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September 2005Volume 117 No. 6
FEATURES Paul D. Wolfe New Director Of ADEP 7by Ken Farmer
DEPARTMENTS The Editor’s View 2The President’s Page 3Letters To The Editor 4The World To Win 4Second Thoughts 6News From The Hilltop 10Revivalist Family 10Dear Phil 14World Pulse 15Revivalist Pulpit 17Alumni Spotlight 19Mending Nets 21Thoughts For The Quiet Hour 23
EDITORLarry D. Smith
STAFFAndrew Street, production manager
Kevin Moser, art director, managing editor
Jon Plank, graphic designer, webmaster
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CONTENTS
LARRY D. SMITH
IF YOU SEEK THEIR MONUMENT
These remarks, presented here in condensed form, were given by youreditor on June 15 at campus services dedicating new portraits of earlyGBS pioneers (see p10 for further information).
St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, was the magnificentaccomplishment of Sir Christopher Wren, who gave 35years to its construction. When for the last time, the
great architect laid down his pencils and his compass, hewas buried amid the dazzling beauty which he himself hadcreated. In the crypt of St. Paul’s you can read this tributeupon his tomb: “If you seek his monument, look about you.”
We say the same of those GBS pioneers whose portraitswe now dedicate to the glory of God. Decades have passedsince they left the “Mount of Blessings”—as they loved tocall this bit of land on the slopes of Mt. Auburn. But thelegacy of their love and labor remains an imperishablemonument, not only here but also in a thousand otherplaces where boys and girls from God’s Bible School havetaken the love of God in Jesus Christ.
This campus itself remains a tribute to them. GBS stillcenters on the original two acres and two buildings whichthey helped Martin Wells Knapp buy 105 years ago thissummer for 20 thousand dollars. Much still remains here asthey envisioned it. To the north is President Standley’s“Great House of Prayer”—still our chapel and men’s dor-mitory, erected during the early months of 1930 at theheart of the Great Depression.
To the east stands the Revivalist Memorial Building,housing the women’s dormitory, for generations theRevivalist Press, and now our K-12 Aldersgate Academy.Built in the early 1920’s of 300,000 bricks—costing 13cents each—around a concrete skeleton and reinforcedwith steel rods, it was an engineering “marvel,” accordingto famous Methodist evangelist Joseph H. Smith, whoadded: “When Jesus comes, He will be pleased to (p22)➡
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theeditor’s
view
We have a knack of looking for God in the wrong places. The Wise Men searched for the Christ child in the plush palacesof the capital city of Jerusalem, only to find Him in a humble home in lowly Bethlehem. The mighty Roman legionslooked for God in the glory of Rome and its Caesar, but one soldier found him hanging on a cruel cross and acknowl-
edged that “truly this was the Son of God.” Pilgrims have traversed the globe seeking Him everywhere from Vatican City toMecca. Even holiness people ramble about the country looking for Him in the wind, fire, and earthquakes of camp meetingsand conventions, while more often than not, they find Him in the still small voice of a silent moment or the sermon of an unpre-tentious, unknown pastor back home.
I forget this lesson occasionally, and God has to remind me that if I don’t pay close attention, I too will miss a sacred oppor-tunity to see Him. He has used my good friend Oscar to teach me this lesson again.
Oscar Johnson has been a barber in the Cincinnati area for over forty years. He is a quiet, gentle, and unassuming man whois liked by everyone. He has enjoyed perfect health, not missing a day of work for sickness in 43 years. This May, however, afew sharp pains in his back led to a diagnosis of stage-four cancer. It was so advanced that immediate surgery had to be per-formed to stabilize the lower vertebrae so that his back would not collapse. It was all so sudden that it left everyone breathlessand bewildered—everyone but Oscar. After six hours of extremelydangerous surgery, he told his family, “This has been a wonderful day.My family and all those I love have been here together today.”
My wife and I visited him the day after surgery. I was praying onthe way to the hospital that I would say the right things to encouragehim. But when I walked into the room, there was no depressed moodor sad face. Oscar was beaming—literally smiling from ear to ear! Hesaid, “Oh, Brother Avery, the insurance policy I took out with God 40years ago works! Every promise is true. He is working out every detail.I’m in a WIN–WIN situation.”
The outpouring of concern has been overwhelming. His customersspan the religious scale from Catholics to Buddhists and Muslims toProtestants. They have written over two hundred cards and have madeat least a thousand phone calls. Why? Because Oscar has left a clearwitness for Christ to everyone who has sat in his chair. A Muslim med-ical doctor was so impacted by Oscar’s life that he asked Oscar thesecret to his happiness. This was a chance for Oscar to gently point himto Jesus. The doctor brought his father from Iran to meet Oscar so hecould see “the happiest man in the world.”
I could also tell you of college students, professors, lawyers, busi-ness leaders, and even a Hell’s Angels-type rebel, all who were drawnto Oscar’s bedside to stand for a few moments in the presence of aman who showed them Christ by the very life he lived.
My family visited Oscar last Saturday. With tear-filled eyes we lis-tened to his closing words, “Brother Avery, whatever way it goes, I’mstill a winner. God has wonderful things in store for me!”
So many people in the world long to see Jesus, and God is alwaysfaithful to reveal Himself. I caught a glimpse of Him last Saturday in ahospital bed. And I can tell you about a lot of men who saw Him andfound Him in a barber shop, cutting hair.
thepresident’s
pageFINDING GOD IN A BARBER SHOP
by Michael R. Avery, president
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TO THE EDITOR
MISSIONS REPORTS
Each month we publish brief “field reports” from missionar-ies around the world. Missionaries are invited to send us theirnewsletters and other information about their activities. GBSgraduates are especially urged to respond, but we also wish toinclude others who uphold our vision and our commitment.
CHINA. “On May 30th, 2005, Brother JiangWenxiong walked out of prison in Ningbo, China,to be reunited with his family and friends. He spentalmost exactly five years in jail, and during this timenever saw his little daughter, although within the lastyear he’d been allowed monthly visits by his wife. In2000 he was arrested and later sentenced to sevenyears imprisonment for ‘illegally’ printing Christianmaterials. He served almost five years of that termand was released early. Please pray for Brother Jiangand his family as they readjust to life together and asthey seek God’s will for His direction for them for thefuture.” —John E. Knight, email
COLOMBIA. “Leticia lies at a point on the AmazonRiver where three countries, Colombia, Ecuador,and Peru, come together. There are still tribesuntouched by outside culture. The governments thatclaim jurisdiction subscribe to a United Nations treatythat prohibits evangelization; but if invited, outsidersare allowed to render health services. Our ‘PureWater’ wells project has given us access to many‘indigenous peoples,’ and right now we have fiveinvitations to come into villages and drill wells. Thatmeans five previously closed doors are now openedto the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Each well costs$2000. We need your help, and we need it now.” —Raymond Shreve, Missionary Beacon
COSTA RICA. Phillip (GBS ‘96 BA MinEd) andHeather (Bryan) (GBS ‘97 BA CM) Dickinson areenrolled in language school studying Spanish in prepa-ration for missionary service. “The Lord willing, this isjust a year-long preparation for Colombia,” they write.“It’s work to cross this language bridge. God has (p6)➡
Letters should be addressed to the Editorial Office, 1810 YoungStreet, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, or emailed to [email protected] reprinted here do not necessarily reflect the opinions of theeditor of God’s Revivalist nor those of the administration of God’sBible School. Names and locations of writers will be withheld at theirspecific request or at the discretion of the editor. We reserve the rightto edit and condense.
SECOND-CLASS CHRISTIANSI deeply appreciated [Rev. Richard Miles’] article
[Mending Nets: “The ‘Shocking’ People In Our Pews”]in the summer issue of God's Revivalist. What yousaid about divorce and remarriage really struck achord in my heart.
My husband and I were converted in a holinesschurch one year after we married. We both had pre-vious marriages, and I had a child during mine. Wewere doing well until someone told my husband wewere living in adultery. From then until now, he hasstruggled with that issue.
Our pastor has given us counsel that weshould stay together and raise our children. Wenow have four young children. My husband grap-ples with the surety of his salvation in general; adiagnosed emotional disorder adds to this prob-lem. For years, he has sought God at every altarhe can get to. My husband and I sleep in sepa-rate beds unless temptation becomes too greatfor him, so we are not completely abstinent, butvery closely so. We have read many commen-taries, studied many of the church fathers’ works,and counseled with many godly holiness minis-ters. We both have prayed in earnest about thissituation and feel that we are doing the very bestthing we can do.
The church we attend is very supportive of us,and I deeply love and appreciate our pastor.However, the legislation of the church prohibits usfrom many areas, such as membership or teachingpositions. I have an honest call of God for a musicministry. I am allowed to sing at the church, but Imust sing from the floor and not the platform. It isvery difficult not to feel “second-class,” as you putit in your article.
I know God wants us in the holiness move-ment. I just wish it weren’t so isolated (p21)➡
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LITERARY CLUES TO THE UNITY OFSCRIPTURE
Ionce preached a series of services dur-ing which a godly matriarch regularly
testified. I couldn’t help but notice a par-ticular “catch phrase” that slipped intoher oration over and over. It was some-thing along the lines of “I’d like tosay….” Almost instinctively, she wouldpreface sentences with this little trade-mark phrase: “I’d like to say that Jesussaves me”; “I’d like to say that He sanc-tifies wholly;” etc. By the end of camp, ifevery testimony had been written out, Icould have immediately identified hersbased on this unique feature.
Most of us have similar verbal or lit-erary habits, and so did some writers ofScripture. Furthermore, picking up onthese “catch phrases” helps to establishthe credibility of certain books of theBible. Two very important Old Testamentbooks immediately come to mind—Genesis and Isaiah.
Genesis has long been a target ofskepticism among non-conservativescholars who do not believe the bookwas written by Moses, but rather that it isa “patchwork” of various traditionsderived from multiple sources that werepassed down over time. Their idea is thatsome unknown author or authors, muchlater than the time of Moses, stitchedthese various stories together into anawkward document that is called thebook of Genesis. The net effect is thatthe credibility and authority of the bookis ultimately compromised.
But there’s this little “catch phrase”that crops up ten times in Genesis:“These are the generations of….” Whilewe might overlook this seemingly inci-
dental idiom, it would not have slippedby ancient Hebrew readers any morethan a preacher announcing “this is pointtwo” would slip by us today. The strate-gic and logical placement of these wordsthroughout the book forms a natural,internal “outline” and supports the ideaof Genesis being a single, unified docu-ment written by a single author.
The second example is the preciousbook of Isaiah, a favorite target of skep-tics, who have denied that Isaiah wrotechapters 40–66 of the book that bearshis name. The spectacular predictions inthis section of Scripture could not havebeen written before the fact, but had tobe written “in Isaiah’s name” after thefact, they say.
However, in addition to otherrebuttals, there is to be considered thematter of the unique expression “theHoly One of Israel.” Like the little ladywho testified, Isaiah has also left his lit-erary fingerprints with the use of thisspecial name for God. Outside hisbook, this expression only appears sixtimes; but within the book of Isaiah it isused 26 times! And, as you mightexpect, it is used equally in both sup-posed “parts” of Isaiah, strongly imply-ing that the author of “part one” wasalso the author of “part two.”
While I appreciated the substance ofevery speech given by the dear little ladymentioned at the outset of this article,what she didn’t know was that the inci-dental verbal framing of her testimonyalso spoke to me, and reminded me onceagain that there are very good reasons totrust the integrity of God’s Word.
Ben Durr, Jr. is a pastor and member of the facultyin the Division of Ministerial Education at GBS.
➡(p4) recently given us some keyColombian contacts.”
GHANA. “Robert and MarsenaPelton request prayer for their sixchurches in the north. A recent tripto encourage them found groupsof new converts worshiping undera tree (or the stars) or a partiallyfinished church building. Thesegroups are ‘shepherded’ bynational converts. At Gaani thenew converts had an all-night ofprayer the Friday before the mis-sionaries arrived.” —Ropeholders
HONDURAS. A Missions Helpswork team under the direction ofDave Weaver has installed a newroof on EFM’s Light and Life med-ical clinic in San Luis. With localhelp, Delbert Reynolds, a profes-sional welder from Colorado, weld-ed eighteen 39-foot-long metalrafters in preparation for the work ofthe 13-member team. The clinic isan essential Christian ministry andremains open day and night, offer-ing treatment and medicine for localresidents. —Missionary Herald
INDIANA. “Would you pleasepray for us? We have beenembattled to say the least. OurHispanic congregation is facing aserious challenge. Our StrangerProject continues to be hinderedby a lack of help. We need bothskilled and non-skilled laborersevery Thursday, Friday or Saturday.It is in quiet times (of which I havehad many these past few days) thatI am reminded again of God’smessage, ‘Just be my child.’ I can-not do anything lasting about thekillings in our neighborhood or thedepravity on our streets. All I canbe is His child. Through a miracleof His grace, He can changehearts, bring conviction, exposeevil, and drive back the darkness.He can still work miracles, and Heis our only hope.” —Eric Himelick,Victory Inner-city Ministries,Indianapolis, Email Newsletter
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Paul D. Wolfe is only 34, but he’s been director of inter-nal audit for a junior college system, director of a junior
college branch campus, and comptroller/CFO of a publicuniversity. In addition, he’s an evangelist, church adminis-trator, vice president of a missions board, college graduate,husband, and father.
He’s also GBSC’s new Director of the Aldersgate DistanceEducation Program, succeeding Drs. Lottie and Charles Tryon,who brought ADEP into existence four years and have retiredthis spring. In this interview P.D. shares his vision for ADEP.
FARMER: Paul, tell us how your experiences have preparedyou for your new position.
WOLFE: They have given me a unique look at the manage-ment of higher educational institutions. I trust that Godwill help me translate what I have gained in the publicsector to benefit the ADEP initiative.
What is your vision for ADEP and how does it fit in the mis-sion of God’s Bible School and College?
GBSC exists to provide training for those ministering inChrist’s church, and ADEP is an innovative way to dothat, especially for those who don’t have the opportunityto obtain a baccalaureate education by traditional means.
How will ADEP use modern technology to deliver instruc-tion?
Technology can never replace a traditional classroom. But forstudents who cannot avail themselves of campus pro-grams, modern technology enables us to deliver a “virtu-al classroom” experience. We want to develop streamingmedia, dedicated chat rooms, on-line library resources,and other available tools.
What are some of your long-term goals?We want to see all degree programs for which distance edu-
cation is feasible offered through ADEP. We also want toform an “Aldersgate Community,” where trainingresources will be available for pastors, lay leaders, andChristian educators. This includes workshops and semi-nars, printed materials, certificate programs, and othereducational materials.
How do you intend to market ADEP?We intend to be at ministerials, conventions, and camp
meetings. We hope to work with church leaders to
identify pastors and others who would benefit fromADEP. We plan to utilize mail, the internet, and otherforms of advertising. We will contact former GBSC stu-dents who haven’t completed their programs of study.As people find their lives impacted by our program,they will tell their friends about it. Happy students arestill our best advertisement!
What really excites you about working with ADEP?First, I’m excited that I will be working with the GBSC com-
munity at large and with the campus family in particu-lar. I’m excited that ADEP can meet a real need in con-servative holiness circles. Many pastors want a collegedegree but have not been able to complete one, andmany lay leaders want additional training. I believethat God has given this burden for GBSC to carry forthe benefit of our entire movement.
Would you tell our readers about ADEP’s new home?After GBSC’s high school is relocated this fall, we’ll move
into new facilities in the east wing of the floor just abovethe Adcock Chapel. This remodeled area will consoli-date our office and work space, give us two classroomswhere classes may be videotaped and a room for pro-duction and duplication. Our new home will offer awarm welcome for all our ADEP students.
PAUL D. WOLFE
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Steve MillsRev. Steve Mills attended GBS from 1979-1984, graduating with a BRE degree. Steve is the son of Rev. Paul Mills andthe late Louise (Asher) Mills. His father has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 1980. While at GBS, Stevemet and married Karen (Foster) Mills. They have been married 23 years and have six children: Brandon (who is a seniorat GBS and travels with Assurance Quartet), Ryan (a GBS sophomore), Phillip (a GBS freshman), Bethany, Stephen, andTyler. Steve pastored the Wesley Chapel Wesleyan Church in Greensburg, Indiana, for five years. Following this heserved pastorates in East Worchester, New York, for two years; and Lake Placid, New York, for ten years. Steve currentlyis the associate pastor for the Loveland (Ohio) Wesleyan Chapel and also serves on the Alumni Executive Council.
Deron FourmanRev. Deron Fourman graduated from God’s Bible School High School in 1985 and went on to finish college on theHilltop in 1990. He pastored the Bible Methodist Church in Fairmont, West Virginia, for nine years and then began theBible Methodist pioneer work at Port Clinton, Ohio, where he continues his pastoral ministry. For 11 years he was theyouth camp president for the Ohio Bible Methodist Conference. He and his wife, Kimberly (Jewett), have been marriedfor 17 years and have three children: Alex, 13; Courtney 9; and Kaitlyn, 6.
Paul ClemensPaul Clemens graduated from the GBS high school in 1976, and from its college in 1981 with a BRE. While a student,he traveled with both the college choir and a school quartet. He also served as president of his college class. He metand married the former Robyn Myers. They have two daughters, Rachael and Beth, the latter of whom is a GBS stu-dent. Paul served as high school principal for one year at the Tunkhannock Christian Pilgrim Academy and for four yearsat the Covenant Christian School in Indiana. He was minister of music for the Wesleyan Bible Holiness Church inSummitville, Indiana for one year. From 1990 to 2002 he served as principal of the GBS High School. He currentlyresides in Cincinnati, Ohio, and serves on the Alumni Executive Council.
Jeffrey MooreJeffrey Moore attended GBS from 1996 to 2000 and graduated with a BA in Ministerial Education. He left GBS to pas-tor the Fairmont, West Virginia, Bible Methodist Church, where he remained until 2005. He recently accepted the posi-tion of associate pastor at the Shelbyville, Indiana, Bible Holiness Church. While at GBS, Jeffrey served as student min-isterial association president for three years. He is married to Vanette (Pile), a 2000 GBS graduate, and has two daugh-ters, Grace and Rebekah Mae.
David HilligossDavid Hilligoss is a 1975 graduate of the GBS High School. While at GBS he was a member of the high school choir,served as senior class vice-president, and worked with the nursing home ministry. A resident of Arcadia, Indiana, heattends the Noblesville Pilgrim Holiness Church, where he is Sunday school superintendent, teacher of the Young AdultSunday School Class, and a member of the church board. He is employed as a machine operator in manufacturing byBest Access Systems. He and his wife Connie, the former Connie Collingsworth (GBS ‘78 in Music), are parents of threechildren, Janella, Brandon (presently a GBS college junior who travels with Assurance Quartet), and Justin. David ispresently a member of the Alumni Executive Council.
Rob RyanRob Ryan is a 1999 graduate of GBS with a BA in Music Education. While a student, he was active in the college choir,SWSE, men’s quartet, and Student Council. After graduation he obtained a BM in Music ED and MM in Conductingfrom the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Rob is currently a public school music teacher withthe Little Miami School District and serves as Minister of Music for the Christian Nation Church. Rob and his wife,Stephanie, (‘99 GBS graduate, BA in Music), have a daughter, Samantha.
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Vote for ONE person to fill each of the AlumniCouncil offices. Spouses may use a single ballot.
Please carefully print your name(s) and address,then sign and date the ballot.
Clip and mail ballot (to be received no later thanOct. 7) to: God’s Bible School, ATTN: AdvancementOffice, 1810 Young Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.
PRESIDENTSteve MillsDeron Fourman
SECOND VICE PRESIDENTPaul ClemensJeffrey Moore
SECOND MEMBER-AT-LARGEDavid HilligossRob Ryan
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10GOD’S REVIVALIST and BIBLE ADVOCATE
On these pages, we featureitems about GBS alumni,vital statistics, significantevents scheduledthroughout the “Revivalistfamily,” and brief newsnotes from across theholiness movement. An itemfor inclusion in the“Revivalist Family” must besubmitted within fourmonths of the event which itreports and should beaddressed to the EditorialOffice, 1810 Young Street,Cincinnati, Ohio 45202; [email protected].
DEDICATION SERVICES FOR NEWPORTRAITS
President Michael Avery conductedservices June 15 to dedicate portraits offour GBS pioneers, President MeredithG. Standley, Bessie (Queen) Standley,Minnie (Ferle) Knapp, and Mary Storey.Presenting three of the portraits weredescendants of President and Mrs.Standley, while costs of the fourth wereunderwritten by Mrs. Virginia (Means)Arnold (GBS ‘39 CWC). Painted byVirginia artist Patsy Arrington Dorsett with“oils on linen,” the portraits complementothers that she has done of GBS historicalfigures. Ms. Dorsett was present at theservices held in the Administration
Building’s mainhallway.
After the presi-dent’s openingremarks and thesinging of “O for aThousand Tongues,”
Kevin Moser,Revivalist managing
editor, read theScripture lesson and
editor Larry D. Smith gavethe address, which brieflyexplained the contributionsof each of the personsmemorialized (see editori-al, this issue). SeveralStandley descendantsresponded, and President Avery offeredthe dedicatory prayer. The portraits,which are featured on the Revivalistcover this month, will be permanentlydisplayed in the AdministrationBuilding.
Pictured here are David StandleyPark, Dimmitt M. Standley, PatriciaStandley Sears, Laurel Santamarina,Jacqueline Sears Goodman, TjaderMeighen, Mary Standley and AlaniSantamarina.
GBS PERSONNEL CHANGES,PROMOTIONS, AND ADDITIONSFOR NEW SCHOOL YEAR
Aaron Profitt, Chair,Division of GeneralEducation. Aaron Profitt,Director of Admissionsand Financial Aid, hasbeen named Chair of theDivision of General Education, succeed-ing Dr. Bruce Campbell, who has
BIRTHS
To Rodney (GBS ‘01 BA inMinEd) and Ruth Ann (GBS‘01 BA in CE) Jackson, a son,Easton Trey Jackson, bornMarch 18, 2005, Dover, DE.
To Doug and Dawn(Unsworth) (GBS ‘86 HS)Manning, Tupperville, Ontario,a son Clark Douglas UnsworthManning, March 4, 2005.
MARRIAGES
Trisha Ayars (GBS ‘05 HS) to DavidCassity, July 16, Troy, OH, Rev. James Wilson
II and Rev. Larry D. Smith, offi-ciating. David is a GBS studentin the Division of InterculturalStudies and World Missions.
Caroline Bray toBenjamin E. Morris (GBS ‘05
BA in CE), June 11, Batavia, OH.Charity Carpenter (GBS ‘02 AA in TE) to
Mark Mullins (AA in GB), May29, 2005, Whitehouse, TX.Charity is a student at theUniversity of Texas, while Markgraduated May 7 from LeTourneau University with a BS in
Computer Science and Engineering Technology.Joseph McLaughlin (GBS ‘04 HS) to
Darlene Smith (GBS ‘04 BA), May 14,
STANDLEY DESCENDANTS VISIT GBS CAMPUSSTANDLEY DESCENDANTS VISIT GBS CAMPUS
11SEPTEMBER 2005
Cincinnati, OH, Rev. Ben Durr, Sr.,officiating.
Nichole R. Sechrestto Robert L. Kilgore,June 25, 2005, Meadows,IL, Rev. James Farney, offi-ciating. Robert is a formerGBS student (‘02–’03),
and Nichole is enrolled as a major in theDivision of Teacher Education.
Forrest Wingham (GBS ‘02 HS)to Rachael Tucker (GBS‘99 HS), May 14, 2005,Ft. Mitchell, KY, Rev.Fred Wingham and Rev.Charles Tucker,officiating.
DEATHS
Rufina Dirilo, wife of the Rev.Rojelio Dirilo, pastor and CentralConference President in the BibleMethodist Missions work of thePhilippines, died July 27 from an appar-ent blood clot following heart surgery.She left a clear testimony of victory andgrace. Many friends in the United Stateshad contributed to her medical expens-
es. Rufina had beenclaiming and quoting theverse from the writingsof the Apostle Paul asher testimony, “For meto live is Christ, and to
die is gain!” (Php. 1:21). She has nowgained the ultimate prize for theChristian! She has seen Jesus, her Lord,face to face! She has heard Him say,“Welcome home, good and faithfulServant! Enter into the joys of thyLord!” —Rev. John Parker
Geneve Gladys Kelley, 79, of NewLebanon, OH, and formerly of Athol, KY,died suddenly June 20, 2005. She was amember of the New Lebanon UnitedMethodist Church and was a licensedminister who operated a church missionfor a number of years. She is survived byher children, Verna B. Sampson, RhondaM. Tackett, Donna E. Patty, and MichaelE. Kelley; nine grandchildren; eight ➡
assumed the position of academic deanat Allegheny Wesleyan College. Ourother divisional chairs suggested Aaron,and he was my own first choice,”explains Dr. Kenneth Farmer, VicePresident for Academic Affairs. “But Ithought that he needed one more yearto get his present office functioning atpeak efficiency. However, the more theadministration discussed him, the moreconvinced they were that he was theright person.” Profitt will also serve asAssistant to the VPAA.
Lisa Profitt, Directorof Admissions andFinancial Aid. Lisa Profitt,Phone Desk /Receptionist, has becomeDirector of Admissionsand Financial Aid, succeeding her hus-band Aaron (see above). “Lisa has beendoing a marvelous job in her previousposition,” comments Dr. Farmer. “Shealso assisted in project work forAdmissions and Financial Aid, andtherefore has some familiarity with theresponsibilities of that office. It is ourintention to create a ‘Student One-StopCenter’ where students can receivehelp with a wide range of concerns
without getting shuffled from one officeto the next. Lisa will be excellent inmaking that a reality.”
Kristin Bird,Associate Professor.Kristin Bird, Division ofTeacher Education, hasbeen promoted toAssociate Professor. In herrecommendation, Dr. Marcia Davis stat-ed, “Kristin not only meets the require-ments for promotion as stated in theEmployee Handbook (III-10), but alsohas demonstrated exceptional leader-ship and ability within the Division ofTeacher Education.” Kristin has taughtin the division for eight years and servesas the elementary education ProgramCoordinator.
Mark Cravens,Instructor. Mark Cravens isworking full-time for GBSCwith the unusual assign-ment that he will teachone class and work full-time on his MA from Cincinnati ChristianUniversity. After completion of thisdegree, he will teach most of our homilet-ics classes. Mark graduated from UnionBible College in 1986 and has been a
successful pastor and evangelist for 20years. He and his wife, Teresa, have twingirls who attend college at GBSC andanother set of twin girls who will beattending Aldersgate Christian Academy.
Meredith Moser,Adjunct Professor.Meredith Moser, 2005GBSC church and familyministries graduate, willbe serving as an adjunctprofessor in the area of youth ministry.He has been involved in youth min-istry for 14 years, most recently atImmanuel Church of the Nazarene,Highland Heights, Kentucky. He isworking on a graduate degree fromCincinnati Christian University.
Amy Morris,Kindergarten Teacher.Amy Morris, 2005 GBSCCTE graduate, is thekindergarten teacher in theelementary department ofAldersgate Christian Academy. While astudent, she was president of theChristian Teacher Organization and alsoserved as a Student Teaching Assistant fortwo years in ACA. She also did her stu-dent teaching there. ➡
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Jenny Fikes, SixthGrade Teacher. JennyFikes is leaving the posi-tion of Student Recruiterto join the faculty ofAldersgate ChristianAcademy as sixth grade teacher. Jenny,a 2004 GBSC graduate with a BA inTeacher Education, will continue toserve as Director of the college’sStudent Learning Center.
Harrold Taylor, HighSchool Teacher. Aftergraduation from the BibleMissionary Institute (ThB,’91), Harrold Taylorserved as pastor of theWesleyan Bible Church and principal ofGreen Mountain Christian Academy,both in Lakewood, Colorado. He leavesthose positions to teach high schoolmath at GBSC. Harrold has always beenactive in education, even as a student.He was valedictorian of his high schoolclass, graduated from college with a 4.0GPA, and will soon finish a MEd degreefrom Liberty University. He and his wifeJudy have three daughters, Carolyn,
Tiffany and Bonwyn. The first two willattend ACA.
Stephen Klotz, HighSchool Teacher. StephenKlotz, new high schoolBible and scienceteacher, attended GBSC(1986-88) working on adegree in music and traveling in aschool group. He served as anEvangelical Bible Mission missionary inGhana, West Africa, for three years(1998-2001), and in this capacity hewas president of Evangelical College ofTheology. While there, he completed allthe coursework for a MA in ReligiousStudies from Central University College.He has only his thesis to complete.
Due to his wife’s health problems,he returned to the States and has beenteaching science and math. He has anAA in Math/Science from TulsaCommunity College, Oklahoma. For thelast two years he has served as a teacherand Head of the Science Department atShores Christian Academy, Ocala,Florida, and was elected as “Teacher ofthe Year” at this sizable Christian school.
He holds membership in the NationalScience Teachers Association. He is alicensed minister with the Bible HolinessChurch. He and his wife, Mary(Hamlin), have six children.
Teresa (Fourman)Cravens, Cashier. TeresaCravens (GBS ‘81 HS;College ‘81–85), wife ofincoming instructor MarkCravens, will serve asschool cashier. In addition to being herhusband’s faithful partner in ministry,she has taught piano and worked in asecretarial position for SchmulPublishing Co. She is the mother of twosets of twin girls.
Rachel Ferree,Secretary, AldersgateChristian Academy.Rachel Ferree will be sec-retary for AldersgateChristian Academy. She isa recent graduate of Southern WesleyanUniversity in South Carolina with a BS inApplied Computer Science. In additionto secretarial duties, she will also teachcomputer in both ACA departments.
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➡ great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren andother relatives. Funeral services were held in Beattyville, KY.
Joseph V. Sprauer, 69, formerly of St. Johns, MI, diedApril 26, 2005, at Harrisburg, PA. For 18 years he served astreasurer of the St. Louis, MI, Wesleyan Holiness Church, ofwhich he had been a member since 1981. He was a long-time supporter of GBS, where two of his daughters and oneson-in-law attended. He is survived by his wife Rita; twosons, Mark and Samuel; four daughters, Sheila, Marilyn,Derenda, and Wanda; 12 grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. Funeral services were held in the EmmanuelWesleyan Church, Gratz, PA, with the Rev. Timothy Cooley,Sr., and the Rev. Jonathan Heath, officiating.
ALUMNI INTEREST
Rev. Wayne Mahoney, (GBS alumnus ‘56, ‘57, and‘58), 10 Memory Lane, Milton, KY 40045, writes, “We
have retired from the Milton WesleyanChurch with 30 years of service. We alsoretired from the Bryantsburg Holiness Campwith 36 years of service. I will be open forrevivals, interim, and fill-in work.” He andhis wife Donna may be contacted by tele-
phone at (502) 268-3690.“We have recently moved to Waverly, close to our
daughter Debbie. Our new address and phone number is asfollows: R.G. Humble, 118 Columbia Drive, Waverly, OH45690; Telephone (740)-941-3182.” —R.G. (GBS ‘46 HS)and Virginia (GBS ‘46 CWC) Humble.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
“A Golden Wedding anniversary was celebratedSaturday, June 25, 2005, by Elwin and Goldie Joslin ofCedar Springs, MI. Children of the couple are Dennis and
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Mandy Mimier,Secretary, Division ofMusic. Mandy Mimierreturns to campus towork as secretary for theMusic Division Office.Mandy is a 2003 GBSC graduate of theMusic Division. She was phonedesk/receptionist at GBSC before teach-ing at Frankfort Christian Academy,Frankfort, Indiana.
Marybeth Brown,Accounts PayableSpecialist. MarybethBrown has been promotedfrom the position ofCashier to that of AccountsPayable Specialist. After her graduationfrom GBSC in 2002 with a BA in TeacherEducation, she served as teacher in theelementary department of ACA and laterat Independence Bible School,Independence, Kansas. She is also pursu-ing a MBA degree at Liberty University.
Mark Mander, Student Recruiterand Public Relations Representative.Mark Mander, a 2005 GBSC graduatewith a BA in Min Ed, joins the staff as
Student Recruiter andPublic RelationsRepresentative. Mark,who has traveled withpublic relations teamsrepresenting the schoolduring this past year and summer, isalso enrolled in a Master’s degree pro-gram at Cincinnati Christian University.
Betty Jo Cochran,Aldersgate Assistant.Assisting P.D. Wolfe,newly-appointed Directorof the Aldersgate DistanceEducation Program(ADEP) is Betty Jo Cochran, who is alsopursuing a BA in Church and FamilyMinistry. She has served in the businessoffice and as assistant dean of women atAllegheny Wesleyan College.
Elizabeth Tyler,Head Librarian.Elizabeth Tyler, a 2002GBS graduate, has beennamed Head Librarian ofthe R.G. Flexon MemorialLibrary. She has worked in the libraryfor the past two years and this summer
received the degree MS in LibraryScience from Clarion University inPennsylvania. She is married to VincentTyler (GBS ‘02 AA in Bible andTheology).
Jennifer Eckert,Receptionist /Telephone Operator.Greeting new campusvisitors will be Jennifer(Robison) Eckert, whograduated in May with a GBS BAdegree in Church and Family Ministry.She is the wife of Paul Eckert (GBS ‘04BA in MinEd).
BRIEFLY NOTED…
Dr. Mark Bird, Division ofMinisterial Education, and several stu-dents participated in a conference on“Engaging the Culture” with notedChristian apologist Ravi Zacharias May18 in Cincinnati. “We were able to askquestions of Ravi personally after hispresentation. His responses were inter-esting and thought provoking,” accord-ing to Dr. Bird.
Connie Joslin, Tom and Denise Raisch, Jimand Darla Stroup, Daniel and Tammie Joslin,Darrell and Sherry Joslin, DeWayne andRenee Joslin, and Danella Joslin. They havesixteen grandchildren and two great-grand-children.” —Danella Joslin (GBS ‘97 AA ).
The Wesleyan Church will be conducting its fifth annualChristian writers’ workshop, November 11–12, 2005.Songwriter and author Gloria Gaither will keynote this excitingconference, along with popular writer Keith Drury. Attendeeswill select from nine skill-building electives as well as intensive,day-long study in one of three areas of writing. For more infor-mation call (800) 493-7539 or www.wesleyan.org/writer.
HITHER AND THITHER
The Summer Institute for Missionary Orientation (SíMO)has just celebrated its fifth anniversary, according to Director
Steven A. Mowery. A division of Mission Helps, Inc., SíMO is amissionary orientation program for holiness missionaries meetingin June at Penn View Bible Institute. “Many of the participantsare missionary rookies,” comments Mowery. “However, quite afew have been veteran missionaries possessing many years ofexperience. The underlying problem SíMO addresses is the mis-sionary attrition rate.” For more information call (570) 837-1855or (570) 837-3232 or email: [email protected].
Nina G. Gunter and J.K. Warrick were elected newGeneral Superintendents of the Church of the Nazarene atthe denomination’s General Assembly meeting in Indianapolis,June 9. They replace retiring General Superintendents Jim L.Bond and W. Talmadge Johnson. Gunter is the first woman tobe appointed a Nazarene General Superintendent.
Evangelistic Faith Missions (EFM) celebrated its cen-tennial, Saturday, June 25, at Bedford, Indiana. Missionariesand national representatives from various mission fields paidtribute to EFM’s courageous and sacrificial service.
GOD’S GLORY
What is God’s glory?—Dave
Dear Dave,My best understanding is
that God’s glory, in its essence, isthe unique excellence of Hischaracter and person. However,it is important to know that theBible uses the term glory in rela-tion to God in several ways.
First, glory refers to the fireor light that emanates from theplace where God chooses tomanifest His presence. Exodus24:17 says that “the glory of theLORD was like a consumingfire” on top of Mt. Sinai. WhenGod’s glory left the temple,Ezekiel says that “the templewas filled with the cloud and thecourt was filled with the bright-ness of the glory of the LORD.”God has chosen fire or light asthe physical manifestations ofHis glorious presence. Perhapsthe most striking fact about thevisible manifestation of God’sunique excellence is how peo-ple respond to it.
We all enjoy times whenGod sensibly manifests Hispresence among us. Somedescribe scenes where peopleare shouting and giving loudpraise to God as “the glory”
A BIBLICAL RESPONSE
falling. Interestingly, there are noexamples of this in Scripture. Inevery instance where God visiblymanifested His glory among His peo-ple there was only one response:people fell prostrate before the Lordin awe and fear (cf. Lev. 9:23-24;Num. 20:6; 1 Kings 8:11; 2 Chron.7:3; Ezek. 1:28, 3:23; Luke 2:9).Even in Heaven’s temple, when it isfilled with the smoke from the gloryand power of God, no one can enterit (Rev. 15:8). By the way, severalpassages of Scripture talk about acloud associated with God’s glory. Ithink the flannelgraph pictures I sawof the cloud of God’s glory werewhite, fleecy clouds. Solomonappears to describe the cloud ofGod’s glory as a cloud of “deep dark-ness” in 2 Chron. 5:14-6:1. This sug-gests that the cloud was a darkcloud, intended to cloak the bright-ness of God’s glory.
Second, the Bible uses the wordglory to refer to God’s reputation.Psalm 102:15 indicates that God’sname (reputation) and God’s gloryare similar concepts: “So the nationswill fear the name of the LORD andall the kings of the earth Your glory.”In this sense, the glory of God is Hisreputation for the unique excellenceof His person and character. God isexceedingly jealous for His reputa-tion. In fact, I believe that a carefulexamination of Scripture reveals thatthe ultimate goal of everything Goddoes is His glory. In other words,God’s ultimate purpose for every-thing He does is that the uniqueexcellence of His character and per-son will be clearly evident to all cre-ation. (For more on this, see the link“Toward a Biblical Theology of theGlory of God” on my website,http://pages.prodigy.net/apbrown2.)
When all creation clearly seesthe unique excellence of God’scharacter and person, the result isthe third sense of the word glory:praise or honor. When we “giveglory to God,” as in Psalm 50:15,
23, we are honoring or praising theunique excellence of His character,person, and/or works. Isaiah 48:11illustrates this sense: “For My ownsake, for My own sake, I will act; Forhow can My name be profaned?And My glory I will not give toanother.” God’s passion for his rep-utation (“name”) is so great that Hewill not give the credit that is due toHis name to anyone else. Thisexplains, for example, why Godsmote Herod for receiving the honorthat should have been given to Godalone (Acts 12:23). Admittedly (andthankfully), God does not immedi-ately strike people dead when theydo not honor Him as they should.But, obviously, God is very seriousabout His glory. That should moti-vate us to recognize and freely con-fess that God deserves all the creditand praise for any good thing weaccomplish (cf. 1 Pet. 4:11).
When Paul enjoins us to “do all tothe glory of God,” this means that allour activities should reflect theunique excellence of God’s characterin such a way that God’s reputationwill be enhanced in the eyes of thoselooking on, and they will be moved topraise Him for His unique excellence.So, for example, I glorify God in eat-ing by reflecting His orderliness (byeating mannerly), His self-control (byeating moderately), His love (by myconsiderate interactions with thoseeating with me), and so on. There isno area of life where we cannot bringhonor to God and magnify His repu-tation for unique excellence in theeyes of others.
May we all appropriate God’sgrace to do so!
Sincerely,Philip Brown
Dr. A. Philip Brown II is a member of theministerial faculty of God’s Bible School andCollege. He may be contacted by email [email protected].
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AKINOLA LEADS EVANGELICALANGLICANS
According to David Virtue, con-servative Anglican news source,Archbishop Peter Akinola, head ofsome 18 million Anglicans inNigeria, has attacked the Church ofEngland for permitting clergy toenter into “civil unions” which willbe allowed under English law effec-tive December 5. He suggested thatthe English church should be disci-plined in the same manner as theAmerican and Canadian jurisdic-tions for approving gay relation-ships, even though such partershipsfor English clergy are not to involvesexual activity. Akinola, recently fea-tured in Christianity Today, hasemerged as a prominent worldleader among evangelical Anglicansopposing homosexual practice andtheological liberalism in the West.The Church of Nigeria is the largestAnglican Church in the world.
UNITED METHODIST WOES
According to Good News, direc-tors of the General Board of GlobalMinistries of the United MethodistChurch have learned that between2002 and 2003, the denominationlost 269 congregations and 65,000members. Among the U.S. jurisdic-tions, only the Southeast (the mostconservative area in the church)gained members. The magazine also
said, “Director Guy Ames…notedthat United Methodists give just 2.1percent of their income to thechurch. That is one of the lowestrates in American Protestantism….“
LESBIAN PASTOR’S CASE UNDERREVIEW
At its session October 26–29 inHouston, the United MethodistJudicial Council will consider thecase of Irene Elizabeth (“Beth”)Stroud who lost her clergy creden-tials following a church trial lastDecember but who was later rein-stated by an appellate court ontechnicalities. Contrary to UMC lawforbidding “self-avowed practicing”homosexuals in the ordained min-istry, Stroud has admitted that she is“a lesbian living in a committedrelationship with a partner.” TheJudicial Council will also considerthe case of the Rev. Edward Johnsonof South Hill, Virginia, who was sus-pended from pastoral servicebecause he refused to admit a gayperson to church membership.
YOUNG COLUMNIST CRITICIZES“MEGACHURCH” PHIILOSOPHY
Clint Rainey, journalism studentand summer intern for the editorialpage of the Dallas Morning News,has scored contemporary“megachurches” for a “church phi-losophy massive and impersonal in
every way.” “Jaded by this philoso-phy my generation has seen howbeing a mile wide and an inch deepallots, unsurprisingly, a whole milefor approximately an inch’s worth ofdeepness….“ “Studies say our gen-eration is the most conservative indecades on issues of religion, sug-gesting we’re averse to the risks thatchurches with a flashing, pop-cul-ture bent take to appeal, ironically,to us. So when we grow up, we’lllikely look for religion elsewhere.”
ARRESTS OF CHINESECHRISTIANS SHOWGOVERNMENT’S REAL PURPOSE
Increasing persecution ofChinese Christians has crushedhopes that greater religious freedomwill come as the result of new legis-lation which became effectiveMarch 1. Although the regulationshad encouraged house churches toregister with government agencies,arrests of believers in recent monthscast serious doubts on official claimsto foster religious freedom. AlthoughChritianity continues to flourish,reports of police detention, beating,and other harassment continues tofilter into the West.
AUTHOR POINTS TOCONSERVATIVE RESURGENCE
In a new book, Exodus: WhyAmericans Are Fleeing LiberalChurches for ConservativeChristianity, journalist Dave Shifletquotes Southern Seminary PresidentR. Albert Mohler, Jr., that studentson his campus “ are not only moreconservative than their parents, butthey are more conservative thantheir grandparents….” SouthernBaptist Ethics and Religious LibertyCommission President Richard Landadds that the alliance betweenevangelicals and Roman Catholics iswinning the “abortion issue.” Themost pro-life group is eighteen-to-thirty-one-year-olds.
For 105 years GBS has beenmarked by its open door to
needy students. Many alumnitestify to receiving their educationon the Hilltop as work students.Today that tradition continues. Anumber of students receive aidthrough the student workprogram, institutionalscholarships or other assistance.The annual student phone-a-thonis an effort to raise the moneyneeded to fund these programs.
We hope to reach over 10,000friends during the three
weeks of outreach while raising$150,000 for the financial needs ofthe school. We also wish to thankour donors for their faithfulsupport. This goal can only beaccomplished with your help.
When a student calls, pleaseconsider a donation for this
vital program.
2005 Goal — $150,000
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nigh
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whe
n th
e ro
oste
r cr
ows,
or
at d
awn.
If
heco
mes
sud
denl
y, d
o no
t let
him
find
you
sle
epin
g. W
hat I
say
to y
ou, I
say
to e
very
one:
‘W
atch
!’ “
(Mar
k 13
:32-
37).
John
exh
orte
d al
l Chr
istia
ns, “
Belo
ved,
now
are
we
the
sons
of G
od, a
ndit
doth
not
yet
app
ear
wha
t w
e sh
all b
e: b
ut w
e kn
ow t
hat,
whe
n he
sha
llap
pear
, we
shal
l be
like
him
; fo
r w
e sh
all s
ee h
im a
s he
is. A
nd e
very
man
that
hat
h th
is ho
pe in
him
pur
ifiet
h hi
mse
lf, e
ven
as h
e is
pure
” (1
John
3:2
,3)
. Wha
t ne
eds
to b
e pu
rifie
d in
a C
hrist
ian’
s lif
e? T
he a
nsw
er c
omes
fro
mPa
ul. C
hrist
ians
mus
t cle
anse
them
selv
es fr
om a
ll de
filem
ent o
f fle
sh a
nd sp
ir-it,
per
fect
ing
holin
ess
in th
e fe
ar o
f God
(2 C
or. 7
:1).
CO
NC
LUSI
ON
Jesu
s is
com
ing
agai
n. H
is re
turn
is im
min
ent.
It m
ay b
e to
day;
it m
ayno
t be
for
a lo
ng t
ime.
Eve
ry C
hris
tian
shou
ld t
ake
Jesu
s’ w
ords
ser
ious
-ly
and
“w
atch
” fo
r H
is a
ny-m
omen
t re
turn
. A
re y
ou r
eady
? H
ave
you
puri
fied
your
life
of
all d
efile
men
t of
fle
sh a
nd s
piri
t? A
re y
ou p
erfe
ctin
gho
lines
s in
the
fear
of G
od?
May
God
hel
p us
all
to b
e re
ady.
If H
e ca
me
toda
y, w
ould
you
be
glad
?
Lo, H
e co
mes
with
clo
uds
desc
endi
ng,
Onc
e fo
r ou
r sa
lvat
ion
slain
;Th
ousa
nd, t
hous
and
sain
ts a
ttend
ing
Swel
l the
triu
mph
of H
is tr
ain
Alle
luia
! C
hrist
the
Lord
ret
urns
to r
eign
!—
Cha
rles
Wes
ley
—se
rmon
out
line
by D
R. A
LLAN
P. B
ROW
N
“CO
MM
ITT
ED
TO
EX
CE
LL
EN
CE
INP
RE
AC
HIN
G”
ing of the Second Com
ing is a secret known only to the Father. G
od evidentlydoes not w
ish us to know the “tim
es or the seasons,” nor the “day and hour” ofour Saviour’s return. Therefore, w
e should stop setting dates!
B. Christ’s disciples look daily for H
is Second Com
ing.Paul told the Philippians, “Let your m
oderation be known unto all
men. The Lord is at hand” (Phil. 4:5). H
e said to the Christians at Rom
e,“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the w
orksof darkness, and let us put on the arm
or of light” (Rom. 13:12).
Peter warned the Jew
s in dispersion saying, “But the end of all things is athand: be ye therefore sober, and w
atch unto prayer” (I Pet. 4:7). The writer of
the Hebrew
letter said, “For yet a little while, and he that shall com
e will com
e,and w
ill not tarry” (Heb. 10:37). Jam
es exhorted, “Be ye also patient; stablishyour hearts: for the com
ing of the Lord draweth nigh” (Jam
. 5:8). The ApostleJohn, tow
ards the end of his life, warned, “Little children, it is the last tim
e [lasthour]: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall com
e, even now are there
many antichrists: w
hereby we know
that it is the last time” (I John 2:18).
C. Jesus’ Second C
oming is im
minent.
The Biblical phrases, “the day is at hand,” “the end of all things is at hand,”“yet a little w
hile,” “the coming of the Lord draw
eth nigh,” and “the last hour,”seem
to indicate at least three things. First, the terms are not tim
e designatorsin the sense that w
e normally use them
in comm
on speech. The fact that near-ly tw
o thousand years have elapsed since these phrases were w
ritten provesthis point. Second, the term
s were evidently designed to increase the first-cen-
tury Christians’ anticipation and expectation of Jesus’ Second C
oming. These
phrases were designed to m
otivate the Christians of all ages to live holy lives in
light of Jesus’ any-mom
ent Second Com
ing. Therefore, while w
e are not to setdates, w
e are to live holy lives in anticipation of His C
oming. Third, the phras-
es suggest that, from G
od’s point of view, the Second C
oming could occur at
any mom
ent. This concept is termed “im
minency.” W
e may say that Jesus’
Second Com
ing is imm
inent. This means that: 1) Jesus’ return could be at any
mom
ent; 2) We are uncertain of the tim
e of His return; 3) N
o prophesiedevent stands betw
een the believer and His return.
Evidently God’s prim
ary purpose in teaching the imm
inent return of Christ
is to keep the Church in a constant state of expectancy and readiness, alw
ays“looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great G
od andour Savior Jesus C
hrist; Who gave him
self for us, that he might redeem
us fromall iniquity, and purify unto him
self a peculiar people, zealous of good works”
(Titus 2:13, 14). By the very nature of the case, if the exact time of the Second
Com
ing had been revealed, none but the final generation of Christians w
ouldhave cause to look for the return of their Savior. For every other generation thisvital hope and incentive w
ould then have been lost.
After
the R
esurrection, w
hen Jesus
ascended to
heaven from
Bethany, he was caught up in a cloud and disappeared from
the sight ofH
is watching disciples. A
s they stared up into the sky in amazem
ent, two
angels appeared and announced, “This same Jesus, w
hich is taken upfrom
you into heaven, shall so come in like m
anner as ye have seen himgo into heaven” (A
cts 1:9-11).
C. Paul said that Jesus is com
ing again.Paul w
rote to Timothy, “Keep this com
mandm
ent without spot, unre-
bukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ” (I Tim
. 6:14). He
also warned Tim
othy to be faithful, because Jesus “shall judge the quickand the dead at his appearing and his kingdom
” (2 Tim. 4:1)
D. Peter said that Jesus is com
ing again.Peter urged believers to anticipate the Second C
oming of Jesus as a
source of encouragement, w
riting: “That the trial of your faith, being much
more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried w
ith fire, might
be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ”
(1 Peter 1:7). Further, he exhorts, “Wherefore gird up the loins of your m
ind,be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto youat the revelation of Jesus C
hrist (1 Peter 1:13). E. John said Jesus is com
ing again.
John wrote to believers, “Behold, w
hat manner of love the Father hath
bestowed upon us, that w
e should be called the sons of God: therefore the w
orldknow
eth us not, because it knew him
not. Beloved, now are w
e the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what w
e shall be: but we know
that, when he shall
appear, we shall be like him
; for we shall see him
as he is” (1 John 3:1, 2).Thus, there should be no question in any Bible-believing person’s heart
or mind that Jesus is com
ing again.
II. The TIME of Jesus’ Second C
oming
This is the area where m
ost extremism
occurs. We need to listen care-
fully to Jesus on this subject.
A. Jesus told us w
e cannot know the tim
e of His return.
Jesus declared of His second com
ing, “But of that day and hour knoweth no
man, no, not the angels of heaven, but M
y Father only” (Matt. 24:36). Som
epeople focus on the term
s “day” and “hour” and suggest that Jesus did not say“m
onth” or “year.” How
ever, when asked by H
is disciples after the Resurrectionif H
e was going to usher in H
is kingdom im
mediately, Jesus replied, “It is not for
you to know the tim
es or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his ow
npow
er” (Acts. 1:7). It seems reasonable to say that Jesus is teaching that the tim
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HENRY SMITH, PRESIDENT-ELECT,INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Dr. Henry L. Smith (‘69 HS; ‘73BRE), who was recently named
president-elect of Indiana WesleyanUniversity and who will become its 11thpresident July 1, 2006, spent six yearson the Hilltop. At 16 he enrolled in theGBS high school and graduated twoyears later. He went on to earn hisbachelor’s degree in 1973.
Henry sang in the college choir forthose six years under director Dr. JohnEnyart. At the age of 16 he became amember of the college male quartet andsang with Jim Cash, Larry Houck, andDavid VanCise. He also sang in a groupwith Daniel and David Stetler. His life-long interest in photography was a realasset to his work as editor and photogra-pher for the GBS yearbook.
“It was during the spring of my junioryear of college that I felt the clear call toChristian higher education,” he recalls. “Iremember praying in the old parlor in theAdministration Building during the nightabout what God wanted for my life. It wasa struggle, because I had one more year atGBS to complete my BRE, but felt thatcollege teaching was in my future insteadof pastoring. I have never wavered fromthat call, and God has blessed me beyondanything I could ever imagine.”
Henry adds, “I am VERY proud ofmy heritage at GBS. I determined longago that I would never deny or hidethose wonderful, Spirit-led, growing,defining years of my life. After graduat-ing from GBS, I had some of the nation’sfinest university scholars and teachers,both at the University of Cincinnati andat Ohio State University; but class-for-
class, I never had better instruction any-where than I had at GBS. GBS taught memany things—to trust God, to disciplinemyself in life, and to always rememberwho you are.”
JOE EMERT, LEADER INCHRISTIAN RADIOBROADCASTING
Joe Emert, 1974 GBS graduate (BRE)and former president of the school’s
national Alumni Association, recentlypresented an entire collection of record-ed music from GBS’s Music Departmentto Wantok Radio Light in Papua NewGuinea. The CD recordings will be usedas part of the daily music on the PNGChristian Broadcasting Network, whichwas begun three years ago with one FMstation and now covers the entire nationof over five million peo-ple. “The people ofPNG love the wonderfulhymns and gospel songson these CDs,” Joeremarks. “Who knows?Maybe we can start analumni chapter there!”
Three USA-basedministries, EBM Interna-tional, Life Radio Min-istries, and HCJB WorldRadio, in partnershipwith the Papua NewGuinea Bible Church,are founding partners of
the network, which received PNG’ s firstnationwide broadcasting license. Emertserves as chairman of the board for EBMInternational, as president of Life RadioMinistries, Inc., and as a member of theBoard of the PNG Christian Broadcast-ing Network.
“During my time at GBS some ofmy best friends were Peter Maginde andPilipo Miriye, two students from PapuaNew Guinea. Even then, we woulddream together about Christian radio forPapua New Guinea.” Pilipo now servesthe PNG Bible Church as a pastor and asmissions director for the denomination.He has served as a missionary fromPapua New Guinea to Africa. Peter hasserved in government for many yearsand is currently serving as ambassadorto Malaysia.
The Papua New Guinea ChristianBroadcasting Network has grown to fiveFM stations and a nationwide shortwavestation. Approximately 25 additional FMstations are scheduled for installationover the next five years. Additional infor-mation can be viewed online atwww.MissionaryRadio.info.
In the photo below, announcer JohnFrank and music director ThelmaNinjapa happily receive the musicdonated by God’s Bible School in theradio station’s main control room in PortMoresby, Papua New Guinea.
Compiled by the Rev. Jack Hooker, VicePresident for Advancement, God’s BibleSchool and College.
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20GOD’S REVIVALIST and BIBLE ADVOCATE
FRIDAY12:00 Alumni Council Luncheon4:00 Alumni Choir Practice (all former
choir members welcome)5:00 Supper7:00 Homecoming Concert Featuring
Special Tribute to Former GBSPresidents
8:30 Dessert Reception / Homefest
SATURDAY9:00 Alumni Brunch and Fellowship
10:00 Reunion and Reflection,Honoring Graduates of 1955and 1980 (held in Dining Hall);Annual Alumni Elections
11:30 Meet the Administration andFaculty, Campus and CityTours, Open Dorms
1:00 Alumni vs. Students Basketballand Volleyball
LETTERS continued
No church or person always gets it right, and that includes you andme. So don’t throw stones until you are free of guilt yourself (John8:7). Though churches and Christians sometimes fail at loving and
“glitch out” on overloads of ignorance, most of them do want to help. Tofix these glitches, believers need to learn about others and their problems.Therefore, instead of criticizing or withdrawing, try to get to know thepeople of your church and do all you can to let them know you and trustyou. It is sure that you can never build trust by running from problems orpeople; and even in the church, the best relationships often are madethrough the arduous but rewarding task of resolving problems.
Never blame your problems and your inability to correct misbehavioron others. The truth is that you must confront the real issues of your lifeand with God’s assistance assume control over them. Richard Bach said,“Within each of us lies the power of our consent to health and sickness,to riches and poverty, to freedom and to slavery. It is we who controlthese, and not another.” This same truth is underscored by Albert Einsteinwho said, “Man must cease attributing his problems to his environmentand learn again to exercise his will—his personal responsibility.”
Don’t adopt Adam and Eve’s approach to personal responsibility byreleasing their grip on it as if it were a hot pan in an unprotected hand.Adam blamed Eve for giving him the fruit and also blamed God for giv-ing him Eve. Eve also refused to take the blame, because the serpent haddeceived her. So often we are like that. We ourselves are encumberedwith imperfections and failures, but we still demand perfection of thechurch and its members, blaming them for negative situations that wehave created. To be sure, the church does fail at times; but far too oftenpeople blame it without giving it a fair chance.
Some even leave the church to protect themselves from the weightof personal responsibility and the discomfort of accountability which itrightfully expects. Remember that according to the Scripture we are tosubmit to the church and cherish its leaders who take responsibility forour spiritual welfare (Heb. 13:17; 1 Tim. 5:17).
It is too common for us to assume roles in the “games of life” inorder to manipulate others and our environment to get what (p23)➡
BLAMING THE CHURCH FOR OUR OWN PROBLEMS
I have suffered moral failures in the past and want to change, butthe church just will not accept me and provide support. I believe Icould overcome my problem if I had more support.
➡(p4) for us. I know others savedfrom a much more wicked life than Iever lived who are offered manymore freedoms than we are, becausethey weren’t married before. I knowpeople accepted in the church thatlived in adultery and had a child outof wedlock. I am not criticizing thesepeople. I love and have confidencein them. I am honestly not trying tocomplain, I just wish there were away to remedy our plight.
Does Jesus expect us to be lessrespected than our brothers andsisters? Thanks for any insight youcan give.
NAME WITHHELDemail
THOUGHTS FOR THE QUIETHOUR
My soul was greatly encouragedby [Anita Brechbill’s] “Thoughts forthe Quiet Hour” in the last Revivalist.God is the Master Strategist!
Thank you for your faithfulness.WILL BYLER
SAILING THE MURKY WATERSWe thoroughly enjoy your publi-
cation, your writers, and the mannerin which you present the Truth. Thearticles are interesting and pertinentto the issues of the day. The historyand heritage you present strengthenthe rudder of our faith as we sail themurky waters of the world. They arenot uncharted waters as we have theWord both Written and Living toguide us.
JIM BREWERUtica, New York
PROUD OF GBSI am tired of the…compromising
so-called holiness churches, but Iadmire God’s Bible College. I am veryproud of you and wish to say so. Sendme more of your magazines.
ROYCE THOMASONLaunton, Oklahoma
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EDITORIAL continued
➡(p2) see that what we did and built in His name, wedid the very best we could.”
This brick Italianate mansion—the AdministrationBuilding—was hallowed ground to them, as it is to us, forit has been the heart of GBS from its beginning. Behindyou is the office of our early presidents, and above youare the rooms where they and their families lived. Toyour left is the historic double parlor, GBS’s first chapeland classroom, where the founders prepared a youthfularmy to conquer the world for Jesus. We remember thatthese floors have echoed with their footprints, and thesewalls have echoed with their prayers. “If you seek theirmonument, look about you.”
Vastly more significant, however, is the spiritual her-itage which they have left us. Bricks and mortar shall crum-ble into dust, but human lives reclaimed for Jesus andshaped into His likeness shall endure forever. This is whythey began that great succession of Christian workers whohave gone to all the ugly, sin-darkened and sin-drenchedcorners of this world. Think of the tens of thousands whoas a result of the witness of these pioneers have beensaved by the blood of Jesus’ cross. Think of those thou-sands who are yet to come—all one “endless line of splen-dor” begun so humbly on this Hilltop but moving on andon into God’s Nearer Presence, where they shall praiseHim forever for the “Mount of Blessings.”
In its foundational commitments, this school remainsvery much the same GBS that the Knapps, the Standleys,and Mrs. Storey established here. Every graduate is given thesame commission we have always given: bring Jesus to yourworld, and bring your world to Jesus. Every class reflects ouroriginal purpose to prepare devoted servants to labor in HisChurch. Every ministry extends the efforts begun in the oldGeorge Street Mission, Hope Cottage, and the simple littlechapels set up in Shanty Town. That is why we say again,“If you seek their monument, look about you.”
Now consider briefly each of those whose portraitsshall remain upon these walls where once they workedand prayed. God has not forgotten their faith and ser-vice, nor do we.
Appropriately enough, Meredith G. Standley’s pic-ture will greet all visitors entering the reception room.Born in 1877, he was here at the school’s beginning, ashe tells us, living in the attic room upstairs “that lookedlike an old boat with two portholes.” In 1911 he “com-menced 39 years of strong, aggressive presidential lead-ership,” as Glenn Black, former editor of God’s Revivalist,once observed. “M.G. Standley was not only a man ofvision,” as Black added, “[but] he also knew how toimplement his ideas.” This is why the Standley years areremembered for their vigorous activity, exciting creativi-ty, and institutional growth, for GBS became not only aflourishing educational institution, but also a significantfocal point for the entire Holiness Movement.
President Standley supervised the erection of twomajor buildings and extended the campus to a full sixacres. In March 1930, he caused GBS to become a pio-neer in Christian radio, broadcasting its “Sunrise WorshipHour” over WKRC, Cincinnati. GBS camp meetings flour-ished, attracting thousands to the Hilltop; and circulationof God’s Revivalist grew to an all-time high of 54,000—ata time when the Revivalist was published weekly! In 1936the “Bible school” became a college, legally authorized togrant both the ThB and the BA degrees.
So the Hilltop became a beehive of academic andevangelistic activity, climaxing in the GI’s of the CrossCrusade, which began in a massive city-wide revival atCincinnati’s Music Hall in November 1946 and contin-ued through three years of highly-successful jeep-and-trailer evangelism. M.G. Standley was at the heart of allthis, for as President Samuel Deets once noted, Standleywas “the man whom God used to build this Bible Schoolinto a world-renowned organization with spiritual influ-ence far out of proportion to its size.”
In the central hallway of this building will hang theportraits of those three courageous women who directedGBS from the time of Knapp’s death in December 1901until Meredith Standley became president a decade later.In spite of conflict and crisis, they remained true to thevision of the founder, who, as he was dying, asked themto carry on his work. During their administration, a five-story building—later known as the “Ten-WeeksBuilding”—was erected for the kitchen, dining room, andwomen’s dormitory; Hope Cottage began its ministry tounwed mothers and their children; Oswald Chambers lec-tured in the room across the hall; and Nettie Peabodybegan her career of over 60 years on this campus.
Note first the portrait of Bessie Queen Standley, con-verted at Knapp’s “Revivalist Chapel” in downtownCincinnati and soon thereafter his associate in the office ofGod’s Revivalist. In 1902 she was married to MeredithStandley in a ceremony officiated by the Quaker evange-list Seth C. Rees and followed by ice cream and cake forthe poor children from George Street Mission. Bessie wasalways Meredith’s partner in ministry, serving as his advi-sor, catalyst, and hostess; and for years she was also editorof God’s Revivalist. To her gracious and well-supplied tablewere invited farmers attending camp meeting, as well aspoliticians supporting GBS’s work and witness. In death, asin life, she is beside her husband, buried in Miami, Florida.
Next is the picture of Mary Storey, courageous evan-gelist and Cincinnati businesswoman. Converted as achild in Ireland, she became a faithful Methodist whosought and experienced that deep work of the HolySpirit called “entire sanctification.” She became aneffective preacher, threw herself into house-to-house vis-itation, and rented a house which she opened for reli-gious services. She regarded Knapp’s coming to
Cincinnati as an answer to herprayers and vigorously supportedhis evangelistic efforts. According toher obituary, she became “one ofthose who prayed the prayer offaith” which led to the establish-ment of God’s Bible School. Hersolid Methodist churchmanship wasan anchor of stability and balanceuntil her death in 1906.
Finally, we remember MinnieFerle Knapp, whose portrait is tothe east. Married to GBS’s founderon September 24, 1892, shemoved with him to Cincinnati ontheir wedding trip. A quiet andretiring woman, solid in faith andunswerving in conviction, sheshared his dreams, labors, and suf-ferings, and following his death,remained on this campus for 29years, a bastion of strength,courage, and serenity. Her “hiddenministries by correspondence” toscattered missionaries seemed “sat-urated with the grace of God,”according to OMS founder LettieCowman; and sometimes at greatperil Mrs. Knapp would travel toforeign lands to rally support formissionary outreach.
For she believed—as did allthese we honor this morning—thatat whatever cost, the world must bebrought to Christ. At her funeral,February 4, 1930, PresidentStandley placed a container besideher open coffin to receive an offer-ing for world evangelism. Later atSpring Grove Cemetery, just beforetheir last goodbye, her friendsrecalled the “lost heathen” and theirduty to them, then began an oldhymn that once was almost thetheme song on this campus: “We’llgirdle the globe with salvation,/With holiness unto the Lord,/ Andlight shall illumine each nation,/ Thelight from the lamp of His word.”
It is this commitment to Jesusand to His call that shall give uscause to say in heaven, as we saythis morning, “If you seek theirmonument, look about you.”
By Anita K. Brechbill
THE HIDDEN LIFE
“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” Col. 3:3
The Hidden Life. The Secret of the Ages. The sweetness of that “hiding”cannot be expressed, it can only be known. The plan, possible only to a
Divine Mind, that a race of mortals would be given the power to choosebetween an upward and a downward path. The alternatives would be madeclear. To those who chose to forsake a world full of allurements pleasing tothe senses, and by faith alone begin the ascent to higher ground, a new lifewould be given.
It is not to be wondered at that Lucifer, son of the morning, havingknown the glory and sweetness of dwelling in the Presence of the MostHigh, should now use his considerable stores of intelligence to keep usfrom knowing that Blessed Place. But, hidden in Him, we are bulwarkedabout with a safety that cannot be breached. This blessedness hinges onchoice. Lucifer lost it by choice; we gain it by the same.
Anita Brechbill, Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, is editor of RopeHolders and a regular contributorto the Revivalist.
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➡(p21) we want. How easy it is to assume a victim’s role because a victim“cannot” be responsible for his behavior. Let me, therefore, urge you to makea courageous choice to change your role in life from victim to victor. YOU cando all things through Christ who strengthens you (Phil. 4:13). “ThroughChrist” includes His Body on earth. Excuses bind you in the victim role. Faith,surrender to God, courage to change, and submission to biblical authority canpropel you into a victorious flight of freedom! Examine the following pas-sages: Jn. 8:31-36; Rom. 6:1-18; 8:1-9; 1 Pet. 2:13-25.
“Mending Nets” explores God’s readiness to “mend” the breakdowns which so often mar ourlives. It is written by the Rev. Richard Miles, GBS Vice President for Student Affairs. Send ques-tions to be addressed in this column to [email protected]
Recently five properties that border ourcampus have become available for pur-
chase. The school has prayed for these proper-ties for at least 30 years. We believe this is anhistoric opportunity for the expansion of ourcampus. These buildings will add considerablehousing for staff and married students. Acquir-ing these areas will also help us to beautify theentrance to our campus. This is why we areadding this project to Phase II of the Faith in theFuture Capital Campaign. Our goal is to raise$250,000 to purchase these five buildings.Presently one of the five buildings has alreadybeen purchased. Naming opportunities areavailable for each building or for individualapartments. Please contact the AdvancementOffice for more information. You may do so bycalling Jack Hooker, VP for Advancement, at513-721-7944, ext.223, or by [email protected].
“The Capital Campaign is one of the mostexciting venues I have ever been introduced to,religious or secular. It shows great planning,leadership, and vision. I am behind itfinancially and prayerfully.”
Kelly Copeland,President,Corporate Fleet, Inc.
Jack HookerVice President for Advancement
