The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1961

OUR FELL WSHIP l R, l 13 l l 1, 1 t\ l ()O,\l\.l ~ .\ t r J l , g.1r llcl klc\' t (.Jk ha, , .h.•\– ta 11 Jul, ti,d "(). 1~11<.~ t, r,t l>t thee ~un– d . , ,, t, f lktll l l1 the tdtto r .\nd tllC nc t b, l t ,h. n \Xfill.trd ~t .trl)rou~l1 c, r.11 ,f cur ht· .. he h.1v( rcc,rc.:d n1io1~ter, ,,h fill rh l l 1 it in the J ,l tt) C .1 l" ente u ,v l, ,, c \i t l \.l1n ,, 110 .1re ,, 1ll1ng t () ..d{ lk r t , ,, c ,n chi ~ ' '·') le 1 .1 good id .l. 1he ' ' "rk an ~lt l1t)nald 1 progre - 1ng ,, ell t1n"ler 1>.1.. tor BeLkle) ;R \l l~ B .\PTl ... 1,. R k} Rive r P.1~c" r Herbert -. \X ebber 1 preaching tt1 · un1n1t·r o n The o pel and urg ing 1 ~ reople to bring out unsaved friend . ... re'-1al re, 1, al e r, 1( e · "111 be held the 1 ·c h..ilf o f "' eptember, ,, 1th Dr. Earl G l-;r1ft1th ot \\ ' 1n to n- "alem. 1 ., as rl1e e, .1ngel1st. T l1e n1en o f the chu rch ha, ·e renoYated the church bui ldi ng and p u t 1n a sru dy to r the pasto r. oon af te r– ,,,ards ro o you ng ladies came to this study seeking salva– tion and "''ere leJ to che Lo rd un1mer attendance has been good. espe( 1ally so a t night and 10 the n11d-v;eek ... ser, tle ~fR PHIL \X' ARD TO \X.RITE BOOK ~! rs. P hil W a rd . Rt. 1. 1'fa s1llon. O h io, 1s p lanning to "rite a book abou t her husband. ,, ho bega n his adu lt life as a gangs:er. "as conve rt– ed. and spent some 30 years as an e, angeltst . I f a ny one has some 1nterest1ng facr about his lite before o r after his con\"ers1on or o n results of his min istry they " 'ould like co share '\\'1th her. they are llll11 1! ll1\P1·1~,. l3edford \ ' .1 .1tic>n ,tht)()l \VtclS held Aug. 2 1-~ l . ·1·c> tan1t 1 l,1tc: attendance ,\ pre-enro llment t.111111~11gn ,v.1s 11ut on to ,get tl1e cl1ildren lined UJ 11otl1cr ' 'tl1fferenc' ' thing 1s no te<.l 1n the bulletins. The August com– n1u n ao n service \Va hel<l on W dncsday nigl1t, Aug. :; . [ RI HLA D BAPTI T, Belle Center Pa to r Robert Humphreys reports a f 1ne V. B. . that averaged ' 0 pupils and 12 ,vorkers. Four ,vere recently baptized in the pool o f the First Regular Baptist Church of Bellefontaine. One \\'as 7 3 years of age and another 64 . The o ther tw o \\-'ere young people. A building fund has been started to provide for more unday school rooms. The Cubbison Family Sc1)tcml>cr, 196 l - - - on ics two side almost all the special 1nu51c ang and played at the ARB " meeting~ at Winona Lake. If you sat way back there, it ,vill be even better on that record, and you can hear it again and again! Pri ce, for one inclu,ling postage is S3 .20 1n Jots of 5 or more .S 3 each. Order from Rev G C. Rice, Box 3 3, 2 16 N Main, Colon, Mtch. By the way, we will repeat the an– nouncement about the Zinn record that can be gotten from Cedarville College for 2 9 8 , plus pos tage. OHIO AMERICAN COUNCIL OF CHRI TIAN CHURCHE The annual meeting will be held Sept. 18- 19 at the Blessed Hope Baptist Church at pringfield, 315 Kensington Place, South. This 1s in the north end of town, however, just off Highway 68 . We under– stand Dr. Ketcham will speak. WHEELERSBURG MIS– SIO ARY BAPTIST Pastor Martin Ho l m e s preached Aug. 24 , 2 5 and 26 in special services at the Midland Baptist Church at Franklin Furnace, 0 hio. This is a new church pastored by a former member of the Wheelersburg church, Bro ther Bolt. We notice another item that should be copied by many other churches. They vo ted to raise their m onthly giving to Cedarville College from SlO to S2 5. FIRST BAPTIST, Niles ] uly 29th the Sunday requested to "-·r i te her This Last m onth v.1e repo rted the call of Bro ther Gilbert Cubbison School picnic was held at a large pavilion at Packard Park in Warren. The church bus helped to get folks there. Aug. 18 th the Christian Service Brigade and the men of the church went for an overnight outing at Caroma Ranch near Greene, Ohio. In a more spiritual vein, we notice that the young people still take charge of a service once a m onth at the Warren Rescue Miss:on-Aug. 9th being the last date. summer she has spent much to che New Harmony Baptist Church . ow we are so glad to c1me 10 \ 7 acat1on Bible chool have this family picture and the following facts of his life. Pastor an d camp work and has been Cubb ison was born at Bluebelle, Ohio in 1927, but spent most of at Gi tche G u rnee B:ble Camp h is early life at Derwent, where he graduated from high school in 11ich1gan in 1945 . He was saved in 195 5 and united with the econd Baptist LATE T WORD FR01-f Church of Cambridge. There he received a call to the ministry CA1-fP PAT1'.f0 in '5 7 and enrolled in the Moody Correspondence Course. D irector Elton C. H ukill He gained his experince under the guidance of Pastor Mar- reports that u p throegh Aug. shall Harper, and served as teacher , deacon and superintendent, 19. more tha n -- o have made and ministered in rest homes and supplied in the churches of the profess1on of salvat ion a nd Mo riah A ssocia tion . He a lso attended classes under Pasto r L. C . many m o re have gone fo r- Thompson ac Zanesville. \\"ard for dedica t ion . He says, " It has been v:onderful to h ave such good coopera tio n from staff and counsello rs fo r a strong sp1rirual p rogram . The sports programs has been equally "'' ell presented . The fruits o f camp have been the resu lt o f earnest prayer. GRACE BAPTIST , Troy Pasto r E. ] . Virgint "-·r ites that the chu r(h has taken on par tial support for v..•o mo re missionary couples: Rev. and !\!rs. R . Brennen of the Clevela nd He– b rev.' l\f 1ss1on for v:or k 1n Brazil , a nd Rev. and 1 frs George ~fye:s o f the Fellow– shi p o f Baptists fo r H ome M1ss1ons, who ~re Vlork ing 1n Co lumbus, Ohio. FIR T BAPTI T , 1 i edi na Pas ro r R. Kenneth Smelser reports cha t rhe church broke ground fo r rhe new addj t ion Aug . 13th. Also tha t again this semmer the e'\' ening services a re being held in the _Fark o f the c1ry square. A Bible class was started at Quaker City in 1959 and it was organized into a church in August of 1960. He had ac– cepted a call the previous spring co Barry·s Ridge Baptist Church near Caldwell, but resigned that fall to pastor the Quaker Ciry church. He will continue that work and also be a pastor of the New Harmony Baptist Church. The Quaker City congre– gati on will soon m ove into a building they have bought at Salesville. Up until his call to New Harmony he had worked as manager of the M-K Grocery in Caldwell for three years. N ow he has resigned that work to devote full time to the ministry. May the Lord richly bless him in that ~tep of faith. PECIAL 1'-1U IC AT WINONA LAKE RECORDED A 1? " record 33 1 3 LP has recorded BETHEL BAPTIST, Erie Last month we mentioned that former pastor, Dr. . F. Logsdon, would preach July 30th. ow we learn that at the time he was preaching all that week at the Lake Erie Bible Conference some six miles west o f Erie as well as at the church. Those who remember his messages at our associational meetings 20 or more years ago could wish they had been there. FIRST BAPTIST, Wauseon Pastor Warren ] acobs reports that they had 8 ] uniors that went to Camp Patmos in July, and 3 Seniors and 7 Junior-Highs in two different weeks in August. July 23rd Miss Eunice Stowell spoke words of farewell as she prepared to return to France under Baptist Mid-Missio ns. he had previously been the speaker for the Women's Missionary Union. July 31st the men's brotherhood enjoyed a film on ful– filled prophecy called the Withe:-ed Reed.