OUR CHANGING WORLD

 

We now have a Members of Churches of Christ for Scouting, the purpose of which is to interpret scouting to members of Churches of Christ and to promote the Good Servant program. Those interested may write to MCCS, ACU Station, Box 7618, Abilene, TX 79699.

The Sixth Annual Denton Lectures will be held at the Pearl St. Church of Christ in Den- ton, TX., Nov. 8-12. The theme will be the Epistles of John, and there will be daily forums on controversial issues, including imputed righteousness and fellowship and unity.

The Alexander Campbell Bicentennial Lectures, sponsored by the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, will be held in three states next year, which will be the 200th year since Campbell's birth in County Down, Ireland in 1788. A total of nine lectures will be given by Robert 0. Fife, Richard L. Harrison, Jr., Thomas Olbricht, William J. Richardson, D. Newell Williams, T. Dwight Bozeman, Samuel S. Hill, Barbara Brown Zikmund. The locations are Fort Worth, TX. (March 16-17); Claremont, CA. (April 18-19); Indianapolis, IN. (October 10-11). The lectures will be published. For further information: DCHS, 110119th Ave. South, Nashville, TN. 37212.

In what they call "a brief but touching ceremony" the Burke Rd. Church of Christ in Houston has a dedication service for their new babies. The elders lay hands on the infants and the parents promise to live exemplary lives before their children. The church in turn makes a commitment to the family, accepting the children as their own.

The growth of Christianity in Korea in recent decades has been phenomenal, growing four times faster than the population. While Asia in general has only three to four percent of its population that are Christians, Korea's population is upwards of 25"' Christian, about eight million, Protestant and Catholic. But the Koreans, like the church at large, have a proclivity to fracture into sects, which threatens the future of the church. The Presbyterians, who have been there the longest and number over four million, have splintered into 32 separate denominations.

Last summer 35,000 "Charismatics" gathered in New Orleans for the North American General Congress on the Holy Spirit and World Evangelism. Some 40 denominations were represented, including more than 300 who identified themselves as the Campbell-Stone Restoration Movement, led by Jim Bevis, a longtime Church of Christ minister. Their purpose is to launch a cooperative thrust that will win at least a majority of the world's population by the year 2000.

The film "Wrestling With God," which will tell the story of the beginnings of Christian Churches-Churches of Christ at a professional level, is still in the works. While they have upwards of $100,000 in hand or promised, it is not nearly enough for the ambitious effort that they have planned. This project deserves our support and we ought to see it through. The address is: The Stone-Campbell Film Project, 3600 Berry Dr., Studio City, CA. 91604.