The Banner - March 7, 1975

              Area Churches Vary in Spreading Gospel
by George Lewis and Ron Barker
The effectiveness of the churches in Riverside at spreading the
Good News about Jesus would
seem, at first glance, to be minimal. Their main contribution
seems to be to continue to worship
God at a time when everyone else
is either too busy, ortooathiestic.
While one might think that the
lack of visible preaching done is the
fault of unadventurous Christians,
investigations have shown that people are being ministered to, and to
a degree, the Good News is being
spread.
Calvary Chapel, Riverside, has
no organized witnessing program.
Their people just do it. As their
pastor, Greg Laurie* put it, a
healthy   body   reproduces   itself.
Calvary Chapel's only formal outreach is their Maranatha concerts.
According to Laurie, all he does
is to teach the Word of God.
Witnessing is just a natural outlet
for the people. This is not to make
you conclude that churches with
witnessing problems don't teach
the Word. Laurie himself witnesses, and encourages his 'congregation' also to do so. But, according to him, there is no time
where they say, "Now we will witness'.
Lutheran Church of the Cross
seems to be somewhat more in
tune with the times' than your
average Southern Baptist church.
Upon arrival at a Wednesday night
service there, a songsheet was
presented.   A quick glance at the
sheet showed that about 3/4 of the
songs were straight from the Jesus
movement.
After a young lady spoke on her
home in Kenya, the pastor did a
short sermon on healing. At departure time, they were into their
healing service.
The feeling of freedom that pervaded the room was the most notic-
ible thing there. The program for
the evening seemed to be very flexible, with an option for the Holy
Spirit to do anything He wanted to.
The church has obvious Charismatic leanings, but the people are
being ministered to. There is no
organized witnessing program that
was visible.
The mission of the CalvaryT
Arrowhead convention is, accord
ing to Earl Crawford, its associa-
tional missionary, three fold. It
tries to begin work in unchurched
areas; provides programs of help
to the churches, and tries to minister to the needs ofthe area.
There- are 67 churches and 4
missions in the Association, according to Crawford. And, the association is to help the churches
in their mission of ministering
and witnessing.
'Every church is like a military
outpost,' Crawford said, 'and each
outpost is accountable to God for
what will take their area.' Some
ofthe things the Southern Baptists
are into, according to Crawford
are;
-One church is sponsoring a
Resort ministry at Big'Bear.
-Lay evangelism programs are
starting, with the emphasis on
training and maturation.
-Lifestyle evangelism; simply,
finding ways to witness in your
daily life.
-Convalescent hospital ministries, and possible jail and industry
ministries.
Many people have claimed that
the organized church is outmoded
as a tool for preaching the Gospel.
Though Heaven sent, the church
is man-organized and man-run.
Therefore, it will have flaws,
faults, and failings. But, it IS one
of God's major tools for promoting
the Good News about Jesus. So,
knocking your church is easy and
popular to do; what is hard is
getting in it, and figuring out what
God has in mind for you.
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Chaillot Production
Thespian Success
by Bob Wilson
The C.B.C. Drama Dept. production of Giraudoux's, The Mad
Woman of Chaillot, proved to be
tremendous. Though lacking in both
money and experiencedactors, Dr.
Irving Shaw has masterfully put
together a top notch production.
The play is about an eccentric
French Countess named Orelia,
who upon learning of some rich
men's plot to blow up Paris in
order to gain access to a purported
fortune in Petroleum, sets up a
trap to catch them so.a-* to make
the world once again beautiful.
The story is charming though lacking any real intellectual message.
Denise Higgins, who played Orelia, performed her part with exceptional precision and timing. It
is hard to believe that this was
her first real attempt at acting.
Mrs. Higgins has natural talent
and performed as though the part
were written just for her. She
was particularly good in the" scene
where she befriends the attempted
drowning victim named Pierre,
played by John Cummings.
A pleasant surprise was the acting debut of Brian Nunn, who played
both a comic juggler and a new
policeman. Though having only a
small part, his acting ability shined
brightly. His portrayal of the clown
was reminicient of Charlie Chaplin. The only thing that marred
his near perfect performance was
the juggling act he performed at
the beginning ofthe first act.
Although the play began a little
slow at first due to the apparent
lack of kineticism in the background, the pace soon picked up
and failed to lag from then on.
The scenery, made under the direction of Devona Dixon, in the
last scene was exquisite. The first
appearance of it brought enthusiastic response from the opening
night audience.
Dr. Shaw's Drama Dept. has
come a long way in the past three
years. When one considers that
most of the actors and actresses
in the play have never had any
previous training in the field of
dramatics, and the deficit of money
alloted for the production by the
school, one can only applaud the
cast, crew, technicians- and directors for a job well done.
According to Dr. Shaw, "Everybody has done a good job. This is
v^o c>vst aUeiiuca pi
produced."
State AWARE
Session Set
For Fresno
WALTER R. MARTIN - held a
seminar on the cults Wednesday
afternoon of Spiritual Emphasis
week. More than 200 were in at-
tendence for the discussion. Martin is a noted author,'lecuter, and
teacher in the field of cults and the
occult.
MacWhinney To Hold
Previewof Spain Trip
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celebration, special interest
groups, group singing,- renewal,
and Praising the Lord will be held
at AWARE, the state youth celebration, March 27-29. It will be
held at the Fresno Convention Center and costs $3*0.00 plus meals.
Program people include Barry
St. Clair, David Haney, BurylRed,
Gene Garrison, Cynthia Clauson.
There will be two new youth musicals; "The Beginnings"and "Here
Comes the Son". -
It is hoped there will be 300college students to serve as small
group leaders who will have all
expenses paid for their training
and for the conference.
Seminary Teacher
To Address M.A.s
There will be a luncheon for all
M.A. members and other Jr. and
Sr. Church Related Vocation
Volunteers at noon in the old college chapel Wed. March 19. Dr.
Nobel Brown of Golden Gate Seminary faculty will be the speaker
at the luncheon and at chapel that
day.
The luncheon is sponsored jointly by the M.A.'s and by Golden
Gate Baptist Theological Seminary
Alumni Association. Students do
not need to be planning to attend
G.G. to go to the luncheon. Sign
ups will be in Joe Cutsinger's of-*
fice. Students sould sign upas soon
as possible. -
Dr. James MacWhinney, head of
the Education department here, arid
advisor for an educational tour to
Salmanaca, wili hold a reception^
preview of his June trip, on the
third floor lounge of Simmons hall
March 12 at 7 p.m. Also attending
will be Mr. Wayland Marler, Dr.
Steven Pallady, and Mr. Mack
Brandon*.
The Cal Baptist professors will
be in attendance to discuss credits
for the trip with those people interested in going.
The   excursion   will   begin   on
Thursday, June 26, where the group
will depart from LA International
airport for London. There will be
a three day layover in London where
members may take optional tourist excursions or tour the town
themselves.
On Sunday the 29th, the group
leaves for Madrid, Spain by air,
and continues toSalmanacaby rail.
Study begins at the University of
Salmanaca on Monday June 30, and
continues to July 25. During this
time there will be an optional excursion to Madrid.
July 26 begins a time of independent travel, or an optional
tour to-Paris, France. On Wednesday, July 30, the whole group will
meet for one last night in Paris,
and the return flight to New York
the next day.
"During the t r i p", said Dr.
Mac Whinney," students will be
able to see some of the world's
great art treasures. InSalmanaca,
we plan to visit a bull farm, where
the less cautious of us may practice some 'Cape work with some
very young bulls."
Christian Witness Needed
On Riverside Campuses
College students seem to become
apathetic, realizing the weight of
their soon-to-bt responsibilities
when they graduate. The high-
school student, on the other hand,
leaves junior high with eyes wide
in anticipation of what happens
next.' He is usually always disappointed. All that is to come is
either vocational training, or college prep. High school kids need
Jesus.
At three of Riverside's numer-•
ous schools, e f for t s are being
made. Campus Crusade TorChrist
is working at Ramona, Arlington,
and North highs. Ramona and La
Sierra highs have 'Fish Clubs'.
And, Riverside Christian High has
Carol Christophersen, Terry Ek-
strom and their ilk.
Daryl Nuss, of Campus Crusade,
says he is setting up Ramona, Arlington and North highs as 'model
schools.' The idea is for others
to come, see what is being done,
and go away (having been trained
by Campus Crusade) and do likewise.
The way he usually operates, according to him, is the Christians
on campus contact Campus Crusade. He then comes on campus
and works through the people who _
contacted him. He does not deal
with the Fish Club on campus;
only through its leaders.
Except for time before and after
school, Nuss dbesn't do much work
on campus per se. He organizes
Bible studies off campus. He has a
dream of 'his' schools becoming
'World Training Centers', where
the kids, trained by Campus Crusade, would eventually go all over
the world.
Fish  clubs are usually started
by  one   zealous   student.   Though
Ramona   and   La   Sierra's  clubs
have the same name, they are not
related.    Mr.    Reed,   Ramona's
' activities   director,  had  no  idea
what  happened  to  the   Fish Clubi
on campus. Its leader, Mark Tun-
1 ney,  graduated   recently, and the
club  either  went underground or
out of business. On the other hand,
"La Sierra's Fish Club is alive and
well.   Attendance is up, and Greg
Laurie from Calvary Chapel teaches there on occasion.
Riverside Christian High has
about 110 students. According to
their principal, the school has a
Christian emphasis. At the moment, their only outreach is their
choir and music programs. The
school tries to do things in a Christian manner, the principal said. He
expects the students to conform to
the minimum Christian standards
he sets.
Carol Christopherson is 'almost a Jesus freak,' according to
her principal.  She was the recent
editor of the school paper; it
changes editors every six weeks.
The editorial page seems to be on
the first page of the paper. Carol
wrote a very religious paper.
There were some complaints that
the paper was a little too religious.
She is also the head of the prayer
group on campus. According to her,
of the 110 students, nine attend
the prayer group, five regularly.
She admits that she is not aware of
what the freshmen and sophomores
are doing, but she knows of only a
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a real driving interest in talking
about Jesus.
lt is possible that Jesus will
come tomorrow. If so, what will
He say about our outreach to the
high schools? The Southern Baptists do have a high school ministry, but in my investigations I
heard nothing about it. Is it possible that we are so used to reality
we don't bother to fight itanymore?
Trouveres
Take Talents
To Tennessee
by Angela Morgan
Nashville or bust. That's the
slogan of Cal Baptist's singing
group, Trouveres, as they prepare
"for their two week adventure to
Tennessee, which will take them
through such states as Arizonia,
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alabama and Louisiana.
The group left at 7a.m. Wednesday, Mar. and plans to return
March 20.
Fifteen people will be packed
into two school vans with luggage,
bodies, and of course," Mi ckey
Mouse hats. Why? The hats are part
of their costume, when they perform such Disney numbers as,
"It's a Small World," "Chim Chim
Cher-ee," "Zip - a - dee - Doo-
Dah," "A Spoonful of Sugar," and
"Supercalifragilisticexpi-
alidocious."
Foreign Students
Await Yosemite
There is still time for International students who are interested
in going to the International Students who are interested in going
to the International Students Conference to sign up. It will be held
at Camp Sugar Pine near Yosemite National Park.
The cost is $10.00 per person,
but students not having the money
who want to go should contact
Joe Cutsinger. Sign ups are in
Joe's office.