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Ni c Qwemesha  in academic Barnabas Songo  L.) an d Simon Mtshayisa  R.) were ordained in a combined service at Umzumbe. We pray that Go d will guideand bless these me n as they continue to serve Hi m in their respectivecongregations.  Jhl mid U L lamp u lonufjli and d li^td onto nuf path. -- TidmA Itf:l05 mm g m Jlu mid u o i ^ ^ m j W mi J li jk ut o nu u k aFRicaN Republic of South Africa TORCH Port Shepstone Transkei tUmzumbe8/P e,/nsf // i;fe^ Cape Town East London* Number 1 First Quarter 1983 Volume 3 4 I N T H E BEGINNING b y Lynn Stanley p eo pl e who w er e o pp os ed o Mr. Solani fo r on e reason or another. I t might be added that part of this mayhave been due to h is continued effort to spread Christianity. During this time he came into contact with the Baptist Church, but details of this a re very vague. Some ofthe family thoughtit was not until after he ha d made a trip to America, while others thoughtitwas locally. I t is known that he wa s a good Bible student and very much interested in knowing more a n d in winning others toChrist. Milton said that th e thing h e remembered ofhis father wa s that h e wa s an outstanding ma n ofthe Gospel. In th e early 1920 s he decided he wanted to visit America a n d get more learning. It appears he was not helped by  whites . Africanfriends sold some of their cattle a n d gave him money, a n d with this h e made his way to Durban, secured passage an d travelled to America. H is desire wa s both fo r secular a n d Christian training. Milton thought his father wa s in America twice, a n d came back as a minister with the Church of Christ after th e second time. Among his early students in this area were John Zobolo a n d BenSongo, both early ministersknown by present missionaries. He taught them to read, a n d also taught them about Jesus Christ. John Zobolo evidently w a s a minister working withhim in theearly 1920 8. H e left with some dissidents into the African Native Church, b u t became dissatisfied with them a n d returnedto work with Mr. Solani. John Zobolo ministered a ll h is life i n th e Gcilima area, a n d h is son,Enock, w a s trained in th e work a n d already continued o n page 3 The early history of the Church of Christ work i n South Africa h a s been a b it vague, because records were not always kept a n d much ofthe earliest work wa s done by Africans who h a d little education by western standards. Thiswas especially trueof th e work in th e eastern part of th e country. We knew that there w a s a strictly indigenous work a t Kentani. Work in theFlagstaffarea wa s started by men working in the mines in Kimberley whentheyreturned home. T h e work in th e Port Shepstone area just seemed to have happened a n d no one could say how. A month ago wewere invited to attend a  MarkerUnveiling fo r a very early leader, FuniseloSolani. We knew o f t h e Solani family a s there was a n elder y that name in on e of t he churches, a n d another h a d been a ministerduring th e earlyyearsofthe present missionaries. On New Year s Da y about 400 people gathered fo r th e service t t h e home of Mr. Milton Solani, elder ofthe Gcilima Church. We have since gathered th e following information: Funiselo Solani w a s born near Idutywa, on th e 25th of December, 1836. All that is knownofhisearly life is that h e h ad at least o n e brother a n d on e sister, a n d they received some schooling a t a mission Hegrew up a s a heathen, later becoming a teacher an d a member o f t h e PresbyterianChurch,where he served a s a leader. About 1880 he married h i s first wife, Sarah, and they h a d 4 sons a n d 2 daughters al l of whom grew up . M i l to n was the last of these children a n d th e only one living today. to th e family he was born in 1906, a n d his mother died in 1913. Funiselo married a second time, a n d they h ad one more child, bu t both mother a n d child had died by 1918, possibly from th e flu which was epidemic during the war. Th e family moved from the Idutywa area to then Flagstaff a n d finally to Bizana. All this w a s doneon foot. Mr . Solani taught fo r a while in th e Bizana area. Again according to th e family Bible, hi s motherpassedaway late in 1918, which musthave made h er almost 100 years of age. S he ha d evidentlybeen a part ofthegroup wh o ha d walked t h e 3 0 0 or more miles covered during th e last decade ofher life. Funiselo married a third a n d h a d two more children,one o f whomis still living a n d attended the feast on New Year s Day. M r. Solani left the Bizana area a n d settled near the Gcilima church where his son still lives. There heopened a school which was really only a n attempt to teach th e children to read a n d write. I t was s ai d that about 10 0 children, mostly boys, started studying b u t soon thenumber dropped a n d only a small group kept it up . I t w a s no t long before itwas noted that th e boys could read th e pricesonarticles in th e local trading stores, a n d this brought th e disapproval of t h e store owners. There were quite a number of th e local This gravestone was unveiled a t th e m e m o r ia l service which was held on New Year s Day BWPiiPIPy Funiselo Solani preached first B|lhiip|||y at different places in theTrans- ke i a ro u nd the t ur n of t he c en tury . Duringatripto the St ates HllilBiW he cam e In contact with th e Ne w Testament position an d on returning to South Africa became an active evangelist in th e Gcilima area. Wherever h e went h e established a school to teach reading an d writing.

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Nic Qwemesha   in academic gown),

Barnabas

Songo   L.)

and

Simon Mtshayisa   R.) were

ordained

in a

combined

service at

Umzumbe . W e

pray that

God will

guideand

bless these men as they continue

to serve Him in their respective congregations.

  Jhl midU L lamp u lonufjli andd

li^td onto

nuf

path. -- TidmA Itf:l05

m m g m Jlu mid u o i

^ ^

mj

WmiJ

li jk

ut o nu u k

a FR i c aN

Republic of

Sou t h Afr i ca

TORCH

Port

Shepstone

Transkei tUmzumbe8/P e,/nsf//i;fe

Cape

Town

Eas t London*

Numb e r 1

Fi r s t Quar ter 1983 Vo l um e 3 4

IN THE BEGINNING

by Lynn Stanley

people who were opposed to Mr.

Solani

for one

reason or

another. It

might be

added

that part

of

this

may have been

due to his continued effor t to spread

Christianity. During this time he came

into con tact w it h t he Baptist Church,

bu t details

of

this are very

vague.

Some

o f the

family

thought it

was

not unti l

after

he had

made a

trip

to

America,

while others thought i t was locally. It

is known

that

he was a good

Bible

s tudent and very much interested in

knowing

more and in

winning

others

t o Chri st . Mil ton said that th e

thing

he

remembered

o f h is

father

was

tha t he

was an

outstanding

man ofthe

Gospel.

In

th e

early 1920 s he decided he

wanted to

visit Amer ica and

ge t more

learning.

It

appears he was not helped

by

 whites . African friends

sold

some

o f t he ir c at tl e

and

gav e h im money,

and with

this

he made his way to

Durban, secured passage

and

travelled

t o Amer ic a. His desire

was

both fo r

secular and Christian training.

Milton

thought h is fath er

was

in America

twice, and

came

back

as a minister

with the Church of Christ

after

th e

second

t ime.

Among h is e arly s tud en ts in

this

area

were John

Zobolo and BenSongo ,

both early ministers known by present

missionaries. He taught them

to

read,

and also taught

them about Jesus

Christ. John Zobolo evidently was a

minister working with him in the early

1920 8. He

left

w it h s om e d is si de nt s

in to th e

African

Native

Church,

but

became d is s at is fi ed

w ith th em and

r e turned to

work with Mr.

Solani.

John

Zobolo

ministered

all his

life in th e

Gcilima

area,

and his son, Enock ,

was

trained in th e work and

already

continued

on

page

3

The ear ly history of the Church of

Christ work in

South Africa has been

a

bit

vague,

because

records were

no t

a lways kept

and much

o f th e

earliest

work

was don e by Africans who had

little

education

by

western

standards.

Thi s was

especially

t rue o f th e

work in

th e eastern

part

of th e

country.

We

knew

that there

was

a strictly

indigenous work at

Kentani.

Work in

the Flags ta f fa rea was started

by

men

working in

th e m in es

in Kimberley

when they returned

home.

The

work

in

th e

Port

Shepstone area

just seemed

to

have

happened

and no one could sa y

how. A month ago

we were

invited to

attend a  MarkerUnveiling fo r a very

early leader, FuniseloSolani.

We

knew

of

the

Solani family

as

t he re wa s an

elder by that name in one

of

the

churches, and another

had

been

a

minis ter during

th e

e ar ly y ea rs o f t he

present missi onar ie s. On New Year s

Day

about

400 people

gathered

for

th e

service a t

the

home of Mr. Mil ton

Solani, elder

of the

Gcilima

Church.

W e

have since gathered th e following

i n f o rma t i on :

Funise lo

Solan i

w as born

ne a r

I du tywa, o n

th e

25th

of

December,

1836. All

that

is

known ofh is ea rly

life

is

t h a t

he

h ad a t

leas t

one

bro the r

and

on e sister, and

they

received some

schooling a t

a

mission school. He grew

up

as a hea then , l at er

becoming

a

t e a che r

an d a membe r

o f th e

Presbyter ian Church, where

he served

a s

a

l eader . Abou t

1880

he ma r r ie d h is

first

wife, Sar ah , a nd

they

had

4 sons

and

2

daughters

al l of

whom

grew

up .

Mil to n w as the

la s t o f t he se

children

and th e only one

living

today.

According

to th e family

Bible

he was

born

in 1906, and h is mothe r

died

in

1913 .

Funiselo

married

a

second time,

and

they had

one

more child, bu t both

mother

and child had died by 1918,

possibly from th e

flu

which was

epidemic during the war. The family

moved from the Idutywa area

to

Lusikisiki, t hen F lagst a ff and

finally

to

Bizana.

All

th is

was d on e o n foot.

Mr.

Solani taught

for

a

while in

th e

Bizana

area.

Again according

to

th e

family Bible, hi s

mother passed away

late in

1918,

which musthave

made

her

almost 100 years of

age.

She

ha d

evidently been

a part

ofthe group who

had walked th e 300

or more

miles

covered during

th e

last decade o f he r

life.

Funise lo married a

third

wife

and

had tw o

more

chi ldren, one of whom i s

still

living

and a tt ended t he f east

on

New Yea r s Day .

Mr.

Solan i left t he B iz an a a re a

and

sett led n e ar t he Gci l ima

church

where

h is s on

still lives.

There

he opened

a

school

which

w as really

only

an

attempt

to

teach th e children

to read

and write. I t w as s ai d t h a t

abou t

10 0

children,

mostly boys, started studying

but

soon the number dropped

and

only

a

sma ll g roup

kept it up. It was

no t

long before i t w as noted that th e

boys

could read th e prices on art ic les in th e

local

trading

stores,

and this brought

th e

disapproval of the store owners.

There

were

quite a number of

th e local

This gravestone was unvei le d

a t th e memo r ia l s e rv i c e

which

was held on New Year s Day BWPiiPIPy

Funiselo Solani preached first

B|lhiip|||y

at

different

places in

theTrans-

ke i

a ro u nd t h e t ur n o f t he c en

tury. Duringa tripto the States

Hll i lBiW

he cam e

In

co n t a c t with th e

New Testament

position an d

on r et urning to South Africa

became

an active evangelist in

th e Gci l ima a r ea .

Whereve r

he

wen t

he

es tab l i s hed

a s choo l

to

t each read ing an d writing.

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UPINGTON

YOUTH CAMP

The number of campers dropped from about 40 in 1981 to 30 this year. That was

disappointing but the interest inciasses was good and considerabiy more effort was put

into memorizing

Scripture this year.

We

were

also encouraged to iearn

that

two of the

campers

came from a

congregation

on an

outlying

farm.

These are

the first campers

that

we

have had

who

were

not from the

urban

congregations of Upington.

Ever since

th e

f irs t youth

camp

was

planned

for

Upington,

December

has

been

a

busy

month

fo r

me.

Umzumbe

Bible Ins t i tute closes

a t th e

end o f

November

and so

there are alw ays

some loose ends

to

be wrapped up . This

year there was the usual end-of-year

banquet, th e

graduation

ceremony as

well

a s

a n o rd i n a t i o n se rv ice

for 3

minis ters s

soon

a s

these

act ivi t ies

were

over I

had

to pack up for the long

journey

to

Upington.  Upington

is

about 1000

miles

from

Umzumbe.)

I

left on

Thursday,

2nd

December,

with

George

Jaxa as a passenger. I

like

to have

George accompany me as he

stays awake

and

converses. Many

Africans will

fall asleep as soon as

th e

vehicle starts moving.

George, who

is

from

Upington,

is a former student

of

Um z u m b e

Bible

I ns ti tu te H e is

presently completing

high

school,

and

he has given

valuable

help a t

theyouth

camp

each

year.

On

Friday

morning

we

stopped in

Kimberley

to v is it Abraham Louw, a

minis ter to

Coloureds  people

of

mixed

race) an d

a rr ived in Upington Friday

George

an d on e of th e o ld er c amper s t ak e th e

buckets

to th e river

to get water .

Carrying

water

wa s

necessary

fo r th e kitchen

a nd t he

flush-toilets,

but

It

wa s

never popular. We hope

that

nextyear

th e

water

system Is operational.

night. The

l ong jou rney had been

made

easier by th e fact that part of th e

time

it

was cloudy and cool. Usually

Upington

is

very

hot

an d dr y

in

December .

Since we

were

no t able

to

use th e

campsite that we

had

used in

1981

we

spent

S at ur da y try in g to make

arrangements

fo r

a

new camps it e.

Several people said that a

campsite

was available; th e problem was t o find

out

who was

in charge

of i t a nd

where

i t

was located. Eventually we go t hold of

the r igh t person.

The

campsite was on

an i sl an d i n t he O ra ng e River an d

we

were

given permiss ion to use it . There

was, however,

one d rawback

  the

w at er sy stem was not

working

so the

campers would have to carry water

from

the river. They

had undergone

hardships

the

p re vi ou s y ea r, s o this

new problem d id not

deter

us.

Bill

Weber,

a missionary

from

Johannesburg,

ar rived w ith h is son,

Donovan, and Reub en M ich ae ls o n

Saturday

about

noon. Thatmeant that

all o f th e te ac hi ng

s ta ff h ad

arrived.

The local churches are

responsible

fo r

providing cooks and

equipment

fo r the

c a m p

Sunday found

Bill,

Reuben

an d

me

preaching fo r both th e African and

Coloured

congregations. All

of the

people were invited

to

come

to the camp

on Wednesday evening for a

special

service T i me

w as

also

t a k e n to

r en ew

acquaintances

from

th e previous year.

Monday

was

taken

up with

final

preparations fo r th e camp. The site

on

the island called  Hongerhoogte

hungry

heights)

had

more than

adequate buildings

for

th e

camp,

bu t

all o f th e

to i le ts were flush

types

so

the

lack

of water

promised

to

be a

significant problem. Thick layers o

dust and san d

h ad

accumula ted i

every

building,

so we decided to mak

th e first c amp a ct iv ity a cleanin

operation.

On Tuesday morn ing th e bus picke

up campers an d equipment first

in

Pabal le lo a nd th en i n Louisvale.

T h e r

ii,.

Michael taught

hi s

classes in

Afrikaans

which

mo

of

th e

campers understood, bu t George translate

in to Xhosa for those

wh o

were

no t

fluent

Afrikaans. Since

the campsite

had no chairs,

th

campers

s at o n th e floor during th e

classes

as we

as

f ree t ime ,

b ut t ha t

di d

not

seem to

bothe r them

w as

lo t s o f

noise

a n d

ex c i t emen t

a s th

bu s covered th e 30 miles to th

campsite.

The bus

s lowed down

as

i

crossed

th e

r iv e r o n to

th e

f i r s t

i s l an d

T h e

r oa d w a s n ar ro w

a n d

i t

w o u n d i t

way through

vineyards,

along besid

irrigation

ditches, over ridges, pas

fields of alfalfa,

cotton,

wheat

an

lentils.

Five

slow,

bumpy

miles later

w ith th ree islan ds behind, the bu

crossed

a

s m al l b rid ge

on to

Hongerhoogte an d

t he camps it e c am

in to

v iew

After unloading the

bus,

everyon

se t

t o work c lean ing. By th e time

lunc

 sandwiches) was ready, the camps it

was c le an

an d

the campers

had

mad

several

trips down to

th e river

to ge

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TheSouth

African TORCH

 01-820) is a

publication

ofthe

South AfricanChurch of

Christ Mission, an d is published four times

each

year in

February,

May, August and

November by Mission Services Associa

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Box 2427,

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TN

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Fi r s t

Quar ter 1983

V o lu m e 3 4

N u m b e r 1

Home

again Where is the home fo r

th e missionary, but t he

place

where he

works. What a

great blessing i t was

to

be able to visit

with

our f am ily

an d

f r iends

in Amer ica We

returned

refreshed

W h a t

a

warm

welcome we received

on

o ur re tu rn

to

Sou th

Africa.

T he

brethren an d

fr ie nd s a ll t ol d

us

how

happy they

were

to see us

again.

We

go t a windy

welcome

at Durban as the

wind was almost

blowing hard

enough

to t a ke

us off

o ur feet .

I k n e w w h e n w e

lef t

t h a t th e V W

bu s

was not running the

best,

but

thought

i t j us t

needed

th e

carburetors reset.

It

turn ed o ut

that

th e

problem

was a

burned valve. How grateful we were

that we had

b ee n p romi se d a

new

engine from a 1982 bus. That motor

was waiti ng

fo r

us and

it was

soon

f i t ted

T ow ard th e

e nd

of N ove mbe r we

enjoyed the programs associated with

t he e nd o f

th e school year

at Umzumhe

Bib le Ins t i tu t e T h e f ir st w e ek e nd

in

December

Lynn and

Lucille Stanley,

Nic

and Gertie

Qwemesha,

Vernita

and I went to

Johannesburg

to

visit the

church

at

Natalspruit and

with

Robert

Mills

and

family.

On Sunday morning

J a m e s M a ba so w a s

o r d a i n e d H e an d

hi s

family have now moved

from

Natalspruit to

Nelspruit,

near

th e

Kruger Natio na l P ark . He has

purchased

a

home ther e

and

Simon

Mtshayisa of Barberton has arranged

fo r

h im to mini s t e r to t h e c h u rc h there

Pray for

th e

work in Johannesburg,

t ha t

a n o t h e r

m a n

c a n

b e found

to

minis te r there

December

13-17,

we were

in

Umta ta

with Alice Fishback in

th e

special time

ofstudy and fellowship that

she

has

in

December J o h n

K e r n a n

o f E a s t

London, Hubert Leve of Middelburg,

Cape

and

Columbus

Ncanazo of

Flagstaff, Transkei

were

also present

t o hel p w it h th e

program.

Vernita had

a

class fo r the women each day.

Christmas

a lways brings

to

us

that

t ime

w h e n we s h a r e w i th o t he rs in th e

jo y

of

giving.

Each year th e

missionaries join together to provide

candy fo r th e Sunday Schools of this

area.

Most

o f t he p ro gr am that they

have

c on si st s o f s in gi ng ,

but it is

w on derfu l to s ee the little

ones t ake

part .

I n J an ua ry

I will take cement to a

church

in th e Transkei

so

tha t they can

s tar t building. They have had th e site

fo r

a

long

time, and have

some money

on hand; now

we

want to

start

the

work so

they

will keep

on.

At

th e

end

of

January and

beginning of

February I

have planned a

l onge r t ri p

that will

take me

to Knysna,

Graaff

Reinet

and

T a r ka s t a d I h a v e

n e ve r v is it ed

th e

Knysna work before. They are

planning to have Conference in 1983.

The

Tarkas tad

bre thren have asked

me severa l

t ime s

t o c ome

a n d

see

t he m

They a re a very act ive group of people

and

I

look forward to being wi th them

again.

In

March

i t

is likely that we shall be

in

Postmasburg

fo r Ministers Week

a n d

for th e ded ica t ion

o f th e

c h u r c h

there.

In

April the b reth ren from

this

area

a re hoping to

take

buses

and go to

M t u b a t u b a a n d to s h a r e th e E a s t e r

W e e k en d s e r v i c e s w it h t h e m

M t u b a t u b a i s

150

miles n o r th o f

D ur ba n

M t u b a t u b a

shou ld

h a v e t h ei r

church house

f in ished by

that time.

Pray fo r us as we lo ok for another

tent. T he on e we have leaks bad ly

if it

ra in s a nd

it

tears

so easily

any

more

that

it

must be repaired after eachtime

t h a t i t is used

F o r m 3 5 7 9 r e qu e st ed

PO Box

2427 ,

Knoxvil le ,

TN

37901.

iLr

Alvin

Nicho lson

o f f ic i a t ed a t t h e o r d in a ti o n

serv ice

for Brothers Qwemesha, Songo

and

Mtshayisa at

Umzumbe

andthen

In Natalspruit he led againwhen

James Mabaso was or da ined Here J a m e s l istens as

th e charge to t he candidate is

read.

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 How are things going at

home?

When th e

mis si on ar ie s a re away, t he y keep in touch by

phone. N ot

al l phones

in

South Africa ar e

dial

phones.

Numbe r 2

Republic of

Sou t h

Afr ica

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Transkei

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•Cape

Town

E a st L o nd o n

Second

Quarter,

1983

Volume 34

SEMINAR AT MIDDELBURG ,

CAPE

by

Lynn S ta nl ey

For a l ong t ime we have

considered

th e

possibilities of holding

seminars in

churches

outside

of

Umzumbe. We, at

Umzumbe, are aw ay from t he maj or

cen t e r s

a n d i t

i s d if fi cu lt

fo r men

actively engaged in th e

ministry

and in

making

a

living

to leave

their

homes,

churches and

places

of

employment.

We held

one

encouraging

seminar

at

th e school, but

were unable to ge t

another organized, so we considered

th e possibility

of t aking the

seminar to

th e churches O f the two

churches

considered for

this first

effort ,

Kimberley

and Middelburg in th e

Cape,

we chose

Middelburg. That

congregation has

some

of

th e

bes t l ay

leadership

of

any

of

our churches.

A trip down to

Middelburg

 550

miles)

to organize

the

school

was

impractical, and we

could

g et l itt le

i n fo rma t i on f rom th e m in is te r a bo ut

th e a rra ng emen ts ,

but

we were

promised that

there

would be

enough

men

present

for a good class.

Bob M il ls owns

a

pop-up camper

in

whi ch h e

displays t racts an d books he has

printed.

Many

Africans were able

to

purchase some

of

them at

Middelburg during

th e seminar .

A

good

group of men a tt ended th e s em in ar a t

Middelburg,

Cape. They came from

Middelburg

and

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

th e

area

Bro. Qwemesha and

I

spent one

night

on th e way down with f ri ends at

Queenstown. The ne xt morning we

stopped

to talk with

th e

minister

at

Cradock,

then on to

Middelburg where

we were

most

pleasantly surprised to

find about

45

people gathered at

th e

church.

Each

of us taught a class

Saturday

afternoon

and anot he r i n t he

evening, and

our

seminar

was

underway.

On

Monday

Robert

Mills

from

Johannesburg

joined

us .

We continued

classes through th e

week

with the

church

at Middelburg, and two

evenings

visited the outs ta t ion

congrega t ion a t N ouport and

Rossmead.

We were p leased wi th the

response from

these groups, who

showed a real

i n te res t in the

program.

When

th e week

was over,

th e

teachers were agreed that i t was th e

most

effective t eaching program

held

in recent years and wondered if we

might be able to duplicate it in other

places. Mr .

Mills

returned to his home,

and

Mr.

Qwemesha and

I

went to

Hofmyer

for

Sunday services.

We

had

160 people present in a large room

made

of

co rruga te d iron w ith

little

ventilation, and th e d ay was hot We

were given a very warm welcome. We

l ef t for

home mos t p leased

that

we had

been

able

to meet

with

so many

o f

the

chu r ch leade r s in

t h a t

area One

elder who

spoke to u s

afterward

said

i

was

as

much teaching

as

they

normally

receive

in

a

year.

Three

churches

requested

that

we hold

semina r s in t h e i r a r ea s in th e

ne a r

future, and

we ar e

looking

forward to

going back

to them

next

year.

More

immediate

p lans a re

fo r a

semina r i n

th e

Barbe rt on chu rch, which i s

in the

no rt he rn T r a n sv a a l

Province. Tha

w ill be abou t 550

miles

n or th o f us

This also

is a

good strong

church.

The

planned dates fo r that meeting

are

over

Ascens ion week-end .

When

th e side curta ins a re rolled up, th e

men

can

browse

an d

choose

what

they

want

from

th e

attractive display.

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M in i s t e r s Week w as he ld a t

Postmasburg

from

t he 9 th

through

th e

11th o f March .

T h e n

the Dedicat ion o f

the Postmasburg c hu rc h was held

on

th e

12th .

T h e m i n is te r

is B en

Moroe .

There were 23 A f r ic an mi n i s te r s

a n d

s ix m issiona ries g at he re d

fo r this

meeting. W ednesday afternoon, a

general discussion was

le d

by Alvin

Nicholson

fo r

those

n o t i n a commit tee

mee t i ng . Thu r sd ay

m or n i ng ,

Wiseman

Pepeta

led in a

s tu dy o f t he

Holy

Spirit

and Alv in N ic ho lso n on

Qualifications fo r Leaders.

Friday

morning , Michael Stanley

le d

a study

on

the Lord s Supper

and Alvin

Nicholson

r ev iewed wi th th e min i s t e r s

Brian

Giese s

 A

Report

Card for the

Preache r f rom th e

S t a n d a r d .

Wednesday

night, al l

t he v is ito rs

were welcomed to

Pos tmasbu rg . T he

speaker fo r the first evening was

Bill

Weber of Johannesburg. Alvin

Nichol son spoke on Thursday

night

and for

the Dedication

on

Saturday.

Michael

Stanley

spoke on

Friday night

and

Lynn S tanl ey

on

Sunday.

T h e C o nf er en ce C o m m it te e

m e t on

Wednesday afternoon

an d

Thursday

morning.

The Annual

Conference

fo r

th e

churches has been set fo r early in

September at

Knysna

where

Elijah

Gont sana

is the

minister .

T he

Afr ican

ministers

had

their m eetings on

Thur sday and Friday afternoons.

The Postmasburg church

has erected

a f ine bui ld ing .

Their

attendance

at

th e

evening mee ti ng s was

very

good

and the building would hardly hold th e

people that

a tt ended the

s ervi ce on

Sa tu rd ay and on Sunday

morn ing the

bui ld in g was wel l f il led. I suppose

t he re w a s

neve r

a t im e w h en

s om e o n e

was

preaching

that

there

was

not

some

shift in th e congregation: either

places being

made

for people to si t

or

children being

moved

about so the

older

people could have th e chai rs and

benches .

T he Dedicat ion

serv ices

began

at

1 on Saturday morning with

the ma rch ing a round the building an d

then the

opening

of the door. The

Postmasburg

congregation

has

tw o

outstanding

singing groups who

sang

M I N I S T E R S

W E E K

Ministers

Ciime to Postmasburg f rom al l parts of

South

Africa to

participate in Ministers Week.

With the help of two interpreters, Bill Weber

brought

a

message

a

Postmasburg.

Th e missionaries

an d

some of

th e

ministers gathered by Bitb Mil ls

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POSTMASBURG,

CAPE

Fostmasburg

recently

completed

their

new

church build ing which

wa s de d ic a te d

a f t e r

Minis te rs Week i n Ma rc h

At the

opening

ses sion of Ministers Week on Wednesday evening, a

local dignitary welcomed the people who were

visiting

Fostmasburg.

Michael Stanley an d four

former

Umzumbe Bible Institute students

presented

a play to

teach

a

lesson

about

t he Lord s

Supper.

by Alvin

Nicholson

s ev era l tim es I t w as well in to

afternoon when al l th e speeches were

completed and

they began to collect the

money in

their

usual way.

They

received

R368.27

or  342.50.

They

have

built a baptistry in the church and used

it on Sa tu rday n ight

fo r

a baptism

Even

though

they

had an

al l

nigh

service, many

of the

people were

marching around the church

on

Sunday p reaching

and

s ing ing a ft e

t he morn ing service. The

church

only

had

room to serve a dozen to f if teen

people

a t

a t ime, so we

got to

eat f i rs t in

order that

we

might go on

to

Kimberley. The local people had to

ea

l a ter

Many

felt that this had been a very

good week. A ll th e

time had been

wel

filled and

there was good

participation

in

a ll class

sess ions

T he church

catered for

th e

g roup i n a

very

good

way and still kept

th e

expenses

down.

Many

of

th e

problems

that have

plagued the churches for

th e

past few

years were no t present.

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S o u t h A f r i c a n T O R C H

Published

quarterly

for

the

following:

M I S S I O N A R I E S

a n d t h e i r

FORWARDING A G E N T S

ORDINATION -

XOPOZO, TRANSKEI

t

Wiseman

Pepeta

a lso in terpre ted

when

Michael

Stanley led

the communion

service.

Mr .

 

Mrs. Alvin Nicholson

and

family

P.O . B ox 2 19

Port Shepstone

4240

Rep.

of SOUTH AFRICA

Forwarding

Af> mt

Mrs.

R i c h a r d

H a n s o n

16642 Gannon Ave.,

W.

Rosemount . Minnesota 55068

Dur ing t he

service

at Xopozo, Transkei, Nic

Qwemesha

led singing before

Lynn

Stanley

preached with

Wiseman Pepeta

interpreting.

Mr .

 

Mrs. Lynn

Stanley

and family

P.O.

B ox 2 19

Port Shepstone

4240 Rep . of SOUTH AFRICA

Forwarding

Agent

Mrs. Sybi l Evans

Box 181

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Joseph, Illinois

61873

Mr.

 

Mrs.

Michael Stanley

and

family

P.O. Box

13

U m z u m b e

4225 Rep .

of SOUTH AFRICA

Forwarding

Agent

Mr . a n d

Mrs.

R i c h a r d

E c k m a n

Route 2

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55353

The

South Afr ican TORCH  501-820

is a

publication

ofthe

South Afr ican Church

of

ChristMission, an d is published fourtimes

each year in

February,

May, August, an d

November by

Mission

Services Associa

tion,

7525 Hodges Ferry Road,

Knoxville,

TN 37920.

Second-class postage paid

at

Knoxville,

TN 37901.

POSTMASTER:

Send

address changes

to

South

African

TORCH,

c/o Mission

ServicesAssociation,

PO

Box 2427, Knoxville, TN 37901.

Second

Quar ter , 1983

N u m b e r 2

Ready for

th e

first

da y of

. school - 1983.

D i n a

is

no w

i n 5 t h

grade , Diane is in 3rd

g r ade and

Dawn has

started

1s t grade .

T he e l d e rs o f t h e

c h u r c h e s

w hi ch B ro th er

C o l um b u s N c a n az o

s e r v e s l a i d t h e i r

h a n d s o n

hi m

a t t h e O r d i na t io n Serv ice .

Brother Qwemesha

l o ok s on a s Broth

e r N c a n a z o s

ordi

n a t i o n

c e r t i f i c a t e

is signed by one

o f

th e e l d e r s .

i Brotherand Sister

a

N ca n az o p o s e

^

near

the

church

  after t he o rd in a-

t

tion serv ice .

F o rm 3 5 79 r eq u es te d PO

Box 2427 , Knoxv il l e, TN 37901.

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Ik •

O n e n f t he children

a t

t h e P o n d ol a n d c a m p in th e

Transke i w an a lmos t

as much

a t h om e o n

his

h a n d s as h e w a s on hi s feet. He r e

hedemonstrates

hi s

skill

fo r an

older

m an l and

th e

camera .

N u m b e r

3

O N T H E R O A D

WITH A L V I N

b y

A l vi n N i ch o ls o n

South

A f ri c a i s

no t

a bi g countr y like

Ame ri c a

b ut

still

d is ta n ce s a re

g r e a t

enough to

really count

up if on e

travels

often. I h a v e t r a ve l e d mo r e t han

16,000

miles since the

beginning of December

last y ea r. M y t ra ve ls have

taken

m e a s

far

as C apetown

visiting

m a n y a r e a s

in be tween

T h e

trip

t h a t

would take

me a s

fa r

a s

Capetown

was

begun a t

th e

en d

of

May. I t s t a r te d o ut w i th a few troubles

t h a t were easily fixed. Wh e n

I started

up

from

a

s t o p s i g n

aboutOO

mi l es fro m

home, I heard t ro ub le . W h en I went to

fi x

it ,

I found tha t a bolt h ad been b e n t

a n d needed to be c ut o f f to make

repair.

When I took off m y work

clothes

an d

put them back in the car, I

locked my

keys in . T hen as I walked

around

th e

c a r

I

found t h a t

I had a

f la t

t i r e .

A ll

w a s

n ot

b a d , however,

f or c lo se

a t

hand

wa s

a

motel, r e st a ur a nt a nd g a s

s ta ti on . W he n I a rri v e d there, I found

the owners

repairing

some

c h ai r s b u t

t h e y

soon

took me b a ck w i th wire a n d a

hacksaw.

T hey soon h ad t he ca r open,

th e tire c ha ng ed , w hi le I

made

th e

repair.

T he y t he n s en t

me to

a

tire

sh o p

to have m y tire

fixed.

I

found t h a t

I

k ne w t he

m an w el l f or

he

had worked

in P ort Shepstone. After giving

directions

fo r

th e re pair of

th e tire

wh i c h

h ad

been p u n c tu r e d b y a piece of

c ru sh e d rock, h e in vite d m e to h a v e a

c up

o f

te a

with him.

Tha t

n igh t I

had

su p p e r w ith

L awr ence

Malafu, minister

in

th e

Queens town

area,

a t

his home

in

Ezibeleni. I spent

t h a t

night in the

local t o u ri s t p a r k.

T he n e xt

mo rn i n g , I

stopped

by th e h o me

o f

R o b e rt

Geldenhuys

a t

Cradock

a n d

we talked

fo r a

bit. H e h a d

jus t re t u rn e d

from

a

visi t

to

Po r t El izabeth

I

w en t on

to

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Reinet

wher e Ma a r t Joseph

and

I ha d a meeting a t about noon t h a t day.

T h at n ig ht I h ac i pp or tu ni ty to teach

and answ er qu . stions fo r

several

leaders in the church. Sa tur da y

mor ning, I

drove

acr os s a

very

dry

area

o f

t he K ar ro o

and

wen t

to

th e

t own o f

B e a u fo rt

West. T he y h ad a sk ed m e

to

visit

them

some time

ag o

since

they

h av e n o t h ad a min i s t e r fo r more t h an

a year.

T hey h a d

invited

Gonts a na

to

vis i t th em the mon th before

and

he

made

arrangements fo r

this trip.

Wh ile

waiting fo r so me o n e to

co me

a n d

Campers at Mqanduli an d th e western

Transkei

p o se f or

th e

camera on

th e

lee side of a huildinp.

J o h n Lahatala.

their

minister, is on t h e r ip h t h a n d

side, in

th e

back rote. A constant

feature

of ihi.s

camp

is a

bitterly

cold

wind

which

blew

2-i

hours

a

day.

s ho w m e the w ay to this meeting

place,

I stood before th e Du t c h

R ef o r med

ch urch , w here th e

fa th er of

Dr .

C hr is

B a rn ar d, t he

h e a r t

doctor, h a d

o nc e b ee n minis ter No o ne c am e fo r

me

a t

th e

a p po in t ed t im e

but

I found

someone to help

me .

Th e

p eo pl e f ro m

Victoria West

an d

N elsp oo rt a lso

joined

Beaufort

West fo r th e

weekend.

We

h a d

a long class on Sa tur da y

a ft e rn o o n

a nd p re ac hi ng tha t

night.

S u n d a y mor ning, we h ad

preaching

and t h a t

af ternoon

ano the r

class

M o n d a y m o r n i ng ,

BrotherGontsana

and I d rove sou th so I

could

t ake

h im to

George to

catch

a

bu s

home to

Knysna.

O n the w ay we

h a d

to drive slowly,

while passing a large

num ber of

ostriches

tha t

were

be in g driven

V o l u m e

3 4

down

th e

road. Their long striding w a s

fun to w atch. A fter

l e av i ng B r ot h er

G o n t s a n a

a t th e bu s

s tation, I m a d e fo r

th e A 1 Z i m m e r m a n

h o m e

 t

Kraaifontein in C apetown. I carried

with me

a

fe w

pieces

o f

fu rn i t u re fo r a

widow woman,

who

h a s

retired

to

C a p e t o w n

to

live

w i t h

a

s o n .

T uesday w as a holiday so one o f th e

churches

h a d a s k e d

 rother

Z imme rma n

i f I

cou ld

me e t w i th

them

t h a t afternoon. Thur s da y night, I

spoke fo r

a

class that

A1

teaches.

I e n j o y e d

th is

t i m e w i t h the

Z immermans a s we usually see

each

other

only

about

twice a

year

a n d

then i t i s

usually a t meetings

where we

do

n ot a lw a ys h av e m uc h

time

to

visit.

Fri d a y , I m a d e m y

w a y

back to

G eor ge s o

I

di d

no t have

to

hur r y.

A s

s oon

a s

I ar r iv ed a t th e e l de r s h o m e

on

S aturday,

p eo pl e w er e

c om in g to

visit and bu y books.

We h a d

a class on

S aturday afternoon an d

early

S u n d a y

morning,

preaching

Sa tur da y a n d

Sunda y

morning.

M an y o f th e

people

here were o ri gin all y m em be rs

a t

M i d de l b ur g , C a p e.

S u n d a y

a ft e rn o o n ,

I t o o k

Bro the r

Gon t s a n a

back

to

K y ns na , t h en

to

t h e h o sp it a l to

bring

his

wife a n d

their

ne w

baby bo y to their

home. I also

took

t h a t f ir st p h ot o fo r

them. I traveled

on

t h a t night because

I

had o n e

m o r e

man to

l e a v e

a t

h is

h o m e .

Monday,

I

went

by

Alice s

to

g et m o re

Xh o sa H y m n Books.

Th e y

h a d so me

tw o

hundr ed

o f t h e books ready except

fo r th e cove r s

and f ound th e cove rs

More

campers

w h o i ce re

p re se nt f or t he c am p at

Mqanduli.

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were not t he r ight size. I

stopped

at

King

Williamstown

and visited with

tw o

of t h e min i st e rs .

O ne

invited me to

come back

fo r evening

prayer

service

bu t when

I

started ou t that night, th e

light

burned out.

The

twenty-second

of June ,

we

went

to Mqanduli

near

Umtata fo r

the

first

c amp o f t he area. They

had more than

80

campers

present a nd t hi s from th e

churches under

one

minister. At night,

th e

n umbe r in a tten danc e wou ld

double;

th e biggest share of these were

other

children from

t ha t

area.

I t w a s

so

windy that week

an d

so dry it seems

t h a t

all w e cou ld see

was

roots

o f

the

grass; had real dus t s to rms on some

days.

YOUTH CAMPS

FO R

AFR I CA

by

Michael M. Stanley

Christ ian

youth cam ps

were

imported to Sou th A fri ca from th e

States, but

once accepted

they

became

an

important

part

of Christian

outreach to young people.

Gradually

the

Africans

have adapted the camps

to

their

culture and ci rcumstances .

Today we have several youth camps

held

throughout South Africa,

each

with its ow n c h ar ac te r a n d e ach o ne

distinctively

A fr ic an whi ch means

tha t it is

different

from the American

model which

gave

rise to it .

With

one

exception al l

of

th e camps

ar e

held in June and July, which

ar e

win t e r

mon th s

in S ou th Afr ica .

The

exception

is

the

Upington youth

camp

which is

held

in

Dec em be r (mid

summer).

Several t hi ng s h av e

made

winter a convenient t ime fo r camp, but

weather is probably

the

mos t

important. Winter is generally

dr y

and

sunny which means tha t we do not

have

to

cope

with muddy

roads, and

since camp

facilities are generally

limited, t he c ampe rs c an eat and play

out

of

doors.

There are very few insects

and so

ano the r

nuisance

is avoided.

The win te r v a c at i on i s shor te r t han the

Michael

distributed peanuts to

the campers

twice

during t he c amp at Pondoland.

They

not only

served

as a

t re at , b ut a ls o a dd ed p ro te in

to

th e

campers' diet tvhich consisted pr imar ily of maize

(corn) an d

bread.

One f am il y c el eb ra te d

a

wedding

anniversary Just

before camp.

An o.xhad

been slaughtered for the occasion an d so children

from this family were

able

to

bringmeat

to camp,

which they roasted

and shared

with their friends.

Campers

l ine upf or f ood

at

the Pondoland camp.

All of th e coohirifi was done outdoor s in this

remote area.

A

large

pile of

firewood fed

th e fires

under

t he b ig b la ck

pots.

Instead

of spoons, a

l ar ge s li ck was used

to stir

th e

food.

summer one (gene ra lly only 3

or

4

weeks)

and so there are not

many

potential campers who

ar e lost

because

t he y a re working.

The

temperatures

are low at night,

but

they general ly ri se to the 60 s or

70's during

th e

day.

The

camps

ar e general ly far

less

s t ruc tured t han

th e

Amer i can

counterparts. In general, the African

way

of life is

not

structured and this

becomes evident in

th e

camps, bu t lack

of p ro pe r f ac il it ie s a ls o contributes to

th e issue. Only onecamp, th e one held in

the

Port

Shepstone

area, is held in

what

could

be called

an

adequate camp

ground.

The

others are held at a school

or church. Cooking is often done

ou tdoor s o r in

a makesh i f t she l te r

and

housing is provided

in

local homes,

often under very c rowded cond it ions .

 Fortunate ly the

Afr icans are

accustomed to this.)

Othe r t hi ngs

can interfere

w ith th e

camp

program.

One year a bus

in

a

ru ra l

area

of

th e

Transke i

was

24

hours

later

than expected.

Thir ty o r

forty

campers spent th e

night

at th e

bus stop

i n cold windy conditions

and

arrived

at

camp

a day late. Others gave up

and

re tu rned home . Food

can

al so

be

a

problem.

Since no one

knows

how

many will

attend

a given camp, it is

hard to p lan the food. In a rural camp

th is

can be a difficul t

s i tua t ion

to

co r re c t .

The

food

does no t

provide

much

variety

especially

when compared with

a camp in the States, b ut

then

the

budget is considerably lower as well.

Each

campe r pays about

 4.00 for f ive

days

at

camp.

Transport

costs

them

t

Along with th e

younger

campers there were

adults

wh o attended

thecamp

and

received instruction in

classes

prepared

fo r

them.

Although

they

were no t

present

fu r

th e picture,

there

were a f ew men in th e

c la ss . Mo st

of th e

younger men f rom Pondoland

work

in

th e

larger

cities

and so a re a ieay from

home most

of

th e

year.

from   2.00 to  5.00

although

in some

cas es

th e

mi s s io n a r ie s s u bs id i ze t h is .

Breakfast usually

consists

ofcornmeal

porridge (mush),

bread

and

tea. Dinner

is usually samp (something like

hominy) with

gravy

and tea. How

much meat ge ts se rved is determined

by th e extent to which th e

local

church

helps

th e

camp.

In rural

areas

very

little meat is served.

I t s hould

be noted

t h a t

none

of

the camps has

refrigeration available. S upp er is

usually just bread with margarine

and

tea. Lynn

Stanley

started a practice

several

years ago

which has become

a

feature of

al l

of th e camps and

tha t

is

th e provision of fruit

(usually oranges)

fo r the campers. Michael

also

distributes

peanuts

when he helps with

a c amp .

A t

Sada

Michae l u s ed a coin as an i l lus trat ion in

answering

a

question

in

class. Michael gave th e

coin

to th e ho y who asked th e question, hoping

that it would he lp

him

to remember

th e lesson.

When

the

coin wa.s

presented, the class whispered

a word

meaning

 lucky .

The most important aspect of camp

as fa r a s th e m iss io na rie s a re

concerned

is the t ea ch ing and it is in

t hi s a re a

that

th e missionar ies play a

vital role. They s til l do most of the

organ iz ing of

classes an d they teach

Typical

classes taught at

cam p are

 Parables of

Jesus ,

 Bas ic Chr i st i an

Doctrine ,

 Great

Bible

Characters

e.g. Noah, Abraham,

Samson, Ruth)

 Trave l s

of Pau l , and

 Bible

Geography . T oday there are

more

Afr ican

t eache r s t h a n there were ten

years

ago, but

many

more are

needed

especially

if

new

camps

ar e to be held

At on e y ou th camp,

when

i t bec ame

Freely Buku la

  L. and presently u student

at

Umzumbc Bible

Institute)

an d Chris t ina

Ndlanya

  R. a

former student) try

to

impress

a Pondoland

e ld er w it h

their

B ib le k nowl ed ge . B ot h girls

helped with th e

camp which

was he ld

Mlimde. a

remote area of Pondoland.

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apparent

that there would be no

missionary to help with

the

camp,

th ere w as

ta lk of closing

th e

camp

early. In

th e

end a missionary

was

able

to help,

but he arrived

a

day late. Li tt le

teaching had been done on

th e first day

of

th e

camp. This

remains

a

matter

of

concern

to

us , but

when

we

see how th e

situation has improved over

th e l as t

t en yea rs we

have

confidence for the

future.

We

are

especially

encouraged

by th e

fact

that

several

people

who

s ta rt ed a tt end ing cam p ten or more

years ago ar e

today helping with

teaching. {Two of

them

have become

school

t e a c h e r s .

We

a r e

also

encouraged by the fact that in

1982 a youth camp was started

in

eastern Cap e witho ut the help

of

m iss ionaries. M iss ionar ies were

however asked

to do t he t ea ch in g.

This year

there

were 5 teachers at

that

camp

and

only

two

of them were

m i s s i o n a r i e s .

Two fea tu re s o f th e A fric an y ou th

camps

ar e

that

they

ar e

open

to all

ages

an d

t hey usual ly

change

th e venue

each year.

Al l ages attend each camp

an d

in the Transke i especially,

there

ar e

usually

twenty-five or thirty adults

who attend. Campers are usually

divided

fo r c lasses acco rding

to

th e

number o f y ea rs

they

have

attended.

Most o f th e t ime

this

works

well,

but it

is not

ideal

when h igh school students,

attending

for

th e

first time,

end

up in a

class

of

young campers .

 Children

begin to

attend

camp at II or 12. bu t

there ar e always a few who are younger

t h a n that .)

Mos t o f

the

camps

a re t he

combined

ef fo r ts o f

several congregations.

In

th e

Transkei

where

transport

is difficult to

arrange and where roads ar e poor

and

distances between congrega tions a re

compara tive ly great ,

it has

proved

helpful to move th e camp each

year.

This

allows th e

poorer people in

th e

m o r e r e m o t e

a r e a s

t o

a t t e n d

occasionally.

When

the camp is held in

an area

where there

is

a

high

concentration of congregat ions, there

will be

up to

400 campers. When it

is

h e l d

in

a

m o r e

r e m o t e a re a t he

n u m b e r

may drop

to about 200.

African youth camps had their

beginning in 1961

when

Lynn Stanley

encouraged

Nic

 Jwemesha

to

tr y

holding

a you th c amp

with

th e local

young people.

Ni c

did no t have

any

idea wha t

it

was

al l a l )out .

but

he

got

six

young

people

together

and

they

bec ame the

first

youth

camp. It

was

held on

th e

campus of Umzumbe llible

Institute. In th e 22 years since then the

number

of camps

held each

year

has

i n c r e a s e d to

5 a n d

t he t ot al n u m in r

o f

young people who

attend

annually is

be tween 600 a n d

800. T h e r e is

increa sing in te re s t in holding you th

camps in new areas, especially

Johanne sbu rg and Zululand.

We

pray

that

th e y ou th camp mov em en t

will

grow

stronger each year

and that

God

will

bless

the preaching

and teaching

which are

done.

In a country where

American-s tyle mate ria lis m a nd

resistance

to

the

Gospel

are rapidly

increasing, we

need

to

us e

every

opportunity to reach people with the

Gospel while th ey are young. Youth

c am ps a re p ro vin g

to be

an effective

m e a n s to t h a t end.

C H U R C H

B U I L D I N G

by L y n n S t a n l e y

Church building,

by

it s

very

nature,

has been a real problem

fo r th e

churches

of

this

country. I t

is

a

costly

operation

beyond the means of

most

of

th e

congregations.

Most o f

th e

African

Christians

ha d

little

understanding

of

wha t

good building

required

i n time s

past. In an effort to help the churches

get

buildings, a plan has been worked

out whe reby

each church

mus t make

the ini tia l

start

by

raising

some money

fo r

their building, and

they

must

obta in the build ing s it e in a prescribed

The Oritjuaslad

has

permission

to hiiild on this

site.

The dup le xe s in th e

Imehpround ar e huill hy th e inunicipalily.

Eoeh home

ha s four rooms  

hedroonis.

a kitchen

an d a livin/i-rooini and an outdoor toilet.

area. T he g ov er nm en t

does

not

give

them ownership

of th e plot, but

they

are g iven

the

use of it on a

perpetual

lease, th o the government

ca n

rescind

th e

site

i f i t

is

misused.

Lo r t he mos t part th e congregation

must

get their own bricks or

blocks.

Plarly missionar ie s began the practice

of

providing doors,

windows and

th e

roof fo r th e building.

P\)r

a number of

years

that

could

be

done

for

a

few

The

church

buHdmpat Sada in the

eas tern Cape

is

ready

for

th e

roof, atthoufih there is still a lot of

finishinp

work

that

needs to he

done.

The

buildinp will he

the larpest church huildinf i that

ire have in

South Africa

 about  {•

feet

by 7ofee t) .

hundred

Rand-of ten

 5 00

or less.

Missionaries can

no longer do this,

but

th e annual conference Building and

Evangel is tic funds do still pay for

those

items

when the build ing

is

ready

fo r

them. At pre sent B E

funds are

set

at

R2. 1.80) per member , t ho it is a

well

k nown fact

that only a

small

portion

of

the church membership

actually

gives

that.

In

recent

years they

have

been

raising about

R3,0 )0. a

year , which

is

now about

th e

cost

of a

complete

building. Good

headway

was made in

providing buildings

in the years from

1950

to 1970,

t hen bui ld ing a ct iv it y

lapsed, bu t it picked up

again las tyear.

I n

those a r e a s whe re m ud blocks

a n d

2 n d

h a n d

r o o f s

w er e u se d t h e

m i s s i o n

did not help, as they were onl y sem i

permanent buildings and less

costly.

In u rban a re as where

building codes

m u s t be

a d h e r e d to t he c os t s o a r e d .

Through

these

years some churches

have been

working at

th e

collecting of

materials

and obt ai ni ng sites. Last

year 8 churches were

given

help, and 2

churches were started. This year

one

more has been completed and 2 more

s t a r t e d .

A n o th er c h u r c h

h a s

permission

to

build a nd h as more than

enough

blocks

for t he ir b ui ld in g hut

they

have

not started work on it . At

least 3

others ar e

making preparations

fo r their buildings. One of them,

Middleburg

in th e

Cape,

has

been

trying

for

20

years

to get a

new

building, but because of relocating the

African township they could not get a

permanent site

before, and they

have

h a d to

c o n t i n u e in t h e i r s m a l l ol d

bui ld ing whi ch

is

very

inadequate.

Their prospects ar e good fo r starting

w i t h i n

th e

n e x t

6

m o n t h s .

Building and Evangelistic funds are

falling

short

of

th e

needs now,

and th e

mission has only enough cash on hand

to complet e one more bui ld ing. We

would like to present th is need to our

American churches.

We

ar e no t

asking

for

funds

to pu t up the

entire

building,

but only to

complete the task

when

our

needy bre th re n have gone as fa r as

they can.

Any

money that is sent for

church buildings wi ll be

used

for just

that purpose.

The

African brethren are

being

asked

to

increase their giving

this

year, a lso.

At

present the

chur ch a t Doup t as in

t he nor the rn

Cape is usinp a

temporary

buHdinp

made

of

corrugated

iron, bu t

they havepurchased

enoufih

blocks

to

bui ld bot h

a

church huHdinp

and a

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The camp at Sada was held in an i lemenlary

school

lic cu u sc th is is an u r ba n a re a facilities

an d

diet

were belter than they

would

he in a rural

area.

Lynn

Stanley.

i\ic

Qwemesha an d Michael

Stanley

went from P ort S hepst one to hel p with

this camp white

Alinn

a n d V e r nit a N i c hols on.

Alice Fishhack an d Floyd Stamm

helped

with th e

c am p a t

MqanduU

in

t h e w e st e rn

Transkei.

At Mtimdethe facilities werea hit moreprimitive.

Classes

i c c / t held

in s c h oo l r oo m s w h i ch

included

the

rondawel

in thi.spicture. Windoics were small

an d the manure mud floors were

dusty

an d very

uneven.

F o r d es hs t h ey

ha d benches.

IAt school

t he s tu de nt s would sit on

th e

b en ch es w hi le

listening toa les.son. Whenwriting they would sit

on the floor

an d

use the benches

as

desks.)

l i undl i np

up a p a i n s t

th e cold

i n P on do la nd .

Blankets

ar e very common especially for women

an d children.

He a vy o v e rc o ats

an d balaclavas

ar c more c o mmo n fo r men. At n i ph t t h e

campers

n ould retire tolocal homes tosleep. Wrapped upin

their

blankets,

they

sleep close topether to keep

iva rm. Often 10 or more

campers

would sleep in

Campers

in

t he P or t S he ps to ne a re a

came to

Umzumbe Bible

Institute

fo r c a mp . The facilities

ar e

pood

but t hi s y ea r w at er w as a t a premium

because of t h e d r o u gh t .

S ou th A fr i c an lO R C H

Published quarterly fo r th e following:

M I S S I O N A R I E S

a n d thei r

F O RW A R DI N G A G E N TS

Mr .

  Mrs.

Ai vi n

Nic hols on a nd family

I .O . B ox 211)

I o r l S h e ps t o ne

4240 Rep. of SOUTH

AFRICA

F o r w a rd i n g A p e n t

M r s . Ri ch a r d Han so n

16642

G a n n o n

A v e . .

W.

R o s e m o u n l . Min n e.so ta ri. )068

Mr .   Mrs. Lynn S t a n l e y a nd f am il y

I .O .

B ox 2 19

I urt Shepstone

4240 Rep. of

S O U TH A F RI C A

F o r w ar d in g A p e n t

Mrs.

Sybil F v a n s

B ox 18]

St .

.Joseph Illinois 61878

Mr. M r s. M i c h ae l S t a n le y a n d family

I .O. B ox i;i

U m z u m h c

4 2 25 Re p. of SOUTH

AFRICA

For w a r di np A p e n I

Mr .

an d Mr.s.

Ric h a r d

K c k m a n

R o u te 2

Kimhall.

M i nne s ot a .5r)8r)8

T h e S o u t h A f ri ca n T O RC H

(.501-820) is a

publication

of

t h e S o u t h A f ri c an

Church of

Christ

Mission an d is published

four

times

each y e a r

in February May

August an d

N o ve mb er b y M is si on S er vi ce s A s s o c ia

tion. 7 t2b

Hodges Ferry Roa d. K noxvi il e .

TN 3792(1. Second-class p o sta g e p a id at

K n o x v i i l e .

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Send

a d dr es s c h an g e s

to

S o ut h A f ri ca n

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PO

Bo x

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Third

Qu ar t e r

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After tw o

years

of d ri vi nn o ld er

vehicles

Michael

Stanley

look

delivery of

a new Toyota

Hilux lung

wheel-base pickup

his f i rs t mission-

owned

veh ic le. It is

white

with a beigeinterior

ha s a 21 00

cnv

engine an d a-f-speed manual

gearbox.

Praise

the Lordforproviding a reliable

vehicle.

Numb e r 4

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 a/Hf tutlo

tvf ^ and, a

li/jkunU nif fxiiL — Juim. ill-.ios

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of

Sou th Africa

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Port Shepstone

Transkei tUmzumbeBible Institute

>Cape Town

Eas t London

Fou rt h Qua r te r

1983

V o l u m e

3 4

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GREET I NGS

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MfssufU s f ar i li f (iiinudl coi if r rrnvf dfull with liiiliiicss. Hill WcbiT.

misnioriary from

•Johdiiitcshurfi:

Percy

Maroiifjo. i)e/isi )iie(l minister from

Kiisl

London

who is sti l lpreaching: Enoch Zobolo. minister

from

(Icilimii

ncdr

Hamspdte;

lienjdinin Moroe.

minister from Postnidsbtirf /pictured

above): Simon

Mlshayisa.

minister from Barberton: an d NicQtccmesha.

Superintendent an d

minister

from Vmzumbe . devel oped the theme.

Interpreters helped the miiltilinpudl audience by triinslatinp the messupes

into two

lanpuupes. Microphones

were

used

for loud

speahers

and

tape

recorders

Lynn S tanl ey

le<l th e

communion

service on Sunday morninp. Some

members of the cimprepatiun were .served with communion cups while

others were servi d from drinhinp pidsses. When the cups were empty, llwy

were refil led and

used over apain

until

al l

had been served.

The Africans lo ve to sinp

an d

nearly every c hu rc h h as a

choir.

At

Conference, thechoirsfrom theehurchesin Ihesurrounilinpdrea performed

a s usua l

T R IN IN G L E D E R S H IP

by Lynn Stanley

My greatest

desire

has been to see

men

c ap ab le o f

serving

Jesus

Christ .

This has

been rea l ized in

various

ways s ince coming to

South

Africa. Some have

gone

out

T

i\ icQwemesha. Superintendent

of

the Church of Christ Mission.introduced

three new mini.sti-rs to the Conference. Cladstone .\damase completed two

years at Cnwiimbe Bible

Institute and

serves in the

Johannesburg area.

Henry l.ehwate is completinp his second year now and will be .servinp at

Pampeirstdd

near

Kimberley. His wife. Sylvia, is also st ii dyinp at

I nizumbe. .Alpheus

an d

Olpa

Ndaba ar e

niinisterinp at Hammarsdule

near

Durban. They

have

both completed two

years

at L mciimbe Bible

Ins t i tute

with just ten weeks

training to do what

they

could.

Others

have stayed

for six months or a yea r. Only recently have

we

had

men

with two yea rs o f t ra in ing . Even here

I

could

wish

it were sti ll more

and that they

were

better prepared.

This year

at Conference three men, two with theirwives,

were

presented

as

recent appointments

as

ministers. Each

had

been called by a church,

and

each

had

already shown

some evidence

of

being

a

proper

leader.

Alpheus

Ndaba

and his

wife,

Olga, were the youngest. They had s tarted

their

married

life when

they

came to school

and now

are

trying to rebuild a

congregation near

Durban. I

believe

they have only s ix men p lus their

families. They will

make

an impact on

that community.

Olga t ra ined

with her

husband

and

has

t he same capabilities.

Henry

Lekwati

was there

with h is

wife.

They a re both

still in school,

though

Henry has now completed

hi s

two

years of training, which

he began almost 30

years

ago in

Kimberley. Now

a

married man with

a 19

yearold son

and

two

daughters

of M and 17, he

has

a background of

many

years

in

th e

church and much experience along with h is

training. He knows

what it means to serve and he

also

knows

his

Bible. He

ha s

been called to

the irrigation

community

of Pampiers tad

near Kimberley. Some

o f h is

elders were present

a t

Conference

and

stood

with

him

as

he

w as in t roduced

Gladstone Ndamase comes from the Transkei, as we

would

say,

a country man, buthe has been living for quite a

few

years

in Soweto,

the suburb

of

Johannesburg that

has

seen a lo t of

rough activity

during

th e

past few

years.

I had

been told

by

one missionary when

he

came that he

didn t

like

to

have

him

come

around. At

Conference

the

missionary

said,

 He is a changed man .

That

is what

J es u s C h ri st c an do fo r

a m a n

Because

of what I have

seen

this past month I am

encouraged.

I

hope

to be a

part

of th e training force

for

a

number o fyea rs still,

tho at

65 I am hav ing to make some

changes in that program. I would like to

challenge

you

who

read

this to

have

a part in helping

train such men .

Most of

the

men have a difficult t ime coming to school,

b ec au se t he y have cos tl y f amil y

commitments.

Four

months ago a man said to

me,

 I

would l ike

to

come, but

I

have my house here and I

cannot

see

giving

it up. I have to

pay

R55 ( 50) a

month

for it.

What can

I do?

Maybe

we

ca n help such

a man

keep

his

house and self-respect an d

still train for

the

Cord s work. He

wants

to bring

his

wife

with h im . They a re y oung

and

do not

have

children who

need

care and schooling.

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K N Y S N A C A P E

l a f

i

llfi

C^ i

The

t en t w as

transported from

Uimtimbe

to Knysna

an d set

up to

provide

a

me e t i n g p l a ce . It

wa s used

fo r men s classes an d women « meetings.

•^

Michael Stanley

a n d

Floyd S ta mm

taught

clas ses for th e men

at

Conference. Th e m en w ere p r i ma r i l y

elders

from I arious congregations.

A tt en ti on w a s g o od with th e

me n a s k in g n lot o f

uuestions.

The s e l a die s

enjoyed

their

porridge

tcorn

mush/ bread

a nd

lea. Th e

large

were

served in

s h if t s w it h m e n

u.sually b e i n g

served first.

iJ

/ -

\

fv

M ea t f o r t he

eonferenee is

butchered

by

African

men. Often theentirejobis

d o n e with ja ch -hn ive s . S p e cta to rs

look on

with

relish

as they anticipate th e

f ea st w hi ch

is coming.

Tw o

oxen a n d s e ve ra l s h ee p were eaten at

conference t h i s y e ar .

1^ -

vi- :

MV a r e a c c us t o m ed to seeing   tog.s

wa n d e r i n g

aroun<l th e

cooking

a r e a to

pickup scraps.   oweverat Knysna. therewerealsopigs. Thecookslargely

i g no re t h es e

four-legged

scavengers.

-

tf

ft 5 .

The cooks an d .serving staff look a

break

so Alvin Nicholson could

ge l

a

picture

of them. The ha d a big jo b to

prepare an d

serve food f or t he

appo.ximately 27Ti people

wh o

a t t en d e d t h e conference.

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S o u th A f ri ca n TORCH

Published

quarterly

for the following:

M I S S I O N A R I E S

a n d

t h e i r

FORWARDING

AGENTS

Mr.

Mrs.

Alvin Nicholson an d family

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2Ifl

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Rep.

c.f

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AFRICA

Forwardinfi

A^ent

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16642 Gannon Ave., W.

Rosemounl,

Minnesota

.ooOhK

Mr. Mrs. Lynn

Stan ley and

family

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Shepstone

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Rep.

of .SOUTH

AFRICA

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Sybil

Kvans

Bo x

181

St .

Joseph, Illinois

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Mr.

Mrs. Michael

Stanley

an d family

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AFRICA

Forwarding Agent

Mr. an d

Mrs.

Richard

Eckmun

Route 2

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The Sou th Afr ican TORCH

(r)()l-820) is a

publication

of

th e

South Afr ican

Church of

Christ

Mission,

an d

i.spubli.shed four

times

each year

in

February,

May, August,

and

November by Mission Serv ices Assoc ia

tion, Hodges Ferry Road, Knoxville,

TN 11792 1 Second-class

postage

paid at

Knoxville.

TN :179()1. POSTMASTER:

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F o u r th Q u a r t e r lf)83

V o l u m e

3 4 N u m b e r

4

B I R T H

A N N O U N C E M E N T S

We would like to tell everyone about our

t wo n ew grandchildren:

Paul Joseph Lafayette was born to

Larry

and Marguerite

who live in Apple

Valley, Minne so ta . He

is

their t hi rd son

an d

was

horn on t he 3 rd of August.

Lauren Lynn Nee th ling was born to

Debbie an d

Lynton

on

th e

16th of

September. They

live

at Oribi

Flats

in th e

Port

Shepstone

area where

Lynton farms

s u g a r c an e a nd coffee.

An official f rom a

large

Ininh

came

to

th e

Conference

to

explain

a

pension

plan

to

th e

The

ministers l istened

attentieely and

ashe

questions. Afterward they voted to accept th

pension

plan,

tehieh will help the men to prepar

fo r thei r r e ti rements .

W O M E N S

M E E T I N G S

A T C O N F E R E N C E

1 9 8 3

by V e r n i t a N i c h o l s o n

Conference 19HB is over. Having

prayed

daily

fo r th e

one s who hos te d

it ,

th e

tines who brought the

messages , the

ones

who

t ra ve le d, w e felt rewarded in

that the

spirit

over all was good. The

hosts

fulfilled their tasks well, th e

messages wer e good

and

t ho ugh t he re

were

minor ca r difficulties,

everyone

returned

home safely.

Attendance was

not

as

great

as th e last

two

years

bu t

it

was

no t

held

in

th e

areas

where many

c h u r c h e s

are.

T h e a tt en da n ce o f

t h e

Coloured

people

was more though as they

l ive

a n d

w or k in t h i s area .

C l a s s e s were h e l d fo r

t h e

w o m e n t h i s

year which

is

th e

second

year

it

has

been

tried.

We had classes tw o

mornings of th e

week.

T h e

c l a s s e s were

centered

a r o u n d

'A

woman as a Christian' .

The response

was

good

both this time an d last year

w he n c la ss es w ere on th e s a m e t h e m e

given

a t th e Umtata church.

Vernita

Nicholson w as th e

leader.

T h e a f te r n o o n s e rv i c es fo r w o m e n were

held al l three days. Gerty (Jwemesha,

Phyll is Mills

a nd Mar ga re t W hism an

were

t he s pe ak er s. The theme

was

H o l i n e s s .

Thursday afternoon, after Gerty

Qwemesha spoke,

they

had

th e collection

ofthe Widows Fund. Four churches gave

  110 and the to ta l w as well over

 1000.

On

Friday, Phyllis Mills

spoke

after

wh ich they

took

up t he

penny

collection.

This is a

time

of

much

fun for

them. They

ge t change

in to pennies an d then

come

singing and dancing

to

the front an d

slap

th e pennies one by on e

on

th e table. It

seemed to me that they did more dancing

than usual this

year. They really sang in

all t h e services a n d outside

a f t e r

services

were

over

they

also

sang and danced in

their

special

style.

This

fund of

pennies

is

for

what

they

call the Mother's Bag. It i

used for buying gif ts for people and fo

giving

at

funerals. Usually

t he s um i

about R20-30. They

don't

like to

break

into th e Widows Fund fo r this. I t

h a s

a

separate t re asu re r, who th is

year

said

that sh e would not take pennies any more

b ec au se t hey were

too burdensome to

carry. Sh e

asked

thatsilver be given

nex

year.

It is a

happy time

for

them

all.

The last day, Saturday, Mrs. Margare

Whisman spoke.

After this they

had

some

witnessing

on

th e lesson sh e gave

They also discussed

changing

t he name

o f t he

l)ig

fund because Widows Fund

is

too limiting. They

pa y

a

pension

to

those

who a re m in is te rs ' widows in good

standing. But they also do other things

with the money so that it is no longer jus

a widow's fund. One year they helped

with t he m in ist er' s pensions. They

bought new dishes for th e

Conference

to

use.

This

year

they

voted to help a

student

to go to the

Bible School

a

Umzumbe.

Their

money

is well

spent.

Alvin and Vernita Nicholson. Lynn

and

Lucille

St anl ey. Boh and I 'hyl li s Mills. Margare

Whisman. Floyd Stamm. Michael Stanley, and

Bill Weher

al l

stayed at Monk's

Caravan Pa rk

in

Knysna.

For most

meals

everyone

gathered

in

Nicholsons' and Stanleys'

cottage.

F orm 357 9 r e q u e s t e d PO Box 2427. Knoxvi l le . TN 37901.