The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1962

From our fe llowship churches Att ndanc i,,creases at la Grange church \ 11 l\lt itl r~. sitlll ! tt\.'tl\.1:tll 'L' tl, n t ~'- llfli ll1L!ll )f O) i11 S \lllll., " c llt't' l I rl)t111 l"''"i t ' '"' \.'"111grt'g,tltllt1 c.)t 1 a 1ra11c\:' ll.1• t1,t t h\1rcl1 tl., ,t,1rt co11- fr\1 'li t1 "1n a ''-'t'('n"l .11111c l l1l' 111c11 (. ,11, 'll\ , '-·I, ,, 111 "i 1 111t,.... t "t tl1c \\ t)rk. 1'"'" 1g t(, 11.,, c 1t in \l'il' t,, )ct()hcr ·1~Jl\.:.' \ lcn · F'cl lt)\\,1111) i1t1rcha\Ctf , 'L'"''""' 1\.i l"tt t\ ttcr the.: rcgttlar cht1rc l1 ... ,er, '-'c, ""t1n'-i,1, n1 rn1ng ttg. l (). tt1c l1t1, ,, ,\ p1 c c11tctl tl) the httrcl-l a ·1"-i Jc"-l 1c,\ t ctl. • New bus presented Mid-Missions conference held in Gallipolis church • • • It \\ a the privilege of Fir t Bap– t1 t Church. Gallipolis, Ohio. to en– tertain the 16th Annual H ome Council !\1eeting and Mi ionar}' Conference of Bapti t Mid- I i ion Aug. 15-19. The church had a mi ionary enroll– ment of better than l 00 for the con– ference Along with challenging mi ionary me age and expo ition of the Word and e" angeli tic appeal by the mi - ionarie , general chairman of the Bap t1 t ~fid-Mi ion Council , the Re\. Reginald Matthew of Grand Rapid . ~1ich. mini tered the Word to both mi ionarie and member of the church Vtith real ble ing. ...Some of the comment of our member :· Dr. Howard G. Young, pa tor of the church. aid. '"wer e to the end that th1 mi ionary confer – ence ha done a much for our church a a \er1e of rev i\ al ervice could ha,'e accom pl1 hed. The con en u of the t\11 '>tonar) Committee. Pa tor. Deacon\ and T ru tee 1 that a con– ference of this kind b} Bapt1 t Mid- 1i ion i a benediction and ble ing to an) chL1rch. Page 6, October, 1962 " \\' c ,,t,ul\l l\.'Clll1l11lc1,tl lll tile l1t1r · l1L'' llf l)lll' t ellc.,,, "d,111 ac1 t)\S tl,is l J. S th :l l tile\ ,t\,ltl tl1 c 111sc l\C\ ,..11 tl1c 1111\ 1IL'gc c.) t cntc t tatning t1ne t1f tl1c 1111,~1()11,,r\' Cl)11fcrc11cc, tf thcv 11,1\ en ' t ah c 1<.l\ llt)t1c \() I (1r n re ,, ..11 Lli11g "f)tr1 tt1al c,1 cr1c 11cc . • Homer Johnson ordained in Cambridge, Ohio, church B, ff i i a1 ac t i n of thc Lt 11 'h i n e BaptL t ( ' hL1rch. an1bricige. Ohio. a t the regt1lar busine., f March 7, an rc.lcr \ a. made for the cal ling of a coLtnc il to e a1nine Homer W. John– con. for ordina ti n to the go. pel 1 1 in i tr . The council convened wi th the read– ing of the church minute by the clerk. Mr . Robert Olden. ilbert ubbi on, pre ident of the Ea t Moriah Bapti t fellow hip then called for nomination , for moderator of the council. Albert Kin ey wa cho en a moderator and Gilbert Cubbi on a clerk of the cot1ncil, con i ting of 13 pastor and laymen repre enting IO churche . After ati factory pre entation of hi conver ion and call the mini try a time of inten ive que tioning a to hi doctrinal belief followed. The ordination council voted un– animou ly to recommend the Sun– hine Bapti t Church to proceed with the ordination of Brother John on. Ordination ervice were held the evening of June 2, 1962 at 7: 30 p.m. Kenneth Houser to move to New London church Rev. Kenneth Hou er of Lewi Avenue Bapti t Church Toledo, has accepted a pa torate at Fir t Baptist hurch, ew London Ohio. Rev. Hou er will begin his new mini try Oct. 28. He plan to move hi family to New London, Oct. 22 . Bethany Fellowship meets at Struthers Church The Bethany Fellow hip of Bapti t churche held it regular monthly meeting at the Struther Bapti t Taber– nacle, Struther , Ohio, on July 23. The afternoon meeting began with a ong ervice Jed by Rev. A. Mar– tell ar, followed by a eason of prayer led by Rev. Kenneth Dod on. There wa a brief Bible tudy on the 61 t Palm. Rev. Mar tell ar introduced the ')peaker Rev. Kenneth Dod on. He in lro(l Ltcct1 a ta11c rcct1rtl i 11 g C)f t l1c co 11vcr\ton t1f a C a thol1c tin . It gave Lt\ a grea ter Ltncler~tanc.J1ng of the length~ to whic h the ( atho li c<; go to hol c.1 tho~c who have once hecn in thei r f Id . The <iltff cri ng. the heart – ache. the tragedy, and the depth~ of ~in to which they sink in the name of r eligion wa a ll broL1ght OL1t. The brutality. the oppre ion, and the cru – elity of the e who profe c; to know od, i beyond de cription. The attendance at the afternoon meeting was 47 . In the busine e - sion there had been no report thu far on the Sunday School conte t anct after a brief di cu ion it wa helved unt il the Sept. meeting. Rev. Robert Hi ll i the chairman in charge of the conte t . It wa al o mentioned that ome of the pa tor have not a yet reported to our pre ident by letter the variou mu ical talent in their churche . The next meeting of the follow hip in Augu t was not held due to the Torry Johnson meeting and our co-operation in it. The bu i– ne e ion wa clo ed in prayer by Rev. Fred Hu ey. Evening service The evening meeting at 7: 30 open– ed with a ong service again led by Rev. Mar tellar . After everal hymn and choru e we were led in prayer by Rev. William . After a erie of testimonie regarding God' bles ing in many of the churche , we were favored with a duet, by Rev. and Mr . Mar teJlar . After the announcement and offering, a count of the churche and people pre ent wa made and are a follows: -or th Jack on 7, Struther , 1 0 J • ile 1, Sharon 6, McDonald 12. Grace Bapti t Young town 7. Several other churche were r epre ented mak– ing a total in attendance of 159. Ju t before the me age we were favored with a olo by Mr . Judy Barth. Rev. far tellar again introduced Rev. Dod on, who brought u an in- piring me age on ' 'Only one Heart– beat from Eternity:· The hurch i living in the lap of the world and i a leep. He urged u to awake out of our le thargy and carele ne for the The OH IO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST