King's Business - 1960-12

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Rev. Billy Hargrove, secretary of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board department of survey and special studies, announced a census of more than a million and a half persons from Palm Beach to Key West, as a prelude to the Billy Graham Greater Miami Crusade March 4-26, 1961. Forty thousand members participated in the effort. Rev. Basil Costerisan, missionary with Orient Crusades and Biola graduate, has recently completed a survey of the southern portion of the Philip­ pine islands. He discovered that some 6,000 Indonesians reside there and need a positive witness of the gospel. Mr. W . Glenn McMahan and Mr. John S. Ryan have received appointments for field service by Wheaton College. They will serve as Western and New England-New York representatives respectively. The announcement was made by Mr. David L. Roberts, director of Public Relations for the College. Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse, editor-in- chief of Eternity magazine and speak­ Rev. J. O. Percy, executive secretary of the Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association, has announced that more than 25 key speakers will be featured this month during the Congress on World Missions, Decem­ ber 4-11 at the Moody Church, Chi­ cago, Illinois. Sobering facts are that out of 2,852,000,000 world population, only 200,000,000 are Protestants. Rev. Erwin W . Raetz, for six years a missionary in Korea, has been ap­ pointed to head up the overseas min­ istries of World Vision, Inc. After finishing a one year furlough in the United States, the Raetzs will return to the Orient in the spring of 1961. Rev. Harry Saulnier, superintendent of the Pacific Garden Mission, Chi­ cago, hosted a special meeting in honor of the historic skid row light­ house’s 83rd anniversary. Mr. Jack O'Dell, director of PGM’s radio, “Un­ shackled,” introduced a new film of the mission’s operation. Dr. Barnhouse er of the network radio p r o g r a m , “ The Bible Study H o u r,” p a s s e d away November 5 i n Philadelphia. D r . Barnhouse, a graduate of Biola, under went brain surgery October 8.

Mr. Harold DeCou, gospel pianist and organist, has been added to the staff of Youth for Christ International. Formerly with Dr. Jack Wyrtzen, De­ Cou will help to produce special music for YFC local rallies through­ out the country. Dr. Percy B. Crawford, founder-direc­ tor of King’s College and the Pine- brook Foundation, Inc., entered into the presence of the L o r d October 31 after a heart attack October 28. D r . Crawford, a gradu­ ate of Biola, distin­ guished h i m s e l f through the nation­ wide radio broad­ casts of the Young People’s Church of the Air which were later some of the first religious pro- Dr. Crawford grams to be seen on television. In re­ cent years, Dr. and Mrs. Crawford have been active in a series of daily radio programs. He also was led to start a number of FM radio stations, in addition to the establishment of a Christian television station in Phila- delphia. He was buried at the Pine- brook Bible Conference Grounds at a special memorial service November 5. Dr. Bob Jones, Jr., president of Bob Jones University, will personally con­ duct a 17-day tour of the Holy Land, February 20 to March 9, 1961. The tour is especially arranged for pastors and laymen who cannot be away for a longer period of time. Mr. Floyd Thatcher, president of Cow­ man Publications, has been on a fact finding survey of Japan, Korea, For­ mosa, Hong Kong and the Philip­ pines. The purpose is to discover ways by which the ministry of the printed page may have an even greater area of publication. Dr. Arnold T . Olson, president of the Evangelical Free Church of America, has announced the purchase of land in Richfield, Minnesota for the future international headquarters of the or­ ganization. The denomination has some 468 churches with 150 foreign missionaries. Dr. Allan Hart Jahsmann, author of the family devotional book, “ Little Visits with God,” has just completed a volume of songs for children, “ Little Children, Sing to God!” Both volumes are published by Concordia Publish­ ing House.

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