The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1960

THE !~DEPENDENT BAPTIST 0 R FELLOW HIP I 1 :i EL B PTI T. Arcanun1 P a tor Dal F1 h r r ports baptisms after r1e tingc:. b~ E\,. Harr) Tro\·er. u11da, "l hool 1.. a,,eraging 175 • FIR T B PTI T. J. Tll Pa tor Hu_ e,~ \\'rites. " \\-re ha"·e Just fin1 bed 12 da,:s of e\·angel1st1c meet– ings \\: ith E,·. ~ Don \\ inters and \\•ish to report a most blessed visitation of po,\ er from on hi~h . . . There \,\·ere 22 dec1 ion . . . Husbands and \\'i,·es \\·ere sa, ·ed. li,·es ,~·ere changed and l10TPes re-arranged.·· FRE:E: COUNTRY? In Elkhart. Indiana, Rev . Hugh T . Hall of the GA.REC church. led the Elkhart County E'\"angelical Ministers Nsociation to put in a big ad answer– ing the claims of the Beer Interests tha t tl1e ta,~ern ,vas a place of culture rec– rea t1on. e t c. They could not get the regular ne,vspapers to take their ad but had to advertise in a Shopper's Guide instead. But they got their message across. \Vhy not try it in your com– munity? EAST SIDE BAPTIST. Lorain A week of special meetings was held Oct. 25-Nov. 1 with Rev. J ohn L . Drum– mond of De troit as the preacher. There ,,rere several decisions. A united Pre – 'Thanksgiving Co:nmunion Service was held with nearly 200 present and a 10 A.M. Thanksgiving service with 160 p r esent. Howard K. Miller is the pas– tor. FOSTORIA BAPTIST, Fostoria The quarterly J oash offering for the new church building was taken Dec. 6 with $3,849 given! The church is roofed in and should be ready not later than ~!a r ch first. CALVARY BAPTIST, Bellefontaine Dec. 6-13 was a time of rich spiritual blessing when Dr . Marmian Lowe, pro– fessor a t P ractical Bible Trainin g School of Bin2hamton N .Y ., led in a Deeper- ...... Li:e Bible Conference. BIDLE BAPTIST Bedford The church took an offering of both money and food for the Mt. Tabor Chris tian High School near Beckley, W. Va . Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Stratford, house parents at the school , told of the gr eat need and challenge in their work. The church has greatly improved its own Sunday school rooms with in– stallment of P ella folding doors. CENTRAL BAPTIST Columbus P astor McKeever reported 2 conver– sions Dec. 6th. MARANATHA BAPTIST, Springfield P astor Chas. P . Bennett is preparing for an intensive Visitation Program in J anuary. Prayer is requested for the OIB reporter, Mrs . Irene King, who is suffering from cancer. She is one of the faithful workers of the church who lives at 1402 Beacon St. GRACE BAPTIST, Youngstown Pastor Harold Carpenter baptized 11 Dec. 13th. The attendance is now aver– aging 125. L \ RY B PTIST~ Findla~: A Cedar\ 1 ille College Day \\'as held recent!~· on a aturda)' afternoon and \·erring. \vhen ~loung people could come from se\~eral neighboring churches About 60 came and enjoyed the forums. the college quartet and a message by President J eremiah. FIRST BAPTIST, Galion A fine display of canned goods for Cedarville College is seen belo\v, ,vhich \\·ere gi ,,,.en at the 9th Har\res t Home Ser,~ce ov. 22. Pres. J ames T . J ere– :niah brought the the message and a ladies· college quartet furnished the • music. A spirit of revival prevails in the church ~ 1 ith 14 baptisms planned and 6 to be recei,red b)r letter. BIBLE BAPTIST North Madison P astor Globig reports that he is still reaping the results of a revival held by Rev. James Godley, Sr. last November. F ourteen have been baptized and more are waiting. FIRST BAPTIST, Gallipolis Twenty one found the Lord in the Youth Revival led by Rev. K arl Smith of Warren. P astor Young reports 55 nev. 1 membe r s, 35 of them by baptism. The 21 new converts still await baptism. NEWS FROM REV. TRAVIS The Lord is blessing his ministry a t Vienna Va., with souls bein g saved. with more missionaries being suported. and with more land bought for the building of a parsonage. LAGRANGE BAPTIST, LaGra nge Pastor Cyril A . Smith reports a won– derful revival Nov. 2-8 under the lead– ership of Ev. Moody Adams of Baton Rouge, La. Forty-four decisj~ns were made for Christ, and the sp1r1t of re– vival continues. Twenty new member s have already been r eceived. WANT TO READ MORE? And can't afford it? Why not write to Christian Reader 's Library, Veed er s– burg, Ind ., and ask for their revie\V of good Christian books that can be r ented very r easonably ? Sunday school or n:iis– sion groups can get 20 approp1~1at books for 4 weeks for $1.50. One book is 20c, two are 30c. PAGE LITCHFIELD BAPTIST Li tchfield P astor Darrell Bice reports 1 0 11 Sunda)· school and ,.. professions of faiU Dec. 6th. FIRST BAPTIST. '!e\v London Pastor George Cosby reports f ou1 con,·er sions Dec. 6th. TQRTH ROYALTO BAPTIST P astor K enneth E . T elson left o plane for Ecuador Dec. 15th to -' i.si Iissionar:y· Frank Dro\\•n of the Gospe Missionary Union. ,\·ho at one time '",v~ a member of his church in a nre\·iou ... pastorate. AVON BAPTIST. Avon P astor Le,,ris Hunter reports the1.r fal revi\.·al resulted in six con,·ersions anc three other additions. FIRST BAPTIST. Wauseon The Don 'Winters re,ri,.ral campaign re– sulted in much spiritual blessing anc four conversions. The church is helpin{ the n e,,.. " ..ork at Van Wert. Ohio. o \\•hich Rev. Ted~· is pastor. CLEVELAND H E:BREW IISSION A 9 ,veek Institute on J e,\·ish E,·ange– lism ,vill be held J an. 19- I ar . 15 at tht 1.ission Home at 3110 Washington Bl,·d The classes vtill be held each Tuesda} evening 7: 30 to 9: 30. 1iss Florence Ha– gen \.\till teach "J e,\~ish Customs anc Feastsn: Supt. G. V. Smelser ,,;Jl teacl ..The iressiah in the 0. T." and A . Pau Tidball \vill teach 'Approaching tht J e,,·s.' There ,,·ill be no tuition or ex– aminations. CALVARY BAPTIST. Ashland P astor Fred Alexander unden\·en surgery Dec. 8th but seems to be im– proving rapidl)" and \\·il l like}:~: be bact in the pulpit ,vhen this is read. Tht attendance continues to increase. and c ne\v ser\' ice has been added in dealin! ,\·ith people in trouble in the count) jail. BIBLE MISSION BA.PT! T. Reynoldsburg The 3rd anni versar)' of the churcl \vas celebrated ,vith r ecord cro,vds Dec 20th ,,,ith lunch at noon at the largt parsonage nearin g complet.ion. The. af– ternoon ,vas spent in hearmg greeting. from nearby pa tors and from mission– aries b , tape, and a brief n1es age h) Rev. vValter Yeager, the ne\\' pa tor a Zanesville. The editor also ga, ,e greet-. . 1ngs. STRUTHERS BAPTIST TABERNACLE A soul winning conference ,va helc Dec. 4-6 with Dr. John R . Rice as tht speaker. Three oul ,,,ere saved anc many member dedicated themselve "' tt soul ,vinning effort. Th Saturday e , ·e– ning servic ,vas al o the n1eetincr of tht Be thany Youth Fello,v hip. BETHEL BAPTI T. ,,,arrt~n P a tor K arl n1ith r joi • tl1t,t thei Thanksgiving Off ring for th ,v I ) Smiths in Ni car agu a ,vas $1100. HEBRON YOUTH RAJ,T,Y The speak r in D c 111 b r \\' r\.. R \' Dean Henr) 1 of Akron. •