The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1956

,Tanuary 1956 THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Cedar Hill Calls Associate Pastor TIH' R ev . Earl L. L e iby has a c– t·rpt e 1 ·al I t serve as as. oeiate pastor of the Cedar Hill Baptist Church, CleYelan 1, an 1 will ent e r hi. n ew fiel 1 of servi ·e, January 11. 1956 . ::\1 r. L ei by was born i1J R ea c1 i1J g' , P enn:ylYan.ia , Octob er 1917 and following Ilig·h , c hool h e nter ed Practi cal Bihl Training Schoo l, Bingh amton , Iew York and '"vas oTaduated in 1939. H ha s served as pastor of the Calva r y Baptist Chm·c:h, Trumansburg, aud th r l~ir t Bapti t Chur c h, Moravia. ~ ew York . Ile organized t he Bap– t i. t 'remplc, Oswego, :N r w York , and ten Years later became pastor of th e 1'...,irst Bapti t Churc h, Ro-"·– l ey , i\J as achu etts , his pre ent l o– cation. Information at hand incb cate~ that the n ewcome r is we ll qualifie l as a leader of yo ung p eople, havin g attended the Oswego State Teach– er 's olleo·e, and Go rdon Co llege, wher e his major was education , and Christia11 eel ucation, r esp ectiY - ly. In r ecent years h e has been aetive in you1w people'. work a n I summer youth camps. CAMP J; 1 ollowin g the exce llen t offer– i11~· fo r iamp Patmos in OC'tobe r , we> were not a larmed wh e ll c:0 11 - tributions d 11 ring ~ovembe r dropprcl to . ·177.43, but wlwn the reee ipts during· December amo1 111 t e :l to on ly .·1 1.:35, we ca ll it to th e attention of ou 1· fri ends. 'I'hc> ·amp is faced with periodi c: payment of inter est on th e debt of .·9,000 .00, a ncl the bank exp ectan cy of so nw payments on th e prin ·ipal , in addition to taxes, insuran c:e, and other ite1m; of current ex p nS('. 'L'lwll, just around the co nwr is the coi-;t of conditioning th e camp for th<' sm1m1 t> r sPaso n. 'I'h e 1·(' will lw 110 major installations, 110r pur– <·hac.;p of add itional equipmc>nl thi s yt>ar, a pad from the er ectio11 of two 1ww t·abi ns under the loni.( rangl' prnp;ram. '!' he ·ost of Pa<· h t•abin will bP a bout lf;750.00, th PSl' nrndt• lH'<'PS, a ry liy p l'Pf-i<'ll t crowd ed eo11 - d it io11, a nd upo11 l'l't•orn111<•1Hlat ion ol' thv :-.tat<' a11t liorities. 'l'wo t <·11 - tativ1• p1·on1is<'s of lllOlll'j' to 1·ovp1· 11 l'a b in \\l'l'<' 1·L·1·Pivl'd, but to da !P 110 gifts Im \ 'I' r<>a<· lit>d 1hi• t 1·rnsu r., . E. L. Leiby A pan;o na gP r(' ·cntly purehasecl by the Cedar llill Baptist Chure h, a~vaits R ev. a nd .;\[ rs. l~ei by, and the three children , Judith \1111 13, .;\fad: i\1. 11, and ,"tephen P au l 8. Ohio Associat ion will preacl out t he " "',Velcome Mat " for the fam – il y. PATMOS '/'he B udyet Subseque ll t magazines will ea rry t he '' camp sto r y'' in detail. hut th(' point of this art icle is to ask that eve r y chnreh in Ohio \ ssociation whi ch ca n pos.. ibly gather a s pecial offering, clo so at once. 'I'he budg– et is th e a n . wer . Ther e would seem to he n o r eason wl1 y AM P P ATJf 0S sh ould n ot be on th e budg– et of every 1-1.' soc iat ecl church . Th e eamp be nefit. a r c spread over th(' Pntir e asso ·iation and t h e minist ry is to a g roup n ot r ec1ched by a ny org·a ni zrd wo rk , a par t from th e loea l ch1ll'(: h . 'l' hese boys and g irls are entitl ed to eve r y adva nta ge• whi e h tlw fr ll ows hip ·Hn ex t('11<l . ( \ e point to juvenil e clelinquPn– <· y. ) Bdwel' n thi s dat p and tlw OJW H– in g of t•a nip th e n ' will lJt, a pn'ss– in g· 1wPd for l'ullds and we ask for thE' t'OO]) (' l'Ht ion of ('Yl' I'}' Hfri li,lfl'cl 1• lrn n· h . l 'ru111p l 1·e11£' 11•al uf yu111 · sub scrip l ivll will b appreciated by v11r Cil'c11 lal iv11 J) part 111c11/ . Page Thirteen CIIl R II ·wAJJJ; S \F' E ROBBED I t was ' hl'istmas N ig ht and thP gast ~ide Baptist Church ];o rai.11 was sti ll and lark. S rvi ces fo r the day ha :l ended a nd t he pastor ancl p eo 1 l wer e eozy behind th r fast c:losecl doors of t he ir h orn s . l ' n– sce n in the dal'kness thi eves pried opr n a small ·win l ow in t h base– me nt, slipped upsta irs to a wal1 safe and aftel' wr ekin g t h e safe, slipped away wit h *· 6 .00 i.n e:as h a nd *64.00 iu eheck.. Payme11t was sto pped on t he ehee: ks a nd net loss was reported as *56 .00, plu.· dam age to the safe. '!'h e amount r r pr se n ted offe r– in gs fo1· th e clay. l lnder normal circumstane:es no mon ey \\·ould have been in th e wall safe, but dne to th e absen ce of one of t h e offic r s, wl10 was out of th e c ity, t h e mon ey wa s left in th e ehu r c h. \V(' talked with Pasto r V crne L. Dunh am on th e t e le ph one a nd sym– path eti ca lly a. keel , " "',\Tha t abo u t t hC' pasto r 's sala ry !'' ll e said : '' 'I'he pasto r ,n:ts paid in full. " It '.– a oTeat church and never mee ts l efeat , r egar Hess of thi eve · or r oad blocks. CONTRIBUTING , o , he LOCAL BAPTIST CHURCH \\' e firmly lJ c li '\'l' t hat God's or– clni n e cl ngc{H·y for the ca nyin g 011 of lli s \\' Ork t ocla,· i t h e loca l churc h . \\' t' are so s ure 0 of this that \\' e arc co11 ,· i11 ced that God \\'ill honor our sc h ool onh· as it to ntribut e ' to t h e prog rc s a·nd fru itfu ln c s of our lo– c-a I GA RB churc h es . \\'l' desire to eontrib u te the be · t tra in ed ministers, missionarie , eYan – oe li sts and ehure h workt• rs. Pew n . ot her eontribnti on s a t't' lllOl't' 1111 por- ta II t. I3ut co ntribut ion is a t\\'O-\\'ay trl'l't. Only :1 ehurehes n1ul inlli– vid na ls eontr ibut r to the snpport of our st h ool by prayc1·s anll gifts can \\'e eontribut'e to the eautll' of Chri, t t ht• rig·ht kind of leaders and work – <'l'S. \\' e would likl' to ht' at· from YOP this month . SEMINARY 5 YEAR THEOLOGICAL COURSE BIBLE INSTITUTE GRAND'RAPIDS BAPTIST lHEOLOGICAL SEMINARY & BIBLE INSTITUTE Ill WIALTHY ST,, 5.1. , • GRANO l.APIDS 6, MICHIGAN