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PERSONAL FILE
May 8,
1959
Name
i n f u l l ^ Boris
Dutka Sex—
Complete
address
on i < = > l r i
none
as
vet)
Complete forwarding
a d r i r f t i = ; s Darrell
Decl^. G-uyton.
G-eorp:ia
Name
and address
o f
sponsoring
or
endorsing c l i u r c h or
churches):
These- churches are to h e used for references only:
Oonfluence Christian Confluence
Fennaylva-nla
^
irst Christian Church.
Ouster,
Oklahoma
l l e v 7
Tazevrell
Christian
T . e \ r
Tazswell,
Tennessee
River Hill C hurc h of C hrist
Kononp:ahela,
Pennsylvania
Duquesne
Christian Church Duqueane,
Pennsylvania
Name
a n d a d d r e s s o f hometown n p w H p a p p r ^ rlttshurgh
Sun-Telefrraph, F f g h
a,
Names and
addresses o f other papers which might carry s t o r i e s o f
your
work.
. .
J,J.U
J. UU
Pittsburgh
Press
Ppch.
Penna.
Braddock Free Press
Braddock Penna.
P l a c e o f B i r t h
Brooklyn,
nay 19 M o n t h July voar,1934
Fa^
•
Where h a p t i g o H ?
Braddock
Chrlctlan
C hurch, Sraddock,
nato Bec> 23, 1946
On
back
o f page, please
describe
any s p e c i a l
circumstances
regarding conversion
M a r i t a l
s t a t u s :
M a r r i e d
S i n g l e
D i v o r c e d W i d o w e d . D a t e
o f
M a r r i a g e ^ J S ? ^
List children by f u l l name giving place, day,
month,
and
year
of b i r t h :
Name Place Day
Month
Year
Niels Dutka
Hartselle, Ala. May
18,
1953
Loren
Dutka Corin th, Mjsa. Aug.. 18, 1958
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A
Schooling
(High
school and
later):
Name
and Location
of
school Number
Scott
Hifch, No
Braddock Penna
of Years
3
Major Degrees
with
dates .
ma or}
(incomplete scientific.
Johnson Bible Gollecre.
Tenn.
4 A,B,
(cum
laude)
19^5
Phl.llins
Univ.
Okla. em.
graduate
work
Johnson Bible ^olle^e 1 sem.
crraduate v:ork
What t h i n g s i n f l u e n c e d you t o become a missionary? Your own story I n some d e t a i l might
be
i n f l u e n t i a l
i n
leading
others
i n t o
f u l l t i m e
service
(use back
of sheet for
mo r e
space)
?
This
could
he
called a story
of
closed doors
and open
doors,
I have experienced this G-od-directed process and
sometimes
stand amazed
t h a t
i t has happ ened to me, My p rima ry ambition in
c o l l e g e
was to become
a
B i b l e p r o f e s s o r a n d j t e a c h
o t h e r s
t o p r e a c h t h e g o s p e l . M y r e c o r d v r a s
above average in
school. After graduation, I
proceeded
to take seminar
work . - i t h t h e desire to teach in an American Bible Gollege, Financial
considerations as well as discovering
for
the first time the full.reality
of the liberalism
in
one
of
our schools
made me
leave
further
graduate
training.
The church where I served as a student preacher was my charge
due to the
efforts
of the
school I attended.
Since
I
had
previously
signed an agreement
to leave
the church were 1
t o
leave t h e
school,
I was
bound, I felt, to keep my
vrord
with the school. T h u s
d o o r s w e r e
shut to
r e c e i v i n g g r a du a t e w o r k and t h i s church, I returned
to
Benna. to my home
town
and
n o t being able to locate any churches in
need
of a pastor I
took
a small
ccn?r r e~at ion as my charge,
I
then
located
a
Job with Westinghouse
Plans
must be largely
indefinite until
upon the field,
u-enerally,
plan
to
w o r k i n
t h e
Belem Bible
S eminary e v e n t u a l l y
several
days
a v/eek and
establish churches the
rest
of
the time.
Which
of the
following
t e r m s
most nearly describes
your missionary status?
Evangelist, Bible
College teacher.
.
Public
School
teacher^-^
Homemaker_
Doctor Nurse Social
worker
Of f ice
wnrkpr
Name
t h e r .
Metro Dutka
Father's name
and home
address ( i f l i v i n g ) ,
5227 Valley ^treet, Ivest
Mifflin,
Pa
t r - X - works in
h estin^dicuse
-
.- x .
«
ves
His
occupation. - Is
h e
a Christian? ^
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congresation
on
the same basis as the first- Sundays only. In the meantime
I was
constantly supporting and writing
to a
missionary
school ftiend o f * -
m i n e i n B r a z i l . I h a d
n e v e r
c o n s i d e r e d t o
a n y
d e g r e e o f b e i n g a m i s s i o n a r y .
I f e l t t h a t t e a c h i n g a n d t e a c h i n g a i o n e w a s m y m a j o r t a l e n t . O n e d a y
a
letter arrived
from
this missionary friend and he asked outright without
any previous
overtures
if I would come down and teach in
the
newly
e s t a b l i s h e d
Belem Bible seminary, Belem, Brazlj^Jt seemed as if a
special
task was suddenly revealed
to
us
and that
we
especially
interested
ano
Qualified
to
accomplish
that
task. It was a simple
request to
come and
teahh from
a
man. It
sounded
like the
voice of God
saying
that here
is a
w o r k to be done - w ould we go for Him?
I never had even thought of
mission
w o r k . If one needs a call to do
the
Lord s will what
more
of a call could-one be
s r i v e n
than to see a need
and k n o w f t h a t y o u
can personally
fulfill
that
needT I still
was
hesitant.
I
had just
been
promoted to a n e w
job leading eventually
to training for
management in
V^estinghouse.
An
idea grasped my
mind and
would
not let
go.
Visit Brazil and see if the L o r d / h a s a place fon^ou. On my facation from
my
job I.made the
trip
b y airplane to
Brazil.
'There for two w e e k s I saw
enough
which eventually led
me to
make the decision
that Christ has a
place for me
in
the Amazon Valley. This
is
a story of doors. To
settle
the
decision concerning my
job
the regression
came and
my
job
was
placed
in
a
very perilous state. Since I had very little service I was about to
be dismissed
in
accordanc e with seniority rules.
And
yet this job opened
many doors.
It
enabled me
to finish
paying my school debts which I
had
accumulated since
I
was
married
and'had
a
family
while
attending school.
It gave
m e f t h e
finances to
make
t h i s - trip to Brazil. It cleared up many
debts and left us free
to
consider'Brazil more practically.
I
v r a s
still hesitant.
Times were
bad economically. I en»tered
Johnson Bible College to
continue my
graduate
studies
until
conditions
improved
a o m e v j - h a t . Again a door was
^ a h u t
and due to financial problems
but moreao
the
impossibility of our earning a degree
within
a year, w e
discontinued this
effort.
We
were
pasturing a
small
church in T e nn.
We
thought
perhaps
we
should
take
a
fulltime church
and
get on
our feet
a little better.
V J e
didn't even have
a
house or
place
to
stay
if
we
tried to raise our
supoort for
Brazil. But before w e could
seriously
consider
a
church God:began opening doors. A woman
in.
our
nhurclL L.
offered U £ ( t h e use
o i
aer
house
couiDletelv furnished until we leave for
Brazil.; , A friend
quickly accepted'the
ehallenge and
grinding
work of
being bur forwaj^ding agent; --a problem, which
seemed.insurmountable,
for^ v .
a
moment
only. One missionary donated enough funds
to
pay for
ou
r
printing matter. Another a l l o v r s u^o make use of
his
wideaoread paper
without charge. In
all
of
this
w e see Gg^Cever leading us o n w a j ^ f t
to
B r azi l ,
i - ^ a n y
people may
not
see much
v alue
in
such
opened
and
closed
doors.
I confess
I never did.
I believe in
such
doors
now. O f
course
we
must
cross through
the
doors when God opens
them and we must not-
loose
faith
because our plans from being fulfilled w hen
God closes doors to them.
are.,facing spme doors
nowhwhich
for the moment are closed.
People are falling to a n s v ; e r bur letters v . h e n we
reouest speak ing
engagements
in theW c^ urclies, People are
reluctant o-make
a small
contribution or
pledge
and are always leaving our support to the other
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P e r s o n a l
F i l e
-
P a g e
3
-
N a m f t Boris Dutka
Name o f f o r w a r d i n g
a g e n t s
Darrell l ^ e c k
Address,
(^vton.
Geo rgia
Telephone
W h at d u t i e s are performed by your
forwar ding agent?
receives
all funds
and makes
all
disbursements
accounts for
expenditures
official
accountant
vrlll
publish our periodical report
legal agent for all matters
promotional agent
prefer
S h o i i l f i money be sent
to forwarding
agent nniy? ves form
I f i t can
be
m a i le d
to
y o u , p le a se
indicate how n
what
form
Does y o u r f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t r e c e i v e
a
s a l a r y
completely
voluntary
agent is minister of Christian
Church
Use the
remainder
of t h i s
sheet
t o supply
other
information vhich yo u think might be h e l p f u l
t o the s t a f f
of
Mission Services in preparing
news stories about yo u r
ministry:
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\ J u n 3 5 1 9 5 9
CLINTON THOMAS
S C H 0 0 m A T V p F 3 a i i * B t L N S
T O
W O R K
I N
B E L E M
B I B L E S E M I N A R Y
Since his graduation A.
B,
from Johason Bible College, Kimberlin Heights,
Tennessee in 1955)
Boris
Dutka has
served
small
churches and
taken sone
graduate
training
at Philips
University,
Enid, Oklahoma
and JBC,
During part of this time,
he
supported his family through employment at Westinghouse.
oi
W h i l e
a t
W e s t i r ^ o u s e ,
h e
r e c e i v e d
a
e a i l
f r o m
C l i n t o n T h o m a s j ^ s k i n g
i f
h e
would come
to
Brazil and teach
in
the newly
established
Belem Bible Seminary, Brother
Dutka later wrote
It
was a simple request
to
come and teach from a man. It
sounded
like the
voice
of
God saying
that here
is a work
to
be done
—
euldre go
for Him?
h } s ioh,
U i ^ f T e J
^
ce>©ht fA^P»
It
was
one of many open doors, and the Dutkas
prepared
to step through, ^
^4
Brother Dutka was born at
Brookl^,
New
York
July 19, 193^ and was reared
in
North
Braddock, Pennsylvania
as a
member
of
the Russian Orthodox Church,
In
D e c e m b e r 1 9 4 6 h e w a s b a p t i s e d i n t o C h r i s t .
H e
g r a d u a t e d A B . f r o m J B C i n 1 9 5 5 .
Mrs. Dutka was bom Eloise Sandlin June
14,1932
in
Masey,
Alabama,
They
were married
irodtS^ May
28,
1952 and
have
two
children Niels
6,
and Loren about
a
year old,
NQ.ssionaries William E, Loft
and Clinton Thomas
are anxfeous
to have
this
family
on the field
to
work in the Belem Bible Seminary,
and in
the
for
Belem
area
g e n e r a l l y .
As r e f e r e n c e s they
g i v e the
c h u r c h e s / w h i c h
B r o t h e r
D u t k a | a s p r e a c h e d : F i r s t C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h
C u s t e r
O k l a h o m a ; C h r i s t i a n
Church, Confluence, Pennsylvania; First
Christian
Church, Duquesne,
Pennsylvania;
and Christian
Church,
New
Tazewell, Tennessee,
In writing to H o r j s i f o n s Brother Dutka said We would appreciate requests
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CONCERNING THE MISSIONARY:
I
w a s
b o r n i n B r o o k l y n ,
N e w
Y o r k
o n
J u l y
1 9 ,
R e a r e d
m
o r t h
B r a d d o c k , P e n n s y l v a n i a a s a m e m b e r o f t h e
S u a t e d
w a s
b a p t i z e d
i n t o C h r i s t
a n d H i s C h u r c h o n
D e c e m b e r
2 2 ,
1 9 4 6 .
I ^ a d u a t e d
f r o m
J o h n s o n B i b l e C o l l e g e i n
1 9 5 5
w i t h
t h e
d e g r e e B a c h e l o r o f
A r t s .
S i n c e t h e n I h a v e
c o m p l e t e d
o n e y e a r o f p o s t - g r a d u a t e w o r k . I h a v e s e r v ^
c h u r c h e s i n O u s t e r ,
O k l a h o m a M o n o n g a h e l a a n d C o n f l u e n c e
m
T a z e w e l i ,
T e n n e s s e e .
S i n c e g r a d u a t i o n I h a v e w o r k e d
l a r g e l y
w i t h s m a l l c o n g r e g a t i o n s u n a b l e t o s e c u r e
a f u l l - t i m e
m m i s t e r .
I n A p r i l 1 9 5 8 I m a d e a v i s i t
t o
t h e A m a z o n V a l l e y a n d w a s i n t r o d u c e d
t o t h e ^ S n t h a t f i e l d , i w a s
i n v i t e d
t o
h e l p
h a r v e s t t h e l o r d s ^ n ^ a r d
i n
B r a z U
a n d
s e e i n g
t h e
p r e s s i n g
n e e d
f o r
t h e
p r o c l a i m i n g o f t h e g o s p e l
I
h a v e d e d i c a t e d
m y s e l f
a s H i s
s e r v a n t
i n t h i s a r e a .
CONCERNING THE
MISSIONARY S WIFE:
I a s b o r n on
J u n e
1 4 .
1 9 3 2 a n d
r e a r e d
i n
FaMUe
J o h n s o n B i b l e C o l l e g e a n d c o m p l e t e d
t w o
y e a r s o f s t u d y . O n
M a y
2 8 . 1 9 5 Z
I m a r r i e d B o r i s a n d g r a d u a t e d w i t h
a
M R S . d e g r e e . My r i m a r y j o b i s
r e a r
i n g
o u r
t w o
s o n s — i e l s ,
a g e 6
a n d
L o r e n , b o m
A u g u s t 1 8 , 1 9 5 8 .
CONCERNING
OUR
AMILY:
We
l a n t o w o r k i n
t h e B e l e m
B i b l e S e m i n a r y a n d i ^ i n ^ e d i a t e B e l e m
a r e a
t h e L o r d w i l l i n g . W e
o u l d
a p p r e c i a t e
a n y
m o n t h l y s u p p o r t t h a t c a n
b e
p l e d g e d
a n d
a n y
c a s h d o n a t i o n a s o u r i m m e d i a t e n e e d
i s
f u n d s f o r
s u p p h e s .
S i i o m t r o ^
b e
s e n t t o o u r f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t w h i l e a U p e r s o n a l c o r
r e s p o n d e n c e
m a y
b e s e n t t o
o u r o w n
a d d r e s s .
REFERENCES:
F i r s t C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h F i r s t C h r i s t i a n
C h u r c h
c / o C h a i r m a n - o f - B o a r d
.
c / o C h a i n n a n - o f - B o a r d
O u s t e r
O k l a h o m a D u q u e s n e
P e n n s y l v a n i a
C o n f l u e n c e
C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h New
a z e w e U
C h r i s t i a n
c / o C h a i n n a n - o f - B o a r d c / o C h a i n n a n - o f - B o a r d
C o n f l u e n c e P e n n s y l v a n i a
New T a z e w e U
T e n n e s s e e
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LETTERS OF
RECOMMENDATION
TO
W OM
T MAY
CONCERN
I w i s h t o r e c o m m e n d t o
t h e
b r o t h e r h o o d
a t
l a r g e B r o t h e r
B o r i s
D u t k a ,
w h o h a s a n n o u n c e d
h i s d e s i r e
t o s e r v e t h e
L o r d
h e r e i n t h e A m a z o n V a l l e y .
From
p e r s o n a l a c t j u a i n t a n c e w i t h
B r o t h e r B o r i s
d u r i n g h i s
v i s i t
t o t h e f i e l d
l a s t
y e a r
we
r e c o n v i n c e d t h a t h e w i l l make
g o o d
m i s s i o n a r y .
The m o s t i m p o r t a n t t h i n g I c a n s a y i n h i s b e h a l f
i s
t h a t he
i s n e e d e d .
T h i s
s
a t o u g h f i e l d a n d h e k n o w s t h a t f r o m
h i s
v i s i t h e r e . H i s v o l u n t e e r i n g
f o r t h e
j o b
s h o w s h i s w i l l i n g n e s s t o s a c r i f i c e
f o r
t h e L o r d .
I t
s h o w s
h i s
l o v e f o r
t h e s e
p e o p l e
s t e e p e d i n s i n a n d
p a g a n i s m .
O t h e r
t h a n
w h a t w e
k n o w p e r s o n
a l l y o f B r o t h e r B o r i s we h a v e h e a r d
o n l y g o o d
c o n c e r n i n g
h i m .
I
a m s u r e
t h a t
h e
w i l l
b e
a c r e d i t t o
t h e
L o r d ,
t o t h e c h u r c h e s
and
t o
y o u i f y o u s e n d
h i m t o
t M s i e l d . We r g e t h a t y o u
s e n d
h i m , a n d
a s
q u i c k l y
a s
p o s s i b l e .
E v e r y d a y t h a t h e i s u n n e c e s s a r i l y
d e l a y e d
ma ny
s o u l s w i l l
p a s s o n u n n e c e s s a r i l y t o a C h r i s t - l e s s e t e r n i t y .
O u r p r a y e r s
a r e t h a t y o u
w i l l s p e e d B r o t h e r B o r i s D u t k a
a n d h i s
w o n d e r f u l
h e l p m a t e , h i s
w i f e t o
t h i s
field.
Y o u r s , i n t h e L o r d ' s S o u t h
V i n e y a r d
W i l l i a m E. L o f t , M i s s i o n a r y
BRETHREN
G r e e t i n g s m h e n a m e
o f
o u r L o r d a n d
S a v i o r
J e s u s C h r i s t . I am v e r y
h a p p y t o c o m m e n d
t o
t h e C h u r c h e s o f C h r i s t
o u r
b r o t h e r B o r i s D u t k a a s a
c a n d i d a t e t o s e r v e i n t h e A m a z o n V a l l e y o f
B r a z i l .
My s s o c i a t i o n w i t h B o r i s
s p a n s . s o m e s i x y e a r s o f
C h r i s t i a n
e x p e r i e n c e .
I t
w a s my p r i v U e g e t o s t u d y
w i t h
h i m
f o r f o u r y e a r s a t J o h n s o n B i b l e C o U e g e
a n d
I h a v e
f o U o w e d h i s
w o r k s i n c e w e
g r a d u a t e d i n
t h e
s a m e
c l a s s
f r o m
J o h n s o n i n '
1 9 5 5 ,
As a s t u d e n t
B o r i s
h a d
a
v e r y
n e a r l y
p e r f e c t r e c o r d t h a t w i l l b e i n v a l u
a b l e h e r e
i n h i s w o r k i n t h e
A m a z o n . T h o s e
o f u s w h o s t u d i e d w i t h
h i m
l o o k
f o r w a r d t o
t h e d a y w h e n h e
m a y
a p p l y
h i s
u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e W o r d t o
t e a c h t h o s e w h o k n o w Him o t . I n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h h i s p r e p a r a t i o n
t o
c o m e
t o B r a z U
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