Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1965 Page: 3 of 4
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January 15, 1965
CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
Stillwater Church Finds Mission Field at Front Door
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• In February 1967, Louis and
his family moved to Iraq with
his oil company tor 18 months
until rioting endangered his
family and they were forced to
return to Indiana. While in Iraq,
he traveled to the Holy Land
and other places connected with
the Bible story.
Louis and his wife Elizabeth
have three daughters. Anita is a
senior at Harding College in
Searcy, Arkansas. Sandra is a
senior in the Academy at Hard-
ing Harding is Louis' alma ma-
ter, and he is on the Board of
Directors there. Betty, their 11
year ojd daughter, is at home
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Yes, thousands of Christian families
across the land are now receiving Thn
Christian Chronicle in their home mail
boxes weekly. They are enjoying it and
receiving at least three major benefits—
information, inspiration and edification
—-because of the foresight and vision of
the eldership of their local congregation.
Some 400 churches of Christ are now
sending The Chronicle into the homes of
each family in the congregation—and
paying the low monthly cost through the
church treasury.
STILLWATER, Okla. — The
Stillwater church feels that ft
has literally a mission field at
its front door. Each year sev-
eral hundred students from oth-
er lands come to Stillwater to
study at Oklahoma State Univer-
sity. The Stillwater congrega-
tion is ma* *
to contact
ternational students in the re-
ligion of Christ.
Recently, the congregation in-
vited all international students
to a reception in their honor at
the church building. Out of 500
invitations, 43 accepted and
came while 19 others sent cour-
teous notes explaining why they
would be unable to come.
Those who attended the recep-
tural purposes for the length of
time they are in our commun-
ity.
Informal contacts are made
with the student by each family
on a regular basis. They visit
in our homes, celebrate our holi-
days with us, attend social ac-
tivities and services wfth us. By
making contact with a student
in Ns Freshman year and main-
taining that contact for an ex-
tended period, ft should be pos-
sible to cultivate Ns trust and
friendship to such a degree that
he could be taught about Christ
and His way.
with them attending p u b 1 i e
school.
At the present time Green to
preaching for the Valparaiso,
Indiana Church of Christ. He
will continue there until June
with them while making ar-
rangements to leave his secular
employment to enter full-t i m e
work in the ministry in Tulsa.
During the meantime North
Sheridan has employed Don
Brown, former minister at Bix-
by, Oklahoma, to work with
them until Green arrives. Then
Brown will be supported by
North Sheridan in a mission
work in this general area.
ing planned by the Stillwater
church:
(1) A letter will be sent to
each of the students who came
to the reception or showed an
interest in ft, giying them a
warm welcome to attend the
worship services. (Several are
already doing so). A booklet,
“Jesus Christ, the Way, the
Truth, and the Life’* will also
be included.
(2) An offer will be extended
to each of them to learn more
about Christianity by enrolling
in a
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tion came from 15 countries:
India, Thailand, Jordan, Libya,
Pakistan, Palestine, Iran, China,
Philippines, Iraq, Afghanistan,
Korea, Haiti, Saudi Arabia, and
Liberia. A boat of different re-
ligions were represented includ-
ing Hindus, Moslems, Buddhists,
and Catholics. Some said they
had no religion.
The implications of all this are
obvious. If just one or two of
these students could be convert-
ed each year, what an impact
their lives could have when
they return to their native lands
with the gospel.
Some specific follow-up is be-
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where it can have the best benefit. • All
of the members of the family can enjoy
it weekly and profit from the inspiration
it provides—especially in the interest bf
world-wide evangelism.
Several churches who did not wish to put
The Chronicle subscriptions in the bud-
get, asked for a special collection, and
received enough for a full year’s sub-
scription for each family.-
Green Returning to North Sheridan Endeavor
TULSA, Okla. — The North * - - - - - - --- -
Sheridan Church of Christ in
Tulsa has chosen Louis E.
Green, who now lives at Chest-,
erton, Indiana, to work with
them as Local minister.
Green is no stranger at North
Sheridan, nor to the church in
this area. While working for an
oil company in Tulsa, he was
instrumental in establishing the
North Sheridan church in Octo-
ber of 1951.
The congregation was started
at their present location with
the building of an auditorium
and classrooms. This audi-
torium was converted into
classrooms when their new
auditorium was dedicated last
year at a ceremony in which
Green preached.
In April of. 1955, Green was in-
strumental in establishing the
North Memorial church, for
whom he preached two years.
Since then this congregation,
now known as the Memorial
Drive Church of Christ, has
moved to 747 So. Memorial
Drive.
While here be helped estab-
lish the Owasse congregation by
meeting in the home of Mont
Hanna on Tuesday evenings for
Bible study.
Mission Study
Gets Attention
By Tulsa Youths
TUI .SA, Okla. — The Senior
High Class which meets regu-
larly on Sunday afternoon at
29th and Yale church in Tulsa,
recently formed a Mission
’Study. Their design is to gather
< and file information on every
church in the world.
What they really want to do
is to build up a working file on
all overseas works. They figure
that the local elders and any-
one else will find it useful.
The way that they have gone
about to accomplish their pur-
pose was to divide the world
into 10 divisions with different
students responsible for collect-
ing data for their specific area.
To facilitate their program
they have designs to make use
of the Christian Chronicle and
other brotherhood papers to get
the stories of churches recently
begun. Personal letters to work-
ers on the field will give them
additional information.
Mission Study classes on col-
lege campuses will share valu-
able information with them also.
Several things have not been de-
cided upon but one thing seems
certain — these Christians are
bound and determined to get a
file on every work known and
to keep it current. We hope the
idea catches on with other
young people's groups in t h e
area.
CLOSING OF
COLLEGES. “A
number of small colleges are
closing annually. According to
Ralph McGill, newspaper editor
and columnist, Today 40 per
cent of the students are in pri-
vate colleges and universities
Educators estimate that by 1985
there will be only about 20 per
cent enrolled in such institu-
tions.*
"He predicts more small col-
leges will be closing their doors.
Our Christian colleges can be
in the number unless we are
able to convince the brethren to
support them more generously.
Also, we must continue to stress
distinctive service rendered by
these schools.
"We must offer a sound aca
demic program in a Christian
environment that develops spir-
itual values and Christian citi-
zenship. If we abandon the Bible
requirement, chapel attendance,
devotional services, Christian
recreation and emphasis on mor-
al conduct, then we will not
survive.
"Surely, we have enough
righteous souls left who will
rally behind Christian schools
which uphold the Bible and
• righteousness even though the
statisticians and prognosticators
say they will die." —Claude
Gardner in the Gespel Advocate,
October II, 1N4. My brother has
stated the case pointedly.
Course prepared especially
for persons of their background.
(3) Personal contact will be
made with those who show gen-
uine interest, requesting them to
study privately with us. Some
have already told us they are
interested m learning more
about our religion.
In addition to this, 37 fami-
lies who are members of the
congregation here are cooperat-
ing wfth the University through
a "Student - Host Program”
wherein first year international
students are "assigned” to Still-
water families for social and cul-
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Nichols, James W. & Smith, Bill E. Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1965, newspaper, January 15, 1965; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1313184/m1/3/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.