The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1960

N o,rember, 1960 HIGHLIGHT (Continued from page 8) the prayer n1eeting group of the local church . Thi ,vas true again, for the auditorium \Vas ,vell filled ,vith local members, and the choir loft \i ith a choir of 34 voice . They gave us t:\ivo fine anthems and there was also a olo by Miss Jennifer Wiley. The message was given b y Rev. Thomas Younger of the Immanuel Baptist Church of Fort Wayne, Ind. He spoke on The Measw~e of True Greatness from Matt. 11:11. John the Baptist knew his calling and did not give it up, as some preach ers do; he lived such a life some even mis– took him for the Christ; he l1ad a consuming zeal for righteousness, was a non-conformist, and yet was humble and meek b efore Christ. Interspersed in the message as illustrations, h e told something of the home missionary work his church is doing in and around Fort Wayne. THURSDAY MOR I G The emphasis Brother Younger put on home missions in the previous evening message was continued from another angle by Pastor L ewellyn Thomp son of the Bible Mission Bap– tist Church of Reynoldsbmg. Brother Thompson has in the last t en years been instrumental in reviving or starting seven Baptist churches. He applied I Cor. 3: 12-15 to ministers as well as the first eleven verses, and claimed that we had nothing but wood, hay and stubble for our labors if we did not produce self-propagat– ing church es. If we fail we should not go around and talk about our church, for then we are criticizing our own work. If we have a call, we should go to work and not look for a big opportunity, for the smallest community has a right to have a Scriptural assembly. We should t each tithing for the ministers and mission– aries and that the local exp enses should come from free will off rings alJov the tith . We migl1t add th,1t Brother TJ1ompsor1 }1as persuad d lus 1reople to practice what h pr ach s, a11<l tl1at 1s why tJ1 y J1,1v do11 so 111ucl1. J t1st 11<JW tl1ey a1 st,11 tir1g a n w testin1<Jr1y 1r1 l~usl1vill . After a solo l)y L y1111 Rog >rs, our eco11d M1ss1011 I-lour l1ad arri\ 1 d , 11d tl1is li1n ... J1a1r111a11 111 ls ;.tr gave.\ 1 d<J1:<~r1 1r1issic,11,1ries '30 s :.c.:011ds •,tl:11 o 111troduc t11 ins I ~s a11d gi a tin1011}' . ()f cours tl1 ~y av rag ~cl wo 1ni11t1t ;..~ acl1J illia111 La1 f > 11 WiapJ) c] a s11ak :) ski11 25 f e l Jo11g ·o sl1ow wl1at 111issio11ar1 s alo11g tl1 ~ '1Jna~o11 \\' 1 e UJ) H.gai11st. iJ \ ill- 0,1 l1acl tl1t') ~c)od 11 ws t]1&t l1is \\ 1 i1' THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST had recovered sufficiently so th y can go to labor amo11g Hindu p eople liv– ing i11 California even if they cannot go back to Assam. The main m essage was given by Ruth H ege, who told the tl1rilling story of h er e cap e from the Congo. She reh1med to the Congo just a year or so ago, after working in Vene– zuela for 21 years. In the interior it was the ame counu-y of savage tribes, with no idea of a national loyalty to the Congo. It was the more civilized people in the cities that demanded indep endence. She told of the growing hatred of white p eople, even to the point of taking Simeon of Cyrene as a Black aviour. Even the Christians were no longer thankful for all the missionarie had done, but abusive b ecause they would n ot give them more . Yet Protestant missionarie suffered very little be– cause they had not mixed in politics or been dictatorial and superior; and that played a large part in their salva– tion from death and vvorse than d eath when the uprisings came. The most touching part came at the close of h er message . After t elling how the native pastors are now d emanding more money and missionary property and educators rather than soul-win– n ers, she said her great desire was to go back and live among the people . Truly that is the real missionary spirit. ME 'S FORUM The Ladies Missionary Hour will be reported later , and we did not get to stay to hear Pastor Don Moffat of Cedarville bring the conclud.ing mes– sage; and so we close with a r eport on the Men's Forum. The leader was Rev. Thomas Younger of Fort Wayne. He told of his efforts to awake his p eople to the n eed of real Christian living and service. One r ecent idea was to interview each one of his 60 teach r s. ome were fright ned a11d some a bit h os tile, but h e put tl1en1 all a t as and talked thir1gs ov r an cl prayed \Vi tl1 tl1 m. It tra11sform cl ev ra} of his t ach rs. II do s 11ot b Jie i11 "1no ing \\-itl1 a srnall n1ajority," l)u t h l1as a \v~1y of g tting a ])ig 1najorit), vvith l1i1n . 111 19.39 197 111en1 l)ers 1)artic:i1)a t t\cl i1-i visi ta lio11 . rrl1i1 ly-1i,,c., fa111ilies l1a,, b 11 \\ illi11g to l<."a\ I1n111ar1t1el a11d 11 1J) ~tc:1rt 11e,v (•l1t1rc:l1es. Il1s st1c– c ss i11 &t ~l J ti11g l)r,111c·J1 ·l1t11 t· l1es l)c• ga11 vvl1 ... 11 l1e tc)lcl tl1" Lc)rcl <)11 l1is k11 ... s, .. Lo1 cl, y<->tt t·,t11 }1,1,(• ,111\ <)f Jll}' {) C<)I)l".' ' 'f'l1i1 t \ I)C'rc·t.'11t ot l111- r11 rt11u{ ...J's 111iss1cJ11 ,lr} 1 111011t. \\ gc>es for tl1 s ... 11 ,,,, ·l 1t11c·l 1 ,~. 1 t tl1t1 l1tl\ 1 e lll()l' .. all 11 <fi11g lt lllll,lllll •} 110\\ t}l ,lll b f<J1 , tu1d 111<)r ,,,ork ~rs ,111<.l 111c>11 ' · Pa_ge Nine, Only those Jiving in the n eighbor– hood of a new work m·e asked, n ever forced , to join there. Other ,vork– ers needed at first are "commissionecl" as missionaries and help in the new church until it h as workers of i ts own. \Ve cot1ld not begi11 to report on the q11estions that were asked or just hovv Brother Younger answered tl1em; l)t1t after what h e h ad saicl ab out awaking and training workers and ending some of them out t o start n ew churches, qt1estions came from all over the room . It was one of the mos t profitable forums we have ever had. W e h op e it will h elp many of our pas tors and cht1rch es to do likevl ise. Some have, of course, like Bethel Baptist in Erie under the .inspiration of Pastor Gilbert, and Cedar Hill Baptist under Pastor Balyo. Cedar Hill is right now starting a new work in treetsboro. It is on high– way 14, half \vay between Cleveland and Ravenna. CO CLUSIO Our 33rd annual meeting was 011e of our best , but we hope more p as tors w ill begin right now to plan to at– tend the 34th. One young pastor said h e could n ot understand h o\v ot1r pastors ca11 be so car eless about coming. We answered that we could not remember in all our year in the Ohio association when we ever missed. We planned it that way in ad ance. Brother Gibson made a fine moder– ator, and Don Loomis a good mu ic Director. Clarence Townsend, How– ard You11g, and ormru1 Hoag h elped out by leading the . song service at some 011e of the many se sion . P a - tor Hall Dautel pre ided at the orga11 during the day a11d the local organi t , Max Spence dt1ri11g the ve11ings. ome of the piano players \,\ 1 re Mi s Ma1Tea Cattel of Euclid- otti11gharu, f rs. 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