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Roadside missionary faith venture risks and reward
A faith driven travelogue recounts a Gospel Advertising Association campaign in the early 1950s. The authors describe mounting rallies in Illinois Indiana Virginia and North Carolina, vehicle breakdowns and a crash, aid from supporters, and meetings with Dr. Bob Jones Jr. and Billy Graham while urging prayer and public gospel sharing.
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Bob Jones University
Mary
Gospel Advertising Association
Willys
Carmel
Clinton
Illinois
Dana
Indiana
Danville
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Youth For Christ
Decatur
Newport News
Charlotte
North Carolina
U.S
Greenville
Studebaker
Tom Jones
Blackburns
Williamsburg
Jamestown
Yorktown
South Carolina
Southside Baptist
Bob Jones Jr
Bible Presbyterian Church
Billy Graham
Cliff Barrows
George Beverly Shea
Ted Smith
Shepardson
T.W. Wilson
Christ
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Hendersonville