Christian Chronicle (Nashville, Tenn.), Vol. 33, No. 23, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 14, 1976 Page: 2 of 12
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Page 2 CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
December 14. 1976
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(615) 242-5664 or evenings (615) 883-7390.
John W. Becktoff - EdHor
Clerk Hicks — Publisher
still being
“adult”
Christian Chronicle
The Christian Chronicle IS published every other Tuesday at
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The Editor
CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
P.O. Box 339
Nashville, TN 37202
made
book
Parlors & Bars
with Nude Dan-
cing closed
,Knoxville
by Jim Waldron
In the late Spring an effort to
combat a growing problem of
immorality was begun in Knox-
ville through the work of sev-
eral Christians. The problem
involved “adult” book stores,
massage parlors and bars fea-
turing nude dancing to attract
customers.
After six months work which
involved between eight and ten
gbspel preachers and two or
three dozen other Christians all
the massage parlors are closed
and the five bars featuring
nude dancing were closed as of
November 2.
The major thrust against
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Who is Going to Reach Them?
They will be reached only by
a local church crossing over
into other cultures to win
people and plant churches. So
world outreach begins in Jeru-
salem—with a concerned
church with a clear goal which
is part of the strategy of God.
The goal is not remote! We can
do it!
regularity, they are dumping
their filth—a contrived scum of
language and vulgarized sug-
gestiveness—into the living
room of any family permitting
it. They are doing that for
money SPONSORED by firms
and corporations who actually
look to customers to pay for
this depravity.
Whether or not it is a
deliberate effort to break down
the nation’s moral fabric—to
capture the minds and lower
the standards of another gener-
ation—it works that way. It is
as insidious as cancer, and to
some extent infects everybody.
It flouts every conviction this
nation has entertained. It
cheapens and degrades.
You wouldn’t stand by idly
and let someone pour poison
into the water reservoirs of our
city. The water of life can be
defiled, too.
This is your business to the
extent that you are concerned
about your own home, your
own children and grandchild-
ren.
True, you can turn off that
tube. But the fact of individual
option does not acquit filth-
mongers and their sponsors of
responsibility and liability in
the eyes both of the law and
before the bar of public opin-
ion. They operate by suffer-
ance.
Turn them off. But also file
your protest. When their spon-
sors begin losing business ap-
preciably because of this glori-
fied degredation, they may
even beat the FCC, to, which
the networks are strictly
accountable, in taking offenders
off the air.
Better Television Begins With
You!
Please send your reaction
concerning today’s television
programming to:
(1) NBC, 30 Rockefeller Plaza,
New York, NY 10019; CBS, 51
W. 52nd Street, New York, NY
10019, ABC, 1330 Avenue of
QUESTION: Do You Care Enough to
See the Very Best...on Television?
by Ira North
People who revere the name
of God. or esteem as holy
anything else sacred, cannot
condone profanity in any form.
People with a basic respect for
decency cannot indulge or pa-
tronize—willingly and knowling-
ly—anything whose essence in
any degree partakes of in-
decency.
To some that may sound like
a dogmatism—an “emphatic
statement or view without any
supporting evidence.” Correc-
tion please. There is every
evidence; supporting the prem-
ise of what conscience and
teaching make the Christian’s
point of view in this matter
stated—and the deplorable fact
that for lack of adequate chal-
lenge. both profanity and in-
decency are encroaching—em-
ployed by people, blatantly
offensive and contemptuous of
all restraint.
In the name of liberty—the
“freedom of speech” concept
warped and exploited to fit
perverted tastes—they increas-
ingly are practicing license.
What is worse, they are not
content to practice this for
self-amusement in their own
pigsties, but are determined to
parade it as a profitable busi-
ness in public—via salacious
“literature” on the book stands,
movie screens, and the televi-
sion networks.
No decent American house-
holder would permit the gar-
bage man or any neighbor—
much less a big shot conglom-
erate of garbage men—to bring
into his or her home the filth of
the alley and there dump it in
their living room. Decency and
the basic laws of hygiene would
forbid. The objection would be
heard clear to Washington, and
right quickly there would be
some action more drastic and
immediate than lawsuits, if
necessary.
But every hour on the hour,
and increasingly in volume and
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these places involved attending
the city countil meetings an
the court sessions where these
problems were being discussed.
Two or three gospel preachers
including Jim Waldron, M.
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able to speak before council on
the need for control of sue j
outlets for immorality.
The reason the Christia
were able to accomplish
much in the Knoxville area
because of the sympaW
against these things by
elected representatives. Wi
a city council and rna^or,,0nf
cials like we have we would n
have been able to accomplis ,
what we have. We are esP®
ly thankful to God that fr
ville is now a better ci „
families.
Efforts are
against
stores.
by Lewis Karkosky
HOPKINS. Mi.—In the Spring
of 1975 the Wesleyan Church
put up for sale one of their two
campgrounds located in West-
ern Michigan. A few brethren
learned of this and m^de inves-
tigation of the facilities. They
came away with a vision of
what this property could mean
for the Lord’s people, and with
a burning desire to somehow
secure it for generations to
come.
What did these men find
which caused so much excite-
ment? 21.6 rolling acres with'
840 feet of lake frontage. But
that’s not all, a complex of 25
buildings, a camping area with
40 developed sites (electric,
water, sewage), plus a concrete
basketball court. And every-
where they cast their eyes,
towering beech trees.
Amaing! you say? Surely, the
Wesleyan’s were asking $150,000
to $200,000 for all this? Would
you believe $100,000? The prop-
erty had sat idle for a few
years and was in need of paint
and repairs, but worth much
more than their asking price.
However, the news is better
still! An offer of $85,000 was
made, plus a $5,000 Realtor’s
fee, handled separately and
without interest over the ten
years of the purchase agree-
ment. A most unusual arrange-
ment. The Owners at first
refused this offer, but after
further negotiations and, we
firmly believe God’s answer to
fervent prayers, they accepted.
In the meantime, a non-profit
organization was set up with a
board of directors to handle the
transaction. $1,000 was quickly
raised among the men to hold
the property while arrange-
ments could be made for a
down payment of $15,000 on
Dec. 13. With brethren pulling
together, this payment was
made as scheduled and owner-
ship was assumed. Thanks be
to God and the good brethren!
During the past summer,
Beechwood Hills, a name sug-
gested by a teenage boy and
selected by the Board for the
campsite, conducted its first
Youth Camp. Campers and
staff totaling 100 assembled for
Junior and Senior Weeks. A
healthy increase is expected for
the 1977 season.
Beechwood Hills Bible
A Most Unusual Exciting Opportunity
A Family Encampment Wa,
held over four days with Mon
roe Hawley of Milwaukee Wis
consin as the featured speaker
Several families used the
tages and campsites, while
others commuted for morning,
and evening sessions. This’
event is sure to grow into
something powerful and
as the years pass by.
Special groups found accomo-
dations both adequate and plea-
sant. A dozen Senior Christians
from the Detroit area enjoyed
a night’s stay while attending
the Tulip Festival at nearbv
Holland. The Michigan Chris,
tian Chorus spent a weekend in
practice sessions. A congrega-
tion near Lansing brought their
teachers back for another re-
treat. An Area-wide Youth
Rally was held over two days.
A Cavalcade of Quartets was
featured one Friday night,
three Holiday Weekends^
brought brethren together from
distant congregations for fel-
lowship. The opportunities: un-
limited!
Beechwood Hills is not yet
self-supporting, but it does have
the unique facilities and the
strategis location to be so in
the near future. It is located
only 150 miles from both Chi-
cago and Detroit. The camp is
little more than a year old and
has done well in making the
initial down payment, making
necessary repairs, meeting
daily expenses, and saving
some money towards thgjj
year’s payment of $13,000 due
the first of December. But the
natural struggles of any infant
person or group sometimes
force them to reach out for
help to overcome moments of
crisis. This, dear friends, we
must do during the next few
weeks. We must raise $10,000.
A $25.00 gift from 400 people
will provide the needed funds
to meet our payment. Please
remember Beechwood Hills in
your prayers. Mailing address:
Beechwood Hills, 3725 - 44th St.
S.W., Grandville, MI 49418. •!
Board members are: Lewis
Karkosky, Everette Alexander,
J. Allen Barber, Billie Burgess,
Bill Kooi, Van T. Mabry, David
Coffman, Edward Tarrant, Don
Yuvan, Keith Olds, Bill Stice,
Keith Walker, Chuck Huber,
and Oral R. Hall.
2.7 billion people do not
consider themselves Christians.
One-third of the world’s popu-
lation has never even heard of
Jesus Christ.
Another one-third of
world’s population does not
know enough about Jesus to
believe on.him.
87 percent of the 2.7 billion
have no Christian neighbors of
their own culture from where
they might receive the Gospel.
Americas, New York, NY
10019; PBS, 485 L’Enfant Plaza
West, S.W., Washington, D.C.
20024.
(2) Your local television sta-
tions.
(3) Individual sponsors, es-
pecially.
(4) Federal Communications
Commission, Washington, DC
20554.
(5) Your Congressmen.
(6) Your State legislators.
(7) Your local newspapers’
editors.
(8) Your local Shopper’s
Guide will sometimes print
letters such as this as a public
service.
For more information, con-
tact: Concerned Citizens-TV,
c-o Fort Oglethorpe Church of
Christ, No. 6 Harker Road,
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia 30742.
World Concern
Begins at
“Jerusalem”
by Prentice A. Meador, Jr.
The astronomical growth of
the early church comes from
an understanding that the
church is to take Christ into all
the world. Listen to them:
Matthew says, “Teach all na-
tions”; Mark, “Into all the
world...to every creature”;
Luke, “Among all nations” and
“Unto the ends of the earth”
(Matt. 28:19; Mark 16:5; Luke
24:47; Acts 1:8). Beginning
with 3,000 the church explodes
over the Roman world so that
Paul writes that the Gospel
“has been proclaimed to every
creature under heaven” (Col.
1:23). God’s strategy of world
outreach begins “In Jerusa-
lem” and then “in all Judea
and Samaria and to the ends of
the earth” (Acts 1:8).
As members of a local
church, lets consider the follow-
ing about our world:
One hundred nations of the
223 nations in the world have
no representative of Jesus
Christ in them.
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