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B I O G R P H I C L S K E T C H

DON AND MARIANNE BAUGHMAN

Most, If not ail, missionar ies have interestingstories to tell as they relate their experiences inadapting and relating to the people in a previouslyu nf ami li ar c ul tu re . O ne such story involves a missionary w ho w en t to a culture where witchdoctorswere thought to possess superna tura l powers .Their claims were proven by their ability tohandle poisonous snakes without being harmed.To c ou nt er ac t th e witchdoctors hold on th e superstitious people, th e missionary mastered (very carefully ) the same feat. The people began to realizethat th e witchdoctors ha d no special spiritual

powers, and t he d oo r was opened for the missionary to teach the people of the power they could allpossess as Christians.

The people were Nigerians. The time was 1956.The missionary was Don Baughman. For 20 yearsDo n and hi s w if e M ar ia nn e have c o m m it te d t he irlives a nd t he ir family to t he wor k of West AfricanChristian Mission in Niger ia .

The Baughmans arrived in Nigeria in September,1956, to join a mission work pioneered by Royand Barbara Goldsberry a year earlier. The tw ofamilies combined their efforts , concentrating primarily on establishing churches in which newChristians could fel lowship and worship together

and on training young men to assume leadershippositions in these and other churches. 1960 Walter Coble, founder of Gospej Broad

casting Mission GBM), suggested that a Searchthe Scriptures program be broadcast in Nigeria.Baughmans accepted the offer and soon the program was on th e air. Besides preparing each broadcast, they were responsible for a Bible correspondence course offered in conjunct ion wi th th e pr ogram. A literature distribution program was begun,offering tracts a nd pr int ed t ex ts of radio messages.In October, 1973, Don summarized th e results ofradio evangelism in Listen, GBM s newsletter.

Listeners write fo r th e correspondencecourse which we offer an d ask help in knowing God better. Presently, we are using aBible doctrine course. Before th e end of th ecourse, many of t he m w ri te to say they areunderstanding God's message. This is thefruit of th e preaching of th e Gospel and it isof great consequence. . . .Today there are educators, doctors, l awyers , soldier s, eng inee rs ,civil servants , s tu de nt s, e tc ., w ho w rit e to us(in English). We also receive letters in theYoruba language (the language of th e area of

southern Nigeria where the Baughmans work)an d we offer th e correspondence course inYoruba. One of o ur evangelists grades th e lessons an d answers those who have problems inYoruba.

Nigeria's rigorous climate forced Roy and Barbara Goldsberry to look f or a no th er field of service. In 1963, they l ef t Afr ica and, after a year offurlough, went to Italy in 1964. In 1967, Walteran d Edna Smith joined th e Baughmans in Niger ia .

T h e w o r k o f We s t f r i c a C h r i s t i a n M i s s i o nfocuses on several aspect s bes ides the radio broad

casts. Five congregations in th e Yoruba area an dsix in th e Cross River area of Eastern Nigeria are allin need o f nurturing. Evangelists in all th e congregations ar e in steady contact with Baughmans an dSmiths, and preaching services (s imilar to revivals)ar e c on du ct ed b y th e missionaries once or twice ayear in each congregation.

Medical care is also o ff er ed b y th e Baughmans.Both local Chris t ians an d ones from th e E a s td ep en d o n th e Mission to meet their medical needs .N o n - C h r i s t i a n s in t h e a r e a w h o ar e u n a b l e t o m ee ttheir ow n n ee ds a re a ls o h el pe d by th e Mission.

A c am p a nd r etr ea t program emphasizes fellowship among th e various Chr ist ians. Many get-to

gethers are regularly scheduled throughout th ey e a r

Donald Douglas B au gh ma n w as born May 27 ,1929, in Columbus , Ohio. He graduated f rom Cincinnati Bible Seminary in 1954. He held ministriesin K en tu ck y an d Indiana an d worked with th eL a u r e l H o m e s C o l o r e d Miss ion in C i n c i n n a t i b e f o r egoing to Nigeria.

Marianne Grimes Baughman wa s born December1 6, 19 32 , in Columbus, Ohio. She attended Cincinnati Bible S em in ar y f or two years. In 1951 sh ea n d D o n w e r e m a r r i e d T he i r h o m e h a s b e e nblessed with four chi ldren. R uth Carol (February19 , 1954) died November 28 , 1969, in Ni ge ri ab ef o re s h e c o ul d fulf i l l h e r des i re t o a t t e n d Biblecollege and return to Africa as a missionary.Judi th An n (April 24 , 1955) is no w Mrs. MarkChampion. Their other tw o daughters are LisaAnnette (September 18 , 19 57 ) an d Jane Suzanne(November 15 , 1959) .

Field address: Don an d Marianne Baughman,Box 46, Otta, Nigeria, West Africa. ForwardingAgent: Mrs. Carol Scarbrough, Rt . 3, Bo x 26 C,Midlothian, TX 76065 .


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F RE ED OM S B EG IN NIN G

By Don Baughman

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F r e e d o m s p r i c e i s s a c r i f i c e . B ut w h a t i s t h e bas i s o f

f reedom? i/tfhere does i t b e g i n ? I n Luke 1 ^ : 2 5 - 3 3 Je s u s spoke o f

c o u n t i n g t h e c o s t o f b e i n g H is d i s c i p l e . H is r e m a r k s c an b e

summar ized i n H is f i n a l s t a t e m e n t Any o f you who does n o t g i v e

up everything that he has cannot be my disciple SF r e e d o m s b e g i n n i n g i nv olv es c ou nt in g t h e c o s t and u n d e r s t a n d i n g

t h e p r i c e t h a t i s e x p e c t e d o f u s . A n o t h e r S c r i p t u r e r e l ev a n t

t o t h i s s u b j e c t i s C o lo ss ia n^ 1 :1 3 -2 5 . I draw y o u r a t t e n t i o n t oth e 2^th v e r s e e s p e c i a l l y . Th e New In te rna t i ona l . Vers ion t r a j i s -

l a t e s t h i s Now I r e j o i c e i n w h a t w as s u f f e r e d f o r y o u . The

Amer i can S t a n d a r d r e a d s Now I r e j o ic e i n my s u f f e r i n g s f o r y o u r

s a k e an d so d o e s t h e King J a m e s . T h i s l a t t e r t r a n s l a t i o n would

h a v e a r e f e r e n c e t o t h e s u f f e r i n g s o f t h e A p o s t l e P a u l . The NIV

i s o b v i o u s l y d i f f e r e n t . I t s a y s Now I r e j o i c e i n w h a t w as

s u f f e r e d f o r you . There a r e no t e x t u a l d i f fe r e n c e s . I t i s o n l y

a m a t t e r o f ho w one word i s t r a n s l a t e d . R a t h e r l i t e r a l l y t h e

t e x t s a y s Now I r e j o i c e c on ce rn in g t h e s u f f e r i n g s on y o u r be

h a l f . I r a t h e r t h i n k b e c a u s e o f t h e c o n t e x t t h a t t h e NIV h a s

i t r i g h t . As P a u l t a l k e d to t h e C o l o s s i a n s h e l o o k e d b a c k i n

t i m e t o t h e s u f f e r i n g s o f C h r i s t . T h e s e s u f f e r i n g s e f f e c t i v e l y

r e s c u e d them an d u s f rom t h e d o m i n i o n o f d a r k n e s s an d b r o u g h t

them and u s i n t o t h e kingdom o f t h e S on He l o v e s .

In co un tin g th e c o s t we must lo o k b o th ways; backward/ to

H i s c r o s s a n d f o r w a r d t o ou r o w n c r o s s e s t h a t H e a s k s u s t o b e a r

Look ing b a c k a t t h e p r i c e He p a i d h e l p s u s p u t i n t o t r u e p e r

s p e c t i v e t h e p r i c e we m u s t pay;vo W h a t God an d H is Son h a v e done

i s t h e b a s i s f o r w h a t w e w i l l d o .

He h a s g iv en u s a g r e a t kingdom a t g r e a t c o s t t o H is Son and


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to Himself. Matthew 135^5i^6 t e l l s us very pla in ly the value o f

the Kingdom in which we stand. In th i s kingdom we h av e fre ed om ,f r o m

f o r we h a v e b e e n r e s c u e d t sm t h e w r a t h o f Go d and f rom t h e

i n e v i t a b l e consequences o f s i n .

This kingdom a l s o b r i n g s a ne w manner o f l i f e and r e s c u e s u s

from our former ways Golossian^ 1 :13 . I t i s valuable because

i t s a v e s u s f r om o u r s e l v e s f rom w h a t we would b e i f we w e r e

n o t t h e r e . i s v a l u a b l e b e c a u s e i t r e s c u e s u s f r o m t h e

s p i r i t u a l d a r k n e s s o f t h e p r e s e n t age i n which we l i v e and r e

s t o r e s e t e r n a l l i f e to u s . Yes, t h e kingdom i n which we s t a n d

and i n which th e c r o s s o f C h r i s t i s c e n t r a l h a s g r e a t va lue

and i t c o s t God someth ing . nd what i t c o s t Him g i v e s i t i t s

essential value o the kingdomhas value nd it has cost Thest w o a re d i f f e r e n t

Think o f something o f v a l u e t h a t you h a v e . You may have

wo rk e d h a r d f o r i t o r you may have j u s t found i t o r i n h e r i t e d

i t o r r e c e i v e d i t a s a g i f t . B u t t h e way i n which you g o t i t

h a s n o t h i n g t o do w i t h i t s v a l u e . I t c a n h a v e d i f f e r e n t c o s t s

bu t i t h as o n ly one va lue . woman wi th s ev er al c h i l d r en may

p a y m o r e f o r o n e t h a n f o r t h e o t h e r s i n t e r m s o f h e r h e a l t h a n d

p h y s i c a l s t r e n g t h . jict sh e w i l l s t i l l love them a l l e q u a l l y.

They a l l have e q u a l v a l u e i n h e r s i g h t r eg a r d le ss o f t h e more

d i f f i c u l t p r i c e s h e ha d t o p a y i n t h e c a s e o f o n e .

T he w i d o w s m i t e i s r e l e v a n t h e r e . I t s a b s o l u t e v a l u e w a s

o n l y tw o f a r t h i n g s b u t th e c o s t t o h e r was v e r y g r e a t f o r t h e

Bib l e says t h a t she i n h e r pove r ty c a s t i n a l l h e r l i v i n g . Her

o f f e r i n g d i d n o t have g r e a t i n t r i n s i c v a l u e b u t i t c o s t h e r a l o t .

I n l i k e manne r, t h e kingdom h a s a g r e a t v a l u e and t h e r e a r e

d i f f e r e n t c o s t s o f d i f f e r e n t magni tudes r e l a t i n g to i t


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When Go d r e s c u e d u s from d a r k n e s s , i t c o s t Hi m s o m e t h i n g .

What w as t h e c o s t ? J o h n s a y s t h a t He l o v e d t h e whole

w o r l d so much t te t He gave H is one an d o n l y Son t h a t w h o e v e r

would b e l i e v e i n Him would n o t p e r i s h b u t have e v e r l a s t i n g l i f e .

When He s e n t H is Son , i t c o s t Hi msometh ing .

Can we a p p r e c i a t e

the p r i c e He paid? Can we f e e l what God f e l t when they c r u c i

f i e d H is Son? Yes. Not f u l l y p e r h a p s , a s o u r F a t h e r f e l t i t ,

b u t w e c a n know a n d we c a n f e e l s o m e t h i n g o f w h a t God f e l t

w h e n H i s S o n s u f f e r e d d e a t h for u s .

J e s u s s a c r i f i c i a l dea th f o r u s , th e beginn ing o f f reedom,

was n o t a l a s t minute p lan . I t had been i n the h e a r t o f God

be fo re th e c ra a t i o n o f th e wor ld ( I P e t e r 1 :2 0) . I t was H is

will for Jesus ^ter Jesus prayed in agony for Godjs will Matthew 26:39 ,^2 ,^4) , He died fo r yo u and me. He su ffe red

fo r us and His F a th e r p er m it te d Him, in sp i t e of His own suffe r ing

and sorrow and agony as His Son hung there . nd when He permitted

i t the scoffe r s thought t h a t they were r i g h t t h a t God sure ly

did not know or care anything about this man Matthew 27^^41-44).

But they were wrong. God gave Hi s answer tha t night when Hi s

Son brea thed His l a s t . The c u r t a i n o f the temple wa s t o rn in

two from th e top to th e bot tom, th e e a r t h shook, the rocks

were s p l i t open, and God the ear th w it h da rk nes s to

cover His c h i l d r e n s deeds o f darkness . He spoke^ saying ,

Yes, t h i s i s my Son, my beloved Son. I m well pleased witha l l t h a t He has done . Yea, God can s u f f e r and He d id s u f f e r

when H is Son d i ed . Th e Bib l e says t h a t God i s l o v e . And

b e c a u s e o f H is l o v e He s u ff e r s f o r t h o s e whom He l o v e s .

Our Father did something d r a s t i c to save us . He committed

H is So n to the v io lence o f th e c r o s s . And He committed Him

s e l f to sorrow and s u f f e r i n g as H is Son walked on th e e a r t h and


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a s He hung on t h e c r o s s . So i t i s r e a s o n a b l e t h a t we s h o u l d

e x p e c t someth ing d r a s t i c t o be r e q u i r e d o f u s . An d t h i s i s

what we f i n d . Th e t e ach ing o f J e s u s i n Luke l 4 i s th e g r a v e s t

t e a c h i n g i m a g i n a b l e . I n i t J e s u s c l e a r l y p o i n te d o u t t o t h e

bem^l a r g e crowds t h a t were f o l l o w i n g Him t h e c o s t o f t>ol ra H is

d i s c i p l e . I f anyone c o m e s t o me an d d o es n o t l o v e me more

t h a n h e l o v e s h i s f a t h e r a n d m o t h e r , h i s w i f e a n d c h i l d r e n , h i s

b r o t h e r and s i s t e r , y e s even h i s ow n l i f e , h e c a n n o t b e my

d i s c i p l e . An d anyone wh o does n o t c a r r y h i s c r o s s and f o l l o w

me c a n n o t b y my d i s c i p l e . An d a g a i n , an y o f you wh o d o e s n o t d n

g i v e up e v e r y t h i n g he h a s c a n n o t be my d i s c i p l e . He was t e l l i g g

them t o c o u n t t h e e o s t , a n d H e w as t e l l i n g them w h a t t h e c o s t

wou l d b e . The c o s t was l o v e . I f we a r e w i l l i n g t o p a y t h a t

p r i c e we cam b e f r e e i n J e s u s .

The p r i c e God p a i d w as l o v e . The p r i c e J e s u s p ai d w as

l o v e . An d t h a t s t h e p r i c e we have t o p a y. i/tfe m u s t h a v e t h e

s a m e k i n d of l o v e f o r G o d a n d f or oWchers t h t H e h a s f o r us

W i l l you p ay t h a t p r i c e ?

I n 11 p t . U r educed t o a b o u t 7 p t . ) A t beginning

t h i r d

(The following ar t i c le , part of a continuing ser ies , is th e of seven main

session addresses delivered at the 29th National Missionary Convention in Dodge^ City, Kansas, on the theme Freedom s Price is Sacrifice . he article on the facin

page is the f irst in a series from the Convention workshops.) ^ q,c i O

A t end

Acassette tape of the complete message^ from which this article is^êrptedîs available from Christian Audio Tapes, 888 Corporation Street, Bridê^rt, IL62417. Tapes of other messages delivered a t the National Missionary-C5nwntiona r e a l s o a v a i l a b l e . ,

Mr. Baughman is a missionary in Nigeria, Africa.


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The Land of the Sahara and the Niger

May-June , 1977

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D e a r C h r i s t i a n F r i e n d s :

Ou r t ime draws n e a r t o r e t u r n to N ig er ia f o r our f i f t h term o f s e r v i c e .We fee l blessed indeed to have the pleasure o f such an i n s p i r i n g year o ffellowship among you a l l . We plan to de part fo r Nigeria from the Columbus, Ohioa i r p o r t on Saturday, June 18 th .

We a r e happy--to announce th e a r r i v a l o f K r i s t e n Dawn Champion onMay 28th a t 11:00 a.m. Kris ten weighed 8 l b s . 5 oz . an d h erdaddy a re Judy Baughman) an d Marc Champion. MarcChr is t ian Church, Box 382, Pine Grove, West Virg in ia .

Saturday,proud mommy and

i s t h e minis te r o f t h e

Lisa an d Jane are soon to be graduated from Wilmington High School. Janes t a r t ed to The C inc in na ti Bible Seminary th i s pas t January an d w i l l re turn toCBS th is f a l l . Lisa i s completing plans to go to Kentucky Christ ian Collegeth is fa l l . We ar e happy tha t they have chosen to labor in the Lord s vineyard

We have been s p i r i t u a l l y re f reshed in our t r a v e l s a l l ov er the UnitedSta tes . We spent one week a t East Tulsa Christ ian Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma. In

other meetings we have vis i ted a t th e Bridge Street Church i n C h il li co th e, andth e Sunbury Church in Ohio; Boulder, Colorado; Westhill, Southside and Southwoodchurches in Columbus Ohio; Pine Grove and Paden City in West Virginia and Derbyi n K a n s a s .

are grateful to the Wilmington Church for the ir fa ith ful support e sp ec ia ll y i n pr ovi di ng hous ing for us and ta ki ng c are of a l l the l i t t l e det a i l s tha t make our comings ahTd^goXngs so enjoyable.

The car t ha t you a l l gave so generously towards i s soon to be so ld . Themoney received from th e sale of the car will go towards a new Peuguot stationwagon which Walter Smith is purchasing fo r us in Nigeria,

The Search the Scriptures radio program continues on the air. pray foryour cont inued i n t e r e s t and support to keep i t on the a i r .

The Walter Smith Family will be arriving at the Columbus Ohio airport onJuly 4th. They wil l make thei r home in Butler, Indiana af te r a brief v i s i t withr e l t i v e s

Thfere have been many deaths among the Christians in Nigeria since w lef tthere. Please continue to remember the Nigerian Christians in your prayers andus as we return to our labors in Nigeria for th e f i r s t time without our family.

Yours i n C h r i s t i a n Love,

Don and Marianne Baughman


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The land of the Sahara and the NigerV

OCTOBER 1977

D e a r F r i e n d s i n hr is t

We had a t ru ly good year in th e s t a t e s v i s i t i ng with each one of you and we have manyhappy memories of your love and concern. know tha t you are praying fo r us and formore s o u ls to come to th e knowledge o f Je sus C h r i s t .

May God help us to never forget the value of a soul; To the weak I became weak to wi n the weak. I have become a l l th ings to a l l men so t h a t by a l l poss ib le meansI might save some, I do th is for th e sake of the gospel tha t I may share in i t sb l e s s i n g s , I C o ri n th ia n s 9 : 22 , 2 3.

May we never forget th e virtue of the gospel; I am no t ashamed of th e gospel ofC hr is t: for i t is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth., *Romans 1 : 1 6 ,

May we know t h e v i c t o r y o f love;

I I C o r i n t h i a n s 5 : 1 4 ,

o f C h r i s t c o n s t r a i n e t h

In th is pagan and Moslem land the Search th e Scriptures radio program is indeed al ight shining in th e darkness. Here is an excerpt from a recent l e t t e r : I amhappy God has granted me t h i s opportuni ty to w ri te an d sa y he l lo to you once more.I am a l so thanking Him fo r enabl ing us to remain in the f a i t h . Glory be to Him, I ama l so glad to t e l l you t h a t I was once a s tuden t o f yours . , , and have completed thecourse s ince 1966 an d I got a c e r t i f i c a t e , . . Yo u r very course has led me to goodness,even to the p o st o f th e m in is te r o f r e l i g i o n an d I am now working i n the fo ld fo rC h r i s t . . .

Presen t ly we are h eard o ver Radio Oyo an d Radio Ondo However we j u s t r ece ived wordfrom Radio Oyo tha t a f t e r September 30th a l l re l ig ious programs wi l l be discontinued*C e r t a i n A f r i c a n C h r i s t i a n l e a d e r s a re a t t empt ing t o g e t t h i s p o l i c y changed evenb e f o r e i t can b e i mp le m en te d. We hope to know something o f th e r e s u l t s o f t h e i re f f o r t s t h i s week. In the meantime, p lease pray t h a t we w i l l con t inue to have theoppor tun i ty to preach the gospel on t h is s ta ti o n . We have been on i t s ince l a t e1 9 6 1 .

Good news from Bo b and Connie S h e f f l e r Th e S h e f f l e r ' s a p p l i e d f o r a v i s a toN i g e r i a ove r a yea r ago . When t hey d id n o t r e c e i v e i t t hey came on to L i b e r i a i nWest A f r i c a , Bob w r i t e s t h a t t hey would l i k e to v i s i t us i n Nige r i a a t the en d o f


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this year and January of next year. Please pray that they will be allowed a visitorsvisa and that eventually they wil l be permi tted to work here in Nigeria. They haveone daughter Chris and we ar e certainly looking forward to working with them.

Evangelist Francis Olorunfemi i s s t i l l no t well. One thing is that he has chroniemalaria. He is going to th e hospital today to see th e doctor. Please pray fo r hiscomplete recovery. He m in is te rs t o th e churches a t Egun Tedo and Egan when he i sable. Also his father died the end of July. Brother Joseph was an elder in thechurch a t Egan an d he i s deeply missed.

Camps for th is coming dry season are currently being arranged. We are lookingforward to the Deeper Life Club from the University of Lagos th e l a s t week ofOctober. have been fighting termites in th e gi r l s dormitory, and there is s t i l l

-mucfa-repairr-work to bo done^Presently we haveonly one full- t ime worker to help uscare fo r t h i s ten acres and one part- t ime worker. There i s much preparat ion to bedone during the month of October to make the buildings and grounds habitable. Wer ea l ly miss bro ther Daniel and Stephen both of whom died the year t ha t we werei n the s t a t e s . They both worked he re w ith u s .

Lisa i s se t t l ed a t Kentucky Chris t ian College and Jane i s back a t The Cincinna t iBible Seminary. Judy and MArc and Kristen are t h r i l l ed over recent decisions fo rCh r i s t a t Pine Grove. May His harves t be g r e a t in t h i s coming year

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Wilmington, OH 45177

M r. and Mrs. Donald BaughmanBo x 4 6 , O t t a Ogun. S t a t eN i g e r i a West A f r i c a

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Do n and Marianne Baughman

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