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German Evangelizing Mission, inc.

POST OFFICE BOX 11326, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45211

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WORLD EVANGELISM

Facts about the Germaji.Mission:

This little leaflet is designed to serve as a "magnifying glass" through

which we hope to be able to present a clearer view of the Lord's work among German speaking people in which we all may have a part. Because we want you to have the best view possible, we are presenting this work

in a way that will enable you to consider its wortfiinesS and effectiveness.
In other.words, we invite you to investigate before you invest, and come to a decision of supporting this work only after you have weighed the mat ter over carefully and prayerfully. For the sake of brevity, we have pre sented this information in question and answer forni. QUESTION: Is it actually, cheaper to operate the Mission out of Cincinnati rather than to set up a residence in Frankfurt, Germany?
ANSWER: Yes! Here are the reasons:

1. Devaluation of the dollar has reduced our income or/and raised our op

erating expenses by at least The rate of exchange upon our arrival in Germany (1956) was 4.2 DM:^o the dollar. It is now less than 2.5 DM

per dollar.'" In addition to this, /there is an 11% MWS (Mehrwertsteuer or

sales tax) on every purchase pr service in Germany. This increases the difference in operating costs between the two countries to 50%. However, this is not considering the fact that there is an original 20 to 30% mark
up on all commodities due to more inflationary prices in Europe.
2. Cost of air transportation: When we lived in Frankfurt as a family, it would cost us a little more than i?389.00 per person one-way. With a fam

ily (now of three) this adds up to $2,334. 00 every three years for round trip fares to enable us to take a furlough. Ed is able through membership
in a German-American club in Cincinnati to fly round-trip from Cincinnati

to Frankfurt for only

250. 00. Over a three-year period this amounts to

only 8750.00 as compared with ^;i2.334.00 or a savings of i>l,584.00,

QUESTION; Can you be as effective by remaining part-time in the States?
ANSWER; Yes, in some respects even more so! Let us explain: 1. We arc more ccntrallv located for our world-wide outreach of the radio

and printing ministries. Since changing our concept of world evangelism to n linguistic world-wide approach from the previous geographically lim its, we are far more centrally located to send the Gospel of Christ to var ious areas of the globe including North and South America, Australia,
Asia and Africa in addition to Europe. This increases our accessibility to
all of the areas we are striving to reach. 2. We are closer to our supporting churches.

This also enables us to be

more frequent in our visits to them and to communicate our needs to the
churches immediately and personally. The Christians, in turn, are
able to visit the mission.

also

QUESTION: But 1k>w does your presence in America affect the souls with
whom you work in various areas, for example Europe?
ANSWER: It does not prevent us from having personal contact as we re

tain contact through the mail during the winter and personal contact each
summer when we return to tne field. It does prevent the Christians abroad

from leaning entirely upon us to get the joij done of establishing and main taining local congregations. We believe that it is better to train elders to
assume the full responsibility of the local church and local evangelism in stead of allowing them to depend so much upon us that if world conditions
force us to leave the foreign field, that the work would fold up. An in tensive summer training program is therefore imperative to the implanting of responsibility that will result in autonomous and indigenous churches. Please do not interpret this as criticism of other missions or mission aries. We freely acknowledge the God-given freedom of missionaries to pursue whatever methods are best for them to accomplish their work; but
since our work includes the use ot mass-media, this seems to be the best method for us. We believe in cooperating with the missionaries on the

field (as we have always done) and are willing to work with them in a
teaching program and to continue to supply them with printed materials.

QUESTION: What can the local Church in America do to help God's work
among German-speaking people?

ANSWER: Prayer is one of the most important keys to the spiritual growth
and success oi a mission. Since we are right here in America, we would

appreciate an opportunity to attend your church and to present this work

first-hand. In this way, you will get to know us better, and we in turn,
will be drawn closer to the churches which support us. We do not expect a church to add this work to its mission program until it has an opport

unity to receive a report either by slides and tape or in person. A pro duct whould be weighed and measured before it is bought. The same is
true when we invest the Lord's money in world evangelism,

QUESTION: Besides praying and giving, is there a more active way in

which a local church can participate?

ANSWER: Yes, every Christian, whether he speaks German or not, can help in reaching German-speaking people through the distribution of tracts and the Christian periodical which will soon be available. Ol course, the congregations nearest to State-side German-speaking communities will have a more direct contact with the people we serve; but there are usually a number of scattered German-speaking friends wliom we would also like to
reach in this way.

QUESTION: What active part can our Bible Colleges have in the furthering
of the Gospel among the German people?

ANSWER: We are hoping that experienced professors can join us in a sum mer' s program of concentrated Bible teaching in an effort to train a local eldership in the various communities of Germans both at home and abroad. A knowledge of German would be helpful but not absolutely necessary as
there are both native Germans and missionaries who can translate. Such a

program would insure the quality of teaching needed to produce a well qual ified eldership among German churches. We also invite their contributions towards our German printed materials on various doctrinal subjects from
time to time.

Slide and Tape Sets Available:

THE FOLLOWING SLIDE AND TAPE SETS are now available for viewing

by Church and Mission groups. Due to insurance, handling and postage it is necessary that we charge a minimal rental fee of ?j3.00. Please allow
at least four weeks for delivery and state 1st, 2nd nnd 3rd choice in case

your first selection is not immediately available. All of these slide pre
sentations have been revised together with new tapes with musical back

ground for added effect. They also come supplied with a typewritten com mentary in case a tape recorder is not available.

slide presentation of the four-fold ministry' of Radio, Printing, Corres pondence and Visitation Ministries. We suggest that this set be shown first as it introduces in a general way the different methods which the Mission has employed through the years in bringing Christ to the Nations of Eur
ope.

|,W."1

INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK: A thirty-minute, thirty

R, 1 RADIO MINISTRY: Amore detailed account of the Radio

Ministrj' during the time that it was on the air from 1958 through 1970. Also showing the proposed expansion of this ministry which will be put in to effect just as soon as funds permit. Portions of an actual broadcast
are heard in the background,

P, IVI , 1 PRINTING MINISTRY: Atwenty-five minute and twenty-five

slide presentation dealing with various aspects not only of our printing ministrj', but of the hostorj' of printing as well. Slides include also copies
of some of the tracts and booklets which we have printed to date.

P. 1

VISITATION PROGRAM: Atwenty-five minute and twenty-

five slide presentation of the families on whom we have called together

with future plans for expanding our teaching program.

C. D.G

CHRISTMAS IN ADIVIDED GERMANY: This presentation

shows scenes of Christmas in Germany on both sides of the iron curtain

and the tapes which accompany it play soft, German Christmas music. A commentary is supplied which explains the various oddities and customs.

WEST GERMA

ISTIAN MISSION

22txd NATIONAL

MISSIONARY
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SEPTEMBER 23-26,1969
CIVIC AUDITORIUM

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

FURLOUGH EXPENSES
With every furlough, there are extra expenses involved over and above the routine, operational expenses of the Mission. It is therefore impera tive, that we raise an additional $2,000 during the year that we are home on furlough, to cover the costs of transportation, passage, shipping and
etc. This is a conservative estimate and it is

quite possible that these incidental expenses will exceed the estimate. We are trusting our Lord and His people that this need will be met so that

there is no extra strain on our already strictly limited budget. Any gift given for this purpose will be greatly appreciated, and should be desig nated: "Furlough Fund" and made payable to our
forwarding agent:

FORWARDING AGENT MRS. LLOYD JUDY

318 LAKE ST.,

BUCHANAN.

MICHIGAN

49107

May God bless you, as we thank Him for your

help in this matter!

Cooperating For Christ

IN Europe
Furlough Edition 1969-1970
A REPORT OPERATION OF THE WEST GERMAN WITH OTHER DIRECTJOINT
TO THE

CHRISTIAN MISSION WORKING IN CO SUPPORT MISSIONARIES IN A

EFFORT TO TAKE CHRIST

NATIONS OF EUROPE.

By

The

Fausz

Family

Mary

Debbie

Bobby

(David was attending C.B.S. when the above picture was taken.)

FOUNDERS,

GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION

We dedicate this Report: "Cooperating for Christ in Europe" to Mr. & Mrs. Walter S, Coble, Founders of the Gospel Broadcasting Mission and pioneers in the Faith. They have contributed much to the Lord's work in Europe through their efforts in maintaining first an English, and then a German Gospel Pro
gram on Hadio Luxembourg.
We would like to acknowledge their labors in the Lord as we dedicate this booklet in their honor. The fruits of their labors will continue to be seen and

realized, as more missionary recruits arrive in Europe to assist in teaching the souls who have thus far been reached by radio.
Mr. & Mrs, Edward W. Fausz West German Christian Mission.

"Cooperation" rather than competition is the

central theme of this report which is designed to

show the necessitj*^ for a cooperative effort on the part of direct-support, church-sent missionaries in Europe to evangelize the continent and to build indigenous churches after the pattern of the New
Testament,

Rather than "independence", an interdependence

is being implemented as we realize that the task is too great for anyone to "go it alone". Yet we
maintain our own working and living link funds.

Having diverse talents and each specializing in a particular area, there is a need for the mission aries to pool their abilities where concentrated effort is necessary; but each maintaining his own reports, funds, Forwarding Agent and responsi bility to his supporting church or churches.
Instead of this booklet being a call to cooper

ate, it is a factual report of "cooperation in act ion" and is being printed with the full knowledge and consent of each missionary involved. However, it is not complete, and will not be complete un til the last soul in Europe has been won to Christ.
As we share the vision, we must also share the work and there is enough work in Europe to day to last us many many years!
By Ed Fausz

WEST GERMAN CHRISTIAN MISSION COOPERATING WITH THE GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION IN THE

RADIO MINISTRY

Mr. & Mrs. Cloyd Christman

One of our first areas of cooperation is in the radio ministry. We are proud to introduce you to the team! Shown above, are Mr. & Mrs. Cloyd Christman, directors of the Gospel Broadcasting Mission. Cloyd has made
a trip to Europe recently, to have a first-hand view of the field in wMch the German langu^e broadcast is being beamed. Both he and Ed visited Radio Listeners throughout Western Germany and Berlin. Opportunities for discuss

ing various aspects In regard to production, scope and follow-up were pre sented, as well as surveying other fields and going over the questionaires. When Cloyd left Europe, he was convinced of the need for more missionary
workers in Western Europe,

Still another man and wife team,

working

with the Gospel Broadcasting

Mission ai'e Mr. & Mrs. Burdett Wake-

man (right). Ed had the privilege of meeting them while home on furlough

several j'ears ago. Each member of the

team has a vital role in keeping the Radio Ministry' in operation so that mil lions of souls might hear. The Gospel Broadcasting Mission raises the funds

to keep the Broadcast on Radio Luxem

bourg, while the West German Christ ian Mission pays for the Production and
Follow-Up costs.

Mr.

& Mrs.

Burdett Wakeman

Mr. & Mrs. Walter Leeper

Another part of that team is Mr. & Mrs. Walter Leeper who undertake the tremendous task of printing and editing LISTEN, publication of the Gospel Broadcasting Mission. Needless to saj*, they are doing a wonderful job on it! These six persons are now doing the work which was previously done by Mr. & Mrs. Walter S. Coble, Founders of the Gospel Broadcasting Mission. Of course, there are many more workers and contributors who are having an ac tive part in keeping the Gospel on the air, and they are too numerous to men tion here. They are the faithful waveholders who contribute regularly to pay the bills, and as a result, their Fiiith is being felt in more than twenty-five
different countries on both sides of the
iron curtain!

Cooperating For Christ In

THE PRINTING MINISTRY

A second area of cooperation between the West German Christian Mission and other missionaries in Europe is seen in the Printing Ministry. We proudly introduce the Sid Allsbury family, who are responsible for operating the Eur opean Bible Press, which is the printing phase of the West German Christian
Mission. Both Ed and Sid work side by side in maintaining a flow of printed materials in the German language to the ever-growing mailing list. Booklets, tracts, lesson materials and many other types of printed matter (too numer ous to mention here) have already been printed and are in use by both the missionaries of the West German Christian Mission and other direct-support missionaries in Europe.

The Allsburys have their own service and living link funds, as well as their own Forwarding Agent. They are responsible for underwriting the ex penses involved in this phase of the work, while the West German Christian Mission is responsible for expanding the ministry \vith providing the additional equipment needed for this purpose. Since printing equipment is terribly expen
sive, this is no small undertaking.

At present, Ed does all of the writing and art work for the Printing Mini stry; while Sid taices care of the making of films, burning plates, and running the Press. Complete cooperation and team-work are required to keep this min istry fxmctioning.

PRINTING MINISTRY

(Continued)

With the exception of Italy (which has its own printing ministry conducted by Charles Troyer) there is hardly a missionary in Europe who has not been helped with the printing services offered by the European Bible Press. Besides
making the German materials of the West German Christian Mission available

to the missionaries working in that country;

materials have been printed in

English, Flemish and French. The same art-work which Ed had drawn for use Avith the German tracts ajid materials is reproduced with titles in other

languages which have been either translated or written by the direct-support

missionaries in these other countries.

In addition to the German materials of an evangelistic nature which Ed has written, children's booklets and lessons have been written and prepared by Janice Phillips and translated into German by Colita Jones. This material is being made available to all of the German-language missionaries from Berlin
to Basel.

Not only have missionaries been benefited by these printing services, but the American Christian Military Fellowship as well, Ed has used some of his evenings in the layout of letter-heads and promotional materials, and Sid has run them off the press. The Military Fellowship is headed b>' Wlliam Shelton and is sponsored by Brother Guy Mayfield. Besides additional equipment from time to time, our greatest need at pre sent is property in which to house both the radio and printing ministries. We would find it more practical to have about 20 acres of land surrounding the property to provide camping facilities for a German Christian Service Camp. This project will be discussed more fully under the topic: "Expansion".

CHRISTIAN
and

MISSION
FAMILY

THE

DEIGHTON

THE DEIGHTON'S PERSONAL BACKGROUND;

Delia was bom and raised near Roseau, Minnesota, under the teaching of the Lutheran Church, Moving to Boise, Idaho with her Aunt Emma as a teen

ager, she met Connie Beckman whose influence and friendship led her into at tending the First Church of Christ where Connie* s father preached. Through their patient teaching, love and Christian influence, both Delia and her aunt were taught the way of the Lord more perfectly and became obedient to the
Faith in Christian Baptism,

Rick was bom in Longmont, Colorado, where his mother sent him to Sun

day school at the First Christian Church, Under the ministry and influence of Talms^e Pace, Rick was led to accept Christ on His terms. Having committed
his life to the Lord, he decided to enter Boise Bible College where he met Delia. After a courtship of one year, the two were united in marriage by Bro,
Beckman on December 14th, 1962.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS;

During their college years. Rick & Delia served an internship in Dunsmuir California under James Weldon's leadership. After a summer of service, the two i^etumedJo Boise to serve as houseparents at the Christian Children's Home, Their ten months in the home was very rewarding and they felt quite sad in leaving, even though they had agreed to stay only temporarily until permanent houseparents could be found.

To prepare themselves further for the Mission field, they attended Ozark Bible College, during which time they worshipped with the Fairview Christian Church at Carthage, Missouri; and twice a month Rick preached at the Tunas
Christian Church in Tunas, Missouri.

After a year at Ozark, they were called to serve the Norvale Park Church
of Christ in Eugene, Oregon. In addition to this, for nearly three years, Rick had the opportunity of serving as radio evangelist for the Christian station KBMC-FM where he prepared and broadcast a sermon and Bible Stu(fy lesson each week. In December of 1968, Larry Jones asked Rick to join him in a daily broadcast entitled; "What's On Your Mind?" It is a religious-discussion program, inviting the listeners to call and ask any question or comment per tinent to the Bible and its teachings. The program met with tremendous suc
cess,

THEIR CALL TO THE ALPINE NATIONS;

Besides having an intense interest in foreign missions. Rick has had an open heart and willing mind to allow God to lead him to whatever place and to be used in any way in which He felt best. The "Word of God" commanding

him to "Go!", coupled with the inner desire to ser\'e Him "Anywhere" and the
trend of circumstances all seemed to dove-tail together to show them exactly what field of service that the Holy Spirit was shomng them. Then, one eve

ning in November of 1964 the thought occurred to them that God through His providence was clearing their path. Having seen the need as pointed out by
the book: "Christians Only"; the "Alpine Call" which appeared in Ed's mis

sion paper: "Die Hoffnung" and after much prayer, the decision was made to
go to the Alpine countries of Europe.
THEIR IMMEDIATE AND FUTURE PLANS:

Since the Allsbury family will be leaving Germany to begin their furlough in August or September of 1970, the Deighton's plan to return to Germany with the Fausz's and work with them in the printing ministry for one year,

or until the Allsbury's return. During this year, they will be attending in
tensive and accelerated courses in German, to prepare them further for the

work which they will be doing among the peoples of Bavaria, Austria and
Switzerland. The Goethe University courses are desinged to cover beginning, intermediate and advanced German over a one-year period, and the course is

taught by qualified native Germans and Austrians. The advanced course is es pecially helpful in learning the Bavarian-Austrian dialect which is the area in
which the Deightons shall be working. Rick and Delia will also be at an advantage in remaining in Frankfurt for

one year, as they will be close enough to Ed and Mary Fausz to enable them to give them the assistance they need while they become acclimated.
We solicit your prayers in their behalf, as they set out to raise their sup port. Their immediate needs are living and service-link support, as well as transportation to the field. Please PRAY for them!
Rick quotes:

"Our plea is for dedicated Christian people to prepare themselves to labor with us in perhaps the ripest harvest field in the worldEurope. Somehow,
American Christians have the strange quirk of believing that people as civil

ized as Europeans are not quite as lost as the Hottentot in Africa, or the
Anca in South America. This simply is not true. A man outside of Jesus
Christ is a lost soul condemned to hell whether he wears a bone in his nose

and carries a spear or wears a derby and carries an umbrella. Over 200 million souls in Europe are living in such dense darkness spiritually that they

have yet to see a copy of the Bible. " ("LET EUROPE HEAR!")

Rick writes:

"If you are not able to go yourself, you may be able to help send us, or some other missionary family to labor as reapers in this great field of evan gelism while the harvest is still ripe. The door has closed to foreign mission

ary endeavor in many areas of the world; but it is still standing wide open in most of Europe. Let's be wise enough to walk throughNOW!" (R. Deighton).

COOPERATING WITH THE FRENCH CHRISTIAN MISSION

a
Since the Fausz's will be on furlough for one year, the Milton Duhon fam ily will be living in their apartment and will temporarily work in the calling and teaching program of the West German Christian Mission until the Fausz's return from furlough in the summer of 1970. This is a joint announcement by both the Fausz and E>uhon families and a mutual agreement has been reached wherein Bro. Duhon will continue making
fluent use of his Flemish, French and English. He will also assist Sid Allsbury in the German work and in the printing. There are many radio listeners in Eastern France, Switzerland and Southem Germany who are bi-lingual (French & German speaking) as well as in the lower Rhein Valley of Germany bordering the Belgium mid Holland front iers which are Flemish speaking. Bro. Duhon will not only be calling on these souls; but will also be engaged in the preparation of printed materials in these langu^es as the printing ministry is placed at his disposal. The printing min istry, of course, will continue to serve the German work of the West German

Christian Mission without interruption as German tracts, etc. are printed.

Bro. Duhon will be in a position to assist Bro. David Stitt in getting lo cated in the Basel area in January of 1970, and will be able to survey sev eral French and Flemish speaking fields. A call to Oostend has been extended as an open invitation for Bro. Duhon to come at his convenience to teach and evangelize this area of Belgium. Together with the contacts and radio listeners also in the area; a tremendous foundation and opportunity for starting new

churches is being presented. Thus, the Duhon family will have a busy year in
the work of our Lord.

Because of our 1968 Mission Report having carried most of the news con

cerning the Frankfurt Church, we would like to introduce you to its members and its activities by means of photographs. Show above is the group wMch is composed mainly of sen'icemen and their families. The picture was taken
on the front lawn of the Army's 97th Creneral Hospital in Frankfurt where it

meets every Lord's Day morning for Communion, Worship and Bible Stucfy.
Below is shown some of the pack^es which our members helped to pre pare for mailing to our radio listeners behind the iron curtain.

Long after working hours, an evening in the print-shop.

(Photo by Sid)

Not only does the Frankfurt Church cooperate in mailing out Christmas packages to the German-speaking people behind the iron curtain; but also in
the task of addressing envelopes. Some of the women of the church have been

doing this for quite some time, and since the job is very time-consuming, it
offers a tremendous help in lifting some of the work load from the mission aries. This is one phase of the mission work which enables the ladies to have

a part in spreading the Gospel within the privacy of their own home. Since

they have families of their own, they are able to do this as time permits.

Sometimes, whenever the Mission gets bogged down in the mechanical op

erations of the printing ministry, members of the Church come to the rescue

and even visiting Christiana pitch in to help relieve the pressure. In the pic ture above, is Bruce Eichenlaub, member of the Frankfurt Church, and Joe Taft of Maryville, Tennessee giving Ed and Sid a hand in the print shop. Joe is with the National Guard, and duty brings him to Europe from time to time.
He, like Bruce, is always ready to lend a helping hand in the Lord's work
whenever the need arises.

COOPERATING FOR CHRIST

WITH OTHER MILITARY

CHRISTIANS AND MISSIONARIES

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Men's Clinic at Oenk, Belgium,

* * *

Back Row (Stjuiding. left to right); Alva Phillips, Germany; Genk Member, Belgium; Sid Allsbiiry, Germany: BUI Shelton. Germany; Charles Jones, Ber

lin; Roger Vanderbuerie, Belgium: Bro. Cunningham, Germany; French Evan

gelist, France; Guy Mayfield. Germany; and Ron Butler, France. Seated in front: David Stitt, Gerraan-Swiss-French Border; Stan Harmon, Ger

many; Bobby FauS/c. German}'; Milton Duhon and Norris Boussard, Germany: and Harold Fowler. Belgium. Ed Fausz, Germany, took the picture. Last summer, a Men's Clinic, sponsored by the Cliristian Military Fellow ship, was held at Genk, Belgium. Fashioned after the pattern of the Klamichi

Clinic, it was attended by Missionaries and Military Christians from Germany, FraJice, Belgium and West Berlin. It was composed of two days (Thursday & Friday before Resurrection Sunday) of Gospel preaching and wonderful singing and fellowship. Those who attended received :i tremendous blessing and edify
ing of their Faith in Christ. Bill Shelton (back row, fourth from left)
President.

is the

RADIO LISTENERS COOPERATE, TOO!

THE WIDOW'S MTE

* *

THE WIDOW'S MIGHT!

*

It would be amazing to know just how many widows, living on a small pen
sion, are contributing to the Lord's work in both Europe and in America. In the above picture, is a regular contribution from an elderly widow living in Switzerland. Although the gift is small, there is a Love and Faith being ex pressed here that would put us all to shame! Besides her regular contribution, this Christian lady teaches and conducts a weekly prayer session in a Tuberculosis sanitarium. Although she was once a patient, she has been cured since and is allowing herself to be used to the

fullest in the service of our Lord. Please pray for her, that God will provide
her with the strength she needs to continue in this wonderful work. Neither time nor space would permit us to list or mention all of the sac rifices which are being made on both sides of the Atlantic to keep the Lord's

work going among the German-speaking peoples of Europe. There are many prayers being said in our behalf, as we continue to reach these souls, and we receive letters daily from people who tell us that they are praying for us and for the work! This is what makes us humble. This is what keeps us going!

TRAINING RECRUITS
* * *

By Ed Fausz

In recent years, much thought and attention has been given to the training of missionarj' recruits for service abroad. Some of our Bible Colleges have introduced and launched a succ e ssf ul internship program which involves the recruit spending a summer on the mission field. Although this program has greatly reduced the number of missionary "drop-outs", it has consider ably increased the strain on the missionarj' dollar. This strain is bound to become more intense, as more interns are added to the list each year.
Because of the tremendous expense in travel to iuid from a mission field, it has become necessary to raise the question: "Is there a cheaper and equally effective way to introduce a missionary recruit to a foreign environment with out his having to leave the country?" I believe there is.

Several years ago, I have introduced a ' State-side Missionary Recruit Train
ing "Program" designed to enable summer interns and missionary recruits to

spend time working with foreign immigrants who maintain the language and
customs of their native country while residing in our larger cities. There is definitely an opportunity not only for a ministry among these peoples, but al so a Missionary Recruit Training Program. While_muclL_of_the .fQxeign~atinftS:i^ phere would prevail, the problems and expenses would be and could be mini mized through a more convenient State-side location. Under the direction of a

State-side missionary and/or a Missions Professor, the recruit could be ob

served from a closer vantage point not only by those who directly supervise his work; but would also enable the elders to make a first-hand evaluation of "their" recruit and a closer tie with the churches considering his support. Thus, the elders of a Church which is seriously considering the sending of a recruit, would have a much better opportunity to view their recruit in action and would be close enough to him to offer additional assistance and advice if
it is needed.

In order to fully understand a missionary's problems, methods, limitations, surroundings and abilities; a personal, first-hand view of the field is impera tive. Those who would make a study of the field (whether it be for their own information or to teach others) should not be hindered by a different state-side concept of church planting. For- this reason, it would, in my opinion, be a Aviser use of the Lord's money to send Mission Professors rather than interns to spend a summer or a year on the mission field. Both the missionary (who is open for new ideas) and the Mission Professor (who is seeking to under stand the peculiarities of a foreign field) would have much to gain from such a program. New ideas and suggestions could be exchanged and the professor could also be given an opportunity to make a critical study of both the mis sionarj' and the mission field with the purpose of sharing liis information with the students who attend his mission classes. (Continued next page)

TRAINING RKCRUITSr

(Continued)

These same professors could then conduct summer missionary recruit train
ing programs among foreign immigrants in the United States and Canada. Their very presence among the reciniits would help to maintain a "class-room" at mosphere amidst foreign surroundings.

We have presented these ideas for study and question. Does such a pro
gram sound feasible? We would like to hear from you!

ORIGINAL FAUSZ HOME-STEAD

Recently, while calling on radio listeners in Etschberg bei Kuscl, Ed was

pleasantly surprised to discover the original Fausz homestead in which his

great-grandfather, Daniel Jacoii Fausz was born. Having received a copy of

his grcal-grandmoLher's death luitice from a distant cousin who found it in an old family Bible, the ajinoiuicement contained the information needed to trace

the location of tlicir tiirth. Both the Bergermeister {Jakob Fans/,) and the County Clerk are direct descendents of Andreas Fausz (father of Daniel Jacob) and they helped Ed in tracing the original documents which Ed photographed. Among tliesc documents were the birth ceilificates and wedding records. The
grandfather of one of Ed's radio listeners was the best man and witness at

the wedding of Ed's great-grandfatlier in Germany. In the picture above, is the original house in which Ed's great-grandfather was born. Bobby Fausz, who went calling with his dad, took this picture.

COOPERATING WITH PROFESSORS

IN

A TEACHING-TRAINING PROGRAM:

TMMM

Ed Fausz of the West German Christian Mission wath

Prof. Han'ey Beard of the Pacific Christian College.

Already proven effective, is Guj' Mayfield's program of usin^ Stale-side Professors for teaching and training American missionaries and servicemen

during the two-week Lugano Retreat summer program in Switzerland. Prof. Harvey Beard, (above) has taught classes in this program with tremendous

We would like to see more Professors spend a summer in Europe to help in the teaching and training of Nationals who speak English; but whose jobs do not permit them to attend formal classes in a permanent Bible College. For this reason, we would like to introduce a "Traveling Bible Institute" composed of missionaries and state-side Professors who would l)e equipped with V. W. Campers for traveling with the missionaries to where these people are. In this way, they would be able to lielp in the training aJid teaching of leaders
who would be the elders and pastors of local, indiginous churches. It would

seem a much better use of our Lord's money to have qualified Professors who can help in the teaching, rather than student-recruits spend a summer or
a year on the Mission field.

We have a printing ministry to provide the necessary materials for imple menting a Traveling Bible Institute. We now need several campers and per manent housing for the Radio and Printing ministries.

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BUILDING PROGRAM

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'Yj^i^ radio miniBtries. This is what we NEED! -Ed

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OUR NEEDS:
Permanent housing for radio and printing Ministries
20 acres of land surrounding same to enable us to 1. Implement a summer camp
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families

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quarters for meeting place

professors and for rallies and

3. Provide
retreats

Potential expansion in all areas of evangelism.

COOPERATING WITH THE EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN MISSION

The

David Stitt

Family

The European Christian Mission Is composed of David, Sharon and Daron Stitt. David received his education at Ozark Bible College, graduating with the Bachelor of Sacred Literature in 19()8. He has spent one year in Europe as a recruit helping the Harold Fowlers and Milton Duhons in the Genk (Belgium)
Church, Their decision to serve our Lord in the Basel area was made after

having completed the Mission survey tour with Ed Fausz described in the fol
lowing pages.

We began 1969 with a Mission tour visiting radio listeners and Bible Stu(fy Groups in southern Germany and the various areas of Switzerland. Ed Fausz, David, Sharon and Daron Stitt left Frankfurt on January 4th to make a survey tour of the area and to visit some of the churches and Bible Study groups as well as interested radio listeners of the German language broadcast.
One of the highlights of the tour was worshipping in a church which has
about 300 members in attendance. Although this is not a New Testament Church

as yet; there is an active elder and radio listener working with this group with our help in teaching New Testament principles. The elder was out of town on that particular day, but his wife made us feel very welcome and an invitation was extended us to return by the minister and the members. A pic ture of this church is shown on the next page.

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David is here pointing to Basel, Switzerland, the general area of Germany,

France and S^vitzerland where he and Sharon plan to work; while Ed is point ing to Frankfurt, Germany where the Fausz's live and work. The distance
between the two cities is about 200 miles.

The following night (Monday) we met with the Pastor of the English Com munity Church in Basel. We were given a warm welcome and an invitation was extended for us to have closer fellowship with the group. After it was learned that David and Sharon might possibly work in the area, an invitation was extended them to take an active part in the Church. They wanted help in calling and teaching and a tremendous opportunity for witnessing in behalf of the New Testament Church was presented.

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Tuesday morning, we called on this lady who listens to our German broad cast regularly, and we had an enjoyable and profitable visit. She opened her
home ajid her heart to David and Sharon, inviting them to come and start

Bible Study with her. Daron stole her heart, and she would not let us leave without loading him down with fruit and good things to eat.

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Before leaving the Basel area, immediately after having enjoyed a tour of the Janz Team Mission, we called on a widow, who is also a radio listener,
living in the Old People's Home (above). This home is located in southern

Germany, just a few kilometers from the Swiss border. She received us grac
iously, ajid although she had very little for herself, she insisted that Daron

share in some goodies. Her faith shown out in her conversation with us, and
she hated to see us leave.

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An interesting visit was enjoyed with this radio listener (pictured below with Ed) enroute to Interlalcen, Switzerland. We had prayer with him and af ter about an hour of wonderful Christian fellowship, we had to be on our way. Glancing over our shoulder on the way back to the car, we saw this man kjieeling in prayer. It was clearly evident that he was starving for Christian fellowship, and he thanked us many times for our stopping by.
Located in a peaceful valley and sur
rounded by snow-capped mountains was this Hotel (shown below) where Ed, David, Shar

on and Daron spent the night. The proprietor

(see next page) was a Christian radio listener

who has been hearing our German language broadcast from its very beginning. We were

treated with genuine Christian hospitality, as

special arrangements were made to introduce us to our rooms and to other guests. It was interesting to exchange thoughts and ideas

with both the proprietor and the other guests

and we were made to feel right at home.

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Before retiring, however, we were given the use of the dining room where we ate a picnic supper. Afterwards, we were invited to attend the German services in a Chapel located on the first Qoor of the Hotel. In this group, there were fifty people worshipping in Bible Study and an invitation was ex tended for us to return and help with this group. They are already using our printed materials (and have been for several years). The proprietor distriijutes these materials freely among her guests whicli come to Switzerland from all parts of Europe. The Chapel is shown below.

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Leaving Interlaken, we returned to Basel and called on another radio lis tener enroute. Since our visit was unexpected, we were recommended to go to a certain restaurant in town. We were really surprised when, upon offer

ing to pay the check, the waiter announced that the bill had already been paid by this radio listener. Returning to his home (pictured below) we were again surprised to see the table set where coffee and dessert were awaiting us. An enjoyable afternoon was spent in this home, as we discussed the things of God.
This person, too, has invited David to come and have Bible Study regularly.

A terrible snow storm was rapidly setting in, and we wore forced to re
turn to Frankfurt after haAdng called on less than a tenth of all the contacts we had hoped to visit.

With much prayer and after much careful thought, David and Sharon have decided to settle in the Basel area to work among these wonderful people.
Truly, we feel that the Lord has called them to serve Him here and we ask

that you join us in prayer for them that our Heavenly Father will bless their labors as they work among these very souls. With God's help and the support of His people, they hope to return to the field in January of 1970 to call, teach and evangelize in whatever home and among whatever group the Lord might lead them. Please pray for them!
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souls who risk persecution and imprisonment, telling us alxmt themthe comfort which only Christ and

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been made free, forever and ever!

In the meantime, let us pray, let us give and let us use every means at our disposal for taking Christ's Gospel to them, knowing that God's Word will not return unto Him void, but that it will accomplish the purpose for which HE had intended it! (Photo from a listener from behind the iron curtain.)

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BLACK FOREST CHRISTIAN MISSION

Alva & Jajiice Phillips with daughter, Deborah

An intensive ten-day calling and teaching program was recently completed

in the Black Forest with Ed and Alva contacting radio listeners in the area.

The following pages will give a pictorial account of the succcss of this mis sion tour which took place in Frbruary. Despite terrible road conditions and snow blizzards, quite a number of miles were covered on this tour, and sev
eral contacts were visited with tremendous results.

Our time and space is actually too limited here, to go into detail concern

ing the children's groups and the teaching which was done in this area. We have therefore only selected a few homes and families to tell you about. Only
a fraction of the total number of contacts and radio listeners which we had on our list for calling were reached for the following reasons: Bad weather, icy roads, and the distances we had to travel to reach these scattered souls. It was common to travel a iiundred miles on some days to reach the homes of souls who had invited us to come. Never-the-less, Ed preached and taught in
one place which was accessible only with snow tires.

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Ed and Alva called on these people

and spent several hours in each of tlicir homes with intensive Bible Study. The couple above have several children and have expr(!sscd a desire to have more Bible Study in their home. They live in Schorndorf, east of Stutl{iart. Below is a picture of two more radio listeners on whom they called. They are l)oth doctors and practice medicine in the same town. They are baptized believers in Christ, mid they are fatlier and daughter. The father \vTites relif;ious poe try, and has given us some of his work for printing. Me told us that he has delivered 1, 587 babies during his practice thus far.

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(Now we are real children of God!)

Another couple was added to our Lord recently, as Ed had the privilege of baptizing this elderly couple from Stuttgart into Clirist. Among the very first
of the radio listeners of the German language broadcast, this couple became interested in the Church of the New Testament from the very start. With the

cooperation of the Gospel Broadcasting Mission and the West German Christian
Mission whose combined efforts made the broadcast possible; the printed mat

erials which were supplied them through the efforts of the European Bible Press; a series of personal calling and teaching meetings with Ed Fausz, Alva Phillips and Milton Duhon, this couple was led into accepting Christ on his
terms.

With so many people and missions involved in one conversion, who is to receive the credit for finally winning them to Christ? Our LORD, of course, and this is exactly as it should be! Therefore, we give HIM the glory!
With God's help, and with the cooperation of more direct-support mission aries, we are hoping that this experience will be repeated many times! There is far too much work and too many contacts for us to do the work alone, and

only through team work and cooperation will it be possible to reach them all!

OTHER WORKERS
On the left is a recent picture of Guy and Thelma Mayfield, who have been in Europe serving our Lord for many years. Cooperating for Christ in Europe did not begin with

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job with asummer camp program. Guy has

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in the Tiibingen Church. This is a going, growing congregation, whose coop

w<>uld like to mention the Earl Stuclcenbruck family, whose efforts and w^rk can be seen

eration with the West German Christian Mission continues in a fellowship from

time to time, as well as in their using the printed materials in their weekly
Bible Study. We salute Bro. Don Castelein, whose efforts are still evident in

Genk, Belgium with the realization of another strong and growing church there. And of course, we pause to give tribute to Mrs. Walter S. Coble, of whose
passing we learned after we had completed our Dedication page in the front of this booklet. Miss Ila Belle Honning, too, has done much for our Lord here.
Besides the old-timers who have spent years
of work, we would also like to extend a heartfelt welcome to the new-comers; of which Miss Sherry Sha.fer, associated witli the Black Forest Christian Mission has also contributed mucli to the European work, ajid has cooperated with Bro.

Bill Shelton, Harold Fowler, and the European Bible Press in typing aiid secretarial help from time to time. In the years to come, there will
be more and more soldiers of the cross who will

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Master calls. To these all, we extend a warm &

friendly welcome, as we look forward towards our Cooperating for Christ in Europe! -Ed Fausz

This booklet was prepared and printed by the West German Christian Mission and the European Bible Press in Germany as a tribute to all of the workers, whose lives have been dedicated to the task of winning souls to our Lord and His Church. If through your having read this booklet, you have seen the need
for our cooperating for Christ, together with the need for more workers here

in this neglected field, this booklet will have served the purpose for which it
was prayerfully intended.

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Both sorrow and joy are to be seen side by side on the Mis sion field. Our hearts were saddened when a telegram arrived from Mrs. Norma McMillen, stating that her husband, who was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, was killed in a crash.

A very close friend of the family and a trustee of the West German Christian Mission, Brother Mac was a quiet, Christloving soul who was always sympathetic and understanding with others. While stationed in Frankfurt, both he and his family took an active part in the Frankfurt Church as well as teaching a Bible Class in the Chapel at Rliein-Main Air Base.
Few people have ever done so much for the Mission with such little praise; but his joy and his reward was in the hap piness which he could bestow upon others.
We therefore pause to salute not only a man who gave his life for his country, but a friend who gave his life to the Lord!

-Ed, Mary, David, Debbie & Bobby.