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radio station to

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o n the air in Korga. H € ^

h i s s t a f f b r o a d c a s t t h e first r a d i o p r o g r a m

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on a commercial station in Korea in lp59. T

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ever

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Korean

radio. This

daily program

coitinuS d

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for a

number of years,

until

the Ellipes had to H

withdraw

from it

because

of their

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clubs were formed

for

highscjiool

an

s t u d e n t s .

A t t e n d a n c e a v e r a g e d

a b o u t J l 5 0

e a c

1 colege

1 week.

A

Sunday

school for

children

w a s also b p gu n .

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enrollment

of

500 was

reached,

m k

making

it

S u n d a y school

in K o r e a

at that

time.

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After the

Ellises

first furlough,|which

jecause

of

Bert s

health, a

n e w dimenpion

w a

to

their work in

1964.

Bert

had

observed a

n igh

caliber leadership in

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churchps,

so

t u r n e d

t o

a d v a n c e d

e d u c a t i o n .

P u s a n

j j n i o n

T

ical Seminary, a non-denominat ional sphoo l

B e r t

a n d

M a r g e t o join their staff,

^ey

accepted, a n d Bert

b e c a m e a p rofes sor of

N e w

In

1972

a graduate

school

was formpd

in

wiich

th e

s tudents could

s tudy

in

Korea and

recpive

decrees

-from

J e r e a n Christian C o l l e g e a n d

S e m i n a r y | i n

Wiciita,

;

Cansas.

In 1973, nine degrees were cpnferrel on th e

rirst

graduat ing class. This school pow

operated

:enters in Pusan and

Seoul .

In Februpry ,

19^7,

1 6 ; stu-

ients received their Master s degrees in

Pus,in

a n d -

received them in Seoul. Enrollment at thu two

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peak

the largest

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interest

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s c h o o l s f o r t h e c u r r e n t s e m e s t e r i s l ^ t w e e n 70 a n

80. Long-range plans call for

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e ^ a b l i s h | i e n t

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l a n i n g

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traduatfe

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braniHi

supple-

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of more regional

centers

in

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future.

T h e E l l i s e s a r e a l s o i n v o l v e d i n a |

c h u r c h

e f f o r t . D r . S h i n n

Lee

a c o - w o r k e r a j t

t h e

g

schools

p e r s u a d e d h i s

small

c o n g r e g a p i o n

t o

3 u t b y

f o r m i n g

a

n e w g r o u p . T h e E l l i p e s a r e

OvurcK

n e n t i n g t h i s u n t i l

i t b e c o m e s i p o r e

self-

s u p p o r t i n g .

A n o p p o r t u n i t y c a m e r e c e n t l y t h r o u g h a g r a d u a t e

3 f

t h e c o l l e g e

t o

h e l p f o u n d a n u n d e r g r a d u a t e s c h o o l

Ln

Seoul. A building

was

already available

and other

l e t a i l s s e e m e d

t o

b e w o r k i n g o u t , s o

^ e r t a n d

M a r g e

i g r e e d

t o a c c e p t t h i s

n e w

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y . D r . Lee

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ill

serve as president of

the

school and Bert wil-1

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a n

a d v i s o r a n d

p r o f e s s o r

o f

N e w T e ^ t a m e n t ^

M a n y

o f t h e c o n g r e g a t i o n s b a c k i n g

t h i s

n e w | e f f o r t a r e

1 i

' ° i a r t o f a g r o w i n g

n u m b e r o f

i n d e p e n d e i j t c h u r d h e s . ;

^ 9 L e a l o p p o r t u n i t i e s

f o r

t e a c h i n g

t h e

N ^ w T e a t .

ment

attern for

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church are expected to be opened.

A n o t h e r sh n e w p r o j e c t

w a s r e c e n t l y j c o m p l e

the

book Redemption in Acts and

the

Epistles

r i l i t e d i n Korean.

T h i s

book

o r i g i n a l l y

p u b

2 ^ 1 y S w e e t P u b l i s h i n g

C o m p a n y

i n t h e

U . ^ . ,

i s t h e

f i r s t

ted when

was

lished

f many planned reprints. According to Bert

a t i n g

a n d

p r i n t i n g b o o k s o f

t h i s

t y p |

f o r y ^ P

h u r c h e s

i s a

" f i r s t " . T h e

p r o | j e c t

i s

p l a i d f o r

f r o m

a r e v o l v i n g p r i n t i n g f u n j d a n d

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will

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ofi

missionary SindingP

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The

future

holds

many more opportuhities

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servce to

our

Korean brothers and

sfeters.

prayers for the continued good health

of the

are especially sought.

Address: Bert and Marge Elis P.O.

Korea 600

Forwarding agent:

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Cabool

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