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Editor—Everett Ferguson, associate
professor of Bible, Abilene Christian
<B.A.,. M.A., Abilene Christian;
STB., PhD., Harvard'; minister in
Texas, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey. - ' . _ , , ,
Associate—Abraham J. Malherbe, University at Edinburgh: Ph D. (iii
associate professor of Bible, Abilene residence), University of St. An-
Christian (B.A., Abilene Christian;
S T B., Th.D , Harvard; postgraduate
AUSTIN, Tex.—For the fir< time in
the twentieth century, ministers and
scholars of the church of Christ are
joining to write a commentary on the
New Testament.
Under the editorship of Dr. Everett
Ferguson, associate professor of Bible
at Abilene Christian College, the 19-
volume series is titled “The Living
Word Commentary.” R. B. Sweet Co.,
Inc. of Austin is the publisher.
Associate editors are Dr. Abraham
J. Malherbe, associate professor of
Bible at Abilene Christian, and Dr.
David Stewart, director of new prod;
ucts for the publisher
Volumes will be produced bi-
monthly beginning early in the fall of
1967..
The comuieuLary, awiwdwM 4t> Ker- —
guson, “is to be concerned with the
meaning of the text. Though it will
not be primarily devotional, homilotic,
or polemical, these values will arise
from a correct understanding of the
text.”
Contributors were selected for
their combination of scholarship and
preaching experience. Nineteen writ-
work, Utrecht, the Netherlands) ; min-
ister in Texas and Massachusetts.
Associate—John David Stewart, di-
rector of new products, R.B. Sweet
Co., Inc. (B.A., M.A., Abilene Chris-
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Church Scholars to Write Commentary
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ers hold earned doc-
torate degrees in
religion. The other
three are doctoral
candidates. A 1 I
have preached in
churches of Christ
across the United
States and most
have studied pr
preached in other -
countries
“ ‘The Living
Word Commentary’
is aimed at tha,mature adult, the
minister and the college -student,”
according to Dr. Stewart,
inentary now available1
church’s need for Biblical
reieVSiit ’io Ow i ’
the closing decades of this century.
spiritual problems of
Hao rxf ikaaa /»o»hirO **
Based on the Revised Standard Ver-
sion of the Bible, each volume will
carry that translation at the top of
each page. Though all the writers will
work, flrom the Greek text, only a
limited amount of transliterated
Greek will be incorporated into their
comments, in order to be useful to a
churches in Texas.
Matthaw — Jack
P. Lewis, professor
of Bible, Harding
Graduate School of
Religion (B.A. Abi-
lene Christian;
M.A.. Sam Houston
State; STB., Ph.
D., H a r v a rtf;
Ph.D., Hebrew
Vtiipni;.minister tn
Texas, - Rhode Is-
land, Kentucky, Ar-
kansas, Tennessee.
Mark - Earle G.
McMillan, assistant professor‘of Bible,
Abilene Christian <B.A., M A., Abilene
Christian; postgraduate, Texas; B.D.,
Vol. XXIV
ABILENE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1967
Box 1719, Ab.lona, Tex 79604
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fax work.
Hawkins, a native of Arizona,
moved to Canada about 12 years
ago. He established the church
in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan,
before moving to Victoria. A
similar campaign in Victoria in
1966 resulted in 24 conversions.
Personal work director for the
campaign is Bill Dodgin of the
Lawndale church in Amarillo.
He is recruiting workers at this
time. Interested individuals may
write him in care of the Lawn-
dale Church of Christ, 3118 Man-
hattan, Amarillo. Tex., 79103
Abilene; George Tipps, Fort
Worth, Tex ; Virgil R. Trout.
Duncan. Okla.; C. Edward
White, Parkersburg, W.Va.; and
Melvin J. Wise, Chattanooga.
Tenn.
The campaign will be based
on the principle of volunteer
workers. A committee of 1.000
will be enlisted in the spring
and summer of 1967, with each
committee man being chal-
lenged to personally work to
obtain 100 new subscribers in
hi > or her hometown.
Special brochures, displays
and other supporting material
will be provided to each workers
SALISBURY, Rhodesia, Afri
ca — A typhoid fever epidemic
hit Nhowe Mission in Rhodesia,
according to a telegram March
23 from Lloyd Gifford, mission-
ary working at the mission who
is supported by the Highland
Church of Christ in Abilene,
Tex.
Gifford — in the telegram to
J. C. McCurdy, an elder for the
Hillcrest Church of Christ in
Abilene — said that nine girls would be needed: $9,000 for a
have been hospitalized. Health
Authorities in Salisbury stated
the need for “drastic action,”—available
according to Gifford.
“Funds must be made avail-
able Immediately for proper
sewage and $6,000 for a water
system. More information is
from the Hillcrest
Church. of Christ, 617 Bacon
Drive, Abilene, Tex., 79601,
Phone: area code 915, OR2-4224.
largest city in Canada’s Mari-
time Provinces. These provinces
(New Brunswick, Prince Ed
ward Island, Newfoundland and
Nova Scotia) have been almost
untouched by the restoration
plea. It is felt that Halifax is
the key city in evangelizing this
region
The church in Halifax has a
membership of 24. It has con-
structed and is paying for a
building which provides ade-
quate accommodations for wor-
ship assemblies and Bible
classes. The congregation is en-
gaged in reaching out with the
gospel — using cottage meet-
ings, direct mail, Bible corre-
spondence courses, youth work
and a weekly radio program.
Ron Pauls, a Canadian who
moved to Halifax in 1965, and
Walter Hart, a Texan with 10
vears experience preaching in
Canada, work full-time with the
congregation. Attendance is now
averaging in the forties, with a
recently set Bible class record
of 52. It is hoped that the
campaign will do much to ac-
celerate the growth of the Hali-
Jim Hawkins to Speak
In Nova Scotia Campaign
By Walter Hart
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia —An
evangelistic campaign is sched-
uled this June for Halifax. The
personal work phase will be
June 5-21, when it is hoped that
40 personal workers from the
United States and Canada will
be present to participate in in-
tensive door-to-door work.
Public services will be held
June 11-18 with Jim Hawkins of
Victoria, Canada, preaching on
the theme “Christ for Today’s
Crisis.”
Plans for the campaign in-
clude the largest program of
mass advertising yet attempted
by the church in Halifax, with
emphasis on direct mail, large
ads on public transit vehicles
and newspaper advertising. The
preaching services will be held
in the Westmount school audito-
rium, which is centrally located
and serviced by public transit.
Halifax, one of the oldest Eng-
lish cities in Canada, is capital
of Nova Scotia and the major
Atlantic port for the nation. A
city with a metropolitan popula-
tion of 240,000, it is by far the
20th Century Christian Starts
Campaign for New Subscribers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. To
commemorate the 30th anniver-
sary of the 20th Century Chris-
tian magazine, a nationwide
campaign to gain 100,000 new
subscribers has been launched.
Plans were revealed by M.
Norvel Young, editor, in Abilene
on February 22 at the 20th
Century Christian luncheon held
in conjunction with the Abilene
Christian College Bible lecture-
ship.
Walter E. Burch of Abilene
will be the national chairman.
- He reported that a 30 man steer-
ing committee has been enlisted
to lend support in various parte
of the nation.
Serving with Burch on the
steering committee are:
. Joe R. Barnett, Amarillo,
Tex.; Virgil Bentley, Oklahoma
City, Okla.; Paul Brown, Mem-
phis, Tenn.: John Allen Chalk,
Abilene; Jesse E. ‘
Matteson, Ill.; Archie B. Cren-
shaw, Decatur, Ga.; Clarence C.
Dailey, Memphis; Dean Dennis,
Santa Ana, Calif.; Ross W Dye.
Washington, D.C.; Paul Easley.
San Antonio, Tex.; -James F.
Fowler, Birmingham, Ala.;'
Typhoid Fever Strikes
African Mission Point
waterborne sanitation for the
mission,” the missionary said.
He added that they had to
temporarily close the Nhowe
Mission school.
Gifford continued, “We are
making an all-out effort to con-
trol and prevent the spread. We
are starting construction of
proper latrine and bathing facil-
ities for boardings."
Gifford estimated that $15,000
Fred E Friend, Chattanooga.
Tenn.; Boyd C Glover. Pontiac.
Mich ; Allen C. Isbell, Carlsbad.
N.M.; and Stanley Lockhart.
San Angelo. Tex.
Also serving on the committee
are William B. Lynn, Clayton.
Mo.; Phillip E Morrison, Mia-
mi, Fla ; Goebel Music, Little
Rock, Ark.; Earl Packwood.
Jr., Sacramento, Calif.; Wesley
C. Reagan, Dallas. Tex.; C.
Larry Roberts, Somerville,
N.J.; Bill Ruhl. Nashville.
Tenn.; Charles A. Shelton,
Campbell, Calif.; J Garvin
Smith. Nashville; Tex Stevens,
Houston Tex.: J. D. Thbmas,
WCC Hosts Lloyd Deal
NORTH WEYBURN, Sask., Canada — Western Christian
I II College has scheduled a “Spiritual Emphasis Week” for Ajril >-9,
Clayton, . according to E. D. Wieb, preaident ' v
" "— Included in the week will be a gospel meeting conducted by the
Weyburn Church of Christ. Lloyd Deal of Des Moines, Iowa will
speak in the effort, conducted in the Weyburn church _MMMg
which was opened March 12.
Deal is an evangelist under the oversight of the College church
in Searcy. Ark He is part of an evangelfMic team serving in Iowa.
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Nichols, James W. Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1967, newspaper, March 31, 1967; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1320707/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.