The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1961

1111· 'So. I r c sicll'11l \flr111 1~. It,, is 13nJJtist 1il1 \l1ssio11s ( \11 ir1l r ti11 r n C'OL11at of 11is lri1) le> 1\f ri n lasL ,vj11t r) 1111 t llll l1t ll,l\t' l)lttlt ll1 ki11g– l 111 \1 1 >11 rll1, 1( ,11 ft>• cc. ' l l I 1, t 111.1 t l t, 1 t a (I, ,1 l l l'l lt tlt \11 ( ll tl1 ) })0\\ 'l l f l1t1- \l ll l l t"' tc ( l111ic ,11 ski)] or 111.1tt'l i,11 ''t',1ltl1 llt 11111 l, s,11cl t( Ilis {lis- 111('.\ , • l l1.1}f l ( Ill\ \\ itllt S •s.' It 1, tl1i l rc.>f \l11dl, ~ i1111 ll' :111cl ~ tl 1)1ct111i11t11tl, ffe ti, kt~ t11at l1a · 1 t 11 ti~ t cl to c l 11 tl1 1 :\ l)t1bl1t, of cl11tral \ ri n .111d 'l"cl1ncl tc tlll' (yt>'> l I. Nat1,·e pastor and family It ,, a ,1 t1n1e of ble secl ret111io11 ,,1 ith ot1r 1ni ionarie a tl1e plane la11ded at tl1e c~1pit"~l cit), c)f B,111g11i. Qt1ickl~ ,,,e cha11ged fro1n tl1e ,,·ar1n ,, i11ter tiit ir1to on1etl1i11g more st1it– :11Jlc i ·.}r i.i1e l1o t tropical air o 11ear t11e eqt1[1tor. 111 a fe,,· mint1 te 011e of tl1e nritio11al pcl tor ca1ne to the hot1se for a , i it a11cl tl1t1 b egan a erie, of 1110 t i11tere ti11g contacts ,,,ith lead– { rs i11 the Africa11 cht1rcl1es. I ,,·as 1111pres eel b~., tl1e t1clcle1111e s of tl1 1 "' e,·en i11g <lark,1e .i\t fi,·e tl1irty the3 ~t111 ,, as hii1i11g a11cl at six \\'e \\·ere i11 clarknes a11d I fot111d ID} self sa~'- . ' ' . ' . ' ' 111g. o ~ 0011 1t s e,·en1ng. Ba11gt1i ha a popt1latio11 o f some 90 000 _· egroes, all li, 1 i11g ,,,ithin a relati,·el,, small area; a11d ot1r mis- • sio11ar: 11a,·e clone a11 effecti, 1 e piece of \\'Ork ,vith tl1is opporh111it>'· Tl1e mai11 cl1t1rch l1c1s a11 atte11clance of about 2.500 e,1cl1 u11cla,· ancl tl1ere , are se,Te11t, 1 bra11cl1 cl1t1rcl1es or class- . es meeti11g eacl1 da~·. The I)as tors a11d P\ ancre]i ts co1ne to tl1e mi<;sion sta– tio11 at i.x a.m.. at ,, 1 l1ich tin1e the,· . are taue:l1t tl1e \:\~orcl of God ,, 1 hic!1 tl1c, 1 i11 h1n1 l1are \\ 1 itl1 tl1e ir people. _t\s I s1Joke to these mer1 I ,,·as im– pressed ,, ith their k110,\ 1 leclge of tl1e Bib1e and the intellige11t questions the,, ,\ 1 ere able to ask. , ll1i<l(lieall, tlit· ,,t) JllC'11 11<>111 tl1l'S ,11 i()llS gr() ll])~ ,\llCl <' l111r(•l1t'S gt•t ((> – gc tllC'l' r()l' tll< ir 111i. · io11,1r~ Jllf'(' lit1g ,111 cl i t i.. t I 1 r i1 I i 11 t t <, st l' t 11 c s I a< l it s lt.,,clc)}Ji11g tl1 t• a1)ac·it~ t<> JJL1 11 ,111 cl ('< 11 lt1cl t 11f'ir CJ\\ 11 ~ 'r\ ic ·s. 13a11gt1i is jttst acre>,~ tl1c ri, ·r J1<H11 t]1 .\ C<)11gcJ :1 11cl . clt1r111g tl1 li111 :-. <) f r·, a •tt t1ticH1 , <>11r 1111~"1c>11aries ]lacl c , < 1 7() gttc'>t \ i11 ll1 :-. jr 110111 " <>11 tl11s tJllt. ' lt1tic>11 . ·1·11c~t' ,, t•1e cla~ 1 • <> f ~rc',~t t 11xi ,t, n~ tl1 11C',, . -c;1~t\ ,, ere' \tt1cl1ccl . , itl1 great i11t<:"rc'it. I ar11 gl ,tll to r - I <>rt tl1,1t i11 Cc~11l1 ..1l 1\f1 ic,1 a11cl Tcl1ad tl1e trn11 it1011 lo b lack leaclcr:;l1i1J is l1e111g 111acle .. 111c)otl1ly a11cl tl1e peor)le for tl1e n10 t part are , ·er) frienclly • • • to ot1r 1111s 1011ar1es. I a111 sorry 110,v tl1at I cl id 11ot keep a recorcl of the egg , clucks, cl1ickens, goat a1 d frt1it that , vere g i, 1 e11 t o me as I , ·isitecl these p eople. Actual– ly I believe I \,·ot1ld l1ave hacl a good start to,\·ard farming. ii1ce these p eo– ple clid 11o t kno,v me p ersonall 1,, these acts of kinclness actually re fl ect the r,1pport OlIT missionaries have ,,·ith the natio11al . This becomes even more One of our missions schools ignifica11t ,,·hen )TOu realize tl1e deep p o\-ert)' i11 ,,·hich they Ii,·e: a11d I 1nt1st acl111it that I ,,·as l1t11nbled by tl1err ge11erosit)· a11d ,,·illing11ess to sacrifice. Tl1ere are ni11etee11 statio11s that net as l1t1bs of ,,·heels. ot1t fro111 ,,·hich racliate a11 ext e11si, e ot1tsta– tion ancl e,rangelistic program. Some of tl1ese statio11s l1ave as many as fort)' pastors anc1 e,·angelists ,vorki11g in cooperatio11 ,,·itl1 the re ide11t mis– sionaries. T]1ese pastors are naturc.11 preac·l1er a11d, \\·itl1 their ,,·i,,es a1 rl families, constitute tl1e ans,,·er to reaching , ,ast areas for Christ. In additio11 to this prima ry minis- tr)' <·acl1 slnli<>11 n1akes its s1)< cia l L'<>11lril ut ic>11 le, IJ1e r,, t 1"t,II l)J'<>grn111 <>f \ n11gcJiSJll, ~f1J1 ') l)l'it1li11g 1)1' SS js 1oc.. 1tr,cl ii1 I~l. Sil>ttt a11(l is als,, t11 1'.H.: n<l<tt1art ·rs f<>r tl1c Ja11g11nge ccJ111- 111il l ·c·. 111f' J)I' ss l1as nlr "'nCl)' J)ro– (! l IC{ cl t l) e 1 f'\\ 1 rl,estn1ne11 t , t J 1 ') JJsa l111s, a sc>11g lJc>ok, a11cl St111 (lay c11c,c>l 111t1lcrial- i11 a(l(liti<>n tc, 111a11y <>tl1cr plC'C.'<'5 of lit r,1t,1re. Perl1r1ps tl1e 011ts l,t11tli11g ,, cJ1 k is t1 1c., co1np] ·lion of tl1e e11tire B1l)le i11 the a11gc) l ,111- gt1,1gc . .. t\. \ soc) 11 as tl1e transl,tt ioil }1as l)een IJrc)c)f rcacl it ,vi ii l)e SC'11 t to t11e printer ; a11cl for tl1e firs t ti111 e j11 tl1e l1istor} of t11 ese people tl1ey will h ,1, ·e a cop), of the Bible made avail– able to them. This is a cost1) 1 under– t aki11g a11d ,ve are pra) 1 ing tha t God's p eople might see this as a most worthy in, ,e tment f or the L ord's money. The annual field confer ence is h eld a t Ft. Crampel which is also the lo– catio1 of our school for missionary chilc1ren. The school "vas donated by Brother G eorge ~1ilner. It contains mode1n d esks a11d e quipment, so that ,,,h en these children d o come to the U 11i ted States, the tran sition to the American class room is made smooth– I,, a11cl 11ahuallv. These t each ers are . ; dedicat ed t o the ir t ask and the chil- clren ust1ally find tl1ey ar e ahead of the sch edt1le of sh1die f or their age group . It "''as a tl1rill to see the d ormitories bei11g er ect ed at Bambari for the ne\v seminar y ,,,l1ich opened in Januar)' · The r equirements f or admissio11 i~ g1 acll1ation from one of Ollr four Bible scl1ools and sever al years of exper- . f African witch doctor