San Jose Bible College - Victor Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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T . W -I ln? 'Ji l 3 1 CHUCK RICHARDS l'49l is minisfering in Zillah, Washingfon. In 'lhe year and a half fhere have been 34 bapfisms. Since a recenf meefing wilh Fred Hoy, affendance and offerings have increased 301. The church sends pariial living-link supporf +o 'Isabel Di'Hemcre and Marguerife Huclrins. LOU MOORE l'42l has been wifh -The Napa, California, con- gregafion for nearly a year and says fhaf 'rhe growih of 'Phe church has been sfeady, and in spife of a new building, fhe Bible School is showing a fulure need for an addifion. Seven have been baplized. GEORGE and BETTY STIDAHAM lbofh 'SOI have been mini- sfering 'to fhe church a+ Double Branch near Bufler, Missouri. This rural congrega'I'ion has a 95-year hislory, buf George is fha firsf full-'lime minisfer. Alfendance has increased l0'X,, offerings fripled. HOT SPRINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA, CHURCH ,i i viz. Mpeg . X- 1-. 1 D.V.B.S. WAYNE and PAULINE THOMAS l'5I and '48l wenf Easf so ihaf Wayne 'could 'lake graduafe worlr af Cincinnafi Bible Semi nary. He also preaches in Clarlrsburg, Indiana-a congregafion which averages II40 for Bible School and has 25 young people alone. GEORGE WESTERFELDT f'5ll is also preaching and going 'Io school ihere. DON WHITNEY f'5II has ministered lo fhe Cenfral Poinl, Oregon, congregaiion for a year now. DVBS of 76 Ias+ summer was highesf in ihe hislory of ihe church. The church was acfive in 'Ihe 'Founding of a church in Cascade Gorge and is giving regular supporf io fhe minisfer, BILL LINTON l'5Il. THE FRICKES AVENAL CHURCH CARL FRICKE l'5II has spenl only a year in full- fime worlc of his lwo-year minislry in Avenal, Cali: fornia, yei fhe growfh of fhe congregafion has been S-leady. A large financial defici+, including ' 'lhe final paymenf on fhe parsonage, has been ' 'Q paid, enabling fhe congregafion 'io sei aside more ' funds for evangelistic efforis. FLOYD HOPPER f'5Il has been +he minisier of fhe church in Hof Springs, Soufh Dalcola, since graduafion. Affendance ai' all services has in I creased with a young peoples' prayer service on Wednesday nighi oufdoing fhe adulf service in number. Floyd has found 'lhal one of lhe greaiesl' changes he has experienced has been fhe fransi- 'l'ion from a sfudenf fo fhe minisfer of a' congre- gafion. FLOYD HOPPER 54

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PRESENT MINISTRIES .mah ,.-' The McNUTI'S AND OLYMPIA BIBLE SCHOOL WILLIAM and MARY MCNUTT Iboih '47I WHS called +0 minisier in I948 Io 'che smBII QTQUP of Chrisrians who had come Io OIYmP'a- Wa5I n9Ion' from California ihe previous year and .had iouund no New Tes+amen+ church. A+Iendance is around 50. The local church pays Ihe operaring expenses and par? of 'Ihe minis+er's salary. lIllff BILLY and VELMA HUGHES Iborh '48, are in Lusk, Wyoming, where fhe 4-year-old congregaiion recen+Iy compieied a new building. In 'rhe Iwo years Ihe Hughes have been ihere, I8 have been added 'ro fhe church, and Ihere are now 39 worshipping 'Ioge'Iher. The building is cIeb+-free and valued ai- 522,000. I BOB DAY wiih his wife, BETTY, Ibofh '50I coniinued his educafion 'ef' ,QR ' ai- Cincinnafi Bible Seminary and ,preached a+ Berry, Kentucky. TAL' ' - V - ,Q , , , E :T Soon fhe congregahon vofed Io have fuII-hme preaching for 'Ihe FE ' Tr , I firsf fime in 40 years. This year Bob is affending Soufhwesf V ,A 2.1133 I? W Chrisfian Seminary in Arizona and preaching in Coolidge. MAR- , fi, ,, T LIN PIERCE my Wm. his wife, BERNICE, rsoy is also an school 757ifli'9I..'T 'I5 31 ' ' I Ihefe- Y 1.1, ,. E ., ,fir ' QL , ' I ', ' -V v, ' Zi g a ve- 9:1 ' f ii -IAA , ii Y I, , L 2 - We 2-.-' SFT . s-Iliff: 1 rv , I E . 'I , ' vi' II: I , - 41134 .' 2- I I 1 r T .I 1 - 2' ' ' ' II - rr ' ' Effie? '1e1.:if:I'i4:::el- , Jf wg , 'IF EE 'I nr S n'g,g-:g:?f'fjg,,-ggg3-.1 151. L f:'.'YifLu :Pg-l'i1Ef ' , i '- - .srsirii rr-:i ff -,573 '??'5'HiI 'IiI , :isis-W. . 1-'- i .E -E , , ' . I ' .L - , 'E I I, , BERRY, KENTUCKY, CHURCH U FF EARL CHAMBERS I'43I has minisfered in San Luis Obispo, California, 5 years. Two families have gone from Ihis church Io prepare for the LorcI's worlc. The Chrisfian Day School was begun in I9-18. An army building has been purchased and remodeled wifh 8 grades and Irindergar-ren in session. BOB and AUD- REY WEST I'50 and '44I are faculfy members.

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f 'I V MISSION FIELDS HAROLD TAYLOR l'44l was driven from China in I949, buf noi unfil Iwo churches had been esfablished, a full year of Bible Col- lege had been compleied as well as a year of radio minisiry. A fruiiful minislry in a Blind and Deaf School was anofher privilege. Wifh 'Ihe help of Ihe ofher missionaries, I80 were bapfized in 'Ihe Iwo years a+ Yuannan-Chinese Christian Mission. Bible College classes and churches were wailing in Tolcyo, Japan, and so allhough 'Ihe Taylors found a differen+ people, language. and cusfoms, 'Ihey had ihe same Gospel and sfronger faifh 'Io begin anolher worlr. 'VA TH E TAYLO RS THE PHILLIPS FAMILY AND JAMAICANS WOODROW PHILLIPS l46l in his flrsi year in Jamaica can well reporl' Thai' +he Lord has blessed the churches fhere 5I3 were bap+ized, fhere are now 45 churches of Chris+ and 30 mission poinis, and all fhe churches-are worlcing in harmony and unify. Woody 'finds plenfy of worlr fo do in leaching in Ihe Jamaica Bible Seminary, worlcing on church buildings, visifing congregaiions, and concluding a correspondence school-200 enrolled. The member- ship of ihe churches of Chris? now numbers 2,500 'ro 3,000. 55 4' 1