The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1960

1 _ct_o_be_r_,_1_96_0______________________~T 2 H=E=-=O~H~I~O::___::l~N~D~EPENDENT BAPTIST • - w T nd A Family ight at prayer meeting \Ug. 31st, when four college freshmen ·ere given a good send-off with g ifts and est v.' ishes. FRANKLIN FURNACE CHURCH RECOGNIZED September 11th a ot111cil 1n t ,,,ith Pc1s tor Bolt a11cl the offic rs of the Mi<lland Mi io11ary Bapti t l1urch of Fra11klin Ft1111ace. Th churcl1es r prese11ted w r E1n– manuel B,1ptist of w Bo to11 , T emple Baptist of P orts1not1th, v\'heelersbt1rg Mi sio11,1ry B,1ptist, Berea11 Bapti t of ciotoville, ot1tl1 \\ 1 ebster Baptis t , Grae Baptis t of Minford, T\vi11 \ Talley Baptis t and First Baptist of Ed 11 P t1rk. Assista11t Pas tor Thoma Bt111y,1n of Port 1not1tl1 wa chos n as moderator a11d P as tor Marti11 Holmes of Wl1eelersburg clerk. 1"'he cot111cil una11imously vot cl to approve of the Midla11d Missio11ary Baptist Cht1rch as a duly orga11- ized church of tl1e e V\1 T t an1 n t order. FIRST CHRI TIAN BAPTI T , Coshocton Pas tor Harry Cole writes: "Dr. H omer Britton conducted a summer revival in the county fairgrounds the last part of Augus t; Cedarville College unday D r . Arthur Will iams and the Girls' Trio brought messages in W ord and song; and we are looking forward to a Mi ssionary Conference with Dale Dav is of Alaska and Bill Fusco of Italy in October . They will hold afternoon children 's meetings and speak ac night. The W omen's Mis– sionary Society will be in charge of booths depi cting the two field s." He also reports that the Moriah As~ soc1ac1on has now been div ided in to two pares because of dista nce, a nd that the pastors and wives of the W est Morjah PeJlowship held a meeting Sepe. 19 th at Coshocton. FIR ')T BAPTIST , Wellington Attendance Aug. 7- ept. 4 averaged 196 in Sunday school, 1 32 for mor ning wor– ship, and 97 for eveni ng worsh11r-a wonderful record for the five worst un– days of Lhe year A Su nday school con– test will begin Oct. 2 wi th Mi<lv1ew and Norc11field, and Well1ngcon hopes to get close to 300 in attendance. Then Nov . 1-11 Rtv. Dean I-Ienry of Akron will lead the1n in a revival campaign . The Awana pr<>gram for young people is growing, V..'i th a new club [cJr g1r ls of 11 to 17. An A Nana I~ai r wjlJ be held Sepe 26- 0c.c. I. Al. VARY BAPTIST, Bellefon taine A successfu l Vacatior1 Bible ~c hoc)l was held Aug. 22 26, witl1 an average accenJ- R H ance of 17 1 and 7 confessions of faith A You th Revival was held ept. 4-9 ~ith the purr Evangelist~c T eam in charge. Theron purr an<l his musician, Jayton Erb, are. both young men, but are effective soul. w1 nners .sponsored by Youth for Christ International. Bible Breakfast a five day of the week broadcast by Pa~tor James E. Rosner , is back on the air. It can be heard at 7 :4 5 A.M. over WOHP 1390 kc. ' BETHEL BAPTI T , Erie, Pa. Pastor and Mrs. Gilbert were in Wheaton, l!l ., . ep t. 18 th , where he spoke at th~ ded1cat1.on of a new building of the First Baptist Church. This was hi s church before coming to Erie. He also ~poke a t N orth Roya lton at the fall open– ing of the Regular Baptise J nstitute of Cleveland ept. 20th. With tl1e tl1ought of the election in min<l, the church is hearing a conver ted Catholi c pries t, Rev. Alfred Florez, ept. 21. The Garden Heights Baptist Mission organized as an independent Baptist church ept. 14 th, a nd has called for a council of recognition Oct . 14 th . W e congratula te both che Bethel Bapti st Church for the success of this mission effort and also Pastor Eric Larson and his people: FIR T BAPTI T , Gallipol is Pas tor Young reports a chain reaction when one of the you ng ladies from Gal– lipolis went with the enior group to Camp Patmos. he was saved there and came home and won her mother. Boch of chem are comi ng into the church. Our youth program pays, does n' t it? TRUTHER BAPTI T TABERNACLE Pas tor A . J . Mars teller repores a won– derful revival June 6-12, when Ev. Harry Trover held meetings. Twenty– six came for salvation, 31 for baptism, 3 3 for membership, and 4 members were restored to fellowship. Lacer he baptized 15 more. H e feels thi s is the results of 18 months of prayer for revival . Aug. 15-2 1 they had 205 registered at the Baptist Mid-Missions Deeper Life and Missionary Conference. The mesages were upli fting and searching. Friday afternoon 98 went two by two through truthers and won 12 souls. Sept . 1-5 was personal work week at the Mahoning Cou nty Fair. H undreds were dealt with at the booths and 399 decisions were registered. A large num– ber of Catholi cs were deal t with out of the Ca tholic Bible. The Columbiana treet Fair was hel<l ept. 8-10 and there 10() made decisions for the Lord . 14,000 Bible booklets and hundreds of tracts were given our. They are still burdened for revival an<l epc. 25-0 ct. 2, they are hav ing meeting with Willard W yatt of Atlanta, Ga ., as evangelise; and Oc t. 2-9 he wi ll be at the Berean Bapti st hu rch . FIRST BAPTJ T , M(Donald The Bethany Youch Rally met Aug. 2' ch a t the McDonald churc. h to hear M1 - sionary W ill1am Fus(o. The following Monday afcernoon and evening the Becl1- any Association n1et at rhe san1e !)lace and agai n heard Brother l:;-Ltsco tell t) t l1is ex1)er1ences in Icaly. FIR~T BAP'T·1~T, Niles Mr and ~1rs. Joe ~n1 ich , 1nen1l)er of First Bapct st, J1uve ans\vered a call to Page Eleven ARE DO IN serve two IFCA churches in and near Ox– ford , Wi sconsin . 1 t is always a blessi ng to a church when some one from its membership goes out in Chr istian serv ice, whether at home or ab road. PRAY FOR THE WAN ON When Rev. L. A. wanson left the Am– brose church to cake over a mission work at Dol ton, Ill ., he did not go into an easy field . They are still meeting in a school house and he stjlJ has to work for h is living. ome of his outhern Bap– tist members left when the church went into the GARBC. The community is strongly Ca tholi c. FINAL REPORT ON CAMP PATMO Registrar Robert Barrett reports that for the ten camps there were a total of 886 Jun iors and 5 19 Seni ors, 178 coun– sellors, 8 l scaff members a nd 5 in the kitchen crew, or a total of 1669 for the season ! That is 174 more than lase year. Rev. John trong, director of the last camp reports as follows: "W e are thankfu I for che extra week. It made j t possible for 11 5 boys and girls ro go to Camp Patmos who otherwi se would not have been able co go. Together with the counsellors and scaff we had a total of 146. Thi s week was unusual in that no pastors came as counsellors. An– other interes ting th ing was that the ma– jority of the counsellors had never been to camp before. Bur they got a good tas te this year and several expressed a desi re to come back as counsellors agai n. There were 17 who publ icly confesse<l Christ as aviour this week. We en– joyed a fine spirit of cooperation both from the staff and counsellors . The boys and girls were as fine a group of 'kids' as I have seen. All of us on the grounds received great blessing from the ministry of God's servants in W ord and mus ic." FIR T BAPTI T , Findlay A pi ricual Life onference will be held Oct . 8-1 5, with Rev. Karl m1th of W arren as the speaker . The Lord i bless– ing the chu rch under the leadership of Pastor Ralph Kemmerer. The parsonage has been re-painted, and the new Gescet– ner mimeograph and Royal type,vriter for the church office have been paid for. Hebrew Christian Society (An Independent Baptist Mission) 2524 Euclid Heigh ts Boulevard Cleveland 6, Ohio • * * • PRESENTING CHRIST Through Means of: Literature Distribution House-to-House Visitation Children's Classes Sunday School for all ages Adult Forums Camp Nathanael - Huntsburg, Ohio • • • • PRESENTING THE JEWISH NEED To Chris tians by M an s of: ' 'HEBREW CHRISTIAN VIEWS AND NEWS" Station W RF-FM. lev land S tation WDLM, E . Moline, Ill Publication . STAR F DAVID REV. ALAN C. MET AI~ , Dir ctor Mr . J olln G. B nne tt, Preside11t - - - - -- -- - ---~--