The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1962

Mission News Quotable quotes "If religiou book are not widel , circulated among the ma e in thi countr)' , and the people do not be– come religiou , I do not know what i to become of u a a nation. And the thought i one to cau e olemn re– flection on the part of every patriot and Chri tian . If truth be not diffu ed will be: if God and Hi word are not known and received the devil and hi \: ork will gain the a cendance; if the evangelical volume doe not reach every hamlet, the page of a corrupt and licentious literature will: if the power of the Gospel i not felt through the length and breadth of the land anarchy and mi rule, degradation and mi ery, corruption and darkne will reign without mitigation or end." * * • - Daniel Web ter .!, ... ' ·we never learn what God can do through u until we undertake con– scientiou ly some ta k that of our– \elve we hall never be able to ac– compli h. William Carey the great mi sionary to India, had he been con– tent to remain always at hi cobbler ' bench, would never have known the greatnes of God. But when he under– took to win a whole nation for hri t , he di covered that no ta k i beyond our powers if God i working through u . I not thi s a le on we all need ? When a call to ome e ential ervice challenges u5, our fir st inclination i to refuse to attempt it becau e we feel that we are inadequate. Perhap we are, But God is not. If the cal I i His, we can rest a ured that the ta k can be accompli shed - not by us perhaps, bu t through us. Hi 1 the power that '"worketh in us." - hr1 tian Ob5erver · od conducts resurections in tead 1 funerals. Jesus rcdeen1s and n1akes tl1e be t uses of even the wor~t pa~t ~ He tur11. our liabi lities into as~c ts. nd elf-r11adc hells into Hea , 1 cn. o la tter l1ow hadl}' v. 1 e 111css Jife, whc11 v. 1 e t t1r11 the 111csser and the 111ess over to If i111, He un111esse the n1csscr arid a , es a11 as et of the 111ess." - J{ufus J\1oseJ,, ~ Facts on Latin America ( ''J a k 11 fro111 a r p rt h)f t hc 1>ocket I t a111ent 1-"eague . facts and Figures 1i si 11 and cl1urc t1 leader in ~c, , ral 1 tl1at tl1 ~ grea t st t>f>f>Or - tJnit) f, 1 , ngcli 1111 a11d Scri1,tur J1strJl1ut1 11 a da) Ii i11 Sl)l1tl1 A, ,, r 20 1111ill1, 11 Jlc.: t)Jt: i11 rh OH1tO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST a1 J the countrie of Latin America , with the exception of uba, are open to evangeli tic work with ome de– gree of re triction in ome place . The two major language u ed are Portugue e and Spani h · the former i u ed in Brazil and the latter in a l I the other countrie vi ited . Oppo ition and per ecution are more evident in ome countrie , yet even countrie like Colombia are ripe with opportunity. Countries Visited 1. BRAZIL: Population i 65 mil– lion ; Literacy 50%. Ha 13 citie over 100,000 population. Good road be– tween cities. o re triction on open air meeting . Ha fa te t growing evangelical community in the world . 2. PARAGUAY: Population is 1,- 718 000; Literacy 70% . Open-air meeting illegal except on private property. Personal and hou e-to- hou e evangeli m be t method at pre ent. 3. URUGUAY: Population i 3 miJlion · Literacy 85 % . Communi t party very active. 4. ARGENTINA: Population i 20,255,600 ; Literacy 90%; open to evangeli m to greater degree than under Peron . Strong anti -American feeling . 5. HILE: Population i 7,394 - 425; Literacy i 80% ~ Communi t party very bu y, Mi ion mo t co– operative. Chile i wide open to in– ten ive evangel i m. ext election in 1964 could make a great change in mi ionary opportunity. Living co t \ ery high. 6. P RU: Popt1lation i J 0,524- 000 ; I... iteracy i 50%- . Ten per cent of tota l population i in Lin1a. 001- mu ni m and rcligiou unrc. t . 7 . BOLi IA : PopLtla tio n is 3,0 19,- 031; Literacy 1 32 ~o: nion are tro r1 gl 1 ( 'on1n1L1ni tic: _, conorn) \'er} ttn"ttable uependen t LI pon aic.l tro111 America. A grea t 11otc of L1rgcnc}' in Bo l1 v1a. 8 L( D I~ . POf)t1l a tio 11 i~ 'i 11i l- lion ! l ... 1tcracy •~ l>O r (: l"cono111) J') t1n– s tal1lc : (1r11r11t1n1s111 I\ , tro11g. Bitter l1order llis J)t1 lc \.\'itl1 l'crll. ,t1 a, ,1ql11I v.' ide OJlcn ancl n1orc '1l>e1 ,11 tl1 a11 {..)tlltLl. ln1os l one-half 1111lllc)n J)CC> ()lc i11 e~ ct1. l). 01 181;\ : l't)J>Ulati n i~ J ,- --,2 >0! l.. itcra )' is >3 °'' ; J>t.:rsc lttior1 in past 12 lctl I I ) 111art ' rs , :!()() c it ol ~1 ~ tl , 6fl l1t1r l1c llt:: - t r J)' d. atlll Ii lJO cl'\' ti\' c Jla1 t ' t a l i 11 g o , , r i 11 J 6.. . l I 111 l> i, is 111 l r 01Jc:11 ll vaJ,g Ii 111 tl1 ar1 Lr J 11g ti1r1~ . REV. DON MOFFAT 10. VE EZUELA: Popula tion i 6 319,809; Literacy i 55% ; Economy ore ently un table . Communi rn trong in univer ity; open ma evangeli m and a great need for cri pture di tri– bution . Highe t living co t in South America. Did you know .. . At lea t 40% of the adult popL11a– tion of the world cannot read and write it i e timated on the ba i of available tat i tic , and in Africa the e tima ted rate of illiteracy i from 77 to I per cent. The world contain an e timateu 500,000,000 to 550.000,000 children - in chool and out - of the age bracket in whi ch reading and ,vri ting are learned in primary chool from 5 to 14. Of tho e. an e tin1 ated 43 to 46 million live in Africa. * - J an1ac ian leaner * .... ... The population of the ,,orld 1n– crea e at a r ate of 44 n1ill1on per year . The total nL1mber of people \\ ho to hri t annt1all)' b) the c n1bined effort of all hurche and Ii ion i far below thi nun1bcr. da) there arc 400 n1illion n1orc on earth \\ ho have not been reached ,, itl1 the gc.),pel th an there \\. ere: a genera t1011 age.) Jt i e ·tin1atell tl1at <lt1ri11g the la t ge11crat1on a lone, 75() 111 ill 1or1 50t1 l, \\ren t into eterni t) "'ho liati r1e, t:r L)n e hearJ a \\Ore.I abc.)ttt hr1,t "lOLi H i, c;a l\ a tion Of tl1c 2,974 111 .. 11<)1 langt1age, ~po k. e11 toliav on edrth. the1 e are l .- 7 )9 into \\ l1icl1 thtt far 11oc C\e11 a J)ortio11 ot ttie 13,hlc l1a, been t1 ~in, late LI . 01 the 7l)0,t)00 vill ·tgt.:s ir1 l illlia. Lllll a \ 'Cr) ,r11a1l per LL'lllagt l1a\ l1ad tilt' g<.)\J) ,1 f)I ca t1eti tl> tl1 111, a11 I n1a11 l)t tl1e,L 0111 ' t lll: • 1\ ral1ia ,, itt1 it~ ~e, t•n 1111Jlion l1as lc:~s Ll1 a11 -o L: lll- f e"i'iell hristia11~. It t\tr tl1 l1t1r 11 >f Jc sll ' hr1 t Jlc:Cllt:ll a gcr1t1i11 1> tll l> t, it i t I a . 1 > t 11 i 11 g I c t t1 :111 t }1 i , n t 111 tll •t\\ f ttl lidt lf ini }ltit \\ 111 t1 I fusl 11gulli11g tile ,,l1< l \ 1ld l1r1 tia1 L it I cl llll ' 1 ll a<.le P ge 3 October 196 2