The Sunday School Lesson A Ministry of the Burnt Smmp Baptist Association BAIN ABAS* BUILDHk AND MSSONAIY 37, uSS^l-iT I oday our lesson focuses on Barnabas: Builder and Mis sionary. And in the truest sense at the word Barnabas was a builder and missionary. He was the builder of the Church of Antioch and the builder of character. His was the true missionsary spirit that of willing to let others like Paul receive the credit while he stood in the background. Barnabas is described by F J. Foakas Jackson in the follow ing terms: "Barnabas indeed is one of the most attractive characters in the New Testament. He possessed the rare gift of discerning merit in others. Probably inferior in ability to Paul, he was superior la Christian grace*. He seems to have been utterly without jealousy, eager to excuse the faults of others, bob judge mental, quick to recognise merit, ready to compromise for the sake of peace and calm under stress. The Paul of history contributes to the progress of the world, Barna bas and tboae like him make it endurable to Bve in. Whilst we admit the greatness of Paul, we cannot forget that Barnabas was the teal pioneer of a world-embracing Christi anity." It is to the everlasting credit of the leaders of die mother church at Jerusalem, limited as they were in their vision, that they at least had the wits to send the best man they could lay their hands on to lead the new church in had Mdl a cod oMw taw and who was shackled by iu rules and regulations; bet they sent . the man with the bi^cs. heart la the church. They Could not have acat a better man ' than Barnaba* geoeiouk-ueartea even to tbe point of celling Ma land and giving the proceedc to the early church- liberal minded and unprejudiced, good- na tured, sympathetic, confi ' dent, foB of faith, just the kind at man who could take hold at a small, unorganized group of people and weld them into a strong Christian body that was truly mission ary in spirit and that had uk people of the woridln its heart. The first thing Barnabas did when be got to Antioch was to remember Paul. He knew that he needed help if he were to make the most of the opportunities that the City I of Antioch, the third largest city in the Roman Empire, second only to Rome and Alexandria in Egypt, pre sented to the Christian chur ch. Iw^i weot to Ttiw ing, instructing. preaching and ministering. Within a year they had the church established on Ann ground, and by that time the people who belonged to the church were called for the first time Christians. There has never been a better name by which to describe the followers of Christ. We are not Catholic or Protestant, or a member of a certain sect or denomination. We are above all else follow ers of Christ. We are Chris tians. And in that descriptive name we find the common basis of our unity. Barnabas was not only a good man but a gospel man, a good news man. He was committed to the spreading of the good news, along with his partner Paul, throughout the world. One of the first impulses of the Christian experience is to share Jesus with others. William Temple tells it like it is, "Christ's gift of Himself, that is to say cf perfect love, is not something which you can have and keep. If you are keeping it, it proves you have not got it. Every Christian is a missionary, and if he is not a the greatest needs in ell - churvhes today it the recovery Indeed, very few people will ( become Christians unless 1 they are encouraged by an ? attentive, loving, arid devoted ? Christians. t ?A certain insurance sales- i man was reported to have 1 said, "It's a reflection upon ? an insurance salesman if a ( single person in the commun- j itv dies without insurance." 4 However, the greatest trage- ] dy is for people to die without , Christ. When people die , without Christ, it could well t>e s reflection upon the Christians they have known. The example of Barnabas is an inspiration to the dedica tion of our lives as "encour agers" and witnesses to the glory of God and the saving of the lost. A hint to the wise is sufficient. Amen. Chewing gum was discov ered by dte Maya Indians centuries aoo. !"be woman motorist ww trying o navigate a traffic jam. Ska ram nod the car in front of her, dm ried to back ap and ha seined Jowtn a pedestrian. Then she triad to move over to the curb and ran into a hydrant \ policeman came up. "Okay, lady let's see your license." 'Don't be silly," she groaned; 'who'd give me a license?" lit [v TODAY'S CHUCKLE: My wife report* her year-old nephew i* at the dangerous age?he can turn on the TV set by himself. N.C. Center for . Public Policy Research The N. C. Center for Public Policy Research has added nine members to its Board of k Directors. Board Chair si as Thad t. Beyle said seven women and two men were elected to the Board, which now consists of 36 North Carolinians from Grandfather Mountain w? Wilmington. tiected to die Boara were: Marilyn K. Biasell of Charlot te, a former state legislator and now a practising attorney and Mecklenburg County commissioner; Keith Crisco of Asbeboro, Vice President and General Manager, Stedman Corporation, Elastic Division; Frances Cummings of Lum berton. President-elect of the N. C. Association of Educa tors; Jacqueline Morris-Good son, an attorney and chair person of the New Hanover County Political Action Com mittee in Wilmington; Jeanne Hoffman, a businesswoman and educator from Mars Hill; Kay Sebian, who is active in the Woman's Political Caucus and a member of the New Hanover County Planning Board in Wilmington; Asa Spaulding, Jr. of Durham, Vice President for Adminis tration for Durham Life > Broadcasting Company; Mary Pinchbeck Teets. principal of Janie C. Hargrave jchooi in Lumberton; and Ruth Dial Woods, the Director of Indian Education for the Robeson County Board of Education in Lumberton. The Center's Board is head ed by Beyle who is a professor of political science at UNC-CH and who has been Chairman since January 1980. The other Board officers are Virginia Fozz of Banner Elk, Vice Chairman: Walter DeVries of WrightsviBe Beach. Secreta ty; and V.B. (Hawk) Mmm of Raleigh. Treasurer. Other membars of the Center* Board ma: Thouua L. Barringer of Raleigh. Bee. Daniel T. Blue. Jr. of Raleigh, James S. Fergoaoa of Greens boro. Charles Z. Flack. Jr. of Forest City, Joel L. hieashaaaa of Durham, Karen C. Gottovi of Wilmington, R. Darrell Hancock o4 Salisbury, Sea. Gerry Hancock. Jr. of Durham Watts Hill, Jr. of Chapel HiH, Mary Hopper at Charlotte. Sandra L. Johnson of Raleigh, Betty Ann Knudsen of Ral eigh, Thebna Lennon of Ral eigh, Hugh Morton of Grand father Mountain, Roy Parker, Jr.. of Fayetteville, Betty Chat in Kasb ot cnarioue, Grace Rohrer of Chapel Hill, McNeill Smith of Greensboro, Robert W. Spearman of Ral eigh, Patricia H. Wagner of Chapel Hill, Alfreds Webb of Greensboro, Cameron West of Misenheimer, and Betty H. Wiser of Raleigh. The Cen ter's Executive Director is Ran Coble. The Center for Public Policy Research is an independent nonprofit corporation created in 1977 to examine the policies and practices of state government. It is nonpartisan and has Ootn uemocrats and Republicans on its Board. 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