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TH
L V N ,A
T
W R
In
1956 an
interdenominatiojaaJl
missionary and hip; co-wor
kers,
went into
a
small community in
easte rn
Cagayan and
through
various means, split
one
of
our
act ive Churches,
taking
with
them
quite .a
large
number of our
Church
members .
They
then
called one of their active preachers to minister
to
their newly
formedgroup. During
the 1957-58 schoolyear, one of
our
students
visited
that
village each week-eiid to
minister
to the
small
group
of
remaining
faithful brethren.
He became wel l acquainted
with
the
preacher of
the
interdenominational
group, and
had
many
friendly
discussions with him
=
concerning
the New
Testament
Church.
Just
after school was out a year
ago,
this man, Nicanor
Grane ta made
known
h is in te ntio n to r en ou nc e d en om i na tio na l
ism
in all
i ts
forms and become a simple New Testament Christ
ian.
He
was
immersed
along
with
his
family
and eleven
^members
of the
Church to which he had
min i
s tored; and mos t of
the
bre th
ren
who had been led as t ray when
the Church
was
split,; returned
to
the fold. Bro. Graneta, although nearly 50 years of age, en
tered the Aparri
Bible
Seminary las t
J\me to
begin the
first
for
mal
t raining he has ever had .
Two
weeks
ago,
during the con feren ce
of
a
denominational
group here in
Aparri ,
Bro. Graneta invited one of the
delegates,
a lay
preacher ,
who
was
h is r el at ive,
to
stay
with
him in
our
boys ' dormi tory . By the t ime
the
conference was over , Bro .
Graneta
and others
had
talked with him
enough
concerning
New
Testament
Christianity
that he was ready to
renounce denomi-
na tiona li sm a lso .
He
asked Bro. G raneta to accompany him to
h is home in Isabela , where
he
was baptized
along with
four
others ,
and
a t
l eas t
fourteen
more were
to be
baptized
the fol
lowing Lord 's
Day. Bro.
Fernando Pas tor was already busy
in
that town establishing
a new Church, and th is is going to be a
grea t
boost
to
that work. Here- is an example of
how New
Tes t
ament Chri st iani ty can bring unity
to
all m en when they
are will
ing
to
drop
their denominational
shackles . Bro . Graneta
is now
ministering to one of
our
ac tive Cagayan congregations,
which
supplies most
of his
support,
and we
are
giving him a little
help
each
month. A pledge of 20 a month
would help'thi s man
a
lot.
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EV N G E L I S M
Although our program of evangelism is
still
moving along I
wish I could give
it
a
mighty
boost. I had
an
opportunity to
talk
with
most
of the
preachers
when
they
were in Aparri
at
the
close
of:the school
year.
They will be making an all-out effort during
these summer
months
when the opportunity for
open-air
evan
gelistic meetings
is the
greatest. One new Church has been
es
tablished^ajid about 31
baptisms
have
been
reported
since January
1st, although probably there have been more,
unreported.
Ber
nardo Olbraza organized
the
hew
Church
in Canayon Abulug
Cagayan, a
work
which
he opened
last
year.
Virgilio
Ibarra has
new work in four
places in
Nueva Vizcaya, and
we hope
to
see
some
newi
Churches
in
that
areasoon. Fernando Pastor has very
promising
work
in
two places
i n I sabe la .
The one in the town
of
Diffun was given a
big
boost through the help of Bro. Graneta,
mentioned elsewhere in this issue.
Sergio
Banggo
and Ricardo
Paez are planning
to
open
a
new work in San
Gaspar,
Cagayan,
this
summer and
will work in several other places as well. Ri
cardo,
who
has
had
one
semester
of work in
the Seminary, was
Sergio s
second
convert
in
the
town
of Tuguegardo. During
Chris tmas
vacation, Ricardo baptized
a
young
man
whom he
brought to Christ .
Laza ro Olo raza
continues
a
very f ru it fu l work
in
Roxas, Isabela, and
neighboring
towns. He
has
baptized
more
than 50 into
Chris t
since
las t
July. Most of the students are
al
ready out
working
in various
places for
the
summer ,
the gir ls
iii
DVBS and
the
boys
in ev angelistic work. This program needs
your e ar ne st p r ay e rs and f inancial support .
SEM IN RY LOSES
>effort; We are going tottry and remedy
that^as-the weeks, go b y i ^
^
..We-haVe.not^been able ito do anythinig further
with the
boys ^-dormitory
nor have
we
been
able
to-get
a fence around the lotv AWe feel>this is the most important thing right
at
th e
present,
but i t
is
going to
cost
quite a lot to
fence
it . We are
planning
to put a
wooden
picket- fencoAalohg^the front and
wireAfenoing on the
aides and
back.
Fencing bere
is
Very
important-since
thero is
so
much stea ling at
evely-opportunity, Of cou rsei they can
climb
over the f enee^ bu t most of
them do
hot tsbe
the
chance on
doing that. A fence and a good
watch-do^-Usually keep them-outi
v - -
We
haven^been
able.to putaside any
mO ney
as yet with which to replay
th e
loan which
we mentiened>n ourrlastdetterv Any help-ibat any of you can give on this will be greatly
a p p r e c i a t e d ; : . . i
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AIi Ii GIFTS
FOil-ANY
PART OF THE WOBiK TO OUR
FORWARDING
AGENT SHOWN-ON
THE LETTER-HEAD,
We
send our most hea rt fe lt thanks
to every one
of yxi yrho -^e
haying alpart
in this
work
here* Webave
some
veryTimportant
plans
for the
future, development of the worhhere . anddf -eyerything works out in accord^ce with those
plans,, we
will
be
able
to report s^nne very great advances in the Liord s work here in the
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Gharfes and R o b e r t a Selby
P . O.
B o x 4 9 Property of F o rwa rd in g Agent:
Aparri Cagayan
LIBRARY
Mr L Tolliver
P h i l i p p i n e
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COLIRGTr Fairfield Nebraska
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C H U R C H E S O F C H R I S T IN CA GA YA N V A L L E Y
J a n . 1
1958
4 2
C H U R C H E S
O F
C HR IST
IN
C AGAYAN
V A L L E Y O c t . 1
1959
231 S O U L S W O N
T O C H R I S T 1 9 5 B
186
S O U L S W O N T O
C H R I S T
J a n .
t o S e p t . 1959
6
NE W C H UR CH ES
E S T A B L I S H E D
1
R E V I V E D 1958
3 N E W
C H U R C H E S
E S T A B L I S H E D . 2 R E V I V E D J a n . - - S e p t .
1 9 5 9
T h a t i n a n u t s h e l l i s th e s t o r y
of the E v a n g e l i s t i c w o r k i n the
Cagayan
Valley for the
past
21
m o n t h s . W e b e l i e v e
th t
th
n u m b e r of
b a p t i s m s
f o r
t h i s
y e a r
will s u r p a s s
that of l a s t
year
and
t ha t e a ch
y e a r
will
see
e v e n g r e a t e r
a d v a n c e m e n t
in the
L o r d s w o r k . A s th e g r a d u a t e s
of th e A p a r r i
Bible
S e m i n a r y go
o u t i n to f u l l t i m e w o r k i n t h e
h a r v e s t f i e l d s
e a c h y e a r w e a r e
b o u nd t o s e e g r o w t h i n
th e
w o r k .
Right
now t h e r e
is
v e r y p ro
mi s i ng work
in
two p l a c e s in
Nueva
V i z c a y a
w h e r e B r o .
V i r -
gilio I b a r r a
i s
working B r o
Fel i pe
Bayani h as
been
p r e a c h
in g i n a t
l e a s t
t h r e e p l a c e s
w h e r e
w e
h a v e n e v e r h a d w o r k
b e f o r e
a n d
h a s w o n s o m e s o u ls
i n
e a c h
o f t h o s e p l a c e s .
B r o .
J o s e D a -
lilis h a s n e w
w o r k
i n a t
l st o n e
place in his
a r e a and B r o . Ser
gio
B anggo h a s
s o m e v e r y
p r o
m is in g w o rk
in two o r t h r e e
pl aces
in
s out hwes t er n
Cagayan
w h e r e
w e a l r e a d y h a v e
o n e
n ew
Church
this year. One o r two of
the
s t u d e n t s
a r e
p r e a c h i n g
in
p la ce s w h e re t h e r e
have
been
b r e t h r e n f o r m a i i y
y e a r s but
np
organized
c on gre ga tio n. A ll of
th e se p la ce s and
m a n y
m o r e
n o t m e n t i o n e d a r e v e r y l ikely
to
develop into^
n e w C hu rc he s b e
f o r e to o
muiy
m o n th s . T h e s e
young p r e a c h e r s and
the ir
fa mi
l i e s
a r e w o r t h y o f y o u r
s u p p o r t .
T h e r e a r e s o m e
b o t h
s i n g l e
m e n a n d m a r r i e d c o u p l e s who
need your help. We woxild be
happy to c o m m u n ic a te with
any
w h o w o u l d l i k e to
a d op t th e
s u p
p o r t
of a young m a n
o r
a family
a s a m i s si on a ry p ro je c t.
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SEM INARY NEWS
fti
aianyr
we are having
the best year
we
have ever had
in the
Apa rri
Bible Seminary.
En r o l lme n t
f o r
th e
first
S em e s ^
t e r was 55
and
only
one
student
had
to
drop
out.
The
r epor t is
that he
is
coming back
fo r
the
s e c o n d semester Th e r e w i l l b e
one
new s tuden t
fo r su r e , and
others are planning to
come
fo r
th e o ec on d
s em e s t e r .
The
boys dormi tory is st i l l
un f i n i s h e d
a n d
w e re s t i l l
i n
debt
on it , but the boys are
get
t ing along with
i t
as
i t
is
and
a re
so happy to have i t as
nice
as i t
is Ju s t
t o
h a v e it o n
our o \m
proper ty
with
plenty
Of
space
adl
around
i s a
wonderful
thing.
Always before, the dormitory
was in p la ce s where other hou
ses were crpvirded r ight up next
to i t .
and,,
of course , there were
alvrays complaints fr pn i eve ry
body concerned, about
various
i i^e
Ihings. We have none
tbaf^hisybar and we are ,gra te
ful. We. ar^;graduaX^y getting.a
fence
around
the
lo t
whe
re
the
do.rmitpry
is , and
when that is
c omphfA W will. feel, better
even yet. Up unti l now people
have
lo t
a s a
shor t -cut
to one
of
th e adjouung
barr ios
of
Aparr i . SomeUiing
l i ke
t ha t
c an r e su l t in t r oub l e .
We re
t h a nk f u l
w e
h a v e h a d
none so fa r , except that some
of the
boys
things
were
stdj.en
one night;-
7 young menhave
been
going
o u t e a c h
we e k - e n d
a n d 3 o t h e r s
go
out
f rom
t ime
to
t ime
to
preach
the Gospel in var ious
places
within traveling
distance
of
Aparr i . These young
men
have repor ted five bapt isms
since the f i r s t of
September .
Several
of
these young men a r^
just in the proce s s of ^ t t ing
the
experience they need to
become
effective
preache r s of the Word.
One
of
the Literary
Societ ies
is sponsoring an
evangel is t ic
meeting which is held
in
one
of
the sections of Aparri every
Friday afternoon.
They
are us
ing the
Seminary
s P . A.
sy
s
tem and are
attracting
quite
l a rge
crowds .
We do not know
what th is will
r e su l t
in , bu t
surely i t
can
do nothing but good.
This i s^Seme
s t e r
exam week ,
nex t
.week
i s vaca t ion , and mo s t
of the student preachers be
m
v ri
ous.
pla.cos.
.The boys
who are
not.
preaching, will accompany
those
vrho
are
and
will thus
get
somke very valuable pract ica l
eaq^exience.
. . The.Selby
family will go to
iLocos
Sur
for
an
evangelistic
coziferente.
We are
looking
for
ward to a
few
days fe llowship
with
the
Cetmpbells.
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A GROWING WO R K
T h e wo r k i n th i s area is a
growing
work. More
preachers
are going
into
the field every
yea r
and they
a re
opening up
new fields ifor
preaching every
month.
The
Seminary is
showing
a n
a n n u a l i n c r e a s e
i n
e n r o l l
ment each
yea r and
our print
ing work is
jus t beginning to
ma k e
i t s e l f
f e l t in th e area
Wi th
auch
growth
comes -added finan
c ia l r espons ib ilitie s
and
obli-
g'ations. We
a re
giving help to
a nunaber of preachers simply
because they c ou l d n o t be
p reach in g on a
full
t ime basis
without some help
f rom
the
hurches in Ame r i c a . The
Churches
a re very
poor, but
they;do buildv&eir own Chapel
buildings,
and..
are
accepting
more responsibil i ty every
year
fo r the ' ' support
oT
their own
preache r s . We
bel ieve
the t ime
; will come when the-
chur.che
jwil]
be-
supporting their 1own
=
workers .entirely^ but
untU that
i comes, we
believe
we ought
tp : get
.tixe
preache
rs
in to the
f ield add heep.theni th if, at
: aP possible. Betweeii 20 and 2
of. our Semina^ .
students are
re ceiving help in o r de r that
^ e y
might rem ain in the
Seminary
and,, of course t ha t i s
ah:
added
financial burden. Anyone Who
has
had
any
printing
done
lately
knows how expensive tha t canbe .
All of this
work
is
dependent
upon the
free
will gifts
of Chur
c h e s a nd i nd i v i dud s i n
Am e r i c a .
During the pas t two months , of
ferings
have
fallen
well below
the average
expenses
per month,
and we cannot
long
go on that
way. There are severa l
Chur
c h e s
a n d so m e in d iv id ua ls who
have
made
pledges on
a
monthly
o r
quarterly basis ,
which we
encourage andraskfox-.-We^would
l ike for people jus t to pledge
cer ta in specific amounts fa r the
work, leaving us
f ree to
use
i t
e a c h mon t h wh e r e
it
i s n e e d e d
mos t . However, gifts sen t
fo r
specific purposes o r individuals
are very welcome,
10
a
month
wil lkeep a student in
school
and
another
5 will sen d
him
out
on
the
Wdek-ehd
to
preach.
Preach
e rs on the
f ield are
receiving
from
15 Up
to
.50 depending
on
whether they are
single
or ihar^
r ie d Whethe r
they a re work-
.ing^with es,tabli.siied_
congrega-
tipiis or
a re
engaged
in estab
lishing
new
congregatians
. We
would
be
mosit;
happy
to .hear
from
any
who wouldlike tO: shalpre
in this gresit wprk Of ti*aining
workers
arid Saving
s o u l
. We
wish to
exp r e s s o u r
thanks
to
ail ofyou
o
have
had
a par t in this
work both
firianr
cially
and
otherwise .You are the
ones
who
keep
th is
work
going.
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PRINTIN PR SS
p r e s s 1s
peinjg
us e cim o r e
and m o r e
aH of
th e
t ime b u t
we
.s.ti^
lack the
tim^
to
keep i t go
ing as
much
as we, should.
The
-
t racts
which;.we have,
been
able
tp
publish
ha>^e;been
put.
to good
u se a l l
o v e r t h is . ar e a
T he
S e m -
: iinary students have been hand-
; 4ng
them
out, during their
F ri
day afternoon e vang e l i s t i c
meeting
and
w are
sure that
s o m e valuable
con tac t s
wil l be
made
in
th is w ay .
The
preachers of this area
-are wri ting
and editing and pay=
ing for
a
paper c ^ e d Ubbog ti
Biag .
(Fpunt^n
of Life),
which
. to beginr mth
is
being published
quarterly
.
The first . iseue
has
beep
put
fo r auite some, t ime
we^^re
receiving some
very good reports
concerning
i,|s, e^ept
in mapy places.
One
.
,preache,r
V ^tPte
the^editpr
that
;
mf^nyojf
the pid^
, no^Jxeen;
cpB^
.
.
|irXong tl^e^ye
started;.cp^
pf;
..^andp ipastpr is Editp r and Dros.
^ergip
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