Some Names

When I look back at the archived photos from the CE seminars, there are many people who I recognize and can recall their names. There are others not pictured whose names and faces I've forgotten. Unfortunately, the student participants are the ones most anonymous to me now simply because our encounter in most cases was for only three or four days at most.

The most prominent in my memory are the leaders and speakers. While Jim Bevis and Charles Shelton have sketchy current information about some of the leaders, we really have not heard from them first-hand. That's what I would like to accomplish in this cybersearch.

Here are some of the names:

• Jennings Davis was a dean at Pepperdine University at the time.
• Rick Rowland was a swimming coach at Pepperdine.
• Dudley Lynch was the editor of The Christian Chronicle and documented CE -- personally attending and reporting on the "inquisition" of CE at Freed-Hardeman College
• Wesley Reagan was a source of encouragement and inspiration time and again. Last I heard, he is a Methodist minister somewhere.
• Prentice Meador is currently minister of a large Church of Christ in Dallas.
• "Bud" Stumbaugh
• Rick Oster is affiliated with the Harding Graduate School in Memphis. He was a student at Texas Tech in CE days.
• Jim Reynolds is a lawyer and minister at a Dallas Church of Christ.
• Andrew Hairston was, I think, a lawyer and minister in a Church of Christ in Atlanta(?).
• Steve Franklin, a student then, is now reported to be a highly successful realtor in Atlanta.
• Walt Cabe was a student who jumped in to help with various seminars. I think he's shown in the photos (#79) of the telegram sent to the astronauts during the '68 seminar in Dallas.
• The McGehee Family who generously supported CE -- what news of the various members of the family?

There are many others whose names escape me. What a great thing it would be to find these and others, to hear from them and know something of their lives. I will ask Jim Bevis and Charles Shelton to suggest additional names and to fill in any details of participants and leaders they can.

If you know anything about those listed above or others who participated in CE in any way, please let me know or contact them and ask them to Comment here on the blog.

Comments

[Mike McAlister]

Rex:
Thank you for setting this site up and for reminding us of the vision and passion we had for sharing the transforming power of Jesus on the campus. God opened the door for me to minister with the CE staff at Texas Tech in 1967. He also revolutionized my life through CE by teaching me what the Lordship of Jesus means.

After the CA staff was let go in 1971, God took me into teen ministry for nine years, and then preaching ministry for 25 years. To my suprise, He now has me back in campus ministry at the Univ. of Houston.

I thank God for you and Jim and for all who were used to help us enter into the "much more" that God intends for His church. May that Revolution never end!

Grace to you through the living Christ,

Mike McAlister