hamilton al annette 1964 southafrica

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SOUTH

AFRICAN

CHURCH OF CHRIST

Johannesburg

Mrs,

A.W.Hamil ton S r . J an .-F eb . A.W.Hami l tons

RR 3

19Sh

Box

17175 Hillbrow

Marceline,

Mc.

61i658

Johannesburg

U.S.A.

Sou th

Af r i c a

Brethren in Chris t

Your

Christmas cards

and

g i f t s were a wonderful

t r e a t

fo r

us to

enjoy

th is

y ea r a ga in ,

du ring o ur

ho t Christmas

season. Thanks so much fo r

your

continued

support

through

the

past k years. The months of December

and

^January

were really

f i l l ed

with

ac t iv i t ies

here in

Jo-burg.

The Church we serve a t 92 Beit S t. in

the ci ty was privileged to

be

host to

the f i r s t

annual Preaching Rally of the

non-African (Black) churches of Christ. I t was

attended

by two

of

the African

preaehers ,

but by non-African Wer mean

t ha t

was the f i r s t

Rally

of i t s kind

fo r the people of

the

Coloured, Chinese and

White

races.

We are

not

allowed to

hold

an

African service in

the

c i t ies .

The Theme

of

the ra l ly

was, HOW SHALL

THEY HEAR?

The r a l ly

began

on

the

13th of Dec. and

ended

on the

Lord s day

of

the

I5th.

To give you some

idea

of

the

meetings here are a few of the t i t l es

of

the

messages we

heard;

How sha l l They

Hear

without

Quali fi ed leaders?

This

was

preached

by

R.S. (Boti)Mlls

of

Kimberley.

How

Shall

they

Hear

Without

New Testament

Methods of

Evangelism?

How

Shall

they Hear

Without Living

Examples of

Christ iani ty?

And

there

were

others.

On

the program ware

men

from

Dadaya

I^ssion

in Rhodesia, and Gwelo Mission. Peter Nathan and

Wendell

Freeman. Max Randall

was

on

the

program but

unable to

a t tend , his message

was

on

f inding

new

f ie lds o f s erv ic e. lynn Stanley could

not come

because of

illness in the family.

Alvin Nicholson

Supt, of the African I^ssion

and

John

Kernan, A1 Zimmerman and

visi t ing

missionary Ray Knapp were

a l l

on the program.


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MILTONS

Johannesburg

In conjunction with the Preacher and

Christian

leadership training done by brother Mills

in

Kimberley we have

also

opened classes in

th e

evenings

fo r

e igh t o f ou r church members

here

in Johannesburg. Four men are studying to become ministers of the church of

Christ.

Three are

Chinese and one is Coloured.

Two

of the men ar e in their 20s and

th e other

two are 36 and 40

years of age. We also have four young

ladies

of the church in the school which opened in Get -

ob e r

One of the Chinese men Sam Yung Fong) aged 36,

is taking

a

full

six hours of evening

classes and

also te n

hours a week of daytime

study

which I

leach

him in the mornings. This

makes a total

of

16 hours of work

fo r

Sam, known to us as Uncle Sam), and he

is

being

wholly

sponsored by the local

church

of Christ by being paid R30. a

month

to support him while he


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Dur in< j ihi - rourso of

oiir v i s i t s

anioncj ihr

churchos,

wr mort many

doliijhtl ul

Christ

i a n s anti t h o i r

c h i l t i r o n .

Here,

at a ch

urch near Sti i t terheim, Heather , Anne, and

G i l e s make f r i c m l s with a little A f r i c a n .

K RN NS

E a s t L o n d o n

Although

Alvln o v e r s e e s

most

o f th e

building fo r the

mission,

.lohn

i s l e

arning something

about

it

Here

Alvin ,

with

minis te r

George Fupi, examines

a

concrete block made

by

the m i s s i o n s blo

c k

m a c h i n e f o r

t h e

new c h u r c h h o u s e

t

T a r k a s t a d .


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MILLS

Kimberley

The mul t i r ac ia l

congregation o f

th e

Kimberley

church

offe rs

many

oppor tunities

o f

s er vice fo r

which

we

a re very t h a n k f u l however

t h e r e

is jus t more than

on e family ca n ad eq u at el y

manage

to cope w i t h even

with

th e very cap ab l e help o f our

s t u d e n t

m i n i s t e r

b r o t h e r Roland Joseph. Since our da y

time

is occupied

with the

pr int ing o f t rac ts an d th e

GOSP L

LIGHT and

p r e p a r a t i o n

and m ai l i n g

o f

th e

same an d

th e

evenings

a r e used

for th e

night study c l a sse s

w ith Roland

t h e r e i s

j us t

no t

enough time

fo r

th e p er so n al needs

o f

th e co n g r eg at i o n . At

p r e s e n t

we

have only on e

evening

o f

the

week

no t

engaged

is

some way

with

a

c hu rc h m ee ti ng and

t h a t evening ha s u s u a l l y been used

fo r

c a l l i ng

of some s o r t . Each Lord s Day

.our

congre

gation has four separate

Bible

Schools sc a t t e re d in

various pa rt s of

th e ci ty .

Kimberley is a

city

o f

more

th an 6 5 0 00 p o p u l a t i o n

and

is well

on th e way

to

being one o f th e l a rge r inland

c i t ies

o f

South

A f r ica

hence we

f e e l

every

jus t i f ica t ion i n r eq u es ti ng

your

prayers t h a t

th e Lord

may

p r o v i d e

a

family

who wil l be

w illing

to come

m inis ter

to th e church and re l i e ve us

fo r

th e

increasing

work

o f

printing materials

fo r

the

spreading o f th e

Gospel

through

ou r

p os ta l c on ta ct s

and the

visitation

of the Native churches and resumption

of

classes

among

thent

PRINTING EQUIPMENT

he pra i se

th e

Lord fo r th e pr ovis ion o f a brand new A B Dick

o f f s e t

press and much o f

th e

relaip


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NI OLSONS

Por t Shepstone

CHURCH BUILDING

NEEDS

South

Africa is a growing nation and with

i t s

changes come

changes in

th e work as well.

There was a day when i t s c i t i e s

jus t

sprang

up

and

th i s

was especia l ly t rue of those areas

where Africans

made

t he i r homes. In many of the smaller c i t i e s we st find the

houses

bui l t

along

narrow s t ree t s very close together every

type

of bui lding

material

b ei ng u se d.


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ST NLEYS

Port

Shepstone

THE B1BL

TRAIMNC SCHOOL

Tlip vrnining

of

ii iniiiislry I'ur Ihii

cliiu chi-s

hiTc

luis

bi iMi

ii iDiKj

ilii l ic-

u ll l i isk. II uiis bc


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Co lou r ed

Hie presence

of

the Coloured

housing development a t Bonle

heuwel Capetown is a challenge

to

us fo r Ch r i s t

Z MM RM NS

Cape

Town

European

These are a group of young

people

from

the Polo

Road church

in

a

meeting

a t the Zimniermans home

in

Mowbray


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UILDING PROGR M

w rr nton


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CHURCH

OF

CHRIST

Johannesburg

S o u t h A f r i c a

A.W.Hamilton

fa mily April

'6ii Fwd.

Agent:

P.O.Box 17175 Hillbrow Mrs.A.W.Hamilton

Johannesburg Sou th Afr ica

RR

3 j Marceline,

Mo.

6U658

U.S.A.

Dear

C h r i s t i a n ;

f r i e n d s ;

We know how

l a t e t h is news

l e t t e r is ^ and we wanted t o contac t you e a r l i e r

as

a matter of

f a c t

we

would l i k e

t o wri te each tim e something

new

comes up

i n

the work,

March

and

A p r i l have been wonderful months i n t h e

L o r d s

work h e r e .

The Conference

of

the

African (Native) churches

was

in the

Johannesburg area

this

year

and

I

had

the

responsibil i ty

of

getting

food

and

equipment

l ined

up

for t but

Alvin Nicholscxi came a day e a i l i e r

than

th e

o ther p reache rs , and

helped

out

a l o t . The conference was a good one, and we had a week of hectic

but enjoyable service.

I

spoke

on Friday afternoon March

the

27th on th e

subject

-

Discipline in the

Indigenous church. Our theme was l ike

the

one a t

the

Hhodesian

African church

conference

(a

conference i s l ike a

convention

more or

less) ,

the

Indigenous

Church.

Annette spoke on the program on

Saturday

afternoon

with

some

of the other missionary wives,on the

subject

Mary and

Martha,

fai thful Bible Women.

As

soon

as

th e con fe re nc e

eo

ied ,

the

l o c a l

church

here

in

Jo-burg

and

w e

went r i g h t into a t e n t meeting a t Riverlea, 609 of th e nearby Coloured

areas

where

we have no wcxrk except a mf -ting in a home for Bible

school

Sunday afternoons.

I t was our f i r s t

t e n t

meeting, and I

suppose

the f i r s t one held

in

South

Africa

since

the Kellems meet *ags

of

that

type

which were

held over

30

years ago.

hope

to continue on a larger

scale

with the tent

meetings.

This f i r s t one just caught

the end of the warm weather, because the second week of i t (two week meeting)

we

got a cold snap

and at tenda

nee

dropped

from 80 i n the f i r s t week to

l e s s

than

I t was a good


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SOUTH AFRICAN CHURCH OF

CHRIST

MISSION

May - June

Mrs. A.W.Hamilton Sr. I96U A1 ScAnnette Hamilton

Fwd Agent ^ ox 1^175 Hillbrow

3 Marceline^

Mo

Johannesburg

Republic

of

S.A.

Dear

Co-workers;

Perhaps you would be

interested

to

know that

Santa doesn t

come

to us^

we

go

to

SANTA Santa

is

South African National Tuberculosis

Association. We

go

to

this hospital

every

monday

Eve. with our African

interpreteB,

Simon

Mth^ysia.

This contact came through the

services

we have on the Lord s day afternnon snd

^ thursday

evenings at.

.Kiiights

chest hosptial

where one of our Coloured members

called on us

to begin

a service.

One of

the

pat ients interested in

our

Bible

slide studty was

transferred

to Santa, and got an opening

there. The Lord

has

converted

two

African men through these

services^ one I

baptized in

June and

one

the

interpreter baptized* The only available baptistry

in

this area is the

non-instrumental church

of Christ building

in Jo-burg. They know we use

their

build ing, f or

we

have

the i r

permiss ion, but

we

often

have

to

climb

in

thru

an

open window

as we

did

last time, i f we caift

find

ainyone

around

with

a

key.

When writing brother and s i s ter LeMayj to give them a schedule of the work

here, we

found that

we

have about 10

services

or studies weekly not including

the

preacher training

classes held

in the

daytime for one

student.

This takes

every

available leader we

have.

We enjcy very many wonderful oppontunities to

witness

and

teach

daily which

we will

be happy

to

share

with the Lerfey

family

in

1965

Lord willing*

The

LeMay family

is

receiving their support

now

and will


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CHURCH

OF CHRIST ASSIGN

Johannesburg

A.W.Hami

Iton JulyAugust Fwd. Address

P.O.Box 1717?

Hillbrow

196h A.W.Hamilton

Johannesbwg

rr

3 61+658

South Africa Marceline^ Mo.

Dear Cb-workers,

There are

many

things we want

to

share with you concerning thw

work here,

so

we wil l t e l l you

as

much

as

we

have space

for in this small l e t te r

First, we

praise

our God and

yours,

for seeing

to i t

that the Lester

LeMay

family was

granted

a

PERM NENT

RESIDENCE

visa for

S.A.

recently.

They have booked

to

fly

to

Johannesburg the

month

of

December

in

time for Christmas Lord

willing.

They will carry on here during 1965 and we pray that they shall accept the

chal

lenge of the

work

in S.A. and the advantage of permanent residence visa, to

stay

-on af te r

thei rfirst^ear .

-

-The

fact- that they

receivend-their vlsa~so

soon and ~

upon

f irst request were granted permanent residence, shows the country here is

wide open for the Lord s work

today,

for I suppose i t

is

the f i rs t time

in

10

years that

permanent residence was grentdd so

quickly.

May more people realize

that

the door to

this

country

is open

to

invite them,

and there are

literaly

GOL EN opportiinities

in

the country and Johannesburg, golden

city, of S.A.

Secondly,o+ar furlough i.. planned as

follows.

Lord

willing

we live. To

arrive in America the 1st of Jan.

1965

to

bein our

itinerary. Already

we have

six

months booked

heavedv, so contact our

fwd,

agent

if

we are not yet

on

your

schedule, for we do want to see you.

Thirdly, the work here is expanding quickly and will demand more families

in Johannesburg, not to mention the

rest

of the c ountry, so on furlough we plan

to seek recrui ts . We

wil l also

be seeking to receive

funds for

a

BUS suited

as

a

Mo

b

i le

Chapel, for

the areas

where we have

services

in Johannesburg and the


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Peace

CHURCH OF CHRIST MISSION

Johannesburg

Sou t h

A f r i c a

Nov.-

Dec, 196ii

The

Hami l t o n s

T o

men o f

Good

W i l l;

GREETINGS TO ALL OUR CO -

WCHKERS IN CHRISTJ

Fur lough

WfWGING CUR

M Y

TO YOU

These l a s t two months^ November and December are f i l led

with

usual

activi t ies . November^ frcsn the 8th

to

13th we have given the tent to.

the African (Bantu)

brethren for

an .evangelistic meeting in

the local

township (location) where our

1st building is

to be errected

fo r the

church

at

Natalspruit. It is

e

first

our Johannesburg brethren

will

have.

There are about six African churches

in

this area, but several more preaching

po in t s

Beginning on the

15th. Brother

Bob

Mills of th e

Postal Missi.an

in

Kimber-

ley will

be conducting our f irs t

tent

meeting in Noordgesig a Coloured area

where

we have members

l iv ing . Bro ther Mill s

wil l then take the

ten t

to


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C^unii of Mtissiion

Home stations

of

ministers of

th e

Church of

Christ

in the Repikblic.

1964

Vryburg

(Qwamongwa)

L e S

am i lton

^Johannesburg (Madikane

O-Benoni iaa)^Jngwavuma Myeni)

Potchefstroon

Saana

j|

Klerksdorp (Sibinda) ^

\

a r r e n t o n

S a t i i a ia k o

-Schmidts

Dri f t

(Johan^

^K imbe rl ey (So l an e )

s

M k u z i

N k o a i

Vpington (Sango)

4

Pos tnasburg (Mokwanyanij)

\

Douglas (Matbi|ba)'v

\

Hopetown Ca lTa r t

Middelburg

(Geldenhaya)

\

Cr ad o ck

Fup i

Beaufor t

West (Mv an e)

Chieveley

(Guabi)

Kok.tad N.B...1.) ^VmzuMbi Q..B,.h.)

mogusheni

^0

Kwetahubi, ukula

Sogoni, Nyaaatti ^^Gcilima Zobolo

Imvutshini

(Songo)

Lusikis iki Mqungutho)

immerman

Cape

Town

(Dakuaa)

Cofimvaba (Mahlinaa) ^

\ Stutterheioi (Fani)

I du ty v a ( Ty at ya sa )

E a s t London

(Marongo)

Mosse

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