Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 21, 1945 Page: 3 of 4
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Third Evangelistic Drive
Planned For Empire State
By DALE LARSON
some time in Schenectady, Hub-
bardsville, and Rochester.
The church held its first known
public worship in Rochester on
July 10, 1938. For three years
they were juggled about from Y.
M. C. A. to a theater building,
then to a store.and finally to a
large and attractive dwelling,
which they secured for a perma-
nent home. The building has
been prepared to accommodate
a preacher.
Since coming the new location,
the little group has grown—sev-
eral by baptism—until the pres-
ent membership is about 25.
A mailing list of 10,000 is in
preparation and these homes will
receive appropriate literature
sometime in May or June. This
will be preceded by a regular
radio program that will begin in
March or April, and will be fol-
lowed by 25 personal evangelists,
who will arrive in June.
These personal workers will
collect and contact children for
daily Bible school, invite people
to the meeting, which will begin
about July 1, and teach the Bible
from house to house as they have
occasion.
We learn from the New Testa-
ment that the Apostle Paul work-
ed from place to place and usually
The Broadway Church in Lub-
bock, Texas, announced this week
that Brother Paul Southern and
Brother Otis Gatewood will be
with them in June to assist in an
intensive endeavor to preach the
gospel to every person who can
be reached in that area.
Beginning Sunday, June 3, the
effort will last through June 27.
Emphasis will be placed upon
personal work under the leader-
ship of Brother Otis Gatewood.
Tracts especially prepared for the
work will be distributed liberally
and followed up with personal
contacts. Extensive newspaper
and radio advertising will be de-
signed to arouse the interest of
the city of some 50 thousand pop-
ulation to this protracted pro-
gram of evangelism..
The elders of the congregation
believe that since Brother Gate-
wood and Brother Southern in-
itiated the present series of in-
tensive programs of personal
work conducted by workers who'
give their full time in connection
with a gospel meeting they are
well qualified to lead in this work
• in a city where the church is well
established but where thousands
have yet to stop and give atten-
tion to the gBspel message.
Three years ago these men
ar6used the interest of thousands
who are concerned with effective
mission work by their campaign
in Salt Lake City, Utah, which
involved some 40 workers. This
was repeated in the summer of
1943.
“If these efforts will bring re-
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June 12th will mark the begin-
ning of the public preaching by
Brother Southern and each day
through June 27th the meeting
will continue. Plans are being
made to have a special song lead-
er to work with the congregation
throughout the, month.
The Broadway congregation is
not asking congregations to sup-
port workers in this campaign
and the elders do not feel that
it will be necessary to offer sup-
port to workers from the outside.
The leaders expressed the hope,
however, that other congregations
may be interested in conducting
a similar effort “In case such
congregations would like to allow
some member to attend the
classes and to gain the experience
of doing personal work under
able leadership we would be glad
to welcome them as fellow labor-
ers,” their report stated. Al-
though no support is offered, sev-
eral members of the congregation
have, expressed themselves as
willing ot furnish a room for
visitors during this period.
Brother Southern, a native
Texan, is now completing his
eighth year as evangelist for the
Northside Church in Abilene,
Texas. For two years he has di-
rected the Bible program “Ques-
ton Please” over a number of
West Texas stations. He is a
teacher in the Bible department
of Abilene Christian College.
Brother Gatewood, of Meadow,
Texas, has served as an evangel-
ist in the Northwest for some
seven years under the direction
of the Broadway Church of
Christ in Lubbock. Author of
You Can Do Personal Work, he is
now completing his work for the
Masters degree at George Pep-
perdine College.
Broadway Church, Lubbock,
Announces Campaign Plans;
Gatewood, Southern to Aid
Testament Christianity is weak
and where there is not a strong
congregation to follow up the
many good beginnings made dur-
ing the meeting, surely a similar
program of evangelism will bring
great returns in a city where the
cause is well known and where
four loyal congregations can reap
the harvest of the interest and
zeal aroused,” the Lubbock elders
said.
There is one essential differ-
ence between, the campaigns in
Salt Lake City and the strenu-
ous effort to be conducted in Lub-
bock this summer, they pointed
out. In the mission field it was
necessary to call for workers
from outside the city to do a large
part of the personal work, these
workers being supported usually
by stronger congregations. The
elders of the Broadway congre-
gation are sure that there is an
ample supply of workers in the
city available for this evangelis-
tic endeavor for Christ.
Since last summer workers
have been planning and in dif-
ferent ways preparing for this
work as well as doing personal
work all through the year. In
1944 240 persons responded to the
invitation at Broadway, 65 to be
baptized, 35 to be restored, and
154 to place membership. But
the elders are convinced that the
Christians who worship here can
do much more in 1945. “We are
grateful for the fruits which the
Lord has given in the past and
pray for greater harvests in the
future,” they said.
As a part of the program of
preparation the four congrega-
tions of Lubbock have been co-
operating in a Lubbock Bible
school which meets at the South-
side congregation. Brethren Guy
N. Woods, Raymond Kelcy, Mar-
shall Patton, and M. Norvel
Young have served as teachers
in this school each Monday eve-
ning through the winter.
The Broadway congregation is
holding the meeting for June but
is cordially inviting workers from
the other congregations in the
city to take advantage of the op-
portunity to win souls for Christ
and to do personal work with
Brother Gatewood and Brother
Southern to lead and assist each
worker. Of course those who are
converted will attend the congre-
gation where he or she can work
most effectively. The splendid
fellowship existing among the
Churches of Christ in Lubbock
will contribute much to the suc-
cess of this effort in June.
Special classes in personal work
are planned before the protracted
endeavor ip begun and classes
will be Conducted by Brother
Gatewood throughout the month.
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had one or more fellow workers
with him. In following his ex-
ample and the teaching of Jesus
we must have a part in spreading
the gospel. We list here three
ways in which every one can
have a part in this great work:
1. The scriptures say ’'Co.-
Many are already planning to go
to Rochester, dr to some other
needy field.
2. We can go by giving. All
the personal evangelists are
agreeing to go without any salary.
All they will receive will be their
necessary expense for travel,
board, room, etc. Their home
congregations are urged to supply
this where possible, out many of
them come from groups that are
very small and are not able to do
this-—at least in full for the sum-
mer’s work. I
The church in Rochester is go-
ing its limit, but much more will
be needed for literature, radio,
etc. You or your congregation
can “go” by supplying or at least
a tract For details write the
Church of Christ 47 Wellington
Ave., Rochester 11, N. Y.
3. If ws cannot go or cannot
give. Wo can pray. The congre-
gation at Rochester desires the
prayers of every Christian to the
end that the Lord will bless them
in a work- that will be pleasing
to him and fruitful:
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Studies In Home
Life, Marriage
Containing many young peo-
ple who attend George Pepper-
dine College and being a favor-
able gathering place in Southern
California, the Vermont Avenue
Church of Christ in Los Angeles
is currently sponsoring monthly
young people’s meetings at which
a series of lectures is being de-
livered on Building the Christian
Home.
The series began on Jan. 14
when Brother Hubert G. Derrick,
. minister of the Huntington Park
congregation and teacher at Pep-
perdine, spoke on Christian Court-
v ship. His talk was considered
very practical in that it made a
direct approach to the problems
- a Christian youth faces in court-
ship, and answered these prob-
lems.
Brother E. V. Pullias, dean of
Pepperdine and member at Ver-
mont Avenue, was the next speak-
er. His address, given on Feb.
11, was on Preparation for Chris-
tian Marriage. Definite dangers
in preparation for marriage were
pointed out and solutions offered
for avoiding these pitfalls. As a
result of his talk a group of the
young people worshipping at
Vermont Avenue have organized
a special class, to meet on Sunday
afternoons and further discuss the
subject. Young people from many
sections of Southern California
are attending these meetings each
month.
Three lectures in the current
series remain. They are Chris-
tian Marriage, March 11, Brother
Batsell Barrett Baxter; Children
in the Christian Home, April 8,
Brother Ralph Wilburn; and Citi-
zenship in the Christian Home,
May 13, Brother Hugh M. Tiner.
Brother Baxter is minister of
lywood church of
Wilburn is a mem-
ly is preach-
Avenue, and
>r Tiner is currently work-
ith the new congregation
church at Gardena. All
___men are members of the
faculty of Pepperdine College.
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Rochester, N. Y., the state’s
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one-half million people, is open-
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campaign in that state. Definite
plans are under way and many
workers have already agreed to
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In the summer of ’43, about
30 Christians, most of them
preachers and students from
Christian colleges, spent the sum-
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first effort of this kind in the
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youngest of New York’s six con-
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Hicks, Olan L. Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 21, 1945, newspaper, February 21, 1945; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1305855/m1/3/?rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.