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8/18/2019 Ellis Bert Marjorie 1972 Korea

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News

of

His

4 r i l 25 1972

Bert

Ellis sent

word

that

the new graduate school where

he

u / i t K

t e a c h e s

i n

P u s a n , K o r e a , o p e n e d i n

M a r c h y j e i g h t

s t u d e n t s . ^ W i e r e

w o u l d h a v e b e e n

more

but

announcements

were

late

approval of

transcripts

was delayed

and

we

a n t i c i p a t e

w e w i l l h a v e a

m u c h l a r g e r

e n r o l l m e n t

n e x t s e m e s t e r ^ ^ .

B r o .

E l l i s

teaches

all New

Testament courses in

the

graduate school

as

he does

in the

undergradua

division.

Aidress; Box

l4l

Pusan

Korea.


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The

Christian

Mission, Vol. 16,

No. 6, June 1972 Page

7

THl . ERTELLIS FAMILY

IN

KOREA

The

Bert Ellis

family

began

Christian

service in Korea n 1958. They e f t the

pastorate of the church in

Cabool,

Mo.

in

Sept.

956 to

prepare

to

go

to

Korea.

At

thattime Mr.

llis

had served almost

20

years in

evangelism

and in various past

orates

in Ind., 111., Tenn. nd Mo.

His

education

was

btained at Cincinnati Bible

Seminary, Lincoln

Christian College,

Mil-

ligan College, Indianapolis Bible I n s t i t u t e

and Floyd Jones School

of

Sacred

Music.

,

The arrived

in

Korea

n May 1958 and dur

ing their first term

were

engaged in various

activities.

Through a

ortunate arrangement

with

the

first

commercial

adio

station to

go on

the

air in Korea n

1959,

of which

Mr.

llis

was an f f i c i a l advisor, they were enabled

to

preach

the Gospel

in a egular

daily

broadcast

in

Pusan,

a ity of

1,500,000

people

at

that

time

(now 2,000,000) with al

most

,000,000

living

in the immeciiate

area.

In addition,

they

formed

student

Bible

clubs with

some 150

high school and college

students

meeting

weekly in f i v e clubs in

the

mission chapel, a ented building in the down

town area.

A preaching service was

eld in the cha

pel

on

Sunday

mornings

maintaining

an aver

age

attendance over several

years

of more

than 75.

A

Sunday

school for children was also

be

gun and

this

reached an average attendance

of 300-400

primary

school

children, meeting

both

Sunday

morning and evening.

Various other

Bible classes

were held for

students and adults with five

classes

meeting

weekly at the

peak

of this

activity.

Correspondence Bible lessons were also

developed

with

about 100

enrolled

at any

one

time, each

student

being

given personal at

tention. Study mat erials were prepared

for

a l l these

activities in the

Korean

language,

and visual aids

such as

ilmstrips,

flannel-

graph and puppets were used in presenting

the

Gospel.

The

activities

finally

became

so

many

and

varied

that

some adjustment

was

ecessary as

the missionaries were unable to properly de

velop

a l l

the

a c t i v i t i e s .

Because

of

this,

the

radio

program, which was he

most

ime-con

suming

in

preparation,

was erminated near

the end

of

their first term.

They eturned

to

the

U.

S.

on

furlough in the

spring of 1962.

Mr.

Ellis had had

an

exten

ded illness during the

last

few

months

of their

first term

and while on furlough,

had

major

surgery.

His recovery was lower

than

ex

pected and they were forced to prolong their

stay in the U. S. to almost two years, re

turning to Korea

early

in 1964. Their son ,

John, remai ned

in

the

U.

S.

to

finish

high

school

and attend college. He

graduated

from

Milligan College

in

1969.

Unfortunately their

extended

stay

in the

U. S.

caused

some

problems

n the

work

n

Korea. It

became

necessary for some of

the

activities to be

reconsidered

and rebuilt. In

addition,

at that

time

Korea

was

oing through

drastic

political,

economic

and

social changes

and

this

affected the mission activities.

An

opportunity

opened

for the Gospel

which

Mr.

Ellis f e l t

they

should

take

advantage of.

Pusan Union Theological Seminary, a

new independent school,

asked Mr.

and

Mrs.

Ellis

i f they would teach there.

This

school,

founded

in

1962,

is

associated with

a private

school

foundation consisting of some 15 school

ranging

from

kindergarten through

a4 ea r

girls college. Some 15,000

students

are en

rolled in these various schools. Many

of the

schools

above

primary

school

level

are such

private

schools.

This

foundation

was begim

by a

Presbyterian minister,

now 80 years

of

age, some 30 years ago. He has now

turned

the foundation activities

over

to the chairman

ship

of

his son,

but

he s t i l l remains active as

president

of the seminary. The seminary has

no direct

connection with

any

denomination;

the

trustees,

faculty and

students

come

from

some 10 differentdenominations.

Mr. Ellis is

the

professor

of New

Testa

ment,

teaching

practically a l l the

New

Testa

ment ourses. He

has also served as a rus

tee

of

the

school.

Mrs. Ellis

teaches English

all

Korean students

study English

from

junior

high through college. She

uses

special Chris

tian materials which

she

and

Mr. llis

have

prepared, so that

the students also

get

Bible

knowledge and Christian

doctrine.

They

are

the only foreigners

connected

with the school.

The mission has no financialinvolvementin

the

school. Mr.

and Mrs. Ellis are paid the

regular

rate the

Korean teachers receive.

They

are

paid on a lecture fee basis and their

(continued on

next

page)


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8

The

Christian

Mission,

Vol.

16, No. 6,

June

1972

(continued

from previous page)

highest

income

has

been about

$30

a month

The school

is

completely Korean,

being

fin

anced

and administrated by Koreans.

Mr.

and Mrs. Ellis

are

given complete freedom

in their teaching

and

teach

just the same as

if they were in

one

of

our own

schools in the

States.

About he middle

of

the

second term,

it

was ecided

thatthe downtown location of

the mission

must

e abandoned due to the

increase

in property values

and

rent.

Ano

ther

location was

ecured

near a university

in a good

residential

district. For awhile

church

services

and Sunday

schools were

held

in both

locations

with

each Sunday

school

averaging

from 300-400. Only the

second

location

is now being used.

Until

1968

the

mission

had

maintained

a

staff

ofsome

ix to 10Korean workers

to

take care of the

various

activities.

It

is

most

i f f i c u l t

to find trained, capable, con

secrated

workers, but the mission was or t

unate in most f t s choices. The young

women,

l l

college

graduates,

eventually

reached marriageable age

and

f o l l o w i n g

Kor

ean

custom, did

not

continue

working after

their marriage.

This

caused a onstant

turnover of taff.

Due o

these facts and a

conviction

bom

from

our ejqjerience

that

those

a c t i v i t i e s

which depend upon f o r e i g n

funds for subsidy

seldom,

i f

ever,

become

s e l f - s u p p o r t i n g t became n e c e s s a a r y t o j

re-evaluate the

situation.

Mr. nd Mrs. Ellis had no ntention of

making

t h e i r

teaching

at seminary a major

part of their

work. However, t

seemed

t h a t

t h e b e s t c o n t r i b u t i o n

t h e y

might make n

Korea was n the training of preachers a nd

teachers,

not only

i n

imparting

knowledge

concerning the

Bible

and

methods

of teach

ing evangelization,

but helping to properly

motivate them

toward

the evangelizing of

the

90

f the

the Koreans

who

are not

Chris

tians.

Consequently, they

began

spending

more and more

time with

t h i s

a c t i v i t y .

Beginning with this

new year

in school

an arrangement

as

been

made with

one of

our schools in the U.

S.

t o

honor

work given

here

at the seminary

for

a

egree from

the

U. S. school.

One

of

the

handicaps in at

tracting Korean

students

to theological schools

is

t h a t

only

a

few

of

the schools

can grant

degrees. Coupled

with

t h i s is the opening of

a raduate school

here.

A

Bachelor

of

Theo

logy and Master of Theology degree w i l l be

offered. This

should lead to

enrollment of

a

etter class of students and the graduate

school

will

also

draw

preachers

in the Pusan

area. I t w i l l

also give

an opportunity for

more advanced

courses

and better

preparation

for the teachers

and

preachers.

Mr. llis w i l l

be teaching

practically a l l

the courses n New Testament

n

both under

graduate and graduate departments. Study

materials will be

prepared

for a l l

the

courses

as here

is a eal

shortage

of

adequate texts

in

the

Korean language. Mrs. llis has

been

asked to

teach E nglish Bible at

the girls'

college

this

year.

There is no end to the

opportunities

for teaching

and

preaching.

There will be

some eaching

and

preaching

outside

the seminary program.

John

Ellis

has

been

representing the

mis

sion in churches

and camps

uring

his

high

school and

college days

in the U. S. In

Sept.

1971

he

returned

to Korea for

a

hort intern

ship,

surveying the needs and opportunities

here

before continuing

his preparation in

gra

duate school for work n Korea. He has been

teaching

at

the

seminary in Pusan during his

stay and has been well received by

both stud

ents

and faculty.

He

will be

returning to the

U. S.

in

May 1972 and will be available

f or

representing

the

work

n

Korea

n

churches

and

camps

uring the

summer, lso

during

the

school year

as time permits.

He

s plan

ning

to work or a Mast ers Degree at

Wheaton

College.

The

school

year has now opened. The

freishman class at seminary is

about

25, the

largest

class which

has

been

enrolled.

Bert

and

John are both teaching in the New

Testa

ment epartment.

Like most rojects in Korea, the graduate

school opened with

some problems.

Of13

who

presented transc ripts, eight were accepted.

These

eight

are

a l l a c t i v e l y

engaged

in some

area of

Christian

service.

They

represent

about seven d i f f e r e n t denominations. They

are required to

take half their

work n

New

Testament courses taught by Mr.

llis. We

consider

this a ine opportunity.

NEEDS

Additional

funds

for

translation

and pub

l i s h i n g expense. John

also needs

t o f i

nd

s u p - ^

porting congregations.

Visual aids

such

as pictures, filmstrips,

for use

n Christian Education

courses.

Good

Christian

books

for graduate research.

Bert

Ellis,

Box 141,

Pusan,

Korea

Loraine

Lindsay

Drawer

M

abool,

Mo. 65689


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The Christian Mission Vol. 16 No. 6

June

1972

THE BERT ELLIS

F MILY

IN

KORE

Pastor

Kwon

a good friend

of ours

for

more

than 10 years.

He

s

a efugee from

North

Korea educated

as

a

Presbyter

ian

pastor

read

himself to a New Testament position. Came

across some

of

our

people

here by chanc e. Faithfully mini

sters t o a small

congregation

which he organized f t e r f l e e i n g

to South Korea. Has earned p r c t i c l l y l l

his own

support.

Pastor

Kwon

t the pulpit

in

typical

traditional

garb.


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No. 6,

June 1972

Page

22

THE BERT ELLIS

F MILY

IN

KORE

MMTrHiii r t i i ««.;

4 ^ 2

Bert standing

at

the

door of

newly rebuilt church building.

Pastor Kwon

and

his l i t t l e

congregation

almost finished the

building from their

own

meager resources then we

broke

one

of

our rules and

asked our

supporters

for

a i t t l e

help

to f i n i s h the job. The

pastor

and

people

were overjoyed.

We

o

not

usually b u i l d church b u i l d i n g s ; experience has

shown that help

of

that kind

seldom

advances the real work

of

the Lord

i n

Korea. Long

experience

with t h i s

group made

the difference.

From the l e f t : Bert, Pastor Kwon, Suh

Jueng

Doh, Kim

Yong Sup

and

Marge, ready to

share

a chicken din ner after

a isit

to

Pastor

Kwon s

church.

Mrs.

Suh has

worked

with

us

or almost 10

years

Mr. Kim is our

very

able interpreter.


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Mission

Vol. 16 No. 6 June

1972

THE BERTELLIS FAMILY IN KOREA

Pastor Kwon,

preaching

on Sunday

morning.

Pastor Kwon and Bert and their

new

bell-

tower u i l t

by

the Wilsey Kansas church.

Church bells here are mostimportant

n

witnessing

to the community

especially

when they

ring

out

for

the early morning

prayermeeting every mo rn i n g

at

about

5:00

A.M.

A iew across

the

city from

the

lo c atio n of

Pastor Kwon s

church.

Pusan is

a

city of

some

two mil

l i o n people.

In the

c i t y

proper

we

have

only two small congre

gations. The greatest handicap

to growth is the

few

trained

Korean leaders who work in the

c i t i e s .

Our

work

at the semi

nary i s an attempt

to

meet his

need.


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The

Christian Mission

Vol.

16

No. 6 June 1972

PUS N

CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

C

M

C h a n g

Chang

family taken in 1969.

•>

■ u : 31

■ fV;

iifc,

•j>

Alpha

Hall, first building

to

be

erected,

dedicated

in

April

1966. Name

changed

to Lash Memoria l

Building

in 1971.


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The Christian Mission

Vol.

16

No. 6 June

1972

PUS N CHRISTI N

COLLEGE

■ Ei w jiti

i • Vt- :

hi/ ?-

i .

i

i.

i^.^r

Dedication Service of

Alpha

Hall pril 2, 1966

\K:.

K -:

N

The irstcommencement

of Far

East Christian

Vocational

College, Dec.

20, 1966,

with 13

graduates.

S.

M.

Chang

is speaking.


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Mission, Vol.

16, No.

6, June 1972

PUS N

CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

,4 -

wm

S.

M. Chang ounder

a n d

president, speaking at the

special worship

ervice

on

the

occasion of

receiving

accreditation

for

the

school

from he government.

Jime 21 1970

Mr. n d Mrs. . M. h a n g

put

up new

i g n

board of t he

school

after

special worship

service. Name

hanged to

Pusan Christian College after

accreditation.

§

t •


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28

r

C

Y

Kim Family

Left to right:

Patricia

Phillip

P e t e r

and C Y

Korean Bible Seminary

f

Bible High

Scho o l

wo

f

their teachers and

the student body.


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Mission Vol.

16

No. 6,

June 1972

C Y KIM KOREAN MISSION

.hi iTlT

Taking

boxes

of

used clothing

new

toys candy to Eden Baby

Home

Bro.

Kim o v i n l y holding

an orphan.

Pat giving

some baby clothes

to a irl

who

left

her

hild

in

their

car.


13/15

Kim baptizing

them

into Christ

The

argest

statue

of

Buddha n the

world.

Note

the human igure at the base to give an

idea of the height.

Mr

nd

Mrs

C Y

Kim

pray

with

Mrs

Chang

n

the

prison. See story in the

jimior

section.)


14/15

BERT MARGE

OHN

ELLIS

P.

0.

Box

141 Pusan KOREA.

November 1972

Dear Christian

Friends:

Greetings

again

from the land of many trials and problemsI As

w e l o o k b a c k o v e r t h e p a s t y e a r it

has

b e e n

i n

s o m e ways frus

t r a t i n g

s i n c e w e f i r s t

a r r i v e d h e r e i n 1 9 5 8 # B u t i t h a s o f r e w a r d .

E a r l i e r

i n

t h e

y e a r

w e

w e r e

p l a g u e d

w i t h

w e a t h e r

p r o b k e m s f t

F l o o d s ,

v ^ ^ e

t h a n

e v

e r

b e f o r e

i n h i s t o r y ,

h i t

m a n y

p a r t s

o f

t h e

c o u n t r y . H u n d l 5 ^ 4 b > g ^ ^ ^ ^ l e ^ ^ l E 6 r e

k i l l e d

a n d

t h e r e

was

a l m o s t u n b e l i e v a b l e p r o p e r t y l o s s . J u s t as w e w e ? < F x f I l i m i n g w e w e r e

most

fortunate dow n here

in Pusan in not having such

problems

locally

about t he

mid

d l e

of t h e

m o r n i n g

one

e v e n t f u l

day

d u r i n g a

d o w n p o u r ,

w e

h e a r d c r i e s

c o m i n g f r o m

o u r

i m m e d i a t e

n e i g h b o r s a n d

f o u n d t h a t t h e y h a d s o m e t h i n g l i k e 2 f e e t

of w a t e r

i n v a d

i n g

t h e i r

h o m e s ,

a n d w h e n w e

l o o k e d out

t h e

f r o n t

w i n d o w w e

f o u n d t h a t

t h e

m a i n

s t r e e t

o n l y

s o m e

1 0 0 f e e t a w a y w a s r u n n i n g

a

t o r r e n t of

w a t e r R e p o r t s

s o o n c a m e

o f t h e

failure

of

a

dam in the western part of

just

a

short

distance away in

w h i c h a l m o s t 1 0 0 p e o p l e d r o w n e d t u i a t S l i y c ^ ^ e d a l l d a m a g e .

T h e r e h a v e

a l s o

b e e n n u m e i ^ ' u a ' ^ l i t i c a l

p r o b l e m s . D e m o c r a c y

i s

s t i l l

u n d e r t r i a l

h e r e a n d at p r e s e n t t h e c o u n t r y » W B t f 4 l J l ^ ^ ^ ^ r o f ; ^ . i ^ J U « l ® * ^ l L h m a n y r e s t r i c t i o n s . D i s c r e t

i o n a n d a b s o l u t e c e n s o r s h i p f o r b i d s o u i T ^ s ^ i n g m o r e

a b o u t

t h e p o l i t i c a l s i t u a t i o n .

Yes

t h i s y e a r

has

b e e n

most

f r u s t r a t i n g . It

s e e m s t h a t

w h e n e v e r

one t r i e s

t o g o

a g a i n s t t h e c u r r e n t h e c a n e x p e c t t r i a l a n d d i s a p p o i n t m e n t a n d t h a t h a s

b e e n

o u r l o t

t h i s y e a r .

W e

t o l d y o u p r e v i o u s l y t h a t w e h a d

m a d e a r r a n g e m e n t s w it h

o n e o f o u r U. S.

s c h o o l s

t o

g r a n t d e g r e e s

f o r w o r k

d o n e

h e r e , w h i c h w e b e l i e v e d w o u l d

h e l p

i n o b t a i n

i n g a

b e t t e r

c l a s s

of

s t u d e n t . W e o p e n e d

g r a d u a t e

s c h o o l i n

M a r c h ,

w i t h m a n y m i s g i v

i n g s , as

w e h a d n o t r e c e i v e d

t h e

w h o l e - h e a r t e d c o o p e r a t i o n w e a n t i c i p a t e d

a n d

f e l t

w a s n e c e s s a r y f r o m

t h e

a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of t h e

l o c a l

s e m i n a r y . I t

b e c a m e

a p p a r e n t t h a t

all

was

not well soon after

school

opened. Everything

was left

to th e

l ast moment

and in t h e r u s h t o get

s t a r t e d

w e w e r e not a b l e t o

s e e

clearly just

what

was g o i n g

on. We

soon found

that w e

were telli ng th e

students

one thing whil e

the

seminary ad

ministration

had its own version of

the proceedings

so

that students

were confused.

A s

t h e

r e p r e s e n t a t i v e

o f

t h e

U . S .

s c h o o l w e

w e r e

d e t e r m i n e d t o

s e e

t h i n g s

d o n e a c c o r d

i n g t o c e r t a i n s t a n d a r d s ,

m o r e

s t r i c t t h a n

K o r e a n

s t a n d a r d s . It

w a s

a p p a r e n t

t h a t

s o m e w h e r e a l o n g t h e

l i n e s o m e p r o s p e c t i v e

s t u d e n t s w e r e g e t t i n g t h e

idea that

t h e y

could

w ithout

working; such p roceedi ngs

have

been

an

open

scan

d a l

i i f l ^ ^ r ^ i i t ^ h e

p a s t

s e v e r a l y e a r s

w i t h

m e n b u y i n g

f i c t i t i o u s

o r

w o r t h l e s s

d e

g r e e s

f r o m

f o r e i g n i n s t i t u t i o n s . It s e e m e d

a p p a r e n t a l s o t h a t

s o m e o n e , s o m e w h e r e ,

w a s a i d i n g

t h i s

s u p p o s i t i o n

w i t h

t h e v i e w of s o m e p e r s o n a l

g a i n . It w a s

s e v e r a l

weeks after

school

opened

before the app li cati ons

and

transcripts

were turned over to

u s b y

t h e s c h o o l h e r e f o r o u r e x a m i n a t i o n a n d a p p r o v a l . A f t e r a

q u i c k

l o o k w e

i i m n e d -

i a t e l y s t o p p e d a n y

f u r t h e r a p p l i c a t i o n s .

W e n e v e r d i d s e e a l l t h e p a p e r s b u t a f t e r

e x a m i n i n g w h a t w e r e s u b m i t t e d t o us w e a c c e p t e d 8 out of

2 1

f o r

d e g r e e

w o r k

Of

c o u r s

s o m e

of

t h e s t u d e n t s w e r e a n g r y

at

b e i n g e x c l u d e d at

t h a t

l a t e

d a t e . I n

a

s h o w of s o l

i d a r i t y , f o l l o w i n g K o r e a n c u s t o m , t h e s t u d e n t s a l l r e f u s e d t o

meet

u n l e s s

t h e y w e r e

all

a d m i t t e d . We s t o o d our

g r o u n d a n d h e l d no

f u r t h e r classes. Gradually

t h o s e

who

w e r e

q u a l i f i e d s a w t h a t

t h e i r

a c t i o n s

w e r e h u r t i n g

o n l y

t h e m s e l v es a n d

t h e y

a p p r o a c h

ed us to

resume

classes. Consequently we

held

special classes for

them

during vacat

i o n

t o t r y t o m a k e

up

s o m e t i m e l o s t . S e v e r a l m o r e s t u d e n t s w e r e a d m i t t e d f o r t h e

fall semester and we now have 13 students enrolled. Our refusal to g ive i n has seem

e d t o

i m p r e s s t h e m a n d t h e s t r i c t s t a n d a r d s

of

t h e

U.S. s c h o o l

h a v e a l s o n o w g a i n e d

t h e i r

a p p r o v a l . T h e r e

w e r e

t i m e s

d u r i n g

t h e h o l d o u t

w h e n ,

w e w e r e

c o m p l e t e l y d i s c o u r

a g e d

but

w e a r e

q u i t e h a p p y

n o w w i t h t h e

a t t i t u d e

of t h e s t u d e n t s e n r o l l e d . T h e y

a r e

all older

and more mature

and

engaged in specializ ed

Christian

service. We

feel we

can

have

more impact here

th an even in teaching undergraduates which

we

are continu

i n g t o

do.

U n f o r t u n a t e l y , a m o n g

t h e

d e c r e e s of m a r t i a l l a w , a l l

c o l l e g e s

a n d

u n i v e r

sities

are

closed

as

th ey have oft en been centers

of

political opposition

so

we are

unable

at

the moment to have cl asses. We pray th is situation wil l not continue much


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longer. There is encouraging news that we may also have extension graduate classes

in a

nearby

city next year.

We

had

hoped

and

planned for

this but it appears

it

may

work

o u t

sooner than

expected. We will

commute o n e day a week fo r these classes.

Another

rec ent ev ent

in which you

will be

interested

is

both disappointing

a n d ,

at the same time, hopeful.

Just

a week ago

we were

approgt^d

of

Korean

C h r i s t i a n s

a s k i n g

u s t o

f e l l o w s h i p

w i t h t h e m i n s t a r t i n ^ r a

n e w c h u r c l i ^ T h e r e

a r e

about 20 a d u l t s in t h e g r o u p T h e

d i s a p p o i n t i n g

t h i n g

is

that t h d y ^ T i ^ e

b e e n

a s s o c

iated with one of the local "Christian leaders" in the Church

of

Christ

here,

some

for

as

long

a s

2 0

years, and have finally come to the conclusion

that

he

has

no

in

terest in the church and so have separated from him. The surprising thing to us

is

that it took them

2 0 years

to figure this when we saw it within 6

months

o f our

arrival and

refused

to have anything further to do with the man Out

o f

3

elders of

his

church and 10 deacons, 3 elders and 7

dea c ons

separated, some

of

whom even be

long to this man's

family.

They appear to

be in earnest and we

have

set

another con

ference

with

them

a t which

time they

will

outline their future plans. It

may

be

that

a t

last

a n

independe nt congregation with some hope

o f

success can

be established here

in Pusan

One of o u r graduate students, whom

we

also taught

in

undergraduate school, is a

young Church

of Christ pastor whose background is with the non-instrument brethren,

but

this

has

not

affected our

relationship. We

mentioned before

how he

successfully

built

a

good congregation with over

100

now in

attend ance, refusing financial

help

f r o m t he

Ch ur ch

of Christ

missionaries.

He has m a d e

further progress

n o w

in

th at he

has been working with

three

independent congregations with Presbyterian backgrounds

some

50 miles from

Pusan.

He

was

invited

to one of them

for

a

week's Bible teaching

a nd

a s

a result was welcomed

to

all three, has immersed man y o f the attendants and

has a program o f teaching these people

a nd t heir loc a l

evangelists. He plans to vis

it them o n c e a

mo n th

f o r se ve r a l d a y s f o r Bible teaching and h a s in vit e d

me

to a c

company him. This is the kind of thing that

can

be done here with

good,

consecrated

leadership We

are

hopeful we

may

influence some

of o u r

graduate students in this

way. Many

of

them

are

pastors o f independent congregations with little or no denom

inational

ties

and we seek to motivate them and lead them to better understanding

of t he

New

T e s tame n t t hr o u g h o u r

l e ct u r e s an d v a r i o us

publications which

we

us e .

John

is

Graduate School

at

Wheaton

College,

w orking

hard.

His

a d d r e ss N.

Summit, Whea ton, Illinois 60187. Contac t him fo r

speaking about

the work

here.

W e d e e p l y

a p p r e c i a t e y o u r

c o n t in u e d financial support,

e ve n w he n

we ha ve

not

been

so good

r e c e n tl y in keeping in to u ch with yo u .

It

ha s been difficult to write

w hen t hings

were

u p one da y a nd dow n

th e

n e x t without

giving

a false

picture

of

the

sit u a t io n .

Please

c ont inu e t o send y ou r fin a n c i a l a i d to: Miss Loraine Lindsey,-

Cabool State Bank, Drawer M, Cabo ol, Missouri 65689. A n o te

a

f e w d ays ago f r o m

Loraine

says

the

mission

a c c o u n t is d o wn to $27.00 a n d war n s to write n o more

checks

Most bi l l s are p a id u p wi th t he e x c e p t io n of

our

sa l a r y w hi c h c o n t in u es t o

run about 10-12 months behind

Above

all,

r e m e m be r us

in y ou r

p r a y e rs Ou r

b e s t

wis h e s to a l l of you who so

faithfully

s u p p o r t

th e

Lord's

w o r k

here.

Faithfully

yours,

ellis bert marjorie 1972 korea

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