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    N a m e in ful l M U^CC o m p l e t e address o n f ie ld

    P E R S O N A L F I L E

    Date^ / 4a,rcJ, II . 19 TXJCk^ihe.fi^ FQiAyl^

    Complete forwarding address ^>^03 B/me r \ ^ /V Ha*n}h^ ^

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    Name and address of hometown npwspapftr Idaho StatesaianBoise Idg ho ^37^*^

    Name and address of other papers which might carry stories of your work:

    7nnp_ Stfltp ni t y 7.nr\a fitflfpPlace of BTRTH_^^oi :r.,ur-. Cy-c:: :onDay of hirfti 11 Mnnth.KcV, VAar l9^r3 ,Where ^Cr:r i Park Christian Chnrch PatP. December 195^-

    nity. Fcrtlr.nc^ RtatP CiegonOn an extra page please describe an y details regarding conversion which y ou m ig ht car e tomen t i onM A R I T A L S T A T U S ;Mflrripd, X singip nivr>rf>pH W i d o w e d _

    Be t h e l hristianChu r chDate of marT-iagP - 5; Where married? Crero?^- - T T r ^ 1 p D.n[[ c1 1c t po.s t O T , ChWh o s ol e m ni z ed y ou r wedding? ,

    List children by full name giving place, day, month, an d year of birth:(If your children have been adopted, please indicate.Na me Place of th e ir birth d ay, m on th , and y e a rCurtis Bruce Fo^.ilcr Futiene, Cre^on Oct. / 196 - Christine rlarie Fov. ler SuRene, Cref;on Karch 11 19^

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    PARENTS:Father s name and home aHHrpgfi-I-'3?^neth H. y^ct-rler Living_;__ Deceased^_^623: strAPt. Feorla Il l inois HH

    Byd r a l l cHis nfif>npation r 0 r jg he a Christian? -nnWhat positions of leadership has he held in the local qhurch? churcli hoaidS.S. teacher ( both yotith adul t s ) Eas been chairman cf most coiaiTittte-eGTTTu i. int. . i.. . j u j nCur ren t lv Chmn o f Elders /Chmn c f miss ionsWhat Ch r is ti an s e rv i c e does he now d a? /Active on board of cv f nge l iG r e s . t e r ir corla ii vsngeii2T:ic assoc . ; in i l .Mother s full maiden name: Ej Ruth Gilstrc..p Living.1: .Deceased,Str^CSt ce 3- fcther F Zone State pec . ^tTuTTT

    ' 11 T t cIs she a Christian? Vac -- /NTn Her occupation if employed outside the v>nmp - - -- - - -jr..r^'*pWhat leadership positions or Christ ian service has she rendered to the local nlinrnh:? - - - - ^

    PARENTS IsL Iirl ACTIVE IN S . AK : IK;L:iuip]7lnu/iil.iii,r ^-r/ 1ng), .^. ... -1 ^ ..T . j : o c* .71 ^c r> rJ. , . C 1 . _n_ . o / I- . ... . L-.-L ; .FORWARDING AGENT: (i or |t only)Jerry SpauldingICU Biisiness Kgr, 29^^ l^i-t'h, St, Mnitv,G -sper Zone___ Tfilfiphonp .-^-i -ith. S t . (jntn: IncI]?Ts 7^^ TTPITl i i. iTh.

    gSVERAL MEW CCMGL'EGATICNS MISSION WCR

    -^-lyth. S t . Ohtns I n d i ^T sTTP IT l T. -u .Christian: Boice Trapitlln Streetsr.it^r E'Oise Zone. State>i i2What duties are performed by th e forwarding agent: Forviairding o f uioniesDoes the forwarding agent receive a salary? Ve^ i t 6i\'n de ^eht dA'i'eoZ

    i. 1 o t h r ounh loca] , chu r chShould money be sent to the forwarding agent only?,i n

    Send to Businos Kgr, ICU (address above)In what form should funds be g^nf? Des i / no te : -iTriye . . . r1 ^If funds are to be sent directly to the missionary on the field, p lease explain the detail s of how tpdo it , so we can give your explanation to HORIZONS readers and others who may inquire.Use the remainder of t hi s sheet or an additional sheet t o supply other information which you thinkmight be helpful to the staff of MISSION SERVICES in preparing news stories about your ministry:

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    ( Horizons s tory June 15, 1972 by W.E,Mc )POWLER TO PUERTO RICO

    ( P ic )( list name s

    The e l d e r s and l e a d e r s o f t h e E a s t 49 th S t r e e t j t Chr i s t i anChurch, Ind ianapo l i s , Indiana in t roduce Bruce and Judy Fowlerin t h i s way: IVlr Mrso Bruce Fowler t r ans fe red t h e i r membershipto t h i s congregat ion in F eb ru ary 14, 1971, Brother Fowler i s acommit ted man who be l i eves i n th e Lordsh ip and Saviorhood o fJ e s u s Ch r i s t He is c o n v i n c e d of t h e ss nti l truth of t h eSc r ip tu r a l doc t r ines bel ieved and procla imed by th a r e s t o ra t i onmovement In a very l i b e r a l t h eo log i ca l seminary h is f a i th was

    atested and proved firm and steady. e is^spiritually-sensitiveperson, and has a g r e a t capac i ty fo r hones t Chr i s t i an loveo Heand h is wife a re deeply e devoted to each o the r and to t h e i r twoyoung ch i ld reno His conv ic t ion t h a t God is ca l l i ng him to t eachin a new a c a d em i c mi s s i o n in Pu e r t o Ri co is th r sult of ahumble f a i t h , and we commend him to th e bro the rhood a s onewor thy o f approval and suppor to The e l d e r s and l e ade r s a tRichwoods CChr i s t i an Church , Peo r i a , I ld ii no is s ha re a l s o : Weknow Bruce to be a man o f s p i r i t u a l depth and good Chr i s t i anmatur i ty combined v/ith a burning pass ion fo r souls The e lde r so f F i r s t Chr i s t i an Church, Oakridge, Oregon wri t e : While B ru cewas h e re a s a min i s t e r he was a lways ready and mos t capab l e tohelp o the r s , no mat te r whet t h e i r problem o r s i t ua t i on may haveb e e n *

    Bruce Fowler was born November 11 , 1943 t Newburg, Oregon.He became a Chr i s t i an i n Por t l a nd , Oregon. He g radua ted from highschool in Boise , Id ah o. He receivedJ the B.Th in 1968 fromNorthwest Chri s t i an College, Eugene, Oregon. In 1972 he receivedMaste r o f Min i s t r i e s froni/ KiK5X8^KJX Chr i s t i an Theolog ica l

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    PERSONAL F ILE

    Date K;^^rch 21 1972 me in full Judith Ann McFarland) Fculer / >Complete address on f ie ld

    ;oQq T: irr-t-Complete forwarding address ~Bo i s e . l e r .ho ??703Name and address of Livinglink church or churches:

    Strp-ftt- Street .City 7:nnp fifatp TlnnA, RtfltpNames and addresses of other sponsoring or endorsing churches:S . ^f-9th. S t r e e t ChTistir- .n Eicbv:oods Chr i s t i an Church

    _ . 1801 r . /4-9th. S t. , 2Ml6 lU S t e r l i n rS t r AA t StrPPfIndT) ? Indiana. Pccria 1^1 > 6l6ffC it y ^ Zone State - C ity - Zone - State

    Please send along with this form copies of recommendations from churches which will encourageother churches to suppo rt you r missionary work. There are churches which will not a llow avisiting missionary to speak unless a church recommendation can be shown. Since it is imposs ib le for any one per son to know al l Christ ians in the world, this recommendation by a responsible New Testament church is a vital help in persuading others of your worthiness and the valueof your m ission. Mission Services stands ready to help you inform HORIZONS readers aboutyour church recommendations. Since th e chu rch i s sending you to the mission field Acts 13:1-3and will help provide the necessary needs on the field, naturally th e church should share thecredit in your missionary minis t ry . One of th e ways that the church can do this is to sha re t he irconviction regarding your miss iona ry min is t ry with others. Certainly, their words wil l hel pconvince othe rs rega rd ing the worthiness of your work. Please help MISSION SERVICES tospread your news through HORIZONS, Packets and Slide l ibrary by sending your church recommendations as soon as possible. T hanks, Send what you have now, and the others later.Recommendations by Christian Leaders: List names and addresses here and enclose a copy ofeach le t ter , thanks.)NAME. NflmpStrp.fff S t r ee t

    Hity y.nnp Rfaf^ Hity Tlnnp RtafpilSee l e t t e r froa Z. St ree t Chris t ian Church, Ind ianapol isOth e r s f or th com in .^ f rom ;

    D r. C harle s Kel ley former Miss ionary E. ^9 t h . S t . Church, Indp l s In E l d e r s o f Cen t r a l Ch r i s t i a n Chu r ch Bo i s e Idaho1st Ch r i s t i a n Church Bo i s eEichwoods Ch r i s t i a n Chu r ch P e o r i a 111

    S t e v e Fenn , Pas t o r Broadway Chr i s t i a n Church , Bel l ingham Wash.-Don Smith , Pastor Central Church of Chr i s t Eugene, Oregon

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    Name and address of hometown n^wfipflpor Idaho StatesmanBc l c e , I d aho

    Name and address of other papers which might carry stories of your work:Th^ Ind lans . Dolis MTj^vJS I i d j .anapo], j.vS STA?

    S t r e e t .

    C i t y _T^ri oH f I lc ii naZone . Sta te .

    P l a c e of BIRTH. Ca ^ cV : 1 r t C . l > /V

    Day of birth Month^ Yea r .

    S t r e e t .

    Ci t y_

    19^-1-3

    Zone , Sta te .

    lieclroclr Chris t ian Church ioc:9Where baptlgpH? .qopnvnr^ g H Ton / V-n-r r-Vi ^Dfltft. tCity. I Z c i s Sta te ^ Idaho y Cec i l V/arner, S r . , P r s t c r

    On an extra page please describe any detai ls regarding conversion which you might care tomen t i on .MARITAL STATUS:MarripH Single,Date of marriage

    Divorced .196::

    Widowed.Whe r e ma r r i e d ?

    B e t h e l hristianChu r c hEurrene, Oregon (Lane CountWho solemnized your wedding? ^ i l.lfjcre J . G i l s t r a p , I inister

    List children by ful l name giving place, day, month, and year of birth:If your children have been adopted, please indicate. )Nam e

    urtisB r u c e Fo* : l e r hristineM a r ie F ow l e r

    Place of t he i r bi r thEu.aene > Cresron[ lu^ene, Oregon

    day , month, and yearOct . 28 196^Ka r c h 1 1 1966

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    Please list places of previous Christian service and what service you did. Give approximate dates:Place Service Dates

    pDstcr s V . i f c . . .S e o files B r u c e FoT Tler

    SCHOOLING high school and later):N a m e o f s c h o o l L o c a t io n}3oi8c KiQ^b Schoo] , , Bcir: :^

    Number of years Degrees and date grantedH.S. Diploma, I96I

    E x C e l S i s ^sai i ty Selbool , . :3oi3e, Id..?bc L i c e n s e d Cc s 0 1 0 1 0 g 1 s( Idaho: I 9 6 I0-rr .rrr^n 1 0 ^ 9

    S o m e T r o r k K o r t h u c s t C h r it r a n C o l l e c t f E u g e n e C r e g o nh t things influenced you to become a missionary? h t is your purpose? h t do you hopeto accomplish on the mission field? Your own story in some detail might be influential in leadingothers into fulltime service Use an extra sheet if you need more space :

    Describe briefly in outline form the nature of your daily duties on the field:P ri m ar i l y c ar i n g f o r f a m i l y .. . a id i n g i n husband^s m i n i s t r y

    h e l p i n g i n m i n i s t r y o f ICU vrherever needed

    Which of the following terms most nearly describes your missionary status?Kvflng-ffligf Bible. College. TeacherPublic School Teacher^Nr>TnPTYiaTrpr Doctor__^ Nurse^_^^ Social worker_^^ Music t e a c h e r .Radio ministryRadio followup, .Christian Service C a m p ^ _ ^ ^ Linguistics.Maintenance of mission ftginpmpnt enevolenceOfficew o r k ^ _ _ ^ Name o ther :

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    P A R E N T S :eslie M . McFa r l a n d

    Father s name and home Living Deceased.6203 Slmer strPPt Boise City Zone_ State.heetmetal

    His n n p i i p f l H n n T g he a Christian? yesi^ nn.What positions of leadership has he held in the local church? PILN_S ; have leHl^h School y ou th cro ups an d tau ght S .S. classes

    What Christian service does he now do? Decec^sed)Mother s full maiden name: Elizabeth E unlcc Hammond Living_2i_Deceased.

    Sa-e aF -rather ^.one Statea i rp l ayee o f

    Is she a Christian? V pr - Kn. H er occupation if e m pl oy ed o ut si de t h e >inmp n-r TfinlWhat leadership positions o r Christian service ha s she rendered to th e local ohnrr.h ?

    Irr-: Prc.nidcat Chtn. i/omf^n c Fellov:^3hip/Directed DVES/ Etc.F O RW A R D IN G A G E N T:Name ^ Street.City., Zone^__^ Rtatft _ Telephone:Whe re a tt en d n h t t r n h ? ^ St r ee tX=^-oCity. - 7nnP ^ StatPWhat duties are performed by the forwarding agentt.a

    rD oe s th e forwarding agent receive a g a i a r y ? ,Should mon ey be sent to th e forwarding agent only ?.In wha t form should funds be

    If funds are to be sent directly to the missionary on the fi eld, please explain the details of how todo it , so we ca n give your explanation to HORIZONS readers and others who may inquire.Us e th e remainder of t hi s s he et or an additional s he et t o supply other information w hi ch y ou thinkmight be helpful to the staff of MISSION SERVICES in preparing news stories about your ministry:

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    BRUCE K, FOWLER, PROFESSOR, ASSOCIATE EVANGELISTI n t e r n a t i o n a l Ch r i s t i a n Un ive r s i t y

    Box 6 6 Ca t amo t tion

    San J u a n Pue r t o Ri co 00632

    Hovember 6, 1972TAHOOI The lord i s surely with us and haa been doing some wonderful thingshere in iHierto Rico. We are wondering how our p raye rs fo r you a l l have been

    answered*Classes for the fo rty o r so students are in fu l l swing, and of courserequir ing twice as much study from the teachers as from the students# Bruce i s

    spending four times as much t ime a t the desk as was ever spent as a s tudent .Bruce has been teaching basic psychology adapted toward the missionary recrui t *sbeing able to unjinrstontJ himsel f and those to whom he i s sen t . In addi t ion he i steaching in the New Testament department. Some of t he miss ionary- recrui t studentsa r e a d u l t s wi th f am i l i e s who s o l d their homes and left their f a rms o r b u si n e a e sto answer t h e c ll o f Clod to be mis s i o n a r i e s in o th e r c o un tr ie s i*here t h e r e a r eno New Testament churches. Others are students right out of high school most arestraight A scholars) seeking a degree from ICU in missions, and a ll are dedicatedto being Ood*s leadable people. What a fantas t ic Christ ian fellowship We meetoften during th e wedc fo r p ra ise and.fellowship (chapel services, evening prayerme=^tings, street meetings, etc .At the moment there are about 100 of us in the ICU family, each being encouraged to find his own thing, (or find what God has for him to do in the totalministry on this island and others nearby. Let me t e l l you some of the exciting waythat God is using ICtJ: Che person Jim I^ ) is mostly interested in starting newcongregation around thn island. Another (Jerry Long has been leading publics t ree t meetings on the town square. At the s t r ee t meetings many t rac ts and Biblesare passed out and one of u s p re ache s. Judy and some others ladies are organisingSunday School type meet ings for the missionaries children and other Bhglishspeaking chi ldren here in Levittown (the suburb where ICU is . Blruce has been

    par t iculary i nt er es te d i n th e p riso n ministid.es. He goes each Sunday morning withh others to worship with the women at the Women s prison. Some of us also go toa men's prison camp on Saturdays. Of course, each of us i s vrarking in a l l theareas we take turns preaching for exanqsle, and are working in teams mostly buteveryone i s free to develop and head up the ministry in which he fee ls mostef fec t ive . Many l i ve s have been touched, and we have had bap ti sms a lre ady asa resu l t of every one o f these minis t r ies . P raise to our wonderful Lord UsuaD.lyi-re go dovjn to our special place on the beach in the evening to have our baptisms

    in the moonli t su r f when someone responds to Jesus* love.The Ehglish speaking congregation tha t has been establ ished here In Le?vittowni s real ly growing Praise His Power I Sunday morning the ICU team i s scattered

    a l l over th e is la nd in various kinds of minis t r ies . . .Sunday evenings we gather a ta I^isciples of Christ t ui ld in g t o share in praise preachingand fe l lowship.God has been ansvrering your prayers fo r us: He rea l ly hasbeen blessing us in terms of our personal peace, and prepar-ation and i n s i s t s fo r teaching classes and an every wideningvision of what God would l ike to do through us here in PuertoRico*

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    Page 2Qod al s o b l e s s e d u s w ith f o u r b id e s which we can us e y e a r round h e r e andsaves on gas 1 las t w e^ a man ran into Judy (on her bicycle bat the bike1ft now repaired an d th e many scrapes and b ru is es a re healing*%>anl8h classes continue to be on e o f o ur high priori t ies ; we arehaving f un l au gh in g with th e PuertorrLquenos a t our pronunciation* Theyjust beam when we sa y como se dice-q espanol? (How do you s a yin Spanish They are use to dealing w it h a rr og an t t o u r i st a Americanos(Gringos) and are grateful for the contrast of the missionaries who wantt o becene a p a r t o f their culture an d th e American t o u r i s t s who despise tP le as e c o nt in u e to pray f o r us s p e c i f i c a l l y about th is tha t God may bemanifest through us whether we are buying groceries, preaching on the s t reeto r chatting over the backyard fence with the neighbors. Spontaneous everydayper s onal contacts continue to be on e of th e most productive e v a n g e lis ticmeans so f a r ; Just as t i s there. The culture here allows fo r more openessto s tra n g e rs than i s usually accepted In th e s t a t e s , and thus seem eas ierto make p e r s o n a l e v a n g e l i s t i c c o n t a c t s .Our plan a t ICU i s to begin a new congregation i n one o f the main c i t i e severy two o r three months.-In th e on e t h a t was s t a r t e d l a s t month In th etown o f Mayaguez, th e people have already t a k e i over their own preachingresponsiblLties and other functions o f the church business an d no longerneed a missionary. Rpom a new mission to self-supporting I n on e monthYAHOO What God can do when yo u d on t g et in Hi s wayVfe have s e t ourselves a goal of talking to every single person in Levittownand have some Gospel literature (a Bible, or some good tracts in Spanish)i n every home vrLthin the next few months. I don*t remember how many thousandsl ive In Levittown, but the missionary children have already made inroadsin i t . They distribute l i t e r a t ur e and invitations to church as part of t hei rSunday S c ho ol p ro gr am evei y week.Many exciting things have been haqppening a t -Viq ia^ppiyson1 Praise toGod The women ar e getting excited about their fai th and at lastneount wanted to be baptized. The most exciting thing about i t is the way they areexpressing t he ir f ai th and t al ki ng to th e other women about Jesus# Thereason these women have not been baptized is that there is no w^^^ Qr themto be/in the prison and so far we have not been_jlaleL-ta^fit^4i]i]^^^[^ theday to baptize them. need some sort 15^ a protSBle baptistry to ^^ein to them. Any id e a s ?w n you p ra y w it h us about several of our need^'s: We need a way to getnore literature printed in Spanish. We have met several times to pray togetheras a fanri.ly*for a printing press. Also th e men's prison doors ar e s t i l lclosed to u s. Thank you so much fo r your prayers...and for your financialsupport. Please pray with us that we will continue to be good stewards of i t .Wbuid love to hear from you individually about what God is doing vrithinyou and your c h u r c h .Praise with us ju st now for the vronderful way Jesus love is so freelygiven to us and for th e strength that only God can give through HLsPower YAHOO Thank you lord Jesus fo r this day and for these people^ o lo v e u s and p r a y for us .

    J e s u s l o v e i s fo r You,