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TITLE: FREEDOM'S FRONTIERSMEN

By Woodrow Phillips

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G o d ' s f r o n t i e r s m e n

a r e

t h o s e w h o t ^ k e

t h e | - G o s p g l

wh^e ^

i t h a s n e v e r b e f o r e r e a c h e d . T h e y a i ^ n o t ^ n f l n ^ ^ d

t o

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particular religious group. Talk

to

Dean Ca

t h e eipc struggle

of R o m a n C a t h o l i c n j i s s i o n a r i e s

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n o r ^ t h e i

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Mexico. When t h e

C o n q u i s t a d o r s

c o u l d ^ not p a j c i f y

The

country with m ilitary m ight,

t h e s e f r o n t i e r s m e n

j^cified

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i t w i t h t h e G o s p e l .

T a l k

t o s o m e o f

^ t h e M o r a v i a n - b r e t l ^ r e n

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who were patt of one of the greatest

missionary

movemei^ts

in

the world. Talk through history to men

o

f evei^ theological

a n d

religious

persuasion, who bef ore a nd

underneath

their

own interpretations of Scripture b e l l ^ e v e d

in

of

t h e W o r d of G o d a n d

i n

t h e p e r s o n a l p r e s e n c e of t h e p o l y *

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0 in the

n^me

of

pirit

and

in

t h e need

of a

lost

w o r l ^ d

and

s

were freedom's

•

of

the

f r o t ^ t i e r s -

as

t h o u g l ^

God-

C h r i s t c a r r i e d t h e c r o s s e v e r y w h e r e .|h o s e

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frontiersmen.

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II Corinthians 5:20 contains the n ^ e s s a g e

man.

We

are therefore Christ's

ambassadors

w e r e

m a k i n g H i s

a p p e a l

t h r o u g h u s .

\ J e i m p l o :

behalf: be

r e c o n c i l e d

t o

God." II

d o r i n t h l i

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is another^ ,

J ^ e r e g i o n s b e y o n d — t h a t ' s t h e

p l s j c e f o r

And these "regions be yo n d " m ight be a s

close

f e n c e o r a s f a r

a w a y

a s t h e o t h e r

s i c ( e

o f

t h

One of God's frontiersmen spoke

recently

C o l l e g e . H e

W a s

a p r o f e s s o r

a t

a u n i j v e r s i t y

of few America ns who ca n speak the majority

Pakistan. T h r o u g h

h i s

s h a r i n g Christ, 16 c h i u r c h e s w e r e j for^d.

r e y o u

o n ( g r i s t ' s

a n s 1 0 : 1

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frontiersman.

a s

y o u r

b a | c k y a r d

e f e l o b e ^

at

San Jose Bible

in

Pa kistan, one

l a n g u a g e o ^

Then he was

forced

out by communists.. But

G

r y

s o E e t l m ^

b o g t

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t h e

a u t h o i ^ i t y'

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CHRISTIAN SERVICE CAMPS

TITLE: R E C R U I T I N r , T N

T t ^ C T T K T C T t X R W l C K R

P Aen 7

By

Woodrow Phillips

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R e c r u i t m e n t i s

t h e m o s t

c r u c i a l a j ^ e a i a i p i s s i o n s

at^

t h e

m o m e n t .

T h e

m i s s i o n s t h r u s t

o f

^e o l d e n 2 5

y e a r ^

f r o m 1 9 5 0 t o 1 9 7 5 i s o v e r . D u r i n g

t | a t

p e r i o d b e g i n - ^

n i n g

s h o r t l y

a f t e r

W o r l d

W a r I I ,

o u r | m i s s i o u a r y

m o v e m e j i t

g r e w

f r o m

4 6

m i s s i o n a r i e s t o a b o u t l i o o ,

w i ' : h

a b o u t 6 5 6

of those

serving overseas.

But

during

the East five

'

y e a r s o f t h a t

p e r i o d

t h i s

u p w a r d t h r u s t

h a s b e e n s h a r p i y

slowed.

The

drop

has

been alarming.

'

A n d the decrease--

t h o s e r e t u r A i n g f r o m t h e

field—is

g r e a t e r : h a n t h e

i n c r e a s e

a t

t h e p r e s e n t t i m e .

F o r

f i v e

y e a r s

w e

h a v e

|

b e e n

o n a p l a t e a u . I f w e

d o n o t

g e t | o f f

t h : . s

p l a t e a u

|

the Inevitable result

will be

decline.

On som e

fields

that I ha ve

visited in

t h i s last

five

years

I

have

been told that

unless we get a

of

young

missionaries

we.

will soon be finis

mission force there.

Why?

Because all the

a r e V e t e r a n s ;

e v e n t h e

y o u n g e r o n e s | i a v e

bem

t h e r e

ten or 15 yea rs. These countries aren't receiving

new missionaries. The few fields where

highly productive have

been widely

publicized and

these are receiving the largest

flow

of rec

S o m e d e f e a t i s t s

a m o n g

u s

s a y

t h a t ^ w e a l r e a d y h a v e

a l l

t h e m i s s i o n a r i e s

w e

c a n

s u p p o r t .

|

h a t ' s n o t

t r u e ,

1 9 7 5

was

our best year in missions,'

e

gave a l i t t l e

over $3 million that year. That sounds pre

e n . ' c - f c c d c c ,

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u n t i l

i t i s f i g u r e d o n a / p e r c a p i t y t a s i s .

to the statistics in

the

Direetorv

the

Ministry. $3

million

averages

out to only 6 c

per

p i e m b e r eer week.

new wave

led

as a

missionaries

m i s s . i o n efforts

a re

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c a p a b l e of

m u c h m o r e t h a n that?

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The sad t r u t h is that a bout

20%

of

our c f i u r c h e s are^

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d o i n g a b o u t 9 5 %

o f

t h e

m i s s i o n s g i v i i 5 g .

T h : . s m u s t b e ^

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corrected

if

we are

going to

grow. And

t h a i :

sam e 20%

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of our chruches are supplying A L L of'our m issions

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recruits. That, too, has got to chaAge. Rocruiting ii

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the future of the church. Our Lord

irecruit^d

12 men

bA-

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fore H e ev er performed a miracle

or

delivered extensive

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public discourses. Then He

trained them

and

commissioAed

them to train

others. These were

coihm a n ded

to train

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still others (II Tim othy 2:2 ). RecrAiting effec tive

I

communicators

for

positions of

leadership ie our

only

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alternative

to

death as a people. '

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If

recruiting

is the prime task.

And if ue

really

I

must

get on

with it,

where are

we

going

to l > e g i n ? I

will

be d iscussing three

possible

contact'points

I

tian service ca mps, the Bible collegAs, an d

churches. Of these

three

(a n d of a n ^ of t h < i

other

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recruiting situations), Christia n s e i r v i c e camps producA

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the

sma llest percentage of

mission

rAcruitsl

A

number'

1

of

factors are responsible

for this.'

One

of these

factors is that in the

last

something

has

gotten into our mentality tha:

never

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ha ve quite f igured out. We are afraid

to

give invi

tations at Christian servic e ca mps bhca use

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someone

to

make an emotional decisioA. Let

you:

they're

not

going

to m a k e

a n y

Ather kind . The '

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G o s p e l

i s n o t r e c e i v e d u n e m o t i o n a l l y . J O u r

( h u r c h e s a r ^

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w i t h i n

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l i n e s . I f

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the ChriA-

the

local

few

years

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l o s i n g t h e i r k i d s w h e n t h e y

g e t t o j f i n i o r

of s e n i o r

a g e . Part

of t h a t p r o b l e m

i s t h a t h a v e S t o p p e d ^

® A T

g i v i n g t h e m t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o m a k e E m o t i o n a l

d e c i s i o n s ' .

W e

haven't given them a chance to get involved

a t

the

heart level.

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Closely

connected with this is

thit

in our C h r i s t i a i i

service ca mps we

are

not

getting any'resultn

because

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we

are

not asking for a ny . Jesus petsonalP ^ asked men

to become His

disciples.

He invited'them in the

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harshest

way possible,

but

with

infihite

wisdom.

H e

I

said,

"Come after M e and I will make'you f i j s h e r s of

recruited them to begin

a training

ptocess.

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are waiting to be

challenged.

Our

c k r a p s

a r

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the

opportunity

to

cha llenge them

fot

Chris

Other factors

contribute

to the Ibw

rate

I

ment

from Christian service ca mps,

t'irst,

usually only fiv e n ' t six

d

is too

short-term,/

Furthermore,

thete is

t

I

concentration

of missions

teaching. 'You're

I

most

camps

if you can get even one m issions

That's not much. Third, there is tob littl

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When the ca mpers do ma ke decisions. Who

wri

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to

tell thef^they've just mad e the greatest

I

could

m a k e ,

to encourage them

to go

' t o scho

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them

good m issiona ry literature, to "nurture

men". He

also

said, "L eave everythihg and follow Me".'

i

He presented them

with

an

impossible' task and

immediatkly

Kids

toda^

I

2 missing

'

tian servicb.

of recruit^

che

contact'

lys. '

3o

little

'

lucky

in

'

course in.'

I

2 follow-up',

tes

decision thby

I

d I

, o give'

their

mis-'

sions interest?

About

the only foll'ow-up

most

c a m ps

hav e is the report

m a d e

by

campers

fo

their

home

churches

Type

w i t h i n

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l i n e s . I f

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t h e S u n d a y n i g h t a f t e r t h e y

r e t u r n ,

g n d t h a j ' s

it

u n t i l

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52 weeks later when they return

to

C i ^ m p . p i j i

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Also,

there is a

lack

of continuity between

the

camp

1

program

and

the

local

church.

Wha t ^appenea a t

c a mp

is

not connected

with church at

all.

, Some

kids

are

baptized a t

camp and

never become members o" the local

I

church. That

is

a disgrace before Gpd

F i f t h ,

t h e r e i s

l i t t l e s p e c i f i c

c h a l l e n g e

t o m i s s i o p

service.

Too m a n y

times

I've he ar d , " W e' ve

you

know

,

c h a p e j .

Blow coming in to do the missions thtng, ©ut

6 o .

^

he

isn't a

preacher. we

won't lep him

do the

BXBxi^

services,

a n d

we

won't

let him

do

th^

e v f c i i i g e v a n g e l i s t i c

service". So

we let him

get into t h p a t h l e i i c free-

f o r - a l l , w e l e t h i m h e a d a t e a m , w e

j . e t

h i m s t a y

i n

I

the d orm itory and herd a bunch

of

ki^s. Then we give

him

one

class, probably

at

the most

( ^ i s a d v a i i t a g e o u s

1

hour of the d a y , a n d let him tell hi^

story

The

missionary

has

the responsibility to leam to

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effectively communicate

a bout missions.

A n < [ those

who

I

determine camp programs

ha ve

the responsibiJity to giv^

him a chance

to talk

about missions ^nd the needs in

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the world. ,

At

present the

Christian

service

gamp's jreatest

t

value to

missions is

the general

missionary

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not in recruitment. Its

largest

missions e r i p h a s i s is

o n m i s s i on a r y g i v i n g . W e c o n s i d e r t l | a t t h e

I

sionary offering has been

a

huge success

if

I

given to the

missionary

than

is

spent? in the canteen.

education.

camp mis-

more ifi

got

Joe

Type

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l i n e s . I f

s h o r t ,

l e n g t h e n

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next

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m a d ,

y o u ' r e

r i g h i ^ .

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g o i n g t o g e t

o v e r it

qui^ly, y o u ' r e Q ^ w r o n g . I

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know any better way to become a c a t a | . y t i c agent to g e t ^

recruiting

started

again than to talk about our

failures and then

to offer some

suggestions for

succes^

I believe that effective change can

I p e

produced, even

I

in the Christian service camp.

C a m p directors need to

think

a b o u f : missiins and

m i n i s t e r i a l r e c r ui t m e n t a s

t h e

c u r r i c u l u m f o r

c a m p

i s

b e i n g

p l a n n e d .

A

c o o r d i n a t e d

p r o g r a ^ i

b e j i n u i n g

w i t h

j u n i o r s a n d g o i n g t h r o u g h h i g h

s c h o o j .

a n d

c < » l l e g e

a g e d

c a m p w e e k s

i s

i d e a l . C l a s s e s d o n ' t A a v e t o b e

n a m e d

t h e s e

c o n c e p t s m u s t

" m i s s i o n s "

or " m i n i s t e r i a l

r e c r u i t m e n t , " bu: : k K y x B H s l |

be

a

part

of the curriculum.

T h e

o r i g i n a l

i n t e n t

o f

t h e

C h r i s t i a n

s e r v i c e c a m p

I

movement

was

to get kids

involved

in^Christian service^

W e s e t t l e d f o r

a n y t h i n g f r o m

l e a d i n g ' a y o u t h g r o u p t o

t e a c h i n g

a

S u n d ay s c h o o l c l a s s t o h o j . d l n g

a

p r a y e r

m e e t i n g t o

b e c o m i n g

a

f u l l t i m e p r e a c A e r

o r

i i i s s i o n a r y .

We must get back

to the

basics that

^ade

this movement|

I

great. ,

T h e

t r e n d a w a y

f r o m

r e c r u i t m e n t

c ^ n b e

r u i r e r s e d , b u j :

i t

i s

u p t o

t h e c h u r c h

l e a d e r s h i p a n ^

t h e

c . i m p

d i r e c t o r s

R e c r u i t i n g

o u g h t t o b e o n e of o u r

p r i m e

d e s

I r e s i n o u r

c a m p s . K i d s o u g h t

t o

k n o w

t k a t

w h e n ^ t h e y g o

t o

c a m p t ^

expect that someone will talk to

them

about the

possibility

of

their entering some k ind of Christian

vocation.

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l i n e s . I f

s h o r t , l e n g t h e n

t h e

next

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T h e g r e a t n e e d i n

t h e c a m p i s f o r , p p r o g r e s s i v e B i b l i | j a l

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k n o w l e d g e

a n d

for e v a n g e l i s t i c skill^—tool.ng t h e

kid^

up

for witnessing. Several

years ago

I

wen :

to an

u n u s u a l c a n q s

i n

N e w M e x i c o . T h e

d e s | . g n

o f

; h i s c a m p

was absolutely unique. The kids

were

taugh: he four

s p i r i t u a l l a w s t h a t

B i l l B r i g h t t a u g j i t

t h r o u g h C a m p u s

C r us a d e , T h e r e w e r e a b o u t 7 0 k i d s i i j i c a m p

: h a t

w e e k .

On Friday we took them into Las Vegas, New Mexico, and

t u r n e d

t h e m l o o s e .

T h e y

o n l y h a d 6 5 | co n v e r : s t h a t

afternoon.

The

kids came back from town

and

we

couldn

g e t t h e m

t o

b e d b e f o r e 2 : 0 j 4 . m . T h e y w e r e

h o l d i n g

a

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prayer meeting and sharing

the great things

had done. What were

the

results?

San

Jose Bible College is

a

long way froii that c a m p

' ̂

but

the

next

year we got 13

recruits^from

there,

^keys

went to Manhattan, Pacific, Dallas,

and

Midwest. We

g o t a

h i g h

d e g r e e of r e t u r n

from fouy

d a y s of

c o n c e n

t r a t e d t e a c h i n g a n d o n e a f t e r n o o n o f | p e r f o n i a n c e .

T h e

kids

saw that

they could do

it.

W h a t

h a p p e n e d

t o t h e 6 5

p e o p l e ?

^ o m e

g o

:

i n t o

c h u r c h e s ;

s o m e

d i d n ' t . T h a t a l w a y s

h a p p e n s ,

" h i o s e

w l i o w e r e

f o l

l o w e d

u p

s t a r t e d

a

B i b l e s t u d y

g r o u p j

This was

a

C h r i s t i a n service

c a m p l

N o b o d y even

r e m e m b e r e d

w h o w o n t h e t e a m c o n t e s t - J - I ' m n o : e v e n s u r e

we

had

any. But the y sure got

ex cited

aboui:

studying

the

Bible

and reading and getting into littEe groups

t o

p r a y . I t i s

o n e

o f t h e m o s t t r e m e n d o u s c a m p s I ' v e

that God

Type

w i t h i n t h e

l i n e s . I f

s h o r t , l e n g t h e n

t h e

next

i n e

t h a t

number

of

c h a r

a c t e r s . I f

long, shorten

the next l i n e that number

of




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;

;

ever

been involved In.

E E

L I L

I ' m n o t

s a y i n g

t h a t t h e

w h o l e c a i n i ^

p r o g r ^

s h o u l d

J

P

turned

over

to

this.

I'm just

suggesting that

if we

want

recruits

from our

Christian service canps, we

ought to

t e a c h

mission m ethods.

Four

steps c a n

be

taken

to

strengthen

th€

c a m p mis-

the various avenues

f

s i o n s p r o g r a m .

F i r s t ,

j £ a c t x H K K x m K t x t e x m H r i « \ X h r i s t i a T l

' geographical

service

must

be

stressed. Types of vocatiors, axBSs

a r e a s

of g r e a t e s t n e e d , a n d f i e l d s w i t h

g r e ^ t

p o t e n t i a l

should

be

emphasized. '

Sec ond, the missionary speaker m ust effectively

p r e s e n t t h e s t o r y

of

h i s m i s s i o n i n v c i l v e m e n t.

He

s h o u l d

t e l l t h e need, t h e p r o g r e s s , t h e hardships,

if d o n e right, will h a v e t r e m e n d o u s

Impact.

interested

'

Third, follow-up on sampEXs campers

i s

necessary.

S e n d i n g t h e i r n a m e s a n d a d d r e s s e s t o ^ c o l l e g e s ,

w r i t i n g ^

t h e m : - p e r s o n a l l e t t e r s e n co u r ag i n g t h e m t o g c t h r o u g h|

w i t h t h e i r c o m m i t m e n t s , l e t t i n g t h e m ' k n o w t h e y

c a n c a l l

on y ou when

they need

a d vice, etc., will rer.nforce

th e

importance

of their decisions.

a

total

church

And finally, thsxEkHZsh

perspective should be

implemented.

The

church

should

nurture

t h e ; . r

decisions,

and

it should

allow them

opportunities to serve in

order to gain experience,

Our churches

are

dec lining. We hav e reaehed

a

plateau in missicns

We

have got to start again the forces of

One

place to begin is to

m a k e

aur Christian

c a m p s

m o r e

e f f e c t i v e

t o o l s f o r

C h r i s t i a n

s e : r v i c e .

etc. This,

recruitment,

service

Type

w i t h i n

the

l i n e s . I f

s h o r t ,

lengthen the

next i n e

that number of

char

a c t e r s . I f long, shorten

the next l i n e

that

number of

c h a r a c t e r s . Do not

hyphenate words on h i s copy sheet.


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(In brackets, in 7 pt.)ihi±3rKXS

f o l l o w i n g a r t i c l e i s t h e

f i r ^ t o f

t ^ r e e m e s s a g e s o n r e c r u i t i n g d e l i v e r e d

b y

W o o d r o w P h i l l i p s

a t t h e 2 9 t h

N a t i o n a f

M i s s i o n a r y

C o n v e f i t i o n

i n D o d j ;

Mr.

Phillips's other two messages,

" f e e c r u i t : . n g

in the

f e

ible Collegr

t h e L o c a l C h ur c h , " w il l b e r e p r o d u c e c l

i n

s u b s e q u e n t

I s s u e s

o f H O R I I

ONS^

e

Cit

0^

t e s

o f

o t h e r

m e s s a g

„

a n u d i f f e r e n t m i s s i o n

f i e l

l l -

y, Kansas.

nd Recruiting

in

Type

w i t h i n

the

l i n e s .

I f

s h o r t ,

l e n g t h e n t h e

next

i n e

t h a t

number

of

c h a r

a c t e r s . I f long,

shorten

the next

l i n e that number of


hyphenate

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h i s copy heet.


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H O R I Z O N S 7 1 6

^ T I T L E : R E C R U I T I N G I N T H E

R T R L E

C O L L E G E

By Woodrow Phillips

PAGE

^

(In 7 pt., in brackets)

E P E P

L

I L I

Se o l l o w i n g a r t i c l e

i s t h e s e c S n d

o f S h r e e

m e s s a g e s

o n r e c r u i l t i n g

«-

A T A

T

d e l i v e r e d b y W o o d r o w P h i l l i p s a t t h e ^ 2 9 t h N a t i o n a l

M i s S i o n a r y

C o n v ( n t i o n

'

irs : message,

in

D o d g e

City, Kansas. Mr. Phillips's

s t h H : D c t o r a x B B H K S

I ' R e c r u i t i n g

: . n

I

Christian Service Camps," appeared ih

t h e

J l y 1 5 issue of HORIZONS.

t

The final m essage, "Rec ruiting in t h f e L o c a l

I

I

I

I

I

(Now

b a c k to

9 pt.)

'

i n

t h e A u g u s t 1 5 H O R I Z O N ^

Church, will be print<

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

ut

is

missiion recruitin

Th e perimeter

of

what we

are

talking

a bo

though in a sense we are probably

t a l l k i n g

about the total process

i

b y w h i c h

w e

c o m m i t m e n t o w h a t

i s

e i i p h e m i s t i c a l l y c a l l t e d

" f u l l

t i m s

I

Christian service"—a ministry t h r o i l g h which they receive their

i

m a j o r

s u p p o r t .

I n

o t h e r w o r d s , I ' m " t a l k i n g a b o u t t h o s e w h o b e c o m e

professionals. During the 37 years t h a t I

ve been

a

preacher

I've

I

been somewhat discouraged by a ll this garbege that's

put

out saying

t's as foreign to the

t

a n d i t ' s t o t a l l y

u n k n c j w n

in the

Old

Testament. God

always wdnted

a professiona l

ministry.

we don't

need

a professiona l ministry.

T h i

I

New Testam ent

a s anything could possibly b <

From the time

He created a

people

fdr

His

( v m possession -the

I

children of Israel—He

provided o n e l And i : h e New

Testament is n o t

I

adverse to this. The only

apology I ever

discovered the Apostle

I

Paul

making is

his

apology to

one

of

the diurches

formot

c h a r g i n g

them. Somehow

we've gotten

the vieel—peoplei w h o

commit

acters.

If

long, shorten the

next

l i n e

that

number

of

characters,

hyphenate words on

h i s copy

heet.

o

not


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t h e i r

l i v e s t o

t h e

c a u s e

o f

C h r i s t a r e f i l l i n g t o

5 e t b r e t h r e n ^

I

c T

r

s u p p o r t

t h e m . W h e n

I

t a l k t o

r e c r u i t s , I a b o u t

g i v i n g

t h e m - ^

s e l v e s f u l l y t o

t h e i r

m i n i s t r y , t r u s l i n g G o t o

i m p o w e ? t h e

C h r i s t i a n

b r e t h r e n w h o

a r e

n o t

g i f t e d

i n

t h i ^ p a r t i c u l a r

w a y

t o a i d

t h e m i n

i t

b y p r o v i d i n g t h e i r

p a r t i c u l a r n e e l l s .

Now I'm a

great

believer in

the

priesthood of a ll believers. I

b e l i e v e t h a t e v e r y

C h r i s t i a n

i s a m i s s i o n a r y

i n

a r a t h | e r

l i m i t e d

sense

of

the word. But

I

want t o

p r o d u c e

leadership,

b e c a u s e

c h u r c h e s

t h a t l a c k

l e a d e r s h i p

f l o u n d e r a n d d i e . t h | e e a r l y

d a y s

o f

t h e

R e s t o r a t i o n

^ p v e m e n t

w e

t r i e d |

s o m e m u t u a l

m i n i s | t r i e s .

T h e y

iust didn't work The churches needed effective leadership. Thos

U

I

who

advocated mutual ministries

w e r e ^

good men , but their concept

s t r a n g l e s

u s ^ ^ ^

O u r

Bible colleges are losing some

of th

ilr

o r i g i n a l

d i r e c t i o n a n d g e t t i n g t h e

l | d e a t h a

c h u r c h

i f

w e d o n ' t p r o v i d e s o m e t h i n g f o r e v

college is not a smorga sbord.

It

is a prof

t we

are

hJrting

the

erybody. l i u t Bible

essional

ti'aining insti

>

t u t i o n d e s i g n e d t o

p r o d u c e

C h r i s t i a n

t e a c h e r s ,

C h r i s t i ' a n

m i s s i o n a r i e s .

and Christian ministers.

Anything else

we

produce is a n accident.

W e ' v e

h a d

s o m e

g o o d

d o c t o r s ,

l a w y e r ^ ,

m e r c l a n t s ,

c h i e f s , h o u s e w i v e j s ,

a n d o t h e r t h i n g s o u t o f B i b l e c o l l e g e s . B i

t

they w e r e l accidents.

If

o u r

B i b l e c o l l e g e s l o s e t h e i r i n t l e n t t h e y l o s e t h e purpose of

t h e i r e x i s t e n c e b e c a u s e t h e

c h u r c h

n e e d s l e a d e r s h i p .

|

T h e

n o n - p r o f e s s i o n a l m i s s i o n a r y

i s

p a r t i c u l a r l y l i m i t e d

i n

w h a t

he is capable of

d oing, no

matter how deep

a n y

of

you

who

are members

of

the churches

40 hours a week on a j ob. If you live in

a

y o u

s p e n d

u p

t o

2 0

h o u r s a

w e e k

g e t t i n g t o

his

dedicatlion. A n d

I

know

it.

" ^ o u put

in

I

metropolitan community

I

and from wirk if you heve

0̂

Type

within

the

l i n e s . I f

short, lengthen the

next

i n e

that

number f char

acters. If

long, shorten the

next

l i n e

that

number

of

characters.

Do

ot

hyphenate words on h i s

copy

heet.


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t o

c o m m u t e a n y d i s t a n c e

a t a l l .

A f t S r

y o u S a k e t i m e f 8 r y o u r ^

L

I

L

I

f a m i l y , i t ' s a m i r a c l e i f y o u ' v e g o t ^ f i v e a

w e e ^ l e f t

o v e r t 8

i

l T A

concentrate on the work of the

churcS,

Tha

I

are suffering

right now.

Only

50%

o ' f

the

m

gets involved

in

the church program.' And 43 of that 5b% is involvid

in what we ca ll

nurture—serving

t h o ' s e

insi

I

schools, VBS, and this sort of t h i n g ' .

Only

I

reach, a n d if that 2% c a n only give tour or

I

no

wonder

that we are stagnating in

the Res

I

spite

of a ll our

protest a bout growth,

in

t

\

hav e gone back wards in our total

membership

de

the

church

in Bible

2% are

involved

in out-

I

five

hours' a

week, it'

j

toration

Movement.

In

I

l e

last

thrhe

years we

across the U.S. And

part of the fault lies with

u s

who whrk in

3 i b l e

colleges, who hav »

a

g r o u p

t h a t i s

c o m m i t t e d t o

C h r i s t , '

p r ^ m e

into

the

ministry a nd missions. '

targets

for recruitment

Let me repeat two statemen ts from'm y pre/ious m essa ge on re

cruiting.

First,

I a m

utterly

comm itted to

a mission

force because

this was the first thing Jesus did when He

sta rted His ministry. He found 12 m bn

whom

I

70 who became disciples

(that

group hpparen

I

H e equipped to become the vanguard ot world

almost His total time training

t h e m . '

SeconJ, in II Tikothy 2:2

I

we

ha ve

the pattern

to commit

the

Gohpel to faithful men who are

able

to teach

others also.

That's

a '

revolving cycle

t l i a t

has

to

remain perpetually

in

motion or the 'church

When

it does

this,

it

falters, stagn'ates,

aid dies.

Now, in our Bible colleges we haVe, depe

I

5,000 to

9,000

students. The

c o l l e g ' e s

vary

I

institutions with about 20 students

'to

the

t ' s w h y

o u r ^ c h u r c h e s

I

jmbership

ever

really

recruiting' a ministry md

He named a j i o s t l e s

and

I

tly grew t o ' 120); these

evangelism'. H e

spent

I

Loses its leadership.

tiding

on

the

year, from

I

in size frbm

tiny

I

Largest t h a ' t

run a litt e

Type within the l i n e s .

I f

short, lengthen the

next

i n e that number f char-

^

c t e r s . I f

l o n g , s ho r t e n t h e

n e x t

l i n e

t h a t

number

o f

c h a r a c t e r s .

Do

n o t

hyphenate words

on h i s copy

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over

800. I

don't

think in t r a i n i n g ^ - a miniotry that

t f i e r e ' s

any P

L I L I

virtue

in having

a tiny

college and

ihere's^no

great virtue in h a v 3 . n g

c i

m b c r

T

A

T

A

h u g e

e M W M H f c

of

p e o p l e .

W h a t

r e a l l ^ m a t t e r s

i s

w h a t

h a p p e n s d u r i j i g

I

the four

or

five

yea rs the stud ents

a r e

there. And

I'U

like to

I

commend

some of our schools. Nebraska

Christian

College

has the

I

finest record a s far as the percenta'ge

of

freshman stiAients who

I

eventually graduate and go to the

wotk.

One or two o t S i e r schools

do pretty

well.

The

rest

of us fall' into a

pretty bigj basket,

I

er

doing just about the same

in

the

nunfoer that

we

are

ge^tting out.

i

I hav en't attempted to analyze why Nebraska happens td be the lead

I

in this pa rtic ular thing; I just h o p ' s they continue w i ' t h this sort

of excellence.

Cincinnati Bible Sem inary a nd O z a i r k Bible C ollege I ' e a d in

th e

I

number of

graduates

who ha ve

gone

td the mission

field.

In the

last

I

decade,

Ozark

is

the sharp leader,

Oincinnsti

remains 'second, a nd

I

Lincoln

Christian College is third.

'

a n

Jc se Bible

Cdllege is

I

fourth.

A n d

I

don't

think

it's

a n

dccidentj

that in a r l y of those

p a r t i c u l a r s c h o o l s t h e r e s u l t s a r e d x a c t l y c o m m e n s u r a t j e i | | | ^ o t o n l y

with the size of the student body^ but

Q . I 6

the emphadis

that

they

put on recruiting. In my 12 years

dt

Ozarl I

think

I spent

34

I

of the 36 weeks in the school yea r

frying

to

recruit

Mssionaries.

I

I

think Ha rvey Bacus, who now head s'that program , probably spent

I

the

other

two weeks doing

it.

A n d

I

know jome

of

the'men

in

these

I

other

colleges that

I've mentioned ^ho

worl.

the

entird

year

trying

I

to get

students committed

to

m issioAary servic e. Recruiting is

I

not an accident. It is a design. '

I

Of the

5,000 to 9,000

students iA

Bible

college eaAh ye a r, only

about 15%

come in with any commitThent to the

Type within the l i n e s . If short, lengthen the next i n e

that

number f c h ar

acters. If

long, shorten the

next

l i n e

that

number

of

characters.

Do ot


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,

^

m i n i s t r y . At S a n J o s e

w e

c h e c k our T r e s h m e f i e v e r y y e s S r . W e r u n ^

L I I

t h e m

t h r o u g h

f i v e

d a y s o f

t e s t s t o

o u t ^ i f

t h e y ' r e ^ a l i v e .

u t w h a t t h ^ w a n t t o

have

discovered

that t

•n

of

that testing

is psychological—to find o

do.

M ost of

them j ust

want

to

be

t h ' e r e .

I

li

is true

of

other colleges too.

The

'Accrediting Associ'ation

of

Bible Colleges recently did a study ' o f seve

I

ac ross the country. The y discovered' that e

I

schools believe

that

a n y

student w h o ' enters

ral hundred' colleges

i

ven though bost of thos

I

is directl"y called

of

God

to the

ministry (or

they

wouldn"t permit

him to en'ter ),

only

about 12

to 15 % of their

freshmen

rVally

w

I

or m issionaries. Th e rest were just'

there.

anted to

be' ministers

Here, brothers and sisters, is a 'tremendous place do go recruit

I

Here

you've got a semi-captive a u d i e ' n c e

that

is sort

o ' f

interested

in the

Christian

Gospel

an d

in C h r i s ' t i a n ou

treach. A n ' d

if

you d on

spend a

huge

amount

of your energy

decruiting from

thiV

select

group

for the mission field

and

for ' t h e

m j

most

tragic mistake that

coitld

ever

te muH

Here i s t h e most product^

sibly

hav e for both

t h e

ministry a n d '

t h e

mi

thrilled

that God

a t this

moment

in

our

his ory chose

to

give us

the

Bible college. It has

revived

o l i r

move

o r

d e s t r o y

w h a t g a v e us o u r m i s s i o n a ^ t h r u

effort. If we can't

d o

it

in

the Bitjle

col

I

where. Missionaries

do

come from

otKer sit

I

college

supplies over 90% of our

missionary

Restoration Movement.

S o

let's concentrate

I

r e t u r n i s g r e a t e s t

w i t h o u t

n e g l e c t i n g

t h e o

recruiting. '

s

^t

y o u ' " r e making

th

^ t u a f i o n w e '

could pos-

ssion field.

I

am

n e n t . Now iet's not change

t

and our

ministerial

I

lege

we c a n ' ' t do it any

uations but the Bible

recruits for the

our efforts where

the

:her possibilities for

T ype w i t h i n the l i n e s . I f s h o r t , lengthen the

next

i n e

that number of

char

a c t e r s .

I f

long, shorten

the

next l i n e that

number of c h a r a c t e r s .

Do not

hyphenate

words

on

his

copy

heet.


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TITLE:

RECRIIITTOO

PAGE.

E P E P

B i b l i c a l a n d

s u p p o r t i v e i n s t r u c t i o n

i n t j e

B i b l e c o l l e g e ,

i f

^

p r o p e r l y

u n d e r s t o o d ,

c e n t e r s

o n m i s s i o n s , ^ e w T e s t a m e n t

C h r i s t i a n i t y

c a n n o t

b e

u n d e r s t o o d o r

c o m p r e h e n d e d ^ u n l e s s

outreach, because

that's the

total story,

of

missionary

service.

And

He

commissioned

all the world

to preach

the Gospel

to

every

missionary story from beginning

to end.

Every epistle (with the

possible exception

of

Hebrews, which

may

be

to

the childcen

of Israel)

is

the

account

o

a r i s e , a

r e t e l l i n g

o f

t h e m i s s i o n a r y | s t a n d i

eating with the field, coming back

to

the f

missions. This is

what

is—or ought t o b e - | - t a u g h t in

our Bible

colleges,

If our

Bible

colleges

are

going

to becon

recruiting missionaries, a total missions

c

t h e c a m p u s . T h i s c a n b e g i n b y f o r m l i n g a m d

dent

who

is

really excited

about

missions

c

E

it centers in missiona

7

Jesus' life was

a

life

His followers to

go

in

creature. Acts is

a

a

missionary

message

f the difficulties that

ng

in t h e J ^ i e l d , c o m m u n

ield—the story

of mxsK

e productive

as

far

as

limate m u s t ' exist on

I

s s i o n #

c l u b | .

O n e

s t u -

an spark o t H i e r s ' i n t e r e s t

of potential

until

pretty

soon there's a whole group lidBXssX

missionaries.

cluster

of

students col-

W a r d R a n d a l l , \ ^ i b b s

Years ago

at

Minnesota Bible

College

l e c t e d i n t o

a

m i s s i o n s g r o u p .

M e n

i i k e M a ?

a n d M a r k M a x e y , a n d L e l a n d T y r r e l l w e r e induded.

S u 4d e n l y f r o m

t h a t o n e p a r t i c u l a r

l i t t l e m i s s i o n ^ ' ^ o u p

w <

began to have world

eva ngelism in our

churches.

The sa me

thin|

has

happened a n d

c a n

happen again

on

other Bible

college

c a mpus< s.

The members of the missions eroup

shoul( then

start a missions

S n o u i c i h i - i r 0 5 x n \ - z f i < { l .

p a p e r . A n d m i s s i o n s teams^ S e n d t h ( s t u d e n t s o u t t o

t h e

churches

to

talk

about missions. It's

goo(

experience for

the

s t u d e n t s a n d i t ' s

g o o d

e d u c a t i o n

f o ^

t h e c l u r c h e s .

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m i s s i o n a r i e s . M y w i f e h o l d s p r a y e r ^ m e e t i n j ^ s e v e r y M o n d a y

a f t e r

^

c h a p e l a t S a n

J o s e . A n d

w e i n v i t e

t S e

s t u d e n t s i n t o o S r h o m e

a n d

they 2ver

ate. '

feed them som e of the m ost a wful f o o ' d " i t ' s food

from a ll over

the

world. The kids tliink it

I

together, crowd

them

in, and cram missions

And pray with them. And all of

a

s u l d d e n

ou

classes

we've got 30% of our

graduates on

t

Have a

Faith-Promise program

going durin?

the

school y ear.

ale College's first

was privileged to participate

in

Ozark Bi

Faith-Promise program in 1956.

Ozark

k i ds

broke. But

they committed

$2,500

t h ' a t firs

P r e s i d e n t B o a t m a n t h o u g h t

t h e

g o a l w j s u l d

b e

gave

$2,700—and

thought the world had come

p r o g r a m g r e w , a n d t w o y e a r s

a g o

t h e y |

g a v e o

A missions emphasis week is important al

speakers

to

cha llenge the student boUy. Be

potential missionary speakers and

give them

they

ca n hand le.

If

they're

good fot

two h

hours.

If they

can communicate

in

sWahili

have them pray and

read

the

S c r i p t u r ' e s

in

S

else do the

talking.

'

I

Someone must

spark the

flame of m ' i s s i o n s

it

is fed.

Faculty

involvement is a ' must,

the fac ulty

and

administration

i n t e r ' e s t s th

m em bers interested in missions s h o u l ' d badge

tending

meetings

of

the school's missions g

ad ministration involved in the g r o u p ' .

's great We get

them

d o w n t h e i r | t h r o a t s ,

t of our

last

three Ki

ae

mission

field.

I

r fere the brokest of the

t year. Not eve n

I

reached, f e ut they

t o a n e n d , I p i e

ver $100,OOb

to

mission ,

so.

Get

missionary

selective,' Interview

only

as much time as

Durs, give

' t h e m

two

but not in f e

nglish,

laahili and let someone

interest

and

see

that

because what interests

e

students. Facul y

r the others into at-

roup. Then get the

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S e n d t h e m i s s i o n s

s t u d e n t s

out on^missioS

i n t e r n s h i p s .

When ^

L I f I

students' interest in m issions has bien s t i Q i u l a t e d by i a i l t t h - ^

a - n d b y ^ v i n i ^ , k ^ ^

P r o m i s e

p r o g r a m ^ t h e i r a e s i r e t o g o

xo t h e

field incr^ses.

G et

them to

stay on

the field

a s

long

as'possible—preferably

a

y e ar

but

three

months if

that's

all

the time the

I

they

return stick

with

them , follow

ihem up

I

and nourish them.

Do

all the things' the Oh

are unable

to

d o in their

recruiting*

prograns.

Wha t percentage

of interns

go

b a c k

to th

That's

a

real sav ings to the churcheb. T h e i r c a n send ' a n Intern ou:

$1,000. '

for less than sxtkmisHKdx Ĥiiaxsx If he we

nt as a rec'ruit it

would

cost probably

a t

least $10,000'.

Inte

I

losses early,

while it's less expensive.

M a x W a r d Ra n d a ll

runs

the

best inftemship

program

a l t

Lincoln

I

Christian College. It is the most sfelectiVB, ac cording to

m y

i

records. Linc oln's return rate is 9 * 0 % . Ozark is runnfing between

60

and 75%.

San Jose

is still down a t the

I

programs

c a n

improve. They ca n groW if

giv

I

don't

know

how to run

an internship

program

I

ha v e good ones. They 'll help, becaiise they

I

sions. '

j

Then create

a

missions

curriculuiri that i

comprehensive.

Don't get

hung up

o r l

how it

I

are

going

to

be. Some of

the

world"s best

I

world's greatest intellectua ls. S o i r i e

of

th

I

some of

the greatest intellectuals \Je've e\

mission field. But some of the m isdion students are ̂ ust ordinary

I

k i d s o f f t h e

f a r m

w h o d o n ' t m i n d l i - ^ i n g a n y w h e r e a n d t j a l k i n g t o p e o p l e

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V c a n spend'. Then when

I

in their interests.

ristian

serVice camps

e field?

About 50%.

I

rnships hel^ us get our

I

I

I

50% level.'

nternship

I

en

a chancel. If you

talk to sclhools

that

e

intereslted in

mis-

s

both

challenging

and

tellectual

'the

students

missionarids are not th

e greatest'linguists an

I

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about Jesus. A huge

amount

of the v^rld ne@d s that ki^d of

peopled

L

I

L

I

They're the

ones

who actually get

th^ leg

wSrk done. Ihey

don't

C

r

ranslate

the languages. They don

They

win

the

people.

And the more

o¥

those

I

you are.

Now don't

send someone l i k t e

that

I

J a p a n , where the people a re highly literate

people in

thia '

lot of n U P j J w o r l d cannot

read

or w r i t t e

and

t

live with them and show them Jesus.'

I

T e a c h the

history

of missions f r o t a

the

b

I

century. Show the great missions

mo'vements

I

t h e

w o r l d .

O u r k^s

a n t

t o

b e

c h a l l e n g e d

on world

ch ange. And

right

now

throKagh

m is

I

the history of Asia, the South P a cific,

Sou

I

A n d

you

ca n get

in on

some of

it if you wa n

I

Then

teach restoration

missions—'some

oi

}

of our

successes. Then

giv e a n intfoductio

I

Incorporate an internship program

i i l t o

the

I

school. Offer

credit

for

internshi|ip. Gi\

to anthropology. Teach cross-cultutfal coiraiunitation, iNew Testamen

evangelism,

a n d Bible missionary principles

I

training and

hold

mission seminars for the

And finally, create a n

ongoing

flow of ttissionary aeal by Bible

I

emphasis.

Teach

the Bible, but em phasize ihe

missiondry

emphasis

that

is

central to the

message

it

cdntaina

I

Our 5,000 to 9 , 0 0 0

Bible

college'studeni;

t

recruiting

for

the ministry

a n d

missions

I

an interest

by

paying their

m o n e y

a A d enrol.

I

down.

They

c a m e to get something.

'Give

i i :

you get t h i e better off

i

to

Tubingen

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make

missionaries

out of them.

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p t .

) ^

A

cassette tape

of

the complete

message

available from Christian Audio Tapes

62417. Tapes of other messages deli

are also available.

Mr. Phillips, experienced

in

the

,

88

C

vered

a

jork

be

fields,

is president

of

San Jose

Bible Coll

from

which

>rporation

t the

Natio

ing done on

ege

in

San

P

I

0

A

this

article

Street, Brid

lal Missiona y

Convention

Jose,

Califo

mia.

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Mr. Phillips*s other

two

messages, o n ' recrui

C h r i s t i a n

s e r v i c e c a m p s a n d

B i b l e

c o l i e g e s ^ D p e a r e d i n

the

July

15

and August 1 issues of

HORIZONS,

of messages from the National M i s s i o n l a r y C o n i r e n t i o n wili

continue in

t h e

September 1 issue w i t t i

Forwarding

A g e n ts , b y N e al a n d D o r o t h y

C l a p p T j

E

j S e

f o l l o w i n g a r t i c l e i s

t h e

l a s d ^ f

t h r ^

m e s s a g e s

®

o n

r e c r u i t i n g d e l i v e r e d b y

W o o d r o w P h j l l i p s ^ t

t h e 2 9 t l ^

The recruiting

process for

mission^ has

t

where it

can

e n f r * n u o -

through every

age group

means i t

must

start

in

the local

congtegatmo

church is a d ivin e in stitution that i i i

spite

I

weaknesses is God*s choice. His best ' f o r

rig

0 begin

That

n. The

of its

at now.

You ask, Where do you start r e c r u ' i t i n g missionaries

a n d p r e a c h e r s ? W h e n

t h e y

a r e s t i l l

j l n

t h a i

wombs. Before I w a s b or n I w a s

d e d i c ' a t e d

b y

to

serve

God in

the

preachin g

ministry.

Thei s h e prayed

I

with despair

for

19

years before I ever

becane

a Chris

tian.

But

Mom won,

because God honors

praye

I

I w i s h A

ore

moth rs

were so

c o m i n i t t e d

I

that

t h e y had

my mother's view. We

n e e d mot

w i l l p r a y , D e a r G o d , i f m y s o n o r d a | u g h t e r

in a special way i n your kingdom, u s e ' him

or

they must be satisfied with whatever bod

d oe

boy or girl.

Mission

recruitment

in

the c h u r c h , ,

then.

r mothers'

my

mother

r.

to the

Lord

lers

who

can be used'

1

her . Then

I

5 w i t h

t h a t '

I

I

I

starts f r o m ,

T y p e

w i t h i n

t h e

l i n e s .

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of l i f e .

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t h e c r a d l e

r o l l a n d w o r k s

u p

t h r o u g h e v e r y a g e g r o u p ,

^

Y o u n g

p e o p l e s h o u l d

b e t a u g h t

t h a t

t h i y

w e r e ^ d e s i g n e d ^

i

1

t o

g l o r i f y G o d

a n d

t h a t t h e y h a v e a r i g h t

t o m a k e

a ^

l e a s i b l

Iwing any way they

want to, to be

anything

they

as long as it

pleases

God, But t e a c h ' them taat

if

He

t o u c h e s t h e m t h r o u g h H i s W o r d a n d

w i t j i

t h e p ^ w e r o f

H i s S p i r i t a n d c a l l s

t h e m

t o t h e

m i n i | s t r y , y a u t h i n k

t h e y ' v e c h o s e n t h e g r e a t e s t

t a s k

on e ' a r t h .

| l

t h i n k

w e

need to preach that

more. P r o p a g a t i o ' n is a

Generation

is

what

pr oduces new

c h i l i i r e n ,

A i n d

there

a r e

I

no b i o l o g i c a l

a c c i d e n t s

in

the k i n g d o ' m of God. W h e n wd

p l a n t t h e

s e e d

o f t h e W o r d i n t h e p o W e r

o f

t j h e H o l y

S p i r i t , G o d p r o d u c e s t h e r e s u l t .

|

The Bible says,

Whatsoever

a

man

s o w e t h ,

that s h a l l '

I

He a l s o r e a p " . If t h e r e ' s no s e e d sdwing,

t h e r e

c a n bd

no harv esting. That's why we must ndt

give up

on the

h i g h l y

r e s i s t a n t f i e l d s . s u c h

as J a p a r l , Europe, a n d somd

of the islands . Those fields will b^

absolitely

barrel

if

there

is no seed

put

into them.

I f the church wants

soul

winners, teachers, evangelists,

1

and

missionaries,/preachers,

it must

p l a i l t the

eed that

w i l l p r o d u c e t h e

c r o p .

P r e a c h e r s a r d n o t a c c i d e n t s . ^

I said before, there are no biologicdl acc icents

in

thd

I

kingdom of God. The Word of

G o d is d x p l i c i l

ly

p l a i n

A V - 0 . 4 i s

t h a t w h a t e v e r s e e d y o u s o w ^ - 4 j » y ^ w h a t y o u

w i l l

Missions should

be

taught

from

thd cradle roll

to t t t e

I

senior saints. The methods of planting are going to

I

differ

but the seed will

p roduce

the'recrui ; s .

This

reap

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a h a p h a z a r d e f f o r t . S k i l J a n d

p e r s i s t e n c e

^

a r e n e e d e d . I d l i k e

t o

m a k e

t h e f o l l o w i n g

s u g g e s t i o n s ^

E

f

urches

r seed

sowing

for

missions in

the local ch

MISSION

LESSONS

1

Special mission

Sunday

school l e s s ' o n s sho

at least once a month in every

r e s t o r ' a t i o n

c

America. Either

write your own

or u s ' e

the

o

1

published each month in HORIOZ NS. D o ' more t

t e a c h

about

the fiel ds g e o g r a p h i c a l l y . We'ra t h e world's

g r e a t e s t p e o p l e

o n

g e o g r a p h y , I w e n t ^ t o S u n

a l l m y l i f e . I d i d n t

l e a r n

a n y t h i n g ^ h a v i n g

m y

s a l v a t i o n ,

b u t b y

. t h e

t i m e I

w a s

s | e v e n I

t h e

42 stop^ in t h e w i l d e r n e s s w a n d e r ' i n g s of

o f

I s r a e l .

I l e a r n e d a l l t h e g e o g r a p | h y b u t

got

down

and

told

me that I

needed J e ' s u s Chr

life.

So when

you're teaching this n l i s s i o n

lesson, remember

that it's

more

than ' j u s t

facts

of ho w

m a n y c h u r c h e s a r e

o u t

t h e r e ,

h o w

m a n y j m i s s i o

many tribes people, and all the r e s t . Teach

somebody needs to go out there an d t a l l k to t

And challenge them to think about g o i ' n g

t h e m

How

can

this

mission education

p r e / g r a m

b e

I

Should every teacher have to teach

a

s p e c i a l

a month? N o. O ne t eacher ca n

teach

' f o u r d d

I

each

month Select m i s s i o n s

teacher^

who

re

who

m i s s i o n s , / a r e s o l d o n m i s s i o n s , a n d v j h o h a v e

misxB

missions. They

must be

your

niission

uld

b e

taught

I

lurch in

I

l e s that at'e

I

ban just

day school

I

t o d o

with'

could recor'd

the

chi l dr 'e n

I

nobody

r e a l ' l y

I

ist

in

my

Sunday

school

naries,

ho W

1

them that

t

I

hose folks

selves.

I

implemented?

l e s s o n

o n c | e

fferent classes

ally l o v e

studied

spar kplugs .

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don't

know h ow to

teach, teacS

them f i ow to. ThSn

L I L

have

them prepare one lesson each m o n l t h and present it

I

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A

T

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I

t o four different class es, adapting

i?

for e

I

g r o u p .

AWARENESS

I

R e c o g n ize y o u r m i s s i o n a r i e s i n y o u t bulle

church

p ap er s.

N e v e r

l e t a n y

c o n gre ga t io n

b

I

of who its missionarAss are.

Print

their pi

I

their

stories. Put in prayer

r equest's. Don

I

o n c e

in a

w h i l e ; d o it

e v e r y

w e e k .

\

F ur t h e r e m p h a s iz e m i s s i o n s

by

haviing

a m i

\

m i n ut e e v e r y L o r d ' s d a y . S e t a s i d e a

t i m e w

I

for a

moment

in

the service

and

pray f o r s o i r

I

by

n a m e . P a r t i c ul a r l y p r a y f o r those su p p oi

congregation. O—

t

- j ^ k j L S x e i

H o

> 6 k n n u i i D J b u

n n i S

FAITH-PROMISE

a 4.

E v e r y

N e w

T e s t a m e n t c o n g r e ^ f f i S ^ o n in A m e r d

annual Faith-Promise missions conferdnce, I

a

m o n e y r a i s i n g g i m m i ck.

It

is

a t o d l f o r n

tins

and

unaware

e d u c a t i o n .

Wh e n t h e p e o p l e

h a v e b e e d

e d u c a t e d a b o u t

I

m i s si o n s , t h e y 'l l g i v e

t o

m i s si o n s .

F j ^ S i J i n t a i n

a w e e k l y p o s t i n g o f t h e F a i t h P i o m i s e g o a l d

and results. . ^

M o O C

s p o r t v j ( y U j U . . 5 i 4 ^

RECRUITS

l-Jhenever a

member of your congregation—3

ctures. Tell

I

t do this

ssions prayer

I

fien

you stdp

I

e

missionai?y

ted by youd

b o M s k i u

b o O L h d -

U f c t P

(>JuPo3viuz:i^j56.

ca

needs

a il

< U j L h A f l

his

is

not

I

issionary

u ^ o U s p J

oung or

old

Type within t h e l i n e s . I f short, le n g t h e n the n ex t i n e

that

number f c h a r

a c t e r s . I f

long,

shorten

t h e n ex t

l i n e

that

number

f


Do

o t

h y p h e n a t e wordson h i s

copy h e e t.


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or in-between—steps forward and make© a coniiltment to E

L I L

go to the mission fiel d, put

them

on

^our

recruit list

I

T T

on your honor roll of those

who

have ©nlisted

for

E

s p e c i a l s e r v i S i

i n

C h r i s t .

M a k e

t h e m

a

m a t t e r o f

p r a y e h :

I

and keep them encouraged.

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EDUCATION

Several

avenues

of

mission educatibn are

I

I

I

open to sup*-

I

plement the

missionary

lessons presenlted

eacp

month. Buy

missionary

or

borrow

EHssKkkB

cassettes and

c i h r c u l a t e

them.

I

heard

people say that

a cassette ministry

doesn't

do a r t y

i

good. N t a k k i K No one thing does that

t o

uch good. It's

the voluminouaness

of

what is done an d the

i

I

doing

it

over and over again until

iU gets t

I

people.

That's what does the good.

\

Also have missionary

filmstrips

a r i d slide

I

missionary library. Every

month in o K i r

libr

o u t a s p e c i a l a t t r a c t i v e t a b l e

w A t h ^ a f l l

t h e

books

we

have bought

that

month.

Then

start taking

mission

field

trips.

I

I

an y

kind

of

mission near

you—benevolent h on

I

cational

ex

institution,

an

old people's h o i r

go

visit

it.

EXPOSURE

At

least

once each quarter have

a'missior

Some missionaries get upset because t he y arc

not

giv n

t

t h e o p p o r t u n i t y

t o

p r e a c h i n t h e m o n i i n g s e r v i c e .

P e r s o n a l l y

Type

w i t h i n

t h e l i n e s . I f

s h o r t


next

i n e t h a t number of h a r

a c t e r s . I f

long,

shorten

the next

l i n e

that

number

of


Do

not

hyphenate words

on

h i s

c op y sheet.

epetition

df

I

o the rightJ

I

I

I

s.

Create

a

I

ary we

put

I

new missioris

I

f

there s

e, an edu-

I

e,

whatever—

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

ary

visit.


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E E

t h a t s t h e

o n e s e r v i c e I d r a t h e r n o t ^ p r e a c h ^ a s a

m i s -

^

I I

s i o n a r y ,

b e c a u s e t h e p e o p l e a r e a c c u s t o m e d t j ^ t u n i n g ^

1

2

3

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5

6

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8

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2

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3

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5

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out for that

one.

So unless you re really g

s e r v i c e w o n t h e l p t h a t m u c h .

I

w o u l | d

r a t h e

e i g h t

i n t e r e s t e d p e o p l e

t h a n t o 3 0 0

w j i o a r e

So

if

they will give me

any

group

of any

siz

church—and

I

mean from two

up—I m

going

V

several hours

talking

to themaf* Some of the

lot interested

2 in any

recruits

I ve

gotten have

come out

of

some

o

groups

I ve

spoken

to. So missionaries,

get

e g o t r i p s .

Y o u

d o

n o t h a v e t o b e

t h e |

S u n d a y

s p e a k e r .

T h e

f a c t

i s

t h a t

s o m e t i m e s

^ o u v e

up,

not because you aren t a good speaker

bu

y o u r e s o l o n g w i n d e d . \ ^ s e r m o n d o e s | n o t h a

e t e r n a l

t o

b e i m m o r t a l - Y

A n d

y o u d o

n o t

h a v e

everybody

on your field that

you ever met.

going to meet them until

we get

to heaven

an

g o t e t e r n i t y

t o

g e t t h e m s t r a i g h t e n e d | o u t .

I

h

off

your

morning

50tched

it

t

because

ave to do

that

for us.

Churches, have at least

a

quarterly missi

A n d

m i s s i o n a r i e s , w h a t e v e r

t h e y

g i v e

^ o u ,

t a

f

i t . D o n t g r i p e a b o u t

it,

e s p e c i a l l y if

y o u

t h e

y o un g p e o p l e .

W h a t

d o y o u

d o |

w i t h t

g e t t h e r e ? R e c r u i t . T e l l t h e m i t s

| t h e

g r e

i n t h e w o r l d .

L e t

t h e m

k n o w y o u a r e ^ i n v o l v e

greatest

work

in

the world and that

you

coul

you

just had

more workers.

Dod

that

r

talk to

to

spend

finest

f the

smallest

k e t o be

to name

-^e re not

i

then

we ve

So

you don t

I

I

D n a r y v i s i t j .

ke

advantage

t h e y give

lem when you

a t e s t j o b

i

in

the

3

win

if

Type

w i t h i n the

l i n e s . I f

s h o r t ,

lengthen the

next

i n e

that

number

of char

a c t e r s . I f

long, shorten the

next l i n e

that

number f


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PREACHING

T h e p r e a c h e r

o u g h t t o p r e a c h

m i s s i o n

s e m f i n s . I f h e ^

d o e s s o

o n c e a

q u a r t e r , a n d i f

a m i s s i o n a r y

a q u a r t e r , a n d

i f

a l l

t h e s e o t h e r s u g | g e s t i o n

lowed,

I

p r o m i s e that a m i s s i o n a r y c h b r c h

wi

We are basically small church people. Th

Chris tian c hu rc h i n t h e

Un i t e d States'

h a s 18

50

r

c ongregatfion

rches

in

A v e r a g e a t t e n d a n c e i s l e s s t h a n t h a t . |

I n - f i a c J ^

o f

a l l P r o t e s t a n t

c h u r c h e s

i n

America'

h a v e

n e w e r t h a n

I

1 0 0

i n

a t t e n d a n c e o n S u n d a y m o r n i n g .

|

f y o u

has over

350

you're in the

top 5%

o f

t h e c h t

A m e r i c a . W e a r e n o t

b i g c h u r c h p e o p l | e .

But a small church in a dying

c o m n l u n i t y

I

s i b i l i t i e s f o r numeric al

g ro w t h c an

l i e

great

I

decide to be a missionary church, O i l t r e a c h

m u n i t y m a y h a v e s t o p p e d e x c e p t f o r

b ^ p t i z i n i

growing up in th e congregation, but d h u r c h e i

c an re a ch a r o u n d t h e

w o r l d

i f

t h e y ' l l

make

I

i t h no

p o s - *

r

if

it

will

I

into

a com^

I

the

childr

to missions.

The

church

in Copeland,

Kansas, i d a g o o (

example.

Copeland,^ a

t o w n

of

a b o u t

3 0 0 ,

h a s

I f

1 0 0

o f

t h e p o p u l a t i o n a t t e n d e d o A e

o f

t h e

t w o , t h e |

w o ul d e ach

have

only 150. T h e Copelind church h a s a b o A t

I

1 0 0 ,

o r 66%

o f t h e i r p o t e n t i a l . T h a t ' s a

l o t

b e t t e r t h a n

I

m o s t c h u r c h e s i n c o m m u n i t i e s o f 2 0 , 0 6 0 o r m o r e

B u t

t h e

I

Copeland

church

re ache s aro und the w brl d w i h

its

mission

program. In 1975 they gave between

^6,000

s p e a k s

once^

I

5 are

fol-

11 result.

e

average

7

members.

en

I

such as these

i

commitment

t i ' o

churches

md $7,000 t o

t

Type

ithin

t h e

l i n e s . I f short,

lengthen

t h e nex t

i n e t h a t

number f

c h a r

acters. If

l ong , s h o r t en t h e

n e x t l i n e

t h a t

number f characters. Do

o t

h y p h e n a t e w o r d s on

h i s

c o p y

sheet.


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w i l l s o l v e m o s t c h u r c h p r o b l e m s

l a c ^

o f c h a l l ^ g e

a n d v i s i o n t h a t b o g g s u s r wf o w n p e t t ^ ^ t h i n g s ^

E l

The church can recruit from every age group for

mission emphasis,

from the kswA unborn child

- r e V v r y i

f o r ^ t h e s e n i o r

s a i n t

w h o i s

n o w ^ ^ y e a i l i » 6 S ^ a n d

in some form of mission effort. Together we

:

none

of

us can

do

alone, churche

of average Americans, our combined i n ' c o m e

in

HHsx

topped

five billion dollars.

A tithe

b e

500 million. And

a

tithe

of

this'

for

m i

would produce 50 million

a

year. A n d if our churches

would

tithe their memb ership

for the ^ n i n i s t r j ' ' , then tit^e

from that group for

missionary

s e r v i c ' e , we wDuld have

10,000

missionaries.

I

mention

this

because

I

stress that we have

not

begun

to

tap ' o u r res

funds and personnel in

our

churches. '

The

local

church is

the

cradle of

our

mis

I

Don't deprecate

the

local church. I f '

it ha s

I

members, make

it

a missionary c h u r c h . ' If

it

members,

make it a missionary church.' Because out

of

1

that

comes the

spiritual

future of t h ' e world

I

(In

7 pt.)

A

'

A cassette tape of the comp lete m e ' s s a g e f

I

available from

Christian Audio Tapes,'

888

Co

I

62417.

Ta pes of other messages

d e l i v ' e r e d

a t

I

also available.

that we pray

c a n

b e u s e < ^

can do what

I

5

are c o m p o ' s e d

1 * 9 7 5

I

this

would

1

ssions

I wa«t

to

ources

of

sion effort.

I

o n l y 2 0

has 10,000

rom

which

tbis article j

s

r

xcei r pt ed is

r p o r a t i o n sbreet, B r i d g e

s p o r t , IL

the National Missionary Convention are

I

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