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FRIC N
EV NGELIST
CYRIL 0. SIMKINS Missionary
RHODESIA AFRICA
P/Bag 56 Zaka Rodesia Africa
Forwarding Agent: Robert Mize Route 4
dmiral
Drive
Concord,
Tennessee
Vol .
2
March 1966
New President Fer Mashoko
With
the beginning
of
the
1966 school
year in January
Cyri l
C
Simkins
began his work as
President
of Mashoko Bible College. As
President we
pledge
to a ll our
friends
in the
United
States our very
best ef for t s to t ra in
preachers who
will evangelize
Africa.
We
think that th i s is the way to do
i t . I t
is what we do
in
America.
HOW DO WE WIN AFRICA FOR
CHRIST? Our
answer i s , Tr ain A f ric an
P r e a ch e r s . We a r e much in f a vo r o f med i ca l and educa t i on a l work
a means
to
the
end.
The end
is
winning
Africa
for
Chris t .
Nothing
could
be
more
important
to our
purpose
here than
the
t raining of
Af
rican preachers. I t will take the African oreachers to win the Af
r ican people fo r
Chri s t .
The s c h oo l f a c e s
huge problems. All
of our bui ld ings
thus
fa r
belong to the ed
uc tion l o r med i c a l
work in
on e o r th e
othe r
of
i t s
phases .
The
Bible
Col lege
possesses no
bui ld
ings
for
dormitor ies
or
cl ssrooms
We
mus t soon build t h em .
As the
secondary
wil l
be expanding
next
year, i t may be-bes t
t o
move t h e
B i b l e
College
to another
one o f ou r mis s ion
s t a t i on s . However,
whe t h e r
we move
o r
s t ay here
we must
bui ld from
the ground
up.
We are faced now
with
the necess i ty of
(cont d
on
page
3
In
a
l e t t e r to
the
Puli l is l i ing Cliu rcli Mr.
Simkins s t a t e s , Tliis lus t month has been a
h e c t i c
month . We
have
st rted ou r
sc l i oo l
year .
Our
storehouse
burneei
down
before
school opened. Consequently, the one room
remaining
which we
expectetl to use for
a
B ib le C olle ge classroom has
been
turned in to
a s t o r e r o om . We
have
been
unde r
difficult
c i rcumstances in beginning . However, we
meet on the veranda
of our
home.
In sp i t e
of a l l disadvantages
we
have
got ten
off to
a
f lying s t a r t .
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CYRIL S IMKINS AND BLIND
EVANGELIST AT NEW CHURCH
SITE
Some Needs
Some chu rche s and i n d i v i d u a l s
have
asked us
what
they
can
do
to h elp supply our needs.
some
big some l i t t l e .
l i s t
here
a
few o f
t h e s e
needs .
1 . CROCHET THREAD AND
KNITTING
YARN
fo r th e b e n e f i t
o f
T.B .
pa t ien t s .
They can spend
hours
in making ar t ic les
they
need in
stead of
wasting
the time.
2 .
BABY
LAYETTES
f o r new moth
ers in the
hospi ta l .
Each lay
e t te c on ta in s three diapers, one
r ec eiv ing b lanket , two safety
pins, one long gown one sac,
and e i t h e r a
bib .
boo t i e s or
shirt
The
above two i t ems
should
be
sent
direct ly
to the
Christian Hospital, Attn.. Mary
Simkins,
PB 56.
Zaka, Rhodesia,
Af r i c a
3 .
BICYCLES fo r th e use o f th e
preacher s tudents .
Each
bicycle
costs us between 45.00 and 50.
00.
The preacher boys wear
out
severa l bicyc les
as
they cyc le
for many
miles over bush roads
to preach th e g os pel.
4 . BOOKS t c o s t s
th e
s c h o o l
25.00
to
give
books to the stu
d en t s . H is B i b l e and no t ebook s
belong to
him
when he r ece ives
them . The o t h e r books a re t h e
property
of the
Bible
College
unt i l the student graduates and
then they
become the
property
of
the
student. These are only a
part of the
cost .
I t
does
not
inc lude
the
r e fe rence
books t ha t
we
provide for the s tudents .
We
would be glad to announce
tha t
you have purchased the books
fo r
one s t u d e n t .
5 . WELL FOR W T R
The
wa t e r
shortage
has
made ne cess ary th e
hauling of
water
for the dining
ha l l . We
have
r e - cond i t i o n ed
an
unused well which wil l
provide
enough water for the dining hal l
only . This
has
cos t over
300.DQ
As the
Bible
College
students
use the
dining
hal l we have
agreed
to
pay
100.00
of
this
amount. Would
you
l i ke to con
t r i b u t e t h i s
wa t e r to t hem?
6 . BIBLE COLLEGE BUILDINGS fo r
next year. We
have already been
informed
th a t th i s i s th e l a s t
year we
can
use the bu ildin gs
belonging
to
the educa tional
work . We want to bu i l d a chu r ch
where
we a l l
can worship and
wi th c lass rooms
su i t ab l e
fo r
the
Bible
College
during
the
week
and Sunday
School
on Sun
days.
7 .
ROOF FOR
THE
GUTU
CilURCH.
I t
wil l cos t 500.00 to roof the
Gutu Church . The walLs a re now
above
the top of
the
windows and
doors so we
are almost,
reatiy for
th e r oo f . We have still
not
purchased
the
roofing
materia l .
In these
days of
shortages
i t is
possible
tha t
the costs may ex
c e e d
t h e estimates
GUTU
CHURCH
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Gospel Fire Is Spreading
Mr.
Simkins preached at
,
Mashoko on
Sunday. Febru-
'
ary 13. s the invita- t - ,
tion
w s
given
two
of
the
^
a l l
four were
baptized in
the
baptistry in front of the hospital. The following Sunday I
preached twice at
Gutu. In
the
morning
six
came forward
at the
new
mission site. In the afternoon I preached at the church
site
in
Gutu,
a few
miles
from the
mission s i t e .
Another came
forward to
confess
Christ
and to be baptized.
s
oug Johnson was feeling i l l
he asked me to baptize several who had come
the
week before. Six
teen persons
were baptized in
the
Dewure River.
We praise the
Lord
for the evidence of His presence
among
us.
N W
PRESIDENT
FOR
M SHOKO
which
are sent
to
other
people.
(cont d
from page 1)
All
funds
sent
to Robert Mize
raising 20,000
for this task. w i n be
used for the purpose
as
which
are sent
to
other
people.
A l l
f u n d s s e n t
t o
R o b e r t
Mize
will be used
for the
purpose as
indicated by the
donor
whether
it.
be
for
the church building
or
any o t h e r of the expenses con
nected with the Bib le College .
School Year Begins
Mashoko Bible College begun a
new
school
y e a r
with seven
new
s t u d e n t s
We now l i a v e f o u r i n
the f i r s t
year
and
eigiit in
the
second year. There are twelve
r eg ula r s tu de nt s
and
one s p e c i a l
s t u d e n t
making
a t o t a l o f t h i r
teen s t u d e n t s t h i s year. I n t e r
e s t
a n d e n t h u s i a s m i n t l i e s t u
dent body
i s
high. Already some
of them
are
preaching in
tlie
vil lages.
Mashoko
Bible
College
needs
your
p r a y e r s . One of l a s t
y e a r s graduates i s now chaplain
of the h o s p i t a l another i s
preaching in
Gwelo
and a t h i r d
i s m i n i s t e r o f o u r
c h u r c h a t
Fort
Victoria. We pray
dai ly
fo r the Lord s guidance in llie
work.
Africa
needs preachers .
We e s t i m a t e t h a t
t h i s w i l l b u i l d
a churcli
sanctuary
which has
classrooms for the college
and
Sunday
School
c l a s s e s . I t w i l l
a l s o b u i l d d o r m it o r i e s f o r t h e
s t u d e n t s and
a
house
f o r t h e
missionary.
As
yet
we
have
not launched a
fund
drive
for this project.
Since we must
of necessity
do
it,
there
are many of you who may
desi re
to help
even
before i t
begins o f f i c i a l l y . Wouldn t i t
be
wonderful
t o have f r i e n d s
contribute so
well
to this pro
j e c t
t h a t we would
not
have to
formally begin
the
drive
at
a l l ?
S i n c e
each
a r e a
o f
mission
work handles
i t s
own
funds,
a l l
g i f t s in tended f o r
th e
B i b l e
College program sliould
be
sent
t
R o b e r t
L.
Mize
Route 4 Admira l D r i v e
Concord, Tennessee 37720
The
school
r e c e i v e s no funds
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These
Days In Rhodesia
Many
ask
how c o n d i t i o n s a r e in
Rhodesia.
are pleased
that
they a r e
as good as they are.
c o n s t a n t l y
ask God t o c a r e
for-
t h e
C h u r c h .
We
a s k
Him t o
l e t
the work go on.
Petro l
rationing
has c r i p p l e d
our
t r a v e l .
We
can
get very l i t t l e gasoline and
must
conserve
c a r e f u l l y
what
we
h a v e .
Many
American
goods
have dis
appeared
from
the
food
counters
a n d s t o r e s . We know t h a t little
i s coming-in
from
countr ies that
once
supplied
most
of
our
im
p o r t s .
Never the less
we
have
plenty to e a t and
a r e
not s u f f e r
ing. We may not have j u s t
what
we want in many cases but we
have
enough.
Since
we
are
in
the
bush
t r a v e l
i s a real problem.
There
a r e
many
places
where
we
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we could
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We a r e not in any apparent
danger. Thus far a l l is quiet
i n R h o d e s i a .
O u r difficulties
have been
minor and we
have
been
able
t o
cope
with
them.
We
a r e
sure that t h i s
i s
in
large
mea
sure
due
to
the
con sta nt p raye r
to God for us that you a t home
have
cont inual ly
made.
We also
pray always
for
you.
In answer
to the question What are you
going to
do?
we say Ful l
speed
ahead with
t h e L o r d s
Work
We pray continually for
the
country
and
for the
people.
God
knows
what
i s b e s t
and He i s
able
to work together a l l things
for
good.
intend to keep
on
working
while i t i s
day before
the
night
comes when no man
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AFRICAN EVANGELIST
CYRIL
C. SIMKINS Missionary
RHODESIA AFRICA
P/Bag
56 Zaka, Rodesia, Africa
Forwarding Agent: Robert L. Mize Route 4, Admiral Drive
Concord, Tennessee
Vol
2
J u n e
966
No. 2
Building Program
Underway
At
the quarterly meetingof
our
miss ionar ies held in Bulawayo
early in May unanimous approval
was given
for the
building pro
gram of the preacher t raining
s c hoo l The mi s s i o n a r i e s have
approved
rais ing
20,000
for
the
Bible College.
We hope
to ra i s e
5,000 of this amount by the end
of this year.
Land, has now been appl ied fo r
upon which to
build the Bible
College and as of now we
have
not
heard from
the applicat ion.
We do not yet know where we wi l l
build the preacher t raining school. are
going
ahead with plans
to build
i t
since the
need
will
be t he re regardless of
the place.
Present
plans
cal l
for
beginning
with
the
classrooms
followed by
housing
accommodations
both
fo r
dormitor ies and
fo r
married
s tu
dents. plan to extend our program
both
upward and downward.
want
to go
fur ther
in
educating
the Bible
College
students and at
the same
time
educate
lay preachers. Those who want to graduate
must take addit ional t raining and we need to t ra in many to preach
in the
vi l lages
We want
to
increase our outreach both
on
the
higher and lower l eve ls
The church needs
trained
African leadership. At
the
same time we
must
have
many
lay
evangel is ts
and
many
can
do
th is
with a minimum
of
training. think that
nothing could
bet ter mark the growth of
the
church
in
Rhodesia than
th e build ing
of a preacher training
s c h o o l
All of us know tha t
the vast
majority of our preachers in
the
United
States have been trained in
our
bible
colleges
there.
We
may
not
know tha t the
same
i s t rue here . Most
of
our preachers in
this
country
have
been t ra ined by Mashoko Bible College. We
can
n ev e r min im i z e t h e
va l u e
o f med i c a l and e d u c a t i o n a l work a s
we
have
seen
i t
open doors
in
many
places. Continued
on page 3
CYRIL
SIMKINS
RICHARD HOSTETTER
BIBLE COLLEGE STUDENTS
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Gutu Church Growing
In May
the
Simkins were
a t th e Gutu
Church wi th
Pr e a che r
Kurebwa.
At
presen t th i s church has
a bou t
f o u r
hund r ed mem
bers
The
church bui lding
still
needs th e r oo f .
As
th e
wa l l s were
a lmos t
up to
the
roof l ine we
ran
ou t
o f b r ic k .
Soon
the roof wil l be going on
and we are looking forward to
worshipping
in the new
building.
As
th is is
a
project
begun by the
church people,
we have
le t
them
decide
entirely
the
style
of
building
and
they
have
made
i t
44
feet
by 44
feet.
The congregation
is
doing the work themselves and in
t e res t seems
to be growing. The
Lord is blessin g
th i s work.
Truck
For Mashoko
Mashoko
Bible
College has a
new tw o- to n N is sa n Jr t r u ck .
t
was
put to
work
carry ing br ick
and o t h e r
mat e r i a l s fo r th e GUTU
chu r ch ,
as w e l l as some o f
th e
needs
a t
Mashoko.
As
yet
i t
is
nitpaidfor. in .fiilj.._ but^_v^_
know the Lord will provide what
we n e e d .
Another Preacher?
Recent ly a denominat iona l
preacher came a l l the way from
Gutu
to Mashoko to
s e e me.
He
wanted
to
preach
fo r
the Church
o f Chr i s t
Ch r i s ti a n .
Af t e r a
long
conversat ion
about doctr ine
I
sent
him
to John Kurebwa, our
African preacher in
Gutu.
John
t a lked to
him
s eve ra l
t imes
and
f ina l ly bapt ized him.
In subsequent conversat ions
wi t h Kurebwa I dec id ed to test
th is man. Did he want
to
preach
or was he looking for a job. I
said
Tell him to go and s t a r t a
chu r ch .
f
we
have
to
start
one
for him to preach in , then we
don t
need him.
Sure enough,
he
d id it
We
are
s t i l l watching him
and
counsell ing
with him. We
think
he needs much te ach in g bu t he is
moving the
r igh t
way. We have
nine
preaching
points
in Gutu.
PART OF OVERFLOW ROWD AT
M SHOKO EASTER SERVICE
Easter
Sunday a Sunr i se
Ser
v i c e was he ld in
f r o n t
o f th e
hospi ta l with Cyri l
Simkins
and
Watson Mabona preaching. At
the
morning
worship
se rv ice the
crowd
was
so large
we could
not
accommodate
them.
Many
had
to
sit
ou t s i d e .
At present we are busy
enlarg
ing one of our buildings so
that
we can handle our Sunday at tend
ance. We now hold separate ser
vices for the younger ages and
t he re
i s
a l so
a
church
se rv ice
a t the
old c l i n i c . We a re look
ing
forward to
the
day
when
we
can a l l meet
together
in church.
Mrs. Ha r r i e t
Simkins . mother
of Cyril Simkins
passed
away
on March
28,
in Phoenix,
Ar i -
^ on a
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Second Term Begins f f
T h e
s e c o n d t e r m
o f s c h o o l b e
gan
in May and
a l l
twelve boys
h a v e r e t u r n e d E n t h u s i a s m
i s
high
as the boys begin studies
and go
back to
t h e i r
churches .
Most
of the
teaching
f a l l s
to
me. We do,
however,
g r e a t l y
a p p r e c i a t e
t h e
t h re e o th e r
mis
sionaries
who
help teach in
the
B ib le Coll eg e,
as
we do l ikewise
in the secondary
school .
We
t h i n k
t h e t i m e has
come
when t h e
Bib le Col leg e
must
stand
on i t s
own
Most
of
the
boys
preach
regul
arly
and there are many
baptisms
a s a r e s u l t o f
t h e i r
work .
B o t h
the
churches and
the
boys are
s t r e n g t h e n e d
Before we
begin
classes each
morning we s t a r t with a shor t
d e v o t i o n a l s e r v i c e T h e s t u d e n t s
seem to be adequately
prepared
for what they
are
doing in
the
L o r d s
w o r k
^ T|ie_^s_tudents _gQ on bicycles
to
preach
each
week.
Every
week we
l i s t e n to
a report on
how many were baptized
or
some
o t h e r
a c h i e v e m e n t
t i s
t h r i l l i n g to hear of t h e i r
successes
Some of
the boys are married
and Mrs. Simkins i s
beginning
a
class
for
the preachers
wives.
We have
f o u r
o f t h e
wives
on t h e
mission
and
they
wil l be taught
Christian Doctrine along with
some
o th er th in gs
BIBLE
COLLEGE
STUDENTS
ON SIMKINS VERANDA
FOUR SECONDARY
STUDENTS
BAPTIZED BY SIMKINS
BUILDING PROGRAM UNDERWAY
(continued
from
page
1
However ,
we
c a n n o t
r e a l i z e
t h e
benefi t
of
these
open doors
without a preacher t raining
pro
g r a m
This i s the
most urgent need
in
Rhodesia today.
Every Ameri
can
has
paid many d o l l a r s
i n t o
taxes
which have been
spent to
s o l v e
problems
in A f r i c a
Yet,
we know
t h a t these problems
w i l l
n e v e r be
s ol v ed w i t h o u t C h r i s t
We ask for
your
g i f t s to help in
the
t raining of African preach
e r s
No
matter what
happens
p o l i t i c a l l y
in
Africa
t h i s
i s
probably
the
only thing
that
w i l l remain . t i s an
i n v e s t
ment in
the
Kingdom of God which
p o l i t i c a l
changes
cannot
take
away.
When
we
plant the
gospel
in t h e
l i v e s o f men we
do t h e
best thing possible to overcome
t h e a t t a c k s
o f
t h e
w o r l d
1 9 t h NATIONAL
MISSIONARY CONVENTION
Sep tember 27-30 , 1966
GOD S WORD
FOR
GOD S WORLD
For t
Wayne,
Indiana
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Baptismal
Service
J u s t recently one of our ad
vanced
s t u d e n t s Nicholas
Mlambo^
b a p t i z e d a woman
a t
Mashoko. As
a r u l e they
b a p t i z e a t
the
l o c a t i o n
o f t h e
church in
t h e
nearest r i v e r or
a
pool.
Nich
olas
is minister
at
the Turgwe
c h u r c h
and t h i s woman i s from
the Turgwe
area.
Like so many
of our students
he
cycles
twen
AFRICAN
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bimonthly for the
r n t r a l
Africa iHiss ton
C h u r c h e s
o f
C h r i s t
BY
M A D I S O N
P A R K
C H R I S T I A N C H U R C H
2 1 6
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Second
C l a s s P o s t a g e
aid at
Q u i n c y
llinois
ty miles every
week in
order to
preach.
now
have nine boys going
out each
week on
bicycles.
soon e x p e c t t o have a n o t h e r
preaching
point.
I t is quite
usual
for
us to meet
at
the
pool
for
a baptism on
Sunday
after
noon.
This baptismal scene is
typical
of many
at
Mashoko
s
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Vol 2
August 1966
No. 3
Fort Vktoria Chosen
Fo r t Vi c t o r i a ha s
been
chosen
as th e
f u t u r e
s t fo r th e B ib le
College.
We
are now in the pro
cess
of
t rying
to secure
land
in
the area . I spent the en t i re
day l a s t
week
vis i t ing
c i ty of
f ic ia l s
and
other
people
in
Fort
Vi c t o r i a Most
o f them
a re
d e f
in i t e ly in te res ted in us and our
work. We have a very good repu
t a t ion in
the
town and may ex
pect
the
cooperation of ci ty
of f i c i a l s
so fa r as
poss ible
We are
going
to
need
20 000
in
order
to
buy land
and build
needed build ings fo r a preacher training inst i tut ion. This is of
course
far
less
than
would
be
needed
for
a
college
in
the
United
States
After much prayer and thought we decided
to ask
the church
es for a minimum amount in
the
belief that they will provide
i t
need
5 000 immediately
in order to
begin.
are not
certain that
we
can
get into the Fort Victoria area but
we are
trying our very best . In the event that this
becomes impos
sible we
will
ei ther build in Bulawayo
or
build
here
at Mashoko
All
three of
these
lo catio ns are good areas. The Fort Victoria
location
is
the most centrally located to most of our mission work Many
of our
mission
stations
are approximately
one
hundred miles
from
Fort Victoria in a l l
directions.
Nuanetsi Chiredzi. Gutu
Mashoko
and Gwelo
are
a ll
nearly
one hundred
miles
away Our
printing
work
is located in Fort Victoria.
can help
in th is work as
well
as
have the
help of Tom Thurman in teaching in
the
Bible College. Some
of
our
students can be
trained
in
printing
and the
students
in turn
can help with the
translation
work They will be
able to
go in
a ll
direct ions to preach.
Will you be in prayer for the success of this work?
need your
prayers to help us.
need what financial help you can give. What
we a re doing
is fo r
the future of
the
Church here in frica
CYRIL
M RY ANN AND
M RY SIMKINS
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Gutu Church
ills- fi fc-
~
The Gutu Church
is
being
bui l t
again.
When
i t looked
as i f
the
church would soon
be
f i n i shed
we ran o u t o f
b r i c k s . Fo r
a lmo s t
two
months very
l i t t l e progress
was
made. Each
week
we
thought
tha t
we would
soon be
bui lding
again. We
did
not
want
to buy
th e b rick s so the church people
made
t h em .
Tl i i s
was their own
projec t . For the
pas t two
weeks
the Bible
College
t ruck
has
been
haul ing
the-xhurch.
Tt has
brought
lumber
fo r the roof
gravel
water
and
bricks
from
the
place
where
they
were
made.
Lumber is very
expensive
in Rho
d e s i a .
As soon a s th e rafters
are
in
place we
wil l
need
to buy
corrugated iron for the roof .
Another
New
Church
The r e
i s a no t h e r new
chu r ch
now meeting
regular ly in the
Mashoko
area It was started
by
one of the Bible College
s tudents . Tonga Mashoko a
second
year s tudent . Tongai is
going there
every
Sunday
to
ho ld
s e r v i c e s .
As o f now t h e
church
has not ye t
been
of f i c
i a l l y
named.
We are
sure
how
eve r . t h a t t h i s
w i l l
become
one
of
our permanent preaching
points
in the Matsa i Reserve .
Tongai
has
put
into prac t ice
what
we
have
been teaching
the
students . We
have said
many
times I f you want to preach go
start
a
c hu r c h .
We tell
t hem
t h a t th e miss iona r i e s have come
here to e s t ab l i sh churches and
to
spread the Gospel a l l over
the
land. They
did
not come
here just
to pay the preacher
his
salary . They wil l
gladly
pay an
evangelist.
il lie
is
s t a r t i ng new churches an
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Noel Sibanda New Student
O u r New Zea l a nd b r e t h r e n t
Dadaya have sent us a very
cap
le s t u d e n t in Noe l S i b a n d a .
His f a t h e r i s Joram
Sibanda ,
one
o f t h e chu r ch l e a d e r s in t h e
Dadaya a rea . Since the area
evangelist there is re t i r ing
from
se rv ice ,
the c hu rc he s c ho se
Noel to take h is
place .
He has
come
back to s choo l
a t their r e
quest for the
purpose
of
bet ter
p repa ri ng h imsel f. When
he
f in
i shes school
th i s year he wi l l
re turn
to
that
post .
Noel took
th e
two year
course
at
Hashoko in
1962.
For
the next three years he
preached
in the
Dadaya area. This year he has returned to Mashoko for his third
year. During the year
he
has
emerged
as
the natural leader among
the B ible C ollege students. He
has
a f ine sense of responsibi l i ty
e
have learned
to rely on him for get t ing things done.
Present
Needs
In
order to begin
a much
needed
bui lding
program
fo r
the
Bible
College we are in
need
of
5,000
soon.
I f churches and
classes
could make a special
gi f t
in addit ion to regular giv
ing i t would provide the
extra
b o o s t wh i ch
we
need now . We
have been praying
about
th i s
a l l
year
and we ask
you to
put
i t in
your
p raye r s
as
wel l . The Lord
can
provide
what
we
need.
Child Writes
y
name is
Kurebwa Kurebwa
and
I am eight years old. baba
fa ther is a
preacher
and for
many
years
he
and
my
mai(mother)
have been Chris t ians. One song
I wish you could hear my baba
sing i s
Only
Believe and
he
believes
tha t
i f
we
have
enough
fa i th God will do
a l l things.
Until
a few years ago he had
n ev e r h e a rd o f th e
Church
o f
Ch r i s t
bu t
t h en he f ound
o u t
a -
bou t
it and he be l i e v ed wha t t h e
mis siona ri es t augh t. y baba is
blind but he
sees
many things
tha t o ther people
never
see . He
sees how important i t is
to keep
our
l ives good and
also to
t e l l
people about
Chri s t .
Most o f t h e homes in Af r i c a
a re
d i f f e ren t
from
yours.
Our
homes a re very
smal l and
a re
made
from
poles to make th e
f r ames . These a r e co ve red w ith
mud
and
i t gets very hard. The
f lo or s a r e made
o f soil from
an
a n t hill wh i ch
is
b e a t e n down
smoo th
and
h a r d .
Then
it is
smeared
with
cows
dung.
I t
rea l ly
makes nice
f loors . In
the
cen te r o f
th e
room
i s th e
place
to
c o o k .
Unti l
a few months
ago
we
l ived
a
few
miles
away
but when
Mr. Simkins
s t a r t ed to help
our
people
bui ld
a
church
bui lding
we
moved s o baba
wou ld
b e
closer
t o
th e
c h u r c h .
Some weeks he
walks
many miles to s t a r t new
churches .
He
rea l ly
knows
how
to do i t . I guess God must have
given him th i s g i f t to make up
fo r his eyes. The people of the
congregation are making bricks
and they a re a lso helping the
b u i l d e r to do t h e work . We
want
to thank you for helping
to
buy
th e roo f , doors and w indows.
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Modern Butchery
Modern
Butchery is
the neme
of
the butcher who supplies meat
for
our
Bible
College
boys.
He
r ides a bicycle from Chiremrwa-
remrwa
wi th mea t
in th e
carriers
bo th be fo re
and
beh ind . He i s
always wil l ing
to
have any old
wrapping papers
with
which he
may wrap th e
meat.
We have a -
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Paid at
Quincy ,
llinois
Mukanga but the
Bible
College
s tudents chose the one they pre
f e r r e d .
The m ea t
i s
some t ime s c a l l e d
re l i sh by the African
people.
The i r main d ie t i s
s adza which
i s
cooked
from
maize .
Af r i c an
ma i z e
i s wh i t e
co rn mea l r a t h e r
than yellow
as they
general ly
di s l ike yellow
corn
meal.
Due
to
a long d ro ught up unt i l the
l a s t ra iny season
the re
was
much
yellow
corn
meal used through
t h i s
year .
They ca l l
t he i r
ground maize meal ie
meal .
With
t h e i r
sadza
they
l ike
some
kind
of re l i sh ,
although there are
so
many
poor Africans
who
rarely
have r e l i s h . Th i s i s
a
meat o r
some vegetable
when ava i lab le .
The d i e t o f s adza neve r
va r i e s .
The
Afr icans on th e miss ions
d r i nk t e a and e a t b re ad f o r
breakfast . There
is
probably
little bread i n
th e r e s e rv e .
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CYRIL
C
SIMKINS
Missionary
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G r ow t h
Novembe r 19 66 No. 4
Door
To
Ghana
More than th ree years
ago Cyri l
Simkins
and
his
family were
urged
by many people
of
Ghana to
en t e r
tha t
country .
These
people
were anxious
to know the way of the
Lord
more
per fec t ly . A res tora t ion of
the
New
Testament Church was
in
the making. Mr
Simkins
in the
company
of
Max Ward
Randall
personal ly v i s i t ed Ghana
and t a lked with
numerous na t iona ls
concerning
the
opportun
i ty . Invita t ions came from
these
people
fo r mis s i ona r i e s . Because o f th e i n t e r e s t
shown Brother
Simkins
assured these people
th t he
wou l d
do ll h e c ou l d t o come him
s e l f or
send
someone to work with them.
In
the months that followed many com
munications were
exchanged. Missionaries,
churches, and the people in Ghana urged the
Simkins to
attempt an entry in to the coun
t ry Months were spent
here
in the s ta tes
in an ef for t
to obtain permis
s i on t o e n t e r
Ghana
and r e
side.
The
door would not
openi
The following words
were
pub
l i s h ed
in th e
March 1965
i s s u e
o f th e AFRICAN
EVANGELIST:in
ex
plan ation of th is :
After many
phone
cal ls and
much
correspond
ence
a
Res i dence
P e rm i t
f o r
Ghana did not come through.
More than s ix months of waiting
brought
for th
no
visa .
There
fo re
it
was f e l t t h a t
it
was
be t t e r
to
go on to Rhodesia,
as
or ig ina l ly
planned,
and vis i t
Ghana f rom
t h e r e when
and i th e
opportuni ty develops. Much
Continued on page 2)
Church Dedication
The be au t i f u l
new church
a t
Umta l i i s f in i sh ed and
has
been
dedicated. Cyri l Simkins
was
asked to come to
Umta l i
fo r
the ded ication
day message on
August 21. Building for Eter
ni ty
was the theme fo r the
day.
The
church, modestly buil t
is simple in structure, very
s tr o ng ly c o ns tr uc te d and s t r i k
ing
and
at tract ive
in
appear
ance . The church
members have
purchased sea t s fo r the bui ld
ing. A baptis try was included.
Dick Hos t e t t e r has done an ou t
stand ing job
with the people.
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Students
Go
On
Evangelistic Campaign
Six
of
tlie
Bible
College
stu
den t s were i nvo lved in ex tended
vis i ta t ion
and evangel is t ic
cam
paigns in early September. This
was
during
the time
between
the
second
and
t h i r d school
term
when
there is
a
vacation per iod.
Other
college studen ts spent the
time
preaching
in
t he i r home
areas.
The
special
campaigns
were held in Umtali . Buhera,
and Gokwe.
Three
s t uden t swen t
to th e
church ded ica t ion in Umtal i .
They
then
remained
th e re fo r a
program of in tensive vis i ta t ion
and evangelism
throughout
the
ci ty. This proved to
be
very
worthwhile
and i t was a
great
experience both in city evange
l i sm
and bush work. While in
Umtali
the
African
church pro
vided meals
and lodging for the
s t u d e n t s .
Two o t h e r s t uden t s and th e
Mashoko
Hospital
Chaplain
went
to Buhera to work wi th one o f
our
Bible
Col lege graduates who
preaches
in tha t a rea . For two
f u l l
weeks
th e s tu den ts v i s i t ed
and preached
in
the
Buhera
Re
serve.
They worked out a system
whereby
each took h is turn in
preaching. They profi ted im
mensely from
this
experience.
Another s t uden t went to Gokwe
and
labored
to revive
the
church
work
in t h a t a r e a . He was mak
ing
cons iderable
progress when
(continued on
page
3
OPEN DOOR TO GHANA
con t i nued )
prayer and thought
has gone
into
this decision. I t
is
completely
in
th e
hands
o f God
as
to
what
He wi l l do wi th
th e
Simkins
in
His
work in
Afr i c a .
ow the
door has
swung open
to
Ghana.
Recently these words
were s en t
in
a l tt r
to B ro th e r
Simkins from
Ghana:
The need i s
urgent
for someone to come to
Ghana as soon as possible to
help es tab l i sh Ghana Chr is t i an
College
for
the
t raining
of
leadership for the churches in
Ghana I am
compelled
to
write
you and ask you to come. The
pos s i b i l i t i e s a f t e r
the
revolu
t ion
of February
24th are fa r
grea t e r than I ever rea l i zed
they would
be...The
young m n of
Ghana,
the preachers of the
established churches are eager
to s tudy th e
Bible
and
r e s to r e
th e Church o f th e
New
Tes tament
posi t ion,
but
th is
can not b e
done wi t hou t
qual i f i ed
t e a c h e r s
to
t r a i n them.
Can you
pos
s ib ly get
a
l e a v e
f rom
Rhode s i a
and
come
and
help
u s . We need
you. The Mace
don ia c a l l i s u r
gen t .
I beg you
th i s urgent
cal l
and very prayerfully '
In
view of the thoughts that
the
Simkins
had concerning the
Ghana work
before
they entered
Rhodes ia ,
one
i s
led
to be l i e ve
that
th is is
the
leading of
the
Lord. The door
is
open The
ca l l has
been extended.
Someone
must walk through and f u l f i l l
the
urgent
request.
I t is not
and easy
dec is ion
to
make
fo r
a ll f ields are
weeping for
work
e rs .
This
f i e ld is whi te unto
harvest .
Dare
we neglect i t?
ovto
WORLD
t o c o n s id e r
very se r ious ly
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STUDENTS EVANGELIZE
(from
page 2
h e
f e l l
s i c k w i t h
m a l a r i a
T h i s
delayed his r e t u r n to school
and
h e
was
a
week
l te
A f t e r the boys re turned they
reported on t h i s work.
I t was
very evident t h a t
such missions
as these were
proved
to a great
b l e s s i n g both t o
the
s t u d e n t s
and
t h e i r
areas i n t o which
they
w e n t
t.
Bible
Co ll eg e S tudents
in Class
My Years
In Bible College
Tangai Mashoko is a s tudent in
the
Bible College
a t Mashoko. He
writes about his
f i r s t
year
in
this c o l u m n
There
i s no
great
s p i r i t u a l
v i c t o r y a C h r i s t i a n
can
win with
out
prayers .
Right
a t
the
s t a r t
of
my study
I received
help
from
many Christ ian friends. They
c o n t r i b u t e d a g r e a t number
of
books which were
of
g re a t b en ef i t
to
my s t u d i e s
T h e r e was a l o t t h a t I
l e a r n e d
in my
f i r s t
year , which w i l l be
most
helpful u n t i l the
day I
wil l
be w i t h C h r i s t I
l e a r n e d
t o
lead
in
prayer,
preach,
sing
hymns
and w i t n e s s f o r C h r i s t
All of these
blessings
came
y
f i r s t
year
of study
and
the
Lord
has
made me so prosperous in Him
only .
During the f i r s t
year
s tudents
preach only a t t h e m is s io n Sec
ond and
third year students
go
out in
the
v i l l a g e s and schools
CYRIL S IMKINS TEACHING
A CLASS AT THE BIBLE COLLEGE
An
Important Decision
B r o t h e r
S i m k i n s
f a c e s
a n
important and far-reaching
decision concerning the work
i n
Ghana .
His
d e s i r e
i s t o do
w h a t
i s
G o d s
w i l l i n
t h i s
m a t t e r
The f i e i r l i n Ghana i s
t r u l y
white
unto harvest a t
this t i m e
I s t h i s
G o d s w i l l
that
he and his family go
to
Ghana? He
is praying
anrl he
i s asking
for the prayers
of
our
readers and a l l
who sup
port the work.
Please
pray
R L P
to preach. During t h i s year I
had the Following
c l a s s e s ;
Bible
Survey, Old Testament History,
Church
History, Life of
Chris t ,
Art and Music, World
History,
and Engl ish .
y second year
of
t raining
was
full
of
changes
and new ex
p e r i e n c e s I f e l t l i k e a
fel low
citizen rather
than a
stranger.
My
sponsors,
Mr Vun Dyke anrl
family, moved
to
Mashoko. Tliis
was a g r e a t
joy to
me because i t
reminded us of the happiness
that we enjoyed together in Hip
po Valley. After Mr Van Dyke s
a r r i v a l
I went w i t h
him
t o
preach in the
vi l lages
and
schools.
I
also began to spend
some time each day helping in
o f f ic e a t the
hospi ta l where Mr
Van Dyke is the manager. At the
same t ime
I o p e r a t e d a
smal l
s t o r e
fo r the
nursing s t u d e n t s
All of this
in addit ion
to my
second year of s t u d i e s in
the
B ib le Co ll ege.
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Future Plans For Mashoko ible College
We have received an unexpected
set-back in
our plans to
move
the
Bible
College
to For t Vic
t o r i a The
farm
which
we
were
planning to
buy
is
now
unavail
ab le
This place
was
s ix
miles
f rom Fo r t
V i c t o r i a
Gove rnmen t
of f ic ia l s are recommending
a-
ga ins t
locat ing the
school
a t
t h i s
site We have no wish t o
buy i t fo r
any
other reason.
The c i ty o f f i c i a l s
of Fort
Vic t o r i a have however
i nd i
ca ted
t ha t
they
wi l l
l e t us
have
a
ten
acre s i te adjoining the
Afr i can a re a o f
th e town.
Th i s
is
being considered by the ci ty
council a t
the present
time. I f
it does
no t
succeed
we
wi l l in
AFRICAN EV NGELIST
published
bimonthly Cor
the
Crntral
Si r i ca
id igs ion
Chu r c h e s o f
Christ
BY
MADISON
PARK
CHRIST IAN CHURCH
2 1 6
No r t h
2 6 th S tr ee t
Quincy Illinois
62301
Second
Cla s s
Pos t age
Paid at
Quincy Illinois
a i l probabil i ty leave the school
at Mashoko We have encoun t e r e d
so many
d i f f icu l t ies
in our plan
t o
move
it
t h a t
we
some t imes
think perhaps
we a re not sup
posed
to move i t
A
fu r the r poss ib i l i ty ar i ses
in
th e
Lundi
Rese rve One
o f
t h e
New Zea l a nd
mi s s i o n a r i e s
i s
going
home permanently and leav
ing a mission s t a t ion open. I t
is a tw en ty -e ig ht a cr e
s i t e tha t
is th i r ty miles from
Dadaya
Mis
s i on
and
f i f t e e n
mi l e s
f rom
th e
c i ty
of Shabani . The New
Zea
l and b r e t h r en have o f f e r ed it to
us
i f we wil l pay for the bui ld
ings. We have already vis i ted
th e
a re a to l ook ove r
th e
site
M i ss io n s Sarvics
Box
963
509 a
Jiff
a r s o n
St
Jolist
Illinois
60434