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uidance Committee:
Department
of
Missions
Meade Secretary Pollih Ministry
rd Brammer
EASTERN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
ald L.Cowan P.O. Box
629
Howes
Bcl Air Maryland 21014
arol Kakac Phon€: 30I-734-7250
.
Korenczuk
Paul Bajko
on Lowry Irek Wolosz
. Wayne Murphy
Bill Oates
Danny Pelfrey
J. Thomas Segroves
Wilham
Walker Y RS OF
TH
POLISH MINISTRY
January 1989
Thirty
five
years ago, with
the
Lord s help,
we
started the Polish Ministry.
I t developed to be a very
broad
mini st ry , cons is ti ng
of;
1 . A ssis ta nc e
in
establ ishinent
of
14
congregat ions
in
Poland;
2. Radio ministry to Poland in
Polish,
and in the USA in Polish, Russian
and
Ukra in ian l anguages ;
3. Translation
and
publication of
books
such as
Life
of Christ and the
Book o f Acts Visual ized
Li fe of
Chris t
-
Book
3
in
Russian, Harmony
of Scripture
and
Science,
What
Cured Naaman s Leprosy,
7 Poem
Books
t ranslated and to be pub li shed Don DeWelt s
books
on the Holy Spir i t ;
4. Edition and
publication
of a monthly
Polish magazine Drogowskaz,
which entered into i t s 30th
year
o f publ ic at ion ;
5 . Purchasing and
building of 13 Church
buildings in Poland and one
in
Baltimore,
and rebuilding or renovating 6 already
exist ing
buildings
in
Pol and
6.
Sending
tons
of used
clothing and
hundreds
of
packages
of
medicine
and
food in th e
t ime
o f economica l c ri s e s in
Pol and
7 . Supply ing Poland with thousands of Bibles and
New
Testaments, la te ly
sending
Bibles to Russia as w ell:
8. Translat ion into Pol ish
and
publ ic at ion o f
2 Chorus
Books,
4 Song-
books,
3
Cantatas,
1
Songbook in Russian,
and publ icat ion
of one
Songbook with the original Polish
songs
of a Polish song writer and
c ompo s e r
9. Financial
support
of and assistance to 33 ministers and
Christian
worke r s i n Poland
10.
Financial assistance
in tr ain in g
of Polish students
in
the
USA
and
in
Poland
a t
the Academy of Theology and
the
Correspondence Bible Semi
n a r y
11. Casse t te minis t ry
12.
F inanci al hel p
in
rebuilding the
Home for the
Senior Citizens
in
Os t r o d a Po l a nd
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13 . S end in g
to
Poland organs
and other musical instruments;
14 .
Es t a b l i s hmen t
o f and work w i t h t h e
S l a v i c
Chur ch o f C h r i s t i n a
mor e , MD;
15. Purchasing and construction of the Chris t ian
Service
Cart^ in
Ostro
16. S end ing
out thousands of packages with
Chris t ian
l i t e r a tu r e to
Pol
and o t h e r
coun t r i e s ;
17.
Answering
thousands of l e t t e r s ;
18.
Visi t ing Poland fo r
preaching,
consul t ing
with
the
preachers
and
t he i r sp i r i t u a l suppor t ;
19. L eading Missionary Seminars ;
20. Preaching in Church
Canps, leading Fai th
Promise
and
Mission
Ral
We
can
sure ly say together with Samuel:
Thus
f a r has th e Lord helped us
1
Samuel
7:12 .
We
thank
God tha t
fo r
years
He
i s
leading
us from one vic tory to ano
and t h a t He uses us in bui ld ing
His
Church in Poland.
We thank
God
fo r YOU
who
fo r
years
stay
behind us with your
prayers
an
f inanc ia l
suppor t .
GO
BLESS
YOU
REAL
GOO
^
N SAM
Baptismal
se rv ice in Ostroda
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SERVICE
OF
IREK
WOLOSZCZYK
I have been t ru ly blessed in the l a s t months
of 1988
to go and v i
t h e
Panhand l e
a r e a
o f
Oklahoma
and
Texas
whe r e
th e
Churches
have
had
t
annual Hi-Pla ins School of Missions. Being par t of
t h a t
program was a dou
t h r i l l
fo r
me. F i r s t
of
a l l / touring along
with f ive other
missionaries ,
could
v i s i t several
congregations, meet many brothers and s i s t e r s
in Chr
t i e new fr iendships , and
share the
news
of
our respect ive min is tr ie s t he
Secondly,
fo r the
f i r s t
t ime s ince I came
to
the
United
Sta tes , was I
overwhelmed
by the
dis tances
and the
s ize of t h i s country. I
have
never s
before
such s t ra ight -and-long-for-mi les roads, vas t
pra i r i es
with
so m
ca t t l e
on them, e tc . And
it
seemed t h a t the fu r ther West I went, th e
big
the country
grew
(0,
beaut i ful
for spacious sk ies . . . )
On the way home I was able to s top and v i s i t also several congregati
to
whom I
want to
express
my
gra t i tude fo r
t he i r hosp i ta l i ty and
the
oppo
uni ty given me to preach
and
sh ar e w ith
them
th e news
of
our work
in
Pola
These churches are : Glendale Church
of
Chr i s t
in
Springfie ld , O
Jenni
Chr i s t i an Church and
Mrs. Melba White
in S t .Lou i s ,
MO;
Linnwood
Church
Chr i s t and Bro.
John Muel len
in
Lafayet te ,
IN; Lakeside Chr i s t i an Church
F t . Mitche l l ,
KY;
Jamestown Church o f C hr is t
in
Jamestown,
OH;
and
Fa i r f i
Church o f C h r is t i n
Lanca s t e r ,
OH.
Special thanks to Mark
and
Stephanie
Howes and Ron
Lowry of
the
Fair f i
Church of Christ for t he i r
hosp i ta l i ty
and help in promoting our
Pol
minist ry in the i r
area
and congregation, and for
taking
a specia l care
of
in
ny l a s t days of
the t r i p .
Back home, th e usual
t asks of
mailing l i t e ra tu re and newslet ters , t ra
la t ing l e t t e r s and
writ ing
a r t i c le s were wait ing fo r me. The corresponde
a c c umu l a t e d .
Spending
the
Christmas Eve with
the
Bajkos was l ike spending
Christ
a t
home. Those spec ia l moments together made us r e f l e c t
again upon
blessedness of
t h a t
day when Jesus was bom
and the
bless ings
t h a t
follow
fo r
a l l who accepted Him
as
t he i r Savior even
today
in
t h i s country and
coimtry we s e r ve , Poland .
The
new year
1989 opens
up with many promising opportuni t ies to
se
our
Lord, to
preach
the Gospel and to bui ld
God's
Kingdom
in
Poland.
I
w
to
be par t
of
t ha t
exci t ing
experience and
make
the
Heaven
re jo ice
May God
bless us
a l l
in His service
Thank
you
fo r your
prayers fo r
us
your s uppo r t .
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IMPRESSIONS OF MY
V I S I T
TO
POLAND
by Waj^e Murphy
One of the
most
inspir ing and inpressive worship services of
which
have ever
been
a
par t took place ill the
Church of Christ in
Kolobrz
Poland. The
building was
lo cated w ith in a shor t
walking
dis tance
of
B a l t i c
Sea. I t
had o r i g i n a l l y been
b u i l t
as a
bakery ; to day
one can go t h
for the Bread
of
Life.
The
building
\Ms overfilled
with
people
standing
around
the
crowded pews
People greeted us
as i f
we
were
members
of
th
family
who
had
come
for a
visit .
Theiif language
was different some
wors
cus toms were
d i f f e r e n t /
b u t
we
preached t h e
same Gospel.
By
visiting Poland
in 98 it^ er^tire perspective of the
work
of
Department
of
Missions has changed. People and places have taken
on
a
s ignif icance.
I saw crowded buildings. I saw houses.that were used as chu
buildings
Everywhere
we went the coirjnitment of the people
was
evident
they
came to hear the Word proclaimed. We did not speak t h e i r language/
when we met a ro un d
t h e
L o r d s Table we were one Body.
I have been associa ted
with
t h e Department of Missions
since
1977.
appreciation for Paul and Dela Bajko continues t o grow. The work
that
t
do
cannot
be measured
this
has
been [evident by
the
growth
of the
churc
n P o l a n d .
The
needs
i n Poland
a r e st
g r e a t ev en th ough much
has been done o
the
years.
There are churches needed din so many
areas
and church buildi
t o b e
e r e c t e d
o r r e n o v a t e d . I know o f no m i s s i o n
work
where a
d o l l a r
me
as much as one given to the Department of Missions of the work of the Po
Ministry.
I am
proud to be
just a
small part
of
this great
work I anxiou
a w a i t
a n o t h e r
v s t t o
P o l a n d
i n
1 9 9 0 .
FINANCIAL
REPORT
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
MISSIONS-POLISH
MINISTRY
FOR
1
INCOME; 1 . B al a n c e
from 1 9 8 7 . . .. 1 3 8 . 8 6
2 .
Received
from
Churches
and I n d i v i d u a l s i n 1988
218666.15
2 1 8 8 0 5 . 0 1
EXPENDITURE:
1.
Living
l ink supports 35777.84
2. Housing 8610.00
3.
Insurance
Social Sec. T axes Hospi tal izat ion 13962.79
4 .
U t i l i t i e s
.1 1154.36
5. O ffice
s u p l i e s
Teleph.
CPA service
4057.99
6. Promotion f 9840.41
7.
POLAND;
preachers
buildings
medicine
89163.53
8 . L i t e r a t u r e and B i b l e s . . 7628.80
9. Trainees
Scholarship f<t»r
Irek Woloszczyk 12249.25
10.
T ra nsfer to Polish
Church
bui ld ings acc
36000.00
2 1 8 4 4 4 . 9 7
Balance
on
Dec.31 1988
S
360.04
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Department ofMisshm
Kenneth Meade tcrti ry Pollth Mintotry
Howard Brammer
EASTERN CHRIST IAN COLLEGE
Gerald L.
Cowan
P.O. Box
629
Mark Howes
Bel Air Maryland 21014
Carol Kakac
Phone: 301-734 7250
Adam J. Korenczuk Paul Bajko
Ron
Lowry
Irek
Wolosz
9 8 9
Danny Pelfrey
J.Thomas Segroves
DEAR
FRIENDS
William Walker
Apostle Paul in l e t t e r to Romans
chapter 10:14-15 sa id:
How then the
sha l l ca l l on Him in Whom they have
not
believed? And how sha l l
they believ
in Him of whom
they
have
not
heard?
And how
sha l l
they
hear
without a prea
cher? And how
sha l l they
preach
unless
they
are sent?
As
i s writ ten:
How
beaut i fu l are
the fee t of those who preach the Gospel of
peace,
who brin
glad t idings of
good
thingsi
We thank
God
tha t you send us to re ach p eople for C hris t in Poland; peo
p le
who
ca l l
themselves Chris t ians
bu t are fa r from Chris t ; people
who
sti
walk in
darkness; people who are disappointed
in the ir rel ig ious
and po l i t
c l
le ders
There are
many people
in Poland
who
are searching fo r thruth and sa lva
t i o n
Last year
we
were
able
to give
f inancia l and sp i r i tua l ass is tance to
ov
30
ministers
in Poland as they
preached
the
Gospel.
Others wri te
to
us fo r l i t e r a tu r e Bibles , Songbooks, Medicine
and
advice.
Because
of
you
we
are able to give them what they need
to
f ind Chris t or
do the work in reaching people for C hrist and to encourage others to
ser
the Lord in thruth and
sp i r i t
I t
a l l
is done because af YOU YOUR prayers, love , concern and f in an cia l a ss i
t nce .
AND NOW
SEVERAL
LETTERS
FROM
POLAND.
Dear
Brother
Thank you
very
much
for
supporting
my
ministry
and
for
th
f inancia l ass is tance
in remodeling
our
church
building. This
year
the Lo
added
5 souls to
the Church and
we
expect more in
the
near fu tu re
Each
Lord's Day
our
chapel i s fu l l This year we began regular services
Lagisza / i t is a new mission place/ . We are renting a
building
there with
agreement tha t by
the end
of November
we
wi l l
buy
it I t s
cost
is
S
4,000.
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Baptismal Service in Poland
ould you help us in that Please it i|s very urgent nd
very
import nt th
we buy
that
house. Yours
in Christ, K.B.
Dear
Bro.
Bajko
Our summer has past so f as t and
the fa l l
i s already
here
Our f a l l th is
year i s t ru ly
beau t i fu l
As you know a t the end
of
the summer we celebrated the 40th anniversary o
our
congregation
in Warsaw.Tliere was much activity and work sur rounding th
event, but
was
well
worth
the
e f fo r t
for us
to take
tha t time
to look
back.
Reflection on the past enriches and deepens the
experience
of l i fe
i
the present.
Maybe
bacause
I
myself
am forty, I
had
strong feelings
abou
that
jubilee
forty years
is quite a
time.
The
celebration
i t se l f
is
imp
tant , but
i t lasts jus t
a
short
moment and
then i t is
gone. But
the jubi le
reminds us
of
the
fact that
something has happened and
past
away
and/o
that something
was
accomplished. I t
speaks
of
a work done by men
with
the
l imitat ions and weaknesses, but also speaks of
t a lent
hear t ingenuity, d
d ica t ion e t c
And you. Bro th er Pau l,
played
a
s igni f icant
ro le in
that
work. You have
already received the off ic ia l l e t t e r
of grat i tude
from the
Church and
th
t i t l e
of the Honorary Member of
our
congregation. But, I would l ike to ex
press my personal grat i tude to you
for your heart ,
endurance and zeal show
in
the
ministry
of
spreading
the
Gospel
to
our fellow country
men.
Broth
Paul, what I
wil l say
is
nothing
new to
you,
but s t i l l l e t me
t e l l
you ho
I
see things concerning you.
You had
the
same
choice
that
many
other Chris
t i ans t ha t went
overseas
to America had, the choice of
making
a career an
a
li ving the re .
But you
chose instead to
carry on
evangelism
to
our
count
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Harvest
Day
/Thanksgiving/ in Bielsk Podlaski
of Poland. In a l l simplic i ty I
want
to thank you for your pain your
stru
gling
with
and overcoming the dif f icul t ies and for stra ining your ingenu
ty in order to accomplish something for
us
in th is country
A week ago I at tended the Feast of th e H arve st in
Kolobrzeg.
Ten years a
that congregation was jus t a handfu l o f people. Today i t is a large conre
t i on
Pe te r Kare l works hard the re o f co urse bu t how much would
he
have a
complished without
your
help?
B H
GREAT TRAGEDY
Benjamin Bajenski the 14 year old son of George and
Vera
from
Globa
Radio Minis t r ies Pol i sh Minis t ry was ki l led
by
a school bus February 16 8
on h is
way
to school
This tragic news f i l led our hearts with sadness and eyes with tears.
Benji as we called him was a
very
promissing boy bright and in te l l
gent
kind hearted
and a good Christian.
We express our
deepest
sympathy to
George
and Vera and pray
that
the
Lord
will
comfort them and give them strength
to
continue in
their minist
Those who
would
wish
to
send them a
word of sympathy
and encourageme
there
i s
the i r
address; George
and Vera Bajenski
7
V e n t r i s
D r
Ajax
Ont. LIT
M
Canada Tel./416/427 37
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NOKTONWCHUipi
Ol
CHRIST
February 17, 19
iJlN OPEN LETTER TO PAUL
AND
DELA BAJKO.
Congratulations to you on
the
coirp^etion of 35 years of service to
t
Lord
in
the Polish
Ministry
Speaking
for
myself
personally,
and on
beh
of Norton Church of Christ here in
Cjoluiribus Oh we
count
i t
a privile
to
have
been
associated with
you in th i s work for
well
over
ha l f those year
As t ime goes by, I am cont inual ly
amazed a t the
depth of
your
devoti
to the
work. The qual i ty
and
quant i ty of your accoirp li shments in the Lo
i s
enough
to
put
workers half your
age
to shame. As a long-term member
The Guidance Committee I know that th is is true. But I impressed sti
more with what I regard
as
your eve r-growing ab i l i ty
to
do and
to
teach t
things
of Chris t . Of
course,
you two
have had
an understanding of
Pola
from the t ime of
your
bi r th Unlike sbme others you have known the
Poli
language
and
the
cul ture from
your youth. You are
wel l
aware
of
the st rengt
and
weaknesses
of the
people
you
se rve
Other
missionar ies
must
l e am
tho
th ings. More than a few
have not
managed
to
leam them
well .
F in ally , f
now,
I
have
always found
your
absolu te
honesty
impressive. You
have nev
yielded to the
temptation
to dis tor t the t ru th however s l ight ly
for
t
sake
of appearances. We appreciate you fo r these things.
I
know t h a t a l l
pra i se
i s
due to
God. Great th ings
He
has done Bu
praise God for you and for all who la|bor together faithfully with
you
each
s ide of the ocean. Paul and Dela, may
our
Father in heaven
give you
bo
an
ever-increasing sat isfact ion
in His service. May He gran t
you
the r ich
deserved
joy tha t comes with the s ight
ojf
more
and more
f ru i t
fo r
your labo
unt i l
your work
on
ear th i s done.
Yours in
Him,
W il li am B
Walke r
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Deparimeni ofMissions - Polish Ministry
EASTERN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
P .O . Box 629
Guidance
Committee
Bel Air Maryland 21014
Kenneth
Meade Secrefafy Phone: 301-734-7250 „
.o ,
r^•
L j „ Paul Bajko Director
Howard Br ammer
Gerald Cowan Irek Woloszczyk Asso
Mark Howes
Carol Kakac
Adam J . Korenczuk
Ron Lowry
C.Wayne Murphy July 1989
Bill Oates
^ : :Z
GOD S
OPM
BOOR
SEE,
I HAVE
PLACED BEFORE
YOU AN
OPEN
DOOR THAT NO ONE CAN SHU
THOUOi YOU HAVE LITTLE STRENGTH,
YET
YOU HAVE KEPT MY WORD A
NOT
DENIED
MY
NAME.
(Rev.3:8)
With these encouraging words as a motto, the Church
in
Kolobr
Poland,
celebrated l a s t
year i t s 10th
Annive rsary. That f a s t
growing
con
gation,
t ha t in e leven yea rs grew from 6 to over 200 people, i s a wonde
exairple
o f th e
magnificent
work t h a t the Lord
has
been doing in Poland
th e
yea r s .
Today, in sp i te of some l oca l cases of persecut ion from the Po
Catholic
Church, and,
in
sp i t e
of
general ly very poor
economical condit
in Poland,
the
Lord
i s
opening
the
door of re l ig ious freedom t ha t allow s
Brothers and Sis t e rs
the re to take
courage and
receive
s t rength to grow
Chr is t ' s
glor ious
Church
t ha t
declares
the
praises
of Him who
cal led
out of darkness in to His wonde rf ul l i gh t
However,
many
people
in Poland still
l ive
in
sp i r i t ua l
darkness;
still
s e a r c h
f o r
truth and need
s a l v a t i o n .
For
us, in
th i s great
and much
blessed
country of America,
the
Lor
opening
the
door
for many oppor tuni t ies to ass i s t and help our B ro ther s
Sisters in
Poland.
As the Church grows
there,
the
needs
grow along. An
are the ones
here
t ha t can meet
those
n ee ds . P eo ple, more than ever, wri t
us a sk ing fo r Christ ian l i t e ra ture . Bibles , songbooks, medicine, advice,
and
express t he i r deep gra t i tude
fo r
whatever
help they
are
receiving.
r
s ome
l tt rs f r om P o l a n d :
Dear Bro.
and S i s t e r
Bajko ,
Pra i se
be to our Lord
I
want to s t a r t these
few
words wishing you
God
b l e s s i ng
I am happy
t h a t
I
can
w rite to
you.
I
work
with peop le t h a t
a r e enslaved
alcoholf
c iga re t t e s r drugsf
and
have many problems. Late ly, when I
v is i
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Baptismal
serv ic e in
the
Church in
Kolobrzeg
the congregat ion in Gdynia, I saw there
one
songbook o f yours Jedna
Pie
One Song)
and
I loved
it
right-a-way because o f
i t s songs
that come from
hear t
and
touch the
heart
as
well .
I f I may, I would l ike
to
ask you
to
s
me
some o f those beau t i fu l songbooks.
I don ' t have
any do l l a r s to pay you
them, but if you would l i ke me to help you here
in
any o the r way, I wil
happy
to do so
fo r you. Again, I thank God I can wri te to you. May He
alw
keep
you
i n His c a r e
I - Krzysztof
K
Dea r B r o t h e r in
hrist
Gree t ings
May God's peace be w ith you .
I
tu rn
to you, dea r
Bro ther ,
because , o rde r
to r e s t o r e
my
he a l t h ,
I n
a spec i f i c medicine
t ha t
i s impossib le
to
f ind here in Poland. I am 55 y
old . My husband i s 59, and we have two married daugh te r s and a 10 year s
son . I
would l i k e to l i v e
j u s t a little
b i t l onger in orde r , a t l e a s t ,
give the
needed
a t t en t i on and mother ly love
to my little boy
till
he g rows
Because
I
don ' t
have
t h a t
medic ine , my hea l th
and phys ica l condi t ion a re
t e r io ra t ing more
each
day. In Apri l , my hu sband had a s er io us s ur gic al ope
t ion
that
ended with complications. Dear
^Brother, could
you help me with
t
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medic ine? I t s name i s L ipan thy l 200
and
I would
need two packages
o
If
you could
do
t h a t fo r me, tell
me how I can
pay you back in o rde r to
p r e s s
my g ra t i t u d e . P lea se , h e lp me with t h i s . I thank you befo re hand.
Halin
The
occurr ing
changes
in
th e
communist
world today and th e po lic
openeness followed
by
Russia
give
more
freedom
of
worship
to
our
Bro
and Sis t e rs in Poland,
but th eir s pi r i tu al
and
mater ia l
needs
are stil
met
in
th e process ,
but
r a the r
are grea te r
than ever .
God i s opening a
door
fo r us
in
America to the opportuni ty of a
gr
se rvice to
Him and
His people
in
Poland.
We need
to
pray
tha t th i s doo
not be shut , and tha t we may be th e instruments God wi l l use to b rin g
and
peace to mil l ions
in
Poland who
still l i ve without Chris t
CONGRATULATIONS
—
Paul B«
TR I P TO POLAND
On May 31, 1989,
Bro.
Paul
Bajko
l e f t Dulles
In ternat ional
Airpo
Washington, D.C.,
and
flew
to Poland
in order
to trave l extensively,
th e churches and meet with th e P olish preachers t he re .
On h is
t r ip
he
was joined by
a
team
of American preachers and t ea
and
t he i r
wives
who also
w ill tra ve l
in a l l Poland, preach the Gospe
e nc ou ra ge God s
people
t h e re .
The
highl ights
o f t h i s t r i p wi l l be the meeting in th e cap i t a l c i
Poland,
Warsaw,
with
the
s tudents
of
the
Correspondence
Bible
Seminary
th e end o f t h e i r school
year
and graduat ion,
and
th e
dedicat ion
- ce leb r
se rvice
in
Ostroda of the Home
fo r
the
Senior
Cit izens during which
Paul
wi l l
present a specia l monetary g i f t from the American Chris t ians .
The
next
issue of our
newslet ter wil l give
you a fu l l report of
tha t
t r i
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IREK 'S
SERVICE
The
Lord is
good
and to serve
Him
is
a
joy
The months
of
April and
were par t icu la r ly
loaded fo r me
with
tasks
t ha t
had
to be f in is he d b e
Bro.
Paul ' s
t r ip
to Poland:
packing
and
mailing
of
our monthly Polish
m
zine Drogowskaz and other
Christian l i terature to Poland,
tape-record
of
2
radio
programs
with
songs
and sermons
in
Polish,
f inishing
the
t ran
tion into Polish of an English book oni the basic p ri nc ip le s o f
VBS
- idea
m in istry n ot
known
yet
in Poland,
e tc .
Trave ling t ho se pas t months, whether by myself or with Bro. Paul, w
rea l t h r i l l . I could share God's Word, ping and share
the news of
our Po
Minis t ry
with Fairmont
Chris t ian
Church
in
Richmond,VA, Cumberland
Chris
Church in CumberIcind, IN ,
and
wi th Winif red Road Church
o f
Chr i s t
in Cum
land, MD I want to thank a l l those who made those t r ips possible for
beaut i fu l ly
unforget table moments
I hea r a lre ady the
American young
people singing B6g dobry
j e s t ,
God i s
so good,
in Polish again th i s summer
as
I wil l
v i s i t the
diffe
Christian Service
cait^s
and
speak of tiie
amazing
things
o
is
doing
in
land
today. Two
weeks of
VBS in June
a t
Levittown, PA a
week
of camp in
in
Michigan
and a
week
in
August
at ]jndian Lake Christian Service camp
Maryland a re
my
mission
f ie lds
t h i s summer.
May God
bless
t ha t
time in
s e r v i c e
FINANCIAL REPORT OF POLISH MINISTRY: JANUARY 1 - JUNE 30, 1989
INCOME:
Balance
on
Jan.1.89
4
360.04
Received
from Churches
and
Ind iv iduals 106,596.43
106,956.47
EXPENDITURES:
1.
Living-link
supports
for P.B.
and A.B
16,787.70
2. Housing - off
ice. . . . . . .
j 4 305.00
3.
Insurances,
S/S, Taxes,
Hospit
7,548.14
4. Ut i l i t i e s
831.52
5.
Office
Supl. ,
Telephone 1,783.12
6. Promotion 1 3 594.75
7. POLAND: Preachers,
buildings, medicine 48,640.59
8. Literature,
Bibles . . . . .
3,574.00
9.
Irek
Woloszczyk
-
Trainee Scholarship 8,750.00
10.
Transfer to P olish Church Buildings
Fund. . . 10,000.00
105,814.82
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Department of
issions
- Polish Minist
EASTERN
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
P .O . B ox 629
Bel Air
Maryland
21014
Phone: 3 0 1 7 3 4 7 2 5 0
POL N i n 1989
Paul Bajko Director
Irek
Woloszczyk Asso
September 1989
Guidance Committee:
Kenneth Meade
Secretary
Howard Brammer
Ma rk Howe s
Carol
Kakac
Adam J Korenczuk
Ron Lowry
C. Wayne Murphy
Bill
Oates
Ivan
C. Odor
Danny
Pelfrey
BiilSmith iiriruj. _-i
mi
This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts who is
won
derful in
councel
and
excellent
in
working
Isa iah
28:29.
Recently
there
is hardly
a
day without
news in our
newspapers and TV
the po l i t i c a l
and
economical s i tua t ion
in Poland.
There
are
worrisome
news and good
news but the bes t
news i s
the OO N W
salvat ion which reaches
Polish people.
With that OO
N WS
we went in June to Poland where we have seen the exc
work o f th e Lo rd
Together
with Bro. and
Sister
Bob Martin from Johnson Bible Col lege
parted to Poland May
31.
With some
delays
we reached Warsaw
June
1st la te
th e a fte rnoon where we were met by a group o f p re ache rs and Christ ian fri
And so began our very
busy schedule
-
preaching teaching visi t ing
people
I..
Service a t Polczyn Zdroj
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homes
c o n f e r e n c e s e tc . There wa s no time f o r reading newspaper to watc
TV o r d i s c u s s economi cal s i tua t ion an d p o l i t i c a l changes in P o l a n d .
Br o.
and
Si s t e r
M a r t i n
t ravel led
w i t h
Bro Michal Weremijewicz di rec t
o f th e Correspondence Bible Seminary an d I t ravel led a l l o n e
f o r
th e n ex t
days
begining
ray
preaching
in
the
Warsaw
Church
of
C h r i s t
then going
t o B
la
P o d l a s k a Z a l e s i e
Czarna
S r e d n i a Sie lc B i a l y s t o k S i e m i a t y c z e .
B i e l
P o d l a s k i
and
S z e s z y l y .
In a l l thos e
Churches
where a re m i n i st e r i n g B r o t h e r s : Andrew B a j e n s k i P e t
Bronowicki
Sr .
P e t e r Bronowicki J r . E m il H e tm a ni ok Z b i gn ie w Szymczuk
Olek Zegunia Kostek
Jakoniuk
an d Konstanty
Zegunia
I saw g r e a t p ro g res s .
New
s o u l s
a r e
added to
th e
Church
b uild in gs a re er rec ted o r e n l a r g e d .
I n
th e
conference
w i t h a r e a
p r e a c h e r s I n o t i c e d
the i r
desire fo r gre ater e
for t
in
winning souls f o r
C h r i s t
an d fellowship.
On
J une
9 I r e t u r n e d to Warsaw
to meet
more
p r e a c h e r s from th e
Sta te
who
spent the
next 7 1 2
days
i n Poland.
That da y
we
met
with
the
st u d e n t s
of the
Correspondence
Bible
Seminary wh
Bro.
Martin
wa s
l e c t u r i n g a l r e a d y
fo r
3 d a y s . was grea t
to s e e
younger
an d o l d er
st u d e n t s
preparing themselves f o r
the
m i n i s t ry in
the Lord s
Vin
yard
and
hear
wondeful r e p o r t from Bro. Mic ha l We remieje wic z
June 10th we
were
devided i n t o two
groups
an d
went dif ferent d i r e c t i o n s
Itys.elf Bro. an d S iste r B il l
Smith
from Cumberland C h r i s t i a n
Church I n d
B r o . and Si s t e r G e r a l d M or e l a nd
from
M ar kle C hu rc h o f
C hr i s t
I nd and C a
r i n e E d d l eb l o t t e G e r a l d s s i s t e r in-law went
to
Polczyn Zdroj
Kolobrzeg
Bialogard Gryfice Gdynia
Olsztyn Lidzbark
Warminski where Brothers:
W
demar
Swiatkowski P e t e r Karel
Roman Szmigiel Henryk Zagrodnik
Sergiusz
Kobus Jan Szymczuk Jerzy Puszcz and Mikolaj Makarczuk a r e m i ni st er in g .
P i
Building of
the
new church
bui l di ng
in Zalesie
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A t
th e
ded i c a t i on
o f
Sen io r Ci t i z en s Home i n
Os t roda
Each
day we had serv ices with overflowing houses
of
worship. People were
to hea r the Gospe l
We saw work which was done on a new
church
bui ld ing
in
Bialogard a
newly
chased building
in
Gryfice a beaut i ful ly renovated building in Lidzbark
the need
f or r ep air in g
of
the building in
Olsztyn.
Also
we
were
able
to
purchase
new
building for
the
newly
established
miss
place in Zlotow
where
the elder
of
the Church in
Kolobrzeg
is moving to l
t n ew wo r k
Bro. Richard Sprague from Internat ional Disaster Emergency Service an
Norman Weaver
from
Mission
Services together
with
Kostek
Jakoniuk
went
Eastern par t of Poland where they
vis i ted churches
in
Bielsk
Podlaski
Si
tycze Sie lc
Czarna
Srednia and Biala Podlaska.
June
17 I spent a l l
day
in conference
with the
Executive Committee
the Churches
of
Chr i s t where in d eta il s we
discussed
the
work
in Poland
achievements fa i lures
and needs again emphasizing greater ef for t in eva
gelism and establ i shing new churches.
June 18 was the
highl ight
of
the t r ip
All of us met in Ostroda
w
we have Chris t ian
Service
Camp a
Church
and a Home
fo r
Senior Cit izens.
Pau l Wrobe l
is
t h e m in is t e r o f t h e
C hurch and
d i r e c t o r o f
th e
Home
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I t
was the
day of dedication of
the
completely rebui l t Sanctuary and
th
Home
of
Senior
Citizens
which was
destroyed by f i re
3 years
ago.
wo
years
ago International
Disaster
Emergency
Service gave
S 5000
toward
th at p ro je ct
and
th is
year another
S
2500.00.
The ome
has
8
beaut i ful
rooms
and in
October
they
will
be occupied
by 1
Sen io r i t i z en s from hurches
o f
hr i s t
Bro.
Richard
Sprague
was
the dedicatory
speaker who brought a
challengin
message The rest of us gave
short
messages and greetings. The Church
Ostroda presented
to
Bro. Sprague Bajko Tomaszewski and Biernacki f low
and expressed
appreciation
and thanks
for con tr ibut ions
and work put int
res tor ing the Home
After
the
service there
was Agape
with great fellowship around the
tab
On
the
way
to
Warsaw we
stopped
in Ciechanow
a
mission s ta t ion of t
Pulawska
Stree t Church of
Chris t in Warsaw.
There
i s
a beu t i fu l
buildin
and
the
work is led
by
Krzysztof Pietrzak a dedicated man od
God
June
20th a l l
American guest s depar ted and
I remained
in Poland for
another several days
to
v i s i t
Churches
in
the South and
also to meet
ra
bro the r s
and
s i s t e r s
and o the r r e l a t i ve s from the
Sov ie t
Union whom I
d
not
see
fo r
45 years
To be
con t i n u ed i n th e n ex t
n ew s l e t t e r
Fellowship around tjhe
tables
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Department ofMissions Polish Ministr
EASTERN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
P.O.
Box 629
Guidance Commitlee Maryland 21014 Director
Kenneth
Meade Secretary Phone: 301-734-7250
Irek Woloszczyk./Assoct
Howard Brammer
Ma rk Howe s
Carro ll Kakac
AdamJ.Korenczuk
November December 1989
Ron Lowry
C.
Wayne
Murphy
BlllOales P O L AND
IN
1989
IvanCOdo /Continuation/
Danny Pelfrey
Bill Smith
After visit ing
and
preaching in
Churches
in
Eastern
North
Western and
Northern parts
of
Poland
we
arrived in
Warsaw.
Here I was
able
to
meet
my
2
brothers
and 3
sisters
with
their
families—a-
bout
30 people
a ll together
from Soviet Union. IT
W S
A GREAT
REUNION
We
spent
hours in
conversation
about
l ife in Russia
and especially about
sp i r i t ua l l i f e
The part of Soviet Union where they live was Poland before the Second World
War where we had many churches of
Christ .
For
years they suffered
persecution.
All
Churches were
incorporated into
on
Evangelical Christian-Baptist Union where they had limited freedom to worshi
in
registered
churches. There was much limitation put on children and youn
people.
I t
was forbidden to take children to church and only
at
the age o
18 young people were allowed to be baptized.
There
was
constant shortage of
Bibles
l i t e ra ture
songbooks
etc.
Lately
because of glasnost they
got
more freedom to worship
visi t
and e-
vangelize.
Today doors are open
for
sending there
Bibles
and Christian literature.
These opportunities
are
redeemed by us and we ship many packages with Bible
and l i t e ra tu re di rec t ly from USA.
At
the
same time we engaged several
preachers
in Poland to send hundreds of
Bibles from Poland to the Soviet Union. Also we
keep several
thousands Bib
les
and literature for those
people
from
Russia
who vis i t Poland and worsh
in our churches and on their way back they
carry with
them full suitcases
of Bibles Bibles f or c hild re n and songbooks.
There
is great
spiritual hunger and we try to supply the spiritual food.
Together with almost all members of my family from the Soviet Union we
went
South
where we
vis i ted
some
his tor ica l places
and
every
evening we ha
services in Churches: in Dobrowa Gornicza Katowice Sosnowiec. We held
on
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n
P a u l s f a m i l y
from
S o v i e t
Union
day conference
with
the area preachers and on Sunday June 5 a
glorious
de
d i c a t i o n o f th e
newly e r r e c t e d Church b u i l d i n g
i n Rybnik
took p l a c e .
Bro. Gutkowski m i n i s t e r
together
with other members put much e f f o r t an d
hundreds of hours
of work
i n t o t h i s b u i l d i n g . We supplied
finaces
f o r ma
teri l
I t
was a
great
day
for
the young congregation. The sanctuary was
f i l l e d t
capacity
and the service
lasted
3 hours songs messages
congratulation
Lord s Supper
thanks
d e d i c a t i o n .
Next day I v i s i t e d s ev eral homes
in the
Southern p a r t of
Poland an d
return
to Warsaw fo r a
s h o rt
meeting with the Director of th e R eligious Affai rs a
some members
o f
th e E x e c u tiv e Committee
o f
th e Church
o f th e
Congregatios
C h r i s t
June 8 I departed to London
England.
Here I was met by
Bro. Antoni Kosciecha
who
brodcasts
the
Gospel to Polan
through I R
S ta tio n in Lisbon
Portugal. I
read
se ve r a l
l e t t e r s
from
the
l i s t e n e r s
an d sa w how im po rtan t th e Radio m i n i st r y i s
After
a
s h o r t r e s t of on e day
we
went No rth to
the
c i t y of Nottingham to
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to v i s i t s ev er al f am i li es
where
we
had
a great service in one of
the
homes
After
return
to London I
preached in
two more places to
the
Slavic
people
All
in
a l l
my tr ip
was
tiresome
but glorious
I saw
radiant
Christians
despite
of
a gloomy
economical
si tuation;
I saw
working
preachers;
I was
able
to preach
almost every
day and some days se
veral times;
I saw buildings
being bui l t or
purchased
with our help
and I
saw
determination of
our
preachers to stay in Poland
and
to preach
There is a
trend
in
Poland
l ik e in many other ocial i s t ic countr ies to leav
the country for a bet ter l i fe in America
or
any other
Western country
any
denominational churches loose
many of
their
ministers do not
did
not loose a
single
one
All
of them
are in our
prayers and
support
and
stay firmly
on
the
ground
preaching the
Gospel
e thank God for that
But they need more prayers and more help in purchasing places of worship in
new areas They also
need
more l i e ra ture
All of us who
vis i ted
Poland
this
year saw great things done
in
Poland
Congregation
in Bielsk
Podlaski
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Around
th e Lord s Table
and
every
one expressed the desire to come back again.
Bro. Bi l l Smith summarized the s i t u a t i on The Chu rch in Poland i s
well and alive;
progresses
slowly but
stadily
and is dedicated to saving
sou s
Chris t ians
are
content with what they
have
and share with others
There is great hospital i ty beautiful expression of love.
Spirit of
the
Lord works in
the
lives of people and prayers are answered.
PRAISE GOD FOR THE CHURCH OF iCHRIST IN POLAND.
A -I
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