Christian Chronicle (Nashville, Tenn.), Vol. 33, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 29, 1976 Page: 1 of 12
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by Staff Reporter
EASTERN EUROPEAN
MISSION
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The Lord’s church is being
persecuted today. Brethren in
the iron curtain countries suffer
intimidations, beatings and im-
prisonment for the sake of their
inith in Jesus. Recently, two
American brethren were hold-
a Bible seminar in the
home of one of the local
brethren in an Eastern Euro-
pean country. They have done
's the past several years,
however, this time the police
Mved, took names and order-
ed the Americans to leave the
country.
The brother in whose home
ey were meeting was taken
.’court. The charge was sing-
p?’ Praying and reading the
lble in his home. He is now
’Clng a possible prison sen-
nce, but this courageous bro-
er feels that church leaders
u$t be willing to go to prison
necessary to encourage other
. ^tians to remain steadfast
J he face of persecution. This
/ inot an isolated case, but is
«ng in many countries
y i, atheistic governments.
! nies and places are withheld
Protect our brethren.
ommunism, because of its
____' d.veistic teaching and by its
Words, has vowed to des-
PERSECUTED BRETHREN
several men working m Vienna
who cooperate in the printing
and distribution of literature
under the oversight of their
respective elderships. Bob
Hare, overseen by the Dewey
Avenue Church of Christ in St.
Mary’s, West Virginia, has
been engaged in this effort for
22 years; Tom Turner, Cam-
eron Road Church of Christ in
Austin, Texas, 14 years; Carrol
Bishop, Church of Christ in
Pierre, South Dakota, 3 years;
Bob Wilkerson, Waverly Church
of Christ in Waverly, Tenn.
For several years Jaro Schu-
bert, Stevan Bilak and Gott-
fried Reichel have beamed the
gospel through the iron curtain
by radio. Many contacts which
are then followed up by mail or
visit, come as a result of these
broadcasts.
Ben Jones has recently joined
this mission team and is serv-
ing under the Quanah Elder-
ship. He spent nearly 7 years
with the Madison, Tennessee
congregation as the Minister to
Youth. His assignment now is
to inform the American breth-
ren about the great need for
Bibles and Christian literature
in Eastern Europe.
To help in telling about the
work in Eastern Europe, a 16
mm documentary film is being
produced. The film will be
completed and ready to begin
showing throughout the States
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troy all religion in time, and
one way they plan to do this is
by eliminating the Bible. Athe-
ism fears the Bible and Chris-
tian literature because Chris-
tianity is one of the greatest
deterrents to Communism.
For the past 15 years the
Elders of the Quanah Church of
Christ in Quanah, Texas, have
had the oversight of the special
work of printing and distribut-
ing Bibles and gospel literature
in large quantities, especially
in the iron curtain countries.
At a time when some congre-
gations are forsaking difficult
fields, recently, these men
made the announcement that
they are launching out in an
effort to expand this vital print-
ing ministry. They are enlisting
the cooperation of their breth-
ren all over the country to help
in this great task of reaching
the 400,000,000 souls behind the
iron curtain while the borders
are slightly relaxed because of
detente.
The Quanah Eldership has
had the oversight of Gwen
Hensley who has been working
in Vienna, Austria, in the
printing and distribution of
gospel literature for 15 years.
Austria, a neutral nation, is an
ideal central location for reach-
ing into many adjoining Com-
munist countries.
Even though this type of
work is dangerous, there are
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MUSIC STUDENTS FROM 10 STATES PARTICIPATE
IN LCC MUSIC CAMP
LUBBOCK, TX:—Some 210 junior and senior high students from
10 states participated in the annual Music Camp at Lubbock
Christian College June 13-19.
Instructional programs included choral and instrumental
rehersal, training in music fundamentals, song directing and
sight-singing.
A faculty of 15 directed the students during the day, while 18
LCC students served as counselors for boarding participants who
lived in LCC dormitories and ate meals in the college cafeteria.
The entire program is supervised by Dr. Wayne Hinds, head of
the LCC Music Department.
States represented included Texas, New Mexico, Alabama,
Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma
and Wyoming.
ARM AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR MISSIONS
DALLAS, TX:—The World Mission Information Bank is
designated to make available a current listing of mission workers
seeking congregational assistance and congregations desiring to
assist workers in new mission efforts, both domestic and foreign.
This information is contained in a regular bulletin and is available
without charge. Please write: Lynn D. Yocum, Webb Chapel
Church of Christ, 13425 Webb Chapel Road, Dallas, TX 75234 or
call (214 ) 241-0800, 241-3293, or 263-8179, for information or to have
your name on the bulletin list. This applies to congregations or
individuals. World Mission Information Bank cannot make
endorsement of listings in their bulletin or match people with
churches, but only make the information available.
SOUL WINNING
TULSA, OK:—The Garnett Road Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
baptized 310 people into Christ last year. When the elders of
Garnett Road are asked, “How do you account for such a
tremendous number of baptisms in one year,” they reply “we
attribute it to the fact that we have taken our members to
personal workers workshops.”
PICKARTZ BEGINS MISSIONARY JOURNEY IN VENEZUELA
by Adlai F. Arnold
VAN BUREN, AR:—Evert Pickartz, minister to the church in
Muldrow, Oklahoma, is on a missionary journey to South America
that will last almost three months and will take him to 13
countries.
On May 22 Evert flew from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Caracas,
Venezuela. In that capital city he was the guest of Luis Garcia, a
former student, and Mrs. Garcia. He spoke on Sunday morning at
the weekly meeting of the church to 15 people.
From May 26 to 31, Evert preached in a gospel meeting for the
church in Maracaibo, Venzuela’s second largest city. Humberto
Fuenmayor is the preacher for the Avenida 12 Church.
Attendances each evening were from 52 to 64. Six people were
baptized. The work in Maracaibo is supported by contributions
made through the South American Fund, Box 402, Ozark,
Arkansas.
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HRISTIAN«3KS»
AN INTERNATIONAL PERIODICAL FOR CHURCHES OF CHRIST SINCE 1943
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Beckloff, John W. Christian Chronicle (Nashville, Tenn.), Vol. 33, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 29, 1976, newspaper, June 29, 1976; Nashville, Tennessee. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1322180/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.