Once, I actually
flew over the top of a rainbow! How cool
is that? One antique, little plane in which
I flew a couple of times (considered the
BIG plane, holding seven people) provided free face and foot washing. When
flying through rain clouds, water came in
around the window glass and got my face
wet, while more water came in around
the bottom of the door because of a missing gasket and washed my feet. We could
count the numerous rivetless holes in the
aircraft to amuse ourselves inflight when
we werent sufficiently mesmerized by the
beautiful scenery. The GPS fastened to the
yoke of one of the little airplanes helped us
arrive at our far-flung destination.
Aside from the disappointments
and loneliness without my soul mate and
helpmeet, I know that I am wonderfully
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Church gathering
in Viet Nam
New Book!!!
Simple Sermons
t h a t Te a c h
Jerry Bates
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In Transition
Byron Nichols
J.C. Choate was in the midst of another one of his dreams for the spreading of the Gospel and the strengthening of the Lords church. It was during
that time that I contacted him to discuss mission work in general, and he
and Betty invited Gay and me to come
down to Winona, MS for a visit and to
discuss the subject.
Our visit wound up consisting
mostly of J.C.s sharing his growing
desire to produce a magazine (probably
to be published quarterly) that would
be worldwide in scope. It would be
somewhat similar in size and in variety
of content to The Readers Digest. Its
definite purpose would be to provide
biblical teaching for people all over the
world, while also containing material
to assist in the growth and strength of
Christians and congregations here in
America. He already had a name for
this publication that was still unborn at
that time it would be called The Voice
of Truth International.
I certainly didnt know just how
all of that could or would come about,
but I quickly developed a real interest
in maybe having a part in such an undertaking. Our meeting culminated in
the Choates inviting me to be the Managing Editor of this new publication. I
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Byron Nichols
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These conveniently-sized
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Lest We Forget
Dr. Philip Slate has worked diligently to bring together the
mini-biographies of brave missionaries of the early Twentieth Century. These men and women 84 of them are
pictured in the collage shown on the front cover of his book.
Anyone, reading the book, will be
humbled by the courage and faith
of these Christians who blazed the
trail for those of us who would follow them.
Lest We Forget is affordably
priced at $8.00 per copy and can be
ordered from World Evangelism,
P.O. Box 72, Winona, MS 38967;
Phone: 662-283-1192.
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in
100
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ultimately in a concern for everything involved with the welfare of the local congregation. The following is a report made
by Vijay, the preacher at Vidyanagar:
Last week, Saturday and Sunday,
brother Philemon was with us at Vidyanagar for the J.C.School of Evangelism.
There are only 4 months left before the
graduation, so we motivate all the students
to do the field work. Last Saturday we visited one village called Poolathotamitta. We
knocked the doors and distributed tracts.
In the evening brother Philemon preached
concerning the young people, how they
need to behave in order to honor and glorify
our good Father in heaven. In every way
the school is a great blessing for the progress of our local church.
We have seen these results so far:
1. Last 3 months we have baptized 10 souls.
2. There is much improvement in our
church collections.
3. Members are motivated to build toilet
rooms for the local church.
4. Members are following punctuality.
5. Members are attending to the church
programs without missing.
6. Members are sharing the good news and
bringing new people for worship.
7. Members have printed about 2000 tracts
with local church money.
8. Three families are dedicated to start
after-school care centres at 3 villages.
9. Some young men have dedicated to visit
villages and preach the Gospel.
10. As a preachers family, JC School is of
a great encouragement.
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Madurai Programs
In addition to the more serious lesssons, we did have some fun and questionand-answer times. After worship at the
Arasaradi church in Madurai on the 13th of
March, the ladies (app. 70) were interested in hearing something about my earlier
years, so I told them of J.C.s and my wedding, what an elaborate thing it was! We
had no formal engagement, no wedding
clothes, and the ceremony took place in the
living room of Gene Thornton, the preacher who had baptized J.C. My parents had
signed for me for the license (because I was
the ripe old age of 15), and they also served
as our witnesses. We even temporarily borrowed Mothers wedding ring, because we
had not bought any. J.C. was 23, and he
joked that he would have to raise me before
we could have any children! One reason I
wanted to share the story was because most
Indians follow the local culture and go into
great debt for a spectacular show. I encouraged them to develop a Christian culture,
and to be reasonable about the ceremony,
avoiding crippling indebtedness.
god, made in
China, because
the manufacturing is cheaper
there??? Humans
are pathetic!
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Trivandrum
I traveled by train to Trivandrum and
was met by P.K. Varaghese and Thankam.
We drove by Kovalam Beach in the afternoon, seeing some of the area that lies on
the southwestern tip of India. The next day
at the Kovalam church building we had a ladies session from 10 AM to 2 PM and had
lunch together. Pretty (Vargheses daughter)
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Sri Lanka
ing attention to
patients in critical condition,
and she was so
helpful that others in and
out at the hospital noticed
her service. The
end result has
been that studies were developed and a new family was
converted to Christ. They, in turn, have
brought their friends, who have also become
Christians. I was so happy to see the growth
of the church and the zealous involvement
of those who have come on the scene since
I was there last!
Myanmar
Yangon
I flew from Colombo to Yangon, Myanmar on the 4th of April and was thrilled to
see Winsome Vertannes waiting for me at
the exit. The sad thing was the absence of
Sheila, her mother, who died suddenly the
day I left the States on this extended trip.
Throughout the time there, part of me kept
waiting for Sheila to come, and I am sure
Winsome is dealing with the same expectancy. We talked deeply several times, so I
believe that my being there was some comfort in her grief.
The spring session of the twice-yearly
Hmawbi Bible School was in progress, so
I taught classes for four days. In addition
to the planned lessons, I made an observation and an important suggestion: Most of
the students in the schools are young people, many of them still single. In a country where the church is relatively young,
and the congregations are small, finding a
Christian mate can be a real challenge. So
I said someone needs to be responsible for
circulating a record of all who attend the
classes, so that a Marriage Service can be
developed! Isnt that a good idea??? They
thought so!
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New
Zealand
Auckland
From
Hephziba, who organized the classes
in the Auckland
area.
Its all
glory and praises to
Left to Right: Philip, Nsian Thang, Esther, Betty, and Winsome our Father in Heaven
for granting an opmeets with U Kyaw Sein near Hmawbi,
and there is a church in Jayatis area of
Yangon. The picture has changed greatly in the years since the Vertannes were
converted. We and the Wayne Barriers
learned of churches that had been begun
through the sharing of our literature across
the border from Christians in northeast In-
Auckland,
New Zealand class
New Plymouth,
New Zealand class
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Ta s m a n i a
Hobart
The time in Hobart with Dennis and
Shirley Gresham and the Lindisfarne and
Eastern Shore churches was good in many
ways, including being restful! As it turned
out, the annual lectures at Eastern Shore were
scheduled for the same time I was to be there
so we had fewer classes than anticipated, but
also I was able to attend most of the lectures.
Christians were there from 14 congregations,
some from the island/state, Tasmania, and
some from the mainland of Australia.
In addition to the classes and lectures,
the Greshams were gracious hosts, taking
me to the MONA Museum, to a wildlife preserve (with kangaroos and Tasmanian Devils!), down to the Port Arthur Historical site
and Tasman peninsula, including the world
renowned Tessellated [tasserated] Pavement, the Tasman arch, and Devils Kitchen.
Well, that covers all the stops [27 different places] and the classes that were taught
[81]. In looking back at the pictures I made,
I admit that I was so focused on the lessons
I was teaching at the moment that I usually
failed to make photographs of the groups in
attendance. Sorry about that!
I am continually asked, How was your
trip? and I have to answer that only God
could have made it so
perfect! There are not
words to express my
gratitude to each one
of you who gave funds
to underwrite the cost
of the travels and the
work along the way;
nor are there words to
express my gratitude to
the loving brothers and
sisters in each place
who arranged all the
classes and took such
loving care of me. I
thank God to be in this
Family... Love to each
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one of you! Betty
Display of copies of The Voice of Truth
International in the foyer of the Eastern
Shores building.in Hobart, Australia.
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Ronnie Crocker
June has come and gone quickly.
So many good things have happened
since our last report. Here are two major developments:
1. Our Bar-B-Que fundraiser
was a big success, thanks to the efforts
of these fine folks and many others.
When all the expenses were paid, there
was a profit of $7,500. We are thankful
for the financial help, but the fellowship was even better. What a blessing
the Austinville congregation is to all of
us at Project Rescue!
from my mouth.
A year later, I am eternally grateful
to those people. Those people have
helped change my life. I have had the
wonderful opportunity of visiting Project Rescue which is a beautiful place
in Priceville, AL. I have gotten to know
a lot of the people (both management
and addicts and managements who
are addicts) and have gotten to experience triumph and tragedy with them.
They have brought more to my life than
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Christian
Student
Center
HELP!
Who would have ever dreamed
that the home in the 1st picture above
could draw 40 to 50 non-Christian
college students for a Bible study on
Wednesday evenings?
After Madolyn inherited the
house in Moorhead, MS, which is located directly across the street from
Mississippi Delta Community College, we decided it was time for us to
begin our second lives of working for
the Lord full time. We closed our very
successful retail pharmacy in Winona,
MS. and began working towards establishing the Christian Student Center,
serving students at MS Delta Community College. The year was 1995; I was
55 years old and Madolyn would have
been 51. We averaged only 6 students
in regular attendance the first semester.
The spring semester following, we increased greatly. In the fall year 1996,
we had profile cards printed for the students to provide us with personal information. Over 300 students registered
for various functions during the year.
plan is
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Prepare to
have
your
intellect,
emotions
and existing
beliefs set
on fire when
you read this
book! Paperback and Hardback available.
Michael Shank:
mikeshank.62960@gmail.com
office@michaelshankministries.com
http://www.muscleandashovel.com
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BRAZIL PUBLICATIONS
This year we resumed publication of Edificao magazine. The name means edification. It is the only generalinterest periodical literature circulating among Brazilian
churches. Two issues have been published thus far this year.
The additional expense of printing and mailing comes
just as we are losing support from the U.S.
The book we translated and published in Sept., 2015,
continues to bear fruit. Cristianismo Original, authored by
Joel Stephen Williams, is being distributed in state prisons
and used as a textbook in public evangelism classes, as well
as in personal evangelism. Because of its low price, some
congregations are giving it as a gift to visitors.
HANDS-ON TRAINING
CHURCH PLANT
Plans continue for the new congregation in the neighboring city of Jacare. We are preparing Douglas and Jonathan, especially, who will do much of the work when they
begin in the formers home. They have yet to set a date for
the new beginning, but already a study group during the
week is occuring in Douglass mothers home.
These Forthright Publications are available. For prices and more information, you
may call Barbara Oliver at 901-517-7274 or email sales@forthrightpress.com.
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Living by Truth
Daniel J. Araujo
My motto:
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Campaign 2016
The Bellevue church of Christ sent a group of 13 to encourage and bless the work of EBNESR and the Boa Viagem
church of Christ. The campaign was directed by Daniel and
Jana Polk and included work and contributions in many of
our projects, including the Manna Childrens Home where
they taught and played with the children, and put a new coat
of paint on the playground fence.
They played pictionary, fruit basket turnover and ate hamburgers and hot dogs. The Campaign group was never idle
and we are deeply grateful for all that they did to help us
organize church Bible school materials, construct student
computer desks, and organize our EBNESR library books.
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Helmut Garcia
church members
in those areas are
encouraged. They
are always happy
for us to help out
in evangelism and
have Gospel campaigns to encourage
them to stay faithful and work harder
for the Lord`s church.
We ask for your prayers and support for the newest churches located in
the remote Peruvian Amazon and Andes Mountain areas.
Once again we ask for your
prayers for the training school and missions, for the second Family Christian
Training Camp that we will have in
August, 2016, and for the church work
throughout this nation where the sound
doctrine is being taught and the Gospel
of our Lord is being spread, knowing
that what we do for the Lord is not in
vain as we serve and work in His kingdom daily till the Master comes.
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Helmut Garcia church web site: https://
www.facebook.com/ideCMontecarloPeru/church web site: https://www.facebook.com/ideCMontecarloPeru/
Cajamarca church in
the Andes Mountains
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When groups come down, something that we love and cherish so much
is the moments of fellowship that we
get to share. Its a week of constant
camaraderie...whether its singing at
a members home after a long day of
working together, helping to put up a
new gate, going to the Senior Home, an
afternoon hike, or just getting acquainted with new friends (in a tornado room
inhabited by teenagers), we feel so
loved and encouraged by these sweet
people!
Weve been so blessed this year to
have so many wonderful people come
through Aruba so far this year and
theres room for more (hint, hint). We
want to thank all of you, our dear brethren, who not only support us but who
also support these wonderful groups to
come down to help in this great effort!
We thank God for you. The Lord
bless and keep you all.
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Tim Henderson: pragart@me.com
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June
3:
75
weeks of teaching in May and were
joined by Sarah Thornsberry and Kath- May total: 216
ryn Gordon. Before they left, Don and
Pam and Don Jesch are dear
Pam Jesch from Dewey, OK, arrived to
friends and excellent teachers. We were
teach for almost an entire month. Lou
thrilled they could come to Sopot again
Cusato, who was working in Amsterthis year. Don is an elder for the church
dam, flew over a few days earlier than
in Dewey, OK, which has supported
scheduled, overlapping the Jesches a
our work for many years. On their last
week and a half before he was joined
two trips to Sopot, Pam has planned
by his wife, ShawnAlis, for two weeks.
a special luncheon and devotional for
June brought five new first-time women of the congregation and stuteachers, Jen Young, Mary Beth Wal- dent body. This years Ladies Day took
lace and Amelia Shappley, all Freed- place on May 21st following Sunday
Hardeman graduates, as well as Fran- services and over twenty attended. Her
ces Sloan and Rhonda Cook from
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on Sunday nights with the nuns and us. She and her family
live in Prato, so she gave me a tour of the town center. She
and her husband, Andrea, have sweet spirits. We talked about
the history of the city and other things. At one point, she
asked how we worship, so we talked some about that. Im
hoping to continue to be able to meet them this coming fall
and grow that relationship and curiosity. I pray opportunity,
energy, and boldness will be given me to do so.
From Sunday the 17th of July to Saturday the 23rd,
Bethany, Hannah, and I helped with youth camp in a small
village in the mountains called Meschia. There were about
sixty kids, ages seven to seventeen, and twenty monitors.
The youth of the Churches of Christ in Italy are wonderfully
encouraged by this camp. They are all close friends and they
do not get to see each other often.
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The Christian has so many blessings. One of the greatest is the assurance of an eternal home with the Lord.
This is because of what Jesus did for
all mankind and not because I have
done enough or because I am good
enough to go to heaven. Our trust and
faith is in Him and not on our earning
salvation.
Fratostiteanu and Daryl Newton
have been the speakers in the three
Gospel meetings in Schitu Golesti,
Valea Stanciului and Cioroiasi. The
reports are that both men presented
great Bible lessons and a good number
of visitors were present at each place.
Another soul was born of water and
the spirit in Schitu Golesti last week.
There was great rejoicing! The online
Bible course for the three districts is
available to all. The advertisements in
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News from
East London,
South Africa
Chris DuPreez
Out, taken from the life of Moses. We had twenty campers, from four different congregations. (Downtown, Buffalo
flats, Keam Road and even as far as Plettenberg Bay, we also
had two visitors that Amy invited) After the camp we had
some time to take Wes, Natasha and their kids to the nearby
Mpongo game park, where the main attraction was the hippos.... and what is a game drive without seeing a giraffe...
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On Wednesday morning, we (myself, Makinde, brother Kayode Solomon, brother Dele Shotola and a BVBIN
student, brother Samuel Omotayo Babatunde) boarded the school van to attend
this years Annual Bible Lectureship
held at West Nigerian Christian College
and School of Biblical Studies (WNCC
& SBS), Abeokuta in Ogun state. We
took with us 3,000 copies of The Voice
of Truth International, volume 88, after posting nine packages of forty each
to brethren and other regular recipients
of VOTI materials. Over 400 preachers/
WBSFUW and mature men and women
benefited from the free gifts from VOTI
at WNCC and SBS campus on Wednesday, August 3, 2016.
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Our graduates and present students represent 11 French speaking nations in West Africa. Those countries
represented by our students and graduates include Benin, Togo, Chad, Ivory
Coast, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Burkino Faso, Mali, Guinea and
Niger. Many of these countries have a
BTC graduate as a located preacher
working there.
Most of our present students are
married and range in age from 22 to
56 years in age. Many of our graduates since 1998 have gone back to
work with congregations that existed
before coming to school, but they have
also planted approximately 300 new
churches with membership approaching 7,000. These new Christians are the
seeds, and French West Africa is ready
to harvest for Jesus Christ.
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Lahore, Pakistan
Asghar Ali
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Sunny David and others in the Delhi congregation, following the baptism of Art
Bagos from the Philippines.
Left: Ajit and Preeti David, with their son, Anmol; brother Chhotelal with his newly
baptized wife, Naina.
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An Exciting History...
Joshua Gootam
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The military had a station placed on top of the mountain close to where we were. Satellites and other towers sat
on the high places. It is here that friction with the Muslims
is taking place in the country. From a mission standpoint, it
is a good place to reach people who are far from any other
means to come across another Christian.
At night, in the massive city of Magway, local denominations heard that missionaries from the USA were in town,
and asked us to meet with them. Sure enough, after a full day
on the mountain, we met in a nearby denominational building,
while people asked us various questions to see what we had to
say and to see what we believed. It was something that should
be taking place here in America, but generally most people
be they members of the church or outside dont seem to
care what anyone believes one way or the other.
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Jamie Barrier is the son of Wayne and Janet Barrier, helping
with short-term teaching trips to Asia.
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tool for mass evangelism, strengthening the brethren, and establishing the
Lords congregations in the country.
This year from March 14 to April
15, we had our spring school session and
eight precious souls became Christians.
Also three persons completed two years
course and got their certificates. The ladies classes were taught by wonderful
teachers and the ladies were inspired.
Now we are planning to have this school
again in the fall, October 4-November 5.
I also work with Partners in Progress and this effort mainly focuses inLaputta, the delta area. Six or more
trips are made to this area every year
so that we can teach the non-believers
about God and strengthen the brethren.
Twice a year we do a seminar for this
group of people, one in February and
another in September, for one week
each time. This outreach effort has
been wonderful and brings many Buddhists to Christ.
Once in a year, I work with brother Daniel Hamm, spending one week or
more in Pyay city. This year from July
1-7, we had this school again and one
precious soul became a Christian.
Our youth Camp in Kalay is another work that I am involved in. This
Inspiring writings on Bible people by sister Katheryn Haddad. Youll love these!
Contact her at haddad1940@yahoo.com or on Facebook or Amazon.com
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The
Holy
Spirit
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Ms. Lun
20 Baptized
Mr. Chicome 14 Baptized
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!
While Daniel Hamm was in Asia,
his wife, Kathy, has been at their home
in Clinton, Ky. They moved there two
years ago to establish a congregation in
Hickman County that had been without
a Church of Christ for 12 years. Services are conducted each Sunday afternoon at 3:00 in the home of the Hamms.
Kathy prepares refreshments each
week for a period of fellowship that follows an hour of worship. Including the
Hamms, there are presently 7 from the
local community who attend.
Brethren from the following congregations in other counties and states
take turns coming each Sunday to encourage this new work:
Week one Wingo, Ky.
Week two North Marshall in Calvert
City, Ky.
Week three Walnut Grove in Benton, Ky.
Week four Bishop St., Union City, Tn.
Week five Ledbedder, Ky.
Daniel is author of a Bible Column and author of a Gardening Column
that appear each week in The Hickman
County Times Newspaper. House to
House is mailed to every home and
business each time it is printed, with
personal information and articles on the
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front and back.
HAMM MISSIONS is overseen
by the elders of the Walnut Grove
Church of Christ, 85 Walnut Grove
Road, Benton, KY. 42025, and is
funded by many brethren and congregations of churches of Christ.
Daniel Hamm:
hammdankat@yahoo.com
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Children eating
from the trash.
Nias
that the disciples of Christ would perform would not be greater miracles
than He, as that would be impossible,
but rather the greater scope of taking
His message of salvation to regions far
and wide across the world.
It was evident from the questions of the men and from interaction
with them that most of them still need
a lot of maturing and building up in the
faith, and additional training is vital to
the stability of the churches there. We
also had morning devos for the ladies
who are taking the seamstress course,
and we enjoyed interacting with them.
Two books, Indeks Alkitab
(Bible Index, a Ready Reference on
Bible Topics), and Peranan Perempuan (The Role of Woman) are being
reprinted for the Nias churches. These
are valuable tools for the brethren and
we replenish these and others as the
supply gets low.
Medan
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Greetings from the English family here in the Pacific Island nations.
We do hope that this update finds you
doing well and increasing in The Faith
that saves us! In this update we want to
share with you some very encouraging
news of how God has provided a great
increase in the work of evangelizing,
edifying, and equipping throughout the
Pacific Island nations, both in American Samoa and at Christmas Island,
Republic of Kiribati, and through the
daily broadcasts of PBN.
Tutuila Island,
American Samoa:
Tawakea Village,
Christmas Island:
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Pacific Islands
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Our first week team has been conducting group studies every
night for adults, teens, and children, plus those visiting the
assemblies. Also, each day we are visiting house-to-house,
inviting, encouraging, and helping people to attend the Bible
studies. It is a joy to see the response here as our classes are
being well attended and participation is good.
Two of our Bible courses (Church History and then
Joshua thru Esther) are being presented to an eager group
of men and women who are carefully listening, taking notes,
and asking questions. This is very encouraging. Also, our
childrens class being taught by Faith Toland and Cassie
Engish, and translated by Teeua Taukaro, is now at 35, but
we believe it will grow to even a larger group as the week
progresses.
Yesterday Sharon was invited to teach a Bible class at
one of the larger schools on the island, which she gladly accepted. What a joy to know that we are laboring in a country that still believes that Gods Word should be taught in
schools! Also, we are having a special series of lessons on
The Miracles of Jesus, which is being received with great
interest.
Life in Christmas Island is not easy for those who live
here, however, it seems to us that wherever we go and teach,
people are happy, receptive, and genuinely take a good interest in the Bible, dismissing the fact that they are poor in
things physical and live in substandard conditions.
Later today we will receive an additional group of 8
workers coming from the USA, which will complete our
team. Added to our group of 6, this will enable us to get
started on a large scale house-to-house Bible study campaign. As this is being done, attendance at our classes will
likewise see an increase. Too, every day we are blessed to
labor to sow the seed of the Kingdom into the hearts of the
people here, while both edifying and equipping Christians,
plus evangelizing those that know not our God and His way
of salvation. Please brethren..pray for us that we can continue to make the progress that weve seen in this country.
God has been so very good to give His increase in those
obeying the Gospel and those growing and maturing in The
Faith. We hope to update you again with some photos of the
work here, with a further report as we depart from Christmas
Island to teach in Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands.
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Randy & Sharon English: sonlight@samoatelco.com
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Radio
Bekasi (Java)
Jakarta
Indonesia at large
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We praise God for these two precious souls that have been added to the
Kingdom of God. We feel it is just
the beginning of souls from their family finding the Lord. The Christians
at Morningside have been giving me
money to buy age-appropriate Bibles
for those who need them, so I was happy to present all 4 of the study group
their very own Bible.
Our youth at Morningside are
John and Lynda Staiger work with the
maturing. In fact, many were able to Morningside Church of Christ in Auckgo on a second mission trip to Fiji, and land, New Zealand.
we oversaw them
in the running of a
camp which Fijian
church youth attended. Lance Mosher
was the speaker at
the camp, but our
youth were assigned
groups of teens and
ran the ice-breakers, games and anGoodbyes from the grateful
nouncements. There
people of Malake.
was one baptism and
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New Zealand
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Fiji Trip
Street Evangelism
The day after we arrived in Fiji, we spent the day in and
around Suva, the nations capital, distributing tracts on the
streets and striking up conversations with the locals about
various Bible subjects, primarily on the difference between
the Old and New Testaments. By the end of the day, the local
evangelist had already received four phone calls.
Youth Camp
That night, we began conducting a youth camp, with
about 100 people, on the Coral Coast. The camps theme was
Back to the Basics. I spoke six times:
What will I do with the empty tomb?
Unless I believe
What is my authority in life?
How valuable is the body of Christ?
What will discipleship cost me?
How do I obey the gospel?
At the end of the fourth lesson, I facilitated a Question-Answer session. The questions that were asked publicly
and privately proved that the youth of Fiji are deep thinkers,
ready to commit all to Christ. At the end of my final lesson
on Sunday, two young ladies came forward publicly one
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In early 1960s when Christians from Canada and America began to enter India with the true
message of the Gospel of Christ, there existed all kinds of denominational churches throughout
the country since the colonial days. Hardly any people, at that point of time, had heard about the
true church the church one can read about in the Bible.
Today, after almost fifty-five years of the preaching of the true Gospel, most people in India
have heard what the church of Christ is and what it stands for. Innumerable congregations of the
Lords church have been established throughout the land. People everywhere have been leaving their denominational beliefs after learning and obeying the truth of the Gospel.
The role of literature and radio and T.V. has been a great catalyst for the change in the Lords
work in India in all of these years. And the man behind many of these efforts was J.C.Choate,
who from late 60s began to envision the future of the Lords church in India. First, he began
printing a monthly magazine, The Bible Teacher, from Delhi, now in its 46th year, and then tracts,
and books, and Bible correspondence courses. To reach more people with Bible literature in
their own languages, J.C. began contacting and encouraging sound gospel preachers in different parts of India to translate and produce more printed materials which, again, included books,
tracts, magazines, and Bible correspondence courses. All of this was very successful work. New
contacts were made, people began to learn the truth of Gods word, and more congregations of
the one true church began to come up in various places.
But then in mid-70s, when J.C., to his excitement, learned that religious programs could be
aired over Radio Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and heard all over the Indian sub-continent, he immediately contacted Radio Ceylon and bought time for the preaching of the Gospel in different languages. Now, with the combined power of literature and radio, the word of God began to reach
into peoples homes in their own languages. More people had the opportunity to learn the truth
and obey it, and as a result more and more congregations of the church were established.
But J.C. was yearning for something more to happen; for another tool, for another avenue of reaching more people. And that happened when he learned
a few years later that it was now possible to use television in India to
broadcast religious programs. He immediately began to work for it,
encouraging preachers who spoke different languages to get ready
to preach the Good News through T.V.
Today the Gospel is being preached in India everywhere in
the homes of people every day through literature, radio, and
T.V. People are being taught the truth of Gods word. Everyday
people are calling, and writing, asking questions, requesting
more literature and Bible correspondence courses. They are
learning the truth and, upon obeying it, they are becoming
free from ignorance and all kinds of falsehood which had enchained them for years. Thank God for making all such work tools
available to us to reach people everywhere with His soul-saving message,
and thank God for men who relentlessly work to obey His great command to
preach the gospel to all nations.
Sunny David (sunny_davidin@yahoo.co.in)