Ed ited b y Oran H . Smith
Chairm an, Dept, of Missions, Biola Bible College
Orient Crusades fll he birth place of Orient Crusades I was the Church of the Open Door in Los Angeles. This faith mission which is only three years old already has 41 Americans and 79 Nationals working in the four fields of Okinawa, Formosa, Hong Kong, the New Terri tories and the Philippines. Orient Crusades is a service organization to existing missions and churches. Her program is centered around system atic evangelism and synchronized fol low-up. Due to the unique- opportunities afforded her by Madame Chiang in 1951 for evangelism and Gospel dis tribution among the Armed Forces of Free China, some have thought of the ministry of this organization as being merely seed sowing oz even su perficial in nature. That is not so—- with the help of World Gospel Cru sades, over two million Gospels have been distributed to the Armed Forces, schools, factories, and villages. In every case, with the distribution of the Gospels there has been a time of preaching and teaching at the close of which an opportunity was afforded seekers to accept Christ. What many do not know is that the main emphasis of Orient Cru sades missionary endeavor is the fol low-up work. Financially, the mission puts four times as much money into the synchronized follow-up program as she does to her systematic evan gelism effort. Something of the intensity of the program will be noted in the fact that every week over a thousand of these new believers meet in personal workers training classes. The 115,000 now in this Bible study course have been so taught to witness that in our main office each month we receive between two and three thousand re quests from our students for the course to be sent to those to whom they have witnessed. Over 70% of the entire Orient Crusaded• staff time is spent in the follow-up section of the work. The Navigator men who are working with, and are part of Orient Crusades are constantly training new believers in training schools, man-to man instruction, and night Bible schools. In this way over 1,000 are being instructed each week. The fruit of such instruction can be seen in a recent evangelistic cam paign held in Taipei. The meetings
were for five nights. The auditorium could seat 600 people. When the invitation was given, they quietly took their places at the end of each row and were on the spot to give help to anyone wanting to receive Jesus Christ. As a result, over 300 wer^ dealt with in five days of meetings.
It works. New believers can be taught to witness. We are convinced that when Christians of the world become witnesses of the Word, then, and then only, can the command to preach the Gospel to every creature be accomplished. CONTINUED ►
Korea needs
CONTINUED HELP SITUATION W ILL BE GRAVE FOR MONTHS
KOREA'S PLIGHT STILL DESPERATE! The horrible aftermath of war still faces Korea’s suffering millions. The land has been left devastated—5,000,000 casualties. Homes left in shambles. Food supplies exhausted. 250,000 orphans needing care. 350,000 widows in a pathetic state. The masses suffer from malnutrition. Harvest time is still months away. Words fail to describe the desperate condition. The truce has not restored homes; brought health; nor shelter for orphans or widows; nor food for the hungry! Can we who love HIM refuse to help out of our bounty in this hour of need? W e must help! The OMS first of all is seeking to win Korea’s millions to Christ. But we cannot
fail to help in other ways too. We have 15 orphanages, 4 widows’ homes, 2 leper colonies, 300 churches, Bible Schools, 4 clinics. Tons of food are sent monthly. $30.00 will supply 1000 meals.
O .M .S . has 15 orphan a g e s in K o r e a c a r in g fo r 2 0 0 0 children. $5.00 per month will care for one of these children.
Send contributions to: THE ORIENTAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY 900 N. Hobart Blvd. Los Angeles 29, California Missionary activity in 10 nations
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