Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, August 20, 1965 Page: 2 of 12
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August 20, 1965
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INOLA, Okla. — Several con-
gregations in the Tulsa area
are cooperating in an effort to
establish the Lord’s Church in
Inola, Okla, this summer.
Bill E. Smith, minister of the
Northside Church in Tulsa, will
preach in a gospel meeting in
Inola, Aug. 29-Sept. 5.
Inola, a community of about
700 just off highway 13 about 25
miles east of Tulsa, is predict-
ed to have a population of more
than 20,000 when the Port of
Catossa opens.
In April of this year two fam-
ilies of Christians who live in
Inola but had been driving else-
where to services began meet
ing in the local high school
building for worship and Hass-
es.
The families, the Grady Ca-
tons and Jack Scarboroughs,
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TULSA, Okla. — Bonds
Stocks of Falls Church, Va .
will preach in a gosjxd meeting
at Eastside in Tulsa the week
of Sept. 12-19.
The beginning of the meeting
will coincide with the Tulsa
Area Bible Class Attendance
Drive which hopes to see more
than 7,100 in classes in the
Greater Tulsa Area on Sept. 12
Eastside’s goal for that dav is
750.
Stocks, who preaches in a su-
burb of Washington. D.C..
served for six years as secre-
tary to Rep. John Rankin, of
Mississippi, in Washington.
He has preached at several
mission points in the Northeast
By J. Paul Du Bois
Suddenly those children the mothers tearfully ush-
ered off to their first day of school (it seems only yester-
day) are now grown, and hasty preparations are being
made for college.
In a few more days many young people from Tulsa
churches of Christ will be leaving to enter various insti-
tutions of higher education. ’
It is hard to relinquish them to the new environ-
ments and new problems they will encounter during
these next few weeks and months.
Frankly, we have much confidence in our Tulsa
young people. We believe, generally speaking, that they
, have had good teaching, and that firm foundations for
future living have been built by consecrated parents and
devoted leaders and teachers in the various congrega-
tions.
Yet, at the risk of sounding too fatherly, we feel a
compulsion to address a few remarks to them. We want
them to face realistically the hard truth that new situa-
tions and strange surroundings will mean doing some
thinking they have not had to do up to now.
Several will be entering State colleges. Without dis-
crediting the value of such institutions, we must nev-
ertheless point out that leaving the Christian life of the
home they will be entering a collegiate world in which
Christianity, in far too many cases, is either ignored or
ridiculed.
For some (depending, of course, on the course of
study chosen) numerous assaults on the Bible will be
made, with the grave possibility of alienating them from
the faith.
They may be introduced to the famous “Documen-
tary Hypothesis’’ which will build a strong case against
the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch. At least clever
assumptions by a respected and lettered professor can
make it appear so.
Additionally, they will be told that many characters in
the Bible are only legendary, that the book which has
guided their youth and given them the principles upon
which they have been building a life is filled with histori-
cal inaccuracies and “internal contradictions and crudi-
ties’’ (Life, December 1964).
They will be exposed to the so-called “assured results
of higher criticism,’’ without being told that these' results
are now no longer considered quite so “assured.”
If they dare to dissent, defending their long-held be-
liefs, they might conceivably be called an out of date ob-
scurantist, bolding to ideas that arc much too ancient
and inconsequential.
In addition to ridicule of the Bible, some professors
might even debunk the great heroes of secular history,
impugning their motives until the student will have little
faith left even in humanity, much less in God.
Perhaps this language sounds strong, and it could
easily be passed off as the subjective ravings of an unin-
formed preacher.
Certainly in some schools this will not be the case
But in others, we can assure you, it is.
These lines are intended to wave some red flags, and
provide some suggestions for you to follow in these new
environs:
1. Be intellectually honest. The student must set his
mind immediately toward the goal of personal honesty, -
not allowing any man, regardless of his learning, to be
the dominating factor in his education. He must weigh
carefully the flow of ideas to which he is subjected, and
make his own decisions.
This is true whether he is at a State college or a
Christian college. True education will teach the student
to think for himself.
2. Be patient in the quest for truth. Lt is wise for the
student not to worry about every little criticism he might
hear about the Bible and God and Christianity
We assure you that the attacks can sometimes
sound quite plausible.to the uninformed. The problems
will be complicated by a hurried study schedule which
will not always allow the student to carefully analyze
and study through each barb of the critic.
Students, you will do well to note the problem (ignor-
ing it might produce traumas which will ultimately be
even more damaging), and lay it aside for a time when
you will be able to research it in a more thorough
manner on your own.
Please remember that great minds have struggled
with these problems before you.
Minds that are just as scholarly as the professor you
have learned to respect have already dealt with the crit-
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more than 8,000 contacts were
made during the week.
The results were as follows:
140 Bible cottage studies were
.sclieduled, 98 enrolled for the
Bible correspondence course, 77
children and 3 adults wiH be
picked up for services by the
brethren in Regina.
A total of 430 families showed
positive interest in the Lord’s
work there. One hundred eleven
families are marked for im-
mediate follow-up work.
But not all the results were
experienced by the Canadians
According to the Duane Ter-
rys, the young people who
made the trip were inspired by
the devotion and spirituality of
the young Christians of Canada.
Kevin Blanton, a young man
froh Fayetteville, Ark.,
summed up their feelings in a
statement made during a talk
on the recent Youth Forum at
29th and Yale
“I have never knocked on
doors in Fayetteville, and prob
ably never would have. But
now that I have a taste of it on
this campaign I will knock on
doors ifi Fayetteville for the
Lord. too,” said Blanton
Tulsa Congregations To Aid
Establishment of Inola Church
PULSA, Okla — Ray Dillman
com pleti*d one decade as elder
of the Fifteenth and Delaware
Church in Tulsa, Okla,, Aug. 1.
During this time he has served
with 15 different men as elders.
Dillman, born in Winfield,
Kan., moved to Tulsa in 1939.
In 1944 he married Vivien
Worsham of Tulsa.
After serving five years in
the armed services during
World Mar II, Dillman returned
to Tulsa and went to work for
Rounds and Porter Co. He has
worked there for the1 last 20
years.
Before becoming an elder
Ray served as a deacon for
several years at Fifteenth. Ilia
father served as an elder in the
Wrnfield, Kan. church.
The Dillmans have three chil-
dren: Ken, 18, a sophomore at
Abilene Christian College,
member of a National Honor
Society and preacher of the
gospel, Bob, 14, and Sue. 19.
the home.
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GUEST EDITORIAL
TULSA. Okla. — In the last
few issues of the Eastern Okla- I
homa Regional Edition of the i
Chronicle we have been report-
ing that groups of Christians in
this area were going on evan- I
gelistic campaigns into mission I
areas.
The church at 29th and Vale
had a group of more than 30 1
that went to Fort Collins, Colo.
Brookside had a group that
went to Pittston. Penn. And a
TULSA. Okla — A group of
29 workers from the Brookside
congregation in Tulsa, are in
Pittston, Pa., this week con-
ducting an extensive campaign
aik. census of the community,
with preaching services each
evening in which J. Paul Du
Bois, Brookside’s resident evan-
gelist, is doing the preaching
This is the second such cam-
paign for this group, the first
one being in Weyburn. Sas-
katchewan, Canada, last sum-
mer. i
Brookside helped the Pittston
congregation finally for a num-,
ber of years.
The workers engaged in
house to house canvassing each
day until the entire community
was covered.
A religious census was taken
with the hope of securing a
Large number of people who
will be interested in home Bible
studies to be conducted by the
local preacher, Cecil Allmon,
after the campaign is over.
Attractive campaign litera-
ture and tracts were handed
out by the group, too.
The group will also visit sev-
eral points of interest on the
trip, including the Henry Ford
Museum at Dearborn. Mich,.
Niagara Falls, The World’s
Fair. Washington, D C., and the
Smoky Mountains.
Several families are taking
their vacations in order to help
with the campaign and escort
the young people who have
earned their own money
make the trip.
‘‘One of the major reasons
for the trip.” said Du Bois, ”is
to keep Brooksiders intent on
mission work, and we believe
the young people especially
need to get into an area where
the church is not strong so that
they can have a first-hand view
of the great needs of our
times.”
The Brookside congregation is
supporting three missionaries
and their families, in addition
to the local preacher.
Each of the missionaries
spends one year with the
Brookside congregation before
going into his field of endeavor
under the direction of the 16th
Church in Washington.
On Sunday morning at 9.45
am., Sept. 12. Stocks will
combined adult
persuaded Ray Wilburn of Tul
sa to come preach for these
services.
Wilburn is a member at 29th
and Yale.
Catoosa, where the Catons
worshipped, and Claremore,
where the Scarborough.' wor
shipped, will help in the. meet
ing. 29th and Yale has helped
with the advertising, and
Northside will provide the
preacher.
The meeting will be in the In-
oJa High School building each
throughout this
are encouraged to come
evening.
Christians
area
help in this effort.
There are many in the Inola
area who are out of duty
Those knowing of any are being
encouraged to contact Wilburn
or S4iith.
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speak to the ______________
classes on the ‘Dangers Facing
America,” according to Delmar
Owens, the local minister.
Mickey Bowles will direct the
singing for the meeting. There
will be services at 10 a m and
at 7:30 p.m. daily.
Ray Dillman Ends
Decade of Service
As Church Elder
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Tulsa Campaigners to Canada
group of 28 composed of mem
bers from at least seven differ
ent congregations went to Regi
na in Canada.
To give us some idea as to
just what takes place on one of
these campaigns and what the
visible results are, we asked
those who went to Canada for a
report.
Immediately upon a. riving at
Regina, the group paired off
and started taking a religious
census.
Besides finding the religious
affiliation of the people, they
also asked them if they would
allow a cottage Bible course in
their homes, would enroll in a
free correspondence course on
the Bible, would accept a ride
to church or would allow some
one to pick up their children
far services.
Of course, they wer > all invit-
ed to the services being held
each evening at the church
building in which Gordon
Thomas did the preaching
According to Dr. Earl Ed
wards, who along with Bob
Steele, Duane Terry and Thom
as, spearheaded the campaign.
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