The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1960

larch 1960 ___________ _THE_ OIIlO INDEPENDENT_ BAPTIST Pag Thirteer1 -------------------------------------------- - l I • I WHAT OUR CHURCHES ARE DO ING !ETHANY BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP The Be thany Association me t at the itruthers Baptis t Tabernacle. J an . 18th, t 3 and 7: 30 P .M. The speaker was lev. Edgar J . Beckley of the First 3aptist Church of McDonald. The r outh Rally was h eld Feb. 6th at the , irst Baptist Church of Niles. :ALVARY BAPTIST, Belle fontaine A missionary conference was h e ld i'eb. 3-7, featuring the work of the \ssociation of Baptists for World lvangelism. The speakers were Wm. ~. Large, of Brazil, whom the church 1as been supporting, Rev. Harold Am– ,tutz, deputation secr etary of the i\B WE, and Ear 1 Carlberg from Min– l anao, P . I . A missionary offering was taken amounting to $1,007 . BIBLE CHURCH (GARBC), Xenia Sixteen n ew members were received during the last quarter of last yea r , nine by baptism. Sunday sch ool at– tendance is also up by 6 2 '41 %. Prof. Cleveland McDona ld of Cedarville Col– lege was the speaker at the New Year's Eve service. CALVARY BAPTIST, Massillon J an. 31-Feb. 7 was a week of won– derful blessing under the preaching and Gospel magic of Evangelist John L. Francis. T en souls were saved and 11 Christians came forward to get right with the Lord. Attendance aver– aged 80, and the last Sunday night the meeting was held in the local school with 141 present. Man y who heard the Gospel may yet be reached. The revival will be a big en courage– ment as the church plans to start con– struction of the upper sanctuary as soon as weather permits. MISSIONARY BANCROFT LIKES OIB He renews for five years in advan ce so he won't miss a copy and then says, "There is life and spiritual v igor in the magazine under your editor– ship, and we praise God for you. " Thank you, Brother Bernard! We hope during your furlough you wil l find tirne to write u s a missionary article! They u sed to be good , so why not try again ? FIRST BAPTIST, Medina Last year over $13,000 was given to . missions- full support to one family in Brazil and to a n other in India, and tJartial support to many others. The Emil Ha lvorsons are retiring from their work in Brazil and now the church i5 interviewing candidates to take their pJace. They served in Brazil for 38 .Y<;ars. 'I RINITY BAPTIST, Lorain A revival campa1~n 1s in progres5 _as we write this- Feb. 17-28 Evangelist RalJ)l1 M. Davidson of Coff yvi ll e, Kansas is fJr aching, a11d R >v. Edward Cr )nwood of Clendenin, W. Va., and a fo1·111 r n1 .mb r of ti,,~ cl1urcl1 , is !Pading th singing. 1 IRST BAPTIS,.r, GalliJ)oJis 1 <>UJ~ yourig 1,eo1)l · w ·r • l)aJ)ll/ed Ja11. 31st, arid otl1 ~1·s a1 e J) J J}a,.1ng for a l)flJJlisr11 i11 F •l)ruary. The men of the cl1urch a r e organiz– ing into a Men 's F ellowship with the tl-1ought that such an organization can do much to g-e t a ll the men back to the churcl1 an c1 h elp make First Bap– tis t one of th best in the GARBC. MINFORD HURCH DEDICATED J>astor .J oh1 l1a,vl1P,lcl r<'l)C>rt.· t l1at l>lc'ssi11 g·s ,l11P11cl Pcl tt1c clrcli – c·cttic>1 <>f t l1 <) (}r,t<· r l~aJ)ti:-;t ( 1 l1t1rel1 .Ja11 . 1(Jtl1, ,, 1 itl1 2;i0 ir1 ,Ltt e11cl,t11ec. Tr·ttly tl1,tt i~ ,vc)11- cl£ rf11l for fl 111is:-; io11ctr,.. C' l1t1rel1 • th,tt 1. ](),'.' 1}1 ,1 11 1,\ 1 0 \ '"Ccl l'S ())c1. • ( 1 P< lc:l r,·il l P ( 1 011 rg·r f 1 tr11 ishrcl s J > P <• i al 1)l l 1 s i < •, cl 11 cl l > r PH . f T H, n1 rs T. ,J r 1·e111ial1 l)l'Ottg·J1 t t l1r 111r.· - s,tg(•. ~ oll c>,,·111µ: tJ1i.· ~rrv iee. Re,,. l)o11a l cl , vooclb,,. of th~ " [ r a~·c l t1 11 \ , ,p1111r l~,t p1 i. 1 ( <h llrr h of ( ~ l r vela 11 ( 1 h Pl cl ,l " ' <.' e lt of r e,yiva] a11d !3 . ·ot1l: ,re1~ 1 savecl . 'l 1 }1 p l)eclll tiftll l)ll il cl i11g ,,ra. sl1ov{11 i11 thf' ovcn1l)r1· i. :11e. l t is of J 1· )-<'Ltt de ig·11 :eat 1 () i11 its auc1itc)ri11111 a1Jd h a .. llllda)r school 1'00111, i11 t}1e r a 1·. 1\ tt 11 la11t i. gro,vi11g .,teaclily, ,,,it 11 1c,,r 1>rople eo111- i11g i11 11ea1~] y ve1·y .. 11nday to visit a11cl n1a11y of the. e eo11- • ti1111 (l to com. CENTRAL BAPTIST, Columbus ' We are h aving a 'Smash the Rec– ord' contest in our Sunday School. Whenever the a ttendance r each es a certain level , someone from the class h aving the most v isitors is handed a hammer and proceeds to smash a disc record . 'Baptism will be observed F eb. 14th with 7 or 8 candidates. A mis– sionary conference will be held F eb. 17-21. Rev. Claude Weivell of Belgian Congo, Rev. Albert J ohnson PORT of Brazil, and Rev. Cletis L verclt of Alaska all Baptist Mid-Missions workers- will speak. We are plan- 11ing a week of pre-Easter m e tings. Frank L . Wasser, clean of Baptis t Bible Seminary, wil l be the speak er ."- A. C. Hughes, r eporter CALVARY BAPTIST, TIFFIN P astor G. H . Wiseman is reio1cing in the way his people insist ed that h e stay after he had announced h e would close his work the midclle of F ebru– ary. A large and happy praye r meet– ing group h eard his chan{{e of plan s Feb. 4th . God has richly blessed dur– ing the nearly four years he h as se rved as pastor and we ar e glad that he has clecided to stay. FIRST BAPTIST, McDonald Mrs. H erbert Ashburn reports that the Ladies' Missionary Fellowship last year made 63 dresses, b louses, shirts, and apron s for missionaries, 7 hospital gowns, 12 receiving b lankets, 37 rolls of bandages, 6 large and 3 baby quilts. e tc., or a total of 148 pieces. They also give money to visiting missionaries' w ives and the pastor's wife. As presi– dent of the group she feels justly proud of a ll the work accomplished by their monthly work days. They have enjoyed h avin~ Florence Houck home on furlough, and are praising God for their n ew pas tor, Rev. Edgar J. Beckley-also for 25 young people who have dedicated their lives to do the Lord's will. Over $20,000 was given last year , of which more than $6,000 was for missions. FOSTORIA BAPTIST The Fostoria Baptist Church, pastor, Max E . Tucker, h eld its annual meet– ing J anuary 27, 1960. This meeting r evealed a great blessing of God upon the Church for the year 1959. Re– ports showed increased attendance in a ll departmen ts of the Sunday School and Church. The offerin gs of the Church have shown a tremendous in– crease to the Glory of God. The total income of the Church for the year through offerin~s alone, can1e to $34,- 201.09. The Church received 18 into its member ship making the total 313. LAST AND SWEET! Our OIB !:>Ul) - scription list is up to 1,700! Now le t's start working for 1,800' SSIONS with your GIFT II lp the FELLOWSHIP OF BAPTISTS HOME MISSIONS FOR P .O. 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