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JAHTTARY AND

FEBRTJAEY,

1973 NEWS

LETTER

EROM

CHARLES

AND

ROBERTA

SELBY

Philippine Mission

Chiirches

o f C hr is t

P. 0. Box 49 Aparri Oagayan, Philippines A-305

Forwarding Agent: Mrs, R, L.

Tol l i ver

F a i r f i e l d Nebraska 68938

Dea r

Br e t h r e n

Ch i l s t :

1972, in many ways, was the most

sncoessfnl

and

perhaps

th e most

e ve nt fu l y ea r of a l l

those which we have spent in th e Philippines. In June we completed 25 years in the work

here.

The

Aparri Bible Seminary completed

i ts

20th year in March, During these

years

we

have

seen

many youiig

men

and

women

go from

th e

Seminary into

various fields o f s er vi ce .

Besides the

many

who

are laboring

fo r

Christ in every phase of our

work

here

in

the

Cagay-

^ Valley,

two

are the only

Church

of Christ Chaplains

in

the Philippine Armed Forces, one

is th e

full-time

m in is te r o f

a Church

in

Hawaii and

another is

living

in

Hawaii and works

fa i thf i i l ly w i t h her husband

in

a n o t h e r Church the re

APARRI BIBLE SEMINARY had i ts

largest

enrollment in

i ts

history with II6 enrolled a t

the beginning of the first semester.

As

usual, several

were

forced to drop out

fo r one

reason

o r another

an d

we ended up with 89 . On March 9 th

our 19th

commencement

exercises

were held with four young men

receiving

degrees and diplomas and

three young women receiv

ing two and three year Certificates

in

Christian Education. Bro,

Dennis

MoKinney

was

commencement speaker.

The

school year was not without

its

problems and disappointments,

bu t twas a very

good year

THE EVANGELISTIC

WORK

is the real

b righ t spo t o f

our work. I t can truthfully be said

that

every phase

of ou r

work

is

in

one

sense evangelistic since

a ll

of i t

is

aimed

at

winning souls. In I97I there were 392 s ou ls b ap ti ze d

into

Christ.

In

1972 there were 766

reported baptisms, almost double the 1971 total. In Jan, and Feb. this ye ar t he re have

been 111 souls

won

to Christ

compared

with

66

during the

same

period

last

year. Right now

four

teams

are engaged in

evangelistic

meetings.

Two

of them are at the high schools this

week fo r

the second semester week of evangelism . We are praying

for

a

great

ingathering

of souls. The four evangelistic teams have heavy schedules until the

end

of May, Two of

the

teams have

basketball

teams

with

them.

They

will

be using basketball

games

to

draw

crowds each afternoon and then they will preach, sing and distribute

tracts

d'uring

half-

time, The basketball teams and singing groups are made up of students and faculty of

A p ^ i Bible

Seminary

plus Bro,

Dennis

Hall, an intern from Ozark Bible College, Having

this

many teams out a ll summer

is going to increase

our expenses

considerably.

At

l e a st

three

jeeps

and 25

men will

be

involved.

Travel

expenses

will

be

high.

Each

of

the

teams

has been equipped with a P.A. system and a small generator for lights.

I t

is nossible

that this

effort

will

cost

at least 100.00 a

week

over and above our regular expenses

which ar e

already very

high. Your

special

help and prayers

during

these three months

of

special

evangelistic

e ff or t w ill

be most

appreciated.

- --THE--CHRISTIAN^HIGH SCHOOLS

continue

to o ffer tremendoios evangelistxo opportunities.

More than ninety

young people have been

won to Christ

there so fa r this

school year

and

we

are prasring t h a t many more w i l l be won t h i s week. Parents are being reached also

an d

I

b e lie v e tha t some new Churches wil l soon come

into

e xi st en ce a s a d ir ec t r es ul t o f

th e

work

a t these tv/o schools. Since t he i mp os it io n o f m ar ti al

law

the

peace and

order

s i t

u a tio n has improved

great l y. I t i s possible

t h a t the

families o f

students

a t

San

Gui l l er-

mo

vfill soon

be

able

to return to

t h e i r

homes from which they were

evacuated

a few months

ago by the Army.

The

political situation here

is

more

stable

than i t has been for a long

time and

we

have

great

hopes

for

the future in this regard

TH E RADIO WOPJC

is

making a great

contribution

to ou r over-all evangelistic effort.

On

January 1st a daily

program

(except

Sunday)

was

begun

over

station

DZNC Cauayan,

Isa-

bela.

After m artia l la v began, the government cracked

down

on th e amount of advertising

these

stations ca n do which

ha s resulted in

prices

being

more than doubled fo r

broadcast

time,

26

- 15-minute

programs

each

month

cost about 100,00,

V e hope

to be able to get

on

another

station soon. Pray

with

us about this I any people

ar e

listening to the pro

gram and from comments

we

have heard they appreciate

i t

very much. Our radio preacher

is

Virgi l io Danao a

graduate

o f A pa r r i

Bible

Seminary He

has

s t r o n g

p o s i t i v e messages an d

has

a most p le as in g r ad io

v o i c e

an d p e r s o n a l i t y . Pray fo r hi m an d th is g r e a t work

THE

PRINTING

PRESS

c on ti nu es t o make i t s c on tr ib u ti on t o our evangelist ic

endeavor

here.

Thousands

o f

copies

o f

t r a c t s

have

been prepared

fo r

use by

th e

e v a n g e listic

teams

th i s summer. Two

bi-monthly

papers in I l oc a no a re

b e in g p u bl is h ed

r e g u l a r l y as w e l l a s a

Sunday school

q u a r t e r l y in

I l oc a no which

i s

b e i n g w id ely u se d.


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Mission, Volume 17, Ho. 11, November, 1973, Philippines Page 7

V

PHILIPPINE

MISSION CHURCHES

OP

CHRIST

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NORTHERN LUZON

CHARLES

AND

ROBERTA SELBY

IN

APPRECIATION

TO CHARLES

AND

ROBERTA SELBY fo r

thei r

q ua rte r o f

a

centuzy fa i th fu l

se27vice

to

the

Lord

in

the

Philippines

June

22 ,

19U7 -

June

22 ,

1972. With deep

g ra ti tude to our beloved

missionaries

for

the i r untiring ef for ts

to

herald the

good

news, for their love and courage, for the

wonderful

testimony

of

their l ives, and

for

their many achievements for

Christ s

Kingdom.

Presented this

day,

the

25th

of

Augus

1972 a t

Aparri ,

Gagayan,

Phi l ippines.

The above inscription was engraved on a plaque and

presented to Charles

and

Roberta

Selby at a special 25th Anniversary program at the Seminary, August 25, 1972, by the

Aparr i Bible Seminary

alumni,

faculty, and staff. More than 3OO people attended

the

o c c a s i o n

The Philippines i s a lovely

land

of

bri l l iant sun and

violent storm. These extremes

are

seen

in

her

people

too,

for

the

smiling

friendliness of

th e

Pilipino

can

change

i n a

moment to i nt en se h a tr ed In

t h e i r

re l ig ious l i f e the paradox i s even more

bewilder ing; t he venee r

of

i|50 years

of

Catholicism

barely covers

a

desperate fear

and worship

of

evil spiri ts Although

the

Pilipino,

l ike

his American brother, may

worship the gods

of mater ia li sm, personal

prestige, and

polit ical

and financial powe

in

h is r el ig ion

he

i s ta-ught to worship God and offer to

evil

spi r i t s too, mutually

contradictoiy practices. Obviously Filipinos need the pure teaching

of

God s Word to

cleanse the superstition

filled Catholicism which

more than 8C^

profess.

Charles

and

Roberta

Selby

saw

th is

clear ly when

they

came as the f i r s t

American

missionaries located

in Aparri

agayan

in

June T94^

Located ri^t

on the

tip of

northernfSSon]3 largest island

in

the Philipines) Aparri sits

at

the

mouth

of the

Cagayan

Mver^here i t empties into the China Sea. Still showing the devastation of

war

in

19ii7,

Aparri

must have

seemed

the

end

of the

world

to

the

Selbys

and

their

year-old son, Lloyd. But

they

plunged into

the

work,

teaching

in th e local church.

Charles

spent much

of

his

f i r s t term

walking from vil lage to vil lage with Bro ther

Peneyra (the Pilipino preacher

who

had writte n to the States

for

a missionary to

come to Aparri), holding

evangelistic

meetings in each village. But Charles and

Roberta could see

tha t evangelizat ion of

the Caga yan

River

Valley cou ld never

be

accomplished

by two men alone. They would have to teach others the Word

of

God,

training

them to go ou t and preach. In I9U8 the Selbys

along

with Brother Peneyra

held

Bible

classes

during the week in th e Apa rri church bui lding. A

son. R ick,

was bom

to

the Selbys in Manila that year. They took their f irst furlough in 1^50,

and Rob

was

bom in September.

NORVAL

AND B ON BE NA CAMPBELL

When the Selbys

returned in

1951,

they

again held

Bible classes in the

church, and

in

1952 established the Apar ri B ib le Seminary. A

year l a t e r

Norval and

Dondena

Campbell joined th e Selbys and together the two families worked; training teachers

and preachers of His Word. The Campbells remained until 1957

when they

lef t

to begin

a Bible college in Vigan, Ilocos Sur (northwestem Luzon).

Faci l i t ies have been expanded since the beginning of th e Seminary

to

inc lude proper ty

on

which a re lo ca te d t he f oll ow in g bui ld ings: a Seminary bui ld ing have 3

classrooms

chapel,

dining hal l , l ibrary,

offices, and bookstore;

a gir ls dorm which also houses

the

Lopez

family;

a boys dorm attached

to three

apartments

for

Seminary couples and

a Kindergarten; s ix buildings

housi ng mar ri ed coupl es ;

a

press

room

and shop.


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RADIO

WORK

Our

radio

work was begun

in

1970 with a weekly program over ZIT in Cauayan,

Isabela

The broadcasts are now goingjon daily (except

Sunday

over the same station

Virgilio

Danao a graduate

of

Aparri Bible Seminary

is

the radio preacher. His

messages are

clear

and concise and

are

reaching large and

appreciative

audiences.

Many people have been contacted in this way and

i t

is proving to be a great success.

Pour new congregations have been established

as

a direct resul t of the

radio

program

and 5 other places have been opened where

there

is great possibility that new

churches will soon

come

into

existence.

We are

trying

to

speed

up our plans to

get

on

a t least

two

other

stations

with

daily

programs such as

we now

have

on one

station

To do this we

need

to get a

recording

studio bui l t and

equipped

just

as

soon as

possible. This

will

enable us to use just one radio preacher for

all of

the programs

DENNIS M D

LORRITA

McKXNNET

In March

of

1970, Dennis and

Lorrita

McKinney and

their

four

children

came

to

work

with

the

evangelistic

program at Southern

Isabela

Acaden^, Dennis

taught

daily

Bible

classes

and

did

evangelistic

work

in

the

villages

around

the high school.

In

1971

the McKinneys moved

from San Guillermo,

leaving

the

work of

the

h i^

school

in

the capable hands of Christian leaders, Dennis

works

with the preachers of the Caga

Valley in evangelistic work, holding meetings, institutes throughout the area Den

is able to spend

part

of each month in Manila with

Lorrita

and the children where the

two oldest Chris and

Wendy

attend Paith Academy. Lorrita works with college age yo

in

the

Cruzada church, along

with

taking

care

of Scott 5 tnd Michael, 2,

BARBARA MANGSKAU

In J-une

of

1971, Barbara Idangskau

of Ellendale

Minnesota,

interrupted her studies

a t Ozark Bible College in Joplin

Missouri

to come to Aparri

as

an intern for a

year.

She

lived

with the Boudreaux family, and tau^t daily classes in the Seminary?

Christian Education I I

music,

writing

and piano. She

also

worked

daily

with two

quartets

teaching them gospel songs so

that

they were able to form

evangelistic

teams in th e summer of 1972 winning over 70 souls. Barb l e f t th e Philippines

in

June, 1972, to return to Ozark Bible College to finish her training. She plans to

return

and needs your prayers and

support

as she

does

GOALS

The es tabl i shment of add i t iona l Chris t ian

high

schools .

Evangelism through the printed word - gospel literature to all

in

the Cagayan Valley

Every

church

self supporting self extending.

Our major

goal

is

the

preaching

and

teaching

of

God s

Word in

a ll

phases

of

our

outreach:

the

Aparri Bible Seminary,

the

Printing Press the Christian

high

schools

a ll resulting in increased evangelistic efforts

by

the

Pilipino

preachers

NEEDS

Regular gif ts

for a l l

phases

of

th e

work.

Special

funds for print ing work as

i t

expands

into

gospel

literature.

Building funds

for

existing and proposed

Christian

high schools .

Hew

or used

baby clo th ing


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Volume

17

No

11

November 1973

Continued

Prom

Previous Page)

Used

literature

Bible school and

Vo oS Religious

books for

our

Seminary

l i b r a ry

Punds

to

purchase

motor

bikes

for

10 - 1^

Pilipino

preachers to use

to

help

them

serve the 70

congregat ions

t ha t are

spread

out t h rou^

the Cagayan Valley.

Punds to

continue

a radio program tha t has resul ted in s eve ra l i ndiv idua l baptisms

and the t ransfer

o f

the complete membership of one Bapt is t congregat ion and two

UCCP

congregat ions.

Punds

fo r put t ing

up

a

bui lding

to house a

recording

studio to be used fo r a

radio broadcas t ing s t a t i on a t a

l a t e r

da te

Daily

fervent prayers fo r the

sp i r i tua l

growth of a l l workers and l eader s and

the

bless ing

o f

God on our work here

Phi l ipp ine

Miss ion

Churches

o f

Chr i s t

Box

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