Full Gospel Bible Institute - Burning Lamp Yearbook (Eston, Saskatchewan Canada)

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7 How the years fly; a teacher at F.GB.I. since 1950, I was saved at home in my early childhood through the prayers of a godly mother and faithfully instructed from the Word of God by my Sunday School teacher. I graduated from F.G.B.L with the class of 1948, having previously at¬ tended the Western Bible College in Regina for one semester. Ever since receiving the call of the Lord in August, 1944, I have been engaged in evangelistic work. It was my joy to travel with Youth for Christ International and Every Crea¬ ture Crusade in Europe, Jamaica, Cuba, U.S.A., and Canada. At the present time I am engaged in pioneer evangelism and church planting in the West Coast in con¬ nection with the home missions pro¬ gram of the Evangelistic Tabernacle, Vancouver, B.C. My most outstanding experience was during Camp Meeting at Lake Katepwa, where God baptized me with the Holy Spirit and divinely called me to preach the Gospel. I Peter 5:1-4 “Feed the flock of God which is among you taking the oversight. . I accepted Christ as my Saviour at Trossachs camp when twelve years old. After my release from the army I attended C.B.I. in Regina, coming to F.G.B.L for my second and third year terms. After graduating in 1948 I joined Art Sheppard and Eldon Johnson in evangelistic work in the Kootenays of B.C., remaining with the Sheppard party for a couple of years before finally b ranching out on my own phase of Christian work with children and young people. I joined the faculty of F.G.B.l. in 1950 and have been returning each year for the first semester as teacher of Child Study. During the summer months I direct Bible Camps and Vacation Bible School Teams, reaching boys and girls across Western Canada with the gospel. Teacher Training courses coupled with children’s meetings take up the remainder of my busy year. Child-Evangelist WILBERT E. CROWDER

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Fifteen years a teacher in F.G.B.I. It seems hard to believe years have slipped by so quickly. Saved as a boy of twelve in Chil¬ dren ' s Meetings in Saskatoon through the invitation of a younger than I. the joys of redemption became mine. I can still see our Young People’s meetings, street meetings and rural school-house services with their bless¬ ings and strengthening in Grace and Truth. Faithful pastors and old fash¬ ioned Camp Meetings with the Word and the Spirit predominating, crowd into joyful memory. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit and the yielding of my life to His service were high marks of early youth. Then into full time service in Northern Alberta, studying the Word by correspondence, giving it forth in rustic and pioneering surroundings for twelve years. Then Bible School—more study at Bible College in Seattle in Summer School—music at Winnona. Indiana. How good the Lord has been! Dean ALBERT D. MARSHALL Faculty Hebrews 13:7 “They watch for your souls, as they that must give account . . As a small child attending a coun¬ try Sunday School. I met the Lord as my Saviour. When attending The Full Gospel Bible Institute in 1945 God gave me the longed for Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Returning to F.G.B.I. in 1949 as a student, I graduated with the class of 1952. My first pastorate was at Radville, Sask., where we laboured for three years. It was while pastoring at Craig- myle, Alberta, the invitation to teach at F.G.B.I. was accepted, with the feeling it was a call of God. One of the deepest experiences in my life has been the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. The joy of preaching the Word followed. My prayer is that the Word and the Spirit will ever be my guide. Rev. ROBERT T. WILSON

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8 I was saved in the Regina Apos¬ tolic Mission in the spring of 1930. Later my Bible knowledge was at¬ tained by attending church regularly seven days a week for two years, also by spending several hours a week in private Bible study. Having previously pastored in Saskatchewan at Imperial, Yorkton and Moose Jaw, I am now labouring at the Apostolic Mission in Regina. The most outstanding experience in my spiritual life was the transforma¬ tion that came by receiving Christ as my personal Saviour. Soon after¬ wards I was baptized with the Holy Spirit, speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gave utterance. For the past number of years I have spent part of each term at F.G.B.I. where the ministering of the Word of God has been a real bless¬ ing to me. Rev. ELWOOD L. McRAE Faculty I Tim. 5:17 “They who labour in the word and doctrine.” Christ became my Saviour in 1933, at Swift Current, Sask. I received a definite call to the ministry while attending the Fundamental Bible Col¬ lege at Grenfell. After completing Bible School I was engaged as an evangelist for eight consecutive years, ministering across Canada and parts of the U.S.A., and having pastored at Wis- hart, Sask., Houlton, Me., U.S.A., am at present pastoring in Calgary, Alberta. I have served the Apostolic Organization as a member of the Presbytery Board and Missionary Council, and have had the joy of ministering at conventions and camp meetings. The highlight of my experience was in 1956, when the Lord gave me the privilege of travelling around the world in the ministry of the Word, visiting 22 countries, and ministering on all missionary stations connected with the Full Gospel Fellowship. Since 1953, I have been minister¬ ing at F.G.B.I. Rev. FRANK J. KOSICK