The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1961

OUR FELLOWSHIP 1 \ t \ t l~ l! 1'11 ~ 1 . .\ 1' R ) I ., t< 1 , n1. J. \ l \l ,n1 t"ubl1~he~ 1"he Re;·,;, 1l 11 .., tl l.., re. \,r l'·lF,t n1ontl1l) l1e c.i l • ft t t l rinring llt l1clt.l l rcv1v.1l n1t • 11 g ''''-" hr,,tn1.t tor P.,~ror B. F. te .1t tl1c l~und ,n1ent:tl l~.tl'ttst l1urch of 1·tlln1.1 lge 1ntl rei'~)rc.; ch.. 1t ouls ,,·ere · ,, l", }-{ , ,, c.)r l. .1t I n1n1.1 nt1el ,, 111 t..ike tlll c ,t h, . t1n1(\ .,n"l \ et he , till open tc. l"\1\,l n1eet1ng· ,,l1ere\er the Lord ' c. r 'l \ \.ic. r 1=-1 R .. ,. B,~PTI "'T. TILE "' L.1st , e.1r t\, <) ,, hole tan11lie . one mar– r it.-...d '-()uple.•,nd ti, e ind1v1c.iuals read the ,,•h ,le Bible through. Thi may no t ound like n1an,. but ,,·e doubt that many '-hurche~ ha, e chat n1any. This year Pastor T. Fred Hu se} urges more to do so. BEREA 1 BAPTI T, YOU G TOW Pastor Robert Hill and his people were ho ts to the Bethany Baptise Association Dec. l Qch. The speaker ,vas ceven icole, an Afr1can born missionary to his own people. FIR T CHRI TIA BAPTI T, CO HOCTO The acchnight service was made en- Joyable by a "This Is Your Life'~ review by slides of all the important events at the church 1n 1960. unday night, Jan. 1, five young college students spoke on "The Christian's Challenge for 196 1... One chal– lenge the church is trying to reach chis year is co memorize a Bible verse each week. Jan. ch Alan Metcalf of the H e– b re~· Christian ociecy 1n Cleveland spoke on "T o the Jew First. 0 The February mis– sion speaker will be Rodney Knicely of Mexico. Pastor Harry Cole has sent us che 1960 Annual Report and we note a growth in membership from 92 to 104, and an in– crease in missionary giving of over 700, to a total of 3,189. b-fIDVIEW BAPTIST, GRAFTON Pastor Frank Odor writes: "The church has been abundantly blessed. Our attend– ance has continued to increase. There were 25~ in .. last week ( Dec. 15 ). Last Sun– day night we had 11 for baptism and sev– eral adults have asked for church member– ship . . . Ir will be six years ago in February since we came coNorth Eaton and scarred a Sunday school. We truly thank God for allowing us to be in this place of blessing.' ' TEMPLE BAPTIST, PORTSMOUTH Pastor Hall Daurel reports a wonderful response in December to the meeting of the m1ss1onary budget for the year. It was short by 2,030 Dec. firsc. At the close of che year gifrs had brought 1t S180 over re~uiremenrs. This year the to tal budget \\'tll be $62,610, of which 17 ,262 will go for m1ss1ons. Thomas Bunyan, minister of Youth and Music, reports an average unday evening youth attendance of 56, and this year's goal is -.5. Ir may still be of interest to report that the annual Christmas program, "God's Gift to Us;· \\~as both ,vr1tten and directed by the pastor's wife, ~frs. Hall Daucel. FAITH BAPTIST, GREENVILLE Pastor Harold Green had a very busy '1-'eek Jan. 8-15. Monday he brought d~ vouons at rhe Minister's Fellowship of the Cenual Bethel Association at Xenia. H e then tlttenc.1c<.l a twc, day P.1stor's .Jinic t)f tht l nd 1.1n.1 R c,gu l.ir B,\l)t tst A'>Soc 1atjon .lt Bccth 1r(>ve. Indiana Tl1ur\day he s1-...oke ,lt the ch.tpcl crv1cc at .. cdarv1llc ~ollegc The editor '\V,1s 1>rescnr ,lt the ~cn1.1 f ello\, hip 1ncet1ng and learnecl chat Bro. ,rcen i cl1e on of Rev. Jol1n Green, '" ho once '\Vas t)astor at W ell1ngton ome of our older OIB readers n1ay be 1nceresced in kno,,ing this, a ,,e ,vere. BIBLE BAPTI T, BEDFORD In expression of love and grati tude for the1 r pastor, the members of the Bible Baptist Church and t• nday chool pre– sented Dr. Edward Mo rrell, Jr., and family with a tremendous ingathering of food– stuffs and with a fine cash gift. Dr. Mor– rell began his fifth year of miniscry in Bedford, Nov. 6 th . Each department of the unday school presented Dr. and Mrs. Morrell with their contribut ion duri ng de– partmentaJ openi ng exercises. T o further commemorate the occasion, a party was held in Leech H all following the eve– ning service, with a large beautifully de– corated cake and beverage served. Below pictures the generous food shower given. WHEELERSBURG MISSIONARY BAPTIST As we write this, Evangelist D on Wint– ers is in his second week of revival meet– ings at Wheelersburg. We trust that God blesses there as H e does in mos t places where Bro. Winters goes. CALVARY BAPTIST, ASHLAND Pastor Fred Alexander got out a most beautiful 12 page booklet, The Plain Truth, on his offset machine in two colors, and with beautiful piccures. H e is hoping to be able to put out several issues a year and enough so o ne can be left at every one of the 6,000 homes in the city. We notice one of che con tributors is Pastor Louis Tulga of Wellington. It seems to us some of our churches ought to get in couch with Pastor Alex– a nder and see how much it would cos t to have him print enough to cover their town coo, or district. H e has had co borrow money to buy his equipment, and such co– operation mig ht be a help ro him as well as a service to themselves. ROCH ESTER BAPTIST A New Life Campaign was held Jan. 8 - 15 u nder the leadership of Ev. Kenneth D odson of Winona Lake, Ind. Brother - - - D otlson l1cl icves lmth in hr, stia n life and in an of it 1n seek ing to wan a deci), 1,ers<)nal • • act1vc ex 1)rcs~1on others t o hrist. REV. GUY R ·AD WRITES Rev and Mrs. Read have had quite a time si nce leaving Piqua. They went to Florida, but the dampness brought on a bad attack of arthritis for Mrs Read. They returned to Elyria and then went to Fort Wayne, Indiana, co see if they might find a place to work 1n a rescue mission, wh1ch has always been Bro. Read's great interest. They lost their way to the mission they thought of and ran right into the one where the Lord had an opening for thein -the D owntown Mission, 6 1 3 S. Harrison t., Fort W ayne. They are very happy there, and all the more because there are several Regular Baptise churches where they can worship Sunday mornings. AMBROSE BAPTIST, FAYETIE The Pastor's Fellowship of the North Bethel Association met J an. 9th at the home of Pastor John Teeter. Seven pastors were present. The main topic of discussion was the Men's Fellowship Meeting at Camp Patmos that is being planned for Sept. 4-6. Pastor Ral p h Kemmerer of First Baptist, Findlay, was chosen as chairman of the p la nning committee. LEONARD SWANSON WRITES This former pastor a t Ambrose has good news for his Ohio friends. After laboring for nearly a year to strengthen a little church in a south Chicago suburb, he has seen it grow and buy a smal l building of its own in the subu r b of Riverdale. D edication services were held J an. 8, with Editor Merle Jfull of the Baptist Bu lletin as the speaker. The name has been changed to Central Bap– ti st Church of Riverdale. STRUTHERS BAPTIST TABERNACLE 1960 was another great missionary year a t Struthers. They have supported 21 m is– sio naries and the Friend.; of Israel broad– cas t. Sixteen of the missionaries belong to Struthers. The to tal missionary giving for both the T abernacle and the branch church, Berean Bapt ist, was $62,155. Before 1961 is over they hope to bring their total m is- - sionary giving since beginning in 1930 to half a million dollars. Hebrew Christian Society (An Independent Baptis t Mission) 2524 Euclid Heights Boulevard Cleveland 6, Ohio • • • • PRESENTING CHRIST Throu~h Means of: Literature Distribution House-to-House Visitation Youth Classes Junior Vespers ~dult Forums Camp Nathanael- Huntsburg, Ohio • • • • PRESENTING THE JEWISH NE:E:I> To Christians by Means of: "HEBREW CHRISTIAN VIEWS AND NEWS" Station WCRF-FM, Cleveland Station WDLM, E. Moline, Ill Publication: STAR OF DAVID REV. ALAN C. METCALF, Director Mr. John G. Bennett, President