Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 6, 1946 Page: 1 of 8
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Churches In Virginia In Need Of
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Churches, Preachers Join In Job
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of searching out and presenting
as best he could learn the gospel
and the church revealed in the
New Testament to his own people
during the past few years.
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invested in the four big fields,
Trinidad, Lamosa, Rocky Ford and
now Lamar. Most of you already
know of the work in these fields
now. May I forcefully remind you
just here, that only a foundation
is laid tn all these fields, and that
it would be almost a crime against
sometime to come. With much
better situations and conditions
Texas churches were about fifty
years reaching the place where
they are in position to support the
cause as it neeeded to be support-
ed.
Jf you will stand behind us and
the work five to tee yean there
will bo self-supporting churches
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homecomings, programs and
grams. Many churches are just at
this time engaged in evangelistic
meetings. So everybody is unus-
ually busy—or planning to be.
As for this particular spot—it’s
always a busy one. As I write
this most folks are in Bea. At least,
if they are not they ought to be.
But a weekly newspaper editor is
an exception, of course. If all his
readers knew the hair breadth es-
capes, and the weekly agonies that
attend each paper from Its begin-
ning until It rolls off to the post
office, and the sigh of relief that
then ensues—well, they’d prob-
ably say, "It’s not worth the wear
and tear.”
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But I guess I just like it. Be-
sides the interest I have In press-
ing forward the missionary work
of the churches—I just like to see
a newspaper take shape. Which
leads us up to something else.
In the very near future I am
going to call on every one of our
faithful and regular readers to
help us put over a most impor-
tant job in the accomplishment
of bur goal. I have never ask-
ed any one at any time for a
donation to this work, but I am
coming to you soon with a
value-received-plus opportunity
for you net only to help your-
■elf and many others, but ALSO
TO HELP THE CHRISTIAN
CHRONICLE aeomplish one of
its most needed steps just now.
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BY THOMAS H. TARBET
2301 Third Amine
. Richmond, Va.
Would any congregation be in-
terested in sponsoring an evange-
list in a real mission field? More
than one small and struggling con-
gregation in Virginia is in need of
a preacher. The work is suffer-
ing for want of preachnlg. These
places offer open doors oi oppor-
tunity for spreading the gospel;
but the congregations are not able
to fully support a man. However,
they are liberal in their giving, and
desire tQ do all that is witnln their
power.
I have been requested to help
these places secure support for a
minister, and am glad to do so
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ABILENE^ TEXAS NOVEMBER 6, 1946 NUMBER 22
A special fellowship meeting for
churches and members on the
eastern seaboard nas been sched-
uled by the Arlington, Va., church
meeting at 30 North Irving FL, to
be held on Monday, November 11.
Brother Harry Pickup, evange-
list of the congregation wrote re-
cently to prospective visitors that
great plane are being made for the
meeting and that many are ex-
pected to attend.
"The one great question we are
going to talk about," he wrote, “is
mission work—and especially the
weak being done, or planned in
this area of the United States.**
The program for the day will
Include the following events:
Luncheon: 13:90. This will be held
in the basement of the Arlington
church building.
Welcome by brother E. H. Ensor,
host at table. As soon as luncheon
is over all guests—except the
with preachers and elders of the] ladies who will remain in the
basement for the lecture there—
will retire to the main auditorium.
Lecture on Primary
work, in the basement,
be a private lecture for the lad-
ies-teachers and others who are
■ Persons desiring to know of the
< large amount of missionary and
charitable work one congregation
can do should write to the Cenrtal
'' church of Christ in Nashville,
Tenn., for the attractive brochure
describing the work in. progress
there.
interested—by sister Hulen L.
Jackson. This is an illustrated
lecture by one who Is well prepar-
ed in this type of teaching, Bis-
ter Hugo McCord win present Bis-
ter Jackson to the ladies.
^Introduction to the program of
lectures by Brother Hugo Mc-
Cord. chairman. (In main audi-
torium).
“Mlslonary Work In This Ana’*
Speakers: Harold Thomas, Bos- .
ton, Mass.; T. H. Tarbet, Rich-
mond, Va.
“My Work in AlaaMa":
Moore, Hopewell, Va.
"The Eldership—Overseers
God’s Missionary Soclties.”
Hufford, Philadelphia, Pa.
"Doctrinal Problems,
Catholicism”: -Howard
Baltimore, Md. •
"Round Table Discussion”, di-
rected by the chairman. (Ten min-
ute recess).
"Christian Education": A. C.
Pulllas, president, David Lipeeomb
College.
Sermon, “One Against A Thou-
and.” Hulen L. Jackson, Dallas,
Texas.
Ira Douthitt has just finished a
series of evangelistic sermons with
the Sears and Summitt church,
Dallas, Texas.
It Is with unusual joy that I
submit for your consideration and
inspection a rather full report of
the work you have made possible
for us to do in this long-neglected
and needy field during the past
three yean plus.
First, we do not claim perfec-
tion in all that we have done, or
the manner in which it has been
done, bilt we know our heart and
purpose that we have been strict-
ly sincere and have done our ut-
most to please God and to ac-
complish the most good with your
liberal gifts, and we are not only
willing, but anxious that any or
all of you come and see for your-
The Thanksgiving Lectureship
at Caldwell, Oda., which has come
to be a prominent event among
the churches In the Northwest,
will be held this year from Novem- .
ber 26 through 29. A fine pro-
gram has been planned, leaders
state.
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■ Northwest church , In Chlcagp,
1 and In Lubbock, Texas, he is at
present in Abilene where he is
visiting Bible classes for several
1 weeks to compare his teachings
and to seek for new light in lead-
1 Ing his people to the true, un-
sectarian teachings of the New
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Hope has been expressed that a
tie-m may be achieve^ between
the work he has done in Carisruhr,
where he has nearly two thousand
followers, and the work to be done
by Otis Gatewood and his helpers
when they arrive in Germany.
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Cuban Evangelist Tours Eastern
Half Of Nation In Interest Of
Building Program In Havana
Numerous churches in the eastern
half of the nation had the priv-
ilege
.development of the work of the
church in Cuba during the last
ten years from the lips of the per-
son who has oeen chiefly respon-
sible for promoting that work which
has resulted In several hundred
baptisms and the planting of
many churches in that nation—
Brother J. R. Jimenez of Matan-
zas, Cuba.
Brother Jimenez, worn in Cuba,
but a naturalised American citi-
zen, was a Methodist minister in
Florida for eight years. Once on
short notice Brother Jimenez was
Invited to attend a special train-
ing course which took him away
from the congregation with which
he was working and he asked a
nearby church of Christ minister.
Brother Ernest Estevez to look af-
ter his flock In the interim.
Brother Jimenez said that when
he returned some of a-is people
came to him and told him the
"new preacher** did not preach
things as he did. This led to an
investigation of God’s word.
Brother Jimenez became convinc-
ed that he was not proclaiming the
full gospel, and be forthwith ten-
dered his reglsnation—telling the
congregation with whicn he had
been working the full facts.
His work since he took his stand
for the Word "without addition or
substraction,” has not been a bed
of roses. Often he has had to
work with his hands for his daily
bread, but always there remained
an impelling desire to carry the
truth to his native Cuba. , His
father and other members of his
family were there, and thus it
was in 1936 that he decided to
launch out as one lone mission-
ary.
The strides which have been
made in Cuba are largely the re-
sult of Brother Jimenez’s work,
coupled with the efforts of the
man who cnoverted him. Brother
Estevez, who joined him in the
Cuban undertaking In 1939. Dur-
ing the 10 years now elapsing
Brother Jimenez has brought to
the attention of large congregations
in the United States the necessity
of sending workers to Cuba and
the work in this field to cease
co-operation at this time, and for
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There is an important lecture
series In progress at the Poly-
technic church, Fort Worth, Tex-
as, this week. Brethren Melvin J.
Wise, E R. Harper, Geo. W. StSe-
phenson, W. Wallace Layton, and
Coleman Overby are the principal
speakers. The sessions will close
Friday night.
Eastern Colorado Work Shows Great Growth
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In Four Year Period; $75,000 Invested By
S’west Churches Pays, Says O.M.Reynolds
selves. ,
We have had neither time nor
disposition to send glowing re-
ports of our work to our several
religious journals, but have rath-
er forwarded brief reports,, as a
rule, to you who have stood behind
the work and us. Eternity . alone
can reveal the joy and satisfac-
tion which your love, interest and
co-operation have meant, and do
mean, to our hearts and lives,
without which we could not have
come and remained—all others
who have come to this, difficult
field have gone to other fields long
ago to lay the foundation for a
glorious work in yean unborn, we
are certain.
Something near 375,000 has been
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because I can appreciate their
great need. I will be glad to give
the details to any interestea con-
gregation.
No “Softies" Solicited
The work is on a sound basis at
these points; and the evangelist
who comes must be faithful both
in life and doctrine. PremiDen-
nlalism and other hobbles will not
be tolerated. Neither will "soft-
ness” in a preacher be acceptable.
You are invited to suggest a man
for' the place, if you care to. At
any rate no evangelist will be se-
cured until you have given your
approval of him.
These places are important cen-
ters of population in their section
of the state; and once the gospel
is firmly established at one of
these centers, it will radiate to the
out-lying districts, just as it did
in the days of Paul.
We already have some very zeal-
ous and faithful workers tn these
small congregations, and the
preacher who is sent to them will
get good cooperation. He win not
be expected to do the work by
himself.
You could not spend the Lord’s
money in a more needy field than
Virginia. With a population of
three million, this state has no
more than twenty small congre-
gations of the New Testament
church. There are Jem than one
thousand members of the church
in the state. As you know, it was
in Virginia that the first per-
manent English settlement was
made. ______ _
much of ths restoration work was
done in last century
Most of Original Wort Lsrt
The Cause gained a good foot-
hold in this state; but almost
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Hicks, Olan L. Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 6, 1946, newspaper, November 6, 1946; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1305926/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.