Evangéliumi Hírnök, 1986 (78. évfolyam, 3-24. szám)
1986-03-01 / 5. szám
1986. március 1. 5. oldal NŐK ROVATA Rovatvezető koordinátor: Kish Gyuláné 2944 Kossuth Rd. N.E. Palm Bay. FL 32905 Elnök: Kish Ernőné Alelnök: Bíró Gyuláné Titkár: Ciraky Jánosné Pénztáros: Háló Barnabásné Report of the Mission Guild of Garfield, N.J. The Mission Guild meets the first Monday in the month at 7:30 P.M. The meeting is held at different homes. The Lord has richly blessed our small group this past year, by sending us 5 to 6 Christian friends from a nearby Gospel church. We try to make our meeting lively, interesting, relaxing, spiritual, stressing the need of Christian Fellowship and exalting our Saviour. The meeting is opened by singing a few hymns and choruses one of our women leading in a short devotion, followed with a season of prayer, remembering our sick, missionaries, also sharing our own problems and bringing it to our Lord. The offering is taken, each gives as the Lord provides. The offering is used in helping missionaries, our church, shut-ins and wherever there is a need. We also have a flower fund in which we contribute our change starting with a penny. The money is used for purchasing flowers for special occasions to place in our Sanctuary. Time is given to our members and friends to share our blessing, trips, vacations. One of our guest members is a mother of 4 and 3 of them are in the ministry, and one in Alaska, she has much to tell us of her experiences and trips. Our meeting is closed with a short timely message and concluded with our theme song, “At the feet of Jesus” and prayer. Delicious refreshments are served by the hostess, during which time we chit-chat, laugh as someone tells us of some funny experience. Finally someone looks at the time, it is almost 11 o’clock. We feel as Christian women we need this Christian fellowship in our small group. In this new year may the Lord lead, guide direct each group in a closer fellowship. k. Sz. * Handwork or Spiritual Work? The Pauline injections “But I suffer not a woman to teach” (I Tim. 2:12) and “Let your women keep silence in the churches" (I Cor 14:34) left deep and lasting impressions in the minds of both Christian men and women. Many Christians are not able to free themselves from the prohibitory words of the Apostle. They still maintain their adherence to the scripture bv adamantly attesting that women should keep silent in the church fellowship. Of course, we know that in the years of Apostle Paul, according to the social custom, the public activities, such as speaking in mixed audiences, were accompanied by ill reputation. Paul’s aim was to exempt a Christian gathering from such connotation. The new Testament gives us many encouraging instances when women ’s contribution to the spiritual progress of Christians was welcomed and highly regarded. Did not our Lord have a serious theological discussion with Martha? Did not the four daughters of Philip, the evangelist, prophesy? (Acts 21:9) If they prophesied, in whose name and by whose command did they convey the words of the Lord? We see in the New Testament that women actually and actively were engaged in Christ ’s work. They did not only lend their hands to feed the hungry, to clothe the poor, and care for the helpless. They used their spiritual abilities, their minds, in helping to spread the Good News. 1 believe firmly that women in the New Testament time, with the exception in Greece where the existing social standard created an unfavorable situation, witnessed for the Lord, spoke about His grace and gave their testimonies about their experiences with the saving power of Christ. Should women, so to speak go back to the kitchen to do the handwork? Or should they utilize their God given gifts for the blessing of every member of the church? Are Christian women restricted to sewing, cooking, baking, or are they liberated and elevated by the Savior to engage in spiritual work? Christ gave us women the same spirit, the same mind and the same ability that He gave our brethren. Our hands are skillful to provide the physical needs of our fellowmen and women, but let us not forget we have the mental skill also. We should use our speaking, witnessing, even leading ability to the glory of our Master. Our churches, our families need that contribution that we can render by the help of the Lord. Ruby Udvarnoki Hungarian . j Heritage j Young Hungarian Baptist Witnessing to Muslims The summer of 1985 was a tremendous time of learning for me. It started with conferences, meetings, and prayer in preparation for the mission work I would do in London for the months of June and July with Operation Mobilization. Why travel to London, a city well equipped to evangelize itself, when there are much needier cities around the world? A valid question. My mission, however, was not to the English themselves but to the more than 1,000,000 Muslim tourists visiting the city during their summer holidays. The month long fast of Ramadan had finally ended for the Muslims in mid-June and they flocked to the already crowded streets of London’s shopping districts. 1 led a group of twelve young people (ages 18 to 29) in a literature evangelism thrust which found us approaching Muslim men and women on the sidewalks, outside restaurants, and in the subways with Christian books, tracts, and Bibles in a host of Eastern languages. We worked in pairs with males only witnessing to males and females to females. Our dress code and even our daily schedule was conformed to the people group we had come to reach. On a hot and sweltering afternoon we could be spotted quite easily: Boys in long pants (no jeans!) with bulging bookbags slung over their shoulders and book-laden girls in dresses with
