The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1967

ean Here are two interesting articles concerning the work of Baptist Mid-Missions in Jamaica, West Indies. The one written by Rev. Edward Morrell, Jr., who with his wife, recently visited this field and the other by Missionary Miss Helen Gardner. BJ' Ed Iorrell, Jr. Our giant Jetliner landed amid t the whine of jet announcing our arrival at Montego Bay, Jamaica. What a week it proved to be! That very Lord's Day e\ening, we were pre ented to a mall but enthusiastic audience that gathered in the Albion Government School. During the week, the people came night after night in increa ing numbers. Soul were aved! One afternoon, we stood at the foot of a choice prom– inence which overlooks the prawling community. On a 1gn erected there we read "FUTURE SITE OF THE HILL JEW BAPTIST CHURCH." Missionary Jack Mc– Ki11op, along with a handful of people, dared to tru t God for thi location! Like Caleb of old, Jack had pra 1 ed: ..Lord give us this mountain!" God had an- wered that prayer Erecting a building however, loom as an in urmountable obstacle to thi Gideon Band . I f only they had Htrumpet and pitchers and lanterns." Of cour e, the " trumpets and pitchers and lanterns" are 1 he ··contributions" which the people of the Lord could provide to turn thi missionary' faith into faot. Like the !\f acedonian , we too hould be willing 10 end help to our brethren "'abroad.' $1500.00 would insure a ground– breaking ceremony. (Thi is one-tenth of the full amount needed.) How wonderful it would be if fifteen people \\'Ould be willing to send one hundred dollar each. Another thrill wa ours when we vi ited the Fairview Bapti t ollege and were privileged to mini ter to men preparing for the pa torate. The e men have come to the chool at tremendous personal acrifice. (It is con- cerning one of the e men that Miss Gardner writes i11 the adjoining artic le.) Herein lie the future of thi '" J:..1neraJd 1 le. " I wi h you could have travelled with me l,ack into the hinterland to ightingale Grove or other uch area where the e " oldiers of the ro " are bu y carrying che n1essage of the Go pel. Jan1aica is called the J .. W l,J OF H ARIBB A and out f her will conic cores of Jewel for the rown f our Jo, 1 el\' l ord. hcse indeed ,1re the tr11e J -.w • 1"4 Ji l~ AKlBBii A . nd fudt•11( lo, • tt ifl, K , . Itoland Srr1 ltlt, 111 g •• rH OHIO IND P D NT BA IST By I-I elen Gardner Can a father of nine children go to Bible College, pa tor two churche , and till make the grade? He can if you help to pray him through! Becau e of the mall size of their island, many Jamaican men go to the Uniited States to work. In 1955, one of the e wa Lemuel malling. While in the United tates he accepted the Lord J e u Chri t in hi heart. Upon return– ing to Jamaica and hi wife, he tarted a unday School in their home. oon, realizing hi need of help, he wrote to the Jamaican office of the Back-To-The-Bible Broadca t. 1'hey referred hi reque t to Bapti t Mid-Mi ion because we have a work in hi general area of the i land. After thoroughl y inve tigating hi doctrinal po ition, we took on hi work at Gla gow, a a mi ion, and placed it under the au pice of our Thornton Bapti t Church. For many year the mis ionarie on our field have realized that the great need i to have a chool in which to train J an1aican Bapti t pa tor . Such a chool n1u t have trained teacher and a meeting place. A a result of much planning and prayer, the Lord made it po ible to open Fairview Bapti t Bible College located near the we tern end of the i land, on Jan. 7, 1963 with an en– rollment of ix J amaican tudents. 11r. Smalling guided the work at the Gla gow Bapti t Mi ion until it became an organized Bapti t hurch early in 1966. Realizing hi need of more training, al– though a father of nine children, he applied and wa accepted a a tudent . By u ing hi con truction abilitie in helping enlarge the facilitie of the Fairvi w Bapti t Bible ollege, Mr. malling' need for hi fan1il)" and hi chool training wer n1et. The Rock l1ffe Bapti t hurch of 100 member (one of our 13 organized churche ) recentl y called hi111 a their pa tor. P, toring two churche i n1ore than a tudent-pa tor, or even an experienced pas tor can handle adequat l'r. Will ,, 11 h Ip pray hi111 thr ugh the cour e of tt1d1 " and h1~ pa!)t ral dt1t1e ? Of cour e, \.\e are thankful tor the four ,, h\1 con1- pleted their three year cot1r e ol ludy in fa} 1966 B~t ... wh,1t ure four an1ong 13 churche ,tnd one l)ther tra1 ne<i ,ttion,11 pa to1 '? Do pray 1 r th1 1nini "tr ! u1Uh s II t at·h 111: In tht· nt ~ lu ~room hull In . I r. hi s I r1 ,1 u, er huc·k of t>h r . F BRUAR 1967 PA G 7