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T here are three phases in the life of all Christian workers, and particu larly in the life of missionaries and ministers. The first phase is the pre-college age, when the prospective missionary or minister is a youngster. The church spends much time and money in providing a Christian Education program designed to train the child in the way that he should go. Splendid recreational facilities are built; wherever possible a director of young people’s work is provided and every effort is made to attract the child and the high school young person into the life of the local church. Upon completion of high school training, the young person is sent off to college or an institution of higher learning in order to be specially trained for his life’s work. This constitutes the second phase of his ministry. The third phase is made up of actual service which that individual renders in the years following his formal training. In the third phase of the Christian worker’s life, the church likewise spends a great deal of time and money. Much is made, in conservative circles, of giving to foreign missionary work. Appeals are constantly made in behalf of missionaries who are out on the field or who are desirous of getting onto the field. The church of Jesus Christ is deeply concerned about the pre-college life of its young people and it is deeply interested in the missionary life of those young people who have been called of the Lord to go into foreign missionary service. But there is too frequently a rather indifferent, if not actually antagonistic, attitude shown whenever a request comes to the local church for aid in the preparation of these young people for missionary service. It is the second phase, or central phase, of an individual’s life that constitutes the “blind spot” in Christian giving. The number of churches, contributing directly to The Bible Institute of Los Angeles, for instance, is appallingly few. The Bible Institute is endeavoring in every possible way to provide adequate training for the young people who attend this school, so that they will be thoroughly pre pared apd equipped to do outstanding work for our Lord Jesus Christ wherever He may call them to go. But training costs are high. Secular institutions of higher learning, and including most of the Christian liberal arts colleges, estimate that it costs anywhere from $1,200 to $2,000 a year to provide training for each student. This includes expensive labor atory equipment for science courses, the upkeep of large and beautiful campuses and many other types of expense which the Bible Institute of Los Angeles does not have. It is therefore possible for the Bible Institute to provide training at an appreciably less cost than is required in most schools of higher learning. There is a great need for God’s people every where to become awakened to this “blind spot” in Christian giving. The expenses involved in getting children and high school young people safely through the first phase of their lives, from a spiritual stand point, is extremely important. And of course funds must be provided for missionaries who are already on the field. But, new recruits are in constant demand; they must be trained. It is imperative therefore that God’s people recognize this responsibility in order that adequate pro vision may be made for the whole program of Christian service. The prayers of Christians everywhere are earnestly requested in behalf of Christian institutions of higher learning, and if possible these prayers should be backed up by financial support in order that schools, such as the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, might continue to function without handicap.
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