TheAPARRI CHRISTIAN

Philippine Mission Churches of Christ of Northern Luzon

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SPECIAL EDITION - NOVEMBER - 1972

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PO. Box 49-Aparri, Cagayan

25th AUNIVERSARU"IN APPRECIATION TO

CHARLES AND ROBERTA SELBY

for their quarter of a century-faithfulservice to the Lord in the PhilippinesJune 22, 1947 - June 22, 1972. With

deep gratitude to our beloved missionaries for their untiring effortsto herald the good news, for theirlove and courage, for the wonderfultestimony of their lives, andfor theirmany achievements for Christ'sKingdom. Presented this day, the25th of August, 1972 at Aparri, Ca-gayan, Philippines. "

The above inscriptionwas engraved on a plaque and presented toCharles and Roberta Selby at a special 25th Anniversary program at theSeminary, August 25, 1972, by theAparri Bible Seminary alumni, faculty, and staff. More than 300 peo -pie attended this occasion, includingMr. Selby's youngest sister, LydiaBeckenhauer, her husband, Don, andtheir daughter Jan, from Los Gatos,California. Those present enjoyed afeast of good things: delicious Filipino foods, and warm tributes to theSelbys from their many friends.

BEGINNINGSThe Philippines is a lovely land

of brilliant sun and violent storm.

These extremes are seen in her people, too, for the smiling friendliness of the Filipino can change in amoment to intense hatred. In their

religious life the paradox is evenmore bewildering; the veneer of 450years of Catholicism barely covers adesperate fear and worship of evilspirits. Although the Filipino, likehis American brother, may worshipthe gods of materialism, personalprestige, and political and financialpower, in his religion he is taught toworship God and offer to evil spirits ,too, mutually contradictory practices.

Obviously Filipinos need the pureteaching of God's Word to cleansethe superstition filled Catholicismwhich more than 80% profess.

Charles and Roberta Selby sawthisclearly when they came as the firstAmerican missionaries located in A-parri, Cagayan, in June, 1947. Located right on the tip of northern Luzon (large St island in the Philippines)Aparri sits at the mouth of the Cagayan River where it empties into theChina Sea. Still showing the devastation of war in 1947, Aparri must haveseemedthe end of the world to the Sel-

bys and their year-old son, Lloyd.But they plunged into the work, teaching in the local church. Charles spentmuch ofhis first term walking fromvillage to village with Brother Pen-eyra (the Filipino preacher who hadwrittentothe States for amissionaryto come to Aparri), holding evangelistic meetings in each village.

But Charles and Roberta could seethat evangelization of the CagayanRiver Vcilley could never be accom-plishedby twomenalone. Theywouldhave to teach others the Word of God,training them to go out and preach.In 1948 the Selbys along with BrotherPeneyra held Bible classes duringthe week in the Aparri church building. A son. Rick, was born to the

Selbys in Manila that year. They tooktheir first furlough in 1950, and Robwas born in September,

When the Selbys returned in 1951,they again held Bible classes in thechurch, and in 1952 established theAparri Bible Seminary, A year laterNorval andDondena Campbell joinedthe Selbys and together the two fami

lies worked: training teachers andpreachers of His Word. The Campbells remained until 1957 when theyleft to begin a Bible college in Vigan,ILocos Sur (northwestern Luzon).

Facilities have been expandedsince the beginning of the Seminaryto include property on which are lo-catedthe following buildings: aSem-inary building having 2 classrooms,chapel, dining hall, library, offices,and bookstore; a girls* dorm whichalso houses the Lopezfamily; aboys'dorm attached to three apartmentsfor Seminary couples and a Kindergarten; six buildings housing married couples; a press room and shop.

The first student body numbered35; this July 1972 the Seminary hadan enrollment of 116 students. Since

its beginning 59 students have graduated; 57 have receivedcertificates.

The faculty has increased with theaddition of Laureano and RebeccaLopez, William and NitaBagain, Romeo Gorospe, Leonardo Domingo,Lina Barba, and Sid and Marj Boud-reaux.

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Sid and Marj Boudreaux and theirfour children joined the Selbys in1964. From 1964-1968 Marj taught inthe Seminary, and Sid workedto develop land to be used for the establishment of an agriciiltural Christianhigh school. The original plan for anagricultural school was temporarilypostponed while the two Christianhigh schools in Isabela were beingbuilt.

The Boudreaux*s returned from

furlough in 1970, and both taught inthe Seminary for two years. Now Sidis engagedin taking care of businessfor the Mission in Manila: customs,registration, immigration, purchasing. Marj teaches two Greek classes,English, and Choir in A. B.S.

Roberta and Scott are now attend -

ing Faith Academy, a school for missionary children in Manila; they arein the 9th and 7th grades. Jamie isstudying In the 6th grade at home under Marj*s tutoring, and Sharon at

tends the public school, a4thgrader.

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InDecember, 1969, AnnTolliver,Charles* niece, came to work as hissecretary. She has taken over muchof the burden of office work; her efficient handling of office business isa great help to the work here. She also assists with the Juniors in the A-

parri church, and works with the students of the Seminary in their activi-

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In conjunction with the Seminary,and as a part of its outreach. Mrs.Ben Castillo (a Seminary graduate)operates a Christian kindergartenwith the aid of Mrs. Rosa Dalilis (also a Seminary graduate). Thirty-five children attend regularly, andare taught daily Bible lessons.

In 1957 Charles was able to procure a 1250 Multilith (offset printer)andlater, a usedletterpress. Threemen work full-time, and five part-time in the Aparri Bible Seminary-Press, publishing tracts, Ilocanomonthly magazines, and Ilocano Bible school lessons. We believe the

printed word is an effective means ofreaching the lost, and building up theChristian.

Charles Selby had long had the vision of building a Christian highschool in order to reach high schoolstudents through daily Bible classeswhich would be a part of the regularcurriculum. This goal was realizedin July, 1967, whentwo Christian highschools, Northern and SouthernIsa-bela Academies, opened for enrollment. Five-years later the soundnessof this goal is evident as we reportmore than600 students and teachers

won to the Lord since the opening ofthe schools.

Our radio work was begun in 1970with a weekly program on the Caua-yan station. Responses have beengood, and we are now bargaining forprime time six days a week. Thiswould cost $5.25 per program, anestimated $136.50 per month. Oneof our Seminary graduates, VirgilioDanao, is doing an excellent job ofpreaching, and has prepared enoughsermons for three months of dailyprograms.

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In March of 1970 Dennis andLor-rita McKinney and their four children came to work with the evangelistic program at SouthernIsabela A-cademy. Dennis taught daily Bibleclasses and did evangelistic work inthe villages around the high school.In 1971 the McKinneys moved fromSan Guillermo, leaving the work ofthe high school in the capable handsof Christian leaders. Dennis workswith the preachers of the CagayanValley in evangelistic work, holdingmeetings, institutes, throughout thearea. Dennis is able to spend part ofeach month in Manila with Lorritaand the children where their two oldest, Chris and Wendy, attend FaithAcademy. Lorrita works with collegeage youth in the Cruzada church, a-long with taking care of Scott, 5, andMichael, 2.

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In June of 1971, Barbara MangskauofEllendale, Minnesota, interruptedher studies atOzarkBible College inJoplin, Mo., to come to Aparri as anintern for a year. She lived with the

Boudreaux family, and taught dailyclasses in the Seminary: ChristianEducation n, music, writing, andpiano. She also worked daily with twoquartets, teaching them gospel songsso that they were able to form evangelistic teams in the summer of 1972winning over 70 souls. Barb left thePhilippines in June, 1972, to returnto Ozark Bible College to finish hertraining. She plans to return and sheneeds your prayers and support asshe does.

SPECIFIC GOALS INCLUDE:

1. The e stablishment of additional

Christian high schools.2. Evangelism through the printed

word--gospel literature to all in theCagayan Valley.

3. Every church self-supporting,s elf- extending.

Our major goal is the preachingand teaching of God's Word in allphases of our outreach: the AparriBible Seminary, the Printing Press,the Christian high schools--all resulting in increased evangelistic efforts by the Filipino preachers.

SPECIFIC NEEDS INCLUDE:

1. Regular gifts for all phases ofthe work.

2. Special funds for printing workas it expands into gospel literature.

3. Building funds for existing andproposed Christian high schools.

4. New or used baby clothing -Used literature (Bible school

and V.B.S.) -Religious books for our

Seminary library.5. Daily, fervent prayers for the

spiritual growth of all workers andleaders, and the blessing of God onour work here.

FACULTy

1972