Staley Lectures
by John Van Dyke
The Stayley Lecture
Series established by the
Thomas F. Stayley Founda
tion, is scheduled for
February 7, 8, and' 9 and
seeks to bring the gospel of
Jesus Christ, in its historic
fullness, to university and
coliege campuses of the
United States.
Established in 1969, the
lectureship was founded by
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F.
Staley of New York in
memorial to both of their
parents. The lecture series
has been here at Montreat-
Anderson College since the
early seventies. In the past.
many distinguished Chris
tian men have spoken here,
such as Jay Kesler, Presi
dent of Youth for Christ In
ternational.
This year Joseph Baley is
the speaker. Bayly, a
graduate of Wheaton Col
lege and Faith Theological
Seminary, is presently the
vice-president of the David
C. Cook Publishing Com
pany, which produces much
of the Sunday School
material used today.
Bayly has written many
books and several acclaim
ed novels. Among these are
Winterflight, Psalm of My
Life, and Heaven. He served
on the staff of InterVarsity
Christian Fellowship for 16
years. He also edited His
Magazine for eight years.
Bayly focuses his in
terests on Christian educa
tion (specifically, trans-
generational classes) and is
a specialist on the subject
of death; he has held
seminars for doctors and
nurses on dying. He was
president of National
Association of Christian
Schools and the Evangelical
Press Association.
Bayly will be speaking on
the subject of “The Chris
tian in the World.” There
will be two lectures each on
the 7th and 8th and one
more on the 9th.
Christian Life On Campus
by Carol Parker
“For where two or three
have gathered together in
My name, tf^ere I am in their
midst.’’ Matthew 18:20
An important aspect of
the life of Montreat-
Anderson College is its em
phasis upon spiritual growth
and desire to know Jesus
Christ more personally.
This is evident in the in
terest shown in the Bible
studies and prayer meetings
available to students aside
from the regular Sunday
morning services and re
quired chapels.
To begin the day, there is
a Prayer Breakfast in the ex
ecutive dining room of
Howerton Cafeteria. The
new time is 7:15 a.m. and the
day is Wednesday. Jim Ox
ford is the organizer, but dif
ferent people have an oppor
tunity to share from the
Scriptures with the group.
The Prayer Breakfast is also
a time of prayer and fellow
ship; faculty, administra
tion, and students are
welcome to attend.
On Wednesday evenings
at 7:00, there is a Prayer
Meeting in Gaither Chapel
with the college chaplain,
Calvin Thielman, and Bible
professor, Estelle
Resurrection
Band Interviewed
by Thom Johnston
On September 9 of 1981,
while I was working for
WWNT-AM, a small Chris
tian radio station in Dothan,
Alabama, I had the oppor
tunity to interview Glenn
Kaiser, the lead singer of the
Resurrection Band and one
of the pastors of Jesus Peo
ple U.S.A. - a Christian com
munity in the inner city of
Chicago. With permission,
here is part of that interview:
TJ: How would you describe
your personal witness?
GK: Weil, I would say we try
to put across the Gospel of
Jesus Christ in a way people
can relate to it, you know. I
believe that the Gospel is
always relevant, but depen
ding on the method or
means used, it can be more
or less relevant to the peo
ple that a particular
fellowship or missionary
organization would be trying
to reach.
TJ: And what is the main
statement you’re trying to
make with your music?
GK: Well, basically, that
Jesus Christ is real and that
God’s word. The Bible, is
very relevant to the pro
blems of today and Jesus
gave us a commission to
preach the Gospel to every
creature and also to make
disciples. Really I think our
message is 50/50: to those
who don’t know Jesus, as to
how they can become “born
again” and really follow
Jesus Christ, and for those
who do know the Lord, what
it means to mature in the
Lord and start to deal with
real issues in the real world
and bring biblical answers
and solutions into play.
TJ: What do you feel is uni
que about your music com
pared to other Christian
music?
GK: Well, one obvious
overall is that we play very
hard rock & roll. Musically,
stylistically, you know,
we’re compared to AC/DC a
lot and bands like RUSH and
that kind of thing. And so I
think that would be pretty
unique.
TJ: Why did you pick this
type of music which is less
lucrative and less popular
than the more familiar MOR
contemporary or Gospel
style of Christian music?
GK: Well, again, it’s who we
are, so it’s a sincere thing;
you know, the whole idea of
being honest and being true
to who you are in the Lord is
important and beyond that,
it’s reaching people who
otherwise might not be
reached by other Christian
music that’s being perform-
led today. It’s no more or no .
less valid than other Chris
tian styles, but we’re trying
to reach people who are
jwhere we were before we
■met Jesus, and to reach peo-
iple where we were, to really
Ireach those kind of people,
we have to play the current
styles and so we try to keep
up with the secular music
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Brousseau. Students and
people from the community
come together for prayer
and currently, to study The
Gospel According to John.
The Student Christian
Association sponsors
Vespers, an informal time of
singing, sharing and learn
ing from the Word, on Sun
day nights at 7:00 in the stu
dent center. The SCA has
had programs dealing with a
variety of subjects including
Christian travelogues, mis
sions reports, “gossip”, and
headhunting” (witnessing).
Intercessory prayer, or
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Joseph Bayly delivers dynamic series.