Herald of Holiness Volume 75 Number 22 (1986)

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Herald of Holiness Volume 75 Number 22 (1986)
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!N N E R L IB R A R !
N a z a r e n e U n ivJ
■NKAKEE, ILLJNOJ
HARVEST NOW!
by General Superintendent Eugene L. Stowe
s these lines are being written it is harvesttime in
l the great midwestern “breadbasket” of America.
Comstocks have exchanged the green of summer
the russet brown of fall. Heavily kerneled ears hang from
each stock. Mechanical pickers are beginning to march
across the fields. A golden flood of grain pours from the
spout of each machine into wagons pulled alongside of
them. It is harvesttime!
And there is a sense of urgency. Black clouds building
up in the west signal the approach of autumnal storms.
Gale-force winds can batter cornstocks into the ground
where the searching fingers of the picking machines
cannot reach them. Heavy rains can turn fields into
quagmires of mud that defy even the deepest-treaded
pneumatic tires to invade their domain. It’s now or never!
Jesus asked, "Do you not say, ‘Four months more and
then the harvest?’” He went on to provide the answer, “I
tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are
ripe for harvest” (John 4:35, NIV). What our Lord was
really saying was, “It is time for a harvest of souls!” And
it really is. A few months ago Nazarene pastors stood at
the district assembly microphones and reported on last
year’s harvest. In the United States and Canada 24,716
new Nazarenes had been won to Christ and our church.
However, more than 1,300 churches recorded no mea­
surable harvest (no members received by profession of
A
faith). Promises were made— goals were set. This year
there would be increase.
forHas there been? Has your congregation paid the
prayer-price for a sweeping revival that will bring in a
harvest of souls? The assembly year is racing by. It
could be now or never!
Then, the fields are ripe for harvest all over the world
. . . in the 83 areas of the earth where the Church of
the Nazarene is now reaching out in holiness evan­
gelism;
. . . and in the 12 other countries that we have com­
mitted our church to enter by 1995;
. . . doors stand wide open, but dark clouds of ap­
proaching political storms are gathering on the hori­
zon.
We have been petitioning the Lord of harvest to send
laborers into these fields. He is answering our prayers.
More than 600 Nazarene missionaries are already hard
at work in this global harvest. Scores of God-called mis­
sionary candidates are volunteering their services.
A Thanksgiving Offering of $9 million is absolutely
necessary if we are to keep faith with these “harvest
hands.” Our sacrificial giving will enable them to reap an
abundant harvest before the storm breaks.
It’s harvest now!
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The Faces of
HONG
by WILLIAM GOODMAN
van, age 29, is the father o f three growing children.
T h e factory where Ivan worked closed, catching
the employees com pletely o ff guard. Ivan received un­
em ploym ent benefits while he searched for a job. Try
as he would, there wasn’t a jo b for som eone with Ivan’s
skills or training. A fter six m onths Ivan was discour­
aged and out o f money. His wife was working for m in ­
imum wages, so their small incom e prevented them
ganizations aware o f hunger spearhead food drives.
from qualifying for welfare or food stamps. T h e food
Tw o-thirds o f all food donated in food drives to feed
budget was cut until the fam ily o f five existed each day
the poor com es from churches. Churches and char­
with the pain o f hunger. T his is the face o f the family
itable organizations have set up food pantries where
hungry.
neighborhood people can receive groceries at no cost.
Walter worked 30 years for his company, faithfully
Others use donated food in “ soup k itchens” where
paying into the pension program. Three years into re­
hungry people receive nutritional meals.
tirem ent the com pany went bankrupt, and W alter’s en ­
We should realize that donating a can o f food or two
tire pension program was eliminated. Walter receives a
doesn ’t solve the problem o f the p oor and hungry.
total o f $361 a m onth in support from the government.
There is more to it than that. There is a tremendous
Walter is confused and bitter about his financial situ­
need in com m unities for church people to gather nutri­
ation. He felt humiliated asking for food stamps, which
tional food every month. Church people should take
he and his wife need. Walter and his invalid wife are
leadership and be role m odels o f com passion in action.
the faces o f the elderly hungry.
There are food appeals generated at rock concerts,
M onica was born to a m other who is 19 years old,
sport events, com m ercial events, and in taverns, which
unmarried, unem ployed, and unskilled. M on ica and
is great, but the Christian cannot do less.
her m other live with her single-parent grandmother,
One m ethod o f prom oting awareness and com pas­
who also cares for six others on welfare. A t mealtime
sion for the poor and hungry is to set a day o f prayer
there is a scramble for food. Th e older children get
and fasting for the needy. W hile one prays and feels the
their food first, M onica gets what is left. M onica, at 3
hunger pangs there will be a determ ination to put
those prayers into action.
years old, is the face o f the children hungry.
There are Am ericans all about us who are hungry, in
Churches should locate needs in their areas, then
spite o f welfare and food stamp programs.
volunteer to staff a food pantry, pick up food, and make
In one large M idwest m etropolitan area, although
phone calls. Financial donations are needed to pur­
unem ploym ent is fairly low, 18,000 families are fed by
chase nutritional foods. (One small com m unity had a
volunteers each month. From 50,000 to 60,000 pounds
nutritional food drive and contributed 1,000 pounds o f
o f food are needed to feed these people each month.
peanut butter.) Churches can con n ect embarrassed
W here will all the food com e from ?
people to em ergency food supplies. T h e church can
Food industries are donating food by bulk to food
lobby legislators to channel moneys for the hungry
p a n tr ie s in s te a d o f d u m p in g it. C o m m u n ity oramong us. H elping people in our neighborhood brings
joy to them and a good feeling to us.
Th e joy o f giving is in being able to give. T h e faces o f
WILLIAM GOODMAN is a Nazarene elder serving as the
the hungry family, the hungry elderly, the hungry ch il­
Salvation A rm y’s director o f Correctional Services fo r Western
Missouri and Kansas District. He resides in Leavenworth,
dren, will light up with a smile because everyone in
Kansas.
G od’s fam ily has com passion in action.
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IN THIS ISSUE
HARVEST N O W !........................
2
General S u p erin ten d en t E u g en e L. S tow e
THE FACES OF H UN G ER .........................................................3
William Goodman
LETTERS....................................................................................... 4
THE 10-SHILLING W O R D .........................................................5
THANKSGIVING......................................................................... 10
P oem
Geraldine Nicholas
“BECAUSE YOU GAVE . . . ” ...................................................11
N azarene Colleges Train S tu dents
Internationally
J erry I). Lambert
THE FIRST DEAF CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE............12
M orris Chalfant
Frances Simpson
GIVING THA NK S......................................................................... 5
LIGHTLY HELD........................................................................... 13
Poem
Gwen Rodgers
P oem
R Guilford Fitz
THANKSGIVING OFFERING—
THE HEARTBEAT OF THE C H U R C H .................................... 6
THE LESSER P A IN ................................................................... 14
H elen F Tem ple
TAKE A BIBLE BREAK.............................................................15
HAPPY THANKSGIVING............................................................. 7
H arol D. Wright
M arjorie E. Jensen
B ook B rief
W. E. McCumber
THE EDITOR’S STANDPOINT.................................................16
W. E. McCumber
DOING THANKS........................................................................... 7
P oem
Allen A. B en n ett
FAITH IN THE FR A C TU R E .......................................................8
J. Grant Swank. Jr.
NAZARENE ROOTS: ORDAINED TO S E R V E ...................... 9
SUCH HALLOWED FELLOW SHIP.........................................10
Jerry' W. M cC ant
BY ALL MEANS......................................................................... 18
Walking Through the Valley
Carolyn J. Merrifield
IN THE N E W S ........................................................................... 19
NEWS OF R ELIG IO N ...............................................................30
ANSWER CO R NER ...................................................................31
LATE N E W S ...............................................................................35
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PLACING BLAME
Jesus said, “Upon this rock I will
build my church; and the gates of
hell shall not prevail against it” (Mat­
thew 16:18).
I am hearing today the pitiable cry
from our pulpits, from Christian
leaders, and from the laity of the
church about prayer and Bible read­
ing in our public schools, and the ter­
rible spawn of immorality across our
land. We could still have prayer and
Bible reading in our public schools if
the leaders of the church had the
moral courage to stand up and say
to the Supreme Court, “We ought to
obey God rather than men" (Acts
5:29).
There is no use faulting the U.S.
Supreme Court. The fault must be
HERALD OF HOLINESS
placed where it belongs— at the feet
of the spiritual leaders of Christ's
Church. I love the Church of our
Lord Jesus and of all God’s saints in
the Church, but if our pastors,
teachers, and evangelists do not
wake up to the task God has called
them to, darkness will deepen and
Christ will remove His candle stick
from our midst and we will walk in
darkness. God help us.
Harold Welker
Lansdale, Pennsylvania
WANTS MORE BOAT-ROCKERS
“Preach love . . . don’t offend any­
body . . . don’t rock the b o a t. . . just
preach and teach love.” Sounds fa­
miliar, doesn’t it?
Apparently in the name of “spread­
ing the gospel,” the admonition to
proclaim a kind of “love” that is only
se ntim en tal is still resounding
throughout may parts of the church
today. And unfortunately, it is being
presented, in far too many cases, in
such a clever manner as to per­
suade many o f our preachers,
teachers, and others to tone down
the gospel, to compromise truth and
refrain from preaching scriptural ho­
liness.
To be sure, real love without holi­
ness is unscriptural! Therefore,
scriptural holiness, and that includes
love, when preached, practiced, and
proclaimed in the power of the
Spirit, is going to “rock the boat.”
And it is thrilling to witness the in­
creasing number of “boat-rockers”
that God is raising up. Let us pray
(Continued on page 18)
THE
10-S h il l in g W o rd
Often we fa il to say “thanks” when we should.
by MORRIS CHALFANT
any yea rs ago,
w hen R u d y ard
K i p l in g w a s a p o p u la r
writer, it was reported that
he received 10 shillings for
every word he wrote. Som e
students at O xford Univer­
sity, n ot im p ressed w ith
this success, sent K ipling
10 shillings with a request
for “ one o f your very best
w ord s.” H e ca b le d back:
“Thanks.”
O f t e n we f a i l t o sa y
“thanks” when we should.
M any nice words appear in obituaries and are ut­
tered after a person has passed away. W ould not life be
sweeter if less were said after and more before?
T h e late F. W. Boreham , an Australian Baptist m in­
ister, told a story o f three friends who, on a rainy day,
M
Giving Thanks
God gave His Son— Thank You, Lord;
I give m yself to You.
God gives His love— Thank You, Lord;
I will love others more and
strive to see them through Your eyes.
God gives me p eace— Thank You, Lord;
I will endeavor to be a peacemaker.
God gives me His presence— Thank You, Lord;
I will be more careful to make my Christian
"presence" felt to those around me.
God gives me His guidance— Thank You, Lord;
1 will recognize Your leading
and let You guide.
— GW EN RODGERS
Ponca City, Oklahoma
a tte n d e d a little ch u rch
among the Yorkshire dales.
T h e se rvice was to be
co n d u cte d by a p reach er
who had 15 miles to walk
over the hills to the church.
“ Is t h is m a n a g re a t
p re a ch e r?” asked one o f
the three as they trudged
down the muddy lane.
“ Oh, no,” replied one o f
his com panions. “ He is no
good at preaching, but he
can pray; his prayers are a
torrent o f thanksgiving!”
The visitors wondered what, on such a day, and with
so small a congregation, could awaken the good m an’s
gratitude. In due course, the service began as the little
old man, drenched to the skin after his long walk over
the moors, signaled to the people to bow their heads.
“ Alm ighty G od,” he cried with fervor, “ we thank
Thee that it is not always as bad as this.”
That is a good philosophy for life, because no matter
how bad things are, they could always be worse.
A frien d ly sm ile, a k in d ly act, or a w ell-p la ced
“ thank you” can make all the difference in the world.
If your heart is filled with gratitude, you have n oth ­
ing to fear. You know that G od is guarding, governing,
and guiding you. You need only “ Be still and know that
I am God.”
We must never forget that we are indebted to a gra­
cious God for a rich and glorious past as well as a p ros­
perous present. Perhaps we can never offer appropriate
thanks, but we can offer what we have. This is beau­
tifully portrayed in Annie Johnson Flint’s words:
As we offer our small rejoicing
For the love that surrounds our days,
All the wonderful works o f Thy goodness
Shall open before our gaze;
Through the gates of our narrow thanksgiving
We shall en ter Thy courts of praise.
There is nothing like a well-said, well-timed, wellmeant “thank you.”
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MORRIS CHALFANT is pastor o f the Church o f the Nazarene in Norwood, Ohio.
THANKSGIVING
OFFERING
The Heartbeat of the Church
by HELEN F. TEMPLE
It's the Church o f the Nazarene reaching out to the world— at home
and to the farthest corner where people live.
hanksgiving Offering! The challenge! Th e goal!
pastors who study while they preach. It’s holiness liter­
Large enough to make you catch your breath
ature in 50 languages. It’s new churches and districts
and lean a little heavy on the Lord. Plans. Sacrifices.
in dozens o f countries. It’s m issionary children being
educated overseas, often hundreds o f miles from their
Everyone searching for ways to give a little extra. A nd
then the Great Day!
parents. It’s hospitals, clinics, schools, churches. It’s
bush Sunday S ch o o ls and u n der-a-hou se-or-a-tree
In the little church I attended as a young person
there was an eight foot therm ometer up front with d ol­ congregations. It’s people— hearing about a personal
Savior, Jesus Christ, for the first tim e— and some of
lar amounts printed at intervals up one side, and al­
them are in the United States, Britain, Canada, as well
ways space above the goal for us to go over the top.
as other nations o f the world.
Adding machines clattered as the offering envelopes
and cash were tallied. Every few minutes som eone at
Yes— the Thanksgiving Offering is all o f that and
m uch more. It is the sup­
the th erm om eter m oved
the red ribbon up toward
p o r t te a m at N a za ren e
H ead qu a rters in Kansas
t h e g o a l. W e s a n g , we
C ity where 21 percent of
shouted, we told how God
had blessed in getting our
the G en eral B udget sup­
offerings. E xcitem ent was
ports editors, secretaries,
fever-high as the red crept
b o o k k e e p e r s , arch ivists,
$ 1 0 ,0 0 0
toward the top. A nd what a
and other workers (includ­
rush o f rejoicing when we
ing a few bosses) to main­
went on past that coveted
tain records, answer your
9,000
figure!
letters, and keep the money
W hy?
you send in flowing out to
W h a t is th e T h a n k s ­
help win a lost world. The
8,000
giving Offering?
W o rld M is s io n D ivision
alone receives an average
It’s part o f the General
o f 1,500 letters a week, and
Budget, o f course. But it’s
7,000
more, each wanting an an­
much more than a “ have
swer as soon as possible—
to” budget. It’s Nazarenes,
an answer it may take half
worldwide, united in one
a day to find.
great o u tp ou rin g o f love
T h e T h a n k sg iv in g O f­
and thanksgiving to G od
fering is the general super­
for His blessings upon us.
5,000
Its 6 20 m is s io n a r ie s :
in t e n d e n t w h o conducts
y o u r d is tr ic t assem blies
preachers, teachers, d o c ­
tors, nurses, agronom ists,
and dedicates your church­
4,000
es. It’s missionaries coming
and others, serving in 55 or
m o r e c o u n t r i e s o f th e
hom e on furlough and re­
world; and 3,000 national
turning to the field. It’s re­
3,000
gio n a l co n fe re n c e s over­
pastors and their congrega­
tions, many o f them in the
s e a s w l ie r e N a z a r e n e
20 c o u n t r ie s w h ere th e
leaders in world areas meet
Church o f the Nazarene is
to understand the church
thriving without m ission ­
a nd its gov ern m en t and
aries.
p o lic ie s and go hom e to
1,000
I t ’ s N a z a re n e B ib le
build true Nazarene con­
s c h o o l s , h ig h s c h o o l s ,
gregations in faith and the­
nurses’ and teacher train­
ology and living.
in g c o lle g e s , a n d s e m i­
900
T hat m oney you put in
naries. It’s Extension Bible
the Thanksgiving Offering,
Training classes for 2,233
that m oney you pledge in
T
6,000
2,000
800
HERALD OF HOLINESS
Faith Promise, is more than a budget. It’s the Church
of the Nazarene reaching out to the w orld— at home
(wherever hom e is) and to the farthest corner where
people live.
And it is budgeted rigidly in K ansas City. Each
headquarters division submits an asking budget for
what it feels is needed, and states how it will be spent.
The Finance Com m ittee studies budgets in the light o f
what was received in the General Budget the year be­
fore. Every division is given a bottom -lin e figure b e­
yond which it cannot spend. Budgets must be cut to fit
within that figure. If the Easter and Thanksgiving o f ­
ferings drop below h oped-for goals, every division at
headquarters must cut back its program. T hat means
fewer missionaries, less literature in other languages
printed, Bible schools doubling up teaching loads or
dropping classes, and new openings for congregations
delayed until another year or longer.
It could mean a slow -dow n in the T hru st to the
Cities so desperately needed in our day.
Yes, it makes a differen ce— that Thanksgiving O f­
fering. T h ose are not ju st dollars you have in your
b illfold — th ose are p eop le. You w o u ld n ’t be c o m ­
fortable sitting through Thanksgiving Sunday with a
missionary in your pock et, w ould you ? Or Sunday
School lessons needed in som e country where teachers
are waiting? Or a pastor for a group waiting under a
tree to hear about G od?
Ask G od what He wants your share to be in the
evangelization o f the w orld. T h e n place it in the
Thanksgiving O ffering. If you are paying m onth ly
through your Faith Prom ise com m itm ent, put in a dou ­
ble p ortion on T h an ksgivin g O fferin g Sunday and
share in the excitem ent o f this Great Day when Nazarenes pour out their thanks to G od and their love to
the world.
□
HELEN F. TEMPLE is a free-lance writer, and form er editor
of World Mission magazine. She resides in Olathe, Kansas.
—D o in g Thanks —
S ayin g than ks seem s very s m a ll
T he lea st that I can do,
T h in kin g o f my blessings, Lord,
A n d all that com es fro m You;
A lso lov ely d eed s an d w ords
T hat p e o p le do an d say,
A n gels in disguise, perhaps,
T h at You h a v e sent m y way.
M ay I not on ly s p e a k m y thanks,
For w ords m ight fa il to do
W hat really m atters m ost o f all,
Like lea d in g on e to You.
—
— ALLEN A . BE N N ETT
Nampa, Idaho
Happy
Thariksqiuinq
by HAROL D. WRIGHT
appy Thanksgiving” is an oft-repeated greeting
during the last full week o f November, as we
wish a pleasant holiday to each other. W hen we think
about the phrase we realize that the thankful heart is
also positive, magnetic, magnanimous, and happy.
The alternative to the thankful heart is the selfish,
demanding, harsh, greedy spirit that is always grab­
bing for more or something else, and never stops to
enjoy the present with its possessions, relationships,
and joy. The grabber is never satisfied and often has
interpersonal relationship problem s because he views
others as tools and pawns to be manipulated.
Th e thankful heart acknowledges its need o f others
and delights in com pany with them. To be more inter­
ested in counting the blessings o f friendships than d ol­
lars is really a sign o f wealth. To recognize the joyous
privilege o f fellowship with God him self will keep one
on his knees in adoration and praise. It is not sur­
prising that the grateful heart is also the humble heart.
To view anyone with contem pt will rob us o f the atti­
tude o f gratitude.
Let us count, name, and rejoice in the blessings o f
life. This is not a matter o f com petition, to see who can
list the most blessings. Rather, it is a matter o f making
specific our basis for gratitude. Everyone has received
much and should express praise. W hat we have re­
ceived in com parison with others is not the issue.
Rather, we need to recognize that what we have re­
ceived originated in the heart o f God, and that we have
deserved none o f His mercies. We bow at the feet o f
Jesus, recollecting that He was willing to touch our
broken lives and heal them for His glory. Thanksgiving
is living for the Lord because He is love. It is loving
others because, in yielding our hearts to Him, He has
made us ch an n els through w hich H is com passion
flows.
Thanksgiving then is a spiritual matter. T h e one
who has responded in faith, love, and obedience to God
becom es the recipient o f a new and blessed fellowship.
Selfishness and greed has been replaced by selflessness
and generosity. G od was and is the difference. We owe
Him our all. He has us by creation and personal choice.
Gladness and praise is spontaneous.
“ Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.” This
means much more than “ Have a great N ovember 27.” It
means discover and rejoice in the goodness o f His
G ood News to all. Th e thankful heart gives because it
has received.
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H
HAROL D. WRIGHT pastors the Bruton Terrace Church in
Dallas, Texas.
FAITH
IN TH E
had never been to a re­
vival before,” Elsie re­
lated when thinking back
to when she first met Jesus.
“ I was a little girl then.
My sister and I went to a
revival in a church in Kenn e b u n k p o r t, M a in e . W e
w ere v i s it i n g r e la t iv e s
there. I can see it all as if it
were yesterday.”
My wife and I could p ic­
ture these two girls seated
in a New England church
pew, staring w ide-eyed at
everything about them. Els ie , a m e m b e r o f o u r
church, had dropped in for
a cup o f tea, and we found
ou rselv es th in k in g b ack
over the years. Elsie was a
fa ith fu l m em b er o f ou r
congregation and we had
know n her for years but
had never heard her story
o f salvation. We listened
attentively.
“ W hen the preacher fin ­
ished his sermon, he gave
an in v ita tio n . T h a t was
new to me. Yet I knew that
I felt right at home there.
“ T h e eva n gelist asked
those who wanted to know
Jesus to raise their hands.
by J. GRANT
But I w anted m ore than
that, so I stood to my feet. Raising my hand simply was
not enough.
“All the while, my sister kept pulling at my dress to
sit down. Yank! Yank! But I pushed her hand away.
There was another pull. It was G od’s pull at my heart,
and I wanted to respond to that more than anything
else in the world.”
The people who indicated a spiritual need were in ­
vited by the preacher to kneel at the altar.
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“ I co u ld n o t get there
soon enough. I wanted to
pray to Jesus, to receive
H im into my young heart,”
Elsie continued.
I could picture this ear­
nest child before the Lord.
She has proven true to her
Savior dow n through the
years. Our church is thank­
ful fo r p e o p le like Elsie
w ho, on ce having started
on the Way, continue till
the end.
“ W hile kneeling there in
front o f all those people, a
rather large lady from the
congregation knelt along­
side me. She helped me to
pray to Jesus. I can see her
yet.
“ W hen I got to my feet
that night, I felt so light.
Th e world was so different
to me. A nd I wanted more
than anything else to serve
this new Friend o f mine,”
she remembered.
Her sister never respon­
ded to the Lord.
“A nd to this day, she is
not interested in spiritual
th ings. W h en we get to­
gether, I try to bring the
SWANK, JR.
c o n v e r s a t io n around to
matters o f the soul. But she
says, ‘How do you know those things in the Bible are
true? After all, that book was simply written by men.’
“And though I have tried to convince her otherwise,
she persists in unbelief. I pray for her all the time. Yet
I wonder if there in M aine she did not force God out of
her life while I was asking Him into mine.”
As she spoke, I thought o f the two ways pointed out
by Jesus in the Serm on on the M ount. The one w a y narrow and stra ig h t— leads to heaven. The other
way— broad and w ide— leads to hell. There were two
sisters in one family who decided on the two ways. Th e
one seated in our kitchen that evening had made the
right choice.
Elsie continued, “ Th e next day, I was at the corner
candy store. You recall those large candy chests made
o f glass. Well, there was glass on the top and glass in
the front. A nd under all that glass were all those can ­
dies. Th ey were individually wrapped and laid out all
over the place. A penny apiece.
“ I was enthralled with ch oosing the candy I wanted.
So I took my time, picking out exactly what I wanted
most. W hile staring at the goodies, I leaned hard on
the top glass cover o f the case. T hen it broke.”
Elsie punctuated her words with hands that flew
into the air, reliving the horrible scene again.
“ I thought my heart would stop beating. There were
splinters o f glass all over the place— on the floor, in all
the candy. I started to cry.
“ But do you know who was the clerk who stood b e ­
hind that candy chest? It was the same large lady who
had knelt with me at the altar the night before.
“ I looked up into her face certain that I was going to
be reprimanded. But instead I saw a kindly smile. She
said simply, ‘T h at’s all right.’
“ I will never forget that. I thought then, that if this
woman could still live for Jesus when the candy case
broke, then I could live for Him, to o — regardless o f
whatever happened in life.
“ I think, however, that if she had turned on me that
Monday I might have lost faith in the whole thing. But
she didn’t. She lived out the same kindness on a Sun­
day night and a M onday afternoon. I have never for­
gotten that kind o f faith. It was faith in the fracture.”
Well, I leaned back in my chair and thanked G od for
sermons from the laity. I felt as if I had been to church.
T he Lord was near with another one o f His surprise
messages, delivered in our own kitchen.
It was then that I prayed silently, “ Lord, help me,
too, to have faith. M ay it be strong not only on Sunday
night but all week long, for others might be watching,
and that faith in the fracture may indeed influence
another’s destiny.”
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J. GRANT SWANK, JR., pastors the Walpole, Massachu­
setts, Church o f the Nazarene.
NAZARENE
ROOTS
ORDAINED
TO SERVE
G. M. Ham mond
“(Dec. 13, 1899). G. M. Hammond, Mrs. R. L. Har­
ris, and E. J. Sheeks, all members of this congrega­
tion, applied for ordination. Each one was examined
as to their eligibility for ordination and stood the ex­
amination and have proven themselves as faithful
ministers of the Lord Jesus C h rist. . .
“Dec. 14, nine o’clock a.m. . . . After singing and
praying Bro. Ira H. Russel read Eph. 5:1-21 and made
an earnest spiritual talk admonishing each one to live
up to the standard contained in this chapter. . . . Bro.
Russel then read the qualifications of a Bishop or
Elder in 1 Tim. 3:1-7, Tit. 1:5-9. He also read Acts
13:1-13 and by prayer and laying on of hands Bro.
Hammond, Sisters Harris and Sheeks were ordained
and set apart for the work whereunto the Holy Ghost
had called them.”
If one can judge an event in terms of its con­
sequences, then this simple ceremony of ordination
abounds in apostolic significance. First, no distinction
was made between male and female, for the New
Testament Church of Christ (a parent body of the
Church of the Nazarene) had earlier decided that if a
woman “has the right to stand side by side with man
in soul-saving work” then she is “entitled to all the
M rs. R. L. H arris
E. J. Sheeks
rights and privileges of the gospel,” including the right
of ordination.
Even more important were the three individual
records of ministry that took shape after this event.
George Hammond was active in evangelism and pas­
toral care until 1948, including pastorates at Little
Rock First, Kansas City First, Grace Church (Nash­
ville), and Albuquerque First. E. J. Sheeks, an ener­
getic evangelist and church planter, devoted over 12
years to an itinerant ministry in which she pastored
three or four churches simultaneously. District secre­
tary of the Arkansas and then the Dallas districts, she
ended 30 years of pastoral ministry by joining the
theological faculty of Bresee College and teaching
until 1939. Mrs. Harris, better known later as Mary
Lee Cagle, was also active in evangelism and home
missions ministry until the mid-1930s and served
several districts as the elected district evangelist.
Ordination to the gospel ministry: not just a right,
but a responsibility to serve. (Sources: “Church
Book” of the New Testament Church of Christ, Milan,
Tenn.; photos from the E. J. Sheeks Collection and
the R. B. and Donie Mitchum Collection.)
□
STAN INGERSOL, Archivist
Such Hallowed
by JERRY W. McCANT
. . There is in it [the church]
such hallowed fellowship as cannot
otherwise be known.” These words
com e from the ritual for the recep­
tion o f church members provided in
the Manual. W hat is so different
about the fellowship o f the church?
Is fellowship in the church really
superior to that found in a service
club or country club?
Our ritual statement is idealistic.
Even so, that ideal is con son an t
with Paul’s view o f the church in 1
C orinthians 12:12-31. To put his
words into a relevant context, we
should read his letter to the C orin ­
thians. In the Corinthian church,
one could find every sin in the cata­
log. Christians at Corinth were carJERRY W. M cCANT is professor o f
religion at Point Loma Nazarene College
in San Diego. California.
nal (3:1). Schism was rife in the
church (1:10-18). There was adul­
tery, perhaps incest (5:1 ff.), law­
suits against Christians by fellow
C hristians (6:1 ff.), m arital d iffi­
culties (7:1 ff.), disruption o f wor­
ship (4:1), gluttony and drunken­
ness at the Lord’s table (11:17 ff.).
Furthermore, the persons com m it­
ting these sins were the very ones
priding themselves on being “ spiri­
t u a l.” S t i ll P a u l c a l l e d th e m
“ saints” (1:2). W here is the unique
fellowship in the church?
Describing the church as an organismic, dynamic unity, the apos­
tle says the church, like the body, is
one but has many members (1 C o ­
rinthians 12:1). B oth the organismic unity o f the church and the in­
dividuality o f its members must be
protected (v. 27). There are “ many
members” in the body, and each has
an im portant function (vv. 14 ff.) in
the body. One m ember is just as im ­
p o r ta n t as a n o th e r. W h e n o n e
member fails or is not allowed to
THANKSGIVING
New
in C hrist Jesus . . .
I fe e l w eightless
w ith the en orm ou s s in -lo a d lifted.
R edeem ed
by H is pow erfu l b lood . . .
Its clean sin g stream has
b lea ch ed aw ay the ugly stain.
Joy
flo o d s my s o u l . . .
I can n ot contain
my shouts o f p ra ise and gratitude.
— G ERA LD IN E N IC H O L A S
Abbotsford, British Columbia
HERALD OF HOLINESS
fu n ctio n , th e w h ole b o d y is im ­
paired. There are no unimportant
members o f the body.
As Paul sees it, there is only one
church. Th e only church that exists
is the one Jesus said He would build
(M atthew 16:18). Paul writes “unto
the church o f G od which is at Co­
rinth” (1 C orinthians 1:2); where
two or three are gathered in Jesus’
name, there is the church in minia­
ture (M atthew 18:20). Paul affirms
that the church is “ the people of
G od ” (1 Peter 2:10). In the first
century, the church had no build­
ings, and it was easier to under­
stand that the church is composed
o f p e o p l e . B u i l d i n g s a re the
church’s real estate; the church it­
self is a people. T h e church can ex­
ist without a building; it cannot ex­
ist w ith o u t a p e o p le — a people
b o u n d b y co m m itm e n t to Jesus
Christ. Everyone who claims Jesus
as Lord is a member o f the Church
o f Jesus C h rist. H is Church in­
clu d e s N a z a re n e s, M eth od ists,
B aptists, E p isco p a lia n s— anyone
w ho re co g n ize s the Lordship of
Jesus.
A few years ago General Superin­
tendent Samuel Young ordained me
to the ministry. One o f my proudest
m om en ts cam e w hen he said, “I
ordain you a minister in the Church
o f God, according to the rules of the
Church o f the Nazarene.” I am a
Nazarene, and I take pride in that.
But I am even prouder to be a mem­
ber and minister in the Church of
Jesus Christ. I belong to something
even greater than t he Church of the
Nazarene!
W riting to the “ saints” at Co­
rinth, Paul says, “ye are the body of
Christ” (1 Corinthians 12:27). Con­
sidering the condition o f the Corin­
th ia n c h u r c h , th o s e words are
shocking! “ Ye” is plural but “body”
is singular. All o f you together con­
stitute the B ody o f Christ! There
are h o n o ra b le and dishonorable
members in the church. Amazingly
the most dishonorable (sometimes
translated “ the ugliest” ) members
Fellowship
are honored the m ost (v. 23). Im ag­
ine a group o f Christians w ho h on ­
or m ost h ig h ly its d is h o n o ra b le
members!
E ach m e m b e r h as its u n iq u e
function. W ith remarkable humor,
Paul says the eye ca n n ot be the
whole body— imagine a 200-pound
man who is an eye. One member
ca n n ot d en y its n e e d fo r o th e r
m embers, like the hand. No one
com plim ents you for having a beau­
tiful big toe, but try balancing your
body without it! T h e human knee is
bony and ugly, but w ho wants to
part with it? There are prophets
and teachers, but not everyone can
preach and teach. Each is needed in
the church (1 C orinthians 12:2831). No one in the church can say, “ I
have no need o f you” (v. 21).
As in the human body, so in the
B ody o f Christ, if one mem ber su f­
fers, all the m em bers suffer with
him. Likewise, if one member re­
joices, all the members rejoice with
him (1 C orin th ian s 12:26). E ach
has com passion for the other. Each
rejoices in the successes o f the o th ­
ers! That is the Christian church
acting like Jesus— the church is the
Body o f Christ!
W hen the church recognizes its
true nature and lives accordingly,
there is in it “ such hallowed fellows h ip as c a n n o t o t h e r w i s e b e
known.” To the extent that we fail
to live like that, we fail to be the
Body o f Christ! Bound together in
Christ, each member supports the
other. Cliques disappear and love
dominates. A loving, caring, co m ­
passion ate com m u n ity behavin g
like the B ody o f Christ provides
“ such hallowed fellowship.”
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Because You Gave...
NAZARENE COLLEGES TRAIN
STUDENTS INTERNATIONALLY
by JERRY D. LAMBERT
eneral Budget has a lot to do with me,” stated
tion in the United States. Th ey intimated he might
Rev. Taulim a Oge o f Sam oa recently on the
even have to do menial campus work to earn money for
ca m p u s o f N a z a ren e B ib le C o lle g e in C o lo r ahis
d o family— som ething distasteful in the Samoan cu l­
Springs. A 1986 graduate o f N BC , Taulima and his
ture, especially for one o f his social and econom ic sta­
wife, P oto, along with daughters Aster, age 7, and
tus. Nevertheless, despite opposition, Taulima said,
Marie, age 4, are packing for their next move to M id“T h at is not what G od is fitting into my heart; I must
America Nazarene College. Ultimately, they plan to re­
get up and go and do it.”
turn to Sam oa to teach in the Bible college there and
Therefore, in the spring o f 1983, the Oge family ar­
pastor.
rived in Colorado Springs. Sure enough, the only job
Eleven years ago, Taulima Oge was saved in an ou t­
available was custodial work on campus. Taulima ac­
door camp meeting in Sam oa under the preaching o f
cepted it graciously and made it an offering o f praise.
Dr. C. W illiam Fisher. He join ed the Church o f the
His cheerful attitude o f cooperation and willing smile
Nazarene in 1975. A t that time, he was working for the
soon made him a well-known and favorite person on
government o f Sam oa in charge o f im porting and ship­
campus. His wife, Poto, becam e a hardworking student
ping in the Treasury Division.
as well, atten din g classes in C hristian ed u cation ,
As Taulima began to answer G od ’s call on his life, he
w om en’s studies, and Bible, and graduating in 1986
heard nothing but discouraging remarks from his fel­
with a Lay Certificate.
low workers and family. T h ey told him all the difficult
Rev. Oge sees his time at N B C as time planned by
problem s he would encounter if he pursued his educaGod for their preparation for service. He sees General
Budget as an unending chain— instrumental in his sal­
JERRY D. LAM BER T is president o f Nazarene Bible Col­
vation in Samoa, in his preparation for m inistry at
lege in Colorado Springs.
NBC, and in his future service to spread the gospel in
Samoa.
Nazarene Bible College receives generous support
from General Budget for its operating budget. Th e re­
sults are graduates like Rev. Taulima Oge who serve
the church wherever G od leads them.
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G
"Decause
YOU GAVE../'
(A bove, 1.) Rev. James R. Staggs, pastor
o f A sheville First C hurch o f the Naza­
rene. (A bove, r.) Miss V ick ie Hosteller,
professor at U niversity o f North C aro­
lina o f Asheville. She gave her time to
teach sign language classes and to help
with answ ers to m any questions.
D eaf congregation on organizational Sunday
THE FIRST DEAF CHURCH
OF THE NAZARENE
id laughter and tears the
by FRANCES SIMPSON
first D eaf Church o f the
Nazarene was organized at 11:58 on
A ugust 10, in A sh eville, N.C. It
this Sunday o f organization, Rev.
would be impossible to say who was
M cClain gave his testim ony during
happiest— Rev. James Staggs and
the Sunday School hour to 19 deaf
the Asheville congregation who had
person s, a lon g w ith a few oth er
birthed the new ch urch, or Rev.
family members. “ If one year ago
Rick M cClain and his deaf congre­
som eone had told me we’d have 25
gation.
to 30 people m eeting regularly, I
It started over three years ago
would have laughed,” he said. “ I’m
when Asheville First Church began
still nervous and scared, but e x ­
its ministry to the deaf. All services
cited. L e t’s n o t stop here. L e t’s
were interpreted in sign language.
keep going.”
A d eaf Sunday S ch ool class was
During the m orning worship ser­
started. T w o revivals for the deaf
vice a deaf choir signed in flowing
were held. A basic sign language
language a series o f choruses en d ­
class was taugh t on W ednesday
ing with “ We Are One in the B ond
nights for the entire church. “ At
o f Love.” Rev. M cClain prayed an
present,” Rev. Staggs says, “ m ost
em otional pastoral prayer, “ In the
all teenagers can sign, and m ost
midst o f our fears, You have been
oth ers can at least say, ‘ H e llo ,’
with us. In the midst o f our co n ­
‘Good-bye,’ and ‘I love you.’ ”
fusion and pain , You have been
On August 1,1985, Rev. Rick M c ­
there.”
Clain, the first deaf graduate o f our
Nazarene seminary, was called by
FRANCES SIMPSON is a free-lance
the church to take charge o f the
writer and the wife o f the North Carolina
deaf ministry. One year later, on
district superintendent.
M
Mrs. Pam Corn signing as D istrict Superintendent Eugene
Simpson preaches.
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Rev. and Mrs. M cC lain then sang
in b ea u tifu l sign language, to a
background tape, “ I’ve Just Seen
Jesus,” as the two congregations re­
joiced in their own way.
M rs. Pam Corn, a vital key in
starting the deaf m inistry at Ashe­
ville First Church, was surprised
with special recognition as she was
signing the m orning service.
D istrict Superintendent Eugene
Sim pson appointed officers for the
new church, brought greetings from
General Superintendent Charles H.
Strickland, and then presented the
church with a $5,000 check from
Church E xtension Ministries.
For the p resen t tim e, the new
church will meet in the chapel of
Asheville First Church.
Th e deaf church celebrated with
a c o v e r e d - d i s h d in n e r o n the
church grounds. I felt like an out­
sider as I watched them talk and
heard th em laugh. For the first
time, I knew why they needed their
own church. Up until now, they had
been outsiders, looking in.
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Rev. and Mrs. R ick ey A. M cClain sign in g a special song for
the m orning w orship service.
LIGHTLY HELD
I stroll through the w ood s and drink d eep ly o f their beauty,
ackn ow led gin g each lea f and bloom as a lo v e -le tte r from m y Creator.
Could 1 drink one w h it d eep er by holding the title deed?
That scrap o f pa p er w ou ld perm it m erely m y “righ t" to use, hack, and scar.
Possessing, clu tch in g the flo w e r to myself, I d estroy it,
but as I treasure it fo r itself — w atering, w eeding, digging,
and fertilizin g — I can p reserve, enhance, and ev en share it.
W hat sham e that so m any ashes com m em ora te past beauties clu tch ed in m y hands!
M y sw eeth ea rt lays h er hand in mine; h ow exqu isite! H ow u tterly fem in in e!
M y ey es g e n tly caress h er and drink again o f loveliness.
W hen w e pled ged to "h ave and to hold," w e also v o w ed to “cherish,"
soon d iscoverin g that "ch erish " wasn't dow n "R om ance W ay" w h ere you
"ju st g o straight and you can't miss it.”
"C h erish " appeared w h en I listen ed to h er co n v o lu ted logic, w h en I subm itted
in sp ite o f m y m ale ego. "Use, hack, and sca r" appeared as I took her
fo r gran ted — as 1 pressured her into m y w a y (like a pressed flow er ) —
as I p layed push, sh ove, and intimidate.
Oh, m y love, p lea se be p a tien t w h ile I plum b the d epths o f "ch erish ," w h ile I g iv e
you sp a ce to fe e l and think and grow, to realize fu lly y o u r ow n destiny.
Track m eet! Kids garbed in sch ool colors like flo w e r gardens!
Finally the 4 by 100 m eter relay . . . Is that really m y son running?
W hat a beautiful stride! Yeah! T hey w on ! Hey, a n ew sch ool record!
H ow beautiful m y son! H o w sicken in g the certa in ty ou r days tog eth er
are num bered. M y duty is to prepare him to leave m e — and, ev en in
the nam e o f love, bonds that arrest his m etam orphosis are nothing but chains.
The goal sounds so sim ple: P repare the child to fa ce a real w orld on his o w n —
but the in v estm en t o f ou r ow n egos in th ese m agnificent creatures
blurs ou r vision; and the child kept is the child crushed!
Oh, m y son, y o u r sisters h ave grow n, but w h at dear friends th ey have becom e!
In g ivin g you y o u r freedom , I can on ly pray y o u r heart w ill tie you to us.
I sit under the stars— ov erw h elm ed by the m agnitude— and am appalled that I,
a m ere speck, h ave ev en presum ed to p ossess the C reator fo r m yself alone;
to sq u eeze H im dow n to m y size; to reduce H im to m y ow n p riva te errand boy.
Can't you ju s t h ear it? “N o w look, God, 1 th ou ght I'd made this clear to You;
it's g o t to be d one this way, now, or it'll all g o to sm ash." W hile all the while,
the A lm ig h ty has drawn bounds to H is ow n freed om — to gu arantee us ours.
A s I clu tch and con fin e Him, I vandalize, at least in myself, H is ultim ate artistry —
the scu lp tin g o f the hum an spirit— and I pu ll closed the curtain
on the revelation o f h im self through m y hands and m y heart.
Can I hold an yth in g? It is w h at I liberate that liberates me.
— R. G U ILFO R D FITZ
Anderson, California
The Lesser Pain
by MARJORIE E. JENSEN
.. So here I am facing
this surgery, and I don’t re­
ally want to ask the church
to pray for me.”
For several years I had
had one health or fam ily
problem after another. It
s e e m e d to m e t h a t th e
brothers and sisters, like
Job’s “ friends,” were sure I
was harboring some terri­
ble sin.
“ I d o n ’t th in k I ’ m so
much worse than a lot o f
other C hristians who are
g e ttin g a lo n g ‘j u s t fin e,
thank you.' D o you have a
clu e to w h a t’ s g o in g on
with me?”
T h is was n ot the first
tim e I had sought solace
fr o m th e m a n w h o o c ­
cupied this friendly room , with light that flood ed
through a window wall, burnishing the mahogany fur­
nishings with gold. I never left it empty-handed, but
often the com fort came in an unexpected form. So I
was only mildly startled when the spare, slightly gray­
ing man behind the desk focused his penetrating gaze
on me and said,
“ Did you know that sometimes a shepherd will delib­
erately break a lamb’s leg?”
“ You’re kidding!”
“ Fact! Furthermore, he does it because he cares for
the lamb and doesn’t want it to get hurt.”
“ Hey,” I interrupted, “ broken bones hurt!”
The wise man smiled and continued without co m ­
ment. “ You see, sometimes there will be a lamb in the
flock that seems to have a real knack for getting into
difficult situations. He is usually the inquisitive sort,
who just must see what’s over the next hill. Or he’s the
venturesome one, who goes after some tem pting m or­
sel o f grass in a place he’s brave enough— or foolish
enough— to get into, but not strong enough or wise
enough to get out of.”
“And any lamb w ho’s out o f sight o f the shepherd is
asking for disaster,” I finished for him.
“ Truly. Th e shepherd allows the young one to suffer
the lesser pain o f a cleanly broken foreleg, rather than
let him suffer the greater pain of, say, being torn to bits
by a wolf, or starving slowly on some lonely mountain
ledge, or even just being a cripple the rest o f its life. A
clean break will heal without any lasting consequences
— except a scar.
MARJORIE E. JENSEN is a substitute schoolteacher. She
resides in Auburn, California.
HERALD OF HOLINESS
“ You know that familiar
picture o f Jesus carrying a
lam b ?” he asked.
“ Yes,” I answered.
“ W ell, I’ve o fte n w o n ­
dered if th e a rtist knew
about the broken leg sce­
nario. You see, a shepherd
showers especially tender
care on the lame one; car­
rying him when the flock
moves. He puts him down
to feed where the pasture is
m ost lush. Injured bones
need extra n ourishm ent.
O fte n , su ch a lam b will
grow to be the strongest in
the flock.
“ His protector also keeps
th e o th e r a n im a ls from
ta k in g a d v a n ta g e o f the
lam b’s inability to fend for
itself. On cold nights, that lamb is warmed at the shep­
herd’s fire. He is sheltered from storm s by the shep­
herd’s own cloak.”
I had to agree that by the tim e that leg healed, even
a stupid animal like a sheep should have gotten the
idea that he was a lot better o ff near the shepherd, in
the pasture o f the shepherd’s own choosing.
“ But the whole poin t here is that the lamb is given
time in which to mature enough to do the work sheep
are supposed to d o — provide w ool and meat.”
“ Love that allows the lesser pain,” I mused. “ But,
pastor, I’m not straying away from the Shepherd. If
anything, I’m seeking to get closer to Him.”
This last was absolutely true. I had been using my
“dow n” time for Bible study, prayer, and meditation. I
had even begun to record some o f the insights that the
Spirit was allowing me to see through these activities.
Th e wise man leaned back in his brown leather wing
chair, hands folded across his stom ach. Th e corners of
his m outh twitched as though he would like to laugh.
“ I don ’t pretend to be able to ‘second guess’ God, but
didn’t you tell me that you felt G od had called you to do
some serious writing about the truths you were finding
in the B ook o f J o b ?”
“ T h at’s true,” I affirmed. “ I have a manuscript out­
line and sample chapters out to a publisher for consid­
eration right now.”
“ I would be presum ptuous to say I understood all the
ways G od deals with people, or any one person through
their particular trials.” He gazed briefly out the win­
dow before continuing.
“ Let me ask you a question. W ould you have been
able to write that book as effectively if you had con­
tinued on for the past five years in perfect health?”
“ Well, I w ouldn’t have had all that free time to dig
into the Word, if that is what you mean.”
T h e pastor sighed, “ M ay I share a story with you? A
man had two sons. He told the younger one to wash the
family car and the other to mow the lawn. Now the
‘lawn son’ was learning to drive and hoped that before
long, the car in question was going to be his to use.
Washing it was not a chore but a pleasure. On the other
hand he hated working in the yard.”
T h e wise man paused. I nodded and grinned. He had
painted a fairly accurate description o f my own son.
“ Th e younger lad,” he continued, “ had just learned
to use the power mower. Using it was still ‘ fun.’ By
mutual agreement, they switched chores.
“ Th ey both did a good jo b so neither could under­
stand why their father was displeased with the first­
born.
"Perhaps the younger one only thought he had done
a good jo b on the lawn. Or maybe old Dad had had a
definite purpose in assigning the job s as he did,” I sug­
gested.
There was no response.
I’m m issing som ething here, I thought.
“ Did he call what they had done disobedience?” I v en ­
tured. “ But that hardly seems fair. I mean .. .”
T h e wise man leaned forward on his desk.
“ I was the father,” he said, “ before I gave my eldest
son the freedom to drive a car, I wanted to be sure I
could trust him to obey me in all matters connected
with that freedom , even if it m eant doing things that
he considered unpleasant, unreasonable, or, as in this
instance, sim ply unim portant.
“ You see, I understand how my child approaches life.
Book Brief
TAKE A BIBLE
BREAK
W. E. McCUMBER
author
offee breaks and Coke breaks are a way o f life in
the U nited States, just as breaks for tea have
been in England for a long time.
How enriched our lives would be if we all took Bible
breaks each day! A few m om ents spent in reading and
reflecting upon a passage o f Scripture, and in listening
and talking to the Lord, would bring elements o f love,
faith, peace, and strength to all our relationships in
life.
M ore than a m onth o f B ible-centered devotionals
have been crafted by W. E. M cCumber. T h e author’s
love for words is only transcended by his deep love for
G od’s Word. Each o f the 35 tw o-page readings starts
C
I’ll share with you, that / delayed granting driving priv­
ileges to him a good while after the state did.”
“ T h e love o f the lesser pain,” I said.
“ Exactly! I much preferred to see him suffer that
temporary disappointm ent than have him wrap him ­
self around some telephone pole on a dark, rainy night
because he decided the speed limit was not important.”
“ But, Pastor,” I protested, “ how can you say I’m be­
ing disobedient? I’m writing the b ook!”
“ Yes, but where would that project be if physical re­
strictions had not kept you from giving your time and
energy to a lot o f other really ‘good’ work.”
“ T h ey have to be done by som ebody,” I said d e­
fensively.
“ But G od might have wanted a different ‘som ebody’
in that pasture, at least for a season.”
“ ‘He learned obedience from what he suffered,” ’ I
said softly. “ W h y should I expect any less?”
I bowed my head. Tears welled in my eyes.
“ Dear, loving, Heavenly Father,” I said, “ You know
me better than I know m yself. T h an k You for re­
m inding me once again that to obey is better than sac­
rifice.
“ Thank You for loving me enough to let me suffer
the lesser pain so I would not experience the greater
one o f realizing later that I had grieved You by missing
the mark you set for me.
“ Thank You for the gift o f Your H oly Spirit, upon
whom I can rely to keep me safely in Your will; to lead
me from pasture to pasture at Your bidding, because I
belong to You through the grace o f Your Son, my Lord
and Savior, Jesus Christ. Am en.”
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with a basic prem ise— m ost o f us need to get serious
about our love for the Bible. In answer to his own ques­
tion, “ W h y read the B ible?” M cCum ber suggests we
should read it because (1) it keeps life clean; (2) it
makes life fruitful; and (3) it prepares life for ju dg­
ment.
T his book, written to the “ person in the pew” —
com m on folks who struggle with everyday problems,
insecurities, hopes, and m istakes— is filled with the
author’s pith y anecdotes and unique insights into
Scripture. Th e truths are simply and plainly stated,
with a short prayer at the end.
Introductions to the subjects, which encom pass a
variety o f themes and needs, provide a “ I wonder what
he’s going to say” attitude and the reader is hooked!
“ Have you had any strange dreams lately?” “ Isn’t it
good to ease your bones down into a chair and open up
the Bible for a few m inutes?” “ Friend, I know you are
busy.” “ Was there anything good in your mail this
week?” “ I hope you are having a good day so far.” “ L et’s
rest awhile and break bread together. I don’t mean but­
termilk biscuits; I mean the Word o f God.”
Christians, non-C hristians, and those who think
they are Christians but are not, will profit from this
book. Use the truths, along with your Bible, and they
will do you good!
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Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City
116 pages. Paper. To order see page 23.
STANDPaNT
A GRATEFUL HEART
W hy do you get up at night while others are still sleep­
ing? To get a drink? To raid the refrigerator? To calm
down a crying youngster? To chase away a yapping
dog? To answer the phone ringing a wrong num ber? To
look for a burglar that only your wife can hear? To pace
the floor with insomnia? To fire o ff a letter o f protest
to an editor?
The Psalmist had a better reason. “A t midnight,” he
wrote, “ I will rise to give thanks unto thee” (119:62).
He must have retired earlier than I do. If I was going to
get up at midnight there would be no use in lying down
at all. W hat a difference Thom as Edison made in p eo­
ple’s schedules!
That a man would rise during the night to give thanks
to God is a surprise. N ot that G od doesn’t deserve ex­
traordinary displays o f gratitude, but He seldom gets
what He deserves from us. His grace abounds, His
mercy follows us daily, and He constantly answers our
prayers, but we often take His goodness for granted
and fail to send Him thank-you notes o f praise.
T he Psalmist wanted to give thanks at a special time
for a special reason— “ because o f thy righteous judg­
m ents.” H um an ju d gm en ts are o fte n unrighteous.
T hey are tainted by vested interests and biased rela­
tionships. But G od judges in truth and without par­
tiality; He cannot be bribed or deceived or intimidated.
Righteous judgm ent could be our doom , however. All
have sinned and sin deserves punishm ent. The Psalm­
ist is thankful for righteous judgm ent that does not
preclude mercy. He prays, “ Be merciful unto me ac­
cording to thy word,” and exclaim s, “ T h e earth, 0
Lord, is full o f thy m ercy” (vv. 58, 64).
Calvary was the righteous judgm ent that made possi­
ble G od’s saving mercy. Because Christ bore our sins in
His death, G od is both “just and the justifier” o f those
who believe in Christ. Judgm ent does not preclude
mercy; mercy does not com prom ise judgment. In the
cross righteous ju d gm en t m akes p ardon in g mercy
available.
And that is worth rising in the night to thank God for!
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WHEN FRIEND BECOMES FOE
General George Patton, impatiently awaiting supplies
that would allow his T hird Army to resume its blitz­
krieg advance into Germany, wrote to his wife, “ G od
deliver us from our friends. We can handle the enemy.”
Show me a parson who hasn’t felt the same frustration,
and I’ll show you a greenhorn. Every veteran preacher
has suffered blockade or betrayal by friends. D ou b t­
less, leaders in all career fields have known this de­
pressing experience.
The Psalmist was opposed by “ vigorous enem ies” who
sought his defeat and death. This he could understand.
W hat crushed him was the turncoat action o f a friend.
If an enemy were insulting me,
I could endure it;
if a foe were raising him self against me,
I could hide from him
But it is you, a man like myself,
my com panion, my close friend,
with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship
as we walked with the throng at the house o f God.
(Psalm 55:12-14, N IV )
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HERALD OF HOLINESS
Only G od knows how deeply that hurts! But He does
know, for the Lord Jesus Christ experienced personally
this most piercing o f sorrows. He called the disciples
“ friends,” but one o f them betrayed Him, one o f them
denied Him, and all o f them “ forsook him and fled”
when He needed m ost their love and loyalty.
“ Dem as has forsaken me,” w rote Paul, with a pen
dipped in tears wrung from the tortured soul o f a man
whose friend has proven false.
The experience is com m on and devastating. What can
we do when it happens? Turning bitter makes things
worse. A n u n fo rg iv in g sp irit p o is o n s the already
wounded. Self-pity is cancerous. We can only do what
the Psalm ist did, what the apostle did, what the Savior
did— trust G od and refuse to allow another’s treachery
to determine our attitudes and actions.
G od can deliver us from enemies and friends!
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I no longer suffer guilt feelings if I d e te c t some
evident bored o m in certain members of the
congregation. A fter all, a buzzard could starve in a
grain field. If you are dispensing w h e a t but one's
a p p e tite is for carrion, he will be disinterested.
TRUTH AND LOVE
The longer I live the more I appreciate Paul’s phrase
“ speaking the truth in love.” Love and truth belong
together. If they are divorced, great damage results to
the church.
Some have affirm ed truth w ithout love. T h ey have
been orthodox in doctrine but com passionless in their
treatment o f people. Th ey cross t’s and dot i’s with
scrupulous care, but they are merciless toward those
who disagree. T h ey set forth the truth so arrogantly
and harshly that people, repelled by their attitude, are
prone to reject the truth. T h e message falls into the
repulsive shadow o f the messengers and is lost.
Others have sacrificed truth to love. To them, love is
the be-all and end-all o f religious experience. D octrine
is unim portant. T h e truth claim s o f Scripture are ig­
nored, while they revel in love feasts that make com ­
fortable those w ho deny cardinal doctrines o f historic
Christianity. Questing for love apart from truth makes
people patsies for the antichrist.
There is no reason to choose between truth and love.
G od is love and His W ord is truth. Jesus, the incarnate
Word, said, “ I am the truth,” and it is written o f Him,
“ He loved them unto the end.” Th e “ Spirit o f truth”
also sheds abroad in our hearts the love o f God. Scrip­
ture affirms that love never fails and also that truth
endures forever.
Love and truth are bonded in the purpose o f G od and
in the message o f Scripture. Love is debased where
truth is spurned. Truth is insulted where love is ab­
sent. Th e truth in love is G od ’s requirement and en ­
ablement.
Heresy is not transform ed by love. Love covers a m ulti­
tude o f sins, but it does not justify a pack o f lies. Hate
is not sanctified by truth. Truth without love is a h ol­
low form. Love without truth is a shapeless sentiment.
Neither are what Scripture means by the love and
truth o f God. W h at G od has jo in e d together, man
should not put asunder.
Truth in love— that is the product o f the Spirit’s co n ­
trol o f the life o f the Christian.
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BOREDOM
W hen I was a pastor I often “ p oliced ” the sanctuary
after services to rem ove litter, inclu din g discarded
notes.
O f course, I read the notes, som etim es from the pulpit.
That tended to reduce the am ount o f litter for a while.
Once I found a note that asked, “Are you b ored ?” A
bolder hand had replied, “ I f bored was apples I could
fill this place with applesauce.” Assum ing that it was
written during the sermon, I refrained from sharing
that one with the people.
The note prom pted me to work harder on the content
and delivery o f my next sermons. No speaker wants to
bore his audience, though it frequently happens.
W hen people are bored in church it often means the
preacher is dull. Perhaps he drones, which can render
even exceptional con ten t unpalatable. C ontent itself
may be so banal that pulpit pyrotechnics can n ot sus­
tain a hearer’s interest. Som etim es preaching is so
cliche-ridden and repetitive that attention strays away.
At times a preacher can seem detached from the p eo­
ple, and what he says flattens into irrelevance. “ So
what” soon becom es “ ho hum.”
N ot all b o r e d o m , h ow ever, is ch a rg e a b le to th e
preacher. I no longer suffer guilt feelings if I detect
some evident boredom in certain members o f the co n ­
gregation. After all, a buzzard could starve in a grain
field. If you are dispensing wheat but one’s appetite is
for carrion, he will be disinterested. People who glue
themselves to television soaps are not going to relish
the Word o f God, whoever bears it and however they
proclaim it.
A preacher has no license to reduce pulpit fare to car­
rion in an effort to arrest and please the wandering
minds o f those attracted to such rations. He is called
and com m issioned to expound the W ord o f God, and
the H oly Spirit will not anoint him for any lesser task.
We who preach should be as interesting and relevant as
possible. T h e w hole resp on sibility for elim inating
boredom, however, does not rest on those who speak. In
worship settings, especially, it rests equally upon those
who listen— or should listen.
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NOVEMBER 15, 1986
(C ontinued from page 4)
and trust that the numbers in the
church will increase.
Charles C. Davidson
Brandon, Florida
CHRISTIAN PEER PRESSURE
Frequently in recent days I have
been muted and stunned by a fal­
tering Christian environment in the
church.
An unstable youthful Christian is
caught in a school situation and be­
cause of the lack of militant “peer
pressure” in his church he is not
steadied in his relations with the
Savior.
Thus many yo u n g ste rs “ slip
through the cracks” and conse­
quently are lost to themselves, to
God, and to His church.
Worldly peer pressure must be
matched, yea offset, by the stimu­
lating, divinely inspired influence of
godly living, holy and unctious, ema­
nating from Nazarene pews and pul­
pits.
A large group of dedicated and
Bible-grounded people, loving God
and each other, would be a big step
toward providing a heavenly atmo­
sphere in which to travel toward the
Celestial City.
J. M. Yarbrough
Valrico, Florida
MARVELOUS CREATION
One fall day I was fishing with two
friends at the State Lake about 15
miles from Winfield, Kans. As we
watched, a flock of wild geese, en
route to their winter abode, landed
on a green spot of flat land adjacent
to the lake.
To our amazement these Cana­
dian honkers shook their wings and
suddenly a host of tiny humming­
birds were flittering about the lower
bushes for food. The geese went
farther out into the lake to drink and
dive.
I had read that hummingbirds mi­
grate annually to warmer climates
for food, since America’s flower crop
is seasonal. I didn’t know they hitch­
hiked!
The geese were soon ready to re­
sume flight. They bent low, shuffling
their wings to allow the tiny passen­
gers to “board” beneath their heavy
feathers. Soon their V-formation
graced the sky. Only God and we
had witnessed this phenomenon. It
was unforgettable. What a mar­
velous creation God has to share
with us!
Ovella Satre Shafer
Buhler, Kansas
Walking Through the Valley
by CAROLYN J. MERRIFIELD
always liked Dorothy. Since first we met about 10
ting and incom prehensible as this? All we could do was
years ago, we have shared many pleasant days to ­
hold her, cry with her, and pray for her.
gether whenever we were in the same area. Som etimes During the next m onth I called her often and fre­
we met at her home or mine, though those times were
quently prayed over the phone with her. She was ap­
rare because o f the busy schedules o f b oth o f our
preciative o f my prayers and welcom ed the news that
households. We enjoyed getting together.
my local church was praying for her. T h e next time I
Our children were friends. Th ey fit together like a called, she said that some o f the things she had been
m ost concerned about were resolved the very next day.
tightly built staircase. My Lori was 12; her Heidi was
I could tell her faith was beginning to grow.
13; my Jeff was 14; her M ary was 15. They had great
Th e day came when I was able to drive again to her
times together at the ocean, swimming, flying kites,
home. Crossing the miles into the neighboring state, I
and conversing in early teen style.
was excited for I felt strongly that the Lord would do
D orothy and her husband had a lot going for them.
som ething special in her life that day. She’d not been
They were busy in their jobs, had extra projects going
able to go to the cem etery yet, partly because it was so
on. They lived in a great antique house that constantly
hard to go, partly because she had wanted to wait until
required their attention. I didn’t see as much o f her
the gravemarker was in place. W h en I arrived, she
husband because he was always working two jobs, go­
m entioned that and I offered to take her there. She
ing to school, rushing here and there. W h en we were in
wanted to go.
their home, occasionally we’d have some tim e with him
We had lunch together, visited a while, and then it
late at night. He was a night person, though how he
was time to go. Stopping along the way, we bought a
could be with the load o f work he carried, I don ’t know.
We hadn’t seen each other for a year or so when a bouquet o f fresh flowers. I could feel her tension rising
phone call came. In shock we learned that D orothy’s as we drove through the gates o f the cemetery, and the
tears began to flow. Finally we were directed to the
husband had com m itted suicide. I tried to call her, but
grave. We stood silent for a few m om ents and then
she wasn’t able to com e to the phone. We attended the
funeral. Trying to com fort her and her girls was d iffi­ tears and questions cam e in quick succession, ques­
tions that I couldn’t answer and tears that I couldn’t
cult. W here were the answers for som ething as devasstop. Finally, w ith a sh ud d ering breath , she grew
calmer and I asked her if she knew what it meant to
CAROLYN J. MERRIFIELD is treasurer o f the Port Orchard,
ask the Lord into her life. A fter a few more questions
Washington, church.
and her affirm ative responses, we prayed. And there,
standing beside my brother’s grave, my sister-in-law
found Jesus as her Lord, her Savior, and her Comforter.
“ Yea, though I walk through the valley o f the shadow
o f death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me . . . ”
(Psalm 23:4).
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"DyAHH MEAMS...
Save Some"
HERALD OF HOLINESS
So you would like
to have
a good reason
to give
to m issions...
Well, here
is one:
In the m eantime, a young
C olom bian pursuing engineer­
ing studies is given a cop y o f
the new Testament. He reads
it in a week, and the Word
search es him inwardly and
deeply. He leam s for the first
time that his moral life is not
enough. His nam e is Chris­
tian. Christian Sarmiento.
♦ Later, God called Dean to
the ministry and to the m is­
sion field. When the Nazarenes entered C olom bia, the
Galloways were on e o f the
two missionary cou p les
se n t. . .
Many Hazarenes gave gen ­
erously to open the work o f
the Church o f the nazarene in
Colom bia.
About the sam e time, Chris­
tian's fiancee Margit receives a
Gospel tract in a bus. She
reads and, repeating the
printed prayer, accepts Jesus
Christ as her Savior. -*■
Later, when confronted with
a case o f d em on p ossession ,
and the com p lete h elp less­
ness o f everyone before it,
Christian and Margit hear
about an invitation to the Bi­
ble studies o f a new chu rch —
the Church o f the nazarene.
On the
Pastor
comes
is heal
tually.1
start al
home
studies
inazarene m issionary
der c o m e s to C olom b ia
1preaches abou t the rich
ing ruler. Christian hears
: question: "What riches
keeping you from follow ­
ing Me?" Margit hears it, too.
They m ake up their m inds to
leave all and serve the Lord.
In 20 days they are ready to
leave C olom bia for th eologi­
cal training.
n Their sch o o lin g takes them
first to our sem inary in Costa
Rica, and later to nazarene Bi­
ble C ollege. There, outstand­
ing leaders such as Dr. and
Mrs. G. B. W illiam son and Dr.
and Mrs. L. S. Oliver help the
young c o u p le in their early
Christian years.
tf- After Bible colleg e, Chris­
tian attends Mid-America naz­
arene C ollege. O f all th ose
years, h e now says: "G od was
always faithful. Me provided
what we needed . . . miracu­
lously."
Then c o m e s nazarene
T h eological Seminary. At the
sam e time, Christian works in
Publications International
where h e learns o f new minis­
tries, new needs, new ch a l­
lenges. -►
tion is a name:
jalloway. Me
rays. The victim
ysically and spirian and Margit
g the nazarene
Upon graduation, equipped
in many ways, Christian and
Margit experience restless­
ness. So they search again for
G od's will. And after prayer,
they apply for missionary ser­
vice. In 1986, they are ap­
pointed to Bolivia . . . ♦
The cycle continues. The harvest
calls for workers. And the
Sarmientos gladly join . . .
So you see,
|Vf Someone gave and L. Q. riees preached.
K Someone gave and C. Dean Galloway was converted,
tef Someone gave and Dean Galloway went to Colombia
td Many gave and the Sarmientos were trained.
S f The Sarmientos now give their lives for service.
□ And you, w hat will YOU give .
1986 THANKSGIVINGOFFERINGFOR
WORLDEVANGELISM
S tew ardship Services
Church o f th e Nazarene
In ternational H eadquarters
6401 The Paseo
Kansas City, M O 64131
Omaha, Nebr. He will be in charge of
NNC publications, news releases, and
sports information.
Craker is a 1963 graduate o f NNC.
He and his wife, Nancy, have four ch il­
dren. R obin, 20, and Tricia, 18, are stu­
d e n ts at N N C a n d D a le , 16, an d
C h r is s y , 15, a t t e n d N a m p a H ig h
School.
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PEOPIKPo
ANDPLACE%kUL
L ee B ottem iller, 13,
o f E u g en e, O reg., F irst
C h u rch , w as aw a rd ed
first place in Youth D i­
vision I for his rousin g
rendition o f “ Great Is the
L o r d ” in th e Y a m a h a
K eyboard National Finals, June 28.
Lee received $2,300 and a large silver
cup as first place winner, as well as
other gifts, and an all expense paid trip
for tw o to L aM irada, Calif., for the
five-day festival as a finalist.
“ Great Is the L ord ” by D eborah and
M ich ael W. S m ith w as arran ged by
Dave Louthan for Yam aha’s F X 20, a
co m p u te r d riven o r g a n -sy n th esiz er.
L ee’s perform ance was overw helm ingly
receiv ed by a u d ien ce an d ju d g es to
mark the first tim e in the 22-year his­
tory o f the com petition that a sacred
com p osition has been awarded this dis­
tinction.
L ee’s parents are Larry and K athy
(Ellis) B ottem iller o f C ottage Grove,
Oreg.
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David C am pbell, “ a guard-hating,
guard-fighting” prisoner on death-row
was pow erfully transform ed by the gos­
pel (see p. 19, July 15, 1986, issue).
A recent letter from G eorge Gaines,
w hose prison m inistry reached C am p­
bell, brings this dram atic news. C o n ­
vinced that Cam pbell was falsely ac­
cused o f murder, a judge has freed him.
Cam pbell plans to attend a Bible c o l­
lege an d p rep a re fo r a m in is tr y o f
prison evangelism .
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G il C r a k e r has been
hired as director o f News
and In form ation Services
at N orth w est N azarene
College, said Dr. R ichard
H a g o o d , v ice p r e sid e n t
fo r I n s t i t u t i o n a l A d ­
vancem ent. Craker w ill also serve as
S p orts In fo rm a tio n d irector. H e r e ­
places Susan S ie lo ff B unker w ho b e ­
gins studies for a m aster’s degree.
Craker, 46, m oved to Nampa, Idaho,
fr o m K e n n e w ic k , W a sh ., w h ere he
worked for the T ri-C ity Herald newspa­
per for 15 years. He previously w orked
for new spapers in D ecatur, 111., and
Show n is the F ran k furt, Germ any, Nazarene M ilitary Fellowship. This new M il­
itary Fellowship w a sorg a n ized A pril 13, 1986, under the leadership o f Rev. J erry
Bohall in F ran kfurt, Germ any. Th ey are presently using the facilities o f the G er­
man church in Bonam es near the Rhein M ain A irport.
Pictu red are the participants o f a cam ping retreat for Nazarene servicem em bers
held June 16, 1986, at Rhein M ain A ir Base, Germany. Food, fun, and fellow ship
w ere enjoyed by m ilitary personnel and their fam ilies. Also, a cam p meeting
serv ice w as conducted by Rev. Bohall. T w o servicem em bers w ere san ctifiefd
wholly.
P rayer Partners
Our churches are beginning to
send in Thanksgiving offerings.
Will you ask God to help our people
to “do just a little bit more” this
year in the offering than we have
done in the past? If everyone lifts
“just a little bit more” we can go be­
yond our goal of $9 million for the
worldwide missionary cause. Now
more than ever we need a united
and sacrificial response.
There are more than 600 Naza-
rene missionaries who look to all of
us for prayer support. While we
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NINTH BIENNIAL NAZARENE
WRITERS CONFERENCE
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T h e Nazarene W riters C onference,
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sponsorship o f the Nazarene Pu blish ­
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the cam pus o f M id-A m erica Nazarene
College. Enrollm ent was 142 and som e
40 staff mem bers shared their expertise
in various areas o f the program.
Five resource persons presented the
m ajor addresses and seminars, and par­
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shops: Norman Rohrer, director o f the
Christian W riters Guild, Hume, Calif.;
Janet H oover T h om a, acquisitions edi­
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over the last 40 years. T h e citation was
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licity officer for the school. T h e power
increase enables the station to reach 60
to 70 miles in all directions. T h is puts
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ropolitan Chicago area, northeast Illi­
nois, and northw est Indiana.
T h e station is operating 18.5 hours
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Dr. Leslie Parrott, ONU president,
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for more effective training o f students
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DEGREES FROM TNC
T r e v e c c a N a za ren e C o lle g e c o n ­
ferred master o f education degrees on
75 students at its first graduate com ­
m encem ent, August 10, according to
Dr. H om er Adam s, T N C president. An
additional 35 students received M.Ed.
degrees in the June com m en cem en t for
a total o f 110 graduate degrees awarded
this year.
T h e master’s degree program was es­
tablished tw o years ago with only 20
students. M ore than 400 students are
now enrolled in classes offered in 12
c it ie s t h r o u g h o u t T e n n e s s e e . T h e
15-m onth program offers curriculum
for a m aster’s degree in on e o f three
areas. Curriculum and Instruction, A d ­
m inistration and Supervision, and E le­
m entary E ducation, as well as a Plus45 P r o g r a m fo r 45 q u a r te r h o u r s
beyond the m aster’s.
Dr. L a R u e M o s s , c o o r d in a t o r o f
T N C ’s off-ca m p u s graduate program ,
delivered the com m en cem en t address
on the T N C cam pus.
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Rev. M atthew K indler, student at NBC,
shares the ex citem en t o f his e x p e r i­
ences in new chu rch planting.
Carl Clendenen, professor of principles
of church growth and mission at NBC,
was referred to as a “beautiful, beau­
tiful time.”
P resid en t Jerry L a m b ert an d the
N a zaren e B ib le C olle g e h o ste d th e
event, sponsored by Church E xtension
M inistries. T h e basic church planting
training received was equal to 22 sch o­
lastic hours.
A m ong the 151 were pastors, district
superintendents, students and wives,
with 21 districts and 9 denom inations
represented. Rev. Johnny Nells, super­
intendent o f the Navajo N ation D is­
trict, brought 5 Native Am erican men.
Central and Western Latin Am erican
D istricts were well represented, and
there was a representative from S a ­
moa, El Salvador, and the Bahamas.
“ T h is cross section o f peoples, along
with the several ethnic groups, created
a h elp fu l c lim a te c u lm in a tin g in a
cross-pollenization between den om in a­
tion s and the fresh kin ds o f th in gs
brought by the ethnic groups actively
involved in church planting,” C lenden ­
en said.
T h o r o u g h p r e p a r a t io n , c a m p u s
housing, and beautiful weather all c o n ­
tributed to the success o f the meeting.
W ith no breaking up to go to various
hotels and restaurants, the spirit o f e n ­
thusiasm carried through around the
ta bles and d u rin g th e break tim es.
“ T w o or three times G od moved, break­
ing in on the sessions. Stron g testi­
m onies and com m itm ents testified to
what G od was doing in hearts,” said
Clendenen.
Contributing to the success o f the in ­
stitute were M ichael R. E step’s presen ­
ta tion on rea ch in g d e n o m in a tio n a l
goals through church planting, Gerald
M anker’s session on the five necessary
characteristics o f a church planter, and
Dale Jones’ dem onstration o f ways the
C h u rch G row th D iv is io n ’s research
center can facilitate church planting.
Dr. Lam bert poin ted up the college’s
position in the con text o f church plant­
ing and Dr. Clendenen spoke to the in ­
dividual’s position.
T h e W ednesday night panel o f five
m en a n d sev era l w ives a c tu a lly in
ch u rch p la n tin g w as p r o fita b le n o t
only in the area o f instruction but also
as a tim e o f spiritual in spiration as
th ey shared the w onderfu l w orks o f
G od in their church planting experi­
ences.
A secon d annual ch u rch pla n tin g
conference is set for June 15-18, 1987,
co sp o n so r e d by the N azarene B ible
College and Church E xtension M in is­
tries.
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Decem ber
Selections
Side O n e
Ten NBC students attended the C hurch
P la n t in g In s t itu te o f th e R o c k ie s .
A m ong them w ere (1. to r.) M rs. P atricia
Davis, M rs. L ois Liston, and Mr. Lieut
Curry. R elating the part played b y the
pastor’s w ife in chu rch planting w as a
ben eficial addition to the sem inars, ac­
cord in g to Dr. Clendenen.
CHURCH PLANTING
INSTITUTE PRACTICAL
AND INSPIRATIONAL
A ccordin g to Dr. P hyllis Perkins, in ­
structor in m issions and director o f ad­
m ission s at N azarene B ible C ollege,
the June 23-26, 1986, Church Planting
Institute o f the R ock ies was a tim e o f
spiritual excitem en t for the 151 par­
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T h e blessing o f G od was evident, b e ­
ginn in g w ith Dr. B ill Su llivan ’s key­
note address, w hich was a presentation
on the biblical fou ndation s o f church
planting. A nd the w rap-up session by
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Bible Study: Luke 17:11-19:1Was a Leper
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July 9, 1986. Chaplain Steele retired
after 27 years as a VA chaplain. He was
th e c h ie f o f C h a p la in c y S e r v ic e at
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CAPE VERDE ASSEMBLY
REPORT
T h e Cape Verde district assem bly
was held August 12-19 in M indelo, St.
Vincent, with Dr. R ich ard Zanner, re­
gion a l d irector, p r e sid in g and M is ­
sionary R oy H enck interpreting.
Dr. Zanner’s daily devotional mes­
sages and Sunday serm ons inspired the
pastors, delegates, and visitors from all
the islands.
Rev. G ilb erto E vora was reelected
district superintendent. In his report
he challenged the people to evangelize
Cape Verde, and to work toward the
goal o f being a regular district.
E lected as district officers were Rev.
D aniel M on teiro, N Y I president; Mrs.
Filom ena M onteiro, N W M S president;
and M rs. M aria Luisa Barros, Chris­
tian L ife and Sunday S ch o o l chair­
person.
T h e m em bers o f the D istrict Advi­
sory Board are D aniel Barros, Eugenio
Duarte, and M anuel Sanca Gomes, el­
ders; Joao D. Brito, A n ton io Duarte,
and Cristiano Santos, laymen.
C ontinuing in their field offices are
Rev. Paul Stroud, director; M rs. Nettie
Stroud, treasurer; R oy H enck, Bible
College director.
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HERALD OF HOLINESS
At the N orth w est Indiana d istrict as­
sem bly, Dr. Thom as M. Herm on, su per­
in ten d en t, r e p o r te d 3 7 7 n ew N azar e n e s f o r th e y e a r . D r. J e r a l d D.
Johnson, general superintendent, o r ­
dained (elders) Irv in g Wayne B r o ck
and R ich ard Dee Thom pson; and (dea­
con) M arlin Paul Ludw ig. P ictu red <1.
to r.) a r e D is t r i c t S u p e r in t e n d e n t
T h om as M. H erm on w ith the G reat
Com m ission L eaders Aw ard w inners,
P astor M arc R oyer, W inam ac, C a te­
g o ry III; and P astor Jam es L ow ery ,
M onticello, C ategory I. A lso receiv in g
th e G r e a t C o m m is s io n F e llo w s h ip
Aw ard w ere Pastor L eo O. Flores, East
C hicago; Pastor I. W. B rock , G riffith ;
P a stor G era ld T. W a lw orth , H oba rt
F ir s t ; P a s t o r R o b e r t L. D o n h a m ,
N o b le s v ill e ; a n d P a s t o r D a v id L.
Gresser, South Haven.
At the D allas d is tr ic t a ssem b ly, Dr.
W. M. L y n ch , s u p e r in te n d e n t, c o m ­
pleted the second year o f an extended
term. Dr. John A. K night, general su­
perintendent, ordain ed B ru ce Haltom,
R ick ey C harles Thom ason, and re co g ­
nized the cred en tia ls o f W illiam E d­
w ard Weeks. Show n (1. to r.) are the
w in n e r s o f th e G r e a t C o m m is s io n
Lead ers Aw ard: P astor M ike M eeks,
Irvin g Faith, C ategory I; Pastor David
Roland, C a rrollton , C a tegory II; and
Pastor Sam B oyd, M ount Vernon, Cate­
g ory III; and Dr. John A. Knight.
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At the S outheast Oklahoma d istrict assembly, D istrict Superintendent Wendell O.
Paris com pleted the first year o f an extended term. Dr. Eugene L. Stow e, general
superintendent, ordain ed P hillip A. Dale, H ow ard A. Love, Jackie L. Vernier, and
N ick E. Vernier. P ictu red (1. to r.) receiv in g the G reat Com m ission L eaders Award
are: Rev. Dan Turner, Talihina, C ategory I; Rev. Leland D. Watkins, Shawnee,
C ategory III; Rev. W. B. L ivingston, Sallisaw, C ategory II; w ith Dr. Eugene L.
Stowe.
Rev. David Barton, Wheatland. Charles Green and
M ark M cCuistion w on Great C om m ission Leader
Awards.
SOUTH CAROLINA
At the South Carolina district assembly, recently
a p p o in te d D is tr ic t S u p e rin te n d e n t J a m e s M.
Bearden reported the General B udget overpaid by
more than $31,000. Dr. William M. Greathouse, gen­
eral superintendent, ordained Thom as Eugene Brad­
ley; recognized th e cre de n tia ls o f Ted Stephen
Owens and William David Spires; and com m issioned
Nancy Adkins m inister of education.
The Great Com m ission Leaders Award w as pre­
sented to Pastor W. B. Welch, Kingstree, C ategory I;
Pastor Robert Morris, Sum ter Boulevard, C ategory
II; and Pastor Harry W idener Fort Mill, Category III.
Great Com m ission Fellowship Awards were also pre­
sented to Pastor Barry G ay Camden; Pastor Harold
Liner, Charleston Dorchester Road; Pastor Ronald D.
Doolittle, C olum bia First; Pastor John Bledsoe,
Charleston St. Andrews; Pastor Jam es Taylor, Irmo;
pastor David Roberts, M yrtle Beach; Pastor Ronnie
Fite. Orangeburg Memorial; Pastor Hom er Jones,
Orangeburg S outhw est Terrace; and Pastor Richard
Wilson, Seneca.
DAKOTA
District Superintendent F. Thom as Bailey w as re­
elected to a four-year term. D r Orville W. Jenkins,
general superintendent emeritus, presiding fo r Gen­
eral Superintendent John A. Knight, ordained Ben-
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DISTRICT ASSEMBLY REPORTS
JOPLIN
At the Joplin district assembly, D r Jam es C. Hester,
superintendent, designated Kimberling City, Mo., as
a church planting project. Dr. Raymond W. Hurn,
general su p e rin te n d e n t, o rda in ed Don Keenan,
Mitchell Peebles, Clair Ultts, Don Carlson, Jon Shellenberger, and Tony M cCord. The w inners of the
Great C om m ission Award were: R ev Sam Lee Storkson, Banner; R ev Don Daniel, M ountain Grove; Rev
Charles Green, Noel; R ev Tony M cCord, Oswego;
Rev Mark M cC uistion, Springfield Scenic Drive; and
State /P rovin ce .
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jamin N. Cook, Virgil L. Anderson, Stephen R. H aw k­
ins, Lawrence A. Gill, Randy L. Maddox, Virgil L.
Peterson, and Raydean Zimmerman.
Qualifying for the Great C om m ission Leaders
Award (district Dynamic Award) were Pastor Ward M.
Satterlee, Spencer, S.Dak., C ategory I; and Pastor
Jam es M. Kraemer, Mandan, N.Dak., Category II.
Also qualifying fo r the Great Com m ission Fellowship
Award (district Superintendent's Award) were Pastor
Mark R. Morgan, Valley City, N.Dak.; Pastor Don
Josephson, Alexander, N.Dak.; Pastor Richard L. DeMent, Fessenden, N.Dak.; Pastor Randy S. Williams,
Jam estown, N.Dak., First; Pastor Lawrence A. Gill,
Kenmare, N.Dak.; Pastor L. Dan Heincker, Minot,
To date C haplaincy Ministries, with
your help, has located 4,500 Nazarene
servicemembers, enabling us to send a
quarterly newsletter, UNDER ORDERS.
We have appointed 200 host pastors in
55 districts in the United States and many
host pastors overseas to help shepherd
our flock o f young men and w om en serv­
ing in the military.
This year s e rv ice m e m b e rs' retreats
were held in Okinawa, Korea, and G er­
many.
However, we still need your help. We
know there are approximately 1,200 ac­
tive duty Nazarene N avy personnel, but
so far we have located only 360. If you
know where our Navy, Marine, and Coast
G uard serv ice m e m b e rs are assign ed,
please let us know.
Call 1-800-233-8962 or write to: C hap­
laincy Ministries, 6401 The Paseo, Kansas
City, M O 64131, if you have addresses of
Nazarene servicemembers.
It's also essential to encourage those
entering military service to identify them­
selves as "Nazarene" rather than "Protes­
tant" or "Christian." We are grateful for
your faithfulness as you continue to keep
us inform ed o f address changes for our
young Nazarenes w h o have a personal
stake in the future o f our country and
make it their duty to serve it.
N.Dak., First; and Pastor Ronald R. Snethen, Winner,
S.Dak
WASHINGTON
Dr Roy E. Carnahan, district superintendent, was
reelected to his fifth four-year term. He reported a
new church organized at Pocom oke City, Md. Dr.
John A. Knight, general superintendent, ordained
(elders) David Wayne Bowser, David Donald Freese,
William Robert Hess, R oberto H odgson, and Richard
Paul Thom pson; and (deacon) Frank Albert Watson.
Great C om m ission Leaders Awards w ere pre­
sented to Pastor David Freese, Bedford, Pa., Cate­
gory I; Pastor David Aaserud, Annapolis, M d „ Cate­
gory II; and P astor Quentin Caswell, Bel Air, Md.,
Category III. Others receiving the Great Commission
Fellowship Award w ere Bowie, Md., Pastor Timothy
Thom pson; Denton, Md., Pastor Lee Shafer; Frostburg, Md., Pastor Jam es Turnock; Gaithersburg, Md.,
Pastor Paul Wehr; H agerstow n, Md., P astor Richard
Wilson; St. Charles City, Md., Pastor Stephen Rush­
ing; Salisbury, Md., Pastor William Ballew; Sandtown.
Del., Pastor Jam es Pettit; Shippensburg, Pa., Pastor
Tony Moore; and W ilm ington, Del., Pastor Charles
Fraser.
NORTH CAROLINA
District Superintendent D. Eugene Sim pson re­
ported tw o new churches organized: Laurinburg and
Asheville First Deaf. Dr. Charles H. Strickland, gen­
eral superintendent, ordained Frederick Wilson Co­
burn and Carroll Lee M offitt.
The Great C om m ission Leaders Award was pre­
sented to Hayesville, C ategory I; and to Fayetteville,
C ateg o ry II. The G reat C om m ission Fellowship
Award w as also presented to Cary, Goldsboro, Nor­
w ood, Raleigh North, and W ilm ington.
PITTSBURGH
At the S outhw est Oklahom a d istrict assembly, Dr. Carl B. Summer, superinten­
dent, was reelected to a fou r-year term. Dr. Raym ond W. Hurn, general superinten­
dent, ordained M ichael E. Peterson and E dw ard L. Schauer. Pictu red (1. to r.) are
the Great Com m ission Fellowship Aw ard w inners: T erry R ow land o f Mustang;
Don Reed o f Ardm ore; Emmett T aylor o f M oore; T. O. Parsons o f Altus; and Glenn
Pack o f El Reno. Not pictured is Danny C ook o f W eatherford. Revs. T e rry R ow ­
land and Emmett T aylor w ere also w in ners o f the G reat Com m ission Leaders
Award.
HERALD OF HOLINESS
District S uperintendent J. Roy Fuller completed
the first year of a four-year term. Three mission
churches were started at St. M arys, Saltsburg, and
Uniontown. Dr. John A. Knight, general superinten­
dent, ordained Lester R. Champer, David B. Crary,
Paul R. George, Rick W. Newman, Samuel D. Peter­
son, Bertha E. Tichinel; recognized the credentials ot
M arkD. Berry; and consecrated Barbara J. Reagleas
deaconess.
Great C om m ission A w ards w ere presented to
Pastor Samuel D. Peterson, Pittsburgh Wilkinsburg,
C ategory I; P astor David B. Crary, Grove City, Cate­
g ory II; and Pastor Jam es H. Ingalls, Warren, Cate­
gory III. Others w inning the Great Com m ission Fel­
low sh ip A w ards w ere P a sto r M ichael McGarry,
Boswell; Pastor Dean R. Schlosser, Erie Millcreek;
and Pastor Paul W. Douglass, Sr., Somerset.
KENTUCKY
At the N orth ea stern Indiana D istrict
assembly, D istrict Superintendent Oval
L. Stone reported M uncie New H ope o r ­
ganized as a new church. Dr. Charles H.
S trick la n d , g e n e ra l su p erin ten d en t,
ordain ed G ary L. B racken, D ennis G.
DeLong, L a rry W. Harshman, M ajor R.
Pruett, L arry A. Sheets, John W. Uhl;
recognized the creden tials o f J errold D.
A lexa n d er; and con secra ted D oroth y
W. Johnson as deaconess. P ictu red (1. to
r.) are the w in ners o f the G reat C om ­
mission L eaders Aw ard: Pastor Paul R.
M ansfield, Selma, C ategory I; Pastor
P hilip C. R og ers, M iddletow n , C ate­
g ory II; and P astor C arl S. D awson, A n ­
derson East 38th Street, C ategory III.
At the Kentucky district assembly, District S uper­
intendent J. Ted Holstein, serving under appoint­
ment, w as elected for one year. He reported new
churches organized at Buffalo, Greensburg, and
Hawesville. Dr. Jerald D. Johnson, general superin­
tendent, ordained John S. Broadbent, Jam es S.
Sherrill, David A. Wilson, and recognized the creden­
tials of Charles A. Nutt.
The Great Com m ission Leaders Award w as pre­
sented to Pastor Donald E. Harman, King Bee, Cate­
gory I; and Pastor Kevin G. Ulmet, Frankfort Capital,
C ategory II. O ther churches w inning the Great C om ­
m ission Fellowship Award were Albany Northside,
Elkton, Hopkinsville, Lexington Gethsemane, Shel­
by ville, Som erset Lake Cum berland, and Sparksville.
MOVING CHAPLAINS
CH (M A J) C H A R L E S “ C H U C K " M O R E L A N D ,
U.S.A., retirement, from Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.,
to Dixon, Mo.
LCDR VELDON B. DOBBS, CHC, USN, retirement,
from American M ission Coordinator, West Ger­
many, to Spokane, Wash.
CH (MAJ) DAVID K. BON, U.S.A., from Fort Benning,
Ga., to Cam p Zama, Japan
CAPT DUDLEY C. HATHAWAY, CHC, USN, from
Senior Chaplain, Naval Station, San Diego, Calif.,
to Com m and Chaplain, Naval Air Station Miramar
San Diego, Calif.
EASTERN MICHIGAN
MOVING MINISTERS
D istrict Superintendent M arselle Knight has com ­
pleted tw o years of an extended term. He reported a
net increase of 137 in church m embership. Total
monies raised w as $7,785,430— an all-time high. Dr.
John A. Knight, general superintendent, ordained
(elders) Rev. Paul Alger, Rev. Andrew Hawk, Rev
Henry Kern, R ev Franklin Visser, and Rev. Burl
Young; recognized the credentials o f Rev Robert
Swoveland; and (deacons) R ev Chet D ecker and
Rev. Jonathan Jaymes.
LEONARD E. BAILEY from North Star, Mich., to
Buchanan (Mich.) First
P. ANTHONY BAKER to Mena (Ark.) First
JOHN E. BORGAL from G ettysburg, Pa., to associ­
ate, Fawn Grove (Pa.) First
TIMOTHY BUTLER to V ictor (Mont.) First
MOVING MISSIONARIES
REV. BRUCE and RUTH BLOWERS, Papua New
Guinea, Furlough address: c /o Brooks, 4217 N.
Peniel, Bethany, OK 73008
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SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Dr. Robert H. Spear, Jr., w as reelected superinten­
dent fo r a four-year term. He reported one new
church organized: Miami Deliverance. There w as a
net gain o f 697 in church m em bership. Dr. C harles H.
Strickland, general superintendent, ordained Jean D.
Cidel, M elquiades Santiesteban, and Miguel A. Su­
arez. Eunice Puga was com m issioned director of
Christian education. The Great Com m ission Leaders
Award was presented to Rev. Joseph D otson of Fort
Myers Palm Beach Boulevard, Category I; Rev. Dorsainvil Gracius of Lake W orth New Life, C ategory II;
and Rev. C raw ford H ow e o f Pom pano Beach, Cate­
gory III. Great C om m ission Fellowship Awards were
also presented to Arcadia, Fort Lauderdale Manor,
Key Largo, Naples, Okeechobee, Venice, N orth Lake
Boulevard, and W est Palm Beach.
ALBERT E. C LARK from Crow n Point, Ind., to Terre
Haute (Ind.) Southside
THOM AS A. CONLEY from M ount Sterling (III.) First
to Crothersville (Ind.) First
HUEY J. DAVIS, JR., from Pittsburgh (Pa.) Terrace to
Huntsville (Ala.) Mastin Lake
GERALD R. DUNLAP from Sheakville (Pa.) First to
Sm ithton (Pa.) First
ROBERT A. FLOWERS from N ew port (Oreg.) First to
Regent (N.Dak.) First
JOHN L. HARRISON from Baytow n (Tex.) First to
Poteau (Okla.) First
RAYMOND H ASSINGER from New Castle (Pa.) First
to Canton (Ohio) Calvary
ALLEN P. HEALD from W orland.'W yo., to Gillette
(Wyo.) First
JAM ES L. HEDRICK from Charlestown, Ind., to Lou­
isville (Ky.) Okolona
PAUL T. HULEN from student, NTS, Kansas City, to
Torrington (Wyo.) First
JAM ES A. LAYMON, associate, Lexington, Ky., to
Pine Mountain (Meansville, Ga.)
ROB MCDONALD from Pryor (Okla.) First to Mitchell
(S.Dak.) First
ALBERT L. RIGGLE from Dawson, Minn., to Clinton
(Ind.) First
PAUL ROBINSON, M artinsville (Ind.) First to Evan­
sville (Ind.) Diamond Valley
DAVID P. SULLIVAN from Charleston (W.Va.) South
Hills to Geneva (Ohio) First
J. H. TECH AU from m issionary to pastor, Havana (III.)
First
HARRY L. WELCH from Dyersburg (Tenn.) First to
Confluence (Pa.) First
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CANADA QUEBEC
At the Canada Quebec district assembly, Rev
Harry Rich, district superintendent, was reappointed
for a tw o-year term. He reported the district had an
8.3 percent gain in m embership. Dr. William M. Great­
house, general superintendent, presided.
The Great C om m ission Fellowship Award w as pre­
sented to Pastor Yeghia Hajian, M ontreal Armenian;
and Pastor Eugene M orris, Ste-Foy, Quebec. Those
w ho gave 10 percent for w orld evangelism were:
Pastor A rth u r Morel, M ontreal Dollard French; Pastor
Yeghia Hajian, M ontreal Arm enian; Pastor Donald
Latouche, St. Eustache; and Pastor Eugene Morris,
Ste-Foy, Quebec.
NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS
At the N orthw estern Illinois district assembly, Dr.
Floyd H. Pounds, district superintendent, com pleted
the first year o f an extended term. He reported an
overall increase in giving of 10 percent, or around
$300,000. Dr. John A. Knight, general superinten­
dent, ordained R ev David Caudle and recognized the
credentials of Rev Wayne Strury.
Rev R obert Coy o f Eureka w as given the Naza­
rene Bible College Award. Two p astors and wives
were appointed by World M ission as missionaries:
Rev. and Mrs. M ark Hatcher o f S tockton church, to
Korea; and R ev and Mrs. Don Bard of Oregon
church, to Zambia.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Banning, Calif., church will celebrate its 50th
anniversary Sunday, February 1, 1987. Special
speaker fo r the 11 a .m . service is M aurice Hall, super­
intendent, Southern California District. The service
will be followed by dinner and an afternoon session.
Former pastors will share the highlights o f their min­
istry at Banning during both services.
All form er members and friends are invited to
come to the celebration. Those w ho cannot attend
are encouraged to send greetings. For more inform a­
tion, contact Pastor Ivan Kounter, 500 N. Eighth St.,
Banning, CA 92220, or 714-849-5618.
A nnouncem ents should reach us three m onths
prior to the date of the event announced.
RECOMMENDATIONS
I recommend REV CHARLES PAUL as a com m is­
sioned evangelist. Following several years of effec­
tive pastoral ministry, Brother Paul has entered the
ministry o f evangelism. He is a gifted singer and a
capable preacher. He will minister to any congrega­
tion w ith conviction and concern. You may contact
him at Rte. 11, Box 238-C, Crossville, TN 38555, or
615-484-1949.— W. Talmadge Johnson, Tennessee
district superintendent.
The location o f evan g e lists m ay be secured
through Evangelism M inistrie s’ toll-free number,
800-821-2154.
VITAL STATISTICS
ALICE I. AULT, 91, Sept. 29, Ottawa, Ont. Inter­
ment: Spencerville, Ont. Survivors: daughter Hildred
J. Williamson; son Rev. Donald K.; 6 grandchildren;
15 great-grandchildren; 1 sister; 1 brother
LYDIA ALICE CRAKER, 71, Sept. 12, Spokane,
SHOWERS OF BLESSING’S
MAStER
November 23
“Measure the Church;
Service Worship over Laws”
November 30
“Measure the Church:
Heart Worship over Rules”
December 7
“Measure the Church:
Restful Worship over Labor”
b y Stephen L. Manley, speaker
HERALD OF HOLINESS
POLL REVEALS SUPPORT FOR CREATION AMONG HIGH SCHOOL
BIOLOGY TEACHERS. A new nationwide poll reveals that more than 1 of
every 10 high school biology teachers in the U.S. believes in creation,
according to the Foundation for Thought and Ethics, a school curriculum
research group.
The poll, conducted by Austin Analytical Consulting of Dallas, asked
biology teachers about their personal views of how living things began.
The teachers were asked to pick from evolution, creation, some combina­
tion of evolution and creation, other, and undecided. Of 343 teachers
responding, 11.5 percent chose creation. Teachers choosing some combi­
nation of creation and evolution, added to those who chose creation,
totaled 44 percent nationwide, just 8.4 percent less than the 52.4 percent
choosing evolution.
The poll concentrated on the three big textbook buying states, New
York, California, and Texas. Texas teachers were more likely to believe in
some form of creation, with 66.1 percent including creation as at least part
of their answer. California was also above the national average, with 44
percent mentioning creation as part of the origin of life. New York's group
of 36.7 percent choosing creation was well below the national average.
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GRAHAM’S FRENCH CRUSADE FAR EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS. De­
spite the violence and terrorism that has produced tension and anxiety
throughout Paris in recent weeks, thousands of people packed the Bercy
Sports Stadium in Paris for the Mission France meetings with Billy Gra­
ham. The event, also broadcast live by TV satellite to 31 other cities
throughout France, resulted in the largest evangelistic effort in the history
of this country.
“The last bomb exploded the day before we started and we haven't
had one since,” Graham told the audience toward the end of his eight-day
crusade. “I would like to think this mission has had something to do with
it. God has put a blanket of protection over this city, and Bercy is the
safest place in Paris.”
Attendance at Bercy, never before used for a religious event, was far
beyond expectations. The closing meeting of the crusade drew more peo­
ple to the stadium than any other event in the stadium’s history. After the
building was full, police turned away 1,500 people. Despite security
checks for everyone entering the stadium (a first for any Graham crusade),
attendance averaged over 12,500 each night. By the end of the week
7,094 had come forward to accept Christ. The total audience, including the
31 satellite viewing sites, for five nights exceeded 275,000.
Michel Evan, general secretary for Mission France, said it is unusual
to get this large a crowd for any event in Paris. “It is unbelievable,” he said.
“The Christian population has suffered with a minority complex and has
really seen this crusade as a turning point. This mission has caused many
people in Paris to begin to talk about religion."
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CHRISTIANITY LOSING FIGHT FOR WORLD’S CITIES. The World Chris­
tian Encyclopedia reports that churches are fast losing the battle for the
cities. Christians made up 69 percent of the world's urban population in
1900. Today they total 46 percent.
One reason for the decline is the rapid grow th of predominantly Is­
lamic cities: three of the world s largest (Karachi, Pakistan; Baghdad, Iraq;
and Dhaka, Bangladesh) will have a majority of Muslims within the next 14
years. Each will have a population of more than 11 million persons.
Rev David Barnett, editor of the encyclopedia, points out how far
Christian missionary efforts fall short of what is needed to keep pace with
urban growth. All the Christian groups in the w orld combined send
250,000 foreign missionaries, but comparatively few of these w ork in
urban centers. Christians w orldwide presently give an average of 10 cents
a week to foreign missions.
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Wash. Survivors: husband G. Donald: daughter Vel­
ma Hile; sons Randall and Gilbert; seven grand­
children; tw o sisters; one brother
GEORGE F. DUCKETT, 76, Aug. 28, Okmulgee,
Okla. Survivors: w ife Pauline; son Don; daughters
Bobbye McElrath and Belvis Shandy; nine grand­
children; eight great-grandchildren.
SANDRA ALLEN DUKE, 48, Aug. 19, C olorado
Springs. Colo. Interm ent: Cisco, Tex. Survivors: hus­
band Kenneth W.; son S cott Allen; daughters Stacy
and Kellie; her father.
DAVID WM. GAGE, 39, Aug. 19, C orpus Christi,
Tex. Interm ent: Marseilles, III. Survivors: son Aaron;
daughter Dawn; three brothers; four sisters; his par­
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fitzgerald.
EWALT C. GERING, 78, Sept. 19, Kingman, Kans.
Survivors: w ife Dorene; son Armin; daughters M ar­
ilyn Kalmar, Sharon Wedel, and Evelyn Colvard; eight
grandchildren; tw o sisters.
REV. W ILLIAM B. GUSSLER, SR., 52, M ay 12,
Lithopolis, Ohio. Survivors: w ife Marie; sons William,
Jr, and Paul M.; daughters C hristine Castro, Gale
Stadvec, Ann, and Mary; six grandchildren; one sis­
ter; tw o brothers. Ministry: Lithopolis, Ohio, and
evangelism.
BRENNIS D. HADDIX, 27, Sept. 4. Colum bus,
Ohio. Interment: Danville, Ohio. Survivors: w ife C on­
nie; one sister; his parents.
PAT KIMBRO, 71, Sept. 30. Amarillo, Tex. Inter­
ment: Wellington, Tex. Survivors: w ife Virginia Emmert Kimbro; son John; daughters Patricia Lindley
and Susan Gooding; five grandchildren; tw o b roth­
ers; tw o sisters; his father.
URELA B. MAINS, 83, Aug. 15, Dallas Tex. Inter­
ment: Connersville, Ind. Survivors: daughter Letha
Hudson; one granddaughter; one brother.
HERBERT C. RIES, 72, Sept. 15, Pinellas Park,
Fla. Survivors: w ife Viola; son Larry W.; daughters
Patricia Keefer and Cheryl Nelson; eight gran d ­
children; tw o great-grandsons; three sisters; tw o
brothers.
REV. MRS. MARGARET M. ROACH, 88, Aug. 4,
Bridgeton, Mo. Survivors: son Jam es E.; one sister.
Ministry: Missouri.
GLEN DAVIS ROBBINS, 79, Aug. 25, Plattsburgh,
N Y. Survivors: w ife Ruth; sons Don and Ken; seven
grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
ETHEL WILKINSON ROSENOGLE, 82, Aug. 21,
Albuquerque. N.Mex. Interment: Perry, Mich. Sur­
vivors: husband William; daughters Juanita Davis
and Gwendolyn Hendricks; several grandchildren
and great-grandchildren; one sister
MONCY MAE STEENBERGEN, 86, Sept. 1, A sh­
land, Ky. Survivors: sons Bob and Jack; daughters
Mrs. Ted (Mary) Balof and Mrs. J. G. (Betty) Haufler;
nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.
C o n d u c te d
by W . E.
M c C u m b e r,
E d ito r
We w elcom e questions on biblical and doctrinal matters. The
editor is not able to send replies to questions not selected for
publication. Address: ANSWER CORNER, H erald o f Holiness,
6401 The Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64131.
The King James Bible says, in John 14:2, “In my
Father’s house are many mansions.” Is each
person who goes to heaven really going to have
a mansion? Our Sunday School class discussed
this and was quite divided. What do you think?
T h e Greek word used here (rrwnai) means “ dw ell­
ing places." I think the R SV gets at the m eaning
w ell— “ many room s.” T h is is not a prom ise o f in ­
dividual m ansions. T h e im portant fact is that
Jesus is preparing these room s, and H is arrange­
ments for us will be em inently satisfactory.
Heaven will not disappoint any o f us though it
may surprise many o f us.
In a serm on years ago I said this, and som e o f
the listeners spoke sharply to me afterward, upset
because I was trying to take away their m ansions.
I am intrigued by w om en w ho com plain about
keeping up a six-room house on earth but
expect— and desire— a m ansion hereafter.
Som e o f our n otion s about heaven are a form o f
postpon ed materialism.
Jesus has prom ised a place in the Father’s house.
T h a t’s heaven enough for anyone, since He is
there (v. 3) and our fellow ship with H im and with
each other will be unbroken forever.
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If everyone descended from Adam and Eve, as
the Bible says, didn’t Cain marry his sister
(Genesis 4:17)? The Bible expressly forbids a
man to marry his sister (Leviticus 18:6-8). Isn’t
this a contradiction?
No. Cain’s wife was a sister, or a cousin perhaps,
depending upon what other children Adam and
Eve had, when these other children married, and
when their children were born, etc. T h e law
BIRTHS
to GEORGE AND DEBBIE CAROLE, Oxnard,
Calif., a boy. George, Jr., Sept. 25
to DAVE AND ANGIE (HUTSON) M acM ILLAN, At­
lanta, Ga., tw in girls. Kristen Ashly and Kathryn Eliz­
abeth, Sept. 30
to MICHAEL AND SUSAN (DIXON) NOEL, Lex­
ington, Ky., a boy. Aaron Michael, Sept. 16
to STEVE AND LIZ (M OSTELLER) OTT, Casper,
Wyo., a girl, Stephanie Jo, June 2
to DENNIS AND TERESA PENTZ, West Covina,
Calif., a boy, Joshua Ryan, Sept. 12
to A. JOSEPH AN D DIANNE (FITZG ERALD )
SCHESSER, Blue Springs, Mo., a boy, Brandon Lee,
May 30
to JAM ES AND MARY (LA COM BE) SCHESSER,
Rockland, Maine, a boy, M atthew James, Oct. 4
to JOHN AND KATHY WRIGHT, Mishawaka, Ind.,
a boy. John Wesley, Jr., July 3
DIRECTORIES
BOARD OF GENERAL SU PER IN TE N D E N TS —
Office: 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64131.
Charles H. Strickland, Chairman; Eugene L. Stowe.
Vice-Chairman; Raymond W. Hurn, Secretary; Wil­
liam M. Greathouse; Jerald D. Johnson; John A.
Knight.
against “ incest" was given long afterward, when
the m ultiplication o f earth’s population made it
unnecessary and undesirable for such a coupling
to take place.
Because o f m an’s "fa llen ” con d ition — his sin— the
race continued to degenerate. Consequently, mar­
riage to near kin becam e increasingly fraught
with bad consequences as time passed. In the b e ­
ginning, however, there was no other way to p re­
serve the human race from extinction. Cain was
not under the law o f M oses.
I just can’t understand the parable of Jesus in
Matthew 20:1-16. Why should all the laborers
have been paid the same? It seems to me
those who worked the longer hours had a legiti­
mate gripe. Is this justice?
It may help you if you keep three things in mind.
(1) T h e householder who hires and pays the
workers is a figure for G od. He says, “ I am good ”
(v. 15). W hether we understand G od ’s ways or
not, we can trust His eternal goodness. He cheats
none; He is merciful to all.
(2) K ingdom service is rewarded on this basis—
faithfulness to opportunity. T h e workers w ho e n ­
tered the vineyard later were not lazy or unw ill­
ing. W hen the question was asked, “ W h y stand
ve here idle?” their honest reply was, "N o man
hath hired us.” T h ey began their work when o p ­
portunity was given and kept faithfully at it till
day’s end. G od calls som e earlier than others.
Som e harvest in vast fields, som e in rem ote cor­
ners. Our stewardship is judged on the basis o f
faithfulness, not on the basis o f how long, how
much, etc.
(3) T h e vineyard ow ner says, “ Take that thine
is." Ours is whatever He chooses to give us, and
all we receive is undeserved (see Luke 17:7-10).
W hat He gives is fair because He is just, and is
merciful because He is com passionate. We were
on another’s payroll, where ultim ately the wages
o f all were the sam e— "T h e wages o f sin is death”
(R om ans 6:23). He could have left us there!
NOVEMBER 15, 1986
TRUCKLOADS OF BLESSING
ARRIVE FOR CHICAGO THRUST
(A bove) H olding the banner are (1. to r.)
Rev. M erlin P rovance, the man behind
th e id ea ; P au l T a y lo r, Jr., M a r ile e
Haynes, John Haynes, Bob A llison, and
S h a ro n A llis o n , a ll fr o m S ou th
C h arleston G ra ce C h u rch; Rev. Tim
Kilby, assistant to the d irector o f C h i­
c a g o T h r u s t ; T im R u n y a n , G r a c e
C h u r c h ; H. L. “ D o c ” H a y n e s ,
Charleston Davis C reek Church, w ho
coordinated the activity and obtained
the trucks; M ichael R. Estep, director,
Thrust to the Cities; and C hicago C en­
tral D istrict Superintendent E. K eith
Bottles.
(L eft) B oxes o f food staples, along w ith
a piano, clothing, Sunday School sup­
plies and equ ipm en t, and fu rn itu r e
w ere unloaded at a w arehouse. They
w ill be distributed to chu rch planters,
and to the C om p a ssion a te M in istr y
Centers in Chicago.
(B elow ) T w o tru ckloads o f m erchan­
dise from West V irginia South D istrict
arrive at the Chicago Central D istrict
camp meeting.
Photos b y G o rd o n W ickersham
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HERALD OF HOLINESS
A fter eight d istricts m et w ith the
Chicago T h ru st Central C om m ittee on
April 4, 1986, several o f the churches
and districts gave and made pledges to ­
taling $100,000 to help tou ch the lives
o f C h ic a g o ’s n eedy so c ia lly an d redemptively.
But som e saw ways to go beyon d the
generous offering. Rev. M erlin E. P ro­
vance, w ho com m itted his church, the
Charleston, WVa., Davis Creek Church,
to $10,000 for the C h ica g o T h ru st,
went back to W est Virginia South D is­
trict and was appointed chairm an o f
the first district Thrust to the Cities
C om m ittee ever form ed. He was ap­
pointed by D istrict Superintendent C.
H arold Sm ith w ho also attended the
C h icag o m eeting. T h e co m m itte e is
made up o f laymen and pastors.
M ichael R. Estep, director o f T hrust
to the Cities, was invited to speak at
Davis Creek July 14 and to m eet with
the new com m ittee. A t that meeting
som eone suggested, “ W h at we ought to
do is just what we did in the flood relief
. . . get our people to give food, clothing,
Sunday S ch ool supplies, furniture, and
office supplies.” H. L. “ D o c ” Haynes,
lay m em ber o f the com m ittee, volu n ­
teered to coordinate this part o f the
project and to secure trucks through
his bu siness co n ta cts to d eliver the
goods to Chicago.
Delegates to the W est Virginia South
district assem bly were asked to bring
fo o d fo r th e p r o je c t fr o m th e ir
churches; delegates and visitors at N Y I
c o n v e n t io n s w ere to b r in g S u n day
S ch ool supplies; the N W M S was to so­
licit cloth in g; pastors o f the district
h an dled ch u rch eq u ip m en t an d fur­
n it u r e d o n a t i o n s ; a n d C h r is t ia n
L ife /S u n d a y S c h o o l p e o p le secu red
food donations.
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M ichael Estep experienced the ex ­
citem ent o f this project at both the re­
ceiving and giving end. A t the W ednes­
day night H om e M ission service o f the
West Virginia South district assembly,
as the trucks were loaded, he ack n ow l­
edged all the involvem ent o f the d is­
trict people in gathering the tw o tru ck ­
loads o f food and other m erchandise.
Friday, August 8, he was at the C hicago
Central D istrict to share in the re­
ceiving o f the goods. T h e trucks arrived
at the C hicago Central D istrict cam p
m eetin g du ring the ev en in g service.
T h e ca m p m e e tin g c ro w d g a th ered
a r o u n d to s in g “ P r a is e G o d fr o m
W h om All Blessings Flow.”
T h e many pounds o f food products,
along with desks, chairs, furniture for
church planters, educational materials,
bulletin boards and chalkboards, c lo th ­
ing, and other don ations were unloaded
at a warehouse site to be used in the
Com passionate M inistry Centers in i­
tiated by the Chicago Thrust.
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FOURTH ANNUAL INDOOR
CAMP MEETING AT
NASHVILLE FIRST
For the past three years, Nashville
First Church has held an in door cam pm eetin g d u rin g th e se co n d w eek in
July. T h e great preaching, outstanding
music, warm fellow ship, and the m in is­
try o f the H oly Spirit have made indoor
cam p m eeting an annual fam ily event.
D uring this year o f Tennessee H om e­
com in g ’86, the people o f First Church
again e n jo y e d th is e x p e rie n c e July
13-20. Preaching at this year’s m eeting
were Stephen M anley and W. E. M c ­
Cumber. M usic was provided by H ar­
lan and B arbi M oore.
T h is y e a r ’ s “ h o m e c o m in g c a m p
m e e tin g ” in clu d e d a new fe a tu r e —
“ T h e S ch ool o f the P rophets.” Fifteen
pastors from the Southeast studied Old
Testam ent theology, a portion o f M a t­
thew, and top ics relating to pastoral
ministry, taught by the cam p m eeting
speakers and Pastor M illard Reed. C o ­
ordinator o f the conference was R ick
Rvding, m inister o f single adults.
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Post Office Box 419527, Kansas City, Missouri 64141
The students and teachers at the “ S ch ool o f the P rophets” are pictured: (fro n t row,
1. to r.) C arl Sherm an, R ob ert M ason, Sam Wood, Tom Gray, Wayne B row n, Gerald
Parmer, R obert Newbrey, M itchell P ow ell, W. E. McCumber, and Euna Freeman;
(back ro w ) Dr. M illard Reed, Paul Shields, Lam ar Guyton, James Craig, James
T ripp, Dr. Stephen Manley, Lane Lom an, Tim W hittaker, and Craig Vandiver.
Dig in and learn
about church planting!
AD VA N C ED CHURCH
PLANTING SEM INAR
January 26-30, 1987
NAZARENE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
INSTRUCTORS:
Michael R. Estep, D irector
Church Extension M inistries
Alexander Ardrey,
General SS O utreach
C oord in a to r
J. Donald Jernigan, Sr. A.I.A.
Specialist in Church
A rch ite cture and Planning
James R. Bledsaw,
Pastor, N o rth sid e
Church, Chicago
M arjorie Osborne,
Church Planting Director,
Toronto, Rosewood
TUITION: $50.00— O n e -h o u r graduate credit
$25.00— C on tin u in g Education Credit
H O USIN G /M EA LS: King Conference Center
WRITE OR CALL:
President Terrell C. Sanders, Jr.
Nazarene Theological Seminary
1700 E. M eyer Blvd.
Kansas City, M O 64131
1816-333-6254)
NOVEMBER 15, 1986
June 8, F redericktow n , Mo., First Church dedicated its new parsonage, given as a
gift by Clay and Velma Roach, w ho are m em bers o f the church. Clay R oach built
the new parsonage. Show n is Mr. and Mrs. Clay R oach presenting the pastor, Rev.
Daniel Mund (r.), w ith the keys to the parsonage.
The first serv ice in the new sanctuary o f the M ohall, N.Dak., church w as held in
February 1985. D istrict Superintendent F. Thom as B ailey conducted the service
o f dedication July 28, 1985. July 20, 19 86 , a m ortgage-bu rn in g cerem ony was
conducted by Rev. F. Thom as Bailey. Form er m em bers and frien d s o f the church
cam e from as far away as Stockton, Calif.; Austin, Tex.; and P h oenix. The M ohall
church w as founded February 19, 1920, w ith Rev. C. C. W hite as pastor. Rev.
Edgar S. Campbell, Jr., is the curren t pastor, having com e to M ohall in M arch o f
1981. He graduated from the Nazarene B ible College, C olorado Springs, in the
“ P ioneer Class” o f 1970.
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Mrs. James H. Blakem an o f L exington,
Ky., have chosen A ir Force careers. P ic ­
tured (1. to r.) are D avid (Capt.), a B -5 2
pilot and a ircra ft com m ander stationed
at the K. I. S a w yer A ir F orce Base,
M arquette, M ich.; Paul (Capt.), is an in­
structor pilot at Vance A ir Force Base
at Enid, Okla.; Janice (2nd Lt.), an RN
and an A ir F orce nurse at the W hitem an
A ir Force Base at W arrensburg, Mo.;
Stephen (Capt.), form erly a fig h ter p i­
lot, now pursuing a m aster’s degree at
In diana U n iv ersity th rou g h the A ir
Force Institute o f T ech n olog y and to be
assigned as m athem atics in stru ctor at
the A ir F orce A ca d em y at C olora d o
Springs. Stephen is a graduate o f Trev ecca N azaren e C olleg e. J a n ice is a
gra d u a te o f M id -A m e r ic a N a zaren e
College. D avid and Paul are graduates
o f the A ir Force Academ y. A ll four are
m em bers o f the Church o f the Naza­
rene. A nother daughter, Linda, also an
RN, is a civilian . The parents are mem­
bers o f the L ex in gton , Ky-. Lafayette
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iRVICE • NAZARENE NEWS SERVICE •
SCOTT ASSESSES DAMAGE
OF EARTHQUAKES IN
SAN SALVADOR
D r. R o b e r t S c o t t ,
W orld M ission D ivision
director, sp en t O cto b e r
21 in S a n S a l v a d o r .
T h ere he m et with local
p a sto rs a n d to u r e d the
strick e n area to assess
th e n e e d s o f N a z a r e n e s fo llo w in g
earthquakes O ctober 10 and 13, w hich
left the city in sham bles. M ore than
1,000 were dead, at least 10,000 injured,
with thousands hom eless.
Dr. S cott carried w ith him a suitcase
filled w ith m edication s that had been
requested. H e also presented a tru ck ­
load o f food and relief supplies to Rev.
R am on Cam pos, El Salvador district
s u p e r in te n d e n t. T h is w as th e fir st
tru ckload o f three w hich were being
brought into the coun try by G uatem a­
lan Nazarenes. Nazarene physician, Dr.
Elm er Juarez, and other laymen from
G uatem ala drove the first truck loaded
with food, cloth in g, and m edicine to
San Salvador.
“ T h e Nazarenes in G uatem ala want
to show their gratitude for assistance
they have received from others during
their tim es o f need,” said Dr. Juarez.
Seven El Salvadoran Nazarene ph y­
sicians were dispensing m edical su p­
plies. A m edical group from the n orth ­
west United States was also providing
assistance. T h is group was headed by
layman R on P ost o f Salem , Oreg., First
Church.
B ob P rescott o f Nazarene C om pas­
sionate M inistries also spent several
days in San Salvador to further assess
the needs and to help coordinate e f­
forts with other relief agencies.
Nazarene C om passionate M inistries
e s t a b lis h e d t e m p o r a r y s h e lt e r fo r
hom eless Nazarene fam ilies shortly a f­
ter the qu akes. N azaren es w ere e x ­
pected to receive a portion o f $1.5 m il­
lion in m edical supplies being provided
by the M ed ica l A ssista n ce P rogram
(M A P ), an evangelical group that p r o ­
vides help in tim es o f disaster.
Local relief com m ittees were estab­
lis h e d t h r o u g h t h e 18 N a z a r e n e
churches in the greater San Salvador
com m unity.
At the tim e o f Dr. S c o tt’s trip, one
Nazarene lady was still missing; oth er­
wise, there were no Nazarenes known
dead. A Nazarene father and son were
trapped in a collapsed building for al­
m ost 72 hours before being freed. At
least 10 Nazarene fam ilies lost their
hom es and one church, Vista Hermosa,
was destroyed. A num ber o f churches
and h om es o f N a za ren es su sta in ed
som e damage.
There are 23 Nazarene churches in
El Salvador with about 2,030 full and
probationary members, m ost (1,640) o f
w hom live in the greater San Salvador
area.
T h e M exico, Central A m erica R e ­
gional O ffice has requested a W ork and
W itness team (m axim um o f 20 m em ­
bers) with at least $12,000 to rebuild
the Vista H erm osa Church. Also, c o n ­
tributions may be made to the H unger
and Disaster Fund to assist in the feed­
ing and relocation o f N azarenes in San
Salvador. Checks should be made to Dr.
Norman O. M iller for “ Hunger and D i­
saster Fund— El Salvador.”
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U.S. EVANGELISTS TO
SERVE IN WORK AND WITNESS
IN CARIBBEAN
A t least 51 evangelists have volu n ­
teered one to six weeks o f their tim e to
minister in the Caribbean Region next
summer. T h ey will be used in local re­
vivals and m u lti-church crusades.
T h e evangelistic thrust is being c o o r ­
dinated through d istrict su p erin ten ­
dents on the C aribbean R egion , a c­
cording to Dr. James H udson, regional
director. T h e goal is revival in the local
churches and the planting o f at least
o n e new c h u r c h o n e a ch E n g lis h speaking district.
Dr. H udson reports that W ork and
W itn e s s tea m s h ave r e ce n tly c o m ­
pleted five projects in Haiti. Th ese in ­
clude: chapels in Petite Riviere, M anze
M arie, M ich ou d, and Bassin Bleu; and
a vocation al sch ool in Jacmel.
Six other projects are currently u n ­
der construction to be finished in the
next few m onths. T h ey include: ch a­
pels in Belle Anse, Pernier, Sedren, and
Delmas; a sch ool in M arin; and a par­
sonage in Croix des Bouquets.
E igh ty-tw o oth er bu ildin g projects
are on the priority list for Haiti. Dr.
H u dson asks N azarenes arou n d the
world to pray for the stability o f Haiti.
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NTS TO ESTABLISH SCHOOL
OF WORLD MISSION AND
EVANGELISM
T h e board o f trustees o f Nazarene
T h eologica l Sem inary has voted to es­
tablish a S ch ool o f W orld M ission and
Evangelism at N T S . T h e decision was
made at the Septem ber board m eeting
follow ing a recom m endation by N T S
President Dr. Terrell C. (Jack) S a n d­
ers, Jr., with approval o f the Board o f
General Superintendents.
“ We b e lie v e th e c r e a tio n o f th is
sch ool dem onstrates the positive co m ­
m itm ent o f our sem inary to the m is­
sion enterprise o f the church at hom e
and ab roa d and th e im p orta n ce we
place on evangelism,” said Dr. Sanders.
“ We also believe m ore students w ill be
attracted to N T S to study m issions
and evangelism, and that people will be
encouraged to contribute to the sch ool
more sacrificially and in m ore im ag­
inative ways.”
N T S currently offers 51 courses in
m issions and evangelism. A lm ost 100
students now e n rolled are pla n n in g
ministries in these areas.
Dr. Charles Gailey, director o f the
M.A. in m issiology program ; Dr. Jorge
Barros, associate professor o f m issiolo­
gy; and Dr. Charles Shaver, professor o f
evangelism, will serve as full-tim e p ro­
fessors in this sch ool. A d ju n ct p r o ­
fessors will include Dr. Paul Orjala, Dr.
D onald Owens, Dr. Tom Nees, and Dr.
Barry Cunningham.
Dr. Sanders is hoping that $1 m illion
can be raised to endow the school by
1993. T h is am ount, plus that given for
the Cooper Chair o f Evangelism, would
p rov id e $1.5 m illio n in en d ow m en t
funds for N T S .
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NTS OFFERS INTERTERM
COURSES
P resid en t T errell C. S an ders, Jr.,
Nazarene T h eolog ica l Sem inary, an ­
n ounces the 1987 Interterm Session
courses available to pastors and others
interested in earning graduate or CEU
credits, or audit credit. In addition to
the N T S professors teaching, classes
will be offered by Dr. D on Owens, pres­
ident o f M id-A m erica Nazarene C o l­
lege; Dr. Tom Nees, pastor and director
o f the Com m unity o f H ope in W ashing­
ton, D.C.; retired Arm y chaplain, Col.
Paul M. Pusey; and Rev. M ike Estep,
Church Extension M inistries director.
T u it io n is $ 5 0.00 p er c r e d it h our,
$25.00 per audit hour. There is a $7.00
registration fee.
Som e o f the courses to be offered in
the January 5-30, 1987 Interterm are:
New T esta m en t Idea o f P e r fe ctio n ,
Serm ons that Com m unicate, P reach ­
in g fr o m th e O ld T e s t a m e n t , an d
Church Planting.
For m ore inform ation, write or call:
Dr. R obert E. Crabtree
Registrar and D irector o f
Adm issions
Nazarene T h eologica l Sem inary
1700 E. M eyer Blvd.
Kansas City, M O 64131
(816-333-6254)
NOVEMBER 15, 1986
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