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ing signs and the driver had to
turn the bus off the road into a
ditch to avoid killing about ten
or twelve people. Several were_
injured and the bus received
considerable damage.
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to them, “Go into all the world
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whole creation.” The awesome
responsibility given in Mark
16:15 acts as a compelling force
for the Lord’s work to be done
even in our own country. For
this reason, Campaigns North-
west, an evangelistic effort in a
five-state area, was formed.
Under the auspices of the
Downtown church of Christ in
Searcy, Arkansas, 40 students
from Harding and Freed-Harde-
man College will spend the 1978
summer vacation in campaign
work in the northwest part of
the United States.
The concept of an endeavor in
this region of the country
materialized in the fall of 1974
when Dr. Obert Henderson came
to Searcy as associate professor
of business and economics at
Harding College. With the aid of
Dr. Jerry Jones, head of the
Harding Bible Department, Hen-
derson launched the program.
He enlisted Don Bendinelli, then
a student at Harding, to serve as
director, Bendinelli now resides
in Helena, Montana, and contin-
ues to work with the campaign.
Henderson will move to the area
at the beginning of the summer.
Ron McCleary will assume the
role of advisor upon Henderson’s
departure.
A group of student leaders is
chosen each year to aid in the
preparations for the campaign
and the actual field work. Those
selected this-year include Mitch
Durham of Liberty, Missouri;
Roger Pritchett of Chandler,
Arizona and Mitch Laird of
Kentucky. These leaders and the
team of students begin prepar-
ing for their summer mission in
the fall semester and continue
throughout the school year.
Required meetings are held
each Wednesday night after
church where the group learns
about doorknocking, home Bible
study, religious organizations
and procedures for the cam-
paign. Quizzies and tests are
given over material from a
50-page study manual and out-
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Christian magazine
named ACU’s C.
Alumnus of the Year
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The only VW bus in operation
is a 1969 model with over 90,000
miles and is worn out. I used
this bus while in Ghana. But
there comes a time in the life of
any vehicle that common sense
and good judgment tells us that
it would be a waste of money to
patch up worn out vehicles.
They must be replaced. We plan
to ship two deluxe VW buses tc
Ghana this year. The cost will
be $12,800 plus shipping charges
from Europe to Ghana. Will you
help us send these buses to
Ghana? Checks should be sent to
Roland Church of Christ Bus
Fund, P. O. Box 289, Roland,
Oklahoma 74954. Brother Joe
Deal and Brother Gerald Fruzia,
American missionaries in
Ghana, need your help. We now
have about 25 percent of the
needed funds on hand. (Ed
Mosby, P. O. Box 289, Roland,
OK 74954).
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208 Converted in Ghana in a WBS Program
by Ed Mosby
ROLAND, Okla.:—The fields
are white unto 1™.---- —
Ghana, West Africa. Hundreds
are being converted as a result
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ing the gospel by this means. At
the present time they are
spending approximately $2500
per month and their income is
about $1367 per month, so you
can see how much they need
additional support for Bible Hot
Line. Remember now as you
consider the cost that this
service is going to the entire
state of Louisiana. If the congre-
gations now involved would get
together elders, deacons, and
preachers from surrounding
congregations, they would be
glad to send someone from the
University congregation to make
a Bible Hot Line presentation.
Please call them over the WATS
line, 1-800-282-8858, or write
them at 2045 East 70th St.,
Shreveport, LA 71105 if you can
do this.
Tremendous benefits will be
the result if each congregation
will involve its own people in
this work, passing out brochures
to their friends and neighbors,
and distributing them door-to-
door on a saturation basis,
emphasizing that only scriptural
Bible teaching is given, without
denominational bias. Newspaper
advertising in the local papers
can give the complete tape
listings also. Much of Louisiana
is a wide open mission field due
to its long history of Catholic
tradition and worldly ways, and
we hope to be able to use this
new tool to spread the Lord’s
word and way more effectively.
by B. E. Bawcom
MORGAN CITY, La.:—Fan-
tastic is the best way to describe
the response to preaching the
gospel to the whole state of
Louisiana by means of Bible Hot
Line. This program has been in
operation for a little over two
months, and 22,332 calls have
come in—12,956 locally in the
Shreveport area, and 9,376 on
the WATS line. 184 requests
have been called in for the tape
list brochure, besides those that
have been distributed by the
congregations involved. Thirty-
five people are enrolled in an
adult Bible correspondence
course, and seven youth Bible
Correspondence courses are in
progress. There have been 48
requests for tape summaries on
specific subjects. Twenty-seven
individuals have requested spe-
cial help, such as counselling,
answers to Bible questions,
tracts, etc. Two precious souls
have been baptized into Christ.
According to T; A. Isaacs,
from the University Church of
Christ in Shreveport, it would
warm your hearts to be around
the University church building
and know some of the calls they
receive over the Bible Hot Line.
One evening a young boy called
over the WATS line and asked
for twelve different Bible stories
days later a second bus, 1971
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my fifth and most glorious pletely overhauled, threw a rod
adventure to Ghana. Two mis-
sion trips were made in 1977.
One in January which resulted
in 82 baptisms and one in
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side Bible assignments.
campaigners are allowed to
write letters to raise a limits
amount of support to aid in the;-
schooling for the next year,
group also meets for devotion,
als, social activities and rj.
treats.
At the same time the can.
paigners are preparing, another
kind of preparation is taking
place. Bendinelli and Henderson
are readying the congregations
and preach the gospel to the in towns in Washington, Oregon.
■ — Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.
Henderson locates congregations
desiring a summer campaign
and makes preliminary arrange-
ments. Bendinelli conducts’
workshops with the congrega-
tions and aids the local church
in the ground work for ai
intensive summer effort. Stan
Chism, a senior at Harding is
preparing to move to the area
and work in the same capacity
as Bendinelli.
The campaign itself is >
concentrated, focused time ol
hard labor and reward. Cam-
paigner Deb Yaeger, a junior
from Luck, Wisconsin, said,
“It’s a time for growth, giving,
understanding and sharing
Christ. You also develop an atti-
tude that uses tired feet as i
means of increasing faith."
Three campaigns lasting three
weeks each, are held. A typical
day for the workers begins al
8:30 a.m. They prepare forte
day with a short devotional
followed by an individual quiet
time. They then depart for tin
working area and work unti'.
lunch. The afternoon is sped
knocking doors, conducting
Bible studies and holding work-
shops with the congregation
Supper is eaten at the churd
building and the campaigner
meet with the members ant
spend the evening working
Before departing for home, i
devotional is held. -
The students that return fron
the summer of Campaign
Northwest have striven to i-
what the Lord commanded. Bi-
in addition, they have personal!
gained. Toni Chaney, a two-yea:
campaigner, said, “It has help
ed me grow so muQh. It’s hart
to call campaign work service
others because I got so much®
Oflt.” ■ Mik
There is a need in the Nor >
west. For more information
regarding the campaign wor
contact Dr. Obert Benders®
c-o Downtown Church of Clin
900 N. Main, Searcy, AR 721«-
Lemmons Receives Mass
Communications Award
ABILENE, Tex.:—Dr. Reuel
Lemmons of Austin, editor of
the Firm Foundation, was hon-
ored as recipient of the annual
Excellence in Christian Mass
Communication Award during
the Mass Communication Evan-
gelism Sypmposium on the Abi-
lene Christian University cam-
pus. and serves as
The award was announced by Westover Hills Chur<
Dr. Charles Marler, ACU asso-
ciate professor of communica-
tion, during the opening banquet
for the symposium, held each
year in February concurrent
with the ACU Bible Lectureship.
Dr. Lemmons was also gu
speaker at the banquet.
Dr. Lemmons was citeci
his deep Christian com.ml hiij(,
and continued growth, his a
to analyze issues of the day,
courage in his convictio
his clarity of writing.
He is a 1935 graduate ot
minister<-°Li
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in Austin. Previously he
received the Christian
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Toll Free for Taped Bible Answer
4 STATEWIDE EXTENSION OF BIBLE CALL
for children. After hearing the
12th one, he called back and
said, “Thank you. I have never
heard those stories before.” A
blind lady calls almost every
day and the librarian just plays
a different tape for her and
keeps a record of it. A man
called long distance on their
local number for a message.
The librarian told him they had
a WATS line. He told her he had
been trying for an hour to get
the WATS line. He called long
distance on their local number
for two messages.
The Bible Hot Line in the state
of Louisiana is overseen by the
University Church of Christ in
Shreveport, with six other local
congregations helping with fi-
nancial support: Bennett Street,
Airline Drive, Southern Hills,'
Blanchard, Perrin Street, and
Central. Sunset Acres is supply-
ing workers from the various
congregations who man the
phones in a regular rotation.
Eighteen other congregations
throughout the state are also
helping in a financial way:
Pineville, Ruston (Woodward),
Ruston (Northside), Plain Deal-
ing, Mansfield, Sarepta, Ring-
gold, Springhill (North Ark.),
Delhi, Zwolle, Winnfield, South
Sulphur, Spearsville, Bastrop,
Calhoun, Lockhart, Oil .City, and
Morgan City.
Fifty more congregations in
the state are needed who will
contribute financially in preach-
ing to Ghana in November 1978.
There is now a very critical
harvest in need for adequate transportation
to do this follow-up work. One
VW bus was completely destroy-
of'the wo°rk being done by World ed by fire September 9. A few
Bible School teachers in the <’ .
USA. I have just returned from model, which had been
and destroyed the motor. In
November, a third VW bus,
which is used by the School of
Preaching was returning from a
November which resulted in 126 preaching trip at night and
baptisms. came upon a huge hole in the
I now have over 1,000 students road where a bridge had been
studying the Bible with me.
WBS teachers are invited to
send the names of interested
students in Ghana to me for
follow-up work. I will be return-
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Beckloff, John W. Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 35, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 18, 1978, newspaper, April 18, 1978; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1322216/m1/8/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.