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8/11/2019 Baughman Don Marianne 1987 Nigeria

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JESUS

I S

THE

LIGHT

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Have you ever stepped

out

o f

your

house on

a dark n igh t

and f e l t

something brush aga ins t

your leg

o r foot?

And you know

it i s not your

dog

or

ca t . ^^Vhat

can it

be? You have no

l i gh t

to switch on fo r you

have no e l e c t r i c i t y . So

you begin

to imagine

what it

may have been .

Thi s

happened

to Stephen who

works

fo r

Don and

Marianne

Baughman

in Nige r i a . Stephen i s

a

mason o r

somet imes

ca l l ed

a

b r i ck l aye r .

Tha t

means

t h a t

he

knows

how to

s tack

concre te

blocks

i n to

th e

co r r ec t pos i t i o

and

p u t mor t a r

betv/een them to make a house . S tephen a l so

o pe ra te s th e

lawn mower

and

he lp s us to

do

v /h ate ve r n ee ds

to be

done,

Stephen l i v e s in a sma l l

house

down n ea r th e chape l . About twe lve

f e e t away from th e f r on t door o f

h is little

house

s tands

the t h i ck , l u sh ,

r a in

f o r e s t , S tep he n co uld only

t h ink

o f one

t h ing

t h a t could have

come

out o f th e

f o r e s t .

You

know

what t h a t is

don ' t

you?

Yes

a snake .

Stephen

ho l l e r ed

a t

th e top o f h i s

l ungs .

He

made such no i s e s

t h a t

one o f us thought

he was

ye l l i ng , F i re ;

iUiother t hought he

v/as say ing

Baba

Baba ( f a the r ) . Don and a l l th e othe r men jumped up.

Don

grabbed

snake s t i ck s and all r an

to

Stephen ,

Soon all

th e

men r e t u r n ed t o

ou r house wi th S t ephen , He s a t

down

on the

f l o o r

in

th e

l i g h t o f

th e

a ladd in lamp

and began to

i n spec t

h is

le

and f oo t . He could

f i nd

no

marks o f

any k ind

bu t

he

was c e r t a i n

t h a t a

snake had b i t t e n him Ne to ld him t h a t if something had b i t t e n him he

would

know it But you know

how

s t ro ng o ne 's imag ina t ion

i s

He had

no

pa in .

We kep t him

i n our

house

un t i l

he f e l l as l eep

i n

h is cha i r .

F ina l l y ,

v;e

roused him from

h is

s l eep .

He

woke up l augh ing and

went down

to

his h o u s e ,

But ,

you

know

even

when

he

came

to work in the

mornin g he

was no t

c o n v i n c e d

that a

s n a k e

h a d

not

bitten h i m .

He

said that his foot felt

l i gh t e r

Thi s is

how

it

is

fo r

t hose who do

n o t know Ylho

th e Ligh t o f the

World is We

need J e su s to be

our

L igh t

to

show

u s

th e

way each day

o f

our l i v e s

o r we

wi l l imagine

many

t h ing s . Some o f them may even

happen

to us

if

we do

no t

fo llow th e

Ligh t .

Be sure and

tell

your

f r i e nds t h a t

Jesus

i s the

Light

and

there

i s no

need fo r anyone to

stumble around in

the darkness

THE BAUGHMANS

DON and MARIANNE

MISSIONARIES TO NIGERIA

West

Atrica Chris t ian Mission

Nigeria

West

Africa

FURLOUGH ADDRESS:

35 4

Nozth South

Street

Wilmington Ohio

45177

Phone; 513-382-.6699

Mar ianne

Baughman

NIGERIA West Afr i c a


2/17

NATIVE DOCTOR

This

i s

the t rue

account

of a native

doctor

a pr i es t

of

idols who confessed

to

the t ru th of the gospel on h is death-bed

but

fa i l ed

to rep en t .

Near the coas ta l

fo re s t

swamp in southern

Niger ia

a smal l

vi l lage

nes t les . Palm t rees surround the church

and the houses,

towering over the

inhabitants.

V/ithin

the

half circ le

of

u dwellings

opposite

the

church

l ives

the

native doctor,

and

h is

f lourishing

ido l

temple i s there . \Vhen t r i a l s come upon th e pe op le,

it

i s the native

docto r

to v/hom

they f l e e .

But today

a l l

was

quiet in the idol house.

The witch doctor

lay

dying. He l ay on a mat on th e mud f l oo r in

th e

dark room. The l a s t

rays of s un lig ht c re pt through the

open

doorway in to the

room. Men

and women

hovered

over the sick man. In and out

of

the house

they

went

shaking the i r heads. He asked someone to send

for

Edun the

preacher

a t

the only

church

in the v i l l age .

Edun knel t down beside

the man.

My sons . . . , the old man sa id ,

you

teach

them.

Edun

had

to

l i s ten

carefully.

You

speak

the

t ru th .

You

be l i eve? Edun asked

him,

and th e man

nodded.

There i s

t ime . . .

Edun

began.

The

nat ive doc tor shook h is

head ,

My

l i f e i s over.

You

must teach ...

my

sons.

I wi l l

do

it Edun t o l d h im.

I

have helped no one.

You

wi l l help them to do r igh t .

One

son came in to the

room,

glanced a t h is fa ther and sl ipped h is hand

under

some c lo th ing .

You

take the

moneyl

a

woman

screamed

a t

him.

His

hand

came

out

from under the clo th ing

empty.

He

hur r ied ly l e f t

the

room.

Edun and

the old

man sorrowfully

watched the

son leavq the

se t t ing

sun c a s t

th e young

man s

shadow

ac ro s s th e f l o o r .

My s o n s . . .

The

o ld man

t u r ned

h i s

f ace

to th e wa l l and d i ed .

Today, one son i s fol lowing in h is

fa the r s

foots teps

the i do l

temple

i s

again

f lourishing.

The yoimgest

son accepted

the teach in g of

God s V/ord, th e

B ib l e .

He is

a l e a d e r and

cho i r

d i r e c t o r

i n th e chu r ch .

Marianne

Baughman

NIGERIA, West Af r i c a


3/17

DAY

OF DECIS ION

_

One of

the

l ove l i e s t happenings

one

can

v/ i tness i s

when a person

dec ides

to

give h is

l i f e

to

Jesus .

They

no t

only

know WHO GOD IS , but

they

make

Jesus Lord

of t h e i r

l i f e .

They tu rn

away

from a l l of the

bad

th ings they have been doing and

tu rn

to God and begin

to

do good he lp fu l

th ings . They no

lon ge r p ra y

to the clay

pot ,

t ree or make

offer ings

to

t h e i r i do l s , but they

ask

God to

del iver

them from t h e i r old way of l i f e .

They

want to

be

buried

in water

j u s t

as

Jesus was bur ied

in

the

grave

l eave

all

o f

t h e i r

s i n sand

r i s e up

ou t

o f the

wate r

to

walk

as Jesu s

w a l k e d .

t was a cloudy day

when

some Sango people made decis ions fo r Jesus .

Many

t imes

1

have

been

to

the r ive r , so

today

1 stopped a t my home to

change

my

shoes and put

do^^ the

heavies t books.

1

then hurr ied along

the

path .

t was heavy with

weeds and

undergrowth

and

pineapple

leaves

scratched my legs .

Already

1

could

hear the

people singing,

and children

crashing on ahead

to be f i r s t

a t the watersid e but

1

cou ldn t

see them.

1 was th ink in g of

the

happy occasion and en joying th e cool of

the

overca

sky .

Suddenly, weaving in and around t rees , banana groves,

kola

forest an

t a l l

weeds

tha t

grew

over

my

head,

I

real ized

t ha t

I

must

have

made a

wro

tu rn .

The

fo re s t

i s st rewn v;ith

paths

to l oca l farms, to

the

old

road,

and to dif fe ren t

branches

to v ario us s po ts along the r ive r . I could s t i l

hear

singing in

the distance, but I knew I was fa r ther

away

from

them

instead of

c loser .

Sure

enough I reached a

c l i f f side

above

the water

an

looked

down and sav/ the group. The

forest

was so thick tha t

they

couldn

me

The

evangelist

had entered the water. 1

thought

I

could

s t i l l make

and stumbled down an old overgrown path and was soon los t on a new unso

farm.

Gradually I made

my

way

back to

the

sandy

c l i f f and got

my bearin

se t

towards

home.

By now

the

baptisms

were

taking place.

I made my way

back

to

the

house.

Even

if

1

could

reach

them

now

they

would

be

s t a r t i ng

back. They would

a l l laugh

a t Mommy which

they promptly did

when

they

r e a c h e d the h o u s e ,

I

was f i r s t a t the house, but because

I

had neglected to take

note

of the nev/

paths

and

thought

I was on

the

old, I missed

the

happy

birthda

party of the

new

Christians.

1

learned

not to

take

for

granted things

that I already know but to check up and bQ feure that the way I am taking

i s th e r i g h t one

There are

many paths in this l i fe and i f we don' t

watch the

one we

are

on, i t is

easy to end up in

the

v/rong place.

e

need

to look a t

the

path every day

and make

sure

we are on

the

r ight one

Mar ianne Baughman

NIGERIA, West Afr i ca


4/17

HEAL THE

SICK

Deep

in

the r a i n fo r e s t

of

s ou th er n N i ge ri a

where

the t a l l

t r e e s

mass

in

a lush green canopy there i s a small vi l lage . The square shaped

mud houses

are

arranged

in a

c i rc le making the center of the

vi l l age

the

f ront

yard

fo r most

of

the houses . The i do l temple has

a prominent

p l ace among t hem.

Here

l i ve s

one

old

Baba

( fa the r ) who

be l ieves

t h a t Jesus

i s God s

only Son ^

His

daughter Dorcas,

the only

l iving child of

ten

children,

lay

very

ill

on

her

mat

on

the

f loor . The

old

man

at tempted

to

feed

her .

She

could not ea t the food. He prayed and t r i ed to he lp he r , but

she

only grew

worse . All

o f

the women

worr ied

the

man about

the g i r l ,

Cal l the witch doctor , they sa id , Buy

a

goat and

we

wi l l k i l l it fo r

a s a c r i f i c e .

They bel i eved t h a t

if th ey o ffe red th is s ac ri f ic e

t h a t

the dev i l

would

hea l the g i r l .

On th e Lord s day a

young man

ar r ived in th e

v il lag e to hold

serv ices in the church.

He

went to

the

house of the Baba fol lowed by

many

o f

th e peo ple .

Dorcas saw

th e young man en t e r th e

house

and

she

t r i ed to

r i se . But

she fa inted and f e l l

back,

and eve rybody ran away.

All bu t he r f a t he r

and

th e

young

man.

They

tended he r gen t ly ,

I s

t h e re

no one

to

whom we

can go?

th e o ld

f a t h e r

a sked ,

There i s a miss ionary who has

helped

us be fore . But

he

i s

severa l

miles away. wi l l go fo r t he m i ss ion ar y , t he young man dec ided

Send someone with me. Boreas mother made ready to

go.

Under

the

blaz ing t r op i c a l sim they walked th e th ree mile s ,

Ekasan (Good af ternoon) they

were

gree ted

by Don and

Marianne

Baughman. Mama

smi led and

th e

yoimg man i n t roduced he r ,

The

daugh t e r

o f

Baba is

ill

Can

s h e w alk ?

Don a s k e d ,

N o ,

She fainted when

s h e tried

t o stand

1 wi l l come, Don t o ld them. gave them

food

and d r ink and

Don

drove them to th e v i l l age

over

th e bad ly shredded road . He brought

Dorcas b ack home v/i th him and

took he r

to a doc t o r

the

nex t morning.

The

medic ines s en t back with he r were

fo r

dysen te ry ,

i n f ec t i on ,

mala r i a ,

and malnu t r i t i on .

Her

mother s ta ye d w ith he r , and fo r

one

week she

was

able

to

dr ink

an

egg nog th ree

t imes

a day

and

take the requi red medicat i

As

she s tead i ly improved many prayers of

than lcs were offered to

God.

Her f a t h e r

came

to visit r egu l a r l y .

The

o ld

man

went

happ i l y

back

to

h is v il la ge

to h arv es t

h is

c rops

t e l l i ng everyone t h a t h is daughter i s ge t t i ng wel l . The people j u s t

laughed

a t him. Had

he

no t r e fu sed to s a c r i f i c e to th e

i do l s ?

Now th ey a re no lo ng er la ug hin g,

fo r Dorcas

i s walking

among

them.

Marianne Baughman

NIGERIA,

West

Afr i c a


5/17

MAGIC

CHARMS

behind our house thick rain

forest

stretches up

into

a

i l l iant blue sky. Small farms surround our

ten

acres of trees. Farmer

f?

^

vegetation

during the dry

season before

weeding ^ digging hoeing, planting and

On day a young man

came

running through the forest

to

our house.

A

snake. he

exclaimed

when he saw Don.

v/here? Don

asked

as

he reached

for

the

snake

st icks.

. . father s farm. Come. We a l l followed down the narrow

winding path, through the lush vegetation that covers the forest floor,

imder a flourishing kola forest, into a small clearing.

The

hoy s father stood guarding the snake. A Gaboon Viper, thoueh

deadly^when i t strikes, is

a docile snake.

It

lay under the leaves

beautifully camouflaged unaware of

the turmoil

going on around i t

I t was

a simple matter for

Don

to

lay

the stick

on

the snake s head

and

pick

i t

u

V^here i s your

magic? the

farmer asked Don.

I have no magic. The man

laughed,

not believing.

I t

is true.

Come to my house and s ee

V/hy does it not bi te

you?

I am^holding i t s head. I t can t bite

anyone. I t

is a docile

snake

and only bi tes v/hen

it

i s hungry

or

trapped.

\7here is^your magic? Don asked the farmer knowing that he usually

carr ied a special chaimi when going to his farm.

I l e f t it a t home . Everybody laughed a t th is

V^hy do

you

come to

your

farm without your charm? Won t the snake

b i te

you?

t

no b i t e me because I have cha rm

You

bring your charm and

come to my

house.

I vdl l

turn

the

snake

loose and

we

wi l l see what your

charm

can do,

The farmer

laughed.

Don t turn it loose, he said. We a l l laughed

and

began

to le av e

Come

tomorrow,

Don

sa id

Don t

forget

your

charm.

I t

i s

a

mighty charm tha t can

protect you when you leave

it a t

home?

The

f a rm e r

n e v e r c ame

Marianne Baughman

NIGERIA, West Af r i c a


6/17

NIGER IA

WEST A FR IC A

WEST

AFRICA

CHRISTIAN MISSION

3>oi

March

1 , 1 98 7

Dea r e s t F r i e nd s ,

G r e e t i n g s in ou r

Lord

and Sav i ou r J e su s C h ri s t

New Year ' s Eve: Don f e l l playing t enn i s

with

Marc in

Lexington NE No he d idn ' t break a leg. He received a

footbal l

pointer in

his

good leg.

Since that

time

the pointer

seems to have healed but pain returned

to

the

r ight leg.

He

i s

p r e s e n t l y und e r

a doctor s

c a r e .

In

January

we

r epo r t ed

t o

th e

L in den an d

Beechwold

Churches

o f

Chr i s t in Columbus

Ohio;

Fa i r f i e l d in Lancas te r ,

and th e

church

a t

Pickerington

Ohio.

Don also reported to the Young

a t Heart

a t

Jamestown Ohio

spoke in

chapel

a t

Johnson Bible College

and

a t a Ved. eve service a t

the

church in Wilmington.

We

were a l so

in

Ohio

in

February: th e Fi f t h Ave. church

in

Lancaster Ohio; Ves th i l l

in

Columbus; the Edgerton Ohio

church ;

Grove Ci ty ;

and

Lockland

church in

C in c i nn a t i . Don

attended Hissions

Emphasis Week

a t

Cincinnat i

Bible

College and

p resen t ed

a

workshop The Changing World In Which

We Live .

March 5-8

F i r s t

Chr i s t i an Church ,Freder i ck ,Md. , Fa i t h

Promise

March

11-15

E as t Tu lsa

Chr i s t i a n

Church

Okla .

March

22

F i r s t Chr i s t i an Church Derby

KS

March

24

Lincoln

Chris t ian

College

chapel

March 28 ,29

Church

o f Chr i s t , Water fo rd , Ohio

Apri l 1

Dal las

Chris t ian Colle ge c ha pe l

Apr i l 5

Church of

Chr i s t , Wilmington Ohio

We must l eave fo r

Niger ia

on Apr i l 7 th

to renew

our

Residence

Permits. Please pray our permits wil l be renewed eas i ly and

speed i l y . The

Lord

wi l l i ng , we wi l l

r e t u rn

to th e S t a t e s

in

May.

are looking

forward

to being in DVBS th is

summer and

being

with

you a t

the

N TION L

MISSION RY

CONVENTION

in

Memphis

Sept.

20-23 . . ..all

t h a t

God

doe s endu r e s forever...Ecc 3 . 14 .

You r s ,

Don and Marianne Baughman

We s t

Africa

Christian

Mission

3 5 4

North

South

Street

Wilming ton , Ohio 45177


7/17

We s t Africa

Christian Mission

354 North Sou th Street

Wxlmington,

Ohio 45177

J u n e

1

1987

De a r Friends

in

Christ

a re thankful to repor t

t ha t our

journey

to

Niger ia

and

back

was

success fu l .

were gran ted

Residence

Permi t s

fo r two more

years in

Nigeria.

know

t ha t

t h i s

i s the re su l t of

the

prayers of a l l of you concerned f r iends . Thank you Also, Don's

back and l egs a re much improvedanother r e s u l t

o f

your praye r s .

He c o n t i n u e s treatments wi t h a d o c t o r i n Cincinnati.

a re

sorry to

t e l l you tha t

Arthur Merkle,

minis ter of the ^

Church

o f Chr i s t here in Wilmington,

had

a hea r t a t t a ck on Apri l

7th. On May 4th he underwent t r i p l e by-pass surgery a t

Kettering

Medical Center. He

i s

present ly a t home

a t

395 Curt is

Drive,Wilmington,Ohio

45177,

and the

doctors

are optorais t ic .

Please keep

Arthur

in your prayers, and drop him

a

l ine of

encou r agemen t .

Our summer

J une

7

J

une

8 19

J une

11 26

J une

28

J u l y

3 11

J u l y

14 17

J u l y

19

J u l y

26 31

Aug. 2

Aug. 3

Aug.

9

Aug.

12

Aug.

1 6

Aug.

21

as

follows:

Sou thwood Chu rch o f Ch r i s t Columbus Ohio

Mar i anne

at

DVBS

Wilming ton

Ohio

Don will b e

on a

B i b l e

Land Tou r

Nicho l s on Ch r i s t i a n Church Independence Ky .

DVBS at

Ch r i s t i a n

Chu r ch

i n W ein e r A rk .

Nor t h Amer ican Ch r i s t i a n

Coven t ion Oklahoma Ci t y

Oklahoma

B e ll a V i s t a

Ch r i s t i a n

Chu r c h G a r la n d

Texa s

Mis s ion s

Week

at Lake J ames Ch r i s t i a n Assembly

Angola

I nd i ana

Huber

Heights

Chris t ian Church, Vandalia, Ohio

F l igh t to

Por t l and

Oregon

F i r s t Ch r i s t i a n Church Newpor t , Oregon

Fl igh t to

Lincoln ,

Nebraska

F i r s t Chr i s t i a n Church , Lex ing ton Nebraska

F l i g h t t o Dayton Ohio

Please

keep the

National Missionary

Convention in your

prayers,

The dates are September 20-23 , Memphis

Tennessee.

This

i s

eternal

l i fe

that

they

may know

Thee .. .and Jesus

Chris t . . .

I n Christian

love

Don and Mar ianne Baughman


8/17

HOUSING

Some

exce l len t

a cc om o da tl on s a re

In Memphi s ho te ls and motels.

e conv en t i o n

has

r oom blocks a t f ive

t h e s e

facilities,

Including:

Holiday

inn

ROWIM plaza, a

brand

beau ti fu l ho te l, wh ich will serve as

e

conven t ion Headqua r te r s

Hotel.

It is

t o

t h e c on ve nt io n c e nt er

Is 67.00 a night,

plus

tax, fo r a room

one

to

four

persons.

Sheraton

Memphis

Hotel,

Is one block

t h e conv en t i o n c en t e r Pr ices are :

55.00

fo r

one

o r two

60.00 fo r t h re e o r

four

(plus tax)

Ramada Hotel,

is six blocks from th e

cente r

Pr ices

are :

50.00 fo r one

or

tw o

58.00 fo r three

or

four (plus

tax)

C oa ch H ou se

is

a bo ut o ne mi le

f r om

e

conven t ion

c en t e r Pr ices

are :

28.00 fo r

one person

53.00

fo r

tw o (plustax)

Coach

and

Fou r

is ab ou t o n e mile

th e

conven t i on cen t e r

Prices

are:

25.00 fo r one person

28.00 fo r

tw o

(plus

tax)

und e r 18 a re f re e in r oo m w it h

Th e room ta x is almost 13

per

F re e p ark in g

excep t a t Crowne

Plenty

of

parking a t the conven

cen t e r f o r a small charge.

To

make your r es e rv a ti on you

need

ge t

a

housing form

from

th e

Mis

convention.

To do

tha t write:

IONAL MISSIONARY CONVENTION BOX

,

COPELAND KS

67837, or call

316/

EXHIBIT

SPACE

A

huge exhibi t area

is

available

In

Memphis. The

exhib it a rea

will be

located

r igh t n ex t to th e main s e ss io n area.

There

will b e

a s o u nd

wal l

b e tw e e n

b u t it

Is

easily

accessible to peop le a tt end ing .

Some

meal

funct ions

will also take place

In

t h e

exh ib i t

a r ea

Exhibi t

con t r a c t s will b e s e n t o u t

about January 1987. If

you

want a

contract, and

you

are

not

on

the

Mis

sionary

Convention mailing list, send

your r eques t

t o t h e address below.

-StarS,^_

sometning

INFORMATION

Fo r information about a ny a sp ec t of

th e Memphis convention

or

future Mis

sionary Convent ion

write:

NATIONALM ISSIONARY CONVENTION

BOX 11, COPELAND KS 67837

o r

cal l :

316 / 6 6 8 5 259

HIGH

PlAINSPUeuSH ERS.INC,DODGE

CITY

YOU CAN T

AFFORD

TO

MISS

THE

40TH

NATIONAL

MISSIONARY

CONVENTION

SEPTEMBER

20-23,1987

e

ITENTION

ENTER

MEMPHIS

TENNESSEE


9/17

MEMPM

Mu d

I s l and

Co n v e n ti o n Ce n t e r

J a c k s o n

SCONVEMON

CENTEn

v rS l IOBSCE^TEO

Unaen

Vance fn

McLemore

So. ParkwayW

Memphis

Map

EEnEiEzaz r

> i

Don

Baughman will be President

of

the

Memphis

convention. He grew up in

Columbus, Ohio, g ra du at in g f rom Cin

cinnati

Bible

Seminary in

1954.

He also

t oo k g r ad u a te work there and a t tended

the Summer

ins t i tute

o f Lingu is ti cs i n

Norman, Oklahoma. Don and hi s wife,

Marianne, became a par t of

th e

wes t

Africa Christ ian Mission

in

1955 an d w e n t

o ut t o Nigeria

on the

s .s . Afr ican Dawn in

1956. They are the paren ts o f four

daughters ,

ail born in

the

I950 's: Ruthie,

Judy,

Lisa and J ane .

Ruthie

died in Africa

o f an u n k n o w n d i s ea se w hen sh e w as

sixteen.

The Baughmans,

a long

with thei r

fe llow workers,

have been

endeavor ing

to

pioneer

th e

establishment

o f

mis

sionary churches

in

Africa's

m ost po p

ulous

n a ti onchur ch e s r ea c hi n g

o u t

t h rough love into

thei r

communit ies to

save t h e los t , r e ach ing o u t i n t o

neighbor ing nations, and into the

u t

te rmost par ts of the ear th.

Twenty- four o t he r overseas mis

sionaries,

twelve

Nor th Ame ri ca n

mis

sionaries, twelve USA ministers,

and

six

Bible

College Mission

Professors will be

wor ki ng w it h

Don on

th e

convent ion ' s

Continuation

Commit tee

to

plan th e

Memphis

convent ion.

A CALL TO

WORLD

EVANGELIZATION

IN OUR

GENERATION

We

now

have o p po rt un it y t o

mor e

people

with th e Gospel than

before

in

th e

history

of

th e

w

Wh e th e r

w e

do r e ach

t h em

o r n

going to depend on how serious w

about obeying the

Greatcommiss ion

Nearly tw o and

a half billion p

h av e n ev e r h ad

a c h a n c e t o

hea

Gospel. Over 17,000

p eo p le g ro u p

virtually untouched in nations ail

t h e

w o r l d. C h u r c he s

in

th e

W e s t e r n

spend 95% o f t h ei r funds (and perso

o n d om esti c purposes,

4V2

on e

l ished

miss ion

w o rk

in o t h e r

cou

and

Vi of 1% o n u nrea ch ed pe

g r o u p s .

But there is a

growing

concer

some

places

a rapidly

g row ing con

to g e t

on with

th e

job.

At

th e

Miss

Convention in Memphi s t hi s

will b

of

the

featured

highlights, and, hop

it

will

c o n t i n u e t o

b e a t

o t h e r

f

Missionary

Conventions.

How

ca n

yo

more

effective

in reaching t hose

have

n e ve r h ea rd ?

How can

your

c

b e c o m e

invo lved in r e ach in

unreached peoples group? Wha

o the r individuals,

churches,

and

g

doing?

You will make th e

difference

c an h elp evan gelize the world in

generation


10/17

40th National

Missionary Convent ion

Sep t embe r 20 23 , (Sunday

Through

Wednesday) ,

1987

Memphis, Tennessee

Convent ion

Center Complex

Theme :

The Chr i s ti an ity o f

th e Here

and iYoiv

DON BAUGHNAN,

President

na t iona l

Missionary

Conv.

Missionary

to Nigeria.

Sunday

evening

speake r

6:00

p .m.

message on

T he

Christianity

o f th e Here

a n d

Now

JA ME S S TR AU SS . Linco ln Ch r i s t i a n

College, Lincoln, Monday Eve

Message

T h e P ro fo un d

D a rk n es s o f

th e He r e

an d

Now

ROGER THOMAS, Mini st er D e ka lb , Il

linois.

Morning Bible Exposition

Monday,

Tuesday,

Wednesday from The Sermon

on

th e

Mount , The

Pursuit Of

The Kingdom:

L if e i n Two Wo rl ds

GERALD G IB SON . M id -s ou th Chr is t i an

college,

Senatobia,

MS Tues.

aft

message

Shining Like

Stars

in t he P re se nt Uni

v e r s e

ART

MO RR I S ,

Mis

s iona ry ,

India .

Wed

n e s d a y

a f t e r n o o n

message

Al l

The se

Things fo r th e Present

Age.

D AV ID E UB AN KS .

Johnson

Bible College,

Knoxv i i i e ,

TN.

Wed.

e ve ni ng me ss ag e T he

Eterna l Kingdom

of th e

Here a n d Now.

DAVID F ILBECK , M is si on ar y,

Thailan

Monday

af ternoon

message

The Treasur

and

Pearl

fo r

t he P r es ent

Age

MICHAEL STANELY.

Missionary, Sout

Africa. Tuesday

evening

message

Th

Great Light in

th e

Here an d Now


11/17

The view from a

far country

The Changing Times in Which

Live

By DON

BA

UGHMAN

SINCE

leaving

for West Afr ica

as

a

missionary

more than th ir ty years

ago,

one

of

th e most important

and frequently

asked

questions I have

had

when on

leave ha s been,

How

have things changed?

I think,

understandably, those

who

as k expect a good and

pleasant

answer.

Bu t

I

suspect

that

th e answer

is

rea lly no t a simple one, and not a lways good and

pleasant.

Illusion

of progres sSome years ago, a certain

rather remote

village in Africa

had

a paved road . It

gave the village

an appearance

of progress

and

well-

being. I

was not r ea ll y acqua in ted

with life

in

this

village.

Then one day th e

government

put a

paved

road through a village I was very

familiar

with. It

gave it th e same

appearance

of progress and well-

being the

other vil lage had.

Bu t

I

knew there was

little progress and

not

much well-being among the

people here. They were illiterate, poor, and miserable

and still worshiping the same idols those before them

had

worshiped.

For

me,

the

road

in t he

village I

was

unacquainted with had

created an illusion.

In America today there is much to create such an

illusion. We see so much progress in so

many

different

areas that we

tend to think

things ar e really going

quite

nicely. Wedo

not dream

that

in any

sense

things

could be going backwards.

But

we

must

look beyond

outward appearances

and

seek a ful ler picture of

things in order

to

see

th e makeup of th e

society in

which we live. With prayer and shared love for al l we

can work for good

changes

to come in th e

America

we

love.

The his tory we

ar e

makingWe

Christians today

need

a sense

of

where

th e wor ld i s and where

we

a re

i n t he world. I use th e term,

th e

world, in

th e

Bibli

c a l s ens e I mean

men

and wome n o n

t he i r

own wi th

ou t

God,

and

their

ways

and

means.

We

need

to know

where

that

world

is,

and what

is believed

and

what

is

happening in that world-and not justwhat is happen

ing in

the kingdom of God.

This

may

give

us an idea of

what

is

likely

to

happen

to us

and

to

our children

within

th e

wor ld o fmen. These are

our

times, and

to

live

i n t hem we need a little

sense

of

history.

Our

times ar e

revolutionary-times

of fundamental

Don

Baughman,

missionary with West Africa Christian

Mission, served as president

of

th e

1987

National

Missionary

onvent ion

Page

Four

(884)

change within

society.

The

winds

of

change

are

sweep

ing

th e

inhabited

world-sometimes

good,

sometimes

bad,

sometimes

a mixed blessing.

Foundations of materialism: indus try and agricul

tureTwo extremely

important

changes

bringing

mixed blessings have been

the

industrial and agricul

tural revolutions. By

th e

1850 s

th e

industrial revolu

tion

had

become widespread in

t he northeas te rn

United

States.

Historically speaking,

th e

industria

revolution is of

recent origin.

From th e standpoint o

our

lives

it is ever accelerating.

In th e

year 1900 there

were

virtually

no

automo

biles in America

and

no roads as

we

know roads today

Now we

live in

a

totally

automobile-oriented society

Industry

recently

got a giant assist from technology

in

the form

of

th e

computer. And the computer even

more recently got a

similar

lift through

the

develop

ment

of

the micro-chip-which

revolutionized

th e

computer itself. At the beginning of the industria

revolution machines t ook over

the

work o f

our hands

In fact, machines d id more

than

that. Much more

For

machines began to do things hands never did

And machines

did,

and

do today, things

that hand

could

never

do, more efficiently

and

in th e twinkling

of

an

eye. Recently,

machines

through

the

computer

took overmuch

of th e

work

of ou r

minds. Even though

a computer cannot think, it does massive work on

behalf

of

th e

human brain.

Men could not

have

gone

to t he

moon

without the work

the

computer

did.

In

the

1890 s, 90 percent of

the

people in

the United

States

lived

in rura l

communit ies

and on

farms

When

I was growing up as a boy, if a farmer raised 20

to 30

bushels

ofcorn per acre on

his

farm, he could

ge

along. Today 120 to 130 bushels ofcorn

per

acre would

not

be exceptional. In the America of today, less than

4

percent

of th e people live on farms. The rest,

begin

ning i n t he 1890 s

have

come into t he urban centers

This

has

contributed

to

important

sociologica

changes

in

American life.

Farming

recently

came

to

the point

of zero tillage.

Most of th e

beautiful

corn grown around th e town

where we live when on leave is grown without

tilling

the soil The farmers

of

even the 1930's l iv ed on farm

of

another

age.

They

did

not

live and produce on farm

of

th e present

age.

The

increasing

industrial and agricultural

chang

and

advance in Amer ica have es tab li shed the founda

tion

for a society

that

goes

far

beyond

mere thinking

CHRISTIAN

STANDAR


12/17

p

u

and

dreaming about mater ia li sm.

This

foundation

has

made

it possible, for

the

first

time in

history, for a

vast society to practice a materialistic

way

of life. It is

a society

increasingly

uninterested

in

God

and

spiri

t ua l

values

In

Africa today, in contrast,

there

is no

agricultural

revolution.

It

takes a very high percentage of the peo

ple (including

al l

family members) to raise

th e

needed

food. Often, there is

not

enough.

Scientific and technical changeOne of the impor

tant

ideas in science today is the theory of evolution.

In 1925, in

the

famous Scopes' Monkey Trial, John

Scopes, a public school teacher, was arrested and later

fined for

teaching th e theory

ofevolution in Tbnnessee

public schools contrary to state law. John Scopes, the

evolutionist, lost his trial, bu t today

Christians

are

struggling to gain th e right to have

creationism

taught alongside the theory of evolution in public

schools.

arwin

Science now teaches that living beings have come

from non-living matter by abiogenesis (spontaneous

generation).

Abiogenesis

is not true. It

cannot

be dem

onstrated. Nevertheless, all life is said to have pro

ceeded from one point. Viruses, bacteria, plants,

and

animals

are all interrelated

and

come from exactly

the same point. Fish were th e first backboned

animals

to develop. Amphibians came from the fish, reptiles

from th e amphibians,

and

both th e birds

and

th e

mammals (this includes you and me) developed from

the reptiles.

You

may not like my friends the reptiles,

but what

modern science is telling us is

that

our for

bears werereptiles. The theory ofevolution attempts

to explain

the

creation of man without the necessity

for God. This is the science being

taught

in our

schools today. There could have been no more signifi

cant

change in so short a time.

for

September

27.

1987

The Moon,

1969

I was

born in

th e

1920's.

We lived in th e tim e then

when only the cows went to the moon. Men go to the

moon today, but back in th e '20's it was only

the

cows

tha t

knew how

to

do

it Men

di d

not

Now we are in

the age

of space. We live in

the

age of

man

on

th e

moon. And th e incredible thing about it is: when man

went

to

th e

moon,

millions

sat in th e comfort of their

living rooms and watched

him pu t

his foot on the

oon

The Tower

Then they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a

tower

that

reaches to the heavens, so

that

we may make a

name for ourselves an d not be scat te red over th e

face

of th e

whole ea r th .

Butthe Lord came down to see the city and the tower that

the men were building. The Lord said, If as one people

speaking the same language they have begun to do this,

then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

Come, let us ... confuse their language (Genesis 11:4-7,

New International

Version).

Medical-social changeWe live in a

time

of medical

revolution. In Africa and in the world smallpox has

been eradicated. Leprosy, tuberculosis, and poliohave

bee n dea lt sev ere blows. We live in a

t ime

of new

medical knowledge and new medicines.Not long ago

doctors had very few medicines. Then came

the mira

cle drugs. Billions are being poured into research and

the

development of new medicines today. There are

new

surgical

procedures (heart

transplants,

joint

transplants, etc.) and new equipment for the diagno

sis an d treatment of disease.

Doctors

an d their medi

cal partners, th e

scientists

and the medical technolo

gis ts , have

revolutionized medicine.

But, unfortunately,

the

doctor

has

also revolution

ized himself, for he will

treat

the disease ofyour child

within th e

womb, or

he will snatch

it from th e womb

for

death,

whichever you prefer The African witch

doctor does not exceed th is

When

did

this begin? I t just began The exact date

wa s

January,

1973.

Abortion kills more

than

1.5 million children a year

in the United Sta tes. It k il ls

the

equivalent of the

population of

the

city of

Houston

or

the s ta te

of Ne

braska every year. Abortion is as Americanas apple

pie said one U.S. senator. Muchof the leadership of

the women's liberation movement supports abortion.

How did we come so far? A few men in America, over

night, changed our society. As jurors , they found

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15/17

Marianne Baughman

September,

I98

Missionary to N ig eria , A fric a

ilnsv/ers to Frequent Questions

How

did

you know

God

wanted you

to

be a

missionary?

I gave

my

self to Jesus when I realized

that Jesus died

for me.

V/hile attending

classes

at Cincinnati Bible Seminary

my

husband

Don

and

I worked in

the basement

of a

tenement building

in downtown Cincinnati

with

colored children.

The

children

were eager and delightful

to

work

with. During this time we participated in the first

inter-racial c^p

in

the

area. This work,plus all the returning missionaries we heard

telling about their work interested us very much. We

knew

Jesus woras^^

by

heart: Go

ye into

all the

world and

make

disciples of

all nations.

Go

ye meant

me.

I

knew that

God was talking

to

me

I

saw

the nee

fo r

miss ionar ies in Afr ica

and

Jesus

had

sa id

Go.

How d id you f ind

out v/here to go?

We

listened

to a

lo t

of

missionaries

from Tibet, India, Africa,

Philippines, Japan even studied the Japanese language 0^^ year.

During this time we joined the V/orld ?/Iission Volunteers at CBS.

we

v/anted to go but did not know where. Africa seemed to be the place tna

God put into

our

herts. We

had experience

in Cincinnati

and

knew tha

we could work with black people. Color

made

no d if ference to us as we

had both been in school

with

v/onderful black friends.

V e he^d

from

Bob Mills in South Africa tha t he was get t ing l e t t e r s from Nigeria lo r

his correspondence courses. We took one

step at

a time and the Lord

le d

us

th e

way.

Did

your

church help

you

in

any

way?

Our home

church took Don s

living-link

support immediately

after

his ordination. Other churches quickly

picked

up my and Ruthie and

Judy s support.

We were off

to a good

start.

We travelled

many

miles

for

almost a

year

to raise the needed travel and operating expenses.

We

made many

friends during

that

time who are so dear to us now. t

was a lo t

of

work travelling before

the

expressways v/ere put in , but

t was

wo r t h t

V/hat i s your main job as a

missionary?

My

main job through

the

years has been

my

family. ^

However,

in

I962 we began

Bible

Correspondence Courses

in Nigeria.

I do a l l the office work involved typing

stencils, duplicating

lessons

grading and mailing lessons and literature. V e nov/ offer three courses:

Bible Doctrine, Studies in Acts and

Studies

in James. 1 ha.ve

become

acquainted with many of the

students personally.

Some

who

study with us

come to

us and are baptized.

One

teacher

is

now an evangelist

who

supports himself in his ministry. I

have

SSi\RCHi:


16/17

r>iarianne Baughma}i

Ansv.'ors

t o F requent Ques ti on s page 2

V.Tiat

are sone o t h e r th ings you do as

a

missionary?

I am a s e c r e t a r y to my husband I answer a l l

correspondence

t h a t

i s possib le , I*ve been a

homework

helper

to my childreno I v e picked

endless

rocks out

of the r i c e

to feed

my brood and

v i s i t o r s

who are

frequent . I sev^ed a l l

of

the g i r l s clothing when they were v/ith us,

VJhen the

v/ater

i n

the

house

runs

out

I

c a l l

f o r

help to

pump

water

from

the

cistern

into

the up tank. I f no one is available, I pump

the^water.

When

I carkt get

the

kerosene

refr igerator to

work I

PRAY.

Sometimes

I have

to

wash

a l l

our

clothing

by

hand.

And after camps I sometimes

have to

clean

the l a t r i n e .

As one

missionary says, V/e must clean

those

la tr ines with grace. Also, I t ravel to the River with my husband

t o v t t h e c h u r c h e s

v/hat

are

some good things t h a t

have happened

to you as a missionary?

I think the

best

thing that has happened

to

me i s

witnessing

the

new bir th of many Nigerian people we have taught, learned

to

love,

to

Icnow

as f r i e n d s and to l e a r n from them. Friends are the b est th ing

God can

give us,

e a l l

need

f r iends , e

have

friends

here i n

the States ,

in

Nigeria

and in Europe, These

friends

have been

through

the hard times

of our l i f e with us

and

our

l i v e s

have been

made f u l l e r by praying together

worshipping together, and having fellowship. God has supplied^us with

generous Christian people who love Him and who care about t e l l i n g people

a l l over the world

about

Jesus Christ , So, my answer to t h i s question

i s

PEOPLE

I There are good, generous, kind people v/herever we go who

share t h e i r l i v e s with

us

God's r i c h e s t

e a r t h l y

blessing-

Have you ever been i n

danger

as a missionary?

During

the Nigerian

c i v i l

war

therq

were

road

b locks along

a l l

the

main

roads. Soldiers

manned

these

check

points.

They were

sometimes

drunk

and handled t h e i r weapons csirelessly,

vThen

we

had

to

drive

through

these

check points we a l l prayed.

Once Don

had our car counter-manded

by

the

m i l i t a r y .

He

had

taken medicines and

food t o the

churches i n the Cross

River, The army o f f i c e r

ordered him to

stop

(possibly

h is

o^wn vehicle

had

broken down), climbed

i n

and ordered

Don

t o

t a k e

him

some p l a c e on

the

other side

of the

r i v e r .

Don had to obey which meant

crossing

the

r iver bj^ ferry in the dark, then turning around and

coming

back. During

one s t a t e of emergency Don met a flam ing road blqck and had

to

reverse

the car quickly to get away from the

f i r e

r/ y own dangers have been

minimal once a snake f e l l from our bedroom c e i l i n g onto my bed and

another time the oven of my s tove blew up s ingeing my h a i r .

I s

t h e r e

any

way

v;e

can

h e l p

you

t o

do

a

b e t t e r

job?

Yes, please nray f o r

us

every day

t h a t we v/ i l l

be able t o meet the

needs o f a l l the people

who come t o u s .

Pray w e l l have menta l and

physical strength

to do

a l l that needs to

be

done.

Pray also

for^the

Nigerian Christ ians t h a t they

v/ill

be strong when tempted by the i d o l a t e r s .

P r a y f o r s o u l s t o

be

won t o J e s u s

Once a

month

you

could

t ake t u r n s

v / r i t i n g

a

l e t t e r t o

u s . Please

i n c l u d e

your

church paper a l s o . This w i l l keep us inform ed about your

church family and help us to become

acquainted with

you personally even

though we a r e

t h o u s a n d s

o f m il e s away

God b l e s s y o u .


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