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1 The Rev. Gerald C. Primm, pastor of Eller M e m or i a 1 Church, Greensboro, will be guest speaker for revival services set at Community ~st Church, starting Sunday and running for one week. Rev. Primm has been with Eller Memorial Church seven I years and has led his church in setting several records. Eller Memorial is the second oldest Baptist Church in Greensboro. Born in Sanford, Rev. Primm later lived in Rocky Mount. He attended N. C. State College and served four years in the Air Force in World War II. After the war, he attended the Universit of North Carolina and Bayle lfniversity. He was ordained t~ the ministry in He is a former trustee Campbel College and former president of Christian Action League of North Carolina. Since coming to Eller Memorial in Greensboro, Rev. Primm has seen an average of 58 new members join the church each year. Increases have been shown in all phases of organization work. Rev. Primm will conduct the revival services at Communit Baptist Church each evening starting at 7: 30. Congregation s al singing is planned each even ing. Siler City: Chatham News Smithfield Herald Snow Hill: Greene Co. Ledger Southern Pines Pilot Southport: State Port Pilot

2 Revival Set At Lake View The pastor of Eller Memorial tor, will deliver the S u n day Baptist Church in Greensboro sermons. will be here next week to con duct a revival at Lake View Park Baptist Ohurch. He is the Rev. Gerald C. Primm whose messages will be heard rughtly at 7:30 beginning Monday and continuing through Friday. The Rev. Primm, who h a s been in his present pastorate for the past six years, is a former trustee of Campbell College. He was born in Sanford and graduated from Rocky Mount High School. Prior to entering the U.S. Air Force, he attended N. C. State College. He attained the rank of Captain, serving in combat service as a P-38 Fighter Pilot in Africa, Sardinia, Italy, Corsica, Alaska and Aleutian Islands during World War Two. After the war he attended the University of North Caro = lina at Chapel Hill and Baylor University in Waco, Texas. In 1949 he was ordained to the ministry and served Flat Springs Baptist Church and Emmaus Baptist Church in Sandy Creek from He was i moderator for the Sandy Creek c Association from Other pastorates held were Mt. Gilead Baptist Church at Rt. 1, Pittsboro and Calvary Baptist Church of Raleigh. The minister is a former pres- : ident of the "Christian Action ' League of North Carolina. He is married to the former Ethel Brown of Greensboro and they are parents of two sons. A schedule of the church's Sunday activities include Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. and morning worship at 11 o'clock. Training Union convenes at 6:30 and. evening worship at 7:30. The Rev. Rudolph Evans, pas-

3 Revival services will begin 1 at 7:30 Sunday night October 4th and continue through Friday night October 9th in Calvary Baptist Church, Maxton. The Rev. Gerald Primm, pastor of Eller Memorial Baptist Church of Greensboro, will be the guest minister. Mr. Primm was reared in Rocky Mount, and attended North Carolina University, University of North Carolina and Baylor Universit:,,. Waco, Texas. He, also, was graduated f r o m the United States Air Force Cadets Corps, was a fighter Pilot World War II with the rank of captain. Before he was called to preach he was co-owner with his father of Radio Station WWGP Sanford. He at present is not only pastor of the Eller :\fomorial Baptist Church, but is also editor of The Sword and The Tro- The Calvary Baptist Church 1 wel first edited and published and its pastor, the Rev. Forby Charles Haddon Spurgeon of rest L. Young. extend to all a, London, England more than two hearty invitation to enjoy with 1, hundred years ago. Mr. Primm them the blessings of this se- f fa a leader in the Baptist State ries of messages. Convention of North Carolina I,:;,;_.;..:;::~~-~-~""!II!--:::._ and the Southern Baptist Convention in the area Of conservative theology. Lenoir News-Topic Lexington Dispatch... Lumberton Robesonian Morganton News-Herald New Bern Sun-Journal Raleigh News & Observer Raleigh Times Reidsville Review ~ock.ingitam: Richmond Co. Journal

4 GERALD PRIMM Maxton Church Holds Revival Revival services Will be held in Maxton at the Calvary Baptist Church beginning Sunday night and going through Friday ' night, The Services will begin. at 7: 30 each evening. The visiting minister will be the Rev. Gerald Primm, pastor of Eller Memorial Baptist Church of Greensboro. He is also the editor of "The Sword and Trowel", a religious magazine first edited and published by Charles Haddon Spurgeon over 200 years ago. Rev. Primm is a leading figure in the State Baptist Convention in the area of conservative theology. Calvary Baptist church extends a cordial invitation to everyone to enjoy with them some of the blessings of this series of messages. ~gs Mo~;;t;'He~a~~ Kinston: Lenoir Co N La.G ews ~ange: Weekly Gazette ~Laurinburg Exchange Leaksville News Liberty News *

5 Dixsat i st act ton with the <'omp1 onusc reached between wake Forest Umversu, and the UJpt1'it Stall Convenuon lu~ ~urlacrtl The Hl'V l:ernld I' rt m 111 o I (I r Pt' 11 s h o r n proposes an alternate solutton "Cut W<1kl' Forest I nivcrsuv.1w..iv.. and be done with 1t ' I 11: conf trmed :>esll rd:i~ Ill.t lpic'phplll' 1111\'r\'IC'W th.u Ill' h.rd sc nt.i letter to tl.l' e d i t o r nl the B1bl1et.1l Hl'<'order. the con vcn lion journal, expressing Ins views Convent ion leaders have said th 1t the solution agreed upon fl\ a C01l\'('1Jt10n unrvr l"~ltj t rustve ~l\hi~ cornnuttce I~ the be~l proposal and the plan most likelv to satislv the dif Iur cnt Iact ron«wfthin the convention 'ih c l e a d e r s a r e not.ittogeth r happy with tho proposal which grants the un- Away and Be D~ne With lt'1 J.Versity more d1vers1ty and autonomy. but they concede it is workable. The plan still must be approved bv a two-thirds ma.nnt:. 11! the convention, which l'rimm s;.i1d he does not twl1cve 1t will get. He said the ct1111pro1111se "fails miserably.11 two vital points" - trustee Sl'll'l'tlon and Cooperative I 'rogram budget support. l 'ndc'r lhe compromise. l'nnm Si-lid. "1t 1s possible for otj< third >I the Wake Forest l 111vPrs1ty trustees to be non Bapt1sh. The co111 ent10n.. l'"uld 1111t 1111tiate the trustee :clcctwns. The convention < uuld only rubber stamp those tru~tce : elections made bv \\ akc Forest University As for financial support. l'rnnm said. under the compromise Wake Forest "would still receive funds through the Cooperative Program plan even though such support would be designated by 111div1dual local churches... To use the Cooperative Program channel lo funnel ;;upport to Wake Forest Universllv would still tie the convcnt10'n to financial support" of the university by "handling expenses in lorwarding the funds lo the school... Primm's solution 1s to let the university go and "let them ~elect the r own trustees Let the churches that want lo support Wake forest send their tunds directly'' lo them. thus sdvmg tune, postage. bookkcep111g and other expenses. ' not to mentton difficulties or 1111sundcrstand111gs that could arise 111 conttnuing any kind of convention relationshp" with W<ike Forest Tut the Gordian knot and be done w1tt1 it! Primm said "Then let the convention go forward with Hold Missions and with the support of our schools and mstitutions that want lo be a part of our convention. lie said there 1s no orga111zed cflort under way to push his \ 1ew. "It is just the way I feel ;ibout 11. he added. "I'm not cru ;ading. I just simply am trying to lay out some tacts.. (The plan I 1 a dodge We' ct b" a whole lot better off to let the churches send their offerings and support directly... Primm said 1t is possible that some people will support Im suggestion. "We may be stalemated. We might be nghl back to square one or we could have a reacllon ol. 'Lei s f'cl through this thing once and for all I wish we could get it done onr wav or the other. He d.oes not ~ee the compromise helping the convention or Wake Forest. "Look at Stetson 1 li111vers1ty I. They have J similar type o t relauonsrnp. The convenuon accepts funds and passes them on lo the school I don't know Ii their trustees are approved by the convenuon or not. but it is a very loose thing. They are continually having,1 hassle because most people identify anv school that 1:; part of the Cooperative Program or get funds through it ds 'approved' by the convention. This i: rcaltv one of the bones ot contention (Those agamst the plam just want to get rid of the school. When someone then savs, 'Look at what Wake F<;n,st docs.' thev can sav. we havt' 1oth111g to do with the11' They arc not a part of the convention I lhmk really that is where thl' issue is." \\ t11le he wants to cul most o the ties. l'rimm concedes he v, ouid not rule out historic lies with Wake Forest.