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FRIC NFV NGELIST
CYRIL C.
SIMKINS
Missionary
RHODESIA AFRICA
P/Bag 56 Zaka Rodesia Africa
Forwarding Agent: Robert L. Mize Route 4 Admiral Drive
Concord Tennessee
Vol
3
January
1967
Sin ins
alled
hm el
i
rliuli
CYRIL,
M RY ANN. AND M RY SIMKINS
Cyril Simkins and family wil l be moving
to
Ghana. The
decision
has been madel After much searching
and
prayer by the Simkins and
support ing
churches
and ind iv iduals
i t i s c lea r t ha t the Macedonian
ca l l of
the
people of Ghana can not go
unheeded.
The
Lord
will ing,
th e move
wil l
be made in
February.
The
decision
was not easy. God s wil l is our most cherished de
s i r e
Churches and
individuals in America were
contacted
to pray
and of fe r the i r
advice in
th i s mat ter . One
of
the d ec id in g
fac tors
in
th is
decision was the answer received
from th is
appeal . Not
one
l e t t e r requested t ha t the
S imkins remain
in Rhodesia. Most s ta ted
r-^that
the decision
should be made by
the
Simkins.
Some
recommended
highly
the move to Ghana. The consensus
The move to Ghana wil l not be easy,
but
i t will be accomplished,
the Lord wil l ing and
leading .
yri l and
h is
family are even now
busy closing
out
the i r work and personal a f fa i r s
in
Rhodesia
in
prepara t ion
fo r
the move.
The
readers of
the
FRIC N
EVANGELIST
wi l l be kept
informed
of
a l l plans
and the i r r ea l i za t ion
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Will You Help The Work In Ghana?
We
who
r in the t tes a n d
have
a par t in
the
work of Cyril
Simkins
are t h r i l l e d beyond
w o r d s
o v e r
h is d e c i s i o n
t o e n t e r
G h a n a .
We
w o u l d
l i k e
t o
tell
you the
whole wonderful beauti
ful
story of how
God's
Word
has
found
e n t r a n c e
i n t o t h e
h e a r t s
of
these people. would
like'
to read to you excerpts of t h e i r
l e t t e r s
appealing for missionary
leadership
that
will help them
to know
and obey God's w i l l .
We
would l ike to t e l l you of the
work already done by J e r r y Gib
son,
of
the
plans to
raise
up
n a t i v e
m i n i s t r y
t r a i n e d and edu
cated via
God's Holy
Bible, and
o f t h e
v i s i o n
o f t h e Ghana
C h u r c h .
I f
you are i n t e r e s t e d in our
s e r v i c e s
and o f f e r t o t a l k
w i t h
you personally
about
these great
happenings in Ghana
please
write
one of the fol lowing:
Rober t
Mize,
Rt.
4
Admiral
Dr.
Caj.cerd,
Teaaes.s-ee
3Z72Q
Robert
Pate,
sd Cedardale Dr.
Qulncy,
I l l i n o i s
62301
Ronald
Simkins,
P.O. Box
W i t t
I l l i n o i s 62094
John Dorney,
Camp Point ,
111.
6 2 3
We have
a r e a l
chal lenge
in
the
Lord's Work in Ghana. Jerry
Gibson i n f o r m s us t h a t t h e
field is white unto
harvest .
The
people
are
tremendously
ad-
vanced compared to
others of
A f r i c a .
IfOt the v tJjj W
-iiiaui^r.ea hers.
Recently these
people
even
paid
some
of
the
t r a v e l
expense of
Dick H o s t e t t e r
when
he v i s i t e d
Ghana
i n con
s idera t ion of
moving there.
The
point i s
the
people of Ghana are
laboring
to
help themselves in
respec t to
t h e i r
f a i t h .
are
call ing
on you
to help
provide the
means
whereby
the
Simkins
and
o t h e r s
can
fulfill
t h e i r
part in t h i s great r e s t o r
a t i o n
movement
i n Ghana. The
primary purpose in t h i s work i s
t o make
G o d s t r u t h
a s i n H i s
Word available to these people,
to
preach sound d o c t r i n e
as be
f i t t i n g
people
committed
to
the
c.aiis_e_p_f_ New
Testament, f a i t h
and t o
t r a i n
an
e d u c a t e d m i n i s
tr y to
give
f u l l
proof
of i t s
work i n t h e
Lord .
i s a _3ible._College i s
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Mashoko Bible College Graduates Nine
EIGHT OF
NINE
GRADUATES
Bible College Banquet
The annual banquet
of
Mashoko
Bible College was held in the
mission dining
hal l .
Charles
Bel l was the speaker for the
evening.
The
student
body chose
one of
the
graduates. Tangai Ma
shoko.
to give the s tudent re
sponse. A number
of
awards and
books
were
presented
to
the
_ (graduating s tudents .
The
purpose
//in giving these
books was to pro-
iyvicw^tne gracjuate with
certain
M^ols for his own study.
Having
/taught the graduate ow to use
/
the
Bible
and concordance
the
school now
ga.ve^h.im a
Bible with
concordance.
f^ oTHer books
wer e
for
similar purposes.
During
the
banquet
our
third
yea r
s t uden t
r e c i t e d
th e
Grea t
Commiss ion in Greek . Both
o f
th e New
Tes t amen t Greek
s t ud en t s
had made excel lent
progress. In
one
year
they
had gone through
the
Greek
grammar
book up to
the
perfec t tense nea r the end
of
the
book). Both were doing
pass
ing
work
in
vocabulary
and in
t ranslat ing
the
Greek par t ic ip le
(a crucial matter
for
reading
th e
Greek
New Tes tamen t .
Our primly aim is the
maJdjig
^ofprea.cliej^.t-
However we want
to take
the
more
capable
ones
into
advanced
study
so
tha t the
African
Church may be
provided
with
an African
leadership.
During an
impressive cere
mony Sunday
af te rnoon.
November
27 ,
n i n e s t u d en t s r e ce ived
c e r
t i f i c a t e s
and
diplomas.
Eicjht
of
the
graduates
received
two
year
ce r t i f i c a t e s in re l ig ious
education.
They
are
qual if ied
to min i s t e r t o t h e chu r ch e s .
One
received h is th i rd year
diploma and spoke a t the gradu
a t i o n
s e r v i c e . Mr. Ric l i a rd
Smith.
Missionary from
Gwelo.
was our g^raduation speaker.
Noel, .gibanda. th i rd
year
grad-
uate>^ave the
morning
message
at ^he
mission
church o Sunday.
It was such a thrilling message
on I reg re t t ed
tha t
i t
was not taped
and sent
t o o ur c h urc h e s
in
t h e st tes
SCHOOL
FOR
MISSIONARY
CHILDREN
Social Hour
The
en t i re
s tudent
body
of
Mashoko
B ib le C olle ge
were gues i s
in th e home o f
Mr.
and
Mrs .
S im-
k i n s . Th i s was t h e f i n a l
on e
o f
a number
of
such soc ia l gather
ings during the school year .
These have
been designed to
give
t h e students
mor e
e a s e
in
mee t
ing
Europeans and in handling
European
th ings .
We
have
not ic
ed considerable
improvement
in
th i s . respec t .
At our l a s t ge t - t oge the r a
Christmas g i f t was given to
each
s t u d e n t .
The
s t u d e n t s
l e a r n ed
to
play
Chinese
checkers and
s c r a b b l e , whi l e we
became
ac
quainted with the i r odd way of
playing
checkers .
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Move To Ghana Fulfillment Of Original Plans
by
God works out our plaos ac
cording to
His own way
Three
years ago Cyri l Simkins t r ied
every
conceivable
way
to
go
into
Ghana
via
res ident permit and
work H is
e n t r a n c e
was
den i e d on
no
par t icu lar
grounds. He then
t u rned
to Rhodes i a
as
a
f i e l d in
which to
work.
Many of us
con
ce rned
and
i n t e r e s t e d in th e need
in Ghana continued to pray.
Cyri l
s t a t e d
when
he
w en t to Rhodes i a
t h a t
if God
s hou l d
w i l l
t h a t he
go
to
Ghana,
maybe He
would open
the way
from
Rhodesia.
When
Cyri l
wrote
to
me (as he
did to others) a few months ago
and asked
for
my thoughts on go
ing
into
Ghana now I sent him
the
following
words:
I have come to t h e c o n c l u s i o n
that God
is
opening a door for
you
in Ghana.
In
the f i r s t
is
sue
of
the
African
Evangel ist
we
staged that the h nge in plans
f rom GiranB ra
Rhode s i e
was
d ue
to
the unavai labi l i ty
of
a perma
nen t
r e s i d e n t v i s a It was a l s o
s ta ted tha t
by going
into
Rho
desia
you
might be
able in the
fu tu re to
secure
a way and a
means
of going into Ghana. I
fee l those words
were
most
pro
phetic. God has
apparently
opened the way and
intends
for
you to go now. The f inal decis
ion
has
to be
in
your hands. I
appreciate you asking
for
our
prayers and advice. I
also
ap
preciate
you
turning
to
others
and asking for the i r
opinions.
However, th e f i n a l
dec i s ion God
gives
to you.
Whatever
decision
you
make,
you wil l have my con
t inued,
firm
support, and
I am
s u r e t h a t
o f
all o t h e r s who
now
support
the Lord s work that
you
are doing.
I praise God
for
what He
has
accomplished
already
in Ghana
and
f o r t h e d ir e c t i o n th a t He i s
givi^-4tis->work there.
_
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AFRICAN
EVANGELIST
CYRIL C.
SIMKINS
Missionary GHANA CHRISTIAN
COLLEGE
Box 1914 Accra, Ghana, West Africa
Forwarding Agent: Robert L.Mize Route 4, Admiral Drive
Concord, Tennessee 37720
V o l .
3
May
1967
N o . 2
Attempted oup In hana
Fails
Dateline April 17, 1967) Today
there
has
been
an attempted
coup
in Ghana. At 4:30 A.M.
th e Reconnaisance
Regiment
attempted to take
ove r
th e
government
by f o r c e . The r a d i o announced t h a t th e Natio n al
L i b e r a t i o n Council was
d i s s o l v e d .
The news was br oadcasted only f i v e
minutes b efo re
Mary Ann l e f t
fo r
sch o o l.
Upon
hear ing
o f
t h e t r o u b l e w e c a n c e l l e d
school
p l a n s
fo r th e day for
h e r s i n c e i t was
n e c e s s a r y
t o
pass
c l o s e by
th e
F l a g s t a f f
H o u s e .
The b a t t l e rag ed a l l
morn
ing
a t F l a g s t a f f House, the
Army He a dqua rte rs
here
in
Ac c r a . A ll th e shops
a r e
t i g h t l y
c l o s e d
downtown.
A b o u t t e n o c l o c k t h e r a d i o
a n n o u n c e d t h a t t h e a t t e m p t e d
coup was crushed. We s t i l l
have a governm ent. Although
t h e r e h a s b e e n
no
w o r d f r om
A nk ra h, C hair man
o f t h e N at
i o n a l L i b e r a t i o n
C h a i r m a n t h e
V i c e
C h a i r m a n
a n n o u n c e d
t h a t
th e coup was d efeated an d t h a t
t h e
m u t i n o u s
s o l d i e r s h a d
b e e n
overpowered and the of f icer s
who
had
formed a
m i l i t a r y j u n
t a h a d
b e e n
a r r e s t e d .
Through
i t
a l l everyone
h e r e t h o m e w a s
c a l m
a n d
never unduly
nerv ous. D on t
worry ab o u t u s . God
has
tak en
r e a l
good
c are o f us. We a r e
grateful
to
Him
C.C.S.
Black S t a r
S qua r e wa s th e
s i t e
o f
t h e
n a t i o n a l
c e l e b r a t i o n o n
F eb ru ary 2 4, t h e a n n i v e r s a r y
o f
t h e o v e r t h r o w
o f
t h e
N k r u m a h
g o v ern m en t .
Nkrumah
wa s p r o -
c o m m u n i s t . He
w as
o u s t e d
f r o m
power by
f o r c e and
th e N a t i o n a l
L i b e r a t i o n C o u n ci l wa s s e t
up.
The
l a t t e r
government has been
v e r y
c o n s i d e r a t e
o f
th e
work
o f
t h e c h u r c h i n
G h a n a .
T h e
a b o v e
m o n u m e n t i s
c a l l e d
t h e G h a n a
I n d e
p e n d e n t
A r c h .
WANT A REAL
MI SSI O N PROGRAM?
W r it e
t o ;
R o b e r t Mize, R. 4 , A d m i r a l D r i v e ,
C o n c o r d , T e n n e s s e e 3 7 7 2 0
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UNLIMITED OPPORTUNIT IES IN G H A N A
o week
goes by
without new opportunities
to do God s work coming
forth
verywhere you
turn there is an inquiry about the
Word
of
God Many young
men express
a
longing
to be trained
for the minis
t ry ,
One
re l ig ious
l eade r
who
h a s ten
thousand
fo l lowers h a s
th i r ty-f ive preachers t h a t he
wants to
have t r a i n e d by B r o t h e r
S i m k i n s
a nd
o th er m iss io nar ies .
He is anxious for a
Bible
College
and has o f f e r e d land upon which
to
c o n s t r u c t a c o l l e g e
b u i l d i n g .
A l t h o u g h th i s i s a
t roubled
country
God has
opened
up
th e
land an d the h e a r t s o f p eo p le to
receive
Hi s gospel
of
love peace
and s a l v a t i o n .
Mr
S i m k i n s wr i t e s . I fee l
l ike th e
A p o s t l e
P a u l
must
have
fe l t when he s a i d A
g r e a t
an d
e f f e c t u a l door
is opened
unto us
and the re are many
adve r sa r i e s .
Th e r e
a r e
h i n d e r e r s
and h in
d r a n c e s . b u t th e power
o f
God
is
f e l t
by u s.
We
know tha t he
di rec t s
a l l
th ings
toward
th e
co un se l o f H is own will.
T r u l y i t can be sa id tha t
Ghana o f f e r s the g r e a t e s t oppor
tun i ty f o r
th e
New T es t amen t
Chu r c h that w e h a v e in t h e wo r l d
t o d a y . We in
th e
Sta tes
d a r e
n o t
f a i l in m eetin g th e c h a lle n g e o f
Ghana.
We
must
now
r i se
up
and
make poss ib le
th e
tools and
th e
means
by
which
tlie
work
can
be
d o n e .
Wou ld
Y o u
Help?
T h e
w or k in G ha na i s start
ing from
sc ra tch
as
fa r
a
needed
equipment is
concerned
Do
yo u
b el o n g o r know o f
g r o u p
with in the loca l c h u r c
t h a t wou ld
be
i n t e r e s t e d i
f u r n i s h i n g
some
o f
th e
missio
n eed s . A pa r t i a l l i s t i s a
f o l l ows .
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Tape
Reco rd er
2 . A ir C o n di t io n er s
3 . Po l a r o i d
C a m e r a
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Film P r o j e c t o r
5.
Desks for Bible College
^ ^Come T o Us
GHANA S
MOST POWERFUL CHIEFTAIN
Prempeh
I I
is
th e
ch ie f
of
all th e Ashan t i and
i s
c a l l e d
th e Asha n t i - h e n e . H e i s
t h e
most p o w erfu l
chie f ta in
in
a l l
Ghana. He i n v i t e d
C y r i l Simkins
to
c ome
to u s . Af t e r their
co n feren ce
he
gave land in
th e
K u m a s i
a r ea
f o r
a
chu r ch and
f u t u r e s c h o o l .
This
impressive
man
belongs
to a t r i b e
t h a t
w a s neve r
d e
fe a te d in
t r i ba l
w a rs
o r by th e
E n g l i s h .
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T W O M O N T H S I N
G H A N A
G od s a cc om pl is hm en ts in Ghana
during
the past two months
f i l l s
our
hearts
with
joy.
ow g r a t e f u l we a re t h a t the
Lord
works out
His own way
to
do His work
a t
th e hands of d e d i c a t e d s e r v a n t s . I t
was
d if f ic u lt
to
understand
why
Cyril
and Mrs Simkins were
delayed
for
two
years before entering this country. Now
we
know
that
od
did the delaying for
a
purpose.
Two y ears sp ent
els ew here in
A f r i c a
paid o f f
in
lessons
learned
and
e x p e r i e n c e
clo ck ed .
Moreover, the work now
being
d o n e
c o u l d n o t h a v e m a t e r i a l i z e d
under the
pro-communist
reign
of
N k r u m a h .
And if
N k r u m ah
h a d a c
c e p t e d
th e
Simkins i n t o
th e
co u n try
two
y e a r s
ago, th e
p re
s e n t g ov er nm en t w hi ch
ove r thr e w
Nkrumah) w o u l d
h a v e
n o t w e l c o m e d
t h e m
I n
ll
t h e
w o r l d t h e r e i s n o
f i e l d as
r i ch fo r the
Gospel
of
J e s u s
C h r i s t a n d H i s w o n d e r f u l
c h u r c h
a s l a n d o f
G h a n a . T h i s
f i e l d is
th e
most promising
mis
s i o n f i e l d t h a t
we
h a v e .
T h e
p e o p l e
a r e
more
a d v a n c e d t h a n
any o t ^ r
A^rican
nation. They
a r e
a n x i o u s
t o
l e a r n t h e truth
i n
G o d s w o r d .
At
th e
p r e s e n t t i me 30 s t u
dents a re
r egi st er ed a t
th e
B ib le C o lle g e
a t
Accra, These
men on th e most
p a r t
a r e high
school
g r a d u a t e s ; a l l
a re stu d y
ing
to
be
p r e a c h e r s .
I f th e
f ilities
w e r e
a v a i l a b l e
t h e r e
c o u l d b e a n e n r o ll m e n t o f 1 0 0 o r
more w i t h o u t s a c r i f i c i n g th e
q u a l i t y
o f th e s t u d e n t
We need branch c o l l e g e s in
ke y c i t i e s throughout Ghana.
T h e
l a n d
h a s
b e e n m a d e
a v a i l a b l e
in
one c i t y
by G ha na s second
most
powerful
c h i e f . He has even
offered
an e n t i r e campus as a
s i t e for a preacher
t r ai ni ng
s c h o o l T h i s
o f f e r i n c l u d e s t h e
b u i l d i n g s . I t is easy
to
count
o n t le st 1 0 0 m i n i s t e r ia l s t u
d e n t s i n e a c h o f t h e s e c i t i e s
We
need
th e p e r s o n n e l t o t a k e
ad v an t ag e o f
such
o f f e r s We
n e e d
men w ho
w i l l
w o r k f o r t h e
Lord in s p i t e
o f th e d i r t and
d i s e a s e
a n d d i s c o m f o r t s o f a
c o u n t r y
t h a t
s e t s r i g h t on t h e
e q u a t o r
L a s t month a group o f p e o p le
d e s i r e d fellow ship
w ith
the Sim
k i n s a n d o t h e r s T h e r e
w e r e
o v e r
5 , 0 0 0
o f th em . Mr
S i m k i n s
a n d M r. H o s t e t t e r a n d M r. G i b s o n
made
i t
c ry st a l c le ar concerning
th e te ac hin gs of th e New T e s t a
m e n t
C h u r c h
A t t h e c o n c l u s i o n
t h e i r
l e a d e r s s e t
f o r t h t h e i r
d e s i r e
to bring th e
people i n t o
t h e
r e s t o r a t i o n m o v e m e n t .
T h i s
brings to
10,000
th e
number
of
people
brought into fellowship
w i t h t h e r e s t o r a t i o n m o v e m e n t i n
the past two months. There
is
yet much
f o r
them
to
l e a r n ,
but
th e o p p o r t u n i t y
to
teach
them
has
been
g i v e n .
In a d d i t i o n
to
t h i s a p r e s i d
ing
bishop o f an A frican church
lias ex p ressed
i n t e r e s t
in
send
ing
some o f h is
preachers to th e
c o l l e g e
f o r B i b l e work. Each
day
b r i n g s new
o p p o r t u n i t i e s
t v
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20 , 000
URGENTLY NEEDED FOR
BIBLE COLLEGE
Eric
Danquali spent
four
years in Nkrumah s
prison witliout liaving
a single
cliarge
placed against liim. His uncle, J .B. Danquah died
in tha t prison.
I f
he were l iving
today
in
a l l
probabi l i ty he would
be the
president of
Ghana National Liberation Committee. Eric a r
ranged
for us
to
come
into
contact
with
the Omanhene
of
the
Akim-
Abuakwa State . This powerful chief ta in invited us to come
vis i t
him
during
the t rad i t ional council
meeting at Kibi,
This
was
the
most
splendid
gathering of cliiefs tha t I
have
eve r w itn es sed. As we came
in
our eyes were f i l led with the
royal regalia
of
over 100 chiefs
s i t t ing around the room. The Omanhene,
Ofori-Atta
I I was s i t t ing
upon his throne. He had been
de-throned
emoved from office) by
Nkrumah, but he was res tored a f t e r
the
February 24 overthrow of
Nkrumah s
regime. This great man wants to
give
us a s i te for a
preacher
t ra in ing
s ch ool. (C .C .S .)
The need is urgent for 20 ,000 .00 to be used for the necessary
equipment,
supplies
and
buildings
for
the
Bible College. I know of
no other way to ra i se th is money except by
appealing to
you who
read
with
i n t e res t
of the work in Ghana. Any church tf iat
i s
in te res ted
in
adding
the Ghana Bib le College project to i ts missionary giving
need only
to
wri te
to Robert Mize. Concord, Tennessee.
John Dorney,
Camp Point, I l l inois , or to Robert Pate, 215 N. 25th,
Quincy.
I l l i
nois,
and a l l questions
will
be
immediately
answered.
Speaking
en
gagements will be accepted. Right now, I call upon
our
readers to
increase
the i r
missionary
giving
through
the i r
local church
and de
signate i t
for
the
H N
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Robert Mize, Route 4,
Admiral
Drive ,
Concord,
Tennessee .
37720.
R.L.P. )
AFRICAN EVANGILIST
published bimonthly for
the
Cen t ra l
Afr ica
i t l i ss ion
Chu r c h e s o f C h r i s t
BY
MADISON
PARK
CHRIST IAN CHURCH
216
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FRIC NEV NGELIST
CYRIL C SIMKINS Missionary GH N CHRISTI N COLLEGE
Box 1914 Accra Ghana
West
Africa
Forwarding Agent: Robert L MIze Route 4 Admiral Drive
Concord Tennessee 37720
Vol
ulv
967
No.
3
Bible
College und
Needed
Now
The
great sin gle need for
the
work in
Ghana
is
a
fund whereby
Ghana
Christ ian College
can
be
gin a
building
program. The
regula r funds for Mr and Mrs.
S imk in s a r e in c o n s t a n t and im
m ed ia te u se
due
t o th e
t r emen
dous
oppor tuni t ies
as
well
as
the
uncommonly high
cost
of l iv
ing
in Ghana The
high
rental
used
by the col lege necess i t a t es
immed ia te a c t i o n
The need
for
expansion is al
so a
prime
factor in raising the
necessary
funds
to
bui ld a co l
lege
building. Every
indication
is
that
the
work
of
training
African
evangelists can expand
as f a s t as f a c i l i t i e s can be
provided. At present
the
col
lege
is
re s t r i c t ed In tha t we
can
only
accommodate
a little
under twenty
students.
Any
o t h e r s must l i v e e l s ewhe r e in
the c i t y
t
i s ou r conv i c t i o n
t h a t
we
need to l o c a t e in an a re a o f th e
city where we
can
expand
as the
oppor tun i t i e s con tinue to de
velop.
We need a dormitory
and
a building
to house the class
rooms. We need
an
a r e a where
th e s tu d e n ts can e a t
and
t a k e
care
of
the i r
personal
needs.
Our present building
is
at t rac
t i v e and se rves us wel l but it
TEMPORARY LOCATION OF
GH N
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
Oppor tun i t ies
Ev e r ywhe r e
We
hope tha t
you
can
see
from
a l l
our
repor t s
t h a t
the t ra in
ing
of
preachers is of
f i r s t
im
portance
in Ghana. Opportuni
t i e s a re everywhere .
Jus t t h i s
morning before I
l e f t
the house
for
the
college a bishop
of
a
re l ig ious
group came to
the
house
to
invite
me
to
come
and
visit h is
chu r ch
He i s
in
t e r e s t e d
in
th e
s e r v i c e s o f o u r
young
men.
Here
is
ano ther
great opportunity to preach
sound
doctrine. The big ques
t ion is. Who can we put in? The
Bib l e
Co l l e g e i s th e answer
does not g ive us th e room t h a t
we n e e d
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Ghana s Cost Of Living Fund Raisers Meet
Tlje other day I was
s i t t ing
in
the off ice of a bank manager and
clianced
to
comment on the high
cost
of l iv ing. His answer was,
h ighes t in the w orld . I do not
know if
t h i s
was i n t ended
as
a
f a c t u a l s t a t emen t
o r
no t . P e r
haps it.
was
ju s t a reac t ion ,
but
i t
cer tainly expressed my fee l -
i ngs.
In o rd e r to unde r s t a nd t h i s we
need to t h i nk back ove r what has
happened
in
Ghana during recent
years .
I t
has only been a year
since
many
Americans looked
upon
Ghana as a par t ly
communist
s ta te . Communism always ru ins a
country.
Under
the former commu
ni s t administrat ion
the
economy
o f Ghana was
r u i n ed .
The
present government i s do
ing
a l l
tha t
i t can
to
s tab l ize
the economy,
but
country
was
in
debt and a l l the money was
gone
when
i t
came
to
power.
Nkrumah
put
seventeen mil l ion
dol la rs
in
Swis s banks wh i l e he was in
power. He s to le the money from
his
government. I asked
about
this and the reply was,
That
was
only
one of the
banks
he had
money
in . Last
week
we
read
in
one of
the local papers
where the
government was
invest igat ing the
disappearance of
social
security
funds.
Workers had put in lb
cedis into socia l securi ty but
they were never
ac tua l ly
covered.
Nkrumah
col lected
the money for
h im s e l f .
e
have
no way of checking out
such informat ion ,
but we do know
tha t the country
i s in a
finan
c ia l bind.
have to
pay 1.40
to get one Cedi ,
yet othe r
governments
refuse
the Cedi in
payment
of debts. Consequently
we
have to
pay two or
three Cedis
for a r t i c l e s tha t
should only
c o s t , u s
on
If you send anything
to
Ghana
r emembe r
t h a t
cu s t oms
c o s t s a r e
100
of tlie va lue of the
a r t i c l e .
L
Left to Right - John Dorney ob
Pa t e ,
Bob
Mize,
and Ron Simkins
The
four
men
above
met
a
few
weeks ago to d iscuss the means
to
challenge our
people
in
the
States
to raise
20,000.00 to
construct a building for Ghana
Christian
College. The meeting
was held in
the
home
of Robert
Mize. Concord, Tennessee. Bob
is
Forwarding Agent for
Cyril
S imk in s .
John
Dorney, Chairman
of
the
Ghana
Christian
College
Building
Fund,
i s
mini s t e r of
the
Chr i s t
ian Church of Camp
Point.
I l l i
nois .
Robert
Pate , minis te r for
e ight years
a t Madison Park
Christian Church, Quincy, I l l i
nois . lias accepted a
cal l
to the
First Christian
Church Dodge
City , Kansas,
and wil l move
the re
next
month. Ron
Simkins
ministers to the
church at
Witt,
Ill inois.
However
art icles
sent as
gifts
to Ghana
Christian
College
are
duty
f ree .
The government
is
doing a su
perior job in solving
the
pro
blem.
Occasionally
we
can
now
buy some th ings
less
than
what
we
would pay in
the
Sta tes .
I t should also be pointed
out
t h a t ou r mission
work wi l l
not
require
the
building
of secon
dary schoo l s .
This
means tha t
the
t o t a l i nves tment
o f m iss ion
funds in
Ghana wi l l
be less than
in o ther count rie s per work done
and people
contac ted.
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Candid
Quest ions And Frank
Answers
On Ghana
QUESTION
Do we have a great ,
opportun
i ty in Ghana?
ANSWER:
The
Answer i s ,
YESI
QUESTION
Is
there a
big
New Testament
Church in
Ghana?
ANSWER:
The
answer
i s No,
bu t
t h e r e
i s a
movement
t oward
t h e New
Te s t amen t
Chu r ch .
QUESTION
Are many people
l i s tening
to
you?
ANSWER:
Yes, many are
l i s ten ing
to
what
we have
to
say
from-
God's
Word .
QUESTION
Do
these people understand
ful ly
the teaching
of Scripture?
ANSWER:
No t h a t s why we
are here.
QUESTION
Are
they
wil l ing
to
learn?
ANSWER:
Many
of
them are will ing to
learn
Th i s
is more true
t h a n
in many places.
QUESTION
Are
the
missionaries making
any converts?
ANSWER:
de f in i t e ly are , but we
let
th e
Af r i c an b r e t h r e n
do
mos t
of
the
baptizing.
QUESTION
Are
there any who
understand
and preach New
Testament
doc
trine
ANSWER:
Yes,
t h i s i s
th e aim
o f Ghana
Chris t ian
College.
Some of our
s tudents
are
strong in the
fa i th.
QUESTION
Is
Ghana Chris t ian College
making
a
success of
t h i s?
ANSWER:
The succe s s i s
e xc e l l e n t . It
i s
almost phenomenal for the
s choo l to show such
f i ne
r e s u l t s
in
the
f i r s t
year ,
QUESTION
Do we l ave a
church in
Ghana?
ANSWER:
Certainly
there is a church
in Ghana. Never theless ,
i t
is
too early
to know what we
wi l l
have
in
Ghana.
Only
the
ground
work
ha s been
l a i d .
QUESTION
Wha t
a b o u t
t h e t h o u s a n d s w ho
want to jo in the res tora t ion
movemen t ?
ANSWER:
I t is
a g rea t v ic to ry when we
can e n t e r t h e s e movements , o r
when
they
come to us.
This gives
us
the
opportuni ty
to
preach
the
truth
QUESTION
What do you mean by a res tor
ation
movemen t ?
ANSWER:
A movement wi th i n th e chu r ch
that is h e ad ed to wa rd a
New
T e s t
amen t
Chu r c h .
QUESTION
Do you regard the res tora t ion
movement
as
a New
Te s t amen t
Chu r c h ?
ANSWER:
We
have
a
new
Te s t amen t Church
here , but
most of the movement
l a c k s much. The id ea o f a r e s t o r
a t ion movement presupposes tha t
it i s
no t
a New
Tes t amen t
Churcli .
If
it
were it
wou l d n t
need r e
stor ing
and we
wouldn't
need to
b e h e r e .
QUESTION
I s
t h e r e
f a l s e
d o c t r i n e
in
these c h u r c h e s ?
ANSWER:
Yes,
th is is always t rue when
a missionary is needed. The Gos
pel will separate the
wheat from
th e
c h a f f .
QUESTION
Can
you
see
any
progress
in
t h e
chu r ch e s ?
ANSWER:
see grea t progress . Someof
tliem have offered to change any
thing tha t is not sc r ip tu ra l . I t
i s
th r i l l ing to
be in a grea t
s t ruggle
for t r u th .
NATIONAL
MISSIONARY CONVENTION
PndnR C i tv Kan s a s
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G H A N A C H R I S T I A N COLLEGE
Ghana Cliristian Colleje has a
tearliiny s taff
of three
professors,
Richard
Hostetter,
Gerald Gibson,
and Cyril Simkins. These teachers
have Bible College
Degrees
and Master s
Degrees
from universit ies in
America These are
the
three men who originally planned to go to
Ghana together. A replacement will be
needed
for
Professor
Gibson
as he
will
be
returning
to teach
at
Minnesota
Bible College
this
fall
Ghana Christ ian College
is
located near the Technical Inst i tu te
on the north side of Accra. I t began the second term of the 1966-67
year with an
enrollment
of 23
regular
students and 3 special stu
dents. One of
these
had to leave because we had no way of furnishing
him his meals and he had no funds to purchase his own The school
will
grow
as
we
have
inquiries
every week but growth is dependent
on
expanding
ou r
f a c i l i t i e s
African serves as business manager Almcst everything that
the
school
buys
or
has built has been done
through
him Djan
ddo
is an
invaluable
man to us in every way The school also has an
African disc ip l ine committee.
The
building
is a two story s t ructure The classes meet in
the
large room downstairs and in one
of
the
smaller
upstair rooms The
l i b ra ry
and
an
o f f ic e is
a lso loca ted
on
th e second
f l oo r with l iv
ing
quarters
fo r Djan Addo. All the s tudents are
housed
in rooms on
the
ground f loor.
When we
a r r i ved here there
were
bunks but
no
mat t re sses Since
then
we
have
furnished the building with mattresses for the bunks,
tables
for desks,
and
built
shelves for the
books in
the
l ibrary.
We
pay 70 pounds a month in rent for the building. This is the
equivalent to 200.00 in American money These expenses are shared
equal ly by the three teachers. As you can
see
we need
to
build as
soon as poss ib le
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