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William Cameron Townsend, founder of the Wycliffe Bible Translators, celebrated his 50th anniversary of missionary service in Guatemala October 4-6. Several Latin American countries were officially represented at the ceremonies which took place in Guatemala City. Townsend first
testimonial banquet recently held in Los Angeles in honor of Dr. Bob Fierce, president of World Vision Interna tional. Hosted by William C. Jones at the Los Angeles Statler Hilton, the testi monial banquet attracted some 600 invited guests. The event was actually a double celebration, for it was 20 years ago — 1947 — that Dr. Bob Pierce began the overseas ministries which led to the founding of World Vision in 1950. Light of Life Bible correspondence courses have reached nearly two and a quarter million people, reports The Evangelical Alliance Mission. Sixty countries in which the courses are used show an average total increase of 13,000 new contacts a month. Dr. Hugh R. Murchison, who served as president of the Union Rescue the Hindustan Bible Institute, and the Narramore Christian Founda tion. The Christian and Missionary Alliance will transfer its international head quarters from Manhattan to a new location at Nyack, New York. Or ganized by Dr. A. B. Simpson in 1887, the C&MA has maintained its offices and missionary receiving home in New York City since that time. Dr. Nathan Bailey, president of the organi zation, said that plans are being drawn up for new office buildings and other facilities which will be housed on the site. Floyd W. Thatcher, formerly of Zon- dervan Publishing House, has been appointed Senior Editor of Word Books, Inc. of Waco, Texas. Former positions held by Thatcher include publisher and president of Cowman Publishing Company of Los Angeles and more recently vice president in charge of publications at Zondervan. He has been active in the Christian Book Sellers Association and is au thor of two widely-used manuals, “ The Countdown for Christian Sales Success in the Christian Book Store” and “Who’s Minding the Store?” THE KING'S BUSINESS Dr. Murchison Mission from 1941 to 1966, p a s s e d away suddenly at his home Oct. 24, 1967. The 71-year old Christian stew ard was active in the work of the Gideons, and served on such boards as Westmont College,
arrived in Guate mala in O ctober, 1917. He had come to serve as a Bible co lp o r teu r under the Bible House of Los Angeles. His Bible selling trips took him through many of the Indian
Dr. Townsend areas o f Central America. Impressed with the inabili ty of missionaries to communicate with the Indians, he determined to translate the New Testament for the 150,000 Cakchiquel speaking Indians. His translation of the Cakchiquel New Testament was accepted and published by the American Bible So ciety in 1931. The acceptance of the translated Scriptures, and the rapid growth of the Cakchiquel church, in dicated to him the feasibility of using this same method of transla tion evangelism to reach other tri bal groups. In 1934 he began a mis sionary lin g u is tic course called “ Camp Wycliffe” at Sulphur Springs, Arkansas. At seventy-one, Townsend, whose Guatemala vision now extends to 420 tribal languages in 19 countries, con tinues actively as the General Direc tor of Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of Linguistics. Los Angeles Baptist College of New- hall, Calif., has reported, a 20% in crease in enrollment this semester. Representing 21 states, the school has a total of 251 students attending the college and seminary. There are five fine faculty and staff members. The newest appointment is the Rev. An drew Acquistapaee as director of Pub lic Relations. Dr. Billy Graham will open the Eighth Inter-Varsity Missionary Convention December 27, 1967, with the keynote address entitled, “ Commitment and Discipleship to God and His Word.” The session will be held in the As sembly Hall of the University of Illi nois — Urbana at 7:30 p.m. "Honoring 30 years of Christian min istry” was the theme for a special
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