Dr. Robert B. Munger, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, California, is the newly elected presi dent of the Mount Hermon Board of Trustees. DR. FRANCIS W. RUS SELL, former president and a 93-year- old retired minister, has been honored with the title President Emeritus. Dr. Bob Jones, Jr., president of Bob Jones University, received an award for the school’s radio station WMUU. Recognized by the Associated Press for excellence in co-operative news reporting, this is the fourth successive year the station has been so honored. Rev. Harold E. Garner, Christian edu cation leader of Moody Bible Institute, has written and produced a new series of filmstrips entitled “ Building a Better Sunday School.” The service includes a filmstrip, recorded narra tion and teacher’s manual.
NEWS and P C O J Dr. Oswald J, Smith, president of the Peoples Missionary Society, has re signed as pastor of the Peoples Church of Toronto, Canada. His son, the Rev. Paul B. Smith is the new pastor of the missionary church. Mr. Walter H. Smyth, crusade director for the Billy Graham Crusade to be held in Melbourne, Australia, has announced that 4,500 counsellors are being trained for the series of evan gelistic meetings. The course lasts for five weeks and begins February 8.
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DR. GEORGE L. FORD, executive director of the National Association of Evangelicals, interviewed Madame Chiang Kai-Shek at recent meetings of the All-American Conference to Combat Communism. Mr. Jack Sonneveldt, president of Gos pel Films, will present the company’s n ew p r o d u c t i o n , “ In Times Like These,” during the 6th annual Winter Conference at Boca Raton, Florida, March 9-15. The week is sponsored jointly with Youth For Christ Inter national. Dr. Don Hillis, co-director of Orient Crusades, has produced a new corres pondence course based on the Epistle of Galatians. “ The Christian Liberty Course” is the third in a series to be printed in Latin America and India.
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REV. AL J. CLASSEN, missionary with the Sudan Interior Mission in North Nigeria, officiated at gradua tion exercises of the SIM’s Igbaja Theological Seminary, Ilorin Prov ince. Eight pastors among the 12 received bachelor of theology degrees awarded in special connection with the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. (M r. Classen was graduated from BIOLA in 1946.) Mr. John H. Jesberg, missionary with the Evangelical Alliance Mission, has been delegated to devote half of his time to directing the Pocket Testa ment League’s work in France. PTL Foreign Secretary GLENN W. WAG NER, has presented a number of in ternational leaders with copies of inscribed New Testaments.
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DR. CLYDE M. NARRAMORE, Christian psychologist, recently con ducted an all-day conference for near ly 300 pastors, Christian education specialists, and public school teachers. Meetings were held in the Scripture Press auditorium, Wheaton, Illinois. Dr. Joseph Free, director of Wheaton Tours, has announced that the Spring Bible Lands Tour (lasting six weeks) will leave from New York City on March 3. The Summer Bible Lands Tour leaves July 4.
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COMMISSIONER SAMUEL HEP BURN, in charge of the Salvation Army Western Territorial Headquar ters , discusses the new gift annuity agreement program of the organiza tio n w ith BRIGADIER DANIEL RODY, public relations officer for the area.
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