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FEBRUARY, 1959
NUMBER 47
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Pusan.
Pusan, Korea is a typical Orintal city, but with some special features. More than one million people live on the coast and on the large island-in one of-the world's best natural harbors. This city was not bombed
during the Korean war but has suffered a number of
great fires that have almost entirely wiped out the old city. It was the great refugee center for Koreans fleeing the communists. In a matter of weeks the population
jumped from fifty thou
sand to more than four million. Some of the
refugees are gone, but many have no home to which they can return. A few have managed to improve on the card
board and tin-can huts that served as shelter
even
than
though
we had
modern buildings. The The ridge-pole of the neiv house nt Kwang An Dong ready to be put in place with special ceremonies the day after Christmas. Left to right Alex and Betty Bills, who will live i:i the house; Chung
Ron Kyu, the building foreman; Choi Chen Kyun, translator an the station staff; Kim Hong Kyum, mission business manager; Kim lie Young, translator and assistant in music; Pak Koo Ua, student in
contrast is remarkable.
the special radio class and will be a member of the station staff; place. We put the Chang Man Chung, pastor of the Dia Kyo church and radio voice for ridge-pole into place New Testament Christianity; and Miss Kim Ok Youn, office typist. for the house at Kwang fit for animals. An Dong the day after Christmas. I3y the time this article The city we call home is a tough town. It is reported gets to the readers we should be in the house. But al that sailors on the many ships which call here are alow a few more weeks for hold-ups that could happen only fraid to come ashore, so bad is the reputation of Pusan, out here in Korea and ynu will have the story about right. "the toughest city in the world." Of course there are
ings. Clinging on the sides of the hills only a few feet away, are huts and hovels hardly
In Seoul the various Government agencies are going over all of the technical drawings and reports that rep
resent a radio station "on paper". The wonderful Con
sulting Engineer who has been doing all this work has been stricken with an attact of hepatitus and ordered to bed for at least six weeks. Continued on next page
many decent and respectable people and it isnotneccessary to go into the bars and dives from which comes most of the "tough" reputation. However, a recent government report showed thet there were more than 5,000 prostitutes in Pusan, with only half as many in the Capitol city of Seoul. Continued on next page
PUSAN . . .
and "F") is also a city of churches. In any direction you can count the
write us a personal letter and we will do ourbest to give you the whole
picture.
and regular Korean Army Chaplain Kim (cen ter). A/ex has fust preached to prison church service with more thon one thousand young
men tn attendance.
there, hence the land was verycheap. Several of the church buildings were
erected by the refugees by their own hands and at great personal sacri fice to be left as a "thanks gift" to the community that took them in when they were driven by the Com
munists from their own homes.
We do need your prayers for wis dom to know His will and for strength to walk therein. We need patience when the Lord slows things down and
we would like very much to do. In the past few weeks I (Alex)
we need extra strength and ability when the doors open on every hand.
We are concerned with the progress
have preached to morethan a thousand young men in the ROK Army prison and in the boys section of a House of
Correction. Both offers great oppor tunities. Most of the Army prisoners are country boys who could not un derstand Military life and got in trouble. At heart they are bewilder ed and confused. They are very in terested in the Christian message.
There are six congregations pat terned after the New Testament
provision in which this work is be ing done and His is the glory when
the Word of God wins victories in the
Out of a compound of three thousand more than one thousand attend reg
ular church services. What a joy it was to show how this opportunity to
know Christ could be the most im
portant thing that ever happened. Many of them will go back to their
homes in a few months and will take
Christ with them.
land Sea that separates the main land of Asia from Japan. We are out side the harbor area but on a beauti ful cove with white sand beach. But beauty ha<l little to do with
this choice of location. This is an
ideal spot from which to broadcast the Gospel. The many technical ad vantages of locating a missionary
radio station in Pusan was first
OPPORTUNITIES
hand, Only the limits of body and time restrict the variety of things that can be done to reach people with the Gospel of Christ. Our first ef
forts must be those involved with
no opportunity like this any where else in the world today. Special training would be needed to do the
getting the radio station on the air. So we often have to by-pass things
willing to listen to the Word of God and no one to guide them. There is
I. A Korean) fonero/ procassion with its many bortners flying. Some of the flags are
good luck charms and others tell the virtues of the deceased. Boys get fo carry the flags
and sometimes beat drums.
2. Immediately aheoJ of the cosfcet is carried "the house for the soul**. The deportee/ spirit is lured into this house by which it is later carried to a temple which is a suitobfe
place for a spirit to reside.
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3. Food is being served in the little house to otfroct the spirit. The food of a really festive occasion is served including a lot of the deceased fovortte e/r/nks. /n the foregrounc/ ore professional mourners with rough rope belts, bowed prostrate in the dust, howling the proper cries to ottroct the spirit.
a picture of the dead person will be placed alongside the wreath. The pofea on wh/ch the
casket rests are carried on the shou/c/ers of o
5. So the body goes to its renting place. The special sock c/oth garments ore o sign of deep
sorrow. There is rio hope where Christ is not
International Radio back in IQS'i. The first transmitter will be for the Pusan area with all of its need
are perhaps upward of 150,000 fami lies that have radio sets. They are
ready to be reached with the Gospel just as soon as we go on the air. The remaining doors of opportunity
will be to establish transmitters to
carry the message eastward to the nation of Japan, south and west to Free China and the great costal cities of Communist China, and
northward to Communist Korea and
Eastern Russia. This will require programs in the different languages as welt as people to handle all of the technical problems and follow-up
activities.
Yes, it will be only a few more weeks until our city will be known to many listeners by the announcement,
"This is Christian Radio, Pusan,
Korea."
RECORDS
A radio station in America gets most of its programs from three sources. First, there are the net
works to which most stations be
sage. His is the understanding of his people that makes the message ef
fective. We must train him in tech
paid by the sponsor. The program costs the radio station nothing, and and in turn, they are paid for the time,
that is used. Another source is the
transcription library. There are several companies and these pro grams are recorded full 15 or 30 minute program. These include many
are in perfect condition and providing program notes and details of timing. This last item is particularly impor tant when you are preparing a broad cast. It is necessary to know the
exact amount of time a musical num
at his disposal the equipment of the recording studio and the Missionary
radio station. And we must coordin ate our activities, his and ours, to
horse ready to take me faster than my feet could carry me, and 1 deliberate ly ignored the horse and went on foot
and came too late, then I am to blame.
Radio speeds the message of life on wings of light a 1% thousand miles per second.
purchased, but are very expensive and the material arrives in English
so must be translated. Otherwise, all
have to be responsible for producing more programs than the largest sta
tions in New York or Hollywood. The one source of help is phonograph
records of classical music. Classical
musical programs are much more popularin the Orient than in America. While they do not directly contribute to the spread of the Gospel, they do provide attractive programs that will
attract listeners to the station and
they will be already listening when the Gospel programs are presented.
WAVE
LENGTHS
Published Monthly by
CHRISTIAN RADIO MISSION
804 Mississippi, Amarille, Texas. 2nd Class Postage Paid at Amarillo, Texas
Hialeah Army Chapel Choir. These are all Korean young folks and are directed by Betty Bills who serves as organist and cho/r director for this U. S. Army Chapel in Pusan. Flora May Guernsey is accompanist. From this group come
the voices that will be heard on oor radio programs.
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WESLEY WALKER MARGARET WALKER
Mr. & Mrs. W. L Walker, pictured above, (Wesley's father and mother) who, with your help will ioin the work In Sapporo this Fall. Sailing date is September 22nd. Funds for them should be
tent to forwarding agent:
MRS DERELLE O'BRIEN P. O. Box 2171
WITH WESLEY
Often after a full and busy day we thank God for the wonderful opportuni ties that He has given us to serve the Lord. Yet many times there is a feeling of regret because we have not had time to get everything done. We can only pray that God will give us another day and the
.strength to do the task that these people
some classes at the Pacific Bible Seminary in Bible School teaching and leading. She has also had work at Long Beach City
College as well as nurses training. Now they feel that God is giving them an opportunity to serve the Christ in an even
broader field. We do not hesitate to com
In the beginning the language went fast, but as one gets deeper into the study the
progress is slower. We don't feel too bad
mend them to you as loyal servants of Jesus Christ, worthy of your prayers and support. The work in Sapporo has expanded in a wonderful way until we are at the place where we must have help. Rather than employ Japanese who would be working for the financial gain instead of convic tion, we feel that help is needed from America. In a few years we will have
language study the rest of the morning is usually spent either in study or in prepar ing the materials for the different groups.
We are translating J. Willis Hale's Notes on Acts and mimeographing them in both Japanese and English. So many of the
people in the church here ready to take over the leadership, but at present every
thing about Christ and His Church is new
to them. There are two Bible classes
which are taught in English and other groups where an interpreter can be used. The folks can take over this part of the work as soon as they arrive. We realize that it is better to spend two years in a
be well prepared, also the interpreter likes a copy of each lesson at least a day before
it is used.
language school, but we need help now. It is possible to teach with an interpreter for if we had gone to language school the work in Sapporo would not yet have
been started.
Sundays the groups meet so close to gether in time and far apart in distance
It is important for the churches and the missionaries to get to know each other. However, time and expense will not permit them to visit the churches, We hope that you will trust our judge
ment in asking them, "To come over and help us." It would be better if all of their
support came from the churches, but in order to get to the field sooner Dad has
offered to use his small income to assure
them enough to meet the minimum re quirements. The Beach St. Church of Terre Haute, Indiana has pledged $20. of this amount. If others will make up the remaining $100 a month, a dedicated couple, capable of doing the task will be able to come to Sapporo this fall. About $2000 will be needed to cover the cost of passage and freight. Half of this amount will have to be on hand by the 15th of August to pay their fare. Already $200 has been given. We pray that by your gifts of love you will speed them on their way. With your help they sail the 22nd of September.
Martha Ruth and a few of her playmates. Sometimes we have fifteen or twenty in the yard at one time. Denny was asleep when these pictures we;e taken.
on for they are much like people every where and have to be encouraged to be faithful. We find that more is being ac complished in this personal teaching than
About two months ago the young busi ness men's group of Sapporo formed a
Bible class and asked us lo teach them.
It meant doubling up some of the other days to give them an evening a week, but the opportunity was too good to pass. They have rented a room in the city hall as a meeting place and bear all the ex
Tenrikyo Temple in Sapporo where the newest class is meeting. This is the largest temple of its kind in Sapporo.
pense themselves. Thus far the class is progressing nicely. All of the members speak English so that this class can be conducted in our own language.
MEDICAL HELP?
We have used the car several times to
Perhaps the strangest thing that has happened is a request for a weekly class to be held in the Tenrikyo Temple of Sapporo. This is a pagan temple with a
boy who the doctors had given up to die. Through our university students we heard that a specialist was coming to Hokkaido.
When he saw the boy he told his parents that there was a treatment which might
conduct the class they told us that they did not know that they wanted to become
Christians, but that they wanted to know
little boy. However, the family it was still hopeless as it would least two months in the hospital cost of the treatments. We had
expected a chance to teach Christ Inside a pagan temple. Pray with us that we may be wise enough to show them the
truth and that they will have minds open
a little money which had been given to us for personal use and took the rest from the general fund and had him put in the hospital. We felt sure that those of you who had given would have done the same thing. At this time Ken Chan is still in the hospital and is showing signs of im provement. His mother and father have asked us lo thank you for their boy's life.
The older
the child the more memory work was required. Even though many of these are too young to read it seemed a good way to place a New Testament in the home. Japanese children seem to be very small for their age. The little girl beside Martha Ruth holding the paper is seven years old. The young man in the pictures is Ozaki San who has been helping us since he got out of the Japanese army a few months ago. He was one of the first soldiers to attend the army Bible class. The woman is Manami San who helps take care of the small children in
Bible school. She is the mother of Ken Chan who
is in the hospital.
JAPANESE CHRISTIAN MISSION INCORPORATED A Mission of Evangelism striving to be loyal to Jesus Christ in every teaching of His Word.
Japanese Christian Mission was officially incorporated under the laws of the State of California on November 15, 1955, as a non-profit
organization.
time are:
President
Olive Walker
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Robert Wilson
Walter L Walker
Directors
The group at this time is working strenuously on an accelerated program of World Wide Evangelism spreading the Word of Jesus
Christ.
in any other way. When supplies are needed from Sapporo some of the calling
time is lost.
it seems everything they have to do is done the hard way. For instance they must carry all their books to school and home again everyday. Most of the small
the lesson. Both Saturday and Sunday are full with classes so that on those days
we do not study or call. The general mis
sion work and letter writing is done late at night after we return from the evening services. Lately it seems that we have often been too tired and let the letters go, even though we had goon intentions earli er in the day. Forgive us and we hope
to do better in the future.
WITH MARGARET
A wife and mother finds most of her
Children in line wailing for Bible school. It is not unusual for the line to start forming an hour or two
before time. This was taken about an hour before
time used for her family, especially in a land such as this. We want to keep healthy and there are many extra things to do. Drinking water must be boiled and all food purchased with care. At present I am busy canning and putting up food
for the winter months. Our summer
Sunday school was to begin. We have more trouble with them coming too early than too late.
season is very short and there doesn't seem to be enough time to get everything done. Many foods will be scarce and ex pensive this year as the rain fall has been very heavy and many crops have been ruined by the lack of sunshine.
Shopping in Japan is quite an experi ence. The Japanese women shop everyday
at the nearest market place, each carrying a basket over her arm. The shopping dis trict is made up of many small open shops. I think the fish markets will al ways seem unusual to me. They sell everything from clams to octapus. We
Our house is used for four meetings a week and at other times we are kept busy talking to visitors who come to ask about
Christ and the church services. Now we
are getting ready for the vacation Bible schools which will be held here in August.
We will follow the Standard course as
far as possible, but it must be translated into Japanese in advance. We have several
One of the problems that had to be worked out was a way to get the right shoes and boots back on the
right children. We now use a tag system that takes a little time but we haven't had any more mixed up shoes. Notice the feet of the big boy who is helping the little kids get out after Sunday school. Such shoes are common and in the mud very practical.
OUR NEW FORWARDING AGENT Mrs. Derelle O'Brien, our new forward
ing agent is a member of the 1st Christian Church at Long Beach, California. She is
a consecrated Christian and will now
broaden
her
service
for
Christ
as
she
general mission work should be sent to her at P. O. Box 2171, Long Beach. Calif.
CHURCH IMPROVEMENTS
The Church at Moiwa is still meeting in our home, but the people have taken it upon themselves to make some improve ments in their meeting place. In order to have room for everyone every piece of
furniture has to be moved out of the
living room and then we sit on the floor. In most of the Japanese homes there is no furniture so this does not seem strange to
them. However, most of the people do have small pads which they sit on. Re cently the members bought enough of these pads and covers, that everyone can have one to sit on during worship service. Also they purchased a set of hymn books for the church. The group in Sapporo have repainted their rented building.
OUR THANKS
We continue to thank God and to ask
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NIPPON CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION
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September 1959
Nippon Christian Broadcasting Association, though not yet of legal age, considers its
birthday to be June 8, 1959* On that day a group of Christian missionaries and Jap- ^ anese met at the home of Mrs. Exie Fultz, Kobe, Japan to form an association which , would have as its goal the erection of a Christian FM Broadcasting station in the Kobe-Osaka area of Japan.
With the help of their legal advisor, lJ!r Saburo Kojima (whose eldest son is studying in Osaka Bible Seminary),.^hese; Chjcistians set up an organization of eleven members
with three trustees and a management committee of five. Supreme authority of the association is invested in the eleven-man, or general membership, body. The trustees
serve as the legal representatives and directors of the association. Trustees chosen
at the inaugral meeting were, Hiromu Sugano of Osaka as head-trustee, Eiichi Taniyama of Tanabe and Masahisa lijima of Tokyo. The work of the management committee will be
to help lay plans for the total work of the association. Those to serve on this com
Members of all the above mentioned groups of Nippon Christian Broadcasting Associa tion must be . . immersed believers in Christ holding the Bible to be divinely, inspired and authoritative and dedicated to restoring the Church, the doctrines and the practices recorded and prescribed in the New Testament." (Articles of Association Article 6, Section 1). The first work for the new association was the drafting of their "Articles of Associ ation" to be submitted to the Japanese gc/ernment. Several drafts have been worked
over and the Articles are now being put in final form for presentation to the Minis try of Communications. When approval of these Articles is given by the Communica tions office NCBA will receive legal status."
With this
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*2. A statement of source and amount of income to prove that she will have
adequate funds to maintain the station after it is on the air.
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A work plan showing plans for building and equipment instsillation with an
expected completion date.
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After these papers are submitted and approved then NCBA will receive a "provisional" permit with call letters. License to go on the air will be granted only after a final and thorough inspection of the conplete installation by the Japanese govern
ment officials*
Mrs. Exie Fultz, missionary-representative of the association, will also be serv ing as station manager.' Personal advisors to Ulrs. Fults on matters regarding station operation and relationship of NCBA to the churches in America ares Martin B. Clark,
president, Osaka Bible Seminary, Osaka; Don Burney, Shikoku Christian Mission, Kochi; Robert West, Hayashino, Okayama ken; and Claude Likbns, Likins Mission to Japan, Tokyo.
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air-time are forthc'omirig. Cost of this program per v/eek is a'^uroxina.tely Those funds should be sent to 3ro. Fiber's forwarding agent, Merton Fate,
" Box 182, Danville, Illinois. Toy 3ox" will both be heard oAny
FM
SOON TO BE ON THE aIR -- Beginning October 1, 19j9 NCSA's "Calvary Calls" program ard
the mother's and children's program "The Boj's' and
ver Far East Broadcasting Cooperation's stations in Janilla (short-wave) and Okinawa
(1,000 watt AM). Time on these stations is given free by i^'EBC. produced by NCBA will also be accepted and broadcast) by FlilliC..
COST ESTIMATES
ITEM
nciv
programs
FOR
SQUIPIJENT
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STATION
COST
Transmitter 3K!rV (w/2 Chan Mux) Antenna (8 bay) Tomer (200 ft. guyed)
Monitor, Frequency ard. "Modulation Limiter Amplifier
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(two)
U,000.00
3,000,00 2,000,00
600.00
1,750.00
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920.00
Organ (spinet-electronic)
(nev)
1,000.00 1,200,00
Add to the above items 20^ for customs and 10^ for shipping. Listed abovfi i>s the f^gnipment which Tpust be piirchased bv ^'rs. Exie Fultz during her
present stay in the United States- Othsr items will be needed for complets installa
tion but some of these can be purchased in Japan.
OR W u I T
FOR
SPEAKING
DATES
Mrs. Exie Fultz is now traveling among churches in Ainerica to raise money for the FM Broadcasting station tjybe built by Nippon Christian Broadcasting association. She will be in themid-ff^st and southern states tlirough November, She plans to start for
wesTfor the following two months.
the weji,j3^asf^e first of December and will be available for speaking dates in the
Phone Marshall, 111. 377U or write Box 222, Marshall, 111. for speaking dates or in
formation concerning Nippon Christian Broadcasting Association.
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they shall hear ny voice; and there shall be one fold and one shepherd, (Jn, ?-0j16).
"And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also, I must bring, and
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