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No. 57 Joliet, Illinois June 1962

Gene Dulin family: Lenora, Vanito, Karliia, Gene

Five Years in TorontoThe Geoe Dulin family moved to

Toronto, Canada in the summer of1957 to lead in evangelizing in thatarea. In the five years two new congregations, a Chris tian Service Camp anda Bible college have been established.Nine older congregations that hadwavered under varied degrees of indifference, denominationalism, and compromise even to the point of beingserved by denominational preachers have been s treng thened and assistedthrough evangelistic meetings and otherways, including assistance in th ecalling of faithful ministers. Oned eo om io atio na l c hu rc h ha s been led

into the New Tes tamen t po sition , andr e c en t con t a c t wi th Chr i s t i an s from th eRus si an Re st or ati on Movement has ledto many new opportunities.

Toronto, ooe of the fastest growingcities in the world, now has apopulatioDof 1,800,000, and is growing by 100,000yearly. Over 20,000 housing units atebuilt each year. Industries move intoToronto at the rate of 40 per month.Today there are over 6,000,000 within100 miles of Toronto. By 2,000 A.D.Toronto alone expects to have 7,000,000people. In this boom city five yearsago, there was one small New Testamentchurch. Today there are three English-


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speaking churches, plus the RussianChris t ian Church .

Of this l arge popu lation , 60 percent are foreign born. When any countryis named, Toronto can boast that i thas Immigrants from chat nation. Forexample, there are 70,000 Germans,16,000 Hungarians, 60,000 Ukranians,30,000 Polish, 7,000 Chinese, 30,000Scandanavians, nearly 150,000 Italians and on and on it goes. Guy Mayfield,while on extended furlough from Italy,has worked among Toronto's Italianpopulace. The Russian church laborswith the Slavic-speaking people. Wehave contacts with many people fromother nationalities, but there is nochurch work being done among them.In this international city of Toronto,churches of at least 25 foreign languagescould be established. Here is an *opeodoor" for extensive foreign languagework. Only personnel and funds delayt he se works .

Looking beyond the city of Torontoi nto the rest of the province of Ontario,we find another challenge. Hamilton, acity of over 300,000 has no church. Wehave a few con t a c t s th e re an d th eRus s ian Ch r i s ti a n s have o the r s . Leade rship for a new work there is imperative.Niagara Falls, with over 30,000 people,has no church. Again we know a handfulo f New Tes t amen t Ch r i s t i a n s t he r e .Ottawa, Canada's national capital, iswithout a church . The f ie ld in Ontariois vast and the opportunities areunlimited, except by the lack o f le adership for new works.

The his tory of the church of Christin Canada, and in Ontario, is long, anddisappointing. Alexander Campbell madea tour through Ontario to strengthenchurches established long before hearr ived. Records o f over 100 churcheshave been found, but church build ingsserving as hog pens, tombstones erectedto dead churches, and bapti smal fon tsstanding by the side of the Lord's Tableare mute reminders of what compromisewill do. In 1957 there were only 25chu rches le f t in Ontar io tha t werewearing the name. In most cases thesechurches were small, and varyingdegrees of digression was apparent.Buildings were old. The ministry inmany cases was dedicated to compromiseand union with denomina t iona l churches .Open membership was found. It is nosurprise that faithful Christians werediscouraged.

^emoriamAlexander Bridgen

Elder ^Westway Christian ChurchTrustee --Xoronto ChristianSeminary

1869 - -1962Died ^ April 26,1962Funeral in charge ofWayne Alford and Gene Dulin

(See l as t i ssue of Report)Into this situation, complicated by

the traditionalism of the Anglicanchurch (Church of England) and themodernism of the Uni ted Church ofCanada (Methodist, liberal Presbyteriansand Congregat iona lis ts ), the Dulinsbegan their work in 1957. God hasblessed the work abundantly, and todaythere are many rejoicing and optimisticChr is t ians . The movement to res toreNew Tes tament Chr is tiani ty is oncemore moving. May God raise up additionalmen of God to give leadership in thischallenging field that the harvest maybe t aken for Chris t !

TORONTO CHRISTIAN SEMINARYToronto Christian Seminary was

chartered by the Ontario legislature inDecember 1958, and held i ts firstclasses in January 1959- A large four-apartment building was purchased nearthe Keele Street church in 1959' Thisbuilding is so arranged as to permit theSeminary to use the space they requireand then rent out th e o th er apa rtment s.

Student body in 1961-62 totaled 10students taking classes for credittoward degrees and certificates and20 older students taking classes asauditors. The Seminary has the dualgoal of preparing youth for Christianmin i s t r i e s and o lde r Chr i s t i an s for m oreeffective leadership in the local congregations. The loca tion of th e school inth e in te rn at io na l s i t ua t i on in To ron togives it a unique opportunity of trainingmissionaries. An aggressive missionaryprogram is being developed. Each studentin the school is expected to take anactive part in some phase of the work


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of Chris t in the Toronto a rea . The1962-63 year opens September 7, 1962.Fo r addit ional informat ion wri te toMary Ann Brown, Registrar, Toronto. Christian Seminary, 278 High Park

Avenue, Toronto 9, Canada.ONTARIO CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLYThe second year of operation finds

camp scheduled fo r the first week ofJuly for Ontario Christian Assembly.This camp takes children nine yearsold and older . John Vallance will seryeas manager again this year, and WayneAlford will se r re a s dean . Localpreachers will be sharing in the work.Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Johnson, whose rve the Pra i r ie Green church nea rHoopeston, Illinois, and Glen Wattersonfrom Great Lakes Bible College alsowill be helping in the camp.

Camping is well received in theToronto area, although camps ordinarilycharge very high tuition. One churchcamp gets |40 per week. Other types ofcamps charge from |50 to |100 perweek. And yet, there is a real problemto get satisfactory grounds fo r ourcamp. Grounds used last year had beenrented, but the owner rented tw o cabinsout from under our camp. This resultedin a need to change locations, and hascreated a real problem for the campleadership.This merely emphasizes the urgentneed to secure grounds fo r a permanentcamp site. The Ontario Christian Men'sFellowship is looking into this possibility and we trust they will cake theinitiative in securing grounds. Somehelp from Christians in the UnitedStates may be necessary since thechu rches her e are all sm all. The campprogram must be carried on. It willprove over the years to be one of ourmost effective instruments of evangelism.Last yea r the re were 13 baptized out ofa total attendance of 38. This year weare anticipating a much larger enrollments i n c e more chu r che s a re i nvo lved .

NEW READERSThis issue of Report from Torontogoes to our r egul ar mail ing Use andalso CO chose attending the North

American Christian Convention, as wellas to congregations where the Dulinswill be visiting on their summer speakingtour. Consequently, this will introducemany of you to the work of Toronto

GRANTBROOK CHRISTIAN CHURCHIn August 1961, Gene Dulin wasinvited by a one-congregation denomina

tion to begin serving them as minister.Since that time this congregation haschanged i ts name to Grantbiook Christian Church, begun serving communioneach Sinday, no longer "impacts theHoly Spirit by the laying on of hands,*but recognizes that the Holy Spirit Is agift given to obedient believers, hasestablished a membership roll composedonly of those immersed into Christ, andhas made numerous ocher changes.Attendance runs between 50 and 60 inworship services. A Vacation BibleSchool conducted during the Easterholidays resulted in 120 children from71 homes attending Grantbrook for thefirst time. This congregation continuesto grow and will be well on the toad toself-support in another year.THE RUSSIAN CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Faithful New Testament Christians,severely persecuted by various Russiangovernments, have immigrated to Canada.In December 1961 contact was madewith a Toronto congregation of theRuss ian Restorat ion Movement . We f indthat there are about 15 such congregation s in C anada . There are a few minorvariations from those things practicedby toost of our congregations, but thereis a remarkable similarity. Thesebrethren have voiced a desi re to havecloser fellowship with the church ofChrist Chri st ian churches and havegiven different Toronto area workersopportunity to speak to their brethren.A congregation of 300 from the Russian,English and Italian works in Torontoassembled May 13th to bring a *BibIeConfe r ence ' to a c lo se a t th e R uss ianchurch. Singing was in five differentlanguages. Brother Dulin spoke to thisgathering and his message was translatedinto Russian by Brother Huk, ministerof the Russian church. We anticipatemany additional doors opening throughth is associa t ion with these brethren;ChristianMission. If you do not regularlyreceive Report and would like to beadded to the ofiailing list, please forwardyour name to Gene Dulin, 19 TemplarDrive, Weston (ToronK>), Canada. Thereis no subscription charge for Report, butif you would like to share in the cost,50< a year will cover it .


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INDEPENDENT* PREACHERSSERVING ONTARIO CHURCHES

WAYNE V. ALFORDWestway Christian ChurchToron to

WILLIAM BOWERSWelland Church o f Christ (Christian)Wel l and

JOHN BRENNANErin Church of ChristEr i n

ROSS DALEYSweets Come r Church of Chr is tSelkirk, R.R.

GENE DULINGraotbrook Chris t ian ChurchTo ron toGUYMAYFIELD (Returning to Italy in

July)Italian Mission (Keele Street church)Toron to

C. C. MULLINSWest Lake Church o f Ch ri stP i c t on

JOHN VALLANCEHillsburgh Christian ChurchGrand Valley Church of ChristHillsburgh and Grand Valley

ROBERT WADE (Arrives in July)AylmerChurch of ChristAylmer

BENJAMIN WOODRUFFSelkirk Church o f Chris tSelkirkThe Keele Street church in Torontois in the process of calling a new

minister. George Roberts serves aspresident and field representative forToronto Christian Seminary and ministersto the church in Kenosha, Wisconsin.Additional leadership is being called inthe near future for Toronto ChristianSeminary. Mary Ann Brown servesToronto Christian Seminary as Registrarand Bursa r .Bible colleges represented byOntario leadership number eight Alberta Bible College, Atlanta Christian College, Cincinnati Bible Seminary,Johnson Bible College, Kentucky Christ ian College, Minnesota Bible College,Southwest Christian Seminary andToronto Christian Seminary.RE TURN P O S T AG E GUARANT E E D

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MISSIONARY BANKS AVAILABLEMany times Sunday school classesor departments like to have a coin bankfor use in collecting missionary offerings .and teaching missions. Vacation Bible

Schools often are in search fo r similari tem s . F am il ie s somet im es l ike tohave such a bank to se rve a s a reminderto them, and often place them on th edinner table, or in a prominent placein their living room where visitorsmay also share in their missionaryin te re s t .

Toronto Chr is t i an Mission hassecured several colorful Royal CanadianMounted Po l ice coin banks tha t a tesuitable for these purposes. We will behappy to forward one of these banks toSunday school teachers and officers orto families when requested by adults.From time to time, those who use thebanks can open them and forward theoffering collected to Toronto ChristianMission. If you would like one of thesebanks send your request to TorontoChristian Mission, 19 Templar Drive,Weston (Toronto), Ontario, Canada.We express our appreciation to Mrs.John Wilson, Springfield, Ohio, whomade this suggestion when she wasvisiting the work in Toronto with herhusband when be brought the SpringLectureship at Toronto ChristianSeminary.

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Toronto Christian MissionGene Dulin Family, Missionaries19TemplarDrive, Toronto, Canada

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No. 61 Joliet, Illinois October 1962

internat ional Toronto

Gene Dulin preaches nnd John Huk,Russian minister, inter-prets, at a week-end Bible conference at the Russian church.

Often we l o s e the i ncemac iona lcomplexion of Toronto as we becomebusily engaged in the work among theEnglish-speaking people. When westop to consider the 60 per cent of ourpopulation that were born outsideCanada, we suddenly say, "Why, that 'sover a million people in our city whowere born in some other country!"Then as we walk or drive throughvarious foreign sections of our city,we seem to be transported right off theNor th American continent . Stores, dress,language, music, even food, lendweight to this conclusion. In one week,we were reminded in another way bycorrespondence and contact of ourin te rna t iona l s i tua t ion .

One let ter came from E rn es t F ab er,missionary in Japan, asking us to lookup and assis t a Japanese bio-chemistry

college professor who is coming toOttawa for experimental work. Ottawais about 250 miles from Toronto. It isth e capital of Canada and has no NewTestament church. We will arrange forthis man to visi t us in Toronto , if possible, and give him assistance as wea re ab l e .

Another let ter came from the Hergets ,missionaries in Jamaica, asking us tolook up a young lady who is moving toToronto from Jamaica. She Is a youngChristian and needs encouragement andhelp as she moves from her homeland toCanada. Fortunately, her Torontoaddress is not too far from the Westwaychurch and we will endeavor to helpher find her place In that congregation.

Another letter comes from Italy andGuy Mayfield, who has just arr ived back


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in Italy. HeTequests us to talk with anItalian family here and give them Christian comfort and encouragement. A newgrandchild, the first for this family, isseriously ill in Italy. The g randparen tshere in Toronto need our vis i t andprayers. We have already talked withthis family.A telephone call from the Russianpreacher who is serving as a chaplainin Toronto's jail, requests assistancein finding New Testament wri tings andespecially tracts in several languages.Jus t now the need is for Italian andMexican materials. These reques ts arebeing forwarded to mission workers inthese foreign languages with the hopethat they will have materials alreadyprinted that can be used in this prisonministry.

An appointment with the Russianm inis ter o f the church here in T orontoalso al lowed for d is cu ss io n o f var iousphases of the work of Christ. A planwas made fo r the Russian minister,who i s an exce l len t choi r l eader andis presently writing a book on churchmusic, to assist in some of the musicalprograms of the area. Plans were alsomade for us to a s s i s t in Bible con-ferences-(wk-end preaching missions)in some of the Russ i an churches .

Vanita and Karlita Dulin sing inthe Russian language for the congregat ion a t the Russ i an church.

The s e " in te rna t iona l inc idents" a l lhappened in one week. We could alsopoint out that we had several Americanvisitors in our home during this samet ime. Indeed, Toronto is an internationalcity, and th e woric of Toronto ChristianMission is an international work,although the primary responsibilitiesare to establish and s treng then Eng lish-speak ing churches. How we pray thats ome o t h e r worke rs will com e to th eToronto area to -work full t ime withthese various foreign-speaking people.

Keele Street Church Calls New MinisterDr. Robert A. Murray began hisministry with the Keele Street church

the last of August, moving to Torontofrom Lincoln Park church in Detroit,where he had served approximatelythree years.

Brother Murray was bom in Irelandand graduated in pharmacy in Dublin.He studied for the Anglican (Church ofEngland Episcopalian) ministry andwas orda in ed in 1940. He served as anAnglican missionary in Burma for tenyears and later as a British Armychaplain in South Africa and Australia.He th en cam e to C anada and s e r v ed inOntario, doing mission work with theI nd i ans . While in Nor th Amer i c a be t ookwork from th e Midwes te rn Gradua t eBib l e Schoo l and ea rned th e m as te r sand doc to ra te degrees.

During his years as an Anglicanminister, through his private study be

arrived at th e Scriptural positionregarding baptism and left the Anglicanministry and found employment as achemist in Detroit. He saw a signsaying, "CHRISTIAN CHURCH," andcommented t ha t i t would be wonder fu lif there rea lly was a Christian Church.He visited the Wyndotte ChristianChurch where Jim Warfield ministers,and found that this really was what itc la imed to be a Chri s t i an Church . In1958, Brother Murray became a memberof the Wyndotte congregation, andse rved a s as s i s t an t mini s t e r unt i l hebegan serving the Lincoln Park congregation.

The Murrays have four chi ldren, oneof whom is studying for the ministry atMilligan College. We are happy to welcome these qualified workers to Canadaand pray God's blessings upon them asthey labor here.


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MEN'S RETREATIn mid-September seven of the

Grantbrook Chris t ian Church menas sembled at the home of one of themembers who l i ves 40 miles fromToronto for a week end of fellowshipand study. This was the first suchexperience for any of the men; butby the conclusion of the week end,every man was certain the futurewould hold other such meetings forhim. Gene Dulin was in charge of thediscussions. Other men had responsibilities for devotional thoughts andprayer periods.

T he t h eme used w as "Men o fGod." In the Friday night openings e s s i on each man se l ec t ed one manfrom the Bible and explained whatcha rac t e r i s t i c s this man had tha t madehim a great man of God. Gene Dulinused as an opening message, *Joshua,a Man Encouraged by God." Saturdaymorning's session was centered on thetheme o f "What Is the New Tes t amen tChurch?' using Peter as the Bible manto introduce the subject. A practicald i scuss ion fo l lowed when th e C h ris t ia neducation program of the Grantbrookchui;ch was .carefully discussed. T-heaf ternoon t heme was "What Is th e Powe r

1963 MISSIONARY CALENDARSThe new 1963 Missionary Calendars

are being prepared. These 12-pagecalendars include 13 pictures andsummar ies o f th e work for C hr is t th atis being car ri ed out in the Toronto area.We would be happy to forward one ofthese to you in time for use in the newyear. Please forward your request toGene Dulin a t 19 Templar Drive, Weston(Toronto), Ontario, Canada. Occasionallyrecipients of the calendars l ike to helppay the cost of production of thesecalendars. Although no charge is madefor the calendars, if you do desire toassis t in this way, the cost is approximately 50f. An early request for th ecalendars will be of help in det erminingthe quantity of these that will be needed.

of the New Testament Church?" usingPau l a s th e i nt ro du ctio n to the theme.The p ract ic al d is cu ss ion in the afternoon dealt with promotion of the churchin the community. Saturday night'ssession was "The Destiny of the NewTestament Church,* using John as anintroductory character. The practicaldiscussion here cen te red on the worships ervi ce . The tot al time spent in sessionFriday night and Saturday was 11 hours.

During this time together, severaldoc t r i n a l i s s u e s were d i s c u s s e d andclarified. Several plans were madefor a more effective program for theGrantbrook congregation. We would behappy to share more detai led out line sof the week end if any one would desiresuch for possible preparation of asimilar men's retreat for his congregat ion .On Sunday morning, after arisingin t ime to re turn to Gran tbrook forchurch, the men had a period of prayerand departed for church. Gene Dulinused the topic, "Caleb, the Man ofGod,* for :th& sermon in the morningse rv i ce .

TORONTO CHRISTIANSEMINARY CONVOCATIONThe convoca t ion of Toron to Chr i s t i an

Seminary was well attended and aspirit of optimism and enthusiasm wasquite apparent. The l argest a ttendanceby more than 20 was enjoyed at theSeminary banquet when 69 people wereserved a delicious turkey dinner byth e Grantbrook l ad ie s . I ns t r uc to r s th i syear include Gene Dulin, Mary AnnBrown, Wayne Alford and Robert Murray.Final enrol lment f igures are not available at this writing, but indications areth at to ta l e nro llm e nt w il l be abou t th esame as that las t year.

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PRAY FOR LENORA DULINOn September 29th, Lenora DuHn

entered Mayo Clinic, Rochester , Minnesota, for extensive examinations regard'ing a shoulder and arm injury suffered20 months ago which has left her withconstant pain since that time. Yourprayers are requested.

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No. 62 Joliet, Illinois Novembe r 1962

I nv i t e d to Vis i t Po l a n da n d Rus s i a

" I'd like for you to go to Russia andPoland with me," was the remark madeto me by Brother John Huk, the ministerof the Russian church here in Toronto,after I had preached and he had interpreted for me. I thought of th e remarkas a nice way of expressing appreciationfor the message, but discussion latershowed Brother Huk mean t tha t hewould indeed like for me to v i s i t theChr is ti an chur che s behind the Iron Curta in w ith h im .Such a suggestion prompted severalquestions immediately. What would be

the purpose of such a visit? What couldbe accomplished for His kingdom? Howmuch time would be involved? Wouldwe be allowed to preach? And whatwould be the cost?

Brother Huk cel ls u s tha t we haveno idea how much encouragement i twould be to the Chr i s t i ans behind theI ron Curtain to have an Amer ican Chr i stian make the trip to their country toshare fai th with them and to le t themknow of our interest. He also hopesthat initiating friendship with the Christ ians behind the Iron Curtain a t th ist ime w ill m ean t h a t i f an d wh en fre ed omto p re ach comes to these countr ies, wewill already have a better understandingof these people and be more able to doan effective job of evangelism forChrist. Certainly such a visit wouldbring a better understanding betweenthe "grass-roots* people of the IronCur t a in coun t r i e s and u s .Of very special concern to me isth e R us s ia n C hr is t ia n Church in Nor thAmerica. There are 15 congregations in

Canada and a t l e a s t s ix in the Uni tedStates. The past experience of thesepeople has been that as their membersbecome integra ted into Engl ish-speakingactivities, they are lost to eitherdenomina t iona l i sm or i nd if f er ence . Oncethe Eng lish language is learned, andthis is in the f ir st generation, the folkdrift because they have no associationin the church with English-speakingpeople. What was once an active congregation in Wisconsin is now sellingits building, apparently because of thisvery thing. If we can bring these peopleinto association with the English-speaking Christian church church of Christnou while they are still together, theywill find English association IN THECHURCH as well as in other pha se s o flife; and as a result they will be savedfor Christ, and there will be severaladditional English-speaking congregations of His people. It appears that av i s i t to the chu rches behind the IronCurtain would serve to a ss ure th es e folkin Nor th Amer ica o f ou r rea l in t e r e s t inthem, as well as in their families andf r iends who have no t been able toimmigrate to Canada. This visit behindthe Iron Curta in would be a moreeffective way of interesting and helpingthe chu rche s in North Amer i ca thaneven a v i s i t to th em w ou ld be a t t h i st ime .

Brother Huk says approximatelytwo months, at least, should be used insuch a tour . Thi s would no t al low u s tovisi t nearly all of the chu rche s ( th er eare approximately 3,000 Christianchurches in Russia alone, and many


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churches in Poland); but still it wouldgive considerable time and allow us tospeak to a great many different people.Likely su^h a trip would start in Russiawith our spending about two weeksthere and about a month in Po land . Thiswould be determined by the fact thatso much of Russ ia i s c losed to Americanvisitors and that it is questionablewhether we would b e a llowed to preachin Russia, although we could talk andand visit and encourage the brethren.Billy Graham was not allowed to preachwhen he was there some time ago, buta Baptist preacher from Toronto wasallowed to preach when he visitedRussia recently. Apparently this isdetermined by the Russian governmenta t the l a s t moment and we would no tknow until we arrived. The time spentin Poland will definitely be spentpreaching nearly every night andlikely during the day as well. BrotherHuk and I will be traveling together, ofcourse, and he will interpret for me.The cost of such a trip is fairlydefinite, since the Russian governmentand the Polish government require thata fixed amount of money be deposited intheir consulates here when we pick upour v i sa s for th eir c ou ntr ie s. The s edieposits, which cover living costs whilein these countries, plus plane fare, willamount to approximately Jl,500 for thetwo months. If the trip is to be made,this amount of money will have to beraised for my expenses, and a comparableamount of money will have to be raisedfrom the Russ i an churches in NorthAmerica to cover Brother Huk's expenses.

During my summer visit to ourlivinglink and supporting churches 1explained this suggestion of BrotherHuk and requested their opinions. Ihave also written in our special lettersto all regular contr ibutors regardingthis proposal and have asked for anexpression of opinion. I have talkedwith s ev e ra l e d ito rs and l eaders of thechurch, including several Bible collegemen, and have requested the ir opinionsregarding such a trip.In every case we have foundbrethren of the opinion that we shouldtake advantage of this opportunity tomeet with these Rus sia n Chr is ti an s,talk with them,preach for them, encouragethem and assure them of our understandingof them and of our prayers on theirbehalf. Some have expressed concernover our personal welfare, thinking ofthe possibility of problems with the

Communist government once we arethere. There will always be that possibility, but such a personal concerncannot keep us from going, if such avisit will be of benefit to His kingdom.There is the problem of being away from Toronto those two months, and thishas been cons idered . Severa l of oursupporting preachers have alreadyagreed that if I make the trip, they willbe happy to come to Toronto and spenda couple of weeks in some casestheir vacations supplying the pulpitsin Toronto . Some of the ed ito rs withwhom I have talked, or corresponded,have asked me to plan to write a seriesof ar t i c les that our en tire brotherhoodmight be aware of the situation, oncewe have re turned from behind the IronCurtain. Several different p eop le havecommented to the effect that "we spendthousands, even millions, of dollars tos end ambas sado rs from our country tosuch countries, and certainly we shouldse nd amb assa do rs for Chri s t . " A fewindividuals have said they will give anoffering to help on the cost of the trip,but i t will take many more individualsand churches willing to make suchofferings if this trip is to be possible.After several months of consideration,prayer and consultation with brethferT,"we have conc luded t ha t we w ill m akethis trip next May and June if funds canbe r a i s ed to cove r the cos t . We shouldnote, too, that the world situationcould alter the dates or possibly hinderthe trip; but as things stand at thepresent, there will be no problem ingetting visas for these countries. Ifyou, your Bible school class, yourcongregation, can and will help inraising these funds, we will be mostappreciative. We cannot take the timenecessary to do any traveling in aneffort to ra is e th ese funds, and we willnot take funds from th e regular offer ingsof Toronto Christian Mission to help onthis t rip. Offerings for the mission justabout cover the present program, andany use of these funds would handicapthe local work, which we will not dounder any circumstances. For thisreason, the |1,500 dol la rs needed willhave to be raised especially fo r thiscause .Will you help! Please fill out theform on page 3> &nd forward i t and yourofferings designated for "The RUSSIANFUND." We shall forward your receiptand keep you informed by special lettersregarding progress on the plans.


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A VISITOR FROM JAPANSeldom do any of us have die

opportunity of being the first NorthAmerican host to a foreign visitor. Butthis was the Dulins* privilege lastOctober 10th, when Dr. Takashi Negishi,friend of missionary Ernest Faber inHokkaido, Japan, arrived a t Toronto'sInternational Airport on his way toOttawa to do a year of experimentalwork in bio-chemistry. A picture fromBrother Faber made it easy to idenufyDr. Negishi, although there were manyOrientals at the airport.We invited Dr. Negishi to our hometo have dinner with us during the twohours he had to wait for a plane. H isEnglish was quite broken, but still wewere able to understand each other .Although he had eaten on the plane, hedid go to the table with us and samplesome American food. He t as ted dress ingfor the first time and said, "Very goodtaste. ' The turnips brought a lessenthusias tic appraisal "Medium." Butagain cranberries had *'very good taste."The silverware was different for him,and Karlita rushed to her room to get aset of chopsticks Martin Claric hadgiven her at the School of Missions atLake James this summer. Dr. Negishithen was quite pleased.

This Japanese visitor reminded meof several Japanese customs that 1 hadnearly forgot ten after being away fromJapan for 16 years. The first thing hed id when we en t e r ed th e doo r was topoint at his shoes. I assured him hecould leave them on. Another Japanesecustom which I had forgotten was thatthe Japanese man would never entertaina guest ac dinner with his family atthe table. But we all sa t down together.

Our visitor, when asked if his wife anddaughter would be coming to Canada,was no t mo en thus i a s t i c about theprospect and said, "Japanese man isking of his home* inferring such wasno t t rue he re . Th i s i s when we r ea l i zedthe family being a t the table possiblyindicated I was not head of my family.

Mrs. McDonald (Lenora's mother)was quite pleased that our visitor didnot have to be told who she was. Aswe went to eat he said to Vanita,Grandpa no Grandma."

After showing him hundreds of newhomes, new schools, Westway church,new shopping centers, and many acresof new industrial plants; and evenacquainting him with traffic when Istopped suddenly to keep from hittinga child on a bicycle; the girls gettinghis autograph in English and in threedialects of Japan; and our getting apromise of a return visit when he had afew free days; he was off to Ottawaand the beginning of a year of intensiveexperimental work.

NEWS ITEMSA special Christmas musical program

is planned for Friday n ight, December14th. The Russian minister, BrotherHuk, will conduct the combined choirsof a l l the Toronto Chri s r i an chu rchesas they present the program. There willbe English , Russian and Italian music.Amer i can vis i tors a re welcome andencouraged to plan this week-end trip,if they possibly can.

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Yes, I want to help send Bro. Dulin to Russia and Poland to preach andstrengthen the chiiiches there. I am enclosing an offering for the Russian Fund.I1 I will send an offering of $ before April 1, 1963.N am e

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Robert Murray, minis te r of the KeeleStreet church, has recently completed asuccessfu l evangelistic meeting inTennessee. William Bowers, minis te r ofthe Welland church, served as theevangelist for a meeting in Pennsylvaniathe l a s t two weeks of October .

Robert Wade, the new minister at

Aylmer, spoke at the Ontario YouthRally in October and also brought thedevotional message at the Men's Fellowship of Ontario in October.

Lenora Dulin, who has suffered fromconstant pain since receiving an injuryin December, I960, was at Mayo Clinic,Rochester, Minnesota fo r extensiveexamina t i ons l a s t month. T he t e s t sshow that the pain is a result of theinjury; but the damage is of such anature that nothing can be done tobring relief. This has confirmed earlieropinions of the doc to rs in Toron to. TheMayo specialists were not optimistic asfar as future relief was concerned; butToronto doctors have hoped that time possibly five years will bring gradualre l i e f .

AlND iHt LUrtU AUUEO:The Aylmer church saw their first

baptism in several years las t monthwhen minister Robert Wade baptized ayoung man who had attended OntarioChristian Serv'ce Camp and had beenthinking about his decision for Christsince that time. John Vallance, ministerat Hillsburgh and Grand Valley, reportsone baptism at Grand Valley and 15baptisms at Hillsburgh in recent months.Grantbrook church, ^e r e Gene Dulin

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ministers, had two baptisms in October.A Royal Canadian Air Force man wasimmersed into Christ and a young ladywho is a member of the high schoolclass was immersed. Much teachinghas been necessary in leading the'young people, but it is hoped this firstbaptism from the group will encourages ev er al o th er s to make their dec i s ionsin the months ahead .

Mr. and Mrs. John Val lance, Hillsburgh minister, announce the birth of adaughter October 14th. Our congratala-t ions to them .

REMEMBER the 1963 MissionaryCalendars are nearly ready for distri-bution. If you would like one of these,please notify Gene Dulin, 19 TemplarDrive, Weston (Toronto) Ontario. Yourcalendar will be mailed early in December .

Glen Wheeler, min ister of the church

at I tonton , Ohio, wil l serve as evangelistfor die church at Welland, Ontario,William Bowers, minister, November12-18th . Gene Dulin will se rve a sevangelist at a meeting at the Selkirkchurch, Ben Woodruff, minister , fromNovember 11-18th .

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RECENT VISITORSTO RUSSIA

The Baptist churches recently senttwo of their minis ters to Russ ia andPoland to visi t churches and preachiaccording to a newspaper article In theToronto Star. In Moscow the minis terspoke to 2,200 at one service. Hepointed out that as they preached theywere deep ly concerned no t to say or doanything that might react in any way tofurther curtail such privileges as theyhave for worship. He reports that thecongregations ate not all old people asis commonly reported. In th e Moscowchurch about 30 per cent of the congregation raised thei r hands to show theywere under 35 years of age.

This a rt ic le a lso s t a t es there areabout 5,000 Baptist churches in theSoviet Union with about 500,000 adultmembers. Remember tha t the Russ iangovernment has forced the Baptist andEvangelical Christian (Russian Restoration Movement) churches inro oneorganization, and these 5,000 so-calledBaptist churches are actually about2,000 Baptist churches and 3,000Christ ian ch urc he s. T his would meanapproximately 300,000 adults in Russiaare New Tes tament Chr is t ians .

The proposed trip in May and Juneof 1963 of Gene Dulin and the Russianminis te r in Toron to would take t he setwo men to churches in Russia, includingLeningrad and Moscow, as well as tochurches in Poland. This preachingmission would allow them opportunityto visit brethren, strengthen their cause,and establish contacts that shouldresult in an expanding of the work ofChris t in these Iron Curtain countr ies .If you would like to help underwritethis preaching mission to Russia andPoland, please forward your offerings toGene Dulin, 19 Templar Drive , Weston(Toronto) Ontario, Canada, designatedfor this purpose .

SELKIRK REVIVALBRINGS VICTORIES

Several years had pas sed since theS elk irk C hurch of Chris t had en te redinto an evangelistic meeting. BenjaminWoodruff, who has served this congregation for the past year, laid carefulplans and invited Gene Dulin to bring aweek-long series of sermons in November. Results show four baptized intoChr is t and a new Bible school recorde s t a b l i s h ed .

Several efforts had been made tobreak a long-standing Bible schoolrecord of 140 but always the goal hadbeen missed. This time, 15 people weregiven the responsibility of bringingten each to th e B ib le schoo l. All o fthe group worked diligently. Every homein the community was canvassed, andpeople r eceived not one, but severalinvitations to services. One lady broughta to ta l of 44 to the Bib le school on thelast Sunday of the meeting, to helpes t ab l i sh a new record a t t endance of161. This lady was presented a copy ofHalley's Handbook by Brother Dulin asa token of appreciat ion for her efforts.

Above all, die baptisms were thegreatest victory. One man who had beena Roman Catholic stepped ou t for thesimple message of New TestamentChristianity. Such messages as "TheUndenominational Church* and "Philipand the Eunuch* stirred the hearts ofthe folk, and old-time members of thechurch recalled hearing messages withthis same emphasis many years agowhen this congregation came intoexistence. How folk are hungeringfor the old message! How long it hasbeen compromised, or even ignored!Thank God for folk like you in theUnited States who are making possiblethis revival of the old faith in Canada!


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A few Grantbrook church workers see one of Standard's new gradedreaders, held by Mrs* Bartlett. Mr. Bartlett is on the right in the picture.Laurence and Margaret Bartlett,representatives of Standard PublishingCompany, spent a week in the ToronOarea conducting clinics for the improve

ment of the Sunday schools and otherrel igious education activities. One nightwas spent with the church in Welland(William Bowers, minister) and anothernight at Hillsburgh (John Vallance,minister). The Grantbrook church (GeneDulin, minister) was host to the meetingsin Toronto, The Ontario preachers'meeting was held on the Saturday of theclinic. Although Toronto's worst rain

storm s ince Hurr icane Hazel and twofunerals, plus much sickness, alljoined to cut attendance, still a newvision was caught by the leadership ofthe various congregations. Much of thelack of concern, and misunderstandingabout religious education was corrected,and we t rus t the churches of the a reawill never be the same again.

Our thanks to Standard Publishingfor making available the Bartletts, andour thanks to the Bartletts fo r a jobwe l l done .

WESTWAY PULPIT OPENWayne Alford, who became the

Westway Christian Church ministerwhen they became self-supporting, hasresigned to accept the pulpit of theEast Side church in Phoenix, Arizona.Brother Alford served in Arizona forapproximately ten years and is returningto this area which he loves dearly. TheAlfords have been appreciated for theirconsecration, diligence in study, willingness to work, and wonderful cooperationin the work in Toronto. They have beenf r i ends to a l l the worke rs o f the a rea

and will be missed; but as they enterthis new minist ry, the prayers of theCanadian Christians go with them.

The Westway elders have a rrangedfor some of the preaching elders of thearea to supp ly the pulpit in the morningand fo r Gene Dulin to preach a t theevening service until a new minister iscalled. Anyone interested in informationregarding the Westway pulpit may writeMr. E. C. Phil l ips, secretary of theelders, Westway Christian Church, 2Kilbum Place, Weston, Ontario.


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RELIGION IN CANADARoman Cacho i i c i sm conc inues to

increase its lead as the largest denomi*nation in Canada. The 1961 religiouscensus shows nea rly 46 per cent of theCanadian population are Catholic. TheUnited Church of Canada (a merger ofMethodist, liberal Presbyterians andCongregational churches) has 20 percent of the Canadian population, andthe Anglican church (Church of Englandor Episcopal) has 13 per cent of thepeople. The Catholics have grown twoper cent in tea years, and both theUnited and Anglican churches havedecreased slightly. The fastest growinggroup in Canada, according to thesefigures is the Unitarian church whichjumped from 3517 members in 1951 to15,062 in 196I.In Toronto t he se percent ages yaryconsiderably. Only 30 per cent of thecity are Roman Catholic, but 27 percent are United church and 25 pet centare Anglican. Other religious groupslisted are: Jewish, 5,5 per cen t; Baptist,4 per cent; Lutheran, 3.5 cent; andfigures make up 97.5 per cent of thetotal population of Toronto, and alsomean that approximately 50,000 peopleare divided among all other religiousgroups. Taking into account the manyOrienta l s with the i r bel ie fs and th eMohammedan population, i t is not difficult to see the fact th at all evangelicalchurches are weak, or non-existent inToron to .

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be insurmountable odds; but, les t weforget, when the church started inJerusalem in 30 A.D., percentages-would have shown the fol lowers of-Christ to be just as Insignificant asare we in Toronto in 1962. With Godall things are possible. Te are confident that this large metropolitan areais feeling the power of His Gospel andthat with the passing of time, more andmore soul s wil l be added to H is church .Thanks be unto God for you who sharein this great ministry In this needy area.

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