Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1964 Page: 4 of 4
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His subject will be. “The
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who have fallen asleep in the various beds that they
Ejr ptaced"upon ' us 'and "that’is”to'go"irato- att the
»Jh» gospel of Christ. Yes, “Awake thou that steepest,
won* the dead, and Christ shall give thee life *. t
things are booming once again
in this North Georgia city.
city of Rossville, Georgia, a only is the city booming
g-— g— pryan gtreej church is
booming also. The church is
presently in a building program
that will more than double their
present capacity. The new audi-
torium. which is being construct-
ed by Conteninetal Church
Builders will seat 432. The new
structure will have a modem
styling with exposed ceiling and
arches. The old auditorium will
be divided into about eight to
ten classrooms.
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By Henry E. Pipkin
MANKATO. Minn. —Several
weeks ago. before moving from
Rochester, Minnesota, this writ
er was visiting the hospitals
there and called on Brother J
W. Frierson, an 86-year old real
Asleep . . .
(From Inside Beck)
In this program a number of the Eastdale youth
1 sermons. Their work was so impres-
| sive the elders wanted the entire congregation to hear
: these young men.
A few weeks later a Sunday evening service was
designated as the time these boys would preach to the
entire congregation
Since that time interest has increased and the num-
ber of young preachers is larger than ever. Whenever
an opportunity to preach arises these young men meet
with Eastdale’s preacher, Calvin Conn, and discuss top-
ics and the best way to approach a subject. Once they
have selected their subject and have some ideas about
developing it they go to work preparing their sermon.
Usually they reconvene at a later date and practice
preaching to one another before the real appointment
arrives.
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hausted from the day’s activity I
When he saw the need here in |
Mankato, he offered to give us i
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Dan Spann is minister is spon-
soring the meeting, in which
all congregations in the area
will participate.
It is expected that “North"
will speak to an overflowing
audience.
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the church in this community 1 used extensively
I more people at
North Slated
For Central
CHATTANOOGA —
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Special to the Chronicle
ROSSVILLE, Ga.—In the face
df a sudden blow that shook the
One of the most encouraging aspects of this pro-
gram developed last spring when the Lee’s Station con-
gregation in Sequatchie County invited these young men
to preach to them. This congregation does not have
regular preaching.
The trip was made and the sermons delivered in a
good way. A second invitation was extended from Lee’s
Station and last September 13, seven young men from
Eastdale drove to the Lee’s Station congregation and
delivered sermons of five minutes duration each.
These were Aaron and Courtney Mclnturff, Greg
Hayes, Butch Fanner, Gary Mayo, Bobby Tanner and
Russel Crowe. Eastdale also has two college age men
who preach. They are Alan Cates and Harold Nave. Jr,
-Thj? program has been one of the most encourage
in which the Eastdale congregation
has been involved. Eastdale is located at 3417 Wilcox
Boulevard in Chattanooga.
io isurope. mere will always, I suppose, be brethren who are
1 asleep with destructive thinking and with a littleness complex
there was badly in need of a
better church building, he be I
came in’erested in that congre- i us and continues to do so. The > gregation.
congregation of the Lord's peo-
ple, with faith, grew despite of
the fact that the cities largest
industry closed.
In 1960 Peerless Woolen Mills
closed its doors putting many
out of work. Many new homes
are still vacant where families I
have had to move seeking em-
ployment elsewhere. The future
looked uncertain, as well, to
the members of the Bryan Sreet
Church of Christ, but because
of the great love for the Lord
and His Kingdom the church
steadily grew..
n . * three men who are elders of
atr^y»hl» ithe congregation: Ix*on eleven
are thankful to God that other, j m(>s BaHard and G G
companies have moved in aoo^^hrock
The congregation is served by
[ six deacons: James Crane, Don
Martin , dward Phillips,
I Frank Reeves, Tom Shockley
and Leslie Williams. In the past
twelve months membership has
I grown from about 135 to 180.
1 Sunday school average is now
about 185 with a goal of 200
which was expected to be reach-
ed on September 13. There
were 164 present for the Sun-
day evening services on August
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The Tiftonia Church of which j
i gram “Know Your Bible" with
gation
During his lifetime he has some 20 members, about six of ( sponses to the Lord’s invitation
helped to build some 90 church whom are wage earners, is en
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have learned since then that,
though he has* no children of his
own. he. has reared several and
has educated some 18. and in
deed has been a helper of
many.)
Brother Frierson made plans
to make the 160 mile round
trip to Mankato as soon as he 1
could get out of the hospital
When he was released, he wait- i
" ed in Rochester four days to get 1
to make the trip to .Mankato to I
see the work first hand and talk I
with some of the local brethren
He was touched by the fact 1
that there are such large towns
in this part of the country with .
no New Testament work in
them. By the time the trip was I
over, he was physically ex 1
nessee. Frierson had lost his difficulty, had our five hundred
eyesight several months before
and had had surgery on one eye day.
in 1963, which was successful in ’"'l
restoring sight He was back in
Rochester this year to have deposit slip to this effect,
surgery on the other eye. j called us from Nashville
When Brother Frierson . „ „
told that I was moving from I I
Rochester to Mankato to work his check for five-hundred dol „„„ VUI1.
with the small congregation in 1 lars, with the inscription written ' tributed. the budget for 1964 is
that city, and that the church ' on it in his handwriting, “God $19,500.
bless you". |
We believe God has blessed 1
Truly Dedicated
The. people at Bryan Street
are truly dedicated to the cause
I of Christ Last February in an
i effort to pay off the preachers
home which was then being
used for classrooms, over $1,- ■ ,
day Even though Rossville’s Teen Preachers Train
largest industry closed Bryan
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Within a few days we received tendance but also in contribu
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ABOVE—This photo shows the framework going
up on the new facilities for the Bryan Street church
in Rossville, Georgia. .
BELOW—This is another view of this structure
on the way up. Rapid growth in recent months has
made such a building program a must for the Bryan
Street congregation.
Bryan Street is a working con-
In the last eleven
local congregation, consisting of months there have been 81 re
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buildings for the brethren <We thusiastic anti united in its aim i through
and much of this has been done
j through personal work. T h e
to improve the opportunities of Jule Miller film strip series is
the rhnrrh in this rnmniunitv ' used extensively More and
|M‘ople at Bryan Street
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are the brethren who do not believe that the job can be done
and undermine the work of those who are endeavoring to do
the work according to their ability for the Lord.
TTiese are the brethren wrho are asleep on their beds think
ing that the gospel is to be confined just to a small area.
But no church that has a vision that stops at their door-
steps will ever do anything for the glory of God. The church
in Antioch of Syria, even though an infant church, sets its sights
to lands beyond Asia, and the gospel emanates from Antioch
to Europe. There will always, I suppose, be brethren who
but it is high time that we awaken from our beds of destructive
thinking and littleness of thought.
Willingness Lacking
The cause of Christ today is not hampered by a lack of
five hundred dollars to help our
building fund drive if we would
raise that amount
We accepted his offer and the
challenge and had a meeting of
the few members of the church
the following Sunday afternoon |
estate man from Nashville, Ten The brethren, with not too much
dollars by the following Thurs-
In Eastdale Program
CHATTANOOGA — The Eastdale congregation in
Chattanooga has recently been giving unusual empha-
sis to gospel preaching among the teenage boys in the
church This program was begun last year when the
young people of the church planned and conducted a
youth meeting and invited the young people from every
i congregation in town.
I are becoming personal workers
and more and more people are| ... , ,
■ obeying the gospel | delivered short
Bryan Street not only thinks
I of home "needs but is also mis-.
I sion minded. The Jerusalem
work is regularly supported as
well as the Herald of Truth.
Money was also sent to Canada
and Panama this year
For the past several years
Bryan Street has regularly sup-
jxirted the local television pro-
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other churches in the Chattan-
ooga area. Money is sent month-
ly to Childhaven Orphan Home
and much benevolent work is
done at home by the deacons.
A cuff Preaching
Larry Acuff, minister of Bry-
an Street came there in July
1963 after working two years
with the Boyd Buchanan Bible
School in Chattanooga and
preaching for the Woodland
Height congregation Acuff was
educated at Alabama Christian
College, David Lipscomb and
the University of Chattanooga.
He was married in 1961 to
Janet Kinnaird of Detroit, Mich
igan. They have a 20 month
old son, James Larry Jr.
The future looks brighter than
ever before at Bryan Street.
Upon the completion of the new
auditorium sometime in Octo-
ber a gospel meeting and open
-house—is planned.—WUh—lite
.... . ... . shortage of space no longer a
tor themselves, we can accomplish the task that problem many souls will be con- ;ng and gratifvinf,
placed upon us and that is to go unto all the verted to Christ. Bryan Street is - * -
a group of people dedicated to
the cause of Christ.
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Nichols, James W. & Powell, J. Marvin. Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1964, newspaper, September 18, 1964; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1313145/m1/4/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.