The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1961

• JOH1 TEETER ORDAI ED On Friday, December 9, 1960, a Cou11cil of Ordi11atio11 met at the Am– brose Baptist Chw·ch, F ayette, Ohio, for the purpo e of examini11g Mr. John Teeters relati, 1 e to his co1 version, call and doctrinal p osition i11 order that it might have evidence upon ,,,hich to heartily recommend him to his church for ordination. The call , vas sent out by the Am– brose Baptist Church of which Mr. Teeters is cmrently the pastor . There were twenty delegates r epresenting ten churches in the council. Pastor \\ 7 arren Jacobs of Wauseon was elected Moder ator. He did a fine job of leading the questioning of the candidate . At the close of the questioning period , the Council went into de– liberative session, from whence it de– clared itself satisfied ~vith the can– didate's statement and recommended to the church that it ordain him to the gospel ministry. The Council also commended the candidate for his good preparation for and fine at– titude during the questioning session. The ladies of the Ambrose church served all who wished to stay a tasty and filling dinner in the chw·ch din– ing room. The service of ordination began that evening at 7 :30 P .M. Pastor Clarence Townsend of Bowling Green led the song s.ervice. The charge to the candidate was given by Rev. Edward Schlegel, the charge to the church b y Pastor John Reecl , and the ordination message by Rev. Ralph ordlund. Tl1e Rev. M . W . Dressel of Findlay offered the ordina– tion Prayer. The whole day was one of rich blessing as tl1e presence of the living Cod war.med and moved our l1earts. \ Ve b·ust that the now Rev. John Teeters will be the continued bless– ing and able leader he has proven himse] f to be, as pastor of the Am– lJrose Baptist Church. - Ralpl1 C. Kemmerer, Clerk of the Cou11cil ----------- WHAT THI 1.. YE OF CI-IRIST? Yc)uth : Too l1appy to thi11k- time er1ougl1 ! Ma11l1ood '. 'f'cJo busy to tl1i11k- 1nore 1no11 y first f Matu11ty: 'l'oo a11xious tc) thir1l<– Worry Ov r \VCJ1k! D cli11i11g y ,Lrs: Too ,1gecl lo tl1i11k - fix d }1,1l)itsf I~t )r11ity: 1 1 0 1 >ver to tl1i11k- i11 a l,Lke c)f fir > I ! I As cler1tl1 ,tp1J1 Oi1cl1 >s: ·1~c,o i] I to tl1i11k - \\' )rtk, u11<l r 01Ji,tt Js l 1 >atl1: 'foo lat - to tl1i11k- tl1e spirit }1, s flo,,,11! THE DIRECTORY OHIO ASSOCIATIO OF REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCHES Church 1. Akron Brown Street Baptist 2. Akron Emmanuel Baptis t 3 . Amherst Faith Baptist 4. Arcanum Immanuel Baptist 5. Ashland Calvary Baptist 6 . Athens South Canaan Baptist 7. Avon Avon Baptist 8 . Barberton Norton Center Baptist 9. Bedford Bible Baptist 10. Belle Center New Richland Baptist 11. Bellefontaine First Regular Baptist 12. Belle,fontaine Calvary Baptist 13. Berea Berea Baptist 14. Berlin Heights Berlin Heights Baptis t 15. Blanchester First Baptist 16. Bowling Green First Baptist 17. Brunswick Be.e·betown Baptist 18. Brunswick First Baptist 19. Bucyrus Calvary Baptist 20. Byesville Calvary Baptist 21. Cambridcre Second Baptist 22. Canton Whipple Avenue Baptist 23. Carpenter Carpenter Baptist 24. Cedarville Grace Baptist 25. Charleston, W. Va. Randolph St. Baptist 26. Clendenin, W. Va. alvary Baptist 27. Cleveland Betl1lehem Baptist 4164 E. 123 St. 28 Cleveland Brooksid Baptist 3420 1-lenninger Rd . 29. Cleveland alvary Baptist 3550 25 th St . Pastor Dean Henry Wm. J . Absalom Leland G. Howard Pastors Address 2743 Bender Avenue Akron Ohio ·113 Margaret St Akron, Ohio Rt. 1, Oak Pt. Rd. Amherst, Ohio I Dale 1-• ... ...,,.., ¥ ... T ., ,~ ,.. · ~ nt 2 1.. .. I ' ·, .. J .. , I • • ~ ii. _...-._ Fisher Arcanum, Ohio Fred A. Alexander Theo. W. Ertle Home·r E . Graven Jack Downs 15 E . Washington St. Ashland, Ohio Rt. 4 Athens, Ohio Box 205 Avon, Ohio 4239 Cleveland-Mass. Barberton, Ohio 83 Woodrow Ave. Edward Morre ll, Jr. Bedford, Ohio Rt. 2 Robert L. Humphreys Belle Ce·nter, Ohio 405 E . Columbus St. Gerald Barlow Bellefontaine, Ohio 101 W. High St. James E. Rosner Bellefontaine, Ohio 11 Adams St. Earl V. Willetts Berea, Ohio 62 South St. C. Thomas Buell Berlin Heights, Ohio 306 W. Center St. David G. Canine Blanchester, Ohio 111 E. Oak St. Clarence Townsend Bowling Green, Ohio 146 Marks Rd . Robert B. Lapp Brunswick, Ohio Box 327 f""'ouis Hunter Brunswick, Ohio 1616 Marion Rd. J . Howard Jones Bucyrus, Ohio 218 N . Third St . Harold House, Sr. B)·esvi1le , Ohio 424 . Third t. l\Iarshall Harper Cambridge, Ohio 4420 Second St. N.W. Edward Helmick Ca1 ton, Ohio Rutland, Ohio R. A. Biddle Cedarville. Ohio A. Donald Moffat 2f' 25 Lar,vood Dr. Robert E. McNeil! harl s ton, W. a . Box 96 Edward L. Gre n,vood lend c r1i11, W. a . 11011 Mil ve . Roy J . lark lev land, Ohio 1203 Brookvi \V BI,,d Geo1·g W O'I efe 'l v la11d 34, Ol1io Georg R Gibson 2601 Librarv , ,e . levela11d 9, Ohio • Rd .