bayless david beverly 1977 brazil

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C H R IS T FO R T H E

A M A Z O N

V A L L E Y

MR. AND MRS. DAVID M. BAYLE5S CAIXA POSTAL

92 6

BEIEM, PARA.

BR ZIL

S P O N S O R

Ridgecrest Christion Church

5300 Eastern Avenue S. E.

Albuquerque, N. M.

87108

March

Newsletter 1977

D ear Chr i s t i an

Fr i ends :

Lots of good news The men we teach have begun a new charch. The

obedience-

oriented practical teaching is paying o ff

I

On

February 20

the

new church met

fo r bhe

f i r s t time, with 10

members

Three married

men

were converted

first.

Besides

these there ar e

two wives, a couple frcan the mother church, a young

evangelist and his mother and

brother.

Two

others

are

to

be

baptized

soon,

I

teach

th e lead er

of

th e

mother church which

we attend. He

teaches sever al

others

in

the church

and gives orientation

to th e men

in the new church.

He

w i l l

teach them to

evangelize

by

going

with them,

then observing

them

as they

teach until they

can go

alone. I t w ill

be their church. They

w ill

be

the

leaders; he w i l l help them. They meet Sunday mornings fo r the Lord s Supper

and

singing

and Wednesday evenings

for

singing

and

prayer.

Th e

church we at tend had 23% growth l a s t

y e a r . There

have been seve ra l con

versions

t h i s year i i f t er

several l e f t to go to th e new church the re a re

a b o u t 50 members.

t

l o o k s f a v o r a b l e

fo r good

g ro wth

th i s

year

The church DaJe tiason helped s t a r t th is wa y l a s t August h as been

growing.

He

i s get t i ng

them,

ready

to go

alone

when he leaves t h i s summer

fo r

a year. Some

o n e w i l l have

t o

t e a ch one o r

tw o

l e ad e r s

each w e e k Ifc rm an M ad du x

wo n th e

man

lie

was

teaching, and another in another part of the

city.

He's

teaching

them, and others through them, and hopes to se e new churches begin in Belem

t h i s y e a r

f One,of

my

main jobs is

preparation

of

material

for teacliing these new leaders

Ve now have 2h p r a c t i c a l

st udi es prepared

a l l oriented toward

obedience with

\

p r a c t i c a l

assignments

i n

c ar ry in g o ut

C h r i s t s

commands. The

goal

is r a i s i n g

^ u p more new

churches

an d

building

up

e x i s t i n g ones.

We've

just added

a

screened-i n back porch t o

our

house.

S u r e i s

going to

be

n ice

We

c a n s i t ou ts ide w i t h o u t ge t t ing b i t

b y m o s q u i t o s .

John

i s doing g r e a t

in

a

r e a ding c o n t e s t in th e

1st

g r ad e. H e s in 3rd pla c e

r igh t

now.

H e s

pret ty

e x c i t e d

Jo a n n e s

in

a

p h y s i c a l

f i tness program

a t

school.

The

kids have

a

f in e C hri st ia n school

taught

in English with

hj.gh

academic

st a n d a r d s.

We are

v er y for tunate

to

have

th i s

s ch o o l

B everly i s baying a used s ew in g m a ch in e to

t e a c h

a neighbor lad y

to se w and

he lp her make some

money.

We t h a n k God fo r

s h o w e r i n g

s o

many

bless ing on

u s . t

i s a

t h r i l l to

b e work

in g h e re iind

t

i s

g r e a t

to

have

so many p h y si ca l b le s si ng s . We n ev er

la c k

anj-thing. four f a i th fu l regular s u p p o r t makes t p o s s i b l e .

Gasoline is

going up 59^ ^

gallon in

a few days

to

2.10,

The

government

is

t rying to

keep consumption down th i s

way. Inf la t ion wa s

50% l a s t y e a r . S a l a

r ies a r e going up 30%

in

I-fey, Alas

In DecCTiber

some

o f our mai l

w as t a k en f rom

m a i l

box n

Albuquerque.

I f

yo u

did not

rece ive a n

acknowledgement

please

w r i t e

our

F o rw a rd in g A g en t.

He plans to acknowledge every g i f t

f o u r s

in

C h r i s t

R W A R D I N C

A G E N T

Fred Bey l e s t

'5300

Eastern

Avenue S.

Ibuquerque.

N. M, 87106


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C H R I S T

F O R T H E A M A Z O N V A L L E Y

MR.

AND

MRS. DAVID M. BAYLESS

CAIXA POSTA L

9 2 6

SPONSOR

Ridg*cr*>t Christion Church

5300 Egs ta rn Avsnuo

S.

E.

Albuqurqu N. M. 8710B

AUGUST 1977 NEWS LETTER

BELEM, PARA. BRAZIL

FORWARDING AGENT

J Frsd

BayUcs

5300 Eostgrn Avnuo S.

E.

Albuqusrqua,

N. M.

87108

D e a r C h r i s t i a n F r i e n d s :

The

men o f

the Agulha

church

have begun

another church

t began the

l a s t o f

May between our town

and

Belem.

Obedience-oriented

pract ical teach ing continues

to

pay

o f f .

There

are two couples

and

two

children so

f a r in th is new church.

Two

months

ago I began

teaching

a man i n

the church

we l e f t

ten

years ago. I

showed him how

to evangelize and

teach

o th ers to

do

i t .

Within 6

weeks he

and a

man

he

taught had

ten

conver ts b apt iz ed and

t h r e e backs l iders

r e s t o r e d .

The f i r s t church t h e men s t a r t e d i n

our

town, i n February, d i d

not grow

f a s t

and

nearly

died. Two men

f e l l

away.

Now

the men

have gotten one back and

are work

ing on the other ,

who

had to choose between h i s

wife

and

Chris t .

All of

this

is done by the

men

(Brazilians).

part

is to enable them. This

way there

i s more growth.

The

Agulha church has had 3 ^ growth the

past

two

years.

I t could be t h i s

o r

more i n the o t h e r church, s i n c e men a re l e a r n i n g

to

evangel ize.

Between the two t h ere a re now ten men

doing

evangelism.

I

teach

four

men,

prepare

m a te ri als to

help them evangelize and teach

o t h e r s

and also evangelize

when I have

opportunity. Lately I v e been teaching

two families

ne ar us.

The

recept ive

c l a s s

i s

mainly

the

poor people, how ever. B ecause

o f

t h i s

difference between us and most people here and dif ferences

in

customs, education,

and

accent we have foimd t h a t i n

most c as es o ur

presence

i s not

h e l p f u l but

d e t r i m e n t a l to evangelism. Working through men, a s the a p o s t l e

Paul

d i d i s pro

ducing

b e tt e r r e su lt s than

doing t

a l l ourselves.

In

th^^Pfint

Shopjwe

now

have 35

small,

simple teaching booklets ready

for

teaching howi^^^^ewsmg^ organize the church deal with all kinds of

problems

teach

o t h e r s

an d

o t h e r

n e c e s s i t i e s . These

s t u d i e s

are o r i e n t e d toward obedience

t o C h r i s t s commands .

Gas

did

not go

up,

as we were told t would; the government backed down.

I t

i s

now SI.57 a gallon. Inflation was 44^ last year. In the

process

the

dollar

is worth

;b

less

(better

exchange for the U. S. dollar). Most things cost twice the U. S.

price,

and many

things

much

more, excep t food.

A S12 electr ic

fan, for example,

i s S66

John begins the 2nd grade t h i s month, and Joanne the 7 t h . Recent ly we had a

five-day

vacat ion

i n a

camper

a t the A t l a n t i c

Ocean

cramped

Then

we took a week

i n

Goias, 500 miles

south o f

h e r e v i s i t i n g the Moreland f a m i l i e s m i s s i o n a r i e s . We

v i s i t e d a spectacular w a t e r f a l l

a s

well

as

these

f r i e n d s .

We

a r e

making a monthly d e ta il ed r ep o rt on progress

an d

growth

i n

the new churches

here,

i nc lud ing o t he r s besides

those

I v e reported on here . I f

you

a re i nt er es te d

i n

receiving

t write

us i n Brazi l . Please

write

anyway Mark p l a i n l y A ir Mail and

310 postage

f o r each ounce. You w rite to us and we w i l l w r i t e

t o

you

Yours i n C h r i s t


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PR S NTIN

David

Beveriy

Bayless, Missionaries

Christ For

The Amazon

Valley

Caixa Postal 926 66,000 Belem, Para , Brazil

Write

to

them

a t

this address Air Mail

only

D a v i d

^ m

Beverly

J o a n n e 12

These Missionaries are Sponsored

by

R I D G E C R E S T C H R IS T I N C H U RC H

5300 E a s t e r n

venue

S. E

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, 87108

Forwarding

Agent

J F R E D B Y L E S S

5300 Eastern Avenue, S. E.

Albuquerque,

N. M., 87108

John

6)


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heW o r k

and Worke r s

David

and

B ev erly B ayless w en t

to

Brazil

in 1959

to join

a

group effort

of

the

C hr isti an C hu rc he s begun

in

1952

by

William

Loft.

Their

work

is in Belem

capital

of the state of

Para

city

of 800,000 people, on the

south

bank

of the Amazon

River

100 miles

south

of th e equator.

Their

work is

threefold involving evangelism leadership

training

and printing of

teaching

materials.

They a re personally

involved in personal

evangelism

and train m en an d women to

evangelize by example

and

tiurough classes. David is

in

charge

of a

print

shop

which exists

mainly

for

producing

materials

for

teaching

leaders to

evangelize

teach

others

and lead

the

churches

Leadership training consists of showing m en how to evangel

ize, b y p er so na l e xa mp le and by giving

them

classes to

teach

the

next step required

a t w h at ev e r sta g e any

m an

has reached

in teaching and leading.

Material

is

prepared

to

teach

profound

truths

of

God s

Word

on

a

very simple

level for

men

of limited education.

They

grasp any

concept

if it is

presented

on a

level

they can

unde r s t and

In

weekly classes m en relate w ha t they have done an d

discuss and plan the next

step

required. They give a

brief

talk

about

the study they

have

done during

the

week and deal

with any problems which have arisen. They get the proposed

solution

in

class

so

they

can

go

back

out

and

apply

it

during

th e week

Th e b as ic principles

followed

are

obedience

and

imitation

motivated

by

love

I Cor. 11:1 .

Al l teaching is obedience-

o ri en te d. N o

one

studies

for study s

sake.

I t

is for the purpose

of taking the next step in obedience to commands of Christ,

to

build the

church

train others to evangelize and raise up

n ew chur ch e s

T h e B a yl ess

family

consists

of

David

and

Beverly

with their

children

Joanne 12 , and John 6 . Support

for

their w or k c om es

from a number of churches classes

w o m e n s

groups

an d

individuals. They

greatly appreciate

the interest prayers and

support

of

these

Christian friends, without

them

they could

not

co n tin u e in

G o d s

w o r k in B razil .


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PR S NTIN

David

Beveriy Bayless, Missionaries

Christ For The Amazon Valley

Caixa

Postal

926 66,000 Belem,

Para,

Brazil

Write

to

them

a t this address

Air Mail only

Joanne

13)

David

John

7)

These Missionaries are Sponsored by

R I D G E C R E S T

C H R IS T I N C H U R C H

5300

E a s t e rn

venueS.

E

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, 87108

Forwarding Agent

J F R E D

B Y L E S S

5300

Eastern Avenue,

S. E.

Albuquerque, N. M., 87108

Beverly


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THE WORK AND THE WORKERS .^2^ 7

David

and

Beverly

Bayless

have

been

working in Belem

the

principal

city

of

the

Amazon Valley In

north

Brazil

since

1959.

The population

of

the

area

is near

one

million.

Their work is evangelism, new church planting, training of

Brazilian leaders in

the churches,

and preparation of

teaching

materials for

these

leaders.

These

materials

are used

in many

parts

of Brazil.

Leadership

training and

new

church

planting consist

of

showing

faithful and obedient

men

how to evangelize in their

home churches and

in new

areas

where they

have contacts.

This includes weekly orientation in

making plans,

as well as

practical Bible teaching.

This

type of evangelism

and teaching

is

called obedience-

oriented education. The

object

of all

teaching

is to enable the

faithful

men to

take the next step

in

obedience

to

Christ s

commands. This

is

resulting

in

greater

growth in

most

of the

churches, and

the establishment of

new churches. Brazilian

men are doing

this,

with orientation from the missionaries.

Studies

on a very

simple

level

are

prepared

in

the

print

shop

which David

directs. These

include

how to tell

about

Christ

how

to

teach repentance, how

to

organize a new

church,

how

to get

other

men to

doing

the

same. They

teach

how

to counsel

people with

many

different

types

of problems, how

to

deal

with error in the church, how

to

deal

with

poverty

how

to teach

a new

Christian

to live

the Christian

life how to

do

the

job

of

elder, and

many

other practical

aspects of

evangelism and new

church planting.

David

and

Beverly

h

two chlltiren: iJoanne

13

and

John

The

family

owns their own home

and plans

to

stay

In Brazil.

They

are

very

happy

to receive

letters and telephone

calls.

Mall letters only by Air marked plainly Air Mail postage 31c

each half-ounce, to Calxa Postal 926 66000 Belem,

Para,

Brazil. c^^^hone you may dial the international operator

direct an3request to be connected to Brazil

092-227-0220

any time on Sunday or after 3 p.m. Central Standard Time

any

other

day.

Several churches,

classes,

and

other

groups, as

well

as

Interested

individuals

support this work.

Without

this support

and prayer

for

God s

guidance

and

help

the Baylesses could

not continue In

this

work for the Lord in Brazil. They express

their thanks to all who help in any

way.

ovember 1977

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bayless david beverly 1977 brazil

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