The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 1961

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Lorain \t l; li:1, .. .1cterf1eld. the chu r<h ne,, c:, re, r ndenc. end chi happ) note )1 \l.1, Q, Re, ,.. nOfO)J.O Ho'-1i, ne\\ • • .1 tt r ot the Pent1elJ J unctio n B'-1pc1st ( ' 1L'lh. hi · ,, ,te .1 nd on ,"\ e re honored "1th ,1 t~reen dinner, '\\ elcom1ng them inco Lht l'l tor.1te TeJ \\-agner, c. hairman of the Board o f ' De-Jt n. . pre ented the pastor and h1 "'·1fe ,,~1th a n1onetaf) g1t t and t'\\ o handmade \ 1 lc on beha l f of the cong regation About l "' " n1embers of the chu rch an<l the ir cuests .1ttcndeJ the dinner. ... _..\. program follo'\\·ed the d inner with a duet b,· Beverl} and hi rleen forro\\r and a duet bY K aren 1-fcCasl in and Jim he– han. ...\ "elcome speech ""·as given by Rev. .i.. ~ orman Jerome o f Cleveland . A song was rendered by a qua rter. the members of ""·h ich "\\·ere Pastor H oag, Paul Sv{artz, Chuck W agner and orman Wall . J.. Torman \X 7 all served as MC for the program. ~~ \ 1 0 i'\ BAPTI T , Avon Pastor Homer E Graven has gotten ou t another useful booklet for pastoral visita– tion-' ' elected cr1prure Readings.'~ I r is just v.' hac it implies, 32 pages of reading from the Ki ng James Version to give to sick, shut-ins, and seekers, wi th a p lea at the back to accept Christ. A sing le copy is 20c, 25 for 4 .50 , 50 for S8 .00 and 100 for 14 00. H e is rejoici ng in continued b lessings at the church. Fourteen new members came into the church in April , many by baptism; 3 '7 were added duri ng the lase 12 months. BEREA BAPTIST, Berea A joint baptismal service was held May 2 1st ar Berea, with the Beebetown Bap– tist Chu rch pa rticipating. Pastor Robert Lapp of Beebetown brought the evening message A most insp iratio nal missionary con- ference "\\'as held Apr. 16-19, with the fol– lowi ng rnisc;ionar ies oarticioating: R ev. Robert Rodgers, Venezuela , Rev. D ale Davis, Alaska, Rev. Forrest Sidle, Bri t ish Columbia, and Rev. Roy H endershot, Bap– tist Bible Center in Cleveland--all serving un der Baptise Mid-Missions. FIRST BAPTIST, 1vfedina The chu rch has recently enjoyed the m in1stry in song of the Malone Col lege Choir of Canton and the choir from G rand R apids Baptist Theological Seminary. There have been many new members added to the chu rc~ including 14 baptized in May. A Story H our for chjldren aged 3-7 has been added to the previous nurs– ery service for babies during the church vw7orsh1p hour, and is working out well . l ·() \ I ()R I\ 1\ 1' 1.1\ l , \ , er ,u tC ful ft)tl1er I) .iugl1tcr b.ln– ~ucc ,, 1s h e ld .lt tl1e Y f ( A., l \1.ty l th, ,, ith "' el l over l 00 .1ttcndi ng . Marilee Scc,, cr, n,1 ·1o n,1 ry from Africa, was the 5pe.1J...er . l~l RfA BAPTI T, Youngstown r\ ,veel of evangelistic meetings with Fv H arry 1..rover as the speaker was an– not1nccd for 1'-lay 8 11 W e trust that Pas– tor H ill and ll1s people ,vere r ichly blessed and many ouls saved. TE TH A IVER ARY AT BUCYRU Apri l 30- fay 7 was the tenth an– niversary o f the found ing of Calvary Baptist Church of Bucyrus. The fi rst service was held in a home May 7 , 195 1. ow they have a large and well planned basement church on Mario n Road and Beal Avenue, and a beaut iful new parsonage next door. They have excellent attendance. Pas tor T. Howard • J o nes has been the pastor of this group from the beginni ng . The special speaker for the week was Rev. Glenn D urr , a former Bucyrus resident and now a pastor in Montana . BETHEL BAPTIST , Erie, Pa. An eight day missionary conference was held Ap r il 23 -30, with P resident Allan E. Lewis of Bapt ist Mid-M issions as the speaker. It was a spirirual blessi ng as well as informat ional. H aving spent some weeks in Afr ica this wi nter , he was able to sp eak firs t hand on changing conditions there . T wo hom e gi rls r eturning to Africa– Ruth Carlson u nder Bapt ist M id-M issions in T chad, and D or othy Conover, who is serving under Sudan Inter ior M issio ns, naturally have added to interest in Africa. Miss Carlson flew to Paris May 9 th, and from there wi ll go to the T chad . EUCLID-NOTTINGHAM BAPTIST, Cleveland A Parent-Teacher meeting was held at the church May 9 th. There was special mu– sic, skits on how to have fami ly devo– tions, deparunencal displays, and an op – porrunity for the p arents to talk to their child ren's Sunday school teachers. Mrs. MAKE THE MOST • OF COLLEGE YEARS AT Gain a Christ-Centered education with degree in ARTS*, SCIENCE**, MUSIC • offering maiors in l ible, Mullc, History and the Socia l Sc1ences, English, and Physical Education. ••Qffering moior1 in P...,sica l Sciences, l io · logical Science,, Chri1tia n Education, aflcf lu1ineu Administration. Ah• •••iloltle t ,rychotogy and Edvcatlon cow..... WRITE FOR CATALOG TODAY June, 1 61 PAGE - - • I)ona ld W c>Ollby, .... hristian Educat ion D i· recto r at the I faydcn Avenue Baptist hurch, was tl1c pecial si>eaker. ocrhc Am– bassador ( lass 1, roviclc<l a lJrogram for the younger ch1l cl rcn , an<l the Adult De– pa rtment served r ef reshmcnts. BAPTI T INDEPhNDENCE WINS AGAIN The famous case of the First Baptist Church of W 1chi ta, Kansas was won by the JT.1aJor1ty that voted nearly a year ago to wi thdraw from the American Baptist Convention . W 1th over 4,000 members, it had been the la rgest chu rch in the con– vention and through the years a large contr jbutor to convention ob jects. It be– came increasingly sick of be1ng counted as part of the N ational Council of Church– es. It i nvestigated carefully with law– yers and business men in the congre– gat ion doing the invest igating, and found out just how bad things were in the NCC. When a year ago the convention refused to wi thdraw from the N CC, the chu rch with– d rew from the convent ion . A small mi n– ority voted to stay in, however , and then under convention coaching sued for the S2 ,500,000 proper ty, claiming the ma– jori ty had ceased co be a true Baptist church . It is the old story, the convention claiming to bel ieve in local church sov– ereignty but practicing the opposite. The judge upheld the chur ch ! BIBLE BAPTIST , Grove City Pastor George Myers reports a fine re– vival, April 12-23 , with 12 professions of conversions among children and young people. The evangelist was Rev. W ilburn H on of W ood River, Ill. Brother Myers is planning to leave this church as soon as it has called a pastor and will attempt to start another church under FBHM somewhere in the state. He has certainly done a fine work here the last four or more years. The membership is now 46, and the Sunday school averages about 120 . With much building in the area, the church should grow rapidly in the furure. EMMANUEL BAPTIST, Akron Pastor W m . J. Absalom reports that a choir has been organized and that blessings are continuing . H e has been busy in re– vival work elsewhere also, having held ClDAIYlllf OHIO JAMlS T J(IIMIAN, ,,.,innt