The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 1955

June 1955 THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Page Five [NG TO BUILD A NEW CHURCH!' ' ide11tit)r. 11ly the ch111· 11 f i11a11- cial ecretar)r a,v a11d tab11 latcd the. e 1·ett11·11. . Kee1)i11 g· tl1e . ig·1 ecl l1alf the ecreta1 .. 3r tl1e11 111ailccl 011e of tl1e 11nide11tifiecl. hal ve to eacl1 111e111be1~ ,vho joi11ed t l1e Faith I .) . ' . 1 r om1 e c11·c e. .1- o one 1·eceived hi o,v11 ca1 .. cl ba l<. Eacl1 111e111ber of the ci1 .. cle therel1po11 a, . L11ned to hold 11 p i11 per:011al p1·aye1 .. 11t11nbe1· 20 ' or ' 11t1n1ber 17 - ' ' 1<:110,,?ing 011ly that that i11di\ricl11al had promi ed to co11trib11te a cer – tai11 amo1111t at cer tai11 i11terval. . Thi plan tl1 Bt1ilcli110· Fu11d . b 01nn11ttee hoped ,vo11ld pro, 1 ic1e 11ece ary inf01·n1atio11 for the mo1·t– g·age loan we would l1ave to l1ave. 1\11 i11ter e ting idelight 1nay be i11j ected l1er e · t l1e total contrib11- tio11 to the Buildi11g Fund a1·e exceeding· t l1e total an10111 t i11di– cated 011 the Faith Pron1i e.. A11d for thi we cert a i11ly pr--aise 011r be11evolent Ileavenly Father. on i te11tly we a ked for God's gt1ida11ce i11 all of 011r many J)rob– l en1 a11d ,vith thi F ai tl1 J-:>ron1i. e ,:vhich ,va 11011-bi11di11g a11d purely volu11tary God did not leacl us to deviate from our free-will offering· policy. A a guide for giving we had pre,,iou ly pre ented a 'goal' ' to ot1r members. .... t a public meet– i11g ,ve had explain d the , cope of ot11, fi11a11cial probl e1n a11cl a. 1{ed our mP1nbers to keep i11 111ind a11 amou11t of '$5 per fan1ily per • 1 1111day. ' ' Thi wa to be i11 ad– ditio11 to their r egula1-- co11triLu– tio11s to all other f11ncls a11d it 111ea11t p1--actically clot1bli11g their present givi11g. 1\s it t11r11ecl out, thi g·oal mig:ht have l)een :aid to l>e too high for l)ractical p11r1)oses for that a1no11nt l1as 11ot c1uite bee11 reali;1.ec1 over a JJCl'iod ot ti r11e. Ilowevt>r, it i. a good ' round' ' fi g·urr , easy to re– n1 :11t1l> r . It does estalJlisl1 a g·iv– i11g J)olicy ,vhicl1 thr eo111111ittee f 1 cls i8 ba sic-ally sol111(l. Jt 11l,1c·es t}1 ~ givi11g 011 a faruily ( <Jr \Vage ear 11 cr ) lJasis ,111cl as a rcstt l1 , Pac·h 111 e111l> ~r of tl1e fa111i}), is 11<>1, s11l>jP<!tccl to cl clri,re to gi, 1 i 11 • •11 11 c1 cl.\' Sc· l 1 o o I, i 11 Y < > t l J 1 g· I) ~ o– J1 l c-a 's 111 PPti 11 gs, i11 tl1e l\1 is'>io11,11·y So · i ~ 1 y or \vl 1 e 11 P \ ' <1 r s 1 r 1 a ll gr<> t1 J) s gatl1(~l'. Af1p1· all , , ari<Jlls c·o11 tti– l)11tic,11s l)y tl1 1 fa111il,,. 111P111l)P l' ~ ,111 ' . ·c,111c <)Ut of tl1 ~ ,,,,1g· car11 1· 's 1 , o · lt et . 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Bt e1·– i11g· a t1·aight ot1r. e r c111i1· cl 1nt1 11 praye1" a11cl ,vaiti11g· 011 'i od to see ,,,hat IIi · I)la11. ,vere £01· the ch111--ch. l 11 111a11y n1a1·,.. e l ot1 ,vay · certai11 a\ 1 e1111es a11cl ar l)roaehe. to the p1--oble11 ,ver e OJ)e11ecl, ,vl1i]e other we1·e d fi11it ly clo ·eel. ev ral t1rv Jr• ai 1ec1 i11 g·etti11~· ba ic fact . The fi1-- t ·tt1dy vva n1ac1e of ot11-- u11clay mor11i11g· 1 h1t1·cl1 atte11cl– a11ce 011 t,vo 11cce : ive 1111c.lays. Ever yo11e I>re e11t ,·va: a.·l(rd l1ow he o·ot to h tlr ;h t hat clay, 110,, 1 f1--e ll1e11tly vi ito1-- attendecl a11 l vi itor , 1·ea 011 for atte11di11g ot11-– ch L1r ch. Re t1lt ho,, 1 ed that 73 % of the 1ne111be1· an l 63 o/o of the , ,i ·ito1-. clrove to ·hurcl1. Fro111 tl1i: we a. t1med t l1at t l1e e people 1)rol)al)l3r "''OUlcl be wi]li11 o· to d1·i, 1 e a little fart her to a nev, 1 ch11rch lo ati011. 111 a lll p le1ne11tal urv 'j", ,, 1 c pi11poi11te l t l1e re ic1 11e of ve1·)~ 1nen1ber 011 a 01111ty 111ap. Thi .., sho,,,ecl tl1at only 27 % livecl ,vithi11 a 111ile of tl1e , l1t11· · h a11d fro111 thi ,ve e ·tabli. l1ec1 ,,·l1c1.t ,,, al- 1·eac1y l<:11e,v, 11a111ely, that flo11gl 1 l1a ptist ,, 7 a. · 11ot a 11eigl1bo1·l1oocl c l111rc h . '( ever·al l)OS il)le lo ·atio11.. ,vcrr clisr11ssecl })11t 11011 i11cll1decl 1·e– b11ilcli11g, at th e l)11r11ecl 011t lo– cat io11 ,, 1 1101--r t l10 cl1a,r aet er of tl1e 11eigl1lJorl1oocl as cl1,111g·i11g ,111(l ,vhrre JJa,rl{i11 g 1)rcse11te i 1 rol>l 111s. 1~Jve11t11 allJ 1 tl1c 0111)~ ·11ital)l' 11e,t1·b)' J)l'O])Pl't}' \\ 1 l1iel1 ,,rc18 c:l\ 7 ilil– al)]{\ ,, 1 ,ls c>11e111Pcl to 11 :,.;. I i eo11- :-;istrcl of f:(Jttr ,111c.l 011c }1,tlf cl >r<.'\s of bP,llltif'ttlJ)r \\C)O(l r'c l cl ll (l l)]a11tPcl la11cl 111 ~1c,·(,],111cl I l t1 ig·l1ts ul>ott1 () ll P clllcl OllC }1,tlf 111il _\8 l\H'-;t ol' <>ltf J)t· ~s 11 t t P1111><>l',ll')' lot·,tti<.>11 at Ji~ 11 <, 1 i c l , t 11 c l I~, ts !J7 t l 1 N 1 r t1 t\ t . 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Then fol lo,, 1 ecl a ·mallcr 1)er cc11tage i le11tifiec1 a. 1 atholic, ,vitl1 ( 1 hri. - tia11 8cie11ti:t. a11cl otl1e1-- 1·eligion. co11:titl1ti11g· t l1e . ·rr1a llcst p e1 .. ce11t– age. Ba. d 011 all of the i11fo1·1natio11 110,,r at ha1cl ,,,e rea. 011ecl that ,ve ,vot1l l bri11g p1--act ically all of 011r l)re e11t 111e1nl)er. hip alo11g ,,,ith 11 to the 11e,v locatio11 a11cl 011ld ex– l)e t to fi11cl 1na11y 11 e,, 1 11eighl)or ,,·ho ,, 1 011lc1 at lea t be frie11c11·,;r " to,vard ll. if ,,,.e . 110,,·ed ,, 1 t> ,ver e frienc11,, tOV\ 1 a1·cl th l Jll . .. By thi ti111e ,, 1 e l1acl el10.·e11 a11 a1--chitect ,,vl108e ex1)e1·ie11e(l i11- el11clecl Protesta11t cl1111·cl1 ro11 tr11t– tio11 a11cl ,ve t111·11ec.l ot1r atte11tio11 to 111a l{i11g· tl1 1Je t 110, sible 11se of Olll" la,11cl. 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