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JANUARY 1957
No. 27
The pretty 22 year old, brown haired, blue eyed, popular secretary at Lake Region Christian Assembly last summer will be serving with the Christian Radio Mission in Pusan, Korea by October if present plans
work out.
It is a long move, with far more than just miles involves, from Texas to Korea but for the Bills fam ily it was finally completed in December. There were delays in the states, including last
minute conferences with the Home Committee and new workers. Also there was a lack of funds just be fore departure time. Then there was a very profita ble stop in Honolulu in
connection with radio work
Miss Flora Maye Guernsey, well liked and talented young lady from Hebron,
Indiana has offered her
self for the work of CRM
On
December 13 Alex
made the final lap to Se oul, Korea. Hospitality and guidance in Govern ment regulations were gra ciously given by the Harrold Taylor family. Betty
and the children remained with the Howard Davis
cil, a member of the LBI trio and secretary of the senior class, among other
activities. As vocalist or
pianist she has helped in youth meetings, revival meetings and other gather ings in Illinois, Indiana,
Missouri and Minnesota. No small honor was her
until some progress could be made in repairing and making livable the house
in Pusan. Among other things some 20 Korean
with his family of five in a9x9 room requested per member of CRM Staff. As if the Lord was pre mission to stay since the paring her for this special work in Korea, Flora Maye Bills family of five would have the other four 9 x 12
has had a variety of experience in jobs which she held while attending school. These have been large ly secretarial and bookkeeping, both of which are
needed by CRM. Two summers have recently (continued on next page)
rooms.
Betty and the children arrived in Seoul on Decem ber 24, where they will stay until the house is ready. Household freight including Christmas gifts did not arrive until some days later, (continued on next page)
been spent in missionary evange the radio station project for Korea we lism, holding D.V.B.S. and follow- want to remind all of our friends that up calling with two mission all of our regular radio projects and
churches in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This type of experience reveals both a pioneer spirit as well as ability to do team work. Besides these obvious qualifica tions, Flora Maye has been very
related work must continue.
the Government permit to erect and operate the radio station. This you either have or you don't. With
out it of course there is absolute
Indiana is giving her full endorse ment through its church board. Her former pastor, Logan Dunham, now f East Chicago, Indiana, Robert
M. Lillie, who has known her for
charge. This is the first such effort by any group in Japan and it is such a great opportunity that it must con
tinue at all costs.
years whi le he was in the Chicago "Bible Christian Broadcast" in the area, and Leonard Smith, manager English language that is released on
of the Cedar Lake camp where she worked last year, have all express
ed full confidence in eher as a
Radio Luxembourg. The cost for time on this station, nearly $100 per week, is provided by the Gobies in Garrett,
There are very few countries of the world who will give permission
to Christian groups to operate
their own radio stations. Even the United States won't do this. What Christian stations there are in the states are either Commercial sta tions or are in connection with a
Indiana. prospective missionary. Also continuing is the office and Flora Maye*s own statement is extensive Bible correspondence revealing, "More and More 1 real courses that go out from Osaka, ize that this life is not my own to live, but I belong to Christ and my Japan. life must be used the way he
door of service has been opened, Tm capable of going physically, have no financial obligations, my parents are in favor, I'm willing,
and I feel God has led me to this
field that this letter (of applica tion) is being written. My interests are mainly secretarial, teaching and music. In-w orking with Christ
ian Radio Mission all of these talents can be used".
BILLS ARRIVE -
^Continued from front page) Getting the Bills family settled IS the first step toward the radio
station* Now land must be found, nationals trained, homes for more missionaries built as well as many
sibility is to serve the people. And as one official put it, "We believe that the greatest thing you can do for our people is to help them be
come Christian."
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WOULD LOSE EYE TO 'SAVE FACE' Of what value to you is your eye? Not the diseased one that will impair
BLURTS
FROM
BERT
Greetings for the New Year from Bert, Marge and John! We are thank
a development than it is an inven tion. It is more than possible that God has permitted the development of this special means of getting out the message, quickly, in this day of the greatest urgency in the history of the church. Radio travels at the speed of
Him for His guidance during the mon ths and the years that lie ahead.
Our financial support has been in creasing each month. Our regular pledged supporters are now as fol
lows:
envision no need so great that we'd sell it for any amount of cash. Yet, for needed cash during this past holi
upon the poor burdens too great to be borne. Millions of personal greeting
cards are sent through the mail. Pre sents are exchangedmuch as we do at Christmasbut the giving is much more obligatory. All debts must be
one person per second, they are dying without Christ. And we. You
and I, are the only ones who can do anything about it, for to us have
been entrusted the Words of Life.
ially thank the Lord for those whose checks, large or small, come in each
month.
feel justified in demanding full pay ment before the year's end and fail ure on the part of the debtw means
loss of face for him in his commun
places. Now is the day the Lord has given us to reach these great
nations which are still open to the Gospel. Radio enables us to do
Such attitudes still prevail only be cause the light of the gospel has not
in
Well we made it! It has been a long trip in miles and in time. But by the time you read
this our family will be settled in our house in Pusan. We want to thank every one of you who have made this possible. And especially we are greatful to all those who sent gifts so badly needed during the last weeks we were in the states.
We are very pleased with many things that have developed since we were here in Korea almost two years ago. The people seem better clothed and apparently with more to eat. There is less of the dazed wandering about that was so noticed in crowds after the invasion. Progress can be seen in many building activities. There is a sense of permanency not so obvious before. The people are planning for and are working for a future. Still there is a real open heart and mind toward the Gospel. Those newly accepting Christ need much guidance and teaching. But then that is what we are here for. More clearly than
ever before the redio station is needed and we must not fail the Lord in this opportunity.
We are just beginning what will be the hardest and busiest years of our life. There is so
much that must be done before the station will be on the air. We believe that the Lord has
us here for His purposes and we are not alone. Do remember to pray that we will have the patience and courage to move steadily forward.
But if anything at all is to be accomplished for the Lord here we must have our continued support. As I write this on Christmas day there is still nearly three thousand dollars due on on our freight bill and not nearly that much money in the general fund from vdiich it must be
paid.
Then for some reason last month only a few hundred dollars came into the building fund. The number of people who had led us to believe they would give every month should have sent in
several thousand dollars. Without this we are stuck!
One of the next things we must do is to bym land land and this is a very large
One of the next things we must do is to buy land and this is a very large item. We of course do not have the money on hand to do it. We are counting on all of you who know about this
work to stand with us. We can go ahead only so far as you go.
All offerings can be sent to the address given above. However personal letters, (no packages of any sort).can be sent to us c/o Christian Radio Mission, A.P.O. 59, San Francisco, Calif. Regular mail and packages can be sent to our house address, 330 3Ka Tong Dai Sin Dong,
Pusan, Korea.
Sincerely,
-I-^UPXTI 'cojTor.
j!y
WaveJietialho
from
FROM KOREA
Last summer "Wave Lengths" carried instead of a picture on the front page a blank with the remark "Maybe this should be a picture of you, announcing plans to go to Korea with the Christian Radio Mis sion." The picture on this page of the Joe Seggelke family is the result of this fine young man and his family deciding that it should be them. The Christ
ian Radio Mission is proud to announce that Joe
and Maxine have been invited to come to Korea and
"Things are going well, but slowly" is the way Alex describes the first month of the Bills' family
in Pusan. There are a multitude of details invol
ved in getting a foreign family settled on a mis sion field. In dealing with so many bureaus and Government agencies and offices, and there is red
tape never dreamed of in the States, it seems that the only one who is in a hurry is the American. Time is the one thing the Orient has most of and
we on the other hand feel that our task is
CO encourage churches to quickly provide their sup port, equipment and trans portation to the field, Joe served as an Elec
trician aboard an Aircraft
steps in
two-fold.
There is the side, finding beginning the program. But same time a
must be started to find and train National workers who will be the ones who will ac
tually be in front of the microphones. The Seggelke family; Bonnie Jo, Joe, Mark, Allen, Maxine and The Bills' report Edwin Dean. service. He has been a chat they have actually student in Lincoln Bible Institute from which he located a number of possible sites but no details will graduate thisspring. are available as to price and even if the land un For two and a half years Joe was minister of the der consideration is for sale. Blooming Grove Christian Church. But for the past A proper site for the station is important and year or so he has supplied some 40 different will be a sort compromise between the total of churches in III., Ind., la., and Mo. As a result he ideal conditions. These include type of soil, suit and his fine family are well known to many of our able for houses, power availability, transportation people over a wide area. We are sure that they all and roads or worker to reach the site. It is not will be ready to stand behind the Seggelke family likely that the ideal of each of these things can in this great venture they are now undertaking. be found especially when the matter of price must This family comes to the work of the Christian be a very important factc. Our friends are asked Radio Mission with a wide range of experience and to pray definately concerning this matter. talents, all of which can be (Continued on page 2)
the
summer,
or whenever the
the Lord has given to us that we might reach more people with the Gospel at one time. We have a great opportunity and responsibility of using the radio to preach the Gospel. Our primary purpose as Christians
is to tell others of our faith in
Christ
as
the
Son
of
God.
"Faith Cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." Truly the Gospel is the power
of salvation now as it was in
warding
Guernsey,
Indiana.
agent,
R.
* * *
Mrs.
R.
* *
Delbert
Hebron,
2,
quickest way to reach these people and tell them the story
of Christ is the radio.
pel
last year. At that time he announ ced that he hoped to work with
C.R.M. Since then things have
This is my last semester at LBl. Now I am arranging speakdates concerning Christian Radio mission within driving distance
of Lincoln. I'm available to
Mis
sionary Radio Broadcasting). A missionary using Christian Radio can take the Gospel to where people are. There are many things besides just miles
to seperate a person on the mission field from the preacher of the Gospel,
family is certainly needed in Korea. And they are needed just as early, this summer as possible
This job IS important and needs
to be done quickly. As Joe says,
"The work of C.R.M. . . . the most effective means I have yet
of May will be a long-anticipated day for many at LBl. It will be a day of commencement into
service for Christ for the sen iors. After that 1 will be at
Social pressure and rising nationalism unite in keeping many from hearing the gospel. Christianity is despised as a "foreigner's religion" and one is not willing to listen, espec ially _where he may be see.n by.
not initials) is a young Elder and his wife is a Sunday School teacher. They are also very ac
tive in the Youth Work of this
ai);
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i'.'ll
by voices native to the language will penetrate past the prejudice built up in the mind and will plant the seed in the heart.
Then in most mission fields
there is a resurgence of the old religions. The priests are becom ing more powerful. This religious
intolerance makes a closed door.
Asia between Japan and China. Pusan is at the very southern tip of Korea. So from Pusan, north is all of Korea, West is
China and south and east is
ing Fund for the Radio Station in Korea.;Christian Radio Mission, 804 Mississippi, Amarillo, Texas, c/o Mrs. Don Blair, forwarding agent, or to Arlo Kelley, treasurer building
fund.
For the Bills' family: As above. For Exie Fultz and Japan work: Velda Clatfelter, Box 222, Marshall, Illinois.
But in the privacy of a man's own home, where the priest can not see men can, and many are, hearing the Gospel. Here again radio provides the penetration.
Then
curtain"
Japan.
In many parts of Asia, espec ially south Asia and India the people have mostly short-wave
radio recievers. Short-wave can
Bert Ellis family: for Living Link, equipment and Transportation, c/o
Christian Church, Cabool, Missouri.
there
is
the
''bamboo
Communistic Iron Curtains that have closed off more than half
concerned is not important. But in China, Japan and Korea the receivers are mostly medium band (long-wave) radios just
like we have in the States. For these radio sets the distance
Missionary radio is certainly the answer to the closing doors of our day. The closed door of
the indifferent heart can be
away from the station is all important. In other words to reach this part of the world with the Gospel by Air we had to.
be located here. And Pusan is
right
But
penetrated because missionary radio goes to the people and does not depend on pagans com ing to hear the gospel. The "anti-foreign" door in its many
forms can be entered because
millions.
can
be
on the air missionary radio looses its foreign flavor. And with spiritually hutrgfy people
with radio sets "Bamboo curtain"
enter.
*
gineering problems of course^ The ground conductivity is the thing they talk about. Located in certain types of soil a sta
tion can be heard much farther
ministry should fairly meet the question of his duty to go into missionary work, and settle it honestly in the sight of God. Only thus can he be as con scientious in staying at home
for his work as he would in
WHY KOREA-
Geographical Location
(second in a series on why
Korea was chosen for our work)
ocean, is ten times better than the best for carrying the radio beam. So for reaching China and
is found in prayer
sacrifice."
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prayer
"A pastor needs to have faced the question whether he himself ought to be a foreign missionary . . . Many a pastor has no free dom in dealing with the cause of
Pusan, Korea
16 January 1957
Dear Friends,
Do you remember how in the early church there came a time v^en the Apostles were troubled about the time consumed in the business of details of dividing the food among all the people? So they appointed deacons to take care of the business so thsy could give themselves to the ministry of the Word and Prayer. Well, something of the
same thing faces a missionary on the foreign field. We have been here in Korea for about a month now. Our job here is to proceed to get a Christian Radio station on the
air. But instead we have been involved in a multitude of details, getting through
customs, even finding all of the boxes of freight took two weeks of red tape, and the business of getting a foreign family settled in Korea. Today for instance a whole wall
of the house has to be torn down in order to get some cabinets into the kitchen. It will give you an idea of our space when we could not get a 36 inch item around the
house and into the back but had to come into the front and remove weills to get to the
kitchen on the back part of the house. Fortunately the walls are sinply of bamboo
sticks and mud with plaster over them.
But by the time you read this we will be settled, the girls will be. in school, most of the red tape and registerations with governments, bureaus, offices, police, city, and all the rest will be done and we will be ready to make the next step. That
is to find and buy the land on which the station and houses for the new workers will
be built.
On second thought buying the land is not the next step. The next thing is up to
you. There is not nearly enough money on hand to buy land. This one item may cost as much as $14,000. And really nothing more can be done until we have the funds. But we
are counting on all of our friends and if you will be led of the Lord in this matter just the right amount of money will be on hand at just the right time.
Money from the ""Fifty Cliibs" will, of course, in time be enough to buy land but
we need to act as quickly as possible, so we call on all of our Christian Radio Mission friends to make this next forward step with us.
We rejoice so much in the faithfulness of all of you who have sent us out and are
making possible our work here. And especially we thank you who Pray for us and this
work for Christ.
V. Alex Bills
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ACLIMATIZED!
It is indeed fortunate that theGospel we take to the Asian world is not really foreign (it orginated in Asia) and does not have as much difficulty becoming acclimatized as Ho
sion
the missionaries who carry that Gospel. The Bills family in Korea reports that the effort to get settled continues.
First there was
made
the
off
the background and the training to take complete oversight of the technical end of the station opera
tion as Electronics Co
problem
workmen
of
who
dishonest
such a well oualified per son planning to do this needed part of the work. Ray, his wife Loretta and children, Pamela (7), Ray Milton Jr., (6) and Paula Annette (1) make their home in Lincoln,
111. Ray has been minister for a year and half at Raymond,
III. but resigned in order to devote more time to school
studies.
Ray and Loretta have been members of the First Christian Church at Belleville, III. for more than six years; however both had been Christians long before that time. The family has been active in the Belleville church; Ray, as deacon, youth sponsor, and teacher of a Jr. High class; Loretta in Bible School, DVBS and Home Camp classes. The Belleville church through its Elders has gone on
record concerning this family, saying they "highly re commend them for such service, believing that by their deeply consecrated lives and their training and abilities they will jxove worthy of any measure of support our sister congregations in Christ may offer them in this work
for our Master." The Belleville church, where S. R.
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by the gate to carry off. All chat was actually lose was a *iew truck tire and a few nights of sleep until a guard could be employed to patrol the house all night. Even the rather severe rounds of colds are part of the "getting used to the country" since different areas of the world seem to have their own types of virus against which we muse have time to build up resistance. The customs of the people, the details of government regulations, the always present problem of a strange language, where to find and how to obtain the every day necessities of food, fuel and so on. They are multiplied for the first family, in this case the Bills', and are all part of establishing a new mission. No doubt many of these things can be more simple and less time consuming for families which will be coming to Pusan later. Prayer is reouested for the Bills' that all of these de tails can be worked out and that a proper foundation be
laid for the future of the work of Christian radio in K^ea.
GOODMAN FmiLY (Continued from front page) Johnston is minister will be the
sponsoring church for spiritual over sight and guidance for this mission
ary family.
Some cniotations from a recent
ACCIDENT!
held for some years . . . In view of our experience and training we hoped to find that which would really count for the Kingdom of God. I used to wonder how years of experience in handling electronics would ever
benefitin the Kfe ahead, but now
afternoon of February 10 the Joe Seggelke family was involved in a four car pile-up near Rock Falls, III. Joe had four ribs broken (where he demolished the steering wheel),
Maxine had a cracked breast bone
WHY KOREA?
and a chipped knee cap. Son Mark had a cut over his right eye and the rest of the children were badly
shaken.
Population Densify
(third in a series on why Korea was
chosen for our work)
that training appears to be of a very important nature. Literally CRM is the long awaited answer to a prayer 'help us find our place'. There is a great deal of time to try to make up, a great ouanity of regrets to attempt
to compensate for, and an immeasur
Most of the children were asleep in the back end of the station wagon.
Son Mark is reported to have run his head completely through the wind shield without receiving even a scratch. Joe has been supply minis
ter for the Clinton church for several
weeks.
One of tlie~reasohs why the Christ ian Radio Mission is in Korea is that
here we are in the heart of the area
At last report all of the family was doing well, although the doctor had
advised that it would take at least a
opportunity ".
Although this family is not ready to leave for the field at once, (they will spend another year in Bible
College,) they are scheduled to fill a very definate place in the struc
ture of the Christian radio station in
are no people. But the people are here and they are people who listen
to radio.
We are here in Pusan at the south
ing Fund for the Radio Station in Korea. Christian Radio Mission, 804 Mississippi, Amarillo, Texas, c/o Kfrs. Don Blair, forwarding agent, or to Arlo Kelley, treasurer building
fund.
ern tip of Korea. North of us are the 22 million of the Republic of Korea
and the 4 million still in North Korea.
^with this fine family, pledge their support, provide eauipment and supplies and have them ready to sail
for Korea as soon as their school
history.
To the South and East is the great nation of Japaih. Here are some ninety million souls. Only one half of
one percent claim any contact at all with Christianity. To the West is China. More people speak Chinese than any other lan
year is completed. They will be needed before then but by that time
the need for them on the field will
be really urgent.
The Christian Radio Mission has
Bert Ellis family: for Living Link, equipment and Transportation, c/o
Christian Church, Cabool, Missouri.
only
the Gospel of Christ to all men, but as the method of missionary broad
guage on earth. The people are here even if they are behind a bamboo curtain. And they ai dying at a rate so fast that if the dying ones could walk past you in columns eight
abreast the line would file past as
fast as men can march without an
end.
^ .
It is not a hopeless task. These people can be reached with the Gos-
manded the evangelization of the world still has "all power in heaven
and in earth." We have confidence
that those who share this conviction with us will send us forth with their
known university, which will proba bly mean a lower-salaried position when he graduates. Or, he can give up his college education and seek a job in a shop, factory or office which will mean a slim chance of rising to the top and a wage barely large
enough to care for the needs of his family. Rather than face such an
Korea,
"Yes,
verily their
sound
THE
COVETED CAP
the published lists in the newspapers to see if our boys and girls passed,
then followed a period when we "re
thoughts from the minds of the highschool seniors and 'lonins' (last
year's, or the year-before's, students
joiced with those that rejoiced and wept with those that wept." Recent letters from-fforre~of our youn^~tolk in Japan tell of their preparation for this year's exams. We pray, the Lord willing, that all may don their caps in April, the beginning of the new school year but that they'll realize they are to "seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, " and not let their careers be their main goal
in their lives.
MISSIONARY RADIO-REPETATtON (third in a series on Missionary Radio Broadcasting) "Did you become a Christian the first time you heard the Gospel?"
I have asked this Question to thou
Our
immediate
plans
include
finish my undergraduate work this spring and Marine will have several hours credit in some carefully chosen courses. We will be available to presenFtHe work of C.R.M. within driv
sands of people in churches all over America. Only one person told me that he accepted the Gospel the first
time he heard. Even that one was in
give
ing distance of L.B.L up until May 30, then I will laimch out on longer trips as the opportunities unfold.
At present our schedule is as
follows:
homemakers. Every home must have a bread-winner and every Japanese boy knows that he will someday
have to fill that role since there is
a much better position to accept than.people.in the Oriejit, simi>Jy_be-. cause he had grown up in America
and
knew
English
language and
literature.
no place for bachelors and oldmaids in Japanese society. To se cure a job with a decent salary he must have a college degree. The young man who slips his examination has two or three courses open to him none of which he really wants
It is hard to imagine someone who has no concept of the word "God" as we use it. But every day we try to
reach Orientals who hear the word
"God" and think of thousands of
Christian
hideous appearances and even more hideous attributes. To such a person the Gospel has to be repeated over
It is here that we have a real pro blem. A person might hear a street
corner service for a few minutes or
even
read
tract.
But
then the
the same electronic wave that carries the voice and music to your
it i$ seed fell en on the wayside. But missionary radio has the ans wer. On the air the story can be told over and over again. In different
ianity to join Islam (especially in Africa). Money is being raised to build a permanent "Temple of Islam" in New York City. The ouestion
comes "Are Moslems or Christians
But even more helpful, if not so dramatic, is the new technioue of the station using what is called
making the deeper inroad into the others territory?" The long range plans of the CRM
include broadcasts in Arabic to the
the story goes out. And it is so easy for a person to simply turn on a dial
switch.
single side band transmission. This gives greater strength to the signal
which is heard on a regular radio receiver and yet uses only one half of the space on the broadcast band as is currently used. This means
that in areas crowded with radio
the person will make the effort to hiHit up a teacher, read books and go
to church.
great masses in the Moslem world. Even now Sammy Brake a student in Manhattan Bible College, with the help of the Student Missionary group there is transcribing a series of Bible readings in Arabic to be used on any available stations and backlogged against the day when CRM
will use them on the air.
*****
A professor of a University in Japan wrote us that he had started listening simply to learn a little more about Christianity of which he
had read. But after a few weeks he
stations such as Europe and South America and parts of Asia there will be room for twice as many radio sta
tions without interference with each other. The 50 million dollar TJSIA
HE GIVETH!
coveries
and
applications in the
than ever that Radio broadcasting is an instrument that God has specifi
California. The program featured a youth choir, and as the hour came to a close the choir with swelling enthusiasm sang, "We've a Story to
Tell to the Nations". After listening
to the first verse the older of the two missionaries moved to the radio
cally given to the chtirch in this age to get the Gospel to the World.
In areas of the world where there
When our strength has failed ere the day is half done.
When we reach the end of our hoard ed resources.
and with what appeared to be anger, turned it off. The other, disturbed
working on this project indicate that there will soon be great cuts in costs and problems of service and size and weight. This does not con
cern C.R.M. so much as other fields
by such action, demanded, "Why did you do that?" The older moved back
to his chair, sank down and putting his head to his hands, murmured,
"What mockery! They sing, 'We've a Story to Tell to the Nations', . . . they sing it . . but where are they?"
*****
For
CHALLENGE
progress is reported on the use of batteries operated by sun light. But even more promising is the recently demonstrated method to have the radio receiver get its power for operation from the broadcast signal
of the station. In other words no
have opened the University of Islam in Chicago, U. S. A. with 300 stu dents enrolled. They claim that
"thousands" of black men and wo
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tronics Degree is awarded to him in October, 1958 to laying a foundation for the years of successful radio work. But it become Engineer for
the station in Pusan. It is not the usual seems like almost
Phyllis
are convin
lishing
something.
the
torn
Navy.
He was
two
between
desires,
electronics
BOB CLEMENS FAMILY - JantlU, Phyllis, Bob.
is always excitement
here in Korea, We had
a call from the secre
in Lincoln Bible Institute then would plan to go to technical school. In the Navy he was put into the
field of electronics where he served with an excel
tary of the mayor the other evening. He was accompanied by his wife. They admitted that while both were members of one of the big denominations here in Korea neither was satisfied. They expressed the conviction that there should be a church that was no particular denomina tion and that took just the Bible as the guide. It was thrilling to them and to us to tell them how that was
Continued on nexf page
experience will give the C.R.M. one of the best qualified men in
the field.
ABANDONED BABY
But
years f BiHe College would provide a background on which to build a life time of special ised. service as a missionary, radio engineer.
feel ihat they must have the ^ery best preparation, so they are spending an additional 21 months in special training. As
Bob explained it in a letter . , . . . . "I figure that I will serve at least twenty years over there.
That means that I must be well
churches to become acquainted with this couple and start now on plans for living-link support and the necessary funds to send this family to the field when
Tragedy still stalks the land of Korea. On top of all the des truction of war, last year was a poor rice year. This spring many are starving to death and a great many more do not have all they
need to eat.
R.R.
No.
4,
Athens,
The baby in the picture above is one such. This baby girl was
found and rushed to a mission
hospital where the dedicated Korean nurses did all they could.
But the child had been found
a problem 1 can't handle* The Uord gave His best and all and 1 figure he expects the same from mej [ can't give less than
the best."
Korea.
From
our
government
be a blessing to the world if we could so cover the country with the Gospel that this little land could become a spiritual light house to the mighty millions of
Asia? This can be done if we
math than a regular college de gree would require* The average graduate from this school starts working for $500 per month im mediately following graduation Bob instead will be giving his life like any other missionary
to service in Korea. This spec
are an indication of the great spiritual needs in the life of the people. Only the Gospel of Christ can change this nation in the long run. Only Radio can do it quickly.
greatest area with the gospel, the greatest possible number of people reached vyith the limited
number of workers that we have*
programs* The rich and the poor, each in their own homes, listen to the same Gospel. They could almost never be presuaded to meet in the same building. Radio reaches people with the Gospel where they are.
WHY KOREA - Radio Receivers
our station in the center of areas where such radios are abundant* Short wave listeners
In Asia; Japan, Korea and China have almost entirely medium-wave receivers, while southern Asia has mostly short
wave receivers.
Our first area coverage will be the city of Pusan and villages
around itHere are some two
In view of this we refer you to a map to observe how Pusan, Korea, is right in the middle of
this area where there are the millions of medium wave receiv
it
er received* If you have not had an answer to your letter please write again. It may have gotten
lost. Make sure that both our
the world. The picture of decreas ing importance of radio that one might get in the U.S. where there
are 80% of the world's T.V.
Tong
Korea.
Dai
Sin
Dong,
Pusan,
part of the follow-up develop ment but are not necessarily part of the initial telling. Radio not only enables us to cover large areas, but enables us to cover all classes of peo
ers,
medium
wave (broadcast-
band) like what we have mostly in our homes in the States, and
"short-wave" receivers. In some
ican to understand but are a very definite part of the problem of reaching them with the gospel.
The educated and the unlearned
some Other Eastern land, -and in the providence of God Christ ianity had spread eastward over
Asia instead of westward over
"First, I examined him on his self-denial. I told him to be at my house at three in the morn
Europe,, then the :tables would be turned, with the result that
ing, or earlier, in the dark and cold. He got up! "Second, I examined him on
promptness. He was not one
agreed, to do so, and this was the strange way in which he set about it. It was very cold weath er, the middle of the winter, and the young man lived nine miles away in the country; but the ex aminer sent him a message to be
at his house for examination at
we would be todlay sitting in heathen darkness and degra dation, while they would be basking in the light and warmth of the Gospel with its manifold blessings. There is, moreover, abundant missionary testimony
to the fact that in many cases
converts from those heathen
lands far surpass the average Western Christian in their spirit ual development, and in their
devoted and effective service
three
He met me perfectly didn't ask why I had waiting from three eight.
I examined him on
We then do well to recognize with Paul that only "by the grace of God 1 am what I am",
and to see to it that we are do
gave him a paper and a seat by the fire* And there he waited, waited and waited, five long hours, for the old man did not come down till eight o'clock.
Then he came in and said; "Oh,
they
After breakfast they went back to the room. "Well, sir" said the old man, "I was appointed to examine your fitness for the mission field; that is very im portant. Gan^ you spell, sir?" The young man said he thought
he could.
ient to orders, good-tempered and humble. He's just the man for a missionary,"
OUR DEBT TO GOD
ing Fund for the Radio Station, in Korea. Christian Radio Mission, 804 Mississippi, Amarillo, Texas, c/o Mrs. Don Blair, forwarding agent,
For the Bills' family: As above. For Exie Fultz and japan work;
Velda Clatfelter, Box 222, Marshall, Illinois.
"All right; that wilL do. Now do you know anything about fig
ures?"
remember
that
Christianity
Bert Ellis family: for Living Link, equipment and Transportation, c/o Christian Church, Cabool, Missouri.
. Flora Maye Guernsey, for living link, transportation and equipment, % Lincoln Bible Institute, Lincoln,
Illinois.'
"Four,'' was the quite answer. "Three and one are how many?"
'Four."
"All right; that's splendid, you'll do first rate! I'll see the
committee."
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write, and the number is growing every day. Under the leadership of Dr. Laubach and his special pictoral system the great masses of the world are be
ginning to read. The payment for this teaching is theirpromise to teach another person the same thing.
This is the famous "Each
ready planning to do this very work in the next few years. They must be encouraged in this undertaking.
To fill the immediate need the Christian Radio Mission
lish language. Exie Fultz has supervised this work, and even now while on furlough in the
States still carries on with the
uage into production. Some courses can be translated and adapted but most
and Ed Faustz, missionary families in Europe. From time to time church leaders, especiallv in England, have called
things should be freshly prepared for the particular language and people. This is all part of the great restlessness that char
acterizes people all over the Far East. There is a great hunger of mind and heart on every hand. Some are turning to Communism. But now it is becoming
terest. Later this year Exie Fultz will spend some weeks in Europe on her way back to the Orient mak ing contacts with listeners who have shown special interest in the New Testament message.
Based on such contacts as we have had with lis
well known that the Red scourge does not supply the
answer. But they must Continued on next page
have something and that very quickly. The Gospel of Christ is the only real answer. But only we know that and it is up to us to
tell them.
BIBLE CHRISTIAN . . .
Continued from page one
Too often our presentation of the Gospel to people on a foreign field is far from being in the most
attractive fashion. Our street
er may never give it serious thought. Radio broadcasting of the Gospel is the oneway that the
Christian message reaches peo
Radio evangelism does not stand alone. Missionary radio broadcasting is not the whole pic
ture. Radio is an instrument of air
attack but it is only part of the total gospel invasion. A person is not completely won to Christ until he is baptized and
has become an active part of a
it is right for him to think this way is not the point, we have to reach
men as they are.
congregation
of Christians.
In
Pittsburg. On Friday evening a reception is planned in the Web ster Hall Hotel to present the new recruits to as many of the conven
tion attenders as possible. Per haps a more complete report of these meetings can be reported in the next issue of "Wave Lengths".
These men on the Home Com
pects personally to take their con fession and baptize them. (It is always possible for a group to
hear the New Testament message
and baptize each other and estab lish a church without any outside
contact). But to be most effective
radio work should be done where
there is an established
church
mittee are giving a great deal of their time and energy to help get
this work done. Their careful stu
those whose giving undergird the actual work. Their guidance and advice are given freely to help
the workers on the field make the
his emperor or his president speaks directly into his living room, the great cultural things
such as music are his through his radio speaker. Things heard on radio are important. So when we put the gospel on the air it reaches the people with a sense that this is important and
Korea fills this picture. The NewTestament message has made remarkable progress in this land.
every detaiL
churches are coming prospective^ workers who are being trained more
ed in this one presentation so all in all we can make it impressive. The Christian message must be
pact seem important then our hearMerold, Sullivan, Indiana; and Fos ter Sizemore, Indianapolis, Indiana.
history. Whenever it has lost its quality, it has lost its character
and ceases to be itself. Its char
pattern, properly presented, will in a few years sweep this whole nation. With the start already made by regular missionary work, we may well be winning this whole nation to the New Testament po-
acteristic temper has always been missionary. Its revival of life and powers has been attended with a quickening of missionary energy,
and missionary activity is one of
ing Fund for the Radio Station in Korea. Christian Radio Mission, 804
Mississippi, Amarillo, Texas, c/o Mrs. Don Blair, forwarding agent, or to Arlo Kelley, treasurer building
fund.
"The missionary enterprise is the supreme adventor of history. It is the challenge of the hope and courage in a world of paralyzing fears and demoralizing futilities.
It is the sole claimant as a-moral
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coble, 208 South Guilford, Garrett, Ind.
Bert Ellis family: for Living Link, equipment and Transportation, c/o Christian Church, Cabool, Missouri.
pression of'his own soul's love . . . If we take Christ seriously, this enterprise is unassailable. The Christian man who opposes missions does not oppose only some missionary or organization, but his quarrel is with his Lord
and Saviour."
Flora Maye Guernsey, for living link, transportation and_equipmentj_ % Lincoln Bible Institute, LincolD,
Illinois.
-S. J. C.
missionary can no longer be evan gelical, and the church that ceases to be evangelical may well doubt
whether it is Christian."
such. Its early spirit was such, and its history is a missionary
James I. Vance
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work and the pressing need for ex tension and development, I was
moved to do what I had never done
one particular evening of last year. What had happened maybe brief ly told. He had been speaking at the missionary anniversary of a church in what would generally be
reckoned a well-to-do suburb. A-
before, and what I had certainly no intention of doing when I be gan my address. I asked the peo ple to give as though they were putting the money, not into a col lection plate passed by deacons,
but in the hand of Christ Himself.
away their faces, A little child looked trustfully in His eyes, holding out her penny, and saying: 'Please take my penny, dear Lord Jesus.' The Saviour stooped and
kissed her on the forehead. In one
ed hand of Jesus, whispering: 'I give iHyself.' "So He passed along to the top
of the aisle, and then, as He turn
watching the effect of my appeal upon the faces of the people. One
or two faces bore a smile, half amused, half contemptuous. A
away from home so long that he failed to grasp the meaning of the expression "loose cash." But the phrase jarred upon him. It sug gested "keep the change for your self, " or the flinging of a few coins to a beggar. On inquiring into the matter later in the day,
he discovered that it was custo
Then I, too, fell on my knees and covered my face, crying in my heart: 'Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, 0 Lord.' What happen ed as He went through the rest of
the church I know not, nor how
ingly into their mothers' faces, as if asking whether Jesus would really take the collection.
"And then-and then-but how can I describe what I saw then?
long the time was. When at length I uncovered my eyes, He was standing beside the Communion table, on which He had laid the gifts. A moment later He turned and looked upon the people, with
their faces still hidden from Him.
mary on these occasions to give to Missions not the regular week ly offerings of the people, but on ly such additional sums as might be placed in the collection plate.
The church could not afford to
At the back of the chapel stood the deacons with their collecting
plates. But they made no move toward the pews. At first I thought that my remarks must have offend
ed them, and that they were re
of these. My Brethren, ye have done it unto Me.' And so He pass ed from us. And by-and-by I awoke
and lo! it was all a dream."
the day's collections was some thing less than $10.00 the gentle man's indignation got the better
of him, and he spoke more strong
fusing to take the collection. But then I saw, moving slowly along the pews at the back of the far aisle, a figure clothed in some soft, flowing robe.
"His face was turned from me,
but my soul knew its Lord. A great hush fell upon the people, and, in the stillness, \ could hear Him saying, as He went from pew to pew: "Other sheep I have which
are not of this fold. Them also I
must bring." The voice was low and tender, yet there was no sad
ness in it. It was the voice of one
whose warfare is accomplished. As men heard it, they bowed their faces. The only faces I could see in all the building were those of
the children here and there.
Many thanks for your letter . . . and for che very helpful literature which you so generously sent me. Your weekly broadcast from Radio Luxembourg cannot but bring great spiritual blessing to the tired, confused peoples of Europe . . . I wish for you continued and ever increasing success in your great
work. M. G. Rettick.
"As He passed from pew to was giving a miissionary address pew some kept their heads bowed at some lajge church, filled with
a well dressed and cultured con
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dle the mail follow-up and to provide a corres
pondence Bible course for the listeners.
TODAY there is no known spot on earth be yond the reach of radio. Many countries are closed to the ordinary kinds of missionary
work. An Iron and a Bamboo curtain close off
the great nation of China, and many other parts of Asia and Europe. A border guard will stop a missionary in person and censorship will pre vent the sending in of the Bible and other Christian literature^ but there is no border that can stop a radio beam.
The Christian Radio Mission came into existence in 1947. Although denominational
Martin Clark of Osaka Bible Seminary gave much of his time and ability to help with
the music as soloist and to serve as announcer
on these productions. In the fall of 1952, Exie Fultz joined the Bills in Japan especially to help with this follow-up vwrk and the Bible
correspondence course.
groups had been using radio on the mission fields with great success since 1921, Alex and Betty Bills were the first to dedicate them
been to have a transmitter of Its own. Then, instead of a few minutes once a week, at great expense, the Gospel can be on the air several hours, in several languages of the Orient, each
and every day.
they heard that Japan would be granting per mits to new commercial radio stations. They
went to Japan with the hope that the govern ment would give a station permit to them for a Christian Radio station. This proved impos
sible.
The big problem through these years was to find a government willing to grant a permit for a radio station, located in a place that would provide really effective coverage. In the closing days of 1954, thegovernment of the Re
However, they did find opportunities to produce radio programs and release them on various commercial stations in Japan. Brother
ing the Orient as you can tel I from a glance at the map on the cover. Our main emphasis will be for the 22 million people in South Korea, with programs beamed through the Bamboo Cur tain to the 5 million in communistic slavery
in North Korea.
necessary to buy time on a large station in Osaka for the first series of programs. Later
the Chaplains of the United States Army in Hokkaido, led by Brother Robert Scott, raised
funds to release the Japanese program there.
In the meantime, the short-wave stations
station easily.
In Japan, there are 15 million radio re
ceivers. All will be within the potential range of the Japanese language programs to be sent
out each day. Programs in English will also be sent out
to reach the thousands of our own Americans
in service in this area.
ed toward Japan.
Another development was the request of Brother and Sister Walter Coble of Garrett, In diana to prepare an English language program for releose on Radio Luxembourg in Europe. In
connection with this they also agreed to han
ADMINISTRATION
reality for Alex Bills as well as for many other Christians who have prayed with him.
The General Fund and the Building Fund for the Radio Station in Korea is being handled by Arlo Kelley (Treasurer of building fund).
The address is: Christian Radio Mission
family. Your prayers and support are vitally needed as Alex mokes this selection and pur
chase.
CRM INCORPORATED
AFTER months of preparation end planning, a meeting was held In Second Church of Christ, Danville, Illinois September 24, 1956 to sign Articles of Incorporation of the Christian Radio Mission. Since then, a Charter has been gronted by Secretary of State of Illinois and the
This action of Incorporation means a more business-like way of hondling the affairs of the CRM and a greater assurance of this work continuing through the years faithful to the New Testament pattern regardless of whatever chan ges moy take place In personnel. Our friends may invest their money even as we invest our lives with greater confidence than ever before.
CORRESPONDENCE
SECRETARIAL
Exie Fultz
by CRM, an invitation also goes out to learn more about Christ and His Church by mall. These Bible correspondence courses are the responsibility of Exie Fultz. This Includes courses in English sent out to a dozen coun tries in Europe, the supervision of Japanese
workers and Japanese courses. In one Instance, her efforts in following up a radio contact led to the establishment of a congregation In Kobe.
is Flora Maye Guernsey. She was born In He bron, Indiana March 10, 1934, and was gradua ted from Hebron High School in 1952. It was while attending Christian service camp at Lake Region Christian Assembly, Cedar Lake, In diana that she decided to go into specialized
Christian service. Since that time she has
Exie joined CRM In 1952 after graduation from Cincinnati Bible Seminary and further wrk at Butler University. She was associated with Alex and Betty Bills In Osaka, Japan. While she was there, a recording studio was constructed and equipped on the Osaka Bible Seminary grounds. This studio serves as pro duction headquarters for the Japanese broad
casts. Brother Hideo Othomo, CRM Japanese
worked at Lake Region Christian Assembly for several years and helped conduct Dally Vaca tion Bible Schools at Edmonton, Alberta, Can ada in mission churches. She is a 1957graduate of Lincoln Bible Institute, Lincoln, Illinois majoring in Christian Education. Present plans are to be in Korea by September 1957. Her duties will also Include helping with music In the radio station and teaching Bible classes in Pusan. She says "'It Is no longer I that live, but Christ llveth in me; and that life which I now live in the flesh I live In faith, the folth which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up forme.' 1 want my life to be used In the best way for Christ. My In terests are secretarial, musical, and educa tional. Working with Christian Radio Mission,
I will be able to use these talents that God
PROGRAM
DEPARTMENT
Marjory
ial responsibility of director of the program deportment of the new missionary radio station
which is to be erected in Pusan, Korea.
His interest in missionary radio goes back to 1944 when he and his wife, Marjory, first heard Clarence Jones tell of the pioneer
missionary radio station (interdenominational) HCJB in Quito, Ecuador,
Brother Ellis and his family are espec ially qualified for this work. Bert began his ed ucation with Floyd Jones School of Sacred Music in Indianapolis, Indiana, and at the same time began fulltime Christian work. Further education included Cincinnati Bible Seminary, Lincoln Bible Institute and Milligan College.
Radio experience included direction and production of both local and net-work radio programs as well as considerable broadcasting
in connection with his various ministeries with
As program director, Bert will have gen eral oversight of music standards for all the programs. He will audition new talent under
consideration for future broadcasts. He will
order all types of music and malntoin a file of all the station's programs. These are only a few ofthe many duties he will have with CRM.
Correspondence and funds for the Ellis family should be sent to their forwarding agent: Miss Loraine Lindsey Box 268, Cabool, Missouri
KOREAN STORIES
(for DVBS or Camp Use) A BOOK OF TEN STORIES about people and
missions in Korea isavailabte forthe missions
for one house for eoch Junior and Primary stu dent with the story book and send request to:
Christian Radio Mission
teacher in your DVBS or Camp. Also a small Korean house and some people to be colored
and cut out is available for each student. Ask
ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT
Janelle
Phyllis
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THE WORK of the engineering department is vital in the successful operation of a radio sta
tion. Boh Clemens will be the station engineer ^en he has completed his training at Valpar
aiso Technical Institute.
Athens, Illinois
50 CLUBS
clubs will make the station areality. But, more importont, they will make the Gospel available to millions in Chino, Japan, and Korea.
Almost any church can undertake a "50
ble classes can set up a "25 Club" of 25 peo ple Investing 25^ o week.
Send for a "50 Club" plan to: Douglas Dickey, 2143rd Street, Williamsport, Indiana.
R mi
Bonnie Jo, Joe, Mark, Tom, Maxine, Eddie
Maxine Amterg, and from 1946 they have made their home in Lincoln, Illinois. Joe has served as Sunday School teacher and a Deacon in the
Lincoln Christian Church. It was not until the
Manager of the new radio station. Briefly this job is to manage equipment and personnel and correlate the activities of the Program and Technical Departments.
The Lincoln Christian Church has com
will graduate in June 1957. For two and a half years, Joe was minis ter of the Blooming Grove Christian Church, but for the past year and ahalf he has supplied
for some 40 different churches in Illinois, In diana, Iowa and Missouri. As a result, he and his family are well-known to many of our peo
his wife are serving as forwarding agents for the Seggelkes. Correspondence may be addres
sed to.
Enid Kiser
TECHNICAL
DEPARTMENT
EIGHT YEARS of experience in electronics with the United Stotes Air Force, much of it os (n instructor, Is the experience which Ray Goodman will bring to the Christian Radio Mis sion v^en he and his family join the station
staff In Korea. Brother Goodman has the back
sponsor, and teacher of d Junior High class; Loretta in Bible School, DVBS and Home Camp
classes. The Belleville church through Its elders has gone on record concerning this fam ily, saying that they "highly recommend them for such service, believing that by theirde^ly
consecrated lives and their training and abil ities they will prove wrthy of any measure of si^port our sister congregations in Christ may
offer them In this wrk for our Master.** The
ground and the training to take complete charge of th-e technical end of the station operation as Electronics Co*Ordinator. This phase of a ra
dio station is, of course, all-Important, and the
Christian Radio Mission is fortunate to have
Belleville church, where S. R. Johnston is the minister, will be the sponsoring church for
their home in Lincoln, Illinois. Ray had been minister for a year and a half at Raymond, Il
linois, but resigned in order to devote more
time to school studies.
The family has been active In the Belle ville, Illinois church Ray as deacon, youth
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NO. 32
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LAND
SOON!
A proper site is one of the most important ele ments in establishing a missionary radio broadcast
area have reported baptisms of various size groups. The m.ost active is the Dia Kyo church located in the very center of town. The pastor there, Brother Shung Man Chang, recently baptized the group whose pic ture is shown on next page.
The preachers and some of the elders meet every Monday at the Bills' house for fellowship and two hours of serious Bible study. Among other things attention is given to sermon helps,
detailed studies of certain verses with material assem bled from a number of books
ing station. Not only must we find the right place but it must also be available, for sale, and at a price we
can afford.
ths ago. The site must be right from the technical point of view. We must con
translations and sugges tions to use in permanent, large quantity, printed form.
Sound New Testament liter
available roads, transporta tion, and general healthfulness of the area. There must
be frequent public buses coming near the site so Ko rean people can easily come and go for a great many will be needed to produce the many programs we will need
and do the other work of the station.
with our plan for Unity on a New Testament basis. Of course there are problems. The devil never gives up a man or a country without a fight. And the Gospel stands a good chance of winning this whole
land of Korea for the Lord. Neither are the churches
sible locations have had to be rejected. Then other sites that would do are simply not for sale, at least
at a reasonable price.
nor their members perfect. But the church problems in Korea are those of a growing church.
* * * * *
dollars.
Purchase is made by paying twenty per-cent down and the re mainder within thirty days when
all of the transfer papers are com
groups using the "50 Club" plan. This project of a church sending fifty dollars a month for the next twenty months is a simple and ef fective plan for getting this sta
tion on the air. Individual members
LAND SOON!
C ONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
after some investigation it seems to be available. We have held up this issue of "Wave Lengths"
pleted. We may be able to issue a spe cial issue of "Wave Lengths" when we actually close the con
tract. But we trust many of our
of the club invest only twenty-five cents per week. Each member of
the Home Committee will assume
hoping that we could report that the purchase had been undertaken.
But Oriental dealing is a slow process. There are four owners in volved (one property we consider
ed had 12 different owners) and
friends will act in advance, for the more cash we actually have on hand the more quickly we can get
control of the land and start con
our agent who is acting as "gobetween" must not try to act too
struction. The Lord willing, we still visualize having the station on the Air with the Gospel by next Christmas. We are counting on you.
* * * >1: *
faithfully as secretary for some years requested that someone more centrally located (he now resides
in Colorado) be asked to serve in
this office.
$1,000 per acre.This is a little less than a dollar per pyong which is considered by all a very rea sonable price out here. We will
need about five acres for this
with the group for consultation about the work in Europe. Highlight of the session was development of the plan to in
crease the number of churches and
At first glance the budget of a missionary radio project seems to be expensive. Yet a careful exam
ination of the use.of radio to reach the millions with the Gos
isting station, costs a lot of mon ey. But the secret is in the great
multitude that can and are being A group of newly baptized Korean Christians (story on front page). The people of Korea ore perhops the most responsive to the Gospel ofony place in the world where missionary work
is being done.
reached.
WANTED!
country. The last two weeks in June and the first one in July will be spent at Moody Bible Institute (WMBI) taking their summer course
in radio. Afterward I will return to
go on the air by Christmas in Pu san will cost, when the project is complete, about one hundred thousand dollars. Not considering the coverage of China and Japan, but just those four million people in the Pusan area, this large total breaks down to only about two and one half cents per person. This means that day after day a person can be reached with the Gospel, in his or her own lang uage, over and over again until they hear enough to intelligently accept or reject for a cost of less than the postage stamp for a letter. In Europe where the Bible
Christian Broadcast costs one
Marshall, Illinois to finish pack ing preparing to leave the U.S. for my home in Kobe, Japan. During my absence from the
field Brother Martin Clark has
Mississippi, Amarillo, Texas, c/o Mrs. Don Blair, forwarding agent, or to Arlo Kelley, treasurer building
fund.
For the Bills' family: As above. For Exie Fultz and Japan work; Velda Clatfelter, Box 222,
Marshall, Illinois.
Bert Ellis family: for Living Link, equipment and transportation, Box AgentMiss Loraine Lindsey, same
address.
Program," a daily 15 minute one, which went on the air the day be fore I left Japan had to be discon
tinued because of lack of funds to
produce it. We have been working in an unfinished insufficiently equipped building in Osaka. Much of our recording had to be done in rented studios. As long as this condition exists we cannot pro
duce the "Mothers and Childrens
money can be assured that the New Testament message is going out to ten thousand people. In what other way can we tell our story to ten thousand people for
one dollar?
Program" at $5.00 per program as previously reported. However with a properly equipped studio of our own the cost can be brought down
again to $5.00 per program and air ed daily as sustaining. How greatly we rejoiced the other day when the church at Mon-
damin, Iowa, in order to meet this need, voted $1,000.00 for equip ping our control room. This does
not eliminate the need of funds for
ogy as myself that is a facial paralysis.) For the first few days I had trouble speaking and trying
to drink from a cup or glass but
Since the National Missionary Convention last September in Joplin Missouri I have traveled in
spent in Chicago at WMBI observ ing radio techniques that will be helpful in my work. Three short trips have been made to hospitals for tests and a fourth, with an ex
writing (June 3) and the doctor says it will last a minimum of an other three weeks. He says that it was brought on by exhaustion (Too much traveling and speaking and worrying, I guess). And he
also tells me that I will have to take it much easier than I have
I wish I had a picture of myself taken during the last three weeks
with which to head this column.
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house except twice to make a trip to the doctor and I am getting pretty tired of looking at the same
everything we know to do so far. We have given up a nice home, most of our personal posessions and are investing our lives and every dollar we have. We cannot
do more than this or we would.
est and I hope that soon all the money will be pledged." We need
Flora Maye in Pusan just as soon as possible and we trust our
friends in the churches will not be
tian Convention in Pittsburgh. It was not as large as it has been sometimes but we thought the spirit of the convention crowd was wonderful. We did so enjoy being
with the other recruits and the members of our Home Committee.
Won't you help us to get to Korea, not for any personal ambitions on our part, but that we might be able
to tell those who live in darkness about our wonderful Lord?"
During the last part of June the Ellis family are attending a spec ial radio school at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. They are
We spent one Sunday with the Salineville, Ohio church, one of our living link churches, and they entertained us royally, basket dinner at noon and everything. We do so appreciate all those who are helping us regularly. At present we have $3900 of our living link funds pledged and we need $4500 per year. We would certainly like to hear from some
church or class or individual who would like to take that other $600
get the station on the air. After much prayer they recently wrote "we are very anxious to be there with you on the field but if we can
be of more value to the Lord in
per year. Then we should have at least $1000 per year in service
link funds pledged. Our greatest need at the present is for about $3500 to pay for our tickets to Korea and the shipping of neces sary items. We are ready to go just as soon as you are ready to send us by
the Lord's people can respond im mediately with support enough to get this family to the field where they are needed and to supply housing for them on the field.
part time night work to make it possible for them to continue. This in spite of the fact that little
Department) will continue to live in Lincoln Illinois where Ray still has another year of school. Through the years the churches
in America will be thrilled with
Department)
the work this group of people can do for the Lord as your representa
tives in Korea.
Orient are passing into eternity without ever having heard of Jesus
Christ. We did not tell them! WITH THE RECRUITS
"Kilocycles" that they still need some pledges to cover the living link for their family as well as ad
ditional support to cover trans
The big day for Flora Maye Gu ernsey and Joe Seggelke was May 31 when they both graduated from
Lincoln Bible Institute with B.A.
these needs are met (he included a list of various items they will
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WHOLESALE DRUG STORE
june 19 ^^7
MARSHALL, ILLINOIS
OSAKA, JAPAN
Since the National JLLssionary Convention in Joplin^ Mo last September when I first spoke as a returned ilissionary froin Japan I liave spent most of iny time travel ing and 3iresenting the work of Cliristian Radio Mission in the churches. About three v/eeks were spent St YHiBl in Chicago observing radio techniques that might be helpful
to my vrork in the Orient,
scheduled for June 6th*
toEts and a fourth,- for an ex-ploratorj'' operation in the right temple area, is
The Lord v/illing, I am still planning to return this summer (July or August)
to Japan to carry on the v/ork Christian Radio l.!ission >ias begun in that country. At present Bro. Ilartin Clark is trying to care for our r/ork as \7ell as his o'jn as presitlent of the Osaka Bible Seiiinary. The responsibility of our Luxembourg correspondence has been divided and ^s being ca.rried on partially by me here in Araerica and partially hf Lliss Tsulriko Demukai in Osaka. Miss Demu}cai is our oldest worker, from point of service, having been trained by the Bills for the office work she is now doing. The local church v;ork vrhich I began in Kobe is being supervised by the Don Burne^^s with 3ro. Kav/ahara from Osaka Bible Seminary novf preaching there
full-time.
Not all of our plans for the continuation of the different pliases of the radio v/ork during my absence have been successful. Our "Mothers* and Cliildi'en*s Program,"
a daily l5-minute one, which nrent on the air the day befoi*e I left Japan has had to be discontinued because of lack of fuixls for production, have been worldng in an unfurnished, insufficiently equipped building in Osalca. Huch of our recording
ho^ had to be done in a i-ented studio arid as long as tliis condition exists our
previously quoted cost (5*00 per prograjn) is too low# However, ifith a properly equipped studio of our ovm the cost" can again bo brought dovm to $5*00 per program
and aired daily on sustaining basis# Kow greatly we rejoiced when the Church at Mondfunin, Iowa, in order to help meet our needs, voted 1000.00 tovfard equiping our
control room, !Ihis does not eliminate tlie need of funds for production but it does mean we T/ill be able to stretch vdiat we do ho.ve and accor.iplish more per dollar. One of my first projects when I return to Japai wj.ll be to get tiiis program back in
production and on the air#
Praying tliat the exi^loratory operation v.dll disclose no serious physical problem I em still going ahead with most of my plans for the surmer. The last two weeks in June and the first v;eek in July will be spent at the Iloody Bible Institute taking their summer course in radio. AfteriTords I rdll return to ! arshall, Illinois, to finish pacldng in order to leave the U4 S; the latter i;art of July for my home
in Kobe, Japan*
Funds are still needed for a number of supplies for the radio i/ork and for ' shit>ping expenses. These should be send to my fon-/arding agent: Velda Clatfelter,
. . Building a radio station in Pusan Korea
llai-QT folk havG asked, "TJhich land do you r-refor America or Japan?" One
ni^lit as v/ell ask a pcrson^, "T/lio:n do you love best your parent or vour child?"
Tha ^^orrlng love of one in no T:ay din.inisi'ies the love for the other. It is v.dth ;?rbat rcluctance that I plan to leave Ar.crica r.'hilc at tlx sfiine time I look fonvard
Tdth rpreat anticipation to my return to Japan,
The Trarm-hearted hospit?.lity v.lth \.'!iich I lio-ve been received bj'' the Christians in America as I've traveled froin placc to place has made yiy furlough a ver^r jcyful one. Should I fail to c;'pre3s my gratitude to each of you pei-^ona-lly, please forrrive mc and reneinbor that I liave requested of our Fatlier tliat Ke give you His
richest blessings.
Sinccrely in Hiiti,
Exie Fultz
Report on exi")loratory operation; Hone of the tissues in the temple resion vrere found to be mlignant. They did discover i-iiat they terned a chronic infection. Tliis v;as renoved and the ..iiiscle triii;iod dovni to norr.ial size. HoT.-ever^ they
could not say ".:hether tlie infection caused the h;^'^/crtrophy or if it cajiic aftenvard
and could r:ivc no assurance that the condition T;ould not rcoccur.
thankful to the Lord for Hie crjre at this time.
I an timly
possible.
In i-Iijn
flxio Fultz
<7
LAND...
We have signed the contracts for the land! After seven months of investigation the right location for
the radio station in Korea has been located and the
WORKERS...
At the end of the summer two Christian Radio Mis
owners have agreed to sell. We have paid the down payments and have agreed to pay the remainder when the papers are finished, on or before September 10. We have contracted for land totaling four thousand dollars at the current exchange rate. Of this we have
about two thousand dollars on
sion workers departed from the States for their fields of service. Mrs, Exie Fultz returned to Japan from a year of furlough in America. Miss Flora Maye Guern sey will depart the last of September for her first term
with the radio station in Pusan Korea. Mrs. Fultz will resume direction of the C.R.M. work
respond immediately.
This land is located on a good highway (good for Korea) about five miles from the main part of Pusan, near the edge of the ocean. It is an almost perfect
combination of the technical re-
MANCHUl M ANC H U RI
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church in the city of Kobe Japan. Miss Guernsey will begin im-
(Ji and assisting in development of tsanmusical programs for use on the N, Station as soon as it goes on the Two other families are ready to
come to Korea as soon as sup-
Iea
grams for the Korean people, in choosing the site we have had to keep in mind the long range plan for powerful transmitters sending the Gospel to Japan and
China. This site meets the re*
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port, housing and travel expenses are provided. These two families,
aspects in finding the most desirable location that we have moved slowly in making a final decision.
We have been fortunate in that with a limited amount
These well qualified workers {and others who will come later are the greatest asset of the Christian Ra dio Mission. It is through the sacrifical life work of
willing to sell. The price is considered reasonable for such land, although it is more than one thousand
two hundred dollars ( $1,200) per acre. As soon as the land is paid for we will begin at
such people that the great task of telling the word of Christ can be done. But willing as they are to give up the comforts of the homeland, and eager as
they are to be at the task immediately, they can do nothing without the support of many of the Lord's
people. The missionaries ask your Contmiw/on next poge
LAND..,
the Station and dwellings for mis sionaries. Although the time is short we still hope to be on the air by Christmas of this year. Of course we must have your imme diate help.
WORKERS,..
Mission's one task is to "preach the Gospel to every creature". If a given method gets this done
well, then it can be said to be a
help only that they may fully give themselves to carrying the Word
of Life to where multitudes sit in the terrible darkness of sin.
* *
practical method of carrying the message. By this test Missionary Radio is extremely practical! The weekly broadcast of "The Bible Christian Program" on Radio Luxembourg in Europe is an ex
cellent example of the modern use of missionary radio to deliver the First Century message. There are
17 different countries of Europe (and Palestine) that this is a chal lenging idea. These are people who could be reached in no other way. Yet they are learning from the broadcasts and the follow-up work about the
New Testament church. This is,
FALSE PROPHETS . . .
Our (Bills) house in Pusan is located only three blocks from one
like
by their own word, proving a great blessing to many. And we believe that it is laying a foundation on which a great new Restoration Movement may sweep England and Europe in the not distant future. Yes, we of Christian Radio Mission who prepare the program, and Mr,
and Mrs. Walter Coble of Garrett,
cient pagan Orintal religions now comes this false prophet in the name of a sort-of Christianity and is leading many away. Just this evening two young
ladies, one a member of Betty's choir, came to us for help. They
were confused with his claim of
of buying time on commercial sta tions for the release of programs especially prepared for the area they cover. We assume that most people in Europe have some knowledge of the Bible and churches in general.
In fact most that would be listen
Indiana, .who make the payment for time possible, believe that Mis sionary Radio is Practical.
IN EUROPE
We recently had an interesting letter from Guy Mayfield in Rome, Italy, telling of some of the con
tacts he had made with people
who had heard the "Bible Christ ian Broadcast" and had written in for literature or the free Corres
church. Our great contribution to these people is to point out the simple plan of restoration of the
New Testament church as a solu
being the holy man of the east in Isaiah 41:2 coupled with the most extravant claims of healing (they
had not seen any themselves) and a cheap theatrical trick of flowers bowing before him as he appeared on the platform. We understand
that even "Elder Pok's" bath
We have discovered from the hunple to turn to God and the lack of
teachers to teach them the "Word of the Lord".
addition to the radio in presenting the New Testament message. Of one group of listeners he wrote, "Last summer in Paris a Scotch Presbyterian Minister told
me that his men work in the mines
water is bottled and sold at pre mium prices, a cure for everything. It is rumored that mobs fight for the priviledge of licking up his spittle from the street or to kiss a
footprint in the dirt
We have tried to show some
get home from work and are just getting their suppers at 11:05
when the broadcast comes on and
thing of the warning against "false prophets" from the Bible but they already had the answer. "Those verses apply to someone else but certainly not to Elder
Pok."
knows even enough of the Bible for this sort of thing. Their "New Religions" are in the framework of the old pagan religions. More workers are needed badly
in Korea for all kinds of mis
All over Europe this program is sowing the seeds of the ideal, Christian Unity by the restoration
of the New Testament church. One
day that will bear fruit in a great movement that may well be the greatest in the history of the Res
toration Movement. The time is
I think that partly this sort of thing is possible because of the great desire on the part of the peo-
ripe in Europe and the simple Gos pel of Christ which we present is the power of God to do His work
in the world.
THOU SHALT GO
PRAYER NEEDED
ing Fund for che Radio Station in Korea. Christian Radio Mission, 804
Mississippi, Amarillo, Texas, c/o Mrs. Don Blair, forwarding agent, or to Arlo Kelley, treasurer building
fund.
To the lost;
Time cost: Radio Luxumbourg, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coble, 208 South Guilford, Garrett, Ind.
Shall be blest;
Flora Maye Guernsey, for living link, transportation and equipment, R.R. No. 2, Hebron, Indiana.
Into light.
Thou shalt go, and with My pre
sence
Thou shalt be
either side of the road leading in to it. The male, on the right, is
called "Great General under the
Ray Goodman family; for living-link, transportation and equipment; 320 I7th Street, Lincoln, Illinois. Bob Clemens' family; for livinglink, transportation and equipment,
Wonders of My grace and glory, Thou shalt prove All the far-exceeding greatness Of My Love.
sky" and is concerned with things above the ground. On the left is the female deity "Great General
under the Earth" who is concern
the idols are for placing food of ferings or sometimes small money gifts which I suppose is picked up by the village priest. Christian faith is naturally mak ing great inroads into such pagan customs but still by far the great majority of the people have nothing
mmM
else to which to look for help. These pictures were made by another missionary on a recent visit to the country. The fresh coat of paint indicated an awareness of special need of protection from natural elements during this sea son. This feat was well grounded
because we have had the worst
S i
rains in 30 years and more than 200 killed and 35,000 made home less in the Pusan area during August.
gone. It's been a happy, busy, and wonderful time for me. It's a great
joy to meet Christians and tell them the plans of Christian Radio
a fruitless attempt to save a drown ing man. The incident took place during a storm at a very dangerous part of the coast a place where many boats had been overturned and many people drowned by the swift incoming of the Atlantic tide.
A small boat had been overturned
Mission. During the past three months I've traveled over 4,000
miles, been in five Christian Ser
if they have never heard of Him? And how can they hear about God
unless someone tells them? Some
vice Camps and one Day Camp. Every Sunday and some week days the work of CRM has been present
ed to various churches. It's been
ing to leave home and loved ones. They must be willing to leave the
comforts of civilization; they must
gifts are certainly appreciated. I want to thank everyone for their gifts and opening their homes to me. The hospitality and fellow ship have been wonderful. All things working together have made it possible for me to make a reser
vation with Pan-American Airlines
by God and by man. They will not go unless the fire of God burns in their souls. They will not go un
less the love of Christ constrains
for flight to Pusan via Honolulu and Tokyo on September 30. I'm
still in need of some travel funds
In the great task of saving per ishing souls from an awful doom who are the rope holders but chose who pray and pay. Are you pray
them. They must be sent by the Holy Ghost (Acts 13:4). But there is also a very real sense in which they must be sent by their fellow Christians. When William Carey went to India, he said, "Yonder in India is a rich gold mine; I will descend and dig, but you at home must hold the ropes." They must be prayed out into the harvest field (Matthew 9:38). Since they are in the de vil's territory, they must be sus tained by prayer. Some church or some group of Christians must stand behind them financially. Some one must pay the cost of their plane or boat ticket to the field. (It is often cheaper to go by plane than it is to go by boat).
They must have money for homes, for food, and for clothing. It is in this sense that they must be sent, Missionary Crusader
* * * # *
every man, regardless of race or colour, has heard of Christ." "Though our task is not to bring
all the world to Christ, our task
MiUtSHALL, ILUNOtS
Foreign Addrm
14-6 CHOME
NAKAMIYA-CKO AIAHI-Kn
OSAKA, JAPAN
As I^ve traveled ainong the churches these last few raonths one of the niost frequent questions I've been asked is, 'Mhere is Alex Bills? Has he returned to the field yet?
it surprised me a bit that so ciaiy didnH know Alex and his fajnily returned to Korea last October ^and hopes to be broadcasting ty Dec6niber this year). Xet, vrtien I tliini:
of the nuinerous times tiiat missionaries* dates of departure have been postponed it
isn't at all strange that people wonder if they've gone, and iriien, and where.
has been with others so i t is now with roe#
As it
date of d^arture has ciianged from the last of J\ily to the first part of September. Because of ny last hospitalization [ixi JuneJ X had to cancel a number of speaking dates vdiich cut income making it ir^ossible for me to get ny supplies together awi return vAien scheduled. I then set the first of September as ny return date, IJow, unless the
red taoe gets snarled Mp, I will be sailing at noon on September 5 from New York on the
S3 flU^DAK.
{Phis second trip to the Orient promises to be just as interesting and e:xitiTig (.and
maybe ncre so) as the last, first trip out I went via the Pacific, this tine it will be-via ,Europe. The SS l-iAASDAI-i dockd in Southarpton, England on September I3,
Rrom there I will take a boat tralA to London and a^^r a d^ or two iii England will go by train through Euuope to Rome* On this ti*ip;i'iii hoping to visit i-iith our
Eoropean missionaries and pome q oui^ li^tefiers ff^ iladio Luxembourg. Since it is
aliQOst iupossible to g'et j^oip passage thJough tt Siisa I'll fly from Rome to Tol^o en route I wilX be arriving in Tol^o on October 3 of this year. I tried to get a
500.00
To delay longer in order to travel and raise these funds does not seem wise. Someone is needed on the field in Japan and X \d.H have been gone over a year when i get back.
Because this phase of the work of Christian Radio Mission can mean much in the
evangelization of Japan X tell you of these needs a^Td pray that if the lord so will
they v/ill be supplied through your gifts.
continued prayer
P. S,
In
sTourixi
itSJAXTOOpT qq.iiy
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LSo\ UI iOt)
OCTOBER 1957 NUMBER 34
KOREA LAND . . .
While waiting for our friends to respond to the re
JAPAN DEVELOPMENTS
This month, with the return of Exie Fultz, marks a
new forward step for th.e very fruitful radio work be ing carried on by the Christian Radio Mission in Ja pan. The work in Japan began some six years ago with the arrival of the Bills family (now in Korea). The programs soon launched on time purchased on
commercial radio sta
all the seals, instead of signatures, were put on some of the papers
in the office of the
"scribe"
the papers
fective ministry.
the building permits from the city. It is an important matter in Ko rea for farming land on which food is being
raised to be taken out of cultivation for build
The CRM Recording Studio building in Osaka, Japan. This is located on the property of Osaka Bible Seminary and is in many ways a co-operative
venture with other missionaries and Japanese workers. Martin Clark, pre sident of Osaka Bible Seminary is especially active In our joint develop ment of this project. First floor Is the studio proper and the second floor Is office. This and other Osaka pictures were made by Mr. Clark.
bourg are also handled from Japan. Some five years ago Exie Fultz Joined the Bills family to assist especially in
office and Bible teach
ed us of his great in
terest in the station
and will do whatever is necessary to make it a reality. Almost without exception people in high places are excited about our plans for the station. As one man
high in government said, "Our people (Koreans) have to be changed in heart before our new liberty and
new education will help Conf/nuee/on nex# page
Japan. The Luxembourg programs will continue to require a great amount of correspondence work. The Japanese language radio programs must be increas
ed. New equipment is being Cont/ni^J on page three
KOREA LAND. . .
Continued from front page
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But we are sure that not just the present condition of this coun try but the eternal future of mil lions of the people here depend
T
Members of the board of the Mon</aine /owo Church. The treasurer, Fred Ke/th, /s g/vfng
on the Message of Christ chang ing their hearts, Only we who have the Gospel of Christ have been given this task to do. We out here
in the Far East (and those com
the minister, Kendo// Bauer, o check for XJ067.60 to be sent to Exfe Fultz to purchase e-
qu/pment for the studio in Osaka. This gift is from the "Virgil Parsley Gift Fund" which was left upon the death of Mrs. Virgil Persley to be used by the Elders for foreign m/ss/ons. This gift will purchase a Consolelte, a turntable and microphones which will put
the Osoko studio into tmmediote production of Jopanese progroms. The men are, left to
right, Louis Erixon, Everett HInkel, Kendall Bauer, minister, Jerry Elliff, Cherster Hilton
Fred Keith, treasurer, Grover Gee, ond Lesfer Wo///s, cho/rmon of the Board. f/der Ed
C//ne is absent).
are anxious to get on with glorious work. But we must until your gifts, backed up your prayers, enable us to go
DEPARTURE
(The following letter from Exie Fultz, date line, New York 2, Sept.
Pbackto Japan
not materialize because of funds. However after I had given them
forward.
my word that I would go, ^my tra vel agent said he could get me
of my air tick
et which ex
pired Septem
ber 4. It does seem I'm one
gave me $20.00. Velda remarked, "Why don't we ask more people to work for you and end financial
problems." My farewell message was given yesterday morning to the church in Marshall at the morning worship
hour. After the services we were
person who is
able to have , ,
j c l
j vg 0 1n g tO
still rushed for last good-byes and last minute packing but finally at about 3:00 p.m. Velda, Charity
f'c-
from Evansville gave me $30.00 for the work of CRM and said they
j diana, with me
as driver and
I
MissChieko Takahashi, one of the j^oung /odies
who workin the c/?M of-
them paying
the travel exlUaH penses. I naa
fice in Osaka.
some
arranged this
vacation with
t h r 0 Ug h E U"
o
TOpC WOuld
Japanese Radio Production Director, Hedio Ohtomo with his fine family. He hos been with the CRM work in Japan from the first programs and has proven himself invaluable in almost every phase of our radio work. And on top of this he is an excellent organist.
Much of the work done in Japan in the past has been Jone with very make shift equipment. Our one good tope recorder in a closet in the corner of the Bills' living room was our only
studio
The new building in Osaka has not been too useful because of this lack of equipment. This shows Mr. Ohtomo operatingthe
Magnacorder.
Downs
apolis where I was to catch the plane at 6:00 p.m. for New York.
Then^ th^"
-
Interior of of the the CRM CRM c Osaka office. Tsuk/ko-san is seated at her desk interior 5^^ jg standing by tf son is standing by the shelves hofJing /fie scores of different Bible lessons in in both English and Japanese languages. lessons both EngI
living
link
ed to make the $200.00 a gift and and to pay me my regular salary besides. One of the girls in the congregation with her goodbye said, "Exie, I have a typewriter
for you if it isn't too late to send
it." It isn't.
were said and
Japanese Development
Continued from page one
... ^
goodbyes and
J^^ ^ * I IB B "'f
m
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gers wondered,
"Just who do
have to be
to receive such
I
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send off?"
I j, to all the folk in America who
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to' encourage
Inferior of the Osaka studio. The construction of f cinder cinder blacks blacks was was
This is a Gates Consolette. This is the heart of a recording studio. From the studio micre*
simi/ar to this will soon be on its way to
supervised by Martin Clark. The two young ladles s of the CRM CRM office staff are examining the lower part of their office building. Although sbuilding. the rough finish Is not attractive It has excellent^recorc/ing recording qualities. Tua'ities.
phones ore mixed and the final carefully pro* duced program is recorded on tafte. A mode/
ing Fund for the Radio Station in Korea. Christian Radio Mission, 804
Mississippi, Amarillo, Texas, c/o Mrs. Don Blair, forwairding agent, or to Arlo Kelley, treasurer building
fund.
For Exie Fultz and Japan work: Velda Clatfelter, Box 222,
Marshall, Illinois.
These fhree yoong men ore ossocioted with Osafeo Bible Seminary as sftx/ents or teachers and devote part time to assisting the Christian Radio Mission work, /kedo-son (left) is the duplication of lessons and copies of sermons. Gasha-san (center) is a graduate of the Osaka Bible Seminory and helps with the sermons on mony of ourprogroms. f(<"^ohara-san
to assist.
Time cost: Radio Luxumbourg, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coble, 208 South Guilford, Garrett, Ind.
very much interested in radio porductien and is helping in the office. He cares for much of
is interested in the engineering side and will probably be the operator of the new equip ment. He is also minister of the church in Kobe that Exie Fultx started and will continue
SEGCELKES TO SAIL SOON "We have ordered our tickets.
Flora Maye Guernsey, for living link, transportation and equipment, R.R. No. 2, Hebron, Indiana.
We are not yet able to set the sail ing date, but we have instructed our travel agent to try to find pas sage for us toward the latter part
of December or the first of the
ship
year. We still need another $100 a month on our living link. We do have several undesignated month ly pledges which could be used
for part of this. There are several pieces of
Ray Goodman family; for living-link, transportation and equipment; 320 17th Street, Lincoln, Illinois. Bob Clemens' family; for livinglink, transportation and equipment, c/o Mrs. Earl Clemens, R.R. No. 4, Athens, Illinois.
WAVE LENGTHS
Jeep or panel truck; Oil burning floor furnace; Oil burning cook
stove; Oil burning water heater; Air compressor and Paint spray outfit; Six or Eight inch bench
Second class mail prlviiedges authorized at Amarillo, Texas Unsigned articles by editor, V. Alex Bills.
Perhaps
could
Miss Masako Kvwada, the really outstanding Japonase soloist, who has been assisted by the Bills family to complete her education in Jopon's most important Fine Arts and Music college. She is a dedicated Christian and looks forward to devoting her life to Christian
music in connection with the CRM work. She
to the needy, we could use it to pack our fragile items and get it there without extra freight costs. Please send only clean, servicea
ble clothes. Parcel Post may be addressed to Box 352, Lincoln,
efouTXTI '^sTtor
OJSISJJGX "M 60S
NOVEMBER 1957
NUMBER 35
Workers Arrive
During October Exie Fultz returned from furlough in the United States to Japan to continue the work of Christian Radio Mission there. During the same month Miss Flora Maye Guernsey arrived in Korea to begin her first term of service with the mission.
These workers, and others who will soon be ar
KOREA . . .
By the time you read this the land for the station site will be completely in possession of Christi-an Radio Mission and we will be in a position to begin the actual construction of buildings. These build ings will be for the studio and the transmitters as well as housing for missionary families. In this phase we can proceed as rapidly as our
vin'':
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blems
getting any
weather
project underway in
the Winter
gelization.
Miss upo arrival Miss Flora Flora Mays Mays Guernsey Guernsey ypon rrival at at Pusan Pusan Airport, Airport, OctOctbouquet by by CRM tofaer 8, being presented with a weicome welcome bouquet CRM presented wit, worker Miss Boo, Chang Chong Soon.
The work in Japan has been without supervision for a year. As a result production of radio programs has fallen off. We have excellent Japanese workers, but their effective work depends on missionary su pervision and direction. Exie Fultz during her first term of service there has demonstrated her grasp of Oriental problems and how to most effectively pre sent the Gospel of Christ (Contittued on next pagej '
year. Plans have al ready been drawn for the studio-station building. It is of such a nature that it can be partly constructed for immediate operation and later additions can be made as the space is needed. Each missionary family will be more or less re sponsible for undertaking the building of their own house. We have one Japanese style house in Pusan
where the Bills family is (Cont/nuet/on next page)
yfORKERS
ARRIVE
by radio in the Orient. Immediate plans for Japan include installa tion of the equipment provided by
the Mondaine, Iowa Church at the
Miss Guernsey will work with the Bills family in Pusan. Her special responsibility will be
secretarial work and she will
I cst'
help with music. There are a great number of office type details in radio operation where her
assistance is invaluable. Also
Exie Fultz being welcomed to Japan by two CRM workers Mr. Ohtomo, Hideo and
Miss Takahashi, Chieko.
KOREA
presently living. At best it will serve as temporary quarters for each new family arriving in Korea
until another house can be built.
Christian literature. The printing and distribution of books and mag azines has always characterized any outstanding progress of the
church. We of the Christian Radio
Mission have always been aware of the need for literature to sup plement the regular radio work!
In Japan and Europe an extensive system of Bible correspondence courses have been developed. But so far nothing of this na
ture has been done in the Korean
materials from other languages is usually not as effective as the material prepared directly into a language. This whole field of Bi ble correspondence courses is an area where we need a special mis sionary worker.
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will cost at least $6,000. Friends of a particular missionary family may want to earmark their gifts for this specific purpase. However such buildings will be Christian Radio Mission property and may be used by other missionary fam ilies in later years. We trust our regular supporters will be aware of the problems of building a n ew radio station and also provide housing for new mis sionary families at the same time.
It seems there is no way to
first big effort is the translation and printing is the book "Church
of Christ" by a Layman (Phil
live. In fact, when calling the air port to make reservations to fly
to Pusan from Japan, we were told, "You don't have to have res ervations to go to Korea. Nobody wants to go there." Living here is not as esay as living in the
TRANSLATION
The history of the church dur ing the past century has certainly
indicated God's blessing on
vailable in any language. Our first printing of this volume is by an Oriental mimeograph method and a small edition of 250 copies is being made. Very soon we shall begin the
translation of some of our Bible
Orient. That it is, but only seven percent of these millions of peo ple claim any type of ChristianityThere are many here in Pusan
who have suffered torture from the Communists because of their
we have the Lord's promise "Lo, I am with you always." are willing to do the work of Lord in Korea. Are you will to help us?
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the
Christianity.
There are so many people. They seem to be everywhere; especial* lyin the street when a jeep wants through. As Becky Bills said one evening, '*Don't these people ever go home?" Some of them may have no home; or if they do, they're crowded, dirty, and very unattractive. Sleeping, eating, and sitting are all done on the
floor.
prepares the way for the evange list who goes in and baptizes those who are ready to accept
Christ and establishes these new believers in a church.
Radio is not the complete an swer to the Great Commission, but before disciples can be bap tized they must first hear the Word, Faith comes by hearing, and missionary radio is the most
especially about American wo men and children. They're used to seeing American men, but oth ers are curiosities. Today a large group of Korean children were passing by the Bills' home. I, with American curiosity, looked
over the wall in front of the
lishing churches after the New Testament pattern more complete ly than in any other nation in modern history.
work,
Radio
Luxembourg
pro
The three full time Japanese workers of CRM. Miss Takahashi, Chieko, who does English typing for the European correspondence courses; Miss Tshukiko, Demukai, who is in charge of Japanese correspondence courses and Ohtomo, Hideo who is our Japanese radio producer.
LOCAL
CHURCHES
Korea. Christian Radio Mission, 804 Mississippi, Amarillo, Texas, c/o Mrs. Don Blalr, forwarding agent, or to Arlo Kelley, treasurer building
fund.
CRM missionaries. Special meet ings for the preachers and elders
are held each week in the Bills'
been impatiently viewed from our several generations of Christian growth and maturity.
The Korean church has suffer*
home and during October Alex Bills conducted a series of spe cial meetings for the Dai Kyo
church Pusan. located in the heart of
Bert Ellis family: for Living Link, equipment and transportation, Box
ed persecution because of their layalty to Christ against Japanese Shinto worship. They later suf
fered the distruction of the Com munist invasion and have now
an equal number of full time work ers in Korea. During those dread
ful months of the Communist dis truction more than half of the
al divisions and they have ex pressed a desire for unity in al most the same terms commonly used by our people. It seems to be largely a matter of making our message known to the masses in order to see a great development
of the
Korea.
Restoration Movement in
WAVE LENGTHS
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Miss Flora Maye Guernsey and a welcome party ac Pusan Airport consisting ot the Bills family and from left to right Pastor, Shung Man; Elder Chung; Miss Boo; Chang Soon, who does translation and Korean secretarial work; Mr. Kim, Hong Kyun our leading Korean worker; and Mr. Kim, He Young who is especially engaged in issuing
Korean Christian literature.
from almost any part of the coun try can immediately be placed in the hands of a pastor or church reasonably near by.
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may well conclude that the mis sionary enterprise not only justi
fies the efforts that have been
Christian.Missionary Crusader.
HU mo^ pnuioiM
jbrated. The^S^&^^5<lTe Christchild is retold in story, songs and
With each are lifted as they realize that God,
mg those which find increased
.stmastide*
eir Christmas
special
dressed
learning sonis ofXthe birth of the baby Jesus. The cherub choir wits^egui
part of our plan fW again producing our Mothers and Children's Prt^rj
which went ofAthe air about ten months ago.'^We hope to have our first recording session before Christmas holidays. Just this afternoon a repre sentative of As^i Broadcasting Comparer, also a member of the Nakaburi Church of Christ\ came\to inquire about the possibility of releasing the
program\over Radio Takaraatsu in Shikoku. He would like however to have a
daily program as it v/as wien previously released over Radio Mie.
This would
about $5.i(0 per progrpi, ot\ little over $125.00 per month. When we were
about to go tfff the aW an aroeal was made for the above amount to keep the
about it and a small aiotount reeved but no definite pledges to keep the work
going. After I returneoyto JapM we decided to try two prograris a week rather than six btm it is true ^at we cVuld be on the air daily if funds were About 800 letters were received.ItXmade us feel that the program was well
available for production.X Last ChWstmas a one-day announcement was made that
worth while btt shortly afterward it Wd to go off the air. Tfhether or not is goea back (Vi now as a daily progranMepends on the responst to this letter.
The Lord willlrte I will be spe^Viing Chri^mas day in Korea with the Bills family and Flora Maye Ouernsey.X Betty Bii^ inet ray ijlane when I flew into
Flora Maye when she flew in from Hawaii. H^ever, I haven*t seen Alex since
the work so thisVs really a busings trip, ^t with the holidays also at
hand business will certainly be com^ned with measure
I returned to the Orient. There many things we need to Hlscuss regarding
Tokyo on Octobei 3 from Hongkong\ Two daya later, October 5, we both met
it
trip
Perhaps in this letter I should say that the trip was quite delightful, too
short and much more expensive than I had thought it would be. Especially did I enjoy the fellowship I had with the Don Castelein family in Genk, Belgium, the Bd FauB family in Frankfurt, Germany and the Quy Mayfields in Rome, Italy, Bvelyn Jones joined us in Rome one day for lunch and saw me off to Athens at the airport. It was ny feeling when I left Europe that the missionaries there are faced with problems as difficult and perhaps more so as those we
My stop in Jerusaln - just a day and a half - in one way was- the most disap pointing of the whole trip. While I was quite happy to visit Bethelem, the
all the factions represented in the Holy ^ity. After visiting altar after altar of the different sects Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic, ^hiopian, Coptic,
etc., and after hearing that the five sects with altars in the Holy Sepluchre fonght so over the key that it was finally given to a Muslem, T thought of the Lord's prayer on the night He was betrayed, "that they may be one
that the world might believe," And I wonder^, "Would He not find more to weep
over today in Jerusalem than He did in His own time?" "How often has He been betrayed in this one city by those who claim to be His followers?"
May we work In Christian unity in the new year to build His Kingdom. ^
Tour^^istejc^-io t>e Lord,
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