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CVANGELI$T
Number 1
DEDICATED TO THE PLANTING OF NEW TESTAMENT CHURCHES IN THE GREAT SOUTHWEST AND LATIN AMERICA
was
no
Mexico,
to
the
fflmMHwr
^
once.
were were
tJ
deacons
formation of an English-speaking church was of primary concern. The way these various individuals were
experience in Divine
guidance.
On Nov. 22 the first service was held in the Morgans' home with 12 people attending. A meeting room was secured in the central
YMCA for the following Lord's Day, and the attendance jumped to 22. By the next week the group had grown to 42,
It was decided that the new
to The congregation continued co meet at the "Y" until February. At Fe this time arrangements were made to purchase a large dwelling in a dwel rapidly-growing development known developm as Cielo Vista. On the f i r s t Sun day the building was put into use attendance 65, attendance reached reached a record rec Financial help has been given the church by both the northern th and southern groups of the West
Texas-New Mexico Christian Christ Men's
Charter membership
was
opened on
Jan. 15 with 10 signing the charter the first day, transferring membership from other congregations.
Since that time other transfers and baptisms have increased the membership to 28. Many others have expressed their intention of plac-
den, Mo,,
and
Boone's Creek
and
ing
As many of these people were Christians of experience, having held official positions in other
localities,
and
some
with Bible
at
Watauga, Tenn, We praise for the rapid We God progress of the congregation, so congre badly needed in this strategic border city. We see great possi gr b ilities for the future as the bilities futu selfchurch becomes completely complet supporting and assumes a leading part in the evangelizat evangelization of the Already southwest U.S. and Mexico, Mexic i t has been decided that 10^ of it th all offerings will be given to Guadalajara, Mexico.
college coiiege
Bible
training,
to select
school
missions, with a minimum missions, with a minima of i50 a month going toward the work in
self again.
gation is already a reality, and plans are well underway for the
de\.'elcpment of other phases of our
work, "Praise God from whom
**
all
blessings flowl"
We have selected the name of
El Paso, Texas
79915
Ediiorial
So many times God has proven His promise in Rom. 8:28: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to
them who ere the called according
Spanish American Evangelism for this ministry, and this paper, The Spanish American Evangelist, will
be our official printed organ. icles
it
We want
also invite other Latin American missionaries to send news and art
to be included, as we
to be as effective as possible
in
impressing
upon
the churches
the
great
need and
challenge of
our
sponsor.
All
financial
Booker
from
also.
ism,
we
felt
strongly
that
we
On fhe
From
Go
to Mar. 2, Bill
Feb. 28
Morgan
will
be
participating in
est city on the U. 5.-Mexican bor der and just across the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez, largest Mexi
can border city.
the annual
sored by Kentucky Christian Col lege, Grayson, Ky. He will speak at Glendale and Garrison, Ky. , on Feb. 20, at the rally itself on Mar. 1 and 2, and at Ironton, 0.,
Mar, 3. He will conduct a revival
vangelism
work.
near Beverly, 0., Mar. 7 - 13, vi sit the Church at Felicity, 0. , Mar. 14, and return to El Paso the
following day.
deas for a ministry we believed could benefit not only Mexico but
all Latin America. We appealed to
our supporters
help.
to
continue their
Coming Events
MISSIONARY RALLY- Kentucky Christ
Events of the past few months have made us feel we made a wise decision in the will of the Lord.
both
spiritual
and material blessings upon us. You dear friends have continued to
Honobia,
support us
even sent
financially,
extra
and some
gifts to help us
CHRISTIAN CONVEN
22-25.
our
EVANGELISM
aims
PRAYERS
our needs
Above all elsel
SUPPORT
The Lord's work requires finances,
WORKERS
Men and women who can raise their
CORRESPONDENCE
To follow up the brrjsdcast with a Bible correspondence course in Spanish and with personal contacts wherever possible.
ENCOURAGEMENT
Let us hear from you often,
COOPERATION
Our desire is Please way we can be congregation or
Lord.
to
be used by the
and
filmstrip
and
lessons and other teaching mater ials in Spanish and make them athe missionaries nominal cost.
MISSION
SLIDES
Along with this program we will be able to reproduce for any mission ary copies of his own slide sets
at cost.
to
Baptisms
While we were working in Guada lajara one of our neighbors, Mrs. Teresa Hayes, and her daughter, Consuelo, attended our services
We
will
also moke
black
and white
cards
enlargements
order.
or
post
TRANSLATION
To have translated and produce
tracts, books, and other materials that have proven their effective
ness in use in our American Con
gretfully
them had
felt
been
our
contact with
lost.
gregations .
BORDER
To render
SERVICE
free assistance to mis
sionaries in Mexico by handling packages, forwarding needed sup plies, etc., whenever such a serv ice might be useful in avoiding delays or other problems. Also
to furnish assistance information to American and render Christians
were baptized for the remission of sins. Once again we rejoice in the way God overcomes the obstac
les we small, see when our vision is too
CAMPS AND
We will be
RALLIES
available for some
Christian
Service
ASSEMBLY CENTER!
Paso.
miscellaneous
Lisa
news
Chihuahua because of ill
Bill and Roberta Burr and daugff^fer are now on the field in Chi
huahua City, Mexico. They recent ly sange and spoke at the church
in El Paso.
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health.
M.
Ed and Marilyn
Crandell
are
en
Ted
and
Wanda
applications.
share
We were
unable
Lingual
Convention
in Eagle Pass
ing and are in need of more sup port. Rebecca Aguilar, one of the workers, spoke at the church in El
Paso recently.
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Clinton
and
Melba
Looney and
"ran
wav^to the
,abpj;^/50 in attendance, and interSergio and Martha Gomez, formerly of Guadalajara, are busy in plant
s good. However, a short time ago vandals broke into the build ing and stole the communion-ware and hymnbooks and ripped out the wir-i-fvg- - -Your-prayers -&nd-help
greatly
Christ
needed
in
for
the
work of
Calif.,
i.ster .
^Qire
ie
Qur
SfinianSers i
of 0
iMarion Raileys
send
out a
nJwsy letter.
busy schedule
bus for the
They report a
kinawa.
some
days at
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MERICAN
E EVANGELIST
Number 2
DEDICATED TG THE PLANTING GF NEW TESTAMENT CHURCHES IN THE GREAT SOUTHWEST AND LATIN AMERICA
Volume I
APRIL, 1965
In Spanish NOW!
150,000 Watts
TIMES
THE
MOST
POWERFUL SPANISH RADIO STATIDiM ON THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT IS LOCATED ON THE EL PASO - JUAREZ BORDER:
XELO
ers all but five states
to Latin America.
800 Kcs
MORE POWERFUL THAN ANY
STATION IN THE U.S.I It's nighttime broadcasts literally blanket Mexico and every state in the U.S. west of the Mississippi. It marginally cov east of the Mississippi and penetrates deep in
PUT A HALF-HOUR WEEKLY SROAOCAST ON THIS MIGHTY STATION AND vast audience with the Gospel -.of Jesus Christ for the unbe
{l/Z
reach
er be
multitudes
reached
otherwise.
LOYAL
GOSPEL
PREACHERS
their
time
to
tape
a follow-up,
and
all
prospects
THINK DF IT BRETHRENJI
broadcast a month.
cast reaching MILLIONS of Spanish-speaking people will become a realityl Perhaps a Bible school class or congregation would like to sponsor one
Please mark your contribution "for Spanish broadcast"
7205 Otero Court,
and send it di
El Paso, Texas.
THE
SPANISH AMERICAiM EVANGELIST Published Monthly By SPANISH AMERICAN EVANGELISM Bill and Dorothy Morgan
Mis sionaries
MISSIONARIES at
K.C.C. Rally
Front Row: Paul
El Paso, Texas
79915
Editorial
As I recently listened to reports
?
Bill Morgan
churches at
of
the
latest
two U.S.
gemini
flight, in
which
astronauts circled
trie earth three times, my thoughts went back to Feb. 20, 1962. I was in Mexico, and Bro. Clinton Looney and I had gone with some Mexican friends {not yet Christians but
later to become
their
Recent Trip
recently spoke at
Garrison and Williams-
leaders
in
the
Church
some of
in
Guadalajara)
to
visit
town, Ky. , Glendale, Felicity, and Ironton, Ohio, and the Beverly Hills Church in Huntington, W. Va.
He conducted a one-week revival at
made welcome, and a crowd was soon gathered in the patio of an adobe dwelling. We showed some Bible
filmstrips with a battery-powered projector and proclaimed the Gos pel to those who had assembled.
Then we walked
cross the
Neelysville, Ohio, and participat ed in the Annual Missionary Rally at Kentucky Christian College. The revival, with Bro, Harry Welch min
ister,
1
resulted in 3 baptisms
One of
and
those
reconsecration.
old.
short
to
distance
another
a-
fields
home.
There a similar group assembled, though it was then past midnight, and we presented the same message. One of those who came through
the darkness into the dim lamp light of that l i t t l e room carried
a transistor radio. As he off the newscast to which turned he had
Please Remember
We
support
are
still
basis,
Besides
raise
our living
for the
fund, we
broadcast.
must
"The
earth
for planting churches . for slide and filmstrip production. and printing
funds
has
Glenn
sent
had there
bills. The more generous you can be in your offerings, the more we
will be able to accomplish for our
times.
sat
stunned
silence
with that
Catalog
and teaching
Project
available
materials
Yet the same radio that brought them the news of this great scien tific achievement could carry to saves.
news"
in Spanish. If you are producing anything of this nature a tract, book, film, etc., we would appre
ciate hearing from you that this
"good news" that Jesus could if only Christ ians cared enough to put this "good
It
on the air.
them
the
lost
in
needless
duplication
of
recently-formed
Christian Church
New Testa
in El Paso
3 3 11
3,5 B
ister, Sill Morgan, was away most of the month. Or, C. C, Crawford, well-known Christian writer, and Richard Clark, an elder in the new congregation, supplied the pulpit.
The West Texas New Mexico E-
3 j? n 1
vangelizing Association has pledg ed 5100 a month to the support of this congregation in addition to the assistance already being given
by the Southern West Texas New
One
March
Juarez has a total of 350,000 Mex icans, speaking Spanish, of course. Of these, 65,00G cross daily to shop in El Paso, 19,000 have steady jobs in El Paso, and 142,000 have
crossing cards.
A check of all babies born in El Paso in 1960 shows that there
to 29, and it is hoped that others who are planning this transfer will
make it soon.
the
property
Drive assured
were more named Gonzalez than any other. Next came Garcia, Hernan dez, Rodriguez and Martinez. Where is Jones? Jones is 33rd, tied with Luna and Ortega. Of the 157 most
popular names to which 10 or more
(although the
existed.
restrictions
However,
we
Lord
must
have something better for us, and a new location is being sought.
We
the
of
and 529
would
and
appreciate
addresses
receiving
of those
Anglo.
names
(These
ard Rate In El
vices , Inc.)
Paso international
Special contributions for the English work should be mailed to H, A. McConnell, treasurer, 3220
mosphere
is
language
Cornwall, El Paso, Texas; or they may be sent to Spanish - American Evangelism and designated for the
English Church.
blend of cuisine,
at
the center
border we are literally at the gate way to Latin America. Certainly in this strategic position we need a strong voice for Christianity. You
can help to raise that voice a
ASSEMBLY CENTER!
ly and clearly in two languages the one message of salvation and eter
nal life.
EVANGELISM...
GUADALAJARA: Clinton Looney sends word of eleven baptisms in one dayl We praise God for these victories! The work there continues in spite of many
difficulties, Ed and Marilyn Crandell will join the Looneys there soon, TQRREQNz Bill Painter writes that the Church at Torreon is now meeting in the first unit of their building. Frank and Francis Barajas have revealed
for February.
worship services. The Ourrs plan to open work in two new areas as soon as possible. They also report the need for work among some 40,000 Tarahumara Indians west of Chihuahua City, nost of whom speak only their own dialect. SALINAS: Ted Murray writes they now have 27 children in the MEXICAN MOUNT AIN MISSION. One, a girl nearly 13 years old, was recently baptised into Christ, The Murrays will be visiting the States in April.
MEXIJD CITY; Dean and Julie Gary have announced the ir plans to go to the Oean, th e son of Harland Cary, capital city o f Mexico in October, 1965. president and founder of Colegio Biblico, Eagle Pass , Texas, is now teachwhile completing work for his B. Th. inq Soanish at Ozark Gible College dearee. He is minister of the f\iashville, Ko., Church and a veteran of Mexlean missionar y work. The Carys plan t"^enqage i n ev"anqelism in Mexico City among the qrowing Mexican middle class, do tran slation work and provide a i r trans portation for the present missionari es. They plan to work in cooperation with the Gil Contreras and Roberto F1 ores families, the only two Christi an missionary families in this city of 6 million people. In -additiun to ra isinq his support, Dean is seeking fu nds to buy an inexpensive short tak e-off and landing plane for use in taking the Gospel into
the WE
ruqaed INVITE
are as all
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