The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1961

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BAPTI T Tl1e Jo, h offeri11g for tl1e building ft111d for tl1 fir t qt1ttrter , plt1 month- 1, offe ri11g for the ft1nd brought in .2. .. soo in pite of 1nuch unemploy– n1e1 t . ~l arch 15tl1 a \ 'er)· intere ting illt1 tra ted lec ture on Rt1 sia was giv– e1 b\ E,·. Jan1e Lot1de11 , \\ 1 h o pent o, er· 5 111011th i11 Ru ia la t year i11 cloi11g p er onal e, ·ru1geli tic work. Be ide hi p er onal \\ ork. largely with h1de1 t . he \\"U able t o preach sev– eral ti111es in B,:1pti t churche . Previ– ou l\ l1e ha done a similar ,vork in Gre;ce, Bt1lgaria. ancl for eight year i11 J 1 ,rro- la,ia. ~l arch 29-1\ pril 9 Ev·.John Carrara \\ ill holcl e, ·a11geli tic 1neet ing . E L 1-RI:\ B.~PTI T , El:·ria Fir t Bnpti t attendance is gro,ving under the mi11istr)' of Pa tor \ Vood– ro,,· \\~. ~1cCaleb . The F ebrt1ary .S. atte11da1 ce averaged 6 4 . The cht1rch i econd i11 a conte t \\'ith Michigan c·l1urc·hes a t ~·1uskegon , Grand Rapids a11d Fremont. ~1arch 5th the a tte11dance reached 7.52 and the goal for the last undav i 850. " \\ 1 HEELER BlJRG 111 IO. ARY B. .i-\PTI T The \\.heelersburg chtrrch has fol– lo,\·ed the suggestion of D r. Jackson from the GARBC offi ce and taken an offeri1 g for ~ egro , vork. I t amount– ed to 36.:5.36. Pas tor 11artin Holmes continues to be used in special mee tings. March 4th he spoke to the young people of the ~1adiso11 Baptist Church . March 19-26 he ,,·ill be in an eight day re– \ 1\·al a t the Grace Baptist Church <l{ \\ 1llc>tt ~l1 ll\ )l ,ic>. \\l l,il <' n l >'il' l l l l1c>t11 111~ 11t1 l1) 1t . 111, t)ln '(' \\,\~ l ,1kt' t1 ll\ \ >1 () f l{<>l lt' l'l ( :1 <> tll:tc·k 1 c> f ( ' <.'Ct tt - \ illc' ( ~c l11C'g<' tl tt' I ~)t l1. ~111cl l )\ l)itSl c)1 l3clll c> f l •.,1 :t11l l 11, }t t1 111a ·' 13n t)l is t ( ,lltll'C.'ll Ll l(' 2 (1 tl1. B Pl I "'T B ·LI ~P REIJRI TED P,1 tor Homer E. Graven. Avon Bap– t1 t hurcl1, report that l11s fir t edition of a good membership class booklet ha been exhausted , anc.l that a second ec.lition i being brought out wi th the add1t1on of a "Forward" by Rev. J. Irving Reese. As a re-print, he has been able to re– duce the price over 50%. A single copy is 30c; 25 copies, 6.75; 50, 12. 00; and 100, 21.00. W ith this reduction i n price it should be a further inducement for pastors to get these booklets for membership classes, prayer meeti ng studies, or to use i n a unday school class. FIR T BAPTI T , Gallipoli E vangelism i b eing emphasized through the month of March . First, the ota Vita Bible Clas sponsored a one n ight service March 12th with E van gelist Bill Steven of Charleston, \ V. Va ., as the speaker. econdly, a ,veek of sp ecial meeting were held March 19-26 with Rev. Rich ard R . H amilton , E astern Director of W orld i ion , Inc. , as the speaker . p ecial p rayer meetings were h eld d aily by the youth lead ers, another by the deacon , a11d a third by the d eacon– esses. Others of their age and sex joinecl \vith them each eve11ing be– fore the services. CAL\ 1 ARY BAPTIST, Tiffin On F eb . 19 , Rev. Wm. Fusco, mis- ionary to Italy, pent the d ay with tis, sp eaking in all the services [Ind sh owing colored slides of the field. His me sages gave an inspiring chal– lenge to us to be mor e about ow· F ather 's bu iness h ere a t home. May the 28th Dr. Carl M. Sweazy vvill be h ere to b egin two weeks of evangelistic services . Dr. Sweazy w as here last year for a week, so we are lookiI1g forward to his r e turn. FAITH BAPTIST, Amherst Past or Leland H oward announces tha t E vangelist Carl T. Woodbury , vill hold meetings March 20-26. H e rep orts that the work on the n ew ,ving being built will soon b e com– ple ted and tha t they hope for d edica– tion services the latter part of May . BIBLE BAPTIST, Bedford ' 'A Pa tterson Fund" of $200 ,vas g i, 1 c•11 i 11 l 1 c•]J1' 1ta1 \ a 11c. l a1sc> f c><>cls ~t t 1( l l1c)tls<~l 1<>1c1 s t1J >J)l1·s le> tal", ,vi tJ , tl1c ,n ;ts tl1e .. gc> l>n ·k l<> tl 1c·ir ll nJ) l is t ·I ic.l- l 1"i , ic>11 f iclcl a l (;l'a) \\ ill ', rr c•11r1 . 1\ c.·;11tl J) cl tg 11 l1 a~ 1> ~c'11 c>11 l e> IJri11g ll1 · ... S. ll <' 11 cla 11 ·c~ C>\' <' 1' tl 1c' 3()() 1nnrk l>) 1~lr t·l1 2(itl 1. v\l e' IJ l ><' ii1t c.1 r "S l('c l t C) k 11C)\\., ] 1c_) \ \ it l lll' rl (' Cl O lll'. (;], I I 1\~1 1{ 0 1\I) 1~1\l)'I' I ,.f , Ctiy11oga I?,11Js "l~a itl1 \ ' ' 11t,1r St111cla, ,, ,vas n l1t1gc SllC(' SS ,l('C()r cl i11g lo SS()C:i ,l t P rtstor -- Jaytc>11 J. B<ttes . The g<>al ,vas $2,500 for tl1 co1 lempla tecl n \\, church bt1ilcli11g. Tl1e off r ings tota ll cl $3,0 0 .471 T l1e . . goal of 300 failed by 22, b t1 t Pastor B. . Jen– n ings rep orted tha t March 12 th the attendance was 290. It will go over 300 by E as ter for st1re. FIRST HRI TIA B PTIST, CO HOCTO Pastor Harry E . Cole r eports tha t the interior of the church h as b een red ecorated after a furnace explosion last fall caused considerable smoke damage. A recent missionary sp eaker was Rev. Lyle Jessup, Baptist ifid– Mission ,vorker in the Domin ican Re– public. E vangelistic meetings will h e held Palm unday through E aster , \\tith Pas tor D onald Moffa t of Cedar– ville as the sp eaker. On Good Friday he will sp eak also in the after11oon and additional speakers \vill b e Rev. W orth Sauser of Emmanuel Baptist , tit. Vernon , and Rev. Owen Lower of the Fresno Bible Church , as well as Pastor Cole himself. CEDAR I-IILL BAPTIST, Cleveland During the week of F eb. 19th the Cedar Hill Baptist Church , vas host to the Fifty-Tlurd Annual Mid-,Vi11ter Erieside Bible Conference. The p eaker ,vas Dr. Charles J . Wood– bridge of ew York, a 1 ationally known Bible teacl1er and a member of the W ord of Life staff in ew York City. The daytime sessions at 2 P.M. \Vere studies in the Book of Romans, and the evening sessions covered the book of Revelation. FAITH BAPTIST, an W ert In spite of much icknes , the aver– age attendance ov.-Dec.-Jan. ,vas 53 in the mornings , 44 at n ight un– d ay , and 30 for the mid-vveek serv– ice. Several ne,v families are attend– ing and some have united \vith the church. Quite a group of young p eople are attending and most. of them have come to know the Saviour ince coming.