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For further information regarding the position, contact Joe
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247-3042. Applications should be received by July 31, 1993.
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World Christian Broadcasting is an
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bold and extroverted by nature, a willingness to travel and
an ability to interact and communicate well one-on-one or in
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The Portland, Maine, team, 1987. From left to nght: 0
and Becky Station; Tim and Lori WbHn; Al, Janet and
Durgin; Tom, Jeannie and Kely Alexander
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One of the largest churches of CM
Maine, Portland started as a small hot
eight young adults.
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original couples remained throughout H
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moving to North Haven. Conn., to trt
the full-time minister.
The real heroes of this adventured
Albert Durgin family. In many ways. All
his wife, Janet, have accomplished nd
their original goal to move to New Ea
help start a church and stay with it ■
could carry on without them Howe*
Durgins have no intentions of moving. I
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Janet are resolved to continue to MH
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world. - TOM ALEXANDER P**I
Major duties of the President and CEO include keeping the
ministry responsive to changing opportunities to serve
humanity’s need for spiritual education, promoting public
awareness of the work of this ministry, generating charitable
financial support for its programs and managing the
operation.
Tentmakers prove effective
in Portland, Maine work
the groups a merger would not work beta
“You can’t put a young church and ai
church together, because neither side,
bend!”
But on April 7, 1991, the “new"(i(
Portland Church of Christ opened in a
with a “Celebration Sunday" and conaj
open house. On the first Sunday togethsj
people were present.
seniors at Christian campuses everywhere to
come to the Northeast.
From the time the “team" left
Harding in 1982, until moving to
Maine in 1986, members invested
themselves in preparing spiritually
and professionally for their mis-
sion, which would be a totally
self-supported endeavor.
In the summer of 1986 they
came as “tentmakers" to Portland,
each one able to secure employ-
ment and support themselves fully
by their own professions. Two
were teachers, one was a chemist,
two were social workers, two were
nurses and one was in business
management.
The four couples were Tom and
Jeannie Alexander, Al and Janet
Durgin, Dennis and Becky Slatton
and Tim and Lori Wiblin.
The eight-person team first met
for worship and Bible classes in a
classroom on the campus of the University of
Southern Maine. In order to reach the people
in the area more effectively the church rented
an old Masonic hall three miles from down-
town Portland.
Between 1987 and 1990, the church grew
from eight people to 40. Also during this time
a “sister-church” relationship began to de-
velop between the Portland Church of Christ
and the South Pon land Church of Christ.
The South Portland church was facing
some difficulties. It was a predominantly
older congregation with attendance that had
dropped considerably and it was about to lose
its minister.
On the other hand, the Portland church was
growing and began looking for a more perma-
nently-perceived place to meet. The South
Portland church had a building.
As the two churches faced their growth dif-
ficulties in 1991, talks between the two
groups began. It was agreed the best way the
churches could come together would be to
“start over” and attempt to form a new church
out of the two former ones. Many people told
FORTLAND, MAINE
In 1986, four young and enthusiastic cou-
ples, who had attended Harding University
together, moved to Portland, Maine, to help
begin a congregation.
This “team” of fledgling missionaries re-
sponded to the calls of men like Stanley
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