1956 mission to Equador--Jim Elliot and John Chau

[bobbieinok]

The killing of Elliot and 4 other missionaries--there's a book, a play, and IIRC a musical about this mission and the killing of the 5.

Jim's wife Elizabeth wrote about this mission. She toured with one of the tribe who killed the 5 and who then later became a Christian. A major message of the joint tour was that God had forgiven the tribal leader's killing of her husband and she as a a born-again Christian was therefore able to forgive him too.

The play and their tour together were in Tulsa sometime in the 90s. They spoke in chapel at Oral Roberts U. Note that Chau graduated from ORU in 2014.

[dalton99a]

1. FWIW Chau's father also attended Oral Roberts

M.D., Oral Roberts University School of Medicine, 1988

[2naSalit]

2. Worth noting...nt

[bobbieinok]

3. Hadn't seen that. Med school, law school closed late 80s, early 90s b/c of financial probs

Michelle Bachman graduated from ORU law school and gave ORU commencement address a few yrs ago.

David Barton, 'historian' who pushes claim US is a Xn nation founded on Xn/biblical principles, also graduatedc from ORU. NOT in history, PE IIRC.

[bobbieinok]

4. Kenneth Copeland, multi-millionaire televangelist, attended ORU, was Oral's pilot

Note--1 of Oral's sons was gay and possibly committed suicide.

A grandson is also gay and has written about growing up in a hostile church environment.

[3Hotdogs]

5. The Elliot and Chau episodes prove, God has a sense of humor.

Even if he doesn't, it tickles my scrotum every time I read about 'em.