The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1961

July, 1961 OUR FELL - - • l '1 l I , l l 'I s 3 1 1 1 ~ 1 • 1h Trjnllf'•~ht 1,,llt1,t hur1..llh., . II<:'\~ , \ l. 111 <.., lit >t \t en er. l)htl) 1 t 1 t r ,,,"1 ht h,1, ,l<.\.eJ"ttd. .\ teer 1- ,t cf ti\ "e .,t ~l'ltl<.Cr .tn"l in ur l-!1..--· fl'l ,n )hi) .1,,o<.1.1tions. ,,e I ht t,tr, , 'l 1..1.11 ,, r1te-u11 \\ e pr1..n1•,1.. c ' "1 ch" ,\ t.~l't l!-1\Ut\ .,tter ,,c 11., <. 1 r : n1rt .1n1.l n'll'rc f.. 1tt, .1l)<)U t 111 ,, 1t ,~ t 1 er. \\ t 1..c1ngratt1l.1ce Brother ;i.t R \ \ 1·H \ '1 \ 1)1 ·.: l. rir1ngfiel1..l P.1st'4 rchur Hou "- re101ce in the ~r )\\ th ot }11, ,, 1..1r~ In April he bap- • t c..,1 t , c .t n'-l In Ju nt 6. • l -\1 , ~-\ R\ B.:\.Pl I "' T. A hland Pa. tor f red A. 4-\le'\ander, "rices that Rt, ~[el, 1n C \\'elt h 1 erv1ng as as– S<.)lt .. lte pa cor. and chat both Brother and 1ster \, · e1'... h are pro, 10~ real blessings to the churc.h. A Ch11l 1 ren' s Day pro– gram ,, a g1, en June 11 ch. and n\'o v. 1 eeks of \ ~acac1on Bible chool began the next da, Eleven people "ere v.relcomed into the church 1.fay 28 th. FIR T BAPTI T, tryker i\f1ss Gladys Baines, of the Woman's Department of Baptist 1 f1d-Missions, was the guest speaker April 1'. Refresh– mencs and a time of fellowship were en– Joyed ac the church social rooms after the service, " ·1ch members from che Ambrose and Wauseon Baptist churches taking part. T"-'O ne\\· members were recei,~ed re– cently. A new record in attendance was set on fother·s Day. ,vith 210 present. FO TORIA BAPTI T This year an evening service was held i\fay 28th, and in spi te of graduates of hig h school and their relatives being ab– sent, the attendance v.:as 90. The aver– age e,Tening attendance is O'-·er 100. Tv. 1 0 '\\ ere baptized June 11th. An evening , ...acat1on Bible chool v.·as held June 5-16, v.1th good attendance and extra good order. The program June 16th featured a 1foody film, "Windows of he oul. " BIBLE BAPTI T, Bedford Pasto r Edv. 1 ard Morrell, Jr., writes of the Chelsea tockwell revival May 9-21: There never has been a finer series of meecings held in the Bible Baptist Church Ten professions of faith were recorded and equally as many decisions for personal spiritual ..:ictor1es. Sunday, June 4th, four '\\ere added by believer's baptism and one by re-affirmatio n of faith. A Christian Essentials Class will accommodate the )'Oung people who made proress1ons of faith during the meetings. This class v. 1 ill be taught by Miss Wini– tred Barris a graduate of Baptise Bible • em1nary. \ 1 aca tion Bible chool v.·ill be held Aug. 21-Sepr. 1. v.~ith ~frs. 1 orma France, R .... r., as the director. TE~fPLE BAPTIST, Portsmouth Congratulations are in order to Pastor Hall Dautel: Tv. ency-fi, e years, May 26th, he '\\ 1 as ordained co the Gospel 11inistr, 1 a t Washington, D.C. He says rhe council "·as made up of gracious men, bur v. 1 e suspect he " 'as as quick in making relling ansv.·ers then as now, even if not as ,vise, and that he acquitted him– self , ,ery v.Tell. June 26th that same '(\tr he ,, ,ts m-arr1cd to 1,fic;s Ma ria n Ht•lX'rl} .,c \ ' orl. l>cnna. 1·11.1t ~he h.1s ht'Cn and is ..1 <,11),1blc and cheerful help n1cet .111 l...no,, ,\ ho are acqu.11nced \\ tth 1 Ir, . D,1u eel. r f 11\ u ·L, x r: IA, DI' DIC ATE .. I IlJR II Tl1e Emmanuel Bapt15t Church of ~~en1a an({ its pastor. F. Dale adman, are to be congratula ted on the com– pletion and dedication of tl1eir beau– tiful ne,v build1ng. We hope to have a picture of ic soon The invocation ,vas given by R ev. James M inear of Valparaiso, Ind., thP ded1carion was read by Pasto r Cadn1an and his peo– ple, after which Rev. D onald M offat of Cedarville offered the dedication prayer . The message was given by Rev. David Canine of Blanchester, and the benediction by Rev. Glenn Green– wood of Springf1eid. pecial music was given by the Cedarvi lle Chapel Choir, under the direction of Prof. George Zinn. Brother Zinn also ren– dered a solo. During the week previous a week of revival services were held, with R ev. Stan Cruz of Ft. Wayne, Ind., as the evangelist. He gave his clos– ing message May 28th , the evening of the dedica tion. GRACE BAPTIST, Youngstown Ground h as been broken for their church building, and by this time the walls are undou bcedly going up. The Fellowship of Baptist ~ for H ome Mis– sions has through heir Church Loan De– partment granted a loan and already sent a first check for 11,000. P astor H arold Carpenter explains that with thi s first mortgage obligatio n to FBHM the church will not be able to sell bonds, but that it will need gifts totalling some $20,000. Grace Baptise is too small a congregation to give all this herself and so all outside contributions from sister churches and in– dividual Baptists will be greatly appre– ciated. The estimated cost of the church and furnishings is $52,000. This church was o rganized eight years ago and has met in a public school building ever since. Now is the time to help chem get a church home of their OV.'n. 111/11111111111 II ll:'9Jifll I I/II i 111111111!11111 '11111,,1 •r I t, r ,, F?vlMANUEL BAPTI T, Akron A ,vondcrful week of revival was ex– pcriencccl 1n May, when Pastor Wm. J. Absalom did hi s own preaching. Decisions ,vere ma<le at every servjcc-sinncrs saved and sain ts rededicaced . FIR T BAPTI 1 .., Galli1:>0lis The f1rsr day of Vacation Bible chool , June 5th , saw 137 chi ldren and 40 work– ers present. We are sure attendance went a good deal higher before the close J unc 16th. BETHLEHEM BAPTIST, Cleveland Bethlehem believes in perfect attend– ance there were 111 names on the monthly list in May. The total attendance reached a hig h of 265 on Mother's Day. With such attendance we can understand why Pas to r R oy Clark and his leaders are pressing so hard to raise enough so they can build at their new location. The Vacation Bible School June 19-30 was held evenings. It was advertised by a parade on the previous Saturday. MRS. ETHEL WARD WRITES "It is 7 m onths since Phil went home! . . . It is hard to carry on, but the Lord is precious . . . (and ) keeps me busy. In addition to the April meet– ings in Illinois, I have been in Iowa, South Dakota, a nd M innesota. I will be busy all summer in Bible schools and camps." As a musician, singer and chjl– dreo 's worker, Mrs. Ward can be a real help to our churches. Her address is Rt. l, Massillo n, Ohio. SHOULD MORE BAPTIST PREACHERS DO THIS? R ev. R oy D. Johnson of Latty, Ohio, sends a clipping of a news item from Groves, T exas. A Baptist preacher h eard one of his boys had attended a Catholic bazaar and bought three lo ttery tickets on an automobile. He attended himself to see them spinning a wh eel for silver dollars, pitching pennies for a payoff, and so on a nd on. The priest swore at him and drove him out. He reported to the District Attorney and now there is a case agains t church gambling coming up! The only excuse the priest could give for ic was the indignant cry, "We've done it for 15 years and nobody has com– plained before." It was about time! FIRST BAPTIST. Lancaster "A spirit of revival continues at Lan- ear, • ~I 111 l1J1111. ) I " ,,,,,,, 11 j ,II rtlf,JI!' ' 11 111,, IJ • ' 'FAITH COMETH BY HEARING.' 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