The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1959

August 1959 THE OHIO IN ----------- DEPENDENT BAPTIST • • • WHAT OUR CHU RCHES FIRST BAPTIST, Lancaster Pastor J ol1n S. White reports that recently the church reached an all time high of 106 in Sunday school and that tl1e attendance continues high. A real revival was experienced in May, when Rev. Nile Fisher of the Emmanuel Baptist Church of Dayton held an ei~ht-day campaign. Ten made pro– fession and the whole church was revived. The church was able to raise the pastor's sal ary to $60 a week, besides furnishing a parsonage. Four adults and two children were r ecently baptized. REV. L. J. TRAVIS WRITES We are sorry his letter came too late to give some of his statistics on his work in McDonald when we wrote up the story of his resignation and moving to Vienna, Va. We will just mention the important ones, that dur– ing his e ight years in McDonald 79 came into the church by baptism and 21 by others means, and many others made profession. The mortgage on the parsonage was paid and a $30,000 addition made to the church building, while missionary giving more than trebled. Then he says, "Mrs. Travis and myself have never had a nicer group of folk to work with and they were very good t::> us in every way." His present address is 208 Moore Ave., S .E., Vienna, Va. FIRST CHRISTIAN BAPTIST, Coshocton A summer evangelistic campaign will be held at the Coshocton County Fair– grounds in co-operation with three other Baptist churches Aug. 19-30, with Rev. Don Winters as the evangelist. Each third Wednesday night a mis– sionary message on some field of the \\'Orld is presented to challenge peo– l)le to "go, give and pray." XENIA BIBLE CHURCH (GARBC) Pastor Hutchison is preaching Sun– day nights on a series on the Bible, ..Facin~ the Evidence. " They are, "T11e Plenary, Verbal Inspiration of the Bible,' ' "The Bible and Science, ' ''Tl1e Bible and Evolution," "The Bible Says-Archaeology Confirms," "The Bible Stands in the Fulfilment of Prophecy," "The Bible and I ts Diffi– culties," and "the Bible and Chi ist.' ' CALVARY BAPTIST. Bucyrus Vacation Bible School this year ex– ceQcled last year's average by 51, and 1957 by 104, reaching an ave1 age of 327 including 50 workers! As in 1958, · an 18 by 27 foot tent was used for the J unio1 classes, and three clouble gar– ag s near the church for one Jt1n101, 011e Intermediate and the Nursery classes. Pastor J. Iiowarcl Jones feels sure tl1ey can cc1sily reac}1 100 11101 c c}1ildrer1 as soon as tl1ey ca11 co1l1t)letc il1eir cl1urcl1 building. We ft111)' be– Jie,1e l1i1n, wor·ker as }1e is! SIIAH(JN BAI)'flS'11, Sl1aror1, Pa. '1'11, r1c. w cl1urc}1 l)uil(ling J)Urcl1asecl last v. 1 ir1ter from ;1 l'entecostal as– se1n l)ly, was d dicate<l Su11da)' a fter– noor1 of J u11e 28tl1. 'I'l1 ) :so11g s ~r , 1 ice ~'as l d l)y l~e,,. Norr11ar1 Jloag of Troy Ba1,tist l1u1·c}1 , l11 ~ op 11i11g JJra)' 1· was l>y Rev. Do,1 I~oon1is of l~\1a11 svi lle 13aJ)f ist llt1rcl1 , 111 1 Scri11- tuJ r -..ad i11~ l)~' I~ \ '. K arl S1nit}1 of Be111 J Ba1)tist C1lurc11 , Warr n , g1 et- 1ngs f10111 t11c J)asto1·s and tl1 B tl1a11y FellowshiJ:> was led by Rev. Harold Carpenter of Grace Baptist Church Youngstown, greetings from the Beth~ any Youth ~ellowship was brougl1t by J oc P erkins, tl1e history of the church was given by cleacon J ames Nehl e!1, the keys . presented by Roy S~ubricl1, the dedicatory prayer was g iven by Rev. Geralcl Mitchell of North J ackson Independent Baptist Church and the dedication message by Rev: 0. E. Phillips, noted conference speak– er. ~e~. Leonard Travis gave the benediction. Several musical numbers were also given. We rejoice with the Sharon church o.ver the fine facilities at a good loca– tion that arc now theirs, and pray that God will richly bless. SUNBURY CHURCII RECOGNIZED At cl ('0l111cil ('()lll J)O. ·eel O t .·ix1ce11 JJ,1st or~ ,111cl 111es~c 11g·crs .f ro111 ~e,Tr11 l3a pt i:t ch ll re- '1Ps. eo11,Te11rcl at tl1e ~ctll c>f tl1c (lrcl(' C I!a1)ti~t ( 1 lllll'C'l1 ()f' N1111- b111·~~, ()111<), a f11ll r e1Jort of 1hr. c)rg,t11izc1ii<J11 <)f tl1is c-l111rel1 "\'?H~ 1·e,1cl, i11rl11cli11g it~ c·o,.. e 11,111t, ,11·tie]r~ of fc1itl1, to11. ·t i1l11io11 c111 cl l)JT -la \'{S. ..1..\. JJ eriocl of cli - c·11~s ic}11 f(>l lo,vccl i11 ,, 11 iel1 err- 1.c1i 1 111i1101· c-l1a11~c ._ i11 tl1e co11- , stit l1tio11 ,,·er e re1ec>111111Q11cle(l. ...\ fie1r c·c1re1f11 l tlelil)er,1ti<)11 lJ,. ' tl1e c·c)1111til, ,1 111 c)tio11 ,,·,1s 111clclc 1 1),. T~P,· . . J,1111rs Ro~11c1· of J! r llt 1 - • fc>11t,1i11e, <lll<l . reo11clecl 1)~" 1\ r\. ( 1 • ( 1 • ( 1 lcl"\\'!-,C)11 of ( 1 c)l11111b11~ i l1at . . t l 1 e ( ; l' cl{. c I ~ cl l) 1 i "1 ( 1 l 111 l' ( I } l () r N1111l1,1r~.. . <>11io. lJ e 1· ecc)g·11i1.e(l a s a t l 11 l,· C> r ua 11 i;, e cl Reg· 11 l nr . '- ' 11 cl l) t i. t < 1 l 1 11 r l' J 1 ' T 11 i ~ 111 <> t i <) 11 ,,·c1~ 1111c111i111011. ·l~y· HI1J)ro,rc< l. ._\ 111<)1 io11 ,,· ,1~ tl1r11 111,1cl0 ,111cl ,l})– ])I'<)\'ecl 111,1t 1l1P ·l111rc·l1 1Jc e<>111 - 111 c • 11 < l r c1 f C) r it ~ t I 1 <) ro 11g 11 < • o11- " t it 11 t i < > 11 • , \ 1i i (' h 111 <)" t c > r 1 11 r 111i11i~1Pr~ lll'P!-ir11t tl1c)11ght \\cl~ (>l}(' or tJ1p f'i11r~t tllP)T ltcltl t',Pl' FIRST BAPTIST. Elyria About 500 \\ ere enrolled in a , 1 el')' s ucces5Jul Vacalio11 Btl)lc Scl1ool tl1e latter J a rt of Ju11e . Jt111P :~Otl1 tl1c cl1urch usl1ers l1acJ a l)ie11ic at I11c{ia 11 Hollow Lal{e. Tl1at 's a11 icl ea . isn t it'? If any cl1urcl1 ,,vork:ers clesPr,rc an out– ing, tl1 e u s l1 c rs clo. NOl{TliSJD~: BAP'J,1S1', I,i111a A stnff of 2 > \V(>l'l{ rs co11clt1et ltl Va– catio11 13il) lc Sel1ocJI Jt1ne 8- IH, ,vitl1 n11 e11roll111e11 t of 200, H , 1 cragP a it 11cla1.1c ~ of 177, a11f1 \\' i(}1 24 bo~,rs a 11cl girls 111aki11g J)rofessio11 of faitl1 . 'I'l1e cl1t1rcl1 l1as i11stal l cl fi,,e f oll1- j11g doors to tJro\1iclc .atlcli tio11al Stu1- day !lt:11001 roo111s 111 .. tl1e C'lltlrch JJase111 11 t ar1cl is 110,v ra1sl11g f t111cls. 1o J) t1rcl1nst c1 tli})J11 ~,lt for a 11 X})a11cl111<:{ cl1 urc11 a11d yo1.1tl1 J)rogra111. Page Eleven ARE DO ING They are also working in co-opera– tion with the Fellowship of Baptists for Home Missions ancl the Emmanuel Baptist Church of Fort Wayne to establish a GARB church at Van Wert. NORTH BETHEL YOUTH RALLY The annual picnic of the North BC!thel Youth Rally was held at the Lima Ordinance Depot Recreational Park Jt1ly 11th in the afternoon and Jar the supper hour. Af tcrwards they went to the Northside Baptist Church for an evening service. Rev. Tom Younger of Fort Wayne was the speaker. FIRST BAPTIST, Strongsville July 5th was not a double-holiday slump Sunday at this new church. Forty were present in Sunday school, 01 about clouble a few months ago, end two made profession at the chucrh . SPl'ViCe. REGULAR BAPTIST BIBLE INSTITUTE Secretary W. Eugene Schlechty re– ports that the first semester results were very encouraging. 139 were en– rolled, 89 received some sort of recog– nition, 153 credits were earned, and 4 certificates were given. This fall the second semester will lJcgin, with courses in Old and Ne,v Testament, Chile] Study, P edagogy, B~ptist Polity, Music, etc. Pastor Lynn Rogers of Northfield 1s president, Pas– tor Elliott Horton of Parma chairman of the advisory council, Pastor Ken– neth Nelson of North Royalton vice chairman, Eugene Schlechty of Rocky River secretary, and Gerald East of Bcclford treasurer. Other members of the board are Pas tors Earl Willetts of Berea a1 d Vernon Billington of Rocky River, a11d Boycl Berry of Mccl1na. VOICE OF CHRISTIAN YOUTrI, GARBC group in Cle,,eland, l1elcl its July mee ting at Ceclar Hill Baptis t Church Jt1ly 18th, \\'1tl1 Dr. Clemei1t E. Hershey of l\1arion as tl1e speaker GRACE BAPTIST, Rocky Ri,·er Se, 1 en were ba1)tized into n1en1bcr– ::,l1ip Jt1ne 21s t, after l1a ,·i11g attendecl u 111en1bers l1ip class for fot1r \\ eeks Jt111e 19tl1 t11e t\\ 1 0 adult classe~ l1cld a combinecl cl,=tss 111eet1ng and ,, ere tl1rillecl ,\·1tl1 tl1e account one of tl1e n1e1nbers, Miss Eva J a rrett. ~a\ e of 11er tot1r o[ tl1e Hol\ La11d. At tl1e close of the 111eet111g a l1t1ge cdke. honoring t}1e pastor's tl1ircl a11111\ Cl''=>c.11'), '" t1s b1 ot1gl1 t i11 a11d ser, eel to tl1c \ttests. 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