Work 'sponsored at home, abroad (continued from page 181) Retreat speakers The World Evangelism Forum and Timothy Club continued to share resources and ideas in bringing speakers to the campus from around the""' world. Each semester began with an all-school retreat sponsored by WEF. The first weekend in the fall semester, Richard Rogers of the Sunset School of Preaching in Lubbock, Texas addressed a crowd of over 500 at Camp Wyldewood. Rogers spoke concerning "Spiritual Commitment. " In January, Irishman Jim McGuiggan spoke at his second WEF retreat. Beginning the semester, he lectured from the stage in the Administration Auditorium on the subject of discipleship . His lecture titles included " God With Wounds" and "Christians With Crosses," The Forum also sponsored a trip to Abilene Christian University in November for the World Missions Workshop . Over 200, including two chartered buses full of students, went from Harding. Speakers who spoke for both WEF and Timothy Club included missonaries, former missionaries and State-side evangelists. In November, former missionary to Bible Nigeria an-d - Hawaii Wendell Broom presented talks on "Spiritual Gifts in Missions" and "Spiritual Gifts in the Ministry. " .In October, Bob Brown came from his work in Venezuela to address campus audiences. Horton , the visiting professor of missions, was the speaker in November. Horton' has served as a missionary in Korea and Japan. Other speakers included Howard N orton, and later Dan Coker, both original members of the Sao Paulo , Brazil missions team. Designed to assist young men in preparation for preaching, the Timothy Club presented additional speakers and programs aimed at providing knowledge which would aid the students' future ministry. With the Timothy Club, Owen Olbricht, organizer of Northeast Campaigns, shared how he developed his own home Biblestudy material. Randy Becton of the Cancer Care Ministry told of his battle with cancer and how to minister to the terminally ill. In November a panel of preacher's wives gave their views and insights on the work of a preacher. All Timothy Club and World Evangelism Forum programs sought to encourage a greater sense of service among those in attendance. Many who received the messages became involved in campaigns overseas, if they were not already. Overseas campaigns Campaign grou~ going overseas from Harding included International Campaigns and Venezuelan Campaigns. Directed by Dr. Don Shackelford under the oversight of the elders of the College church of Christ, International Campaigns had the objective of introducing students to foreign fields of work by having them serve first-hand with missionaries and local congregations. More than eight foreign countries . on four continents were visited by International Campaigners in 1979. Similar plans were made for the summer of 1980. In preparation, International 'Being a member of the Venezuelan Campaign group is a very exciting and rewarding challenge for me: - Lora Fleener Campaigners met each Wednesday evening in Bible 100 at 8:30. A new aspect of the meetings in the spring this year was the the implementation of a series of speakers discussing topics relevant to the coming campaign work. Topics included "The Secular Man" and the "State Church Mentality." With special language requirements, the Venezuelan Campaign group met separately. All members had to be able to conAS VENEZUELAN Campaign mem- (.. ·.'r Ruth A ebi carefully lis te1lS in the World Evangelism Forum , A lberto A costa tells about team efforts fo r ti,e summer.
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