The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1961

February 1961 • - - T FIR T BAPTI T , GALLIPOLIS A week of prayer was observed J an. 13- 19 i n accordance with the pla n p rop osed in the Bapti st Bulletin by Dr . Ro bert P ow– ell of T acom a, Wash . It began wi th an of– fi cial Family evening of p rayer , then Youth Night, special praying in all classes on un day, a day of individu a l fas ting and p rayer for Monday, cottage prayer m eet– ings T uesday, r egular prayer m eeting ing Wed eosday, and Family Night a t the ch urch fo r Thursday, J a n. 19 th . VOICE OF CHRISTIAN YOUTH J a n. 2 1st the young people of the Cleveland area h eard Pro f. G eor ge Zinn g ive a 45 minute sermon in song a t the Cedar Hill Baptist Church . In the op en– ing part Pastor Lynn Rogers of N orthfi eld Baptist jo ined with Prof . Zinn in several duets. The organist was Mrs. Wm. J o hn– son, the pianist Fa ith J ones, an d the siogspira tor was Warren Mack , minister of music and youth at the Cedar Hill church . BEREA BAPTIST The Cleveland Chapter of the American Council of Christian Churches m et at Berea Baptist Church M o nday m orning, J an. 16 th. The speakers were Pasto r Her– bert Webber of Grace Baptist, R ocky River, and Pastor W oodrow M cCaleb of First Baptist, Elyria. A film was a lso shown by Pastor Franklin Faucette of the Bible Presbyterian Church of N o rth Olm– stead- "The Chain of Life." The Berea Bapti st Church is starting a drive to pay off the debt o n the present build ing so a new addition can be erected soon. The Sunday school has g rown much in 1960 and hopes are brig ht for 1961. A second class in teacher training has received their cercificaces and a third class was started µ oder the d irection of P asto r Earl Willetts. The W omen ' s M issionary Union sent 72 gi ft packages and g ifts of m oney t o the Ch ildren 's H ome in Indiana for Christmas. They also made 10 uniforms for the Baptis t M id-Mission s school at Banga Ssou, Africa. H UNT SBU RG BAPTIST Evangelis t K enneth D odson h eld a New Life Campaign a t the H untsburg Bap– tis t Church , B . H. Garl ich, pastor , J an . 22-29. We a re always g lad to hear of Brother D odson's coming into our state, for we know he leads our ch urches closer to New Testament ChrJstian ity. EMMANUEL BAPTIST, TOLEDO After much prel1m1nary work by tl1e men of rhe congregation, the contractor is now a t work on the new bui lding on Laskey Road. I t is located on a beau– tiful wooded site of five acres. I t w ill be a ground level, L-shaped building with a large auditorium and wi th class rooms in che rear part of t l1e 1. W l1en com– pleted it wi11 be worth nearl y 350,()()0. ~fhey are selli11g 100,()00 worth of bonds at 5 '7,: to l1elp finance 1t, and any one who wishes co invest wi th them can write lo Pastor L. eorge H unt at Grand and Waice Avenues in care of the church. W I-IIPPL 1 AV ;NUE BAI~1·1 T, AN'1 0N 1 l it pastor's wife, Mrs. Edward 1Ielmick, \\'ritt~ t l1at tl1e church was 1 at l1er J:>er- THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST P'-8e Tbineea -------------------------------------------------------=-.~:._.:..::::.:.:.:::. HE turbed over an editorial addi tion m ade to their report of the g ift of a Claud Foster organ . W e beg thei r forgiveness fo r add ing to their request fo r p rayer for his physical cond ition o ur own request t, that h e may a lso come to u nderstand tha t salvation is by grace an d not by good wo rks." They knew n o thing abou t any such need . W e should have clearly in– d icated tha t the last half of the request for prayer was from the editor. H owever , m os t of those who received organs wh e11 he was well en oug h to call them in for a visit will fully sympathize w ith the ed itor 's concern for this good m an. I f the prayer has already been answered, we know Mr. Foster will r e joice in our con– cern. Since he will very l ikely never read of it, we can indeed continue to pray tha t h e and we wi ll all at las t m eet a rou nd the throne a nd sing, ..Saved by grace." W e know the good folks a t Canton fully believe tha t and will understand what prompted our editorial addi tion . • • LOR E THOMPSO CALLED TO LORAI Rev. Lorne Thompson h as ac– cepted a call to beco1ne the p as tor of the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church (formerly Eas t Side) of Lorain. According to Harold C. West, the chair1na11 of the board of deacons, he will begin his work Janua1y 29th. Text mo11th we hope to have his picture and information about him– self and family. In the meantime vve will say that h e comes from St. Joh11s, Michigan , where he has been the pastor of the First Bap– tist Cht1rch. We wish him and his family well and are sure he will like Ohio. The ne,v church building at Lorain ,vas t1sed for the first time for the Wat chnigl1t ervice. With a ne,v cht1rch a11d a ne\v pastor this congregation certainly vvi ll be 111ovi11 g al1ead . ·---------------· OPEN D OOR BAPTI T, PENCERV ILLE T he edi tor will be assisting Pas to r D . W. Pel(ier in an eight day revival Feb. 5-12. P ray wj th us that many sou ls may be saved. BETHLEH EM BAPTI T, LEVELAND Las t Decem ber the church voted to buy a s1x acre trace on Emery Road. T l11s w1l l make a splend id bu ilding site with ample room for par k ing anc.i expansion, tl1e la(k of which has kept the c. l1urch [ rom growing as 1t sl1ould the Jj;1st f~w years. Pa~ tor Roy lark is Jo1ng a great work there and r1ow greater tl1ing~ v.•111 come 1--eb. 28th wdJ be C..a1)ac1t}' D,1y fo1 the ~unday sc l1ool, and tile next day through Mar . 3 rd the 1 1 ifch Annual .Nl h.1 - W in ter tl1ble Conference will be l1eld wit l1 O r I-l<>war<l Keithley, state 111is– sionary for M1c l1igan, as che speaker. ARE DOING MEMORIAL BAPTIST , COLUMBUS R ecently our church had the pleasure o f having m issionary J im W ooster and h is whole famil y with us. W e especially enjoyed the specia l n umbers rendered in song by Rev. W ooster a nd h is wife a nd daughter Vicky. W e had a very imp ressive Chris tmas p rogram in our church, D ecember 18. The program , entitled ..The Characters of Christmas Meet Christ ," was arra nged by Rev. and Mrs. Billington . W ednesday night, D ecember 28, the church enjoyed h avi ng our own missionary Bill Comp ton and his family i n the prayer m eeting. After the meeting we went to the ch urch basement and gave Rev. Comp ton a shower of mon ey and ar ticles of clothing for the family a nd coys for the child ren . With the usher ing in of 1961 came the necessity of longer hou rs of work for the pastor and the church as the new p lans for the Sunday School are put into effea. New Classes have been fo rmed to take care of the increase in a ttendance. J u nior and beginners church is conducted each Sunday in the basement under the leader– ship of M rs. Billing ton . A jun ior high young p eople's group has been formed and also a young people's choir which occupies the cho ir loft in the Sunday evening service. FIRST BAPTI T, VAN WERT P astor J ack Riggs writes tha t ABWE missionary David G a rd ner spoke in their ch t1 rch Jan. 15th. Bes ides showing p ic– tures, he had a model of the tent he w ill use in the Phi lipp ines. H e goes on to add, ..W e certa inly en joy the OIB and have received some good comments about i t from the folks here." CALVARY BAPTI T, ALEM Pasto r C. Leslie W ells writes that they had a wonder fu l blessing J an . 12-14, when Dr. Pae l J ackson, Natio na l Represen ta– t ive of the GARBC, led them in a Bible con ference. The fi r st nig ht there were 35 present, 75 the next, and so many aturday evening (Be thany Y ou th Ral l)r) tha t the crowd overflowed into t he hall , stairway, and adjoini ng class rooms. The Betha ny Associat ion also mer the re, ,vith W illiam I rwin of t he local church a the speaker. The regular work is going good too, wi th a banner attendance of 50 on Jan . 8 th. H ARO BAPTI T 1960 ha been a wonderful year of growth under the leader hip of Pastor T homas Wright. 1xty-seven have fol– Jo\ved the Lord in bapt1 n1, and the un– day sc hool has gro,vn so n1uch th~1c three new classes have had to be tarted . An other sign of enrhu 1asn1 is seen 1n tl1ac tl1e l\ len' las 1s erecting signs ,1J, ert1~ 1ng rhe haron cl1urth on the V<lfl()Us roads lead 1ng into "' l1,1ro11, Pe11na. l·O T RI A BAP1'1"' 1· January 1 Rtl1 the annual r11ct"c1ng ,, .1s l1eld, precedeti by a buskec ht1nquet cl1i1r ,vas enJc>yed by l 60 l)t<.)I)le. 11,e rtpt>rc &1r th<; business n1eec1ng he>,, ell gro,, cl1 ir1 all deparcn1ent~. ,, 1cl1 19 ,lJt11til>ns H) cl1c:: churll1 in 196(). Nc,c tC>unctJ ,,tre 9 caken in Jan. 8 cl1, li, e <.>t tl1e111 h}' b,tp- • t1s111.