The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1961

o, ·ember, 1961 GOOD PREACH ING, continued Rev. Bernard Bancroft spoke of his trip t o Lima, Pe ru , ,,·here tl1e ICCC ,,ras tr·:~ii1g to pre, 1 en t the , orld Council from getti11g control of South American Protest antism. H e found much lethargy and di cot1rage1ne1 t among most Protesta11t n1issior1~trie there , \\·ith 1nan}' doors c losing; bt1t some of our \\·orkers rare cloing a ,,,011- derful job. H e told 110,,, \\ 'illiam Schen·e1 \\ ent to Lima a11d :fot111d a sectio11 ,, itl1 100,000 p ~ople ,,·ithot1l a gospel teslin1011)' a1 d 110,,· he has a flourishing ,vork tl1ere . H e told of another 111an v\ 1 ho is lJegi11ni11g i11 another sectio11 ,vl1ere there are 80,000 people a11d 110 testi1nony until now. The frighteni11g thing is tha t the Communists are turni11g tl1e Indian tribes agaii1st tl1e gover11n1ent and against us. ; fter the symposium, P astor I ax Tucker of Fostoria spoke 01 prayer, using Luke 11 : 1-10 as his t ext . H e said tl1e man in the parable h ad 110 bread but lols of crt1st. I t is n ot our friendship ,vith God that get s our pra)·ers ans,\:ered, bt1t ow~ i1n– portunity. \\Te need t o p at te111 otrr prayers after Jesus, who prayed sh ort pra}'ers 1n publi(: and long 011es alone. THE ~1E1 ' FOR UN1 , \ 1 e hope to get a r ep ort of the Ladies' 1issionary H our in time for the December isst1e , but ,ve can re– po1i briefly 011 tl1e forl1m tl1al vvas held the sa1ne l1our. A girls' trio from Cedar\;illc sang a 11L1mlJer. One of them , Do1111a Fi11l ey, sa11g a solo, ar1d Prof. l{ic:hard Cook sa1 g, " \ Vhy Diel f y Sa"io11r (;o t o tl1e ross." I-I .. al~o led t11e 1nc11 i11 <iir1g1r1g. 1"11 ~ speaker \\'as l)r. K tc l1a1n, \\ 110 <lisc,1ss ~cl \ ' ,triot1s p1oble1ns '"'itl1 tis , stJc]1 ~ts ll1c diffic t11t) of ~ 11cli11g 103 111issi<H1,tr} 1 ay)pcJi11te "'S to tl1 ) ficlcl ,,,)1 11 25'f of tl1e 111iss1011 gi\ 1 ir1g of tl1 ',) c l1t.1rc l1 As goes l<) 11on 1 ,tr)tisl ag >11ci ~s. 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Th 0 n came the day in 19.52 when the b aseme11t \\ 1 a ready for occupa11C)' and an even greate r day i11 1953 w h e r1 (l1e first unit ,vas complet ed ,vitl1 a11 upstairs at1ditorit1m. The \vork gr e ,v, ho,v– ev'er , and it was 11ot long u11til it wa e , 1 ident that all of the first building must b e t1sed for Su11day sch ool and a large at1ditorit1m e rected. Mr. and 1 rs. L 1.,ettato1 , 1neml)ers of tl1e ch t1rcl1, were ,,,illing t o sell the needecl cor1 er lo t ,1nd move their l1ome off to a11otl1er lo t , a11cl a builcl– i11g ft111d "''as started. o,v the drea1n is a r e,1lit)' , cle– sig11 cl by a Cl1rist ia1 n1,111. ~I . 1"]1a tcl1er of E l ) 1 ri ,1, ,111<l l)11il t by :t\1r . Leo11 a rcl Tcttato11. s a 1ne1n– l)c1 11 11att1ral]y l1elcl costs t o a 1nini111111n a11cl t1secl ~t grea t tlet1l of \ ol,111te ~r l,tl)or. 'J'1 e rest1lt is rt l)t1ilcl - 111 g \VC}rt11 $55,000 er e<.:tc~cl at a <..'<>st <>f ~31 ,OC)O. It 1 .50 u\ 80 feet 111 , \i.lc. ~, \\ itl1 li1111i1 at ccl ,1rc l1es a11cl pla11k roof , co1 cret e a1 d tile floor, h ot ,,,a te r gas h ec1t , bapti by a11cl a large cla s room that will also er\'e as dressi11g room. a11d a p as tor's sh1d)' . It \vill seat abot1t 300. The dedicatio1 ser,:ice ,,,as J1eld a t 3 P.!\1 ., Oc t . 22, ,vith Pa t or Leland I-Io\,,ard in cl1arge. Tl1e ope11ing prclyer ,,,as led by Pa tor Lorne Thon1pso1 of the Et1clid , ,e11t1e Bap– ti t Cl1 t1rcl1 of Lorai11. fter a brief \velco1ne by the pastor, Rev. Elton C . 1-f tikill, pastor of tl1e Berlin H eigl1t Bapti t hurcl1 , gav gree ting from the Ohio Association. Pa tor , , yood– ro\v 1cCaleb of First Bapti t, El)'ri,1, broL1ght gr e ti11g fro1n the H ebro11 Association. The c l1oir of the Et1clicl A ve1 t1e Bapti ·t l1t1rch ga\ •e t,,,o cl1oir 11t11nber that , vere n1t1ch ,lp– preciated. Ir. Tl1,1tcher , 11d 1 I r. Tettato11 ,,·ere i11troclt1c cl ,11 d acl1 gave a te ·ti111011)· of tl1eir lo\ e for tl1~ Lorcl, n1 cl tl1e11 Ir. Tett(.1to11 ha11cled o,· r the le} to ~Ir. Dalto11, ch,1ir111:.111 of tl1e l)oarcl of trt1 ·tee . l)ast<>r IIe11r\ ,rtt\ <.: r <>f ~I icl-Brool • Baptis t ( ~l1t1rt·h lecl i11 tl1e dec.li< :atio11 pra} er. 'fl1e 111essagc ,, as l), Eclit<.)r l~al\)1 ·r·. Norcllt111cl, ,, 110 spole fro111 II ·1~i111 . 2: l , 2 c)11 tl1e 11c.~e<l of l)t.~111g ,, ~1tcl1ft1l t]1,1t tl1e t111e \\ 1t11e~ · l)t~ t ·~1r– riecl 011 gc 11 erat1011 af tt~r ge11P1 ,1t1011 . LOS ANGELES BAPTIST COLLEGE J ohn R Du1tkin.• T Ji .D ., PreStdent TtiREE YEAR BACHELOR Of DIVINITY DEGREE IN THEOLOGY lttRI E YEAR BA( ~iELOR OF DIVINITY DE <..,Rl:E IN M15SION5 TtiREE YEAR BACt-lELOR OF DIVINITY DEGREE IN JEWISH MISSIONS f OUR YEAR BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN BIBLE OR HUMANll lES A growing graduat~ school of Bapti t µersuasio,, ,n . 1t111tJ/ Califontia AclclTe, all r.orresponde,1ce to J .. os Angeles Ba1)tisr olleg , e, •}\all , lifornia