In This Issue
A President's Lasting Legacy
Dr. Russell E. Ebersole, Jr., V.P. of Missionary Ministries
I met Dr. Kempton shortly after my first wife, Gene, died. I was speaking at a missionary conference at Baptist Bible College in Johnson City, where Wendell and his wife were dorm parents of the dorm where I was staying. My heart was still broken over the loss of my wife. Twice that week the Kemptons invited me for refreshments in their small apartment. There he asked me to tell them about my Gene. His loving, personal interest in me at that time of special need greatly impressed and comforted me. I have never forgotten this.
Beginnings of Neighborhood Bible Studies
Ruth Kempton
One of the most significant endeavors God allowed Wendell and me to have was to host neighborhood Bible studies. In our previous marriages with Karolyn and Lee, we would invite high school and college students, athletic teams, and neighbors into our homes to discuss the Bible. So as a new couple, Wendell and I prayed about our desire to reach out to people, and God answered in His own unique way.
The River of Spiritual Success
Michael G. Loftis, President, ABWE International
“Michael, these people have suffered profoundly for their faith, and we must be prepared to take some risks to help them,” said Wendell Kempton in 1987 as we crossed the bleak winter landscape of Austria and Hungary aboard the Orient Express bound for communist Romania. While our train clacked along the rails, he told us the stories of Christians throughout the communist world who had suffered for their faith. Few could tell a story with more passion and drama than Wendell Kempton.
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