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“ We were never intended to have a simultaneous concern fo r all the countries in the world. We’re not big enough to carry the missionary concerns o f the entire world on our shoulders. Proof o f this is in your church. Only a small handful have any real interest in foreign mis sions.” It was suggested that a dif ferent approach to mission prayers and attention be taken, with Chris tians “ adopting” a country o f their own and then concentrating individ ually on its missionary problems, its successes and triumphs. Dr. Vernon Mortenson, general direc tor of The Evangelical Alliance Mis sion, has announced the move o f the home offices o f TEAM from Chicago to Wheaton, Illinois. The newly-oc cupied office building contains 20,- 000 feet o f floor space and accom modates 60 staff members. This al lows for further growth in the So ciety which now has 870 mission aries serving in twenty countries. A three-story 16-unit apartment build ing for missionaries on furlough and a 15-unit building fo r staff members have also been constructed as a part o f the headquarters complex located at 2500 North Main Street, P.O. Box 969, Wheaton, Illinois. Dr. Billy Graham is pictured below, addressing more than 300 people in an early morning breakfast that made up a “ cross section of public
Dr. Clarence Bidden o f Limerick, Pa., recently was featured speaker at a One-Day Religious Retreat in the First AIT Brigade Chapel, Fort Dix, New Jersey. Under the direction of Brigade Chaplain (Major) Homer G. Benton, the retreat emphasized the
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theme, “ Go and Bear Fruit,” by means o f m e ssage s, d is c u s s io n groups, films and question periods. During the day’s program, 31 o f the 89 servicemen in attendance came to a knowledge o f the Lord Jesus Christ, and others made decisions of dedication. Pictured above are Col. C. J. Molloy (le ft), Dr. bidden, and Chaplain Benton. Alfred D. Sandoval, assistant profes sor o f Christian Education at West ern Baptist Seminary, Portland, Ore gon, went home to be with the Lord on July 15, in Denver, Colorado. A graduate of Biola College and Talbot Theological Seminary, Mr. Sandoval also served as Christian Education Director at Lents Baptist Church in Portland. He is survived by his wife and three daughters, 15, 13, and 11. Dr. C. Mervin Russell, president of World Gospel Crusades, has an nounced the forming o f a new de partment, World Youth Crusades. Merging with TRI-C, a vigorous youth evangelistic ministry on the West Coast, WYC will be directed by Larry Keyes, a student from Biola College, La Mirada, California. The organization has developed a pro gram o f evangelistic crusades, Chris tian camps, a correspondence course, campus Christian clubs for junior and senior high and college youth, and a Campus Christian Clubhouse active on Muscle Beach, Santa Moni ca, California. Edward A . Lacy, a technical editor at Cape Kennedy, Florida, has urged United States Christians to stop praying for the whole world. The surprising views were presented in the July issues o f World Vision magazine, in which Mr. Lacy stated,
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life in England.” About 150 mem bers o f the House o f Parliament were present at the meeting in a fashionable London hotel, after rush ing across the city from an all-night meeting in the House o f Commons. Dr. Stephen F. Olford, pastor o f Cal vary Baptist Church, New York, re cently addressed the delegation at the National Sunday School Conven tion held in Boston. The 21st An nual Convention drew some 7,000 people from over the United States and Canada as well as foreign coun tries. More than fifty denominations were represented at the conclave held
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