Camino Central American No 453 May-jun 1976

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S

omeone on e

said about the Nazi concentration

camps, Six million jews killed is a statistic.

One

jew

killed is a tragedy.

The earthquake in Guatemala has its share of statistics:

23 000 dead , 77 000 injured, 55,000 people with casts,

1 00d OOO homeless, 1500

tremors

in

the

six

weeks

following

that

7.5-Richter-scale

shock,

one billion dollars

of damage,

six major towns with 100 percent

destruction,

hundreds

of

villages leveled.

Relief aid , too can

be

a

matter of

statistics. So many dollars

worth

of supplies sent, so many tons of food given out so

many flights

made

, so many cubic meters of rubble

removed.

The earthquake is a tragedy precisely because it is made

up of so many tragedies. Statistics that have faces familiar

faces .

t

is

Isabel s sister-Isabel who works at the Seminary

pinned in the wreckage of her home

in

Patzun, unable to

move while her baby slowly suffocates underneath her.

t

is

vivacious young )osefina,

a

bride

for less

than

a year ,

killed by a falling wall in her home . We knew her.

They had pointed out the house to me

as

we walked to the

church in Rincon Grande. A house like so

many

houses , just

a pile of adobe

now

, bits of walls still standing, salvaged

lumber

off to the side. One brother

died there

, they said.

Soon we arrived at the

church,

like so many

other churches,

a pile of rubble, splintered

benches

under

broken

adobe

and clay roof tiles. We had gotten

all

the measurements and

all the data,

and

we

were

walking back

through the dust

,

Earthquake feature

by

Stephen Sywulka

past what

had

been houses. This is the sister whose hus

band died, the man said . A girl with swollen

eyes,

in

Cakchiquel dress.

They had been

married six weeks . The

girl

stood there, mute

from

sorrow and

shyness, and I tried

to

say a few words about being in

God's hands

,

and our

brother being with the Lord, free from suffering . He sang in

the

trio,

the man said, A

dedicated

brother. It 's hard to

lose him. The grief-stricken teen-age widow

stood

there ,

knowing

her husband

was in

heaven and that God

is

sovereign, but still,

it

was very hard .

t

is brother Calixto,

in Zenimajuyu,

whose house

, by

the

grace

of God

,

didn

' t collapse

on

him. But

is cracked and

will

have to be torn down. His family is sleeping in the

open,

un

der

a thin sheet of plastic. If he doesn't get started

planting

corn soon,

there

will be no harvest. The house must be

rebuilt , the rains

are

due in a few weeks ,

and

besides

that

,

the

church, the little

church

into which he put so

much

of

his sweat, so

much

of himself, is flattened. The

benches

made

kindling under the heavy walls, the pump organ

smashed, the loudspeaker horn

pancaked

. Where-will the

congregation find shelter from the

soon-coming

rains?

Operating near the helicopter s 9,000 foot limit, we settled

onto a flat spot above the collection of houses (you couldn't

even

call

it

a village)

that is

Chichoy . A

breathtaking spot,

almost Alpine, with

the

firs

and

the valley

stretched

far

below. Chichoy-two hours by car and then three

on

foot ,

and

15 minutes in

the

MAF helicopter. As architect Paul

Rowland

and

Iwalked down the hill toward the little

chapel,

I turned to the Indian brother who was leading the way.

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S

omeone

on e said about the Nazi concentration

camps, Six million jews killed is a statistic.

One

Jew

killed is a tragedy .

The

earthquake in Guatemala

has

its

share of statistics:

23,000 dead, 77,000 injured, 55,000

people

with casts,

1,000,000 homeless, 1500

tremors

in

the six

weeks following

that 7.5-Richter-scale shock, one billion dollars

of damage,

six

major towns with 100 percent

destruction,

hundreds of

villages leveled.

Relief aid ,

too,

can

be

a matter of statistics. So many dollars

worth of supplies sent, so many tons of food given out, so

·many flights made, so many cubic meters of rubble

removed.

The

earthquake is

a

tragedy

precisely because it

is

made

up

of so many

tragedies.

Statistics that

have

faces, familiar

faces .

t

is Isabel s

sister-Isabel who works at

the

Seminary

pinned

in

the wreckage of her home

in

Patzun , unable to

move

while her baby slowly suffocates underneath

her.

t

is

vivacious

young

)osefina,

a

bride

for less

than

a year ,

killed

by

a falling wall

in

her home . We knew her.

They

had

pointed out the house to me as we

walked

to the

church

in Rincon

Grande.

A

house

like so many

houses,

just

a pile of

adobe

now , bits of walls still

standing,

salvaged

lumber off

to

the side. One

brother died there, they

said .

Soon we arrived at the

church,

like so many other

churches,

a pile of rubble, splintered

benches

under

broken

adobe

and clay roof tiles. We had gotten all the measurements and

all

the data ,

and we were

walking back

through

the

dust,

past

what had b£

band died

,

the

Cakchiquel dress

girl

stood

there, r

to say a few wor

brother being wit

the trio, the ma

lose him. The

gr

knowing

her

hu

sovereign, but sti

t is brother Ca

grace

of God,

did

have

to be torn

d(

der

a thin

sheet

o

corn

soon, there

rebuilt,

the

rains

the

church

, the l

his sweat, so mu

made kindling u

smashed, the

lou•

congregation fine

Operating near

onto a flat spot at

even

call it a viii}

almost Alpine, V

below. Chichoy

and

15

minutes

i

Rowland

and

Iwa

I turned to the I

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One

integral part of CAM s Guatemala Relief program s

comprehensive emphasis on evangelism. Steve Sywulka,

Central American Editor of the Bulletin, talked about this

aspect with

en

Hanna, Promoter of Church Extension

Ministries for CAM and Field Director of the Guatemala

Relief program.

SYWULKA: Evangelism is a sizable segment of the Relief

budget

.

What

are

we getting

for our

money?

HANNA: We saturated certain sections of the

country with

literature during

March

and April. That included

both

areas

where

we

have churches and

where we would like

to begin

new ones. We re

concentrating on the

departments most

affected by the earthquake- Guatemala, Chimaltenango,

Sacatepequez.

SYWULKA:

Was it

difficult to plan and organize the

evangelistic effort in

the

midst of relief work that

demanded

immediate attention?

HANNA

Interestingly enough

, this sort

of

activity was

already foreseen within the 10-year AVANCE (Advance)

plan set up by the department of evangelism and the

national church . We had already selected Chimaltenango

and Guatemala City as the firs t areas . What God has done is

to accelerate

our

plans .

SYWULKA: The disaster

occuring in

an area already chosen

for

an evangelistic thrust-didn t that happen in Honduras ,

too?

HANNA

Yes

,

we

had a similar situation

on the North

Coast,

where

Fifi

hi t

. A responsive area , selected

for outreach

,

made even

more

responsive by

the

tragedy. There s been

17

Y

percent growth

in

the

year and a

half

since

the

hurricane. That s

growth

measued in terms

of

baptized

believers

Sem

ina ry students evange

li

zing door to door in Guatema la City.

tivity

to

the

Gospel now, and

we re working toward

a harvest

near

the end

of the

year . The essential

element

in

sowing

looking at the parable- is the seed , God s Word. We re

offering

Bibles at

one

-

fourth

cost;

the

rest

is

subsidized

through the Relief Fund, and New Testaments the same way.

Scripture portions and tracts are given

out

free . Then we re

selling books that explain

the

Gospel , again at a

highly

sub

sidized price , since

the people

lost so much in

the

disaster.

Then the unique thing we h-ave

developed

, through

the

Communications

Division , is a small illustrated book that

grows out of

the

particular tragedy- we

did

this in

Managua, Honduras , and

now

Guatemala. It s a keepsake

with pictures , historical data , and gives a

word

of consola

tion

that

appeals

to both

Christians and

non

-Christians .

And

a tactfully presented evangelistic message with a

cor

respondence course offered

for follow-through.

The

Guatemala booklet ,

Aunque Ia

Tierra Sea Removida

(Though

the

Earth

Be

Removed), written by you and Dr.

Nunez

, is having a great impact.

SYWULKA:

How

does all this

l iterature

get

out

to

the

people?

HANNA

We

ha

ve 14 teams

operating

in different

geographical areas . They go door to door during

the

day ,

then have meetings and films at night. We ve had access to

Seminary, Bible

Institute

, and

Indian Division personnel

as

well as general field missionaries and local churches. In In

dian areas

we

re distributing Scripture

portions

and tracts in

dialect.

SYWULKA: That s all sowing . Where does

the

reaping come

SYWULKA: The

method is to

saturate an area

with

in?

li tera

tu r

e .

HANNA

: We consider this a process of sowing. Not

n

ecessa

ri l y reaping at thi s

point.

We

want

to create a recep-

HANNA

After

t

he

saturation phase

end

s in

May

, we

wantto

concentrate on

pastors retreats and pray

er

in the

churche

s,

then

in

the

summer we ll move into min i-campaigns .


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Smith distributing dialect tracts.

Mini-campaigns?

These are

three

to five-day local campaigns, in a

or suburb.

This

is not

high-pressure evangelism-we

of it

more

as cultivation. At the

same

time

we're con

on

training for

the

believers, doctrinal

teaching

local

churches

using CLASE courses (systematic

designed for teaching

laymen

within

a

church)

.

This

is

still the

cultivation

phase?

In our overall10-year A VANCE plan, we felt one of

greatest needs was to re-emphasize doctrinal

teaching,

the

believers.

And now with the emergency,

is

a

strong tendency for the

pressing

human

needs to

distinctives

between groups. As

a

church-planting

perhaps

our

greatest

challenge

in a

time l ike

this

is

to

our long-range perspective. We must help meet

needs-and

we

have .

At

the same time,

we

must

to

spiritual

needs, without compromising

the doc

of the

CAM church here,

a

church with

an

85

-

history,

and

which we hope will continue to grow until

Lord

returns.

This means an evangelism

that controls

its content and

cooperation with others

by its

own doc

statement.

We're in

a

unique

position

in

CAM to

offer

leadership

in evangelism and

theological

orientation .

We

have an

far

beyond the circle of

CAM

churches, but

at

the

time our first

commitment is

to

see

these same

grow.

One

of the

traditional problems with

a

mass

is that you

have all kinds

of people

who

come

or raise

their

hands,

but

when

you

try to find

them

a

later,

they

ve evaporated. Can

we

avoid that?

Local chur chmen make up part

of

the

14

teams.

HANNA The success

of

a

crusade-and

I mean success in

terms of measurable church growth-depends mainly

on

the

attitude

of the churches that participate. We need com

mitted involvement of

individual

Christians. First to pray, ex

pecting God

to give

permanent

results. Then to

invite their

friends and, if

the friend

makes a decision, work with

him

,

help

him

get into

the

local

church.

We do have a

follow

through

program planned,

with visitation,

correspondence

courses, baptismal classes,

CLASE.

We

work

with each

church

to help

them

set target dates to integrate

the new

believers into

the

body as baptized members.

SYWULKA

Is this a proven system of evangelism?

HANNA

Yes

,

God

has blessed

it

in other countries

saturation sowing,

cultivation, training

Christians, harvest

and conservation. We've had the growth

in

Honduras-17 z

percent

since Fifi. In Nicaragua,

45

per cent

growth

in the

two years after the earthquake, and it s still

going

on. That s

baptized believers. We can validate

it

by

individual

names.

It s

phenomenal And on

the South Coast

of

Honduras, us

ing the

methods we've

been

talking about

, we've had an 85

percent conservation rate. That s

people

who made

"decisions" who are now baptized and

incorporated

into

the

local

church.

SYWULKA

What are the biggest needs at this point for the

program in Guatemala?

HANNA We

could

use some big tents

for the

mini

campaigns. We need television time

for

spots

we

re plan

ning

to run leading up to

the

Guatemala City crusade.

Most

of all

we

need prayer, for

the

whole program , for

the

workers , for receptivity , for lasting results ; that everything

will be under the control of the Holy Spirit .


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The

new build-

ing of

Colegio

Nimaya one

of

six Christ ian

grade schools

sponsored by

CAM re la ted

churches that

were damaged

or destroyed.

ach school

will

receive aid .

RE UILDS

The CAM Relief

Committee

accepted

responsibility for supplying

emergency

shelter

for two

towns

. The plan called

for distribution o

tons of corrugated metal roofing which could be applied to the top and

sides of a

wooden framework.

In most

cases

the

lumber

was salvaged

from

the rubble. These small temporary structures have been

erected

beside the site of the

new

home. When the walls of the home are

com

plete

the tin

will

be transferred

to

the

roof

of

the new structure.

Decisions

regarding distribution were made

in

the community

by the

office of the mayor elders

from

the church and representatives

from

the

government committee.


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~ o m m i t t p ~ r c h s e d

one

supplier s

entire

stock

of light

-

roofmg.

The spec1al gauge had been

produced

to fill n order

Costa Rica. That order was canceled just

before the

earthquake.

lighter

matenal not only serves the purpose

well but is much

easier

home than the

heavier sheets.

of block machines have been purchased. The rammed earth

make

blocks

of earth and cement-stronger and more

than adobe, but less expensive than cement blocks. These

machines can be used anywhere. Churches will use

funds to purchase blocks at cost. Individuals may also purchase

low-cost blocks. Power-operated cement

block

machines, s

above, will be used in urban areas.

The

coordinator of the

Relief Committee Nathaniel

Orozco

,

is

the

president of the organization of CAM-related churches which repre

sent

530

churches and congregations, comprising

22 000

baptized

believers and an evangelical community

of 100 000.

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10/20

LET S RAISE THE

H

omer

Parry

was

still putting the last

sections

of roofing on the model

building as the men started gathering

from

churches all over Guatemala. It was

a

meeting like

no

meeting

ever

held

before:

its

purpose-to

discuss

the

rebuilding of

119 churches destroyed

or

damaged by

the

series

of

earthquakes

that began February

4.

Ninety of those churches were

represented that Saturday morning ,

March 27.

The men heard Ken Hanna

talk

from

the book

of

Haggai

on keeping

God s

work

as a priority in

difficult

times.

On

spi ritual

contamination. On

God s

provision, Who says,

The silver is

mine

,

and the go ld also, and the responsibili

ty of using wisely whatever God

graciously gives us .

Dave Ekstrom expla ined the re com

mended form of construction ; a

l ight

1

steel frame

with Duralite

roof which is

earthquake

-p roof and can be put

up

in

four

days, with

the

walls and

floor going

in

whenever the church

can

afford

it.

By

the

grace of God we hope to raise at least

a roof for every destroyed chur.ch by the

end of August.

After

a lunch,

the

200

people

who had

met

under

the

just-installed roof, split

up

among

a

number of

counselors to

discuss,

church

by

church, the amount

of aid assigned and

the

type and size of

building most suited to

the

needs and

the budget- two ,

three,

or four

modules. Half

of the

churches

were

able

to

decide right there:

in other cases,

the

representatives

wanted to consult with

their congregations before making a

final

commitment.

What happens next? We've placed

orders for 50 buildings-frame and roof.

Footings are

being

pre-cast at

the

Seminary. Full-scale

production of

ce

ment

block

for walls

is

under way at the

Guatemala Bible Institute. Teams from

Guatemala, Honduras, and the U.S. are

pouring

the

concrete bases and putting

together

the buildings.

Several teams o

young people from the

U.S.

will

be

put

ting up

churches

complete

with

walls

and

floor during the summer

. We can

use competent builders from now

through

june. We're hoping

to get a

substantial

number

of roofs

up before

the

rains

begin

in

mid-May

, and by

God s

grace,

every

CAM

church

in

Guatemala that suffered in the earth

quake

will

be back in a building

within

a

few

months-a

building that will be

stronger , more suitable, and in some

cases larger than

before

.


11/20

C M

learinghouse

A man

hauling

farm machinery to Guatemala

generously offered to

fil l the empty

space

on

his

huge tractor

-

trailer

rig with relief

supplies

gathered

in

the

Dallas area. A later

shipment of clothing w s repacked at C M Center

for free air

shipment

by Braniff International

to Miami

where

C Mer

Julian Lloret

coordinated shipment

to Guatemala

by

boat

.


12/20

From Guatemala, the cable to headquarters

read, Missionaries safe,

notify relatives, funds needed

Mission ruined.

BUT THE D TE W S

DECEMBER

31, 1917.

ommunications

were so

bad

that a

more complete report

was

not

available in CAM offices until

January 7 , 1918.

Dr . C.

I

Scofield,

founder

of

the Mission,

read

that

report

and wrote

this

suggested

form

letter

to CAM friends.

But

the

form letter was

never

sent

. And after an

exchange

of

letters , Scofield

wrote

this

second

letter.

We feel the same about it

today - 58 years later.

No

begging

.

and

no need

to .

God

is supplying.

He did it then

and

He s

doing

it now.

In

fact ,

the

very reason for

this page is to thank Him

and

you .

Overwhelmingly

you have responded to His

prompting

. For CAM

and

for Guatemala ,

Thank you


13/20

•

I

SUNRISE

MEXICO

Mexico- BZZZI

Could

it

4:30a.m.

already?

Remembering

the

hurried

to

the kitchen

to

make

the

children,

the Lord's blessing on the

came the check list: Bibles,

plates, forks, syrup, pancake mix,

skillet, etc. It was all ready

to

be

the car. Sleepy but excited,

children hopped into the car, and

on

schedule we

arrived at the

church."

Benches

and

chairs

were

set up

on

a

up the hill above the Las

community. At 6:00 sharp the

began.

Several

of the group

had

before

attended an Easter sunrise

and their

delight

was evident as

sun broke bright and golden over

sleeping fog-shrouded city to the

of a chorus

based

on Psalm 25:1-2,

thee, 0

Lord,do

I lift

up

my

soul."

of the day

ended

with a

accompanied by guitar and man

team from the

occasion and a challenge from the

of God followed the stirring time

song.

About

half way

through

the service,

the

young

lady sitting

to

me,

began to cry. The previous

at

the

weekly Bible

her home, she

had

told Dave

study

on the new birth, "I

that is what I need."

When I offered my help after the ser

she was so ready. She bowed her

there in the early

dawn

on that dirt

and opened her heart to

the

Savior.

Back

down

at the

patio church,

we en

our

annual breakfast and good

the

morning service. Gloria gave her

public

testimony, simply saying

sobs, "I give

thanks to

God

today

He gave me the privilege of

Him personally."

We

watched

her life

change

as

God

to

work. Robert,

her

hus

, had not yet trusted Christ, but the

study of the Bible was having its

in his life. He began closing the

to his den

when

we came , for fear

would

see

the

nude posters

covering

wall. Some weeks later

the

door was

and

the

posters were gone. He

some Bible texts in their place.

r

Then it happened One night, after

the Bible study at the Gonzales home,

Dave arrived home at

midnight and

woke me. "I know it's late,"

he

said,

"but

Roberto

just

trusted

the

Lord "

Sudden

ly I was no longer sleepy. Dave told me

all that

had

happened at the class. After

committing

Robert

and his family and

their future

into

the Lord's hands,

it

was

easy

to

sleep again.

-Charlotte Etheridge

SCHOOL MARKS

4 ST YEAR

Huehuetenango Guatemala-May 18,

1976, marks the close of the 41st year of

school at Huehue Academy.

Five

of the

63 students are in the ninth grade

graduating class.

Though the students will

make

a mass

exodus in May, the school will remain a

beehive of

activity. The

22-acre

cam

pus, five miles from

the

city of Hue

huetenango,

is

an ideal setting for con

ferences and

retreats. The staff will also

host various

student groups

and

work

teams this summer.

WELCOME MAIL CALL

Managua,

Nicaragua - Here's a wel

come

letter-

ust want to write and say that I enjoy

doing the lessons on Romans. I just

accepted

Christ as my Savior after this

lesson. Can you send me more

literature?

Or

th is -

hope there is another course that

follows this one as I

want

to

continue

studying God's Word since it was

through these lessons Ifound Christ.

The Nicaragua Bible Institute offers

three correspondence courses. Four

hundred

and fifty students have

graduated from the simple nine-lesson

course based on Romans. Each one

received a New Testament and an invita

tion

to

continue the "Light of

Life

" series

studying Acts, Galatians, Ephesians, and

Hebrews.

For

those who are ready for a deeper

study

of the Word, NBI offers the Em-

maus Bible

course and

a doctrinal

course. With nine

books

in each course,

they offer

the

student a study in Bible

Synthesis, Basic Fundamentals of the

Christian

Life

Prophecy, etc. About 70

people are

presently en. oiled in these

courses.

Only rarely do we have the pleasure of

meeting our

correspondence

students.

We were delighted when one couple

enrolled in regular classes at

the

school.

But

the bonds

of

oneness

in Christ

are

nonetheless real with students like this

one whom we've never met:

When my friend told me she was

studying a Bible

correspondence

course, I thought,

"that

sounds

great,"

so I asked her

to

send my

name in. When my first lesson arriv

ed, I was so exc ited that I did

it

right

away Not all the lessons have been

easy

to answer but

as I study God's

Word I

know

I am growing

in

my

Christian life and am a better witness.

-Anita Clayton

ASK ND IT SHALL

E

GIVEN

YOU

Algorta Spain - February,

1976-An

adequate

chapel

is

urgently

needed.

The first floor office space in downtown

Bilbao

is

too remote and small for the

kind of growth for which we

are

trusting

God. Property prices in Europe

are

very

high.

March 25,

1976-

The Lord has just

supplied

us

with two, much-improved

chapel sites which we are trying to

recondition

for use in these days. As you

can see by the photo of the locale in

Bilbao, there

is

much

to be done.

Please pray for rapid

governmental

approval of these

new

ground-floor

locations for our meetings.

-Lew

Whittle

13


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4

HOM MINISTRI S

Rev

Donald

C

Rutledge

entral Services

Mr Kenneth F Fairweather

B

y action

of

the Board

of

Directors

of CAM , Rev. Donald C. Rutledge

was

named Vice-President of

Home

Ministries. He

will

assume his

new

responsibilities

about

mid-year. Don

(Westmont

College,

'53; Dallas

Theological Seminary, '57) and his wife,

Patricia Mouton Rutledge (Wheaton

College, '55), are not newcomers to

CAM . Their original appointment to ser

vice in Guatemala at radio station

TGNA

came in 1957.

While

at first involved principally in

programming,

Don

later was named

Director of the station and was

in-

strumental

in

leading

the TGNA

team in

some exciting radio

firsts. The

Rutledges ' exceptional musical talent

provided many opportunities for

ministry in and

out

of radio,

both

in

con-

certs and records, as well as in

evangelistic music. In addition,

Pat

helped

develop the important

and busy

correspondence department at the sta

tion.

The Rutledges have three children .

Laura

Lee

is

a freshman in college, Steve

F

om his present post as Ad-

ministrative Assistant, Mr. Ken

Fairweather

has

been named by

the

Board

of

Directors as Director

of

Central

Services here

at

CAM Center in Dallas.

Ken

(Moody

Bible Institute, '66) and

Carol Lindberg Fairweather (Robert

Morris Business School, '60; Moody Bi

ble Institute, '63-'66), were appointed to

CAM

in 1966 and served in Puebla,

Mex-

ico, with

ELA

CAM's Spanish Sunday

school and Christian

eduction

materials

publishing center . In 1973 they returned

for

regular furlough

but

were asked

to

serve for a time in the office . The

quanti

ty and quality of the Fairweathers' con-

tribution quickly established them as

very necessary Dallas personnel. The

Fairweathers have three

children:

Brian ,

is a sophomore in high school and Jim

in the eighth grade.

Home

Ministries is

neither

totally ne

nor

presently

unattended. At one

tim

CAM had what was then called a Hom

Secretary,

though

in recent years

th

position has not been

filled. Of

late,

has become increasingly apparent tha

we must give greater attention to thi

area. Thus the job's function is describe

as follows:

"To

provide responsibl

leadership in establishing and conduc

ting the program and activities

of CAM

in the sending countries as establishe

by the Board

of

Directors; and to assi

the President in the planning and

coor

dination

of

such activities particularly a

related to prayer fellowship, representa

t ion and challenge, missionar

emphasis , stewardship, together wit

the seeking and processing of can

didates for missionary service, ex

pediting

finanical matters and th

providing

of promotional materials.

Welcome to Dallas and to your ex

panded ministry, Don, Pat, and family

And

now we'll

have to put up a baske

ball backboard in the parking

lot

grade 5; Danny, grade 3; and Susan in

nursery school.

In Dallas

their

responsibilities,

o

course, are many and varied.

Officially

the job

function

is described as follows

To provide responsible leadership in

establishing

and

conducting

the

program of activities of CAM Centra

Services as established by

the

Board o

Directors; and

to

assist

the

President in

the

planning

and

coordinating

of

the

ac

tivities of the Mission, particularly

as

related to

CAM

ministries involving

Central Services

including

financial

legal, and

corporate

matters and

the

operation of CAM Center.

Around the

office

the translation

of

al

of that is Call Ken

."

God provides the

right man in the right

time period

. Ken

plays basketball

too


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I

had grown up

in a missionary family.

My

parents were

returned

missionaries

from China. I

heard

every kind of mis-

sionary speaker that

came

on

the

grounds

of

the

Firs

Bible

and

Missionary

Conference where

my parents were

on

the staff. It wasn t until was in Seminary

that

God

began

to show me

that He

wanted me

first

and

then my gifts. A

young missionary from Guatemala.

spoke at

a

missions

conference and

told

of

a

need for

program and

music

per-

sonnel

at Radio TGNA. Two years later

my

wife

Pat

and

I joined that missionary

and

his

wife

at TGNA

where

we spent 16

full and happy

years serving jesus Christ.

We

were witnesses

t many

changes in

Guatemala

and

in the radio work. We

agonized

through many difficult

situations

and rejoiced

as

God touched

the hearts

of

thousands. The Lord was

faithful

in every detail

of

our

ministry

.

Now history is about

to

repeat itself as

we

join that same missionary couple,

Dr

.

and

Mrs.

AI

Platt ,

on

the

Home

Staff. just

as God was

faithful

during our years in

Guatemala, so He will

be

in our

new

ministry

in Dallas.

While

growing up

on

a wheat farm in

North

Dakot

a

and

later

living

in Florida,

the

Lord

made it clear

to

me

by

the

age

of

12 that He

wanted

me

involved

in mis-

sionay service in Latin America. Mis-

sionary speakers

and

biographies ac-

quainted

me

with

the challenges

on

the

foreign field

. Later,

while

attending

Moody

Bible Institute,

CAM

represen-

tative

s,

Art and

jean Konrad,

wer

e used

to direct

Carol

and me toward ELA

,

CAM s

publis

hing

cent er in

Pu

ebla,

M exico.

A

summer

at ELA

convinc

ed us that

the Lord

wanted

us there.

On

e of the

most

rewarding

partsof

our

ministry was

tr

a

inin

g na

tion

als

t

work together

on

th e

ELA

team .

Further

tr

a

ining

h

as prepared

us

for

our

work

in the

Hom

e Offic

e.

We re

ex

ci ted about th is new opportunit y.

n accordance with suggestions made

my

consultants

of

Christian Service

Fellowship, action

w s

taken

that

changes certain titles in CAM ad

ministration.

The governing body, formerly known

s

the

Executive

Council

is

now

known

s Board of Directors. Dr. Charles Ryrie,

who h s

served CAM

for

a

number of

years

with

great

distinction,

continues

s

the leader of this group with the title,

Chairman of

the

Board. Dr. Martin

Massinger will

become

Vice-Chairman.

Dr Cha rl

es

C Rytie r a rt in 0 Massin r

Dr Albert

T Pl

att Rev Malon o llins

The titles,

General

Secretary and

Associate General Secretary have

been dropped

in favor

of

President and

Executive

Vice-President. Thus Dr.

Albert

Platt becomes President and Rev.

Malon Coli ins, Executive

Vice

President.

Mr.

Collins

will

assume

responsibility

for the

area

of

Field

Ministries, being the link between the

fields and

the

Board.

Other

vice

presidential slots

were

created but it

is

understood

that the Executive Vice

President

is

a position in the

direct

line

of authority.

15


16/20

B

ob

and D

onna

Rice

BULLEI IN

BOARD

FURLOUGHS

Bob and Ann Henriques D and D

Homes

, 4020

58th

Ave.

N.

, St.

Petersburg

, Florida 33714 , April-

September.

16

RECEIPTS

Genera l Fund

Designated

for :

Missionaries

.

Field Purposes . . . .. .

Pra

c

ti ca

l Missionary Training

TOTAL RECE IPTS

DISBURSEMENTS

General

fund

Administrative Expenses

.

ommunication

Representation

Addition to

Re tire me

nt

Fund .

i

e ld Inst itutions

Pr

ojects .

Designated

for :

Missionaries

.. . .. . .

Fie ld

Purpo

ses

actica l

Mi

ssionary Training

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS

Jim and Ba rba ra Larson , juli

e,

Tommy , Amy

Charles and Coral Nelson Rt. 1,

Bo

x 259,

Cohasset

,

Minnesota

55720, May-

November.

Bob and onna Rice 1711

N.

E

Adams

Street, Peoria , Illinois 61603,

june-

February , 1977.

TO LANGUAGE SCHOOL

Jim and Barbara Larson Costa Rica .

NEWEST

MK S

To Bill and Yvonne Taylor Stephanie

Michelle ,

born

April 3.

CENTRAL AMERICAN MISSION

STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS

USED STAMPS HAVE VALU

Don 't

throw

awa y old envelopes w

cancelled stamps on them . The y ha

value . If you

aren t

savi ng th e m

your

self, mail

them

to us.

CALENDAR YEAR

1975 1974

EXCESS

OF

RECEIPTS OVER DISBURSEMENTS . 1,226 359

386,887UND BALANCES, BEG INNING

OF

YEAR . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . 387,246

282,249

249,627

FUND BALANCES, END O F YEAR . . . .

388,472 387 246

1,844,145

273,368

4,116

2,403,878

145,688

66,383

7,636

46,090

1,809,014

315,170

12,671

1,637,297

413,465

6,461

2,306,850

139,639

68,387

7,996

72,484

1,610,585

399,579

7,821

2,402,652 2,306,491

The

book

s

and record

swere

audited

by Cole,

Patterson

Co .,

Certified

Public Ac

co

untants.

Copies o f the audit

report may

be obtained upon

request

to the

Home Office.

RECEIPTS

Balance forward .

Missionary support

DISBURSEMENTS

Missiona ry support .

General expe

nses

Ba lance o n hand

CANADIAN STATEMENT

. 929.44

17 203.27

18,132.71

.. 17,178.27

675.60

278.84

18,132.71


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G U T E

• CAM personnel

. . Theological Seminary

£ D llible Institute

1 u

8 Clinic

\ Bookstore

-

anamerican Highway

lndl•n

• • • •

~ a m p

ft

MK

school

L


18/20

GUATEMALA

Guatemala the land of eternal spring an area

roughly

the size of Louisiana,

is

the

northernmost

of the Cen

tral American republics.

Recent

estimates push the

number

of

inhabitants

to

over

five and a half million .

More than

half

that

total

trace their

origins

to

the

rich

pre-Columbian Mayan

heritage.

Even today , though

Spanish is the official

language

some 2 Indian

dialects are used.

The country itself divides into two basic areas : the

tropical lowlands

on the

Atlantic and Pacific coasts

and in

the department

of Peten in the

northwest

plus

the temperate highlands

that

stretch northwest

to

southeast. The extremely fertile Pacific region grows

much

of

the

exceptional cotton , sugar

cane

,

bananas

,

pineapples

and other

tropical fruit. Coffee

some

of

the

world s best,

is

an

important commercial

crop in

the highlands.

Corn

rice, and beans as well as wheat ,

are basic to

the economy

. Mineral resources , in

cluding petroleum , are being developed . Industry is

concentrated chiefly in

the

processing

of

agricultural

products and the manufacture of textiles.

HISTORY Swash buckling Pedro Alvarado, the

Spanish conquerer of

Guatemala

established the first

capital on the site of the old Indian city of lximche in

1524. Since

then

, the capital has

moved

several times

but

maintains the original

charter. On

September 15,

1821 , Guatemala

declared her

independence from

Spain , and after a brief period of annexation to the

Mexican empire ,

joined

a short-lived federation

called United Provinces of Central America. The

Guatemalan

republic came into being under the

reformer

Justo Rufino Barrios in 1874. Most of what is

modern Guatemala politically and socially was deeply

affected by this man.

C M MINISTRY

In

1899

when

Mr. and Mrs. Edward

Bishop began the work , it was a far cry from the nearly

100,000 believers who make up the CAM family in

Guatemala today. The work began in Guatemala City

but

spread rapidly to rural and

dialect-speaking

areas.

The translation of

the

New

Testament into

Cakchi

quel was completed in

the

early 1920s and a pattern

was set for further ministry both in Guatemala and

around

the

world. Tribal languages could

and

should

be reduced to writing and

the

Word of God must be

translated.

The oldest of the study centers in Guatemala was

founded

in 1923 as Robinson Bible Institute and was at

that time

dedicated to

training in the dialects.

It

has

since changed its focus and its

name

. Now known as

Guatemala Bible Institute, it serves as a Spanish

language training center. The

school

offers a standard

three-year program.

The Central American Theological Seminary,

located in Guatemala City, is keeping pace with the

high

academic

requirements

established

by in

creasing educational standards in Latin America.

Students come from many different Spanish-speaking

areas and are offered

three

courses of

study:

a

one

year diploma course four years

leading

to a Professor

of Theology degree , and the longer licentiate-level

program.

Radio has figured prominently in

the

evangelism

and edification

programs.

TGNA, from

the

capital city,

went

on the

air in 1950. Today the impact of their

select

program puts the gospel into places difficult

or

impossible to

reach

in

any

other way. Likewise, Radio

Maya, a

dialect

station in a

remote

mountain area

·

programs

material

in

six different dialects.

Translation work continues especially in

Huehuetenango

and

San Marcos

departments.

There

are still groups that do not have copies of the Scrip

tures in

their

language.

In

these same areas CAM

operates clinics and health centers within

the

framework of Principles and Practice , a

document

that

clearly states CAM s gospel-preaching and

church

establishing

purposes.

For MKs

the

Mission also

operates

a

school

which

actually serves

seven different groups.

Christian grade

schools

supported

by the national church are also

an

important

part

of the ministry.

c M NTERN TION L

8625

L

PRADA DRIVE DALLAS

TEX S

75228


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CAM

at

MARANATHA

Right August 1-6, 1976

You

won't want to miss this great

Bible and missions

week

at

Maranatha with CAMers:

Dr

and

Mrs

. Albert

Platt

Rev. and Mrs. Donald Rutledge

Rev. Oscar Lopez

For reservations write directly to:

MARANA

THA BIBLE CONFERENCE

4759 Lake Harbor Road Muskegon, Michigan 49441

(616) 798-2161

TEACHERS

NEEDED

for '76-'77 school year

in our

schools

for

MKs

in

Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras,

and Spain.

Requirements:

Stateside teaching certificate

and experience working

knowledge of Scripture; desire

to serve the Lord.

If interested write to

CAM Candidate Department

8625 La Prada Drive

Dallas, Texas 75228

ANNUITY

An whatH

ANNUITY a means

of

providing

~ o u r s e l f

with a

guaranteed

mcome

for life

while at the same time giving

financial support f God's work

through CAM.

CAM annuities offer

attractive returns

dependable

income

convenience

peace of

mind

tax

exemption

and

the

blessing

of

investment

in God's work.

Write:

Dr Albert

T

Platt

8625 La Prada Dr

Dallas, TX 75228

ITINERARIES

COLLINS

ay 1

Mark

o ma Acade m y, Tahlequ ah ,

Okl

a.

AND JEAN KONRAD

y 2 Grace Bible

Ch

a pe l, Gra nd Ra pids,

c h .; 3 Community Bible Church , No rway,

c h .; 4-9 P

eo

ple s Church o f Tor o nt o,

ow

dal e , On ta rio, Can .; 16 Be th e l Bapt ist

ch , Orillia ,

On

ta

ri

o, Can .; Jun e ,

easte

rn

nad a.

AND

COLISTA

LEWIS

ay 2 Druid Park Ave . Ba ptist Church ,

ugu

sta,

Ga.; Jun e 28-July 3 Bri ar

wood

esbyte rian Chu rch ca mp , Birmin gham , Ala.

T

PLATT

ay 8-11 Guate ma la; 12-17 Ho nduras; 18-31

uatema la.

KEN

AND MARY ROYER

May 1 Mo n thly PMT Co nfe re nce, Sant a Ana,

Ca lif. ; 10-14

Bi

o la Talbot Mission ary Co n

fe re n

ce, La Mir

ada, Ca lif.; 15 Evange

ca l

Free

Church , Ga rd e n Gr

ove,

Calif.; 23 Ce ntra l Bi-

bl

e Chu rch , Costa Mesa, Ca

lif

.;

29

S

umm

e r

Se

nd-

off Dinne r, Knot t s Be rry Farm , Bu e na

Pa rk, Ca lif .; Jun e 18-August 16 Summ e r PMT

Co

ur se , Mex i

co

Ce ntra l Ame ri ca.

DONALD

C.

RUTLEDGE

May 2 Ge n eva Co mmunit y Church,

Be llin gham , Was h .; 9 L

ake

C ity Co

mmuni

ty

Chu rch, Ta co ma, Wash .; 14 Ad ve nt C hri s

ti

a n

Chu rch Wo me n s Fe llowshi p, Be ingham ,

Was h .; 16 Me mo ri a l Bible Chu rch , Ya kim a,

Was h .; 23 Ma rie tta

Co

mmunity Chu rch ,

Be llin gham , Was h.

FOUNDED IN 1890 .BY C. I.

SC

O FIELD

E N ~ AMERIG N M I

ION

8625 LA PRADA DR IVE , DALLAS, TEXAS 75228 • PHONE

21

4-3 27-8206

Ca

nad ia n a

dd r

es s : 39

Ma

rgale Aven ue ,

Ham

il

ion,

O nta r io

LBT 1M7

Member Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association.

CENTRAL AMERICAN

MISSION

Rev. Albert T Platt, Th.D., President

Rev. Malon Collins, Executive Vice-President,

Field Ministries

Rev. Donald C.

Rutledge

, Vice-President,

Home Ministries

Mr.

Kenneth

F. Fairweather, Director,

Central Services

AREA REPRESENTATIVES

Rev. Mrs. Arthur W. Konrad, 175 Hilda Ave., Apt. 503 ,

Willowdale , Ontario, Canada M2M 3X4

Rev. Mrs. Dean Lewis,

Box

2832 Highway 20, Buford,

Georgia 30518

Rev. Mrs. Kenneth E. Royer, Box 628, Fullerton,

California 92632

Mr. Mrs. Walter

Wheaton,

966 Cherry Lane, Southampton,

Pennsylvania 18966

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rev. Charles C. Ryrie, Th .D. , Ph .D., Chairman.

Professor of Systematic Theology, Dallas

Theological Seminary

Rev. Martin

0 .

Massinger, Th.D., Vice-Chairman

Rev. Albert T. Platt, Th.D., President

Rev. Malon Collins, Executive \ ice-President

Rev. )ames Paul, Field Secretary, Central America

Rev . Paul Peaslee, Field Secretary, Mexico

Rev. William H. Taylor,

LL.D.,

Field Secretary, Spain

Mr . Edmund R. Yates , Treasurer.

Business Executive,

a l l a s ~

Texas

Mr. George M.

Boedeker,

Business Executive,

San

Antonio Texas

Rev. Donald K Campbell, Th .D., Academic Dean

and Professor of Bible Exposition, Dallas

Theological Seminary

Rev. .

Ellwood Evans, Th.D., Professor

of

Practical

Theology, Dallas Theological Seminary

Rev. Donald M. Geiger, Pastor, Reinhardt Bible Church ,

Dallas, Texas

Mr. Donald W. Hanley, Investments, Dallas, Texas

Rev. Wendell G. Johnston, Th .D., President, Detroit

Bible College

Mr. F. Jack Lincoln , Accountant , Dallas, Texas

Mr. William T. McKenzie, Real Estate Developer , Dallas

Texas

Dr. Marion B. McKinney, Physician, Sevierville,

Tennessee

Mr. William H. Seay, Insurance Executive, Dallas, Texas

Dr. Charles C. Tandy, Physician, Dallas, Texas

Honorary members :

Rev. Carl Armerding, D.O. , President Emeritus,

Claremont, California

Rev.

K.

D. Hummel, D.O. , General Secretary Emeritus,

Dallas, Texas

Rev. Newberry B. Cox, Mabank , Texas

CANADIAN

COUNCIL

Mr. Jack Cottrill

Miss Winnifred Crouch

Mrs. Stanley A. Dorey

Rev . Wendell G. Johnston, Th.D.

Rev . Arthur W. Konrad

PRACTICAL MISSIONARY TRAINING

Box 628, Fullerton , California 92632

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Rev. Kenneth E. Royer, Director

Mr. Emil S. Roberts, President

Mr. Robert I. Owen, Secretary

Rev . Kenneth

l

Bemis Treasurer

Mr . Gerald M. Baden

Rev. Martin 0 . Massinger, Th .D.

Rev. Charles

C.

Ryrie ,

Th

.D., Ph .D.

Mr. William H. Seay

Rev. Albert T. Platt, Th .D.

BOARD

OF REFERENCE

Rev . Robert E Atwood

Rev. D. R.

Aikenhead

Rev. Roy L Aldrich, Th.D.

Rev. Lorne H. Belden, D.O.

Rev . L Dwight Custis

Rev . Alden A. Gannett, Th.D.

Rev. Harlin ). Roper , D.O.

Rev. Carl ).

Sentman

Rev. Oran H. Smith, D.O.

Rev. William H. Walker

BULLETIN

STAFF

Albert T. Platt, Editor

Carolyn Owens , Editorial Assistant

J

eane

Olson , Art Editor

Regional Editors:

jack D. Matlick, Mexico

Stephen Sywulka, Central America

William H. Taylor, Spain

MEMBER

EV NGELIC L

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