The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1960

Mav 1960 TiiE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST I • • WHAT OUR CHURCHES A CORRECTION Mrs. King writ s from North J acl<.– fon : ..We would like to clarify a mis – t1n~er s tandi11g . conce:1-·ning P a tsy King ,vh1ch w as printed 1n the article an– nouncing the r esign a tion of P astor Ge r ald Mitch ell in the Ap ril issu e . Miss King, a missionar y to Africa un– der Baptis t Bid-Missions (not Evan– gelical Baptist Missions) was saved under the ministry of Rev. Llewellyn Thompson and through t h e fa ithful ministry o! Rev. Floyd Davis was led to enter Ced arville College in p r epar a – tion for the fie ld." BIBLE MISSION BAPTIST , Reynoldsburg Dr. Moses Gitlin, a H ebr ew Christi an h eld a week of meetings April 11-17: GRACE BAPTIST, Troy P ast or E . J. Virgint repor ts tha t God is blessing a t Troy , wit h a num– ber of conver sions and additions dur– ing the last few months . The Wurlitzer organ that was bought on faith May 15, 1959 w as paid off in full Eas ter Sunday. The instrument cost $2,530. FIRST CHRISTIAN BAPTIST, Coshocton The congr egation h as b een bu sy r e– decora ting the entire basement, which will b e a big improvem ent. The 27th of Ma rch the Ceda rville College Choir brought a sa cr ed concert for the evening service. April 20-May 1 ev an– gelistic m eetings will be h eld under the lead er ship of Rev. Glenn Green– wood of the Blessed Hope Baptist Church of Springfi eld. CALVARY BAPTIST TABERNACLE, Sandusk y The church r ecently obser ved their 29th anniver sar y w ith D r. W. Wilbert Welch , president of the Grand Rapids Baptist Theologica l Seminar y, as the speak er. His ministry was a r eal bless– ing to th e church. Many believer s were encouraged to walk closer with God . A r ecen t missionary ser vice was h eld, wi th Dr. Ann Irish , Baptist Mid -Mis– sion appointee to the Belgian Congo , as t he speak er . "We thank God for his goodness and fai th fuln ess the past year . The aver– age Sunday school at tendance was 167, which was an increase over the previ– ous year." P ast or Tassell closes by saying, "We really enjoy the OIB. Keep up the good wor k." F IRST BAPTIST . Bowling Green March 27th was Family Day, an d the drive was f 0r 182 present to l)reak all previous records. Rev. James T . J t emial1 of Cedarville preacl1 d and a scl1ool grvtl f) brought .special music. We l1aven't hearcl w l1et}1er all reco rds w r lJroken, l)ut th adv rt1sing was cl ~ve1 Yellow tJal) r was 1olled U J) 1 o look lik · a vi tami11 at1cl t aJ)ed to a I ·t te1. Amo11g otl1 r t l1i11gs it said, "H .. r is a Vit 'M In CH t>.sulP which if tal<. .> r1, will }1elr, you B- 1 of the 182 J)r .)scr1t r1 xt Su11,lay.'' IiIBI~E Nl ISSION BAP'l 1 1S1\ ZJl) svill Pc.t:,tor Walter Y ag -> r J1a<l a 11n11 ow sca i, ~ frorr1 s rious i11jury wl1ile wo1 k i11~ ?n imp r ovements in th e church bL1.1ld1ng. A broken wrist is p r e tty pa1ni ul, b ut fa lling w ith a ladder could h ave b.ecn worse. Many improvements ~r e b~1ng m~de, including an in terest- 1:ig Bib le quiz pan el desk and elect ric l1ght~d ?Oa r d tha t tells which contest– ant 1s f1~·s t .. We h ope to h ave a pic– ture of 1t 1n our n ext issu e. PERRY BAPTI T CHURCHRECOGNIZED .. \ l'P jc)g·11i1i c) 11 <·01111eil r r pre– Hr 111 i1 1g· . e1vr 11 eh 111·eh eH i11 ()hj o ,l11 cl P r. 1111Hylv<1 11j a rr1rt <) 11 • at– l trday , 1\ J arc]1 ~(5t J1 to e<>llHiclr r 1 '1 <1 })l'(> t)r i 1)' of rreog·1 i%i11g· the l~ 1 Hi1}1 l~a])t 1:-;t ( 1 lllll'C'}l <>f ]>err:\r ( )hi e>, , l H ,l cl11l y orga11izrd Nc.,v rJ 1 e:-;ta111Pllt hu1·el1 . Reg11la r llap - 1 i:-;t e}111r<·l1 rs i11 1>,l i11 (\. villP \\ a ree11 I l 1111t s l>111·g·, <:ar1·Ptt8- ,· i]J e, a 11cl XcJrtl1 l\ Iacli~H)11 , ()}1i<> a11cl C 1 tll'l'.)r cl ll ( l I~J ri e1, J>p 1111H)' l – ' 'H 11 iH ,,,er e 1~ep1·e. e1 ted 0 11 the ( 1 0 1111 ·il. 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Each ser vice som e inter est of the GARBC was listed as th e prayer em– phasis of the evening. XENIA BIBLE CHURCH (GARBC) The Adult Class has been divided into five groups according to age and a capta in of each gr ou p is supposed to check on absentees and find n ew mem– ber s. May 12th th e class will en joy a social affair . HEBRON SPRING MISSIONARY CONFERENCE The confer en ce was h eld at the First Baptis t Church of Elyria Ap ril 12th. The sermon was by Rev. Howard Miller of East Side Bap tist of Lorain, the missionar y message was given by Rev. Charles Hocking, Bap t is t Mid – Mission worker in Brazil, a nd a testi – mony was given by Mrs. R . Leech of the Hebr ew Chr istian Society of Cleve– land. In the afternoon the women h ad their own serv ice and a pan el on "Planning a Year 's Missionar y P r o– gr am .'' The men 's forum was led by Rev . K enneth Nelson of North Royal – ton. A later pan el discu ssion for both m en and women was led by Rev. Earl Willetts of Be r ea on "The Publ ic Church Inv itation.' ' The evening speak – er was Dr. Bob Jones, J r., p r esident of Bob Jones Un iver sity . FIRST BAPTIST, Wellington Good Friday ser vices were h eld in the Wellington chw·ch in conjunction with the First Baptist Church of Spen– cer and the Rochester Baptist Church . The messages wer e given by the pas– tors of the three chU1·ch es: Rev. Louis Tulga ,Rev. Adam Galt, and Rev. Donald Matheny. NORTH ROYALTON BAPTIST Pastor K enneth Nelson writes that they u sed the poem, Tell Me The Stor y of Easter, in th eir song ser vice April 17th. Thanks, for we wan t our poems to be used. He reports that Rev. Robert Hauser, representative of Cedarville College, had some won– der ful messages in special ser, 1 ices A pril 3-10. Good F r id:iy night a sacr ed cantata was given by t he choir , Sunrise Over Calvary." CENTRAL BAPTIST , Colun1bus Dr. F rank L. Waaser, clea1 of Bap– tist Bible Semi1 ary, l1eld Easter Week 111 ct ings April 10-17. HEAR, YE, ALL PA TORS S nd in n \VS abottt your Vc-1cnt1011 Bihl Scl1ools this st1n1n1e1-, ,,tte11d– a11c , special pro] ct~. co11, 1 ers1011~ clllci otl1er tl1111gs of i11ter st. R port re s. t1lts fro111 yot11 Ca1np Pat111os gro11µ~ too A 1111ou11c0111er1ts 111 b11llct111s ,\rt\ goocl , IJttt rc J)Ol'ts of '-"l1,1t l1aptlt'11ed a1e 111t1cl1 l)ett r . T l1('tl i( \'Otl \va11t t11r· v(l1to1 to fill cl Sttl'\Ci,1y \.\- l1et\ \ Oll ,\re 011 \', \l' c\tlOll , bettl'l gL\t \ 0111 1 L'c111csts 111 'tl 1 l\ 1,l1t l1rst t,,o St111cl.t\ of Jt111e l1t' i-... lL'"'1Pt\'– i11g for ct , , l ·ctt1t>11 of l1is o,, 11 attt'l' t,vo )'car~ \\' ttl1ot1t . J1111c 19tJ1 1~ taket\ })tlt nll t.:"'ls ~ is opei1.