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N A S H V ILLE FIRST CELEBRATES ITS C EN TEN N IA L
G row ing in Holiness
General
Superintendent’s
VIEWPOINT
The Call to Jesuslikeness
by Jim L. Bond
L ord’s glory, are being transform ed
here is a clarion call that
into his likeness with ever-increasing
sounds deeply in the soul of
glory, which com es from the Lord,
every person w ho com es in­
w ho is the Spirit” (2 C orinthians 3:18,
to the world. It begins with
em phasis added).
the first breath o f air we
A significant aspect o f this Christdraw. It echoes in the inner
formation
occurs in community. It is an
cham bers o f our being
throughout life. W hen heeded andillusion to believe that Christlikeness
can be accom plished in isolation. God
nurtured, the call intensifies; when
intends us to becom e w hat He created
disregarded, it is heard less clearly
us to be in relationship with others.
thereafter. H earing and obeying this
There is no Christlikeness apart from
call is G od’s established process for
social Christlikeness. The Church is
accom plishing His highest objective
G od’s display case o f lives that are bein each o f our lives.
W hat is this objective— this “call­
ing”? Here is the apostle Paul’s answer:
“You were taught, with regard to your
form er way o f life, to put off your old
self, which is being corrupted by its de­
ceitful desires; to be made new in the
attitude of your minds; and to put on
the new self, created to be like God in
true righteousness and holiness”
(Ephesians 4:22-24,' emphasis added).
This call w ithin each o f us is the
voice o f the C reator God himself. He
is relentlessly, yet gently, calling us to
G odlikeness. As incredible as it
ing transform ed into the likeness of Je­
seems, God is actually calling us to
sus. The impact o f such a church in its
him self for the express purpose of
com m unity is immeasurable.
shaping us into His own moral like­
Equally essential in pursuing C hrist­
ness. So that we could understand His
likeness is a personal quiet time, hope­
“true righteousness and holiness,” God
fully daily, to be w ith the One whose
enfleshed it for us in the M an o f histo­
im age we seek to emulate. I have been
ry, Jesus o f Nazareth. G odlikeness is
w ondering lately what would happen
Jesuslikeness. Thus, God is calling
if all o f us believers becam e very fo­
each o f us to be like Jesus— His grand
cused on Jesus and Jesuslikeness dur­
design for every person in the world.
ing our devotional times. It ju st m ight
The realization o f this incredible ob­
ignite the spiritual renewal needed in
jective is always ju st beyond us. W hile
the church. It would definitely elevate
it is true that we can never achieve the
our lives to a new spiritual level in at
perfection o f Jesus, we believers are
least three ways:
com m itted to the relentless pursuit, a
lifelong quest, o f the perfection in Je­
1. J esu s’ Im age C harm s Us.
sus. We dare to believe that the Holy
To know Jesus is to w ant to be with
Spirit works in yielded, obedient lives
Him. The m ore tim e we spend with
to mold us into Godlikeness: “And we,
Him, the better we know Him. The
m ore intim ately we know Him, the
who with unveiled faces all reflect the
T
M,
LY DEEPEST PRAYER,
MY HIGHEST GOAL-THAT
I MAY BE LIRE JESUS .2
more intensely we desire to be like
Him. Such desire ultim ately begets
likeness. It is a gracious and glorious
cycle. Therefore, to be consciously in
His presence intensifies our yearning
for Jesuslikeness. “To this you were
called, because C hrist suffered for
you, leaving you an exam ple, that you
should follow in his steps” (1 Peter
2:21).
2. G o d ’s W ord Inform s Us.
The w ritten W ord o f G od is intend­
ed to instruct us in all things neces­
sary to our salvation. It also states
clearly the principles for C hristian liv­
ing. The Scriptures chronicle in some
detail the w ords and life o f Jesus that
provide for us the suprem e exam ple
o f how C hrist im itators are to live.
Thus, if we desire to be like Jesus,
we m ust study the life o f Jesus. E x­
am ine carefully His m oral qualities in
the G ospels. Ponder particularly the
Serm on on the M ount. Let the written
W ord inform you regarding Jesu s’ at­
tributes, w hich He desires to replicate
in His follow ers.
3. G od ’s G race E quips Us.
To gaze upon Jesus is aw e-inspir­
ing; to seek to em ulate His life
through hum an effort is self-defeat­
ing. In and o f ourselves we can never
"attain . . . to the w hole m easure of
the fullness o f C hrist” (Ephesians
4:13). The good new s is that what is
beyond our struggling reach is not be­
yond G o d ’s grace to im part. A daily
quiet tim e with the Lord becom es a
m eans o f grace by w hich G o d ’s grace
flow s into our lives, enabling us to in­
creasingly be conform ed to the image
o f G od in Jesus Christ.
It is my prayer that we N azarenes
will becom e passionate about Jesus­
likeness. B eginning w ith our devo­
tional tim es each
day, le t’s focus on
Him and on “being
transform ed into his
likeness.”
1. Scripture references are from
the New International Version (niv ).
2. “ I Want to Be like Jesus,”
words by Thomas O. Chisholm, ©
1945, Renewed 1973 by Lillenas
Publishing Co.
Contents
V O LU M E 87, N O . 7
JULY 1998
July 1998
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Vol. 87, No. 7
M anaging Editor, J. Wesley Eby
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FEATURES
2 Growing in Holiness
WAYNE M. WARNER
A dm inistrative Secretary
Carolyn S. Hampton
3 Eight Ways to Grow Spiritually
Graphic Design, Bonnie D. Laflin
Director
Division of Com m unications
Michael R. Estep
G eneral Superintendents
John A. Knight
W illiam J. Prince
James H. Diehl
Paul G. Cunningham
Jerry D. Porter
Jim L. Bond
VICTOR M. PARACHIN
5 Formal Dining in a Robe
and Slippers
TINA KRAUSE
10 Heirs of Holy Intensity
GARY ALLEN HENECKE
16 Lessons Learned at VBS
MIKE JACKSON
Publisher, Nazarene Publishing House
C. Hardy Weathers, President
CONTINUING COLUMNS
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1992.
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General Superintendent’s Viewpoint
JIM L. BOND
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Guest Editorial,
br u ce o ld h am
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Words of Faith,
rob l. sta ples
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C over p h o to s c o u rte sy of
N ash v ille First C h u rch
of th e N a z a re n e
orthern w inters test
o u r f in e s t d riv in g
m achines and sharp­
en our driving skills.
W hen
D e t r o i t ’s
M e tro 25 jo in e d
w ith the M ich ig an
Auto Club in cosponsoring a free
12-point inspection for winterizing
cars, m ore than 72 percen t w ere
found deficient. Experience shows
a n n u a l p r e w in te r m a in te n a n c e
checks can make the difference in
whether Charley Com m uter enjoys
a warm and comfortable ride to the
office or finds him self standing out
along the road trying to thum b a
ride.
T he m ost com m on d e fic ie n c y
w as a dirty oil filter. Low brake
fluid and low w indshield solvent
followed closely behind— not what
you call really m ajor problem s, if
and w hen p ro p e rly m a in ta in e d .
W hen ignored, however, such m i­
nor deficiencies may cause a major
b re a k d o w n o f o u r v e h ic le s and
sometim es o f ourselves.
R e la tio n sh ip s, lik e m ach in es,
need regular m aintenance— not the
least of which is our walk of faith
w ith G o d . A lth o u g h th e re h ad
b een a day w hen th e ir fre e d o m
fro m r ig h te o u s n e s s le ft th em
“slaves o f sin,” Paul rem inded his
re a d e rs they had been “ set free
from sin and have becom e slaves
o f G od.”
The form er relationship brought
only shame. The new relationship,
claims Paul, brings “sanctification
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r o w
i
by W ay ne M -W a rn e r
and its end, eternal life" (Romans
6:20-22, r s v ) . Sanctification here
suggests both internal action that
sets one apart from and external
action by which one is empowered
from outside oneself.
T he author o f H ebrew s u n d er­
stood this when he urged believers
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H e r a l d o f H oliness
to “strive . . . for the holiness with­
out w h ic h no o n e w ill see th e
L o rd ” (1 2 :1 4 , r s v ) . O ne cannot
live a Christian life without m ain­
taining a relationship with the Liv­
ing Lord. The life of holiness, ac­
cording to Paul, is “the return you
get" in sanctification, with “its end,
eternal life” (Romans 6:22, r s v ).
The m essage is clear. I, like my
car, need regular and periodic safe­
ty c h e c k s th a t h e lp m e a v o id
breaking down en route to my des­
tination w hile on the highw ay of
h o lin e s s . 1 n e e d m o re th a n a
c h u rch m em b e rsh ip . 1 need that
personal walk wherein He accom ­
panies me on my journey.
M oreover, I need all the m ainte­
nance that com es in keeping my
rela tio n sh ip w ith H im under the
c o n s ta n t m o n ito r in g o f d a ily
prayer, re g u la r w o rsh ip , feed in g
j, lik e mLj c a r, n e e d
re g u la r a n d p e r io d ic
s a fe tx j c h e c k s .
from His W ord, and confession. I
c a n n o t stay in re la tio n s h ip w ith
Him without presenting my whole
self as “a living sacrifice, holy and
acceptable to G od.”
I m aintain this relatio n sh ip by
being “transform ed by the renewal
o f [my] m ind” while avoiding be­
in g “ c o n fo r m e d to th is w o r ld ”
(R o m an s 12:1-2, r s v ) . C o n stan t
surveillance of my w alk is o f the
essence if I expect to arrive at my
expected eternal destination.
W ritin g in T he U p p e r R o o m
y e a rs ag o . C re e d G a w th o rp d e ­
scribed the Great C hrist finding a
sm all m an and taking him along.
T hey becam e tra v e lin g c o m p a n ­
ions, journeying together every day.
Then, one day a man asked another,
“W ho are those two big m en?”
“The one on the left is Sm ith,”
cam e the reply. “H e’s got religion.
I do not know the one on the right,
but they look like brothers.”
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J uly
1998
Eight Ways to Grow Spiritually
by Victor M. Parachin
n the Word o f God, Christians
are called to deepen their faith
and grow spiritually. “Let us go
forw ard, then, to m ature teaching
and leave behind us the first
lessons o f the C hristian m essage,”
w rites the author o f H ebrew s (6:1,
t e v ) . “We m ust grow up in every
w ay to C hrist," declares Paul
(Ephesians 4:15, t e v ) . Peter en­
courages us to “continue to grow
in the grace and know ledge o f our
Lord and Savior Jesus C hrist” (2
Peter 3:18, t e v ) .
H e re a re e ig h t w a y s to g ro w
spiritually:
► Be quiet. There can be no spir­
itual grow th w ithout quiet time
aw ay from the frenzied pace o f
life. “Each C hristian needs half an
hour o f prayer each day, except
when we are busy, then we need an
hour,” observed St. Francis de
Sales. It does not w ork to pray
w hile doing som ething else, such
as jogging. Set aside tim e for soli­
tude and m editation. Read from
the Bible and spiritual books. Pray
for others and for yourself.
► Be attentive. As well as pray­
ing, m ake tim e to listen. Salvation
A rm y leader Sam uel Logan Brengle states: “I do a lot o f listening.
Prayer, as you know, is not meant
to be a m onologue but a dialogue.
It is com m union, a friendly talk.”
► B e loving. “Love to faults is al­
w ays blind, / A lw ays is to joys in­
c lin ’d, / Law less, w ing’d, and unco n fin ’d, / A nd breaks all chains
from every m ind,” wrote poet
W illiam Blake. Spiritual grow th is
incom patible with harsh, ju dgm en­
tal attitudes. Work to soften your
judgm ent and w iden your mercy.
► Be open. Spiritual experiences
em erge from the m ost unexpected
places. They surprise us, and we
often recognize them only in retro­
spect. Be open to spiritual growth
from any aspect o f life. Spiritual
lessons can take place w hile gar­
dening, sitting at a beach, w itness­
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ing an accident, or playing with
children, as well as attending w or­
ship.
► Be kind. Kindness is an action
that brings us closer to God. M oth­
er Teresa o f Calcutta said: “Let no
one com e to you w ithout feeling
better and happier when they
leave. Be the living expression of
G od’s kindness: with kindness on
your face, kindness in your eyes,
kindness in your smile, kindness in
your warm greeting.”
► Be curious. Spiritual opportu­
nities often come disguised in un­
expected forms. Be inquisitive, cu­
rious, and open. D on’t elim inate
opportunities too quickly. R em em ­
ber that M oses received G od’s call
to free the people o f Israel only
when he becam e curious about a
burning bush that did not extin­
guish itself (Exodus 3).
► Be honest. R em em ber that you
are human. You will make m is­
takes. You will becom e angry, im ­
patient, unkind, depressed. The
best rem edy is to be honest and
confess all to God. Ask for what
you need. Keep in mind the Old
Testam ent prophets who becam e
discouraged, lost patience with
God, and scolded Him, but still
trusted and w aited for Him to
come through.
► Be forgiving. Forgive som e­
one. Just let it go, once and for all.
It’s hard to grow spiritually while
holding a grudge. Therapist M i­
chele W einer Davis observes that
lack o f forgiveness is a m ajor ob­
stacle in getting the grow th results
people want. “Too m any people go
through the m otions o f putting the
pieces o f their m arriage back to­
gether when, in reality, they bear
grudges about past injustices that
prevent them from m oving for­
w ard,” she says. “Even the best
problem -solving techniques in the
world w on’t penetrate the resent­
m ent one feels from the lack of
forgiveness.”
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Guest Editorial
Let’s Build a
Bridge
BRUCE OLDHAM
Bruce Oldham is general NYI president
and assistant to the president for church
relations at M ount Vernon Nazarene
College.
S a n A n t o n io . F r id a y a f t e r n o o n . My
last day there after two weeks of hard
work. General NYI Convention activities
and General Assembly had left little time
to take in the sights of the city. Though
my body begged for a nap, my spirit
longed to stroll along the Riverwalk. So I
grabbed my camera, and off I went.
I saw the marker almost by accident.
1 had aimed my lens toward a tourist
cruise boat floating under one of the
arch crosswalks. As I snapped the pho­
to, I noticed the engraving near the bot­
tom of the bridge's stonework:
"Rosita's Bridge. Dedicated to
Rosita Fernandez, singer of songs
that have helped to build the bridge
of understanding for the many cul­
tures that make San Antonio a great
place to live.”
At the end of a youth convention fo­
cused on the need to “build bridges," I
had found evidence of another bridge
builder who had gone before us in San
Antonio. Though probably anonymous
to most folks, her contribution was re­
membered and treasured by someone,
and a memorial to her name graces the
stones of history.
Forever etched in my memory of San
Antonio will be the burden I felt as I be­
came more aware than ever of the cul­
tural barriers that exist, even within
Nazarene Youth International. The call
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haps none more critical than the last
one. The General NYI Council has es­
tablished a Commission for the Interna­
tionalization of Nazarene Youth M in­
istry to develop an action plan. Its
mission is clear: to help us reach young
people around the world with the gospel
of Jesus Christ and to disciple them. Its
message is challenging: to cultivate
awareness of and sensitivity to our di­
versity and interdependence, to respect
and accept each other in ministry struc­
ture, programs, worship styles, and ini­
tiatives, yet to help us recognize that
such differences do not diminish but en­
hance our potential.
You can help us! The commission has
asked for submissions regarding ideas,
avenues, and recommendations regard­
ing internationalizing our youth ministry
efforts. You can communicate your pro­
posals to your regional NYI president or
by sending them to: Internationalization
Commission, NYI Ministries, 6401 The
Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64131.
I recently sat with a young Chilean
pastor who asked me to recommend cul­
turally relevant youth ministry resources;
I had no answer for him. I thought back
to my own office, filled with books,
magazines, and media to enhance my
leadership; my heart cried out for what
they lacked! I worshiped at that youth
event with the group of young people so
for inclusion, the struggle for under­
standing, the plea for ministry resources,
the frustration over what is lacking— all
of these still echo within my spirit. Flow
narrow I have often been in my focus
and ministry, failing to see the global
implications of the glorious gospel and
mission to which we are committed!
Paul wrote, “Faith in Christ Jesus is
what makes each of you equal with each
other, whether you are a Jew or a Greek,
a slave or a free person, a man or a
woman” (Galatians 3:28, c e v ). Though
we nod in agreement, do we live to
make it so? Too often a wave of nation­
alistic, made-in-the-U.S.A. sentiment
leaks into the church, limiting our per­
spective and vision. Even youth min­
istry, with its energy to "change the
world,” can become bogged down in
self-serving and exclusive pursuits. We
must go beyond the limits of our own
culture to create the bond Christ has al­
ready made possible in himself.
It’s not easy. Building bridges takes
time, careful planning,
great effort, solid commit­
ment, and a sense of adven­
ture. Bridge builders can
find themselves open prey,
Too often a wave of nationalistic,
an easy target for blasts that
made-in-the-U.S.A. sentiment
may come from those hap­
py with things just the way
leaks into the church, limiting
they are on their side of the
our perspective and vision.
river. Some with no vision
would challenge our mo­
tives and methods. Christ
urges us to build anyway!
Others may cross only as we obey.
filled with spiritual energy, learning from
NYI has shaped six strategic initia­
each other’s different cultures and lan­
tives for the 1997— 2001 quadrennium:
guages about their one faith; I had no an­
• evangelism and outreach
swer for us. I thought back to churches
• family ministry emphasis
and youth groups in my own country, too
• leadership development/training
often filled with program expectations,
• college/university and young adult
sameness, and self-focus; my heart cried
ministry support
out for what we lacked!
• urban and multicultural strategies
I never knew you, Rosita Fernandez.
• international youth ministry
But I know your name, your song, your
Each of these is vital to our becoming
heart. May the same be in me. L et’s
what God has called us to be, but per­
build a bridge!
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H er a l d o f H o linesi
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the plate w asn’t mine, which resulted in
ruining everyone else's table setting. E m ­
barrassed, I apologized as eight people
rearranged their bread plates.
W hat is it about form ality that causes
normal people to act stuffy and unap­
proachable?
orm al dinner parties present problem s for some of
us. First, since plowing
through the meal without
talking is rude, we feebly
negotiate introductions
with the strangers seated
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at our table.
Next, we must ascertain the proper use
of our tablew are. W hich bread plate is
m ine? Is that my w ater glass on the
right? W hich fork and spoon do I use
first, and for what?
Tensions rise as we wait for someone
to m ake the
first m ove
_
so we can
safely fol­
low his or
her lead
and save
ourselves
em barrass­
ment. O f course, no one does; all just
nod, smile, sit erect with their hands in
their laps, and talk about the weather.
W hat's more, formal dinners are
for looking good, not for eating. It
is uncouth to eat at a form al dinner,
m uch less overeat. Eating comes
m uch later when one returns home
and slips into one’s all-you-can-eat
attire— a tattered robe and comfy slippers
Tormal
in a
Robe and
At one formal event I attended, I wore
a sequined white suit and sat like a poised
m annequin for at least 20 minutes before
I broke under the pressure. Frankly, my
growling stom ach was talking louder than
anyone at the table, so 1 decided to break
the silence. 1 had no choice; everything I
wanted was on the opposite end of the
table.
“Excuse m e,” I asked the diam ondclad lady who sat across from me.
“W ould you please pass the rolls
and butter?"
1 placed a roll and dab of butter
on a bread plate, only to learn that
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In life we do the same thing. Unsure of
our place setting, we put on airs for fear
of appearing foolish. Yet God accepts us
just as we are whether w e’re clad in dia­
m onds or denim. And if anyone has rea­
son to act stately and aloof, it’s God, but
He never does.
Instead, He welcomes us to His ban­
quet table, saying, “I am the bread o f life.
He who comes to me will never go hun­
gry, and he who believes in me will never
be thirsty. . . . And whoever
comes to me I will never drive
away” (John 6:35, 37, n i v ) .
Having revealed my stupidi­
ty, I decided to forfeit any
traces o f etiquette and ask the
big question: “Does anyone know which
spoon is for what ?”
“I was just wondering about that m y­
self,” a scholarly-looking man respond­
ed, exam ining his place setting. “Well,
the fat, round one is for the soup," the di­
am ond-clad lady chim ed in.
Suddenly no one cared whose bread
plate was whose or if the person seated
on the right was using the proper eating
utensil.
Tat­
tered
robes
and
comfy
slippers
had re­
placed
the
black ties and diam onds, and no one was
left hungry. Sim ilar to what happens
when we sit at G od’s table.
Good thing, because I was in an
all-you-can-eat mood.
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dipperf
by Tina K rause
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Words of Faith
Authority
ROB L. STAPLES
Rob L. Staples has made a career o f
teaching the Christian faith as a pastor
and as a professor at Southern Nazarene
University and Nazarene Theological
Seminary.
h y d o w e b e l i e v e w hat we believe?
W hat is the source from which we de­
rive our religious faith? D o we say,
"N obody can tell me w hat to believe;
I believe in w hatever I decide is good
for m e ”? O r do we simply (and simplistically) say, “The B ible says it; 1
believe it; that settles it” ? Both ex­
trem es are w ide o f the mark.
Although John Wesley, our spiritual
and theological mentor, continually
quoted Scripture in his serm ons and
other w ritings, his view o f biblical au­
thority was broader than a mere
proof-text approach. Students o f W es­
ley have often discussed w hat they
call the W esleyan Q uadrilateral. In
plane geom etry, a quadrilateral is any
figure with four sides, such as a
square, a rectangle, or a trapezoid. It
has been observed that at different
tim es W esley w rote o f four different
sources o f religious authority— Scrip­
ture, tradition, reason, and experience.
All were authoritative for religious
belief. These four “sides” o f authority
were not equal, however, for Scripture
had primacy. The other three were
subsidiary authorities.
Actually, W esley invented nothing
new. He sim ply articulated the way
Christians through the ages have ar­
rived at faith. W hen doctrinal reflec­
W
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the psalm ist says “G od is a rock,” rea­
son tells us he is speaking m etaphori­
cally, and not literally. O r w hen Jesus
describes K ing H erod as a "fox”
(Luke 13:32, n i v ), reason tells us that
he is not calling the king a four­
legged anim al w ith a bushy tail! In
such instances, and in m uch m ore
com plex situations as well, reason has
a place in the structure o f religious au­
thority. W esley said: "To renounce
reason is to renounce religion. . . . R e­
ligion and reason go hand in hand,
and . . . all irrational religion is false
religion” (Telford, Letters, 5:364).
Finally, experience is another factor
in religious authority. For Wesley, the
truth o f Scripture needs the confirm a­
tion o f experience. If what he preached
from Scripture could not be authenti­
cated in the living experience o f real
persons, he would conclude that he had
m isunderstood Scripture. On the matter
of entire sanctification, for example, he
asserted that if he were convinced no
one in England had experienced it, he
would preach it no more (W esley’s
Works, 11:405-6).
In reality, the final religious author­
ity for C hristians is neither Scripture,
tradition, reason, nor experience. It is
tion has been at its best, there has al­
w ays been an interdialogue o f Scrip­
ture w ith tradition, reason, and experi­
ence.
But why do we need any so-called
subsidiary authorities if we have the
inspired Scripture? M ainly because
o n e ’s private interpretation o f Scrip­
ture can easily be influenced by fac­
tors having little to do w ith Scripture,
and thus can result in all kinds o f
bizarre ideas purporting to be biblical.
That is w here the subsidiary authori­
ties offer help.
Tradition, the first o f the subsidiary
authorities, refers to w hat the Church
has believed throughout its history.
It is the process in w hich the accum u­
lated w isdom o f one generation is
passed on to the next. A lthough there
has been m uch variation in belief,
there is also a com m on thread in the
Christian faith, a m ainstream o f teach­
ing that has rem ained constant. The
triune G od, the deity of
Christ, the fact o f sin, and
the necessity for atone­
ment, for instance, have
all been taught through
the ages. An honest regard
John Wesley’s view of biblical
for C hristian truth will not
authority was broader than a
lightly dism iss w hat the
mere proof-text approach.
Church has proclaim ed
through the centuries.
R eason, the G od-given
capacity to think, is anoth­
er subsidiary authority. O f
course, reason cannot be the final
the gospel. But it is the gospel as
source o f truth, for the hum an mind
faithfully recorded in Scripture, kept
has been corrupted by sin. But God
alive and passed on to us through the
graciously continues to perm it reason
historic C hristian tradition, explicated
to function in significant ways, and
and clarified through reason, and au­
logical consistency is not an enem y o f
thenticated in hum an experience. In
devout faith. H ow ever one m ay inter­
reality, then, the gospel (and thus our
pret the B ook o f Jonah, it is not b e­
final authority in m atters o f faith and
yond G od’s ability to m iraculously
practice) is Jesus C hrist. He is the
keep the prophet alive for three days
W ord o f God incarnate. We believe
in the belly o f a whale. B ut if the
w hat we believe because we have
Bible had claim ed that Jonah sw al­
been grasped by this living C hrist, and
low ed a whale, our reason would
w hat we believe we joyfully proclaim .
rightly balk at that assertion! O r when
tb
H era ld o f H oliness
T he R eaders Write
re a d it. " G o d W ill M a k e a W a y " (th e so n g ) h as g o tte n m e
through m any a day o v er the past four years. It seem s as if every
tim e I feel that things are looking grim , G od puts that song b e ­
fore me.
T hanks for rem inding me that G O D W IL L M A K E A W A Y!
Karla Tobey, Cadillae, Midi.
Com bined H erald/W orld M ission
T his C ulture Is O verrated
T h an k you so m uch fo r the ex cellen t article in the A pril issue
titled "T his C ulture is O verrated ." Dr. W illim o n is right on the
m ark. It is good to know that N azaren es o ccasio n ally d ip th eir
buckets into M ethodist w ells.
Dun Minnix, Iuka, Miss.
T he concern to relate to the su rrounding culture in o ur p reach ­
ing. and the point o f the article that preach in g has g one to o far in
adapting to it, also apply. 1 fear, to som e o f the m odern m ethods
the church has absorbed from that culture.
1 believe the m o d em church has related to the co ntem porary
cu lture only too w ell, in learning its m ethods, but w hat haunts me
is w hether, in "having a form o f g o d lin ess,” the church has m ore
or less pow er o f the H oly S pirit in the life o f its congregations.
T hank you W illiam W illim on fo r voicing y o u r concerns in the
“w ilderness"!
Capt. Robert Hull. Spokane. Wash.. Salvation A n n s
W here A re the M erry W idow s?
T h an k you fo r the article "W h ere A re the M erry W id o w s?” in
the A pril issue o f the H erald. T his w as very tim ely fo r me, as I
b e c a m e a w id o w on F e b ru a ry 24, 1998. T h e L o rd u ltim a te ly
healed m y husb an d that day. and for that I am th ankful; how ever,
I jo in e d a new “clu b ” that 1 n ev er th ought 1 w ould be part o f (just
as the article stated). 1 could relate to all o f w hat w as w ritten.
T he difference betw een m y se lf and the w om en pictured in the
article is that 1 am 37 years old. A nother w idow in my church is
in her 20s . . . another in her 40s . . . and d o n 't forget the w id o w ­
er in his 50s. B ecause o f the a u th o r’s relatio n sh ip as the careg iv ­
er to her w idow ed m other, the article w as w ritten w ith firsthand
ex perience. H ow ever, as one w ho is ju s t b eginning this jo u rn ey
o f g rief and life as a w idow , I w as co n cern ed and som ew hat u p ­
set that the H era ld d id n 't follow up the article w ith inform ation
that w ould address people o f all ages and g en d er w ho have su f­
fered the loss o f a spouse. B eing a w idow o r w id o w er d o e sn 't au ­
tom atically m ean you are a sen io r citizen. T hose o f us w ho are
y o u n g e r m u st still go th ro u g h th e sam e step s o f the g rie v in g
process.
I do thank you for the article. G od uses people a n d m agazines
to touch others!
Dell Mura Osbourn. Houston
P entecost
1 appreciated the articles in the M ay H era ld on P entecost, e s­
pecially since tw o articles seem ed to stress a part o f entire san cti­
fication w e m ay not hear enough ab o u t— that o f killing the carnal
nature. W hat m akes holiness so pow erful is not only the infilling
but th e c le a n sin g ! A lot is said a b o u t b e in g S p irit-fille d , b u t
m aybe not en ough about getting rid o f pride, envy, and so on.
Gene Schenck, via E-mail
The U nheralded
1 just w anted to let you know how w onderful yo u r article about
the H erberts w as ("T he U n h e ra ld ed ," A pril 1998). 1 cried as 1
J uly
1498
I ju s t received the M ay issue o f the H eraldA V orld M ission. It
is a beautiful issue. The layout, colors, and type all blend to m ake
it very attractive. A nd the printed contents are superb. H ow ever,
it is extrem ely d ifficult to read.
T he high-gloss p aper causes extrem e glare if the light isn ’t ju st
right, and the print on co lored background is som etim es im possi­
ble to read. D oes anyone else have this problem ?
1 have subscribed to the periodicals for m ore than 50 years and
have just renew ed my subscription to the H erald. 1 w ould like to
be able to read every article in every issue. C an you help m e?
Kathryne M. Milton. Des Moines
L arger Print Needed
I just read in the m issio n m ag az in e that you are co m b in in g
W orld M ission and H era ld o f H oliness as o f January 1999 and
am m aking a suggestion that it be printed in large print. 1 know I
am not the only one that can n o t read the sm all print w ithout a
m agnifying glass and w ould really appreciate it if at least a por­
tion could be large print.
I am taking both m agazines now and will be glad to take the
com b in ed issue.
Alice M. Andersen. Bradbury. Calif.
Q
W here do I start if I'm inter­
ested in being part of a new
church start?
A
Once the Lord has begun to
lay a vision for starting a new
church on your heart, the place to
begin is prayer. W hether you are
the pastor or layperson in a con­
gregation considering sponsor­
ship, a m inister feeling a call to
start and pastor a new church, a
prospective core group member,
or a financial supporter of new
church starts—now is the tim e to
increase your prayer life.
Satan will leave those people
alone w ho are content w ith a stat
us quo of doing little if anything
to build G od's kingdom ; b u t he
ferociously—as well as subtly—
attacks those w ho w ish to accom­
plish som ething great for Him.
Even
if you're not certain that God is
leading you to help start a new
church, begin right now to pray
for His direction, protection, and
blessing.
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Prepared by Herald Staff and the Nazarene Communications Network News
Nazarene Clergywomen Participate
in Wesleyan-Holiness Conference
One hundred eigh­
Zena Toussaint,
teen Nazarene
pastor of Beulah
women enjoyed a
Church, Brooklyn,
time of spiritual re­
preached in the
newal, fellowship,
opening service.
and education at
The following
“Come to the Wa­
served as workshop
ter,” the Third An­
leaders: Jeanne
nual Wesleyan-Ho­ Dr. Judi Schwanz Serrao, Nazarene
liness Women Clergy
Bible College; Connie AunConference, April 23-26, in
spaugh, pastor of Mt. Scott
San Antonio. More than 400
Church, Portland, Oreg.;
attendees from seven Holi­
Mary Rearick Paul, pastor of
Bethel Church, Quincy,
ness denominations partici­
pated in daily worship ser­
Mass.; and Bonita May of
vices, workshops, and
Portland, Oreg.
forums, which cen­
In addition to
tered around the
the women clergy,
theme “Then and
several female re­
Now: The Journey
ligion students
of Holiness.”
from Nazarene
Nazarene
colleges and uni­
women served in
versities attended.
leadership posi­
Janine M etcalf of
Rev. Zena Toussaint
tions: Judi
Point Loma NazaSchwanz, Western Evangel­ rene University brought 16,
ical Seminary, served on the the largest contingent. The
international event also in­
planning committee; Nina
Gunter, general NWMS di­
cluded a delegation of fe­
rector, served on the wor­
male pastors from Mexico.
ship platform; Rebecca
Laird headed public rela­
Information provided by Carol
tions; and Bonita May was
Blessing, assistant professor at
registrar.
PLNU.
NNC Offers International Study Opportunities
The number of international
study opportunities for North-
NNC President Hagood (seated)
signs agreement with Korea
Nazarene University while Dr.
Dunn observes.
8
west Nazarene College (NNC)
students increased to 11 when
agreements were recently fi­
nalized with schools in Mexi­
co and Korea, according to
Samuel Dunn, vice president
for academic affairs. NNC
President Richard Hagood
signed educational agreements
with the Center for Bilingual
Multicultural Studies of Cuer­
navaca. Mexico, and Korea
Nazarene University.
Other sites where NNC stu­
dents may study are in Aus­
tralia, China. Costa Rica.
Egypt, England. Israel. Roma­
nia. Russia, and Switzerland.
Gresham Honored by NSLC
Loren Gresham, president of
Southern Nazarene Universi­
ty (SNU), was awarded the
Charles Morrow Memorial
Award at the
Nazarene Student
Leadership Confer­
ence (NSLC) at
Northwest Nazarene
College in April.
This annual award
celebrates the life and
missionary service of Charles
K. Morrow, who was killed in
a plane crash in Honduras in
1989 while on a trip to orga­
nize a CAUSE (College and
University Students Serving
and Enabling) project.
The NSLC. in conjunction
with Nazarene Compassion­
ate Ministries, honors a per­
son each year who has had an
impact on the lives of
college students in
inspiring them to be
involved in missions
and cross-cultural ex­
periences.
According to
NSLC, Gresham has
demonstrated a passion
throughout his career for col­
lege students and the way
they live. He believes that
service to God, which in­
cludes a lifestyle of compas­
sion, is never wasted.
Higher Education Administrators Selected
Corlis McGee is the new
dean of graduate studies at
Point Loma Nazarene Uni­
versity (PLNU). She has been
vice president for academic
affairs at
MidAmerica
Nazarene
University
(MNU) since
1992.
McGee
McGee
holds a doc­
torate from Middle Tennessee
State University as well as de­
grees from Trevecca Naza­
rene University (TNU) and
the University of Tennessee.
She was a professor and de­
partment chair at TNU from
1976 to 1990 before moving
to MNU.
Franklin Moore was elected
MNU's academic dean and
vice president for academic
affairs in May. He has been
professor of theology and
chair of the
Division of
Religion
and Philos­
ophy for the
past 13
years. A
Moore
1974 gradu­
ate of MNU, he has a Ph.D.
from Vanderbilt University
as well as M.A. degrees from
Nazarene Theological Semi­
nary and Vanderbilt. Moore
is an author of several books,
including Dismantling the
Myths. He and his wife. Sue,
live in Olathe, Kansas, with
their son, Brent.
Don Stelting succeeds Phyl­
lis Perkins as vice president
for academic affairs at
Nazarene Bible College
(NBC). He assumed his new
responsibil­
ities July I.
when
Perkins re­
tired after
13 years at
NBC. Stelt­
Stelting
ing has
been the college’s vice presi­
dent for extension education
since 1995. Previously, he
was vice president of student
development at MNU. He
has a Ph.D. from the Univer­
sity of Kansas as well as de­
grees from Southern
Nazarene University and
Southwestern Baptist Theo­
logical Seminary. He and his
wife, Pam, have two sons.
H fr a i d o f H oliness
Nazarene Fam ily
NWMS Launches Prayer Plan for
Emmanuel Church in Jack­
son, Miss., celebrated a
mortgage burning on April
19. (L. to r.) Richard
Goone, former pastor and
builder of the church; Don
Diehl, current pastor; and
General Superintendent
James H. Diehl.
Jesus Film
The NWMS has challenged
one million Nazarenes
worldwide to pray at least
five minutes a day for the
J e s u s Film Partnership, ac­
cording to Nina Gunter,
general NWMS director.
The plan, designed by Beverlee Borbe, general
NWMS president, should
produce more than 30 m il­
lion hours o f prayer a year
and will undergird the J e s u s
Film Project, which is ex­
pected to introduce millions
of people to Jesus Christ in
the next few years.
The plan is being imple­
mented through the district
NWMS conventions, where
each local church will re­
ceive a video o f people re­
sponding to the J e su s F ilm ,
Gunter said. Accompanying
the video will be prayer
commitment cards for each
member of the local church
to indicate their pledge to
pray for this ministry.
Bill Bright, founder and
president o f Campus Cru­
sade for Christ, who helped
facilitate the J e s u s Film
Partnership with the Church
of the Nazarene, was over­
whelmed at the commit­
ment o f Nazarenes to pray
for this evangelistic effort,
Gunter said.
“When you consider that
200 teams will show the J e ­
s u s Film twice a week with
an average of 500 people in
attendance,” Gunter said,
“there is the potential for 10
million people to view the
J e su s Film in a year’s time.
That great number o f souls
is a huge responsibility. The
people showing the film
will need all the prayer sup­
port that can be mustered.”
President M illard Reed
(left) and Don Waggoner
point to Trevecca
Nazarene University’s new
entrance, dedicated May
2. Waggoner and his w ife,
Zelma, of Greenville, S.C.,
donated $1.4 million of
the $2.2-m illion cost of
the entrance.
Dr. Wendell and Bonnie
Paris were recently hon­
ored by Henryetta, Okla.,
First for 50 years of leader­
ship as pastor and district
superintendent. Their pas­
tor is Bob Lothenore (left).
General Ronald Griffith (left) was
recently given the Chaplain’s
Centurion Award, given annually
by the National Association of
Evangelicals to a military leader
who is an example of a Chris­
tian leader and supports Evan­
gelical chaplain ministry world­
wide. Chaplain Curt Bowers
made the presentation.
Eva Holland (right) was honored
this year for 64 years of continu­
ous service as a Sunday School
teacher in the Church of the
Nazarene. Her pastor, Harville H.
Duncan, presented her with a
plaque. Mrs. Holland is a mem­
ber of Hamilton, Ohio, First
Church.
Ralph Nelson (right) was recently
honored for 59 years of teaching
Sunday School in three churches:
Baltimore First; Olathe, Kans.,
College; and Vero Beach, Fla.
Pastor Hugh King of Vero Beach
First presented Nelson with a
commemorative plaque.
NewStart Holds Anaheim Forum
Eleven pastors from the Ana­
heim District participated in
the first forum to discuss
NewStart. Tom Goble, dis­
trict superintendent, chaired
the April 2 1 meeting. Each of
the pastors had received an
invitation to become a spon­
soring church in the New­
Start program.
The participants were
Mike Boswith, Huntington
Beach Community; Sheldon
Boyd, Chino Cornerstone
Community; Ray Doane,
Long Beach First; Jim
J uly 1998
Dorsey, Saddleback Family;
Rick Eastman, Tustin Ranch
Sea Breeze Community>; Jim
Page, Yorba Linda Faith
Community; Jim Scharn,
Pomona First; Forrest Stone,
Whittier College Are.; Jim
Tracy, Capistrano Gateway
Community; Greg Tucker,
Anaheim First; and John
Watkin, Rancho Cucamonga
Highland Are.
The group will meet regu­
larly to share ideas and re­
sources for implementing
NewStart strategies.
The Liberty Towers Church
in Sacramento, C alif., hon­
ored 49 people who had
been married 50 years or
longer. Zelpha Walker and
her late husband, David,
had been married 66 years
at the time of his death.
Charles and Maxine Hutchinson
have been married 60 years.
Nita and Bud Downing (left), who
were honored by Jeremy and
Sarah DeVore (right) during the
celebration, have been married
52 years. Tom Floyd is the
senior pastor, and Merlin Hunter
is senior adult pastor.
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Met vs a f
by Gary Allen H enecke
Pastor, 1994 to Present
Nashville First Church o f the Nazarene
he elderly m an
w as the picture
o f w hat w e p ro ­
claim and w hat
w e hope to at­
tain. H e w as in
his 90s, g e n tle ­
m anly in every w ay— alert, poised,
and su rrou n d ed by a C h ristian fa m i­
ly. H is q u alities had so ench an ted
m e that, in g ettin g to k n o w him , I
found m y se lf ask in g p ro b in g q u e s­
tions fo r tru th s that w o u ld enrich my
pastorate.
M y questio n in g o f the h ead o f a
p ro m in en t fam ily o f the church
cam e in the su m m er o f 1994. In the
spring o f that year, I b ecam e p asto r
o f one o f o u r d e n o m in a tio n ’s m ost
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4
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ch u rch es,
Nashville
First
C hurch o f
First cele- thereneN ina z a ­
brates its
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a sea o f
new faces and rich traditions. T he
S outh is m ark ed by g en eratio n s o f
ch urch loyalty and fam ily c o n n e c ­
tions th at spread to several layers o f
uncles, aunts, and cousins. A new
pasto r needed to m aster these fam ily
co n n ectio n s as q u ick ly as p ossible.
T he setting w as in the w ell-know n
w arm th o f Southern hospitality that
10
m y friend K aren D ean Fry describes
as “a front porch on the soul.” It w as
that “front porch” that m ade the H eneckes guests, not intruders, at F a ­
th e r’s D ay d inner w ith the G riggs
fam ily. T he fam ous Southern ho sp i­
tality dictated that I be given the ho n ­
ored seat (a kind o f best rocker on the
front porch), w hich on this occasion
w as located across the table from the
fam ily patriarch.
M au rice G riggs Sr. w as h im se lf a
c h a p te r o f ch urch history. H is w ife
h ad g iv en h e r life as a faithful n u rs­
ery atten d an t and keep er o f the c h il­
d ren o f the church. H is fine te n o r
voice h ad b ro u g h t h u n d red s into the
p resen ce o f C hrist. A nd so I asked
the q u estio n I believ e any new p a s­
to r o f an old, historic ch u rch w ould
pose: “Tell m e, B rother G riggs,
since you h ave b een p art o f F irst
C hurch from the days o f J. O. M cC lu rk an , how is the ch u rch today
d ifferen t from w h at it w as in the day
o f its fo u n d e rs?”
I w as u n p rep ared fo r M aurice
G rig g s’s sin g le-sen ten ce answ er. 1
w o u ld not h av e b een su rp rised to
h e a r ab o u t the ch an g e in m usic. We
w ho lead in w orship are en g u lfed in
the d ifferen t tastes and chan g es that
the last h a lf o f this cen tu ry has
th ru st upon the church. S ecretly, I
w as b racin g in case he talk ed about
the g reat p reach in g o f yesteryear.
H ow often h ave those o f us w ho
p ro claim the m essag e o f full sa lv a­
tio n in th is h o u r heard o f the great
p reach in g o f the early d ay s o f the
H o lin ess M ovem ent. Yet n eith er o f
th ese w as to be his focus.
“ Intensity. T h ey had an intensity
ab o u t th e m !” W ith th at declaratio n ,
this m an w h o se life h ad sp an n ed the
d ecad es from the early days o f the
P en teco stal T abernacle to the pres-
J. O. M cC lurkan
F o u n d in g P a sto r, 1 8 9 8 — 1914
ent d ay s o f N ash v ille F irst C hurch
had su m m ed up the sp irit that had
given b irth to one o f the great seg ­
m en ts o f o u r in tern atio n al church.
A s Mr. G rig g s retu rn ed to his fried
chick en , the H oly S pirit w h ispered
a m en in m e.
W illiam J. S trickland, in the
T rev ecca C en ten n ial volum e on
J. O. M cC lu rk an , used o th er w ords
to describe the im perative that
g ripped Rev. J. O. M cC lu rk an as
having a “depth o f spirituality . . . in­
ten se m issio n ary fervor. . . . H e w as
a soul w in n er p a r excellence. . . . His
H e r a l d o f H o liness
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Senior Q uartet—
1955
Pastor William G reathouse
w ith Bus Ministry— 1959
P astor H. H. W ise (m iddle o f front row ) w ith
Parishioners— Early 1940s.
jf r m
n
Nashville First
Sanctuary—
1996
Basketball
T eam — 1950
S peer Family—
1971
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P hotos courtesy o t N a shville First C hurch o f the Nazarene
H. H. W ise, P a sto r, 1 9 2 2 -4 8
m inistry w as m arked by a sim plicity
o f goodn ess and g reatness, co m b in ­
ing excellen t preach in g and teaching
skills.” T his sam e ferv o r that ch arac­
terized M cC lu rk an w as to shape the
lives o f the people w ho created the
C hurch o f the N azarene in the
Southeast.
T his “in ten sity ” created the m is­
sion out o f w hich w ere sent m issio n ­
aries and from w hich the B ible
T raining S chool, ev en tu ally T revecca N azaren e U niversity, w as fo u n d ­
ed. In that spirit, new co n g reg atio n s
w ere started every
year, long before
the professio n als
had nam ed the
process church
planting.
Intensity. I rolled
the w ord o v er and
o v er in m y m ind as
I drove aw ay from
the fam ily m eal.
H ow like a m an
w ho had lived in
_____________
C h rist to ex press
the essen ce o f that
m o v em en t so elo q u en tly and yet so
sim ply.
H ad a th eo lo g ian instead o f a re­
tired gro cer an sw ered m y questio n ,
the respo n se m ig h t h av e b een “en ­
tire c o n se c ra tio n ” o r “total c o m m it­
m en t.” A p reach er m ight have an ­
sw ered “all out for so u ls” o r p erhaps
“all for Je su s.” Yet the d ifference
had been stated p erfectly: “ Intensity.
T h ey had in te n sity !”
B ro th er M cC lu rk an cam e to his
hom e state o f T ennessee in early
1897 and w as soon invited to preach
in the area by a friend o f his youth,
Jim Rye (the fu tu re first su p erin ten ­
d en t o f the T ennessee D istrict o f the
N azaren e C hurch). M cC lurkan, a
C u m b erlan d P resb y terian preacher,
b ein g a g e n tlem an even in his fe r­
vor, w as at first re lu cta n t b ecau se o f
the n ew truth g ripping his soul. “A re
you p reach ing the B ib le? ” w as the
q u estio n th e host pastor, Rev. R ye,
asked. “Yes, I ’m p reach in g the B ible
as I u n d erstan d it,” cam e the gentle
response. “W ell, then go ahead. I ’m
n o t afraid o f the B ib le.”
J. O. M c C lu rk a n ’s new truth w as
the m essag e o f en tire san ctificatio n
th at he h ad em b raced and e x p e ri­
en ced in 1895 u n d er the preach in g
o f Dr. B everly C arradine. T he m es­
sage b u rn ed in the y o ung m an w ho
began his w ork in m iddle T ennessee
in m id - 1897, m oved from early
g ath erin g s to ten t m eetings, then set­
tled in the old C on serv ato ry o f M u ­
sic b u ild in g on C ed ar S treet in
N ashville.
H ere w as brought a group o f c o m ­
m itted folk w hose lives had en tered
the “in ten sity.” By M ay 1898, the
G eneral C o m m it­
tee had been a p ­
p ointed by M c­
C lu rk an , and the
lan d m ark T ulip
S treet M ethodist
C hurch, only 100
y ards fro m the
p resen t F irst
C h u rch o f the
N azaren e, had
b een secured for
m eetings.
M cC lu rk an did
not in tro d u ce the
d o ctrin e o f h o lin ess into m iddle
T ennessee. T his reg io n w as p io ­
n eered by the ea rlie st M eth o d ist c ir­
cu it riders, in clu d in g B ishop F rancis
A sbury, w ho m ade m any preach in g
in v asio n s into the area. M cC lurkan
w as, h ow ever, used o f G od to call
to g eth er a sm all band o f people w ho
had e x p erien ced h o lin ess and felt
c o m p elled to share it.
Nashville First
Nazarene—
Mother
Church of the
Southeast
12
T h e first official m eetin g o f this
g ro u p and the b irth o f the S o u th e a st­
ern w ing o f the fu tu re C h u rch o f the
N azaren e are d ated M ay 14, 1898.
T he m in u tes read, “A n in fo rm al d is­
cu ssio n w as h eld o v e r the qu estio n
o f a su p e rin ten d e n t fo r the ho lin ess
w ork in N a sh v ille .” T h a t in ten sity
sh o w ed itse lf ev en in the ch o ice o f a
leader; M cC lu rk an w as to be m ore
th an pastor. A lth o u g h in itially there
w as no d esire to sep arate fro m the
v arious co n g re g atio n s o f th e ir origin
o r to create a d en o m in atio n , by the
year 1899 m any asp ects o f a d e n o m ­
in atio n w ere alread y falling into
place. T h e y w ere u n ited by the truth
o f ho lin ess and th e ir zeal to spread
its reality.
W illiam M. G re a th o u s e
G e n e ra l S u p e rin te n d e n t E m eritus
P a sto r, 1 9 5 8 -6 3
In M erle M cC lu rk an H e a th ’s
b o o k A M a n S e n t o f G od, B ro th er
M c C lu rk a n ’s d a u g h ter said o f our
fo u n d in g pastor: “H e saw N ashville
w ith its fa v o rab le lo cation, its tra n s­
p o rtatio n facilities, its ed u catio n al
structure as a ce n te r strategic for the
d issem in a tio n o f scrip tu ral H oliness
th ro u g h o u t the S outh. . . . T h is co n ­
viction grew and abided. H e could
n o t escap e it. A cting u p o n it after
ea rn est p ray e r fo r g u id an ce. F ather
p lan ted his h an d fu l o f seed in the
soil in N ash v ille deep in the F a th e r's
w ill as he u n d ersto o d it.” T h at m is­
sion and spirit, given by the first
H er a l d o f H oliness
g en e ratio n to th e ir ch ild ren and c o n ­
v isio n estab lish ed the P entecostal
verts, have n ow sp a n n e d a century.
U n io n M issio n P u blishing C o m p a­
In ten sity — a w o rd sp o k en by a
ny, later to b eco m e the John T. B e n ­
c o n tem p o ra ry holy m an w ho had
son P u b lish in g C om pany. A stream
liv ed th ro u g h nine d e c a d e s as a w it­
o f tracts, n ew sletters (Z io n 's O utlook
ness to w hat
in 1900 and,
G o d h a d done.
eventually. The
S im u ltan eo u s
N a zarene W eek­
A C entury o f P asto rs at
w ith org an izin g ,
ly ), and songN ashville First Church
the ban d o f H o ­
b o oks w ere c re­
lin ess peo p le
ated to equip
m o v ed in all
the m ission and
J. O. McClurkan— 1898— 1914
haste to be
to
reach the
C. E. Hardy— 1914-16
ab o u t the w ork
w orld. E very
R. T. Williams— 1916-18
o f G od.
need w as a d ­
G. E. W addle— 1918-19
E q u ip p e d w ith
dressed; and,
E. P. RHyson— 1919-20
no p ro p erty or
because the
E. A. Girvin— 1920-21
b an k accou n t,
cause w as so
they ch an g ed
great, the b u d ­
H. H. Wise— 1922-48
the nam e from
get w as ex c eed ­
E. K. H ardy— 1948-52
the “ A sso c ia ­
ed. T hey w ere
C. D. Ewell— 1952-57
tio n ” to “T he
living o u t their
W. M. G reathouse— 1958-63
P en teco stal A l­
intensity.
T. E. Martin— 1963-70
lian ce." T h eir
By 1907 the
J. V. M orsch— 1970-74
seco n d official
w ork w as b e ­
act w as to e s­
co m in g global.
M. C. Reed— 1974-91
tab lish c re d e n ­
T his grow th
S. A. Toler— 1991-93
tials and o rd in a ­
bro u g h t the
G. A. H enecke— 1994-present
tion for
T ennesseans in ­
p re ach ers and
to co n tact w ith
C h ristian w o rk ­
the new N azaers. In the spirit d e sc rib e d as “a w it­
ren es o f the W est. P ecu liarities d i­
ness o f ferv e n c y o f sh o u ts, te sti­
v id ed th e y o u n g ch u rch es, w ith the
m o nies, p re a c h in g , p ray in g , and
resu lt th at the S ou th east w ould be
sin g in g ,” they m et, o rg an ized , and
the last to m erge into the new d e ­
in the first 9 0 d ay s lau n ch ed a clerg y
no m in atio n .
to sp read the w ork.
In th o se d ays, the P entecostal
By 1899 th e in ten sity w as e v o lv ­
ing fro m th e “ P a s to r’s C la ss” into
“T he B ible T rain in g S c h o o l.” O ld
H ynes S chool b u ild in g w as e n ­
larged, and on N o v e m b er 5, 1901,
the in stitu tio n that w as to b eco m e
T rev ecca N azaren e U n iv e rsity w as
born. S im u ltan eo u sly , ch u rch es
w ere sp rin g in g up th ro u g h o u t the
S o u th ern states. T h is g ro w th w as a c ­
c ele rated as stu d en ts cam e to the
B ible school and w ent o u t e q u ip p ed
to e stab lish and stren g th en chu rch es.
T he fo re ig n m issio n w o rk b egan
to ap p o in t c alled m in isters w ithin
tw o years o f the fo u n d in g d ate— the
first b ein g W. A. F a rm e r to C hina.
By 1902 S u d an . C o n g o , India, and
C u b a w ere ad d ed to th e m issio n
fields. In unio n w ith th ese g iant
steps, the sm all Hock w ith a g lobal
J uly
I99S
M o v em en t w as strongly nondenom i n atio n al and w idely diverse in th e o ­
log ical ro o ts, w ith a leaning tow ard
K esw ick ian th eology and a history
o f stan d in g firm . F o r exam ple,
B ro th er M cC lu rk an o p p o sed the o r­
d in atio n o f w om en, even though
M rs. M cC lu rk an p reach ed alongside
h er h u sb an d . A m o n g the issues that
k ept o u r fo u n d er fro m being a
N azaren e w as the o p p o sitio n to the
o rd in atio n o f w om en. Now, th at is
intensity! Yet, at the in vitation o f
M cC lu rk an , the m o m en to u s G eneral
A ssem b ly o f the P en teco stal C hurch
o f the N azaren e w as held in the Rym an A u d ito riu m in d o w ntow n
N ash v ille in O c to b er 1911. F o llo w ­
ing th e d eath o f M cC lurkan, the
P en teco stal M ission m erged w ith
the C h u rch o f the N azarene on F e b ­
ruary 13, 1915. T he day w as w it­
nessed by a list o f persons th at reads
like a “W h o ’s W h o ” o f the A m eri­
can H o liness M ovem ent. A fter n o t­
ing the presence o f p restigious p e r­
sons at that historic m om ent,
G eneral S uperin ten d en t H. F.
R eynolds recorded that the occasion
w as “ in hell w itnessed by the devil,
the fallen angels, and the doom ed
sp irits.”
T he ferv o r o f that intensity has
com e to us w ritten in the lives o f g i­
ants w ho filled the p a s to r’s role, in ­
cluding H. H. W ise, W illiam
G reathouse, and M illard R eed. T he
ch u rch today at 510 W oodland has
b een enrich ed and guided by college
p resid en ts, pow erful teachers, g ra­
cious hostesses, sacrificial servants,
and gifted believers. T hey have
w ritten, sung, supported, and e x ­
p anded the “M o th er C h urch o f the
S o u th ”— a phrase coined by one o f
its dynam ic leaders o f y estery ears—
passing on to us, her children, this
holy intensity.
M illard C. R eed , P a sto r, 1 9 7 4 -9 1
N ow one o f the w o rld 's largest
H oliness co n g reg atio n s, w e rem ain
co m m itted to the sam e inner city
w here w e w ere born. T he F o rd has
allow ed us to defy the trends o f
m any A m erican churches, granting
us grow th w ithout abandoning our
beliefs, m aking us heirs o f a G odgiven co m m itm en t, and instilling in
us the fervent desire for excellence I
had heard in the w ord intensity, rq
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Is there som ething unspiritual about report­
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church never gives a record at year-end unless you
ask for it. E very year w hen I ask, our leader tells
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the L ord ex p ect us to be not o n ly as h a rm le ss as
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The Thing to Do
JERRY AND LYNDA COHAGAN
Jerry Cohagan is one half o f the comedydrama duo, Hicks and Cohagan. Lynda is
a high school English teacher in Olathe,
Kansas.
h a s e a n d I have been doing
som e father-son bonding— you know,
the kinda stuff that H allm ark card
com m ercials are m ade of. For in­
stance, not too long ago I took Chase
with me to a perform ance Stephen
Hicks and I had here in tow n. Now
Chase had seen me "w ork” before (I
use the term loosely), but he was now
at the age to perhaps understand a lit­
tle bit m ore o f w hat it is his daddy
does. No one in the fam ily really
seem s to know. Try applying for a
loan som etim e by telling the bank that
you do sketches in churches for a liv­
ing. Som ehow it ju st d o esn ’t look too
im pressive on the application. A ny­
way, Chase cam e along and laughed a
lot at his daddy and Mr. S tephen’s an­
tics. At one point during the evening I
pointed Chase out to the audience.
W ithout a m om ent's hesitation, Chase
raised his hands high and began w av­
ing to the crow d as if I’d ju st an­
nounced that the pope was in the
house.
As a father, o f course, I was real
proud o f C hase for sitting still the en­
tire hour and genuinely seem ing to
appreciate w hat it is I do for a living.
So. driving hom e and sw elling with
pride, I said, "C hase, did you have a
good tim e tonight?”
L ately, C
J uly 1998
Chase responded, "O h yeah, I
laughed a lot. I d id n 't think it was
funny, but everybody else was laugh­
ing, and I d id n 't want to be em bar­
rassed." N othing like a seven-year-old
to keep your ego in check.
As I tucked Chase in bed that night
and said, "I love you,” he replied, as
alw ays, w ithout hesitation or guile, “I
knew that.” As if I’d just stated the
m ost obvious thing in the world to
him. I might as well have said, “We
breathe air. C hase." But my heart did
a bit o f a som ersault as I realized that
he KNOW S beyond know ing that I
alw ays have and always will love
him. He can be confident that my love
for him will be as constant as the air
he breathes. And I was rem inded of
why it is that Stephen and I do what
we do. Because we have a Father
whose only concern is to love us,
w hose grace and m ercy is as constant
as the air we breathe.
Chase know s this too.
You see, not long ago on a
Tuesday evening while
Mom and Dad were in re­
vival service in “big"
church. Chase and all the
You
other kids were relegated
to the gym with a special
and
children's speaker. On the
way hom e, Chase said
without hesitation or guile,
"I accepted Jesus tonight.”
Slowly, we pulled the de­
tails out o f him that he had stepped
forw ard during the children's invita­
tion. Chase said with candid certainty,
"It seem ed the thing to do." Oh, my
son, the truth you utter . . .
I want to share som ething that I
scribbled on a piece o f paper one day
back in Septem ber 1991. Chase was
15 m onths old at the time.
Cluise,
A couple m onths ago you said your
fir s t com plete sentence to me. You 'd
ju s t fin ish e d breakfast, and I put a
Wiffle ball on your high chair tray to
divert your attention from the em pty
oatm eal bowl. You have a tendency to
bawl w henever you finish a meal.
Well, it worked! Instead o f crying, you
picked up the Wiffle ball, tossed it on
the floor, looked at me, pointed at it,
and said, “G et it. ”
And, o f course, I leaped with jo y to
get the ball and return it to you, gush­
ing with fa th erly pride at your acu­
men. M aybe that's why you didn't d e­
cide to walk until ju s t recently. Why
walk when all you have to do is point
and utter two syllables?
I've been thinking about all the
things I hope to “get ” you in the fu ­
ture: clothes to keep you warm, a tri­
cycle, a swing set, baseballs, basket­
balls, and footballs, m usic lessons
(only i f you want them), a skateboard,
sw im m ing lessons, a bicycle, braces
(only i f you need them), your fir s t car,
all the food you can eat, a college ed­
ucation, and a comfy house you can
always come hom e to.
But the m ost im portant thing you
need I will never be able to get for
looked at me, pointed at it,
said, “Get it.”
you. You will have to walk alone to
get it. A n d that's Jesus. I can only put
Him in your path, within reach i f you
so choose. You will have to decide
w hether to go around Him, turn away,
stand still, or take His hand. But in
that moment, should you glance at
me, I will look at you, point at Him,
and say, “G et it. ”
I’m glad you “get it,” Chase. It is,
indeed, the thing to do.
15
Don P lut!
Pastor Jackson with a few of his “little ” parishioners (standing, I. to r.): Jake Estes and Jonathan Harms. (Seated, I. to r.) Connor Privett and
Maris Shinkle in their mothers’ laps.
t's o n e o f m y fa v o rite G o sp e l
sto rie s. T h e c ro w d s flo c k e d
to J e s u s , an d so m e o f th e m
b ro u g h t th e ir c h ild re n to H im
so th a t H e m ig h t p la c e H is
h a n d s o n th e m an d b less
th e m . T h e n e rv e o f so m e
p eo p le ! D o n ’t th e y k n o w th a t Je su s
h a s b ette r, m o re im p o rta n t th in g s to
do th a n to w a ste H is tim e a n d e n e r­
gy on a b u n c h o f im m a tu re , ra m ­
b u n c tio u s , h y p e ra c tiv e , lo w -a tte n tio n -sp a n , d o n 't-h a v e -a n y -m o n e y o r-c lo u t, m e a n t-to -b e -s e e n -a n d -n o th e a rd , d irt-c o v e re d , little k id s?
T h e d is c ip le s to o k th e ir p ro p e r
p la c e s as J e s u s ' se c u rity g u a rd s.
“ G e t th o se s tin k in ' k id s o u t o f h ere.
T h e M e ssia h h as n o tim e to m ess
w ith th e lik e s o f th e s e ," th ey
sco rn ed .
B ut w h en Je su s saw th is g o in g
o n , H e w a s u p set! “ L e t th e c h ild re n
c o m e to M e. D o n ’t y o u d a re d o a n y ­
th in g to h in d e r th e m , b e c a u s e th e
k in g d o m o f G o d is m a d e u p o f p e o ­
p le w h o a re ju s t lik e th e m . I te ll y o u
th e tru th , a n y o n e w h o d o e s n o t re-
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Lessons
Learned
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c e iv e th e k in g d o m o f G o d lik e a lit­
tle c h ild w ill n e v e r e n te r it at a ll!"
(M a rk 1 0 :1 3 -1 5 , a u th o r 's p a ra ­
p h ra se ).
I w a s re m in d e d o f th is as I
s h o w e d u p e v e ry n ig h t fo r V B S an d
sa n g w ith th e k id s, m a d e c ra fts w ith
th e k id s, ra is e d m o n e y w ith the
k id s, w a lk e d th e h a lls an d ta lk e d
w ith th e k id s. I le a rn e d th a t k id s re ­
a lly d o m a k e th e b e st c a n d id a te s fo r
K in g d o m p e o p le . H e re are so m e o f
th e re a so n s I b e lie v e J e su s sa id
th e se sh o c k in g w o rd s a b o u t a
c h ild ’s p la c e in th e h e a rt o f G o d :
K id s k n o w h o w to b e jo y fu l
a n d e n th u s ia s tic in th e ir
• p ra ise to G o d . O n e o f m y fa ­
v o rite p a rts o f th e w e e k w a s sin g in g
w ith th e k id s. Jo n a th a n n e a rly lost
h is v o ic e , h e sa n g so stro n g ! S u ch
en erg y . S u c h e x u b e ra n c e . S u c h u n ­
re s tra in e d e n th u s ia s m . O u r k id s u n ­
d e rs ta n d th a t if w e d o n ’t sin g o u t
H is p ra ise s, th e ro c k s th e m s e lv e s
w ill c ry o u t (L u k e 1 9 :3 7 -4 0 ).
I
by Mike Jackson
Senior Pastor
Overland Park, Kansas,
Church of the Nazarene
H f. r a l p o r H o l i n e s s
Kids know how to give
and receive love. One
• evening during opening
exercises. I was sitting on the steps
of the platform , and the kids were
listening to Pastor Kim give instruc­
tions. M aris was sitting on the first
row. waiting for the next big event,
when she looked at me, turned to
her teacher, and said, “I’m going to
give him a hug!” And she did! W hat
a great way to live— passing out
love spontaneously, unconditionally,
even recklessly. It sure m ade my
day.
2
Kids know how to give
generously. We raised
• nearly $650 in an exciting
offering contest, enough to buy a
m otorbike for a pastor in Guyana.
But som e o f the stories I heard were
incredible. How C onnor talked his
dad into giving up the “sacred” pen­
nies, a box that had been saved for
years, but was now being released
for ministry. How M aggie gave her
special half-dollar, a coin she had
held on to for a num ber o f years,
3
but now was freely given for others.
How Jake received a $20 bill from
his grandfather as a birthday pres­
ent. But instead of spending it on
himself, he cashed it in for pennies
(we were raising money by weight)
to give it to missions. W hen the
bank teller found out that this young
man was giving his birthday money
for missions, she added $5 from her
own wallet to Jake’s total. And
since Jake's brother, Justin, did not
have m uch to give that night, Jake
gave his brother the $5 from the
bank teller so that he could partici­
pate in the joy of giving to others.
W here in the world do we learn val­
ues like this— giving instead of
spending?
That kinda sounds like the king­
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praise, unconditional love, unselfish
giving. These are just a few o f the
“ Kingdom attitudes” I saw dem on­
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THE
UNHERALDED
by J. Wesley Eby
concern for training and equipping
people for ministry. W hen he was
Christian Service Training (CST)
director o f the Illinois D istrict for
five years during the 1960s. he
helped every church obtain a “Pre­
pare to Share” library. If a congre-
UNCLE BOXY
AND BOOKS:
- !§* i 'I
*1cn * Sive these
•I I I
C larke’s Comm m a mentaries to
Books in Mis■ ■
sions, I’m giving
you part of m e,” Ralph Boxell de­
clared. “My wife gave me this set
o f books 65 years ago when I be­
gan my first pastorate. But now I
want these books to help another
young preacher-in-training, just as
they helped me across the years.”
These well-known com m en­
taries are not the first books the
88-year-old retired m inister has
contributed to mission ed­
ucation around the world.
In recent years he has giv­
en more than 900 books
from his personal library
as well as more than
$ 1,200 to defray the cost
o f shipping them to
Nazarene Bible schools,
colleges, universities, and
seminaries in non-U.S.A.
countries.
As reflected by his ex­
tensive library. Rev. Boxell
values the printed page and
the education that books
offer. A lifelong student,
he received a B.A. degree
from Olivet Nazarene Col­
lege (now University); a
B.S. from Central State
SYNONYMS
College in E d­
mond, Oklahoma;
and an M.S. from
the University o f M issouri.
Uncle Boxy— as he is affection­
ately know n— was a bivocational
pastor for m any years, starting in
1933 at Edm ond, Oklahoma. For
20 years, during two separate
tenures, he pastored in Deepwater,
M issouri, just a few miles south of
Clinton, where he now resides.
Ralph Boxell has always had a
Uncle Boxy presents one of Clarke’s
Commentaries to Bennett Dudney.
gation could not afford the books,
he sim ply paid for the library him ­
self. In one banner year, every
church conducted at least one CST
(now known as Continued Lay
Training) class.
B oxell’s interest in helping
young preachers has never waned.
At a clergy conference held on
M idA m erica Nazarene College
(now U niversity) cam pus, he ob­
served a youthful m inister at the
Nazarene Publishing
House (NPH) exhibit re­
peatedly picking up a book
and then laying it down.
Uncle Boxy com m ented,
“T hat’s a pretty good
book, isn ’t it?” The m inis­
ter indicated that he
planned to buy it som e­
time. Boxell surm ised
from the fellow ’s thread­
bare suit that “som etim e”
probably m eant the distant
future. So he said to the
NPH representative, “Put it
on my bill,” and handed
the book to the preacher.
The young m an’s voice
broke as he offered thanks,
“ I’m going to buy som e­
one else a book someH e r a l d <>e H o l i n e s s
tim e." Boxell says that is one of
the nicest thanks he has ever re­
ceived.
Throughout much of his m in­
istry. Uncle Boxy was an active,
creative leader in Boy Scouts of
A m erica (BSA). His love for
youth translated into love for
scouts. W hile pastoring the Deepwater N azarene Church and serv­
ing as an adult sponsor in the local
BSA troop, he dream ed, planned,
and founded the 20-m ile Pedro
Scout Hike— a scouting tradition
in Clinton. A few years ago, the
troop honored him with the God
and Service Award.
B oxell’s ingenuity did not stop
with scouting. A decade ago, he
wrote to Bennett Dudney, then di­
rector o f Publications International
(now W orld M ission Literature) at
Nazarene H eadquarters, with an
idea. “ Braced
for a brain­
storm ?” he be­
gan his epistle.
“Ever hear of
The Uncle
Boxy Book-ofthe-M onth
Club?" His pro­
posal: a student
at one o f the
Nazarene
schools in a
w orld m ission area w ould select a
book each month to be ordered
from NPH, who would send the
book to the student and the bill to
Uncle Boxy. With enthusiasm he
states: “I enjoy giving books. Well,
to be frank, I enjoy books. Period."
Rev. Boxell believes the nour­
ishm ent received from good books
is just as im portant as that ob­
tained from good food. In one of
his m yriad letters to W M L during
the past decade is this insight:
The other day a friend and his
fam ily dropped by just at lunch­
time, so I took them out to eat.
Forty dollars, plus or m inus a
few cents. Not bad, I have to ad­
mit. Then the thought struck me
what I had spent for “bread” of
this world. I thought o f the nice
letter I just received from W M L
for giving $25 for “living
bread." I could see the former; I
could not see the latter. “For the
things which are seen are tem po­
ral; but the things which are not
seen are eternal" (2 Corinthians
4:18b). So, here is a check for
$40. I want to spend on the
things that are eternal.
Now get this: I paid $250 bail
for a young man in trouble with
the law and $21 for a Bible for
him. I did this because he said
he wanted to go to church with
me. Yes, I know that some con­
victs get religious ju st for help,
but I thought of M atthew
25:31 ff. If W M L had asked me
for $271 for literature, I, like a
lot o f dear ones, would have
(probably!!!) screamed like
some kind of maniac. Yet, a
busy executive and his busy sec­
retary took
tim e to write
me a nice let­
ter for a gift
of only $25.
D iscover
the Culture
and History
in Scripture
“ I ENJOY GIVING
BOOKS. WELL, TO BE
B
ennett Dud­
ney— who
has been ap­
pointed volun­
teer chairman
o f the Books in
M ission project
by Ray Hendrix, W M L director—
and George Rice recently visited
Rev. Boxell. Dr. Dudney accepted
not only the gift of Clarke s Com­
m entaries but also a donation of
$50 to help ship the prized collec­
tion. And Uncle Boxy promised
that as the books travel across the
ocean, his prayers will follow, re­
m em bering the students who are
privileged to receive the valuable
library.
Uncle Boxy, now a widower, is
hom ebound; yet his spirit is young,
buoyant, and cheerful. This unher­
alded m inister loves books and, un­
til God takes him home, will give
and give and give them away.
FRANK, I ENJOY
BOOKS. PERIOD.”
J uly
1948
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V ital S tatistics
Deaths
grandchildren.
D W IG H T L. M ER E D ITH . 83. H a rp e r,
V O R IS VANCE S IM S . 9 5 . S p o k a n e ,
EVERETTE A. JOHNSON, 76, M onroe,
Kans., Apr. 3. Survivors: wife, Norma Jean;
W ash., Mar. 28. S u rvivors: sons, Vance,
La., Mar. 29. Survivors: wife, Beverly; son,
son, M ark; siste r, Rev. L ucille Law; tw o
N oel: d a u g h te r, A s h le y P rid g e n ; th re e
granddaughters.
Jim m y; daughters, Merle Bartram, lla Ban­
gle; 16 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchil­
brothers: tw o sisters; four grandchildren;
one great-grandchild.
C o o k e v ille , T e n n .. Jan. 12. S u rv iv o rs :
REV. FRED R. LESTER, 79, retired evan­
daughters, Annice Crisp, Clarice Parsons,
Royece Cox; son, Maurice; five grandch il­
dren; one great-grandson.
EARL G. BLYSTONE, 70, Charlotte, N.C.,
Feb. 28. S u rvivors: wife, Jeanette: sons,
Brad, Doug; dau ghte r, Jacque D ejesus:
stepchildren, Jim , Lisa; m other, Helen Blystone; sister, Betty Jo Young; six grand­
children.
A R C H IE
L IN D S A Y
PA R S O N S,
82 .
dren; 5 great-great-grandchildren.
A.
PH ILIP TRACY, 84. Tatam agouche.
N.S., Canada, M ar. 19. S u rv iv o rs : w ife ,
Jean; son. Bruce; daughter, Joyce Sm ith;
ABBIE ELIZABETH CONNELL, 100, Tem­
gelist, Mesa, Ariz., Mar. 28. Survivors: son,
ple, Tex., Mar. 8. Survivors: sons, O'Dell,
Luke; d a u g h te rs , Rev. Luann M c B rid e ,
Thom as, Jam es; daughters, Lucille M u r­
p h y, G e ra ld in e D u k a tn ik , M ild re d M c ­
Queen, Tate Fipps; 31 grandch ild ren ; 74
great-grandchildren; 45 great-great-grandchildren.
Lynene Sandbloom; stepdaughters, Sandy
Payne, Sylvia Jared.
2. S u rv iv o rs : husband, Rev. Fred; sons,
FLORENCE ENA WOODS, 87, W innipeg,
GERALDINE LE W IS, 76, F ort W o rth ,
Tex., Mar. 8. S urivors: husband, Chesley;
Paul, Stan; daughters, Eileen Brown, Ruth
Bearm ont; nine grandch ild ren ; six great­
N .B., Canada, Jan. 18. W id o w o f Rev.
Robert F. W oods, fo rm e r D.S. of O ntario
sons, Ray, Edwin, John; daughter, Verna
grandchildren.
E. LOUISE ERSKINE, 86, Blue Grass,
Creasy; five g ra n d c h ild re n ; thre e g re a t­
grandchildren.
(Canada Central) and Canada Atlantic dis­
tricts. Survivors: sons, M urray. Glenn, Rev.
dio, Calif., Mar. 16. Survivors: wife, W an­
DOROTHY MAE MADDEN, 84, G ilbert,
da; s o n s , Les, Rev. B ry c e ; d a u g h te rs ,
Iow a, Jan. 30. S u rv iv o rs : son, Jam es;
d a u g h te rs , M a rg a re t H o u s e r, P a u lin e
HELEN PATZEL, 87, Lincoln, Nebr., Apr.
KENNETH M AXW ELL PELREN, 83, In ­
seven grandchildren; four great-grandchil­
dren.
D o ugla s; fiv e g ra n d c h ild re n ; one greatgranddaughter.
Ariz., Jan. 15. S u rvivors: husband, Paul;
s o n s , R o b e rt, Carl, Jam e s ; d a u g h te rs ,
Leona Rittenhouse, Nadine Owensby.
gas, Nev., Mar. 24. Survivors: wife, Lesa;
to ERIC and TRICIA (NOTHSTINE) CUM­
ER, 63, Ontario, Oreg., Mar. 10. Survivors:
Karen Hulbert, M ary Kaye Abrams; 1 broth­
er; 2 sisters; 14 grandchildren; 14 great­
husband, Arnold Jr.; daughter, Kim Schorr;
grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren.
m other, Bertha Rolf; brothers, Dale, Doug­
las, R andall; s te p b ro th e r, G reg ory R olf;
M INS, Kankakee, III., a girl, Lorna C h ris­
tine, Sept. 10.
b r o th e r s , Rev. Q u in c y , Ken, Lee, and
Cordell Angier; sister, M argie Brown; one
granddaughter.
ALMA MARCHBANKS, 89, Lemay, Mo.,
s te p s is te r, J e n n ife r Burk; g ra n d m o th e r,
Mar. 9. Survivors: one son; tw o daughters;
J a m e s; 3 s is te rs ; 9 g ra n d c h ild re n ; 20
great-grandchildren.
LYDIA ELIZABETH ANGIER FINKBEIN-
RUSSELL L. PETERSON JR., 40, Las Ve­
Reba Silvernail.
LLOYD S. POFF, 69, Salem, Va., Mar. 8.
ALVIA “ SHORTY" HINDS, 88, M exico,
one brother; three sisters; many grandchil­
dren.
Mo., Mar. 23. Survivors: wife, Rose; son,
REV. AMOS R. MEADOR, 94, Borger,
Alvia Jr.; daughters, Ramona Hale, Gwen­
dolyn M attingly, Sheryl W illier; brother, L.
L.; half-brother, Quentin Easely; half-sister,
T e x ., M a r. 19. M e a d o r
ents, John and Ella Poff; six grandchildren.
pastored 51 years, includ­
in g 32 y e a rs at B o rg e r
M ar. 10. S u rv iv o rs : w ife , D o ro th y; son,
S u rv iv o rs : w ife , S u s ie ; s o n s , W e s le y ,
Douglas; daughter, Betty Southw orth; par­
ERNEST A. REAMES, 86, Newton, Iowa,
Births
to TAD and DIANNE (CHEEK) HIBBARD,
Castalia, Ohio, a boy, W yatt Jennings, Dec.
30.
to GREGORY and NANCY (DEMPSTER)
La ROCQUE, Kingsville, Mo., a boy, Bran­
don Gregory, Feb. 2.
to RODERICK and STEPHANIE (BRANK)
LEUPP, M anila, P h ilippines, a girl, Em ily
W yanna P e rkin s; 10 g ra n d c h ild re n ; 17
F irst. S u rv iv o rs : son, J.
great-grandchildren.
M E LIS S A HOCKETT, 96, B u rlin g to n ,
T.; d a u g h te rs , V e rm e il
M e a d o r, N e ld a M o o re ,
Kenneth; daughters, Edna Zim m er, Sharon
Longacre; seven grandchildren; five great­
grandchildren.
Iowa, Mar. 12. Survivors: sons, Lee, Edgar,
Dale, Rev. G ilbert; daughters, V iola Van
Kathryn Thomason, Char­
lo tte G asaw ay, Reba M e ador, Rebekah
ana, III., Mar. 12. S urvivors: wife, M uriel;
to SC OTT and RO N D A (K R A T Z E R )
Dorin, Barbara Ireland; 16 grandchildren;
44 g re a t-g ra n d c h ild re n ; 18 g re a t-g re a t-
Fabian; six g ra n d c h ild re n ; seven g re a t­
grandchildren.
son, Galen; tw o sisters; tw o granddaugh­
ters.
WALKER, Fairfield, Calif., a boy, Nicholas
Scott, Oct. 30.
M atu rity Has Its A d
REV. EDGAR SCAMMAHORN, 74, Rox­
Christine, Dec. 6.
to DAVID and AM Y (WALKER) STRAT­
TON, W in d s o r, Colo., a girl, Alexis Eliza­
beth, Mar. 11.
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H era l d o r H o liness
to PETER and LEA W IN C E N T S E N ,
Oceanside, Calif., a girl, Sierra Ann, Jan.
16.
to pastor, Fremont (Calif.) Central
MICHAEL W. DAY, from Dixon, III., to Jo li­
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Anniversaries
CHARLES and SUE BALDWIN, Colorado
S prings, Colo., celebrated th e ir 50th an­
niversary June 18. The Baldw ins have 4
children and 11 grandchildren.
WELDON and HAZEL BURNETT, Lake­
land. Fla., celebrated th e ir 60th a nn iver­
sary May 9 at the home of th e ir son, W el­
don Jr.
MARK and M ILLY FIEDLER, Mancelona,
M ARTIN D. DENNIS, fro m W ilm in g to n ,
Ohio, to W arren (Ohio) Champion
Eaton Rapids, Mich.
MURRELL L. DUFFIE, to pastor, Broseley,
Mo.
E V AN S,
fr o m
a s s o c ia te ,
G a in e s v ille , F la., to a s s o c ia te , H o t
Springs (Ark.) First
LESTER R. FOOTE, to pastor, Bard, Calif.
DONALD E. GARRISON, fro m M ountain
DON and W AN DA HERBOLD. O lathe,
Kans., celebrated th e ir 50th ann iversary
H. FLOYD HALL, to pastor, Gravity, Iowa
View, Ark., to Eufala, Okla.
June 13 at a reception hosted by their chil­
JAMES R. HICKMAN, from Gravity, Iowa,
to Atlantic, Iowa
dren at College Church of the Nazarene.
BOB E. HUSKEY, fro m Eufala, Okla., to
HERBERT and RUBYSUE STYERS, T ul­
sa, Okla., celebrated th e ir 50th anniversary
Apr. 4 w ith the renewal of their vows at St.
Paul Church of the Nazarene. A reception
fo llo w e d , hosted by th e ir 4 children, 10
grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren.
JO HN and LENA W ITTE, V a n co u v e r,
B.C., ce le b ra te d th e ir 7 0th a n n iv e rs a ry
M a r. 28 w ith an o p e n h o u s e a t F irs t
Church of the Nazarene.
Announcements
COLORADO DISTRICT w ill celebrate its
90th anniversary 7:30 p.m. W ed., July 22,
at Denver First Church. For more inform a­
tion, call 303-730-0106.
KANKAKEE (ILL.) LIMESTONE CHURCH
w ill celebrate its 40th anniversary July 19.
For more inform ation, call 815-933-5288.
NAZARENE INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE,
A lb u q u e rq u e , N .M ex., w ill ce lebrate its
50th anniversary Aug. 6-9. For more in fo r­
m ation, call 505-877-0240.
NEVADA (MO .) CHURCH w ill celebrate
its 60th anniversary Aug. 9. For more in­
form ation, call 417-667-3939.
NORTHW ESTERN ILL. DISTRICT w ill
celebrate its 50th ann iversary Aug. 5-6.
For m ore in form ation, call 309 -69 3-19 30
or 309-686-6945.
NORTHWESTERN OHIO DISTRICT w ill
celebrate the 50th anniversary of its cam pm eeting July 26-A ug. 2. For m ore in fo r­
mation, call 419-394-4517.
PA LM YR A (IN D .) CHURCH w ill c e le ­
brate its 4 0 th a n n iv e rs a ry A u g. 9. For
more inform ation, call 812-364-6986.
Friendship, Okla.
D A V ID L. J E N N IN G S , fro m W in fie ld .
Kans., to Alam ogordo, N.Mex.
CHARLENE KELLOGG, to pastor, Vandalia,
Mo.
FRANCIS D. KETNER JR ., fro m pastor,
Fort Scott (Kans.) W est Park, to special
assignm ent
DONALD T, KLEINDEL, to pastor, Anarcotes, Wash.
LARRY W. LEONARD, from Orlando (Fla.)
Central to W ichita (Kans.) First
JEFFREY D. L IL E S , fro m
a s s o c ia te ,
Carthage, M o., to pastor, Joplin (M o.)
First
JACK L. LITTLEFIELD, fro m Niles, M ich.,
to Muncie (Ind.) Emmanuel
L. DUANE LU M , fro m a s s o c ia te , Lake
H o u s to n , T ex., to p a s to r, G le n p o o l,
Okla.
SCOTT MARSHALL, fro m associate, W i­
chita (Kans.) First, to associate, Kansas
City (M o.) First
SERGE J. M IC H E L , fro m D o lla rd -d e s Ormeaux (Que.) W est Island to Colum ­
bia (M d.) Haitian
W A L L A C E C. M IL L E R , fr o m Y a k im a
(Wash.) First to Sumner, Wash.
R. SCOTT OSTENDORF, from Jacksonville
(Fla.) Oak M ills to Gardendale, Ala.
JESSE A. RUBY, fro m associate, Fresno
(Calif.) First, to pastor, Elko, Nev.
RANDALL W. RUCKER, from Pratt, Kans.,
to Grand Ledge, Mich.
JE R R Y A R A M O W IC Z , fro m a s s o c ia te ,
Lewiston (Idaho) First, to pastor, Pratt,
Kans.
JERRY K. AUSTIN, from student, NTS, to
pastor. Dolton (III.) First
SH ELBY BA RN HAR T, to p a s to r, S to n y
Point, Mo.
JA M E S H. BR O W N , fro m C a nto n (III.)
Eastside to Kewanee, III.
ROBIN BUCKLIN, fro m R o ckton , III., to
Fort M adison. III.
DAVID A. BUSIC, fro m Liverm ore (Calif.)
Vineyard Com m unity to Lenexa (Kans.)
Kansas City Central
DONALD R. CREASMAN, from chaplaincy
J uly
1998
WM
Elm er Towns
Church G ro w th Institute
JOHN E. RUMPLE, to pastor, M ontpelier,
Ohio
MALCOLM R. SCHOENER, fro m evange­
lism to pastor, H illiard-M ill Run, Ohio
ERIC SHERWOOD, to pastor, Greensboro
FOR THE RECORD
Moving Ministers
N « rtio
lnlt,a L conference
pastor, Los Alamos (N.Mex.) La Vista
T IM O T H Y
May 29. The Fiedlers have three children
and eight grandchildren.
Olathe, KS 66062.
in itia tiv e
KAREN K. EVANS, from student, NTS, to
M ich., celebrated th e ir 50th anniversary
Greetings may be sent to 1409 Tomahawk,
intermediate Church
TOM DILLARD, fro m R ichm ond, M o., to
(N.C.) First
D A V ID B. S H O W A LT E R ,
M cLouth, Mo.
to
p a s to r,
BARRY G. STEPHENS, from Rainbow City,
Ala., to S h re v e p o rt (La.) H u n tin g to n
Park
KE NN ETH B. S T ID A M , fro m D o w n e y
(C a lif.) T e le g ra p h Road to W h ittie r
October 22-24, 1998
Holiday Inn Select Airport
Indianapolis
Conference Registration
$ 1 3 9 — D.S. and Senior Pastor
$ 1 0 9 — Associates, Spouses, and Lay Leaders
(Calif.) Crossroads
RANDALL STIRRETT, fro m D alton (III.)
First to Chicago (III.) Hickory Hills
STEVEN D. STONE, from associate, Orlan­
do (Fla.) U n ited, to associate, Lon gwood, Fla.
R. GENE W ILLIAM S, from pastor, W ichita
(Kans.) First, to special assignm ent
STANLEY K. YOCOM, fro m A lam ogordo,
For more information please contact
ICI Office
6401 The Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64131
800-306-9948
Fax: 403-347-4818
E-mail: afallon@telusplanet.net
N.Mex., to Yuma (Ariz.) First
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t e w a r d s h i p d e v e l o p m e n t m in is t r ie s
★ 1997 STEWARDSHIP HONOR ROLL ★
To achieve the S tew ardship H onor Roll, churches
m ust pay th e ir budgets in full and give at least 10
percent for others. A t least 50 percent o f the churches
on the follow ing 23 d istricts qualified for the
Stew ardship H onor Roll in 1997:
Church
Percentage
60
58
58
56
56
56
56
56
55
55
54
53
53
52
52
52
51
50
50
50
50
50
50
District
NORTHWESTERN OHIO
NORTHEASTERN INDIANA
WASHINGTON
INDIANAPOLIS
INTERMOUNTAIN
MISSOURI
NORTHWEST
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
MICHIGAN
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
IOWA
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
SOUTHWEST INDIANA
HAWAII PACIFIC
KANSAS
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
AKRON
ALASKA
DALLAS
SOUTH CAROLINA
WEST VIRGINIA NORTH
WISCONSIN
District
Superintendent
J. E. SHANKEL
F. THOMAS BAILEY
KENNETH L. MILLS
TED R. LEE
RONALD K. KRATZER
JACK W. EYESTONE
STEVEN C. FLETCHER
JERRY W. WHITE
C. NEIL STRAIT
RUSSELL C. HUMAN
GENE C. PHILLIPS
JACK R. ARCHER
M. V. SCUTT
ROBERT C. KILLEN
EDMOND P. NASH
ARK NOEL
CARLB. SUMMER
MARION W. BARBER
LARRY W. WHITE
DAVID F. NIXON
JAMES M. BEARDEN
WESLEY B. FREDERICK
LAUREL L. MATSON
The follow ing churches have qualified for the
Stew ardship H onor Roll for 30 or m ore consecutive
years.
Consecutive
Years
Church
50
ALEXANDRIA, INDIANA
50
ARENZVILLE, ILLINOIS, BETHEL
50
ELKHART, INDIANA, FIRST
50
SELMA, INDIANA, HARRIS CHAPEL
50
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, FIRST
50
MONONGAHELA, PENNSYLVANIA
50
BERNE, INDIANA, MOUNT HOPE
50
SUBLETTE, KANSAS
50
WARREN, OHIO, FIRST
50
WINCHESTER, INDIANA
49
MARION, OHIO, FIRST
48
BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS
48
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, FIRST
47
COLUMBIANA, OHIO
47
NEW BRIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA
46
OLDS, ALBERTA, HARMATTAN
46
PEORIA, ILLINOIS, FIRST
45
WARREN, PENNSYLVANIA
44
BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, FIRST
44
DINUBA, CALIFORNIA
44
ELKHART, KANSAS
44
GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN
43
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, FIRST
42
BELLE, WEST VIRGINIA
42
JOHNSON, KANSAS, BETHEL
42
FORT RECOVERY, OHIO
42
KINGSTON, MISSOURI
42
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, PENIEL
42
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, WESTBROOK
41
IRONTON, OHIO, FIRST
40
NAMPA, IDAHO, COLLEGE
40
GEORGETOWN, ILLINOIS
40
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA
40
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, FIRST
40
SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE
22
Consecutive
Years
40
39
39
39
38
38
38
38
38
38
38
37
37
37
36
35
35
35
35
35
35
35
35
35
35
35
35
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
33
33
33
33
33
33
32
32
32
32
31
31
31
31
30
30
30
Church
WASHINGTON, D.C., FIRST
BETHANY, OKLAHOMA, JERNIGAN MEMORIAL
OSKALOOSA, IOWA
CLAY CITY, INDIANA, UNION CHAPEL
BUCYRUS, OHIO
HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ST. PAUL'S
LOGAN, OHIO
MONTICELLO, ILLINOIS
OIL CITY, PENNSYLVANIA
ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEST MAIN
ANNA, ILLINOIS, FIRST
BEL AIR, MARYLAND
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, WESTSIDE
MEADE, KANSAS
ELLICOTT CITY, MARYLAND, BALTIMORE FIRST
BARSTOW, CALIFORNIA
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, SOUTHEAST
CIMARRON, KANSAS
EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA
ERIN, TENNESSEE
FORT MADISON, IOWA
IOWA CITY, IOWA
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, FIRST
REED CITY, MICHIGAN
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, EAST GATE
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NEW YORK
FAIRFIELD, OHIO
AVA, MISSOURI, HIGHWAY
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SOUTHWEST
KNOXVILLE, IOWA
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, LAFAYETTE
NEW PALTZ, NEW YORK
ALUM BANK, PENNSYLVANIA, RYOT
TIFFIN, OHIO
MARKDALE, ONTARIO
MOBERLY, MISSOURI
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, TRINITY
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FIRST
ELKHART, INDIANA, NORTHSIDE
DAYTON, OHIO, FIRST
BLUFFTON, INDIANA
FAYETTE, OHIO
NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, FIRST
VILLAGE OF KENWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA, PENNS MANOR
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, NORTH SIDE
FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, FIRST
PETERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA, FIRST
FREEPORT, ILLINOIS
SKOWHEGAN, MAINE
WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA, COLLEGE AVENUE
87 CHURCHES IN 1997 WITH A TOTAL OF 3,390 YEARS
The follo w in g are the 10 c hu rch es on the Stew ard sh ip
H onor Roll w ith the hig h est p ercentage o f giving to
W orld E van g elism Fund (G eneral B udget) and M ission
Specials:
Percentage
of Giving
Church
67.24
HOUSTON, TEXAS, OAKWOOD
57.64
PEORIA, ILLINOIS, NORTH SIDE
55.01
ALBERTA, STETTLER
50.39
MADISON, FLORIDA, BARBARA MEMORIAL
50.03
LAGRANGE, INDIANA
49.80
BEDFORD, INDIANA, VALLEY MISSION
47.70
LOWER SACKVILLE, NOVA SCOTIA, NEW LIFE COMMUNITY
44.60
SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
44.29
CALVERT, ALABAMA
40.73
MISHAKAWA, INDIANA, SOUTHSIDE
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West Texas District Passes Historic
Legislation
The W est Texas District cel­
ebrated its 90th anniversary
at its assembly held April 1617. During the session, the
delegates passed legislation
designating Pilot Point,
Texas, a historic site and rec­
ommending that the 2001
General Assembly name the
city a historic landmark.
Pilot Point was the site of
the General Assembly of
1908, when the Holiness
Church of Christ merged
with the Pentecostal Church
of the Nazarene, according to
Stan Ingersol, Nazarene
archives manager.
Orville Jenkins, Raymond
Hum, Lyle Eckley, and Gene
Fuller, former dis­
trict superintendents
who represented
more than 40 years
of leadership, at­
tended the event.
A new Nazarene
church building that
is located at the Pilot
Point historic site is
Anniversary site at Pilot Point, Texas, where
nearing completion.
the Church of the Nazarene was born.
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Stillmeadow Church of the Nazarene
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News happening in and affecting
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the Garman’s 40th anniversary
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Topics include ethics of sustaining
a person through tube-feeding,
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what Cain ate, salvation of family
members, and unusual teen fund­
World-Renowned Physicist Visits ENC
Sir John Polkinghome, one
of the world’s most celebrat­
ed scholars o f science and
religion, spent a week at
Eastern Nazarene College
(ENC), where he spoke to
students, faculty, and mem­
bers of the community. He
also debated Willard van Or­
man Quine of Harvard Uni­
versity, one of America’s
most influential philosophers
and an avowed atheist.
Polkinghome, former
president o f Q ueen’s Col­
lege, Cambridge University
in England, opened his
week at ENC on May 19
with the keynote address in
the Templeton Lecture Se­
ries. He spoke to nearly 400
persons who came from the
New England area to hear
him discuss “A Scientist’s
View o f Religious Truth,"
according to Kent Hill,
ENC president.
On May 21 Polkinghome
debated Quine, who is wide­
ly regarded as the leading
American analytical philos­
opher of this century. The
J u l y 1998
debate, coordinated by Ned
Vankevich, communications
arts professor at ENC, is
part of a television series,
“Uncommon Conversa­
tions,” which he is produc­
ing.
Polkinghome “was a key
figure in helping to create
the modern quark picture of
matter,” said Karl Giberson,
ENC professor of physics,
who coordinated the Tem ­
pleton Lecture Series. G ib­
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as the culmination of a se­
mester-long class, “Seminar
on the Thought o f John
Polkinghom e.” The class
was taught by Giberson,
Hill, and Don Yerxa, chair
of the history department.
“The arrival of Sir John
Polkinghome is a major
event not just for ENC but
for the entire Boston area,”
said Hill. “As a physicist and
Anglican priest, he comes to
us as one of the foremost au­
thorities in the world on the
relationship between religion
and science.”
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