The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1960

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'- pub 1c1tv. e, en 1t 1t "a unfriendly. Ac ll ,l ·t tl1t. reople ot \\- 1 e t \ ' 1rg1n1a got a t. h 1nct to kno,, ,, e are aga1nst [odern- 1 ·n1, Con1muni m and Cachol1cism. Ou r ov.•n Re, Hall Daucel v.·a one of the speaker , and Dr Robert R\'erse of Cleveland, ,v ho 1 connected "1th Baptist ~f id- fissions. E\ "ERAL DEATH WE if OUR Re,·. Cyril Carden, " ·ho un til 1955 was pa ror of the Clinconv1lle Baptise Chu rch ot Columbus. passed ~"'ay in October a t ~[erron. '\X'iscons1n, where he was pas to r of the Fir t Baptist Chv rch. H e had been ill fo r quite some time. Re, , Robert L. Titus was suddenlv caken by a heart attack Oct. 21, near P etoskv 1(1ch1ean. " ' here he \vas pastor of the Parr 1 femorial Baptist Church . H e man– aged to get his car off the highway, but passed a"·ay before he could be gotte n to a hospital. Ohioans remember h im as rht: hearn·. happv, s1ng1n,g oascor of Em– manuel Baptist Church of Columbus H e lea·ves behind his wife and four child ren . ages 1 co 11. Evangelist P hil Ward went to be with the Lord ov. 3, at Massillon , where he and 1-frs. Ward had come from Cal ifornia to resc a little longer after his hear t attacks last summer and prepare to go out in evangelistic services again . H e was called to come H ome to sing his Savior 's praises above instead. Our s,,.mpachy goes out to a ll the loved ones of the-se men and pray tha t God's sus· :aining grace may be very real at this t im e \X' HEELER BURG MI IO ARY BAPTI T ~f 1ssions v;as emphasized in October and ~ ,.ovember , virh G V. melser soeak.ing Oet 2 ~ for che Cleveland Hebrew 1 fission, James W ooster, Tov. 2, on his work in the ~·est Indies, \X' m . Fusco on his work in Italy i\ ov. 20. Fred Chase a nd R0land Felts: .1.~ov. ? -. the la tter an appointee under FBH1f. Besides the offerings when these men sooke. a free-\\ 111 offertnP' v?as taken f r - o or .:' BH.i\f. o,:. 20th . Tl:e yo·, ng ~eonle are also besy. They h~, e s-arred a monthly ne"' s bL llet1n for the cht1rch. FAJTH BAPTI T , VA. \X'ERT The ne\\ 7 place of meeting secured last April is al ready becoming to~ small. since attendance has now gone up to the SO's and 6' s. Tl'-e churcl1 entered an attend– ance cuncest "1th s me of the churches in rhe Fort Wayne area of Indiana and up to 1 TO\". 6 \Vas rhe \\~inner. For the closing ~und,ly, <) \ () t \1, their ,go,11 \ \ ,t ~ 75 .lnd ,,t h<)J1<.' thcv rc,tt hc\l ir. A r<: \ 1val is in l"l<\grts~ .it tl11s \\'riting bu t si . s<>u ls h.td ,tlrc.td ) h<..:e11 ,, on l)t•f ore t he .s t ctia l lll<.'tt1ngs l)t.g,ln. 1· 11{~ 1 B1\P1"IS'l ", 11-I.~ 1\ .. und.t} 'lt hoc>I cc>ntcst ,s in 1,r<>J.:ll'SS to b • tter thl rtl.1t1c>n bl't \\ cen cnroll11enc J nd .!ttend.tntc I O()r; at tendance. '" <>u L.l mean 5 15 1 rcsent ov. (> ">() ts rev1\,t l cimc, ,, 1th h,1r le · . Boren of W 1non,1 Lake. I nd , a the evc1 n gcl 1st OUR l?W GARBC RFPltl:. ENT ATIVl· D r. Paul R . J ackson, our new N a tional R eoresentative of the General Ass' n of ~ Regula r Bap t ist Churches, is much in de- mand in our state. H e has already spoken in severa l of our chu rches this summer and fall a nd is always welcom e back . WHIPPLE AVENUE BAPTIST, CANTON This is the new name of Calvary Bap– t ist Church, whi ch g ives people an idea where it is located a nd saves it from con– fusion wi th so ma ny other Calva ry Baptist churches in the area. The chu rch has also been spiritually renewed, w ith 27 maki ng decisio ns in ep t ember u nder the preach– ing of Ev. H a rry Trover of W ino na Lake. Twen ty new mem bers have been received since Oct. 1, and 42 si nce the coming of Pastor Edw. H elmich in May o f '59. Other blessings are ( 1 ) the g ift of a T homas organ from Mr . Claud Fos te r of Cleveland. They ask prayer for Mr. Fos ter, who is st ill hospi talized after his car ac– cident in 1959. Pray thac he may come to understand tha t salvation is by grace and not by good works. ( 2) Every family now receives the OIB . Mrs. H elmick says, t,We believe this will build a stronger fellow– ship in our church and state and urge every church in the OARB to try ic." ( 3) A Youth Fellowsh ip contest ov. 1-M-ar. 3 1 is arousing interest. Three seniors and 3 juniors with highest points will be taken to Washington, D .C., at Cherry Blos– som Time. ( 4) ixteen teachers and _pros– pective reachers a re enrolled in Pastor H el– mick's E.T .T.A. class. FAITH BAPTI T , GREE VILLE A unday school contes t w ith the Im– r:1anuel Baptise Church of Arca num re- PAGES - • - su ited in l1cttcr than I OOo/, incrc1~c in ut– rcnd,tncc, from /i ii t<-> nc,t r 1()(). W c rake it that they \VO n, si nce the Irn n1a nucl church is n()t sayi ng much abou t it. I Iowcvcr, they hel ped th is missic,n chu rch c,n its feet agai n l)y lcndi n,g thc,n a cou J)lc fami l ies! JtvfMANUEI~ BAI' TI T , ARC AN M Pastor Da le 1:ishcr wri tes : "W c h~td a , cry good rev ival v1ith Rev. Do n W inters Oct . 26 Nov. 6. 1·herc were 15 <lccisi<>n for salvac1on a nd o the r decisions among C~h r i~t ians. W e recommend Bro. W inters ro cr,urches in teres ted in having a pi r it– fi lleJ eva nge) ist " We m igh t add tha t Sept. 18 they had 195 in unday school. W 1t h su: h h igh attendance 1r was not easy to wi n a con test on the percentage bas ts. FIR T BAPTI T , G ALLIPOLIS N ovembe r has been a busy month fo r Pasto r Young and his people. The Board o f D eacons initiated a v1si tat1on program. The Bapt is t M id-Missions Conference was held Nov. 16-20, w ith seven council mem– bers speaking, four missiona r ies, a nd for the women on Friday a fternoon , Mrs. Inez Milner and Miss Gladys Bai nes. The m is– sionaries were Robert G olike, Central Afr1- can Republic; Wilbu r Ei fert, H awa ii ; Karl Luyben, Liberia; and Dynes McCullough , Brazil . Then the Youth Fellowship had a dinner ov. 2 1, with Missionary Wm. Fusco as speaker. GRACE BAPTIST, CEDARVILLE The Lord is blessing the m inistry of Pastor A .D . Moffa t. Oet. 23 an a fternoon baptismal service was held at the Blessed H op e Baptist Church of Sp ringfield and 11 confessed their faith in chis appointed way. A buildi ng fund has been started so they can either buy an old church build ing from ano ther denomina tion o r build one of their own . BETHEL BAPTIST, ERIE, PA. Pastor Gilbert has begun his Fundamen– tals of che Faith classes again this fall fo r orospecrive members, and two classes are being held for Teacher Improvement. The big news item for N ovember was the 22 nd Annual Missionary Conference. It began N ov. 1, with a dinner for men , with Wm. Fusco of Italy speaking. Other sp eakers were Paul Friedrichsen, mid-west– ern representa tive of ABWE, a nd former missio na ry to the Philippines; D orothy Conover, a member of the chu rch ~,ho has jus t returned o n furloug h from Nigeria; Ruth H ege and Ruth Ca rlson, Baptist Mid– Missions workers in Africa: and Roy a nd Ed ith Gleason , W ycliffe Bible Transla to rs home fram Ecuador. M iss Car Ison and the Gleasons are also members of Bethel . FIR T BAPTI T , GALIO Missionaries two u ndays in a row is rather u n usual , and yet Rev. Richard Gray, ABWE worker in South America, spoke Oct. 30th, a nd R ev. Ernest Ronk of Af r ica s11oke ov. 6. M rs. Ronk also snf')ke tha t " reek at the Young W omen 's Guild . CALVARY BAPTI T , ASHLAND A Bible P roohecv Conference v,as held nrt. 24-2 7 wi th much so1ricual bless;ng. The speaker was R ev. Earl V. Willetts of Berea. T he undav school particioated in the OARB. . Contes t and r~che~ 12 7 the lase unday. The Men 's Fellowshi p is sponsor ing a J r. H i basket ball ream . FIR T BAPTI T , VA W ERT Pastor J ack P ..iggs v.'rites tha t Rev. Bert Orma n of D etro it held special meet in gs Oct . 3-9. ome were saved and all the Christia ns were blessed.