Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 35, No. 17, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1978 Page: 3 of 12
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CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE Page 3
September 19, 1978
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Harding Lectureship Speakers
Jack Odos Hardcastle Dies
Pepperdine Uni'
The late Jack Odos Hardcastle.
Leadership Workshop Held in
Japan
many
on.
Hardcastle was born June 23,
1908, in Jackson County, Tenn.
He was a graduate of Abilene
Christian University, and he did
graduate work there. He also
Several Programs Set for Hard-
ing College Bible Department
by Nick Young
ANDERSON, IN:—The Indi-
anapolis Convention Center will
be the site for the Mid-America
Evangelism Workshop June 7-9,
1979. Crowds of at least 5,000
people are expected to gather
from every part of the nation for
this three day event. Approx-
imately 35-40 different speakers
will be used to teach approxi-
Great Workshop Set for Indian-
apolis
mately 100 classes on a wide
variety of subjects.
Kentucky Family Given South
American Award
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attended Kansas City College
and the University of Houston.
He was the editor of two
publications: the Gospel Defend-
er, published in Texas and
California; and The Proclaimer,
published in Melbourne, Vic-
toria, Australia. He served as
president of Christian Schools,
Inc. of Dallas, and was a
founding board member of
Christian College of the South-
west (in Dallas). He preached in
meetings and lectures in fifteen
states.
As a local minister, Hard-
castle preached in recent years
in Melbourne, Australia, Sunset
in Dallas, Oak Lawn in Dallas,
Saturn Road in Garland, River-
side Park in Jacksonville, FL,
College Avenue in Lubbock, and
Woodson, Texas.
He is survived by his wife,
Tam, now of Norman, Okla., his
son Pat, of Norman, a daughter,
Frankie Rea, of Norman, seven
grandchildren, and five great-
grandchildren.
SEARCY, Arkansas:—Wendell
Winkler of Ft. Worth will open
the 55th annual Harding College
Bible Lectureship Oct. 17 speak-
ing on the theme of the series,
“How Great Thou Art,” at the
auditorium of the College
church of Christ. The Lecture-
ship will continue through Oct.
20.
More than 30 other lectures
will speak during the series on
the Harding campus, with even-
ing addresses by Prentice
Meador of Springfield, MO
speaking Wednesday on “Keep
Silent Before Him”; Eugene
Lawton of Newark, N.J. speak-
ing Thursday on “Our Bodies, A
Living Sacrifice,” and Cline
Paden of Lubbock, TX closing
the series Friday with “To Me
Every Knee Shall Bow.”
Ted Kell of Lubbock and Mike
Ireland of Tulsa will serve as
chapel speakers for both the
student body and lectureship
guests on Thursday and Friday
during the series.
Many special meetings, din-
ners and luncheons are sched-
uled in connection with the
lectureship, including the annual
Gift Fair on Thursday and
Friday by Associated Women
for Harding.
A Family Weekend has been
planned for Saturday with par-
ents especially encouraged to
visit their children who are stu-
dents. The traditional free bar-
becue lunch will be held Satur-
day and a varsity football game
between the Bisons and Hender-
son State University is sched-
uled for 2 p.m. at Alumni Field.
Further details may be obtain-
ed from the Bible Department.
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Mr. and Mrs. George W. Speer,
Hopkinsville, KY
NORMAN, OK:—Funeral ser-
vices for Jack Odos Hardcastle,
69, were conducted in the
auditorium of the Church of
Christ in Cave Springs, Ark., on
June 23, 1978. He had preached
in Cave Springs for five years.
Speaking at the service were his
son, Pat Hardcastle, who
preaches for the Central congre-
gation in Norman, Okla., Law-
son Wallace, minister of the
church in Huntsville, Ark., and
Dale Graham, Hardcastle’s as-
sociate minister at Cave
Springs. Burial was in the Cave
Springs cemetery.
ROLAND, Okla.:—Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Speer, members
of the Southside church in Hop-
kinsville, Kentucky, have receiv-
ed the 1978 Premio International
de Servicio, presented annually
by the South American Christian
Chronicle for outstanding sup-
port of mission work in South
America. The award was pre-
sented by Dr. Evert Pickartz,
editor of the paper, at a report
meeting in Hopkinsville on Sept.
3.
The Speers, as well as the
Southside congregation, contrib-
ute monthly to the South Ameri-
can Fund. They have made
possible the preaching of the
gospel in Mendoza, Argentina,
where the church will observe
its fifth anniversary in Septem-
ber. The Speers have been
instrumental in the establish-
ment of a building fund for the
Mendoza congregation.
“Besides their financial sup-
port, George and Lillian have
visited churches of Christ in
South America. Their superior
spirit of Christian fellowship has
earned for them a deep regard
by Christians in South
America,” Dr. Pickartz com-
mented.
TOKYO, Japan:—Ed Math-
ews, teacher in the Missions
Department of Abilene Christian
University, has just completed a
Leadership Training by Exten-
sion (LTE) workshop with
Churches of Christ in Japan.
The workshop, which was held
in the International University
Seminar House on the outskirts
of Tokyo, was conducted for four
days (Aug. 28-31) and drew
preachers and church leaders
from Osaka in the south to
Takahagi in the north. American
workers who attended included
Howard Horton, Jim Batten, Joe
Betts, Coy Conner, Steve Has-
brouck, Lee Bulls, Dwight Al-
bright, Darrell McMillen, Bob
Nichols, David Jones, and
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the brotherly
;et to have you-
Warmest reg* *”ed about the we)fare »f
Guy J. Ross,
Vice Presi-
SEARCY, Ark.:—Dates have
been reserved for several pro-
grams of the Harding College
Bible Department for 1979, ac-
cording to Dr. Jerry Jones,
chairman of the department.
The annual Preachers’ Forum
will be held in March, with a
specific date to be announced.
The Forum has attracted sev-
eral hundred ministers from
Arkansas and surrounding
states in past years.
A Counseling Workshop has
been set for June 19-21 with the
Bible Department and Psychol-
ogy Department conducting the
series.
The 4th annual Preachers’
Workshop has been set for July
10-12 and a workshop on Death
and Dying will be held July
24-26.
A 4-in-l Workshop will be held
August 7-9 with the divisions
being a Preachers’ Workshop,
Elders’ Workshop, Wives of
Elders and Preachers Workshop
and a Prison Ministry Work-
shop.
Further details concerning the
meetings will be announced.
Elmer Prout.
LTE is a training plan design-
ed to provide opportunities for
church leaders to continue to
engage in directed study even
though they are not able to
attend a Bible college or other
resident Bible training program.
The LTE approach begins by
identifying the men who are
already functioning as local
church leaders. The program
thus aims to further develop
those persons who have demon-
strated leadership abilities.
LTE is presently being used in
Latin America, Africa and the
Philippines. Brother Matthews
has presented the plan to
churches in Europe and congre-
gations there, as well as in
Japan, are now considering
ways to adapt the method to the
needs of their countries.
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Christian Chrof
afforded us the greatest freedom
of any people and material
prosperity unequaled in the
world. Here in this democratic
society God’s church has flour-
ished in marvelous fashion.
Today, however, dark clouds
hang over our nation. Moral
decay is seen on every hand.
Spiritual values are badly erod-
ed. Corruption in high office is
accepted by many as the norm.
Our nation totters on the brink
of internal collapse. Powerful
enemies threaten our very exis-
i fence.
How did it happen? and who is
to blame? are questions that
;many are asking.
Could it be that people like us
have contributed to our pitiful
plight? No, we do not indulge
ourselves in the world’s vices,
we have bribed no politician, but
we have contributed to the
.......problem by our indifference.
Harding Coll
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our own leaders by the election
process. We can choose the good
epj0'’ candidate over the bad one. We
.. ,1 can actively promote the decent
cause and oppose
■otherhood ak eprobate To refusPeP t0
ac 1VI participate, however, is not to
be neutral. It is to abdicate our
bince t r()le in selecting our rulers and
bran ure thus forfeit the contest to the
evil ones who care nothing for
....................... righteousness.
Cnlk How manY of us who follow
ihnma Ci tv Oil haVe thuS Seated God’s
rich blessing of self-government
with contempt—despising bur
m annrpriflli bright (Heb. 12:16). Can we
to appre not see that the Ruler of
nations has granted us a stew-
imnortanU ?shlp which we must exercise
important if ffe would continue to enjoy it
(Gen. 1:28; I Cor. 4:2).
Christians should be greatly
^wardship
of Citizenship
Thirteenth Annual World Mis-
sion Workshop
KNOXVILLE, Tn:—The elders
of the Karns congregation in
Knoxville, Tennessee have an-
nounced Oct. 11-15 the dates for
their Annual World Mission
Workshop.
Among the speakers invited
are: James Baird, Tex Wil-
liams, Durward Lee, Jerry
Hogg, Don Latham, Lloyd Deal,
Matthew Ryan, Doyle Crawford,
Bob Jones, and Lewis Lugo.
The Workshop begins on Wed-
nesday evening. Day sessions
begin at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
Field Reports and Special Class-
es will be held for both men and
women. Brethren interested in
evangelizing the world for Christ
are encouraged to come and
share this spiritual feast with
us.
For further information call
John Waddey (615) 588-1126.
(Karns Church of Christ, Rt. 22,
Beaver Ridge Road, Knoxville,
TN 37921).
PEOPLE-DEEDS-EVENTS-PEOPLE-
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Although a lengthy period of
convalescence is anticipated due
to the extensive surgery requir-
ed to remove a malignant tumor
in the lower left-hand abdominal
cavity, Keith is able to attend
worship services and is gradual-
ly assuming part of his respons-
ibilities in the Written Word
Evangelism Program. Addition-
al surgery to remove a nodule of
the same type of cancer from
the liver is probable within the
next few months.
Many have asked if they can
be of assistance to the Robin-
sons in a monetary way and the
elders have set up a special fund
for this purpose. Bills amounting
to $10,800 have already accumu-
lated and a similar fee for
additional surgery will be need-
ed. Keith has requested that all
funds contributed over and
above the needed medical ex-
penses be applied to the
ALTERNATIVE-NEW-LIFE
work. The elders will comply
with his wishes.
Checks should be made to the
Military Parkway Church of
Christ and marked as follows:
Keith Robinson Fund, Military
Parkway Church of Christ, 8510
Military Parkway, Dallas, TX
75227.
The elders express their ap-
preciation for your concern and
ask you to continue to pray
fervently in behalf of brother
Robinson.
by John Waddey
KNOXVILLE, Tn.:—Two hun-
dred years ago men of courage
land conviction founded a nation
under God so that free men and
...omen would not only live in
ipeace but also participate in
ruling themselves.
God has been good to us in
these intervening years. We
have grown up in a land that has
°ur nation and our society. We
;idf- can read of God’s judgments on
picked nations of the past
...... Amos 1:3 - 2:16). The author
Jges you to join hands with
leraine^ h®rs in encouraging good
Malibu, & X °^lgh character to seek
lint C. °^lce- Men °f proven
must be returned for
additional terms.
t ,011 are exhorted to immedi-
y register for the coming
H,.C10ns- Get acquainted with
eUr WJ1° are running for
J S let them know the
, 8s you are concerned about.
' support the good so it
eUrPrevail Over the evil- On
for ?.on day cast your ballot, not
fean 6 Party name but for a
or woman who will help
Our J? the Christian values of
the Ju°n’ Remember we are
flavor h°fithe earth that wiU
societv and Preserve our
t ety (Matt. 5:13).
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Beckloff, John W. Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 35, No. 17, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1978, newspaper, September 19, 1978; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1322226/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.