The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1962

From Our Schools Graduat s go into mi,s ions, pastorates l~,l'·r , ,,git' gra lttfltl' at 1 <.)\ 1\ 11 Ut' , 8111 t1,1 ' ,lll'i!C at1ll Sc111,11ar, "' t1n tllt' i111111(·ti ia tl' ft1tt1rc 1,1tl1t'1 clc,11 - 1, ll\.'"llit: l r:,tlr arc g)ing (..ln f( r ft,rtllCa ttlt'l'l,.1g1"al tlt<.itt',. it\l' ,lfC • u i111! i11l"' 1111, 1(,n1.11, ,er\ ,cc. 111c 1" .... ..... ~ )·1,g it1 l"' pt1l1l1c cdt1catit)11 ,lntl nt.: 11\,t , t:l ,tire l f the l t11 l1· lct1d1ng. 1 t1c h 1gh pr<.)p rt uJn f t 11 ,c ,, ho a re o\ 1no lt' the c111",1()n field ... ,r pa l rate ~ ~ 1, n1t,~C ",1t1~t, 1ng t r thi~ 1 ot1r main .... n11na tr\ are,1t \\'c tern Barbect1e \\ a, held ~ '10 ,1n1pu~ .1turdt1). la) 12. rea ~ oung p ple pla) d the ch ol in b ~~b 111 \\ 1th l t f hit , run and err · . ~t r. Orr. ur chef. and hi a, i ·tant. tr, . r h)' . erved up ome d lic1 u hamburger , etc.. from the .... utd or grill after which the me age .... ,, a br ught b 1 Pa tor Walter Lepp f al, Jr) Bapti t Tabernacle in Lo ng le . Pa tor Lockerbie ( P a a- "" Jena) and Till ( Burbank) were a rea] a et to the da)·. Facult}' member are building or bu)·ing in the ewhall area and the outlook for our Fall academ ic depth 1 mo t encouraging. Good ne\.\ ha come in the matter of a contractor for the new building. Mr. Paul Goodman. who directed the con truction of the R. L. Powell Librar)', ha con ented to build our new Dining H all-Ad.mini tration Bu ilding thi ummer. Thi i an an wer to prayer for u and a labor of Jove on hi part . The building \\ ill co { 45 ,000 a well a a great deal of volunteer labor. Only the Lord C3n provide for thi need a nd \\·e earne tly covet the prayer intere t of H i people. Looking toward larger enrollment th is year Bapti t Bible Semi nary of J ohn on Cit}". 1 ew York, i looking forward to another year of ble ing. Appli– cation continue to come in daily. One of the Men ' Dormitorie Shaffer H all, ha been newly decor– ated. Carpenters, painter and plumb– er are bu )' in our other building preparing for the opening of the fall ~en1ester. They have had report of ble ing fro !i1 variou mu ical grot1p which have been holding meeting in many churche during the ummer. A num– ber of tudent al o had the privilege of erv1ng under the new Pa toral Apprentice hip Program in many Page 6 , AUGUST 1962 , · lllll'LllL' ' (..)tt,\ltftCll lllCll an<l \; l) lll C ll \\Cl'(' j'll,\Cl'll lllltfcr till' \llf1cr\t, tl)ll (lf • I c,J)l't il'll ctl 11;\\l t-.; () 'I 1111,, t<) ll ar1c, ,\hl, tlucclc.:ll tl1l·111 in 111an pr,1cticnl c,11cr1c11cc, 111 tl1cir fic ltl. 1111, }cur 13 11 . . \\ it11c,scLI the larg.:"t t..:nrol ln1c11t in un1111cr c hoc.) l ir1 tl\ l1is torv. Onl: htintlrcd and fot1r– tccn n1cn and ~0111cn took ad vant age f tl1c ~ cla~scs. lt was c~1 cc ia lly gra t if} ing t wc lcon1e a nLt n1l1er f pa tor ,, h travelled c n, itl erable tlistancc in order to a ttend Ltmmer ch l . atalog-., are ava il able to intere ted partie an(i wi ll be ma iled out upon requcst. Addre our corre pondence to Mr . Lawrence Niel on, Director of dmi ion and Te ting. Bapti t Bible en1 in ary. J ohn on ity, ew York. Grand Rapids conducts campus site dedication The Grand Rapid Bapti t College and eminary conducted a hi toric Campu ite D edication and Faith Ground Breaki ng a t 3: 30 P. M. on J\1ay 6 1962. Approximately 1,200 people were in attendance at the cam– pu ite located on 1Jhe Ea t Beltline ( Byp a U.S. 131 ) between Ea t Leonard and Bradford. The College Choir under the di– rection of Profe sor Michael Doon– an. participated, followed by con– gregational inging. The invocation wa given by Rev. Gerrit Schut, pa - tor of the Berean Bapti t Church of Grand Rapid . Scripture wa read by Dr. D avi d Oti Fuller pa tor of the Wealthy Street Bapti t Ohurcb . The Dedication Me age wa de– livered by Dr. N . A. Wien , pa tor of the Bethel Bapti t Churoh of Kala– mazoo. The Ground Breaking Ceremony involved the following per on : Dr. N . A . Wi en , Chairman of the Execu– tive Board · Mr. Robert Steed, Ohair– man of the Building Committee· Pro– fes or Warren Faber, Dean of the College· Profes or Leon Wood Dean of the Seminary; Mr. Jack Bellair , Pre ident of the Student Council; Rev. . Edward Bentz sub tituting for Rev. Cha rle Wood, Pre ident of the Alumni A ociation · Rev. D avid Smith, Moderator of the Grand Rapid A ociation; and Dr. W . Wilbert Welch Pre ident of the chool. The D edica tory Prayer wa made by Rev. Reginald Matthews, pa tor of the Calvary Bapti t Church of Grand Rapid . "Our Privilege" wa commented upon by Dr. W . Wilbert \ ric h "f lie llcnctli c ti<"ln , as giv n 1., , I r . I l (l\Vartl J> ic, ucki. , h<J als, pr cs1cl 'l l at tl,c " an,pu l 1 l111tl Ki ck· () ff f~ :ttlCJll C(' l)f'l l ay t!ith. atlCaltlctl l1y 4 ... <> 11c<>r>lc ho cont1·il1utcd $22,· ()()().( )() in cash anc.l pl cc.lgctl $38.5()() .• ()() rllOrc to get ·· J>h a\c 1-A.. ttnclcr– Wa}. Omaha Baptist Bible College initiates plan The Boar(I of Directors of the On1aha Bap ti \ t Bihlc ( o ll egc gr,\n tcc.1 ano the r benefit to the ~ta ff and f actll– ty a t their recent rnceti ng. The exectt– ti ve co111n1i ttcc of the l1oard i~ to work with the Bu5ine Ma nager to initi a te a ho pitalization plan wj th premiums paid by the Omaha Bapti ~t Bib le allege. The working taff and faculty have been covered by ho~– pitalization in urance for a number of year , but her etofore have paid the pren1iL1m them elve . O.B .B.C. ha been repr e ented this ummer by two mu ical group . The Melodyaire girl , trio and pi ani t, a re cheduled a a pecial mu ica l feature at the Regular Bapti t Camp at C lear Lake, Iowa, for June 1 1-15 and Augu t 20-24, and fill ed an itinerary in our churche through Minne ota. Iowa Illinoi s, Indiana, Michigan Ohio, we tern Penn ylvania and we tern New York, Jul y 8 through Augu t 19. A faculty trio composed of Profe or Fleming, Doonan and Berger on gave pecial mu ical con– cert in our churche through Illinois. Indiana, Ohio Penn ylvania, New Jer ey Delaware and We t Virginia in an itinerary of July 20 through Augu t 5. Pre ident J. L. Patten brought the Commencement addre at We tern Bapti t Bible College on June 5 at which time , by the action of the Board of Director Dr . H. 0. Van Gilder conferred upon him the honor– ary degree of Doctor of Divinity . Dr. Patton wa scheduled a evangeli t for the eight day of June 17-24, in– c lu ive. during the Iowa C ity Bible campaign, sponsored by Paul D . Friederichson of the A ociation of Bapti t for World Evange1i m. Cedarville College speech department enters debate teams The beginning of Intercollegiate Debating i one of the chola tic achievement that h a marked the chool year 1961-62 at Cedarville College. In the fall of 196 1 a cour e in Deba te was offered by the Speech Department. From thi group the debate team The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST