BIOLA Bible Conference
A monthly column of names in the news It’s a mystery how Dr. Nyles Huff- m«»< the late director of the unique “Air Mail from God” leaflet-drop ping ministry in Mexico, crashed over level, not-too-rough terrain in a plane with only 120 air hours logged on its engine. Dr. J. Leonard Bell, executive director of AMFG, recalls the 1956 crash of his associ ate, Ansel Allen, who was shot down just 20 miles from where Huffman died. His apprehension increased when members of the mission dis covered on the dashboard of another AMFG plane a religious medallion “ like a calling card” from the group which has bitterly opposed Air Mail From God and other evangelical ministries in Mexico. “ If ‘they’ had access to this plane,” Bell points out, “ they also had access to the one flown by Nyles Huffman.” In Washington, D.C., before his San Francisco Crusade, Billy Graham spent half an hour with President Eis enhower, an hour and a half with Vice-President Nixon, and a half hour with Senator John Kennedy. “ There is no doubt,” Graham told newsmen afterward, “ that we are nearing a climactic point in history. Events are beginning to move more rapid ly.” Then he stepped into Car No. 755 on the Southern Pacific’s “ The Lark” and sped to California’s Bay Area to start his history-making crusade. Newest member of the Graham team is Organist Lorin Whit ney, heard for 22 years on the “Ha ven of Rest” broadcast out of Hol lywood. Whitney was organist in the 1949 crusade in Los Angeles that catapulted Evangelist Graham into prominence. In New York City, Jock Wyrtxen's Word of Life Fellowship will cele brate its 18th anniversary with a giant youth rally in Madison Square Garden June 7 at 6 p.m. This will be the seventh Word of Life rally held in the Garden. The last one (Mar. ’55) packed the place and more than 10,000 were turned away. In the middle of April, Dayuma, first known Auca Indian convert to Christ, was baptized by Dr. V. Ray-
The shape of things to come
With the ushering in of the international geophysical year and the opening of the space age with man-made satellites, there appears to be a vitally new interest in biblical prophecy. With this in mind, the B iola Bible Conference at Mount Her- mon, Calif, this year will have the theme: “ The Shape of Things to Come.” The conference is scheduled for August 10-17 and will feature Dr. Louis T. Talbot, Chancellor; Dr. S. H. Sutherland, Presi dent; Mr. A1 Sanders, Vice-President; Dr. Arthur B. Whiting, Chairman of the B iola Bible Department; Miss Joy Bidderhoff of Gospel Recordings. Margaret Sanders will be at the organ and Dr. Gordon Hooker at the piano. Mount Hermon (see May K.B.) is located south of San Fran cisco in the heavily wooded Santa Cruz Mountains. CAMPUS CARAVAN BIOLA faculty teams again this year will hold special con ferences in the Northwest under a project known as the Campus Caravan. These conferences are geared to meet the needs of ach individual church in which they are held. For information on either the Mount Hermon conference or the Campus Caravan conferences, write Kenneth Daniels, Di rector of Christian Service, The Bible Institute of Los Angeles, 558 South Hope St., Los Angeles 17, Calif.
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