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Horizons #(Jan. 50, 1987 hy W.E.MO
Title gioncy Jo Geraouty / Copy Page^-
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David and Molly Piensy plan^ God
willing, to "begin their ministry Iwith |;iie
European Evangelistic Society in jJuly,
1987- Karl Ketciierside has said ithat
Tuebingen, Germany:" a new refondation
is in the making." i?he evEingelisbic e;'fort
at IHiehingen takes place on all iintelloctual
and social levels. David will seirve in
the Institute as "Institute Scholjar",
David and Molly will also assist jthe
native German minister Werner Hau^en in
working with the local congregatibn-
Dr. David Arthur Fiensy was jborn
November 7i 19^8 in McLeanshoro, 111.
the late Arthur Fiensy and Mrs. Gplda
Maxine Minor Fiensy. His mother iLs a
SS teacher. David was graduated jfrom
high school in 1955 at Mt. Carrael:, 111,
He had 5 years in the Cincinnati Bible
Seminary in Ohio where he was gra&uatec.
with the AB degree in 1971- He had 3 fears
in Zavier University, Cincinnati,! Ohio
where he received the MA degree iii 197^ .
He had 5 years in Duke University
N.O. where he received the Ph. D.! in 1^80.
He taught at Kentucky ChristiaJi College ,
Grayson, Ky, 1980-1987- This nnuple if
Duri am,
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recommended by th.e elders of Cartter ChristianI c
Church, Carter, Ky. Also, President Lt
Palmer Young, Thomas J, Gemeinhai^ and
Charles R. Gresham - all with Kentucky
Christian College highly recommenid thi;;
couple. :
Mrs. Molly Jean French Fiensjy was
born November 20, 19^9 at Springfrield,
Ohio to the late Millard Hodson J^ench
and Mrs. Margaret Stormont French. Molly's
mother is a teacher and works wit^ the
choir. Molly was graduated from iMadison
South High School, London, Ohio iin 196?.
She had 4 years in the Cincinnati; Bibl 5
Seminary in Ohio where she received th5
BS degree in Christian Education ;in 19^1.
She had two years in the Universijty of
Cincinnati where she received the Staniardized
El. Ed. degree in 197^- Molly married
David on May 8, 1971 in the Grapd Grovs
Church of Christ, Jamestown, Ohid with
Charles ^^les officiating. Amanda Ga?"le
Fiensy was born August 18, 1981 at AshL^and,
Ky- and Jeannie Davita Fiensy was born
June 24, 1985 also at AshlgSIland, jKy.
Funds to help this couple c^ be sent
to: European Evangelistic Socifei?;^, Jam ( Soci
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L. Evans, P.O. Drawer E, Atlanta,^ GA ^T A
50564. Until they go in July, 19^7
contact can "be made at: Dr. David and
Kolly Fiensy, Rt, 1, Box 659 H, Grayso^i,
KY 41145 phone(606)474-4455.
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Fiensys to Germany
mmwiGermany_ ®^gngelistic eftorl inJkPCiDlacGon all intellectual andTuebingen takes place o teaching)
social levels. David Christianin theOrigins „:nister Werner Hausen,
:ri?Mhe'iooTcX^^^'"n'̂ navlS'̂ Rensrw^ November 71948in McLeansboro.Golda ree^from Cincinnati Bible
his Masters degree, in 1^80 hejece^^^_
^987 he has taught at Kentucky Christian
eive. Jter BSChristian Ed '̂°"^ '̂gtandardized her ele-Sem)naryinl97rShestanmentary education ^ohe and David were
"^"9^ nfhaTe mo daugh-^^A^nSa Gl'yie, age five and Jeannie°™:cXiJ>Tsrecomrnendedhy.heeW^K^fucky and m'ff'Xwing men on the sta«nf Kentucky Christian College: President L.Farmer ?oung. Thomas Gemeinhart and°ThtH?n"Sreed regular menthiy finan-
I^Lr^Po'^rSf|orgia(66) Bo'x esg'̂ a GraTson° KTiim phone 606-14 474-4435.
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contributing in very significant andeffective ways to our witness forChrist in the world-influencing localeof Tuebingen.
Dr. S. Scott Bartchy of The WestwoodChristian Foundation and U.C.L.A.
returns to Tuebingen for the 1987Spring/Summer (April-July) semester.His teaching in the University coupledwith his service in the Institute and
the Tuebingen Christliche Gemeinde arevery beneficial toward the increasingimpact of our Christian witness.
Dennis Lindsay of Havana, Illinois, isthe recipient of our InstituteFellowship for 1986-87. Dennis andMrs. Lindsay (Karen) are most helpfulin their involvement in both the
congregation and the wider Europeancommunity as well as in the programand witness of the Institute.
We are pleased that his 1986-87Fulbright Scholarship has allowedLoren and Lois Stuckenbruck to be a
part of our Tuebingen family thisyear. Loren is the youngest child ofEarl and Ottie Mearl Stuckenbruck, ourE.E.S. pioneer missionaries to Europe.
Colloquia leaders for the 1986 WinterSemester included: Dr. Otto Betz, Dr.Peter Stuhlmacher, Dr. Martin Hengel,Dr. Hans Kueng, Dr, Karl Ernst Nipkow(all of Tuebingen), and Dr. MartinusDeBoer (Princeton). Students in thetwo colloquia came from eight nations;young men and women who will be thepreachers, teachers and leaders of thechurch in their cultures. Ours in notsimply a mission to Germany; it is amission to the world!
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An Exciting Challenge ^
Our earnest desire is to increase
dramatically the number and strength ;of indigenous New Testament Churches |in Germany and wider Europe. Realistic 5strategy requires extended temporarychurch-planting leadership fromoutside Europe (from U.S. primarily).A vital part of this process requiresa sheltered educational internship fora minimum two-year period to avoid |permanently damaging cultural errors •and to attain language proficiency (ontop of extended prior-to-field ,language preparation). This internshipis already available but the financial ienabling of The European EvangelisticSociety to recruit and provide thetwo-year funding for able intern ]families would move us a giant steptoward this goal. Then, after theintership (comprising the first two ,years of field experience), these ifamilies would be prepared to make abeginning in new European locations,and much better equipped to secure ,their independent mission funding andintergrated (prayer, care, continuingemotional/material needs) support.
Continuing Needs '(
Special needs continue for additional 1personnel and financial resources to ,equal the tremendous opportunities jopen to us for evangelism in Europeand around the world.
Me would be most -pleased for anopportunity to share the E,E,S, story.Please contact: James L, Evansy Execu- 'tive Directory P,0, Drawer E^ Atlanta^GAy 30364s Telephone: (404) 344-7458.
EUROPEAN EVANGELISTIC SOCIETY
Report 1987
An Effective Witness
The European Evangelistic Societymaintains a witness for vital New
Testament Christianity in the University city of Tuebingen, West Germany,with results both world-wide and local.
We operate an unique and highlyeffective institute. The Institute forthe Study of Christian Origins, inrelationship to the prestigious andinfluential University of Tuebingen.
We provide support, guidance andencouragement for our ChristlicheGemeinde which is the only thoroughlyindigenous congregation in Germanythat has resulted from work supportedby our churches in the U.S.A.
Within the university we pursue basicNew Testament research and providecourse offerings through seminars andclasses. Throughout the academic yearwe offer two colloquia (meeting threetimes monthly), engage in continuingdialogue with professors and studentsfrom Germany, wider Europe and aroundthe world, and bear witness to theauthority and claims of Christ and HisGospel. We provide leadership, resources and facilities.
Through both the Christian congregation and the Institute, we provideopportunities for Christian worship,Bible Study, personal witness, andservice to the German and inter
national communities, and fellowship
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on all appropriate levels. Participants include primarily those from theuniversity, those from the city andsurrounding area not related to theuniversity, members from "freechurches" throughout Europe and otherforeigners, including U.S. citizens.
In Tuebingen, the members of ourChristliche Gemeinde (Christian congregation) as a whole provide servicesin the community to both citizens andforeigners on a scale which isextraordinary, much more than what isusually rendered by members ofcongregations in the U.S. Thisincludes benevolence, work-projects,youth activities, counseling, helpingwith housing location, communityorientation, social introductions andmuch, much more. All of thesefunctions, special and ordinary,provide opportunity for Christianwitness, first by example and then byword.
In the greater Tuebingen area also,our congregation is well establishedand well respected. By invitation ourminister, Werner Hausen, sharesleadership roles in the localEvangelical Alliance. Werner alsoteaches Protestant children of the
11th and 12th grades in the newDerendingen Gymnasium (High School)where he is afforded an unrestricted
opportunity for the classroompresentation of the Gospel.
Art and Brigitte Thomas provide aChristian home for teenage boys andgirls with special needs in a stateproject. The state requires thatmaterial care be provided, and places
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no restriction on the spiritual caregiven.
In our whole European missioncommunity, we occupy a position ofrespected influence. We share in theprogram and leadership functions ofthe Mid-Winter Rally of all ourChristian Church European missionaries(with their families and others). Thisis by design a time of rest,recreation, and more important, a timeof spiritual growth and challenge forall participants.
Two tremendous recent achievements of
our churches and related missions have
been directly influenced and benefitedby the Tuebingen mission of theEuropean Evangelistic Society;
An effective witness for New
Testament Christianity at theUniversity of California in LosAngeles has been firmlyestablished with Dr. S. Scott
Bartchy*s appointment as AdjunctProfessor (following two years asVisiting Professor), teaching inthe area of Christian Origins.Dr. Robert Fife, the ExecutiveDirector (until his recentretirement) of the sponsoringorganization, the WestwoodChristian Foundation, stated thatthis could not have beenaccomplished without theinfluence of the Tuebingenmission and the credentials thus
afforded to Dr. Bartchy.
A fully accepted (by allappropriate academic standards)Christian college has been
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established by Dr. Robert Wetzeland his British-American com
mittee in the Selly Oakfederation of colleges under theUniversity of Birmingham inEngland. This is a vital positivestep in preserving the veryexistence of our British churches
and their unique witness to NewTestament Christianity. It wasexpected that this achievement(the establishment of the newSpringdale College) would takeabout 5 years. It was achieved inless than Ih years. Dr. Wetzelstated that the drastic
difference in time was due
directly to the fact that theofficials of the University ofBirmingham knew us as a people,and on the level of academic
excellence, through our Institutefor the Study of ChristianOrigins in Tuebingen.
People Serving
In Tuebingen, Werner Hausen is servinghis ninth year as the minister of theTuebingen Christian Church (Christliche Gemeinde), Mrs. Hausen (Kristin),in addition to serving in the congregation with her husband, is also theInstitute's Business Manager where shehas served for seventeen years.
Our Tuebingen Institute Director as ofJune, 1986, is William D. Howden(Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary) who brings extraordinaryexpertise, devotion and energy to histask. Dr. and Mrs. Howden (Andrea)have adjusted remarkably well to theculture and language, and are
Gemeinde members Art and BrigitteThomas provide a Christian home forteenage boys and girls with specialneeds (physical, family, emotional) ina state project. The state requiresthat material care be provided, andplaces no restriction on the spiritualcare given. Fellow members Emil andDina Luik virtually clothe andotherwise provide sustaining care foran entire impoverished village inAustria, All of these functions,special and ordinary, provideopportunity for Christian witness,first by example and then by word.
In the greater Tuebingen area also,our congregation is well establishedand well respected. By invitation ourminister, Werner Hausen, sharesleadership roles in the localEvangelical Alliance, Werner alsoteaches Protestant children of the
advanced grades in the DerendingenGymnasium (High School) where he isafforded an unrestricted opportunityfor the classroom presentation of theGospel.
Additional Personnel Notes
/The David Fiensy family of four/ (David; wife, Molly; daughters, Amanda
and Jeannie) are new additions to ourgrowing European Evangelistic Society
^ Missionary Family in West Germany as^ of July, 1987. Dr. David A. Fiensy is
designated as Institute Scholar andwill serve in leadership functions\(research, teaching, preaching, etc.)in the Institute and with Molly andour other family members in the
Tuebingen Christian Church.
On October 1, 1987, Werner Hausen willconclude a nine year ministry with thecongregation. Mrs. Hausen (Kristin)will also close a seventeen yearperiod of service as Secretary andBusiness Manager in the Institute.
^The congregation has chosen DennisLindsay (see p,2), a native of Havana,Illinois, to be their new Minister.The participation and assistance ofhis wife, Karen, is also a significantasset to both Dennis and the
"congregation.
Dr. S, Scott Bartchy of The WestwoodChristian Foundation and theUniversity of California Los Angelesreturned to Tuebingen for the 1987Spring/Summer (April-July) Semester.His alternate year returns are verybeneficial toward the increasingimpact of our Christian witness.
Your Participation Invited
Special needs continue for additionalresources to equal the tremendousopportunities open to us forevangelism in Europe and around theworld. We receive only fundsdesignated to "The EuropeanEvangelistic Society."
We would be most pleased for anopportunity to share the E.E.S. storywith you. Please call or write:James L, Evans^ Executive Director^P.O. Drawer E^ Atlanta^ Georgia^20264s Telephone (404) 244-7458,
Report 1987
European Cuangelistic Society
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TUEBINGEN. WEST GERMANY
Neckar River Scene
Our European Base
Tuebingen, West Germany, is aworld-influencing locale for Biblestudy and theology due primarily tothe reputation and significance of itsgreat university. Because of this,Tuebingen is the European base for themission of the European EvangelisticSociety where we are intimatelyrelated to the program and status ofthe university.
Institut zur Erforschungdes Urchristentums
In our Tuebingen Institute for theStudy of Christian Origins we exercisea very positive influence for New
Testament Christianity on a "worldscale ."
Our Foreigners' Colloquium, a seriesof presentations usually by Tuebingentheology professors, provides for avital exchange between students andprofessors from around the world.Speakers for the 1986 winter semesterwere Dr. Otto Betz, Dr. Peter
Stuhlmacher, Dr. Martin Hengel, Dr.Hans Kueng, and Dr. Karl Ernst Nipkow.
Our Colloquium for Graduates is ledjointly by Institute Director Dr.William D. Howden and Dr. Otto Betz.
Papers are presented both byprofessors and advanced students(mostly doctoral candidates) of theGerman and international communities.
Eventual doctoral dissertations and
other first-rank theological studiesare here influenced and shaped priorto entering print in many nations. Oneof the guest presentations last winter
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was by Princeton Seminary ProfessorDr. Martinus DeBoer.
Students in our two colloquia lastsemester came from Australia, GreatBritain, Denmark, Hong Kong, Korea,South Africa, West Germany, and theUnited States. These are young men andwomen who will be the preachers,teachers, and leaders of the church intheir cultures.
Dr. William D. Howden assumed the
duties of Institute Director in the
summer of 1986. He brings extraordinary expertise, devotion, andenergy to his task. He, and his wifeAndrea, are making an outstandingcontribution to our European mission.
Dennis R. Lindsay, a young Americanminister in his third year of study onthe Tuebingen scene, was named 1986-87Institute Fellow in the reviving ofthe European Evangelistic Society'sFellowship Program which had beendormant for several years.
Loren Stuckenbruck, the youngest childof Earl and Ottie Mearl Stuckenbruck
(our pioneer missionaries to Europe)and his wife Lois, are spending the1986-88 school years in Tuebingen. Hehas been on a Fulbright Scholarshipsince his 1986 graduation fromPrinceton Theological Seminary.
An ecumenical worship in English isheld on Sunday evenings for thecommunity sponsored by the Institute.These services have recently broughttheological students from several
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countries and denominations, aCanadian research physicist, a historyprofessor at a Lutheran college inAir.^rica, and political refugees fromAfrica. Ours is not simply a missionto Germany; it is a mission to theworld!
Through both the Christian congregation and the Institute, we provideopportunities for Christian worship,Bible Study, personal witness, andservice to the German and inter
national communities, and fellowshipon all appropriate levels. Participants include primarily those from theuniversity, those from the city andsurrounding area not related to theuniversity, members from "freechurches" throughout Europe and otherforeigners, including U.S. citizens.
Chrlstliche Gemeinde
The Tuebingen Christian Churchcontinues to serve in significant andsacrificial ways in Tuebingen andbeyond. Special ministries are activeamong the young, the aged, thedisplaced (refugees from behind tlieIron Curtain and elsewhere), andothers disadvantaged (especiallymarked by economic and/or emotionalproblems).
The members of our congregation as awhole provide services in thecommunity to both citizens andforeigners on a scale which isextraordinary, much more than what isusually rendered by members ofcongregations in the United States.
NEWS RELEASE
David and Molly Flensy plan, God willing, to begin their
ministry with the European Evangelistic Society In July, 198?
at Tueblngen, Germany where as Karl Ketcherslde has said a
"new reformation Is In the making. ** The evangelistic effort
at Tueblngen takes place on all Intellectual and social levels,
from the university academic t© the poorest educated. In both
the local church, the Chrlstllche Gemelnde, and the mission's
Institute for the Study of Christian Origins, believers and
nonbellevers alike are educated, encouraged, and exhorted,
David, who received his Ph.D, from Duke University In 198O
In New Testament and Christian Origins and who has taught at
Kentucky Christian College for the^g^st seven years, will
serve In the Institute as "Institute Scholar." David and
Molly will also assist the native German minister Werner Hausen
In working with the local congregation. The Plensy's need
regular monthly financial support as well as transport. For
^ore Information or for speaking dates contact:
David FlensyRt. 1 Box 659HGrayson, Ky. ^11^3606-47^»-i|'435