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C H R IS T FO R T H E
A M A Z O N
V A L L E Y
MR. AND MRS. DAVID M. BAYLE5S CAIXA POSTAL
92 6
BEIEM, PARA.
BR ZIL
S P O N S O R
Ridgecrest Christion Church
5300 Eastern Avenue S. E.
Albuquerque, N. M.
87108
March
Newsletter 1977
D ear Chr i s t i an
Fr i ends :
Lots of good news The men we teach have begun a new charch. The
obedience-
oriented practical teaching is paying o ff
I
On
February 20
the
new church met
fo r bhe
f i r s t time, with 10
members
Three married
men
were converted
first.
Besides
these there ar e
two wives, a couple frcan the mother church, a young
evangelist and his mother and
brother.
Two
others
are
to
be
baptized
soon,
I
teach
th e lead er
of
th e
mother church which
we attend. He
teaches sever al
others
in
the church
and gives orientation
to th e men
in the new church.
He
w i l l
teach them to
evangelize
by
going
with them,
then observing
them
as they
teach until they
can go
alone. I t w ill
be their church. They
w ill
be
the
leaders; he w i l l help them. They meet Sunday mornings fo r the Lord s Supper
and
singing
and Wednesday evenings
for
singing
and
prayer.
Th e
church we at tend had 23% growth l a s t
y e a r . There
have been seve ra l con
versions
t h i s year i i f t er
several l e f t to go to th e new church the re a re
a b o u t 50 members.
t
l o o k s f a v o r a b l e
fo r good
g ro wth
th i s
year
The church DaJe tiason helped s t a r t th is wa y l a s t August h as been
growing.
He
i s get t i ng
them,
ready
to go
alone
when he leaves t h i s summer
fo r
a year. Some
o n e w i l l have
t o
t e a ch one o r
tw o
l e ad e r s
each w e e k Ifc rm an M ad du x
wo n th e
man
lie
was
teaching, and another in another part of the
city.
He's
teaching
them, and others through them, and hopes to se e new churches begin in Belem
t h i s y e a r
f One,of
my
main jobs is
preparation
of
material
for teacliing these new leaders
Ve now have 2h p r a c t i c a l
st udi es prepared
a l l oriented toward
obedience with
\
p r a c t i c a l
assignments
i n
c ar ry in g o ut
C h r i s t s
commands. The
goal
is r a i s i n g
^ u p more new
churches
an d
building
up
e x i s t i n g ones.
We've
just added
a
screened-i n back porch t o
our
house.
S u r e i s
going to
be
n ice
We
c a n s i t ou ts ide w i t h o u t ge t t ing b i t
b y m o s q u i t o s .
John
i s doing g r e a t
in
a
r e a ding c o n t e s t in th e
1st
g r ad e. H e s in 3rd pla c e
r igh t
now.
H e s
pret ty
e x c i t e d
Jo a n n e s
in
a
p h y s i c a l
f i tness program
a t
school.
The
kids have
a
f in e C hri st ia n school
taught
in English with
hj.gh
academic
st a n d a r d s.
We are
v er y for tunate
to
have
th i s
s ch o o l
B everly i s baying a used s ew in g m a ch in e to
t e a c h
a neighbor lad y
to se w and
he lp her make some
money.
We t h a n k God fo r
s h o w e r i n g
s o
many
bless ing on
u s . t
i s a
t h r i l l to
b e work
in g h e re iind
t
i s
g r e a t
to
have
so many p h y si ca l b le s si ng s . We n ev er
la c k
anj-thing. four f a i th fu l regular s u p p o r t makes t p o s s i b l e .
Gasoline is
going up 59^ ^
gallon in
a few days
to
2.10,
The
government
is
t rying to
keep consumption down th i s
way. Inf la t ion wa s
50% l a s t y e a r . S a l a
r ies a r e going up 30%
in
I-fey, Alas
In DecCTiber
some
o f our mai l
w as t a k en f rom
m a i l
box n
Albuquerque.
I f
yo u
did not
rece ive a n
acknowledgement
please
w r i t e
our
F o rw a rd in g A g en t.
He plans to acknowledge every g i f t
f o u r s
in
C h r i s t
R W A R D I N C
A G E N T
Fred Bey l e s t
'5300
Eastern
Avenue S.
Ibuquerque.
N. M, 87106
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C H R I S T
F O R T H E A M A Z O N V A L L E Y
MR.
AND
MRS. DAVID M. BAYLESS
CAIXA POSTA L
9 2 6
SPONSOR
Ridg*cr*>t Christion Church
5300 Egs ta rn Avsnuo
S.
E.
Albuqurqu N. M. 8710B
AUGUST 1977 NEWS LETTER
BELEM, PARA. BRAZIL
FORWARDING AGENT
J Frsd
BayUcs
5300 Eostgrn Avnuo S.
E.
Albuqusrqua,
N. M.
87108
D e a r C h r i s t i a n F r i e n d s :
The
men o f
the Agulha
church
have begun
another church
t began the
l a s t o f
May between our town
and
Belem.
Obedience-oriented
pract ical teach ing continues
to
pay
o f f .
There
are two couples
and
two
children so
f a r in th is new church.
Two
months
ago I began
teaching
a man i n
the church
we l e f t
ten
years ago. I
showed him how
to evangelize and
teach
o th ers to
do
i t .
Within 6
weeks he
and a
man
he
taught had
ten
conver ts b apt iz ed and
t h r e e backs l iders
r e s t o r e d .
The f i r s t church t h e men s t a r t e d i n
our
town, i n February, d i d
not grow
f a s t
and
nearly
died. Two men
f e l l
away.
Now
the men
have gotten one back and
are work
ing on the other ,
who
had to choose between h i s
wife
and
Chris t .
All of
this
is done by the
men
(Brazilians).
part
is to enable them. This
way there
i s more growth.
The
Agulha church has had 3 ^ growth the
past
two
years.
I t could be t h i s
o r
more i n the o t h e r church, s i n c e men a re l e a r n i n g
to
evangel ize.
Between the two t h ere a re now ten men
doing
evangelism.
I
teach
four
men,
prepare
m a te ri als to
help them evangelize and teach
o t h e r s
and also evangelize
when I have
opportunity. Lately I v e been teaching
two families
ne ar us.
The
recept ive
c l a s s
i s
mainly
the
poor people, how ever. B ecause
o f
t h i s
difference between us and most people here and dif ferences
in
customs, education,
and
accent we have foimd t h a t i n
most c as es o ur
presence
i s not
h e l p f u l but
d e t r i m e n t a l to evangelism. Working through men, a s the a p o s t l e
Paul
d i d i s pro
ducing
b e tt e r r e su lt s than
doing t
a l l ourselves.
In
th^^Pfint
Shopjwe
now
have 35
small,
simple teaching booklets ready
for
teaching howi^^^^ewsmg^ organize the church deal with all kinds of
problems
teach
o t h e r s
an d
o t h e r
n e c e s s i t i e s . These
s t u d i e s
are o r i e n t e d toward obedience
t o C h r i s t s commands .
Gas
did
not go
up,
as we were told t would; the government backed down.
I t
i s
now SI.57 a gallon. Inflation was 44^ last year. In the
process
the
dollar
is worth
;b
less
(better
exchange for the U. S. dollar). Most things cost twice the U. S.
price,
and many
things
much
more, excep t food.
A S12 electr ic
fan, for example,
i s S66
John begins the 2nd grade t h i s month, and Joanne the 7 t h . Recent ly we had a
five-day
vacat ion
i n a
camper
a t the A t l a n t i c
Ocean
cramped
Then
we took a week
i n
Goias, 500 miles
south o f
h e r e v i s i t i n g the Moreland f a m i l i e s m i s s i o n a r i e s . We
v i s i t e d a spectacular w a t e r f a l l
a s
well
as
these
f r i e n d s .
We
a r e
making a monthly d e ta il ed r ep o rt on progress
an d
growth
i n
the new churches
here,
i nc lud ing o t he r s besides
those
I v e reported on here . I f
you
a re i nt er es te d
i n
receiving
t write
us i n Brazi l . Please
write
anyway Mark p l a i n l y A ir Mail and
310 postage
f o r each ounce. You w rite to us and we w i l l w r i t e
t o
you
Yours i n C h r i s t
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PR S NTIN
David
Beveriy
Bayless, Missionaries
Christ For
The Amazon
Valley
Caixa Postal 926 66,000 Belem, Para , Brazil
Write
to
them
a t
this address Air Mail
only
D a v i d
^ m
Beverly
J o a n n e 12
These Missionaries are Sponsored
by
R I D G E C R E S T C H R IS T I N C H U RC H
5300 E a s t e r n
venue
S. E
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, 87108
Forwarding
Agent
J F R E D B Y L E S S
5300 Eastern Avenue, S. E.
Albuquerque,
N. M., 87108
John
6)
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heW o r k
and Worke r s
David
and
B ev erly B ayless w en t
to
Brazil
in 1959
to join
a
group effort
of
the
C hr isti an C hu rc he s begun
in
1952
by
William
Loft.
Their
work
is in Belem
capital
of the state of
Para
city
of 800,000 people, on the
south
bank
of the Amazon
River
100 miles
south
of th e equator.
Their
work is
threefold involving evangelism leadership
training
and printing of
teaching
materials.
They a re personally
involved in personal
evangelism
and train m en an d women to
evangelize by example
and
tiurough classes. David is
in
charge
of a
print
shop
which exists
mainly
for
producing
materials
for
teaching
leaders to
evangelize
teach
others
and lead
the
churches
Leadership training consists of showing m en how to evangel
ize, b y p er so na l e xa mp le and by giving
them
classes to
teach
the
next step required
a t w h at ev e r sta g e any
m an
has reached
in teaching and leading.
Material
is
prepared
to
teach
profound
truths
of
God s
Word
on
a
very simple
level for
men
of limited education.
They
grasp any
concept
if it is
presented
on a
level
they can
unde r s t and
In
weekly classes m en relate w ha t they have done an d
discuss and plan the next
step
required. They give a
brief
talk
about
the study they
have
done during
the
week and deal
with any problems which have arisen. They get the proposed
solution
in
class
so
they
can
go
back
out
and
apply
it
during
th e week
Th e b as ic principles
followed
are
obedience
and
imitation
motivated
by
love
I Cor. 11:1 .
Al l teaching is obedience-
o ri en te d. N o
one
studies
for study s
sake.
I t
is for the purpose
of taking the next step in obedience to commands of Christ,
to
build the
church
train others to evangelize and raise up
n ew chur ch e s
T h e B a yl ess
family
consists
of
David
and
Beverly
with their
children
Joanne 12 , and John 6 . Support
for
their w or k c om es
from a number of churches classes
w o m e n s
groups
an d
individuals. They
greatly appreciate
the interest prayers and
support
of
these
Christian friends, without
them
they could
not
co n tin u e in
G o d s
w o r k in B razil .
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PR S NTIN
David
Beveriy Bayless, Missionaries
Christ For The Amazon Valley
Caixa
Postal
926 66,000 Belem,
Para,
Brazil
Write
to
them
a t this address
Air Mail only
Joanne
13)
David
John
7)
These Missionaries are Sponsored by
R I D G E C R E S T
C H R IS T I N C H U R C H
5300
E a s t e rn
venueS.
E
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, 87108
Forwarding Agent
J F R E D
B Y L E S S
5300
Eastern Avenue,
S. E.
Albuquerque, N. M., 87108
Beverly
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THE WORK AND THE WORKERS .^2^ 7
David
and
Beverly
Bayless
have
been
working in Belem
the
principal
city
of
the
Amazon Valley In
north
Brazil
since
1959.
The population
of
the
area
is near
one
million.
Their work is evangelism, new church planting, training of
Brazilian leaders in
the churches,
and preparation of
teaching
materials for
these
leaders.
These
materials
are used
in many
parts
of Brazil.
Leadership
training and
new
church
planting consist
of
showing
faithful and obedient
men
how to evangelize in their
home churches and
in new
areas
where they
have contacts.
This includes weekly orientation in
making plans,
as well as
practical Bible teaching.
This
type of evangelism
and teaching
is
called obedience-
oriented education. The
object
of all
teaching
is to enable the
faithful
men to
take the next step
in
obedience
to
Christ s
commands. This
is
resulting
in
greater
growth in
most
of the
churches, and
the establishment of
new churches. Brazilian
men are doing
this,
with orientation from the missionaries.
Studies
on a very
simple
level
are
prepared
in
the
print
shop
which David
directs. These
include
how to tell
about
Christ
how
to
teach repentance, how
to
organize a new
church,
how
to get
other
men to
doing
the
same. They
teach
how
to counsel
people with
many
different
types
of problems, how
to
deal
with error in the church, how
to
deal
with
poverty
how
to teach
a new
Christian
to live
the Christian
life how to
do
the
job
of
elder, and
many
other practical
aspects of
evangelism and new
church planting.
David
and
Beverly
h
two chlltiren: iJoanne
13
and
John
The
family
owns their own home
and plans
to
stay
In Brazil.
They
are
very
happy
to receive
letters and telephone
calls.
Mall letters only by Air marked plainly Air Mail postage 31c
each half-ounce, to Calxa Postal 926 66000 Belem,
Para,
Brazil. c^^^hone you may dial the international operator
direct an3request to be connected to Brazil
092-227-0220
any time on Sunday or after 3 p.m. Central Standard Time
any
other
day.
Several churches,
classes,
and
other
groups, as
well
as
Interested
individuals
support this work.
Without
this support
and prayer
for
God s
guidance
and
help
the Baylesses could
not continue In
this
work for the Lord in Brazil. They express
their thanks to all who help in any
way.
ovember 1977
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