of the ìlational AssociotÍon oí Free W il Bcpfisfs M,ARCH I96iI

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1 GotilGr of the ìltionl AssociotÍon oí Free W il Bcpfisfs M,ARCH 96i

2 CONTACT 0fficil Publiction of the Ntionl Assocition of Free Will Bptists personolly o o Vol. 8 Mrch 1961 No, 5 Member of Evngelicl Press Assocition Editor. Editoril Assistnt Circultion ARTCLES 3 The Centurion's Story 4 Rebirth nd Recovery 7 Mexicn Diry Vction Bible School 11 Contct n Every Home FEATURES. Billy A. Melvin..Jo Ann Hurst.Crystl Cory 6 Religious News Reports 10 Wht's Your Problem? 12 Glncing Around the Sttes 14 n the Vineyrd 15 Our Reders Write 16 The Fmily Bookshelf Progress Through Cooperotion Bsiclly, there e three types of church government-the episcopl, the presbyterin nd the congregtionl. n the episcopl, the uthority is in the bishops. n thc presbyterin, uthority is delegted to elected presbyters. n the congregtionl, the uthority is in the hnds of the congregtion. Perhps these definitions re bit oversimplifled, but they do give the bsic concept of ech. Free V/ill Bptists hve congregtionl form of government. Every church is completely independent. Though there re denomintionl orgriztions with borcls, committees, etc., from the locl qurterly meeting to the Ntionl Assocition; thesc hve bsolutely no uthority over single church. (The Qurterly Meeting my, of course, withdrw fellowship from the church. This, however, is to be done only whcn r church hs violted its covennt or when it becomes hereticl or coüupt in prcticc. Even then, the Qurterly Meeting is under obligtion to seek to bring the church bck gin to the truth before withdrwing fellowship.) f, then, ech locl church is its own governing body nd no higher body hs uthority over it, how cn we ccomplish nything in denomintionl frmework th rt will be truly signiîcnt nd bring honor nd glory to Jesus Christ? The nswer, bclieve, is through coopertion. While every Free Will Bptist Church is independcnt nd free f om ll uthorittive control of men, it is lso free to cooperte with othcr Free Will Bptist Churches in kingdom ffirs. t is on this bsis tht progress will come. Our denomintion will grow, build, nd evngelize s we cooperte with one nother. How trgic tht this coopertion hs been so slow nd meger! There is no doubt but wht we need to mke much of our interdependence s well s our independence, Yes, we re independent in our church government, but t the sme tinrc, we need one nother. We must lern to live together, council together, work together, in shortto cooperte, if we would ccomplish nything for God. Perhps we neecl greter recognition of Him who is the true Hed of the Church, the Lord Jesus Christ. This is our gret chllenge, tht under Him, we might move forwrd-together! i:n.ä:+i:iäi;i,: +i:ii+rrit:i::::+ti:,.n.iì Foithfulness to the Greot Stote Reporters ALABAMA, Chrles O. Hollingshed; nrzone, Lynn Wood; ARKANs,A,s, Willrd C. Dy; crrnonnre, Jerry Dudley; FLoRTDA, rvin Hymn; ceorcra, E. C. Morris; rrr-r- Nors, George Wggoner; rexrucrv, Bob Shockey; MrcHrcAN, Willim Hill; rrrssrsslppl, L. E. Duncn; MrssouRr, Hrvey Hill; NoRTH carolrna, Henry Melvin; NEw MEXrco, B. W. Hutchison; onro, Richrd D. Howrd; NEw HÀMpsurne, Mck Owens; oklahoma, E. M. Kennedy; souru cenorrn, Rufus Coffey; TENNESSEE, Dle Burden; rnxes, H. Z. Cox; vrrcrnr, Hrold Critcher; wshrncron, Johnny Postlewite; west vrrcrnre, Crl Vllnce. CONTACT is published.monthly by rhe Ntionl Assocition of Free Will Bptists unde the direction of tþe Executive Committee of the Generl Bord. Members re Rlph Stten, W Stnley Mooneyhm, Den Moore, M. L. Jobnson, Jerry Dudley, Rufus Coffey, Othel T. Dixon. Single subscriptions, per yer. Fmily Pln subscriptions, $1.00 per yer. Club subscriptions of 100 or more, 6 cents per copy. Single copy, 15 cents. Add ess ll correspondence nd subscriptions to Billy A. Melvin, Editor, 3801 Richlnd Avenue, Nshville 5, Tennessee. Entered s second-clss mtter t Nshville, Tennessee. Prce 2 The month of Mrch brings us s denomintion to the second phse of our 25th Session Progrm. For the lst two months (Jnury-Februry), our emphsis hs been COMMTMENT TO CHRST. Mny of our churches hve shred in this emphsis nd it hs been source of blessing. t is hoped tht mny more of our churches will shre in the remining months of this specil emphsis. Note gin the suggestions for this prt of the progrm. (1) Conduct clsses on personl soul-winning nd give emphsis to visittion. f you do not hve visittion progrm, strt one. (2) Pln revivl cmpign during this period. Stress personl responsibility in this effort. (3) Hve t lest one specil pryer service for our missionries. The week befo e Ester (April 2) would be good time. Remember, we hve not set ny prticulr dtes for these ctivities. Pln s you cn t the convenience of your church to shre with us. We would be hppy to her from your church bout your prticiption. Foreign Missions Sundoy Ester Sundy, April 2, is Foreign Missions Sundy. At this time, we seek s denomintion to bring to our churches nd our people everywhere the work of our Foreign Mission Bord, or perhps more ccurtely, the work of Free Will Bptist Churches (yours nd mine) in the gret tsk of evngelizing the world. After ll, this work would not be possible without the fithful support of our churches, nd the tsk of evngeliztion does not belong to our Foreign Mission Bord lone-it belongs to every church nd every individul within tht church. t is impertive, therefore, tht this dy be fced honestly nd when you re sked to mke gift to the cuse of missions tht you respond, becuse this is yoør work nd yo rr responsibility. Our missionry fmily looks to us. Let's mke this dy of rel victory! CoNr.cr

3 The Centurions $tory No rnrv cnl conne neur the cross nd go mny the sme. Here ís oofirst-persono' sernl,orl whích drmtizes the poue, oí the cross. t't-t lhe story of the deth of Jesus Christ hs been told nd written thousnds of times. For me to but dd to the multitude of words would be both superflous nd presumptuous on my prt. would rther hve you listen to the story, old, yet ever new, from one who herd the hert-rending cries of Golgoth-one who sw Him die! "Yes, sw Him die. Who m? ws the Centurion, proud soldier of the mighty Cesr, whose job it ws to keep order mong the lothsome Jewry! Oh, how hted it! This ws one of the worst ssignments under the mperil Egle. A "wtchdog" over crowd of mngy, selfish, pseudo-religious Jews in run-down country where you burn with het t noon, nd shivered under the cold strs t night-wht job! The only relief from the dred monotony, from the ching loneliness nd yerning for fmily nd home. ws when we hd crucifixion to perform. 'We mde it sporting event, gmbling over the few scrce pieces of property left by the condemned, nd in guessing the length of time before the "ccused niml-jews" would die. Oh, it gve us something to tlk bout s we lolled round the fires in the brrcks, nd something to think bout in the lonely hours of sentry duty. So when the Pssover cme, nd it becme evident tht the blood-lust of the mob ws to be stisfied, ws gld. ws especilly plesed, lor one of the victims promised to be more exciting thn ny of the others. He ws lntic from tñe North--Nzreth-l believe it ws, nd it ws rumored tht His followers would ttempt rmed defense of Him. Wht mde it more interesting ws the insistent tlking by Fortinius-1essntly trnsferred from Cpernum-tht this Jewish fntic ws god! He kept sying something bout the heling of one of his servnts by this-this Jesus! We lughed t such fntstic notion, for even the Jews hd sying- "Cn nything good come out of Nzreth?" (Continued on pøge 14) Mencn, 1961 P,ce 3

4 Congregtìon of the Koshímìzu Church ín lpru FREE U'TT.L B^AP.S,Í TS! TO S { REYTEW Q,n/,il/ øn/ ß,n*øfir THE STORY of the rebirth of denomintion could not be told hd it not been for gret missionry wkening in the Free Will Bptist churches. f there is one single fctor tht hs kept people of unfmilir origins together, it hs been the one common belief tht the tonement is universl nd, therefore, God's people hve responsibility to the entire world. The very sme yer the Ntionl Assocition of Free Will Bptists ws born, their union ws crowned with the sending out of lone missionry to ndi. ndi-the plce where their erlier brethren hd struggled to found growing mission progrm exctly one hundred yers before. The missionry ws Miss Lur Belle Brnrd. t looked like feeble effort, but God blessed it nd He blessed he. Chrles Spp hs pstored Free Will Bptist Churches in severl sttes. llis lst pstorte \ys in Vireini. He is presently completing his work for B.D. degree t Union Theologicl Seminry, Richmond, Vi gini. Pece 4 Miss Brnrd ws commissioned in June, She siled short time lter nd begn her work s the first missionry of the econstruction. When she reched the field nd lerned the lnguge, Miss Brnrd begn her work. She strted house to house visittion. She went to the smll villges round. As opportunity presented itself she witnessed for Christ. She ws ble to tech the women nd girls to sew. Sewing clsses were begun nd while she tught sewing she lso tught the women âbout Jesus Christ. She orgnized Sundy school clsses nd tught the pupils from the Bible. When the prents becme interested in their children lerning to red nd write, she opened Dy School. n this Christin tmosphere, the children lerned not only reding nd writing but the principles of Christin living. n 1.947, the Reverend nd Mrs. Pul Woolsey joined Miss Brnrd in ndi. Shortly fterwrd, the Reverend nd Mrs. Dn Cronk cme. Miss Zlene Loyd nd Miss Volen Wilson were lso dded to the missionry stff there, nd in fbe Revêrend nd Mrs. Crisle Hnn joined the group. Miss Brnrd, ''Reverend nd Mrs. Pul Vy'oolsey re now bck in the sttes. The Cronks, Miss Wilson, nd the Hnns re still on the field mintining the wo k. The crying need now is for more missionries. The Foreign Mission Bord hs been trying to get missionries on the fleld, but ech time the ndi government turns them down. Free Will Bptist Missions in Jpn At the close of World Wr n unusul opportunity ws present for the evûgeliztion of Jpn. After the occuption of Jpn by Americn militry forces, Generl Dougls McArthur ppeled to the churches of Americ to send missionries to prech nd tech the Gospel of Christ. Wesley nd Aileen Clvry were the first Free Will Bptist missionries to go in response to this c1l. They lnded in Yokhm on November 14, Fred nd Evelyn Hersey joined them in the wo k in April; Herbert nd Gerldine Wid siled for Jpn in'august, At the present time these couples constitute the Free Will Bptist missionry force in Jpn. Jpn still preserits n unusul opportunity for missionry work, but it lso pre- CoNr.cr

5 t.,l sents unusul problems. The country is composed of four min islnds with smller ones clustered bout them. The totl re of Jpn is only bout 142,000 squre miles nd the popultion is well over 90 million. This is cusing nd will continue to cuse tremendous problems. The eductionl level is high. Shintoism is the leding religion, Buddhism hs strong hold on the minds of the people. These conditions, plus Jpnese cluture, mke missionry work tremendously difficult. Four mission points hve been estblished in Jpn from which we hope to contribute to the Christin witness in this pgn lnd. They re Abshiri, Bihro, Kshimizu, nd Meguro. There hve lredy been young men come out of these mission efforts to give themselves in ministry to their people. Since we do not hve school there they hve hd to go elsewhere to receive their trining. Free Wilt Bptist Missions in Cub The re of the islnd of Cub is 4t,634 squre miles, nd the popultion is pproximtely seven million. The islnd is divided into six provinces: lbn, Pinr del'rio, Mtnzs, Ls Vills, Cmguey, nd Oriente. The Free Will Bptist mission work in Cub ws strted in the province of Pinr del Rio in 1942, by the Reverend nd Mrs. Thoms Willey, Sr. They hd previously worked in Pnm, nd when tht field ws closed they worked with the Cubn Evngeliztion Assocition for yer. During tht yer they tught in the Bible School of the Cubn Evngeliztion Assocition nd studied the lnguge nd customs of the Cubn people. n Mrch, 7942, they begn Free Will Bptist work nd estblished Bible school. This school hs been the mens of trining mny Cubn pstors nd Christin workers' The mission's success hs been due to the outstnding success the school hs hd in trining the ntives to become effective Christin witnesses, pstors, nd techers. Mr. nd Mrs. Willey hve been ssisted in the mission work by severl missionries, including the Reverend nd Mrs. Dmon Dodd, the Reverend -nd Mrs' Robert Wilfong, Mr. nd Mrs. He bert Phenice, Miss Bessie Yeley, Miss Lucy Wisehrt, nd Miss Esther Ruehle. They re now being ssisted by their son, the Reverend nd Mrs. Tommy Willey, Jr. The lst mission report on Cub gve these sttistics concerning its growth' There re more thn twenty-five Free Will Bptist Churches in Cub, with totl membership of over 3,000. There re more thn seventyfive preching sttions nd more thn forty full-time ntive Christin workers.lt Free Vttill Bptist Missions in Brzil For long time the Reverend Thoms Willey, Sr., hd been interested in estblish- --iã-minutes of the Ntio l Assocition, 1959, p. 48. ing Free Will Bptist work in South Americ. With this purpose in mind the mission bord permitted him to tke tour of prts of South Americ to survey the field nd to estblish the necessry contcts to begin mission efforts there. As result of his efforts the Free Will Bptist Bord of Foreign Missions ws ble to estblish mission sttion in Brzil in The Reverend Dve Frnks ws the first Free Will Bptist missionry to work in this new field. He siled for Brzil on December 31, 1.957, nd fter period of lnguge study entered into ctive missionry work. We hve one church in Cmpins which hs membe ship of one hundred. They re now in the process of erecting their own building which is to serve lso for trining center for ntive pstors. A permnent mission sttion is plnned to be opened in Prn.,Miss Esther Ruehle nd Miss Eul Me Mrtin, both nurses were the second missionries sent out. They were followed by Reverend nd Mrs. Ken Eglelon nd Reverend nd Mrs. Smuel Wilkinson. Free \ilill Bptist Missions in Afric For severl yers Free \ilill Bptist were represented in Afric only becuse they were supporting Mrs. Hrold Stevens, who ws Free Will Bptist. She nd her husbnd serve under one of the lrge "fith" mission bords. Through the co-opertion of the Christin Missionry Allince nd the Evngelicl Federtion of Afric we were ble to obtin grnt of lnd in the vory Cost of French West Afric in There re more thn two hundred thousnd people in this re, nd before the coming of Free Will Bptist missionries they hd never hd resident protestnt. missionry. By Chorles Sopp Reverend Lonnie nd Anit Sprks siled for Frnce in December After yer of lnguge study, they siled to Afric to begin their pioneer missionry work. About eight months lter they were joined by R.everend Dn nd Mrgret Merkh. Reverend nd Mrs. Bill Jones joined the stff erly in Dr. LVerne Miley nd his fmily siled in December The mission bord's objective is to stff this field with sixteen resident missionries, build four mission sttions, hospitl, nd school in ech mission sttion. Two sttions hve lredy been built. Reverend Dn Merkh, who is the builder of these buildings is doing fine job. le lbid. 1957, p. 30. FREE WLL BAPTST MSSONS N PERSPECTTVE The first missionries from our church siled to ndi-in For the next seventyfive yers growing missionry enterprise ws crried on. Souls were sved nd churches were orgnized. Ntives were trined both for Christin service nd voctionlly. Orphnges were founded s well s schools nd hospitls. Linguistic chievements though smll in the light of the need nd the ccomplishments of other missionries in this fleld, mde their contribution to the evngeliztion of ndi. Then the mjority of Free Will Bptist Churches went into the newly orgnized Americn Bptist Convention nd denomintionl desthction ws lost. The remnnt left retin the nme Free Will Bptist. These churches were wideþ scttered nd were without effective denomintionl orgniztion nd institutions. After the destruction of Tecumseh College; Tecumseh, Oklhom, nd Eurek College; Ayden, North Crolin, there were no denomintionl colleges for trining her young people for the work of the ministry. For mny yers these struggling people hd to fight to mintin themselves ginst high odds. n the West church property ws tken from them- The Est suffered from lck of orgniztion nd vision. Both groups lost ll vision beyond theh own immedite loclities. The merger of these two bodies in 1935 ws mrked by sending out lone missionry-nd womn t tht-but thnk God, womn ws willing to go. ndi, the strting plce for their mission work exctly one hundred, yers previously ws her destintion.', This reunited group soon opened work in Cub. A new college ws founded in Nshville, Tennessee, nd her young people begn to trin gin for service in the church. With eductionl enlightenment nd incresed vision concerning the world round her, new churches were orgnized. Riding on the crest of evngelism sprked in the 1950's her church t home ws incresing rpidly. The work of the denomintion ws centrlized in the Ntionl Hedqurters building in Nshville, Temessee. The work of the denomintion ws orgnized nd objectives were pursued with zel. There hd been twenty-ûve yers of silence while the wounds of disruption were heling, but the next twenty-five were bringing rpid growth. She ws seeking her plce in the sun. At the present, she hs 71 missionries including children, nd her work hs extended into six ntions through her Foreign mission enterprises. Her Home mission bord hs crried the church into Alsk, Mexico, nd Hwii. The lst three yers hve brought Free Will Bptist contcts with her sister churches in Europe-the Netherlnds, Frnce, nd (Continued on Pge 16) Mencr, 1961 Pee 5

6 Ly Pløns lor Bíble Emphsís WASHNGTON, D. C.-A conference of leders nd pstors representing thirty Protestnt denomintions to "return the Bible to the hert of the ntion" ws held here Jnury 31. The conference ws clled by the Ntionl Assocition of Evngelicls to reemphsize the importnce of the Bible in the Americn heritge nd to study wys of getting people to study it s fmilies nd in churches. Spekers during the dy gve emphsis to these purposes of the conference. Dr. Herbert S. Mekeel, former president of NAE nd pstor of First Presbyterin Church, Schenectdy, N. Y., told the conference, "We hve this body politic s the result of smll group of men-the pilgrims-who took the Bible literlly." He sid tht in these dys of inflted money, the one thing tht lwys keeps its vlue is the Word of God. Another speker, Dr. G. Aiken Tylor, editor of The Presbyterin lourrwl, Asheville, N. C., sid tht those critics who ccuse evngelicls of being "Bible worshippers" becuse they ccept the Bible s the Word of God re themselves Bible worshippers becuse they set themselves up s the judges of wht is truth in the Scriptures. Those who ccept the Bible t ll points s the Word of God, he sid, re relly worshipping God who gve the Bible. Although the meeting ws "study" conference nd no specific plns for implementtion were nnounced, continuing committee ws ppointed which will develop progrm to implement the purposes of the conference. Nmed s chirmn of this committee r,ûs Dr. Arnold Olson, Minnepolis, Minn,, president of the Evngelicl Free Church. _. Other committee members re Rev. L. D. Dellinger, United Brethren in Christ, Huntington, ndin; Rev. Billy Melvin, Ntionl Assocition of Free Will Bptists, Nshville, Tenn.; Dr. Lloyd Knox, Free Methodist,'Winon Lke, nd.; Rev. Willim F. Smlley, Christin nd Missionry A,llince, New York; Rev. R. Eugene Sterner, Church of God, Anderson, nd., nd Dr. G. Aiken Tylor, Presbyterin (U. S.)., Asheville, N. C. Chpløíns Re-Elected. WASHNGTON, D. C. (EP) _ The House of Representtives hs unnimously re-elected the Rev. Bernrd Brskmp s iti chplin. Tbe 73-yet-old retired Þresby- Pecr 6 Roun d'up of rld-\sl ide RETGOUS NEWS REPOR,TS tives Conference Jnury before reterin clergymn hd indicted tht frctured hip suffered in fll lst November 10 would not prevent him from serving s spiritul counselor to the body's 437 members. Dr. Brskmp hs been chplin of the House since The Sente, menwhile, hd re-elected its chplin, Dr. Frede ick Brown Hrris, 75, retired pstor of Foundry Methodist Church. Dr. Hrris hs ser,ved s chplin of the Sente since 1.942, except for the period News on the Congo NEW YORK, N. Y. (EP)-Agin, white missionries hve told of violence in the Congo nd serious curbs on Ch istin witness there preeipitted by Congolese soldiers loyl to the lte Ptrice Lumumb. This time the report cme from 40 Americn missionries nd their fmilies who rrived t New York's dlewild Airport from London on flight from Ugnd. " ws told my blood would be shed nd my body would be pinted with my own blood," sid Dr. John Slter, 28, of pontic, Mich. Slter, medicl doctor for 17 months in the Plmer Memoril Hospitl in Kivu Province, told reporters he ws kept under house rrest t the hospitl for one week nd thretened constntly with bodily hrrí. The only indignity he 'suffered, however, ws slp by the pro-lumumb soldiers. The missionries, ll representing the Conservtive Bptist Foreign Missionry Society of Wheton, 11., were unnimous in declring tht the Congo is overruq by Communists. "The regime of Antoine Gizeng (Lumumb's politicl successor) is Communist through nd through," Slter sid. "We herd soldiers tlking bout estblishing communes in Kivu. We herd them sy they were getting their rms from Moscow. A d herd one sy, 'Just wit until we get Soviet bombs nd then we'll tke cre of the Belgins nd the other whites."' N oigtors Holù. Conlerence fn Jnury, strtegic Nvigtors Overses Policy Conference brought directors from five overses res to the orgniztion's hedqurters in Colordo Springs. Moderted by President,Lorne Snny, the two-week conference imed to review 12.yers of Nvigtor ministry overses îd to re-exmine objectives nd methods in the light of Scripture nd chnging world conditions. Responsibilities of ntionl workers nd proposed new res for ministry were mong the items on the gend prepred by Overses Coordintor Roy Robertson. Dr. Dick Hillis, director of Orient Crusdes; Dr. Clyde Tylor, executive secretry of Evngelicl Foreign Missions Assocition; nd Dn Pitt of the Billy Grhm Evngelistic Tem took prt in the conference. Nvigtor men ttending from overses were: Bob Bordmn, Jpn; Wrren Myers, Southest Asi; Wldron Scott, Middle Est; Doug Sprks, Europe; George Snchez, Ltin Americ. These men lso prticipted in the nnul Are Represent- turning to their fields. Nvigtors now serve in 19 countries of the world. (EP) lllínnesot Crusd.e MNNEAPOLS, Minn. (EP)-Dr. Billy Grhm hs ccepted n invittion to hold n eight-dy crusde t the Minnesot Stte firgrounds beginning July 9. This will be the noted evngelist's first crusde in Minnesot since 1950 when he led three-week cmpign in the Minnepolis uditorium. Preceding next summer's effort, ssocite evngelists on Dr. Grhm's tem will hold meetings in Duluth nd Rochester, Minn., LCrosse, Wis,, Aberdeen, S. D., nd possibly dditionl Upper Midwest cities. Dr. Victor B. Nelson, pstor of Aldrich Avenue Presbyterin Church nd chirmn of the Upper Midwest Crusde executive committee, which hvited Dr. Grhm, sid the meetings will be conducted in front of the Îirgrounds grndstnd. With dditionl sets on the rce trck, he sid, it will ccommodte 40,000 to 50,000 persons. Opens Contsentìon Deprtrnent As service to churches, World Vision, nc., hs opened new Convention Deprtment to provide mterils for missionry conventions, Bible conferences nd Sundy, School rllies throughout the ntion. n ddition to free disply booths, mterils such s flnnelgrphs, missionry stories nd other teching ids re being mde vilble to pstors, Sundy School superintendents, techers nd other Christin leders for promoting missions in their own churches. Mr. Ken Stromn, who hs served World Vision s Stff Afiist, directs the new deprtment. Mterils nd booths will be represented in 16 lrge-scle conventions nd conferences during the summer nd fll, nd portble displys re being built for smller conventions throughout the ntion. Artist Stromn, former disply mnger fol lrge Portlnd (Ore.) deprtment store nd free-lnce commercil rtist, is beginning his fifth yer with World Vision, nc. CoNrecr

7 l 't il. \ O O o o o o ty tcxiciln Diry by WADE JERNGAN lnbehlf ol our Home Missíon Bord of whích he ís member, Mr. Jernígn went to Mexíco to prech nd, mhe surey of our work. Hís personl obsertíon, oi" relted, here. MoNoev, J Nu.ny 16.,. Left the V/ill Rogers Airport in Oklhom City this morning t 10:30. Flew by Brniff Airline. Prt of the trip ws by jet so it didn't tke too long to get here. When checked through.customs nd stepped outside the irport, Brother Billows nd severl of the students from the school were there to meet me. Tonight we hd three conversions t the close of the service. One of the women who ws sved hd thrown rocks t the church just few weeks prior to the revivl. She ws quite n enemy to the church previously. Òne of the others converted tonight hd only been to Protestnt church twice in her life. got long just flne trying to prech with Arthur s the interpreter. WeoNesov, JeNu nv Another good service tonight. The Lord gve us two souls lst night nd two more were sved this evening. As prt of tonight's service, Chrlos nd Lzro were ordined to prech the gospel. Also, sih "Chio" Lun ws ordined s decon for our church in Monterrey. Crlos is pstor of the work ât El Potos'i, bout 175 miles west nd south of Msnterrey. This is in very primitive re of Mexico. There is nothing modern. They plow with oxen nd ride burros for trnsporttion. W'e hve ftrly strong work there. Lzro is pstor t Nuevo Rodr'iguez. There is not nother church within 80 miles of this work. t is bout 175 or 180 miles north nd west of Monterrey. There hve been mny difficulties here, but the work is progressing. Tnunsoe,v, JeNuenv This morning we got up t four o'clock nd went to El Potos'i. Brother Billows wnted me to see the work there. We own lots in this primitive community of 2,000 people, but we re renting building t present. The group my lose the building t ny time so re in di e need of building on their lots. understnd they cn put up n dobe building for bout $ The sitution here is somewht difficult. f they could get building up, they could soon support ntive pstor fter some teching. Free Will Bptists need to do something here soon. Some of the buildings t El Potos'i re dobe but some re split plm stumps nd not very lrge. Tþe roofs re mde out of plm leves. They re hundreds of yers behind in this settlement. We did not nnounce services for this plce, but when we rrived the word spred through the community nd between 65 nd 70 gthered t the church. We hd to hve services for them nd s result six people were sved. Some of them were very old nd one hd never been in Christin church before. The Ctholic Church is ded here, the people hving lost interest. The priest comes round bout once yer, but he hsn't been ble to hve much influence mong the people. Free Will Bptists hve the only' evngelicl witness. SeruRoeY, Jem- env 2L... Tody we mde trip to Nuevo Rodr'iguez. t took bout hlf dy to mke the trip s much of the wy is out cross the desert with only crt rod to follow. We own the church nd lots in this villge of bout 1,800 to 2,000 people. The building is dobe nd is rther nice for this county. The church t Monterrey bought their light for them. They lso purchsed their benches. Hd good service with mo e men present thn nywhere else. The opportunity is very gret becuse of the interest on the prt of the people. Four were sved t the conclusion of our service.,s ;NoeY, JeNuenv This hs been big dy. We rrived bck in Monterrey bout 6:30 this morning from Nuevo Rodr'iguez. We hd 85 in Sundy school with mny more for church. "Chio" Munez preched this morning s Brother Arthur ws sick nd could not interpret for me. Tonight we hd mn sved who only few weeks go nerly bet his wife to deth becuse she cme to church. All of these services hve been such rich blessing! A school is in opertion here in Monterrey. There re 14 students who live t the school. n ddition to the regulr school, night school is in opertion with much lrger ttendnce. Much good is being ccomplished by the school. This project needs our pryers for herein lies the progress of our work in Mexico, MoNoeY, Jlwuenv 23,.. Home ãgin nd somewht tired f om the trip nd work, but hppy for the visit nd the opportunity. to shre Christ with those who know Him not. My God heþ me to shre with others the gret spiritul need of the msses in Mexico, Mencn, 1961 Pece 7

8 $ \. & fun', &:e! ;,rir By Gene GeTz -,:f.ili'ìììl wffi ffim'siþ :"r'.*;rà;*:: \racato}ü BBLE, This ínteríetn ws conductecl by Dr. D. Dís, ed,ítor of Pece 8 NSS,4 Linlt. Mr. Getz is professor of Chrístín Eduction t MoodY Bíbe nstítute. QuesrroN: Mr, Getz, wht do You cotlsider to be the mjor secrets of success for the vction Bible schoolt ANswen: would list three. Strt plnning erly. Get the whole church inte ested. Adequtely "follow-up" the school. QunsrroN: Are there significnt points you would stress for plnníng vction Bible school? ANswpR: Well, think there re number of points tht should be stressed' Flrsf, ppoint vction Bible school committee to oversee ll plnning' Second, pln with the totl church progrm in mind. Relte vction Bible school to Sundy school, youth groups, nd weekdy ctivities. Third, stfi. VBS plnning t the close of the current vçtion school' Evlute every spect of the progrm. Ask such questions s: W'ere curriculum mterils stisfctory? Did we hve sufficient spce? Did we hve enough techers nd workers? Did we hve àdequte records? Fourth, pln vction Bible school clendr for the whole yer which correltes with the church clendr' Schedule ll plnning meetings s well s the dtes for the coming school. Finlly, number five, mke sure the following items re cred for long before the schooi begins. 1. Determine the type of school. 2. Select the curriculum mteril' 3' Set up system of trining. 4' Pln for housing, trnsporttion, nd promotion. QursrroN: Hve you ny suggestions lor getting the whole church interested? ANswen: think the Pstor is the key here. He must promote vction Bible school in the pulpit. He should mention it in pryer meetings. n ny wy he cn, the pstor should promote the school. Of course, the superintendent nd the deprtment superintendents re lso key people in pròmoting the school, but if the pstor is not sotd on the vction Bible school progrm, in mny instnces superintendents ãnd the deprtment superintendents ren't relly sold either. ÇoNr.lcr

9 SCFTOOL QuesrroN: Where nd how do you octe workerst Axswen: For the most prt, leders should come from the locl church. As to how to locte them, severl points re importnt. 1. Strt contcting them erly. Contct workers by the fi st of the yer before they hve mde vction plns. Encourge them to pln their vctiõns with the vction Bible school in mi d. 2. f most of your leders re working during the dy, try n evening school so men s well s women cn help. Mny churches hve done this with outstnding success. 3. Set up perennil trining clss in the church from which to drw workers. Contct the Evngelicl Techer Trining Assocition locted t 1825 College Avenue, \ilheton, llinois for informtion for setting up these clsses. QuesrroN: When should pupils be registered? ANswnn: We ought to register s mny pupils s possible before the school strts. At lest the Sundy before the opening dy, conduct pre-registrtion in Sundy school. Mncu, 1961 Hve the Sundy school techers register the pupils in their individul clsses, Also conduct pre-registrtion in the church service to contct those who do not ttend Sundy school. This type of pre-registrtion serves two purposes. First, it sves time on the opening dy of school, nd secondly, it serves s n excellent method of publicity. QuesrroN: Wht re severl mjor prob- ems in connection wíth registrtion? Alrswen: There ren't relly ny big problems if pre-registrtion is plnned for dequtely. lowever, if you re strting school in new re, such s brnch school, pre-registrtion will hve to conducted through cnvss nd on the opening dy. Too, even in school tht is conducted regulrly in the sme church, there will lwys be those who will hve to be registered on the opening dy. However, if creful plnning is done, this will not crete ny mjor problem. One flnl suggestion is tht you cn pln specil pre-registrtion dy on Sturdy before the school strts. Refreshments cn be served, fllm or slides from lst yer's school cn be shown, nd the pre-registrtion period cn be followed by the vction Bible school prde. QunsrroN: [4/ht records re the most importdnt, Mr, Getz? Axswen: believe there re seven types of records tht must be kept. 1. The nmes nd ddresses of ll pupils nd workers. 2. Enrollment nd dily ttendnce in ech deprtment. 3. Offerings received. 4. Pictoril records. 5. Decisions for Christ. 6. Curriculum mterils used. 7. Evlution of the totl progrm. QursrroN: Wht do you men by pictoril records? Auswnn: By pictoril records, men those which re kept showing the pictures of the school. For exmple, probbly one of the members of the church will hve gooð 35 mm cmer with which you cn tke 2 x 2 colored slides of the school. You cn include pictures of the prde, pictures of the deprtments in ction, pictures of recretionl ctivities, etc, Also someone in the church might hve n 8 mm cmer, with which he tkes home movies. n one of our vction Bible schools one of the men in the church volunteered to táke these pictures nd prepred very excellent 8 mm film. These pictoril records cn be used the following yer for publicity purposes. Qunsrrom: Why re records so importnt? They tke gret del of time. A.tswBn: V/ell, flrst of ll, you recll tht Pul sys, "Let ll things be done decently nd in order." But further, these records will id in proper follow-up, future publicity, nd beter plnning for the next yer's school. Remember, leders move on nd records will lso sve time nd energy for those clled on to follow in their trin. For exmple, my wife ws clled upon to superintend vction Bible school in the church where ws directing Christin Eduction. The young couple in chrge of the tsible school the yer before hd left the church nd were on the mission field, but in the files of the church we found very, very dequte records of everything tht hd been done the yer before. ncluded were the nmes of workers who served, the types of curriculum tht were used, some of the problems they fced, nd so forth. This informtion ws invluble for plnning for the present school. QuesrroN: Could you explin more lully whøt you meønt by "The evlutíon of.the totl progrm"? ANswen: As mentioned in nswer to your first question under points in plnning, we ought to strt VBS plnning t the clicse of the cur ent school. This mens tht we should evlute every spect of the progrm. We ought to sk ourselves such questions s these: Were we stisfied with the curriculum mterils? Did we hve enough techers nd workers? Ws our orgniztion stisfctory? Did we keep dequte records? Ws our school publicized sufficiently? Wht bout spce? Did we hve enough room to deprtmentltze cotectly? believe tht t the close of the current school, ll of the workers should meet together. You might set side dy or so following the school to hve specil vction Bible school bnquet to honor the workers. Then, following this bnquet you could divide into deprtmentl groups nd hve ll of the rüorkers sk ech other these questions nd others of similr nture. Then they cn come bck together s generl group to shre their findings. Nturlly ll of the findings nd points of discussion should be recorded by the generl secretry nd used by the vction Bible school plnning committee in prepring for next yer's school. QuesroN: Wht qbout curriculum? Awswen: As suggested erlier, curriculum mteril should be selected well in dvnce of the school. This should be done 'só techers nd workers cn dequtely prepre nd so the publicity cn'be plnned round the theme of the school. The mterils selected should be Christ-centered, Bible-bsed, pupil-relted, well-written, ttrctive, nd correctly grded. QuesrroN:Vht do you men by wellwrítten? ANswen: Well, first of ll, think there ought to be some type of guide book which will help the superintendent in his plnning. This guide book should be prepred so tht workers get n over-view of the school nd it should lso include suggestions nd ides.for plnnhg specific points of the progrm. Also, the techer's mnul should be written in such wy tht there re specific suggestions.for prepring the lessons nd prepring the vrious elements of the progrm. These suggestions when followed, should mke the mteril live for the pupil. And then, finlly, certinly the pupil's mnul must be úritten in such wy tht the pupil cn understd them. They should be designed for specific ge levels nd should include interesting fq i l-m teril tht's cbllenging. (Continued on Pge 16) PAcs 9

10 Q. My church nd its people re not very good exmples of the love of Goil which hve lwys been tught is the center nd soul of Christinity. Tell me is it or is it not? A. 1 John 4:7 sys love is of God nd the following verse sys God is love. Then in the sme chpter, verse 1, John sys, "Beloved if God so loved us, we ought lso to love one nother." Almost the enti e fourth chpter of First John is excellent on the subject. Romns 13:10 sys, "Love worketh no ill..,",2 Cor. 5:14, "The love of Christ constrineth us...", Ephesins 3:19 speks of "the Love of Christ, which psseth knowledge." There re mny other references to the love of God for mn. Since God is love, nd since "God ws in Christ reconciling the world unto himself..." (2 Cor. 5: 19), then without doubt love could definitely be clssiûed s the very soul nd center of Christinity. Q. ws tlking recently with n outstnding figure in the "Bptist" denomintion, nd the subject of revivl ws one of the mny things we tlked bout. He ws telling me bout conducting revivl in one of our outstnding Free Witl Bptist Churches sometime go, nd t the dte of our converstion nother ttbptist" precher ws conducting revivl t the sme church. m wondering the 'why' of this mtter of choice. Do we not hve men of God who re s well qulified spiritully nd otherwise âs ny precher nywhere? A strnge rring to me-those of other ttfithstt re frequenty inviteil to fil ppointments in our denomìntion, but hve yet to her of precher mong the rnks of Free Will Bptists being invited to fill n ppointment -with those of other fiths. \üht do you believe is the reson for Free Will Bptists depending so much on those who slnder our doctrine? A. This hs been bone of contention in the minds nd converstion of mny of our FWB people. cnnot nswer you s to why some of our churches nd their pstors choose men outside our own denomintion for revivls, Bible conferences, etc., unless it is becuse of the nme tht some of these outside men hve mde for themselves s prechers nd expositors of the Word. Perhps few yers bck it could be sid tht we did not hve too mny men qulified cdemiclly. Spiritully, however, our prechers through the yers hve generlly mintined high stndrd. Now Pece 10 Bv Lours H. Mour,roN Coopertive Receipß Are low in.lnuøry After record month in December, Coopertive receipts tumbled to low of $2, in undesignted gifts for the month of Jnury. A continued decline could result in serious difficulties fo some of the deprtments which depend in lrge mesure on these receipts fo their income. A quick recovery is hoped for so tht no deprtment will suffer becuse of insufficient operting income. Your coopertive check this month will help meet definite needs in every deprtment of our work. Send your gift to Coopertive Pln, 3801 Richlnd Avenue, Nshville 5, Tennessee. f you would like dditionl informtion bout this pln, send your request to the sme ddress. Jnury Coopertive Receipts ALABAMA First church, Dothn Cordov church Goodwte church, Slocomb Stte ssocition ARKANSAS Phillips Chpel, Springdle CALFORNA Stte ssocitíon FLORDA Stte ssocition GEORGA Stte ssocition LLNOS Stte ssocition Johnston City church Alex Mt. Zion, Olive Brnch MSSOUR New Hrmony S.S., Greentop Rev. D. S. Jones, J NORT}-CAROLNA Fellowship Chpel church,,, New Bern Swnnno church bnds...", verse 23 sys "... the hus- NEw MEXC9 bnd is the hed of the wife.", verse First church, Grnts 33 sys the wife is to "reverence her First church, Hobbs husbnd". Colossins 3:18 gin instructs oho wives to submit themselves to their hus- Mr. Doffie Lwson, Dyron 4.00 becuse of our Bible College nd becuse of mny who hve nd re furthering' their eduction through seminry work, it cû no longer be sid tht we hve just few educted prechers. As to being invited by others we hve some evngelists who hve been invited nd hve held city-wide revivl cmpigns., personlly, few yers bck held revivl meeting in Methodist Church nd nother in Presbyterin Church. Lst yer considered it n honor, not only for myself but for Free Will Bptists, when ws invited to the pltform of Dr. Oswld J. Smith's gret People's Church in Toronto, Cnd, during their month-long missionry conference. Free Will Bptists were recognized by Dr. Smith before his congregtion nd then ws introduced to spek. But becuse we re Free V/ill Bptists, nd Bptistic people, we cn do nothing bout individul prechers nd their churches inviting i r outside revivlists, evngelists, etc. When sy we cn do nothing, there is something we cn do, nd tht is s you sy-wonder "why?" Q. Just this week red one of these "Lovelorn Advice" columns in our locl newsppers. The columnist hd been sked bout the mrrige vows nd sid fter checking with Protestnt, Jewish nd Ctholic clerg men nd iudges who performed mnige ceremonies tht there is no difterence in the vow tken by the mn or the womn being mrried. sy tht the Bible mkes distinction. Wht do you sy? A. The Bible does indeed mke distinction but think the lovelorn columnist is right. n most mrrige ceremonies tody the vows re the sme. But you re right too. Ephesins 5:22 sys, "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own hus- bnds. n pronouncing the curse upon Mr. Wtson Dixon, Dyton the humn rce in Genesis 3:16 God sys OKLAHOMA "thy husbnd shll rule over thee." n 1 Stte ssocition Peter Chpter 3 there is further teching on the subject of subjection by the Wooddle church, TENNESSEE wife even to the extent of obeying her TEXAS Stte ssocition husbnd. Titus 2:5 clerly sys tht wives re to be obedient to their husbnds. There re mny other scriptures Totl Undesignted touching on the subject which lso instruct men concerning their duties nd Ohio Florid Tennessee responsibilities towrd their wives. Becuse of the teching of the Word of God, hve known of one perhps two women who insisted on including the Foreign Mission Dept. Executive Deprtment word "obey" in the mrrige ceremony. Bible -College But generlly the "obey" prt of the ceremony s pertins to the womn hs been deleted in the modern dy mrrige. Perhps we hve hd too much HollYwood thrust upon us with its loose mr- F.W.B. Legue Dept. rige vows, immorlity, nd esy divorce '.t Knoxville DESGNATED RECEPTS DSBURSEMENTS Home Missions Dept Sundy School Dept, Supernnution Bord Trustees of Hedqurte s ,860.3', , ,225.U CoNr ct

11 oooo Adopt the Frnily Pln in Your Church CùNfACf in every home ruill.. A\üAKEN genuine concern. When the current nd chllenging informtion presented in Courecr is trnsferred to the minds nd herts of church members, endûring concern for Christin cuses results nd new vitlity is born in the church. Every pstor knows tht concern begets ction! SUSTAN continuous interest. Stimulting mteril contributed by outstnding leders, bundntly illustrted with striking photogrphs, mâkes reding Cou- TAcr plesure nd engenders n evergrowing interest in the progrm of the church. This interest is stimulted with new issue ech month. PROVDE fcful informtion. All phses of Free Will Bptist work nd the wide res of Christin concern re covered in CoNrecr to keep the reder informed. Such source of uthentic informtion in the home is of gret vlue to the church. NSPRE thoughtful sfewrdship. Good stewrdship is Christin concern in ction, nd the concern nd interest which is produced from reding CoNr.r.cr will result in the generous giving of time, tlents, nd money, The church benefits in every wy when Co {recr goes into every home. THE FAMLY PLÄN EXPLANED The Fmily Pln is the simplest wy of seeing tht ech member gets the denomintionl pper. Ech month it goes directly to the milbox of ech fmily in the church scriptioìs in effect will be credited to the church ccount. (3) The church will receive bill qurterly t the rte of 25 cents for ech subscription (8/s cents per issue) nd form for dding or dropping nmes desired. (A church with 60 fmilies would py only $ 15 per qurter; 30 fmilies would cost $7.50 per qurter.) (4) No need to renew. The pln remins in effect until the church requests tht it be discontinued. OTHER PLANS YOU MAY USE (1) The church shres the subscription price for ech home-50 cents by the church nd 50 cents by the fmily for yer's subscription. This wy the church clls ttention to the importnce of subscribing. (2) The church enters for bundle of ppers to month for distribution. (3) The church gives every new fmily yer's subscription to CoNrecr. (4) The chu ch ppoints CoNTÄcr secretry to solicit subscriptions from the members. (We will provide free subscription crds for this purpose.) oooo Honor Roll-Contct Fmily ALABAMA First church, Dothn Cedr Creek, Hrtselle Ozrk church, Corinth ARZONA Northside church, Phoenix Cmelbck church, Phoenix ARKANSAS First church, Booneville Oklnd church, Brdford First church, Conwy First church, Jonesboro Grndview church Pochonts church Wlnut Ridge church CALFORNA Bkersfield church Menc r, 1961 nd the cost is pid by the church or some uxiliry of the church (Sundy school, 'Womn's Auxiliry, Mster's Men, etc.) if they decide to mke this project. Here's ll your do: (1) Send nmes nd ddresses of ll fmilies in the church. Do not send ny money. (?) Your list will be checked ginst our KENTUCKY subácription list. Refunds due on ny sub- Pln-s Your Church Here? Villge Chpel, Ceres Concord church Dorris church Lwndle church Cedr Grove church, Petlum Sunnyvle church, Mtn. View Newrk church North Modesto church Turlock church Blythe church Oklnd church FLORDA Populr Hed church, BonifY Hines City church, Auburndle First church, Mrgte Clerview Heights, Merritt slnd Pnm City church ' Bethel church, Penscol First church, Lkel d First church, Quincy GEORGA Bxley church New Ebenezer, Cochrn Wilsons Chpel, Thomston First church, Brunswick LLNOS Plesnt View, Wlnut Hill Bethel church, South Roxn fn church Joh ston City church Mt. Vernon church Bkerville church, Mt. Vernon Wltonville, Mt. Vernon Ber Point church, Sesser Firfield church Union chu ch, West Frnkfort KANSAS Liberty church, Wichit Knss City church Wichit church, Hysville Seco-nd -church, AsÞlnd Southside church' Pintsville LOUSANA First church, Lke Chrles MCHGAN Hzel Prk church Grden City church, Wyne Monroe church MSSOUR Bethel chu ch, West Plins Victory church, Knss City First church, Frmington Hurryville church, Ledington Fellowship church, Flt River Ledington church Oskloos, Liberl Mountin Grove, church Becon church, Rytowû Myrtle church Overlnd church, St. Louis Mrtinstown church, Worthington Slem church Monett church. NEW MEXCO stndlng. ordel Beihet church, Albuquerque be sent ech,north CAROLNA Dvis chu ch OHO Firborn church West Jefierson church OKLAHOMA Center Point church, Frris New Home church, Tuls Weleetk church Lwndle church, Tuls SOUTH CAROLNA West Side church, Johnsonville Turbeville church TENNESSEE Ashlnd City church Hrris Memoril, Greeneville Wooddle church, Knoxville Fith church, Nshville Horton Heights, Nshville Richlnd church, Nshville Trinity church, Nshville Ok Ridge church Portlnd church Rndll Memoril, Memphis Ok. Wood church, Woodlwn Olivet church, Clrksville TEXAS Bright Light church, Bryn (Continued on Pge 15) Pece 11

12 Glncing Around The Sttes HAZE. PARK CHURCH DEDCATES NEW SANCTUARY H,\hEL PARK, uicrr. - Dedicrion services were held here for the First Free Will Bptist Church on Jnury 8. Pstor 8il1 Hill reports tht it ws the climx of mny months of plnning, prying, working, nd giving on the prt of the congregtion. The new snctury hs buff brick exterior, three nurseries, pstor's study, nd will set pproximtely 500 people. Other eductionl fcilities re locted in the bsement. Totl property is now vlued t $125, Four of the church's former pstors shred in the dediction services. Rev. Homer E. V/illis preched the morning sermon, Rev. Mrk Lewis delivered the dedictory messge, Rev. N. P. Gtes pryed the pryer of dediction, nd Rev. C. E. Riggs brought the evening messge. Twenty-six converts were bptized in the new bptistry t the close of-the evening service. Aso Gíes to Hwøíí ANCHORAGE, ALASKA-The young church of Anchorge found mens of expressing its thnks for pst blessings nd hopes for the future t Christms time. Members of the two-yer-old church considered their gifts s birthdy presents to Christ nd pinned them on n undecorted tree. The offerings were then sent s contribution for the home mission work of Hwii. The Anchorge church is ntionl home mission work lso, under direction of pstor D. L. Whley. På,GE 12 '(Best-Eer" Qurterly Helil GRUBBS, ARK. - Bllew's Chpel church ws.host to the White River Qurterly Conference recently. A totl registrtion of 62 ws reported nd young mn professed his fith in Christ following the morning messge preched by Elder Oris Doggett. The Womn's Auxiliry of the host church presented ply, "The Widening Circle" which dded to the spiritul meeting of the dy. Mny churches of this conference hve been visited by missionry ppointees, Rev. nd Mrs. Lonnie Plmer, nd the Wesley Clverys, before their return to Jpn. This is the home conference of the Clverys nd in the pst three yers six young men hve entered the ministry. Modertor of White River Qurterly is Rev. Bob King nd Rev. Austin Mullen is clerk. Grototh Noted ín Neu Church HANES CTY, FLA.-The First F ee Will Bptist church of Hines City is hrdly three yers old. t hs membership of over sixty with more thn 100 in Sundy school ttendnce. A good ttendnce is reported for pryer meetings nd Legue services lso. The members re grteful for the mrvellous growth. Young Conlerence Reports MAMSBURG, OHO - The Little Mimi River Conference of southern Ohio met recently nd enjoyed hering missionry, Rev. Tom Willey, Sr., present the gret chllenge of missions. The sttisticl report of this 2-yer-old conference reveled the following: Full time pstortes incresed from one to three. Churches incresed from 5 to 7. Number of ordined ministers incresed from 13 to 18. Church property evlution incresed l08vo to totl of $160,000. The totl giving incresed ftom $24, to $54, Totl per cpit giving is $ Recoril Enrolment Set NASHVLLE, TENN.-The registrtion of 17 dditionl students for the second semester, Jnury 25,hs set nother record enrollment t Free Will Bptist Bible College. Students enrolled for the fll nd spring semesters totl 225, not counting the 20 summer school students who were not enrolled in either semester. Lst yer's totl l':-i registrtion ws 210. ntertnedíte Sword Dríll NASYLLE, TENN - With enough prctice, your stte's Sword Drill contestnt could be the winner in t is hoped tht ech stte hving Free Will Bptist church will represent with one contestnt t the Ninth Ntionwide Legue Conference, June 20-22, This conference is to be held in the City Auditorium in Albny' Georgi. NOTE: Contestnts must be between the ges of fwelve nd fourteen yers, six months t the time of the Conference in June. Only those who qulify my prticipte. Nmes of contestnts must be miled on or before My 1, 1961, if they re to pper in the Conference progrm. A fee of $3.00 is chrged ech contestnt for costume nd officil Sword Drill Bible. These will be used during the drill on the finl evening nd my be kept for souvenirs. nquiries bout suggested study drill, registrtion blrks, nd fee should be miled to the Ntionl Legue Bord, 3801 Richlnd Avenue, Nshville 5, Tennessee. Chplún Reøssígned SELRDGE AF BASE, MCH. - CPt. John B. Nrron, Ah Force ChPlin sttioned here hs received notice of ressignment. n My he will be trnsferred to Turkey to begin duty in his overses ssignment. Chplin Nrron is member of Centrl Conference of Free Will Bptists, in North Crolin. Neu Bible lnstítute Høs Rlly COTTONDALE, FLA.-A rlly opened services t 10:00 4.M., Februry 25, l thle new Florid F ee \Mill Bptist Bible nstitute locted on Highwy 231, just south of Cottondle. The Rev. Chrles Thigpen, den of Free Will Bptist Bible College, Nshville, ws guest speker before registrtion begn in the fte noon, Rev. H. D. Hrrison, pstor of Chipley church, is Administrtive Den, nd will be n instructor in the institute s will Rev. Freemn Edwrds, pstor of Piney Grove church, Chipley. Bible Conlerence Set GOLDSBORO, N. C.-The Goldsboro church will be host on Mrch 13-14, to the Cpe Fer District Bible Conference. Theme for the conference is "Some Gret Things from God's Word". Spekers in the con- CoNr cr

13 ference will be Dr. L. C. Johnson nd Rev. Rlph Lightsey. Other churches where subsequent services will be held re Smithfield church nd Shdy Grove. The nightly themes will be "Gret Chrcters", "Gret Chpters", "Gret Events," "Gret Commnds", "Gret Promises", nd "Gret Doctrines." Hotel n l lllotel Accommod.tíons For the Legue ConJerence,NASHVLLE, TENN.-This is vluble informtion regrding rooms, mels, etc., for those who pln to ttend the Ninth Ntionwide Legue Conference, June 20-22, 1961., t Albny, Georgi. The Conference meets in the City Auditorium, locted in downtown Albny. Reservtions should be miled directly to the hotel or motel of your choice ccording to Ntionl Legue Directo Ry Turnge. ROOMS HOTELS (All hotels nd motels re irconditioned.) L New Albny Hotel (Albny, Georgi): This hotel is locted just cross the street from the City Auditorium where ll sessions of the Conference will meet. f you do not hve trnsporttion, by ll mens this will be most idel for you. 3 rooms for 4 persons $ rooms for 3 persons twins for 2 persons doubles for Hotel Gordon (Albny, Georgi): This hotel is locted within block of the City Auditorium, lso. Single room, 1 pe son-$5.50 Corne room with TV-$6.50 Double room, 2 persons-$8.00 nd $9.00 MOTELS (A1l motels re locted severl blocks from the Auditorium, only bout ten-minute drive wy.) 1,. Oglethorpe Motel (941 Oglethorpe Avenue) : Rooms hve two double beds nd smll connecting room if five people wnt to shre one room. The smll room hs single bed nd the occupnt shres the bth. All rooms contin television nd telephone. We hve very fine resturnt on the premises. Reservtions re held until 7 p.m. without deposit. Per oom: 5 people-$ people people people person- 7'21 2. Town House Motel (70 Oglethorpe Avenue) : The following ccommodtions re vilble to those ttending the Conference: 6 ooms with 2 double beds nd 1 rollwy to ccommodte 5 people per dy 6 rooms with 2 double beds -$13.39 for 4 people-$12'36 2 rooms with 3 double beds fo 6 people-$16.48 NOTE: This is totl of 14 rooms for 66 people. To gurntee reservtions the first night's room rent is requested in dvnce. 3. Regent Motel (P. O. Box 1207): 1 person per room-1 dor ble bed-$6'00 2 people per room-l double bed people per room-2 double beds Mencrr, people per room-2 double beds people per room-2 double beds NOTE: A 25% deposit must be forwrded in dvnce to gurntee reservtions. 4. Howrd lohnston's Motor Lodge (Albny, Georgi): Single rooms for 1 person ,-.9 '1.21 Two persons, 1 bed , Two persons, tlvin beds Four persons, 2 double beds ,, NOTE: Extr cots, one Per room, my be hd for $1.03 dditionl. 5. Holidy nn (422 Oglethorpe Avenue): 5 persons. 2 double beds with rollwy- Per Person 4 -$3.00 persons, 2 double beds-$3'50 per person 2 þersons, 2 double beds-$6.00 per person 2 persons, 1 person, 1 double bed-$4.00 per person 1 double bed-$7.00 per person SUGGESTONS n writing for reservtions, plese do this- t s mportnt: 1. Don't wit to mke your reservtion-do it right wy.. 2. Ask for conflrmtion of your reservtion. 3. Stte the time of your rrivl t the hotel or motel. 4. Stte tht you rep esent the Ntionl Free Will Bptist Legue Conference. This is imþortnt since some of the rtes bove re reduced rtes vilble only to those ttending the Conference.. 5. Remember-June 1st is the dedline for reservtions. Afte tht dte you run the risk of not getting room. (Continued on Pge 15) Bible Conference Set for April 2'6 Jrvr Mrncr,n The Reverend Wde Jernign, Normn' Oklhon.r, nd Dr. Jim Mercer, Pontic, Michign, will be guest spekers t the 18th nnul Bible Conference t Free Will Bptist Bible College Aprtl 2-6. President L' C. Johnson nd Den Chrles A. Thigpen will lso bring messges during the five-dy meeting. A vesper progrm will be Presented Wednesdy evening, April 5, by the music nd speech deprtments. The College choir nd other musicl g oups will bring specil music throughout the conference. The Reverend Mr. Jernign is pstor of the First Free Will Bptist Church of Normn, Oklhom. n ddition to his duties s pstor nd evngelist, he is serving s modertor of the Oklhom Stte Assocition of Free Will Bptists nd s member of the Ntionl Home Mission Bord. Dr. Mercer hs been in full-time evngelistic work for pproximtely 30 yers' Much of his work being in city-wide revivls, he preches in vrious fundmentl churches. He is known s gret soulwinner, hving been instrumentl in thousnds mking decisions for Christ in his meetings. Weoe JnnòÌrc N Cu n -Bs t A. TnrcpnN P ce 13

14 N THE VNEYARD r Roil Smith, Foreign Mission Director lists closely scheduled itinerry for Mrch' A missionry conference in the St' Louis, Missouri, re is set Mrch 1-5, nd Bible conference in Olivet church, Clrksville, Tennessee, Mrch Mr. Smith will prticipte in missionry conference sponiored by Phldelphi church nd Hzel Prk church in Michign, Mrch 15-19, nd will spek in Lewis Avenue church, Tuls, Oklhom, on Mrch A missionry conference is scheduled M.rch 27- AprrT 2, in South Crolin, with the churches of Florence nd Drlington prticipting. r M s. Eunice Edwrds, WNAC Executive Secretry, will be present with the Newport, Tennessee, church in its observnce of the pre-ester week of pryer, l:ù'rch 26- April2. r Bible College President L. C. Johnson spoke t Still church, Hzlehurst, Georgi, Februry t2. He nd Rev. Rlph Lightsey, bord member, will be spekers in n re Bible conference in three Cpe Fer Conference churches in No th Crolin, Mrch The school officil will lso spek t missions conference in the Lewis Avenue church, Tuls, Oklhom, M.rch 24'26i nd in Bible conference in Prker's Chpel church, Greenville, North Crolin, April r4-16. r,.lomer f,,. \flillis, Ntionl Home Missions Director, preched in the Mdison church nd Richlnd church, Nshville, recently, nd tught home missions study course t New Hope church, Joelton, Tennessee. He ws guest speker t Cohn High School, Nshville, nd spoke bout Hwiin Missions to the Est Nshville church. Mr. Willis will be in revivl services t the Knwh Fork church, Chrleston, 'West Virgini, M.rch r Bible Coltege Den Chrles A. Thigpen will be the specil speker for the f.rst registrtion of the Florid Bible School on Februry 25. r Bily A. Melvin, Executive Secretry, will conduct revivl services t Forest Grove church, Knoxville, Tennessee, ÌN4.tch 27' April 2. NOTCE A new Yerbook nd Directory of ll of our churches is now in preprtion. A Stte Clerks who hve not sent in the list of churches in their stte, should do so immediteþ. This informtion is neeiled now if our work is to be complete nd ccurte. Mil informtion to Executive Deprtment, 3801 Richlnd Avenue, Nshville 5, Tennessee. P,cs 14 The Centurion's Story blck curtin of deth? My hert begn to pound with excitement, but it soon pssed (Continued from Pge 3) s Flvius jumped up nd offered Jesus some vinegr to dull the pin. He didn't Oh, we enjoyed it s we prepred the seem to drink it though, the liquid merely cruciflxion, for this one climed to be the trickled out, spilling in his mtted berd. "King of the Jews," so we took Jesus into Finlly, he lifted his eyes heven-wrd, nd the common hll, nd gthered unto him cried "t is ûnished," nd He died.... the whole bnd of soldiers. Ald we stripped The mob ws quiet now, the drkness Him, nd put on Him scrlet robe, nd ws like blnket of doom, nd it ws s when we hd pltted crown of thorns, we though my hert were \mpped bout with put it upon His hed, nd reed in His swirling vpours from nother world. My right hnd; nd bowed before Him, nd hnds shook s took my sper, for it ws mocking Him, sid, "Hil, King of the my duty to see if He were reþ ded- Jews." Then we spit on im, nd took the thrust into His side, nd s did, oh, mercireed, nd smote Him on the hed. After we ful heven, will ever forget tht wful hd mocked Him, we ted Him wy to 6 1sn1-f 6m His side poured forth blood crucify Him. And s we led Him out, He nd wter. The sky bove seems to thunder stumbled nd fell, so we forced blck its protest, nd the erth beneth convulsed mn, Simon of Cyrene, to crry the cross with might grief s its frme shook with up the hill. We wtched the jeering, jostling emotion when its Cretor died. My soldiers mob closely, for we were frid of n ttck dropped their spers nd rn over the by his friends, but looking into those fces, heving ground; the mob silent with fer, we soon relized there were no friends scttered, nd ws lone-lone with Him. here-only venomous htred, vile nd vi- Suddenly, the reliztion broke upon my cious invectives being spewed out of their tortured soul s the sun shone through the mouths like cid, burning nd sclding the jgged rent in the dull mntle of the unvery tmosphere. My enjoyment begn to nturl sky, nd sobbed out the conturn to disgust, but soon we were t the top fession of my hert-"truly this mn ws of the hill, nd the work of fstening the the Son of God." victims to the crosses occupied our time t ws then tht noticed Fortinius, who nd minds. The other two fought nd cme s the others left. He smiled, grpsed kicked, screming insults nd cursing their my hnd, nd looking up lfito tht mrred, tormentors, but the Jesus did nothing but scrred fce, murmured: "t is even s sigh s the spikes impled Him to the wood. sih wrote, Mrcus-l never fully be- After hving lifted the crosses nd hving lieved it until this moment... ' dropped them in the holes prepred for "He is despised nd rejected of men; thern with sickening thud, we looked mn of sorrows, nd cquinted with grief; over our loot, the possessions of the cruci nd we hid s it were our fces from him; fied... nothing much to choose from; the he ws despised, nd we esteemed him not. mlefctors hd left nothing but stined Surely he hth borne our griefs nd crried clothes nd worn sndls.. And Jesus, our sorrows; yet'tre did esteem him stricken, well we took His grments nd mde four, smitten of God, nd ffiicted. But he ws prts, to every soldier prt; but His robe' lvounded for our trnsgressions, he ws which ws without serfi woven from top bruised for our iniquities; the chstisement to bottom, we cst lots for, to see whose it of our pece ws upon him; nd with his should be, nd won the robe! Wht stripes we re heled- All we like sheep hve stroke of fortune! gone stry; we hve turned every one to There ws nothing much to do now, but his own wy; nd the Lord hth lid on him wit, so sitting down, we wtched Him there. the iniquity of us ll. He ws oppressed But then something strnge seemed to hp- nd he ws ffiicted, yet he opened not his pen, for though it ws brely noon, n mouth; he is brought s lmb to the òminous drkness ws descending over the slughter, nd s sheep before her sherers erth. t ws s though Nture were robing is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. herself in the grments of grief. We looked Yet it plesed the Lord to bruise him; he to one nother, doubtless clling to mind hth put him to grief; when thou shlt mke Fortinius' wrning tht this One ws differ- his soul n offering for sin, he shll see his ent, tht he ws godl Could it be tht the seed, he shll prolong his dys, nd the gods were ngry t this crucifixion? Even plesure of the Lord shll prosper in his one of the thieves being crucified t his hnd'" side seemed to sense tht he ws no ordinry Yes, sw Him die.... Who m? m person, for with fer-ûlled voice he sid n ex-soldier of the Cesrs, nd m now to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when thou soldier of the cross! ARE YOU? comest into thy kingdom." t would hve been humorous, this tlk bout kingdom, except tht his voice cme s from nother world-"verily, verily, sy unto thee, tody shlt thou be with me in prdise." 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15 Ñti-192 Vnts Bund'le ol Contct Der Sir: The Potts church of Chrleston, Atknss, would like to receive 20 copies of CoNr cr, We re sending pyment to cover the subscription nd will send gin in time for the next qurteí. The lst issue for Februry ws wonderful copy. Yours in Christ, Mrs, Lorine LooneY Chrleston, Arknss Líkes Dting Artíele Der Editor: The rticle, "The Dnger Signl on Your Dtes," by Ted W. Engstrom, crried in this month's CoNrecr ws very good. hope this is vilble s trct or brochure tht cn be pssed on to schools nd youth groups tht we e in contct with in our dily ministry. t is the best tht hve ever seen covering the dte question' Yours PrYerfullY, C. H. MoYers Weleetk, Oklhom Glcncing (Continued from Pge 13) Bønquet Scheduled NASHVLLE, TENN. The nnul bnquet of Free Will Bptist - Bible College lumni hs been set for April 5, t 3:30 p.m., t the Highlnd Crest Resturnt, Nshville. Mrs. J. B. Hll, secretry of the lumni ssocition, urges ll lumni to mke plns now to ttend. An enjoyble progrm is plnned nd the business to be trnscted should be of interest to every lumnus, Mrs. Hll sttes. The bnquet is considered one of the highlights of the Bible conference held t Free Will Bptist Bible College nnully. Holy Lnd. Tríp Rescheiluleil NASHVLLE, TENN.-A trip to the HolY Lnd for Free Will Bptist pstors originlly scheduled for this spring hs been postponed until Aprll 6-27, Approximtely 40 pstors re plnning t this time to mke the trip. Other pstors tht would be interested in lerning how they cn hve free trip to the Holy Lnd should write t once for informtion. The ddress is Holy Lnd Trip, c/o Free Will Bptist Hedqurters, 3801 Richlnd Avenue, Nshville 5, Tennessee. Honor Roll (Continued from Pge 11) First church, D1ls Evergreen church, ol Plesnt Mound, Bellevue First church, Henderson Kirbvville church SoutÍl Houston Church VRGNA Richlnds church Bethny church, Norfolk WEST VRGNA ' Thoms Memoril, Huntington WASHNGTON First church, E. Wentchee Bundle Pln Little Rock, Arknss, First church Buhl, dho, church Anderson, ndin, First church Rvtown, Missouri, First church Albuquerque, New Mexico, First church Crmèrton, North Crolin, church Belmont church, North Crolin Blckwell, Oklhom, First church Oklhom City, Oklhom, Centrl Avenue' church Wqoner, Oklhom, First cburch Chùckv. Tennessee, church Andrews, Texs, Fith church Recommenils Boohs tf' Der Editor: One of the best wys to counterct the frightening progress tht Romn Ctholicism is mking in our lnd is by informing ourselves nd our people of the deplorble pst nd the determintion of the Romn church. To my knowledge, the best source of mteril is the work of John Wilder, "The Other Side of Rome," nd "The Shdow of Rome".... would like to suggest tht You publicize these books in Coxr cr nd enõourge the pstors to use them for study course mteril nd to circulte them in the communities whe e they lbor. Yours in Jesus' Nme, W. B. Rodgers Mnchester, Tennessee Mísses fsses?pav/cf,t o&tl/ft{ EEiCHêg l/e/êt?t < ì==gl: '-' ä/6hf,'r P ECnr lûe 0,Åtco(t, û{ ä/rpy ET Ë.- -l ll= Der Editor: Plese chnge my ddress to the one list. lù/e missed two or th ee issues nd lerned why in the lst issue of CoNr,crtht it, s second-clss mil, is not forwrded by the post office. We hve kept up on the news by borrowing friend's copy nd we certinly do enjoy the pper. t lwys hs helpful rticles' n Christ, E nie Deeds Conwy, Arknss Menur, 1961 Peoe 15

16 CONTACT-380 Richlond Avenue Nshville 3, Tennessee Second-closs postoge poid ot Noshville, Tennessee Vqciion Bible School (Continued from Pge 9) QuesrroN: Wht.do you men by correctly grded levels? ANswBn: Certinly mterils should be prepred nd designed to meet the needs of ech ge level. The minimum grding should be bsed on deprtmentl bsis so tht you re working with speciflc ge group. By ge groups men nursery, kindergrten, primry, Junior, junior high, etc. QuesrroN: Previously you mentioned øn evening school. This ís new ide to mny people m sure. How could you mplify this? ANswen: Mny churches re trying this pln nd re flnding it to be very succesful. Rther thn conducting vction Bible school in the morning s we hve done previously, they ie conducting n evenilg school, beginning perhps t 7:00 in the evening nd running until 9:00. QuesrroN: Wht re the dvntges nd disdvntges ol thß? ANswnn: believe one of the outstnding dvntges is tht you cn conduct vction Bible school for the totl church. Tht is, you cn hve deprtments nd clsses for the very smll children s well s for young people nd dults. Secondly, in this dy nd ge mny of our people re working, including the women. f we conduct n evening school, we cn get both men nd women to help in conducting the vction Bible school. QuesrroN: Those re some ol the dvntges. Wht bout the disdvntges? ANswEn: Probbly one of the outstnding disdvntges is tht we re cutting out prt of ou time. Another disdvntge is tht some people feel tht it runs rther lte in the evening nd smll children should be in bed. However, in my experience hve found tht since children re not going to school nd cn sty up lter, we don't relly hve problem here. n one school techer once told me tht she felt more rested in the evening thn she did in the morning. think one reson for this is tht in the summer time it is generlly cooler in the evening thn during the morning. fowever, think one thing tht we must tke into conside tion in plnning for vction Bible school is the loclity nd the nture of the church or the type of church. Evening schools will work very effectively in some res nd perhps not so effectively P ce 16 in others. One hs to pln on the bsis of his own needs. QuesrroN: Do you hve ny comments regørding follow-up ctivíties? ANswpn: Follow-up is extremely importnt. This is one of the most importnt fctors in the VBS. Mny pupils usully come to vction Bible school who do not come to Sundy school. They should be followed up s Sundy school prospects. Further, ny decisions for slvtion or Christin living should deflnitely be followed up by the pstor, youth leder nd techers in the Sundy school nd vction Bible school. QursrroN: How do you suggest tht we follow them up? A.rswen: Well, we cn follow them up by letter nd by phone, but nothing will tke plce of the specil visit. RebirÌh ond Recovery (Continued from Pge 5) Spin. She is presently supporting Free Will Bptist in Spin, where Protestnt work of every kind must ber persecution from Ctholicism. The Future The future holds mny possibilities for Free Will Bptists in world missions. Her only limittions re self imposed. Her potentil is only bounded by the willingness of those who clim her fith, to live nd prctice it. Her gretest enemy is internl disunity. Afrid of centrliztion becuse of its pprent use in bringing bout merger in which she lost her identity, she hs been overly cutious i orgnizing for effective service. Often refusing to co-operte on mtters bove regionl levels, slow to demnd fully educted ministry; she remins heterogeneous people often finding conflicting positions tken concerning her clssic fith. Perhps it cn be sid with some justiflction, tht mrks of rectionry people hs continued to chrcterize her churches, but it must be remembered tht her rection ws in the direction of her clssic sttement of fith nd not wy from it. t is this fith tht is worthy of proclmtion. History will record how fithful she is in this proclmtion. Wht will tht record be? You nd hold the nswer! My Hnd n His-Hermn W. Gockel, Concordi, 225 pp., $2.75. Here is book of fresh, inspirtionl devotions s prcticl s sweeping the floor. The uthor, s others before him who hve been used mightily of the Lord, uses wide vriety of illustrtions s "windows" through which strem rys of penetrting truth. A book to be red more thn once!- Eunice Edwrds. The Seven Lst ÍVords-Clrence W. Crnford, Bker, 78 pp., $1.50 Mny books nd sermons hve been written bout the lst sttements of our Lord while on the cross, yet the welth of mening therein hs never been fully explored. These mety sermons re quite fresh with excellent illustrtions nd very prcticl ppliction.-bam nterpreting the New Testment-H. E. Dn'nd R. E. Glze, Jr., Brodmn, 165 pp., $3.25. The erly chpters del with the history of interprettion, but the ltter chpters del specificlly with the "how" of interprettion. This book should hve wide circultion in this dy when we re hering so mny fnciful interprettions of the Scriptures. Beneficil to ny precher who seeks to "rightly divide the Word."-BAM King Jme Version Fits the plm of your hntl nd slides esily into mn'e 6hirt pocket, Actully mesures only 4s/6 by 3 inches nd these fine ndie pper editions re only one.hlf inch thick. 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