This is an article from the August 1981 issue: Reflections of a Heart Aflame

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OCS and Tentmakers on Campus

The Overseas Counseling Service (OCS), founded by Ruth Siemens within Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) is now headquartered at 1600 E. Elizabeth in Pasadena.

Don Hamilton has accepted the invitiation to be Executive Director of OCS, while Ruth Siemens will continue as Director of Ministries. John Kyle, head of IVCF Missions Department serves on the committee.

OCS assists Christians in locating salaried positions abroad, especially in "closed" countries, in order to carry out "tentmaking" ministries. More than a hundred applicants have gone overseas in recent months.

Don Hamilton also coordinates the Tentmaker Project, which shares offices with OCS on the campus. Formerly a division manager of Xerox, Mr. Hamilton became the Executive Director of the Association of Church Missions Committees (ACMC) in its formative years.

He has undertaken the Tentmaker Project at the request of a number of mission leaders in order to survey "tentmaking" ministries and suggest ways to increase its effectiveness as a form of ministry in missions.

His interest in "tentmaking" goes back to the early 1950's when he, Christy Wilson, Ralph and Paul Winter, and others, helped plan and establish the first technical college in Afghanistan.

National Encounter Responds to E80 Challenge

As a direct result of their attendance at the Edinburgh '80 Consultation, National Encounter With Christ has sent over 20 students overseas this summer. The students will be participating in a missions program at the request of churches and Christian organizations in India, Korea, Africa, Scotland and West Germany.

The goal of the program is to train national Christians how to communicate their faith more effectively and to stimulate the thinking of Christian college students towards full time Christian service

National Encounter With Christ is a non denominational student ministry focused on community colleges. Currently, their work is centered in four major metropolitan areas: Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Eugene Portland, and Seattle. National Encounter has recently opened an office at the U.S. Center for World Mission.

Hidden Peoples Harvest Fair

An estimated 150 Christian artists will be displaying and selling their works at the premier "Hidden Peoples Harvest Fair" on the WCIU campus in Pasadena, October 2 4.

Artists in Christian Testimony (ACT) and the Fellowship of Artists for Cultural Evangelism (FACE) are sponsoring the event. Those in attendance will have opportunity to learn about involvement in reaching Hidden Peoples through art. The public is invited.

A panel of recognized art judges under the direction of event chairman Al Dugan will evaluate and award prizes. Applications to enter may be obtained from Hidden Peoples Harvest Fair, 1605 Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104.

Institute of Jewish Studies and SEA Fellowship - New USCWM Members

South east Asia (SEA) Fellowship has been accepted as a new member organization at the Center. Its purpose is to help integrate new refugees (particularly from South east Asia) into their new homeland, and to share the gospel with them.

An Institute of Jewish Studies has also recently been established on the campus and is developing three courses to be offered in the fall.

The new institute will be coordinated by Lea Rynasko and Barry Budoff of the Ahavat Zion (Messianic) Synagogue. Professors will include Dr. William LaSor and Dr. Ray Gannon.

Fellowship of Isa Reaching to Muslims

The Fellowship of Isa (Jesus Christ) has recently written, printed and distributed 100,000 tracts aimed at reaching Muslims for Christ particularly the 3 Million Muslims in the U. S.

Muslims have an all out evangelistic campaign waged toward America and are currently spending an estimated $100 to each missionary penny America spends, according to ISA Director Edward H. Youssef.

Copies of the colorful 16 page tract are available at 500, each. A Muslim Seminar is also available in the Minneapolis, MN area.

For more information, contact Fellowship of ISA, P.O. Box 1206, Minneapolis, MN, 55440.

International Films in Translation

International Films, Inc. has assembled what is considered to be' the most sophisticated sound "dubbing" equipment in the Christian world on the campus of William Carey International University in Pasadena.

With that equipment, IFI is recording the "Jesus" film (based on the Gospel of Luke filmed and distributed by Campus Crusade) into the Amharic language for evangelistic use in Ethiopia.

In the planning stages are a Spanish version of "More Than Meets the Eye" and a translation into the Ibo language (Nigeria) of "Peace Child," the film of Don Richardson's work in Irian Jaya.

Five Thousand Players for India

Portable Recording Ministries, Holland, MI, has been granted exclusive, "once only permission" to supply otherwise unavailable cassette players to evangelical ministries in India, according to PRM President Dr. Ron Beery.

The components are shipped to the Katpadi Industrial Institute to administer assembly for Christian nationals.

For more information, contact Dr. Beery at 681 Windcrest Drive, Holland, MI 49423.

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