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JESUS
I S
THE
LIGHT
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Have you ever stepped
out
o f
your
house on
a dark n igh t
and f e l t
something brush aga ins t
your leg
o r foot?
And you know
it i s not your
dog
or
ca t . ^^Vhat
can it
be? You have no
l i gh t
to switch on fo r you
have no e l e c t r i c i t y . So
you begin
to imagine
what it
may have been .
Thi s
happened
to Stephen who
works
fo r
Don and
Marianne
Baughman
in Nige r i a . Stephen i s
a
mason o r
somet imes
ca l l ed
a
b r i ck l aye r .
Tha t
means
t h a t
he
knows
how to
s tack
concre te
blocks
i n to
th e
co r r ec t pos i t i o
and
p u t mor t a r
betv/een them to make a house . S tephen a l so
o pe ra te s th e
lawn mower
and
he lp s us to
do
v /h ate ve r n ee ds
to be
done,
Stephen l i v e s in a sma l l
house
down n ea r th e chape l . About twe lve
f e e t away from th e f r on t door o f
h is little
house
s tands
the t h i ck , l u sh ,
r a in
f o r e s t , S tep he n co uld only
t h ink
o f one
t h ing
t h a t could have
come
out o f th e
f o r e s t .
You
know
what t h a t is
don ' t
you?
Yes
a snake .
Stephen
ho l l e r ed
a t
th e top o f h i s
l ungs .
He
made such no i s e s
t h a t
one o f us thought
he was
ye l l i ng , F i re ;
iUiother t hought he
v/as say ing
Baba
Baba ( f a the r ) . Don and a l l th e othe r men jumped up.
Don
grabbed
snake s t i ck s and all r an
to
Stephen ,
Soon all
th e
men r e t u r n ed t o
ou r house wi th S t ephen , He s a t
down
on the
f l o o r
in
th e
l i g h t o f
th e
a ladd in lamp
and began to
i n spec t
h is
le
and f oo t . He could
f i nd
no
marks o f
any k ind
bu t
he
was c e r t a i n
t h a t a
snake had b i t t e n him Ne to ld him t h a t if something had b i t t e n him he
would
know it But you know
how
s t ro ng o ne 's imag ina t ion
i s
He had
no
pa in .
We kep t him
i n our
house
un t i l
he f e l l as l eep
i n
h is cha i r .
F ina l l y ,
v;e
roused him from
h is
s l eep .
He
woke up l augh ing and
went down
to
his h o u s e ,
But ,
you
know
even
when
he
came
to work in the
mornin g he
was no t
c o n v i n c e d
that a
s n a k e
h a d
not
bitten h i m .
He
said that his foot felt
l i gh t e r
Thi s is
how
it
is
fo r
t hose who do
n o t know Ylho
th e Ligh t o f the
World is We
need J e su s to be
our
L igh t
to
show
u s
th e
way each day
o f
our l i v e s
o r we
wi l l imagine
many
t h ing s . Some o f them may even
happen
to us
if
we do
no t
fo llow th e
Ligh t .
Be sure and
tell
your
f r i e nds t h a t
Jesus
i s the
Light
and
there
i s no
need fo r anyone to
stumble around in
the darkness
THE BAUGHMANS
DON and MARIANNE
MISSIONARIES TO NIGERIA
West
Atrica Chris t ian Mission
Nigeria
West
Africa
FURLOUGH ADDRESS:
35 4
Nozth South
Street
Wilmington Ohio
45177
Phone; 513-382-.6699
Mar ianne
Baughman
NIGERIA West Afr i c a
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NATIVE DOCTOR
This
i s
the t rue
account
of a native
doctor
a pr i es t
of
idols who confessed
to
the t ru th of the gospel on h is death-bed
but
fa i l ed
to rep en t .
Near the coas ta l
fo re s t
swamp in southern
Niger ia
a smal l
vi l lage
nes t les . Palm t rees surround the church
and the houses,
towering over the
inhabitants.
V/ithin
the
half circ le
of
u dwellings
opposite
the
church
l ives
the
native doctor,
and
h is
f lourishing
ido l
temple i s there . \Vhen t r i a l s come upon th e pe op le,
it
i s the native
docto r
to v/hom
they f l e e .
But today
a l l
was
quiet in the idol house.
The witch doctor
lay
dying. He l ay on a mat on th e mud f l oo r in
th e
dark room. The l a s t
rays of s un lig ht c re pt through the
open
doorway in to the
room. Men
and women
hovered
over the sick man. In and out
of
the house
they
went
shaking the i r heads. He asked someone to send
for
Edun the
preacher
a t
the only
church
in the v i l l age .
Edun knel t down beside
the man.
My sons . . . , the old man sa id ,
you
teach
them.
Edun
had
to
l i s ten
carefully.
You
speak
the
t ru th .
You
be l i eve? Edun asked
him,
and th e man
nodded.
There i s
t ime . . .
Edun
began.
The
nat ive doc tor shook h is
head ,
My
l i f e i s over.
You
must teach ...
my
sons.
I wi l l
do
it Edun t o l d h im.
I
have helped no one.
You
wi l l help them to do r igh t .
One
son came in to the
room,
glanced a t h is fa ther and sl ipped h is hand
under
some c lo th ing .
You
take the
moneyl
a
woman
screamed
a t
him.
His
hand
came
out
from under the clo th ing
empty.
He
hur r ied ly l e f t
the
room.
Edun and
the old
man sorrowfully
watched the
son leavq the
se t t ing
sun c a s t
th e young
man s
shadow
ac ro s s th e f l o o r .
My s o n s . . .
The
o ld man
t u r ned
h i s
f ace
to th e wa l l and d i ed .
Today, one son i s fol lowing in h is
fa the r s
foots teps
the i do l
temple
i s
again
f lourishing.
The yoimgest
son accepted
the teach in g of
God s V/ord, th e
B ib l e .
He is
a l e a d e r and
cho i r
d i r e c t o r
i n th e chu r ch .
Marianne
Baughman
NIGERIA, West Af r i c a
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DAY
OF DECIS ION
_
One of
the
l ove l i e s t happenings
one
can
v/ i tness i s
when a person
dec ides
to
give h is
l i f e
to
Jesus .
They
no t
only
know WHO GOD IS , but
they
make
Jesus Lord
of t h e i r
l i f e .
They tu rn
away
from a l l of the
bad
th ings they have been doing and
tu rn
to God and begin
to
do good he lp fu l
th ings . They no
lon ge r p ra y
to the clay
pot ,
t ree or make
offer ings
to
t h e i r i do l s , but they
ask
God to
del iver
them from t h e i r old way of l i f e .
They
want to
be
buried
in water
j u s t
as
Jesus was bur ied
in
the
grave
l eave
all
o f
t h e i r
s i n sand
r i s e up
ou t
o f the
wate r
to
walk
as Jesu s
w a l k e d .
t was a cloudy day
when
some Sango people made decis ions fo r Jesus .
Many
t imes
1
have
been
to
the r ive r , so
today
1 stopped a t my home to
change
my
shoes and put
do^^ the
heavies t books.
1
then hurr ied along
the
path .
t was heavy with
weeds and
undergrowth
and
pineapple
leaves
scratched my legs .
Already
1
could
hear the
people singing,
and children
crashing on ahead
to be f i r s t
a t the watersid e but
1
cou ldn t
see them.
1 was th ink in g of
the
happy occasion and en joying th e cool of
the
overca
sky .
Suddenly, weaving in and around t rees , banana groves,
kola
forest an
t a l l
weeds
tha t
grew
over
my
head,
I
real ized
t ha t
I
must
have
made a
wro
tu rn .
The
fo re s t
i s st rewn v;ith
paths
to l oca l farms, to
the
old
road,
and to dif fe ren t
branches
to v ario us s po ts along the r ive r . I could s t i l
hear
singing in
the distance, but I knew I was fa r ther
away
from
them
instead of
c loser .
Sure
enough I reached a
c l i f f side
above
the water
an
looked
down and sav/ the group. The
forest
was so thick tha t
they
couldn
me
The
evangelist
had entered the water. 1
thought
I
could
s t i l l make
and stumbled down an old overgrown path and was soon los t on a new unso
farm.
Gradually I made
my
way
back to
the
sandy
c l i f f and got
my bearin
se t
towards
home.
By now
the
baptisms
were
taking place.
I made my way
back
to
the
house.
Even
if
1
could
reach
them
now
they
would
be
s t a r t i ng
back. They would
a l l laugh
a t Mommy which
they promptly did
when
they
r e a c h e d the h o u s e ,
I
was f i r s t a t the house, but because
I
had neglected to take
note
of the nev/
paths
and
thought
I was on
the
old, I missed
the
happy
birthda
party of the
new
Christians.
1
learned
not to
take
for
granted things
that I already know but to check up and bQ feure that the way I am taking
i s th e r i g h t one
There are
many paths in this l i fe and i f we don' t
watch the
one we
are
on, i t is
easy to end up in
the
v/rong place.
e
need
to look a t
the
path every day
and make
sure
we are on
the
r ight one
Mar ianne Baughman
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HEAL THE
SICK
Deep
in
the r a i n fo r e s t
of
s ou th er n N i ge ri a
where
the t a l l
t r e e s
mass
in
a lush green canopy there i s a small vi l lage . The square shaped
mud houses
are
arranged
in a
c i rc le making the center of the
vi l l age
the
f ront
yard
fo r most
of
the houses . The i do l temple has
a prominent
p l ace among t hem.
Here
l i ve s
one
old
Baba
( fa the r ) who
be l ieves
t h a t Jesus
i s God s
only Son ^
His
daughter Dorcas,
the only
l iving child of
ten
children,
lay
very
ill
on
her
mat
on
the
f loor . The
old
man
at tempted
to
feed
her .
She
could not ea t the food. He prayed and t r i ed to he lp he r , but
she
only grew
worse . All
o f
the women
worr ied
the
man about
the g i r l ,
Cal l the witch doctor , they sa id , Buy
a
goat and
we
wi l l k i l l it fo r
a s a c r i f i c e .
They bel i eved t h a t
if th ey o ffe red th is s ac ri f ic e
t h a t
the dev i l
would
hea l the g i r l .
On th e Lord s day a
young man
ar r ived in th e
v il lag e to hold
serv ices in the church.
He
went to
the
house of the Baba fol lowed by
many
o f
th e peo ple .
Dorcas saw
th e young man en t e r th e
house
and
she
t r i ed to
r i se . But
she fa inted and f e l l
back,
and eve rybody ran away.
All bu t he r f a t he r
and
th e
young
man.
They
tended he r gen t ly ,
I s
t h e re
no one
to
whom we
can go?
th e o ld
f a t h e r
a sked ,
There i s a miss ionary who has
helped
us be fore . But
he
i s
severa l
miles away. wi l l go fo r t he m i ss ion ar y , t he young man dec ided
Send someone with me. Boreas mother made ready to
go.
Under
the
blaz ing t r op i c a l sim they walked th e th ree mile s ,
Ekasan (Good af ternoon) they
were
gree ted
by Don and
Marianne
Baughman. Mama
smi led and
th e
yoimg man i n t roduced he r ,
The
daugh t e r
o f
Baba is
ill
Can
s h e w alk ?
Don a s k e d ,
N o ,
She fainted when
s h e tried
t o stand
1 wi l l come, Don t o ld them. gave them
food
and d r ink and
Don
drove them to th e v i l l age
over
th e bad ly shredded road . He brought
Dorcas b ack home v/i th him and
took he r
to a doc t o r
the
nex t morning.
The
medic ines s en t back with he r were
fo r
dysen te ry ,
i n f ec t i on ,
mala r i a ,
and malnu t r i t i on .
Her
mother s ta ye d w ith he r , and fo r
one
week she
was
able
to
dr ink
an
egg nog th ree
t imes
a day
and
take the requi red medicat i
As
she s tead i ly improved many prayers of
than lcs were offered to
God.
Her f a t h e r
came
to visit r egu l a r l y .
The
o ld
man
went
happ i l y
back
to
h is v il la ge
to h arv es t
h is
c rops
t e l l i ng everyone t h a t h is daughter i s ge t t i ng wel l . The people j u s t
laughed
a t him. Had
he
no t r e fu sed to s a c r i f i c e to th e
i do l s ?
Now th ey a re no lo ng er la ug hin g,
fo r Dorcas
i s walking
among
them.
Marianne Baughman
NIGERIA,
West
Afr i c a
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MAGIC
CHARMS
behind our house thick rain
forest
stretches up
into
a
i l l iant blue sky. Small farms surround our
ten
acres of trees. Farmer
f?
^
vegetation
during the dry
season before
weeding ^ digging hoeing, planting and
On day a young man
came
running through the forest
to
our house.
A
snake. he
exclaimed
when he saw Don.
v/here? Don
asked
as
he reached
for
the
snake
st icks.
. . father s farm. Come. We a l l followed down the narrow
winding path, through the lush vegetation that covers the forest floor,
imder a flourishing kola forest, into a small clearing.
The
hoy s father stood guarding the snake. A Gaboon Viper, thoueh
deadly^when i t strikes, is
a docile snake.
It
lay under the leaves
beautifully camouflaged unaware of
the turmoil
going on around i t
I t was
a simple matter for
Don
to
lay
the stick
on
the snake s head
and
pick
i t
u
V^here i s your
magic? the
farmer asked Don.
I have no magic. The man
laughed,
not believing.
I t
is true.
Come to my house and s ee
V/hy does it not bi te
you?
I am^holding i t s head. I t can t bite
anyone. I t
is a docile
snake
and only bi tes v/hen
it
i s hungry
or
trapped.
\7here is^your magic? Don asked the farmer knowing that he usually
carr ied a special chaimi when going to his farm.
I l e f t it a t home . Everybody laughed a t th is
V^hy do
you
come to
your
farm without your charm? Won t the snake
b i te
you?
t
no b i t e me because I have cha rm
You
bring your charm and
come to my
house.
I vdl l
turn
the
snake
loose and
we
wi l l see what your
charm
can do,
The farmer
laughed.
Don t turn it loose, he said. We a l l laughed
and
began
to le av e
Come
tomorrow,
Don
sa id
Don t
forget
your
charm.
I t
i s
a
mighty charm tha t can
protect you when you leave
it a t
home?
The
f a rm e r
n e v e r c ame
Marianne Baughman
NIGERIA, West Af r i c a
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NIGER IA
WEST A FR IC A
WEST
AFRICA
CHRISTIAN MISSION
3>oi
March
1 , 1 98 7
Dea r e s t F r i e nd s ,
G r e e t i n g s in ou r
Lord
and Sav i ou r J e su s C h ri s t
New Year ' s Eve: Don f e l l playing t enn i s
with
Marc in
Lexington NE No he d idn ' t break a leg. He received a
footbal l
pointer in
his
good leg.
Since that
time
the pointer
seems to have healed but pain returned
to
the
r ight leg.
He
i s
p r e s e n t l y und e r
a doctor s
c a r e .
In
January
we
r epo r t ed
t o
th e
L in den an d
Beechwold
Churches
o f
Chr i s t in Columbus
Ohio;
Fa i r f i e l d in Lancas te r ,
and th e
church
a t
Pickerington
Ohio.
Don also reported to the Young
a t Heart
a t
Jamestown Ohio
spoke in
chapel
a t
Johnson Bible College
and
a t a Ved. eve service a t
the
church in Wilmington.
We
were a l so
in
Ohio
in
February: th e Fi f t h Ave. church
in
Lancaster Ohio; Ves th i l l
in
Columbus; the Edgerton Ohio
church ;
Grove Ci ty ;
and
Lockland
church in
C in c i nn a t i . Don
attended Hissions
Emphasis Week
a t
Cincinnat i
Bible
College and
p resen t ed
a
workshop The Changing World In Which
We Live .
March 5-8
F i r s t
Chr i s t i an Church ,Freder i ck ,Md. , Fa i t h
Promise
March
11-15
E as t Tu lsa
Chr i s t i a n
Church
Okla .
March
22
F i r s t Chr i s t i an Church Derby
KS
March
24
Lincoln
Chris t ian
College
chapel
March 28 ,29
Church
o f Chr i s t , Water fo rd , Ohio
Apri l 1
Dal las
Chris t ian Colle ge c ha pe l
Apr i l 5
Church of
Chr i s t , Wilmington Ohio
We must l eave fo r
Niger ia
on Apr i l 7 th
to renew
our
Residence
Permits. Please pray our permits wil l be renewed eas i ly and
speed i l y . The
Lord
wi l l i ng , we wi l l
r e t u rn
to th e S t a t e s
in
May.
are looking
forward
to being in DVBS th is
summer and
being
with
you a t
the
N TION L
MISSION RY
CONVENTION
in
Memphis
Sept.
20-23 . . ..all
t h a t
God
doe s endu r e s forever...Ecc 3 . 14 .
You r s ,
Don and Marianne Baughman
We s t
Africa
Christian
Mission
3 5 4
North
South
Street
Wilming ton , Ohio 45177
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We s t Africa
Christian Mission
354 North Sou th Street
Wxlmington,
Ohio 45177
J u n e
1
1987
De a r Friends
in
Christ
a re thankful to repor t
t ha t our
journey
to
Niger ia
and
back
was
success fu l .
were gran ted
Residence
Permi t s
fo r two more
years in
Nigeria.
know
t ha t
t h i s
i s the re su l t of
the
prayers of a l l of you concerned f r iends . Thank you Also, Don's
back and l egs a re much improvedanother r e s u l t
o f
your praye r s .
He c o n t i n u e s treatments wi t h a d o c t o r i n Cincinnati.
a re
sorry to
t e l l you tha t
Arthur Merkle,
minis ter of the ^
Church
o f Chr i s t here in Wilmington,
had
a hea r t a t t a ck on Apri l
7th. On May 4th he underwent t r i p l e by-pass surgery a t
Kettering
Medical Center. He
i s
present ly a t home
a t
395 Curt is
Drive,Wilmington,Ohio
45177,
and the
doctors
are optorais t ic .
Please keep
Arthur
in your prayers, and drop him
a
l ine of
encou r agemen t .
Our summer
J une
7
J
une
8 19
J une
11 26
J une
28
J u l y
3 11
J u l y
14 17
J u l y
19
J u l y
26 31
Aug. 2
Aug. 3
Aug.
9
Aug.
12
Aug.
1 6
Aug.
21
as
follows:
Sou thwood Chu rch o f Ch r i s t Columbus Ohio
Mar i anne
at
DVBS
Wilming ton
Ohio
Don will b e
on a
B i b l e
Land Tou r
Nicho l s on Ch r i s t i a n Church Independence Ky .
DVBS at
Ch r i s t i a n
Chu r ch
i n W ein e r A rk .
Nor t h Amer ican Ch r i s t i a n
Coven t ion Oklahoma Ci t y
Oklahoma
B e ll a V i s t a
Ch r i s t i a n
Chu r c h G a r la n d
Texa s
Mis s ion s
Week
at Lake J ames Ch r i s t i a n Assembly
Angola
I nd i ana
Huber
Heights
Chris t ian Church, Vandalia, Ohio
F l igh t to
Por t l and
Oregon
F i r s t Ch r i s t i a n Church Newpor t , Oregon
Fl igh t to
Lincoln ,
Nebraska
F i r s t Chr i s t i a n Church , Lex ing ton Nebraska
F l i g h t t o Dayton Ohio
Please
keep the
National Missionary
Convention in your
prayers,
The dates are September 20-23 , Memphis
Tennessee.
This
i s
eternal
l i fe
that
they
may know
Thee .. .and Jesus
Chris t . . .
I n Christian
love
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HOUSING
Some
exce l len t
a cc om o da tl on s a re
In Memphi s ho te ls and motels.
e conv en t i o n
has
r oom blocks a t f ive
t h e s e
facilities,
Including:
Holiday
inn
ROWIM plaza, a
brand
beau ti fu l ho te l, wh ich will serve as
e
conven t ion Headqua r te r s
Hotel.
It is
t o
t h e c on ve nt io n c e nt er
Is 67.00 a night,
plus
tax, fo r a room
one
to
four
persons.
Sheraton
Memphis
Hotel,
Is one block
t h e conv en t i o n c en t e r Pr ices are :
55.00
fo r
one
o r two
60.00 fo r t h re e o r
four
(plus tax)
Ramada Hotel,
is six blocks from th e
cente r
Pr ices
are :
50.00 fo r one
or
tw o
58.00 fo r three
or
four (plus
tax)
C oa ch H ou se
is
a bo ut o ne mi le
f r om
e
conven t ion
c en t e r Pr ices
are :
28.00 fo r
one person
53.00
fo r
tw o (plustax)
Coach
and
Fou r
is ab ou t o n e mile
th e
conven t i on cen t e r
Prices
are:
25.00 fo r one person
28.00 fo r
tw o
(plus
tax)
und e r 18 a re f re e in r oo m w it h
Th e room ta x is almost 13
per
F re e p ark in g
excep t a t Crowne
Plenty
of
parking a t the conven
cen t e r f o r a small charge.
To
make your r es e rv a ti on you
need
ge t
a
housing form
from
th e
Mis
convention.
To do
tha t write:
IONAL MISSIONARY CONVENTION BOX
,
COPELAND KS
67837, or call
316/
EXHIBIT
SPACE
A
huge exhibi t area
is
available
In
Memphis. The
exhib it a rea
will be
located
r igh t n ex t to th e main s e ss io n area.
There
will b e
a s o u nd
wal l
b e tw e e n
b u t it
Is
easily
accessible to peop le a tt end ing .
Some
meal
funct ions
will also take place
In
t h e
exh ib i t
a r ea
Exhibi t
con t r a c t s will b e s e n t o u t
about January 1987. If
you
want a
contract, and
you
are
not
on
the
Mis
sionary
Convention mailing list, send
your r eques t
t o t h e address below.
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sometning
INFORMATION
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th e Memphis convention
or
future Mis
sionary Convent ion
write:
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BOX 11, COPELAND KS 67837
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cal l :
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HIGH
PlAINSPUeuSH ERS.INC,DODGE
CITY
YOU CAN T
AFFORD
TO
MISS
THE
40TH
NATIONAL
MISSIONARY
CONVENTION
SEPTEMBER
20-23,1987
e
ITENTION
ENTER
MEMPHIS
TENNESSEE
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MEMPM
Mu d
I s l and
Co n v e n ti o n Ce n t e r
J a c k s o n
SCONVEMON
CENTEn
v rS l IOBSCE^TEO
Unaen
Vance fn
McLemore
So. ParkwayW
Memphis
Map
EEnEiEzaz r
> i
Don
Baughman will be President
of
the
Memphis
convention. He grew up in
Columbus, Ohio, g ra du at in g f rom Cin
cinnati
Bible
Seminary in
1954.
He also
t oo k g r ad u a te work there and a t tended
the Summer
ins t i tute
o f Lingu is ti cs i n
Norman, Oklahoma. Don and hi s wife,
Marianne, became a par t of
th e
wes t
Africa Christ ian Mission
in
1955 an d w e n t
o ut t o Nigeria
on the
s .s . Afr ican Dawn in
1956. They are the paren ts o f four
daughters ,
ail born in
the
I950 's: Ruthie,
Judy,
Lisa and J ane .
Ruthie
died in Africa
o f an u n k n o w n d i s ea se w hen sh e w as
sixteen.
The Baughmans,
a long
with thei r
fe llow workers,
have been
endeavor ing
to
pioneer
th e
establishment
o f
mis
sionary churches
in
Africa's
m ost po p
ulous
n a ti onchur ch e s r ea c hi n g
o u t
t h rough love into
thei r
communit ies to
save t h e los t , r e ach ing o u t i n t o
neighbor ing nations, and into the
u t
te rmost par ts of the ear th.
Twenty- four o t he r overseas mis
sionaries,
twelve
Nor th Ame ri ca n
mis
sionaries, twelve USA ministers,
and
six
Bible
College Mission
Professors will be
wor ki ng w it h
Don on
th e
convent ion ' s
Continuation
Commit tee
to
plan th e
Memphis
convent ion.
A CALL TO
WORLD
EVANGELIZATION
IN OUR
GENERATION
We
now
have o p po rt un it y t o
mor e
people
with th e Gospel than
before
in
th e
history
of
th e
w
Wh e th e r
w e
do r e ach
t h em
o r n
going to depend on how serious w
about obeying the
Greatcommiss ion
Nearly tw o and
a half billion p
h av e n ev e r h ad
a c h a n c e t o
hea
Gospel. Over 17,000
p eo p le g ro u p
virtually untouched in nations ail
t h e
w o r l d. C h u r c he s
in
th e
W e s t e r n
spend 95% o f t h ei r funds (and perso
o n d om esti c purposes,
4V2
on e
l ished
miss ion
w o rk
in o t h e r
cou
and
Vi of 1% o n u nrea ch ed pe
g r o u p s .
But there is a
growing
concer
some
places
a rapidly
g row ing con
to g e t
on with
th e
job.
At
th e
Miss
Convention in Memphi s t hi s
will b
of
the
featured
highlights, and, hop
it
will
c o n t i n u e t o
b e a t
o t h e r
f
Missionary
Conventions.
How
ca n
yo
more
effective
in reaching t hose
have
n e ve r h ea rd ?
How can
your
c
b e c o m e
invo lved in r e ach in
unreached peoples group? Wha
o the r individuals,
churches,
and
g
doing?
You will make th e
difference
c an h elp evan gelize the world in
generation
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40th National
Missionary Convent ion
Sep t embe r 20 23 , (Sunday
Through
Wednesday) ,
1987
Memphis, Tennessee
Convent ion
Center Complex
Theme :
The Chr i s ti an ity o f
th e Here
and iYoiv
DON BAUGHNAN,
President
na t iona l
Missionary
Conv.
Missionary
to Nigeria.
Sunday
evening
speake r
6:00
p .m.
message on
T he
Christianity
o f th e Here
a n d
Now
JA ME S S TR AU SS . Linco ln Ch r i s t i a n
College, Lincoln, Monday Eve
Message
T h e P ro fo un d
D a rk n es s o f
th e He r e
an d
Now
ROGER THOMAS, Mini st er D e ka lb , Il
linois.
Morning Bible Exposition
Monday,
Tuesday,
Wednesday from The Sermon
on
th e
Mount , The
Pursuit Of
The Kingdom:
L if e i n Two Wo rl ds
GERALD G IB SON . M id -s ou th Chr is t i an
college,
Senatobia,
MS Tues.
aft
message
Shining Like
Stars
in t he P re se nt Uni
v e r s e
ART
MO RR I S ,
Mis
s iona ry ,
India .
Wed
n e s d a y
a f t e r n o o n
message
Al l
The se
Things fo r th e Present
Age.
D AV ID E UB AN KS .
Johnson
Bible College,
Knoxv i i i e ,
TN.
Wed.
e ve ni ng me ss ag e T he
Eterna l Kingdom
of th e
Here a n d Now.
DAVID F ILBECK , M is si on ar y,
Thailan
Monday
af ternoon
message
The Treasur
and
Pearl
fo r
t he P r es ent
Age
MICHAEL STANELY.
Missionary, Sout
Africa. Tuesday
evening
message
Th
Great Light in
th e
Here an d Now
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The view from a
far country
The Changing Times in Which
Live
By DON
BA
UGHMAN
SINCE
leaving
for West Afr ica
as
a
missionary
more than th ir ty years
ago,
one
of
th e most important
and frequently
asked
questions I have
had
when on
leave ha s been,
How
have things changed?
I think,
understandably, those
who
as k expect a good and
pleasant
answer.
Bu t
I
suspect
that
th e answer
is
rea lly no t a simple one, and not a lways good and
pleasant.
Illusion
of progres sSome years ago, a certain
rather remote
village in Africa
had
a paved road . It
gave the village
an appearance
of progress
and
well-
being. I
was not r ea ll y acqua in ted
with life
in
this
village.
Then one day th e
government
put a
paved
road through a village I was very
familiar
with. It
gave it th e same
appearance
of progress and well-
being the
other vil lage had.
Bu t
I
knew there was
little progress and
not
much well-being among the
people here. They were illiterate, poor, and miserable
and still worshiping the same idols those before them
had
worshiped.
For
me,
the
road
in t he
village I
was
unacquainted with had
created an illusion.
In America today there is much to create such an
illusion. We see so much progress in so
many
different
areas that we
tend to think
things ar e really going
quite
nicely. Wedo
not dream
that
in any
sense
things
could be going backwards.
But
we
must
look beyond
outward appearances
and
seek a ful ler picture of
things in order
to
see
th e makeup of th e
society in
which we live. With prayer and shared love for al l we
can work for good
changes
to come in th e
America
we
love.
The his tory we
ar e
makingWe
Christians today
need
a sense
of
where
th e wor ld i s and where
we
a re
i n t he world. I use th e term,
th e
world, in
th e
Bibli
c a l s ens e I mean
men
and wome n o n
t he i r
own wi th
ou t
God,
and
their
ways
and
means.
We
need
to know
where
that
world
is,
and what
is believed
and
what
is
happening in that world-and not justwhat is happen
ing in
the kingdom of God.
This
may
give
us an idea of
what
is
likely
to
happen
to us
and
to
our children
within
th e
wor ld o fmen. These are
our
times, and
to
live
i n t hem we need a little
sense
of
history.
Our
times ar e
revolutionary-times
of fundamental
Don
Baughman,
missionary with West Africa Christian
Mission, served as president
of
th e
1987
National
Missionary
onvent ion
Page
Four
(884)
change within
society.
The
winds
of
change
are
sweep
ing
th e
inhabited
world-sometimes
good,
sometimes
bad,
sometimes
a mixed blessing.
Foundations of materialism: indus try and agricul
tureTwo extremely
important
changes
bringing
mixed blessings have been
the
industrial and agricul
tural revolutions. By
th e
1850 s
th e
industrial revolu
tion
had
become widespread in
t he northeas te rn
United
States.
Historically speaking,
th e
industria
revolution is of
recent origin.
From th e standpoint o
our
lives
it is ever accelerating.
In th e
year 1900 there
were
virtually
no
automo
biles in America
and
no roads as
we
know roads today
Now we
live in
a
totally
automobile-oriented society
Industry
recently
got a giant assist from technology
in
the form
of
th e
computer. And the computer even
more recently got a
similar
lift through
the
develop
ment
of
the micro-chip-which
revolutionized
th e
computer itself. At the beginning of the industria
revolution machines t ook over
the
work o f
our hands
In fact, machines d id more
than
that. Much more
For
machines began to do things hands never did
And machines
did,
and
do today, things
that hand
could
never
do, more efficiently
and
in th e twinkling
of
an
eye. Recently,
machines
through
the
computer
took overmuch
of th e
work
of ou r
minds. Even though
a computer cannot think, it does massive work on
behalf
of
th e
human brain.
Men could not
have
gone
to t he
moon
without the work
the
computer
did.
In
the
1890 s, 90 percent of
the
people in
the United
States
lived
in rura l
communit ies
and on
farms
When
I was growing up as a boy, if a farmer raised 20
to 30
bushels
ofcorn per acre on
his
farm, he could
ge
along. Today 120 to 130 bushels ofcorn
per
acre would
not
be exceptional. In the America of today, less than
4
percent
of th e people live on farms. The rest,
begin
ning i n t he 1890 s
have
come into t he urban centers
This
has
contributed
to
important
sociologica
changes
in
American life.
Farming
recently
came
to
the point
of zero tillage.
Most of th e
beautiful
corn grown around th e town
where we live when on leave is grown without
tilling
the soil The farmers
of
even the 1930's l iv ed on farm
of
another
age.
They
did
not
live and produce on farm
of
th e present
age.
The
increasing
industrial and agricultural
chang
and
advance in Amer ica have es tab li shed the founda
tion
for a society
that
goes
far
beyond
mere thinking
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p
u
and
dreaming about mater ia li sm.
This
foundation
has
made
it possible, for
the
first
time in
history, for a
vast society to practice a materialistic
way
of life. It is
a society
increasingly
uninterested
in
God
and
spiri
t ua l
values
In
Africa today, in contrast,
there
is no
agricultural
revolution.
It
takes a very high percentage of the peo
ple (including
al l
family members) to raise
th e
needed
food. Often, there is
not
enough.
Scientific and technical changeOne of the impor
tant
ideas in science today is the theory of evolution.
In 1925, in
the
famous Scopes' Monkey Trial, John
Scopes, a public school teacher, was arrested and later
fined for
teaching th e theory
ofevolution in Tbnnessee
public schools contrary to state law. John Scopes, the
evolutionist, lost his trial, bu t today
Christians
are
struggling to gain th e right to have
creationism
taught alongside the theory of evolution in public
schools.
arwin
Science now teaches that living beings have come
from non-living matter by abiogenesis (spontaneous
generation).
Abiogenesis
is not true. It
cannot
be dem
onstrated. Nevertheless, all life is said to have pro
ceeded from one point. Viruses, bacteria, plants,
and
animals
are all interrelated
and
come from exactly
the same point. Fish were th e first backboned
animals
to develop. Amphibians came from the fish, reptiles
from th e amphibians,
and
both th e birds
and
th e
mammals (this includes you and me) developed from
the reptiles.
You
may not like my friends the reptiles,
but what
modern science is telling us is
that
our for
bears werereptiles. The theory ofevolution attempts
to explain
the
creation of man without the necessity
for God. This is the science being
taught
in our
schools today. There could have been no more signifi
cant
change in so short a time.
for
September
27.
1987
The Moon,
1969
I was
born in
th e
1920's.
We lived in th e tim e then
when only the cows went to the moon. Men go to the
moon today, but back in th e '20's it was only
the
cows
tha t
knew how
to
do
it Men
di d
not
Now we are in
the age
of space. We live in
the
age of
man
on
th e
moon. And th e incredible thing about it is: when man
went
to
th e
moon,
millions
sat in th e comfort of their
living rooms and watched
him pu t
his foot on the
oon
The Tower
Then they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a
tower
that
reaches to the heavens, so
that
we may make a
name for ourselves an d not be scat te red over th e
face
of th e
whole ea r th .
Butthe Lord came down to see the city and the tower that
the men were building. The Lord said, If as one people
speaking the same language they have begun to do this,
then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
Come, let us ... confuse their language (Genesis 11:4-7,
New International
Version).
Medical-social changeWe live in a
time
of medical
revolution. In Africa and in the world smallpox has
been eradicated. Leprosy, tuberculosis, and poliohave
bee n dea lt sev ere blows. We live in a
t ime
of new
medical knowledge and new medicines.Not long ago
doctors had very few medicines. Then came
the mira
cle drugs. Billions are being poured into research and
the
development of new medicines today. There are
new
surgical
procedures (heart
transplants,
joint
transplants, etc.) and new equipment for the diagno
sis an d treatment of disease.
Doctors
an d their medi
cal partners, th e
scientists
and the medical technolo
gis ts , have
revolutionized medicine.
But, unfortunately,
the
doctor
has
also revolution
ized himself, for he will
treat
the disease ofyour child
within th e
womb, or
he will snatch
it from th e womb
for
death,
whichever you prefer The African witch
doctor does not exceed th is
When
did
this begin? I t just began The exact date
wa s
January,
1973.
Abortion kills more
than
1.5 million children a year
in the United Sta tes. It k il ls
the
equivalent of the
population of
the
city of
Houston
or
the s ta te
of Ne
braska every year. Abortion is as Americanas apple
pie said one U.S. senator. Muchof the leadership of
the women's liberation movement supports abortion.
How did we come so far? A few men in America, over
night, changed our society. As jurors , they found
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Marianne Baughman
September,
I98
Missionary to N ig eria , A fric a
ilnsv/ers to Frequent Questions
How
did
you know
God
wanted you
to
be a
missionary?
I gave
my
self to Jesus when I realized
that Jesus died
for me.
V/hile attending
classes
at Cincinnati Bible Seminary
my
husband
Don
and
I worked in
the basement
of a
tenement building
in downtown Cincinnati
with
colored children.
The
children
were eager and delightful
to
work
with. During this time we participated in the first
inter-racial c^p
in
the
area. This work,plus all the returning missionaries we heard
telling about their work interested us very much. We
knew
Jesus woras^^
by
heart: Go
ye into
all the
world and
make
disciples of
all nations.
Go
ye meant
me.
I
knew that
God was talking
to
me
I
saw
the nee
fo r
miss ionar ies in Afr ica
and
Jesus
had
sa id
Go.
How d id you f ind
out v/here to go?
We
listened
to a
lo t
of
missionaries
from Tibet, India, Africa,
Philippines, Japan even studied the Japanese language 0^^ year.
During this time we joined the V/orld ?/Iission Volunteers at CBS.
we
v/anted to go but did not know where. Africa seemed to be the place tna
God put into
our
herts. We
had experience
in Cincinnati
and
knew tha
we could work with black people. Color
made
no d if ference to us as we
had both been in school
with
v/onderful black friends.
V e he^d
from
Bob Mills in South Africa tha t he was get t ing l e t t e r s from Nigeria lo r
his correspondence courses. We took one
step at
a time and the Lord
le d
us
th e
way.
Did
your
church help
you
in
any
way?
Our home
church took Don s
living-link
support immediately
after
his ordination. Other churches quickly
picked
up my and Ruthie and
Judy s support.
We were off
to a good
start.
We travelled
many
miles
for
almost a
year
to raise the needed travel and operating expenses.
We
made many
friends during
that
time who are so dear to us now. t
was a lo t
of
work travelling before
the
expressways v/ere put in , but
t was
wo r t h t
V/hat i s your main job as a
missionary?
My
main job through
the
years has been
my
family. ^
However,
in
I962 we began
Bible
Correspondence Courses
in Nigeria.
I do a l l the office work involved typing
stencils, duplicating
lessons
grading and mailing lessons and literature. V e nov/ offer three courses:
Bible Doctrine, Studies in Acts and
Studies
in James. 1 ha.ve
become
acquainted with many of the
students personally.
Some
who
study with us
come to
us and are baptized.
One
teacher
is
now an evangelist
who
supports himself in his ministry. I
have
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r>iarianne Baughma}i
Ansv.'ors
t o F requent Ques ti on s page 2
V.Tiat
are sone o t h e r th ings you do as
a
missionary?
I am a s e c r e t a r y to my husband I answer a l l
correspondence
t h a t
i s possib le , I*ve been a
homework
helper
to my childreno I v e picked
endless
rocks out
of the r i c e
to feed
my brood and
v i s i t o r s
who are
frequent . I sev^ed a l l
of
the g i r l s clothing when they were v/ith us,
VJhen the
v/ater
i n
the
house
runs
out
I
c a l l
f o r
help to
pump
water
from
the
cistern
into
the up tank. I f no one is available, I pump
the^water.
When
I carkt get
the
kerosene
refr igerator to
work I
PRAY.
Sometimes
I have
to
wash
a l l
our
clothing
by
hand.
And after camps I sometimes
have to
clean
the l a t r i n e .
As one
missionary says, V/e must clean
those
la tr ines with grace. Also, I t ravel to the River with my husband
t o v t t h e c h u r c h e s
v/hat
are
some good things t h a t
have happened
to you as a missionary?
I think the
best
thing that has happened
to
me i s
witnessing
the
new bir th of many Nigerian people we have taught, learned
to
love,
to
Icnow
as f r i e n d s and to l e a r n from them. Friends are the b est th ing
God can
give us,
e a l l
need
f r iends , e
have
friends
here i n
the States ,
in
Nigeria
and in Europe, These
friends
have been
through
the hard times
of our l i f e with us
and
our
l i v e s
have been
made f u l l e r by praying together
worshipping together, and having fellowship. God has supplied^us with
generous Christian people who love Him and who care about t e l l i n g people
a l l over the world
about
Jesus Christ , So, my answer to t h i s question
i s
PEOPLE
I There are good, generous, kind people v/herever we go who
share t h e i r l i v e s with
us
God's r i c h e s t
e a r t h l y
blessing-
Have you ever been i n
danger
as a missionary?
During
the Nigerian
c i v i l
war
therq
were
road
b locks along
a l l
the
main
roads. Soldiers
manned
these
check
points.
They were
sometimes
drunk
and handled t h e i r weapons csirelessly,
vThen
we
had
to
drive
through
these
check points we a l l prayed.
Once Don
had our car counter-manded
by
the
m i l i t a r y .
He
had
taken medicines and
food t o the
churches i n the Cross
River, The army o f f i c e r
ordered him to
stop
(possibly
h is
o^wn vehicle
had
broken down), climbed
i n
and ordered
Don
t o
t a k e
him
some p l a c e on
the
other side
of the
r i v e r .
Don had to obey which meant
crossing
the
r iver bj^ ferry in the dark, then turning around and
coming
back. During
one s t a t e of emergency Don met a flam ing road blqck and had
to
reverse
the car quickly to get away from the
f i r e
r/ y own dangers have been
minimal once a snake f e l l from our bedroom c e i l i n g onto my bed and
another time the oven of my s tove blew up s ingeing my h a i r .
I s
t h e r e
any
way
v;e
can
h e l p
you
t o
do
a
b e t t e r
job?
Yes, please nray f o r
us
every day
t h a t we v/ i l l
be able t o meet the
needs o f a l l the people
who come t o u s .
Pray w e l l have menta l and
physical strength
to do
a l l that needs to
be
done.
Pray also
for^the
Nigerian Christ ians t h a t they
v/ill
be strong when tempted by the i d o l a t e r s .
P r a y f o r s o u l s t o
be
won t o J e s u s
Once a
month
you
could
t ake t u r n s
v / r i t i n g
a
l e t t e r t o
u s . Please
i n c l u d e
your
church paper a l s o . This w i l l keep us inform ed about your
church family and help us to become
acquainted with
you personally even
though we a r e
t h o u s a n d s
o f m il e s away
God b l e s s y o u .
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of
Lagos on
the
road
to
Abeokuta the capitol of Ogoin State Qgim State
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from one o f
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r i v e r gods - ogun.
The Cross R iver B ible School i s
in
eas tern Nigeria near the
Cameroon borde r . There
a re 10
churches in th i s a r e a .