eral years before a typical missionary enterprise is truly effective. But the “ transistor revolution” has placed ra dios in the hands of millions o f the most primitive and poverty-imprisoned peoples in virtually every part of the earth. Such radios, while never fully replacing the missionary, become missionary help ers in bringing individuals to Christ, in church planting and in nurturing and training o f leader ship when they are prayerfully and carefully used by the broadcaster. A missionary-minded congregation’s interest in shortwave broadcasting does not need to be merely in the area of logistical or dollar support. There is a very direct way in which a local church with a missionary vision may participate directly in the preaching of the Gospel in needy areas of the world. Many churches in North America have been and are using radio effectively to evangelize and to extend the ministry of their church. These churches should be challenged to look upon shortwave broad casting as an exciting and legitimate part o f their missionary program to preach the Gospel directly in foreign lands as well. With one out o f every six people in the world now speaking or understanding English, a broadcast placed on a missionary radio station such as HCJB in Quito, Ecuador, which can penetrate all seven continents of the world, may literally “ preach the Gospel where Christ has not been named.” Such a program can enter the homes and hearts of multiplied thousands of individuals who could never contribute to the high cost o f purchased time on commercial stations but who represent a har vest field “ ripe unto harvest,” and whose ears are not insensitized with daily Gospel broadcasts of every stripe. Today millions find in shortwave broadcasting a companion, a pastor, a teacher, and a friend. Shortwave radio has literally opened the windows of the world to multiplied millions. In so doing, it has not insignificantly contributed to the attrac tion to the urban areas, efforts toward social and economic improvement on the part of the listeners and kindled interest in better hygiene, education, sanitation and dietary habits. In numerous places in Latin America, entire churches have originated through the introduction of one radio into a village. Jungle listeners in Ecuador in one location created their own hymn book by laboriously copying down the words to hymns and Gospel songs heard on HCJB. In villages closed to the Gospel by religious opposition, doors have been opened through the penetration o f the friendly sound o f missionary radio. Personalities on HCJB have become “ houses hold words” on the lips and in the minds of listen ers who have never been more than a few miles from their isolated village homes.
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