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Nogalesy Arizona

VOL. II-No. 3

MAY. 1950

WHY ISMEXICAN BIBLE

SEMINARY NEEDED?
By Harland Gary. Pres., Colegio
Biblico

We could answer this question by

asking oneWhy is it necessary to
have any Bible college in the United
States besides Ozork Bible College?
It is located almost in the center of

the United States. Or maybe this

question would help youWhy have
any church in Long Beach, Calif, be
sides the First Christian Church? It

has a beautiful building. It is loyal

to the Gospel. It is evangelistic.
With all the good we can say about
these worthy organizations, they
are not able to complete the task
alone. I am sure that we all wish

Mr. and Mrs

Macario Martinez

need to be in competition with any

SHEEP STEALERS?
A

reader wonders

that Long Beach had fifteen churches

First Church. Each one could
find plenty to do and would not
like

why we re

joiced so greatly when Bro. Mar

tinez led the small Pentecostal con

gregation in Cochibampo to make

its stand ior New Testament Chris

tianity. Are we just a sect stealing

members from another sect? In an

swer we quote from the writings

of the pioneer Restoration preacher,
Isaac Errett: "In this age of division
and distraction, we esteem it

our

especial duty to call Christians

from the confusions of the apostasy
to the order and harmony of the
primitive church; from human creeds
and philisophies to the Bible; from
party to Christ; from denominational
names and interests, to the symetry
and perfection of the Body of Christ;
from speculative theology, which
divides, to the faith and love of
Christ, which unite; from all that
tends to alienation and partyism, to
the units and unity which apostolic
teachings present. There is one Body
and one Spirit, even as ye are called

other. In about two minutes recol

lection I can count fifteen Bible col

leges in the U.S. which I consider

worthy efforts. Mexico is about onethird the size of the United States.

According to this ratio I should be

able, after a moment's thought, to
count five Mexican Bible colleges!
The second point is thisI be
lieve the economy of two small
schools is greater than that of one
large school. This year we have had
three students in Colegio Biblico
from

the

state

of Sonora in

West

ern Mexico. It has cost us and them

about seventy dollars apiece to get

them into school, while the ones
from the state of Coahuila (the state
closest to us) each cost about twen
ty dollars.
The third and most important
point is thiswe can recruit at least
one-third more boys for the ministry.
When you start talking to a boy,
who has never been over thirty miles
from the house where he was born,
about going fifteen hundred miles
from home for nine months and into

foreign

him.

If

country,

he knows

his

heart

foils

he will be close

enough that he can get home at

in one hope of your calling; one

Christmas' time,

Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one

valiant about going. Let us turn

on the light of the Gospel in Mexi
co by training all the preachers
possible.

God and Father of all, who is above

all, and through all, and in you oil.

he

is

much more

Mexican Bible Seminary News

Page 2

OWEN STILL VISITS M.B.S.

GENERAL REPORT
TRAVEL: The month of April was
spent in the Los Angeles area. Bro.
Martinez and the Bowlins presented
the needs of M.B.S. to 12 congrega
tions, 3 Women's Missionary Groups,
one youth rally and the Student
Body of Pacific Bible Seminary. 13
members

of

the

Hollenbeck

Hts

Mexican Mission in Los Angeles

each pledged $3.00 per month for
the purchase of supplies for Bro.
Martinez to use in the evangeliza
tion of the state of Sonora, Mexico.
We commend them for the mission

ary zeal. Can you afford to be less

zealous than a

mission church?

VISIT IN MEXICO: Ten days or

two weeks during the month of June

will be spent in Mexico by Bro. Bowlin. He will visit the congregations
in Cochibampo, Bacobampo, and
Hermosillo. A baptismal service in
the

waters

of the

Gulf

of

Lower

California is planned while he is

in Bacobampo.
INCORPORATION:

May. 1950

Incorporation

papers are in the hands of the school

attorney We hope to announce our
incorporation and the names of our
directors in the next issue of the
News.

Incorporation has been delayed

because of a lack of money to pay
the fees$27.00 to the State of
Arizona and approximately $40.00
for publication of the articles of in
corporation.

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News regularly, send us your name

Nogales, Arizona
March 13, 1950

To Christians everywhere:

Today I have been

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
plan to open Mexican
ary here this coming

visiting with
Bowlin, who
Bible Semin
September. I

am impressed with their consecra

tion coupled with their good judg

ment. I feel that they are prepared
to do the work which the Lord has
placed upon their hearts. To me

their plans for the training of Mexi

can nationals, who, after their train

ing, will carry the Gospel across

the border and throughout the wes
tern part of Mexico seems most sen

sible and possible. The Bowlins de

serve the support of churches and
individuals wishing to see our

neighbors to the south won to Jesus

Christ.

Yours in Christ,
OWEN STILL

LIVING LINK

To date only the following pledges

of living link for the Bowlin family
have been made: Beach St

Church

of Christ, Los Angeles, Calif., $10.00;

Beach St. Ladies Group, $10.00; Milburn Blvd., Mishawaka, Ind., Youth
Group, $7.00; Mrs. Mary E. Bowlin,
National City, Calif., $10.00TOTAL
$37.00 per month
Perhaps some of you have hesi
tated to make a pledge because you
cannot pledge the entire support

of a member of the Bowlin family.

Please do not wait any longer
pledge what you are able, individ
ually or as a group. We have drawn
only about $20.00 per week, inclu
ding living link, since our arrival in

Nogales. This amount barely paid

the grocery bill for our family of

and address. Our list is NOT iden

four. DON'T DELAYPLEDGE TO

tical with that of Colegio Biblico.

DAY!

The task of training Christian

workers is the responsibility of every
Christian in every congregation.
"How shall they hear without a
preacher? And how shall they preach
except they be sent?"The Gospel

FINANCIAL REPORTS
Space does not permit the publi
cation of detailed financial reports.
Duplicated monthly reports may be
obtained from the treasurer upon

Broadcaster.

written request..

Mexican Bible Seminary News

May, 1950

Page 3

Epifanio Gutierrez, Esther Martinez, Efren Flores

SONORA STUDENTS STUDY

AT COLEGIO BIBLICO
The youngo^l of the men from So
nera, Efren Flores, attended the fall
semester too, and during the Christ
mas vacation assisted Alejandro Ju
lian, a senior, with his student min

istry in Coahulla. The young lady

Esther Martirc-z, also in her second

term, is the eldest daughter of ihe

M B.S. evangelist. Even one year of
training will greatly increase her
usefulness in work with women and

children. The other young man, Ep

ifanio Gutierrez, is 23 years of age.

At

the

frisl

mention

of

M.B.S.

he

dedicated his life to Christ's service

and has never wavered. He is some

what handicapped by lack of for

mal education, but we are sure that,
though his progress may be slov/, it
will be steady. This summer these
students, along with Rebecca Mar
tinez, who had to return home, will

REPORT FROM THE FIELD

Bacobampo, Sonora, MexicoBap
tized believers, 10; interested adults

attending services regularly, 15;

children in Lord's Day Bible school,
18. Cochibampo, Sonora, Mexico
Baptized believers, 17 (9 from Pen-

tecostals); believers requesting bap

tism, 4; interested adults attending
services regularly, 33; children in

Lord's day Bible School, 28. Hermo-

sillo, Sonora, MexicoBaptised be

lievers, 12; believers requesting bap
tism, 4; interested adults attending
services

regularly, 8; children
Lord's Day Bible School, 18.

in

Bro. Martinez is attempting

to

minister to the needs of all three of

these congregations. His circuit is

560 miles by slow train, broken

down bus, supply truck, horse and
foot.
STILL NEEDED

assist Bro, Martinez. Next fall the.'.e

No response has been received to

"experienced students" will make

fine guides for freshmen students at

our request in the March issue for

M.B.S.

an adding machine, office desk and

The

expenses

of

these

students

are being met by Colegio Biblico

(Coiiliiturcl on piujc 4)

gifts of office equipment. If you own

chair, or filing cabinet which you
no longer need and would like to
put into the Lord's service, send it
to us, express or freight collect.

Mexican Bible Seminary News

Page 4

BOWLINS MAKE GIFT

OF LIVING LINK MONEY

LOANED TO M.B.S. IN 1949
The iinancial report in the January
195D issue oi

the

"News"

May, 1950

FINANCIAL REPORT
DECEMBER. 1949

Income

$238.16

Brought forward

carried

13.95
$252.11

the lollowing item under. Indebted

Disbursements

ness: "Cash Loans, $367.00." Of this

amount all but $35.00, or a total of
$332.00, was living link money re

Balance on Hand

$ 41.80

JANUARY. 1950
Income

$529.22

ceived by the Bowlins and loaned

to M.B.S. to help make the down
payment on the school car and for
travel expenses incurred while visit
ing the churches. In addition to this

gift of $332.00, the Bowlin family

also forgave the unpaid salary (after
living link stopped) in the amount
oi $74.00 for the months of October
and November, 1949 listed in the
same issue, and unpaid salary in the
amount of $50.03 for the month of
December, 1949.

Regular monthly payments are be

ing made upon the automobile con
tract, and it is hoped that the $35.00
borrowed

from

friend

and

the

210.31

Brought forward

41.80
$571.02

Disbursements
Balance on Hand

476.98
$ 94 04

FEBRUARY, 1950

Income

$343.00

Brought forward
Disbursements
Balance on Hand

94.04
$437.04
$352.37
$ 84.67

MARCH. 1950

Income

$453.82

Brought forward

84.67
$538.49

Disbursements
Balance on Hand

$40.00 still owed upon the trailer

APRIL, 1950

will soon be paid too

Income

$363.06
$175.43
$324.33

Brought forward
Disbursements
Balance on Hand

COGIVE

175.43
$499 82
361.11
$130.71

"We know that you can't evan

gelize

the world

with

dollars;

but neither can you GO without

them "Among Ourselves.
MAKE ALL CHECKS AND MON
EY ORDERS PAYABLE TO MEXI
CAN BIBLE SEMINARY.

MEXICAN BIBLE SEMINARY

P.

0. Box 1530

Negates, Arizona

POSTMASTER: If undeliverable FOR

ANY REASON, notify sender, stating
reason on Form 3547, postage for
which is guaranteed.

SONORA STUDENTS
(Coutinucd from [>:igc 3)
as their contribution to the success
of M B.S. Thank God for Christians
with a world-wide vision; one not
limited to "our" work.