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A U G U S T 1 9 6 1

from 1 OV ICTOR , NEW YORK

OUR NEXT PROJECTAfter much thought and prayer ,the decision has been made by the

Gene Du lin s and F l o r a Mason tobegin a ministry with the Grant-brook Community Church in northc e n t r a l To ron t o . In o u r l a s t REPORT FROM TORONTO we m entioned th is group, poin ting out theirs im i l a r i t i e s and d i f f e r ence s . Sincethat a r t i c l e was wri t ten , ex tens ived i s cu s s i on h a s been he ld be tweenthe leadership of the Grantbrookchu r c h and Gene Dxil in , Af t e r consulting with Chris t ian l eaders inthe Toronto area and requestingthe opinion of our regular supporte r s in the U.S. , we have conc ludedtha t th i s i s wha t God would have usd o .This body of people is actually aone congrega t ion denominat ion . Fo rover forty years they have beens t r iv ing to " r e s t o r e the chu rch , "A study of the ir p rac ti ces reveals anumber of changes in these fortyyears and each change has broughtthem c loser to the New Tes tament .The do i om ina t i ona l n ame I s THECHURCH OF THE CHRISTIAN

BROTHERHOOD. They preach the"plan of salvation" as we xmder-stand it, and prac t i ce lmmers l (mfor the rem is sio n o f s ins . They a renot religious fanatics on any subject,and ce r t a i n l y do no t f a l l in to th e"Holiness" classif ication. They a resimply trying to be New TestamentChristians and thought they werethe only people in the world w iths im i l a r conv i c t i o n s .They do have cer ta in differencesf r om the pos it ion o f th e Chr i s t i a nChu rche s , o r c hu r c h e s of Chr i s t .They serve communion only cmcemonthly, but the leadership hasagreed to allow us to hold weeklyc ommun i o n s e r v i c e s in a s m a l lchapel , and soon expec t the i r congregation to br ing th e communim iinto services every Sunday. In thebeginning the n ame of the churchwill likely be GRANTBROOK COM-MUNITY CHU RCHA CHRISTIANCHURCH. Even tu all y we expect thecongregat ion to d rop COMMUNITYand jus t be the GRANTBROOKCHRIST IAN CHURCH or CHURCJTI( con t i nued page 2)

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R E P OB T P aOM TORONTOPrinted ani l pubUahsd msothlj r la the Interest e tNnr Tntamcnt Chris t iani ty In Tmo to an d Canada by Olpreaa for thf TpTooto Cfarlstlaa Iflaslaaof t he C&iat lan ChuruCbarchea of Chrlat,BeltcovlUe, bdlana , D^.lUaa l f lBar lea ;llr. and l i r a . Gene DoUnM r. a nd Mr a. Gene Stalkerl l l aa Flm MaaonCanadian Addr ea a f or a l l lUaa lonar l ea :19 Tenqilar DriveWeatoo (TereotoK OBtarlo, Canada

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OUR NEXT PROJECTof CHRIST, o r som e such s imi l a rname. On church govemm^ t theyhave a " commi t t e e o f t e a che r s "th at cor re sponds to our "e lde r s" ,and a " c omm i t t e e o f dea con s . "Joint meetings of these men a recal led "boa rd meet ings ." Thechairman of the congregation ist e rmed " the bishop", but he doesnot like the term and w ith pa t i^ce ,this des igna tion will be corrected.No doub t o t h e r va r i a t i on s wi l l b efound a s we a s soc i a t e wi t h t h e s epeople, but th eir Ch ris tia n spir i tand earnes t des i re to please Godl e a d s u s to th e conc l u s i on t h a tevery variation will be co rrecte da s God ' s word i s s tud ied and fo ll owed .The physical facilities of thisgroiq} a re quite at tract ive. Theyhave just finished constructing abeautiful building with a seat ingcapacity of around 200. They havea full basement , a smal l chapel, astudy, and other accomodations ordinarily found in a modem churchbuilding. Attendance runs around50 in their oneweekly serviceSunday morning.At one t ime the group was muchlarger , but twomoves have resultedi n a t r emen d o u s l o s s in a t t e n d an c e .Presently they claim to have around400 menders in the Toronto area,but d is tance has proved a rea l handicap in attmdance. Hie offeringsof the ctmgregation are very small ,averaging less than $1.00 per per

son attending. The ccmstruction ofthe new building was made possiblethrough the sale of property ownedin a downtown dist r ic t .The last full-time ministry of thechu rch w as in 1935 . S ince t ha t t imethey have been served by their ownmen. No p rea ch ers were availablebut they have done the best theycould without a r egu la r p re ache r.They now have a young man in thethird year ofBible College in a faith-only interdenominaticMial school inToronto. He has preached for themth e l a s t few mon t h s a nd w il l con t i nuewith the church, giving ass is tance toBro . Dulin. We hope he will enrol lin Toronto Christ ian Seminary nexty e a r .Three years ago we star ted asm a l l mi s s i o n in W illo w da le w iththe expectation of working withthese people once Westway had become self-supporting. The newGrantbrook building is just fiveminutes f rom th e meeting place ofthe Willowdale church . These folk,with th e fullest unders tanding of theGrantbrook fa ith and pract ice , havedec ided to a t te n d th e G r an t b r o okchurch. This will give them a suitable meeting place and allow themto use their faith in correcting un-scr ip tura l prac t ices of the Grantb rook g roup .

Gene Dul i n h a s been a s k ed to dotne preaching. He will also teach inBib le School , and conduct one seminary c lass at Grantbrook. Thepresent plan is to bring the officersof the church toge the r fo r discussionon each point of do ctrine . A fteragreement is reached in such ameeting, Bro . Dulin wil l preach onth e sub ject. This should enable u sto avo i d m uch con f l ic t a s t imepa s s e s . Plans a l so i nc lude h imcalling in all the members ' homesfor a get acquainted visit .F lora Mason will be in charge ofth e m us ic o f th e c hu r c h . We haven e v e r a t t ended a c hu rc h w h e re congregational singing was as poor.F lo r a h a s been a sked to d i r e c t th echoi r and wil l develop the ent i remusica l program of the church.She will also have oppor tunity tot e ach in Bib le Schoo l and do o the rteach ing in cal l ing.

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Since offerings a re so very low,obviously these people a re not in aposit ion to pay a minis te r . Hie factthat we a re on a mission basis opensthe door for us . We plan to workwith this congregati

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d t r i s t i a n Se r v i c eC am pThe f i r s t sess ions of On ta r ioChristlanAsserobly are now history,but what wonderful history i t is .There were a total of 38 in camp for

the week and 14 convers ions . Thespirit of the camp was the best wehave eve r observed with comple teco-operat ion being given by facult yand s tu den ts a l ik e. Of th e f ou r te enbaptisms, one was Karlita, the Du-l in 's youngest daughter. Two bapt i sms were I ta l ians who made t he i rconfess ions in Italian. Another bapt ism was an Englishman, 28 yearsold, who was visi t ing in camp onenight and took his stand for Christ.Tlie imme r s i o n s we r e held in th elake an the can^ groimds. What atestim ony for the s trangers whowere around the camp, who hadneve r seen a bap t i sma l serv ice .One fell ow f rom Germany was pa rticularly impressed. Since he is

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Our Hea l t hGen e Dulin cont inues to f ee l be t

te r after his surgery in the spring.The busy schedule has hardly allowed t ime for recuperat ion and het i res more easily, but he is able toeat almost everything and has hadlittle trouble since the gall bladderw as rem ov ed .RE PORT FROM TORONTO

Vic to r , New York

re turning to Germany soon, we a reforwarding his address to Bro. EdFausz , who is a missionary in Germany, hoping he can follow up thislead. Some who observed the baptisms were cynical, and even madefun. One of us made the commen t ,"We have had a wonderful camp inspite of interferences." But afterthought, we agreed that such comments had actually helped make thecamp a t remendous exper ience. Being a Christian isn't easy and thetaunts merely emphasized the teaching the youth were receiving.Even yet we can hear thewords ofthe camp song, written by FloraMason, r inging.

"The re ' s a camp in Ontariowhere we love to go.The calsses we study ailhelp us to grow.In games and all teamworkw e l e a r n to s h a r e .The fel lowship is wonderful-i t 's beyond compare."

The s umme r w e ath er h as r e s u l t e dinKar l i ta ' s skin t rouble c lear ing upa lmos t comple te ly , even a s the de r -mitologist sa id i t would. She willrequi re t rea tment again in the winter , but is enjoying the sunshine thissimimer.Lenora is having a r ecur rence ofpain f rom the back injury sufferedl a s t December . The specia l is t hasgiven no encouragement and we a renow await ing word from anotherd o c t o r t h a t i s to e x am i n e her a n dt ry to find some way to give he r rel ief . The pain has been a lmos t cons t a n t fo r th e l a s t s ix we e k s .Your praye r s on behalf of a l l theworkers in Toronto a re requested .

Property ofMiss J'lorence Douglas . i t-tvfe.Plora, ^Illinois