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Remaining Faithful in Times of Change—1972-2006

1993 1995 1996 1998

Began holding camp at 1995—Mason Hutcheson 1996—Chaz & Connie 1998—Luella Kinney
Rapidan Baptist Camp becomes CBM Virginia Campbell, CBM went to the Lord
Director Alumni, teach in (May)
Culpeper
Tricia Russell
becomes Treasurer

Testimony of

n 1971, a Federal District Court ruled that
J. Cullen Rast I
Bible classes must be held off school
(Missionary to Brazil 40+ years) property. This brought a time of labor
and faith equal to the founding of the ministry.
Cullen Rast and wife Janet, The Lord proved faithful as He supplied funds
hen I was in the 4th grade my family moved to purchase and outfit portable classrooms. He
from South Carolina to Virginia. I am gave favor with property owners, school
W eternally thankful to the Lord for this because it officials, and parents. By 1975, Released Time
was in Virginia that the Bible Teachers from Children‘s Bible classes were offered in Madison,
Bible Mission came to our school. Not only were they Culpeper, Page, Rappahannock and Greene
Counties.
excellent teachers, but they encouraged us to memorize Students enter the Rolling Chapel As original workers retired or passed on, a
scripture so we could go to camp FOR FREE. new generation, some who had attended CBM
With the help of my mother I learned 300 verses that year classes themselves, answered the Lord‘s call to
and earned my week of camp at Powell‘s Fort, near faithfully reach
Woodstock, VA. I think that might have been the best week Virginia‘s Chil-
of my life up until that time. It was the first time I had met dren.
a real-life missionary. Camp was so good that I returned
every year for all my grade school, then high school where
I was a Jr. counselor and then when in college as a
counselor. It was there that I met Janet, my wife, it was
there that I felt the call to go to Bible College and where I
Eula Eppard taught for 33 Wendell & Janice Lamb built a chapel in
heard the call to the mission field. years in Page Greene County

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