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an excuse for having a forceful
plan of personal work? If so,
we need to re-examine our po-
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i>i members to be baptized and
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the deaf in Ethiopia where
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without the aid of hearing.
l.innie is qualified, profession •
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a' a preacher of the gospel and
a teacher of the deaf. His
schooling was received from the
San Francisco City College and
the Oakland City College in 1
California where he majored in
social science I'pon close re-
view of his background a n d
training, the California Depart ;
merit ot Education (‘onsidered
hi- prep.nation sufficient to ac
cept him as a counselor lor the
< alifornia School for the Deaf
at Berkeley.
In addition to his duties at
the school. Linnie is on regular i
call to fill appointments for
preaching on Sundays. He is I
presently making plans to rc
enter San Francisco City Col
lege for advanced studies in I
dactylology.
sponsoring congregation 1
travel fund for Linnie 1
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Ethiopia Work
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pia for .1 preacher of the gos-
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Great 5onqs of the Church
This is the trme 1e take stock Is Communism
really the vicious God denying philosophy and sys-
tem it has been said to be-9 Can a Christian retain
his convictions and be sympathetic toward or
tolerant of Communism- What is the Christian's best
approach to Communism-’ Should we handle it with
kid gloves and speak <f it in muffled voice, or
should we face it square!) and with open eyes?
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OLD CLICHE DOESN'T HOLD
South African Church Notices Increase Due to Personal Work
congregation is not working, not | School. For the most part, these
duM^n >PfV°n<a W0lk' ncr Con | are children of members,
ducting film: trip teaching, about
the only place their conversions
can come
By John L. Maple*
1)18BAN. South Africa
(CNS>—R- S. Bell told me six
years ago that most of our old
trite expressions that were gen-
erally accepted were not ngees-
garily true. He illustrated by
the old excuse- for not doing
mission work ‘ You don’t have
to get seasick to be a mission
>ry ’’
11 would like to challenge an-
other old saying that 1 and
many others have accepted for
many years That is ‘ As the
Sunday School goes so goes the |
Church.'' and I might throw in
“ninety per cent of conver- |
| baptized but not
sums come through 11,» Sunday
School."
Brethren J am a Mrenp
vocate of Bible Class, work
whether on Sunday moimng,
night or Wednesday night But
have we really examined the
facts and considered the per-
centages’ Recently, wc hue at
Queen Mary Avenue, Durban
conducted a drive to have 140
in Sunday Schoo one morning
We exceeded that goal by 23
Many of these new ones con
tinue to conn1 The following
•• ■' u had twelve conversions,
but not one could be traced to
the Sunday School In tht fol
lowtng weeks four more were
one as a re-
sult of the Sunday School eon
tacts In every case these con-
versions came as a result ot !
, personal contacts, private Bible
Classes in homes and filmstrip
classes.
Thus stimulated wt Im gan
i cheeking every conversion of
the congregation in its six war
history. As a result we found
j that less than five percent of
our members were either con
(acted through or taught exchi
sively in the Sunday School.
Despite these figures 1 would
n t suggest fur a mom* nt that
!♦<)' of conversions do not < orne
through the Sunday School
some congregatnms \\ l,< n
estimated 35.MM) (-------—---------—---
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Nichols, James W. & Warren, Will Ed. Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, March 30, 1962, newspaper, March 30, 1962; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1320640/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.