The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1959

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ORTH BETHEL SOCIATION Tl1e c11111tlal picnic of the North Betl1 1 Association ,vill be held July lltl1 at Lod Park i11 Lima , v.rith Rev. Tom Yot1ngcr of Fort Wa).yne as the sp(\aker. E r\ T SIDE BAPTIST, Toledo ince Rev. Da, 1 e Moeller and f amlly came on tl1e fi eld last November , God l1as blessed this mission of the Emman– uel Baptist Church to the point where tl1e~· l1ope soon to organize as an in– dependen t Baptist church. When he came they had 9 adult members of Emmanuel who supported the work. NO\-\' the\ 1 h ave 28 with 3 awaiting baptism. Sunday school has reached a high of 54 and prospects were good for Vacation Bible School J une 15- 28. Pastor Dave Moeller is a graduate from the Piedmont Schools of Winston – Salem and comes from Rev . E. V . Ho,vell's church at Erlanger , Ky . THANK YOU, BROTHER HILL Rev. Ralph B. Hill, of the Cleve – land Hebrew Mission, says, "Please rene,v my subscription to the Ohio Independent Baptist . I enjoy it very much. The editorials and poems of dear Brother Nordlund are a real blessing. May God richly bless the circulation of this periodical." CALVARY BAPTIST, Bellefonta ine Anthony Zeoli, the Bible-quoting evangelist, held eight nights of evan – gelistic services June 7-14. FIRST BAPTIST, Medina A double quota of counsellors were planning to go with the Juniors to Camp P atmos-two men and t,vo ,vome11. More churches coulcl do that if adults realized the blessings of going '\vith young people to Camp P atmos and would plan ahead and take vacation the proper time. STRUTHERS BAPTIST TABERNACLE Rev. Joseph McCaba, founcler and director of Evangelical Baptist Mis– c- ions, held services June 9th to the 14th. We rejoice to hear that he is able to continue his work in spite of losing his v. ife in death. CEDAR HILL BAPTIST, Clevelancl Mrs. G . G. Crozier. veteran of near- 1\ ' 50 years of missionary service in Assam. went to be with the Lord May 12th. D1 Crozier passecl away in 1957. Since retirement 1n 1953. they had lived Vlith a daughter in Middletown ' but v.tere members of Cedar Hill. .II 1: .r~ I~Il~""'l' I~ .. \ 1)'r1S1\ I :1Gra11g, H\\ 7 l' lldc l ,\ , l'l \ stt<'t' ·~s ft1l 13ilJlc Scl1ool. lt \VHS clircctl'cl I))' I~ v. Georg' Ilt111l It \\ cl S ar, ~ig11t -cla}' ~ctlool ,vitl1 "F'ollo,, 1ng J es us" as tl1c tl1 , 111 c Ottl' clo 111g 1Jrog ra111 ,,,as Jt111c J7lh, "' 1ll1 rdl <l01>a rt111011 ts laki11g l)nrt n11cl n cl1s– µ lcl \ of l1 a11d\vork f ro111 cacl1 clc1Ja rt - 111c 11 t Tl1C' off( ri11g r ece1,,ecl tl1is year \\ as for Ccclnrvillc College l)t1ilcli11g l u11d. Tl1e Lord is bless i11g a ncl \\, e ? r e looki11g f or\vard to a l)lessccl min– istr:v u11cler Rev. C:yril Smith." Mrs. Orirclc Ris ing, Clerk. SPENCER CHURCH DESTROYED BY FIRE P astor Adam Galt \vrites that light11ing struck the First Baptist Church building 6:30 P .M., June 12th and tha t the resulting fire brought a complete loss, w ith only half of the value covered by in– surance. All they had on hancl was $1,000, but a friend immediately wrote 011t a check for $950 for a new building. Others are respond– ing, and it is likely tha t it ,von't be too long until a new and modern building arises on the old location . Although they are not asking for it or even suggesting it, we are sure some of the churches in the as– sociation will r emember them with gifts and prayer. June 14th the Lutheran church was opened to them for services, and the school building in Spencer will be used henceforth until a new building is completed. BIBLE BAPTIST, North Madison "Monday, June 8, was the opening of our Vacation Bible School, with an enrollment of 105. There ar e four de– partments and seven classes, staffed with complete t eacher s and h elper s . On J une 10th a group gathered to s tart a Christian Service Brigade Bat– talion for teen age boys. On May 16th the Seed Sower s S.S. Class spon– sored a banquet for our five high school graduates of our church. About 20 of our youth group attended." Sarah Ernest, Reporter . FIRST BAPTIST, Gallipolis The V.B.S. opened the first week of June with an enrollment of 169 pupils ancl 45 t eacher s and h elpers. TEMPLE BAPTIST, Portsmouth Pastor Hall Dautel has a busy sum– m er before him. While at the Roches– t er m eetings he will preach June 21 a t K asson, Minn. July 6-18 he will be a speak er at the Delmarva Baptist Bible Conference at Mayo Md. While there , he will speak July 12th at the Capitol Baptist Church of Washing– ton. Aug. 2-8 he \vill speak at the Bethany , Ind. , Baptist Camp at Lake Chautauqua; Aug. 15-22 at the Il– Jinois-Missouri Baptist Christian Life Camp at Cazenovia, Ill.; Aug. 23-30 at East ern New York Bible Confer– ence, Ames, N. Y.; Aug. 31-Sept. 1 at the Saddl ebag Lake Bible Confer– ence, Maryland, N.Y.; Sept. 2-7 at Fivepointville Bible Conference in P ennsylvania, and Sept. 22 he will attend the meeting of the trustees of ,Jttly I0:19 .GE I3·11J ti ~t BilJlc SPn1i nary at J ol1nson it y, N Y. I3ET I IANY YC)U1 1 II 1• E l jLOWSIITP A Grnclt1 atio11 B a 11qt1cl wns l1elcl at tl1c McDon,llcl IJ1g h School C,1fC'tcria nt 6 P.M., Jttnc 6th Rev. Robc·l't Rycrsc, De1Jutatio11 Secretary of Bap– ti s t Micl-Miss ions, was the speaker a11cl Rev. K cn11c tl1 Anclrus the mas ter of ccre1nonies. FIRST BAPTIST, Niles The architect's plans for the Sun– day School addilion to the church l1ave been accepted and bids have been let to contractors. I t is hoped that work can lJegin as soon a 3 a sat 1sf actory bid is made . Vacation Bible School began with an average of 280 present the first week. The teen age d eportment was forced to move to a war€house for more room. CALVARY BAPTIST, Ashland Sunday school has averaged 113 and morning worship 120 and as soon as the repair of the church roof is paid for, the congregation hopes to be– come a self-supporting work. Not only is J unior Church conducted the last half of the morning church serv·– ice, but a children's meeting is held Wednesday night, so that the parents can attend prayer meeting. The church received a Thomas Electric Organ through Claud Foster the first of J une. P astor Alexander took his vacation in J une so he and his family co1.1ld attend the graduation of their son, John, from Stony Brook School on Long Island. ANOTHER TfIOMAS ORGAN The North Jackson Independent Bapt ist Church is also rejoicing in the gift of an organ from the phil an– thropist, Claud Foster . If we are not mistaken, this means eight of our churches have r eceived an organ. Wonderful! NEW RICHLAND BAPTIST, Be 1 le Center "We just closed a two week s Vaca– tion Bible School . Our whole school would not be as large as one depart– ment in some large churches, but we feel we hac1 a very fine and successful school. Ther e were 56 enrolled and :::>n average for the two weeks of 50. We had four confess Christ as Saviour. In the morning service another boy accepted Christ. We have five girls going to Junior camp J uly 27th, and four girls planning to attend Senior ca111p the following week."-P astor Harvey Christian . Yes, Brother Christian: a good VBS in a small community may be pro– portionately better than one in a large community that numbers five t imes more. We need to magnify the importance of our rural churches. BEREA BAPTIST CHURCH "The Bible School (S.S.) completed a 6-weeks effort to bring in more people. Considerable interest was a roused among both young and old. The increase has continued during the tv.,o or three weeks since the drive closed. Those v.rho succeecled in bring– ing the largest number were honored at a Victory Rally June 5th .