Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. [30], Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 3, 1960 Page: 1 of 8
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ABILENE, Tex. — Dr. George
S. Benson, former missionary
to China and president of
Harding College in Arkansas,
has agreed to go to Hong Kong
in November
to talk to au-
thorities there
about estab-
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Christi an
school in thit
British Crown
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degree of religious Indifference
in that nation. About 93% of
the population is said to be
Lutheran; however, only an
estimated 5% are actually
faithful to some religious group.
The custodian of a Lutheran
church building Informed Bro-
ther Greer of the vast crowd
that had been present at a ser-
vice during the Christmas Sea-
son. Over 700 people had been
present tn ® buihHng adequate
for 500. However, questioned
about the average weekly at-
tendance, the man admitted
that only two or three mem-
bers were usually present at a
single service.
People Have Problems
Materialism, agnosticism, and
atheism are very prevalent at-
Abilenians Will Raise
Needed Travel Expenses
Tokyo on the Far East Fellow-
ship in November anyway, and
has agreed to go on to Hong
Kong for this reason. The only
expense involved would be the
additional travel expense to
Hong Kong—about |300. Those
at the Abilene meeting decided
they would raise the money in
this area, and $150 was sub-
scribed at the meeting itself.
Not often does the
CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE have the opportunity to publish such a fine picture as
above. The picture is of evangelist Douglas Robisoruof Hong Kong preparing to
baptize a young Chinese — but it is a picture of much more than that. I he camera
has caught the beauty and solemnity of the moment in the faces of both the par-
ticipants.) I he picture is of Douglas Robison and a voting Chinese — but it could
be Tex Williams in South .Africa. Cline Paden in Denmark or Evert Pickartz in
Chile. It could be any faithful Christian missionary who has seen the trutlj and beauty
the Great Commission.
Many Natives
Cruel Says
McCullough
DALLAS, Tex.—Many of the
natives in the strife torn Union
of South Africa are cruel, sa-
distic, and not far removed
that other | from savagery, evangelist Carl
religious bodies do so, so it is
thought that if an influential
person should go therd and
talk to the authorities, some-
thing could be worked out.
Benson is scheduled to be in
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Greers Ready To Return To Sweden
Goteborg is a city of 450,000 In
which the Gospel has never
been preached.
Previous efforts In Sweden
have been concentrated in
Stockholm, where two other
families are still working. An
estimated |7,000 will be needed
to begin work in Goteborg and
to finish renovating the build-
ing. The Greers are being spon-
titudes among the Swedish
people. Sweden has an extre-
mely high suicide rate, and It
is still climbing. "The people
don't know how to cope with
their problems," said Greer.
"They depend on psychologists
to work out their difficulties.
They have no religious back-
ground whatsoever.’*
In spite of these facts. Bro-
ther Greer believes that Swa-
“den; can 'beedmeastronghold
of the church. The people are
quit© honest and highly Intelli-
gent Therefore, although he
expects the church to experi-
ence a slow beginning there,
he feels that once It Is estab-
lished the people will support
and carry on Its work them- tt>“Y 0( kill or be killed."
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DETROIT, Mich. — In
harmony with the emphasis
that North Central Christian
College is placing on mission
work, a special “World Evange-
lism Workshop" is being
planned on the campus June
610.
All former foreign mission-
aries are being Invited.
McCullough stated here recent-
ly.
McCullough recently returned
from mission work in South
Africa, and was quoted by the
Dallas Times-Herald.
Stabbed and Blinded
McCullough related that one
of his Bantu servants was re-
cently stabbed and blinded by
other Bantus for no apparent
reason.
"Racial difficulties are
almost a monthly occur-
ence in South Africa,” he
said, "and when the black
men get worked up quickly
they become mobs several
times worse than anything
I’ve even heard of In this
country.”
McCullough is working under
the supervision of the elders
of the Peak and Eastside ,
Church of Christ in Dallas—
as is John Maples who is on
furlough from the South Afri-
can work. Maples, a Christian
Chronicle correspondent recent-
ly wrote that newspaper ac-
counts of the uprisings in
South Africa were misleading to
a great extent. McCullough's
statements corroborated this.
Accounts Misleading
He said, “I read In one
Texas newspaper that po-
licemen shot down a num-
ber of women and children
during one uprising. I have
no doubt that they did,
but the account should have
explained why. Most mob
leaders In South Africa
up « large oroiip Of _
women and children to
lead their demonstrations
against the police."
"Most policemen hesitate to
fire into a group of women and
children, bub If they don’t they
will find /themselves in the
hands of the mob leaders. So
By Norma Bishop
Mitchell Greer, his wife Lois,
. tkelr two children, who
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J°naT family
W. 1957,
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, a0Ine In the United States,
if iku ^alker and his family,
ene’ wl11 accompany the
ill h.8 v ^alker 18 to receive ___
n ur^e'Or'R degree from. ACC sored by the 15th and Dela-
M ay‘ He will be sponsored
Ven most of his support
church at Daingerfield,
ware Street congregation
Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Most Are Lutheran
Although Lutheranism is the
state religion in Sweden, and
ministers of that group are em-
..... ployees of the government,
Goteborg, the Swe- there is no opposition to other
groups coming Into Sweden and
working there. There Is a great
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the,r second arrival in
the Greers will begin
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recently it benson
was pointed out that the Hong
Kong government said it could
not allow required daily Bible
classes in a school partially
financed by the government
there.
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Nichols, James W. Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. [30], Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 3, 1960, newspaper, May 3, 1960; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1306930/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.