Moody Bible Institute - Arch Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Involvement With The World The Moody student finds that his relationship with Christ involves him in the world for two reasons. First, as a believer in the Lord Jesus, he belongs to the world-wide body of Chr ist—those of every na- tion who have trusted Christ as Savior. Second, being a believer, he becomes a debtor to the univer- sal body of unbelievers—those of every nation who are lost in sin. As the Apostle Paul said, “‘I am debt- or both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.” In the same way a doctor must share his cure with the sick, the believer must share the Gospel with the unsaved. Many members of the global body of believers met together in November for the Berlin Congress for World-Wide Evangelism to discuss methods of reaching the world for Christ. Moody students be- came indirectly involved in this effort through Pres- ident Culbertson’s participation in the Congress. Statistics show that as of 1966-67, 2595 former Moody students were actively serving the Lord on mission fields. These statistics include such recent students as Ray and Anita Nickel, now in Brazil; and Billy Bray, George Knoll, Steve Isham, and Sylvester Jacobs, sharing the Gospel in Europe and India. Present students, who cannot go to the far corners of the earth just now, can take part in the quest for souls through prayer, MU projects, and witnessing to the city around them. ‘Those who can- not go across the sea can cross the street and become involved with the lost of Chicago, for they, too, are part of the world. During the fall semester the MBI student body donated money to send to India for the printing of gospels of John. This project was sponsored by the Missionary Union; the student collection was matched by the Moody Literature Mission. Colporters Recorded tapes of the gospel message in three languages are displayed at an MBI Missionary Conference booth in Campus Corner. Annual conferences help to link students with missionary endeavor around the globe. y like this one distribute the Gospels. N oh COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL COMUNICANDO EL EVANGELIO

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| Meetings of the Berlin Congress, attended by President Culbertson, were held in the beautiful Kongresshalle, under the honorary chairmanship of Billy Graham. return to complete studies at MBI. Moody Chorale will minister in song June 27 to August 17 in the British Isles, with a stop at Expo 67 in Montreal, Can- ada, on the way. A Brief Representation of Personal World Contacts: Several students left MBI in June, 1966, for practical involvement in world missions. Their train- ing includes one to two years of personal missionary enterprise. Some plan to Jack Rendel Tran

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Students commonly use the CTA for city-wide transportation. you can be ; FREE . HOME STUDY COURS: The spring MU project is seen in one-fourth of Chicago’s CTA buses and trains. The result? MBI permeates Chicago through literature and personal contact. Involvement With Chicago When one becumes a student of Moody Bible Insti- tute, his heart may be in Hometown, U.S.A., but his newly acquired address in Chicago, Illinois. He has automatically become one of Chicago’s millions. Moody’s campus is situated in downtown Chicago; and each of the 1000 campus occupants is part of the city, the same as every other resident of the me- tropolis. There is one big difference in the student’s connection with the city and that of just any city dweller—the student’s relationship with Christ. Moody’s fellows and girls work in Chicago, shop in Chicago, and travel in Chicago, as others do. How- ever, students abiding in Christ do not see merely a mass of humanity on the streets or in the subways; they see individuals—people in need of someone to care, someone-to give them the Gospel. And they make every effort to reach these people for Christ. Many opportunities arise for MBI fellows and girls to give out the Word and to show Christ-like inter- est in Chicago’s inhabitants. PCW assignments perhaps provide the biggest opening for such activi- ty. Besides the assigned Bible club, church, and mission ministries, opportunities to witness by word and life are found in traveling to and from work or by handing a tract to the sales clerk. Other occa- sions for involvement last year ranged from counsel- ing at the Billy Graham films to digging cars out of the snow after the ’67 blizzard. These are only a few of the ways that those at Moody share Christ with Chicago. Living in the city and abiding in Christ leads to identification with Chicago and its people.