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Walter and Mainte Coble, Founders
FEBRUARY 1976

N
NO. 133

NEWS OF THE GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION

STUDENTS OF Df)LLAS CHRISTEN COLLEGE UNDERWRITE SEUERAL MONTHS*

By Bill McClure
/Ilk HAD NEVER BEEN TO HAITI.

IB The name, however, stirred H up faint thoughts of voodoo

worship
had learned

reach Haiti by air in only two hours. nation where,

from Miami

Is this possible? To reach a

according to an

and
a

witchcraft. I
little about

editorial

in the Miami Heratdf

Haiti in school, of course, I knew it was one of the starving nations of the world, and that the national language was French, or, more commonly,
Creole,

"Starvation stalks the land. Burned out farmland lies baked and bare in vast stretches and

the tropical fruit from the fertile green forests, despite its abundance, does not suffice
as basic foodstuff. More than

jy;
ililL
Inside the ahurah building in Gonaives^ Haiti, Here Bro, MoClicre preached to an enthusi astic arowd of Haitians, Haiti was the first black republic in
the world,
clothe them? Or to meet their medical and health needs? IVhat

I didn't
exact location

really know
of Haiti.

the
It

came as a surprise

to leam it

was just
York

1,327 miles

from New

300,000 persons would be starv ing to death (in Haiti and the Dominican Republic) were it not
for the international CARE

643 miles from Miami

and only 50 miles

southwest of

Cuba. It was an even greater surprise to leam you could

packages brought
States.

and the supplies in by the United

of Haitians have

Scores

escaped

from their homeland to

the United States on crowded, leaky boats because their phys ical plight is so tragic and so

hopeless.
can Republic
of

Not much better off

on the
of
about

are the millions in the Domini

other end
Hispaniola.

the island
has

should we do to help our starv ing neighbors? At the invitation of Evangel ist Reggie Thomas, who has had
several successful crusades

Haiti

five million

people and occupies the western tliird of their island, while tlie Dominican Republic occupies the remaining two thirds and has about the same population. The infant mortality rate in
Haiti is the highest
RADIO Tims ABTIBOniTEi The

there, I became interested in the possibility of starting a radio program through Gospel Broadcasting Mission. The only way to properly survey the field and investigate the
chances for a radio broadcast

in all of

Latin America.

etatian we are using in Gonaives, Loaated right on the Qoaet of Haiti^ it serves many thousands of people.

Is this the place to use radio to proclaim the Gospel of

Christ? Would i t not be more

was to travel to Haiti person ally. So, in October, I flew to

Haiti on behalf of GBM to talk

helpful

to feed them?

Or

to

Continued on page 2

more

cobalt

treatments

are

LISTEN
February 1976
and December by Gospel
Mission,

needed she is

for Mary Frances progressing well. The

to their Seco'dh the

No. 133
Broadcasting

response

By Cloyd Christman

LISTEN is published bi-monthly in February, April, June, August, October

Box 199, LaCrosse, WI 54601.

Scriptures broadcast has been encouraging, Mary Frances said. I noted that gasoline in Italy

Publication address: 17359 7l5t Court,

Tinley Park, IL 60477, Second class postage paid at Tinley Park, IL.
THE GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION

is
ing

now

over

two dollars

per from

gallon;
America

so the Phipps are rid

"sardine can"

in a little

(that is what some people

500) because
per gallon.

Box 199, LaCrosse, Ml 54601 Cloyd and Helen Christman

Burdett and Elaine Wakeman

call their little Fiat

it gets 40 miles

Walter and Ardis Leeper

NOW BROADCASTING OVER
Radio Monaco Five Station Network of

Ibadan-Lagos, Nigeria
CBS, Seoul, Korea FEBC, i-Ianila, Philippines KBBO, Yakima, Wash, Gonaives, Haiti

Now concerning the Nigerian broadcast. Let me bring you up to date as of this writing. Don Baughman's Search the

Scriptures

broadcast

is still

GBM General Director Cloyd Christman (hack row, third from left) in Hot Springs, S,D, with
his mother and five brothers^ _ DECEMBER 21st, we received

on the air every Sunday morning at 10:00. How long it will con

DIH[CIOR'S DOIN'6
J (written January 7th) I will be on my way to Lansing, Mich,
to share in a Faith-Promise

tinue depends on the response of God's people to this need. Responses to our special plea letter for Nigeria are coming in and we are encouraged. So
far we have received a total of

^^Ralph telling us that my

il^a phone call from my brother

stepfather had died at 4:00 that morning. He had been in the hospital for several days and had had two strokes. Ralph drove from Paragon, Ind. to our house in LaCrosse on Sunday afternoon and evening. After a few hours of sleep, we drove straight to Hot Springs, S.D. My five brothers and I were all
able to be there for the fu neral on December 23rd,

Rally at the West Lansing Church of Christ, The first day out, I plan to stop at Tinley Park, 111. and visit with Walter and Ardis Leeper, Be
cause of the distance
to share on a

$514.55 for this need. We ap preciate the notes of encour agement sent with the love offerings,
Walter Coble wrote us on

between
face-to-

January

1st,

saying,

"I

am

us,

we don't get together very

greatly concerned Nigerian broadcast send $100 per month.

about the and for at If it is

often

face basis the work of Gospel Broadcasting Mission, It's a

least six months I shall try to still going, I shall try to keep on. There are many I wish to help; but if the Nigerian program can continue thereby, I
shall direct more to it," Bro, Coble's zeal and love for this

joy

to get together

and visit
co-

Ralph brought the funeral message while Virgil and I helped in the services. It was
nice to be able to visit with

with these workers ,

wonderful

The annual business meeting

Mother and my brothers in spite of the sadness which brought us

together. Ralph and I
we might be with

has been set for Saturday, January 24th here in LaCrosseOnalaska.

work never flags. He closed his letter by saying, "Have been

left

shortly

after the funeral in order that

A 1975 financial report will be printed as soon as possible (it should be ready by the time you receive this LISTEN) and will be mailed to our regular supporters. If you are not a regular supporter, but desire to receive a financial report, please write and request one,

praying for GBM

for Helen,"

and especially

our families
God blessed us

for Christmas.

(Editor's Note: As of Febru ary 6th the amount received

in response to the special plea

letters for the Nigerian broad cast was $1,250,97,)
With faith in God and hope in

with a safe journey and with spiritual strength for our need. Please be in prayer for Mother that she may know the
Lord's will for her future,
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

A few weeks ago we received

a nice letter from Charles and

His promises, we look forward to a wonderful new year in the

service of our King.
our sincere THANKS

LISTEN Is the bi-monthly publication of the

Gospel Broadcasting Mission, Box 199, LaCrosse,

WI 54601, Cloyd Christman, General Director. The Gospel Broadcasting Mission is a mission

We offer
to all of

Mary Frances Phipps. Charles had his leg cast taken off November 17th and is doing fine. When Mary Frances wrote, Charles was still having ther apy to reeducate the muscles of

set up for the purpose of propagating the Gos pel of Jesus Christ throughout the world by
means of radio and receives its support from gifts and offerings from congregations and
individuals
organization
Wisconsin.

you who share with this minis try in any way. May the Lord supply all your needs for a
HAPPV m PROSPEROUS WEW i^EAR.
that millions With Christian love and concern

affiliated
under

with

the

churches of
of

Christ/Christian churches. The Gospel Broad casting Mission is registered as a non-profit

the laws of the state

the foot

and

leg

after being

the Gospel Broadcasting Mission 17359 71st Court,

Ownership and management of LISTES belong to and are cared

Tinley Park, IL 60477. Sub

for by the editors: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Leeper, scription costs
tions.

immobile for 84 days They will know sometime in January if

more may hear His Word,

Cloyd ChA^tman

are net

from yearly contribu

seemed to need rides no mat ter the direction. The car

BONNIE S HAROLD
NILES

WE APPRECiATt Y0r8

'YEMSOF EAITIIFULSERVICI

pOSPElUOADCASTIKC MISSION

AS TREASURER OF TBE

served several capacities as a bus, as an ambulance to transport one preacher's wife to the hospital and as a trav eling pulpit. One of the preachers carried a batterypowered bull horn and preached
loudly to the crowds as we drove along. Driving in Haiti must be something like driving in the Indianapolis 500 race blindfolded! It's really a religious experience; for you realize at all times you're just a fender away from eter nity.
One need for the car was for

iJj^
By Cloyd Christman
this ministry, I know that it

meant a lot to them, for they have so expressed on a number

of occasions.
In behalf of the staff of

Gospel Broadcasting Mission,

want
felt

I
and

to express
THANK YOU

a very heart
to Bonnie

Harold for their years of sac rificial service ... we appre ciate all they did, A plaque was purchased and presented to

transportation to the city of Gonaives, where several of the churches are working with Reg gie Thomas, They were especi ally interested in a radio program, Bro. Denys Noel, Bro.
Delicat and others believed i t

Sj^ AROLD and

n ^ 11 have served

BONNIE NILES
as treasurers

them in remembrance labors.

of

their

to be a very effective way to reach the many thousands in the

Gonaives-Cape Haitien area with

the Gospel, I made contact with the local station manager, who was also a boy scout leader in

%M=J of the Gospel Broadcasting

Mission since July of 1966 On occasion, they have had some help, but MOST of the work has been done by them. It was a ministry for this dedicated couple and they served with joy
as unto the Lord. Because of

We are happy to inform you

that Janice Peterson has volun teered to serve as treasurer of

the community, and found him to

be both interested and help ful. He wanted our program on his station because, as he said, "It will help my people."

GBM,
and is

Janice
a

is

dedicated

Christian

living
member

in
of

LaCrosse
Onalaska

ill health bilities,

and added responsi Bonnie and Harold

their work as

have terminated

treasurers of GBM. We are sorry

Christian Chapel, She is work ing as a bookkeeper and has the experience needed to fulfill such a position for GBM. We believe Janice will do a good job and we ask you to pray for
her.

The station, Radio Trans Artibonite, is the only one in that

area. While conducting a cru

sade there,

Reggie Thomas used Continued on page 4

that they had to step down from

BROADCASTING IN HAITI
Continued from page 1
with preachers, church members, radio stations, and any others who could be of help in deter
mining the feasibility
a program,

the rest

of Haiti,

It is the

Oasee affl'S'SOC

of such

capital and main city of the country, with a population of about 600,000. It's so crowded, though, that I don't see how
they could ever conduct accurate population count I
car to travel in Haiti

It

-- 1

I arrived in Port-au-Prince

an

and

was

met

by

some

of the

preachers at the airport. Some of these men spoke English, One of them, Bro. Jeanrilus Deli
cat, had attended Cincinnati

It was necessary to rent a

while

Bible Seminary.
These men were a tremendous

there because the preachers can barely feed their families, let alone afford to operate an
automobile. The car was always full of passengers because

Outside the ahuToh building in Gonai-ves, The man facing the

building and holding his Bible ie Bro, Deliaat, He speaks good English and has attended Cin cinnati Bible Seminary,

help to me in getting around Port-au-Prince and throughout

wherever I drove, the preachers

BROADCASTING IN HAITI

Continued from page 3

that station for live broad

stops along the way at wayside police stations to prove citi

zenship and for me, as an alien, to show my government

The

students

determined

to

casts

and found it

to be very

effective for preaching and reaching area residents. Manycame to be baptized after hear
ing his sermons on radio. Our program, through GBM,

permit

to travel

in Haiti,

had obtained the permit waiting several hours

Haitian office.

after in a

dedicate their January mission ary offering to broadcasting in Haiti, We hope the offering will cover the cost of the pro gram for one year on the Gonaives station. This program was to have started January

when started, will be a live, 30-minute, weekly program in

Creole, Area preachers of the New Testament position will share the broadcasting sched ule, taking turns week by week. Through an interpreter, I preached for two congregations
in the Gonaives area and

During the remaining days spent in Haiti, I visited the

radio stations in Port-au-

first, based on the funds prom

ised from the DCC students. As further funds are received from

Prince and tried to negotiate a decent price for a half-hour program like the one planned for Gonaives. However, the
stations there were harder to deal with than I had antici

friends

and supporters of GBM,

we will be able to e:i^and our broadcasting efforts about the nation of Haiti by adding other stations and additional days to
our program schedule.
dents of DCC are

The stu
com the

visited a third.

They were all

enthusiastic over the possibil

ity of using this means of evangelism to share the story of Christ with their people. And they have nothing to gain personally from the program -only a greater witness for
Christ I We offered them no

pated, Some were not at all interested, and others were too costly. Finally, we made con tact with Progress Radio and arranged a 30-minute, weekly
broadcast on their station. The cost was more than double the

to be for

mended
zeal

for
and

their
concern

missionary

preaching of the -Word,

money to produce the program, although they need more money. We offered no support for their needy families, although they need more support. We offered
them no financial assistance to make their lives easier or more

other time; and at least three months advance payment is required. Several preachers are interested in working on the program and in sharing the broadcast time to preach the Scriptures,
I've discovered there is

You, too, are to be commended for your interest in this min istry of broadcasting the

Gospel, Any money you wish to send for broadcasting in Haiti

should be marked: FOR HAITI and

sent

to our

GBM

office.

Box

199, LaCrosse, Wis, 54601,

Total funds needed for both stations will amount to about

comfortable, although they cer tainly need financial assis

tance and deserve it. We

simply shared with these ear nest preachers our goal of raising funds from Christian people in the United States to pay the cost of radio time so they can preach the Word to their own people in their own native language. To expect them
to raise funds from their own

another radio program being aired in Port-au-Prince, al though it was unknown to the preachers with which I visited, Wesner Pierre (Sylvester) with the help of the Kings Highway

$1,300 for one year. Funds, designated for Haiti, received

above this amount will be used

to expand our broadcast cover age in Haiti,

Better than food to a starving

man or water to a thirsty man -- is the Word of God to

Christian Church in Eden, N.C,,

the Faith Christian Church in

Reidsville, N.C,, the Church of Christ in Rockport, Mo, and several others, has a radio ministry from the capital city. In addition, he has a health
clinic and church there.

the lost man. Your gifts make sharing the Word a reality in
Haiti.

people for radio would be like trying to get water from a dry well. They just have no money to give! In fact, few of the preachers I met or talked with receive any money at all from the churches they serve. They preach because they want to evangelize. They seek other means to support their fami
lies.

After returning to the States, I showed slides and told the story of my trip to
Haiti to the students of Dallas

Christian College, where I serve as Development Director,

GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION Publication Office 17359 71st Court

SECOND CLASS MAIL

Tinley Park, IL 60477

After leaving the city of Gonaives, and promising to do

what I could to raise funds

Tinley Park, Illinois 60477

through the friends of GBM for the radio program, we returned

to Port-au-Prince, The road was

I'jjm u

Dicm

liil,

MAIS, OBC

an unbelieveable experience. It
took five hours to drive 100 miles. There were countless

JOPLIH, m

6i8ox

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Walter and Mainie Coble, Founders
APRIL 1976

NEWS OF THE GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION

We \e on the c4ir c4g,ain in

NEW YORK CITY

Information by E. P. Murphy with which we were dealing (WBAB) was not for us. Although it was billed as a Gospel station, its programming was geared almost entirely to reli
gious "ROCK,"
WNYG is the AM sister station

iiifl
WtW

gram. It will be hosted by Charles Faust and Don Tingle of the "Go Ye" Chapel Mission; Larry Smith, minister of the
Nesconset Church of Christ; Tim

4*Mf
tltl-i

pi
ourselves!

m
m

of the FM WBAB. The "ROCK" pro gramming is done over the FM

facilities the AM broadcasts reach a different audience. Ask the Preaoher returned to

Newton, minister of the newly organized Holbrook congrega tion; Jim Hamer, minister of the East Northport Church of Christ and E, P. Murphy, minis ter of the Central Is lip Church
of Christ, These men will take

the air

over the facilities of

and is heard

turns,

two of them being pres

WE'RE SOMEIVHAT BREATHLESS

All of a sud

IVNYG on March 1st

daily

from

9:15

to 9:30 a.m.

ent for each broadcast. WNYG can be heard over more

Monday through Friday.

Ask the

than
With

one half

of Long Island,
million

den, things began to "click" and the question-andanswer program, Ask the Preaaher, is on the air again in the New York City area over station WNYG on Long Island,

Preaaher is a telephone callin, question-and-answer pro-

three-and-a-half

Continued on page 2

For four years, Gospel Broad casting Mission did sponsor a radio program in the New York City area over station WTHE. This program went off the air in April 1974 in order that the brethren in New York City might seek a station having a cover age which would reach more of
the the area in which 1975 we issue have of

established churches.
October

Then, in
that we

LISTENj

we announced

were almost ready to begin broadcasting over a Long Island

station.

Even before the October issue

The above piature was taken just after the signing of the aontraat for "Ask the Preacher," Shoun are E. P. Murphy (left)^ minister of the Central lalip

was off the press,

we came to

Church of Christ,
Babylon, N. Y,

and Ron Ray, Sales Manager for WNYG

the conclusion that the station

LISTEN
April 1976
No. 134

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LISTEN 1s published bi-monthly 1n February, April, June, August, October and Decerrter by Gospel Broadcasting Mission, Box 199, LaCrosse, WI 54601. Publication address: 17359 71st Court, Tinley Park, IL 60477. Second class postage paid at Tinley Park, IL.
THE GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION

Continued from page 1

people on potential Long Island, the radio audience of
with the South Nassau congrega
tion located on the western

Box 199, LaCrosse, WI 54601 Cloyd and Helen Christman

Burdett and Elaine Makeman

WNYG is close to one-and-a-half

Walter and Ardis Leeper

NOW BROADCASTING OVER
Radio Monaco Five Station Hetwork of

million people. Within this listening area there are seven established congregations of
the Church of Christ -- Glen

fringe of the broadcast area. These congregations will under take the follow-up work among the listeners responding to the program and those taking the

Ibadan-Lagos, IJlgeria CBS, Seoul, Korea FEBC, Manila, Philippines KBBO, Yakiraa, Wash.
Gonai-ves-, ilaiti

Cove, East Northport, Port Jef ferson, Hicksville, West Islip, Central Islip and Holbrook, would be airing a broadcast sponsored by Gospel Broadcast ing Mission some time in Jan uary, Through a lack of under standing and slow communication

correspondence course
being offered.

which is

The contract for the Ask the

Freaohey?
twelve

program - -runs
at a cost

for
of

VWYG, Long Island, JJ. Y.

months

TIIE last time I wrote for this

column I was getting ready to leave for a Faith-Promise Rally in Lansing, Mich. It was a good

oie[ciors doin's

$6,500 for the year. This breaks down to approximately $500 a month or $25 per 15minute program.
WBAB in October

(The cost over

was to have

been $54 per broadcast.)

hundred dollars
first of each month.

Five

is payable the
WNYG was

rally

and

I appreciated being
at the West

with the brethren

gracious enough

to accept $200

Lansing church.
or was i t

One

night

of

the rally we were snowed out

snowed in? seven

or eight inches.

I had planned

to leave for home the next day. I stayed in Lansing an extra day, thinking it would be better traveling. Guess what? It was better traveling in Michigan and Illinois, but when I got to Wisconsin . , . WOWl
I ran into a real storm. On

per month for the first three months in order to give us time to raise the necessary finan cial support for the program. However, the $900 balance for
the first three months must be

picked up at the end of the contract period. The churches of the New York City area hope

Interstate 90, not far from Madison, I lost control of the car on some ice. After spinning around a couple of times I hit a steel post beside the road.
The rear fender and door of the

to underwrite $150 per month toward the cost of the program. This leaves $4,700 of the cost of the first year's broadcast Helen and Cloyd Christman
the broadcast didn't get "off the ground" in January and February. The funds for the
first three months of air time

yet to be underwritten.

In spite of its many large church buildings whose spires rise high into the sky, any
large metropolitan "mission field" of city is a those who

car were mashed in some, but no other cars were involved; and I wasn't hurt, for which I thank
the Lord,

have nob) been sent (March 1st),

and the Haitian broadcast should be "on the air" at least

know not Jesus as their Savior, New York is the largest metro
politan city in the United

In three days (on March 5th),

I will be leaving for a Mission Rally at Kentucky Christian College, I have been asked to bring a special message on "The Only Way to Freedom Christ,"
and to share the work of the

by the middle of March,

Let us

pray for this broadcast that it

may be an open door for many in Haiti to enter the kingdom of
God,

States, Because of its huge ethnic populations. New York City is as "foreign" as any
place across an ocean. It is

"white
In the February issue of

unto the harvest."

May

Gospel

Broadcasting

Mission.

V/hile in the Grayson, Ky. area, I will be speaking at three churches before returning home. We had hoped that the radio station in Gonaives, Haiti

LISTEN we announced that Janice Peterson had volunteered to serve as treasurer for GBM. She

we count on your prayers and support as we make this effort to reach a portion of New York

City

through the use of radio?

did serve in this capacity for several weeks, and we were pleased with her work. However,

Continued on page 4

"PlcaAi,!
b
SOMETHING NEW

FOR CHURCHES TO USE

By Burdett

W. Wakeman

Chances are you will listen to the same station each day.

For along time this writer

has felt a need to be con

cerned with reaching souls by radio in America as well as in faraway countries. As pro gram director for the Gospel Broadcasting Mission, it has also occurred to me that GBM, as an arm of the church, should be the source through which such an effort might originate. Now, I hope we have an answer in the form of a 60-second, professionally produced program to be aired five days a week, 52 weeks a year in prime time. Buying radio time for reli gious purposes on good American stations isn't easy especi ally if you want a time that yields the greatest amount of listeners prime time. Most stations fear religion will lose them listeners. Further,
most stations have formats that

go. Nearly every automobile has a radio. Portable radios grace nearly every home. People use radio as a background for what ever they are doing. Few folks now pull their chairs up to the radio and drink in every word as they once did.

Therefore, the repetition of a spot announcement will reach

the same basic audience day

after day, Monday through Fri day, and repetition tends to be an essential part of selling by
radio. Even talk shows or call-

in party lines move fast, A segment of listening done while shaving, doing dishes or driv ing to work can prove suffi ciently interesting to stay
tuned to until one's personal activities force the turning
off of the radio.
These and similar reasons f i t

into

new

concept
for

of radio
Christian

programming

Churches and Churches of Christ soon to be made avail

able through Gospel Broadcast ing Mission. It is called "ONE MOMENT, PLEASE!" It is a 60second broadcast written in a

way

which will catch

the lis

are geared to three to five minute listening. They play music interspersed by spot announcements, with news every
liour on the hour
Some stations

Burdett W. Wakeman^ Program Director of Goeipel Broadaasting Missicfn and Producer of "ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. " Programming is now designed
to be effective in short seg ments. If you listen to radio on one day between the hours of 7:00 and 9:00 a.m., you will most likely do it again the

tener's

interest

through

the

use of contemporary themes that will develop a need for Bible knowledge, "ONE MOMENT, PLEASE" is dif ferent every day. It is de

or half hour.

will run 15 min

utes of news,
run

but many tend to

newscasts at

five-minute

signed to run Mondays through Fridays at peak listening times. It is designed to pro mote the use of correspondence
courses and has a soft-sell

given intervals. Radio people are highly aware of a transit public that turns
radio in and out while on the

next day
may be

and the next,

a change of

and so
pace.

approach

which we believe will

to seek Christ and

on until the weekend when there

cause souls

Continued on ipage 4

GDE MOMEKT.FlEilSE
Continued from page 3

DIRECTOR'S DOIN'S Continued from page 2

help churches
of whom they
never be aware.

to reach people
otherwise would
With each 60-

second program is an invitation

to learn the Scriptures for one's self through the attrac tive correspondence course. The secret is that the program moves fast but carries an easyto-grasp impact.

day, five days a week, you can be sure that people will become aware of it. Please pray for its success. We need a prayer force to keep the idea before

because
she felt

of

personal

reasons,

she would not be able

to continue,

Mrs. Wayne (Joan)

McAlister,
part-time

who is serving as a
secretary for the

the throne of grace. After all,

if the Lord isn't the Chief

Onalaska Church of Christ,

has

consented to fill the office of

Engineer, the broadcast isn't going anywhere. With the Lord in command, we have a dynamic
tool in our hand.

IVhat can one say in 60 seconds; The average 60-second

radio spot carries 120 words, I
am able to articulate at the rate of 130 words in 40 seconds

treasurer for GBM, Thank you, Joan, for accepting this reresponsibility. Your prayers for the work of Gospel Broadcasting Mission are most helpful. Please keep them
going up to the Father, Your

and not .sound., breathy or rushed. Each program opens with

the very professional voice
our announcer. Bill Mann.

of
Then

love offerings are essential, and they keep us praising God, Until we meet again, may the Good Lord keep you in perfect peace, (Isaiah 26:3),
With Christian love and concern that millions

I come on
theme

with

a contemporary
most

that will interest

listeners, leading them into a a solid reason for wanting to know more about the Scriptures,
Then Mann's voice comes back

more may hear His Word,

Ctoyd CkfiAJitman

with

carefully
listeners

worded tag
to meet
Biirdett Wakeman at work in

inviting

NORTH AMERICAN

their need to understand Scrip

ture by writing for the attrac

CHRISTIAN CONVENTION
his recording studiot

tive, notebook-punched lessons, which are free of charge. Each

tag is to be custom written for each program. Currently, 245 60-second

Denver, July 6-9, 1976

EVERYONE

programs

are written

and pro

duced, We expect to finish writing the tags and assembling the programs within the next
few weeks. There will be 260

SHOULD HAVE A WILL

Rich Folk -- Poor Folk -- Family Folk
Single Folk Men Folk Women Folk

programs in the first series.

The use of such a broadcast

VES, EVERYONE NEEVS A WILL!

For information everyone needs
about a -will, vrite:
Ask for the free "booklet:

will afford any congregation looking for a professional sound and a clever approach to
winning souls a means of reach ing people for Christ. For details on how your church can sponsor "ONE MOMENT, PLEASE"

Gospel Broadcasting Mission

Box 199

"37 Tking^ Pzopte.

'Km' About

LaCrosse, Wisconsin 54601

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on your local station,

simply
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54601,

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JUNE 1976
NO. 135

Jssm
&OSFEL BROABCASTINQ MISSIOIf
COMPLETES TEN YEilRS

UNDER PRESENT DIRECTORS

Our Story,,..
By Ardis Leeper

1'^ Walter and Ardis Leeper were standing on

the station platform in Garrett, Ind. The incoming train was bringing Cloyd Christman and Burdett and Elaine Wakeman from LaCrosse, Wis. Back in their home at 208 S. Guilford, Walter and Mainie Coble waited. (Mrs. Coble was bed ridden at the time.) In a few minutes, seven
people would meet together (some of them also

WAS A COLD, winter night in January 1966.

Our lOtk

cAnniverdary
IT IS DIFFICULT for me to summarize our
' Mission . . . So many things
Time has a way of slipping by By Cloyd Christman
ten-year history with the Gospel Broadcasting

have happened!
quickly and it

meeting each other for the first time) to dis cuss the transfer of the oversight of Gospel
Broadcasting Mission from the Cobles to the three-family team of Christmans, Wakemans and

Leepers.
years ago!

The actual transfer of responsibili

July 1, 1966. That was ten

seems "almost like yesterday" that Burdett and Elaine Wakeman, Walter and Ardis Leeper and I were in Garrett, Ind. talking to Bro. and Sister Coble about carrying on the ministry of

ties took place

Continued on page S

tCTUALLY, Gospel Broadcasting Mission has

been sending out the message Christ by radio for 24 years. of Jesus The first

GBM-sponsored
tares went
April 7, 1952.

broadcast
on the air
Back

of

Search the Scrips

first broadcast

over Radio Luxembourg,

of this

were over seven years of planning, praying, pleading and coping with frustrations on the
part of Mainie and Walter Coble.

Gospel Broadcasting Mission was begun by the Cobles in memory of their nephew-foster son,
Continued on page 3

New heading design by Jill Leonard of Tinley Parkj III.

i
Mainie and Walter Coble

sue or a return of cancer.

As

LISTEN
June 1976
No. 135

of now, though, no more cobalt,

for which
am not

language,

wrote us

in

April:
been many have

I am so thankful.

worried . . . we

have

"The radio messages have sent out regularly and letters of appreciation
been received. Some

prayed

for

complete

healing.

come from

and Decetiflier by Gospel Broadcasting

Mission, Box 199, LaCrosse, WI 54601. Publication address; 17359 71st Court, Tinley Park, IL 60477. Second class postage paid at Tinley Park, IL.
THE GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION

LISTEN 1s published bi-monthly in February, April, Juns, August, October

What He has in the future we do

far

away,

such

as

Jaiju,

not know; but whatever it is, it will be for His glory.

Charles is on the go as much as
ever.

small island off the southwest coast of Korea. The whole

Box 199, Lacrosse, WI 54601

"We have been getting letters regularly, although not as many

island population decided to listen to the program and we hope they will all be converted
eventually."
In the last letter we received

Cloyd and Helen Christman

Burdett and Elaine Makeman

as when we were on
But many, many more

Luxembourg!
than when

Walter and Ardis Leeper

NOW BROADCASTING OVER
Radio Monaco rive Elation iletwork of

we were on MANX! We have re activated some of our 'old'

listeners."

from hosts

E. P. Murphy
he had

of

Central
that re
The

Islip, N. Y., broadcast)

ence Courses

stated received

of Ask the Preaoher (new

Ibadaii-Lagos, iiigeria
CBS, ijeoal, Korea i'KBC, Manila, Philippines

.-IBiiC, Yakioia, V/ashi Gonalven. Haiti VaJYG, Long island, H. Y.

The Phipps' broadcast has even reached Spain, although it is beamed toward f:ngland. In June, the Phipps will attend a four^day "conTefen'ce ""at "Monte"
Carlo. The conference is for

quests for 20 Bible Correspond

thus far.

courses are offered on the program. .Inter_est is running high for this Long Island broadcast and if you can help to under write it, please let us know. Gospel Broadcasting Mission has grown to the place where we need secretarial help to aid in keeping the office work done. The advisors have given permis sion to hire a part-time secre tary. We are glad that Joan McAlister, who is acting as GBM
treasurer, will also part-time secretary. work as

all of the people who broadcast

DIR[CIOR'S DOIN'S
1 AM HAPPY TO REPORT that my J trip to Grayson, Ky. was
"A Okay all the way," with no car trouble, even though we now
have 79,000 miles on the mis
sion car. The weather was more

from Radio Monaco.

our broadcasters

Bro. Yoon Kwon Chae, one of in the Korean

cooperative this trip, although I did get into some strong wind
and rain in Wisconsin. It was

good to visit on the campus of Kentucky Christian College and to share in their area rally. The hospitality was great . . . Thank you, KCC and churches of
the area.

We want to tell you again how much we appreciate YOUR many prayers and YOUR faithful sup port of this mission ministry. May God bless you for being coworkers together with us.
THANK YOU! With Christian love and

The first week in April, I was invited to participate in the Annual Mission Round-Up at
Garrett. Ind. It is always a blessing to visit with Bro.
Walter Coble and the folk there

concern

that

millions

more may hear His Word,

-yaZtev-Cobte 86

young!

Cloijd ChAUitnmi

who are such strong supporters of GBM. Did you know that Bro. Coble is 86 years young? We are
so thankful that he is well and able to care for himself. Thank

you, friends in Garrett, your hospitality.

In a

for

recent letter from the

Phipps, Mary Frances said: "Charles is doing great . . . He will have a slight permanent limp and an 'outsize' ankle; but these are minor things com

pared to what could have hap pened. I have had new X-rays made three times since January and the doctors are watching a certain spot they are not sure of -- could be heavy scar tis

Where it all began. The Coble home in Garrett^ Ind., birthplace of the Gospel Broadcasting Mission.

Helen and Ctoyd Christmcm

Gospel Broadcasting Mission. As far as GBM was concerned, we were "green horns" (an expres
sion the dean of not Minnesota

Elaine and Burdett ydkeman

ing us through each discourage
ment. He is the One who is at work within us . . . Praise be unto Him! We also thank Him for

because we are in the process of raising more funds to fully

underwrite the air time on all of the broadcasts which we

Bible College
However,

used

so often).
without

we were

sponsor. To accomplish the growth pointed out here, there

has been MUCH GIVING on the

WUf oia* supporters^ and the great blessing you have been to
this ministry.

experiences that could be pooled and used to carry on the

mission work. We knew that i t

part of MANY . . . the giving of time, talents, money and

prayers.

would not be an easy task; but with trust in God, the prayers of His people and hard work, we
believed that God would bless with i t . . .

Perhaps no one realizes more

than we do the fact that these

Gospel Broadcasting Mission and

those associated and He has!

efforts are but a small begin ning of what needs to be done in reaching the world for Christ by radio.
We offer our thanks to God

As I have already stated: MANY things have happened since 1966. Some of our experiences have been sad; such as the death of Sister Coble, the termination of some broadcasts, the serious health problems of some of our co-workers, the death of Ruthie Baughman, etc.
We thank our Father
THINGS

for every victory and for help

My hope and prayer for the Gospel Broadcasting Mission is that God may use it in an even greater way in the years aliead to promote and underwrite MANY more broadcasts. May the grace of our Lord be with you all as we share together in this ministry of love.

Out
Merwyn H. Greene,
life been

Continued from page 1

who gave his
radio. We seek to do this

in Heaven
which have

that
MANY

we have
GOOD

also experienced

encouraged us to carry on.

When we assumed the leader

in World War II. It had his dream to return to

Europe as a missionary when the

war was over. The Cobles' first idea was to raise funds to send

through raising funds with which to purchase radio time that can be effectively used by
missionaries to reach the

ship responsibility Broadcasting Mission

of Gospel ten years

ago, the mission was under writing seven weekly broadcasts in four languages. Five of

young couples

to help bind the

wounds of war-torn Europe

with

masses with the Gospel of Christ. We are very much aware that just sending tlie message
out over the air waves is not

these
aired

broadcasts
outside

were
the

being
United

the healing balm of the Lord. But their plans did not work out that way. What evolved from
their efforts was not the send

States. Today, GBM is helping to underwrite 28 weekly broad casts in eight languages; 22 of
these are aired outside of the in continental United States --

ing of a few missionary couples to Europe, but the sending of the Gospel message throughout
the world by means of radio.

getting done the whole job of winning souls. No broadcast sponsored by Gospel Broadcast ing Mission goes on the air
until we are assured that there

will be an adequate follow-up program conducted either by the

missionaries or by national
Christians of the area to which the broadcast is beamed.

Europe, Asia,
West Indies.

Africa
Please

and
note,

the
I

Gospel Broadcasting Mission

is dedicated to the task of

have term

intentionally used the "helping to underwrite"

helping
Christ

reach
through

the

world
the use

for
of

Continued on page 4

OUR STORV...
CONTINUED PROn PACE 3
6th of

i f HE ORIGINAL Search the II Sariptures program which began on Radio Luxembourg is

now broadcast from Radio Mon

turned to the air the

December 1974. This program is now under the supervision of

Bill McClure, Director of

aco. It is produced in English by Charles and Mary Frances Phipps, missionaries to Italy. A second GBM-sponsored program
over Radio Monaco is in the

Development for Dallas Chris tian College, and a committee of one missionary and two
nationals in Korea.

Polish language. It began in 1961 and is now produced by

Boleslaw Winnik, a well-known
to handle

IP^ ROADCASTING also under the Wauspices of the Gospel

'^Broadcasting Mission is a
devotional and hymn program prepared by Berl Thomas, sing ing evangelist of Wapato,
Wash., and financed by friends on the West Coast. Hymns of Hope is carried by KBBO,
Yakima, Wash.

Polish minister who was brought

to the United States

loon }(wan Chae reoording a

program to be broadcast in the Korean language.

the production
cast .

of

this broad

Also begun in 1961 was the

English-language program
produced by Don and Marianne Baughman, missionaries to Ni

Etienne went on the air the 4th of-April in Gonaives, Haiti.

(Creole is a mixture of French,

Spanish and the native lan

guages. about
dents

It is the spoken lan ten months

of Dallas

geria. This program is aired simultaneously over the sta tions of Ibadan and Lagos. In October 197S, the air-time

guage of Haiti.) The Haitian broadcast is underwritten for

by the

stu

Christian

costs for this broadcast jumped

from the very reasonable rate of $32.76 to $170 for each 15minute broadcast. We are ex

College. Then its financing becomes the responsibility of

Gospel Broadcasting Mission.

tremely grateful for your sacrificial giving which has enabled us to keep the Nigerian
broadcast on the air. Please

On March 1st, the IS-minute, telephone call-in, questionand-answer program. Ask the PreaQher^ returned to the air
over the facilities of WNYG of

continue
there.

to help
It is

us

keep

it
to

Babylon,

Long

Island.

IVNYG

a vital link

gives a better coverage

of the

reaching a country threatened by the religion of Islam. INETEEN PROGRAMS per week in four tribal languages _ of Southeast Asia are broadcast weekly over the Manila, Philippines facilities of the Far East Broadcasting Co. There are nine programs per week in Lisu, seven in Rawang,
LaVerne

Graae and Berl Thomas

HIS PAST YEAR has seen

area of metropolitan New York City in which we have estab lished churches than did the previous station. The "concrete

jungle" needs the Gospel as much as the equatorial jungle.

ON'T YOU JOIN US in "reach

the addition

of

one new

program
tion

and

the resump-

been while

of a off

broadcast which had the air for a time

ing the world by radio?" All

two in Kachin and one in Khasi. Morse and a team of

we sought a station givbetter coverage. After several delays, a

30-minute broadcast

gifts should be sent to Gospel Broadcasting Mission, Box 199, LaCrosse, Wis. 54601. You may designate if you wish your
support applied toward ticular program. a par

national evangelists oversee the production and follow-up of these programs.

weekly,

produced in Creole by Frederick

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OVER the five-station network

of the Christian Broadcasting
System of Seoul, Korea, the

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Tinley Park, Illinois 60477 Osark Bible College Box 513

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Korean-language

program

re

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AUGUST 1976
NO. 136

BAUGHMANS
IN STATES

to evaluate just how much or what type of fruit radio broadcasting does pro duce. We are very much aware that "success" depends so much on the follow-up work which is
done after radio contact has
been made.

Sometimes it is very hard

IT WAS ANDREW . . .
ment of churches in the New

York City area) the working of the Holy Spirit in the lives of one man and his family.
Ron Scott was a salesman in

the metropolitan
area.

New York City

During the years (1970-

1974) when Gospel Broadcasting Mission was sponsoring the

first series of the Ask the

We do not have much informa tion in the New Testament about

The Baughmans

the Apostle Andrew.

But we do

rgl ON and MARIANNE BAUGHMAN,

I I producers of the
are

know that it was he who brought Peter to Jesus. (John 1:40-43).

We are familiar with Peter's

GBMin

sponsored

Nigerian

broadcast.

Search the Scriptures^

the States on furlough. While they are away from Nigeria, the
responsibilities of the broad cast and its follow-up will be

activities in the spreading of the Gospel. For several years we have been following through the

Preacher radio program (see April 1976 LISTEN for that part of the story), Ron would listen to the program on his car radio as he was driving between appointments. He liked what he
heard.

pages of the "Go Ye" Mission News ("Go Ye"

Chapel Chapel

Eventually he brought his family to the Nesconset (Long Island) church "just to visit." They were soon baptized into
Christ and became actively involved in the total church

cared for

by tneir co-workers,
for

Mission works in the establish-

Walter and Eddie Smith.

This is the broadcast

which
for

the air time costs

from $32.76
15 minutes.

sky
$170
ask

program. A year later his com pany transferred him "back

home" to Michigan, He delib erately bought his home in an

rocketed
each

to
We

your continued support toward keeping the Nigerian broadcast

on the s i r for 15 minutes each

lsiI ^ ifi^

area where he could continue to be involved in the work of the

Lord

through

a local New Tes

The Scotts were

week. The Baughmans report that for them mailings of corre spondence courses, etc. (a part of radio follow-up) have in
creased from 100 to over 250

tament church.

soon instrumental in winning six members of his family in Michigan to the Lord.

The Holy Spirit has continued

per week.

to work.
quit his

Through
job

series of
Scott

"circumstances,"

Bro.

and enrolled in

Great Lakes Bible College. Now,

we might say that Ron Scott has

Right: Program Director Bill MoClure in a aontemplative mood.

come full circle.

His training

Continued on page 4

The goal of Gospel Broadcast

LISTEN
August 1976
No. 136 LISTEN is published bi-monthly in February, April, June, August, October

ing Mission

is

to

underwrite

oompletely the air time cost of each broadcast which we spon

sor. We have NOT yet reached that goal. The broadcasters doing the programming do in
some cases send some funds to

searching out new opportunities for spreading the Word in these countries through radio. Bill needs our prayers as he travels and seeks new opportunities for
expanding our outreach. Burdett Wakeman has resigned

and December by Gospel Broadcasting Mission, Box 199, LaCrosse, WI 54601. Publication address: 17359 71st Court,
Tinley Park, IL 60477. Second class postage paid at Tinley Park, IL.
THE GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION

as Director of Programming

for

GBM to help meet the air time expense. We are making a sin

Box 199, LaCrosse, WI 54601 Cloyd and Helen Christman Walter and Ardis Leeper
Bill and Lorene McClure NOW BROADCASTING OVER
Radio Monaco Five Station Network of

cere effort to reach our goal and we hope that YOV^ dear reader, will help us reach it.

GBM. Bill McClure, who has been acting as Co-Director of Pro gramming will carry on as
Director. Bro. Burdett will be

continuing

in

radio

work

which

is separate

from Gospel

Broadcasting Mission. (See Burdett's letter of resignation,

page 3, this issue of LISTEN.) We appreciate the time and
effort that Burdett and Elaine

Tbadan-Lagos, Nigeria CBS, Seoul, Korea FEBC, Manila, Philippines

Yakima, -Uasb,

have

put

into

GBM

over

the

Gonaives, Haiti

WIIYG, Long Island, K. Y.

years. May God bless their new ministry with the Christian

Radio
Wis.

Fellowship

of LaCrosse,

DIRfCIOR'S DOIN'6 NCE IN AWHILE in my travels

for Gospel Broadcasting Mis sion I meet someone who ap proaches me with a question which indicates that they are confused about needed support for GBM-sponsored broadcasts. Maybe some of you would have Director Cloyd Christman with the grand old man and founder of Gospel Broadcasting Mission,
Walter Coble.

Only the Lord fully knows how grateful we are for all of YOU
who share with us in this min

istry. Your fervent prayers, love offerings and words of

encouragement
as the air

are as necessary
we breathe. . God . .

bless you

for serving together

with us month after month

liked to ask a similar ques tion, but haven't had an oppor tunity to do so. The question
might go something like this: "Why is it that GEM is asking support for underwriting broad
casts in Southeast Asia and

I would like to encourage each person reading this news letter to become personally involved with Gospel Broadcast
ing Mission. YOU can do this in several ways:

you are sharing in the harvest. Until we meet again, may His grace be sufficient for your every need.
With Christian love and concern that millions

more may hear His Word.

Bro. LaVerne Morse is also ask

ing

for support

for his radio

broadcasts?"

(This is only an

example . . . I could have_used the Polish broadcast, the Ni gerian broadcast, or any of the
others.)
We have tried to make it

clear in our literature, through our slide presentations and through our personal pre

(1) First of all, you can pray for God to bless every effort put forth for His glory. -Pray for-those who hear as well as for those who speak and support the work. (2) Second, you can share some of your material blessings with GBM if you are not already doing so.

Cloyd ChfiyUtman

kMw latent
W SEED .. .
"P ROM 1952 to early 1968 our r European broadcast was heard from the powerful antennas of Radio Luxembourg. Then it was necessary because of the rising
cost of air time to transfer

sentations that GBM pays for RADIO TIME. Even if Gospel Broadcasting Mission were to secure enough funds to com pletely underwrite the radio time, there are other expenses involved in producing and following up a program. Other
than air time there are such

(3)

Third,

you to

can see

be

a our

special

helper

by encouraging

your church group

Sight and Sound slide presenta

tions with taped commentary. They are available on request
at no charge. Your words of encouragement are always wel
come .

the program to less expensive facilities. The European broad

cast is now heard from Radio
Monaco.

A recent note received from

expenses as studio rental, costs, equipment, postage, erature for follow-up, These are cared for by the
ducer.

tape lit etc. pro

The Lord willing. Bill McClure will be traveling to Korea, Taiwan and Manila, Philippine Islands in August as a repre
sentative of GBM. Bill will be

Alva

and Janice Phillips, mis

Black Forest

sionaries in the

region of West Germany, lets us know that the nearly 16 years

(Continued on page 4)

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Oofis! We
WE HAVE RECEIVED aletter

they appreciated the message. I

had mentioned a little bit of my war experiences, and some

i
iW ISTEN is mailed under a

from Yoon Kwon Chae, who produces the Korean-language

broadcast. He called our atten tion to an error made in the

long forgotten (his words) com rades called after some twenty
years."

DIRECTOR'S DOIN'S column of the June issue of LISTEN. A misin

terpretation of his information resulted in a misrepresentation

of facts.

IT WAS ANDREW . , . (Continued from page 1)

for the ministry at Great Lakes completed, he returns to the New York City area as minister
of the Port Jefferson church.

second-class permit. The postage rate for this type of mailing is still very reason able. Under second-class postal regulations, wrongly addressed copies of LISTEN are to be returned to us- (supposedly with a notation giving the correct
address). For this service we

The following appeared in the June issue: "The radio messages have been sent out regularly and many letters of apprecia
tion have been received. Some

come from far away, Jaiju, a small island

such as off the

The

southwest coast of Korea.

Did you know you were an Andrew? Without your support, Gospel Broadcasting Mission could not have sponsored the Ask the Preacher program in j^ew York City. Without the broad
cast . . . well, the thought. you carry on

pay a fee. For the past ten years we have been paying lOif for each
address label returned to us.

whole island population decided to listen to the program and we hope they will all be converted
eventually."
There should have been a

The same is true of all GBM

broadcasts

--

in

Europe,

in

Within a period
twice -- first
to 25i each!

of

one

month
and now

the cost of "returns" has risen

period instead of a comma after the word "Jaiju." The "small

island off the southwest coast of Korea" refers to anothev

to 13^

Nigeria, in Korea, in Southeast Asia, in Haiti. Without you, our willing and sacrificing Andrews, there could be no work

of

the

Gospel

Broadcasting

If you have moved, or are contemplating a move, please send us your change of address. You can get that change to us on a nine-cent post card.

Mission.

island. Bro. Chae gives us the following added information: Jaiju is a big island with a large population. The small
island to which he referred has

All gifts should be sent to Gospel Broadcasting Mission,

Box 199, LaCrosse, Wis. 54601.

There is another way in which you can help us. Following each mailing, we receive back a num ber of copies of LISTEN marked:
UNDELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED.

a population of no more than 500 people. We thank Bro. Chae for calling
this to our attention. We are

LATENT SEED . . .
(continued from page 2)
of broadcasting over Radio Lux embourg can still bring forth fruit. We quote:
"All of your efforts of

happy

to make this correction;

to mislead

When this happens, we have no way of knowing whether we have made a mistake in retyping worn address plates, whether the addressee has moved, or whether some new postal employee has failed to recognize a name or
address. (We have had instances
that we knei) were of returns
know

for we do not want our supporters.

Just as an item of interest,

Bro. Chae told of receiving some calls following a special

message broadcast on June 25th. It was the 26th anniversary of
the start of the Korean War and

correctly addressed.) So, if you

of someone who is inter

Bro. Chae's message was "Courage Christ Gives."

said, "I received

on He how

broadcasting in Germany were not in vain. Several people who listened to Radio Luxembourg have now accepted Christ. God's Word, when it is sown, does bring a harvest. Altogether we are now working with eight
families
cast ."

ested in receiving LISTEN, but for whom it has suddenly

a number of

who

heard the broad

phone calls

informing

me

stopped coming, please let us know. We do want to keep people informed of the work of Gospel Broadcasting Mission. Please help us keep our quarters working for the Lord.

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had a

HEW niAILina ADDRESSl

LETTER RECEJ[/EV move.6

the LclCA-OMZ (WZ6.)

po6t

^n^oAmed u4 that when the Po.6taZ SeAvtce

-into tts neu) buLlcUng,

which t6> n&oAycng com-

pteXion, tke/iQ, MtiZ. be no Box 199.

the Onal^ka ChuAch o^ ChAjJit -60 gAacXouitty pAovtde6

Foa. thA.ee i/eoAS now oua "main o^^tce" ha6 been -in OnatcUika, a iabuAb Oj$ LaCAoi^e, -in the 6pac& which

06. So . . . 4tnce we we^e gotng to have to get u6ed to a new addAe6-6 anyway, we decided that thii> wtw the tme to change oua addAei^ to OnaMidka.
A po6t o^i^tce box -in Onalxuka wttt make XX eai>teA

(^oA Ctoyd. He wtZZ not have to f,tght the moAntng Ajj^h-hoix/i tAa{^llc tn downtown LaCA0-66e "Just to ptck up the mall" on ht6 way to woAk. Pteoie do not woAAy you have maiZed something to the ^oAmeA LaCA06-6e addAef>6. We hhalt maintain a box -in both po^t o^j^tc&6 ^OA a ^hoAt tune to make the tAani-itton ea^-ieA. But pZea&e begtn u&tng the new addAei,i, immediately. The addAe6.6 o^ oua Pubtication O^jj/cce in Tinley PaAk Aema^nd the 6ame: 17359 7l4t CouAt, Tintey VaAk, Itl. 60All. Ptea^e iend changes o^ addAe66 to Tintey PaAk. Att otheA coAAeipondence, unte&ir you oAe ^pediicatty wanting to contact the LeepeAit, should go to ouA NEW OnaJUxy^ka addAei^.
TINLEY PARK ADDRESS REMAINS THE SAME

LISTEN
October 1976
No. 137
LISTEN ts published bi-monthly in February, April, June, August, October and December by Gospel Broadcasting Mission, Box 199, LaCrosse, MI 54601. Publication address: 17359 71st Court, Tinley Park, IL 60477. Second class postage paid at Tinley Park, IL.
THE GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION

trip . . . lots of rain from typhoons. I think we have a good chance of starting a pro gram in Manila and would like to start by December 1st if possible. I'll send more de tails later. I have enjoyed Taiwan and seeing all our mis
sionaries here ..."

Box 51, Onalaska, WI 54650 Cloyd and Helen Christman Walter and Ardis Leeper
Bill and Lorene McClure NOW BROADCASTING OVER
Radio Monaco

Ibadan-Lagos, Nigeria
Five Station Network of

May I take a moment to add a brief explanation here? We do have programs which are trans mitted from Manila, but they are in the tribal languages -Khasi, Lisu, Rawang and Kachin -- of Southeast Asia. The pro gram to which Bill refers would be beneficial to the Philippine
Islands.

time in 15 years. Berl said, "We have prayed about it and want to 'hang in there' for a while. More people over the valley are telling us of their enjoyment of Hymns of Hope. If you can share with this broadcast, please let us know. I'm sure Berl would be happy. ALL of "our" broadcasting families are busy sowing the "Good Seed," watering it and trusting God for the increase.
Some of the people who

support

Gospel

Broadcasting

Mission are in their Golden Years. It thrills our hearts when we realize that these

CBS, Seoul, Korea FEBC, Manila, Philippines

KBBO, Yakima, Wash, Gonalves, Haiti

The radio program on WNYG in

metropolitan

New York City_ is

WYG, Long Island, IJ. Y.

continuing to stir the interest

DIRfCIOR'S DOIN'S

of people in that area. Bro. E. P. Murphy, minister of the

church in Central Is lip, wrote saying, "The free Bible Corre

flLTHOUGH MY TRAVELS for the

Gospel Broadcasting Mission have been limited this summer,
the Lord has blessed us and we

who have so little share what they have -.with_GBM. One.of these support ers lives in Williamsport, Ind. She is 84 years old and lives alone. Not only does she send her love offering each month,

people, income,

spondence Course

we offer over
more Only the course

she

prays

for us

every night

the air has brought in than SO responses so far.

and writes a lovely encouraging letter monthly. We are deeply

have been
the black.

able

to operate well and

in
who

two

have completed

grateful for ALL who support this ministry and hope that you
will continue
leads.

We PRAISE HIM

does

all things
our

we
sup

so far and I don't have the results as others are involved

to do so
do

as God

THANK YOU:,

faithful

porters, for sharing with us so

that
tions .

in that." We hope that you will help keep this program on the
air . . . we help. really need your

Since we November issue

not have a of LISTEN, may

we might meet our obliga

days (written Sep my wife and I will to Markle, Ind. to in a Faith Promise church has been

In a few tember 3rd) be traveling participate Rally. This

Berl Thomas, producer of the program. Hymns of Hope, sent us

word that KBBO (the station in

we wish you all a Happy Thanks giving just a little early?

Thanks be unto God for His

unspeakable gift.
bless you.

May the Lord

Yakima, Wash, that airs his broadcast) has raised their

price for radio time

to $13.50

With Christian love and concern that millions

supporting
Mission

Gospel Broadcasting
and we

for many years

per program. This is the first time they have raised their air

more may hear His Word,

Cloyd CkfiyUiman

are happy

to have this time of

"f^lowshlp.Alittle later I will be sharing in a week-long Missions Rally in the CantonAkron, Ohio area . . . and then attend the National Missionary Convention in Dodge City, Kans.

Bill McClure, Director of Programming for GBM, was in Asia during the month of August
scouting out some new opportu

nities for broadcasting in that

part of the world.

in Manila,

He stopped
Islands

Philippine

and Taiwan before going on to Korea, where we sponsor a

broadcast. I'll not take too

much space

here
a

to report

on
On a

his trip
that in

as Bill will be doing

later issue.

Left to right: Paul Bajko of Eastern Chris tian College, who has just retianed from Poland; Helen and Cloyd Christman and Alex Lewazuk^ a
Polish minister now visiting States. Taken in the Prayer Markle, Ind. Church of Christ. in the United Garden of the

post card sent from Taiwan Bill

did say, "I'm having a great

EARLY SEPTEMBER, Cloyd and Helen Christman,

y^GBM General Directors, represented the mis

sion at the Missionary Rally in Markle, Ind. As Cloyd mentioned in his DIRECTOR'S DOIN'S, the Markle church is a long-time supporter of GBM. There they had the chance to visit with many missionary friends, among whom was Paul Bajko, former producer of GBM's Polish-language broad cast. Paul just recently returned from Poland, where he did a great deal of preaching and looked into the various aspects of the Lord's work in Poland. He found the people still happy and grateful to be able to listen to the Polishlanguage broadcast which is taped in the United States by Boles law Winnik and broadcast from
Radio Monaco.

^ ing Mission,

ALTER COBLE, founder of Gospel Broadcast-

will never

retire his

interest in nor his support of missions. This

picture was taken

at the Missionary Rally in

Markle, Ind. in early September. We like it. Don't you? Seen with Bro. Coble is Bob Vemon
of Christian Television Mission.

Cloyd was very pleasantly surprised to be able

to visit with Alex Lewcziek, one of the Polish ministers now touring the the United United States btates in i n
behalf of the Polish

r\

NOTE

has

been

re-

ljr\ ceived
thanking us

from LaVerne
for the
V,

Morse's forwarding agent extra that we have been able to raise to pay for

work.

Alex

had

been

chauffer for the group

in 1972. Christian
1974.

when Cloyd was in Poland Mrs. Lewcziek was among the Polish
leaders who visited the States in

the air time

tribal

of the
pro-

V,
,|
jjp
I
w

'

^
^

EANA URIAH, producer of the Khasi-language

program broadcast from the FEBC facilities in Manila, and his family have been spending
some time in southern India with Mrs. David

write the remaining 16

Lisu, Rawang and Kachin programs. Two of the 18
are cared for.

be able

grams. It is our aim to

to fully under-

language

and the Khasi program

So far we have not been able to

Rees. You have probably read in other period icals that Missionary David Rees was killed in a jeep accident. Bana is a "Timothy" of the Reeses from the time they served in the Khasi Hills. Bana, being an Indian National, has been of great help to Mrs. Rees in unsnarling the WReniembeA./

manage without the help of Southeast Asia Chris tian Mission. We need commitments totaling $80 per month to assure the underwriting of all of
the tribal language programs. LaVeme Morse (pictured) oversees the nationals who prepare the tapes for these programs.

the "accidental death H

the financial records H
in order. H /
India" and in getting

red tape surrounding H

QuA new) addh.QJii>

gQ^

ONALASKA, WIS.

54650

..(\P

GIVING

f II 1L-. that cry, especially

in the night! In August, fire destroyed the upper floor and
severely damaged press the lower in

PIDpf NO ONE likes to hear

TSnOUGH YOUR WILL

* There are many ways
to give to the Lord's work,

floor
Co.'s

of Far East Broadcasting

facilities

Manila, Philippines -- one of the largest evangelical printshops on any mission field in the the

* Have you considered

giving through your will?
* For a helpful booklet on how to give through your will, write: Gospel Broadcasting Mission
Box 51

the world. The fire was brought

under control just as flames started lapping
walls of the transmitter

building. Gospel Broadcasting Mission

uses the facilities of the Far

East Broadcasting Co. in Manila

for the transmission of our

Onalaska, Wis. 54650

tribal language broadcasts -Lisu, Rawang, Kachin and Khasi

-- into Southeast Asia.

Although broadcast transmis

each weekend to help a small church in Winthrop Harbor, 111. -- on Lake Michigan on the Illinois-Wisconsin line. Third, but by no means least, there is the compiling of LISTEN and the keeping up with endless address changes . . . Ho hum! We don't want to make you tired . . .

sions were not interrupted, we still extend our sympathies to the Far East Broadcasting Co. in the tremendous loss they
have sustained.

29th NATIONAL

MISSIONARY
CONVETION

STARTLED?? You'd be startled

too, if someone called your
and a flash bulb name

NOVEMBER 16-19, 1976 Dodge City, Kansas

popped in your face as you were making your way through the mass of humanity that is Chicago's International Air port . The Leepers were at O'Hare to see a group of summer missionaries off to England. These have been busy days for the Leepers. First, Walter is now delivering his mail from a brand-new post office building in Tinley Park. Second, there is a 75-mile drive each way

^AVE SUITCASE!

WILL TRAVEL!

f Copy of Program Director Bill McClure's experiences on his recent trip to the Philip pines , Taiwan and Korea had not reached the publication office
when we felt it was necessary
to close
time

this issue of LISTEN*

It should be here
for the

in plenty of
issue.

December

With Bill in the picture in the center column is former Program

Director Burdett Wakeman.

GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION Publication Office 17359 71st Court

SECOND CLASS MAIL

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nley Park, Illinois 60477

QUAnTEns
Please send us

Bos :>ld

your correct address.

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la

NEWS OF THE GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION

Walter and AAainie Coble, Founders

REACHING THE WORLD BY RADIO
DECEMBER 1976 NO. 138

<v

Thz Ch/Ustmani

abide with gou throughout the coming gear

V^om all o{, LU> . . .

T^e Go6pel BA.oadc.(UXU.ng

Uu>6^on

w-

HEW FHILIFFINE

I
Tne McCluAe^

SmOCAST
STORY ON PAGE 3 .tAj.

It was my privilege to share

do so in this issue

of LISTEN-

LISTEN
December 1976 No. 138
LISTEN is published bi-monthly in February, April, June, August, October and December by Gospel Broadcasting Mission, Box 51, Onalaska, WI 54650. Publication address: 17359 71st Court, Tinley Park, IL 60477. Second class postage paid at Tinley Park, IL.
THE GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION

with six churches in the Akron,

Bill lives in Dallas, Tex.

and

Ohio area

through the week

November

of
5th.

works for Dallas Christian Col

October 31st

I would like
the Akron

to express
area churches

again
for

my gratitude to you brethren in your hospitality and for having

me come to share the ministry

lege, so, for the most part, we must communicate by letter and by phone. I am sorry to report that my dear wife CHelen) must undergo

surgery

again

on the 30th

of

of the Gospel Broadcasting Mis

sion with you. Bro. Alan LaRue,
of Christ, our new

November. She will have a total

Box 51, Onalaska, WI 54650 Cloyd and Helen Christman

preacher at the Onalaska Church

and I will be leav

Walter and Ardis Leeper

Bill and Lorene McClure

replacement of her right hip because the hip ball which was injured when she broke her hip in January of 1975 has died.
Helen has suffered considerably

NOW BROADCASTING OVER

Radio Monaco

ing Monday morning (November 15th), the Lord willing, for Dodge City, Kans. We trust that
the Lord will bless us with a

since then.

Thank you for your

prayers.

Please

continue

to

Ibadan-Lagos, Uigeria
Five Station Network of

CBS, Seoul, Korea

FEBC, Manila, Philippines

good trip
tion. Some

and a
in- the

great conven
co-workers broadcasting

pray for her. It is our hope that you will

have a wonderful Holiday Season -in^he Lord.-- May the gift o-f God's Son bring you continual JOY, HOPE and PEACEA yearly financial statement
will be sent to our supporters after the first of the year. God bless you all.
With Christian love and concern that millions

of our

KBBO, Yaklma, Wash,

Gonaives, Haiti WIrtG, Long Island, N. Y.

-involved

and

follow-up

ministries

are

planning

to be

at Dodge City.

DIRECIOe'S DDIN'S
A T'S HARD TO BELIEVE that

It will be good to see them again and discuss our labors

together.

U so quickly -- but not with

out notice, of course.

O another year has slipped by

We are so grateful to our
the

more may hear His Word.

Father

in Heaven

for ALL

Cloyd ChAyUtman

blessings He has showered upon Gospel Broadcasting Mission through YOU, our faithful sup

porters. THANK YOU for being so open and responsive to the leading of the Holy Spirit -sharing your blessings joyfully
with us. Jesus said, "Give and it shall be given unto you . We know His promises are true.

STATEMENT Of OWNERSHIP AND KftNAGEMENT

LISTEN is the bi-monthly publication of the Gospel Broadcasting Mission, Box 51, Onalaska, HI 54650, Cloyd Christman, General Director.

The Gospel Broadcasting Mission

is

mission

May He bless you all

to His promise.

according

set up for the purpose of propagating the Gos pel of Jesus Christ throughout the vrtjrld by means of radio and receives its support from

gifts

and

offerings
affiliated

from
with

congregations
the churches

and
of

This is avery busy week here

at the GBM office in Onalaska.

individuals

Christ/Christian churches.

The Gospel Broad

casting Mission
organization

is registered
the laws

as a non-profit
of the state of

I have just returned from a Mission Rally over in Ohio; and, as usual, there is some "catching up" to do after being gone for several days. Also, I am trying to get ready to leave again in a few days for the National Missionary Convention
in Dodge City, Kans.

under

Helen Christman.

Taken -in

Wisconsin.

Ownership and management of LISTEN belong to

1975 shortly after breaking her

hip.
Bill McClure, our programming director, has some good news to share with us and I hope he can

the Gospel Broadcasting Mission and are cared for by the editors: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Leeper,
17359 71st Court, Tinley Park. IL 60477. Sub

scription costs
tions.

are met

from yearly contribu

My recent trip to Ohio turned

out to be one of those "first

time" experiences for me. I've traveled many thousands of

miles for GBM in the last ten

years,

but

this is

the first

time I've flown to a speaking appointment. It has some real advantages and a few disadvan tages. However, I'm grateful for the experience.

L>1

In Manila
By Bill McClure
American automobiles would

The Gospel Broadcasting Mis

sion is interested in reaching the world for Christ through radio; and this appears to be a wonderful opportunity to share in the work of several dedi

stall

in half

the

amount

of

Broadoasting is an effective way of preaching the Gospel in the Vhilippines.

water which covered every street, in every direction, from curb to curb. Yet, the little cars with their intrepid drivers, and the taxis of Manila weren't phased at all. They ploughed through -- water
or no.

cated men
churches.

and

many

dedicated

The program

is slated

to

CJ"HE DAY BEFORE ATYPHOON is

X the best time to visit the
city of Manila in the Philip pines. Yet, when the purpose of travel is to help start a radio broadcast with the potential of reaching millions of people for
Christ, it's worthwhile --even

begin,
was in Manila for the

hopefully,
be heard

after

the
It

first of December, or the first

Gospel Broadcasting Mission in August at the request of Bro.

Jeremias Rubio and Bro. Reggie Thomas. Bro. Rubio, a trained lawyer, is a man who strongly

of the year at the latest.

will over

station

DZHP, a powerful broadcasting facility located in the top of a major downtown Manila hotel.
This station serves a large

believes

in the importance and

in a typhoon. My two-day visit was for that purpose.

Because of their location in

value of radio evangelism in his native Philippines. He very

area

of the Philippines.
about 15 to

Ac
20

cording

to veteran missionary

the world, the Philippine Islands (over 7,000 islands in all) often feel the lash and
violence of sea storms. IVhile I

carefully prepared for my visit by investigating radio sta

tions, costs of air time, time
follow-up re availabilities,

Ron Hoffman,

million
listeners
area.

people

will be served
in this

by our program over DZHP -- at least, this many potential

are located
A radio committee has been formed to oversee the program. It consists of Bro. Jeremias

quirements,
ministry.

etc.
He

Bro.

Reggie

was amazed
of water,

by the great deluge

it didn't slow down

Thomas is overseas crusade director for the Revival Fires

traffic or the busy Philippinos

at all. This was the first time 1 had ever ridden in a "float

first

uncovered

ing taxi" or, at least, it seemed to float all of the way to the airport on the day I
left.

this broadcast opportunity while in a revival meeting in the Philippines.

Rubio

(who will

direct

the

Continued on page 4

Gospel BToadcasting Mission

also sponsors 19 IS-minute pro grams which are aired over the facilities of the Far East Broadcasting Co. in Manila. Although these programs origi nate in Manila, they are beamed
toward Southeast Asia mainly

to Burma,

Thailand

and

India

and are in the tribal Iw^guages

of LisUf
W^asi. This

Hawang,
new

Kachin
broadcast

and
is
Bill McClure. Picture was taken on his recent

is designed to be heard and understood by.the people of the Philippine Islands.

trip to Manila, Taiwan and Korea,

BROADCAST OPPORTUNITY (Continued from page 1)

program); Bro. Conrado Montefalcon, minister of Cruzada
WT

^3"

K NOTE FROM THE FHIFFS

seems
--

like

the

"summer

23 slump"
churches

hits
in

not

only

the
and

church, the largest Christian church in the Philippines; Bro. D. R. Romulo, president of Manila Bible Seminary; Bro. Ron Hoffman, veteran missionary,
and myself. Bro. Rubio, in addition to

America

and Best Friend for over 60 years now. May the Lord add Bis rich blessings in

elsewhere -- but also the radio

all

the way He leads you^

ministry! Europeans take their holidays usually during July and August

to Bis glory alone. Fraise the Lord for all Bis love and mercy. Yours in Him^
tf. i?.j Saotland."
And then another which said:

being

a trained lawyer

and

long-time member and worker of the Cruzada church, has had ten years experience in radio

and the major part of them in August. So, our mail bag has not been quite as large as usual, but there have still been regular responses coming
in.

"Dear Mr. Phipps:

Could I

have the series of Bible Studies you offered in your

broadcasting. He is well quali

fied to serve as local director

Just the other day

we re

ceived

an envelope

from Trans

broadoast today? I am a be liever and am handicapped

and almost housebound^ but

for the program. The committee.

during

my

World Radio (Radio Monaco). Among the letters was this one:

visit, met and drew up a budget

to cover costs for the program.

"Deav Siv:

I enjoyed your
on TWE.

talk this forenoon

These costs include air time, production costs (studio time for recording the program must be included as adequate equip
ment is not available from our

Very comforting. Leading to mo.turity. Would you kindly send on Search the Scrip
tures (booklet). I would

'Bis mercies are new every ~ mDmingi' ~T?mPS "in His name~3 G. Essexj England." We have been doing the Search the Scriptures ministry for
many years now -- in April 1959 we began our broadcasts -- but
we never cease to be amazed at

like

to knob)

more

hou) to

churches), follow-up.
churches in

and promotion and There are about 200

the area to be

please

my Lord

and Savior

served, and they must be con tacted and kept aware of the

the deep, abiding faith handi capped people have when their only outlet for receiving spiritual help is from the
radio. What a marvelous means

colleges

and

churches

in the

broadcast. They will be given names of interested people who

respond requesting the Bible Correspondence Course (offered at no cost) on the program. Total cost for this 30-minute, weekly program will be $132 per month -a very reasonable amount to reach a potential of 15 to 20 million people. The broadcast will be pre

Manila area.

lenge

We are accepting the chal to put this Philippine

on the air even

for these people and what a help it is to them. It puts

many of us to shame when we let

broadcast

though financial support to underwrite the program has not yet been raised. Your support
of this effort is encouraged, because, as Bro. Romulo said,
"Radio is effective in the

the least thing that happens be used as an excuse to keep us from the Lord's fellowship. A lady in a nursing home in
England wrote this:

sented in the native language-not in English. The broadcast

Philippines. are already

The people radio-wise.

ers will be men selected by the

committee in Manila. Music will

listen, and they will to this program." the

or

here They respond

"]i/hen you're old^ every day is precious because you don 't know how many more you have. SOy each day I
write in a little hook the

For more information about

be

provided

from

our

Bible

nicest thing that day."

that happened

new
for a

Philippine broadcast,
free slide and sound

presentation, please write today to our new address: Gos pel Broadcasting Mission, Box 51, Onalaska, Wis. 54650.
GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION Publication Office 17359 71st Court

"In everything give thanks." Most of all, let us give thanks for the radio that brings God
to so many.

Chafitdi, 6 f^oAy F^ance6 Ph-ipp^

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60477

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Joplin, MO
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