The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1959

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He was a m em– ber of the Calvary Baptist Church i:>f Norwalk. an d P astor Beightol and a member of the univer sity faculty con– ducted the funeral at the Norwalk High School. Our sympa thy goes •)ut to his parents and to all other loved ones . It only goes to prove that young people also n eed to be r eady for death's call. We hope many who ~l{new Johnny at Camp Patmos will make sure they are as ready as h e was. EVANGELIST WINTERS BEING USED P astor Milton Sealey. of Erieside Church on the Boulevard of Wil– loughby , writes: "I would like to pass on to you a report of the graci– ous blessing of the Lord upon the evangelistic ministry of Don Winters, 915 Walnut St., Coshocton , Ohio, her e March 15-27 . During the 2 weeks 98 persons of all ages were led to accept Christ, get right with the Lord, or consecrate themselves for faithful service . Such a time of refreshing we have never seen befor e . Since the meetings, others have accepted the Lord. t\.\renty followed the Lord in baptism, and the whole church has been different. ' BIBLE MISSION BIBLE CONE'ERENCE The first conference will be held June 15-18 at the Zanesvi lle Bible Mission Baptis t Church, with George Mundel and Dean H enry as the speak– ers. This is an "'all - ages" conference on the free -will offering basis, w ith meals and lodging for those that com e from a distance. Write to Rev . L ew - ellyn Thompson, Dresden, Ohio, if vou wish to reserve a room. CALVARY BAPTIST, Canton The church is looking forward to the coming of P astor Helmick and familv in early May. The Lord has blessed in the meantime, with three young couples comin P- into nember– sh1p March 22nd. One of them is al– ready teaching the Young Married People's Class. GO D BOOI< r\BWE 111issio11ar),', Bcr11c1rcl N Ba11- crof l. l1as vvriltcr1 ·-, stirri11g :1ovcl, Brcac{ U por1 tl1e Wa tcrs, based upo11 actua 1 fc1c ls lo show l1ow Philipino Christiclns help Am rican soldiers to f 111d Chris t during the la te war. It can l) go tten from Exposilio11 Press, Inc .. 386 Fourth Avc1 ue., New York 16. N . Y. The price is $3 . EMMANUEL BAPTIST, Piqua P astor Clarence Curley r eports three so1.,1ls saved and a good increase in a ttendance. Now the good n ews h as come that the Baptis t Builder's Club will give them $1 ,500 with which to bu y or build. 3 EDITORIAL REQUESTS! ! ! 1. Youth Leaders, be sure to send in news and ideas to Teen-Age Topic Editors, Paul Gonder and Dale Harhager-address given on their page. Only with your help can that page become a power for good in our churches. 2. Mrs. Theona S . Smelser wants more r esponse from the Women 's Groups and individual women too . We predict the Teen-Age Topic page will burst with news and ideas: You ladies, with 18 months head start should a t least k eep up with them . Mrs . Smel– ser cant guess what you know or think or do-so write her each month! 3. The Editor-in-Chief, if he may call himself that, wants to get his Sunday schedule made out and pastors who wish to u se him should write in early. His open dates are: May 24 and 31 ; June 14, and all Sundays in July, Au– gust, and S eptember. AMERICAN COUNCIL MEETING AT DES MOINES Two of our pastors will sp eak at the 17th Spring Convention of the Ameri– can Council of Christian Churches April 28-May 1. They are D ean Henry of Brown St. Baptis t Church of Akron a nd Ha ll Dautel of the Temple Baptist Church of Portsmouth. EMMANUEL BAPTIST, X enia Rev. F . Dale Cadman reports that Sunday school a tten dance is r unning 175 to 185, and they h ave plans for remodeling this summer to make more room. Vacation Bible School is be– ing p lannecl for the first two weeks in June. FIRST BAPTIST, McDonald The Lord h as been blessing with souls and 23 are in the member ship class, mos t of them coming by bap– tism. April 24-26 a Teacher Training Confer ence was h eld with Dr. Paul J ackson and Miss Ruth Haycock of the Baptist Bible S eminary as teach– ers. BIBLE BAPTIST, North Madison A pril 19 to 26 Dr. and Mrs. Perry F . Haines h eld a revival at the Bible Baptist Church. Mrs. Sarah Ernst , church reporter, says, "We are look- M cl Y 1!J5D ir1g forwarcl to a 1ime of r(•frcshing, tJraying tha t souls will be :;avcd ~n(l t 11cl t C11ristia11s wi ll rccor1sccralc 1.he11 . ,, l ives. Numerically, the Lorcl has a lready lJlesscd, will1 atlcnclance reaching a high of 183 on March 29th. Vacation Bible School is planned for June 8-19. CALVARY BAPTIST TABERNACLE, Sandusky The church had a time of spirituai ble sing the week of their 28th An– niversary, March 31-April 5. Tues– clay evening Rev. Wm. Bryan, pastor of Toledo Gospel Tabernacle spoke; Wednesday through Friday Dr. Leh– ma11 Strauss, p astor of Highland Park Baptis t Church of Detroit spoke, and Sunday Ed itor Ralph T . Nordlund spok e. BEEBETOWN BAPTIST, Brunswick Four churches united in an Easter Sunrise service at the Beebetown church- the hos t church, the Bruns– wick Baptist Church, the People's Church, and the Strongsville Mis– sionary Church . Rev. John R . Mc– Danel , pastor of the P eople's Church, brought the m essage. Over 100 people a ttended the service and breakfast. "The morning service al so brought blessings to the congregation. Truly this was a wonderful day in the Lord ancl gave our people courage to go on. ' ' XENIA BIBLE CHURCH (Regular Baptist) Sunday school attendance in March averaged 55c~ above the same period last year . Forty h ave received pins ~ince the :firs t of th e year {or faith– ful attendance . In April and May the stress will be on 1oor c family at– tendance and a ll families fully present each Sunday will receive an award. The two famili es bringing the mos t v isitors will a lso w in an award. BETHANY BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP The annual election of officers of the association was h eld March 16th at the Struther s Baptist Tabernacle. R ev. Norma11 Hoag of the Troy Bap– t ist Church was elected president, Rev. Ben Garlich of the Huntsb.urg Baptis t Church vice president. Rev . Thomas Wright of Sharon Baptist Church secretary-treasurer . This as– sociation h as frequent meetings and seems to be quite active . GRACE BAPTIST, Minford A recognition Council m et March 24th , consisting of 18 m essen ger s from 7 churches, to examine the constitu– tion and by-laws of this new church. After a careful ex amination, the coun– cil r ecommended that the Grace Bap - tist Church of Long Run be r ecognized c>s a duly organized Baptis t Church. A recognition service was held that evening. The sermon was given by· Rev. Hall Da u t el of Portsmouth. th e charge to the church by Rev. C. C . Clawson of Columbus. and the hand of fellowship was extended bv Rev. Howard G . Young of Gallipolis. (Continued on next page )