The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1962

Mission News Too n,uch for Missions? • • J"' \l' ' \ ,\, ,tt '11 \\f(' l'lltl lll{<.1 \l1t11C \\ l<.' tl1111 k. \\ l' }'lt' ll\l 111<.11 l' 1ll Oll\\H.111" 311 J 1111\\ \)ll,\I IC\ ttl,\tl lS 11(' l:"\,lr\ . lf tl1c t1t1tl1 ,,ere ktl l)\\ ll. ,,c ,, 1ttlti 1 1 1'-I tl1at \)tit n1t"\t()n,1r1c.;; arc n t {)\t't ,11p~1 1 tcti ,1t1ti (lr1c ()f the great h1r11..iran('c" 111 tl1c1r \\ 1rk ts th1" n1a ttcr '-)f 1n ttfft tent tttnds! 1\ t )tlr rt: t:nt G RB c nfercnc in ... pr1ngf•~ ld. i\ l ,1 . "a husett . '" c heard ()t1r hr ther Dr . llan . I...e\\'i . presi– dent f 8 J pt1 -- t l id.J 11 i n give the f '-)ll ,, 1ng tati tic . R v. Le\\ i aid- - "The f 11 ,, ing figure are i ued by t1n(1rc n1an H. R. Gro . The aver- ::, Jg alar)' in \ a hington office i $9.000 per )'ear. Oversea alary, 1- .000 to 1 7. 000 plu liberal living all \\ ance". In 1alaya the Peace rp ha 36 per on and the di- rector i paid 16,320 while hi <l put 1 receive 14,655. At the time the Peace Corp had 400 repre enta– t i \ ' . it budget wa $30 000,000 per ) ear. I made a contra t with Bapti t ~l id-Mi ion 700 mi ionarie on a budget of ju t a little over 2,000 000 per )''ear. Albert Gore of Tennes ee tated. ·The Work done in Africa by Chri tian mi ionarie i 100 time more important than government pro- • gram. Dr. Lewi went on to ay ... "La t )'ear over 10,000 oul were aved through the mini try of our mi ion– arie . and the e have been integrated into local churches. The whole Bible ha been tran lated into the Sango language and thi i in the hand of the printer. We have three Bible chool one eminary, over 300 churche , and nearly 400 pastor and eva ngeli t in the Central African area alone. Thi give you just a little idea of \.\. hat Albert Gore meant by hi tatement which i quoted above.'' urely our Mi ion and their mi - ionarie are doing an excellent job con idering the little with which they have to work. May God cau e our giving and our praying to increa e ! Did you know? ··pjfty per cent of the babies born in Africa do not reach their fifth birthday, and in ome area without adequa te medical facilitie an e ti– mated four out of five die before the age of two. Crude method of mid– v., if er}T, ill-advised method of caring for the child, contaminated water, in– adequate diet, tropical disease and uch local custom as the killing of twin are all contributing factor . In Pag€ 4, JULY, 1962 "t 1 n 1 c p a I l " <.) ( 1\ f I i c,1 c h 1 l <.l 1 c 11 l 1 vc 1.1n<.lcr the C<.) n~tatlt f cn1 () f l1c1ng k.1 <.I l'l a pr> C ti t(.) \\, 0 I k_ 01 l p 1 n 11 l a t i O n~, 0 r t <.. 1 l1c '-. acr I f i cc cl t t1 c vi I p i r I t <i, o r to he tt\C I f r in1n1ora l purpo c~.'· - 1 .. hc I 1 \ionary M anc.I atc 'ljc :~ ~ " early 90 per cent of the people f Paki tan arc Mu Jim . In Ind ia the a l majority are Hindu . though between 40 and 50 miJl ion Mu lim til l remain. Buddhi m claim about 70 per cent of eylon' people a adherent . ay one mi ionary 'Vil– lager gather to hear u preach the go pel and are even prepared to di - cu the me age with u . Some will buy Chri tian booklet , a few will ac tually buy Bible and almo t every– body will accept a tract. But thi i a far a thin1g eem to go. Nobody want to be ~he only Cbri tian in a village, and it cannot be ea y to break with the habit of a lifetime and the cu tom of one's family and com- munity.' ' ' -The Mis ionary Mandate * ::< * ' Feavful that they are lo ing out in that part of the world Roman Oatb– olic leader are making a concerted REV. DON MOFFAT effort to win back l.;atin Ameri ca i the face of the c;trong adva nce hcin made by evangelical . Report are st, received of per ecu lion of bclievc1 in ome area , as for example i Mexico where five nation al Chri tian were killed ome months ago. and i Columbia where Prate tant proper tie are ometimes damaged or dt troyed chool and churche clo ec and the Chri tians impri oned o threatened under the pretext th, Pra te tant are allied with Commu ni t . However in most in tance ohurch authorities are le intereste in per ecuting Prote tants than i, launching a trong counter-often iv that will win back the ind ifferent o erring. ' - The Mi sionary Mandat ''Light through an Eastern. window'' Not too lon1g ago, there was brought to our attention a man from India named Bishop K. C. Pillai. He i con idered by some to be ' America's Foremo t Authority on the Eastern Culture of the Bible." At leas t, tbi is the manner in which he i pre ented in hi advertising material. There i no doubt about it that the man has a unique mini try and some who have heard him peak highly concerning him. His mini stry con i ts of bi going about the country holding conference in which he claim to bring "new light to old truth by interprreting the phra e , parable , customer and tra– dition of ,the Bible in the light of Eastern thought and ways of life." Also, .in his adverti ing he declares that be wa invited to this country by the late Dr. H arry Iron ide of Moody Memorial Church in Chicago. In all fairnes however, we feel it only right and proper that our men be alerted concerning the bi hop. At present he holds hi office of ' Bi hop" in the Ea tern Or~hodox Church and erve a ational D irector of Inter- denominational Relation under the Orthodox Partriarchate of America. The Ea tern Orthodox Church is now a part of the World Council of Ohurcbe . Doctrinally they believ that religiou life is uppo ed to orig, nate in bapti mal regeneration and t, be nouri hed chiefly by the sacra ment · they worship saint relics an, flat image · they offer prayer to th saints; they have the confe ional they wor hip the Virgin Mary and ac cept many of the Apocryphal book a parts of the Holy Scripture . (Se Sahaiff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Re ligiou Knowledge under the titl Ea tern Orthodox Church). Tho e who have heard the ' Bi hop in their churohe are quick to tell u th at he doe not believe these thing5 On the other hand, he doe continu to hold office in such a religiou group and in fact erves a one o it official repre enta tive in America In a recent periodical entitled "Th Way" which i publi bed by Th American Chri tian Pre of e, Knoxville, Ohio (May, 1962) ther appeared an artiole under the captio 'Light through an Ea tern Window. Actuall y it i a per onal te timon of the "Bi bop." In thi article, w read how the HBi hop' now engage in " peaking in Tongue " and i "'min i tering healing." The ' 'Bi hop' ' tate The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIS