The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1961

March, 1961 STEPPI G OUT BY FAITH (Continued from page 9) school! God is never so precious as when we step out on nothing and find that " underneath are the everlasting arms." Since very few if any convention pastors will read rhjs, perhaps it wouJd be more practical to urge our own men to trust God when the going gets tough. I smile when I read of the joy I had in preaching in fundamental churches. They do love the Word and pray more, but somehow they do not always love the man who does their Sunday by Sunday preaching ! Adamic flesh is the same everywhere, and it gets very provoked when it is rebuked and re– strained. I now know how a Bible preach– er can suffer trouble in our churches too - sometimes beyond endurance! I have often marvelled at the patience o f that convention church in Iowa to put up with me for a whole year, when some fundamental churches would like to run their pastor out of tovtn in a month or two. Since associations of independent churches cannot have any placement system for pastors, it usually takes a year or two for a man co find another church that will call him. Why can 't our churches be patient if their pastor is not guilty of here– sy or sin? Of course, preachers sometimes needlessly offend their members; but why not fo: give them as we do ocher members of the church ? We don't expect deacons to move away, who could find a secular job easier than the pastor a church. We make up with them instead, or at least tolerate their imperfections. Why do fund– amental churches persecu.te their pastors so? Jesus said there must needs be offenses, and whether it be denominational conven– tions or social conventions, it does seem pastors from time to time have to com– promjse or step out by faith . le is wonder– ful to know that when we do step out by faith , the God who keeps his prom– ises begins to work. H e may not work before we step out, but he will then . ---------- PRES. KE EDY'S CABI ET Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General -Catholic Dean Rusk, Secre tary of State-Pres– byte rian Robert S. Mc amara, Secre tary of Defens - Presbyteria11 C . Douglas Di1lo11 , ecretary of Treas– ury-Episcopal J. Ed,va1 d Day, Poshnas t r G neraJ - M >t}1odisl Luth r IIo<lg s, Seer tftry of .. 0 1n- 111 -> re · \1 ~tJ1odist 01 \ 1 i1J e Ji'r .. ~1na11 , S >er "l ,11 y <>f Agri– t·11 ltt1r >- I-'t1 tJ1.. r ~111 St ->\\rarcl I "'· clft11 S<.>cr .. t , tl')' of 111 - t ri<)r- 1cJ1111 cJ11 A11) )rt J. _.,o lclI) ,. rg, S ·r > tar} ol [-',t l>c>r - 1{ ~J <,11r1 cl J t1clais111 A l)raJ 1a111 Jlc alt l1, Jl,)for111 , l~ilJi '()ff ) L ll •r l tl1'}' <>f Eel ti ·at ic,11 a, 1<.l \\7 ]fare - cl J t1<.l, i:-; 111. THE OHIO INDEPE_N_D_ EN_"f_ B_APTI _ _:S_:T______________:P:.:a~g~e~F~i::ftee~n JANUARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOME AND CAMP, Inc Camp Treasurer: Lela1 d Howard, RFD, Oak Point Rd. , Amherst Home Treasurer: Elton C. Hukill, 2029 E. 30th St. , Lorain GIFTS TO CAMP PATMOS N01-th Royalton Baptist Sunday School ......... . ........ .. .. . . ... $ Calvary Baptist , Salem, Ohio ........... .. .... .. .... ...... ..... . In1manuel Baptist, Arcanu1n , Ohio ... . .. . . . ....... . ...... . . .... . Sl1aron Baptist Sunday School, Sharon, Pa.. . ... .. ................ . Penfield Jct. , Baptist , Lorain , Ohio ..................... ....... . Northfield Baptist ........ .. .... . ..... . ................... . .. . Bethlehem Baptist , Cleveland, Ohio ...... . .. ... ...... . ... ... . . . . Calvary Baptist, Bellefontaine, Ohio .. . .. . . ...... . . . .. . .. .. .. . . . . Blessed Hop e Baptist , Spring£ield, Ohio ....... ... . . .... ... . . .. . . . Trinity Baptist , Lorain, Ohio ... .. .... .... . ....... . . ... . .. . . . . . . Cedar Hill Baptist, Clevela11d Ohio . . .... . . .... ............. .. . First Baptist , McDonald, Ohio . ............ .. . ... . .... . .. . ... . . Calvary Baptist, Canton , Ohio .. . ... .. . ........ . ........ . . ..... . Berea Baptist , Berea, Ohio ..... ... . .. .. . . .. ..... . .. .. .... .. .. . First Baptist , Gallipolis, Ol1io ..... . . ........... ... ........... . . • 10.00 3.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 15.00 10.00 5 .00 10.00 10.00 5 .00 10.00 15.00 ----- T otal received ...... ... ....... . .. . . ..... . ... .. . . . . ...... $133.00 GIFTS TO HOME Memorial Baptist Church , Columbus ... .. ... .... . . .. .. . .. . . . ... . $ 25.00 Brown St. Baptist Church , Akron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.00 Cedar Hill Baptist Church , Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00 ew Ha1mony Baptist Church , South Olive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00 Trinity Baptist Church , Lorain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.50 Berean Women's Missionary F ellowship, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00 Calvary Baptist Church , Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 orth Olmsted Baptist Cht1rch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.23 ----- Total received in J a11uf11y .... ....... .. .. .. . ... . .. . ....... . $233.73 Very good. \ Ve'll have ,l Home yet if this keep up a11d i11crea es! ---------- In Movies and Filmstrip • The opportunity- and affect of the Gospel– on the explosive African continent- these you will f ind captured in vivid color 1n ..• ''THAT THESE MAY KNOW'' - thrilling close-up of PTL Nigerian cam· pa ign and testimonies of Afri can leaders. 16mm sound color film, 15 minutes. 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