Western Apostolic Bible College - Our Treasure Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

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ecficafioiz The editors of the '59 annual OUR TREASURE chose for this honor two outstanding pioneers who have contributed much to the success and growth of the Westem District. Bro. and Sis. J. A. Johnson have been in the active ministry for approximately 40 years. Sis. Johnson, converted in 1909, began preaching in her early youth. Bro. Johnson was converted in 1915 and began in the minisuy in 1917. This fine couple ministered in various states in the Midwest be- fore moving to California. In 1929 the Johnsons and their four children moved to Visalia, California. Bro. and Sis. Johnson pastored in vari- ous churches in Califomia and Oregon. Bro. Johnson was associated with the Pentecostal Ministerial Alliance which was the first organization of the churches of the Westem Dis- trict. The District at this time included the states of Calif- ornia, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. Later, two major organizations were formed--The Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ, Inc. , and The Pente- costal Church, Inc., of which Bro. Johnson was the Chair- man. In 1944 these two organizations were united together forming the United Pentecostal Church, Inc. After the mer- ger, he became the first District Superintendent of the UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH of the WESTERN DISTRICT. Alto- gether he served as Chairman and Superintendent of the Western District for nineteen years. Bro. Johnson was also a member ofthe faculty of WEST- ERN APOSTOLIC BIBLE COLLEGE in 1955-56. To these faithful servants of the Lord we dedicate the 1959 annual OUR TREASURE. May God richly bless you and reward you for the service you have rendered!

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c 'J Greetings V We again take our pen in hand to write our message to the '59 classes. From our study win- dow we are able to look out over a portion of the great San JoaquinValley that lies' nestled be- tween the giant Sierras and the Pacific Coast Range. This valleyhas incorporated in its name the noted outlaw of the early west, Joaquin Muri- ' eta. As a child I would often sit by my grand- father's side and listen as he told of the daring and thrilling experiences of their covered wagon journey - of Indians and outlaws that challenged the Pioneers of the old west where a man's gun was his law, and the gold that was gathered by the ton from the placer mines. Today, while the white face cattle roam the ranges and gold still continues to be extracted from the GOLDEN WEST, many things have changed. Men must now dig hard and deep for the yellow oreg cattle men must study and figure to meet the challenge of a scientific age that demands purer and higher breeding in their livestock. Yet the men who win and conquer are those who possess the daring and persevering spirit of the old west- ern pioneer. Today, we feel it's not by accident, but providential that nestled in the midst of the San Joaquin Valley in one of its rich metropolitan areas is a Bible Schoolcalled THE WESTERN APOSTOLIC BIBLE COLLEGE. As we lift our eyes to the whitened harvest field, we can see the monuments and landmarks of our Pioneers. We listen as they tell the daring and thrilling stories of how they gathered the golden grain of souls by the hundreds, and how they smiled thru storm and death. Today, we seea different condition on the fieldgwe face an educated, scientific age. There is a demand for hard study and preparation to face the field. Men must dig deep beneath the surface to reach the golden souls of men: yet the same spirit of the daring, challenging faith that motivated our pioneer fathers in the old days must ever be ours. Our success or failure depends on this pioneer spirit. The WesternApostolic Bible College has endeavored to extract the challeng- ing, persevering faith our Pioneer fathers and ministers had and to instill it in our young men and women who are to face the field. Already we are able to thank God for those who are blazing trails among the Indians in Arizona, others are making their way toward danger zones of foreign frontiers, and others are pioneering churches in the homeland. From the pen of one of the greatest Pioneers of all ages, we quote: 'Who shall be able to separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or dis- tress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?...Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors thru Him that loved us. May God help us to boldly face our new horizons with the spirit of the pioneer and make our theme a living, factual reality, GOD'S BEST FOR THE WEST. Clyde J. Haney