The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1961

March , 1961 - w AT Missions; and Mrs. Mildred Leech , one of their own members, who i s serving u nder the Hebrew Christia n ociety in Cleveland. FO TORIA BAPTI T Pasto r M ax E. Tucker is preaching on Genesis mornings, a nd u s: ng a l arge d is– pensational chart on Wednesday nig h ts. R eal interes t is shown in a ll these services. Evangel is t J ohn Carrara will hold reviva l services Ma r . 29-Apr. 9 . FIR T BAPTI T , FENCER A week: o f prayer was he ld J a n . 16-22 . P asto r Adam Gal t spoke each nig ht except W edn esday, the regula r prayer m eet ing, and Thursday, when the Ladies' M iss;on Circle was in cha rge. Sunday Supt. G erald m elser o f the Clevel and H ebrew Mission was the speaker . W ed nesday Pastor G a lt sp oke a t the chapel service a t Cedarville College. WHEELERSBURG BAPTIST ..W e are we ll into the third year o f the minist r y of Pastor M artin E. H olmes. On J an . 22 we closed a two week m eeting with Evangelist D on Winters. The Lo rd blessed with 3 souls saved, 7 re-dedications, and 4 uniting by l etter . uThe youth work is progressing under the leadership of Mrs. Ca rro ll Chaffin fo r the Junior s, a nd of Mr. and Mrs. R ichard Ishmael for the Senio r s. " A few m onths ago the Ladies organized a m issionary sewing circle. Five quil ts have been sent out, 7 5 rolls o f bandage, 20 hospital gowns, baby clo thes and over 300 lbs. o f new and used clo thing to mis,– sionaries and hospitals." Mrs. Goldee Davis, clerk. CALVARY BAPTIST, FIN DLAY Dr. R . T . Ketcham held a four day Bi bl e conference a t Calvary J an. 22-26. D elegations came from many of th e area chu r ches and a time of real spiritual b less– ing was exper ienced. SCHEDULE OF EV. CHELSEA STOCKWELL J an . 8-22. Fu ndam ental Baptist Church , Belmond, Ia. J an. 23-Feb. 5 : Calvary Baptist C hu r ch , Greene, Ia. Feb 6· 19 Calvary Bapt ist Chu r ch , Forest City, Ia. I;eb 20-Mar. 5: Regular Bapt1st Church , Algona, Ia Mar. J 9-Apr. 2. F1rst Ba1Jt1sr Church , Worthington, Pa. All these: are GARBC churches H1s address is Rt. 3, Box 3 13-A, Beckley, W Va. We ca n 1 ecommend Bro Stockwell l1igl1ly. GR.Al IAM I{OAD BAPTIS'l ', UYA l-!OGA FALL od is 1 icl1l y blessing the n1inistry of J)ascor B. . Jenni11gs. 'f'he l)ece111l)er c,Beacon" reported 16 baptisn1s anJ 7 re– ceived l>y lerter, a11d t11e reJ)Ort fo1 Janu– a1y \Vas 17 by baptjsn1 and 4 l>y letter. 1"he a erage S. . attendance fc>r Jar1uary v:as 249. A l>uil<ling co1n1nitcee has beer1 ap1,oin1ed to dra\\' u1, J>lans for a ne,v churcJ1. Mar t\ 5th \\ 111 l>e l•ai ch Vencure unda}', \\ 1 itl1 2,5(JU as tl1e goal for rhe building fund . ' f.he a1>1>r,1xir11ate cc,st of a T H E OHIO IN D EPENDENT BAPTIST P age Thirteen ·~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ R H R HE new church wi ll be $ 125 ,000. Rev C. J . Ba tes has been chosen as Visita tio n Pas tor to ass~st Brother J ennings. H e is a long time m ember o f the church. FIR T BAPTI T , GALLIPOLI Pasto r H owa rd G. You ng reports fi ve taken into the m ember ship Feb. 5th. The big news is the com i ng o f R ev. Paul D . Friederi ch sen for a missio nary conference Feb. 15- 19 . Those who have heard him know wha t a thrilling presentation he makes o f ABWE work in the Philipp ines, ;1here he was interned by the J apanese, 42-'45. H e uses a Vu-Graph to present mi ssions a nd salva tio1 . CEDAR HILL BAPTI T , CLEVELAND A reception was held Feb. 1 for the 92 m ember s who had u n ite.:l with the chu rch d uri ng 1960. Fou r special mus ical num– ber s were g iven , and a m essage by Pastor J ohn Ba lyo. A good report comes from thei r mission a t Streetsboro, wh ere Rev. J esse H owell is p asto r . The Sunday school has averaged 40, the mo rning service 48, even ing 29, and prayer m eeting 17. FIRST BAPTIST , G ALION Pas to r W i l fred Booth wri tes as fol lows: "A m iss iona ry conference has just been conclu ded at which the blessing of the Lord was in evidence. There were a goodly number who cam e forward at the closing ded ication servi ce. Rev. William Fusco of I taly direct ed the co·nfe rence a nd spoke on two occassions as well as having the oppor tunity to speak ro the YFC g roup of the h ig h school . H is ministry with magic was o f g rea t interes t to the adults as wel l as the ch ildren . "Rev. and Mrs. David G a rdner , Philip– pines: R ev. and Mrs. Ernest Ronk, Be lg ium Congo: Miss Bet h Odor , Niger Republic: and Rev. Allan Lewi s, President of Baptist Mid -Missio ns were also used to bring a b lessing to us. "A baptismal service was conducted on the 22 nd. W e wi ll recognize 32 students who have completed a twelve week p edagogy class using the Moody Bi b le In- ARE D ING ~ti tu te, E. T.'f .A. m a te ria l. Th is class was taught by the pas tor a nd h as p roven a real benefit to our teacher s and others." DANA HACKER ORDAINED J a n. 16th a n ord ina tion council me t a t the Fi rs t Baptist Church of Monterey Par k, Calif., and approved of the ordination of Da na H acke r , upe r intendent of the Em– manuel Bapt ise Mission of Los Angeles. At the time he fel t the cal l to go into rescue mission wo r k in 1955, he was a mem ber of the Brookside Baptis t Church o f Cleveland. H is tra ining was received at the Bapt ist Bible Institute of Cleveland. The o rdi na t ion service was he ld J an. 17 th ., with his pastor, Rev. Mi chael Billester, givi ng the ordi na tion p rayer. H is many good fr iends in O hio will rejoice in th is recognition of th e good work he 1s doing in Los Angeles. GRACE BAPTI T , YOUNG TOW Pas tor H . W . Carpenter wr ites tha t with $5, 100 in their buildi ng fund ch e church is hopi ng to bui ld th is spring or summer, a nd asks for prayer that they may be able to borrow enough from a n insurance com– pany to m ak e it possib le. FIR T BAPTI T , NEW LON D O The Lord conti nues to b less the ministry of Pas tor G eorge Cosby, wi th J un ior Church child ren being saved a nd a college g irl broug ht in to full assura nce. A . Pau l Tidball , Cleveland H ebrew M ission wo rker , was thei r mission sp earker for J a nuary, and D r. Robert Ryerse of Bapt is t M id– Missions in February. Evangelistic services are pla nned fo r Apr. 9- 16 , with Rev. Lynn Rogers o f N orthfield as the speaker and Prof. G eorge Zinn as the singer . AVON BAPTI T P as tor H om er E. Graven repon s four pro fessions of faith Feb. 12 th. Five other completed m ember ship classes and were baptized Feb . 26th . Ma rch 12th Pas tor Graven will beg in his ninerh year . 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