The Crossroads
M I S S I O N S continued
Joy Ridderhof Writes
“Some 600,000 Gospel Recordings have already gone out to 95 countries of the wbrld in hundreds of lan guages, and many thousands more are being sent out from the Los Angeles headquarters free every month. At any hour of the day will you not stop and remember the souls that at that very time are listening to the records? Make it a habit, when you give thanks for your food three times a day, to- ask for God’s blessing on the records and on those who hear them. If you are willing to include in your meed-blessings a prayer for those who are listening to the records at that very moment, you will be a Gospel Recordings Meal Partner. I know it would be a great encourage ment to our workers in Los Angeles and Sydney, according to which one is nearest you, to receive a card or note stating that fact. We cannot promise to write to all of you, but you have your task and I believe you will set yourself to it, by His grace. Pray with great expectation and praise for an abundant answer. Let us not take less than a great re vival in these lands where they have never had a chance. And remember, it is now or never for many. Spread the word judiciously. Seek to enlist one other as a Meal Partner Foreign Missionary Association
By Verne D. Roberts* ¥ | olivia, like many mission fields toll day, stands at the crossing of the roads. Will we be able to continue to see the gospel of the Lord Jesus' triumph in the hearts and lives of men, or will the doors be closed against us? Never in the history of missions in Bolivia have we seen such evidences of the working of the Spirit of God for the salvation of souls as today. Where in the past our mis sionaries spent many weary days on muleback riding over the rocky, steep, narrow mountain trails in search of an Indian who would listen to the gospel, today Indians over the same Andean paths come seeking some one to tell them the story of Jesus. After one of these seekers finds the Saviour, he returns to his village, hidden away in the mountain fastness, to tell his friends and neighbors how they too may be saved. His transformed life is more eloquent than his words in showing that it is Jesus who has wrought the change. Some of his neighbors heed the good news and believe, while those who love dark ness because their deeds are evil man ifest their hatred by cruel persecu tion. The suffering that the average Indian believer endures for the sake of his Lord, puts many Christians in the homeland to shame. While unbelieving Indians carouse in their idolatrous feasts, the Chris tians come with their food and bed ding to a neighboring village for a regional Bible conference. There, they study the Word, have their faith strengthened and their spirits re freshed, and have an opportunity to have their questions answered, their problems solved. They also learn to read at these Bible conferences and at the short term Bible Institutes. The latter are held during the lull be tween harvest time and planting time. As they grow in grace some of the Indians, at great personal sacri fice, leave their homes to study in the more formal Bible Institutes con ducted for eight months in their na tive Quichua tongue — a three-year course. There they get a practical training in the study and giving out of the Word of God and prepare to go out as pastor-evangelists, support ed by the Indian groups of believers. The growth in grace and zeal of these simple Indian brethren is blessed to behold. During the early years of our work in Bolivia, most of our encouragement came from the Cholo class of mixed blood—part Indian and part Spanish. Now we rejoice to see God wording
T he Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association of North America, a cooperating fellowship of 34 of the so-called “Faith Missions” which represents 5,587 of the Protes tant missionaries of the world, held its 36th Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, Ndvember 15-22. It was held in conjunction with a World-wide Missionary Conference of the Dallas area. Scofield Memorial Church was the host church, and its pastor, Dr. Harlin J. Roper, was the Conference Director. For the public services, over 38 churches cooperated, plus schools and other organizations, and the 56 delegates of the I.F.M.A. filled over 300 separate speaking as signments during the eight days. I.F.M.A. officers re-elected were: President, Rev. E. A. Shank, South Africa General Mission; Vice-Presi dents, Rev. M. A. Darroch, Sudan In terior Mission, and Rev. H. M. Grif fin, China Inland Mission. Rev. J. O.
Percy, Sudan Interior Mission, was re-elected as Secretary-Treasurer. Four additional missionary socie ties—Berean Mission, Central Japan Pioneer Mission, Egypt General Mis sion, and North Africa Mission—were accepted into I.F.M.A. membership during the year. The Association reported that mem ber missions have 486 accepted can didates under appointment for for eign service to all parts of the globe, and $10,000,000 of gross income for the support of their missionaries and the multiple projects and institutions operated by the 34 societies! Special mention was made of the I.F.M.A. Bulletin of concise prayer requests and news concerning the member missions, which has merited wide circulation in evangelical schools, churches, and prayer groups because of its completeness with brev ity. I.F.M.A. has offices at 1860 Broad way, New York 23, New York.
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