The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1961

lpril, 1961 LOS A GELES BAPTI T COLLEGE A D SEMI ARY Area high chool graduates are in– ·ited to 0U1· Supper for Seniors Fri– lay, April 28. Our liberal arts college s expanding its majors to include 1 Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible, : hristian Education, English, Histo1y nusic and science depa1tments ru~e tlso being enlarged. Considerable levelopmen t of our geology equip– nent has been undertaken by Profes– ,or Edward Gruss. A number of our churches sent 1long a special offering for the school , >articularly to help our students. The >articipating church es will be listed n the Progress Summary. This grow– ng interest in our students is very \ncouraging, and the you11g p eople lfe just as grateful for this as for the noney. The Southern California Regular Saptist Pastors recently held their nonthly meeting i11 our chapel and t number gave testimonies of their alvation or work in the churches . 1ev. E. A. Lockerbie was i11h-oduced >y Dr. Esmond Lasswell , upon ar– iving to take up his work at Trinity 3aptist Church, Pasadena. Rev. -'ockerbie has been invited as our 3accalaureate speaker, Sunday, June t, and Rev. G. Arthur Woolsey, John– on City, . Y. , our Commencement peaker, Monday, June 5. Rev. Gerald Duckett, Pastor of : aivary Baptist Church, San Luis )bispo, is a new school trustee, ap– >ointed by the Southern California )astor's Association. Pastor Harold ,choles, Gatewood Baptist Church , >eattle, Washington, is the representa– ive from the pastors of the orthwest \Ssociation. ---------- A FEW THOUGHTS O "FAMILIES" . . "Mor1ey can build a house, but it takes LOVE to build a home ." . . "A good exa1nple l)y the older ge11eration is the b st safeguard for tl1e young r generatic)11." . . "Fa1nily scraps 1nay b e the r st1lt of scrapping tl1e Family Altar." . . U•r11 l101ne W()rtl1 ] ivi11g i11 is 011 \\ 1 11 r eacl1 liv s for all , a11<l all li\ 1 fo1 Cod. ---------- ..I'I1c:. rigl1t t ITII) ralttr at ]10111 is nor st1reJy mai11t~1i11 cl by tl1 wa11n 1 arts a11d cool 11 ads of tl105 \vl1cJ i,, tl1 r :1, tl1,11J l)y l c tric tl1 ~r111cJ– tats. • THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Page N inetcea News From Our Missionaries WILLIAM FUSCO a11d his family hope to rett1rn to Italy Aug. 24th, al– though they still need some l1elp 011 their fare, a11d Jack about $85 iI1 monthly sttpport. We must pray this support in, jt1st as we have prayed with them that tl1ey cot1ld have tl1eir visas renewed. While here they have travelled over 16,000 1niles and seen souls saved a11d young people volun– teer for missio11ary ervice. Recently four adults, two of t11em fathers , were saved. A Catl1olic woman publicly accepted Cl1rist, and a student for the Roman priesthood took his stand for his Lord. COULSO SHEPHERD is cele- brating his 40th year in the ministry and the 25th i11 his Message to Israel radio work. He asks us to pray for him and Mrs. hepherd, that tl1ey might have health to contint1e and see tl1is as his most blessed year in the saving of Jewi h p eople. God t1sed him greatly i11 Florida this \vinter, wl1ere he held missionary confer– e11ces and was able al o to speak to and win some Jewish p eople to Christ. RUTH \i\TOODWORTH writes aft– er a year at the Baptist Bible Seminary in the Philippines. This is 11ot l1er first term, or seco11d, but friends ,vill reme1nber tl1at she spent a fe\v )'ears i11 the office at Phi1ade1pl1ia while taking care of an aged parent. She says the seminary has been moved from Ma11ila to a 11e,v site 12 n1iles away in the foot hills of the 1nou11- tains , wl1ere they l1ave scapec1 floods , ancl enjoy better health, and have ample room. 1"'here are 45 stt1d nts at the school. Each St1nday they go ot1t in gospel teams and reach about 100 acl11lts and 1,500 to 2,000 chil– c1ren. Miss Wooclworth drives a Volkswago11 station wago11 ancl takes some of them, and enjoys this type of vvork. While the isms are grow– i11g, ancl tl1e Catholic hurch seems as stro11g as ever , she thanks the Lord for six fundamental Bible scl1ools in the cot1ntry, for the Christian broad– casting station at Manila, for a grow– i11g 11tunber of native churches, a11d for souls being saved. Recently George Toensfeldt l1eld a ix weeks' campaig11 a11cl 54 adt1lts vvere saved! ALTA JACOB O write March ,3rd from Bangassou , C.A.R. , Africa, of the brigl1t side of things over there. At the Regional Confere11ce of Christians at Ti-ngombi he said, "I liste11ed to singing of hym11s and the recitation of Bible verses until far iI1to the night. The vi iti11g Christia11s a11d those of the host vil– lage ,vere sitting in little grot1ps around glo\ving fiI·es. Ho\v I \vi h that you cot1ld hear the si1 gi11g, the verses, a11d the ,varrn laughter and conversation, for now you read so mt1ch al)out other Africa11 \vl10 kill a11d torn1re. " "The next morning, I ,vatchecl the su11 rise over the Republic of the Congo, and . . . I cot1ld discern mt1d ht1ts a11cl people on the oppo ite bank. Skimn1ing over the mi ty ,vater ,vere ma11y long piroql1es paddled by Yakoma , goi11g for a visit or out to fisl1 . They are e11ergetic people ,,,ho love to si11g Christian hymn \\ 1 hil i11 their ca11oes or \'illage . There ar tl1ot1sanc1 of the1n \vho l1a,.re co111e to Christ, a11cl 1na11y of these 111,111ifest . . . ., ' an 111crea u1g n1att1r1ty. ( Continued on page 20) The Golflen Gate to Chriatien Service On our beautiful campus overlooking San Francisco Bay, high school grads can obtain- A URI TIAN EDU ATION FOR LIFE A D ER I E. B.A. and B.Th . degree ; Bible major with 111inor in Theol~gy Pa~toral Education hri tian Education, Mi ion , Mu ic, Gr ek, octal c1ence, Education~P ychology, or the Hutnanitie . o-operative program leading to B. . and R. . degree , al. o B.1\. and M.B.A. or M. . degree in Busine s Adtnini tration. Write for free catalog, Dept. I ACCREDI1.~D: AABC W T •R B PTI 1 1 BIBLE Ol.1LE Rev. II. O. ai1 Gilder, D.D., Preside11t Ifill and Im tre ts, El rrito, al.