Bajko Paul Adela 1968 Poland ECC

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DEPARTMENT

OF MISSIONS

^oUcfc

elAiR M a r y la n d 2 1 0 1 4

om

M iM iB n r s

Assistance in

Establishment

of New

Congregations

Publishing

of

Christian Literature

and Song Books In

Polish

Language

Spiritual

Material

and Moral Support ofPreachersin Poland

ReliefMinistry

to

Poland

Training

Foreign

Students

New

Testaments and

Bibles

to

Poland

and Russia Radio Ministry in Polish, Russian and

Ukranian

Languages

Follow-up Work

of Radio

Listeners

by

Correspondence

Preaching in

Camps,

Churches

and

at

Rallies

WorkAmong

ForeignSpeaking People

in

the

United

States

of

America

'HITHERTO HATH THE LORD

HELPED

US .

Paul Bajko,

Director

January , 1968.

As we look back a t 1967 there i s nothing to

be

sorry

about ,

and togeth

with Samuel we can say tha t

rea l ly

the Lord has

helped us

in a

wonder

way, and

it

was a

year of

joy, vic tor ies and

achievements .

I am

sure tha t a l l those

who

contr ibuted f inancial ly and p ra ye rfu lly t

ward our m in is try in the

Department

of

Missions

are anxious to

f ind w

was done and accomplished, and where about 40,000.00

were

used wh

you contributed through the Dept. of Missions dur ing the past

year .

here I would l ike

to

give

you

an account in short statements?

1.

I

wil l

s t a r t with

myself f i r s t .

With the L ord 's help I taught

Missi

a t E.C.C. ,

de l ive red over

100 sermons, led 8 succesful Fai th Promise R

l l i e s preached

4 weeks

in

Youth

Camps, took par t in

7

Missionary Ral

and

as

the resu l t of th is d irec t

service

32 souls responded

to

the Go

invitation

I wrote many a r t i c l e s to our Polish magazine and

edi ted

20

pages

of

Ch

s t i an magazine

every

month, prepared 36 radio

messages ,

answered

hundr

of

l e t t e r s made many

cal l s and gave moral, spi r i tua l and f inancial

su

po r t to

th e work in Poland.

2.

Bro. Adam Korenczuk preached regular ly

in

the

Slavic

Church

in B alt

more, made many ca l l s prepared

52

radio messages

and

broadcas ted th

through

th e loca l s t a t i on

in

Bal t imore

in

th e

Russian

and Ukrainian

la

guages . He

a l so

t augh t music

courses

and led th e cho i r of E.C.C.

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3 B r o B

W i n n i k a r r i v e d

o f M ission s on A p r i l

2 8

a

d io M i n i s t e r t h ro u g h

s t a t i

in th e

USA

under th e sponsorship o f the

nd on May

1 s t

began h is a c t i v e mi n i s t r y a

on Monte Car lo sen t out l i t e r a t u r e a n d

B

4.

Dela

my wi f e wrote many ar t ic les fo r the

Polish

magazine t r an

many

songs

worked on th e new song book answered hundreds of l e t t e r

packed

many

packages

o f

usad

c l o t h i n g .

5.

Ministers

in

Poland

- With the Lord s

h e l p

we were a b le to supp

f a i t h f u l

preachers and

almost

a l l of

them

reported

baptismal servi

the

past year

in every

congregation. All

churhes

there

are

well gro

in

the

fa i th an d work

in

uni ty

We helped Kostek J

and

George B. /whose

education

we sponsored in

with youth work in camps and Rallies by

fincial

contributions and s

hundreds of

copies

of ou r newly

published chorus

book Heavenly Sun

6.

Financial

help was

sent

to purchase

property in B.P. for

a newly

ganized

congregation

in

th|

amount

of

3 000.00

and

another

amount

3,400.00 was contributed

for

the relocation of a

chapel

in Warsaw.

To

several other places

we

contributed

smaller amounts

for the

impr

ment o f c hap els

purchase

of c hu rc h e qu ip me nt

e t c .

7.

Publications and Bibles

- Hundreds

of copies

of.Bibles

New

Testa

in Russian

and

Polish

languages.

Life of

Christ

vis

an d Polish ma

n e were

s e n t

to many p l a c e s

in

Europe.

We

r e g u l a r l y

published Polish magazine and song book.

8 .

Radio

m i n i s t r y .

-

Every

Monday

th e

Gospel

o f

C h r i s t

is beamed

i n

the

homes of thousands of

people

a ll

over

Europe

especially Poland

ssia

Czechoslovakia,and thousands of people are able to hear the

G

truth. Many o f u nb el ie ve rs were

touched

by the Word of God.

The

follow

up work was done by us by

correspondence

an d preachers

9. R el i ef .

- Over 300 parcels

of

used clothing were sent to Poland

needy families. At least 50 shipments of

medicine

was sent

to sick

ple

and o t h e r h e l p was g i v e n .

10.

Trip to

Europe for 4 st^udents to work

in

a

new field

was

arrange

u

This

is briefly what we were doing here as missionaries an d what

0 0 0 . 0 0

was

ab le to

d o .

I

wo u ld l i ke to m e n t i o n th a t in th a t

am ount

include liv in g lin k support

fo r

myself

Adam Korenczuk

Boleslaw

Wi

an d

twenty

p r e a c h e r s

i n Poland.

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Our plans for 1968 are the same with some

additional

work such asi ano

ther new song book publication of

Life

of Christ

vis.

translation

and

publication

of the

Heroes

of

the Bible /Book of

Acts/ visualized

and

other

m in is tr y i n p ub li c a ti o n.

Also in

June this year we

plan to

go to

Poland for

a whole month

in

order

to

v i s i t our

churches

t h e r e

to

preach

the

Gospel

and

to

encourag

our

ministers

and

workers

for greater ministry when

there

i s s t i l l a wo

derful opportunity to preach. On the way

there

and back we plan to

vi

s i t some of our

r a d i o

l i s t e n e r s and C h r i s t i a n s

i n

o t h e r European

c o u n t

However you

w i l l hear

about

t h i s i n February i n

a

specia l l e t t e r .

thank

you very

very

much

for

your faithful

support

in 1967 and w

trust that you will be supporting us this year

and praying for

us

and

ll

our c o w o rk er s a nd

m i n i s t e r s .

We

need you.

May the Lord bless you r ichly.

Yours i n C h r i s t

FROM THE

FIELD

Because of lack

of

space in this

issue

I would

like

to quote from two

l e t t e r s only r e c e n t l y received.

P o l a n d .

Thank you

very

very much my friend for

the

Word of

od

which you

preach

to

my people

in

Poland and around

the

world.

I l isten to you

regularly

and

with

praise I would like to acknowledge

that in your programs the main theme

i s

the Word of God.

Your programs

are

free from any political

discourse but are

full o

G o d s Word a n d t h e

t r u t h

r e v e a l e d i n it

I would

l i k e t o

commend you

fo r

t h i s .

Also

i f i t i s possible I would l ike to ask you to send me a New

Tes

tament

in

Polish

language and

any

other

Christian

l i terature

you

have.

ay

the

Lord

bless

you and give you power to proclaim the truth.

Your f a i t h f u l

l i s t e n e r

W . K .

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LETTER FROM

POLISH

PREACHER.

Dear Brother Bajko:

Greetings in

the name of

the

Lord. I

thank

God

that He called

you

such a wonderful ministry, that your heart and a l l your effort

is

d

ted

to

the

country

from

which

you

were taken

so that you can direct

in our

work,

help

us

materi.ally, spiri tual ly and morally.

I

see

t h a t

th e

wi l l

o f

th e

Lord i s

in

ll

of

t h i s

I remember your father a cjledicated minister of

the

hurchof Chris

with whom I worked

for

many years . He was a great soldier of the Cr

So when I see what you

are doing

now

my

thoughts

run to your fathe

and

I thank God tha t He gives you knowledge how

to

lead

the

work

His

glory

and bestowed you with special talents to help us here in

land and other

places

in

many ways.

So I and every

minister here and

other Christians remember you

in

prayers

every day,

and

thank God fo r

you.

We

are

waiting

anxiously for

your

vis i t

to Poland in

1968

again.

N

SPECIAL

SERVICES IN THE SLAVIC CHURCH

Everybody was looking forward to special services during the Holida

Season.

There

was much

act ivi t ies

Choir

practice, orchestra

prac

e t c

Saturday ,

Dec. 23, when

the Youth of our church

met

to

decor

the Christmas

t ree

the Christmas spi r i t

was a lr eady present . Immed

tely following we

had

a

wonderful

prayer-meeting. Sunday

morning

had a

two

hour service withi a Christmas

program

There

were

special

bers

in the form of r e c i t a t i on s and choir and orches t ra numbers. T

was

a sermon

in English and

Russian,

congregational s inging, and

Lord s

Supper

was

observed.

In the

evening , acco rd ing

to

Polish

t r a

t ion

families met

in

t he i r homes

with

special

guests

/ those who do

have fam ilies or single people are invi ted to spend Christmas Eve w

fami l ies/

around

the

table

to r meditation about the bi r th

of

Chr is t

prayer a big Christmas mea| and the singing of carols.

The

main p rogram in

the church

was

on Christmas Day

with

another 2

h

service in which

many

took

par t again . After the service a l l gathere

the

fellowship ha l l

for

a big dinner and great fel lowship

for

anoth

h o u r s

Sunday,

before th e New

Year

Day, we had special services

with

a

prog

in the

morning,

and

then in

the evening

we

gathered together

a t

8

P

fo r sp ec ia l fe l lowship refreshments

and

service

which s ta r t ed a t

11

Ten minutes before midnight everyone was on the i r

knees

in

prayer

the prayer sess ion las ted

un t i l 15

minutes a f t e r midnight .

So we

t h e New Yea r on

ou r

kn e e s

Af t e r a

few

hou r s r st we had a New Yea

serv ice with

a spec ia l

program.

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DEPARTMENT O F

MISSIONS

el

AiR Maryland 2 1 0 1 4

O U R

mmnnrt

Assistance

in Establishment

of New Congregations

Publishing

of

Christian

Literature

and Song Books in Polish Language Spiritual

Material and Moral Support of

Preachers

in

Poland

Relief

Ministry

to Poland Training

Foreign Students

New Testaments and Bibles

to Poland

and Russia

Radio Ministry in Polish

Russian and

Ukran ian Languages

Follow up Work

of Radio Listeners by

Correspondence Preaching in Camps

Churches

and at Rallies

Work Among Foreign Speaking

People in

the

United

States

of

America

Paul

Bajko Dire

March 1968.

f,869.5'0

As of

March

15, Friends of our ministry contributed toward\our trip

Poland this suinm^ - \ toward the goal

of

6 000.00.

This sum includes a l l t rave l expenses

for myself

and .Ad^ Korenczuk

/due to her mother's

illness

^iT5~ wi lno fe b^-atrTe'to go with m th

t ime/ pr int ing

of Life

of Chris t visualized

/ a l l three books/ a

New

Testament Heroes

/Book

of A cts /

500

cop ies of

each book 1 0

copies

of the

new song book with

music

which w i l l

have 150

never pr i

ted before songs

t r ans l a t ed

and compil ied

by

my wife; and f inanc i

assistance t o

c h u r c h e s

in P o l a n d

We

t r u s t t ha t those

who

rece ived our l e t t e r in F eb ru ary a nd

read

t h

news l e t t e r

wil l

help us to reach the goal of

6 000.00

very soon.

This t r ip w i l l

have

a gre a t

s ign i f i cance

fo r

our

churches

in

Poland.

received hutrdr^ds of

letters

with pleas to visit Po^nd. Our la

trla.

was

in^963.

This time

the

Vernon Brothers

will

go with us a

icTpate

gn^t

things

from God.

i

We plan to preach

in

churches homes camps.

Have

c on fe re nc es w i th a

our preachers and

workers

and

a l so to

v i s i t our radio l i s t ene r s a

r e a d e r s

o f o u r

Christian literature

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Q ^

The Ve rnon rothers

H u n d r e d s

o f C h ri s ti a ns in

Po

and

a l l

m in isters pray consta

t ha t a l l

obstac les m ight be o

comed and th e

door

w i l l be op

f o r u s t o

come .

Thousands

o f Ch r i s t i a n s

a c r o s

m e r i c a

pray

t ha t th is t r ip

b e

a

g rea t

succes s .

We

be l iev

prayer s

a n d

we

t r u s t t h a t

t r ip wil l

b r i n g

grea t

bless in

to

C h ri s t i a ns in P oland and o

countries

We r e c e i v e d many pra ye r-a -gra

f rom ou r

f r i e n d s . These a r e s

s t i r r i ng

m e s s a g e s ,

i nd ica t ing

much

Go d s p e o p l e lo ve u s and

re fo r our minis t ry .

We

t hank

p ra yi n g p eo pl e from the b o t t o

ou r

h e a r t s .

A ll members o f th e Departmen

Nissions are

ve ry

act ive and

l abor ing fo r th e Master .

I spoke in several Churches, p re ac he d t hr ou gh the r a di o, v i s i t e d

homes, appeared on T.V . prog ram s and spoke a t ra ll ie s.

J u s t

r e c e n

witnessed another

vie-

- i ?

tory

by

fa i t h

when

the - W-

W es t s i de

Chr is t i an 1 \

Church

Jacksonville ^

sM k

F l a . p ro m i s s ed fo r

mo r e t h a n

the

t h em

th an th e y gave

year .

T e a c h i n g in

Co-

a n d wri t ing

taking

a la rge pa r t

of

my t i m e a l s o .

D e l a ,

my w i f e , i s busy

w i t h th e f i na l

prepara

Ou r

ministers

in

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t ion

fo r publ ica t ion of the

new

song

book

wri t ing edi t ing and

secre

t r l

w o r k

Korenc^l^^ eads the Baltimore congregation and

choir

of E C C

^ rother

innik

is^very busy in producing radio programs answering

l e t t e r s

and send ing out l i t e r a tu r e Bib le s and New

Testaments .

He st

v

needs i^5^0Crper laonth-toward

h is liv ing-link

support.

upon

your

hear t s ll th e

work

of prepara t ion in c onne ct io n w i

our t r ip

to

Poland our

ll a c t i v i t i e s Bro.

Winnik and our

workers

i

P o l a n d

e thank a l l our

Friends for

wonderful cont r ibut ions

toward the t r i

t o

P o l a n d a n d o u r

w o r k

May th e love

of

God

un i t e

our

hear t s in

mutual cause

of

winning

sou

fo r C hris t

and bu i ld ing His

g lo r ious Church.

Yours in

His

s e r v i ce

FROM THE FIELD

POLAND:

Beloved

in the

Lord:

e

have

already

heard

your

sermons

through

the

dio

several times

and we would

l ike

to

get

acquainted

with you.

Your s

mons about Chris t

touch our

hear ts I f

t i s possible

we would l ike

ask

you to send us some Chr i s t i an l i t e r a tu r e

e

are

Chris t ians and at tend our

Church

but your sermons strengthen

and

uphold

our

sp i r i t e

want

to

thank

you for

that very

much

May God

be with yout J S

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA:

WCZOR J I DZISJEN

S M

I

Dear

Friends t was a grea t and

p leasan t su rp r i se

when we rece ived

packages with song books

Church

Hymns Nr.2,

Heavenly

Sunshine

and

issues

of your Polish

magazine

from

you.

We do not know how

to

than

for i t

so we

pray

that the God wil l reward

you

abundantly.We recei

many

blessings

from the

chorus

book

Heavenly Sunshine

from

which

sing

a l l

the time, and these

different beaut i ful songs

beautify ou

vices and

also give

us st rength

in

the time

we

need i t badly.

Also

Church Hymns help

us to have choir

numbers and

glor ify

Lord

songs.

I

The greater

amount of Guidepost

helps

us to

a t t r ac t

young people

the

church . T his Polish

magazine found grea t

recognit ion among

a l l

be rs of our congrega t ion

and a s soon as

we

r ece ived

it ll th e

num

were gone. There a re precious a r t i c l e s in

t h i s

magazine

which give

t rength

to

Chris t ians and open

eyes

for others . There are

beaut i fu l

a r t i c l e s fo r Sunday School and

new

songs.

We need more a r t i c l e s and poems, so please advise us i f we could re

add i t i ona l mate r i a l from you.

Please

forgive

our impetuousness ,

but

we

rea l ly

want

to

serve the

more

e f fec t i ve ly .

Enclosed you

wi l l

f ind a

pic ture

of

our Youth

singing

from

your

c

book Heavenly

Sunshine .

We

wish you God s bless ing in your

wonderful

minis t ry .

Br e t h r e n f rom Cze cho s l o v a

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DEPARTMENT O F MISSIONS

^i6ni ticnt ^oUe^

el A i R aryland 2 1 0 1 4

Om

M I M U T R Y :

Assistance

in

Establishment

of New

Congregations

Publishing

of

Christia n Litera ture and Song Books in Polish Language

Spiritual

Materialand Moral Support

of

Pre a c he rs

in

Poland

Relief

Ministry

to

Poland

Training Foreign Students

Ne w

Testaments an d

Bibles

to

Poland an d Russia

Radio

Ministry

in

Polish Russian an d

Ukranian Languages

Follow-up Work of Radio

Listeners

by

Correspondence

P r e a c h i n g in

Camps

Churches

an d

at Rallies

Work

Among

Foreign Speaking People

in

th e

United

States

of

America

V I S A

T O P O LA ND D EN IE D T O P A U L B A J K O

P a u l

Bajfco

D i r e c t

J u n e

1 9 6 8

This

i s n o t

p l e a s a n t news to

communicate

to our

be love d

f r i e n d s

i n

th

S t a t e s a n d i n P o l a n d .

I was a s t o n i s h e d m y s e l f upon r e c e i v i n g

th e

news from

th e P o l i s h

Em

b a s s y .

Ou r

Bre thre n in Poland a r e very d i s a p p o i n t e d . They have mad

some

wonde r f ul

p l a n s .

Upon

inquiring a t the Polish

Embassy

in Washington

I was t o l d

t h a

th e r e j e c t i o n o f

v i s a

came from

Warsaw

and t h e r e

wa s

no

e x p l a n a t i o

g i v e n t o

t h i s

a c t i o n .

Although

it

i s

a disa ppointme nt

to us

t h a t

our

plans

to

v i s i t

Polan

a n d

o t h e r c o u n t r i e s

w i l l n o t b e

f u l f i l l e d b u t

we

b e l i e v e

t h a t

ev ery

t h i n g t h a t happens to God s c h i l d r e n i s ou r F a t h e r s w i l l and we a c

c e p t it from H is Hand.

Ou r

m i n i s tr y t o

Poland

w i l l go on a s b e f o r e .

We tha nk God t h a t we have s t r o n g n a t i v e l e a d e r s h i p i n P ola nd who

we support

f i n a n c i a l l y with l i t e r a t u r e B i b l e s

New

T estam ents an

R adio m i n i s t r y .

But

we

w i l l

n o t g iv e

up

h o p e . We

w i l l

t r y

to

go

t o

Poland

n e x t

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We would l i k e to inform our Friends t h a t c o n t r i b u t i o n s toward the T

to Poland

reached

6,262,73 and

we

put t h i s

money on a

special

sav

account f o r th e n e x t y e a r s

t r i p

God w i l l i n g .

We

thank

you very,

very

much for a l l cont r ibut ions.

I

The th ings which

we planned t o

take

with us a r e published

and

we a

sending

them

by

m a i l . i

So f a r we have

published

one coapletely new Pol ish song book

with

sic, one song book without music to be used by

Slavic

Church of

Chr

th e t h ir d e di t i o n o f

all t h r e e books

o f

L i f e of

C h r i s t v i s u a l i z e d

completely new edit ion of the Book of Acts, v i s u a l i z e d and plans

made for a

t h i r d edi t ion

of the Chorus Book Heavenly

Sunshine .

The Post Office

i s

very busy with us and

people

in Poland, Czechos

vakia

and Russia a r e

very

happy receiving such

wonderful

Bread

ife

This summer

I w i l l

be busy i n th e work

o f

th e S la vi c

Church o f

C h r i

because

Bro.

Adam Korenczuk, m i n i s t e r of the

church,wi l l

go t o

Arg

t i n a

t o

v i s i t

h i s

p a r e n t s .

Please

continue t o pray about our

work and support

u s .

lohaterowie

Testatnentu

P&jk

...

Yours

i n

C h r i s t

\L

jeoDji

p i e s f t

Completely new

e d i t i o n

o f

t h e

Book o f A cts v i s . i n P o l i s h and

new Polish Song Book with

music

One Song

published

in

June.

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11/20

P ^ N VS ROM BRO BOLESI W WINNIK

One

year

of my ministry with the Department of M

slon

as

a radio

minis te r has

a l ready

passed. Dur

k

that

year I prepared 61 programs and aired

throu

t h e Mon t e Ca r l o

st tion

We

r e c e i v e d

hund r e d s

o f

letters f rom

o u r

listene

in Po land, Czechos lovak ia , Russia and o ther

cou

r i e s with

notes of

r ecogn i t ion

and pe t i t i ons f

more Bibles , New

Testaments,

Life of Chri s t , song

books

and Pol

magaz ine s .

I thank God tha t we can answer

these

urgent pleas immediate

I can

c l e a r ly see

t ha t it was the L ord 's wi l l

fo r

me

and

my

family

come to t h i s

country

and serve Him, When I

was

in

Poland

I

was

ab

to preach to hundreds ,but

now through radio

and

l i t e r a t u r e

I am

pre

ching to thousands .

Jus t recent ly I

received

the following l e t t e r from my f r iend in Pola

I

would l ike to t e l l

you,

my brother in Chri s t , t ha t many people re

ponded

to

the

Gospel

of

Chr is t which

you

p re ach th rough the rad

One young man, who accepted

Chris t because

of the

radio

m in is try ,

rr ived in

Warsaw

in order to get acquint ed with the bre thren here.

one place the whole v i l l age became i n t e r e s t ed in the Word

of

God. B

thren from

Warsaw

v is i t ed

t ha t

vi l l age and there i s

a rev ival

a l read

bu t t he re

i s a l so persecut ion .

The

p r i e s t

of

the v i l l aga i s ve

unhappy

about h is people in te re s t in the

Bible

and

s t i r s some of h

ded ic ate d s er van ts

to

persecute those

who

t ry

to

follow

Chri s t ,

but

such

condit ions people

put

complete t rus t

in

the

Lord

and they

ask

pray fo r them .

At the end of th is repor t I would

l ike

to express my thank and app

c ia t ion

to a l l Brethren in th is country

who

support

my

minis t ry

f ina

c ia l ly and prayer fu l ly .

NOTE FROM

PAUL

BAJKO.

I

would

l ike

to

express

my

personal

apprec ia t ion

for

regular

supp

given toward

Bro.

Winnik s l iv ing- l ink

fund by the following Ch

ches

and

i nd iv idua l s

Chr i s t i an Church

/Mrs . G Knol l /

P l a i n f i e l d , I n

South

Garden

Church

of Chr i s t , Savannah, Ga, , Traiders Point Chr i s t i

Church, Indianapol i s , Ind . , West H ill C h ris tia n Church,

Bris to l ,Ten

Sherman

Church

of

Chr i s t ,Barber ton ,

0 , ,

Church

of Chr i s t , Mark le , In

3


12/20

Mt.

Olive

C h r i s t i a n

Church, East

P o i n t

Ga.,

C h r i s t i a n

Churc

Cisne ,

1 1 1 . Community

C h r i s t i a n Church,Newbern, Va. , Westside Ch

s t i a n

Church,

J a c k s o n v i l l e F l a . Mrs. J .

Cotton ,

C i n c i n n a t i Ohio,

The

t o t a l

amount

i s

340.00

per

month.

Our

need

for

Bro.

Winnik

400.00 plus

20.00 medical

s o

we still re s h o r t

i n s u r a n c e t o g e t h e r

80.00 p e r month.

420.00 per

mon

Bro.

Winnik

v i s i t e d

with me many

churches in

one

year .

He

made

good impression everywhere

and

we appeal to

those Churches

especia

where

he

i s known al ready to help

us

to

complete

h i s

suppor

A l l

c o n t r i b u t i o n s

t o w a r d

B r o . W i n n ik s f u n d s s h o u l d b e s e n d i n

t

name

of

the

Department

of

Missions, P.O.Box 629, Bel A i r

Md 21014.

NEWS

FRC1 ADAM

KORENCZUK.

I t

has

been some

t ime since

I had any personal contact with our rea

ders

about our

work

in

Balt imore. My

many r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s

have ke

me very

busy

and my

schedule

cont inues

t o

be

f u l l .

We c on tin ue w ith our m i n i s t r y i n

t h e

S l a v i c Church

o f

C h r i s t .

Our

w

cont inues i t s progress

f o r

th e Lord

J e s u s .

I preach every Saturday and

Sunday.

We

cont inue

our radio progr

for the Slavic people in the Ukrainian and Russian languages, and

i s my r e s p o n s i b i l i t y

to

have a program

every

Lord s

Day.

We

a r e

happy to re p o rt t h a t

present ly

we

have

a

Choir

t h a t

has

al rea

sung fo r

the

glory of God

during s p e c i a l

programs

and has

a l

appeared

i n an

American

Congregation during a Singspira t ion

s e r v i c

I continue t o v i s i t people

i n

t h e i r homes a s a p a r t of our wo

So f a r

t h i s

year I have had many 6ppotruni t ies to v i s i t d i f f e r e

congregat ions , and I have preached th e Word.

I

continue t o

t e a c h a t E a s t e r n

C h r i s t i a n College

and we have

c o n c e r t

Choir

t h a t has developed

i t s e l f i n t o th e

f i n e s t Chorus

of o

College

recently succ^sfully

completed

our

nnualSpring

to

t was a wonderful exper ience t o v i s i t our

s i s t e r

congrega t ions

w

t h i s

group

of

very

dedicated

C h r i s t i a n

young

people.

We ask t h a t

you

remember us in your prayers ,

and

t h a t the

Lord

continue t o b l e s s and s t rengthen us a s

we l abor

fo r His Glory.

4

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13/20

DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONS

BEL

AIR

MARYLAND 2 1 0 1 4

3^

THE

DEPARTMENT

OF

MISSION

I N

ACTION

September 19

2. I n our p u b li ca t io n m i n i st ry I

which we

publ ish

10 t imes a y e a r .

1

W i t h

t h i s i s s u e o f o u r

news

l t

t r I

w o u l d

l i k e t o

i n t r o d u c

the s t a f f

of

the Dept. of

Mis

s i o n s a n d

d e s c r i b e t h e i r a c t i

v t s

i n t h e L o r d s

w o r k .

My work f i r s t of a l l i s to co

o r d i n a t e

the

whole

program o

t h e Dept . o f Miss ions . For t h i

I

have to

be aquainted

with

eve

ry phase

of the

work.

1 I

t a k e an

a ct i v e p a rt i n th

w o r k o f t h e

S l a v i c

C h u r c h o

C h r i s t in Baltimore

by preachin

v i s i t a t i o n and h e l p i n g

with th

leadersh ip of the

congregat ion

am t h e e d i t o r o f our

P o l i s h

C h r i s t i a n

magazin

For

t h i s

I w r i t e a r t i c l e s prepare

paper

mas

t e r s for p r i n t i n g

and send

them out

to

almost 30 c o u n t r i e s

and

many s t a t e s in U

We

p u b l i s h

o t h e r

C h r i s t i a n

l i t e r a t u r e a l s o

such

a s

L i f e o f C h r i s t and Book o

A c t s

v i s u a l i z e d

which

we

have

t o

t r a n s l a t e

i n t o P o l i s h

and

R u s s i a n .

3. I n the Bib le New Testament and C h r i s t i a n

l i t e r a t u r e p r o j e c t

I have

to

purcha

se Bibles and then because of great request from many places in a d i t i o n to wha

Bro.

Winnik does I a l s o send out many paclcages o f l i t e r a t u r e

and

Bibles .

4.

Because of

our

very a c t i v e m i n i s t r y i n

P o l a n d i t

i s my job

t o

r a i s e

f i n a n c i a

support for 20 preachers t h e r e

to

help them with building programs

and

many o

t h e r

a c t i v i t i e s

i n

Pol ish m i n i s t r y . I a l s o have

t o

r a i s e my own l i v i n g - l i n k sup

p o r t support f o r Bro. Korenczuk and Bro . Winnik.

The whole

program of

the

Dept

of

Missions c a l l s for a budget of over 40 000.00

yearly

and ra i s ing i t f a l l s

u

pon my s h o u l d e r s .

5.

Thousands

of

l e t t e r s every

year

from

preachers

churches i n d i v i d u a l s

c o n t r

b u t o r s radio l i s t e n e r s peopl e s eeki ng the

t r u t h

o f God r e c e i v e r s of

l i t e r a

t u r e e t c . have

t o

be answered and t

i s done s y s t e m a t i c a l l y

and on

t ime.

6. Radio m i n i s t r y : The

coming

of

Bro.

Winnik

took o f f of my shoulders a g r e a t

burden

but

I

s t i l l have

t o help him i n

recording

guidance

e t c .


14/20

7. Reports to

the

churches, Missionary Rall ies ,

Faith

Promise Rallies

and

pr

ch ing keeps trie on the ro ad almo st every weekend.

8 .

I

teach missions a t ECC and

take

an ac t ive par t in adminis t ra t ive and facu

meetings of ECC.

We thank God t ha t our min is t r y i s no t in vain . Hundreds of l e t t e r s from Polan

and o th er c ou n tr ie s express ing apprec ia t ion a re our

rewards .

Jus t few sentenc

from

the

l e t t e r

of

our

oldes t

preacher in

Pol and Bro .

Nikon

Jakoniuk:

Dear Bro. Bajko. How thankfu l we a re fo r your c on st an t c are

about

us . You

l ike

the

fa ther

who

constan t ly

cares fo r us

and worries about us.

You

help

f inancia l ly sp i r i t ua l ly

and

morally .

You comfort

us challenge

us and

exh

us .

We

never had

any

one before

who

would put so much heart in

our

l i f e

and

w

in

bui lding

the Church of

Chris t in

Poland.May Lord

rea l ly

bless

and reward

y

Bro. B.J .

Vernon,

who recen t ly

re turned from h is t r ip

to Poland wro te?

Paul ,

were veiry th r i l l ed a t the fa i th of the church

in

Poland. Even under

adverse

c

cumstances they a re making

progress

and I am

confident

t ha t the

Lord

wi l l

gu

and bless them.

I f

only here in America the Christ ians would awaken and real

what

a

bless ing i s

fo r

them to l ive

in a

fre e la nd th ere would b6

a

rea l

aw

kening

and

sp i r i t ua l rev ival

which

would

b ri ng a bout a t ransformation

in

the

s t iny of our

count ry .

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

ADAM KORENCZUK i s

one

of those

who

was broug

f

JH

from another

country

to

ECC

under

the sponsorship

3 I BS the Department of Missions to be trained for nat

S fl ^ ministry.

He was

the

first,and

after

him came

Kostek

S I konluk George Bajenski from Poland and

later

Ben Bo

Q|

H

After graduation

of and

Milligan

College Bro d

B because of

his

special abilities to sing, play musi

H instruments, preach etc., was

offered positions

in l

J

ge

churches

bu t

we

offered him

a new work

in Bal t im

1^1 ijjK H among Slavic speaking

people

and he

accepted it.

B The Slavic Church of Christ is very unique and I th

iC

i s

the

only church of

i t s

kind in

our

Brotherhood

BI IBB tskBlBll i^^l USA

The preaching

in the

church

is

done

in

Russian

l i sh Ukrainian and

Engl i sh

the same

with s inging . Bible

c lasses

a re

t au

fo r

adu lts in Russian

and fo r the

young p eople a nd children in English .

Bro. Korenczuk i s

the preacher

of

th i s

congregation. He

i s

ab le to

preach

in

ss ian as

well

as in English .

He

teaches

Sunday

School in

Russian,

produces

a

direc ts

Russian-Ukrainian

Radio

program each Sunday, makes

ca l l s and v i s i

plays in church orches t ra

and

conducts

the

church

choi r .

The ch urch has a g

youth program. In

a dd itio n to

he teaches and leads the

cho i r

of ECC.

He

i s

a

very busy

man

and

we

thank

God

fo r

Adam s

minis t ry .

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15/20

S DELA S chi ldhood

dream about

coming a minister s

wife

is m

than fu l f i l l ed and she i s v

happy in he r

work.

When

there

a re

enough in terested students she teaches German a t

E. C.

C,

Thanks to

her ef fo r t we were

able to publish

3 song books with

music already

Pol ish

language.

The

f i r s t

song book

fo r ch oires with

241

songs which

she

compiled

and

most

them t r ans la ted from

Engl i sh Russian

and

German,

The

second

book

was a chorus book with 92

chor us es

ll

o f

which she t r a n s l a

from Engl i s h

The

t h i rd and the l a t e s t song boo k conta ined 143

songs

for

cho i res

t r i o s due

so los e t c a l l t r ans la ted

from

Engl i sh

She also

t rans la t e s and

puts in every i ssue of our

Pol i sh

magazine

a new so

I wish we can

share w ith you

a l l the

l e t t e r s

which we rece ive concerning t h

minis t ry which i s

touching

hear t s and souls o f p eo ple , but I wi l l

quote only

par t

from one l e t t e r :

Dear Friendss

We

thank you

from the

bottom of

our

hear ts

fo r

your wonder

ministry

through

your

publ ica t ions

Your Pol ish magazine i s very r ich in sp i

t ua l

mater ia l

fo r

a l l

-

old

young.

We

u se your a r t i c l e s in our

s p e c i a l

se r v ice s we s ing your songs

we

r e

c i t e

your poems.

Your song books a re grea t We were

looking fo r such songs

and

now

we

have them thanks to you. Chorus book

Heavenly Sunshine i s

l i f t i ng up

every sou l

rev ives

u s Choir book

li ts

our

souls

and

through

the

songs

we can glor i fy God and

witness about

H is

g r e a t

l o v e

May good Lord r eward

you

abundantly K

and

bless

you

r ich ly in

your work.

Brethren

from Czechoslovakia^

Jv Ul:

ioilii iitt

Publ ica t ions of the Dept . o f

Miss

3 -


16/20

g y g e j g g y g g i brother BOLESLAW

WINNIK

is the last to join

MWPtBWHBT

staff of the Department of

Missions. He came

f

||||^HB|[fl|IE^ Poland to this

country

in April 1967 in order

I

take over the radio

ministry

and help

us in

ot

charge

of

the

product ion and d i r

m ^BbUI tion of our

radio

program which is

beamed

to

{

jy

land, Russia, Czechoslovakia and many

other

p

I Europe through the Trans World Radio

His wife,

Zenaida,

and

daugh te r, Halin a, help

Becau s e o f th e ra d io we r e c e i v e

hund reds

o f l

ters with many

questions and

requests

fo r B ib

^ Tes taments and other Christ ian

l i te ra ture .

It i s also

Bro.

Winnik s job to answer a l l th

l e t t e r s and to send out Bibles , New Testame

Chr is t ian

l i t e ra tu re and Song Books.

For persons

who

need

to

be

led

to

Christ

he sends

adresses

to our

preachers

Poland and

they do the

follow

up work in Polad

personally.

Many

souls

have

b

won

fo r

Chris t already.

Bro.

Winnik i s also

very

act ive in

the

church in Baltimore he

preaches,

s i t s people ,

s ings

in ch oir plays in orchest ra .

Bro.

Winnik t r i e s

to

put

the

bes t in h is

minis t ry and

we

see

resu l t s of

Again I would l ike to quote

from

the

l e t t e r

of our

radio

l i s tener

in

Pola

Dear Friends?

I t is

our

blessed

privi lege to l i s ten to your broadcast ev

Monday.

Your

sermons

are

soul

s t i r ing

and

l i f t ing

and

they

bring

us

the

t r

from

the

Word

of

God.

We wait

anxiously

for each of your programs.

The

sing

and

music

i s

also wonderful.

We try to learn some of your

songs,

so please

s

us copies

of your

songs.

Also

I

would l ike to receiv e

a

B ible or

New

Testam

and any other

Chr is t ian l i t e ra tu re .

Please t e l l me more about Christ ian

baptism

and t e l l me how I can be baptized

am

waiting

for your promt reply .

Yours, Z.B.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

De a r F r i e n d s ?

I am

sure

that

this

issue

will

answer

many

questions

concerning our

minis

Now i s the

g rea t t ime

of ac t ion

for us .

The changes which ta ke pla ce

in Czechoslovakia help

us to preach the Go

behind

the

I ro n Cur ta in .

Every

day we send sp i r i tua l

food

there

and

from th

to Russ ia .

Everything

i s

reaching the des t ina t ion .

We need

your

prayers and

f inancia l

support for

th i s great

minis t ry .

Yours in C hr is t

4


17/20

DEPARTMENT O F MISSIONS

^oUe^

Bel

air Maryland

2 1 0 1 4

oujt MtMisnr

Assistance

in Establishment

of

New

Congregations

Publishing

of

Christian Literature and Song Books in Polish Language

Spiritual

Material and Moral Support of Preachers i n P ol an d Relief

Ministry

to

Poland

Training Foreign

Students

New

Testaments and

Bibles

to Poland

and

Russia Radio

Ministry

in Polish Russian

an d

Ukranian

Languages

Follow up

Work

of

Radio

Listeners

by

Correspondence

Preach ing in Camps

Churches

and at Rallies

WorkAmongForeignSpeaking

People

in the

United States

of

America

Paul Bajko Direc

November 1968.

W 29

9 8

WHAT 3DONE FOR POLAND BV DEPT OF MISS IONS 7

On

October 10

1968

the Guidance Committee

for

the

Dept.

of Missions

f o r

a 3

h o u r

s e s s i o n

i n

o r d e r

t o

r e c e i v e

first h a n d

i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m

P

Bajko d i r e c t o r of t h e Dept. of

Miss ions

about the achievements w

and p r o j e c t s

of t h e Department .

I t was s t r e s s e d t h a t s ince the establ ishment

of

t h i s department

i n

19

the great emphasis was to be laid

upon

European m inis t r ies especia l ly

l a n d a n d o t h e r c o u n t r i e s b e h i n d t h e I r o n C u r t a in .

It was

found

t h a t t h e Churches o f C h r i s t / C h r i s t i a n / i n Poland which

t e

t h e i r beginning t o

1921 and which

grew

r a p i d l y

under

t h e n a t i v e

dedicated l eadersh ip including

P au l s f a th er went

through rough t r i

d u r i n g t h e Second

World

War.

A f t e r t h e war t h e work was renewed w i t h

new

s t r e n g t h f o r a s h o r t t i

In 1 9 5 0 a l m o s t all t h e

l e a d e r s

w e r e arrested

a n d

t h e c h u r c h e s w e r e c

sed. Almost a l l t h e m i n i s t e r s

were

sentenced t o 3 y e a r s i n p r i s o n

only

a

few of them escaped

t h e sentence.

A t that

t i m e

there w a s

a

trend in

P o l a n d

to unite all t h e c h u r c h e s i

one

u n i t e d

church.

T h e r e f o r e

some

of

the

compromising

preachers

brou

t h e

Church o f C h r i s t i n to t h e United E v a n g e l i c a l Church.

When the l a s t of our m i n i s t e r s

was

r e l e a s e d

from

p r i s o n i n 1953 they

t a r t e d to work toward independence

from

the

U.E.Ch. However it

was

l a t e because

everything

was

l e g a l i z e d by t h e

government

and it loo

a s if t h e C h u r c h

o f

C h r i s t w as

b u r i e d

i n t h a t

U n i o n .


18/20

The f i r s t contacts made in 1956 by the Department of Missions w

with

our fa i th fu l

preachers

in Poland

and

a l l e f fo r t s

were d irected

ward the restorat ion of the teachings and practices of the Church as

i s revealed in

the Scriptures .

Many

le t te rs were

wri t ten .

Then in

1958 two

students

were

brought from

Poland

Kostek

Jakoniuk

George Bajenski and

were

trained for

5-6 years a t Eastern Christian C

lege and

Lincoln

Christian College under

complete

sponsorship of

the

partment

of Missions.

After receiving t he i r

educa ti on both of

them

turned to Poland and resumed great responsibil i t ies in

preaching

t

ching

and

res tor ing

the

work of

the

Church of Chr is t

In

i960

and

1963

Paul

and Dela Bajko made

t r ips to

Poland in order

preach

and tea ch to get

acquainted

with the

work

and a l l problems

guide ministers and Christian workers

in

t he ir e ffor ts . Those trips w

very beneficial and

the

work in

Poland turned

in the

right direction

In

i960

Paul and Dela with

the

assis tance

of Pol is h s tudent s started

f i rs t

regular Poli sh

publication

The

Guidepost

which

is

now

in

9th year of

service to hundreds of people both here

in

US and

in Eu

pe - espec ia l ly

in

P olan d an d Czechoslovakia .

In

1957 the

Life

of Christ

visualized

was t ranslated

into

the Po

and Russian languages and recently

the

ook

of Acts

visualized was

nslated

into

Polish language. Because of

a great demand

for

such

l i t e

ture

there

i s a

need fo r

publ icat ion

of

a

4th

edi t ion

During

the years

1957-1968 pela

translated

hundreds of songs and

the

partment of Missions published so

far

4 song books with music and

language and over 6000 copies of those s

oland. There

is demand

for

many more

copie

wi t hou t

mus ic

i n

th e Po l i s h

books

were

d i s t r i b u t e d

in

P

Begining with

the year

1956

Dept.

of

Missions sent out thousands of

pies

of

Bibles

and New Testaments

in

the Russian and Polish languages

and is continuing in this ministry

to

the p resent day.

In 1960

the

f i r s t Christian broadcast

in

the

Polish

language was sta

ted through

the

Monte Carlo Station with

financial

backing of

the

Go

Broadcasting Mission

Bro. and

Sister Cobles founders

and

then

the

cond

Christian

Broadcast

in

a Russian-Ukrainian languages

in the city

Baltimore in coope ra ti on w it h

the S lav ic Church

of Chr is t

The

publication and Radio

ministry

grew to

such an extent

tha t i t

was

cessary to ca l l

for

help

and

in

1967

Bro. Winnik arr ived from

Polan

to

work

with

the Department of Missions.

Now

he is very busy

with

re s t of

the s ta f f of the Dept.

of

Missions.

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19/20

Because

of

a

great

need in 1958 Department of Missions started a reg

la r support of min isters in Poland. Many thousands of dollars were

in to re pa ir work of

the

houses of worship

and

build in g th e new ones.

ver 15,000.00 dollars are sent to Poland

every

year

through

the Pol

Traiding

Corporation

for the Lord s

work

there

A ll

t h i s

lead

to th e

r es to ra t ion

o f

the

work

of the

Church

o f

Chr i s t

Po l a n d

Although the

Church

of

Chris t there

remains

in U.E.Ch., i t is neverth

less

free locally and

is

res to red to the New Testament pattern of pra

t i ce and worship.

Our

preachers

now work

in

unity

and put great

emphasis on evangelism,a

the work i s progressing.

I t took many

years

to accomplish i t through prayers , pat ience, love a

pe r s i s t an t work.

This

work

is

very

close

to

our

hearts

and

we

do

not

hesita te in

mak

s crifices

All

the

work in Poland is supported exclusively by

the

Department of M

ssions.

I t includes

f inancia l assi stance for 20 preachers

and

worke

building

houses of

worship,

children s and youth work

bicycles

and

m

torcicles for preachers ,

musical

instruments, Sunday School material,B

bles,

New

Testaments Christian

l i terature, medicine,

etc. /Only Kos

and George receive their support directly from churches in the States

By this virtue and by the request of the Brethren in Poland

the

Dep

tment

of

Missions is the ONLY

offic ial

representantive of the work

Po l a nd

I f

any

church

or individual would l ike

to

as s i s t

with

the

work

in Pola

or have

any

questions concerning the work there, he should direct i t

Pau l Bajko, director of the Department

of

Missions.

At the meeting the Committee approved the minimum budget for 1969 in t

amount

of

41,000.00

which is to be

raised

by the Department of M

sions

through

faith.

This amount

includes

the

support

of a ll

work con

cted

with

the

ministry

in Poland,

Slavic ministry

in U.S.A,, publicati

radio, and

l iving-link

supports for Paul

Bajko,

dam Korenczuk and Bo

s l aw Wtnn i k

The

Guidance

Committee

consits

of the

fol lowing persons

1,

Paul Bajko, chairman

of Committee,

is from the Department

of Missio

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2.

Kenneth

Meade secre tary of the

Conmittee

i s a t r u s t e e of E.C.C

minister of the ^nor Woods Church of Christ Rockville

Md.

3 .

J . T

Segrove p r e s i d e n t o f E astern C h r i s t i a n College

4 .

Adam

Korenczuk

s t a f f member

of

the Dept.

of

Missions and m i n

o f S la v i c Church

o f

C h r i s t

i n B a l t i m o r e Md.

5.

W.

Robbins

m i n i s t e r

of

P l a i n f i e l d C h r i s t i a n Church P l a i n f i e l d

the

most cont r ibut ing church

t o the Dept. of Missions.

6 .

Ivan

Odor m i n i s t e r o f Markle

Church

o f C h r i s t

Markle

I n d . t h e

cond

most cont r ibut ing church t o the Dept. of

Missions.

These men

a r e

well acqu ainted w ith the

work

of the Department of

M

s i o n s and they meet once a y ea r b efo re the annual

t r u s t e e s

mee

od

E.C.C. in

order

t o

rece ive

complete r e p o r t s evaluate

the work

prove

the new budget

make recommendations and promote

the cause

o

C h r i s t through

th e

Department

o f Missions .

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NEWS FROM THE F I E L D .

Today I received the littjle package with five songbooks One Song .

was a

g r e a t

s u r p r i s e

f o r

me. We always welcome the songs of S i s t e r B

with

g r e a t

joy . The

chorus book

Heaven ly Sunshine i s so

v ery popu

among the young people in ^11 our churches and the new songbook wi

a ne w

su ess

Besides Sister

Dela

for wfiom the song

i s

like a lifegiving

stream

body

knows

a s

well

a s

you

do

what

a

new

song

means

for

our

people .

The new songs are

like newj fresh a i r for the

soul like a breath ne

sary for l i f e . The songs from One Song sung by our

youth

and our

c

w i l l

f u l f i l

our

hopes.

Last year as well a s

t h i s

year I was teaching

in

the Summer Camps

could witness what a song can do f o r

young

people.

t s

one o f th e g

t e s t

means

o f reaching s o u l s f o r

C h r i s t .

You

should have

s e e n t h e

y

men from the o u t s i d e with long h a i r

how in

M. 0 . or Sz. they jo

our

young people

i n

s inging

hymns

for

the

g lory of

God.

You

should

heard the

combined

groups o f two camps from Sz. and Sw. when two hu

young

people

sung

together:

The Lord

knows

the

way

through

the

wild

ness...

or

Boys and

girljs for Jesus

and many many

others.

Who

l i v e d through

one of t h o s e moments knows

what

a song

means.

Be

to

tell

Sister

Dela

that

l^hrough

her

efforts

and

work

her

name

is w

te n with golden l e t t e r s i n our h e a r t s . Remind

her

of 1

Cor.

15:58.

With

a l l

new

e d i t i o n s

p l e a s e

do

n o t f o r g e t

abou t u s .

A.P.

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