The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1953

tt-tE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST .i\ pril I or,:~ DESTINATION JAPAN 'fh(\ l{t\V. \ t ' r1101l ll. hn11(llt"'r, .Tr.. hns l>Pl\n n<·c·c1>t0d for servi<'c' in .J.1r>nn l>~· t hP 1\ RRO<'intio11 of B:1pti1,ts f:,or \\ <H',<l l~vangl' lt~n,. and plan. to 1<.'a, <\ fo1 his fi ,1c1 of . c'r,·ic·c> ,,·it hin the.' 11e~t fe,, 1no11 ths, ac·c·o1ur>nnicd l >y his f:11n1l, \( 1 lhnn<.ll~"'l ,,., .. ordnittl'<l in tht' rjn(lirott (i\ .\".) Ba1>tist }hurth, (i .\RI3(\ tu<lied 0 11<' SC'lll(.)stcr i11 Baptist llil,11.• ~t 1nin:1r,. L n g1aduntc of l'olt1n1bin BilllC' Collc>g<:>, 194fl nlso F"'nith Tl1eologienl •'(' 111 i11r1r:v, 1~>52, and is tra11"t\\r1·ing rn11l~ in ~a, :tl Rl'"Cl'\ (.'S fron1 Pilot to hn1>lain, i11 orcler to n•. HJ'(' conti1111c<l scr,·icc irt ,J :1pn11 in ·asc () f 111 (YU t \\ :l l'. \lrs ('h:111<.ll r 1" a grncluntC' of <. 1 olun1l>in 13i l,le College n11<l Jinit h '1'11<.~ological ,~ ·n1innr:v ,,· ith 1>ost-gracluatc . tud)· !lt l,i11g's ollco-e. ·rh() ReY. ha11tller lH, ... 011t ta11tliug ahilit~· as a \Yrit(lr a 11 <.l 1)<.>aker. I -l e ,vill be a r egt1lar co11t ril)utor to t l1e 1 :1gC' "" of this 111agn;;i11e. ( t~ditor) 'rl1tl lifr tt)1·,· ()f a 111is,it)ll- • ,l r)· i~ o ftr11 e<)11111 liea tl' 1 l)). 111c111~· ~t1·c111~r p,·p11ts. l~~atl1 ~t tl1·,· 111t1 ·t 1,e~i11 at t 1 1e er<)~s • lJllt tl1e l',111. tl1f ,,. l l' l(, c111cl tl1e e11,1 a re ~ r lclo111 t11e . a111r. Jr clria 11 a11cl I botl1 £01111 1 l 1l1ri. t ,1.;;; <l111· t)\\·11 J)<.lf80llcll ~c1,·iol1 r ,,·l1ill") still i11 Oll l' t ')e11 . locll~· ( 1 l1ri:tia11 l),1 r – e11t tt1ol, t1: 1·e~:1tlc11·l)· to 13i– l1le-l)elie,·in .r Bc1pti t t hl11·<'h– e . "\"\Te e11te1·ecl i11 t<> lJ11:i11c: life at I 11 t r11atio11al B ll i11e. . ~ra ·hi11e i 1 1 E11clicott, Xe,·v ..,.01·1'° . l101·tl"v· l>eforc the ,,·a1·. • It ,,·a " 11ot 1111til after tl1e ,,,ar t l1a t ,,-e "~ere to 111eet for the fir ·t ti1ue. I11 10-1:... ::.\f a1·ia11 ,,-a. 111a r– l"ierl to a11 ...\.1·111,.. I~ilot ,,?ho • lo t l1i life ,,-J1ile trc1i11j11 r other ~ ..ot1110· 111 e11 to IJrotect 11 ag·ai11. t the 011. la11gl1t of .Ja11a11. ~Jole11e. 110,, 10 , .. ea.r . • olcl ,,a bor11 j11: t rrior t o thi trag·ed}· of tho. e her t ic ,,-ar ,·ear ·. ' D11rin2: thi · ·a111e time I , ,.,.er11011. beca111e a .i.. T a,,al A ,ri- a tion aclet a11cl late1~ f le,,.. fo r the ... Ta,.. , .. t1ntil the fall of 1945 as a .. f ig·l1te1" J)ilot. All clu1~i11g the e ~ ..ear tl1e ,,TaJ" of the J apane e J)ilot and olclier baffled me. It "-a not until vear later that I " found ot1t ome of the rea on for their . trange thought about life. The political ruler of Japan had 11 eel the pagan religions of Japan to encl their o"·n people to an 11ntimelJr and often horrible death. Yot1 a1·e acquainted '\Vith many of their belief through the fi11 e ar– ticle" Re,,.·. -J.... Te,vla11 cl Pfaff. "\Ve failecl to o·i,Te to J apa11 the mes age of the Trt1th anc1 . t1ffered the co11- er111ence . .... .\..fter the war I came home to .John on ity and attended Bap– ti t Bible . emina1·v fo1' a eme ter. " It ,, 1 a duri11g thi time that I fir t 111et i\Iaria11 who "·a inO'iJ+cr witn t he radio group of the Little v,Thite "h111·c11, an i11depe11cl e11 t Bapti t church jt1 t out. ide of Bi11gh111to11, ~ re,,T Y 01·k. With t he help of r11- picl a11d Pa11l Kirk111an, the pre- ent pa to1 .. of the Eva11 ville Bap– ti t hurch near Niles Ohio, we ,vere married in the t1mmer of 1946. That fall we left for Co– lumbia Bible College in Columbia outh Carolina where we gradu– ated in 1949. rext came three more year at Faith Theological " emi11ar~r i11 Wiln1i11gto11 Dela– ,,·a1~e. After ot1r ollege and em– i11ary t 1'ai11ing ,,..e ,ver e accept ed h~,. the A sociat1·011 of Baptists f 01· Wo,.. zd E vangelisni to help open a new work in Japan. This brOllO'ht to a climax the call of God to the orient. i n c e ot1r accepta11ce b )" ~ .B.W.E, i11 Qct9oe1" we ha,'e been tloi11g cle1J1ttatio1 ,,·orl{ i11 t11e Pa ·t ( a 11cl hio) . The 10 11 Q' bar l 111011 th .· of . eelci11g ope11- i11g·.- i11 011r Bil)le lJelie, ,. i11 (.!' Bapti. ·t r l1l1rche. ha. p1·ovecl a 1·icl1 })le., i11g a. ,,re ha,..e c·o111(l to 111eet tl1e h1111cl1·ec1: of Clo cl. l)eOJ) le all o,·er the Ea:t. ThP <le:ire to pre.1e11t tl1e 11ee(l: of .J a1)an to tl10 e of ~roll at l101ne i onlJ" ,'llrpa ~ eel lJ3· the ·om11elli11g l ll·g·e to p1·e, e11t tl1e 11eed of 1 h1~i ·t to tl1e people of J apa11 ,vl10 a1-.e literall,.,. ' ',vithot1t Goel a11cl " "ithot1t hope i11 thi ,,Torlc1. ~' Their land ha bee11 i11vadec1 f 01· the fir t time i11 2400 ,"'ea1--.· ?\~ THEIR En11)e1'or ~'ho · l ai1ned to be a direct de. ·el1clant of the lln-gocl ... cle ha a1111ol111cec1 to all the neople tl1at their ,,orRhip ha bee11 ba eel on a 1n,,.th. • Perhap you have thou~ht it t1·a11 Q·e that " 'e hot1ld go t o 2 P1·e. ·b,.. t eria11 . chool.· ,\ ..he11 ,\T e ha,..e a g o o cl r.A.R.B. chool i11 Olll' hon1e to,, 1 11. Thi: i anothe1· ide of the complicated life tl1at exi t: tocla,.. £01· 011 1.. . tt1cle11t. ' a: tl1e~,. face .. the challe11ge. of ot11· cla:v· . 111 a ft1tt11·e i: t1e of t l1i · 111a~:azi11e ,,Te hope to tell ~.,.ot1 ,·vb).. thi co11r e of tudJT ,va 11ece. a1's.. a we S0l12:ht to prepar e Ollr el, 1 e for the challenge that God had giv– en tl . The field of Japan i ripe al– ready unto har,re t bt1t the la– borer a1·e f ew a11d the n1any who are now 1 ..eady are not able to go. We n111 t pr~y and give and go ,,rith the :ro pel 01· co11ti1111e to lay a11d be lain on the battle– field of the Fa1-- Ea t. Childre11 b1 ..ou crht up i11 1111da)" chool are eldon1 b1 .. ougl1t 11p in ·Olll't,