North Main Street Church of ChristNorth Main Street
Church of Christ
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Mocksville, North Carolina
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On Octobor 29, 19^6, the trustees of the Church of Christ
at Jericho bought a lot in Mocksville frort the heirs of
Jacob Stewart on which they began the construction of a
church in March, 1957*
V/hen completed, it will be occupied by a congregation formed
from local members of the Jericho Church.
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On October 29, 1956 Clar'-nce Forrest, Thopias .oe and Paul
N, Hendrix, Tri'steos for the Jericho Uhi'.rcii of C'iirlst, bo':glit
from the Jacob '^tewart heirs a lot on N. Main St. in Mocksville.
In March 1957' the'* haembdrs '.be^^an ( or bL;'-;un} the ere 'tlon of
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On October 29> 1956i the trustees of the Church of Clir.lst at
ilerlcho bou^}it a lot in Mocksville from the heirs of Jacob ^tewart
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Whitaker Is Th^
^ew Minister At The
Church Of Christ
J; B. Wbitalcer as^umeii duties
98 of -Nov. 1 as the; new miniiste)^
of (the -North M^^Street ^hurf^-
of Ghri^. . ' - ^
uWhitaker Is a native
j^hihama. He received his coU^e
;education in Nashville, Teh^^
'^earning his AB degree from -Da
vid Upscomb College in 1952 and
his Master's degree from George
Peabody College for Teachers hi
19&3. I^e returned to Peabody for
exiother year of graduate work In
X058-59.
Prom July, 1955 ,to May, 1958,
Mr. Whitake^ served as minister
ojTithe Jericho Church.
On Oct. 19. 1963, he married
the former Carol Ann Richard
son. of Rockingham. They are
making their home at *700 Stew
art Street.
For the past three years, Mr.
Whlitaker served as the minister
of the Rockingham Church of
Christ. '
"Ihe publip is cordliolly invited
to attend any and all services of
the North Main Street Church of
Christ. They ako present a 7e«-.
ligious broadcast over radio sta-'
tion WSpc each Sunday morning
at 8 a.m, in cooperation with the
Jericho congregation," said Mr.!
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C,H\xQ.CHt5- Ch^Q-CH Of Cwa^ST- f^OtlTH St C.E€Tarlin R. RohrbaughI Serve North Mainlurch Of ChristMARLIN R. ROHRBAUH/cingelist Marlin R. Rohrbaughmoved to Mocksville to serveKorth Main Street Oiurch ofSt. He comes here from the•ch of Christ in Pennsboro. Westinia.? and his family spent partleir vacation in North Carolinasummer and decided then thatwould like to live in this state! day. . Ibelieve Mocksville will "be a Ipleasant place to live," bej"It's such a beautiful townlthe people are so nice anddly." I. Rohrbaugh began preaching'ge 23. Born in Hanever, Pa.,;las served congregations inWest Virginia, and now injI Carolina.tBeside his regular duties wimthe North Main Street Church ofChrist, Mr. Rohrbaugh wiil also bespeaking on the local radio station,WDSL, from 8:30 — 9:00 a. m. every Sunday rooming."Everyone is welcome to attendany or all of our services," be says.He and his wife, Shirley, formerlyof Piney Flats, Tennessee, havethree children: Sherry,, age 7, Brian,age 5, and Usa, age eight months.Tbe Rohrbaughs are living at:700 Stewart StreeLENTERPRISE-RECORD5^- Itf - tfOf ■^hurth Of Christ Ttr(• ? Have New Ministeri (lillord ('. Sliavcr "will•'a.s.sumc tlio dulic.s a.s niiiiistcrjof lite ^itrtli Main Street,Church of Christ, Mocksville,iN. C. elTcclive April 10th. Mr.'Shaver and his wife Wanda andtheir three children. Diane.: Cynthia and Ronald will move'to Mocksville next wcek.' ThcyI will reside at 700 Stewart St.Mr. and Mrs. Shaver are'.',both natives of Greenbriar-•County, West Virginia. Hebegan the ministery in 1952.• Since that time he has beenminister of Churches of Christin West Virpnia, Indiana, Ohio,South Carolina and the pastthree years as a missionary forthe Green's Lake Road Churchof Christ, Chattanooga, Term.' In addition to this work he hasheld many evangelisticmeetings each year. He spent apart bf-.the summer of 1964 ona tour of Europe and the BibleLands. We extend a warrn*welcome to the Shavers to ourCity and County.. k •—11ENTERPRISE-RECORDi+- /- I T t TClifford C. Shawr , - _j ZMr. Rohrbaugh and'hisS^ uJfamily will be going to^ jGreenville, Tenn., and he wilIZ) >assume the'duties^ Min^ter"^ 2of the ChiirtSh th^.^p wish q ^them well in the new work Q Qthere. . ^ S* Charles McGeeCurch Of ChristGets New Minister'•:/jrhe North Main Street' Church of Christ in. Mocksville:has announced the arrival oftheir new minister, - CharlesMcGhee.Mr. McGhee, his wife, Norma'Jean and their three childrenhave moved to Mocksville from^eenville, 8. C. Their childrenare Bobby, Teresa and Tamera.The new minister is agraduate of David LipscombCollie in Nashville, Term. Hehas worked in the field ofelectronic componentengineering for the past elevenyears while serving the churchas a part-time preacher. The• North Main Street Church ofChrist becomes his first fulltime ministry.Mr. McGhee . aspires topreach the .gospel of Christ inforeign fidds as well as in thei Carolina. The church is Sending. him on a three week campaignto Sio'ra Leone, Africa this
CLwurcheS-C da'5^6oi3nty ENTERPRISE liicbibrTHURsbSY, maKch 8, 1973^ J^/V* tli • —Mocksville Church Of Christ^ends Minister^To Ghann _ » >t _ *I J n V;«r.Ve r«V»rictian' COnduCt 80(1 1811^ M- ^ ^ np W I V W ■«W w ■ ■ ■ w - — - _ ^Christian con<*ict and taito' The influenoc of tiie N. Main ^plained that sects an(-SI Church of Christ in' denominations are distortionj■>t)reaching the gospel is -known of the purpose of God in th(in many places throughout the -New Testament church. Jesm.-world "From Mocksville and jsaid "I will build my churchElkin,'N.C. to the Figi Islands in J(Ml. 16:18), but human nature: the South Pacific and West ^was r^ot satisfied with that, K■ Africa the church is involved in f^the body of CSu-isl is disMtecoroclaiming its vital rhessage of through numerous perversions,! Christ Jim Anderson, Thur- Our plea is to return to the Ne^; mand Dull and Tom Rice.^ TesUment pfinciples of unitjelders of the local church here and faith and let the body oi"say "How can we claim to be [Christ, His church, be one' the church oTChrist and not be i again. Obedience to 'he gospelcommuted to the mission Jesus message is the onlycave to his disciples to "Go into requirement to booming a Newall the world and preach the Testament Christian (Rom.. .. ... r-. I-?-," -i.ni/1 Mr-ail Uie WUllU -gospel." Mk. 16:15?" .6:17)" said Mr. McGhee!" This year's program began by What were some of the^ A .......1 ♦K;«ac •nnnimtered in! !-This yearsprogram oegan oy wnai weic aun.v i' Ending the Joc:al preacher, unusual things encountered in |Charles McGhee, to Ghana, hjGhana? . . , „i i 'i West Africa for a month long^ "I suppose their funeral j ;pvaneelislic campaign for.' customs would be unusual to us.'.'•Christ Mr. McGhee returned; ^.They "celebrate" for forty (teyswith an enthusiastic report of .after death, believing toe spiritstoe reception! and hospitality of of the dead stay around for forty |' toe Ghanians. "Theyoffered me days after death. At toe end of,' meals their homes, washed my v.ihe morning penod they have a l' clothes carried water for me —Jarge celebration using ^ums 1, and ^numerous other deeds of and dancing. Those coming to: kindness'Without expecting a the celebration buy refrwh- •I cent'in return, For an American rhents (wine and liquor), to neip' to livedntoef'bush country" is pSy the expenses. If a real• -verv h'ard. and 'they understood important person dies, such as a' this -and niade me as iom- member of the Chief s family,-fortabie as possible." . ; the whole city or vjljage v^l•'What!^'they wanted in -.celebrate. It is the com-rpturn"'^id Mr. McGhee; ' munities' responsibility (not•'was for me to leach them from; just the family) to bury andtoe Bible, and help them to.. honor the dead."understand . "the • religious . "jn one toere is anrnblems they are facing. ! superstition about the fish m theWhat were some of the. rivers; which is the siiurce ofQuestions they asked? | their water. It is »"Well the first thing is 'anyone eats the fish from thatiisuallv' 'Where is the river it will dry up. Thus, no oneheadquarters of the church of is allowed to eat therhrisf' They are surprised to they have grown and muiiipiiM' learn there is no earthly to the point where they must be• headquarters of the church of literally herded away to haveChrist, and the church should room to dip water from toe: not be thought of as a . river."denominational institution. ''it was a tordhng expenenceThat often brought the-to see the keen interest m ChristrpsDonse 'Why then, are there and New Testamenttoo^any churches?' We ex- Christianity in Ghana. We rna(ieno attempt to change their! customs except where theyIwere in conflict with principlesUughl in the scriptore. Our .campaign workers taught in-churches, on 'village schools, and went fromSLI 10 house ta I«r»nal ,Studies with many sincere .I '"'■Jhe elders believe the New. Testament teaches evangelism; begins at home and is1 mission of every men^r .of toe ,B church. While1 in Ghana, for the ^ohth of^ January,-'.the preaching andf classes that„he usually teacheswere ably handledby tos men of.; toe congregation, i-here is .e really no place.^ forn. professionalism m tnto, Christianity," states Mr.'11 McGhee.^ "We ar^- each^'S "responsible f<K- sharing toe light:s we have with others, even wheny 1 we differ. If we conduct our-)f 1 selv'es in a CSirist-like mannera111-• a. <yj* sc: •tu-wc will be led into the greater Ilight by the kncrwledge of Him." ^The N. Main St. Church ofChrist is planning a special kprogram on the Ghana cam- Wipaign to begin Wednesday ; ■: evening, Mani 14 and 21. The ^program will be on "Culture ^and Evangelism in Ghana", and _the program will begin at 7:30 Ip.m. each Wednesday evening. 1The public is invited. The Spresentation is also available toother churches, civic clubs and »schools by appointment. In- Rformation can be obtained by pcalling 634-2886. . , \m:Campaign team of Mr. McGee in the city of Mampong,Teams are composed of an interpreter, student preacherand native teacher. • '
dhuiitHg^- Cn^acK Of CnaiST- M<sr-th SrftetTChurch Of ChristHas New Minister' Donald Freeman, formeri minister at the North FlkinChurch of Christ, will be the^ new minister at the North Main• Street Church of Christ; replacing Charles McGhee.1 Mr. Freeman has workedwith the church in Elkin for thepast 5 years. Before this, hepreached for the Kress Churchof Christ in Kress, Texas. He isa graduate of the Sunset School.of Preaching in Lubbock,■Texas.> The Freemans have four■ children, Bobby, Tammy,4 Kevin and Tina.•| '"The message that I will bepreaching, and, also, the pleas'of the North Main Strwt Churchof Christ, is for the complete, restoration of the Lord's Churchas found in the Scriptures whenunder the guidance of the•apostles as they were directedby the Holy Spirit," he said.. "We accept no authority but the\Bibie and believe that it isilsufficient to furnish unto everyjgood work. Our worship is[simple, including only Uiose{things found in the worship ofiithe New Testament church aslirecorded in the Scripture. Wesing, pray, study God's word,I. ^ -■-;' .*■ i;Donald Freeman igive of our.means and observethe Lord's Supper every Lord'sDay. We urge all to attend ourservices where you will behonored as our "^est," heconcluded.>-5- I m' •CO^ >a. ^. ^OOy>S-f*-u* ■ ,I. -5.15K -S. ^ ,tm3r7:' 00::o '-s. r' m -. . ^ O .O•-r D j
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^ North Main Street
Church Of Christ
On October 29, I9H. CtBrence Pcrresl,
Ifiomea Rice ind Raid N. Hendrix,
ThiBieea Eor the Jericho Church of Christ,
Inught from (he Jacob Stetrart heira b Iqi□□ N. Mala St. hi MocfcsvlUe. in Bfarcli ifls?
Ibo erection iiesan of tlie Norfli Main.Street Church of Christ, Wlisn completed,
Iheehurdi w&a occupied by local members
of the Jcriclio church.
Iftc first minister of the North Mailt
Street Church Chiisi was J, B. Whilaker
who served from 1963'i9e7. MBriclfn R.
Rohrbftttfijh succeeded WhlUher in 1907-
1969 when dlfford McGee assiimed the
psslorshlp rrom 1971*75 when Donald
Freeman became miidsier. Mr. Freemanis stilt serving.
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