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Six C h r i s t i a n ^
and
one
non-@tiristian ^
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liave
recently
completed a six-^eek c
T A t
study, Introduction to Franci^ S c h a i f f e o E ,
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led by Roger Edrington, member of a
r 'team
ministry in
Cove ntry, Engl and.
6
Roger furnishe d the fol l owing reporti.
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Using the
three major books (of
Schaeffer),
the
group
grappled with najor
issues confronting the disciplines of
I
theology,
art, music, philosophy, and
general
culture.
They
especially
emphasi
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the
apologetic
in
an
e vangelistic
setting. Many confronted
these issues
I
for the first time. They felt that
j:hey
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beginning
to
get
down to
the real
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meeting the attack that theiworld
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and the devil
are
putting on us.
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the
experience
of
this study convinces
us that many
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ordinary Christians really want to
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in growing as j g T Christians,
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Twenty-three
childr
1
attended the four day
camp-
Fmr the
first time
this
year, mission lesson
1
were
part
of the program.
Some of
I
the
campers e xpresse d an intere st in
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r
om
t e a m m i n i s t r y c h a l l e n g i n g
M.
y post-Chrlstlan
nation w i t h the claims of Christ
Vol. 4
No.
1 S e p t e m b e r 1976
Janet Balnea
Debbie Davis
Bev Mulline
202 Klngfield Rd.
C o v e n t r y CV6 5PL
Kids
Steve &Lee late
69 Huntingdon Bd.
Coventry CV5 6PT
Roger
Edrington
59 Cambridge St .
Coventry CVl
5HU
He was
s i t t i n g
o n t h e
ground,
i n
t h e
middle
of
a
cow
field-cum-campground. His
d i n n e r p l a t e was on his h ead l ike a hat,
his Japanese chopst icks(a surprise gift to
all
the
kids during one
of
the mission
talks)
in his
hands and he
was
beating away
m e r r i l y
on his 'drum' --
an
o l d
dr i e d c ow
p i l e i
L i t t l e
7 year
old
Paul was o n e of 23
children f r o m our Sunday
School
sharing
with us three nights
and
four days
of
camping.
Kids never cease to amaze me. We
had
many 'types'
o f kids and s o m e o f t h e be
h a vi o r p r o b l e m s
we
faced I r e m e m b e r
from
my own
f o r m e r c am p
days. However, that
didn't seem to
h e l p m e h a n d l e t h e m i
We ran into some of the oldest pranks
i n camp
h i s t o ry.
(One amazing
th in g about
kids is that their
camp
pranks never seem
t o ch ange.) One
n i g h t
we
had
an
outdoo r
toilet tent
d i s m a n t l e d wh i l e
o c cup i e d
a n d
a
few
attempted raids on the
gir]^s
and
boys tents
by the opposite sex. Our kids
have even reached camp romance stage.
But
since
the
kids
aren't from Christian homes
and n o n e are
yet
Christians themselves,
they have no real
r e a s o n
to l iv e
by
Christ
ian
moral standards.
T h e t h e m e f o r o u r c am p
was
'The King Is
Coming' on
which
our teachings and songs
were, for the most part, based.
Our t h i r d year
of
c a m p had o u r
first
missionary talks this year and the kids
loved it. Som e even e x p r e s s e d
a
real i n
terest in missions and yet have never made
a
personal committment to Christi
One
l i t t l e
girl,
w h o s e p a r e n t s h ave re
cently bec o m e
Crhistians, has
deve l o p e d a
un ique and be a ut i f u l f r i e n d s h i p
wit
God.
She showed me how to thank Him for all
t h i n g s f r o m Tuck
s h o p s
( t h e cantee n) t o
cow piles
-
"without them
there wouldn't
be any cows" and she loves
cows.
ROGER, EBBIE,JANET J . B . ) ,STEVE, EE,JAN, SEATED) EV
Jan (Kill ebrew)
Bowen
Top Flat
8 Norfolk
St.
Spon End
Coventry CVl 3BX
A m e r ic an C o r r e s p o nde n t s:
Mr. & Mrs. C. L.
Davis
1010 N. Monroe St,
Lincoln, II. 62656 U.S.A.
At
the end
of the
four days
we
had
seen
many joys and
yet
tears, fights, and hurts
as well. The thing which impressed me
most was
t h e
i m p o r t a n c e
and
difficulty
in
r eaching
t h e s e y oung
p e o p l e. The challe nge
is overwhelming but
we have
a Savior who
can accomplish the impossible
and
work
where
we
are
weakesti
Praise Him.
An
evaluation on this camp is difficult,
but I pray
that
our
King
is wo rki ng
in
t h e
lives of those
23
children.
Janet
r o m R e j e c t i o n t o R e p e n t a n c e
I
have
known
Marion Welton
for near
ly three years and during
that
time we
have
had
Bib le
studies
and
many discus
sions on
being
a
Christian.
About
two years
ago, Marion
became
very
interested
in
ac
cepting Jesus. When learning
of the
Truth
and
the
cost-of discipleship, Marion chose
not to
accept Jesus as
her
Lord and
Savior.
Our
friendship continued but
our
studies
and
d i s c u s s i o n s s t o p p e d . Sh e
avoided
t h e
subject of Christianity.
While
v i s i t i n g
Marion
o n e
day,
s h e
t o l d
m e of an experience she had had.
This
ex
perience convicted her
to
make a decision
about
her
life.
On
August
1st when
Marion
was baptized, her comments describe her
feelings, "It's
great,
I
feel so relieved,
I'm glad
i t ' s over."
It's
really
just
be
ginning
for Marion.
The pressure
is gone
and she can begin
to
start her
new life
with
Christ.
Jan
Editor's
note:
Her
8 ea r o ld says, "She's b e t t e r than
before. She used
to lose her
temper
but
now she doesn'ti" Jesus changes
EPISTLEPROM
ENGLAND
Lincoln Christian Church
204 N.McLean Street
Lincoln, IL 62656
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Bulk Rate
U.S. Postage Paid
Lincol n, IL 626S6
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Many thanks to
God
for
His
leading
me
to
Lugano
(Switzerland) Christian Service
Campi
The camp
has
been designed
to
bring
English
speaking people in Europe
together for ten
days of fellowship and learning.
I
c me
away
with much respect for
those
people
who
for the
first few
years see
no
visible results
because
they must learn
the
language
and
customs
of
a
foreign coun
try.
What
great patience,
and
diligence
these people develop Please keep them in
your
prayers;
Europe
is a
very difficult
field
in which to work.
Bev
A d d e d E x t r a s
Two new types of
meetings
were success
ful recently.
Full
Fellowship Sunday is
a goal for every
Sunday, but
on this day
we
made
a
special effort to get all our
members
and
friends together for the whole
day. A good
crowd
turned up
to enjoy
the
services,
pot-luck
lunch, sharing
and
re
creation. Another Sunday evening was
TESTIMONY EVENING.
Songs by request
were
mixed with testimony by eight different
Christians. Even a non-Christian
who
is
currently looking for truth rose
and
test
ified
that Jesus was speaking to her
through
the life and
witness
of
the
people
in our body.
e
have
begun new Tuesday home Bible
Studies.
There are four groups with pos
sibilities of 30-35
in
attendance. Isaiah,
Corinthians, the Prison
Epistles, and
Mat
thew
are the
topics.
W e change groups
and
books about
three
times
a
year.
USA T o u r
Roger will
be speaking concerning
our
work
in England
in these
places.
If you would
like to
come, please
contact
local people
for
arrangements.
AUGUST
Darlington, Indiana
2
29 a.m.
Clarence,
Missouri
p.m. Colchester, Illinois
SEPTEMBER
5 .m. Highview Christian Church
Washington, Illinois
6-7
Missions Emphasis W eek
Central Christian College
of Bible
Moberly, Missouri
9
illigan College Convocation
Johnson City, Tennesee
9
manuel School of Religion Chapel
Johnson
City,
Tennesee
18
Body of Christ
Indianapolis, Indiana
12 Colfax,
Indiana
16 Great Commission Festival
Lincoln Christian
College
Lincoln, Illinois
19
a.m. Bluff Creek Christian Church
Greenwood, Indiana
15
or
21
Lincoln Christian Seminary
Lincoln, Illinois
26 Adrian, Missouri
OCTOBER
3 .m. Central Christian Church
Charleston, Illinois
p.m.
South
Shores
Christian
Church
Decatur, Illinois
10 a.m. Nesconset Church of Christ
Nesconset, New York
W h e n R o g e r & e v L e a v e
As
I gaze towards
my
Father's
htfme,
With only a few shining stars in the sky,
I
think
of a
time
When like the stars.
Only a few shining hearts,
Raised themselves
towards
heaven
In
hopeful
prayer.
These prayers
were
not
forgotten
And
to
the
Father's
glory
Were answered
And
from what was a
few,
became
many.
And
like a flower,
Opening its petals to the morning sun,
W e raised
our heads
to the light.
And now the time has come,
For a part of that answered
prayer.
To
take their
spark
Of love
and
life
And set alight, a
dying
people.
In
Christ's
chosen
place.
And as I sit,
I
begin to
wonder;
W hat is it, to
part with a few
When
we
gain so many?
So little a price to
pay,
For so great a
debt.
Kim
Spencer
—Kim
is 17 years old
by
birth, 1% years
old by New Birth.
F a c i n g t h e I s s u e s
Six Christians and one
non-Christian
have
just finished
a
six week study, INTRO
DUCTION TO FRANCIS SCHAEFFER. Using the
three major
books
of
the
above author, the
group
grappled with
major issues confront
ing the disciplines
of theology, art,
music,
philosophy,
and
general culture. They es
pecially emphasized the apologetic in an
evangelistic setting.
Many
confronted these
issues
for the
first time
and
they felt that they were
be
ginning to get down to the
real
meat and
depth
of
the,
gospel's implications
of
meet
ing the attack that the world and the devil
are
putting on us. Roger, who
led
the group,
also gave them
essay topics
with apologet-
ical
relevance on
which
they may write.
Among other
things,
the experience of this
study
convinces us
that many
ordinary
Christians really want
to
go deeper in
growing
as a Christian. Ministers and el
ders should take this lesson to heart.
Roger
J A M
A sincere thank-you goes to the four
students from
Lincoln C hristian
College/
Seminary
and
Minnesota
Bible College who
l e d
J.A.M.
(^esus And
Me)
Week
for twenty
of our 5-8 year
olds.
From
11:00
a.m. -
3:00 p.m.
the children
were occupied with
Bible
classes,
singing, eating, playing,
and going to the park, zoo, and swimming.
The
"Mum"
of one of the boys said she'd
never seen that
kid
as happy
and
content
as he was that week. I always
appreciate
what
we
are
able to learn
about the
kids
by
being
with
them
for concentrated periods
of
time.
Another positive result is having
children attend who have never been
involved
in any of our other activities - new contacts
both in children
and their
parental
Debbie
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October 3 ords Table; Fdchard Gable
Forrest
Spencer.
Hone
C o n i . i u n i o n ; Roy
Jones
Bob Larsh.
October
10
ords
Table:
Roy Jon es Richard
Hawthorne. Hone G o i - x i u n i o n : Forrest S pencer
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Church Frankfort Those
in
the
hospital
this
past
month
include Thelna
Hannell - mericana^ Edna
BoTwman-Americana,
Lav/rence BoT«man47itham,
Leonard
Bicker-
St. E, Nora G ardner-St. E, Ada Haughs-Home,
Donna Bowen-Home, Robert Winger- Home, Elaine
Chase-Home, Clifford Tucker-Cleveland Clinic.
Congradulation
to Bob and
Elaine
Chase
on
the
birth
of a daughter Amber
DeAnn
Chase bom Sept.
l5.
Lola
V/hitinger is now living at the Lafayette
Health
Care Center on Old Soldiers
Homo Road.
Edna Bowman
is
now living at
English Nursing Home-Lebanon
S p e c i a l
t h a n k s t o
• ^ o b
a n d P h y l l i s
B o o t s V i r h o
keptrmissionaiy Roger
Edrington dur ing his
.
visit
vfith us and Ed Gable
who
planned his
schedule Members of Coif x
Christian Church are invited to attend the
wedding of Michael Hawthorne and
Glenda
Platt
Oct.
17 at 2:30 A otal
of
39
of
us shared
in our
first church-wide retreat
at
H^ging
Rock
Camp on Sept. 17-18. Doug
Dickey hnd
Roger C allahan
lead us in
The
Family
of God and The
Family
of I5an . Thanks
to everyone who
assisted
and
especially Dick
Timmons
who fried
all
that sausage'.
Something special for Halloween
Oct.
31 in
our family hour service see
the
color movie
The Littlest Apostle
Thanks
to Dick and Sue Timmons, Steve Sheets
and
Chr is Spencer, Charles and L ois Nydegger
for
serving
as
greeters during
Sept.
Special
thanks
to
Sally
^Thite, Janet
VanMeter,
Barbara Hawthorne, Betty
Knox
and
Noim^ Funk^
for
doing
office v/ork in
Sept.
ITHAT
I
AV/ T UBLIC
GATHERING FOR
ENTERmiNl-lENT
... a
lady
who has
a nervous condition
which
will not
permit
her
to
go a-
round in a crowd.
... a man who
has a
bad
back which vrLll
not
permit him to
sit
on hard seats
in
worship.
... those who
cannot
drive at
night,
some
had others to bring them and
some actually
drove
themselves.
... spme who have been
indignant at
the
suggestion that
they
be regular
in
church attendance5 yet
they
had
season tickets
in
their possession.
I ave concluded that most people do
about
what they WANT
to do, and
when
they don't
want
to
attend church services,
they
fabr icate lies to cover
up
their unfaith
fulness. What, and who,
I
saw^
God saw
tool —Copied
VJHAT'S
LEFT
For years pieachers and other teachers
of
the
Christian
faith
have sought to help
people
identify
their
real
god by
a simple
suggestion. It is this. Imagine what you
had to choose between
any
two things you
have. Keep one. Threw
the
other away .
Then put something else V i r i t h v h a t
you
have
kept. Continue the process. Include not
just the material
things.
Include
your
loved ones,
your cherished idea.s, the in-
fluences in
your
life. Include the one
you think you are w orshipping as God. If
you
were stripped of
everything else, and
you
had
the choice,
what
v/ould be left?
That, in reality, is your god, no matter
what
you
say
you worship.
I f
the God revealed in the Scriptures
is
7/hat
is left
after
this denuding
pro
cess, all is
well.
If not,
one needs to
give
some serious thought
as to why
any
thing is more
important
than the
God
made
known through Christ and recorded for us in
the
Scriptures.
If
your God
is the
God
of the Scriptures
and
it
is therefore
true
that
nothing
is as
Jjnportant as He
is,
you woul^'t
really
have any trouble about some
basic
decisions
that seem to get
some
people really torn
up inside.
Consider how this applies to
a
person
who
claims
to have a God on whom he calls,
but who will not confess faith,
repent
of
his
sins,
be baptized into Chr ist,
and
live
the Christian life.
Consider how
this applies to the per
son
Y i T h o can't
afford to
give
anything
more
than an occasional amount less than
the cost
of a
meal in
one
of
the
better
restaurants
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do
u s t l y
and
to
love mercy,and
to
walk
humbly
with thy God?
—Micah :8
SUNDAY
3
The Human
Delemma
9:30
Preaching From
Th e
Prophets-Ezekiel
6:30
*
World.Communion
1 0
Tapping Timo thys 9:3C
The Garbage Dump
6 e
Th e
People
of God
6:3C
17 The Christian and
Communion 9:30
Hawthorne
6 e
Platt 2:3C
Closed Highways,Detours,
and Interstates 6:30
Simhatn 1orah (Jewish)
24
Chuck
Kelly,
Guest Speaker
9:30
Woodland Heights Trip 2:3C
Why
I Am
Not
A Christian
Bertrand
Russell
6:30
Who
Am
I? 9:3C
Ladoga Home Meeti ng
2 : ? ^ ^
The Littlest Apostle 6:3C
Reiormalion
Day
Copyright 1976.Crown ational
Bureau
OCTOBEjR
19T
CHURCH
CALENDAR
OF
VEN
MONDAY
TUESDAY
4 nd. State Mens
Fellowship
Murot
Theater 7:30
Leave
Here 6:3C
Ycm
i | . . < u r
tjewisnt
7TSU
Elders
eacons
Memtership
'Committee
Thanksgiving
(Canada)
7:30
Columbus
Day'
12
Glenda Platt
Shower
7:30
18
Membership
' ommittee
7:3C
19
Dorcus Society
7:30
Fellowship Hall
25
Veterans'
Day*
26
LOOKING
AHEAD—
November
5—Thanksgiving
November 28—1st
Sunday
n Advent
Noveinber
28—Universal Bible
Sunday
WEDNESDAY
Ladles Auxili ary
1:30
Phyllis
Boots
13 14
20
21
27
Teacher Training
Class
7:30
28
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planned,
Roger gave the following
,
5 Brief
report in
the team's most,
recent
Y n e w s l e t t e r ,
We have
now
begun the
two ministries
I
as planned. Keeping
the
Coventry
i
impetus
going
are Steve Tate, Jan Bow
1
1
pebbie Davis,
and
Janet
Baines.i
In
t
rdington ministry, Bev Mullins
and Rbger
Edrington moved from
Coventry
tp join
I
J P e n n y Creasey straight
from t h e , U.S.A
I
^ a n d Michelle Wegwart, who has lived ih
5
England for
the past I6
years, ,
The
Erdington team
is
seekipg
$16
for a
loan (h o pe f u l l y
fr o m
t h e
U . S . A .)
to
purchase
what
seems to be
an,excellent
i
headquarters and
living
situatipn,
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E r d i n g t o n ,
B i r m i n g h a m ,
E n g l a n d . A f t e r
seven weeks of being
in
the
U.S.A. a n d
o v e r
40 speaking
se ssions.
D u r i n g
my
w h i r l w i n d s p e a k i n g a n d
visit
i n g t o u r o f t h e U . S . A . ,
I
s p o k e
t o
s e v e r a l
t h o u s a n d p e o p l e
a b o u t o u r
w o r k h e r e a n d ^
c h a l l e n g e d t h e m
to
g r e a t e r d e p t h
of disci-
p l e s h i p . S h o u l d I
h a v e b e e n i n
o n e
p l a c e
longer,
1
probably would
have
felt
the ne
cessity
t o
speak to
s o m e of
the problems
in
t h e
American church
as
a whole.
In E n g l a n d t h e c h u r c h might
b e
a c c u s e d
of sterility; in Ame rica superficiality
seems
m o r e t o
t h e
problem. England
s e e m s
t o
s u f f er s t i l l bi r t h s , i n fan t i ci d e ,
a n d baby
battering. In both place s, adult
level
maturity_^ Christ is not a s
obvious
as w o u l d s e e m n e c e s sar y
for vital,
meaning
ful Bodies of Christ.
English Christians strive to get
people
t o co m e t o their mainly o l d , co l d , b u i l d
ings. Americ an Christ ians
strive
t o ge t
people
to
come to their
new,
plush, climate
co n t r ol l e d b u i l di n gs . Eng lish Christians
risk being so far b ehind c u l t ure that t h e y
d o not present
Christ to this
generation.
American Christians
r i s k
being so caught
u p
in
t h e c u l t u r e that
they fail t o
pr e
s e n t t h e pure gospel
of
J es u s C h r is t
t o
this generation. Ame ricans
c o u l d
be so
comfortable t h a t
t h e y f o r g e t
t h e i r
nee d
for
the Comforter
American Christianity has
a
long way
to
gr o w. Bu t I s t i l l b e li e v e
t h a t the posi
tion in Britain
per
capita is even worse.
If I w e r e
cal l e d
t o
A m e r i c a ,
I
wo u l d s peak
t o t h e pr o b l e m s t h e r e . B u t since
I
am
c a l l e d t o
Eng land ,
I m u s t
concentrate main
l y o n h o w Go d wo u l d h av e
u s
wo r k h e r e .
I w i l l spar e y o u f u r t h er co m m en t
an d
l e t
yo u
g e t a bo u t your jo b.
THANK
YOU FOR
A
NICE VISIT AND GOOD FELLOWSHIP IN THE
U S A
Roger
W e h a v e n o w
begun t h e
two
ministri s
as
p l a n n e d . Keeping t h e Coventry
i m p e t u s
g o i n g are Steve Tate, Jan Bowen, Debbie
Davis,
and
Janet
Baines. In
the
Erdington
ministry,
Be v Mullins
and
Roger
Edrington
move
from
Coventry
to join Penny Creasey
s t r a i g h t
from t h e U.S.A. and Michelle Weg-
wart, who has lived in England for the
past sixteen years.
The Er d in g ton t e a m
is s e e k i n g 16,500
for
a
loan (hopef u ll y
f r o m t h e
U . S . A .) t o
purchase what seems
to be
an excellent
headquarters
an d
living situation.
Your prayers are
even
more
important
in t h i s
early
d e c i s i o n - m a k i n g t i m e of t h e
new ministry.
We are trying to
make
no
p r e c o n c e i v e d decisions, but a l l o w i n g Go d' s
Spirit to lead us in a
completely fresh
way
Hopefully
next
month
the
Epistle will
take a brand new format and include a
place for
reports
of
both ministries.
Watch for changes of
address for
your
correspondence with
us. This is
the
last
time the individual
Coventry
addresses
will
be listed, so mark
them
down please.
Roger
EWSSION
U p o n b e i n g a s s i g n e d t h e t a s k
o f
w r i t i n g
m y i m p r e s s i o n s
o f
E n g l a n d ,
I
w a s s t u m p e d .
H o w can
y o u
h a v e a just a n d r e a l i s t i c view
o f a p l a c e a f t e r o n l y t h r e e s h o r t w e e k s
and t h o s e we e k s ha vin g b een spent in one
place?
I wish I c ou l d report
a
great difference
s p i r i t ua l l y b e t w e e n t h e
a v e r a g e
U.S.
c i t i
zen and the comparable British citizen.
Bot h c o u n t r i es co nsi d er t h e m s e l v es
t o
b e
Christian nations (whatever that may mean).
I w i s h I
c o u l d w r i t e t h a t
I
h a v e s e e n
more 'adult' book
stores,
more young people
on drugs, more drunkards, more television
programs unfit for family viewing, or more
p e o p l e
i n v o l v e d w i t h t h e o c c u l t than I v e
ever seen at home . I can't. In t h e
thr^e
short
weeks,
I
have
seen little difference
in
t h e
'sinfulness'
of
t h e s e
t w o
co u n t r i es .
Instead,
I've found t h e difference
t o
be in t h e
C h u r c h o f C h r i s t i t s e l f -
Please
kee p in
m i n d
that my h o m e
is
in t h e B i b l e
Belt' of t h e
U.S.
I' v e a l wa ys b e e n
su r
ro u n d e d
b y active
c h u r c h e s . I
ca m e first
t o
t h e
H i l l f ie l d s C h r u c h o f C h r i s t an d
found
a
growing group
of
young Christians,
deeply in love with Jesus. I've h a d on e
o c cas i o n
t o v i s i t w i t h some people
f r o m
ano t h er C h u r c h of
C h r i s t t h a t
realizes
t hat
i t i s
d y i n g
and
in
n e e d
of
e n co u ra g e m en t
and
guidance, th at c ongregation
being
Erdington t o whi ch I wil l
be going
in a
f ew d ays. I have also
had
opportunity t o
attend a national rally o f t h e
C h u r c h e s o f
C hrist.
There I
m e t
people t alking about
union and
baptism
rather
than of
Jesus and
His power
t o change
lives.
It
w a s s o m e w h a t
frightening to
n o t i c e
the similarities
of
countries.
So many
things have infl u enc ed and changed the
people, a n d
the
p e o p l e have influenced a n d
c h a n g e d t h e c h u r c h .
What
wil l
happen to t h e Christian
C h u r c h
e s and C h u r c h e s o f C h r i s t in
t h e
U . S . w i t h
in th e next 30 years? Will t h e y
be in f l u
e n c e d and s i d e t r ac k e d b y i r re l e v a n t s i d e
issues or will their cause always remain
t o t e l l
t h e s t or y
of
God
changing
t h e
l i v e s
of men an d
women
and the
destiny
of nations
t h r o u g h J es u s?
O h , t h a t
w e
m i g h t
b e on e in
J e s u s , b u t f i r s t w o n i n Je s us.
Penny
C a u g h t b e t w e e n
t w o
c u l t u r e s
- half A m e r i
can, half British - I
find
myself wonde ring
w h a t c o u r s e
my m i n i st r y w i l l
t ak e
as
a
part
of
t h e
n e w E r d i n g t o n t e a m .
T h e r e are
man y
untapped, untou c h ed
lives
for
Christ
w h o
m e e t , for one purpose or another, rig ht here
in
o u r Erdi n g t o n c h u r c h b u i l di n g.
We have
b o t h a y o u t h c l u b
and
a m o t h er - t o d d l er group
which
have
no Christian focus -
they
look
like hopeful springboards for our minstry.
Pray w i t h
m e t h a t
I
can
cr oss br i d g es f o r
our
Lord h ere,
t ha t I can
u s e m y
acquired
'Britishness' to
p e n e t r at e f o r
Jesus.
Michelle
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n e w postal r e g u l a t i o n r e q u i r e s t h a t
pay 25c for e a c h Epis t l e re t u r n e d
b e
c a u s e
oi a
wrong address,
so
please
s e n d
your nev/ address to the American
Corres
pondents (address on
frontj
before
you
move. Help us to be good stewards