The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1960

Fll,~l I, \ f'T1S1"', Jii11clla, Jatllt:t1, 31 ,,(\~ .. l1t1r'l1 F111a11cC' ~ 11 ~t, " I:),1,to1 R,1l1)l1 Ke111111er r l r :t('ll t d (lt'l Ste,, ardsl1ip a11d a sp - t'inl " Sac11t1cf\ <.'l'0l)table O{f0ring" ,,,as 1 "'l'f' l\' d tor tl1c G 1 ral Fund . Tilt"' off t r111g f 01 th da \• totrtled O\re r .. '450. Till' cl1ttrl'l1 l1elcl a recept io1 for P~,stor a11d Ir... K e111n1 r r recently , ,, 1tl1 ,l gift ba k t fu ll of groceries. A fello,, ~ l1ip 111 al ,va , also en joyed and a progra111. BEREA BAPTIST. Be r ea Th ) oung people of tl1e Ber ea and ortl1field chur ches me t together for a fellO\\' lup supper Feb. 6th, after ,, h1cl1 the\' at tended the Hebron Youth Rall , , in ·Elyria. The Young P eople of Be r ea are s till b ringing home the attendance banner for group C. A ne,v adult choir has been formed u nder the leader ship of J ack Willetts an d Mr . Campbe ll. who is the teacher of music in the public schools. BROWN ST. BAPTIST, Akron 1is ion a r y Albert Johnson r eturned aft er his first term under Baptist Mid- 1\1ission s in J oazeiro, Brazil, last Au– gu st. and was married Sept. 12th to Miss Doris Iler , who h as served as a local church missionary for the Sunday School. Now they ar e busy getting r eady to r eturn together to Brazil sometime this spring. Brother J ohnson's a rticle this issue should tell u s how important the tra ining of n a – t ive worker s is and how it needs our suppor t . They n eed more support be– for e sailing and would like to present t heir work in more Ohio churches. Pastor Dean H enry highly recom– mends them as a gifted mission couple. They can be contacted at 568 Hedden Ave. , Akron 6. Ohio. MORIAH BAPTIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP Rev. Alan Met calf, Director of the Hebrew Christian F ellowship in Cleve– land, was the speaker . The m eeting was h eld in the F resno Bible Church, v.·here Rev. Owen Lower is pastor . MARANATHA BAPTIST, Snringfie ld Among th e ~est speak er s a t Ma r anath a Baptis t this past month was Dr . Arthur F . Williams, of Ced arville College. Dr . Williams' minis try to u s is always su ch a great blessing. In the evening service Dr. Williams brought with him from Ceda rville Don and Phil. a trumpet duo and Lois J eremiah with her beautiful piano ac– companiment. Cletu s L ever e tt, a Mid– Missions mission a r y candida t e t o Alas – ka. brought a ch al len ging m essage on February 14th, along w ith first hand news and pictur es of our missiona ries to Alaska, the Dave Seldons. Be sure to hear Brother Lever et t if h e speaks 1n }·our area-his ch allenge to the mis – sionary field is especially strong t o the young people. The Senior Youth Group is holding services in the I .0.0 .F . Home h er e. This 1s a new opportunity of service for them and is pr oving a two- way 11IE l!l INDF.PENDli:Nf BAl>TJST OUR FELLOWSHIP PA 6 ES • • • bl 'sSJt \.~ t o tl1c 111 f1 t1d to U1csc Ide r fo lk lo ,, 110111 tl, y m1n1s ter. - (Mrs.) B tty Boogl1ie r , (Reporte r , pro tempts) • E L E VOTE~ TO EEK FELLOW~ HIP ...\ >. ',l r ag·o th ~ ,v T-'yme l, ,tJ>ti: 1 ( ' l111rel1, t111de r tl1e lP,1 tl l \ ·hip of P asto1· . R ie l1ard ]>}1 r·l1)• . ,,ot ecl t o ,,1' ith l1·a, from c1ffiliatio11 £1·0 111 tl1e 011. erva– ti,·p J~,lJ)ti: t . \ ... oeiat io11 la1~g - 1,,. l>ee,1use it wa. too far £1 .. om • a 11~y ot l1 r 1· ( B~ \ r hl1rch t o enjoy ,111).. fello,,·._ hiJ). .1\ t it. an11l1al 111Peti11g t hi: ,T a1111ary it voted 1111a11i1n o l1. ly to :eelc fello,v. hip ,,·it l1 tl1 hio a11cl r 11eral "' <)<·iatio11.· of Reg11lar Bapti t ( 1 l1111'eh r:. ~i11re thi. •l1111~ch i . a 11 .. r acl,- i.11 f11ll harmo11y ,vith • • 0 11 r posit io11 and ha. t hrol1gh tl1 >"ea1~. enjoyed con iderable f ello,vsl1ip witl1 tl1e B ethany Ba1)ti. t 1 1 ellow. hip, ,ve are ure the)" ,,,. ill 1 gladly r ceived at 0 111~ an1111al meeti11g n ext cto– l1e1' . • i11ce that will be at the E11elid - .i. Tottingham c h t1 r c h, it ,,,ill lJr 11ear and we will ex– J)ret se, ,.e1'al arload.. from that c· l111rel1 . 1 >a , to1~ I >J1 e 1 p.-.. ·er,,.ed the Troy J> a11t i: t l111rc 1 h at arrett ville bcl f 01~e goi11g to :N r,,r lJ)rme and l1a. al ,,ray." con. ider ed him elf • a. · 0 11 \\rit]1 11, . fl i . 110W in ]1 is th i I'd ~rear at .,._Tew Lyme ancl TOcl i. l)le._. i11g the ,vork. 1I e t r llH t1. tl1at thi~ ·l1urch i. 1:1:3 v a1-. · olc1 a11d l1a.· c1t1it a • hi . ·t o1~1T l)el1ind it. FIRST CHRISTIAN BAPTIST, Coshocton The Annual Youth Sunday was Feb. 14th, with "Youth Under Orders" as the theme . Youn~ people served as u shers, a Senior youth choir sa:ig in the morning and the Jet Cadets m the ev ening-also a girl's trio and a young men 's quartet. Three young men spoke in the morning and three others in the evening on different aspects of "Youth Under Orders." The week before the young people had joined with groups from other churches for an evening of skating a t Woos ter. A time of devotions was h eld, with tes timonies, singing and a message. Mrs. James Spaulding, wife of FBHM missionary James Spaulding at Newark, spoke for the Women's M_is– sionary Society Feb. 17th, at which time a food shower was given for them. BE1-,HEL BAPTIST , Ert , Pa. Miss Rutl1 Ca rlson, who is l1omc f ron1 Frc11ch Equa toria l Africa, showecl s lides of 11 r work a t the Senior Mis – sionary Society, F eb . 9th. The 12th the Senior and College Young People enjoyed a "Hea rts in Tune ' ' Valentine l)anquet and h ad Rev. Don Drake as speak er . WHEELERSBURG MISSIONARY BAPTIST The men of the church have been working Saturdays to get all repair– ing, remodellin~ and painting done in the church by Eas ter. March 6-20 special meetings will be held with Evangelist B . B . Caldwell of Green– ville , S. Car., as the preacher. BIBLE BAPTIST, Bedford The Annual Missionary Con1erence was opened with a banquet Feb. 13th with testimonies from the missionaries, special music and a surprise. The sneakers wer e all from Baptist Mid– Missions- Thelma Adams from Assam, J ean Harshman from France, Robert and Mrs . Hayes from Ghana, Africa, Charles Hocking from Brazil, and Allan Lewis, the new president of the Mis– sion. Each one ministered in different Sunday school and Youthtime depart– ments . Rev. Allan Lewis preached in the Feb 14th morning service and Rev. Rob– ert Hayes at night, while different ones took turns in testimony, pictures and message in the evening services Mon– day through Wednesday. Each morn– ing Rev. Lewis gave Bible studies at 10: 30. LITCHFIELD BAPTIST Pastor Darrell Bice reports that 21 souls were won to Christ during a r evival held by Evangelist Chelsea J. Stockwell of Beckley, W. Va ., Jan. 3-17 . HOMEWOOD BAPTIST, Lima Pastor Bernard E. Horn moved from Argos, Ind ., Jan. 16th, and they are now residing at 516 E . Market St. Deacon and Mrs. Eugene Sipe enter~ tained the men who had helped them get settled and the ir families for sup-. pe r- some 30 in all. A wonde~l; spirit pre,,ailed the first Sunday, with good attendance and offerings. FIRST BAPTIST, LaGrange The annual meeting in January showed that God had wonderfully blessed the church during 1959, espe– cially since the coming of Pastor Cyril A. Smith last July. A total of 35 were taken into the church, 22 of them by baptism, bringing the membership up to 270. The average S.S. attendance was 218. Over $12,000 was taken in for local expenses and the building and over $4,000 for missions. EMMANUEL BAPTIST, Columbus Pastor Wm. Brock and his people are rejoicing in a real revival under the leadership of Evangelist Don Win– ters of Coshocton, Jan. 17-24. There wer~ 20 professions of faith and many dedications of life among the mem– bers. •