The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1961

• , n i 1tr "<i 1 11 J · t t o t i.s pa.ae l Id l t t ' ('ll l 4 1t' ll\lt l \!. '11'!\\ 1 t'1 ,. l \l l S('I l ( ltlC.. ~ \ ...., 3 J\ (1ll t, lH\ ," l .• } t 1~l lt \ ,\]i t. ' ]' }tl' ' ()S l ( f t}\t\ l (l\ll' tl l,\l t 1lt' ' 111 .111 tl1' l<:' atl i11g l ' l lltS <>f l!.t1r< l l .111 l l .ilt,, t i11l' , 1.1 l,<) \ ,\l 1 t1tt·l1 .1irlit1<:·~ ,, ill l,l...11)111 <) 1111a ll· l, 1......()() . ,, . \ 11, ( .1 l \ \t 1~" ._" lt) \ l{IF., • l rge l~ .111 ,, . , t• t, 111g \111<.lt' r Ii l~li. 1 [ 11t .\r l f•t·llc, . rt' l1<)t ts 11i11t' S,\, t' d ,111cl ' f'' t 11 l ,111t 1 't'tl cl11r111 g l GO. l)r111g- 111g tl1f· 111t' t11l l 'r"l11~') t111 to 31. 11or l:111 l r,e t tr, tl1t cl1t1 rc'l1 1s l)ci11g pt1r– "-' l1,1 , c<.l t <) 111 .. 11'..t' r oo111 for e11large111 11t t>f tl1t l)tt1ld 111g. It ,1ls<) 11,1 · a hot1 c111 ,t tl1,1 t ,, ill , er, e ~1 · a par 011age. I)t."'Ct,11 111e t111g c"tre b i11g pla11n d f<lr ~I arcl1. ,, i tl1 Pa tor Rolft11d lobig of ,ortl1 ~I.1cl i 0 11, hio, rt the e a11- g 11.. t . .11, i11 Bt1r to11 of Far1ni11gto11 er - i11g t11 der Bapti t lid-~Ii ion , re– p ort ~1 prophetic Bible co11ference in T ,111t1~1r, , ,,·ith Re, ' . Ho,vard H ein of . . . ll)a11~·. Ol1io, tlS the peaker. H e ,11--o pra i e the Lord that , hen his ga regulator ,vent bad on Chri tma E \ ·e . ju t a t a time \,·hen their daugh– ter Jud)· had a fe, ·er of 103° nvo men ,,·ere \\·illing to dri,·e 25 mile and pu t a 1 e,\ 1 one in as a Christmas p re e1 t ! Judy did not uffer any harm and nO\\' all are ,veil again. The Amund ons at Coburn have had a difficult )'ear ( their 21st on thi need~,,r field ) but rejoice that the fai th ful n,'o-third have b ecome all the more faithful and are growi.I1g in grace. To ftrrther establish them a ne,,· plan of monthly Bible confer– ence i b eing tried. Their two churche ,,ill \\ 1 ork with two other Baptist ~tid- fission churches nearby and make it p ossible to get men to spend n,·o d a) 7 S in each one, or e ight dav a month. • GR~""XD RAPID BAPTIST EMI- X .:\RY h eld its econd Annual Bible Conference F eb. 20-24, \\ 1 ith Walter \\..ilson of Kansas City, Dr. Robert Ketcham of Chicago, and Dr. David .11._llen of H azel Park :\1ich. , as the principal p eakers. President ilbert ,,..elch and se\ ,.eral of the faculty mem– ber al o had a p art. It is hoped that thi confere11ce \\ 1 ill b ecome just as popular for Baptists as F ounder 's \ \ ..eek at ~1ood). \'\..hy 1 ot? JAj\fE PAULDI. 1 G and his fam- il).1 are mo,·ing to Rochester, ~finn. , to contmue their \,·ork for FBH~f there in a \,-ork sponsored by the First Baptist Church of Rochester. They ha, ,e \\ 1 orked hard a t .. T e,,.rark to get a \ \'Ork established there but felt after more than a ) ear that the pros– p ects \\·ere hopele s. Let us pray that e, ,en ) 1 e t a Regular Baptist \Vork ma\r be establi bed there. .. FLORE_~CE HOLTCK t ells of March, 1961 COMPETING WITH FELLOW-BAPTISTS l J,l"t <l\ r · 111l)(~r JJ;\~tc)r 1, . K. tn l- ~ .. , <lf ~lt<.l111a 11ncl ~<' (' 11 ~111cl l1 "'a.rcl <Jf :11><)11l ,1s 111t1cll <)1111)<"' tit1c)11 fro111 .."clt1tl1c' r11 B,11)t1,ts at 110111( .. ,11tcl al>t <>, cl tlS 11 ' C)\1 lcl st,111cl. ar1cl scl 11 .. \\ 1 ole ~ \ 1\ gr,1ciot1s lcttc1 of prote t to l)r. Rrt111 • ) ' Pc>llnrcl , 1Jrc siclcnt of th C)tttl1 r11 B,11)ti t ,011v· ntio11. Dr. Pollarcl r pli d i11 tl1e ,11nc graciott ' '',\)' ,i11cl t1gg tecl that }1e "\Vrit to I)r. Bak r Jaine auth n of th For ign ~l i io11 Board a11d Dr. ot1rt R dford of the Home Mi - ion Board. He did o i11 th follo\v– i11g , ord : "I took th Jib rty to write to Dr. Ram ey Pollard a letter recently. I am enclo iJ1g a copy of that letter to )rou. It will be self-explanatory. "Dr. Pollard was ery gracious in ans\vering me. He gave me your name as one to whom I ought to , vrite. I b ·t1 t the Lord ,vill use this contac t for His glory. I am not seek– ing a fight and I only want His "vil]. Perhaps you \.vill be sympathetic with the bw·den of my heart and may be able to do something about it." Dr. Redford replied for the Home Mission Board Dec. 12th. As of the 17th of January he gave us permis– sion to quote his December letter, and \Ve take it he is just as willing for u to quote from his latest. We quote briefly from each. "The Home Misssion Board has discouraged the location of Southern Baptist Churche in particular areas that are being served by any other young Matthieu, '\vho heard of Je– sus Christ for the first time when he began to attend a miss ion school at iamey . His uncle was a native teach er , but as a Moslem, never men– tioned the name of Jesus. In memo– rising Scripture Matthiet1 came to Isa. 53 and could hold back no longer . ot all respond so quickly, however . She tells of Hamadou, \\ 1 ho seemed to b e afraid of the p ersecution that ,vould descend upon him if he did accept the ' 'Jesus \Vay ," and who up t o now still holds back. BAPTIST SEMI ARY OF THE BIBLE continues to serve both as a training school for egro Christia11 workers and as a mission to send them out. In the family circle, of the school they only mention the fam– ily name of their missionaries-the miths \vho are laboring in Paterso11 , N . J., for only $93 a month and have to \\Tork for the rest in a secular way; the Hunts at Decatur, Ill. , who also have a financial struggle but manage \\rith the Lord's h elp; the \Viggins I~a pti 'it :11 tu c 11 ." " I r aliz tl1at \-\.'(., rnay n ->cl tc> ·0111' to a11 tt11<l rsta11cl11lg <lS to wl1 n ,1 c:crlcti11 area <>r fi ,]cl , is ,tel <jltat ~ly cl1t1rchecl . I a1n <ttiit ccrtai11 that ot1tl1 1 n Baptists wot1lcl xpect to l1a\ 1 e more cl1t1rcl1es i11 ,1 given ar >a tha11 ·om other cl 11ominations. . ." 1.. IIE PRO D CO S Like Brother me]ser , w have ad– mired ot1them Bapti t home mis- ion zeal. We agre with Dr. Red– ford that we need many small cht1rches more than a few large ones. We have aid more than once that Southern Baptists have helped us to \\ 1 ake up, and that we have neglect– ed our home field. Why sleep on soundly in our self-admiration over our fundamental preaching and for– eign mission work, if we are allow– ing America to go back to paganism? It may not be comfortable to be rude– ly awakened, but it is a good thing. evertheless we cannot condone Southern Baptist zeal for reaching a ma11-made goal of 30 000 new preach– ing stations in five years, if that leads them to start missions a block or less from our own evangelistic churches. In one place it was accompanied vvith boasts that they \vould soon take over the old GARB church. In another, the pastor has visited our members and prospects and told them that our pre– millennialism is modernism. In an– other, they came in and spoke for an empty church building in a small at Des Moines, Iowa, who went there \vith only $22 to their name, but who are raising tip a real testimony there; Fannie Lee \vho is gathering a group in Elyria; James Parker, who has formed Xenia Bible School and ,vill soo11 begin another work in nearby Dayton. They are hoping their vvhite brethren ,vill help them in these missionary endeavors. Gifts can b e sent to The Baptist Seminary of the Bible, 13407 Kinsman Rd. , Cleve– laJ1d 20, Ohio. ince our GARBC leaders are also pleading \vith us to help our colored brethren of like faith , this \vould seem t o b e a good place to b egin. 1ISSIO ARIE TO PRAY FOR: Euclid Avenue Baptist of Lorain has the follo,ving missionaries in their membership that we might make our objects of prayer in arch: Rev. and 1rs. Robert Evans, Philippines; Re,,. Milton Rust, India; Mrs. Jennie \Vhittemore, Rev. \\ 1 illard \Vhitte– more, and argaret \\ 1 ortman of Pakistan.