The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1961

- i_aJ_ 1 ,_1_9_6_I________________________ T_B_E_O~H~IO=---=IN:..:..=D.=.EPENDENT BAPTIST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~P~ag~e:......:F..:..:ive at a thou and points. The Christian life cannot be li,·ed on anti-Christian thought. H ence. the neces it)· of the Christian school. ' ' A Christian cannot be educated in a S) tern \\ 1 hich as umes or teacl1es that ma11 is unfallen ai1d good, tl1a t man is slo,vl)' but surely climbing from a 10,\ 1 origin to a high de tin)r, from lime to superman. Christian need the education of a Pri11ce, for he 1s the child of a King. Editor' ....ote: ':\le g}adl)r and S)'Inp~ tl1etical}~.7 priI1t this article that appeared i11 the The Challenger of Euclicl-... Totting– ham last Xo, ·ember. 1a}· is \\hen ,, e assess las t )'ear's output of our chools and plan for next fall. T,vel,Te Bapti t cl1urch es in tl1e Cle,,eland area are plannmg to start a Christia11 Day School next fall. The follo""·ing pastors are on the committee: John Balyo of Cedar Hill, chairman ; Donald \ \ 7 ood– h)1 of Hayden A\ 1 enue, ,rice chairman; Ray Clark of Bethlehem, secretary; Paul chenck, First Baptist, T,vin - burg; Russell Camp, f adison Ave– nue; Lynn Rogers, Northfield. The follo,ving laymen are also serving: Henry Hunsicker, treasurer ; 1 orman Barnard, financial secretary; James Gershay. In most smaller to\\ ns such d e– nomination schools cannot b main– tain d , and union schools ma v lead ., to modernism unless strongly guarded. ome pastors still b el1ev'e pul)lic school education is the best , ~ ith the ]1ome and church adding the spiritual cor– recti,, s 11eeded. Eacl1 side is fr e to us tl1e pages of the O lB lo express its \ 1 i :>\"'S. -------- A 1 \XII.!RJ 1 :, OUR 1'-fl l(J ~ARil \Continued Jr01,a. page 3> Tl1e cure is in more sacrificial li\'ing and giving lly all of us - 1,astors and members alike. Jf our giving reflected ou1 confessions cl1at salvation i~ most i1n– J>ortant, chat Christ must t:ornc first, that tl1 4 lo, e of snoney is an evil, non-ti cl1ers ould l)egin to 1icl1e, and 111any tirl1ers \\OuJd begin co double-tir}1e. 1.. 11en ,vit11 monel' Jn our 1n1ssio11ary treasury, aJJ truly od called ini s1onar1es \\ ould !,0011 be ei1c out, \\ l1etl1er cl1e cl1urcl1 11 d t1111e to hear tl1 rn or r1ot. Norman Hoag Called to Penfield Junction Re, . l 'r orman H oag, for O\'er three }ears pastor of the Troy Ba1)tist Church near Garretts,Tille, has l)ee11 called to become tl1e pastor of tl1e Penfield Jt1nction Bapti t Churcl1 of Lorain. H e ,,,ill l)egin his work tl1ere 1 l ay first. Brother H oag i a graduate of the Baptist Bible emi11ary of J 01111 011 City, . Y. , and had ome experi en c i11 organizing a11d pa taring a church at Emmaus, Pe1111a., before co111i11g to Troy, April 1, 195 . Dt1ring l1i pastorate at arrett , ,ille there l1a · been a consi te11t gro,vtl1 i11 meml)er– sl1ip ancl intere t. La t )'ear' report 110\vS t11at 6 ,ver baptiz cl a11cl I() take11 in by le tter and experience. ,·vith tl1e total membership reaching 7.5. Tl1e p1e\7ious year 8 came in. \\'e clo 11ot l1ave the record for the other \ 7 e,1r - or for tl1e la t fe,\,. month , bt1t \\ e feel tl1is is a \·er}' good recorcl for a , 1nall cou11t11 cl1t1rcl1. Tl1e m,1i11 fl oor of the church ,\·as fii1isl1ecl a11cl l)ltt 111 t1se clm·i.J1g l1i pastorate . Pre,·iotis- 1}' tl1e congrega tio11 hacl met in tl1e base1ne11t. T,,,o ) 1 0t1th grot1ps a11cl an aclt1lt trainii1g t111io11 ,,·ere org<111iL:ecl, a11d a ladies· rni io11ar,· t111io11. '"fl1e . cl1t1rch joined ,,yitl1 e\ eral o tl1er churcl1e la t }'ear i11 orga11izing tl1e ~ "ortl1east Ol1io F ello\, l1ip a a local a~~oci,1 ti 011. The Penfielcl Junc tion Baptist Cllt1rcl1 l1a been ,, ithout a p ,1 tor since eptember fir t , \\·he11 Pa tor Ed,vard E. pencer re ignecl to g,1in teaching experience and take \\'Ork to,,,arcl a 1a ter' D egree. La t J ,1nu– ary it reported a n1e111ber l1ip of 233, a11d hould go fo1"'., 1 ard i11 ,1 re"1l \\ ay b oth nt1merically and piritl1all) ,,,itl1 the coming of Pa tor Hoag. Tl1e)' h a, ·e a fine bt1ildi11g a11c1 are locatecl in an area of treme11clot1 · re ·icle11tial grO\\.rth. 1rs. Hoag is a tale11 tecl h lp-111eet to her hu bancl , ancl i tl1 clat1gl1ter of Pa tor tro11g of Pai11e ·, ·illc Tl1oma John came to bl tl1eir l10111e abot1t three n1onth ago. \\'re \\ i~l1 all tl1ree of tl1e1n tl1e be t of ocl ' ble - i11gs, a11<l re1oice tl1a t tl1e P 11f 1elcl cl1t1rch no,v }1a a pa. tor tl11cl ,, ill 1no, e al1eacl. 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