The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1957

THE OHIO INDEPENDEN'l, BAPTIST~-------~~- March 1957 ARE BAP'I1ST PROTEST OR CATHOLIC? 1)\ 7 1., 1, \ . 1, 1~ 1 • T" l~rl 11 TI . (1 () ( )1). I ),1st(>l' Ict <li . 011 -' ' "r1111 B<11>ti . 1 1 l111rf' l1, J>atr r .·011, N. ~J. • rf'}\ (' .\ ])()~{ lt'S l , r el'.) (l ~1,11t' :;;; . · · l l > l" 1 i t" , • (" cl 11 c) l ,. c·ntl1oli<· • ('lllll' 1 11.,. k i 11 l' P t 11 r. 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Prepare Now at Baptist Bible Seminary which otters you a : • B ible-centered curriculum • Competent facu lty • 4 00 enth usias tic fellow students • Modern fac ilities • Moderate expenses • E xcellen t employment opportunities • P rac tical Christ ian service • A thle tic and soc ia l a ctivities 3 -, 4-, S· year P rograms availabl e Th.B . and B .R .E . degrees A cc red ited by Boar d o f R egents of N ew York Approved by the G en. Ass ' n o f R eg . B aptists PAUL R . JACKSON, D .D . . President ~ JOHN R . DUNKIN, Th .D .. Dean Writ e for Ca taloAue BAPTIST BIBLE SEMINARY, JOHNSON CITY, N. Y. l1cr r 11t of tl1 os el1t11·t l1r8 ,vl1iC'h l1a:r. t l1ri1· t r aC' l1j 1g 011 t l1P 1>ri11eir)le. of tl1r I r for111atio11 .' ~ t11·ther, t l1<1 Xe,,,. 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