November 23, 2008
Only One Life
By Charliece Fierbaugh See the Sidebar: “What Was the Congo Massacre?” “Only one life “˜twill soon be past, Only what”s done for Christ will last.” These words, engraved on a plaque that hung on the bedroom wall of Phyllis Rine”s Ohio home, guided her life until her death on November 24, 1964. Shot by insurgent rebels during the Congo Crisis, Rine is remembered as the first female martyr from the Restoration Movement heritage.  A COMMITTED LIFE Born August 15, 1939, Phyllis Rine grew up near Martinsburg, Ohio. In 1957 she dedicated her life to full-time mission work
