MERICAN

Volume I I MARCH, 1965

CVANGELI$T
Number 1

DEDICATED TO THE PLANTING OF NEW TESTAMENT CHURCHES IN THE GREAT SOUTHWEST AND LATIN AMERICA

NEW CHURCH ESTABLISHED IN EL PASO

Until a few months ago there

was

no

congregation of the Inde-

pendent Christian Church (Church

ian families living in this city who were much in prayer that such a congregation might be organized.
decided to move from Guadalajara, 'f

Mexico,

can evangelistic activities,

quickly brought
a thrilling

the center of their Spanish-Ameri-

to

El Paso and make this

the

fflmMHwr
^
once.
were were

tJ

deacons

formation of an English-speaking church was of primary concern. The way these various individuals were

together has been

Two elders and four Two fo

chosen. chosen.

experience in Divine

guidance.
On Nov. 22 the first service was held in the Morgans' home with 12 people attending. A meeting room was secured in the central

YMCA for the following Lord's Day, and the attendance jumped to 22. By the next week the group had grown to 42,
It was decided that the new

congregation would be known as The

New Testament Christian Church.

to The congregation continued co meet at the "Y" until February. At Fe this time arrangements were made to purchase a large dwelling in a dwel rapidly-growing development known developm as Cielo Vista. On the f i r s t Sun day the building was put into use attendance 65, attendance reached reached a record rec Financial help has been given the church by both the northern th and southern groups of the West
Texas-New Mexico Christian Christ Men's

Charter membership

was

opened on

Fellowship and by churches at Mai church

Jan. 15 with 10 signing the charter the first day, transferring membership from other congregations.
Since that time other transfers and baptisms have increased the membership to 28. Many others have expressed their intention of plac-

den, Mo,,

and

Boone's Creek

and

ing

their membership with the new

church in the near future,

As many of these people were Christians of experience, having held official positions in other

localities,

and

some

with Bible
at

Watauga, Tenn, We praise for the rapid We God progress of the congregation, so congre badly needed in this strategic border city. We see great possi gr b ilities for the future as the bilities futu selfchurch becomes completely complet supporting and assumes a leading part in the evangelizat evangelization of the Already southwest U.S. and Mexico, Mexic i t has been decided that 10^ of it th all offerings will be given to Guadalajara, Mexico.

college coiiege
Bible

training,

it was oeciaeo decided

to select

school

elders, deacons, and

superintendent

missions, with a minimum missions, with a minima of i50 a month going toward the work in

THE SPANISH AMERICAN EVANGELIST Published Monthly By

SPANISH AMERICAN EVANGELISM

self again.

The American congre

gation is already a reality, and plans are well underway for the
de\.'elcpment of other phases of our
work, "Praise God from whom
**

Bill and Dorothy Morgan

Missionaries

all

7205 Otero Court

blessings flowl"
We have selected the name of

El Paso, Texas

79915

Ediiorial
So many times God has proven His promise in Rom. 8:28: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to
them who ere the called according

Spanish American Evangelism for this ministry, and this paper, The Spanish American Evangelist, will
be our official printed organ. icles
it

We want

also invite other Latin American missionaries to send news and art

to His purpose." cease to marvel

which He turns our

Yet we never at the way in

apparent mis

to be included, as we

to be as effective as possible

in

impressing

upon

the churches

fortunes into blessings. When Dor

the

great

need and

challenge of

othy was advised by her doctor in Guadalajara to return to the U. S.

for an indefinite period, we faced
a decision vital to our future

Latin American evangelism,

**

For the present, the First Christian Church at Booker, Texas,

continues as
funds should

to disregard the doctor's advice and endanger Dorothy's health, to

seek a ministry in the States , or to find another way to continue
our missionary work.
As we had been trained and sup

our

sponsor.

All

be sent to our for

warding agent there, Kerns, P.O. Box 284.

complete
mailed

Mrs. F, A. Receipts and

reports are

financial
Booker

from

also.

ported for -Latin American evangel

ism,

we

felt

strongly

that

we

should remain in some phase of the

On fhe
From

Go
to Mar. 2, Bill

work if at all possible. We deter mined to locate in El Paso, larg

Feb. 28

Morgan

will

be

participating in

est city on the U. 5.-Mexican bor der and just across the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez, largest Mexi
can border city.

the annual

Missionary Rally spon

From this strategic position we felt we could continue Mexican e-

sored by Kentucky Christian Col lege, Grayson, Ky. He will speak at Glendale and Garrison, Ky. , on Feb. 20, at the rally itself on Mar. 1 and 2, and at Ironton, 0.,
Mar, 3. He will conduct a revival

vangelism
work.

and establish an Ameri

we

can congregation in El Paso to be come a partner with us in this

Also had many other i-

near Beverly, 0., Mar. 7 - 13, vi sit the Church at Felicity, 0. , Mar. 14, and return to El Paso the
following day.

deas for a ministry we believed could benefit not only Mexico but
all Latin America. We appealed to

our supporters
help.

to

continue their

Coming Events
MISSIONARY RALLY- Kentucky Christ

Events of the past few months have made us feel we made a wise decision in the will of the Lord.

ian College - Feb. 28 - Mar. 2.

MISSIONS WEEK Cincinnati Bible

He has poured out

both

spiritual

Seminary - Mar. 2 - 4 . KIAMICHI MEN'S CLINIC Okla. - May 4 - 6 .

NORTH AMERICAN

and material blessings upon us. You dear friends have continued to

Honobia,

support us
even sent

financially,
extra

and some

gifts to help us

over the difficult time of moving.

CHRISTIAN CONVEN

Dorothy is feeling almost like her

TION - Tulsa, Okla. - June

22-25.

our
EVANGELISM

aims
PRAYERS

our needs
Above all elsel

To evangelize on both sides of the

Rio Grande in the El Paso Juarez

area, both in Spanish and English, RADIO

To produce and broadcast a Spanish radio program that will penetrate deep into Mexico,

SUPPORT
The Lord's work requires finances,

WORKERS
Men and women who can raise their

CORRESPONDENCE
To follow up the brrjsdcast with a Bible correspondence course in Spanish and with personal contacts wherever possible.

support and help in any phase of our proposed work.

ENCOURAGEMENT
Let us hear from you often,

COOPERATION
Our desire is Please way we can be congregation or
Lord.

VISUAL AIDS To produce slide

v/ailable churches to at

to

be used by the

let us know of any

and

filmstrip
and

lessons and other teaching mater ials in Spanish and make them athe missionaries nominal cost.

of service to your mission field.

El Pa
at a-

The combined population of

so and Juarez is estimated

MISSION

SLIDES

round 600 ,000.

Along with this program we will be able to reproduce for any mission ary copies of his own slide sets
at cost.
to

Baptisms
While we were working in Guada lajara one of our neighbors, Mrs. Teresa Hayes, and her daughter, Consuelo, attended our services

We

will

also moke

black

and white
cards

enlargements
order.

or

post

TRANSLATION
To have translated and produce

regularly. However, in June, 1964,

they moved to El Paso, and we re

tracts, books, and other materials that have proven their effective
ness in use in our American Con

gretfully
them had

felt
been

our

contact with

lost.

However, upon moving to El Paso

ourselves , we located these fine people , and they began attending
our services of here. faith On in Feb. 7 Mrs, and

gregations .

BORDER
To render

SERVICE
free assistance to mis

Hayes and Consuelo made their con

fession Christ

sionaries in Mexico by handling packages, forwarding needed sup plies, etc., whenever such a serv ice might be useful in avoiding delays or other problems. Also
to furnish assistance information to American and render Christians

were baptized for the remission of sins. Once again we rejoice in the way God overcomes the obstac
les we small, see when our vision is too

who might wish to visit Mexico,

CAMPS AND
We will be

RALLIES
available for some

Christian

Service

Camps and Mis

ASSEMBLY CENTER!

sionary Rallies both in the U.S. and Mexico, although obviously we

will not be able to spend a great

amount of time away from El

Paso.

miscellaneous
Lisa

news
Chihuahua because of ill

Bill and Roberta Burr and daugff^fer are now on the field in Chi

Freeman and Caroline Bump recently

left

huahua City, Mexico. They recent ly sange and spoke at the church
in El Paso.
*

health.
M.

6ro. Bump is now minis -

taring to the church at Eunice, N,

**#

Ed and Marilyn

Crandell

are

en

Ted

and

Wanda

Murray have a big

listing support to work with Clin

ton and Melba Looney in Guadala jara, Ed is presently minister of the West Lansing Church in Michi
gan .

family in their new orphanage in Salinas, 5.L.P., Mexico. They had

24 children at last count and more

applications.
share

Four other workers

in this benevolent undertak

We were

unable

to attend the Bi-

Lingual

Convention

in Eagle Pass

ing and are in need of more sup port. Rebecca Aguilar, one of the workers, spoke at the church in El
Paso recently.
*

this year, but understand it was another great meeting.

****

Clinton

and

Melba

Looney and

Bill and-Audrey Pointer stopped to

'^A'^Jtur;^ Ramirez are carrying on the

jThey write
(San Andres) is

"ran

wav^to the

Q.(|^k ^ Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mex-

that the church

running

,abpj;^/50 in attendance, and interSergio and Martha Gomez, formerly of Guadalajara, are busy in plant
s good. However, a short time ago vandals broke into the build ing and stole the communion-ware and hymnbooks and ripped out the wir-i-fvg- - -Your-prayers -&nd-help

ing a new church in Tijuana, B.C.,

TTBirrc"ST rrrey~ are* workxng- undertHg sponsorship of the National City,

greatly
Christ

needed
in

for

the

work of

Calif.,

church where Kenneth Huff

this city, deep in the

i.ster .

-b^rt--of fanatical superstition.

^Qire
ie

Qur

SfinianSers i
of 0

iMarion Raileys

send

out a

nJwsy letter.
busy schedule
bus for the

They report a

kinawa.

This congregation was be

in their work with

gun by Christian servicemen,

of whom we knew in our
Southern Christian College,

some

days at

the Pachecos in Monterrey. A pre sent need is for a new Volkswagen

mission.

RETURN TO:

P,

0,

Box 331

Booker, Texas 79005

MAIL

TO:

, S. McGilvrey

9^8
111,

-OUIVIW

MERICAN

E EVANGELIST
Number 2

DEDICATED TG THE PLANTING GF NEW TESTAMENT CHURCHES IN THE GREAT SOUTHWEST AND LATIN AMERICA

Volume I

APRIL, 1965

Help Put The Gospel Oh The Air

In Spanish NOW!
150,000 Watts
TIMES

THE

MOST

POWERFUL SPANISH RADIO STATIDiM ON THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT IS LOCATED ON THE EL PASO - JUAREZ BORDER:

XELO
ers all but five states
to Latin America.

800 Kcs
MORE POWERFUL THAN ANY

This is a clear channel station THREE

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WE CAN reach this

PUT A HALF-HOUR WEEKLY SROAOCAST ON THIS MIGHTY STATION AND vast audience with the Gospel -.of Jesus Christ for the unbe

lievably low cost of only' $35.00 PER WEEKl

'\

{l/Z

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during the Enqlish broadcasting hours sells for 1120.00.)

Although many pe6ple"*>i-n'-Mexico do not have Bibles, do not receive any Gospel literature, and have no contact with any Christian missionary,
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE RADIOS: A broadcast of this kind will

reach
er be

multitudes
reached

of people with the message of salvation who would nev

WHO SPEAK FLUENT SPANISH are willing to donate will handle the details and co

otherwise.

LOYAL

GOSPEL

PREACHERS

their

time

to

tape

the broadcasts, and Christian musical talent is a-

vailable. SPANISH-AMERICAN EVANGELISM ordinate the program. WE ARE PREPARING A

BIBLE CORRESPONDENCE COURSE IN SPANISH to be used as

a follow-up,

and

all

prospects

will be referred to the Christian mis

sionary nearest them.

THINK DF IT BRETHRENJI
broadcast a month.

If only 35 of you send $1.00 a week, this broad

cast reaching MILLIONS of Spanish-speaking people will become a realityl Perhaps a Bible school class or congregation would like to sponsor one
Please mark your contribution "for Spanish broadcast"
7205 Otero Court,

and send it di
El Paso, Texas.

rect to SPANISH-AMERICAN EVANGELISM,

DO IT TODAY AND HELP US PREACH CHRIST SOUTH GF THE BORDER!

THE

SPANISH AMERICAiM EVANGELIST Published Monthly By SPANISH AMERICAN EVANGELISM Bill and Dorothy Morgan
Mis sionaries

MISSIONARIES at

K.C.C. Rally
Front Row: Paul

El Paso, Texas

79915

Editorial
As I recently listened to reports

Bajko, W.E. McGilvrey, Barton McElroy. Back;

?
Bill Morgan
churches at

Wegwart, . Oean Ralph Harter, L

Bill Morgan.

of

the

latest
two U.S.

gemini

flight, in

which

astronauts circled

trie earth three times, my thoughts went back to Feb. 20, 1962. I was in Mexico, and Bro. Clinton Looney and I had gone with some Mexican friends {not yet Christians but
later to become
their

Recent Trip
recently spoke at
Garrison and Williams-

leaders

in

the

Church
some of

in

Guadalajara)

to

visit

town, Ky. , Glendale, Felicity, and Ironton, Ohio, and the Beverly Hills Church in Huntington, W. Va.
He conducted a one-week revival at

kin-folk who lived

in a remote village known as Guejotitlan.

We arrived after dark but were

made welcome, and a crowd was soon gathered in the patio of an adobe dwelling. We showed some Bible
filmstrips with a battery-powered projector and proclaimed the Gos pel to those who had assembled.
Then we walked
cross the

Neelysville, Ohio, and participat ed in the Annual Missionary Rally at Kentucky Christian College. The revival, with Bro, Harry Welch min
ister,
1

resulted in 3 baptisms
One of

and
those

reconsecration.

old.

baptised was a man past BO years We rejoice in these fruits

of the Gospel of Christ-

short
to

distance
another

a-

fields

home.

There a similar group assembled, though it was then past midnight, and we presented the same message. One of those who came through
the darkness into the dim lamp light of that l i t t l e room carried
a transistor radio. As he off the newscast to which turned he had

Please Remember
We
support

are

still

on a missionaryand your continued field.

basis,

contributions are necessary to keep

us on this truly strategic

Besides
raise

our living
for the

fund, we
broadcast.

must

been listening, he announced,

U.S.
John
three

"The
earth

for planting churches . for slide and filmstrip production. and printing

funds

has
Glenn

sent
had there

a man into space."

orbited in the

bills. The more generous you can be in your offerings, the more we
will be able to accomplish for our

times.

sat

stunned

silence

Lord in this border ministry.

with that

the overwhelming realization while these humble people,

living many luxuries of before I did,

miles away from the civilization, knew of

of the space age

Catalog
and teaching

Project
available

We axe compiling a l i s t of books

the latest marvel

materials

they had never heard

the marvelous message of Christ.

Yet the same radio that brought them the news of this great scien tific achievement could carry to saves.
news"

in Spanish. If you are producing anything of this nature a tract, book, film, etc., we would appre
ciate hearing from you that this

"good news" that Jesus could if only Christ ians cared enough to put this "good
It
on the air.

them

the

list might be as nearly complete as possible. It is our feeling

that a lot of time and effort are

lost

in

needless

duplication

of

translation, printing, etc.

The English Work

The
ment

recently-formed
Christian Church

New Testa
in El Paso

3 3 11
3,5 B

continues to make progress. At tendance during March averaged 52

in spite of the fact that the min

ister, Sill Morgan, was away most of the month. Or, C. C, Crawford, well-known Christian writer, and Richard Clark, an elder in the new congregation, supplied the pulpit.
The West Texas New Mexico E-

3 j? n 1

vangelizing Association has pledg ed 5100 a month to the support of this congregation in addition to the assistance already being given
by the Southern West Texas New

El Paso -international City

Of El Paso's 332,500 population

212,420 are whom Spanish

Latin Americans, to is the native tongue.

Mexico Men's Fellowship and the individual congregations mentioned

in last month's newsletter.

One
March

addition by transfer during

brought the total membership

Juarez has a total of 350,000 Mex icans, speaking Spanish, of course. Of these, 65,00G cross daily to shop in El Paso, 19,000 have steady jobs in El Paso, and 142,000 have
crossing cards.
A check of all babies born in El Paso in 1960 shows that there

to 29, and it is hoped that others who are planning this transfer will
make it soon.

The congregation was greatly disappointed to learn that zoning

restrictions prohibited the use of

the

property

at 916 Cessna company feel had the

Drive assured

were more named Gonzalez than any other. Next came Garcia, Hernan dez, Rodriguez and Martinez. Where is Jones? Jones is 33rd, tied with Luna and Ortega. Of the 157 most
popular names to which 10 or more

for worship services

real estate
us no such

(although the
existed.

restrictions

babies were born, 131 names, and only 26

names. To the 157

have Spanish have English

most popular

However,

we

Lord

must

have something better for us, and a new location is being sought.
We
the

names were born 3,024 children,

which 3,295 were Spanish

of

and 529

would
and

appreciate
addresses

receiving
of those

Anglo.

Spanish is the language of

names

choice of 200,000 El Paso citizens.

you may know on them

with us.

who will be moving to

(These
ard Rate In El

facts and figures are taken

Stand
L Data the and Broadcast Ser at

the El Paso area that we might call

and invite them to worship

from data compiled by XELO,

vices , Inc.)
Paso international

Special contributions for the English work should be mailed to H, A. McConnell, treasurer, 3220

mosphere

is

not only found in the

language

Cornwall, El Paso, Texas; or they may be sent to Spanish - American Evangelism and designated for the
English Church.

blend of cuisine,
at

but also in a fascinating Spanish-American culture, and architecture. Here

of the Mexican-U. 5,

the center

border we are literally at the gate way to Latin America. Certainly in this strategic position we need a strong voice for Christianity. You
can help to raise that voice a

ASSEMBLY CENTER!

voice that by preaching, radio, and

the printed word sounds forth loud

ly and clearly in two languages the one message of salvation and eter
nal life.

NEWS OF LATIN AMERICAN

EVANGELISM...

GUADALAJARA: Clinton Looney sends word of eleven baptisms in one dayl We praise God for these victories! The work there continues in spite of many
difficulties, Ed and Marilyn Crandell will join the Looneys there soon, TQRREQNz Bill Painter writes that the Church at Torreon is now meeting in the first unit of their building. Frank and Francis Barajas have revealed

olans to join the work in Torreon in June.

Frank is presently a professor

at Colegio Biblico and minister to a congregation in Piedras Negras, Coah.

CHIHUAHUA; Bill Burr reports a gradual growth in attendance in the Rancheria Juarez Church in Chihuahua with an average Sunday attendance of 40

for February.

The Church in Chihuahua City averaged 16 for its Lord's Day

worship services. The Ourrs plan to open work in two new areas as soon as possible. They also report the need for work among some 40,000 Tarahumara Indians west of Chihuahua City, nost of whom speak only their own dialect. SALINAS: Ted Murray writes they now have 27 children in the MEXICAN MOUNT AIN MISSION. One, a girl nearly 13 years old, was recently baptised into Christ, The Murrays will be visiting the States in April.
MEXIJD CITY; Dean and Julie Gary have announced the ir plans to go to the Oean, th e son of Harland Cary, capital city o f Mexico in October, 1965. president and founder of Colegio Biblico, Eagle Pass , Texas, is now teachwhile completing work for his B. Th. inq Soanish at Ozark Gible College dearee. He is minister of the f\iashville, Ko., Church and a veteran of Mexlean missionar y work. The Carys plan t"^enqage i n ev"anqelism in Mexico City among the qrowing Mexican middle class, do tran slation work and provide a i r trans portation for the present missionari es. They plan to work in cooperation with the Gil Contreras and Roberto F1 ores families, the only two Christi an missionary families in this city of 6 million people. In -additiun to ra isinq his support, Dean is seeking fu nds to buy an inexpensive short tak e-off and landing plane for use in taking the Gospel into

the WE

ruqaed INVITE

are as all

of Mexico. to send news for this column

our Latin-American missionaries

ond would be glad to receive names of interested persons for our mailing list. Subscription to the SPANISH-AMERICAN EVANGEL 1STtis free.
RETURN TO:

P.

0.

Box

331

Booker, Texas 79005

KIAMICHI MEN'S CLINIC

May 4, 5, 6, 19*5
Attendance in '49 66

MAIL TO:

Mt. aaid IVrsm S^rold

3^d:c 968
Joliet, HI',

Attendance in '64 Expected in '65

3,800 4,000

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