Foreword

Foreword

FOREWORD

It is peculiarly fitting that the theme for the Abilene Christian College Lectureship for 1937 should be “THE CHURCH AND ITS GREAT MISSION: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE WHOLE CREATION.” Previous lectureships have dealt with: The Church, Its Nature, Its History, Its Work, and Its Book, the Bible. Hence it is most natural that we should study how to bring the Church and its Book to the whole world. To bring the glorious Gospel to a needy world, to extend Christ’s church and its blessings to every nook and corner of the globe, to save hundreds of millions of precious souls for whom Christ died,— all this must be of vital concern to every Christian. We urge you, therefore, to read thoughtfully and prayerfully every article in this collection. May God bless you and make you a blessing!

We believe that these lectures and reports, together with the questions that have been provided for them, will make this a valuable text-book that may be used profitably for the study of mission fields, for Bible classes, prayer meetings and elsewhere in order to extend the kingdom of God and prepare for more effective service in the church.

We wish to express our hearty and sincere thanks to each of the lecturers and discussion leaders and to the editors of World Vision for their constructive fellowship in the program, to our students and the hundreds of visitors during the Lecture Week for making it a success. And to you, readers of these pages, may this book be of aid in reading God’s Word and serving the church of His Son. May your reading lead to the salvation of many through Christ and to a great extension of His church.

Yours in Christ, James F. Cox, Howard L. Sohug