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C k a f t f c s
a n d
9 i / i a
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Evangelism
i n I t a l y
Radio
Ministry;
"Search
th e Scriptures"
Tim Wilson, Co-Broadcaste r
Januaty,
1980
D e a r e s t F a m i l y in the
Lord
As
we elebrated
ou r s e c o n d New
Year
together in p r a y e r and raising,
we earched
for a crip tu re
that
m i g h t
in p a r t
s a y how we
eel
a b o u t
l l of ou. He r e
i t
i s and
t
w i l l also b e
our
theme
crip tu re
for
the
y e a r we
hallenge you
to memorize t , s a y
i t daily
and
remember
o b e
thankful for
our amilies in
t he
Lord
-
F i r s t
Thessalonians
1:2..."We give thanks to God
lw ays
for l l
of
ou,
m a k i n g
m e n t i o n
of
ou i n
ourprayers.
As ou
know,
1979 a s a joyous year for
us n
the s e r v i c e of our King. It
also
brought some i c k n e s s ,
di s a p p oi n t m e n t s and
h a n g e s
in
o u r schedule t o
meet
i s t i m i n g for u s . God, rue to His Word, did
wa l k
with u s
through the
Valley
of
he
Shadow of
e a t h
a n d
we gain
learned
to
fear
no
v i l , for
He s with
us. Weknow whom we a v e believed
and
we
r e p e r s u a d e d
He
s able to k e e p
that
which we've committed
u n t o
Him
S eco nd
Timothy
1:12).
We on t i n u e to ask your on s t a n t p r a y e r s for u s in 1980, s
we
work and wa i t upon the Lord.
Charles
has at
h i s t i m e r e s u m e d
a
modified schedule
of
aping broadcasts with h i s
Co-Broadcaster,
T i m
Wilson in Joplin, wh e r e we r e t emporarily hom e- ba s ed while we wait
for
the doctors
release
to
r e s u m e
furlough r e p o r t i n g . We r a y
that
t h i s may be soon. Charles
i s
doing muchbjetter, but s t i l l has l o t s
of
r e s p i r a t o r y ^ r p b l e m s a n d
t i r e s
v e r y
e a s i l y .
T h e Holidays spent with many
of
our family were
a
joyous
time,
saddened only by
the
s e r i o u s
i l l n e s s of
I v i a s brother Richard, which r e s u l t e d i n e m e r g e n c y surgery. This
i s to
be followed
b y a
second operation
as soon as
h e s
strong
enough. We ovet
y o u r prayers
for
h i m a n d we're
thankful
that he
knows
he
power
of r ay er.
^ews^om/tali'-
s
t h a t
t h e
work
i s
g o i n g
on
u l l - f o r c e
under
t h e
g u i d a n c e
of
G i u ^ p p . e ^ t h e y
send
t h e i r
~ g r ^ t i n g s m d a s s u r a n c e
of
h e i r p r a y e r s
t o you. They
a r e
v e r y
concerned f o r
C h a r l e s
h e a l t h a n d
disappointed
a t
th e d e l a y
in ou r return.
We
wish
to
thank
a l l
of ou
for y o u r
prayers,
you r
help
with
medical b i l l s ,
y o u r
beautiful e t t e r s
a n d
cards
a nd l l . We're
so
h u m b l y g r a t e f u l
t o
be a part of h i s b i g family of God.
He's s o
good to
us
l l , i s n t He?
Forwarding
Secretary:
G a r y Shaw
P.O.
Box 1764
Joplin,
MO 4801
(417)623-1067
Q o d S ^ o i / e s ^ u
They f I t a l y s a l u t e
you.'
—
Hebrews
13:24
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THE
PHIPPS
Charles
and
Ivia
Italian
Christian
Mission
P.
0. ox
1764
Joplin MO 4801
417-623-1067
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The
ollowing
i s general Information about
C h a r l e s and I v i a ( The Phlpps ) and t h e i r
work
i n T e r r a c i n a and Fondl, I t a l y a nd
t h e i r r a d i o m i n i s t r y . Search The c r i p t u r e s ,
I n
Europe.
C h a r l e s has been a missionary
to
I t a l y
s i n c e
1947, except for f i v e y e a r s , between
1953-58, when M a l t a F e v e r , a c q u i r e d o n
the f i e l d ,
forced
h i s return to the States;
during that time
he was
head
o f
the
Mis
sions
a n d
Music Depts.
o f
Midwest C h r i s t -
t i a n C o l l e g e . He and h i s l a t e
w i f e ,
Mary
Frances returned to I t a l y
i n 1958, where
they
s e r v e d
t o g e t h e r
u n t i l h e r d e a t h i n
1977.
In 1978
Charles
a n d I v i a married a n d are
f u l l y e n g a g e d i n t h e
work
i n T e r r a c i n a ,
Fondi
and
t h e r a d i o m i n i s t r y .
B r i e f l y s p e a k i n g , t h e i r w o rk
c o n s i s t s of
many
s p e ct s:
1 .
C h a r l e s
a s s i s t s
i n
the
p r e a c h i n g
a nd
teaching.
2 .
He p r o v i d e s s u p e r v i s i o n
and
g u i
dance i n p r a c t i c a l and t h e o l o g i c a l
matters.
3 .
He h a s h e l p e d i n
t h e
o r g a n i z i n g and
developing
o f s e v e r a l
churches.
4.
He t r e n g t h e n s and p r o v i d e s
l e a d e r
s h i p and encouragement.
5 . He
helps
to provide d e c i s i o n s
that
a
normal church board would
provide.
6. Together
he and I v i a do
a
g r e a t d e a l
o f
contact w o r k and provide home
teaching a n d counseling.
7. He ha nd l e s most of
th e involved
g o v e r n m e n t
r equirements.
Because
of heav y
Roman Catholic
influence
i n I t a l y ,
he
mus t
t r a v e l
to Rome
again a n d again, a n d deal with the
g o v e r n m e n t on any i s s u e
the
churches may ace.
8 . The
r a d i o m i n i s t r y
i s i n i t s 20th
y e a r , Charle s being the only
v o i c e
o n the a i r i n
Europe
proclaiming
he Gosp ei
a s
i t i s und e r s t o odT—
among Christian churches. The
p r o g r a m covers Europ e ,
reaching
( i n the
E n g l i s h l a n g u a g e ) thousands-
proof of
which
i s
the
very
l a r g e
correspondence a n d follow-up
work
Charles a n d I v i a carry
on
with
l i s
t e n e r s . This
has
r e s u l t e d i n ba p
tisms, reunited families a n d a n un
t o l d nu mb e r
of
people
taught a n d
drawn
to
a
c los e r
walk
w i t h
the
Lord.
Fo r
the
f i r s t time
i n almost
twenty
years, Charles
has the
help o f a
Co -
broadcaster i n the production
of
the programs. C h a r l e s has
always
w r i t t e n h i s
r a d i o
messages and
s t i l l
does, but now
Tim
h e l p s
put
toge
9
Cha
I t a l
m o v
the r
tinu
thr
Eur
the
part
ted
r e s t
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C i t a / i f e s
a n d dm
H / . Y I 980
E v a n g e l i s m
i n I t a l y
Radio M i n i s t r y :
"Search the
Scriptures"
Tim Wilson , Co-Broadcaster
S pri ng, 1980
"To God 3e The Glory
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Great Things He
Has
D o n e
Dearest Friends in
the
Lord
THE PHIPPS* RESUME FURLOUGH TRAVEL -
has for
us
What
a joyfu l
ring this an nou n cement
Yes, the L o r d willing, by the time this letter reaches y o u ,
w e
shall have
started
the last p a r t
o f our reporting to the churches and
p l a n to return
to
the
field in late September
or
early October.
Through all that has happened to u s in these past
months,
one
lesson
we
feel we've really learned is always to plan, then announce "the Lord
willing" we
will be
here or
go there (James
At this time
funds
are very low and travel costs
s o
high, we
could
not even
hope to start out, except for
our
wonderful Lord and His great peopl e like
all of yo u .
But
w e
feel like
a b e a u t i f u l
song
w e
have
h e a r d
says: "He didn't bring
u s
this far to let
u s go -
He didn't teach
u s
to swim to let
u s
drown "
S o
w e ' r e
c o u n t i n g
o n s y o u
p r a y a n d
l i s t e n to H i s l e a d i n g .
W e ' r e v e r y e a g e r to
s e e
all of
y o u . C h a r l e s is f e e l i n g v e r y w e l l a n d
w e ' v e
b e e n w o r k i n g h a r d t o g e t the c a r
r e a d y ,
t h e c o r r e s p o n d e n c e o u t , r e p o r t i n g
a
l i t t l e
a t a t i m e
c l o s e
by
(as
D o c t o r s ,
o r d e r e d -
s t a r t
s l o w a n d e a s y ) .
Charles writes all
harles and Tim are
recording
radio programs regularly,
the
material an d
the y
do
the
recordin g together.
W e wil l
be
pulling a
trailer thi s time, since C harl e s must take
medicine
a r o u n d t h e c l o c k . ~ S n d " i t
w i l l
b e a b i g h e l p
i n
b e a t i n g t h e v e r y h i g h c o s t
of motels and restaurants.
O u r l e t t e r f r o m G i u s e p p e -
j u s t
r e c e i v e d -
t e l l s
us
t h e y
a r e h o l d i n g
fast
and eagerly awaiting our return. As we see others returning to their fields
at t h e e n d
of
the s c h o o l y e a r , i t m a k e s u s m o r e
a n d
m o r e e a g e r
by
t h e d a y
It's a l w a y s s a d b o l e a v e a n d
a
joy
t o
a r r i v e , b u t
God
is s o g o o d to g i v e
u s His family no matter where
w e
are. (Mark 10.28-30)
Now,
dear
friends,
until
we see
y o u (may i t
be soon ),
please
know
w e
love
you
and thank each one of y o u
for
your help in the Lord's work in Italy
throuf^h
u s .
God
b l e s s
you
much as top.ether
w e ser ve
Him
L o v i ^ a n d / ^ r a y e r s y
Gtarles an
P.3.
Ivia
W e c o v e t
y o u r s p e c i a l p r a y e r s
for
c o n t i n u e d h e a l t h , t r a v e l s a f e t y
and, of
co u r s e ,
f u n d s to
s u p p l y t h e
needs to
fi n a n c e t ra v e l a n d
t h e n o ur fli^t home
t o
I t a l y.
Forwarding S e c r e t a r y :
G a r y
Shaw
P.O.
Box 1764
J o p l i n , MO 4 8 0 1
(417)623-1067
Q o d
S i / e g
o u f
They f I t a l y
s a l u t e
you.'
-Hebrews 3:24
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Q i h s t i a i i c y H i s s i o i i
THE
PHIPPS ,CHARLES& VIA, MISSIONARIES
o
Evangelism
I n
I t a l y
Radio Ministry:
Search
the Scriptures
Tim ilson, Co-Broadcaster
RJOI-QRT
July t - December
31» 1979
3al. Brought
Forward
General Offerings
Hospital Fund Gifts
Cash Available
$ -231.9^
7p936.81
1,20c.00
^ 9 0 / 4 . 8 7
Gash
Available
Expenditures
DEFICIT
EXPENDI'^URESs
Evangelism $5»010*13
Hospital
1,200.00
Mission Maintenance
1,950*^0
Fur lough Travel 1,1 i - 2 « 6 3
TOTALS
$9,302.81
$8,904.87
9,302.81
97.94
of total
cost)
NOTES
1. The
above
funds do no t inclu de Living -Link funds.
Living-Link
suppor t means
pe rsonal support fo r personal use of
the
missionaries.
We
do no t r e p o r t
on how we
u s e ou r personal funds.
Phis
st at ement
has been
r egular ly made on our
f i n a n c i a l r e p o r t s
in
p a s t years
and
continues to
be
true.
Our Living -Link churche s know
the
a m o u n t of t h e i r
cont r ibut ion
and
have
their cancelled checks
as
evidence, in
addition to
our
pers onally expressed
app r eciat ion.
2.
Expendi tures
for
the r adio ministr y are included under
Evangelism.
3.
We apologize fo r
the
ta rdiness of thi s re port and
can only
s a y that
t h e unwelcome and unexpected
modifications
i n ou r schedule
caused
by
hospit.alization
and
r ec uper at ion have
been the major r e a s on
for
i t
R e j o i c i n g w i t h you^ is g r a c e w e
are
'The
Phipps' - Charles and
Ivia
Forwarding
Secretary:
M r.
& rs. Gar y
Shaw
P.O.Box
764
Joplin,
MO
4801
{417)623-1067
'They
of
t a l y
s a l u t e
you.'
—
ebrews
13:24
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^ t a l i a r i
Q L h s t i a i i c y y i i s s i o i i
THE
PHIPPS ,CHARLES VIA,MISSIONARIES
Summeri 1980
53(0/
Evangelism i n I t a l y
Radio Ministry:
"Search the
Scriptures"
Tim ilson, Co-Broadcaster
Dearest Christian Friendsi
We're on the "last l a p "
of
our furlough report-tour What a beautiful soun d
But q,uickly we add, "the Lord will ing."
God
has
been so good to
us
and
as the time
for
our
return to the
field draws
nearer
and
nearer, we are very excited
and
extremely busy . Ch ar le s h a s been
working
hard writing, a n d he a n d Tim t ap ing radio programs t o
l a s t un til
we
again tape in Rome.
We, of co urse, have mixed emotions a s
we
s t a i r t sorting, packing a n d shipping
to
Italy...what
to
take? (very little)...what
to
send? (there are some musts).
For Charles, this
time will
be
very
different a s
he
leaves
the family he ha s
learned t o lov e deepl y.
This
is
the
time when
we
automaticall y t urn
to
a n d
s t a n d o n
the
Lord's
Scriptures..."No on e who h a s
l ef t
home or
Inrothers
or sist ers
or mother or
father
or children or
fields
for
M e
and
the Gospel will
fail to
receive a hundred t imes a s much in this present
age
(homes, brothers, sisters,
mothers,
children
an d fields - nd
with
them persecutions) and in the age t o
come,
eternal life" (Mark
10:29-30)
and
"We know
that
in
a l l things God works
for
the
good
of
those
who love
Him,
who have
been
called according t o His pur
pose"
(Romans 8:28),
In at
lea s t
partial fulfillment of His generous promise, God
h a s
given us our
beautiful
family
in Italy - Giuseppe and Rosetta, with
Roberto
and
Daniela...
and the
rest
of the brethren and
friends
there.
Friends,
God
h a s
been
s o
good
t o
us in returning Cha rles' heal th
s o
beautifully,
in giving us new c o n t a c t s to explore for the n eeded funds t o replace those lost
throu^
he sickness
a n d
death of precious sa ints
who
supported
s o
regularly
a n d
faithfully.
We hav e often been told t h a t churches a n d individuals
have
n o t sen t offerings t o
us because
we did
no t let
them kn ow we needed. So we are enclosing a separate
list
of our present needs.
They
are extremely urgent .
We'll
thank you for your
prayerful consideiation.
The
danger
to the
work th e Lord h a s given us
in
Italy is not
the
threat of
Communism or
violence
or changes in government administrations.«.the threat
t o
our cont inuing
in
the work is
simply iDS^f U l l d s•
Please continue to pra y for
us in
His work
in
It a l y a n d via radio
in
Europe a n d
the U.K.,
as
we pr a y
and t h a n k God for
you daily.
With Christ's love
and
ours,
Charles
and Ivia
Forwarding
Secretary:
Mr.
rs.
Gary Shaw
P.O.Box
1764
J o p l i n , M O 4 8 0 1 T h e y o f I t a l y s a l u t e y o u .
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