The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1960

JR 'l' Bt\l 11 'r. l'ar111a 'J }1e 11\ll'l'll i~ ]1 l i11g t() btt\ ,1 11( l.tSC' cllld 1\\' a\;r\. , ill 11, , llt'art (.) f PHlllla for t t1 t \tr l ' r1n11sio11 µtt t llO~ s. Till l1\1rc-1, al o \ ot 'd i o <.lo\tbl :.. its 11\i~- si 11, 1, ~\ t 1port to t l1l' ook.~ a 11d .F tis\ l>..... 'I'l,c \)tlk~ f 1 0111 P 'l tt ar }1 111(' a11d l1a\ (' s 11<.lkt 11 rccc11tl:\' i11 tl1c cl1\1rcl1. n,s l1a\'c R,1tl1 Carlso11 f ror11 \11 ica a11ci lT \ T 111 1!'.')er of il1 L lt'\ t'la11d Ilt l1rc,\ l\I 1 "'s1011 One of tl1' 111 11 of tl,c cl1t1rcl1. r\ l arta1n. \,·ill fi 111~l1 Bible cl1ool train111g tl1i .. Sl)r111g a11d feel allcd to fttll tin1e ,,·ork i11 tl1c 111111i tr,· ~ T11t' ·pri11g re,·i, 1 al ,,·111 be conducted , pr 3- b,, one of tl1 fottr ordained 1111111~ te r ,, 110 l)elo11g to the Parma cl1t1rcl1. Re,· cott Andre,:vs. Already i1 pirit of re, 1 1,,a l i e,·ident '\vith many rededication 111 t11e n1orning service l\larcl1 6tl1, and vvitl1 fi,,e baptized that night . Pa ~to1 Elliott Horton reports that 1 1 booklet, Coun el for Christian Con– , ·ert , 1 being used from Maine to California. It onl> costs lOc per copy \,·ith extra for po tage. It can be or– dered from him at 5994 Ridge Road, Parn1a 29. Ohio. GRACE BAPTIST, Cedarville The Spring meeting of the Women·s :\Iissionary Fellowship of the South Bethel Association met March 15th. At the noon hour the church furnish ed the meat, rolls, and drink, while the v isit– ing groups brought a veget able, salad or dessert. EUCLID-NOTTINGHAM BAPTIST Cle, 1 eland K enneth F. Boyce has gotten a double job of Director of Publicity and of Duplicating. It will be a pleasure (and yet a big job) now that the church has a multilith with all that goes \.Vith it to make fine bulletins and other literature for t h e church. The F ebruary Challenger shows what such equipment can do, with clear repro– ductions of photos and color work. SHARON BAPTIST, Sharon, P a. The $10,000 addition to the church building is completed and was c1edi– cated March 25th. Additional class room space was provided, a new nurs– ery, and a beautiful baptistry. A rather unique contest was held January and February in the Primary and Junior departments, which not only stressed attendance and the bring– ing of others, but learning of the doc– trinal beliefs of the church. The Pri– mary children had to answer 13 true or false questions and the Juniors 26. The winning classes got airplan e rides O\.~e r Sharon. BETHANY FELLOWSHIP MEETINGS The March 5th n1eeting of the Youth Fello\J\•ship was in Struthers Baptist Tabernacle. Dr. R. T . K etcham was the speaker. The n ext Monday the ~ ssociation itself met a t the First Bap – t1st Church of McDonald, with Pastor B. F Cate of Tallmadge speaking in the afternoon and Pastor Don Loomis of Evansville in the evening. BIBLE BAPTIST, Bedford Al Yost resigned recently from his v. 1 ork as church visitation missionary. A11)·il 1 H60 OUR FELLOWSHIP PAGES • • I l ,,1 cl1 211cl J1 nt ' r tl tl1 • local 11os- l>lft1l loi s \11 ger) 1 \A/" trus t tl1nt it \\els 11ot st' riott n 11cl tl1at u1>on r C'O\' l'),' ll1 Lord w 111 01) n nnotl1 r iielcl of l1rist1a11 ser,,ict Tl1 big t11111g in Ma rcl1 was the l1r1s t1a11 Worlter's Co11f c rP11c0 t11e 13th to l6tl1 v itl1 Re, 1 • W . f l101no, Young r of Fort Wayne, I11cl ia 11a, as the speak r. Ol1ioans s till re rnember the fine mis– sionary work l1e did in establishing the Emn1a11uel Baptist Church of Ar– canum. Now h e is clo1n~ an p,,e11 great r l1ome missionar}· \vork by lead – ing his church to s tar·t l)r anch works al l around the Fort W ayn,~ ar ea. REV. GERALD MIT HELL RESIGNS ..\ ft r a 11,1. t o1·ate of exar.tly l'o1 tr )·ra1\ ", Re,·. r 1·alcl Ii. :.\Iitel1ell 1·e. ig·11ecl to tal{e effect t ]1P first of 1)1--il. eve1·al ~ Olll ~ have }) e11 . a , reel 1 uri11g t hi.· ti111 r a11d 0 11e 1ni io11a1--v . e11t .,, 011 t to ..:\ f 1~ica l111de 1· E,·a11- ~: lieal Bapti t :\Ii.. io1 :\Ii.. })at. }? Ki11g. Previo11 ly l1e r1··vecl for th1·ee year . at the (lrae Bapti t h11rrh of Troy. ()tl1er l)a. ·to1·ate: ha,Te b e 11 ,,~ith t l1 .t\.. vo1 I3apti. t •h11rcl1 a11c1 at tl1e X11tt er Fort Ba1)ti t Ch t11·ch 111 \\T P.'t \ 7 i1·ginia. l~1·ot ]1e1· :\ f i tr hell i. l{nowi1 r , ,er\,.,,.,l1r1·e for hi: ahle and " rc1r11e:t pr a chi11 g of the go pel, a 11 cl 1 i co-op 1·atio11 ,vitl1 all t l1r ac·t ivitie: of the a. ·. oria– tio11. 111· pr·ayer i. th at }1r 111aJ'" . 0011 fincl a11othe1-- pa - tor·atc a11cl tl1at tl1e ... ,.orth ,Ta l<- 8011 I~ap t i.·t l111reh 111ay . 0011 fi11 l ( tocl '. · 111cl11 to leacl t l1em. rl'l1e1 ('}11i1·r l1 ,,·a: 01"'ga11izecl son1e t e11 }" ar: ag·o l)y Re, 1 • Floycl l )avi:, ,\·110 C'a1ne ot1t of th e :\1 thoc1i ·t ( 1 h111·cl1 ther becat1 e of it.· 111ocl e1·ni.. 111. Ile pastored t l1e cl1t11--ch for five year-- and I 1·other :\ f itch e 11 f oll o,, 1 ed him. B1·othe1· l\Iitchell '. n e,,, adclre i. 72 Paf'l<a1--cl, ~ .E ., G1·ancl Ra1)ic1.\ :\fic}1iga11. NORTHFIELD BAPTIST The Northfield Baptist Church, Rev. L ynn Rogers pastor, closed a very su c– cessful ten days of special meetings March 6th. Rev. J ohn Carrara was the evangelist. The church was packed out on several evenings in spite of the severe winter weather, a number came for salvation, and the entire church was blessed with revival. For the Saturday night of March 5th Rev. Carrara was the speaker at the Hebron Youth Rally at Elyria - Harley Temple, reporter HEBRON MEN'S J..,EAGUE March 12th the Hebron Men 's League met at the P enfield J ct. Baptist Church w 11 'l' ' I~ ev Eelward E Sp 11 c r is })as– t 01 A very 1nstruct1vc cliscussion was !eel L>y Rev. Lot11s E. Tulga of Wcll - 11 gton on th Awana You lh Program. BETHEL BAPTIST, Eri , Pa. A Sunclay school contes l April 3 to May 2~th is 1n progress, w ith a goal of 600 1:1 .m1~cl. Emphasis is being laid upon v1s1tat1on and contacting of ab– sentees. This is a cont s t sponsored by the Be thany F ellowship of Western P ennsylvania and New Yorh. in several of the churches of the area The Senior and Maranatha Miss ion – ary societies held a shower for Ruth Carlson, who is home on furlough from French Equatorial Africa and is a member of the Erie church. An of– fering for $175 for her next term ward– robe was taken . BEREAN WOMEN'S FELLOWSHIP This is an organization of al l the women of the GARB churches in the Cleveland area. Mrs. John Strong of P ainesville is the president, Mrs. Ernest Whitney vice president, Mrs. Ridell secretary , and Mrs. Patterson the treasurer. In spite of bad weather 97 women were out to the winter meeting all the way from North Madi– son to the east nnd to the Calvary church to the west . They met at the Euclid - Nottingham Baptist Church. Mrs . Yvonne Hoag spoke about study materials offered by the ABWE, and Mrs. Fetzer for B.M-M. Mrs. Fran Griffes sooke of the work in Liberia. - The group is planning to buy 50 folding chairs for the Camp Patmos chapel . WHEELERSBURG MISSIONARY BAPTIST Pastor Martin Holmes spoke at the a r ea Youth Rally J an. 23rd, held at the Berean Baptist Church of Scioto– ville, where Rev. Vaughn Sprunger is pastor. Daily prayer three times a day and each evening in the church have pre– ceded the r evival Ma rch 6-20 by Evangelist B. B . Caldwell of South Carolina. We have not yet heard of the r esults, but they should be good with much believing prayer. BIBLE BAPTIST, North Madison Pastor Roland Globig reports that the blessings of the November r evival under J ames Godley, Sr., is still con– tinuing and that thus far 16 have been added to the church, including two of his own sons, who are 7 and 8 years old. Seven more are now in a mem– ber ship class and will soon come in. In spite of sickness and winter weather, the attendance is crowding the build– ing and a committee has been chosen to make plans for another addition. Choir robes have ben ordered and will soon be u sed. Better still, the pastor has received a $10 per week raise in salary, partial support has been voted for Paul Tidball of the Cleveland Hebrew Mission, and $25 a week is being given for three months to h elp the new work at Perry to get established. FffiST BAPTIST, Niles A very attractive 1959 Annual Re– port was put out by the Niles church • •