The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 1961

Sending m en and missiles to the moon is not half so important as sending missionaries to f adagascar and ?\1artinique. \\ 1 hy should \ve spend billions to learn if there are men on Mars, ,vhen we already know of millions of miserabl e men in Mexi– co and Mozambique? People \vho cry for our recognition of their p overty of bod)· and spirit? People needing and deserving our atteniton? Pointi11g a needl e-nosed Atlas or Jupiter, into the azure, is not n early so con\·incing to a crippled Asian lep er , or a syphilitic– blinded child in Africa, as the needle on the end of the syringe in the mis– sionan' doctor's hand . Tha t needle " holds hop e of a better \VOrld for him, something an orbiting satellite can– not do. H e represents about a billion and a half p eople in similar or worse condition. The cb ave not" nations of the world look to u s exp ecta11tly, and ,,·e must be \vare les t \Ve frustra te the purpose of Providence in the race to space while neglecting the men a t our gates. I leave to the theologizer and poli– ticians the moral and political issu es involved in going to other \vorlds, but as to the utter need and necessity of our going into all this world with the gospel, in obedience to the comma11d of Christ, there can be no a rgumen t. If we had our job all done, doW11 here; if the grea t commission, as giv– en by Christ, had no\v reach ed com– pletion; if \\re had no"'' successful! y prosecuted the cause of world mis– sions, if the \\'Orld , this \vorld , \vere now saturated \\'ith trutl1 ; if disciples l1ad no,,, beer1 made of every kindred, tongue , tribe a11d na tio11 . . th~1 t ~ 1 ould be a horse of anotl1er color . 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Picture by Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria_ April 30th was a big day at the First Baptist Church of Elyria. The folio\\ 1ng story in the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram by Grace H. Tu lk tells of the occasion better than ,ve can do it : Challenging the congregation to "be a strong and faithful witness for Chri t 10 the community," the Rev. W oodrow W . McCaleb, pastor of the First Baptist Church, yesterday broke g round for a new unit which will be construaed at the rear of the church . Richard J. Elliott, chai rman of the building fund, presided as the (eremony "as con– ducted between the close of the Sunday school hour and the second worship service. To the 400 attending he introduced Robert Edwards, architect and Mrs. Ed\'\·ards. Walter Davies, chairman of the board of trustees and building fund committee treasur– er announced that contracts for the work have been signed as follo\, s : L. H . Popp Co.• general contracting; T . 0 . Murphy Co., heating; C. W . Barres, Inc. , plumbing, Arla Electric Co., electrical. As Ell iott presented the shovel to Pastor McCaleb, he expre sed appretiJtion for the pastor 's leadership in the physical and spiritual grov. th of the 1..hurch. Herbert Kemble, unday school superintendent, closed the ceremony \\ 1th prayer The $143 ,000 cons truction program v. 1 ill in( lude the ne\\ t\\ o-s tory ad<.t 1t1on at the rear of the church, remodeling of H ebron H ouse next to the <.hurth to pro\ 1de >pecial facilities for craJle roll anJ nurser;, groups, and a ne\\ tonnecung t<.1rrH.ior ben.veen H ebron H ouse, the present chu1ch and the ne\\ \\ 1ng. The \\Ork \vill 1nake it po5s1ble to a<.<..0111modate l, l 00 in tl1e unllay !)"-l1<.10L .lnd provide f ellowsh1p and d1 n1ng f .i <. il1r1es fo r )()() ( ons tru<. r1on \\ 111 beg1 n 1n1 rnediately ~nd compler1on ,~ antiCJ)aced l..tt <. 1n rl1, \ t lr . LOS ANGELESBAPTISTTHEOLOGICAL SEMINARY J o1,:n R . Du1ikin .., Th.D ., Presiden t THREE YEAR BACHELOR OF DIVINITY DEGREE IN THEOLOGY lHREE YEAR BACHELOR OF DIVINITY DEGREE IN MISSIONS THREE YEAR BACHELOR OF DIVINITY DEGREE IN JE\VISH MISSIONS FOUR YEAR BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN BIBLE OR HUMANITIES A growiitg grnd1tate school of Ba1>ti t 1Jer tta~io11 in. sttt11ty alifornia Addre all cor-respo,1dc,1ce to 560 Sout1l S t . IJouis St1·eet, Los ~ngel s 33, altfo,..,iia