Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1967 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol. XXIV
Box 1739. Abilene, Tax. 79404
Number 13
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Work Rangos
Vinzant added that the volun-
teers’ work ranges all the
Way from babysitting to mass
evangelism. A requisite of the
West Islip church is that the
Faith Corps be willing to serve
on whatever job it is assigned.
“This group of workers has
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needed* a greater challenge than
was usually provided,” these
men resolved to make such an
opportunity available.
Late in 1964, this New York
church presented the idea to the
public. Carl Phagan, appointed
director of missions, was given
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By Glovar Shipp
Assistant Editor
FORT WORTH, Tex. — With
1967 fact, rather than future,
and just six months before de-
parture for Brazil, the Advance
Guard of Operation *68 is taking
a collective deep breath as it
enters its final departure count-
down.
The Advance Guard now num-
bers ten families and three indi-
viduals. >
these are:
The Dale Browns, of Ingle-
wood, Calif., (still in need of a
sponsoring church);
Leon Room
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The announcement was made,
by the elders of this Abilene .
congregation, who are over-
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the Newark Church of Christ.
Reese assumed his duties De-
cember 1 and will spend half-
time for four or five months in
coordinating activities of ‘‘Meg- - fl
alopolis.” He spent December
7-12 in New Castle County in >!
Delaware becoming familiar i
with the Newark church and the
area.
The project director Is an 1
Abilene realtor and was a job- I
ber for Phillips Petroleum Com-
pany m 1952-63. He is a 1941 B
magna cum laude graduate of
Abilene Christian College and is
completing a master’s degree in
Bible at ACC. --
He has been active in Bible
class teaching 20 years, and for
the last two years at the College
Church of Christ he has con-
ducted an adult class on Sunday
mornings concerning difficult
passages in the Bible. He has
also served as a deacon of the
Northside Church of Christ in
Abilene.
Reese was an AU-Texas Con-
ference basketball player at
ACC, was vice-president of the
Students Association and presi-
dent of Alpha Chi. He is mar-
ried to the former Iris Muns,
also an ACC ex-student and they
have three sons — Randy, Jack
and Jim.
The project director was the
charter president of the Key
City Kiwanis Club of Abilene, is
a former member of the board
of the West Texas Rehabilitation
Center, is a member of the
Advisory Board of ACC and was
tion of ACC in 1956.
Reese's duties will include ad-
ministration of the project
through Abilene, coordinating
with Charles Moore, minister of
the church in Newark. The di-
rector will organize lectureship
presentations, plan and execute
retreats, assist in the recruit-
ment of families for the project,
make transportation arrange-
ments for employment confer-
ences and Coordinate mailings
to prospects wnd committed in-
dividuals and families.
Persons interested in the
“Megalopolis” project can <
reach Reese at the College
Church of Christ (OR3-6497), or
his home address is Route t.
Box 453. Abilene, Tex., 79600
(OR3-3408'.
the missionaries so the men and
their wives can take overdue
vacations, do research material
for a daily World Radio pro-
gram, follow up on churches in
the interior, help develop nation
al leaders, and contribute great-
ly to the promotion and admin-
istration of the correspondence
course, which numbers students
in th thousands.”
'Aid Evangelism'
Faith Corps is a cooperative
mission project of the W’est Islip
church. Its purpose is to aid in
world evangelism by providing
missionaries already on the
field with additional workers.
Each volunteer receives a sub-
sistence salary and commits
himself for two years of service.
The Faith Corps concept was
born while Dwain Evans and
Rod Spaulding were touring the.
United States in the interest of
Exddus/Bay Shore. “Noticing
that young people of the church ideas of modern times.
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Faith Corps Workers Asked
Sao Paulo, Brazil'
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port); ana <
The Glever Shippt, of Fort
Worth.
In addition Miss Linda Cook
of Inglewood; Mrs. Emily HoL
i lett of Fort Worth; and Mr. umw, »uu uwer icgai
! John Paul Simon of Portland tion for departure.
All Advance Guard and other
interested families will converge
on the Pepperdinc College cam-
pus July 13 for a final schedule
of seminars on Brazil and the
work there. These will be fol-
lowed by a Brazil Rally in the
Pepperdine auditorium on July
16. an all-night prayer session
are included in this initial group,
group.
Scheduled during the winter
and spring months is a series of
retreats for all Advance Guard
and other Brazil bound person-
nel. In addition a number of
participants will be on the pro-
grams, or in attendance, at
ABILENE. Tex.—Leon Reese, a deacon of the College
Chjurch of Christ in Abilene, has been named project
director of “Megalopolis,” a plan to move 50 families to
BOg Newark, Del., by September 1.
more than lived up to the high
standard assigned them,” Vin-
zant said.
“They provide efficient secre-
tarial assistance and aid in our
publications program,” Vinzant
added. “They teach the gospel
to the lost both publicly and
privately, stay with children of the responsibility to recruit" and
ih» misc>nnar->AS ih» mon - train the “pilot” group. After an
intensive training program at
the Harding Missions Seminar
in 1965, six workers moved to
Brazil and four to Barrie. On-
tario, Canada.
12 in Brazil
Faith Corps II ha.s just ar-
rived at its destination. Includ-
ing the original group of 1965,
there are now 12 Faith Corps-
men in Brazil, eight in Ontario,
three ih Nigeria and seven in
Brooklyn, New York.
Lynn Huff, former coordinator
of the Brazilian Faith Corps in
Sao Paulo, believes that this
concept of mission work offers
unprecedented opportunities /or
world evangelism.
He said, "I believe that the
Faith Corps concept offers __
churches of Christ their greatest ‘ City Kiwanis Club of Abilene, is
several Christian college lec-
tureships.
Facing the entire Advance
Guard during these months is
accelerated language study,
shots, passport and visa applies
tions. and other 16gal prepara-
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ABILENE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JAN. 6, 1967
and departure for Brazil on the
Argentina Maru, leaving Los *
Angeles Harbor July 17.
During the late spring, more
and more of the leadership in
the U.S. will be turned over to
1968 departure leaders Frank
Roberts, Karl Love, -and Ken
Knapp These will coordinate
the preparation of 1968 depart
ees, who already number close
to 50 adults, and will continue
the nationwide informational
campaign on Brazil presently
directed by 1967 leaders Cal
Hall, Charley Huffman and
Glover Shipp.
Operation
The Al Campbells, of Bur-
bank, Calif.; /
The Darrel Davis's, of Ingle-
wood; T ,
The Cal Halls, of Portland,
Ore.;
The Carl Hendersons, of Los
Angeles, Calif.,, (still in need of
support);
The Charley Huffmans, of
Riverside, Cals., (still needing
partial support';
The Ridley Lewis's, of Fort
Worth, Tex.;
The Ray Meisanhald«r«, of
Fort Worth; .
The C. H. Shipps, of Lamont,
To Stay
By Howard Norton
SAO PAULO, B r a z i I —S i x
Faith Corps workers who ar-
rived in Sao Paulo in 1965 for a
two year period of mission work
have been asked by the mission-
aries to extend their commit-
ment for one more year. The
six young people, under the
general oversight of the West
Islip, N. Y., Church of Christ,
are: Leta Albritton, Robert and
Susan Grissom, Tom Kemp;
Carleta Roberts and Roger
Tate.
Don Vinzant, coordinator of
the Faith Corps contingent in
Brazil, reported that the Sao
Paulo missionaries made the
request in a personal letter to
each Faith Corpsman.
“These letters,” he said, "re-
flect both appreciation for the
past performance of the workers
and our continued need for their
help.”
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