The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1970

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J /1(' f ()I'd ,,1id. ·• I l \ c' (lltt/ 1.,i !.. 11d Pl1ili1, r l R <) \I (11 .·rl 1 l I \ I . l < ll!? a11cl , , 1a1111 r., c<. tt l<I cl< II< > le ,s.' - His Testimony - • 1 t \ c ,11c fi , 1 c reason..; ,, h, ., \ l) - • .. ,l tl t g .... to t l1e n1 st n fie l<l if d C.. lll \i , ti:· ,, a.... the qtte~ti n that c .. 1tllC t 111 :-. at lt1n h on afterno n b, .. 1 111i"St\.)nar, 1 • ittle did he k.now • that l ,, a ·trt1ggJ1ng ,, ith th que tion of 111i . 1 ns and had been .. eeking the n1ind f th rd. It \\ a the ame qt1 ,ti n that had challenged him ~ ear bef re. I began to count up the rea n . F ir t . . . \\'ell no,v Jet' . e. I aid.... To. that ~on't do' ' . .. I th ught. econd . . . Third . . . ... \\Then it can1e right down to it, there ,, a. n·r an>· rea on \vhy we couldn·t go to the n1i ion field if God wanted .... u there. . ·ot long after that, we at down in the office of Dr. Allan Lewi of Bapti t lid- 1i ion and a ked him point blank. Do you have need for men \.\ ho have been pa tor all their mini tr)"? If God can u e us, where? Dr. Le,\ i tated that the mi ion had been pra 1 ·ing for men with pastoral experience to go to Au tralia in a church planting mini try, and would ,, e pray that po ibly thi would be the place God could u e u ? For 1 1 ·ear I have taught that to knO\\ the \\rill of God you mu t u e the Word. prayer and circum– tance . \Vhen we began to pray . . . God began to move! Everywhere I looked Au tralia was before u . In The Doug Couch Family a c.icnti. t' .. office .. . a little travel 111ag,1Li nc had an ad, ~, TRALIA \ TS YOU!" ... What a pl ace for piritual in trt1ct ion, a dent i t f fice ! Bt1t the mo t preciou of al l came fron1 the Word. I took a new un– n1arked Bibl e and a ked God to talk to u about Au tra li a. If I live to be a hundred. I wil l never have a more preciou experience than thi , I read eight or ten chapter a day from the Old and ew Te tament and God began to give n1e al l the confirmative promi e . Such a I The . 5: 24 . . . ' 'Faithful i He that calleth you, who al o will do it." Then ver e 25 . . . 'Brethren Pray for us." The Lord willing. we will leave in the Fall of 1971. DO PRAY FOR US PLEASE! Editor's N o te: Brother Couch be– oins deputation work this month to raise th e necessary monies for support , passage and equipn1ent. Th e ''Joint H eirs" SLt nday School Class in the Westlake cl1urch presented hi,n wit/1 a 1965 Pontiac Te,npest freshly re– painted and t/1e motor co,npletely re– conditioned. Pastors in terested in hav– ing Doug speak at their church may contact lzi,n in care of the Grace Bap– tist Churc/1, 23096 Center Ridge Rd. , Westlake, Ohio - 44145. Although he has resigned to the advisory board, lze will, however, sta)1 with tl1e church Llntil the firs t of the year in an in– terim capacity. THE HEBREW AND CHRISTIAN SOCIETY , I Shalom~ Jewish Evangelism T elephone System ~· i?o Hear our recorded evangeli stic message at the following numbers: ~ ' 1otn· C LEVELAND 291 -3280 AKRON COLUMBUS 237-1604 SPRINGFIELD, MASS. DAYTON 434-6348 BOSTON, MASS. 787-3 506 781-4825 926-9743 ~ BAPTIST MID-MISSI(?NS JEWISH MISSIONARIES IN CLEVELAND Director : L eeland H. C rotts Mrs. Leeland Crotts, Miss Ca rol yn Renner, Miss Carol A. Mciver 4205 Chester Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44103 The Ohio Independent Baptist - Published Monthly by - THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCHES SECOND CLASS POSTAGE paid a t Xe nia , Ohio. 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