baughman don marianne 1966 nigeria

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N I G E R I A

W E S T A F R I C A

W E ST A F RI CA C H R I S T I A N M I S S I O N

D O N A L D D . B AU GH MA N3 3 J, I a r k i s o n Avoi iueOol-i imljus, O h i o

1 2 F eb in ia ry 1966

W. E. McGllvreyM i s s i o n S e r v i c e sB ox 9 6 8Jol ie t I l l inois 6 0 4 3 4

D e a r . B r o t h e r B i l l

Your praj/ers on our behal f have pcevailed, an da t long l a s t the LeMay g visa has been api: roved bythe l l igec iau go/ernraent . Because o f the recen t overthrowof the government Don was unable to leave there in^January. A l e t t e r from him reoeived yqqterday sayg thati t w i l l be mid-March be fo re he i s ab l e to r e t u r n to th es t a g e s

The Ohristirins are s t i l l aole to hold regular servicesand, appar ^n :ly, the_ new regime is determined to r id thecountry of t r i b a l r i va l ry and of tlie regional p o l i t i c a lpart ies tna t have been the cause of the recent upheaval,

Oon jinue to pray fo r the Nige-ian Cliristi-nis, theLel ay s , and t h a t we w i l l continue to rec eiv e th e ftindsnecessary to carry on the proclamation o f the Gospel,

I n O h r i s t i a n l o v e ,

Mariarme Baughi i inWe s t A f r i c a a h r i s t i : i n M i s s i o n

f o r w a r d i n g Agent ;Mrs, O ar ol S oa rb ro ug h2 4 3 M i z e l lDune r a n v i l i e T exas

On t h e f ie ld :We s t A f r i c a C h v - i s t i a n M i s s i o nB o x 4 6O t t a M i g e r i a


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NOTE ON N I G E R I A .4lr y j ?by Mrs Don Baughman ^ ^

Your prayers on ou r beha l f have preva i led , and a t long l a s t the LeMay s visa has

been approved by the Nigerian g ov er nm en t. Beca use of the recent overthrow of the

government Don was unable to l eave the re i n January. A l e t t e r from him KSESxiffiit recen t ly

says t ha t i t wi l l be mid-March before he i s able to r e tu rn to the Sta t e s .

The Chr i s t i ans are s t i l l able to hold r e g u l a r se rv ices . Apparent ly, the nex^ regime

i s determined t o r i d t h e coun t ry o f t r i b a l r i v a l r y and o f th e r e g i o n a l p o l i t i c a l p a r t i e s

t h a t h a v e been t h e cause o f t h e r e c e n t upheava l .

Continue to pray for th e Nigerian Chr is t ians , the LeMay s, and t h a t we w i l l cont inue

to receive the funds necessary to carry on the proclamation of the GospeL^^ forwarding

Agent: Mrs Carol Scarbrough 2L3 Mizell Duncanville Tex ~J^ ZC?D^

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T h e C h r i s t i a n M i s s i o n , V oL 1 0 , No, 6 , J u n e , 1966 Page 5

W ES T A F B IC A C H R I S T I A N MISSION

W e s t A f r i c a C h r i s t i a n M i ss io n w a s f or m ed

in 1955 When th e Roy Goldsberry .and Don Baugh-man fami l ie s came to Nigeria, then a Brit ishColony in West Africa, to inaugurate a ne wmission work. Through th e v a ri ou s m e an s ofpersonal work, preacher training school, regular radio broadcasting, and correspondenceschool, th e work has slowly grown until thereare now ten churches m ee ti ng i n tw o distinctr eg io ns o f N i ge ri a, Miss Zola Brown, veteranm i ss i on a ry o f th e Congo, and th e Lester. Le-Mays with exper ience in South Africa, haveassisted in the work; but since ^ e Goldsberrysleft for work in Italy in 1963 tlie Don Baugh-mans have been t he o nl y permanen t miss ion

ar ies in this important work,Nigeria, no w independent, is the most

highly populated country in Africa, Its nationallanguage is English, but in addit ion there areover 200 t r ibal languages and dialects spoken.

D e n o m i n a t i o n a l C h r i s ti a n m i s s i o n s h a v e

been here f or m an y yea,rs, b ut t he influence ofIslam and paganism is still strong. The Re storation Movement has been represented bywell-financed a capella Church o f C h r is t m iss i o n a r i e s and t h e W e st A f r ic a C h r is t ia n M ission, The Gospe l Broadcasting Mission haspaid f or ra di o tim e fo r th e Search th e Scriptures broadcast over Weste rn Niger ia Broadcasting System each Sunday morning since1961. The program is produced and contactsa re f ol lo we d u p on th e field,

L I F E IN A B U N D A N C EHow does faith in Jesus Chris t provide

abundant l i f e ? L e t u s c o n s i d e r s o m e t e s t im on ie s o f those whose lives have been changedi n N i ge ri a . F or instance, Hussein Momodu,minister of th e Church of C hr is t a t Bariga, asuburb of Lagos:

M y name is Hussein Momodu, Perhapsyo u m ay wonder wh y my name is Hussein, aMoslem name. It is customary for us Nigeri a n s to t a k e a C h r i s t i a n n a m e f r o m th e B ib lewhen we become Christians, but I h av e k ep tm y M oslem n am e for I want i t to be a t e s t imony that a Moslem c an a cc ep t Chris t andb e c o m e a C h r i s t i a n . I w a s r a i s e d i n the I s -lamic faith, bu t when I compared Jesus Chris twith Mohammed, I found tha t Jesus died andthen a r o s e f rom the dead w h il e M o ha m me ddied and i s s t i l l dead , I w an t t o l ive and s e r v ethe one who is alive, and that is why I am a

p r e a c h e r of th e Church of C h r i s tMy name is Lawrence Ebak. Having n

father, I came to Lagos in 1956 to earn money to suppor t my mother and s i s t e r, I w ainvited by a friend to a tte nd B ib le c lassesa t M r, Baughman-s house n ea r m e. Afterattending s ev e ra l o f these c lasses , I wasbaptized in th e ocean at midnight one ev ening. Then Mr. Baughman asked me toc o m e to th e B ib le s ch o ol in O t t a to t r a i nfor th e ministry. I t was hard fo r me tomake up m y m in d. In fac t , I w a it ed u nt ilI could tell my mother an d s i s te r and didn tgo unt i l 1959, A t th e t ime I found schoolv er y e as y an d I thought, This is th e f i r s t

s tep to m y new l i fe , Now I have found myLord an d I have God a s my Father,

Before I ha d found i t difficult to minglemyse l f with f ri en d s b e ca u se e ac h t im e w em et they said something about t he ir f a th e rs ,bu t I could not. This made me feel unhappyand re jected. Now in m y ne w l ife, I have aFather who wi ll a lways be prepared to rec e i v e m e . Now I c an w o r k w i t h o t h e r s i nany town o r society, feeling that we a re allthe same. So I w as a ble to take up the ministry g la dl y, n ot mihding what others thinkm e. My l if e d u ri ng these fe w years has bea g r e a t succes s in compar i son with those wdo n o t k no w G od a n d th e L ord J e s u s C h r i s tI think my experience would be a great challenge to them. Even i f we have earthlyfa thers o r not, we c an c le av e to God and l iva h a pp i er l if e than w e c ou ld have i f we didn o t k n o w G o d a t a l l

G O A L S

A s our name imp l i e s , w e a r e not sa t i sf ied to l im it o ur w or k to Nigeria, There aa l r eady responses to o ur radio broadcas t sfrom several neighboring countries, andthe re a re poss ib i li t ie s o f additional broadc s t s

During 1966, we a re seeking to recru i tmissionary personnel to take advantage ofth e q uo ta w e no w have of 19 m i s si o n ar i es i nNigeria an d Ghana, an d to prepare t o o pe nn e w f i e l d s a s t h e L o r d l e a d s .

We are in full cooperat ion wi th pioneerm i ss io n w o rk being opened in Ghana by BroEdgar Nichols.

We have hopes of penetrating no t only(continued on next page)


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th e five English-speaking c ou nt ri es o f Wes tAfrica , but would l ike to r each th e ten F r e n c h -speaking countries an d th e Portuguese andSpanish enclaves .

N E E D S

O ur grea tes t need is for additional m issionary personnel to become th e vanguard ofundenominational Christianity in West Africa .

We nee d to expand our radio program an dput i t on more powerful s ta ti o ns t h at will r eacho u t f u r t h e r .

We need French-speaking missionar ies whoc an p ro d uc e a F r e n c h v e r s io n of Sea rch th eScr ip tu res .

We need funds to pay fo r production an dfollow up cos t s .

W e c a n u se C h r i s t i a n l i t e r a t u r e . W e r eceive many r e qu e st s f or Bibles , t r ac t s an dSunday school papers . The economy o f t he sec o u n t r i e s i s s u ch t h a t c h u r c h e s a r e s e l d o m

able to afford s uc h s up pl ie s, u nl es s they canr e c e i v e u s e d m a t e r i a l s f r o m t h o s e m o r e f o r

tunate^Most o f a ll , w e n ee d your interested an d

cpnceined prayer. Africa i s a sleeping giant,full of potential fo r either good or evil. Whowill a ro u se t hi s sleeping giant to action? Willhe be awakened by hjonns of godly praise that

will lift his people to ne w heigh ts of Christianservice for th e good of a ll m en ? O r w ill h ebe rudely shocked into awareness by th eclanking chains of a ne w exploitation, thato f c o m m u n is t t r a i ne d o v e r lo r d s w ho w o ul dswiftly bleed away all th e new independencean d e n sl av e h i m o n c e m o r e ? T he c ho ic e i s

not wholly Africa s . I t may b e y ou r c ho ic e,o r your neglec t . In teres ted an d concernedprayer b y m an y people m ay become th e seedb e d f o r G o d s h a r v e s t .

Les te r L . LeMay(con th e field until Apri l , 1967

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O tt a, N ig er ia

Donald D . B au gh ma n on furlough until April , 19673 8 E . M a r k i s o n A v e .

Columbua , Ohio 43207

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