SOUTH AFRICAN CHURCH OF CHRIST

Johannesburg
Mrs, A.W.Hamilton Sr.

RR 3

Jan.-Feb.

A.W.Hamiltons

19Sh

Box 17175 Hillbrow

Marceline, Mc. 61i658

Johannesburg

U.S.A.

South Africa

Brethren in Christ,
Your Christmas cards and gifts were a wonderful treat for us to enjoy this
year again, during our hot Christmas season. Thanks so much for your continued

support through the past k years.

The months of December and ^January were really

filled with activities here in Jo-burg. The Church we serve at 92 Beit St. in
the city was privileged to be host to the first annual Preaching Rally of the

non-African (Black) churches of Christ.

It was attended by two of the African

preaehers, but by non-African Wer mean that it was the first Rally of its kind
""for the people of the Coloured, Chinese and White races. We are not allowed to

hold an African service in the cities. The Theme of the rally was, "HOW SHALL
THEY HEAR?" The rally began on the 13th of Dec. and ended on the Lord's day of
the I5th. To give you some idea of the meetings here are a few of the titles
of the messages we heard; "How shall They Hear without Qualified leaders?"

This

was preached by R.S. (Boti)Mlls of Kimberley. "How Shall they Hear Without
New Testament Methods of Evangelism?" "How Shall they Hear Without Living
Examples of Christianity?" And there were others.
On the program ware men
from Dadaya I^ssion in Rhodesia, and
Gwelo Mission. Peter Nathan and Wendell
Freeman. Max Randall was on the program but unable to a ttend, his message
was on finding new fields of service. lynn Stanley could not come because of

illness in the family. Alvin Nicholson Supt, of the African I^ssion and John

Kernan, A1 Zimmerman and visiting missionary Ray Knapp were all on the program.
The churdh enjoyed a great feast of spiritual food during the Rally and the
Missionaries remarked that it was a success in every way. The next one is planned
foi Cagetown. Attendance during the rally reached 75.
During two weeks of school vacation we had a D.V.B.S. planned and directed
by Annette. She did a wonderful job, of arranging staff and material etc. and
-afterT)lanning for 6o students there were over 70 the first day. The total
number of children enrolled finally reached 1^0, with 95 as the highest attendance
on one day. We were really thrilled with the success of the first V.B.S. for
Jo-burg.

The above is old business or news now, but has still born fruit since in

way of strengthening the whole work. At present the schedule^ is again full for
the coming year.
es, Monday evening
class. In the d ay
On Wed. two of the

We are in the midst of the 2nd term of preacher training class

class from 7-9 we have Acts, and Tue. 7-9 is Christian Doc.
time we still have Uncle Sam in classes in the mornings.
men go out for service at Bosmont to show slides, (Coloured

Area), and we have prayer meeting and Bible study at Beit St.

On Thurs. evenings

we plan to have Bible study starting this week at a ttermiston (10 miles away)
chest hospital, and Sunday afternoon services there also.
Some of the Preacher
training class goes out to Bosmont for Sunday afternoon service, and two of the

class (men) go out to Riverlea for^ home Bible study also, another Coloured Area.
The new opportunity at the Chest Hospital was through a contact made by the

Gospel Light pub. of Bob Mills in fiimberley, or a personal contact of his^from

his work in Kimberley.

We have ordered a large (25 XUO) tent t^ begin holding tent meetings

here in Johannesburg,and plaiis are~t^rneHrry^rt~~dfr'in"Kimberley and Capetown

as opportunity permi^bs, and as the Lord brings increase as a result of this
effort. We are usaing money sent by Mrs. Doolan of Calif, for the purchase of
the tent, and the equipement will have to come out of the building fund money
you all helped raise last year. We feel that tent meetings can be a great
way to begin churches here, and the buildings may cone later as a result. We
hope you are happy to know how the funds will be directed on 'this project. The
tent will cost about 600.00 dollars. Since we bought some books for the students
and library here in our training program we needed to use part of the building
money. Please pray for this effort which should be underway in a month or so.
Lord willing.
Our fulrough is planned for 1965, and Lord willing, we woold like for. you
to try and arrange a week end mission rally at your church is possible, such as
a three day type of meeting, so we can become better aquainted with you all and
you can become better aquainted with the work you are doing here. Check with
our forwarding agent for available "times, as soon as possible. We plan to be '/J

in America in Jan. 1965, Lord willing.

Thank yo^ all, your s

A1 and Annetxe Haailton,

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Vol. 1 -

No. 1

DIRECTORY

Hamiltons
Committee meeting to

plan 1964 conference

Kernans
Mills

Page 2
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Nicholsons

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Stanleys

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Zimmermans

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Building Program
Gospal Ligbt

HAMILTONS
Johannesburg

In conjunction with the Preacher and Christian leadership training done by brother Mills
in Kimberley, we have also opened classes in the evenings for eight of our church members here

in Johannesburg.
Chinese

Four men are studying to become ministers of the church of Christ. Three are

and one is Coloured.

Two of the men are in their 20s and the other two are 36 and 40

years of age. We also have four young ladies of the church in the school which opened in Get ober.

One of the Chinese men (Sam Yung Fong) aged 36, is taking a full six hours of evening
classes and also ten hours a week of daytime study, which I leach him in the mornings. This
makes a total of 16 hours of work for Sam, (known to us as Uncle Sam), and he is being wholly

sponsored by the local church of Christ by being paid R30. a month to support him while he
studies.

Please keep "Uncle Sam"

in your prayers

that God will

use him mightily to preach

the Gospel here.

Of course teaching a 16 hour week cuts our plans to begin a new European (while) work,
since we have already begun a new Coloured work. We will have to postpone our plans for
developing the European work, and some of the visiting of the local Native African
developing the European work, and some of the visiting of the local Native African churches
will become impossible with the new projects under way.

We desperately need funds for text books or library books for the school of Evangelism,
as well as other missionary workers for Johannesburg. If you are interested in helping

out,

please write to P.O. Box 17175, Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa.

NEW COLOURED WORK OPENED

On the 20th of October, we began holding services in one of

the large new Coloured townships in the Johannesburg area. Five
of us from the Troyeville church of Christ went out to Bosmont,
and began services, using a school room as a place of worship.
Since we are a government approved church we have the free use
of the school room.

We plan to do extensive calling and advertising of the

beginning services in Bosmont. Several of the Coloured members
of the church in town

will be expected

to move out to Bosmont

in early 1664. We will need to have regular services there for

them as well as for new people.
We hope thai we can train a
Coloured preacher for this tremendous opportunity for the Lord,
here in Johannesburg.

Forwarding agent-

Mrs A.W. Hamilton Sr.

104 W. Sante Fe,

Marceline, Missouri

KERNANS
East London

Although

Durin<j ihi- rourso of oiir visits anioncj ihr

churchos, wr mort many doliijhtl'ul Christ
ians, anti thoir chiltiron. Here, at a ch
urch near Stiitterheim, Heather, Anne, and
Giles make fricmls with a

Alvln

oversees

most

of

the

building for the mission, .lohn is le

arning something about it. Here Alvin,

with minister

George Fupi,

examines

concrete block made by the mission's blo

little African.

ck machine
Tarkastad.

for

the new church

house

at

W-.

The

New Birth

is

Christian life,
rejoice to see.

Here the

beginnintj of the

The major part of the ivork of the Kernans

is preparing Christian literature, part

congregation at Idutywa found a

icularly the monthly magazine SOUTH AFRI

CAN CHRISTIAN and Sunday school materials

spot in the river

water,"

the

a beginning which we all

"where there was much

and the new convert

with the Lord.

Churches

of

was

buried

Christ

in

South Africa average more than 1000 bapt

isms a year.

Minister Sidney Roji gives a copy

of the

magazine to a denominational minister and

explains to him something of New Testam

ent Christianity.

Forwarding agent-

Mr Kenneth Pew,
Box 372,
Fairfield, Illinois

MILLS
Kimberley
The

multi-racial

congregation of the Kimberley

church offers many opportunities of service for which
we are very thankful, however there is just more than
one family can adequately manage to cope with, even
with the very capable help of our student minister,
brother Roland Joseph. Since our day time is occupied
with the printing of tracts and the GOSPEL LIGHT and
preparation and mailing of the same, and the evenings
are used for the night study classes with Roland,
there is just not enough time for the personal
needs
of the congregation. At present we have only one
evening of the week not engaged is some way with a
church meeting and that evening has usually been used
for calling of some sort. Each Lord's Day .our congre
gation has four separate Bible Schools scattered in
various parts of the city.
Kimberley is a city of
more than 65,000 population and is well on the way to
being one of the larger inland cities of South Africa,
hence we feel every justification in requesting your
prayers that the Lord may provide a family who will be
willing to come minister to the church and relieve us
for the increasing work of printing materials for the spreading of the Gospel through
our

postal contacts, and the visitation of the Native churches and resumption of classes among thent
PRINTING EQUIPMENT

he praise the Lord for the provision of a brand new A.B. Dick offset press and much of
the relaip<i equipment necessary for the publication of desperately needed materials for Africa,
he truly thrill at the news from brother Sirakins of the movement in Ghana toward New Testament
Christianity. Ghana has been one of the major countries on our mailing list for the GOSPEL
LIGHT, the correspoinleiice lessons and tracts for some years. We presently have about 2000
adtiresses on our moiling list there. Kith this equipment, we are now able to flood Africa

wiiti Gospel literature as funds are available for

ue have printed the correspondence lessons in both
slator
and as
in new
esting
we are
of our

printing supplies Even with this handicap

Zulu and Xhosa languages and have a tran

working on the Tswana langiiahe at the present time. We hope to add Afrikaans
later
many other languages of Africa as possible. We have also reprinted most of our tracts
formats, using, in most cases, coloured inks to dress them up and make them more inter
to the African who likes colour. This month
making a drive to obtain as many translations
more easily produced tracts as possible. This

will include all nations in our mailing lists,

Ghana

and Nigeria included, along with Kenya, Tanganyika,

and Nyasalatui. The Lord blessing this plan we hope to

produce at least five different tracts in as many as

fifteen or twenty languages. At the present time we
are limited to
five languages. The paper you are
presently reading is the latest publication on our
own equipment.
RECENT VISITS

l\'e have been thrilled with the few visits we have

been able to work into our schedule of late, with

our African brethern. I have been able to go to HopeTown and the Tswana reserves with brother Stanley

while he was visiting us recently and since then have

been to the farms for a wedding

igation scheme

and out to the

irr

where we had a most thrilling service

with about fifty of the brothers,

worshiping in

the

garage of the farmer,since they have no church house.

Forwarding agent-

Mrs Mabel Mills

Box 134,
West Salem, Illinois

NICHOLSONS
Port Shepstone

CHURCH

South Africa

is a growing nation and with its changes come changes in the work as well.
just sprang up, and this was especially true of those areas

There was a day

when its cities

where Africans

made their homes.

built along

BUILDING NEEDS

narrow streets

In many

of the smaller cities,

very close together,

we still find

every type of building material

However, as planning schemes have been taking place in all the cities,
Locations near all the cities being replanned as well.

the houses

being used.

so also are the Bantu

In the early days,

the churches were built of the materials which were the easiest to
acquire for the area.
But now as new sites are given,
they are given with the stipulation
that the buildings must be made of permanent materials and a plan must be submitted
and
accepted before any work can be started.

This
we believe to be a good plan but it has also placed a strain upon the building
program of the mission here. When new sites are granted and the papers have been signed
we
are to begin on the buildings within six months and have them completed within a year.
Since the arrival of Max Randall

on the mission field

the African churches have had their

own building funds to which they have contributed and it has greatly helped to increase thework

that has been done, but it has not been able to keep up with the work which needs to be done.
Plans for the year of 1964, call for the completion of the work at Gcilima, Warrenton and
Tarkastad. There are sites already given at Kimberley and Vryburg. Awaiting government action
at the present time are Natalspruit at Johannesburg and Douglas. At Gcilima and Warrenton, we
can almost say that the walls are completed, and the next task is the roofing and plastering
of the building. At Tarkastad the foundation is dug and the church is working on making blocks
for the building. First plans have been drawn for Natalspruit and have been approved by the
planning engineer of that area. Kimberley plans are being worked on, but for this work of 1964
we shall need about $5000 to put with that of the African Fund and the money vdiich shall be
raised by the local churches.

Forwarding agent-

Mrs Ed. Widlund,

1603 Morley Road,
Albert Lea, Minnesota

STANLEYS
Port Shepstone
THE

B1BL TRAIMNC SCHOOL

Tlip vrnining of ii iniiiislry I'ur Ihii

cliiu'chi-s hiTc luis bi-iMi ii iDiKj ilii'l'icull liisk.
ItiiTc

urrp

II

uiis

bc<jini us

conviTls

on

suon us

llir

I'irsl by ihi- missioii.irios

ivorkiny
[XTsoiiu] ly with u !"civ mm as curly as
I9'J7 uith the rullituj of a group of
ini'ii to make up u class. Al loasl otu>
imiti of that

I'irsl

class is slill

min-

islfi'lMij, Mr T.U. Malhibi- of Douglas.

The early school ivas a three room
"iiiiiil brick" buiJilitig at Ihe back
of
the church iti Kimb<'rley.

for several years

er

and then

ll was

used

as a irainiiKj cent

useil as u dwelliiuj

till

1V51.

Ill I'iSO-Gl
of

a four

burned brick

was

room

built

building
to replace

the original. II was roiisl rue ted in such a way that it co ulil easily be doubled in sizi'. This
was used for six years, Init before it could be added to i I becaiTU' i-vident that Kiinberley was
not the best place for a iiajiiirig school for Africans. Nearly 100 different students took some
work there

and all but two of Ihi- active mini.sters in 1950

(whi'ri the school was

closed)

had

been given some training in those buildings.

Under the government's program of removing the Africa ns from the urban ureas it became
A place adjoining the reserves at
necessary to find a more suitable place for the school.
Umzumbe, Natal was cnosen and approved by the government, The first nesv building v\'as erected
in 1960

and the school was reopened

since that time

and

another

in May of that year,

fifty students

plus many

Classes have been held continuously

o f the active ministers

have been to

school at Umzumbe.

There are now two teachers at the school with brother Mchotson teaching one class when
he is not travelling visiting the churches. A four room dormitory has been built and a dining
room-kitchen unit is being completed at present. The greatest neinls are: a larger student

enrollment, another teacher and pledged funds for operation and expansion.
THE CLINIC

With the help given by the Columbiana

Ohio church a subclinic was opened at the
school

in June 1962.

conanunity help.

It has been a real

One baby was born at the

clinic.
A woman bitten by a snake was
undoubtedly saved by our being able to
get the doctor through the clinic. It has
also proven an opening for the church as
a center of community activity. So far
only a nurse comes to the clinic. Plans
are for a

a week

doctor to visit the clinic once

and

the secretary

of the

local

welfare board has promised to help. The

local people have been approached in reguard to helping build a clinic building
and the nurse and the minister feel

that

the help will be given.

Forwarding agent-

Mrs Sybil Evans,

Route 1,
Ladoga, Indiana

ZIMMERMIINS
Cape Town

European-

These are a group of young people

from the

Polo Road

meeting at the
in Mowbray.

church

in a

Zimniermans

home

Coloured-

Hie presence of the Coloured

housing development at Bonleheuwel, Capetown, is a challenge
to us for Christ.

African-

Brother Tusha, one of our African

ministers

with

members

of

the

Church of Christ at George, about

275 miles from Capetown.

Forwarding agent-

Mrs Ida May Kepler,

139 Kennedy Road,
Binghamton, New York

BUILDING PROGRAM

warrenton

'"' ita
'"

,.. "iv

>

Gcilima

Forwarding agent-

Mr Bruce Miller

2522 East 38th. St.

Indianapolis. Indiana

CHURCH OF CHRIST

Johannesburg
South Africa

A.W.Hamilton fa mily

April '6ii

Fwd. Agent:

P.O.Box 17175 Hillbrow

Johannesburg South Africa

Mrs.A.W.Hamilton
RR 3j Marceline,
Mo. 6U658
U.S.A.

Dear Christian; friends;

We know how late this news letter is^ and we wanted to contact you earlier,
as a matter of fact we would like to write each time something new comes up in
the work, March and April have been wonderful months in the Lord's work here.

The Conference of the African (Native) churches was in the Johannesburg area
this year and I had the responsibility of getting food and equipment lined up
for it, but Alvin Nicholscxi came a day eailier than the other preachers, and
helped out a lot. The conference was a good one, and we had a week of hectic
but enjoyable service. I spoke on Friday afternoon March the 27th on the subject -
"Discipline in the Indigenous church." Our theme was like the one at the Hhodesian

African church conference (a conference is like a convention more or less), the

Indigenous Church. Annette spoke on the program on Saturday afternoon with some
of the other missionary wives,on the subject "Mary and Martha, faithful Bible Women."
As soon as the conference eo ied, the local church here in Jo-burg and w e
went right into a tent meeting at Riverlea, 609 of the nearby Coloured areas where

we have no wcxrk except a mf -ting in a home for Bible school Sunday afternoons.
It was our first tent meeting, and I suppose the first one held in South Africa

since the Kellems meet"*ags of that type which were held over 30 years ago. We hope
to continue on a larger scale with the tent meetings. This first one just caught
the end of the warm weather, because the second week of it (two week meeting) we
got a cold snap and attenda nee dropped from 80 in the first week to less than

forty.
however and warm in spirit.

It was a good meeting

One possible conatct was made, with a Coloured man

who came forward and is considering the possibility of membership in Christ's

body.
He has been in the Dut^hReformed church, the state church here you might
say. The money that came in last year for our building in town, the big one we
wanted to buy in the European area, helped some to equip the tent with amplifier,
and an Onan Light Plant etc. Shese things required only a portion of the money
sent for the building in town. I am sure you all remember we did not get enough
to make a deposit on the Presbyterian building, but now have a building (TENT)
that can be moved around and may be used in the future to win people who will

buy their own building.

The Coloured ardas are wide open for evangelism.

Just had a letter from Mills in Kimberley asking us to help them by speaking

in a revival in Kimberley and DVBS. Also A1 Zimmerman of Capetown wrote and

wanted us for a revival in Capetown in Sept. this year Lord willing. So we plan
to help out in both of these places if the Lord allows.

Also received a letter

from the chairman of the 17th National Missionary convention to be held in Sept.
this year in N.Y, asking if we could speak on the progtam on the subject of "Peace

through witnessing in Africa." But since our furlough will not begin until Jan.
coming, we could not accept that invitation, hope they make it again in 1965,
we enjoy the missionary conventions when we can be there.

Brother Bill Rees is with us today, on his way to Hong Kong.

His plane leaves

Jan Smuts airport, (Jo-burg) tonight, and he goes to India then to his family in
Hong Kong. He was helping out in Kimberley while selling his property there.
Perhaps you know by now that Lester LeMay and his wife Donna and their child

plan to take our place here in Jo-burg, in 1965, Lord willing.

They a re making

arrangements now to be here in Dec, this year Lo^ Willing, Please pray for them.
You ca"n""c6ntact them in care of T989 StrubiFRd. Cincinnati Ohio 1^5231. Lester
has been raiaister to the Now Burlington Church of Christ there. They plan to d^
the preaching, and preacher training here and maybe hold a tent meeting or two
during that year of our furlough. Please plan to have us at your church in 1965,

Lord willing.

We look forward to.seeing you.

One adjustment has been made, in

that we plan to visit the Va. and W,Va. area in August instead of April, Early
August that is. Churches in that area are asked to try and find dates in Aug.
Pray for Lester and Donna LeMay that their support will be secured. We will
need to have your support for 1965 continued as usual so we can rent a place in
America and do the traveling we want to do to see all of you, and to help out
here in any way we can
if the LeMay's need it. We can't haul the tent very

well on our car, with all the equipment and hope on furlough the Lord will pro
vide some answer to that problem, but we are sure He wii;^ let U8 keep this in mind &

in prayers. Actually it seems that a 'Mobile Chapel* (as Bro, Mills suggested)
is the answer to the Coloured Evangelism in this country, and with a tent which
we now have, (seating 200) a few churches could be started.
Must close now,
A1 (Sonny)& Annette,

SOUTH AFRICAN CHURCH OF CHRIST

MISSION

Mrs. A.W.Hamilton Sr.

Fwd. Agent ^

May - June

I96U

A1 ScAnnette Hamilton

'

Box 1^175 Hillbrow

RR 3 Marceline^ Mo.

Johannesburg
Republic of S.A.

Dear Co-workers;

Perhaps you would be interested to know that Santa doesn't come to us^ we go
to SANTA. Santa is South African National Tuberculosis Association. We go to
this hospital every monday Eve. with our African interpreteB, Simon Mth^ysia.
This contact came through the services we have on the Lord's day afternnon snd
^ thursday evenings at. .Kiiights chest hosptial where one of our Coloured members

called on us to begin a service.

One of the patients interested in our Bible

slide studty was transferred to Santa, and got an opening there.

The Lord has

converted two African men through these services^ one I baptized in June and
one the interpreter baptized* The only available baptistry in this area is the
non-instrumental church of Christ building in Jo-burg. They know we use their
building, for we have their permission, but we often have to climb in thru an

open window as we did last time, if we caift find ainyone around with a key.
When writing brother and sister LeMayj to give them a schedule of the work

here, we found that we have about 10 services or studies weekly not including
the preacher training classes held in the daytime for one student. This takes
every available leader we have. We enjcy very many wonderful oppontunities to

witness and teach daily which we will be happy to share with the Lerfey family
in 1965 Lord willing* The LeMay family is receiving their support now and will
be Around Arizona in Nqv. this year I believe. Pray for them and help them if
you can. We definately need somone to begin the Eiiropean evangelism of Johannesburg.
Uw'have some european members who do not attend our mixed services, they are
waiting for a European church bo be started, so they attend nowhere.

Victor Stanger, a Coloured member of the church is to investigate the possi _

of beginning a service in "Pretoria among ^Ehe Coloured people .there; and if
he is sugcessful we will really have a busy week. Mrs Wiltshire and two sons
have moved to a Johannesburg Coloured area about 10 miles out of town and now we

are planning for services out there for the Lord's day.
We just returned from a one week revival in Kimberley, with the church there
and the Mills family. Three teen-agers came to make comfession but were hindered
by paren ts and thus their baptism was delayed, but others seem also ready to
become Christian^to whom we spoke just before leaving Kimberley. The Nicholson's
are with us in Jo-biirg on their way to the States for furlough, and the' Zimmerman
family just came thru after being in Rhodesia awhile.

A1 Zimmerman has asked us

to 03me to Capetown for at least one revival there in early Oct. and perhaps two,
before we leave for our furlough. Two of the young men here preached during my
absence for services in Jo-burg, and si nee we left our car and went by train, they
were able to do all the work since one of them is cn vacation from his work, George
Chong.

George is a body-repafeinan at a local garage.

I forget if we may have made this suggestion about funds for furlough fare
or not, but to omit the need to make plea through other publications, if each one
or group who wants to could arrange a mission emphasis service and take a free

will offering, this amount could go on our return fare in Dec., Lord willing.
We_may::jiake-mention of this in Horizons orStandard-but-^ent^ to-avoid lastminute

pleas.

Thanks to brother Ke nneth Baileyfcr.' Arizona Highways and to others of you

to numer ous to mention , for Bible school

material.

Please contact our fwd.

agent for speaking engagements for 191^5^ she will arrange all dates. Annette
lead singing in Kimberley and taught in the one week vacation Bible School they
held during the revial, she also sang about L special numbers.

With the schedule

for revivals in Oct. we will probably only have one month to choose a time for

another tent me eting, this time in Noordgesig (North Face) the area where we
have Mrs. Wiltshrie and children now living. We will surely be happy to see some
one come to take our place during 1965 so that the meetings can go on a nd the
years teaching in the school of Evangelism will continue, every day is important
in the growth of the work here. South Africa.;. -Till probably allow missionaries
longer than any other African state, but there xs still much the missionaries
must do. Thank you for your faithfulness, we wil] answer all personal letters
so if you want to hear from us personally please write.
Your giving will
abound to your account as we werve Christ and each other.
,
/f
' Ai & Annette

CHURCH OF CHRIST ASSIGN

Johannesburg

A.W.Hami Iton
P.O.Box 1717? Hillbrow

JulyAugust
196h

Fwd. Address
A.W.Hamilton

Johannesbwg

rr 3

South Africa

Marceline^ Mo.

61+658

Dear Cb-workers,

There are many things we want to share with you concerning thw work here, so
we will tell you as much

as we have space for in this small letter.

First, we praise our God and yours, for seeing to it that the Lester LeMay
family was granted a PERMANENT RESIDENCE visa for S.A. recently. They have booked
to fly to Johannesburg the month of December in time for Christmas Lord willing.
They will carry on here during 1965 and we pray that they shall accept the chal
lenge of the work in S.A. and the advantage of permanent residence visa, to stay
-on after theirfirst^ear. - -The fact-that they receivend-their"vlsa~so "soon and"~"

upon first request were granted permanent residence, shows the country here is
wide open for the Lord's work today, for I suppose it is the first time in 10
years that permanent residence was grentdd so quickly. May more people realize

that the door to this country is open to invite them, and there are literaly
GOLDEN opportiinities in the country and Johannesburg, "golden city,"of S.A.
Secondly,o+ar furlough i.. planned as follows. Lord willing we live. To

arrive in America the 1st of Jan. 1965 to bein our itinerary. Already we have
six months booked heavedv, so contact our fwd, agent if we are not yet on your
schedule, for we do want to see you.
Thirdly, the work here is expanding quickly and will demand more families

in Johannesburg, not to mention the rest of the c ountry, so on furlough we plan

to seek recruits.

We will also be seeking to receive funds for a BUS suited as

a Mo b ile Chapel, for the areas where we have services in Johannesburg and the
Rand, but where we have no building sites yet available. When membership reaches

more than a 50 passenger bus, the people will be ready to purchase property for
a building, but right now the homes are too small to gather all for any one ser
vice. Our tent will greatly facilitate the beginning of works in sorronnding
areas, and then with limited leadership we can with a bus chapel hold many ser
vices in one LorciIs_ d.ay_ by .taking the service to the areas, or townships.We now conduct Lord's day Bible school and morning worship in Noordgesig, a

edoured area where we have a family living, and the attendance (1+0-50^ is now
crowding us cut of the small four room home, so we plan to hold the preaching ser

vice outside and use amplifier etc. on the streets.

Uncle Sam and Geroge Chong

are already doing all the morning preaching on Sundays at the Church in town, and
I do only the evening preaching there and the inDrning in Noordgesig with an
intsrpreter for Afrikaans.

This service is 10 miles from town-

Fou rthly, we thouglt you should know that the U.C.M.S. in Johannesbi+rg has

almost folded
up, Basil Holt the head of the society here made an amalgamation
with the Congregational people so the Linden church is redHy no more as such, but
one more swallowed up by donominationalism, and willingly, to boot.

We wanted

to use their baptist ry some time back, but they said we could use it only once
a month and it would cost ten schillings {$ l.i+O) each time for the water, as it
is always dry;until Easter I think.
Mr. Holt told me they have had an elder
in the congregation who was never baptized into Christ.

What a dead loss the

soci ety is here in this country, I think it holds true everywhere. But the
members of the church at Troyeville have heard Mr. Holt preach, and he spoke
one Lord's day morning on the amalgamation of their congregation with the group
who would take them, and there was no message, so our folks have seen the U.C.M.S.

ai d therefore the name Christian Church means only that in this country, to
them.

Last of all, this time, we will giveyou an idea of our schedule until Dec,

Lord w illing we li/e. We have two revival meetings to be held in Capetown, one
for each of the two congregations meeting there. End of Sept. and early Oct.,
a mi ssionary meeting in Eort Shepstone, a tent meeting for Nov. in Noordgesig,
Vacation Bible Schoo 1 in Dec. with Troyeville Church, and closing progam of
teaching in the school of Evangelism here also in Dec. We have 10 enrolled in

the School this term which ends Dec.10.

There were two men baptized into Christ

on Aug. the 29th. There have been Three additions to the church in Aug and
five rededications, and one decision for full time service also in August this
year,

God is blessing the work, two hospital services also weekly, with our

day and evaung classes in the school as usual, thakks to you who are doing
God's work here, and thanks to God whose is the message and the Kingdom forever.
Yours for Christ,
& family

CHURCH OF CHRIST MISSION

Johannesburg
South Africa

Peace

Nov.- Dec, 196ii

The Hamiltons

..To men of Good Will;

Furlough

WfWGING CUR M/AY

GREETINGS TO ALL OUR CO WCHKERS IN CHRISTJ

TO YOU

These last two months^ November and December are filled with usual

activities.

November^ frcsn the 8th to 13th we have given the tent to.

the African (Bantu) brethren for an .evangelistic meeting in the local

township (location) where our 1st building is to be errected for the church

at Natalspruit.

It is * ' e first our Johannesburg brethren will have.

There are about six African churches in this area, but several more preaching
points.

Beginning on the 15th. Brother Bob Mills of the Postal Missi.an in Kimber-

ley will be conducting our first tent meeting in Noordgesig a Coloured area
where we have members living.

Brother Mills will then take the tent to

Kimberley where he will use it in a meeting there.

Brother Mills is a fine

preacher and well liked by the brethren here.

Our daily vaction Bible School will begin Lcrd willing, on the lUth

of December, the second one for Johannesburg.

Our replacements, the LeMay

family will be arriving on the 23rd of December in time for Christmas

and just at the close of our DVBS. The plans we have for FURLOUGH Lord

willing we live, are to leave Johannesburg-the 28th of Dec. by B.O.A.C.

and arrive in K.C. Missouri"the next day. Our schedule will begin then

within three weeks.

Please send any Christmas greetings to our forwarding

address in Missouri.

PREACHER NEEDED FCR POTCHEFSTROOM:

Brother lynn Stanley redently

baptized a young (European) man aged 16 during his visit to Port Shepstone
with his mother, and now the young man and his mother have returned to their

home in Potchefstroom (75 Miles from Johannesburg).

The young man,(Quintan

Ifihmann, wrote me asking what could be done about his church affiliation

now that he was a membar of the Ch"urch of Chi'ist, since there is none in

Potchefstroom, yet.

I wrote back saying he should be ready to start one,

and so he is, now I travel each Lord's Day to Potchefstroom for an afternoon

service with Quinten and his mother.

There are four preaching points here

in Johannesburg on Sunday, and now vje have had to turn

them ofer to
the local preacher training men, so I can go to Potchefstroom. It must be

a V/hite man who goes to Potchefstroom, so now we have another wonderful

opportunity there, this time it":is for a White work. We need at least two
more men now in this area, for Brother LeMay will have more than he can

handle with the new opening in Potchefstroom.

work there and_he_lp organize

a congh&gation.

We look forward to seeing

Quinten Lehmann is ready to

Please be praying for help<
May God grant you

you in 1965 if God wills

and us fruitful
labours in the weeks

it.

"Sc months to come and

Thank you for' your life

in continued gifts and

all of 1965.

pr^ers.

We need your prayers

especially these

Sonny & Annette

coming weeks.

Hamilton

^Address
A.V/.Hamiltons- RR 3

6U658

Marceline, Mo

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C^unii of

Mtissiion

Home stations of ministers of the

Church of Christ in the Repikblic.

1964
Hamilton

^Johannesburg (Madikane

O-Benoni

Vryburg (Qwamongwa)
MI L e S

Potchefstroon (Saana)

Klerksdorp (Sibinda)"^

j|

Mkuzi

(Nkoai)

Vpington (Sango)

arrenton

(Satiiaiako)

%-Schmidts Drift (Johan^

Postnasburg (Mokwanyanij)

Chieveley (Guabi)

^Kimberley (Solane)

Douglas (Matbi|ba)'v
\

iaa)^Jngwavuma (Myeni)

ills

Hopetown (CalTart)

Middelburg (Geldenhaya)

Beaufort West (Mvane)

Cradock (Fupi)

Kok.tad (N.B...1.)

mogusheni ^0
(Kwetahubi, Bukula)
(Sogoni, Nyaaatti) ^^Gcilima
(Zobolo)
Imvutshini (Songo)

Cofimvaba (Mahlinaa)
^
\ Stutterheioi (Fani)

Zimmerman

Cape Town (Dakuaa)

^VmzuMbi (Q..B,.h.)

L usikisiki (Mqungutho)
Idutyva (Tyatyasa)
East London (Marongo)

Mosse

(Tu aba)
OqpI I.ifht