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8 THE CAROLINIAN RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1969 Minorities Absent Among Missionaries BY ISAAC BIVENS NEW YORK-One of the most ignored problems in our church is that of the virtual absence of minority people among mis sions: j workers. W’e have gen erally assumed that the lack of minority representation a mong the legions of helpers in the church’s missionary force was a fact of nature. Only recently have we raised the question of minority re cruitment with the desire to seek answers. We have become embarrassed by questions from the church overseas. We have tried and failed to find com fortable answers to such ques tion as: Why are there so very few blacks, Spanish or Indian American missionaries? We have said that they do not ap ply or do not qualify. There are scores of reasons some people would give for the exclusion of minority persons from the staff and the mission ary force of the church. These .cannot be dealt with in a ra tional way, for most of such reasons are highly personal and subjective. But the church is more than the sum total of the opinions and personal conclusions of its members. And because society and justice and love via Christ have an inextricable claim upon us we must aid the church to be of all men as well as for TWO MHUTES% kITH m BIBLE | BY COBNUtUS R. STAW PRf.S. , f , BSRIAN B**l* SOCIITY W A /A CHICAGO 35, IUINOIS f j /f BUY THE TRUTH AND SELL IT NOT --Prov. 23:23 Every true Christian should understand that the truth costs. It you don’t think so, make it your own, value it, defend it, stand for it, and see if it doesn’t cost, beiore you are through it may cost you far more than you had, thought-- hours of ease and pleasure, friends and money. Yes, the truth costs. Salvation is glori ously free but the truth costs-- that is if you want if for your self. Many who know the trut i won’t buy it. They won’t pay what it costs to say: “This is what 1 believe. This is my con viction.'’ The truth isn’t worth that much to them. But God’s Word urges us: “Buy the truth”! Not, “Buy it if you can get it at bargain; if the price is not too great.” No, “Buy the truth’” Buy it at any price. It’s far more valuable than anything you can give in ex change for it. And when you have bought it-- “soil it not,” How many, alas, have bought the truth only to sell out again. For awhile they valu Mrs. T. C, Lennon Speaker At First lap!. Woman’s Day Sun. Mrs. Thelma Cumbo Lennon will serve as guest speaker for the Sunday morning service, October 26, at First Baptist Church, Wilmington Street, at its annual Woman’s Day ob servance. A native of Raleigh and a product of First Baptist Church, Mrs. Lennon is the daughter of the late Mr. Benjamin F. Cum bo and Mrs. Kittie N. Cumbo, who resides at 113 Lincoln Court. She was educated in the pub lic school system of Raleigh,. MRS, THELMA C. LENNON Church Chuckles by CARTWRIGHT gas J "Pr&m the standpoint of Bxp*ri«n«s with l*udg ®?9, weV« d«cid«d on our mew Psnane® Chairman!" all men. The church must not be rich men who are for poor men, or free men for enslaved men, or the white man who is for the black man. It car. be rich men together with poor men or free men together with enslaved men for mankind' It Is here that we have fail ed, We have been content to let our beneficence toward others be determined by a comfortable status quo adjustment to eco nomic and social pressures, Thus we have been willing to help minorities but we have not attempted to make them our peers. Full enlistment or recruit ment efforts of minority peo ple Is an indication that we want them as peers. It is precisely the appearance that we do not want them as peers which makes the task of re cruitment very difficult at the moment, Recruitment, should be more than acquiring a body or a brain to do a job. Recruitment for missionary service demands a depth level involvement. Do we want to "get involved with min orities?” If so, there are sev eral problems we must deal with. The most obvious one con fronting persons recruiting minorities for the church Is the image created by the tradi tional churchbuilding located ed and defended some God-given light from His Word, but pre sently they sold it again for something that seeined more valuable. Perhaps it was peace with others, or position, or p ularity or some other temporal gain. They still gave mentai assent that it was the truth, but it formed no part of them, It was no longer a conviction, Such should read again the Spirit's counsel: “Buy the truth, and sell it not ” He does not say: “Don't sell it unless you can get a very good price for it.” He says; “Sell it not.” Sell it not at any price. But it, no mat ter what it costs and when it is yours do not sell it for any price or under any considera tion. It is because the truth is so little valued in this different age, that many of God's people have become so spiritually pow erless, They hold opinions in stead of convictions, because the infallible, unchangeable Word of God is given little place in their lives. But God uses those who “buy the truth and sell it not.’ Her undergraduate work was completed at North Carolina Central University, Durham, where she received the BSC. degree. She received the Ed. M. degree from BostorfUnlver sity, Boston Massachusetts, and pursued further training in Guidance and Counseling at Howard University, Camb ridge, Massachusetts. Mrs. Lennon has served as an instructor at Saint Augustine’s College, Raleigh. De-an of Stu dent s at Allen University, Columbia South Carolina, and Acting Counselor-Educator, North. Carolina Central Univer sity at Durham. She joined the North Carolina State Depart ment of Public Instruction in 1961 as Guidance Consultant and served in that capacity until may, 1967. Duiir.g the summers of 19- 6-i and 1965, Mrs. Lennon serv ed as Head Counselor at the Governor's School of North. Carolina for gifted and talent ed children. At present, she is Supervisor of Guidance, Coun seling and Testing, North Caro lina Department of Public In struction. She is married to John D. Lennon, Dean of Students, N. C. Cential University, Dur ham. The public is inv itedtoattend tills service in the ghetto. One frequently hears the following statement: "The man (white rnan) wants me to serve his God in bis way and in his church house,” When the white people come to visit or “inspect” the min ority church this serves to point out even more clearly the in volvement of the church, with the predominantly white ways of society, it does not give a witness of true unity as we once foolishly said it did. The minority person has seen, lived and. experienced a separated Christianity. He wonders if the church which. 1 as been a party to this experience can comprehend tt.e nature of the problems of his people. A black student once asked me, ‘‘Does the church want some nice niggers to say ‘Yes Sir Jesus’ and ignore what it and all of society is condoning in our schools, in housing pat terns and in job discrimina tion' 5 I mean, look Dad, we ain’t got time for that jive stuff The people in the street are hungry, their babies are hungry. Does the churc! know that? ’ “How can I volunteer; I have volunteered all mv life--worked for nothing, paia more for worthless clothes, paid the highest prices for the worst meat. Does the church want a cross-bearer? Man, that’susin the ghetto. Does the church board that sent you out want to help us? Where they been, man? us? Where they been, man? You all been hiding some place?” The student is really asking us if we know the models of community action which are ef fective in the minority com munity. He wants to be free to do his creative deed. Can the church help this young man and thousands like him to formulate their insights and frustrations and fear and hurt into a creative reforma tion of our society? Prospec tive minority candidates are raising these questions. They must raise them. It is their way of protecting the only In vestment they have - their lives and talents. Until minority persons are convinced that the church will aid them in the achievement of self-determined goals, it will have only modest success in recruiting them for service. We must begin to trust minorities. We must stop asking them tc participate in our programs and instead seek participation in theirs. Dr. Dan Dodson reminds us that minority people in the United States are no more moral than members of the majority group, but that their cause is' Besides the obstacle of the church’s poor image there is the tremendous economic prob lem habitually present in the minority community Minority young people state emphatical - ly that they cannot afford to volunteer for our programs. Many of them are still the first of their families to go to college and are heavily in debt for their education. After graduation they are underpres sure to “get a good job,” for they must prove to the family and community that education pays off. MEDITATION A SERMONETTE BY COLIN DOUGLAS “Blessed ate the peacemak ers; for they shall be called sons of God.” - -Matt. 5;9, Whenever you find that there is inharmony and discord in your environment, you can help to establish harmonious and happj- relations by turning to God in prayer, and then allow ing His love to express itself freely through you toward all persons and toward all circum stances. B> making a big effort to see others t! .rough tire eyes of God, with, His love in your heart, you will then be able to lecognize everyone as a child of the One Father, and consequently no one's behavior will have the power to make you unhappy, resentful, or to disturb the peace in your world. Regardless of how disagree able conditions may seem to be in your work or how dif ficult you may find another per son to live with, you may be sure that persons and condi tions cannot help but respond to love you express toward them, Unhappy conditions are blessed through your being pa tient, tolerant, and understand ing. By keeping our attention close to God’s presence within and about us, we shall become so filled wit!', peace and calm that no condition, no situation, no problem in the world, will cause us to be perturbed, fearful, or anxious. As we stay near Him in prayer and thought, He will speak words of assurance and comfort to us, and with, these words in our hearts, we can transmit only love and kind ness to others. In this way, we are doing our bit to help establish peace. The greatest good we can ,o for the world at this time is to keep our minds and hearts free from fear and hate, to trust God, to know that He will care for His own, “Thou wilt keep him in per fect peace, whose mind is stay ed on Thee; because hetruoteth in Thee.” Trust ye In Jehovah,” lsaiah 20:3.4. An investment in Your Future < rre mi l l it uni i k Did you ever look down railroad tracks and wonder where they went... or put your eor to the track, listen to the hum, and try to guess when the train would reach you? These questions we may have asked when we were children, but as adults it is time to ask... Are we headed in the right direction? Are we prepared for things in the future regardless of when they will arrive? Choose now the path you will take, let the church help guide you. Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!” | THIS INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE APPEARS EACH WEEK TO HELP MAKE > > THIS INCREASINGLY A CHURCH-MINDED AREA. 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