Enoch Olinga Analysis

Chuck Thomas says, “Enoch Olinga was a big hit at Penn Center in the early 70’s. He visited a couple of communities and spoke at Penn Center.” Chuck’s mother, Helen Thomas adds, “Enoch Olinga came to Adams Run and gave a talk in front of Alberta Deas house. In Frogmore, I cooked breakfast for him! Everything for breakfast was already laid out. He spoke and when he left the meeting everyone followed him like the Pied Piper.” Alberta contributes: “Preparation was made for Mr. Olinga to speak at my home the evening of his arrival in South Carolina. The front porch was set up as a platform for the speakers and 200 chairs were put on the lawn of the front yard for the guests.
I picked Mr. Olinga and Dr. Magdalene Carney up at the Charleston

Olinga departed for Port-au-Prince, Haiti to continue his teaching tour. Though the warmth he engendered remained, it was with regret that the friends bade farewell to this spiritual stalwart who had, within such a short span of time, transformed the hearts of those with whom he came in contact with the loving Words of Baha’u’llah.” (Based on a report by National Spiritual Assembly of Jamaica that was received on Oct. 19, 1970.). Following a weekend conference for Hand of the Cause of God, Mr. Enoch Olinga in Frogmore, South Carolina, the friends gathered at the meeting requested that the following message be conveyed to Amatu’l-Baha Khanum: “ MOMENTUM OF MASS TEACHING GENERATED BY YOUR RECENT VISIT IN THE SOUTHLAND HAS INTENSIFIED WITH THE LONG-AWAITED VISIT OF HAND OF THE CAUSE OF GOD ENOCH OLINGA. MORE AND MORE BELIEVERS ARE RUSHING INTO THE FIELD OF SERVICE. SIXTY-NINE NEW BELIEVERS ENROLLED, NINE NEW LOCALITIES OPENED AND $1000 CONTIBUTED FOR THE GROWTH OF THE BELOVED FAITH. FERVENTLY PRAYING FOR STRENGTH OF THE HANDS IN THEIR CONSTANT ENDEAVOR TO INSPIRE THE BELIEVERS. HEARTS ARE EVER GRATEFUL FOR THE INSITIUTION OF THE HANDS OF THE CAUSE OF GOD.” (Cable by ‘The Friends of the South’ to Ruhiyyih Khanum received Oct. 28,