The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1960

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Pas tor Ton1 \Vrigl1t put n1ucl1 mpl1asis on ,·outl1 \\ ork. a nd it \.Vas felt that Youth Director Gree11wood \,VOU ld reach , ,our1g p ople for the Lord. We might add tha t Voices of Youth, put out by P aul Gonder and his staff, was extra good fer April. Tl1e ar t work as well as the lay-out and content rates high 011 the lis t of those the editor ge ts. BERLIN HEIGHTS BAPTIST The February revival led by R ev. Curt Wetzel has more than doubled the membership of the church. Six– teen were baptized March 20th u sing the baptistry of the Faith Baptis t Church of Amher st. Eighteen were received in to the church the next Sun– da)'. Several more children and young people would have been baptized if their parents h ad not objected. Pastor P aul Mayo is rejoicing in this vic– i ory after four h ard years of work– ing to get this new church organized and g rowing. MIDVIEW BAPTIST, Grafton Anotl1er young church experienced a wonderful revival March 20-27 un– der the pr eaching of Evangelist John J ason of Ashland, Ohio. Fifty-four m ade decisions for Christ, most of them adults and high sch ool students. Families were r e-united in the Lord. Many f amili cs began family worship. P astor Frank Odor and his deacons and members are r ejoicing, h earts have been r ej oicing, h earts have been broken and lives changed . WHEELERSBURG MISSIONARY BAPTIST P astor Martin Holmes gave an E as ter talk at high school an d has been ask ed to preach the Baccalaureate Sermon May 15th. Reservations h ave already been sent in for Camp Patmos, so set– ting a good example for our churches to get them 1n early. A Missionary Confe r ence was h eld April 17-20, with Rev. H. A . Hoffman, ABWE worker in the Philippines speaking Sunday night, Rev. Albert J ohnson. Baptist Mid-Mission worker in Brazil for Monday night, Rev. Ed Rathbun of Hiawatha Land Inde – pendent Baptist Missions Tuesday evening, and all three of them pre– senting a sympos ium Wednesday night. FIRST BAPTIST, Elyria Eva11geli~l K enne th Dodso11 of Wincna Lake, I11d., will holcl a cam– paign May 6 to 15. Pas tor Reynhout is sta)'ing through May so that he can h e lJ) jn tl1is campaign. 'rl 11.., Mny 1960 OUR FELLOWSHIP PAGES • • • 'l ' I•~ l\ltI>l,E 13 I TlST, Eri '. I:>n. 'l lll' c1gl1t d(1ys of S 1>i ritl1nl I~1f(' Co11 f< 1 e 11 c<.' vv1tl1 01· W. Will ) rt Wc1c11, l>l'l'Sl{l 11t ol c;r,111cl I{a1)1(ls na1) t1st 1~ht'ologic \I mi11ar , April :~-10, 1>rovccl ,, rcnl blcbs i11g to tl1c cl1urch. Tl1Ht l1nc{ b ' 11 prec d 'cl w1tl1 a11oth r !- ~) cial- A Sunday scl1ool "Lau 11chin~ l tt11cl1" April 1, wll n uop ration In– e r as ,d Pote 11 tial" was launched as a cont s t for 600 a lt nclancc. Rev. G orgc O'K cfe, form r memb r of tl1e cl1.urch and succ ssful pastor al Brooksid Baptis t Church of Cl ve– la nd, was th sp aker. P TOR BENNETT REIGN J~ p\· . ( 1 }lHJ'l c 1 s }> . l~P llll<1tt ,Jr. , c · l c)s <' c 1 l 1 i :,., , Y c > 1· l< a t 1 I 1(' ~ I cl - l' <111 at l 1,1 I~a1)tist ( ' l1t1r (•h c>f N I) l' i 11 g· r i (> l( 1 H ft {' r <l J) (l St O r at(' () f t , r e 11 t , • 111 <> 11 t I 1 s. ...\ s a f C) r n1er • l ·. S. a r 111 y · h a 1)1 <l i 11, J 1 e ,,, ,1: 1 i ,· i 11 µ: , t 11 c 1 , r <> r 1, i 1 1 g i 11 .._ p r in g·- f i <' l < 1 H t 1 h t' t ill l P } P \ r. _. J()} 111 ~tr<' ·t re~ig·11r<l a11cl t<)<)l< 111) the \,·orl( l1 r ]ai(l clo,, 1 11 . The chur rh hc1s 11<>,r J) t'<>g·rc)ssr l tc) tl1 P J)laC' <' ,,·}1 Pr e it ,,·ill hr ,11>1 e to }1ave a f11ll t i111P 1,astor c111cl Broth r I~c'11 1 Ptt 1--rsi~·11ecl t(J 111,11{ tl1at ' l )()SSl l)] <1 . 'J 1 )1p C' l1111·C'l1 is l<><·at r 1 <>11 ~llll – "<'1 I )1·i,·r ,1 11d I~ l a(·o11 Nt1·eet in t hP so11thc>,tstPr11 {)cl r1 of tl1e eit)r ,1 11<1 l1as ,1 g·oocl bt1ilcli11g that is 11<>,,. fi11ish <'tl b<)tl1 lt ]>stai1· · ,l11cl <lo,v11. Th t> H111 da, .. 8<' 11001 • c1tt<' 11 cla11 eP has 1·eaeh cl a11 aver- ag·r of 1~() c111 tl the ,,,orship crv– i e <' s cl 1 · c, a l so , ,•r 11 a 1 t c 11 cl P cl . r l' l1 ( I }' (' i s cl l'r a 1 0 1) I) () r 11 l I l it ) l" i 11 t h i S (' 11 l l l' {_' l 1 ! (111 ( 1 \ \T I 10 p(' it ,,·c>11 ,t l>P lc)11g 1t111 il th ey fi11d (}<)<l's 111}111 to le1,1cl then1. FOSTORIA BAPTIST A Sunday school con test is being held April 3-May 8, with points for attendance, bringing other s, and getting them back. Prizes for the little folks for the highest score is a bicycle or sidewalk bike, for highest scoring boy and girl a trip to Camp Patmos Junior or Senior Camp. Among the adults the losing side will give a supper and party to the winning team in the new church basement. CALVARY BAPTIST, Bellefontaine Dr . David M. Seymour, medical mis– sionary under Baptis t Mid-Missions in Africa , spoke morning and evenin g of Ma rch 27th and on through Thursday. It was a wonderful education in what m edical missions can do to reach the lost. Afte r Eas ter Pastor Rosner will hold a ten day revival at the First Baptist Church of Edinboro, Pa . NORTH BETHEL ASSOCIATION The annual meeting was held in conjunction with a Sunday School con- f ' l't 1 11ce at tJ1 • Err1111 :: t11\1 ,J BaJlf i st Cl1t11·c l1 M~1teh 18 ,\ 11cl 19. Pas tor Clar- ' JlCC' Tow11~ ' tl cl of Fi, sl BaJ)tis t, 13owl – i11g Gr n, was l ctecl 1noclC'1·a tor : Pas l 01 Ricl1arcl Mel n l osl1 oI N 01 lhs iclc Bat)list, Lima , was ,Jcc:t cl vie, modC'J - ator; Pas tor Jol1n Rl•ccl , Firs t Baptis t of Stryker was chos n as S('crc,lary– treasur r : a11cJ Pas tor Max Tucker, Fos toria Baptist, was chosen as you tl1 director. Tl1e messages and workshops con– ductecl by the leader s of the Regular Baotis t Press were much app1·eciatcd, a11d it was r esolv cl that the Nortl1 Be thel churches should uphold these workers ancl their minis try in prayer. FIRST BAPTIST, Niles Seventieth Anniversary services and the dedication of a $110,000 Sunday School building were celebrated with a week of special meetings April 10- 17. The dedication speaker for the opening day was the former pastor, Rev . Arthur Jones, who is now pastor of Grace Baptist Church, To11awanda. N . Y. Rev. Karl Smith, pastor of Be thel Baptist Church in Warren, Ohio, offered the dedication prayer. Attend– ance for all the services of the day went over the thousand mark. Speak– ers during the week were Rev. John Balyo, pastor of Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Cleveland, and President James J eremiah of Cedarville College. Pastor Hussey preached the closing day, which was Easter. Fourteen people were baptized and ten confessions of faith in Christ were made during the week. The Sunday school contributed musical numbers throughout the week, including a young people's choir and orchestra. A large picture display, which covered the history of the church and showed many of the events of the past, drew much attention. Pastor and people are rejoicing- in this mountain-top experi– ence and looking toward greater things i1 the future. . EAST SIDE BAPTIST, Lorain Eleven new members were welcomed in February. Pastor Howard K . Miller is looking forward to the finish– ing of the new church building. FIRST BAPTIST, Van Wert The twelfth annual missionary con– ference was he lcl r ecently with Rev. Robert Ryer se, Deputation Secretary r{ Baptist Mid-Missions, Rev. Dalmain Congdon, TEAM appointee to South Africa. Rev. Ralph Hill of the Cleve– land Hebrew Mission, and Rev. Martin Strolle. Deputation Secretary of Hia– watha Land Independent Baptist Mis– ~ions. The pastor of this church is Rev. Jack Riggs. A LONG-TIME SUBSCRIBER In r e -subscribing, E . F . Davis of the Brown St . Baptist Church in Akron wrote that he was the first sub– scriber from Akron and that he treas– ures a letter Dr. Findlay wrote long ~go to enquire about the Brown St. Baptis t Church, which was then ask– in~ for fellowship. He says it was he who had suggested that they go in. It would be interesting to hear from other subscribers who have faithfully k ept on- oh, let u s say, the last 20 to 30 years . Do we have one who goes back to the first issue?