The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1960

April 1960 I ~~--------------------~~-T_I_E __ O_H_I~O~I~N=D=E~P=E~N~D~E~N~T_B~A~P~TI~S~':______ ~~--~~----~~.K!!~ Page Fifteen I • • WHAT OUR CHUR CHES ARE DO ING that reports the reception of 35 mem– be~,s .during the year, 25 by baptism, br1ngmg the m~mbership to 404. $13,- 758 were r eceived for curre11t ex– penses, $15 000 for the building fund and $9,252 for missions. ' FOSTORIA BAPTIST Cottag~ prayer meetings are being held until the n ew church is ready for use. Each week the teachers and their families meet in the home of Supt. Ronald Churchill, the adults and younger children in a second home and the young people in a third. It has proven to be a real blessing. The Youth Fellowship, under the direction of Mr. and Mrs . Jim Fred– erickson,. is very busy and growing. The radio panel over WFOB every other Saturday, when three young people answer questions on Chri'stian– ity and the Christian Life, is meeting with real response. A Youth Week was h e ld the first week of February and Sunday evening of the 7th th~ Youth Fellowship took complete charge of the service, with special musical numbers , and a sermo11 by the presi– dent. Roger Kroetz, who is 15. Later in February a Va lentine's Banquet was he ld and the young JJeople f1,om the First and Calvary Baptis t churches in Findlay were invited. Rev. Don Worden of the Calvary Baptist Church, was the speaker. The attendance through the winter was doubled by a Winter Harvest contest. BROOKSIDE BAPTIST, Cleveland Pastor George O'Keefe reports a time of revival. There have been 21 decisions since J anuary 10th, with some one coming almost every Sunday. Missionary giving has also been in– creased to $475 a month, all of it go– in<?; to GARBC approved agencies. The Sunday school is aiming at 100 o/o attendance each Sunday of April , which would mean 400 present. TEMPLE BAPTIST, Portsmouth Just before the Preaching Mission of the National Council opened in Ports– mouth, P astor H all Dautel preached at his evening service on the question, "How Red Is the National Council of Churches?' ' He says he does not spe– cialize in such preaching, but with the publicity about the Air-Force manual, many from NCC churches came to hear him. The church bus is a much u sed vehicle. One of the longer trips this winter was a trip to Cedarville for a basketball game. Between Nov. 15th and Feb. 15th it travelled 1,200 miles. GREATER CLEVELAND SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION The Cedar Hill Baptist Church was again hos t to this annual convention. Sessions on teaching and methods were h e ld all day Marcl1 31 and April 1. Speakers and work shop leaders carne from the Cedar IIill, Madison Ave11ue, Bethlehem, Hayden Avenu , a rid No1 thfi Id Baptist Cl1urcl1cs of Cleveland, from First Ba1)t1st of Elyria and Inter-City Baptis t of Detroit 0th rs came from t}1 Rcgula1 Bap– tist, Union GoBJ)el and Sc1 it)tur ;) Pr ss J)Ul)lish1ng houses. Tl1 v n1ng sp ak r was Dr. J . Edwnrd Ifak s <Jf Wl1 :a,tton . HIGHVIEW BAPTIST, Akron Pa.s tor Albert. ~ ohnson was away holdin<:{ ~vangel1st1c meetings March 20-25 . H1s place was taken Sunday b Dr. ~)?nald Duckles, Chief ResideJ P~ys1c1an at the Akron General Hos– p1 tal. Thanlc God, all of our physicians are not godless! THE NEW TRACTS ARE FREE FOR OHIO CHURCHE rl' l1 e C 1 <>lll1<'il c>f 'I P11 ,,otcc1 to 111a l{P t.}1 <> traet.' \\T}1o .i-\ r e 1 he R 'g·11la1· 13a J)tiHt: ? ' fr c0 to the ·1 lll'(' l1PS i11 il1c cl8SOC'iat 1011. 'l '}1p Pc lit o1· 11c>t 0111.,r f el8 flattered, 1 > l l t 11 o I) cs t h cl i t l 1 e 11 cl, · 1 o 1-. · , vi 11 ial<e: a 1,·a11tag·e of ll1i .· offe>r et 11 cl ll8e t hc111 free l \' i11 t h cil' ,?iHi Lcl 1 io 11 . ( I{ T)E f{ y'o l JRN 'l'()- 1) r\ . ROAD FORK BAPTIST, Harriettsville March 20th Pas tor Ray Fellenger had the joy of baptizing ten converts, two ?f them won in personal witnessing Just a few days previously. He says he does not usually baptize them so soon after confession of faith , but cir– cumstances seemed to indicate it was best to take them along with the rest. Well, Philip didn't wait long with his convert either! BROWN ST. BAPTIST, Akron Philip R. Newell of the Moody Bible Institute extension staff will conduct a series of messages to the Akron Area Ministers Fellowship on 8 consecu– tive Thursday nights at the Brown St. church, beginning March 24th. The m embers of the church are invited to attend also. FIRST BAPTIST, New London Pastor George Cosby reports con– tinued blessings, with an increase in missionary ~iving from 25 to 3o r1, of receipts. This will mean about $40 more per month and make it possible to promise a total of $222.50 a month to 12 missionaries , schools and missions. April 3-10 special meetings are planned with Rev. Lynn Rogers of Northfield. as evangelist and Rev. Zinn of Sunbury as song leader and soloist. TRINITY BAPTIST, Lorain ' 'Evangelist Ralph M . Davidson of Coffeyville, Kansas, conducted 12 days of evangelistic meetings Feb. 17-28. A flu epidemic held down attendance the first week and bad weather the latter week, but God was not hindered. Twenty-seven came forward either to accept Christ or for dedication and baptism. We do not hesitate to recom– ~end Brother Davidson for meetings 1n our GARB churches. His preach– ing is clear and forceful, and he re– f rains from tricks to get people for– ward. We are anticipating his re– turn to Trinity at some future time ." - Pastor Elton C. Hukill FIRST BAPTIST, Gallipolis Souls are beine; saved weekly, and the new Cl1ristians are used to reach others. A young H . S . Senior was brought to church as a visitor and was so stirred he asked to see Pastor How– ard Young the next day and was saved . With attendance growing, the trustees are studying plans for an ex– pansion of the Sunday school facilities. The young people are taking very ac– tive part in the life of the church and now have charge of the evening serv– ice one Sunday a month. GRACE BAPTIST, Sunbury vVith the church only seven months old in February, the first annual meet– ~ng has brou<:;{ht out some encourag– ing facts . Seven have joined the church s ince it was organized, five of them by baptism, and five more are awaiting baptism. 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