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DEPARTMENT
OF MISSIONS
^oUcfc
elAiR M a r y la n d 2 1 0 1 4
om
M iM iB n r s
Assistance in
Establishment
of New
Congregations
Publishing
of
Christian Literature
and Song Books In
Polish
Language
Spiritual
Material
and Moral Support ofPreachersin Poland
ReliefMinistry
to
Poland
Training
Foreign
Students
New
Testaments and
Bibles
to
Poland
and Russia Radio Ministry in Polish, Russian and
Ukranian
Languages
Follow-up Work
of Radio
Listeners
by
Correspondence
Preaching in
Camps,
Churches
and
at
Rallies
WorkAmong
ForeignSpeaking People
in
the
United
States
of
America
'HITHERTO HATH THE LORD
HELPED
US .
Paul Bajko,
Director
January , 1968.
As we look back a t 1967 there i s nothing to
be
sorry
about ,
and togeth
with Samuel we can say tha t
rea l ly
the Lord has
helped us
in a
wonder
way, and
it
was a
year of
joy, vic tor ies and
achievements .
I am
sure tha t a l l those
who
contr ibuted f inancial ly and p ra ye rfu lly t
ward our m in is try in the
Department
of
Missions
are anxious to
f ind w
was done and accomplished, and where about 40,000.00
were
used wh
you contributed through the Dept. of Missions dur ing the past
year .
here I would l ike
to
give
you
an account in short statements?
1.
I
wil l
s t a r t with
myself f i r s t .
With the L ord 's help I taught
Missi
a t E.C.C. ,
de l ive red over
100 sermons, led 8 succesful Fai th Promise R
l l i e s preached
4 weeks
in
Youth
Camps, took par t in
7
Missionary Ral
and
as
the resu l t of th is d irec t
service
32 souls responded
to
the Go
invitation
I wrote many a r t i c l e s to our Polish magazine and
edi ted
20
pages
of
Ch
s t i an magazine
every
month, prepared 36 radio
messages ,
answered
hundr
of
l e t t e r s made many
cal l s and gave moral, spi r i tua l and f inancial
su
po r t to
th e work in Poland.
2.
Bro. Adam Korenczuk preached regular ly
in
the
Slavic
Church
in B alt
more, made many ca l l s prepared
52
radio messages
and
broadcas ted th
through
th e loca l s t a t i on
in
Bal t imore
in
th e
Russian
and Ukrainian
la
guages . He
a l so
t augh t music
courses
and led th e cho i r of E.C.C.
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3 B r o B
W i n n i k a r r i v e d
o f M ission s on A p r i l
2 8
a
d io M i n i s t e r t h ro u g h
s t a t i
in th e
USA
under th e sponsorship o f the
nd on May
1 s t
began h is a c t i v e mi n i s t r y a
on Monte Car lo sen t out l i t e r a t u r e a n d
B
4.
Dela
my wi f e wrote many ar t ic les fo r the
Polish
magazine t r an
many
songs
worked on th e new song book answered hundreds of l e t t e r
packed
many
packages
o f
usad
c l o t h i n g .
5.
Ministers
in
Poland
- With the Lord s
h e l p
we were a b le to supp
f a i t h f u l
preachers and
almost
a l l of
them
reported
baptismal servi
the
past year
in every
congregation. All
churhes
there
are
well gro
in
the
fa i th an d work
in
uni ty
We helped Kostek J
and
George B. /whose
education
we sponsored in
with youth work in camps and Rallies by
fincial
contributions and s
hundreds of
copies
of ou r newly
published chorus
book Heavenly Sun
6.
Financial
help was
sent
to purchase
property in B.P. for
a newly
ganized
congregation
in
th|
amount
of
3 000.00
and
another
amount
3,400.00 was contributed
for
the relocation of a
chapel
in Warsaw.
To
several other places
we
contributed
smaller amounts
for the
impr
ment o f c hap els
purchase
of c hu rc h e qu ip me nt
e t c .
7.
Publications and Bibles
- Hundreds
of copies
of.Bibles
New
Testa
in Russian
and
Polish
languages.
Life of
Christ
vis
an d Polish ma
n e were
s e n t
to many p l a c e s
in
Europe.
We
r e g u l a r l y
published Polish magazine and song book.
8 .
Radio
m i n i s t r y .
-
Every
Monday
th e
Gospel
o f
C h r i s t
is beamed
i n
the
homes of thousands of
people
a ll
over
Europe
especially Poland
ssia
Czechoslovakia,and thousands of people are able to hear the
G
truth. Many o f u nb el ie ve rs were
touched
by the Word of God.
The
follow
up work was done by us by
correspondence
an d preachers
9. R el i ef .
- Over 300 parcels
of
used clothing were sent to Poland
needy families. At least 50 shipments of
medicine
was sent
to sick
ple
and o t h e r h e l p was g i v e n .
10.
Trip to
Europe for 4 st^udents to work
in
a
new field
was
arrange
u
This
is briefly what we were doing here as missionaries an d what
0 0 0 . 0 0
was
ab le to
d o .
I
wo u ld l i ke to m e n t i o n th a t in th a t
am ount
include liv in g lin k support
fo r
myself
Adam Korenczuk
Boleslaw
Wi
an d
twenty
p r e a c h e r s
i n Poland.
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Our plans for 1968 are the same with some
additional
work such asi ano
ther new song book publication of
Life
of Christ
vis.
translation
and
publication
of the
Heroes
of
the Bible /Book of
Acts/ visualized
and
other
m in is tr y i n p ub li c a ti o n.
Also in
June this year we
plan to
go to
Poland for
a whole month
in
order
to
v i s i t our
churches
t h e r e
to
preach
the
Gospel
and
to
encourag
our
ministers
and
workers
for greater ministry when
there
i s s t i l l a wo
derful opportunity to preach. On the way
there
and back we plan to
vi
s i t some of our
r a d i o
l i s t e n e r s and C h r i s t i a n s
i n
o t h e r European
c o u n t
However you
w i l l hear
about
t h i s i n February i n
a
specia l l e t t e r .
thank
you very
very
much
for
your faithful
support
in 1967 and w
trust that you will be supporting us this year
and praying for
us
and
ll
our c o w o rk er s a nd
m i n i s t e r s .
We
need you.
May the Lord bless you r ichly.
Yours i n C h r i s t
FROM THE
FIELD
Because of lack
of
space in this
issue
I would
like
to quote from two
l e t t e r s only r e c e n t l y received.
P o l a n d .
Thank you
very
very much my friend for
the
Word of
od
which you
preach
to
my people
in
Poland and around
the
world.
I l isten to you
regularly
and
with
praise I would like to acknowledge
that in your programs the main theme
i s
the Word of God.
Your programs
are
free from any political
discourse but are
full o
G o d s Word a n d t h e
t r u t h
r e v e a l e d i n it
I would
l i k e t o
commend you
fo r
t h i s .
Also
i f i t i s possible I would l ike to ask you to send me a New
Tes
tament
in
Polish
language and
any
other
Christian
l i terature
you
have.
ay
the
Lord
bless
you and give you power to proclaim the truth.
Your f a i t h f u l
l i s t e n e r
W . K .
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LETTER FROM
POLISH
PREACHER.
Dear Brother Bajko:
Greetings in
the name of
the
Lord. I
thank
God
that He called
you
such a wonderful ministry, that your heart and a l l your effort
is
d
ted
to
the
country
from
which
you
were taken
so that you can direct
in our
work,
help
us
materi.ally, spiri tual ly and morally.
I
see
t h a t
th e
wi l l
o f
th e
Lord i s
in
ll
of
t h i s
I remember your father a cjledicated minister of
the
hurchof Chris
with whom I worked
for
many years . He was a great soldier of the Cr
So when I see what you
are doing
now
my
thoughts
run to your fathe
and
I thank God tha t He gives you knowledge how
to
lead
the
work
His
glory
and bestowed you with special talents to help us here in
land and other
places
in
many ways.
So I and every
minister here and
other Christians remember you
in
prayers
every day,
and
thank God fo r
you.
We
are
waiting
anxiously for
your
vis i t
to Poland in
1968
again.
N
SPECIAL
SERVICES IN THE SLAVIC CHURCH
Everybody was looking forward to special services during the Holida
Season.
There
was much
act ivi t ies
Choir
practice, orchestra
prac
e t c
Saturday ,
Dec. 23, when
the Youth of our church
met
to
decor
the Christmas
t ree
the Christmas spi r i t
was a lr eady present . Immed
tely following we
had
a
wonderful
prayer-meeting. Sunday
morning
had a
two
hour service withi a Christmas
program
There
were
special
bers
in the form of r e c i t a t i on s and choir and orches t ra numbers. T
was
a sermon
in English and
Russian,
congregational s inging, and
Lord s
Supper
was
observed.
In the
evening , acco rd ing
to
Polish
t r a
t ion
families met
in
t he i r homes
with
special
guests
/ those who do
have fam ilies or single people are invi ted to spend Christmas Eve w
fami l ies/
around
the
table
to r meditation about the bi r th
of
Chr is t
prayer a big Christmas mea| and the singing of carols.
The
main p rogram in
the church
was
on Christmas Day
with
another 2
h
service in which
many
took
par t again . After the service a l l gathere
the
fellowship ha l l
for
a big dinner and great fel lowship
for
anoth
h o u r s
Sunday,
before th e New
Year
Day, we had special services
with
a
prog
in the
morning,
and
then in
the evening
we
gathered together
a t
8
P
fo r sp ec ia l fe l lowship refreshments
and
service
which s ta r t ed a t
11
Ten minutes before midnight everyone was on the i r
knees
in
prayer
the prayer sess ion las ted
un t i l 15
minutes a f t e r midnight .
So we
t h e New Yea r on
ou r
kn e e s
Af t e r a
few
hou r s r st we had a New Yea
serv ice with
a spec ia l
program.
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DEPARTMENT O F
MISSIONS
el
AiR Maryland 2 1 0 1 4
O U R
mmnnrt
Assistance
in Establishment
of New Congregations
Publishing
of
Christian
Literature
and Song Books in Polish Language Spiritual
Material and Moral Support of
Preachers
in
Poland
Relief
Ministry
to Poland Training
Foreign Students
New Testaments and Bibles
to Poland
and Russia
Radio Ministry in Polish
Russian and
Ukran ian Languages
Follow up Work
of Radio Listeners by
Correspondence Preaching in Camps
Churches
and at Rallies
Work Among Foreign Speaking
People in
the
United
States
of
America
Paul
Bajko Dire
March 1968.
f,869.5'0
As of
March
15, Friends of our ministry contributed toward\our trip
Poland this suinm^ - \ toward the goal
of
6 000.00.
This sum includes a l l t rave l expenses
for myself
and .Ad^ Korenczuk
/due to her mother's
illness
^iT5~ wi lno fe b^-atrTe'to go with m th
t ime/ pr int ing
of Life
of Chris t visualized
/ a l l three books/ a
New
Testament Heroes
/Book
of A cts /
500
cop ies of
each book 1 0
copies
of the
new song book with
music
which w i l l
have 150
never pr i
ted before songs
t r ans l a t ed
and compil ied
by
my wife; and f inanc i
assistance t o
c h u r c h e s
in P o l a n d
We
t r u s t t ha t those
who
rece ived our l e t t e r in F eb ru ary a nd
read
t h
news l e t t e r
wil l
help us to reach the goal of
6 000.00
very soon.
This t r ip w i l l
have
a gre a t
s ign i f i cance
fo r
our
churches
in
Poland.
received hutrdr^ds of
letters
with pleas to visit Po^nd. Our la
trla.
was
in^963.
This time
the
Vernon Brothers
will
go with us a
icTpate
gn^t
things
from God.
i
We plan to preach
in
churches homes camps.
Have
c on fe re nc es w i th a
our preachers and
workers
and
a l so to
v i s i t our radio l i s t ene r s a
r e a d e r s
o f o u r
Christian literature
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Q ^
The Ve rnon rothers
H u n d r e d s
o f C h ri s ti a ns in
Po
and
a l l
m in isters pray consta
t ha t a l l
obstac les m ight be o
comed and th e
door
w i l l be op
f o r u s t o
come .
Thousands
o f Ch r i s t i a n s
a c r o s
m e r i c a
pray
t ha t th is t r ip
b e
a
g rea t
succes s .
We
be l iev
prayer s
a n d
we
t r u s t t h a t
t r ip wil l
b r i n g
grea t
bless in
to
C h ri s t i a ns in P oland and o
countries
We r e c e i v e d many pra ye r-a -gra
f rom ou r
f r i e n d s . These a r e s
s t i r r i ng
m e s s a g e s ,
i nd ica t ing
much
Go d s p e o p l e lo ve u s and
re fo r our minis t ry .
We
t hank
p ra yi n g p eo pl e from the b o t t o
ou r
h e a r t s .
A ll members o f th e Departmen
Nissions are
ve ry
act ive and
l abor ing fo r th e Master .
I spoke in several Churches, p re ac he d t hr ou gh the r a di o, v i s i t e d
homes, appeared on T.V . prog ram s and spoke a t ra ll ie s.
J u s t
r e c e n
witnessed another
vie-
- i ?
tory
by
fa i t h
when
the - W-
W es t s i de
Chr is t i an 1 \
Church
Jacksonville ^
sM k
F l a . p ro m i s s ed fo r
mo r e t h a n
the
t h em
th an th e y gave
year .
T e a c h i n g in
Co-
a n d wri t ing
taking
a la rge pa r t
of
my t i m e a l s o .
D e l a ,
my w i f e , i s busy
w i t h th e f i na l
prepara
Ou r
ministers
in
Po l a n d
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t ion
fo r publ ica t ion of the
new
song
book
wri t ing edi t ing and
secre
t r l
w o r k
Korenc^l^^ eads the Baltimore congregation and
choir
of E C C
^ rother
innik
is^very busy in producing radio programs answering
l e t t e r s
and send ing out l i t e r a tu r e Bib le s and New
Testaments .
He st
v
needs i^5^0Crper laonth-toward
h is liv ing-link
support.
upon
your
hear t s ll th e
work
of prepara t ion in c onne ct io n w i
our t r ip
to
Poland our
ll a c t i v i t i e s Bro.
Winnik and our
workers
i
P o l a n d
e thank a l l our
Friends for
wonderful cont r ibut ions
toward the t r i
t o
P o l a n d a n d o u r
w o r k
May th e love
of
God
un i t e
our
hear t s in
mutual cause
of
winning
sou
fo r C hris t
and bu i ld ing His
g lo r ious Church.
Yours in
His
s e r v i ce
FROM THE FIELD
POLAND:
Beloved
in the
Lord:
e
have
already
heard
your
sermons
through
the
dio
several times
and we would
l ike
to
get
acquainted
with you.
Your s
mons about Chris t
touch our
hear ts I f
t i s possible
we would l ike
ask
you to send us some Chr i s t i an l i t e r a tu r e
e
are
Chris t ians and at tend our
Church
but your sermons strengthen
and
uphold
our
sp i r i t e
want
to
thank
you for
that very
much
May God
be with yout J S
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA:
WCZOR J I DZISJEN
S M
I
Dear
Friends t was a grea t and
p leasan t su rp r i se
when we rece ived
packages with song books
Church
Hymns Nr.2,
Heavenly
Sunshine
and
issues
of your Polish
magazine
from
you.
We do not know how
to
than
for i t
so we
pray
that the God wil l reward
you
abundantly.We recei
many
blessings
from the
chorus
book
Heavenly Sunshine
from
which
sing
a l l
the time, and these
different beaut i ful songs
beautify ou
vices and
also give
us st rength
in
the time
we
need i t badly.
Also
Church Hymns help
us to have choir
numbers and
glor ify
Lord
songs.
I
The greater
amount of Guidepost
helps
us to
a t t r ac t
young people
the
church . T his Polish
magazine found grea t
recognit ion among
a l l
be rs of our congrega t ion
and a s soon as
we
r ece ived
it ll th e
num
were gone. There a re precious a r t i c l e s in
t h i s
magazine
which give
t rength
to
Chris t ians and open
eyes
for others . There are
beaut i fu l
a r t i c l e s fo r Sunday School and
new
songs.
We need more a r t i c l e s and poems, so please advise us i f we could re
add i t i ona l mate r i a l from you.
Please
forgive
our impetuousness ,
but
we
rea l ly
want
to
serve the
more
e f fec t i ve ly .
Enclosed you
wi l l
f ind a
pic ture
of
our Youth
singing
from
your
c
book Heavenly
Sunshine .
We
wish you God s bless ing in your
wonderful
minis t ry .
Br e t h r e n f rom Cze cho s l o v a
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DEPARTMENT O F MISSIONS
^i6ni ticnt ^oUe^
el A i R aryland 2 1 0 1 4
Om
M I M U T R Y :
Assistance
in
Establishment
of New
Congregations
Publishing
of
Christia n Litera ture and Song Books in Polish Language
Spiritual
Materialand Moral Support
of
Pre a c he rs
in
Poland
Relief
Ministry
to
Poland
Training Foreign Students
Ne w
Testaments an d
Bibles
to
Poland an d Russia
Radio
Ministry
in
Polish Russian an d
Ukranian Languages
Follow-up Work of Radio
Listeners
by
Correspondence
P r e a c h i n g in
Camps
Churches
an d
at Rallies
Work
Among
Foreign Speaking People
in
th e
United
States
of
America
V I S A
T O P O LA ND D EN IE D T O P A U L B A J K O
P a u l
Bajfco
D i r e c t
J u n e
1 9 6 8
This
i s n o t
p l e a s a n t news to
communicate
to our
be love d
f r i e n d s
i n
th
S t a t e s a n d i n P o l a n d .
I was a s t o n i s h e d m y s e l f upon r e c e i v i n g
th e
news from
th e P o l i s h
Em
b a s s y .
Ou r
Bre thre n in Poland a r e very d i s a p p o i n t e d . They have mad
some
wonde r f ul
p l a n s .
Upon
inquiring a t the Polish
Embassy
in Washington
I was t o l d
t h a
th e r e j e c t i o n o f
v i s a
came from
Warsaw
and t h e r e
wa s
no
e x p l a n a t i o
g i v e n t o
t h i s
a c t i o n .
Although
it
i s
a disa ppointme nt
to us
t h a t
our
plans
to
v i s i t
Polan
a n d
o t h e r c o u n t r i e s
w i l l n o t b e
f u l f i l l e d b u t
we
b e l i e v e
t h a t
ev ery
t h i n g t h a t happens to God s c h i l d r e n i s ou r F a t h e r s w i l l and we a c
c e p t it from H is Hand.
Ou r
m i n i s tr y t o
Poland
w i l l go on a s b e f o r e .
We tha nk God t h a t we have s t r o n g n a t i v e l e a d e r s h i p i n P ola nd who
we support
f i n a n c i a l l y with l i t e r a t u r e B i b l e s
New
T estam ents an
R adio m i n i s t r y .
But
we
w i l l
n o t g iv e
up
h o p e . We
w i l l
t r y
to
go
t o
Poland
n e x t
y e a r
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We would l i k e to inform our Friends t h a t c o n t r i b u t i o n s toward the T
to Poland
reached
6,262,73 and
we
put t h i s
money on a
special
sav
account f o r th e n e x t y e a r s
t r i p
God w i l l i n g .
We
thank
you very,
very
much for a l l cont r ibut ions.
I
The th ings which
we planned t o
take
with us a r e published
and
we a
sending
them
by
m a i l . i
So f a r we have
published
one coapletely new Pol ish song book
with
sic, one song book without music to be used by
Slavic
Church of
Chr
th e t h ir d e di t i o n o f
all t h r e e books
o f
L i f e of
C h r i s t v i s u a l i z e d
completely new edit ion of the Book of Acts, v i s u a l i z e d and plans
made for a
t h i r d edi t ion
of the Chorus Book Heavenly
Sunshine .
The Post Office
i s
very busy with us and
people
in Poland, Czechos
vakia
and Russia a r e
very
happy receiving such
wonderful
Bread
ife
This summer
I w i l l
be busy i n th e work
o f
th e S la vi c
Church o f
C h r i
because
Bro.
Adam Korenczuk, m i n i s t e r of the
church,wi l l
go t o
Arg
t i n a
t o
v i s i t
h i s
p a r e n t s .
Please
continue t o pray about our
work and support
u s .
lohaterowie
Testatnentu
P&jk
...
Yours
i n
C h r i s t
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p i e s f t
Completely new
e d i t i o n
o f
t h e
Book o f A cts v i s . i n P o l i s h and
new Polish Song Book with
music
One Song
published
in
June.
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P ^ N VS ROM BRO BOLESI W WINNIK
One
year
of my ministry with the Department of M
slon
as
a radio
minis te r has
a l ready
passed. Dur
k
that
year I prepared 61 programs and aired
throu
t h e Mon t e Ca r l o
st tion
We
r e c e i v e d
hund r e d s
o f
letters f rom
o u r
listene
in Po land, Czechos lovak ia , Russia and o ther
cou
r i e s with
notes of
r ecogn i t ion
and pe t i t i ons f
more Bibles , New
Testaments,
Life of Chri s t , song
books
and Pol
magaz ine s .
I thank God tha t we can answer
these
urgent pleas immediate
I can
c l e a r ly see
t ha t it was the L ord 's wi l l
fo r
me
and
my
family
come to t h i s
country
and serve Him, When I
was
in
Poland
I
was
ab
to preach to hundreds ,but
now through radio
and
l i t e r a t u r e
I am
pre
ching to thousands .
Jus t recent ly I
received
the following l e t t e r from my f r iend in Pola
I
would l ike to t e l l
you,
my brother in Chri s t , t ha t many people re
ponded
to
the
Gospel
of
Chr is t which
you
p re ach th rough the rad
One young man, who accepted
Chris t because
of the
radio
m in is try ,
rr ived in
Warsaw
in order to get acquint ed with the bre thren here.
one place the whole v i l l age became i n t e r e s t ed in the Word
of
God. B
thren from
Warsaw
v is i t ed
t ha t
vi l l age and there i s
a rev ival
a l read
bu t t he re
i s a l so persecut ion .
The
p r i e s t
of
the v i l l aga i s ve
unhappy
about h is people in te re s t in the
Bible
and
s t i r s some of h
ded ic ate d s er van ts
to
persecute those
who
t ry
to
follow
Chri s t ,
but
such
condit ions people
put
complete t rus t
in
the
Lord
and they
ask
pray fo r them .
At the end of th is repor t I would
l ike
to express my thank and app
c ia t ion
to a l l Brethren in th is country
who
support
my
minis t ry
f ina
c ia l ly and prayer fu l ly .
NOTE FROM
PAUL
BAJKO.
I
would
l ike
to
express
my
personal
apprec ia t ion
for
regular
supp
given toward
Bro.
Winnik s l iv ing- l ink
fund by the following Ch
ches
and
i nd iv idua l s
Chr i s t i an Church
/Mrs . G Knol l /
P l a i n f i e l d , I n
South
Garden
Church
of Chr i s t , Savannah, Ga, , Traiders Point Chr i s t i
Church, Indianapol i s , Ind . , West H ill C h ris tia n Church,
Bris to l ,Ten
Sherman
Church
of
Chr i s t ,Barber ton ,
0 , ,
Church
of Chr i s t , Mark le , In
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Mt.
Olive
C h r i s t i a n
Church, East
P o i n t
Ga.,
C h r i s t i a n
Churc
Cisne ,
1 1 1 . Community
C h r i s t i a n Church,Newbern, Va. , Westside Ch
s t i a n
Church,
J a c k s o n v i l l e F l a . Mrs. J .
Cotton ,
C i n c i n n a t i Ohio,
The
t o t a l
amount
i s
340.00
per
month.
Our
need
for
Bro.
Winnik
400.00 plus
20.00 medical
s o
we still re s h o r t
i n s u r a n c e t o g e t h e r
80.00 p e r month.
420.00 per
mon
Bro.
Winnik
v i s i t e d
with me many
churches in
one
year .
He
made
good impression everywhere
and
we appeal to
those Churches
especia
where
he
i s known al ready to help
us
to
complete
h i s
suppor
A l l
c o n t r i b u t i o n s
t o w a r d
B r o . W i n n ik s f u n d s s h o u l d b e s e n d i n
t
name
of
the
Department
of
Missions, P.O.Box 629, Bel A i r
Md 21014.
NEWS
FRC1 ADAM
KORENCZUK.
I t
has
been some
t ime since
I had any personal contact with our rea
ders
about our
work
in
Balt imore. My
many r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s
have ke
me very
busy
and my
schedule
cont inues
t o
be
f u l l .
We c on tin ue w ith our m i n i s t r y i n
t h e
S l a v i c Church
o f
C h r i s t .
Our
w
cont inues i t s progress
f o r
th e Lord
J e s u s .
I preach every Saturday and
Sunday.
We
cont inue
our radio progr
for the Slavic people in the Ukrainian and Russian languages, and
i s my r e s p o n s i b i l i t y
to
have a program
every
Lord s
Day.
We
a r e
happy to re p o rt t h a t
present ly
we
have
a
Choir
t h a t
has
al rea
sung fo r
the
glory of God
during s p e c i a l
programs
and has
a l
appeared
i n an
American
Congregation during a Singspira t ion
s e r v i c
I continue t o v i s i t people
i n
t h e i r homes a s a p a r t of our wo
So f a r
t h i s
year I have had many 6ppotruni t ies to v i s i t d i f f e r e
congregat ions , and I have preached th e Word.
I
continue t o
t e a c h a t E a s t e r n
C h r i s t i a n College
and we have
c o n c e r t
Choir
t h a t has developed
i t s e l f i n t o th e
f i n e s t Chorus
of o
College
recently succ^sfully
completed
our
nnualSpring
to
t was a wonderful exper ience t o v i s i t our
s i s t e r
congrega t ions
w
t h i s
group
of
very
dedicated
C h r i s t i a n
young
people.
We ask t h a t
you
remember us in your prayers ,
and
t h a t the
Lord
continue t o b l e s s and s t rengthen us a s
we l abor
fo r His Glory.
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DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONS
BEL
AIR
MARYLAND 2 1 0 1 4
3^
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
MISSION
I N
ACTION
September 19
2. I n our p u b li ca t io n m i n i st ry I
which we
publ ish
10 t imes a y e a r .
1
W i t h
t h i s i s s u e o f o u r
news
l t
t r I
w o u l d
l i k e t o
i n t r o d u c
the s t a f f
of
the Dept. of
Mis
s i o n s a n d
d e s c r i b e t h e i r a c t i
v t s
i n t h e L o r d s
w o r k .
My work f i r s t of a l l i s to co
o r d i n a t e
the
whole
program o
t h e Dept . o f Miss ions . For t h i
I
have to
be aquainted
with
eve
ry phase
of the
work.
1 I
t a k e an
a ct i v e p a rt i n th
w o r k o f t h e
S l a v i c
C h u r c h o
C h r i s t in Baltimore
by preachin
v i s i t a t i o n and h e l p i n g
with th
leadersh ip of the
congregat ion
am t h e e d i t o r o f our
P o l i s h
C h r i s t i a n
magazin
For
t h i s
I w r i t e a r t i c l e s prepare
paper
mas
t e r s for p r i n t i n g
and send
them out
to
almost 30 c o u n t r i e s
and
many s t a t e s in U
We
p u b l i s h
o t h e r
C h r i s t i a n
l i t e r a t u r e a l s o
such
a s
L i f e o f C h r i s t and Book o
A c t s
v i s u a l i z e d
which
we
have
t o
t r a n s l a t e
i n t o P o l i s h
and
R u s s i a n .
3. I n the Bib le New Testament and C h r i s t i a n
l i t e r a t u r e p r o j e c t
I have
to
purcha
se Bibles and then because of great request from many places in a d i t i o n to wha
Bro.
Winnik does I a l s o send out many paclcages o f l i t e r a t u r e
and
Bibles .
4.
Because of
our
very a c t i v e m i n i s t r y i n
P o l a n d i t
i s my job
t o
r a i s e
f i n a n c i a
support for 20 preachers t h e r e
to
help them with building programs
and
many o
t h e r
a c t i v i t i e s
i n
Pol ish m i n i s t r y . I a l s o have
t o
r a i s e my own l i v i n g - l i n k sup
p o r t support f o r Bro. Korenczuk and Bro . Winnik.
The whole
program of
the
Dept
of
Missions c a l l s for a budget of over 40 000.00
yearly
and ra i s ing i t f a l l s
u
pon my s h o u l d e r s .
5.
Thousands
of
l e t t e r s every
year
from
preachers
churches i n d i v i d u a l s
c o n t r
b u t o r s radio l i s t e n e r s peopl e s eeki ng the
t r u t h
o f God r e c e i v e r s of
l i t e r a
t u r e e t c . have
t o
be answered and t
i s done s y s t e m a t i c a l l y
and on
t ime.
6. Radio m i n i s t r y : The
coming
of
Bro.
Winnik
took o f f of my shoulders a g r e a t
burden
but
I
s t i l l have
t o help him i n
recording
guidance
e t c .
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7. Reports to
the
churches, Missionary Rall ies ,
Faith
Promise Rallies
and
pr
ch ing keeps trie on the ro ad almo st every weekend.
8 .
I
teach missions a t ECC and
take
an ac t ive par t in adminis t ra t ive and facu
meetings of ECC.
We thank God t ha t our min is t r y i s no t in vain . Hundreds of l e t t e r s from Polan
and o th er c ou n tr ie s express ing apprec ia t ion a re our
rewards .
Jus t few sentenc
from
the
l e t t e r
of
our
oldes t
preacher in
Pol and Bro .
Nikon
Jakoniuk:
Dear Bro. Bajko. How thankfu l we a re fo r your c on st an t c are
about
us . You
l ike
the
fa ther
who
constan t ly
cares fo r us
and worries about us.
You
help
f inancia l ly sp i r i t ua l ly
and
morally .
You comfort
us challenge
us and
exh
us .
We
never had
any
one before
who
would put so much heart in
our
l i f e
and
w
in
bui lding
the Church of
Chris t in
Poland.May Lord
rea l ly
bless
and reward
y
Bro. B.J .
Vernon,
who recen t ly
re turned from h is t r ip
to Poland wro te?
Paul ,
were veiry th r i l l ed a t the fa i th of the church
in
Poland. Even under
adverse
c
cumstances they a re making
progress
and I am
confident
t ha t the
Lord
wi l l
gu
and bless them.
I f
only here in America the Christ ians would awaken and real
what
a
bless ing i s
fo r
them to l ive
in a
fre e la nd th ere would b6
a
rea l
aw
kening
and
sp i r i t ua l rev ival
which
would
b ri ng a bout a t ransformation
in
the
s t iny of our
count ry .
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ADAM KORENCZUK i s
one
of those
who
was broug
f
JH
from another
country
to
ECC
under
the sponsorship
3 I BS the Department of Missions to be trained for nat
S fl ^ ministry.
He was
the
first,and
after
him came
Kostek
S I konluk George Bajenski from Poland and
later
Ben Bo
Q|
H
After graduation
of and
Milligan
College Bro d
B because of
his
special abilities to sing, play musi
H instruments, preach etc., was
offered positions
in l
J
ge
churches
bu t
we
offered him
a new work
in Bal t im
1^1 ijjK H among Slavic speaking
people
and he
accepted it.
B The Slavic Church of Christ is very unique and I th
iC
i s
the
only church of
i t s
kind in
our
Brotherhood
BI IBB tskBlBll i^^l USA
The preaching
in the
church
is
done
in
Russian
l i sh Ukrainian and
Engl i sh
the same
with s inging . Bible
c lasses
a re
t au
fo r
adu lts in Russian
and fo r the
young p eople a nd children in English .
Bro. Korenczuk i s
the preacher
of
th i s
congregation. He
i s
ab le to
preach
in
ss ian as
well
as in English .
He
teaches
Sunday
School in
Russian,
produces
a
direc ts
Russian-Ukrainian
Radio
program each Sunday, makes
ca l l s and v i s i
plays in church orches t ra
and
conducts
the
church
choi r .
The ch urch has a g
youth program. In
a dd itio n to
he teaches and leads the
cho i r
of ECC.
He
i s
a
very busy
man
and
we
thank
God
fo r
Adam s
minis t ry .
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S DELA S chi ldhood
dream about
coming a minister s
wife
is m
than fu l f i l l ed and she i s v
happy in he r
work.
When
there
a re
enough in terested students she teaches German a t
E. C.
C,
Thanks to
her ef fo r t we were
able to publish
3 song books with
music already
Pol ish
language.
The
f i r s t
song book
fo r ch oires with
241
songs which
she
compiled
and
most
them t r ans la ted from
Engl i sh Russian
and
German,
The
second
book
was a chorus book with 92
chor us es
ll
o f
which she t r a n s l a
from Engl i s h
The
t h i rd and the l a t e s t song boo k conta ined 143
songs
for
cho i res
t r i o s due
so los e t c a l l t r ans la ted
from
Engl i sh
She also
t rans la t e s and
puts in every i ssue of our
Pol i sh
magazine
a new so
I wish we can
share w ith you
a l l the
l e t t e r s
which we rece ive concerning t h
minis t ry which i s
touching
hear t s and souls o f p eo ple , but I wi l l
quote only
par t
from one l e t t e r :
Dear Friendss
We
thank you
from the
bottom of
our
hear ts
fo r
your wonder
ministry
through
your
publ ica t ions
Your Pol ish magazine i s very r ich in sp i
t ua l
mater ia l
fo r
a l l
-
old
young.
We
u se your a r t i c l e s in our
s p e c i a l
se r v ice s we s ing your songs
we
r e
c i t e
your poems.
Your song books a re grea t We were
looking fo r such songs
and
now
we
have them thanks to you. Chorus book
Heavenly Sunshine i s
l i f t i ng up
every sou l
rev ives
u s Choir book
li ts
our
souls
and
through
the
songs
we can glor i fy God and
witness about
H is
g r e a t
l o v e
May good Lord r eward
you
abundantly K
and
bless
you
r ich ly in
your work.
Brethren
from Czechoslovakia^
Jv Ul:
ioilii iitt
Publ ica t ions of the Dept . o f
Miss
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g y g e j g g y g g i brother BOLESLAW
WINNIK
is the last to join
MWPtBWHBT
staff of the Department of
Missions. He came
f
||||^HB|[fl|IE^ Poland to this
country
in April 1967 in order
I
take over the radio
ministry
and help
us in
ot
charge
of
the
product ion and d i r
m ^BbUI tion of our
radio
program which is
beamed
to
{
jy
land, Russia, Czechoslovakia and many
other
p
I Europe through the Trans World Radio
His wife,
Zenaida,
and
daugh te r, Halin a, help
Becau s e o f th e ra d io we r e c e i v e
hund reds
o f l
ters with many
questions and
requests
fo r B ib
^ Tes taments and other Christ ian
l i te ra ture .
It i s also
Bro.
Winnik s job to answer a l l th
l e t t e r s and to send out Bibles , New Testame
Chr is t ian
l i t e ra tu re and Song Books.
For persons
who
need
to
be
led
to
Christ
he sends
adresses
to our
preachers
Poland and
they do the
follow
up work in Polad
personally.
Many
souls
have
b
won
fo r
Chris t already.
Bro.
Winnik i s also
very
act ive in
the
church in Baltimore he
preaches,
s i t s people ,
s ings
in ch oir plays in orchest ra .
Bro.
Winnik t r i e s
to
put
the
bes t in h is
minis t ry and
we
see
resu l t s of
Again I would l ike to quote
from
the
l e t t e r
of our
radio
l i s tener
in
Pola
Dear Friends?
I t is
our
blessed
privi lege to l i s ten to your broadcast ev
Monday.
Your
sermons
are
soul
s t i r ing
and
l i f t ing
and
they
bring
us
the
t r
from
the
Word
of
God.
We wait
anxiously
for each of your programs.
The
sing
and
music
i s
also wonderful.
We try to learn some of your
songs,
so please
s
us copies
of your
songs.
Also
I
would l ike to receiv e
a
B ible or
New
Testam
and any other
Chr is t ian l i t e ra tu re .
Please t e l l me more about Christ ian
baptism
and t e l l me how I can be baptized
am
waiting
for your promt reply .
Yours, Z.B.
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De a r F r i e n d s ?
I am
sure
that
this
issue
will
answer
many
questions
concerning our
minis
Now i s the
g rea t t ime
of ac t ion
for us .
The changes which ta ke pla ce
in Czechoslovakia help
us to preach the Go
behind
the
I ro n Cur ta in .
Every
day we send sp i r i tua l
food
there
and
from th
to Russ ia .
Everything
i s
reaching the des t ina t ion .
We need
your
prayers and
f inancia l
support for
th i s great
minis t ry .
Yours in C hr is t
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DEPARTMENT O F MISSIONS
^oUe^
Bel
air Maryland
2 1 0 1 4
oujt MtMisnr
Assistance
in Establishment
of
New
Congregations
Publishing
of
Christian Literature and Song Books in Polish Language
Spiritual
Material and Moral Support of Preachers i n P ol an d Relief
Ministry
to
Poland
Training Foreign
Students
New
Testaments and
Bibles
to Poland
and
Russia Radio
Ministry
in Polish Russian
an d
Ukranian
Languages
Follow up
Work
of
Radio
Listeners
by
Correspondence
Preach ing in Camps
Churches
and at Rallies
WorkAmongForeignSpeaking
People
in the
United States
of
America
Paul Bajko Direc
November 1968.
W 29
9 8
WHAT 3DONE FOR POLAND BV DEPT OF MISS IONS 7
On
October 10
1968
the Guidance Committee
for
the
Dept.
of Missions
f o r
a 3
h o u r
s e s s i o n
i n
o r d e r
t o
r e c e i v e
first h a n d
i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m
P
Bajko d i r e c t o r of t h e Dept. of
Miss ions
about the achievements w
and p r o j e c t s
of t h e Department .
I t was s t r e s s e d t h a t s ince the establ ishment
of
t h i s department
i n
19
the great emphasis was to be laid
upon
European m inis t r ies especia l ly
l a n d a n d o t h e r c o u n t r i e s b e h i n d t h e I r o n C u r t a in .
It was
found
t h a t t h e Churches o f C h r i s t / C h r i s t i a n / i n Poland which
t e
t h e i r beginning t o
1921 and which
grew
r a p i d l y
under
t h e n a t i v e
dedicated l eadersh ip including
P au l s f a th er went
through rough t r i
d u r i n g t h e Second
World
War.
A f t e r t h e war t h e work was renewed w i t h
new
s t r e n g t h f o r a s h o r t t i
In 1 9 5 0 a l m o s t all t h e
l e a d e r s
w e r e arrested
a n d
t h e c h u r c h e s w e r e c
sed. Almost a l l t h e m i n i s t e r s
were
sentenced t o 3 y e a r s i n p r i s o n
only
a
few of them escaped
t h e sentence.
A t that
t i m e
there w a s
a
trend in
P o l a n d
to unite all t h e c h u r c h e s i
one
u n i t e d
church.
T h e r e f o r e
some
of
the
compromising
preachers
brou
t h e
Church o f C h r i s t i n to t h e United E v a n g e l i c a l Church.
When the l a s t of our m i n i s t e r s
was
r e l e a s e d
from
p r i s o n i n 1953 they
t a r t e d to work toward independence
from
the
U.E.Ch. However it
was
l a t e because
everything
was
l e g a l i z e d by t h e
government
and it loo
a s if t h e C h u r c h
o f
C h r i s t w as
b u r i e d
i n t h a t
U n i o n .
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The f i r s t contacts made in 1956 by the Department of Missions w
with
our fa i th fu l
preachers
in Poland
and
a l l e f fo r t s
were d irected
ward the restorat ion of the teachings and practices of the Church as
i s revealed in
the Scriptures .
Many
le t te rs were
wri t ten .
Then in
1958 two
students
were
brought from
Poland
Kostek
Jakoniuk
George Bajenski and
were
trained for
5-6 years a t Eastern Christian C
lege and
Lincoln
Christian College under
complete
sponsorship of
the
partment
of Missions.
After receiving t he i r
educa ti on both of
them
turned to Poland and resumed great responsibil i t ies in
preaching
t
ching
and
res tor ing
the
work of
the
Church of Chr is t
In
i960
and
1963
Paul
and Dela Bajko made
t r ips to
Poland in order
preach
and tea ch to get
acquainted
with the
work
and a l l problems
guide ministers and Christian workers
in
t he ir e ffor ts . Those trips w
very beneficial and
the
work in
Poland turned
in the
right direction
In
i960
Paul and Dela with
the
assis tance
of Pol is h s tudent s started
f i rs t
regular Poli sh
publication
The
Guidepost
which
is
now
in
9th year of
service to hundreds of people both here
in
US and
in Eu
pe - espec ia l ly
in
P olan d an d Czechoslovakia .
In
1957 the
Life
of Christ
visualized
was t ranslated
into
the Po
and Russian languages and recently
the
ook
of Acts
visualized was
nslated
into
Polish language. Because of
a great demand
for
such
l i t e
ture
there
i s a
need fo r
publ icat ion
of
a
4th
edi t ion
During
the years
1957-1968 pela
translated
hundreds of songs and
the
partment of Missions published so
far
4 song books with music and
language and over 6000 copies of those s
oland. There
is demand
for
many more
copie
wi t hou t
mus ic
i n
th e Po l i s h
books
were
d i s t r i b u t e d
in
P
Begining with
the year
1956
Dept.
of
Missions sent out thousands of
pies
of
Bibles
and New Testaments
in
the Russian and Polish languages
and is continuing in this ministry
to
the p resent day.
In 1960
the
f i r s t Christian broadcast
in
the
Polish
language was sta
ted through
the
Monte Carlo Station with
financial
backing of
the
Go
Broadcasting Mission
Bro. and
Sister Cobles founders
and
then
the
cond
Christian
Broadcast
in
a Russian-Ukrainian languages
in the city
Baltimore in coope ra ti on w it h
the S lav ic Church
of Chr is t
The
publication and Radio
ministry
grew to
such an extent
tha t i t
was
cessary to ca l l
for
help
and
in
1967
Bro. Winnik arr ived from
Polan
to
work
with
the Department of Missions.
Now
he is very busy
with
re s t of
the s ta f f of the Dept.
of
Missions.
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Because
of
a
great
need in 1958 Department of Missions started a reg
la r support of min isters in Poland. Many thousands of dollars were
in to re pa ir work of
the
houses of worship
and
build in g th e new ones.
ver 15,000.00 dollars are sent to Poland
every
year
through
the Pol
Traiding
Corporation
for the Lord s
work
there
A ll
t h i s
lead
to th e
r es to ra t ion
o f
the
work
of the
Church
o f
Chr i s t
Po l a n d
Although the
Church
of
Chris t there
remains
in U.E.Ch., i t is neverth
less
free locally and
is
res to red to the New Testament pattern of pra
t i ce and worship.
Our
preachers
now work
in
unity
and put great
emphasis on evangelism,a
the work i s progressing.
I t took many
years
to accomplish i t through prayers , pat ience, love a
pe r s i s t an t work.
This
work
is
very
close
to
our
hearts
and
we
do
not
hesita te in
mak
s crifices
All
the
work in Poland is supported exclusively by
the
Department of M
ssions.
I t includes
f inancia l assi stance for 20 preachers
and
worke
building
houses of
worship,
children s and youth work
bicycles
and
m
torcicles for preachers ,
musical
instruments, Sunday School material,B
bles,
New
Testaments Christian
l i terature, medicine,
etc. /Only Kos
and George receive their support directly from churches in the States
By this virtue and by the request of the Brethren in Poland
the
Dep
tment
of
Missions is the ONLY
offic ial
representantive of the work
Po l a nd
I f
any
church
or individual would l ike
to
as s i s t
with
the
work
in Pola
or have
any
questions concerning the work there, he should direct i t
Pau l Bajko, director of the Department
of
Missions.
At the meeting the Committee approved the minimum budget for 1969 in t
amount
of
41,000.00
which is to be
raised
by the Department of M
sions
through
faith.
This amount
includes
the
support
of a ll
work con
cted
with
the
ministry
in Poland,
Slavic ministry
in U.S.A,, publicati
radio, and
l iving-link
supports for Paul
Bajko,
dam Korenczuk and Bo
s l aw Wtnn i k
The
Guidance
Committee
consits
of the
fol lowing persons
1,
Paul Bajko, chairman
of Committee,
is from the Department
of Missio
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2.
Kenneth
Meade secre tary of the
Conmittee
i s a t r u s t e e of E.C.C
minister of the ^nor Woods Church of Christ Rockville
Md.
3 .
J . T
Segrove p r e s i d e n t o f E astern C h r i s t i a n College
4 .
Adam
Korenczuk
s t a f f member
of
the Dept.
of
Missions and m i n
o f S la v i c Church
o f
C h r i s t
i n B a l t i m o r e Md.
5.
W.
Robbins
m i n i s t e r
of
P l a i n f i e l d C h r i s t i a n Church P l a i n f i e l d
the
most cont r ibut ing church
t o the Dept. of Missions.
6 .
Ivan
Odor m i n i s t e r o f Markle
Church
o f C h r i s t
Markle
I n d . t h e
cond
most cont r ibut ing church t o the Dept. of
Missions.
These men
a r e
well acqu ainted w ith the
work
of the Department of
M
s i o n s and they meet once a y ea r b efo re the annual
t r u s t e e s
mee
od
E.C.C. in
order
t o
rece ive
complete r e p o r t s evaluate
the work
prove
the new budget
make recommendations and promote
the cause
o
C h r i s t through
th e
Department
o f Missions .
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NEWS FROM THE F I E L D .
Today I received the littjle package with five songbooks One Song .
was a
g r e a t
s u r p r i s e
f o r
me. We always welcome the songs of S i s t e r B
with
g r e a t
joy . The
chorus book
Heaven ly Sunshine i s so
v ery popu
among the young people in ^11 our churches and the new songbook wi
a ne w
su ess
Besides Sister
Dela
for wfiom the song
i s
like a lifegiving
stream
body
knows
a s
well
a s
you
do
what
a
new
song
means
for
our
people .
The new songs are
like newj fresh a i r for the
soul like a breath ne
sary for l i f e . The songs from One Song sung by our
youth
and our
c
w i l l
f u l f i l
our
hopes.
Last year as well a s
t h i s
year I was teaching
in
the Summer Camps
could witness what a song can do f o r
young
people.
t s
one o f th e g
t e s t
means
o f reaching s o u l s f o r
C h r i s t .
You
should have
s e e n t h e
y
men from the o u t s i d e with long h a i r
how in
M. 0 . or Sz. they jo
our
young people
i n
s inging
hymns
for
the
g lory of
God.
You
should
heard the
combined
groups o f two camps from Sz. and Sw. when two hu
young
people
sung
together:
The Lord
knows
the
way
through
the
wild
ness...
or
Boys and
girljs for Jesus
and many many
others.
Who
l i v e d through
one of t h o s e moments knows
what
a song
means.
Be
to
tell
Sister
Dela
that
l^hrough
her
efforts
and
work
her
name
is w
te n with golden l e t t e r s i n our h e a r t s . Remind
her
of 1
Cor.
15:58.
With
a l l
new
e d i t i o n s
p l e a s e
do
n o t f o r g e t
abou t u s .
A.P.