The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1960

.F .\s r· s1111;"' B,\PTI 'I, Lot ai11 l'od 11..\~ \)It'~ C'd ,, 1tl1 111c111, co11- , rt i-~1011s tl11~ f'"1ll ,111d \\itltlr. Fro111 S('l.1ttt11l)t t l to l1r1 ~t111,\ tl1cre ,v r 39 (1tid1t1011s to tl1c chttrch. ttcnda11ce 1::-. ,-llso good. ,,1tl1 404 r c 11tly i11 ut1<.ia, s l1ool c111d 409 at the morning ~ r,·1 .. e Th cl101r ga,· i t.s Chr1str11a ca11tata t,, ice fir t at tl1 cht1rch 11t:cen1l1t'r 23rd, a11d at th Litcl1field Baptt t Cl1t1rcl1 tl1e 29th. A blessed t1n1e ,, as also l1ad at the N ,,. Y ar's ,,..at 11- igl1t ser,·ice. Re, ,. Robert J . R , ·nl1ou t of El \'ria \\ 1 a the special peaker. FIR T BAPTIST, Strongsville The church i undertaking in 1960 to pa~' P astor Harr Hemmin~er $100 a month, o that h e may spend full time in hi piritual work. We understand he is no,v eligible for Social Security and o this is the upper limit he can receive from the church and still draw it. For an infant church this is a real undertaking, especially since they give 3o r- ( of all receipts to missions. F eb. 7th they began a Challenge for Christ Contest in the Sunday school, \\' ith the school divided into two teams. BIBLE BAPTIST~ North Madison Pastor Globig and his people are helping FBH11 District Missionary James E. Godley, get a new work s tarted at Perry, a town half way be– tween Madison and Painesville. Serv– ices are being held at the Perry Com– munity Hall Sunday afternoon, with Rev. James Godley acting as tem– porary pastor. FIRST BAPTIST, Elyria Pastor Reynhou t and his deacons are praying and working for the salvation of over 100 men who are on their con– stituency list. He is also hoping soon to have 80 to 100 adults out for a study of the Sunday school at 6: 30. The Juniors are averaging 50 to 70, In– termediates 25 and the Seniors 30 at their training unions . A CORRECTION Miss Geneva Fox, worker among Colored people in Cleveland, thanks us for publishing the story of her work in the December issue and then says, ' 'However, there was one very serious mistake which changed the meaning completely. Instead of saying on the bottom of page 19, 'God's work done in this way brings results, ' it should have read 'in His way.' " The editor is sorry. He often has to cut down articles to get things in and always tries to do it so that the style is not materially changed or the meaning. Sometimes that is very hard to do. FIRST BAPTIST, Niles The church gave Pastor and Mrs. T. Fred Hussey a Christmas present of a two week's vacation in Florida. We are sure it was much deserved after all the work of leading in the building of the new Sunday school unit. as well as caring for a growing church. During his absence Rev. John Martin of Defiance, Ohio, and Rev. Ralph Lenz, pastor of the Independent Baptist Church of Novelty, Ohio, sup– plied the pulpit. BETHET, BAPTIST, Warren P astor Kar1 Smith and his workers have put out a 32-page Annual Report INOF_j>ENDENT BAP'Tl. 1 T F'cbruary 1960 OUR FELLOWSHIP PAGES • • I tl1nt lllc1klS \lP n 1 eal l1isto1 y of th \\ ark. of th0 cl1L1r h in 1959 as well as gi,)i11g l'C'C'<)n11110ndat1ons for the futur . A total of 37 vvcre tal<cn into tl1c cl1t1rch, \-vl11cl1 brings tl1c membcrsl1ip t1p to 197. St1nday sc l1ool attendance rose to an average of 160. A v ry interesting report was that of their Bible Club Missionary, Donna Culver, who h e ld or supe rvised 31 weekly children's classes through the year with a tota l attendance of 1998, and with 175 children professin~ faith in Christ. She had 43 volunteer work– e rs . Jail services were held by the men and at the Warren Rescue Mission with some professions that seemed real. A HORN OF PLENTY AT BEDFORD The Bible Baptist Church filled a Horn of Plenty and a Cracker Barrel besides with canned goods and staple foods for the Mt. Tabor Christian High School of Beckley W. Va., on Thanksgiving Day. Pastor Morrell is deeply interested in this school, where two of his children have attended and where he has more than once been a speaker. It is indeed worthy of our help. BETHEL BAPTIST, Erie, Pa. The Extension Committee and the Bethel Foundation are looking into the Kearsarge area south of Erie as a possible place for a new mission work, now that the Garden Heights church is getting well established. The Watch-Night Service held three periods of interest- a showing of the Martin Luther film, a celebration of the 25th wedding anniversary of Pastor and Mrs. Robert L. Gilbert, and the pastor's "Thoughts for the New Year." MIDVIEW BAPTIST, Grafton Feb. 21 will be the Fifth Anniver– sary of the church, which began in a store building with 17 present and now averages over 200. The editor of the OIB, Ralph T. Nordlund, will be the speaker for the day. Evangelist John Jason is holding meetings while this is being written but we have not yet heard the results. BIBLE MISSION BAPTIST, Otsego P astor Bert Kinsey writes most ap– preciatively of the OIB and passes on the n ews written up by their news r eporter. We wish we could print all of this most interesting report but will have to cut some. "Tl1<.' Btbl M1ss1on Baptist Churcl1 had the Glenn IIunl family (mission– aries to th() Philippi11cs), with Glenn l)rcacl1i11e; both services and his wife giving a beautiful messag in song. Dec. 20th we attended the afternoon services of the Bible Mission Baptist Church of Reynoldsburg. On the pro– gram were Rev. Bert Kinsey repre– sen ting our work, Gilbert Cubbison, telling of a new work at Quaker City, Rev. and Mrs. Walter Yeager of the Zanesville church giving several mes– sages in song and the main message. Tapes were heard of the Knicelys and Hornbrooks from Mexico, Bonnie Knicely retold one of her radio chil– dren's talks on the Life and Light Program, and Editor Ralph Nordlund gave a few words on Psalm 127. "As we look forward to 1960, it is our prayer that we might see the work of the Lord go forward and that He might accomplish his will through us in this little community of Otsego." CALVARY BAPTIST, Findlay Pastor F. Donald Worden tells of a Men's Prayer Meeting 6: 30 Monday mornings that is proving a blessing, and that a Visitation Program is be– ing instituted Jan. 5th. Jan. 22, the Moody Men's Glee Club will put on a program of sacred song. Then Dr. Irvine Robertson of Moody Institute will follow with a Bible Conference Jan. 23-27. EMMANUEL BAPTIST, Piqua A real revival was experienced last fall, when W. B. Bingham of Ken– tucky held two weeks of evangelistic meetings. Fourteen have been bap– tized and eleven taken in by letter, more than doubling the membership. DR. KETCHAM BACK ON THE JOB Not only is he back to the office and helping to edit the Baptist Bul– letin, but he is taking a limited num– ber of speaking engagements. He will be at the Struthers Baptist Tabernacle March 4-6. BIBLE MISSION BAPTIST, Zanesville Pastor Llewellyn Thompson preached his farewell sermon Dec. 27th, and Pastor Walter Yeager began his min– istry Jan 3rd . This church was or– ganized by Rev. Thompson about 11 years ago and has been a center. of activity for both home and foreign mission work, of Gospel broadcasting, and of Bible conferences. It was while he was here that Brother Thompson was instrumental in opening up the Salt Fork church near Quaker City and more recently began the church at Reynoldsburg that he will now pastor full time, as well as be– ing the inspiration for others begin– ing works at Newark and Quaker City. He was also one of the leaders in getting the Moriah Baptist Associa– tion organized. Rev. and Mrs. Walter Yeager have been busy in evangelistic work for some years and had a long schedule of meetings when he accepted the call to Zanesville in July. While he cancelled many of them, he felt ob– ligated to continue until Christmas . time and so comes fresh from that field. We believe the Zanesville work will fit in admirably with 1tis evangelistic gifts and passion and that