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President; J. O. Cederburg, Kenosha, Wis., Vice-President; O. A. Johnson, 6617 Twenty-first Ave., Kenosha, Wis., Secre tary-Treasurer. Twin Port’s Bible Conference With increasing influence and blessing, the Twin Port’s Bible Conference has entered upon its fourth year of ministry in churches in the vicinity of Superior, Wis., and Duluth, Minn. Early in 1933, Alvin O. Carlson, after serving for two months as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Superior, Wis., felt the great need of a Bible Conference at the head of the Lakes in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. After prayer and earnest consideration of the matter, he called thirty pastors whom he thought would be interested, and five responded. On the afternoon of April 2, 1933, this group de cided, after much prayer, to call the first meeting the following week. This meeting aroused great interest, and fifty-five per sons signed membership cards and the Articles of Faith of the World’s Christian Fundamentals Association, the statement of belief which has been adopted by the conference. Officers chosen at this meeting were Alvin O. Carlson, President; Gotfred Nel son, Duluth, Minn., Vice-President; and Walter Bridge, Duluth, Minn., Secretary- Treasurer. At the present time, the con ference membership totals more than six hundred. As to its method of operation, the or ganization has a well-rounded program. The “conference day” is held on the third Monday of each month, alternating be tween the two cities for the place of meet ing. A recent development has been the or ganization of an auxiliary conference which will be in charge of work among the young people of the churches. It is known as the Twin Port’s Young People’s Conference. A young people’s Bible Camp had already been organized by the senior conference, and this will be the third year of its ministry, when the young people meet in July at Camp Segel on the beauti ful shores of Lake Esquagomo near Vir ginia, Minn. In referring to the progress of the work, Mr. Carlson, the president of the senior conference, comments: “It has been inter esting to see how the pastors are coming into the fellowship, and how this or ganization has proved itself faithful to the great truths of God’s infallible Word. ‘The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.’” Church Honors W. B. Riley On Sunday, March 1, members of the First Baptist Church of Minneapolis, Minn., commemorated the thirty-ninth an niversary of the coming of W. B. Riley to the pulpit of the church. The report of the church clerk shows that in the course of these years, the church has received by letter 2,055, by baptism, 3,948, by ex perience 655, a total of 6,658 people. The present membership is 3,509. As Dr. Riley enters upon his fortieth year of ministry in this church, he con tinues his service as Executive Secretary of the World’s Christian Fundamentals Association. The Northwestern Bible and Missionary Training School, and the more recently established Northwestern Evan gelical Theological Seminary, both located in Minneapolis, in large measure have been developed through Dr. Riley’s faith ful evangelical leadership in his church and in fundamental circles in America.
W orld’s Christian Fundamentals Association Officers President Vice-Presidents P aul W. R ood C harles G. T rumbull J. O liver B uswell Executive Secretary H. A. I ronside C harles L. H uston W . B. R iley M rs , D aisy P. W right [The following items have been received from leaders of the Association in various states. Other local news will be published gladly in this department from time to time .-— E ditor .]
Bible Conferences Urged Pointed comments concerning the need and the method of holding Bible confer ences appear in a bulletin which is being sent out by A. C. Huston, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the World’s Christian Fundamentals Association. Mr. Huston’s announcement concerning the Association’s program includes the follow ing explanation: “There are many good Christians who are not familiar enough with the Word of God to recognize false teaching when they hear or read it, and on account of this they are being deceived and led astray. “Many Christians are not enjoying the fullness of joy and peace of the Christian life, are not living Christlike lives, and are not efficient soul-winners, teachers, or workers, because of a lack of knowledge of the Word of God. “And there are many Christians who know the Word of God, and are contending for the faith, who are being severely op posed and criticized by their denomina tional officials and others, and who need encouragement, fellowship, and help. “With such appalling conditions before us, it was decided at the Annual Con ference of the World’s Christian Funda mentals Association at Portland, Ore., June 2 to 9, 1935, to send out over the entire country Field Workers, giving either full or part time to the work, hold ing Bible Conferences, bringing messages that will establish Christians in the funda mental doctrines: The inspiration of the Bible, the Trinity, the virgin birth, the deity of Christ, the lost condition of the natural man, salvation through the shed blood of Jesus Christ on Calvary, the resurrection of our Lord, the second coming of Jesus Christ, the resurrection and everlasting blessedness of the saved and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.” Mr. Huston enumerates additional aims of these workers. These representatives are to encourage and help believers, to present the need and work of the World’s Christian Fundamentals Association, to organize, wherever possible, state and iocal Associations, to start Bible study classes, and to establish Young People’s Divisions. The field worker will arrange for places and dates for these Conferences. It is un derstood that the field worker receives the freewill offerings taken at these Con ferences. The field worker will secure members for the World’s Association. Where there is a state or local Associa tion cooperating, the amount will be di vided in accordance with the constitution and sent to the Associations. Churches or groups desiring a Bible Conference or campaign are invited to communicate with any of the men listed below, all of whom have been approved by the Field Workers’ Committee.
F ield W orkers for the W orld ’ s C hris tian F undamentals A ssociation A. G. Annette, Grundy Center, Iowja C. G. Arras, 227 N. Miller, Burley, Idaho C. L. Barker, 4076 E. 131st St., Cleveland, Ohio A. E. Beals, Russell, Iowa Walter C. Berggren, Polk City, Iowa Arley L. Bragg, Albert City, Iowa Millard S. Cairns, Los Angeles, Calif. Alvin O. Carlson, 1625 E. Sixth St., Su perior, Wis. Victor Clocksin, Kearney, Nebr. D. M. Dawson, Market and Octavia Sts., San Francisco, Calif. T. Richard Dunham, Findlay, Ohio John W. Elliott, 845 Quindare Blvd., Kansas City, Kans. Fred A. Flora, 3909 Swiss Ave., Dallas, C. H. Heaton, 205 E. Garfield Ave., New Castle, Pa. Lester A. Indlecoffer, Kelley, Iowa L. O. McCartneysmith, 1509 Third Ave. West, Waterloo, Iowa Sara C. Palmer, 21 W. Tiogo St.; Tunk- hannoek, Pa. Robert L. Ryerse, 156 Chicago St., Val paraiso, Ind. H. E. Sodergren, Loomis, Nebr. Austin R. Staley, Dallas Center, Iowa A. Q. Weniger, Calvary Baptist Church, Salem, Ore. Walter H. Werner, Frankfort, Kans. After several gatherings for prayer, fel lowship, and counsel, this organization finally came into existence in the spring of 1929. The membership, of about twenty pastors, comprises men of various de nominations from Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, Zion City, Clinton, Genoa City, Union Grove, Raymond, and Merton. The feature that has been most gratify ing is the Young People’s Rally that is held each spring and fall. Ten of these rallies have been sponsored, with outstand ing men of God as the speakers. J. Oliver Buswell, Jr., James M. Gray, Isaac Page, John Page, Will H. Houghton and others have served through the years, for the most part as afternoon speakers. The evening sessions have been conducted by the young people, with praise, prayer, and testimony followed by brief messages by three speakers from among the young people. The Association is sponsoring a “Deeper Life Conference” at Green Lake, Wis., August 18 to 23: This conference is open to all young people who are interested. The leaders expect from three hundred to four hundred young people to be in attendance at this summer camp. Officers of the Association are: O. C. Chapin, 415 St. Patrick St., Racine, Wis., The Lakeshore Fundamentalist Ministerial Association
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