Hamilton Al Annette 1959 SouthAfrica

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Buildings Going Up

More Needed

Will you

send

5

or

10

per

month to help

build them?

See story on page 3)

-A '

Walls of church building at Mqanduli.

Roof has now

been

put on

and

the build

in g is in

use.

New

church

building

at Duncan

Vi l

lage, East London. This building has

been

in use

fo r

a l i t t le over a

year.

New building

at

Nkanstweni, Mt.

Bleak.

Girl is

carrying bench

from he r

house, as t he re a re too few

benches

in

the bui lding for the congregation.

T hy

word

a

Ump

unto

my

feet, an d light unto my path.

P t a l m t 119:1 }

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Volume 10

NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 1959

Bulawayo

Church Breaks

with

UCMS

ON August th Dr A

C

Watters

then miniscerof cheColenbrander

Avenue Church

of Christ

in

Bulawayo,

wrote

to Max Ward

Randall.

A

portion of

tha t

le t ter

reads

as

follows:

The

church (Colenbrander Avenue)

had enjoyed wonderful fel lowship with

the

Pemberton family

from Mashoko

Mission, and welcomed the arrival

of

Dr. Pruett and family and hi s team of

nurses. We heard also of

the

coming of

the Camerons and Kennedy s, and

were

enthused at

the thought

that at

long

last there was a group of churches

of

Chr i s t in America

who

had become in ter

e s t e d in

Rh o d e s i a

and

who

had th e

resources

in men and money to do

the

kind of job we wanted done. A sa church

and

m i s s i o n w e w an t ed to b e in

fu ll

fra

ternal relat ionship with

b>th

Dadaya

(New

Zealand Churches of Christ) and

Mashoko

(American

Churches of Christ)

missionaries,

who

were already

in

full

cooperation

with each

other.

We knew

this migh t not be easy if we remained

with th e UCMS. We were also

wondering

what ty pe of minister th e UCMS might

select for

us .

An unsuccessful

approach,

we

learned

afterwards,

had been

made

to a Presbyterian

minister

in Rhodesia

a s to whether he

would

c ons ide r a

c a l l

The board (of

th e Colenbrander

Avenue church) f inal ly reached th e de

cision

that

in

the interest

of harmony

and unity among churches

o f Chr is t

in

Rhodesia, particularly

African,

it

would

b e b e t t e r to s e v e r

connect ion with th e

UCMS.

Thus terminated an unhappy relation

ship

of wel l

over

two

years

between

th

Bulawayo church and

the Uni ted

Chris

t ian Mis si onary Soc ie ty . At th e

sam

time,

the Watters have broken

their as

sociation with the Society an associa

tion which had been increasingly difficu

and unsatisfactory

from its

beginnin

in January of 1957.

Dr.

an d Mrs. Watter s are now in th

States Dr .

Wat te rs w il l t each fo r on

year

at

Milligan

College, then

he

an

hi s wife plan to return to Southern Afric

to give the remaining years of the

l ives to

th e fur therance of

th e

free

Churc

of Christ missionary enterprise here.

Dr. Watters, in

his

letter to Brothe

Randall, stated; We have been gratifie

to find that al l

the

Rhodesian

leaders

Dadaya and Mashoko, and th e Garfiel

Todds,

and also the

South African

Mis

sion through Max

Randall,

desire us t

continue

working with them.

We ar e happy,

too, that

the Colen

b ra nd er Av en ue

Church

o f C hris t

h a

f reed i t s e l f

from

th e sha c k l e s

o f

th

UCMS, that

the

UCMS

is

now

completel

out

of

the

Central

African

Federation

that

th e

work in

the

Federation

(Rhode

sian

home supported, New

Zealand sup

ported, and American supported) is now

united and

coordinated , and that th

Watters, who

were

with the Society

h a v e

no w severed

t he i r a ssoc i a t i on an

are planning to work with th e

free

mis

sions

mov m nt

Max Ward

Ra n d a l


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South African TORCH

Hovember

December

1959

Stanleys Back

at Work in Africa

Once again we

are

back in South

Africa

ready

to

take

up

the

work of

training

Native

leaders.

e are glad

to

be

back for it is a work

that

we

love.

A s we

se e

th e s mall number o f d ev ou t

Christian leaders we

ar e

challenged

with th e ta sk befo re us s som e o f the

ministers

have

sought other means of

livelihood

the

group

has

grown

smaller

in the year

and

a half thatwe were away

At

present

it

is not even possible

to

say

for

certain that

the sc hoo l will

open in January as hoped Permission

to put up a dormitory still must be ob

tained.

The attorney woricing on the

matter

says

he is sure tha t permission

will be granted

before

the

first of

the

year and we hope

it is .

Brother Nick

Qwemesha our Native teacher has al

ready

received

permission to buy the

piece of ground adjacent to the school

site.

This ground will be

used

for the

dormitory

Rough Tr ip Back

The trip back to the field

was most

hec tic. Leaving Minnesota

with seven

in the

car

and a

trailer

loaded with lug

gage we

just

could not maintain the

speed we had hoped for

e

arrived in

New York two

days

before

sailing

and

spent those days with the Elmer

Faust

family at

Hicksville. They certainly

helped us take care of the final arrange

m nts

The

first

halfof

the trip was

pleasant

but monotonous

e

spent a day and a

half atAscension Island where the

boat

unloaded supplies for the Pan American

Missile Tracking Base The menfolks

all went fishing and the following day

the ship served fresh fish

From Ascension

to

Port Elizabeth

th e weatherwas

bad

so bad tha t even

th e sailors

were

uncomfortable. A

very

pleasant few hours were spent

at

Cape

Town

with

th e Randall a nd K em an

fami

lies The ship stayed in port only seven

hours

this

t im e w as a ll t oo s ho rt.

We arrived in

Durban

on Thursday

October 8th A lthough no berth was

available

for

t he ship

passengers

were

taken off The following day our things

were

unloaded bu t no t in time to

clear

customs.

As

Saturday was

a

holiday

we

waited

until Monday

evening

to get

d ie c ar

Minister Nicholas Qwemeslia with his son Nick is a teacher at tlie Bible train

ing school and owns the land on

wlii h

tlie new

dormitory

will be built

A very hurried trip was made to

Port

Shepstone and then on to Kimberley to

move

t he f ur ni tu re over to

tlie

coast

where

th e sch oo l will b e lo ca te d. We

will be at Port Shepstone by the first

of November and will

be

working to get

the school ready for operation by the

middle

of

January.

Fulford to Help

As th e family passed through Cape

Town we were very pleased to receive

an offer from John Fulford a young man

in

t he P olo Road church

to come up to

to Port

Shepstone

early in January to

help

with

the building of the school and

the opening of it Brother Fulford is a

graduate of the Universityof CapeTown

with a major in Bantu languages He is

really a consecrated young Christian

H is d es ir e

is

to work widi us fo r a time

then go Southern Rhodesia for a perio

of practical training

In

June

or

July

he

expects

to go

Ozark Bible

College. After hi s

trainin

there he hopes to return to Afr ica

as

fulltime Christ ian

worker.

Lynn Stanle

E N T E R E D

A S

S EC ON D C L S S M T TE R

S ou th A fr ic an

TORCH is

a publication

South

African

Church

of

Christ Missio

Pinelands C.P. South

Africa

an d is pu

lished si x

times

yearly

in

February

Apr

June August

October December

by M/sJi

Serv ices Assoc ia tion a t 509 West Jefferso

Joliet

Illinois. Entered

as Second Cla

Matter at the Post Office at Truman Minn

sota. Re en try pending at Joliet Illino

P o s t Office.

Volume 10 Number

NovemberDecember


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Members

of the Tsomo congregation work hard on their new building as Siste

Randall watches. The building is now completed and in use.

Polo Road Church

Gives for

Building

On Wednesday evening,October 14ch,

th e brethren of th e P ol o

Road

Church

of

Christ, Observatory,

Cape Town, came

together for a social evening

at

the

church. During the evening the brethren

enthusiastically decided to make a gift

of 300 (more than 840) to th e Worces

ter

Church of Christ to help them with

their

new ch urch

house .

T h i s amounts

to

a lmo st o ne -t hi rd o f th e to ta l c o s t of

the

new building.

The Polo Road congregation

is not

large.

Average attendance runs in

the

70 s for Sunday morning worship and

the total monthly offerings average,

at

the

present, less

than

70.

Yet th e

brethren were eager to make the above

gift as some of the brethren expressed

themselves to show our appreciation

to

die merican churches who

have done^

so much to help us and who are sending

to us ou r

new

mini st er , Bro ther Albert

Zimmerman.

Const ruc t ion on the Worces te r church

wil l beg in short ly after the f ir st of the

year.

The

build ing will

measure

30

feet

by 45 feet and will be

constructed

of

heavy

asbestos sheeting

widi

steel

frame throughout. The building will be

ready for

the

I960 annual

conference

of

c h u r c h e s

o f

C h r i s t

which w ill meet

a t

Worcester

a t

E a s t e r t ime. T h e church

w ill be

dedicated a t th at

time.

Worcester is only 75miles

from

Cape

Town. Many of the

brethren

from Polo

Road

wil l be presenton the day of

dedi

c at io n a nd

will be

able

to s e e f or th em

selves how

t he ir g if t

of 300

ha s

been

p u t to u s e

Max

Ward

R a n d a l l

Ick al fo r

Christmas

B r o t h e r Max Ward R a n d a l l s i n t e r e s t

ing book

We

Would Do It Aga in

is still

available and can be purchased through

M i s s i o n Manor

B o o k s t o r e

a t M i s s i o n

Services, Box 968, Joliet, Illinois.

Free

copies

of

th e popular essay

Developing Missionary Vision

at e avail

able from

Brother

Dewey

Scott,

223

South Boulevard,

Carrollton,

Georgia.

New

Buildings Must Be Built

The income

of

th e South African

Churches of Christ Mission is limited,

and already it

is

being

spread

so as to

carry on an extensive work t hat r eaches

all over the Union of South Afr ica and,

by means of

survey

work,

far

into Central

Africa.

But

the

present total income

of

the Mission is far from sufficient to pro

vide fo r th e church

h o u s e s

which must

be constructed for African congregations

throughout the Union.

The missionaries are agreed that

somehow we must find new income . . .

over and above the present support for

the field,

if

we

succeed

in erecting

these

n e e de d c h u rc h e s

T he n ee d in

S ou th A fr ic a

i s

no t an

emergency need.

We

are not facing a

c r i s i s Wearenot i n d eb t.

We have

main

tained a policy of pay as we go and

we

continue

to

maintain that policy. The

need

here

i s the resul t of th e continued

healthy growth of

the

work of the

Lord.

The growing financial needs correspond

to the

increasing

expansion of the work.

We

are not

attempting to reach a

goal of thousands of dollars with which

to build

church

houses, but we do believ

that

there

is

a healthy

challenge ou

here that should lead

a

good

number o

brethren

and c h u r c h e s

a c r o s s Americ

to pledge 5 or 10 per month toward

the building

of churches.

At t h e m o m e n t t h e c h u r c h e s o f Chris

in South Africa have ten undevelope

church s i t e s

on

which we

must

build

The p re sent

income of

t he mission i

not enough to carry

our present

program

al l

of

it

absolutely essential and neces

sary, and at the same time permit us t

bu il d t he church houses .

T he wor ko f th e Lord

i n Sout h

Afric

is growing. It

is

a united work. It is a

healthy work It needs your support.

Max W ard

R a n d a l

Baptisms Reported

April through August

370.


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S o ut h A f ri ca n

T O R C H


ape Tonians wait ZImmermans

with

Joy

again, give all his time to

th e

growin

Missions program in Southern Africa.

Brot her Zimmer man s

coming

wil

bring

great

blessings to the church

With t he M is si on s responsibilities de

manding a

great

amount of

hi s

time

Brother Max has not bee n

able

to

giv

much time to personal work or calling

an d

besides

this

he ha s ha d to be awa

from the church on many Sundays through

out his

ministry.

Though th e work wid

t he c hur ch

has no t

suf fer ed gr eatl y,

i

ha s

not grown as it could and will unde

a fulltime

ministry.

Brother Zimmerma

will be giving practically his full tim

to

th e P ol o R oa d work.

Th e congregation

prayerfully

antici

pates his coming, and the brethren ar

now looking forward to a long

period

o

healthy

growth

under

hi s

dedicate

leadership.

t Aa x W a rd R a n d a

dut ies a t P ol o R oa d o n th e

first

o f Feb

In th e

latter part

of 1954 th e Polo

Road

church

asked

missionary Randall

to help them find a minister from over

seas,

an d

after

several unsuccessful

attempts were made, Brother Randall

was

invi ted

to

c o m e

to

P olo R oa d

a s

it s

pastor, giving half his time to the

church an d

half

his

time

to

th e Mission.

With t he excep ti on of 18 months while

the Randalls were home on furlough,

during which time Brother Paul Holder-

ma n

served a s

ad-interim minister,

Br ot her Randal l

ha s

served

as

pastor

of

th e

congregation

since January 1, 1955.

He will

close

his ministry

on

th e

l ast

Sunday of January I960, and will, once

A r ecen t

l e t t e r

from

Brot he r A l b e rt

2ammerman of Coldwater, Michigan i s

th e

occasion for much rejoicing among

t h e b r e t h r e n of the Polo

R oa d C hu rc h

of

Christ

in

Cape

Town where

Brother

Randall

ha s

b ee n s er vi ng

in a

part-time

ministry since t he begi nni ng of 1955.

The l e t t e r

s t a t e s

t h a t die Z l i m m e r -

m a n s h av e t he ir S o u t h

A f r i c a n

visa an d

will

sail from Ne w

York

on J a nu ar y 8 th .

They will be

prepared

to

take

up

their

NI K S NO T E S

The

Sutherland

Church

o f Christ,

w h e r e

th e N ic ho ls on s m in iste re d

fo r

more t ha n five an d

one

half years, ha s

l o aned t h e m the furniture fo r th e

h o m e

that

theyhave rented inSutherland, Iowa

in order that their children ma y live in

on e

place for th e

s ch oo l y ea r.

Most of

ou r

traveling during S eptem

ber, October

an d

November has been in

the s t a t e s w h i c h

b o rd e r

I o w a .

A

full

Sunday

ha s

b ee n s pe nt

with

al l

of

th e

chu rches

o f

th is

a rea which

have

been

supporting

us

with regular monthly su p

port and a few more

days have

been

spent visiting with them.

It

is

w it h r ej oi ci ng t ha t

we

received

the news t ha t t he

Stanleys

have arrived

back

in

A fr ic a a nd that

plans

a re g oi ng

ahead for th e opening of th e school

early

in t he n ex t

year.

Once again the number

of

church

sites

received

h a s

increased,

an d with

this

increase

we need your help Annu

ally the churches

of

South Africa give

about enough to bui ld on e church build

ing . No

church

is just

built

for th e peo

ple. Theymustraiseasmuch as possible

before the building is started, and then

a ft er t h e

building

is

completed

they

will

try to repay a

certain

portionaccording

to

th e size

of th e

congregation and

their

ability to

pay.

Because of

their very

sma l l i n comes th e

a m o u n t

often i s no t

much.

T h e c hu rc he s also have a

building

and evangelistic fund into which

al l

contribute

throughout

th e year.

Send your contributions for the build

ing program to one of th e forwarding

agents. Be sure tha t it

is

marked for

t h at p u rp o se .

A l v i n

N i c h o l s o n

The

Door is

Open...

Thou shall go to

al l

that I shall

s e n d th ee an d w hatsoever I command

thee, thou shall speak . . God told

Jeremiah the Prophet (Jeremiah 1:6).

Just as Jeremiah answered this cal l by

going forth with His message, we also

re a l i z e t ha t

Go d

h a s

v oic ed th e

s a m e

commission

to us through

Christ

in

Matthew 28:1820, an d

that

th e Union

o f

S o u t h

Af r ic a

i s

th e f ie ld to w hich H e

is

point ing us.

E ve n b ef or e

we

met,

my wife

an d

I

ha d

both

been

asking th e Lord to open,

th e door of serv ice to a f or ei gn c ou n tr y

if He so desired.

We ar e

grateful to Him

to know t ha t th is door is now opening

and we

ar e

in

t he p ro ce ss

of locating

th e

Christians

whom

Go d

will b e u sing

to help provide the necessary monthly

income and travel expense. We have al-

Anne t t e

a nd A lb ert

Hami l ton

ready traveled approximately 7,50

miles and spoken to 16 different congre

gations or church groups in th e las

si x weeks. We lack

only

$290 of th

$400 livinglink we

h av e b ee n

advise

to raise for monthly expenses. We wi

also

need

$2,500 for

passage

an d

th

f irst month in

th e

Union. This will hel

provide a means of transportation an

locate living quarters. We have reserva

tions

to sail in February, I960.

We

h av e c o rr es p on de d

with

Broth

Max Ward Randall for s ev er al y e ar s an

he ha s recen tly see n the need for Ne

Testament churches to be organize

among the millions of European peop

in th e Union. We h a v e b e e n a s k e d

c o m e

to Eas t

L on do n a nd

serve

in th

capacity while rendering oversight

the Negro

congregations

in

th e are

Others ar e certainly more qualified; b

n o n e

co uld b e

more t h a n k f u l to

have

part in this opportunity for

Christ

ch urc h th an w e

are

After graduation

from

Johnson Bib

College in 1956, I went to Phoeni

A r iz o na a n d

worked

in Negro Evangelis

as a part of the Ambassadors for Chri

M i s s i o n .

O n e

s u m m e r s e ve ra l of th

students from Johnson came to assi

in th e

summeractivities

camp, vacatio

Bible school, etc.). Among the grou

w as A nn et te

Coppess,

who later becam


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my wife.

There are three (white)

families

In Phoenix now working in Negro evan

gelism.

While

in Phoenix I

a t tended

th e

Southwest Christian Seminary, from

which I received

th e

Master

of

Arts de

gree, and studied one year

at

the Arizona

State

Universi ty. Annette

ha s finished

two

years

of work at Johnson and

several

hours of study at the Seminary in Phoe

nix. She is 22 an d I am 25 . Annette

is

from Sher idan, I nd iana and I am from

Marceline, Missouri. We have a baby

girl,

Frances

Marie, bom

October

14

at

Marceline. (This newest recruit for

South Africa weighed in at nine pounds

and was 20H inches long.)

Our

forwarding

agent

is

Mrs. A. W

Hamilton, Sr., my mother, Marceline,

Missouri. My parents, brother and sister

and the i r

f am il ie s h av e s ac ri fi ce d

in a

large

way to provide for my

education

both at Johnson

and

in Phoenix. God

has used

them to make it possible for

us to be this far in our plans to reach

the

foreign field. All t hi s h as been done

in spite of the fact that my father has

been unable to

woric

for the past

six

years because o f

his

health; but even

their small income was budgeted to put

the Gospel in first place.

We know it

is our

duty to go

over

seas

first to God

and the lo st , and

secondly in behalf of the many Chris

tians in our land who would go if it

were possible for them to do so. We,

l ike all missionaries, cannot go unless

God s people s end us; so , the

Lord will

ing, we l iveandwetake to East London

with

us the

lives

of

many Christians in

the States to preach

Christ

to the

lost.

Albert W Hamilton, Jr,

SYBIL

R E S I G N S

A S

CIRCU L A T IO N

M A N A G E

After serving faithfully for man

years as

circulation manager of

th

TORCH,

Sister

Sybil

Evans has

no

found it necessary to give up

this

acti

ity.

Mission

Services will distr ibute a

well as print the magazine.

Sybil

ha s

handled

this tremendou

task in a magni ficent way,

and

with n

reward

except

the appreciation of

thos

connected with the Mission. Keepin

up to date a

mailing

list

that

numbe

into the thousands, addressing enve

lopes, stuffing envelopes, and gettin

the whole batch arranged to suit th

Post

Office is no mean task. Sybil ha

carried it out cheerfully and willingly

Sister

Evans

will sti l l

continue

he

connection

with

th e South

African

wor

as

she remains the forwarding agent fo

the Stanleys , and her husband, Lloyd

remains as a

member

of th e Board o

Trustees

fo r

th e

Miss ion.

done

among

the Negro people of Sout

Africa,

and

with reason. When our mi s

sionaries wen t th er e

that was th e

wor

that was already partly developed an

it needed immediate

attention.

Sinc

then, the work has progressed so we

and grown so rapidly that it

still

de

mands

th e

attention

to those

who

know

it best. The missionaries have agree

that th e real

need

now

i s

for familie

to come and enter into European evan

gelism in the large cities. The goal o

the missionis tomake thework in

Sout

Africa self-supporting and

self-sustain

ing as

soon

as possible. This

can b

done only through the white

citizen o

South Africa. At the present time th

Negro

h as n eit her t he educat ional ad

vantages nor the financial abi lit y to

accomplish a self-supporting work.

The Lord has blessed us. Respons

to

our plea has

been good.

Christian

people are wonderful in meeting a need

when it

is presented

to them. At the

present timeweneed but $150 permonth

more support and about $3,200 forequip

ment

which

inc ludes a vehicle. We are

not worrying because we know that both

the Lord and Christian people desire to

se e the Kingdom

spread , and this is

a

force which c an not be overcome.

D a v i d G r u b b

He Will

Provide. . .

Anyone foolish enough to take two

sma ll c hi ld re n t ha t fa r does

no t

deserve

support With that judgment cast into

our teeth, we began our campaign to go

as missionaries

to South Africa We

are |B

happy

to report that

most

people do not JU

reflect the attitude of the person who

voiced the

aboveopinion. We

have

found >

a real joy in direct-support

missions.

The

personal

contact

and the

warmth of

Christ ian love that is exchanged in the

missionary-congregation relationship is i

beyond description.

S

Allow

us to introduce ourselves: Eva, A

David Gmbbs was born in Glouster, Bab;

Ohio in 1936 to Mr.

and Mrs.

Enlow

Grubbs.

Following

his graduation from Eva Gr

the Glouster

Public

Schools, he entered Ohio in 19

the Cincinnati Bible Seminary where he Henderson,

graduated

in 1958 with

the

A.B.

deg ree. Lebanon

Pi

He spent t he past year at Ohio Univer- nati B ible

sity

in Athens, Ohio where he majored of the Ferr

in English in the

College

of Education ville, Ohio)

and w as nam ed an honor student

of the

ested in mi

University. David s home church

is

the

Glous ter

Church

ofChris t .

He

has

served

, i

, / . , , born in tn

th e

following Ohio

c hu rc he s: F erry

Geo rg e to wn

Church of Chri st , Youth

Minister:

Bish- ^

n . L L . O ur s ec on c

opville Church of

Christ,

Minister; Ma- t

con Church of Christ, Minister Hooper ^

Ridge Church

ofChrist

Minister David

^

became

interested

in South Africa while V e are

a

Senior

in

high school

and has

planned

a purpose

his

education and ministry to the end now for Ei

that he could serve Christin that country. Presently

Eva,

Andrew and

David

Grubbs

Baby Peter not in picture.

Eva G rubbs

was

bom in

Lebanon,

Ohio in 1937 to Mr, and Mrs.

Stanley

H e n d e r s o n S h e

w as e d uca ted

in

th e

Lebanon Publ ic

Schools

and in C inc in

nati B ible Seminary. She is a member

of t he Ferr y

Church of Christ (Waynes-

ville, Ohio) and

ha s

been actively inter

ested in

missions

for many

years.

Our first son, Andrew David, was

born in the Brown County

Hospital,

Georgetown, Ohio on August 19, 1957.

Ou r

second

son, Peter Alan, was

bom

in

Sheltering

Arms

Hospital , Athens,

Ohio on July 18, 1959.

We

ar e

going to

Africa

for and with

a purpose . There is a tremendous

need

now for European (whi te)

evangelism.

Presently

most

of

the

work is being


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South African TORCH

African Christmas

Party

th e

Missionaries

in

Southern Hfrica

wish you a

MERRY

CHRIStMHS SEASON

andpray chat the

PEHCE

HND

GRRCE OF QHRISX

will be with you through 1960

Missionary Families

of

South Africa

November December 9 9

Tlig giff

of joii Is

cfcrnol life

fhrougli

Jesus Chrisf our

Lor

ROMANS 6 :


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November

December 1959

South

African TORCH

Page 7

f Q mm I berley for therecentmeetingof the Co

vGrTfO/l S

fGOOffG iTy/nnCl/ ference

committee present besides th

Cape Tonians were Bob Mills

and Afr

Work

on the

hymnal

is continuing, ness Efficiency Exhibition held in Cape can ministers

Nick

Qwemesha, Wilso

with the publishing of two pilot hymn Town in October, Here under one roof Mahlinza, EnochZobolOjT'ercy Marong

sheets to test the opinion of Africans we saw the latest in Multilith and other John Slblnda, Andrew Calvert, Sidne

as to format and content. About 700 offset presses; Vari-Typers and other Rojl, and committee secretary Robe

copies of a

ten-hymn

Zulu sheet and office composing machines, new type- Sibenya.

2,500 of a nine-hymn Xhosa sheet have writers, folding machines, and other

been printed. More

Xhosa

hymns will useful items. One fascinating piece of At themeeting,

plans

were made fo

be distributed soon, and similar produc- equipment,

though

not in our line, was the I960 conference of

South

Africa

tions in Tswana and Afrikaans will be a giant electronic computer. churches to be held at Worcester nea

off the press within the next month. ^3 constantly

increase

Cape

Town. Theme of

the confe tenc

On the basis of comments concern- our production and improve the quality Unity,

ing these pilot sheets we will compile of our work,

we

are interested in keep-

and print the

final hymnal

for

African

ing up with developments in printing Matters concerning the individu

churches. The

whole

project will proba- and office equipment. In thrbe or

f. iir

congregations and the work as a who

bly take another 18 months and will years we

may

feel it advantageous to

c re

also discussed,

cost several hundred dollars. If you are graduate to a full-size, professional

interested in this aspect of the work, offset press. After the three-day meeting wa

you may

want

to

make

a special contri-

-phe

Exhibition aI.,o demonstrated John,

wit

bution toward it . i- l u u Brother Srbinda, flew to Johannesburg

After the three-day meeting wa

-T-u

T7

u-u-. T j 1 over. Max, Heather, and Tohn. wit

The Exh ib itio n

also

demonstrated

, , . L L Brother Sibinda, flew to Johannesburg

that Cape Town is keeping up with

th e

r- l i_ i

, .

; , , From

there th e la t ter returned

to

h i

Another

proi ec t t hat has been

in

th e res t o f th e world

in

equipment and

tech- , , , ^

^ . church work

a t G ermis to n w hile

th

planning

s tage

fo r some

time is

now ruques . Tins

fact i s

impor tan t to

our

,

^ . f. . ^ , ,

three

missionaries

t ransac ted severa

materia l iz ing; monthly Bible l e s sons in work, a s i t gives us acce s s

to

th e l a t es t .

w

^ , . , ' , , . c 1 1 i t ems of

Mission

bus ine s s .

English, A frikaans, and Xhosa. The

equipment, to

nrst-class

servicing, and

first ones are ready for mailing now, and toexpert guidance in production methods.

the first five have

been

translated. This _ arul Heather Keman valuabl

series, entitled Short Studies in Chris- was spent at the

capital

cit;

/wni/y. will provide a lesson a month COMMITTEE PLANS PROGRAM miles from

Joburg,

wl

on subjects

such

as; A

General Survey

FOR

ANNUAL

CONFERENCE visited with officials of th

, / I n .1 I'

One

o f t he

most

valuable afternoon

Jo hn an a

llealher

Keman

was

spent at

the capital

cityof Pretoria

COMMITTEE

PLANS

PROGRAM

^5 miles from Joburg, where the tri

FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE visited with officials of the Native A

fairs

Department. The missionaries ar

Max Randall with Brother

and Sister pleased thatthe Mission has a

very

goo

Kernan flew in the Mission plane to

Kim-

reputation with

the

government.

of the Bible, Who

Is

God.', What Is fairs Department. The missionaries ar

Heaven?, What Is Salvation? and Max Randall

witii

Brother and Sister pleased thatthe Mission has a

very

goo

other basic doctrines. Kernan flew in the Mission plane to Kim- reputation with the government.

A new tra ct h as

been

printed; H'e

You to i n t roduc t ion

to

churches

and

Xhosa t rans

now

ready

for the

a

new pamphlet

entitled

Our Literary Heritage

is

ready. Plans are to reprint each month jL

an

article

or book excerpt from Restora-

don writings. If you havematerial which

you feel isworth passing on to the peo- ^ jBl . ^

pi e of Africa,

send

it to us . r

FRI N

CHRISTIAN^is

coming out

i

regularly

every

month with

news

of

the

^ ^

tu re s er vi ce , a

que sti on a nd

answer

section, and setmonettes and

sermon PBIIfct ;

outlines. TheSeptember issue contains

material in English Xhosa and Tswana. ^ ^

This

magazine is distributed free of ' if

charge to ministers of Bantu churches

in Sourii

Africa.

. i- . r . , ^ .

Hignlignt or th e youth

year

at

Polo

Road church is t he summer camp

held

ove

With our tAultilitb operator, Titus the New Year holiday. Last year campers, teachers andadult helpers enjoyed th

Solomon,

wewereentranced bythe Busi- beautiful forest setting overlooking Bout Bay.


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South

Afric a n

TOR C H

published bi-monthly for the

T H E S OUT H A F R I C A N

CHURCH OF CHRIST MISSION

edited

by

john keman

T r e a s u r e r :

Mr. Ray

Klonfz

Route 5 Box 187 Xenio Ohio

MISSIONARIES

an d

their

forwarding

agents

\ fr . a nd

Mrs.

Max Ward

Randall

and family: 23 Morningside

Pinelands, C.

P. ,

South

Africa

Fo r war d i ng Ag e n t:

Mrs. Muriel Mercer, F i r st

Christian

C h urc h, Mu sk o ge e , Ok la h oma

Mr.

an d

Mrs.

Alvin Ni c h o l s o n

a n d f am i ly on

furlough

c/ o Gu y Ho wa r d,

Route

2 Box 18

Huron,

South Dakota

Forwarding Agent:

Mrs.

Ed Widlund,

133 Williams Street,

Albert

Lea,

Minnesota

Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Stanley

and family: Box 219

Port Shepstone,

Natal,

South

Africa

Forwarding Agent:

Mrs. Sybil Evans, T ru ma n , Min ne s ota

Mr. an d

Mrs.

John

Keman

an d

family: 29 Fifth Avenue,

Bo s t o n E st at e,

B e llv ille ,

C. P .,

South

Afr ica

Forwarding AgenV

Mr. Dewey

Scott,

223 South

Boulevard

C a r ro l lt o n, G e o rg i a

Livinglink Churches

Fo r

th e

Randalls:

Iowa: Church of

Christ,

Clinton; First Christian Church,

Council

Bluffs.

Kenrucifey:

Men s Bible

Class,

Broad

wa y Christian Church,

Lexington;

South

L o ui sv i ll e C h ri st ia n Church, Louisville.

Minnesota- Church

of

Christ, F or est Lake;

Women s Council, Church of Christ, Worth-

i ng to n. O hi o: L o ck l an d C h ri s ti a n

Church,

Cincinnati.0;fe/ahoma. First Ch r i s t i a n Chur c h,

Muskogee.

For the Nicholsons: Iowa- Church of Christ

S ut he rl an d; M in ne so ta : C hu rc h of

Christ,

Wortlungton;

Missouri:

Christian

Church,

Humansville; West Side Christian Church,

Kansas C ity; S o uth Da iortt: C h urc h of

Christ,

M itc h e ll .

For the Stanleys: Illinois:

Walnut

Corner

Church of Christ, Alvin; C entr al C hr ist i an

Church,

Rockford; Indiana;

Englewood

Christian Church, I n di an a po l is ; C h ri s ti a n

Church, C la rk s Hill; C e nt er C h ri st ia n

Church

Mays

Christian Church

West

Leba

non; Church,

o f C hr is t, Williamsport;

Iowa:

First Christian Church

Council

Bluffs;

Minnesota:

Church of Christ, Kimball;

Church

of Christ, Dassel .

For the KernMS: Atlanta and Georgia; Ben

Hill Christian Church; Buffington Road

Christian Church; Fo re st P ar k Christian

Church; Grove Pa rk C hris tia n Church; Lake-

wood Chris tian Church; Bethany Christian

Church

Carrollton;

First Christian Church,

Carrollton; First Christian Church Bain-

bridge; Ca/7omia;Oxnard Christian Church;

Illinois;

First

Christian Church Fairfield;

Church of Christ,

L aGr ange; I ndi ana;

Chris

tian Church Fortville; Maplewood Christian

Church

Terre

Haute; Missouri; Washington

Churc h of Christ, Lebanon; New Mexico:

M is si on ar y C o un c il

of C en tr al C hr is ti an

Church, Clovis; O hio ; W est Hill Church of

Christ, Columbus; Pennsylvania; Church

of Christ, Bloomsburg.

South Afri c a n T O R C H

he r

ready

to

board

an e for

trip

to Con- Co

leeting at Kimberley. Pe

Zo

. - wi:

be

Th e

church

where m ee ti ng w as h el d

is located on

busy

Corless

Road

in

Galeshewe

Village.


^

Committee met to

plan

program fo

n ex t a nn ua l c on fe re nc e o f S o u th A f r i ca

c h u rc h e s to b e h e l d a t W or ce ste r i

April i960.

Food is important

at

such meet ings.

T h e s e women

served

admirably

a s cooks

and

wa i t e r s

Documents

Hamilton Al Annette 1959 SouthAfrica