The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1961

LEWIS HUNTER GOES TO BRUNSWICK Le"·is E. Hunter, pastor of the Fellow– ship Baptise Church chat just came into the assoc1ation this fall, has been called co the First Baptist Church at Brunswick, and will begin his work and move to the field as soon as the fellowship church can find a pastor, or not later than March 19th. He is very much concerned for his present church, for he began chis work in a double garage in early '57 as a prayer and Bible study group, added a Sunday -school that spring, and had gathered aod woo 32 members by chat summer, when they organized as the Fellowship Baptist Church of Granger Township. All this was done while he was working at the Good– year Aircraft Division at Akron, and ~,bile a member of the Calvary Baptist Church of Akron. Brother Hunter was born in South Caro– lina and was saved io 1948. He soon be– came interested in Christian work and felt a desire to trai n for the ministry. Mrs. Hunter was from Tennessee, and so it was natu ral chat he should go to the Temple Bible School in Chattanooga, which he at– tended for three years. While there he pas– t ored a Baptist church for one year and got some practical experience, but was not en– tirely happy with the Southern Baptist system. In 1953 he and his family moved to Akron to work and found much Chris– tian work to do in and through the Cal– vary Baptist Church. This church was in the American Baptise Convention, but is known through out the Akron area for its fundamental preaching and evangelism– at least it was so as long as H . S. Wilson continued his long pastorate. Brother Hunt– er was almost like a pastor co the Young Married People's Class. It was under en– couragement from Pastor Wilson that he begao chis work at Young's Corner. God has blessed his work at Young's Corner. The membership has grown co 92 and the attendance averaged 75 to 80. A first unit building was erected in '58 chat is 36 by "'"8 feet, and a second unit is al– most ready chat is 30 by 36. Seep by seep he and his people were led to seek fellow– ship with us, largely under the influence of Pastor R. Kenneth Smelser of Medina. <Continued on page 19) January, 1961 . ()\ ·: t 13 E ll ( "( ( ",11111 'f'rr':1st1rt'r : (; II~T, , .. ' J rr1h rst PP 1..MOS }J '11f1t'lcl Jt111c.' ltc) tl 13111) tis t - I "orai11 ................................ $]0.()0 l1arc)11 l1 t11) ti ·t ,111<la chool- l1aro11, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 <>r ll1 l{o, ,tllc)11 Bnptisl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 cll\·,lf}' B,1pti t- B llc fon tai11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 .0() B tl1lel1 1n Bt1pti t- 1 , ,eland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 li11to11, 1 ill Bapti t - olt1mbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.50 Fir t Bapti t - 'alio11 ......................................... . T . ' t B t' t L . r1n1 y ap 1 - ora.i11 . .... .. . . . .. .. .. ...... .. ....... . . . ..... . . Imma11uel Bapti t-Arcanum . ..... ........ .... ..... .......... .. . Bles eel Hope Baptist- Springfield . . ........ . ............. .. ..... . Berea Baptist- Berea ......................................... . Fir t Baptist- McDonald .................. . ................. .. . . Cedar Hill Baptist-Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calvary Baptist-Canton ............ . ............... .. ......... . Fir t Baptist-Gallipolis ....................................... . . Immanuel Baptist-Piqua .......................... ... ......... . ortlifield Baptist ............................................ . Grace Baptist- Rocky River • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ---- GIFTS TO HOME 25.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 15.00 17.08 10.00 25.00 New Harmony Baptist Church, South Olive ....................... $ 5.00 Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00 Calvary Baptist Church, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 Euclid- ottingham Baptist Church, Euclid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .00 Memorial Baptist Church, Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 First Baptist Women's Missionary Union, Galion .................... 10.00 Brown Street Baptist Church, Akron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.00 -·-- ·----- OVEMBER GIFTS TO THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCHES T. Fred Hussey, Treas. , 615 Washington Ave. , Niles, Ohio Christ's Missionary Baptist Church-Cople,', Ohio ........ . .......... $25.00 Stryker Baptist Church S. S. - Stryker, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00 Grace Baptist Church-Cedarville, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 Bible Mission Baptist Church-Reynoldsville, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 Bethlehem Baptist Church-Cleveland, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 Struthers Baptist Tabernacle-Struthers, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 Calvary Baptist Church-Salem, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00 North Royalton Baptist Church- orth Royalton, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .00 First Baptist Church-Bowling Green, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00 - Clintonville Baptist Church-Columbus, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.50 Sharon Baptist Church S. S.- Sharon, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 orton Center Baptist Church-Barberton, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00 Brookside Baptist Church-Cleveland, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 First Baptist Church of Brunswick- Brunswick, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00 Huntsburg Baptist Church M.F.-Huntsburg, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.08 Cedar Hill Baptist Church-Cleveland, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 Trinity Baptist Church M.F.- Lorain, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 Calvary Baptist Church- onvalk, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 Berea Baptist Church-Berea, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 Grace Baptist Church-Rocky River, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 First Baptist Church-Galion, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00