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Scotland, population 5,300,000,- has
less than six fulltime workers. There
men could exert tremendous influence
throughout the entire country.
Among the large cities still lacking
workers are Aberdeen and Dundee.
Both are thriving -cities nearing the -
200,000 population mark.
There is a developing opportunity in
the plans for “new towns.” These are
small villages which have been desig-
nated by the government as “over-
spill” areas for crowded cities like
Glasgow and Edinburgh. These “new
towns” will be designed to quickly
grow into cities of 100,000 people.
The gospel needs to be planted in
these "new towns” soon so it can
grow with the population increase.
The first time the church took advan-
tage of this opportunity was in Irvine,
26 miles from Glasgow. The Glasgow
church has sponsored a mini-exodus,
sending their preacher and another
family to establish a new work there.
The responsiveness and the stability
of the Scottish people compare favour-
ably with any nation in Europe. There
is an increasing dissatisfaction with
the present religious climate. Less
than 10 per cent of the population
attend church with any regularity. It
is ^difficult to realize what this means~
By Jerry Porter
■ Scotland has the need and the
L opportunities for mission work, two
factors one looks for io- choosing a
field of service. In addition, Scotland
(indeed, all of Great Britain) is psy-
chologically ripe for evangelization.
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is only. one American working full
time. Yet the population centers are -
such that even a limited number of .
workers could establish pulsating cen-
ters of Christianity that could reach
the entire population. Twelve more
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Meanwhile, yet another fami-
ly, the Darrell Davis’s, decided
to enter Brazil. Now in 1967 the
church has once again con-
firmed its faith in God by
agreeing to sponsor Linda Cook
in her work in Brazil.
Elders for Crenshaw Center
are Fred Rorex and Phillip
Moore. Minister is Jack Scott of
the Pepperdine Bible faculty.
Simon Sponsored
One of the newest congrega-
Simon is completing his fourth
year as a teacher at Columbia
Christian College, where he also
coached debate, directed plays,
supervised the men’s dormitory,
coached athletics and sponsored
the yearbook.
He has preached for the
church in Toledo, Ore., and for
other congregations, as well as
teaching classes at Central
church in Portland. He has also
held meetings, conducted vaca-
tion Bible schools and attended
the Harding Mission Seminar
for the past two summers.
West Hill church extends even
farther across the nation the
participation of congregations
and Christians in Brazil evan-
gelism
Churches in Azusa ami Los
Angeles, Calif., and in Pensaco-
la, Fla., have accepted sponsor-
ship of Brazil bound workers in
recent weeks.
The Ken Knapps, co leaders in
the 1968 departure group, are to
be supported by the church in
Azusa beginning in August of
this year, thus enabling them to
concentrate on Brazil prepara-
tion and coordination of workers
in California.
Knapp is talented in several
areas—business administration,
speech, photography and church
service. He is from Temple
City, Calif., and is a graduate of
Pepperdine College, with study
in business, speech and religion.
He is to complete an MA
degree in business administra-
tion this summer at the college.
He has served as school pho-
tographer. has been active in
stage management and has
been a member of the Knights,
the men's honor society.
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lions to join the Brazil work is
West Hill in Pensacola. This
congregation maintains a tradi-
tion as it sponsors John Paul
Simon, a member of the ad-
vance group. Simon’s grandfa
ther was an elder for West Hill
and the congregation sponsored
Simon’s father in the 1930’s knd
1940 s as he started congrega-
tions in northwest Florida.
Simon was born in Panama
City, Fla. He grew up assisting
his father in meetings in the
towns of that state, Alabama
and Georgia. He attended Mars
Hill Bible School for six years
and graduated with honors from
high school In Chipeley, Fla.
He then attended Freed-
Hardeman College, transferring
to Harding College, where he
graduated cum laude. He then
attended the University of Kan-
sas City, where he received a
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Linda was born in Oklahoma,
but grew up in the areas of
Moses Lake and Othello, Wash.
She is the third child in a large
family, which now lives in De-
catur, Tex. Linda was valedicto-
rian of her high school class
and then attended Pepperdine
College. She received a B A.
degree in Biology in 1965, a
teaching credential in 1966 and
has taught science this year in*
Los Angeles.
The Crenshaw Center church,
her sponsor, has been built on a
foundation of faith Its purpose
from its beginning in 1961 was
to reach outward for Christ,
first in the densely populated
area in which it was meeting
and then, during its first year,
to Tijuana, Mexico.
The church’s mission interest
has progressed with its growth.
Four families of the congrega-
tion are in foreign fields—two in
Greece, one in Germany and
one in Japan. In 1966 the church
committed itself to assist in the
support of another of its fami-
lies to the mission field—the
Carl Hendersons to Brazil.
women's honor society.
She was also a member of the
Timothy Club, taught Bible
classes in local congregations
and served for two summers as
a hostess at the church exhibit
center at the New York World’s
Fair.
The Azusa church is active
both at home and in foreign
evangelism The Knapps and
their work in Brazil will be
another step in the outreach of
this congregation. Elders for
- Azusa are " Gian Clagg, Carl
Denham, David King. Truman
Melton and J. A. Miller. Gilbert
Allan is the local evangelist.
Linda Cook, a member of th^
advance group to Brazil, is
planning to fly there September
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English high school in Belo Hor-
izonte and also in the American
Elementary School, as well as
assisting in Bible teaching and
office work
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until one walks to church at 10:30 on
Sunday morning in Scotland.
As he passes hundreds of houses
crowded together, on almost every
doorstep the milk still has not been
taken in. Mr. Average Scotsman is
indulging in his traditional “long lie”
on Sunday morning.
Figures on church membership
show the Church of Scotland (Pres-
/byterian) t)as a membership of 1,-
300,000. The Roman Catholic church
has a membership of 800,000. All other
churches together have a membership
of a little over 200,000. Almost all of
these churches report an annual de-
cline in membership. The Mormons
and Roman Catholics are exceptions
to this decline.
However, even the statistics do not
adequately reflect the indifference of
the people to religion. A Church of
Scotland minister complained that he
saw most of his members only three
times in their life — at birth, mar- jj
rjage and death. “We hatch, match
and dispatch them,” he quipped.
The response of the Scottish people
to undenominational Christianity has
been heartening. Campaigns have had
20, 30 or more baptized in a single |
three-week effort. The church in Glas-
gow has grown from six members in
1959 to more than 100.
It is now one of the largest in the
British Isles.
Two young men converted in the
first Glasgow campaign in 1962 are
working full time as evangelists in
Scotland?
. The pressing need now is for more
workers. The climate is mild, the
people warm, the country beautiful,
beyond description, the opportunities
are plentiful—can you think of a
really good reason you should not go?
Scotland Considered Prime Mission Land
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Nichols, James W. Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, June 2, 1967, newspaper, June 2, 1967; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1320716/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.