(A Monthly Page of Names in the News) Mr. Bill Carle will be featured at the Church Musician’s Institute, sched uled for July 7-10 at the Indian Lake Camp Grounds, near Vicksburg, Mich igan. The four-day program will in clude refresher courses in all phases of church music. The Nazarene Pub lishing House is the sponsor.
Another significant step of faith has been taken by Missionary Aviation Fellowship with construction started on a hangar-shop, important to the preparation of aircraft for foreign missionary service. Location of the MAE headquarters now permits direct access to the newly extended Fullerton, California Municipal Airport. More than 200 people were on hand at the recent ground breaking service for the structure. Today 21 air craft and 34 airmen are assisting some 39 different mission societies in 6 areas of the world. Pictured at the service from left to right are: Rev. Paul Alleman, pastor of The Faith Evangelical United Brethren Church, Santa Ana; Mr. Jim Truxton, Vice-President of MAF; Miss Betty Greene, missionary pilot; Mr. Charles Mellis, Secretary of MAF; Mr. Windsor Vick, MAF worker; and bringing the brief message, Rev. Wes Gustafson, pastor of the First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton. W e thank God for the modern day wings He is giving to spread the mes sage of salvation in this 20th century of spiritual need.
February 10. Dr. Goforth died in 1936. Dr. Henry Brandt, a Christian mar riage counselor, has completed a new course on Christian family living, available from the Moody Correspond ence School. The series is entitled, “ Keys to Better Living for Parents.”
DR. and MRS. VICTOR E. CORY ( above) of Scripture Press, have cele brated 25 years of publishing Sunday school materials. Started in one room of their home, the work has nou.' grown to an area which occupies two and a half acres. Scripture Press now serves more than 75 denominations in all parts of the world. Dr. Ted Engstrom, president of Youth for Christ, International, addressed more than 3,500 guests at the 10th World Congress of Christian Youth. DR. JOHN G. MITCHELL, pastor of the Central Bible Church of Port land, Oregon, spoke at the recent ground breaking services for the $325, 000 multi-purpose library building of the Dallas Theological Seminary. The structure ( artist’s conception below) is scheduled to be completed and ready for occupancy by September, 1959. It will hold 100,000 volumes.
MR. JOHN NOBLE, for 9 % years a prisoner of the Communists, will be one of the special speakers at the Na tional Association of Evangelicals, April 6-10. The meeting w ill be held in Los Angeles at the Statler Hotel. LT. GEN. WILLIAM K. HARRISON will also be a speaker. Dr. Paul S. Rees, former Minneapolis pastor and Bible teacher, has been appointed vice-president-at-large for World Vision, Inc. Mr. Peter de Visser; director of pub lications for Zondervan Publishing House, has announced the issuing of a new edition of “ Goforth of China” in connection with the centenary of the birth of Dr. Jonathan Goforth,
DR. CHARLES E. FULLER, direc tor of radio’s “Old Fashioned Revival Hour,” marked his 34th year of broad casting the gospel. He first started on the air in 1924, with a beginning on network radio in 1936. Dr. Fuller first became interested in mass communi cation during high school days, when he wrote a mail order house for parts to make a wireless receiving set.
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