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U
riCHOLS FEV/S letter
Repor t
of
Tr ip . oaong Congrega t ions
of
th e
Universa l Chr i s t i ans Church
of
Ghana by Digar
Ficho l s
At f ive th i r ty A. Li. April 7th, Brothers liayford and ITelson,
our
cook,
ICweiloi
Atta
and
I
began
our
t r i p
to the
congregat ions of
the Universal Christian Church of Ghana, At the r a i l v/ay s ta t ion I
discove redone of
those
anomolies v/hich
malce
Ghana such an in teres t ing
place to
l ive .
Although
the
railv/ay i s s ta te
ov/ned and oxjerated it
grants
the
clergy hal f
faro
r a t e s , so v/e t raveled in
comparative
lu3(ury of
second c la ss v hi lc paying
3rd
c lass r a t e s . The
Diesel
pov/ered ICuraasi Express
offered
a fa i r ly
comfortable r ide,
though
it .took .7 hours
to
malce the 17^ t r ip to Kumasi.
At
ICumasi
v/e v/ere met by
ministers
and e lder s
of
th e are a7 l;ine
of us p ile d in to bro ther
I s a ac s smal l
I t a l i an
made car
bu t
it v/as tao
small
so two of us took a bus the 60 miles to /ifrantwo. 7e had a good
d r i ve r ,
bu t I m su re we
h i t
100 to
120 liPil
a t th e
bot tom
of some of
t h o s e
hills
A large crov/d was at the church to greet-us, I cannot get used
to
the
effusive v/ay
one
is
v/elcomed
for they
are a
warm hearted people.
Due to centuries of being in a subservient
position,
however, they
make it
di f f i cu l t
fo r
one
to
t r ea t
them
as equals ,
and th i s
bothers
me.
After enthusiastic singing,
prayer
and the v/elcome address I spoke,
then p layed the
tape
of greetings
from
the
Ark Valley Church and Ghana
Christian
I ission
Eollov/ing this
service
I was talcen to
the
home
of
elder Isaiah,
where I v/as
s ettled in the
sumptiously furnished guest apartment,
which had a polished stone f loor , in ne r sp rin g mattre ss
bed
jnd a tw
burner
gas stove. Four
or
five families occupied
the ground floor of
the concret block house,
buil t
around a court and two faiiiilies, Inclu
ding
Issiali, lived
on
the
second. The house
is
v/ired
for
electricity
but the high line
has
not reached this village
yet.
Brother Sampong
started
and built up the
three
congx^=Q 6hs of
iifrantv/o, Tanaso nd Techiman almost single handedly.
llatteri^xhe
had
the
help of Brothers nffro and Felson. I judge broth^ Felson^tb be
one
of our finest men as he
is intelligent,
well edufeted, af-^ipleasing
personality
and honest. At Techiman there are tv/o
fk^^ftil Christian
families. A neighboring Chief has asked us to begin a
church in
his
v i l l age . These two p l aces need
Chr i s t i an
Min i s t e r s .
Je returned
to
Kumasi on I.onday,
April
12 and I
spoke
at
Christ s
Revival Church
that
evening. They have a public address system
that
takes the message into the street. One wonders how many actually l is
ten but
i t i s
a t
l e a s t
sowing
the
seed.
Prom Kumasi
we
went
to
Accra
on
the visa
and
quota business.
I
was
required
to
put in writing that
the
maintainance and repatr iat ion
of
missionaries
would be
guaranteed
by Christ ian Churches in the U.S..
St i l l there
has
been no action. I /hile in Accra ^I stayed in the
Baptist mission
home, where i unerican
missions, the
Carlins, are
in
charge .
Prom Accra
we went,
to
Swedru
and
Gomoa Bensu. These tov/ns a re
in the
central region. Pour congregations are under the leadership
of
A.K. idun. The t rouble
with Idun i s t ha t
he
d idn t do.
There
was
scarcely any preparation
made for
our
coming.
\ e
were quarted
in
a
vacant house with
no
furnishings.
A cot was brought in
for
me
to sleep
on but brother
Felson
and Kweilcu had
to
curl up on chai rs . There was
no
provision
fo r
preparmg
meals,
\le
held
a
meeting
under
a
brush
arbor in the presence of the villa chief and
his court
and
the
congrega
tion representing
about
20 women
and
children. e
need a hard working
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Just
previous to the afternoon meeting the Chief with his retinue,
followed hy the
whole
congregation,came to escort
me
to the meeting
place
arranged
in the
public market. lie marched along
under
the
royal
unbrella and an unbrella
was
also
provided for me, The picture
taken of this procession will be something to
shoi/ my
great grand
possibly
300 people
gathered
in
the
market-place
vvuth about 200 of them being chrisidans of the area. There was sing
ing
, a
welcome
and
short
speech by the Chief to which I responded
^d played the recorded greetings from the U.S. followed by my sermon.
spoke here again the next morning at a 9:00oclock service which the
ch i e f aga in a t t ended
.7e
were
at .dcim Oda
for
the
weekend-
and I spoke there four
times. Since the
minister
le ft
two
strong el der s le ad the sizable
congregation
though
i t
had
previously
been
torn
vd,th s tr if e over
l o c a t i n g
a c l in ic or
h o s p i t a l
t h e r e
Prom
Oda
we went
to
./inneba, a
college torn the seat of the
Kwame illcrume Idealogical
Institute
th e elite
educational
institution
ot Ghma. nere brother John Gyedu,
older
brother of Joseph Gyedu,
ministers, ue
is an Uncle Tom
type character, simple gentle
and
nonest. I have taJten his son Isaac from his very
fine
family, to be
my
iirst
T imothy.
The
last congregation
visited
was Uawjias^ff ^nere there is a
strong congregation but they
have no
churclWiiS^lding
and must meet -in
a.
r e n t e d haii
Summary
The Universal Christian Church
in
Chana has at present 15
active
congregationswith between one
to
two thousand members. Only six of
these congregations have their.ovm building. One
is
operating a
kindergarten at
idcim Oda. There
are eight preachers, one lady
evan
gelist
and
the g eneral
chairraan, I r hayford. Uone of these
are salar-
led.
i.ost of them live from the
offerings
of the churches but some
do
a
little
farming .
on
the side, host of the preachers believe they
have
a
calling
from
God and,
that the holy .
Spirit
r/ill
tell them what
to say so a through and intensive bible study is not too important,
however,
their
songs are bible jtmth^r^eated. oveir_and-v-er - There-^
i-
a grca^-needwfoT teaching although the church has come a long way J
in restoring the IT.T. church
in
Ghana.
yfi ews Prom
Hckinley
Indi a n
S e s s i o n
n u I home front i .able ITichols continues to vrork in the
Childrens home. Since we
last
wrote, new house parents
hr.
and I
rs
Garland bressler vdth their five children have joined
us.
hable
continues
to
live in th e
home
and does
the
cooking. There
are
now
2b
people
at
the dinner
table
each evening, hable also helps v/ith
distributing
clothing so you can se e she
is kept
busy.
Reuben had his base ball season ruined when he broke his leg
a t
pratioe in
april.
The
doctor felt
a pin should he put in the ankle
to strengthen i t so he
underwent
that surgery also. ;fter getting
back- on his feet again,the cast
has
not slowed
him dovm any.
he
was
yestSda^^ the rest at the Jr. hi., hi School pLnK
bp has recovered
remarkably
from her surgery
and is
glad t(a
e
relieved of the previous discomfort. She is now busy preparing
for V.n.S.
which
will begin June 7th.
Je vail
again have three
schools
las t ing through June.
P r a y e r
h e e d s
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Akin JDcia, (Thana
29 September 1965
Dear
Fr i end s :
The Special Conference of the Universal Christian Church In Ghana met in Akin-Oda on
the 17th September,
and
closed on 19th September.
The Conference was
called by the
Chairman
to
condiser t le
matter
of affi lat ion with Ghana Christian Council and to
adopt Constitution
and
^y-Laws.
The
attendance was
quite good
and a spirit of cau-
t ious optomism
prevai led
The Brethren faced frankly the dangers inherent in affiliation with the Ghana Christ^*
ian Council. There
is
no question of
modernism,
as all the Churches are fundamental
in doctrine H owever, there remains the question whether the Church can remain
really free
and
be a member of the Council. Since i t
is
now the
settles
policy of
the Government to
deal
with Churches only through the Council , i t
was
fel t that since
religious
freedom
is
guaranteed
ty their
constitution (Ghana),
and
they are not sur
rendering any of their liberties by
affiliation, i t was
the
only
thing they could do.
If i t came to the point
where
they felt their
liberties were
threatened, they
would
make their
fight
at
t'^'at
point and at
that time. This
was
a question
which
the
Ghanian Churches had to decide for themselves, as your missionary could not take part
in ary debate of
tiis
nature.
We
believe thsy
made
the right decision, but cer tainly
the
power
of intercessory prayer
needs
to be unleashed to
hold
back the forces of
e v i l which t h r e a t e n th e Church i n Ghana
The Brethren
showed
both courage
and
vision as they planned
to
begin a work in
Kumasi, re-establish the
Church
in Takoradi,
and
investigate the possibilities of
establishing
Churches
at
W
Kaw Kaw
and
Wenchi. Another encouraging
factor
was a
letter from Brother
DaPaah
of Asesewa, explaining his inability
to
attend. Brother
DaPaah
represents 12 Assemblies
and
about ^00
members
who
withdrew
from
the fellow
ship
about
2 years
ago.
Present
at the Convention wore
Pastor Moses
Osei and Brother Asare, Akim-Oda; pastor
John-Gyedu-and-B-rethe-r Ansahr^ wS^xas^-S stnr Nnrtnnoh, Aanco;
Pastor
Sampong,
m + Vi/a
Afrantwo; Pastor Mensah, Techlman; Brother
Moses,
Tanso,
and
an Elder for
the
Ntronang congregation; also General Chairman, Nichols, and Secretary 0, Nelson.
Brother Joseph Gyedu did not attend and a committee was appointed to investigate, as
i t is reported that he has accepted other
emplcyment,
and his congregation is
suf
fering from lack of leadership. Brother John Quansah represented Takoradi, and
reports
the
former Church
is
now closed. Brother Samson just arrived this
(Monday)
morning. e
reports the Ntronang Congregation solidly behind the present organiza
t i o n
h^V^^liree
objectives
tp^b^ accomplished in
the
next
three
months. First
and most
lmi5ortant.,i,Jlq_secure'-t ii
Second, to establish a
work
at Kumasi, and thirdly
to re-establish the work at Takoradi,
We
have one of the finlst men in our fellow
ship in Brother John Quansah, former
Elder
in the Taloradi Congregation. But wo will
have
to
have
considerable increase
in Mission
income to
be enabled
to
do this. We
have the will
and
the
men
to accomplish these
objectives,
but we do not
have
the
money,
I cannot take much
more
of this tension which develops
when
the expenses con
tinually
exceed
receipts, I believe, However,
that
you
will
respond, and our prayers
will be answered. Travel aid
living
expenses, especially
when
one is
travelling,
are incrediably high. My travel to accra
have
not
been
for personal reasons, but
to secure the Quota, But I have had
to
bear a
large
part of the expense from my
personal
income.
Thf rtwo great difficultly^ in the work so far
have
been: (1) Finding leaders
who
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Nov. 10 1965
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Again
I
gree t you from
Ghana,
in the name of the Lord Jesus
Chr i s t
who
loved us
who
bought us with His
own
blood,
by whom we
_are
reconc i led
Wcbd,
and are
given this ministry
of
rehohcTiatidh.
What
i s
Ghana
lilce? This ques t ion
undoubte dly o cc ur s to many.
I t i s
r a t h e r difficult to d es c rib e to one who ha s
neve r
v i s i t e d a t r o p i c a l
o r
semi-tropical
country.
The
southern
one-third
of
the
country
i s
gently
ro l l ing
to
rough in character and i s heavi ly fores ted . Travel l ing
by
bus
or t ra in one might a t
f i r s t
thinh the country is 90 forest . However,
c lose r obse rva t ion wi l l r evea l
many
patches
o f- cu l t i v a t i on ;
corn
yams,
cas sava p l an t a i n bananas , si^id papaya .
The
Ghanains pract ice burn
cultivation -.
They
go
in the fores t
and
cut the grass, rushes, ferns, and small t rees and
vines;
everything that
wi l l f a l l
to
t h e i r cu l t a a s . When t h i s i s d ry
they s e t it
a f i r e . Everything
i s
ki l led except the l a rge r t r e e s .
The Afric ian
i s described as
an ex ten
s ive bu t no t an in tens ive
cu l t i v a t o r
and t h i s desc r ip t ion i s f i t t i n g .
He
is
by no means lazy, he works hard, but his chief tools,
cutlass
and
mattock
(a
shor t
handled
hoe)
are
not
very
e f f ic ien t .
He f igures
t ha t
wnatever
he
does ,
th e ground i s
going to be covered with
vegeta t ion anyway
so he plants
as many
as
three or four
crops as th ickly as
possible
in the
same patch. He makes no
attempt
to keep the
ground
clean, j us t cuts
the
vegeta t ion back so t ha t it does not smotner his
crop.
He general ly gets a
good yield tne
f i r s t
year
af te r a
burn,
with
diminishing yield
for three
on-f-our
. ye ar s . .u nt il -h e Let s
. . i t .^o. b a c k a n d .tnen he
. goes, in ,the
jungle- to.
mak e a
new burn
At Winneba,-with the coconut
palms
swaying and the roar
of
breakers
on the
beaches in
one s
ears
one could
th ink
he was in Hawaii. In
fac t
the
temperature
range
does
not di f fe r
grea t ly from
Hawaii,
But
I under
s tand t h a t in cen t r a l and nor thern Ghana, where the
cos t a l breezes
do
no t
temper
the
c l ima te
the
temperature
gets
much ho t t e r
CHRISTMS CONVMTION
Plans
are
going
forward
for the Christmas
Convention
of the Universal
Chr is t i an Church
a t
Asesewa.
This looks
l ike it
might
mean a grea t for\7ard
step
in the
movement.
The
Universal Chris t ian
Fellowsnip, which
is center
ed there, claims fourteen
congregations and
700
membership.
I t
has
been
separate from the Universal Christ ian Church
for
about two years now. They
write
me
of the i r rejoicing tha t divis ive
elements have been
removed from
the
church. I t also appears
t ha t about
a l l
of
the churches wil l be repre
sented at
the Co n v e n t i o n .
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HAIL THE HEAVEN BORN PRINCE OF PEACE
HAIL THE SON OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS-
LIGHT AND LIFE TO ALL HE BRINGS,
RISEN WITH HEALING IN H IS WINGS.
V)/? ^ HIS glory by
born THAT M N NO
MORE
M Y DIE
BORN TO RAISE THE SONS
OF
EARTH,
BORN
TOGIVE
THEM
SECOND
B I R T H .
Greetings ^]?^om
thT
Nicliols
at McKinley
Mission, ot
20
As this
Christmas season brings us to the
close
of another
year
our thoughts are turned
back
to
view
the
events and accomplishments of
the year
1965. May we
review i t t o g e t h e r .
Last
year at
this time Edgar was with us through
the holidays
and
most of
January.
His presence was greately
a pp re ci at ed a s Mabel
was
looking
a f t e r
th e C h i l d r e n s Home a t th e tim e.
. The
las t
of
February
Dorothy underwent
surgery
on
her
ear
for
the
second
time.
Recovery was
rapid
and
we
thank God
that
much of
the
previou
t r o u b l e
h a s
c l e a r e d up .
In March Edgar l e f t
for
Ghana,
A fr ic a l ea vi ng
an empty
place
here but
becoming a
b l e s s i n g to th e C h r is tia n s in Ghana. Also
in March new
house
parents Mr. and Mrs.
Dressier
and family
arrivied.
They had a boys home
in northern Calif for several years so are w el l p re pa re d for the job.
Mabel continued in
the Home, preparing
meals, until
July
Through the four weeks
of
June
we
taught in V.B.S. Even Reuben
worked as a helper. Reuben has also taken an active part in the Church
as
song
leader
and
providing
special
music
through
the
year.
Dorothy and Reuben each had a week of
camp in July
The l at er part of
th e month
Mabel went to Indiana to help Lois Bangs (youngest daughter)
during the arriiral- of
their
uhird
child
second boy, Steven- Matthew-Barrgs
The f i rs t
week
of August Reuben and Dorothy
spent in missions
week
at Wi
Ne
Ma
camp
on the
Oregon coast.
Upon
returning
Dorothy taught
another
two weeks
at ou r
local
camp.
She
also
enjoyed a
short vi s i t
from
her
cousin and previous coworker Shirley Hasselquist
_ Mabel arrivied
home
in September in time
to s t a rt
Reuben off on
h is
se nio r yea r
of
high
school.
Hi s favorite subject is auto mechanics.
In
beptember our preacher and^family, Dalton
and
Ann
Carr
left
us to begin a
new^work
among
the Navajo in Arizona. Mabel accompanied them to the
National Missionary Convention
in
Joplin Mo. and enjoyed the Christian
psp i ra t ion
and fello w sh ip t h e r e . Upon h e r
r e t u r n
she an d Reuben moved
in to th e
h o u s e arrs
vacated
In October our Bible clubs and ladies meeting began.
We
have Bible
clubs
i. ionday
through Thursday and ladies meeting on
Friday.
Mabel works
in the clothing but does not help in the Home
now. These
tasks kept us
busy through November
except for
one
week
Dorothy
took off to
nurse a
s tre p th ro a t in fe ct io n
Now
in
this
month
preparation and
pratice
for
our Christmas program
is
added
to
our
daily
schedule.
After the
Progran, Dec.
22nd
there
will
be
tw o busy days p a c k in g
Christmas
b o x e s.
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CHEISTiviAS 1965
E d g a r N i ch o l s
P
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Box 1977
Eumas i Ghana
Dec.
14 19^5
As I
look back to
Chris tmas
1964, which
I
spen t
wi th
my
fami ly
a t
Toppenish,
Washington,
I
can
hardly
rea l ize
a
year
has passed so
quickly.
Much
has
been accomplished
in
t h i s t ime
but
much
t h a t
I had
hoped
fo r i s
not yet an
accomplished
fac t However, I
can
not but praise God, who has
brought me h ere , s ustain ed me in the
face of
m^any t r i a l s and
di f f icu l i t ie s
and
given
me
a
ministry
among
th is
people.
The
length
of
time
of
th is
m i n i s t r y we must l e av e
to
Him.
There
are signs of Chri stmas eve rywhere, even
with
the thermometer
regis ter ing around 85 degrees. The stores are fu l l
of shoppers,
but very
shy, we would
say, of Christmas things to
buy. A few
toys, Christmas
cards, and some
cheap Christmas decorations and
that i s
about
i t I
imagine that
most
of
the
Christmas
money
will
be
spent
on
new clothing,
which
i s
quite the most sensible af te r
a l l
We can not but remind ourse lves , as
we
ce lebra te the bi r th of the
Prince of Peace, whose Kingdom shal l know no l imits , and whose reign shal l
know no
end,
ow
we
need
to
pray, as
God
in
His
mercy
extends
this
age
of
grace, that
we
may be more
diligent
in sowing the
seed
that bears frui t
u n t o life
e v e r l a s t i n g
C H R I S T M S CONVENTION
The Ghanaian
has
his holidays based
largely
on loca l
t rad i t ions
when
i f
at a ll
possible
the family
returns
home
to
celebrate. But Christmas is
the time f or Ch ri st ians to get to geth er for fellowship.^ Personally, I
think i t
is
a good idea,
but
I know i t would be quite
diff icul t to
get
Americans to adopt the
idea.
At any r a te we are p la nn ing
for
a large
gathering of
the
fai thful
at
Asesewa December 24-27.
Asesewa
i s quite
a
unique
vil lage. I t
i s located
in
the hi l ls about
45 miles from Koforidua at
the end
of
the
paved
highway.
I t
i s
in an
excellent farming
community and has one of the
largest markets
in a l l
of
Ghana People
come
from
as
far
as
5OO miles
to trad e th ere .
expect
to
be
there
on Monday Dec
27, preaching the
Gospel and
passing
out
t racts.
Continued
on
the
Back)
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We
have l ong needed,
a publ ic address
sys tem fo r
conven t ions
and
evange l i s t i c mee tin gs. B ro th er John Gyedu
has
re sur rec ted one which we
have had
r epa i r ed and pu t
in
good working o rde r . However, it needs
ano the r
speaker
and
a 12 v o l t b at te ry so t h a t
it can be used
in th e
coun t ry . The a dd ed e qu ipment and r epa i r s t o t a l 60.
We
would apprec ia te
added c o ntr ib ut io n s to help pay fo r
t h i s
much needed p i e c e o f equ ipment .
S IGH IE ICANT S IGNS
Vi s i t o r s
to
West A fr ic a a re gene r a l l y i n t r i g u e d
wi t h
th e names and
s logans which are p ain te d on
most
of th e busses
and
passenger
l o r r i e s .
Some o f them wh ich have
amused
us a re The Wages o f S i n , To Be o r Not to
Be ,
Excep t
th e
Lord , and No
Bus iness , No
Wife ,
The
l a s t i s an
appea
Ride
wi th
me so t h a t I can ge t
enough
money to marry . And when you see
..n i .ory hh hhi^ ngan P repa re
to
Ivieet .Thy God bea r i ng down upon you,
you f e e l
it
be s t to
ge t
c l e a r o f f th e
road .
The
sign which has
the greates t
appeal ( to our sense
of humor,
t ha t
i s )
a ppe ars over
a den t i s t s of f ice
and r eads
PERSEVERENCE
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PARLOR
F IRST
CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
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8
Rol l i ng P r a i r i e ,
Ind
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May
th e
P r in ce o f Peace
give
you peace ,
Edga r Nicho l s
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