The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1961

Cll OUR FELLOWSHIP 1~ ,,., t' ~' \ 1,, \1... 11, l \ l II I \ ,"{)r I th.. k.<.1 \\ ,\' lH.. Id i ng re- \ I nt: t;n, <r l ".1,t\'II I . l{ll..h,11d l;irt.h I l () 01 .tl ltin l .c '"' ll, <.nn.1.• .!,ttr 1r<.'., 1tl ..1 rl1<. Jll(' nin.g ,t..'l\ltC, <.)<.r rl, tn1.l che tiln1. L)uc1..,l1~c 1~t..: rltn , ,,.1 , ' '"' ' ', · n clit. <.\t'n111~ t)\ l 1 ~(1 · 100 , \ l 1 \l lc:n. l~ ~1 ~1 ,, ork.er 1n the nc 1 .\tc 1..111 } epul)l1t, ·poke at both .. ,, ,·i\. ,.. l, l 0t l1 cl\e Lorti ble seL-l cl1e ,r.1sc,..1r eftort · ,,1th t,,o ton11ng tor .tl, .tt11..>n .tn1.1 one for conselrat1on. Bl THLEHl:-j_\1 BAP1 I ~T. Cle, eland PJScor Ro, larl.... and three otl1ers at- tended cl1e N'at.tonal unday chool Con– , enc1on in Detro1 t They report chat there ,, ere - . -o ) delegates p re enc. e,vs trom Bethlehen1 al o report a very good mis- 1o narJ conterence. Then the annual 1 hank g1, 1ng morning service was an– noun ed. which Pa tor Clark says has al– t\ a)rs been a time of spiritual blessing. 1fE1fORIAL BAPTI T, Columbus 1 he Don · inters revival meet.ngs Oct. 4-15 "ere "\\ell attended. There were 15 saved and 3 young men gave their lives for full time service. Three were bap– tized follo"·ing the meetings and more o,,. 19th. At prayer meeting, ov. 8 th, Pastor Billington gave two Of the you ng men who had dedicated their lives to full time service an opportunity to speak. The H oly pirit put his stamp of ap– proval on their testimony and messages. Oa. 14ch the Word of Truth Youth Conterence met ac Memorial. Pastor Glen Greenwood of pring1ield and Evan– gelist D on Winters spoke in the aicer– noon. The church then served the young people a lunch. In the evening service Rev. George Zinn led the singing and Ev. Winters preached. EUCLID- OTTI GHAM BAPTIST, Cleveland unday school has been much stressed this fall. epc. 11 and 12 Dr. Wm. Rice of Allen Park, Mich., spoke at a S. S. Confe:-ence. epc. 27 was Sunday school prayer meeting, when all the workers and departments were prayei for. Sept. 28th was a bigger than usual visi tat1on night. Rally day 48 complete families were given av.:ards, and the cocal attendance reached 539. Oa. 29- ov. 5 Evangelise Archie M . \ Telcman of Gary, Ind ., led in an Evan– gel1st1c Crusade. We have not yet heard v.·hat the results were. FIR T BAPTI T, 1les The E. Richard Markel meetings in early October brought a real revival co the church. On the last Sunday Pastor H ussey wrote as follows ··we are thank– fe l to God for sending us His messenger, E. Richard i\farkel, an evangelist who has called che church co repentance and con– fession of sin and earnestly pointed the e.nsaved co Christ. Every day, in public meetings, after services and in private homes. people have received Christ as Saniou r and Lord, and Christians have ex– perienced revival. We have not been able co count che number of chose "'ho have cc.me. .. CEDI\R HILL BAPTIST, Cleveland A missionary con 'erence was held Oet. 11-15 v.'ith g:eac blessing. Eugene Jor- dan c)f I l J 1,. Quito, Edua lor, led the 11 , t •t ht'1e \\l'fl s• e~ikcr'i f1r>n1 Ecua tlo1. li .. 11il, 1\[cx1 ... c). the Congo , L1her1c1, ,!tl l ( entral .t\f rtc.,1 tC'.i)resenting many n11ss1o n 'fhere ,, ere 1)anel discussions, an 1..l t 1 l n1 s. Ott. 18, 1 5, Nov. 1, 8 and 15 (five \\'eJ1e.)day nights ) Jack Wyrtzen an<l his tt.1m spoke ac the Cedar Hill church. SOUTH CA AAN BAPTI T, Athens ov. 12-16 a Bible con erence was con– ducted by Rev. Ira L. H owden of Carter– v Jle, Ill . Next Feb . 5-18 evangelistic meetings are planned with D . M . Fruits as the evangelist. FU DAMENTAL BAPTIST, Tallmadge H ere is a new idea how pastors and evangelists can boos t attendance and help the OIB also. Pastor W alter G. Yeager of the Calvary Baptise Church of Zanes– ville held a revival for Pastor Cate and his people Nov. 5-11 and offered a year's sub'icripcion co the OIB for those who brought the most people co the services. Two families were close cogeeher or tied, and so subscript ions were given to both . FIRST BAPTIST, Medina The ten th annual missionary conference ~vas held Oct. 22 -25, with Dr. Kenneth Good, of F.B.H .M . as the Bible teacher each afternoon, and bringing the message Sunday m orning. Missionaries in attend– ance were Rev. and Mrs. Borom, ABWE, Philippines; Mrs. Mildred Dibble Adsit, Jr., EVB., French West Africa ; Rev. and M rs. Alan Metcalf, Hebrew Christian So– ,iety, Cleveland; Rev. and Mrs. Virgil B 1 .1njer , going to Germany under Baptist M id-Missions; and Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Good, FBHM. Features of the 4 day program were the appearance of the m issionaries in na– tive costume, pictures, messages on the fields each evening, and a human inter– est story and Bible message each after- CLEVELAND HEBREW MISSION Our 57th Year A staff of eighteen workers wit– nessing to nearly one million Jews in Ohio, W. Va., and Brazil by per– sonal visitation, classes, radio, tract and mailing ministry. Preparing others to witness to Jews by conferences, missionary meetings and the annual Institute for J ewish Evangelism. Our policy to work with local New Testament churches in the accept– ed methods of Scriptural evan– gelism, and the placing of new con– verts. Staff members are happy to visit churches with inspirational and in– formative presentation of the work. Write for free copy-"Trumpeter for Israel.,, Rev. Gerald V. Smelser , Supt. P.O. Box 3556. Cleveland 18, Ohio Dc·c ·1nlJ r, J <)6 1 ES - - - noC' n There were c..lis~1l~ys and curios in th•· un<.lay school rooms 1 he song lc.-ad– C"S \\'ere ( harles Newcomer and Daryl Fev.' BI!RhA BAP.. f 1 T '"fhc Men's Hebron Fellowshjp met at the church Nov. I 1. Evangelise Curt Wetzel was the speaker. Nov. 12th che gues t speaker was Bruce Turnbull , Pro[es– sor of Chemistry at Cedarville College. A group of young people attended che Youth R ally of the assoc1at1on in Colum– bL's Nov. 24th. PENFIELD JCT. BAPTIST, Lorain Oct. 1-8 R ev. 0 . W . tucky, an evan– gelist from Detroit, conducted services at the church . A feature of the services was Mr. Stucky's singing saw, which he claims to have been che third man in the United States co use. There were 35 decisions for Christ, and many Christians were drawn into closer fellowship with the Lord. Rev. Stucky also introducted a plan for reading the Bible through in a year. Many members signed pledge cards chat they would try the plan. FAITH BAPTIST, Ashland Oct. 16 th was a day of rejoicing for Fa~ch Baptist Church. On the e. e of this dace it was re~eived into the ~ellowship of the 0.A.R .B.C. Pastor Kenneth E. Durtsche was present to receive the right hand of fellowship. Pastor Durtsche was called N ov. 24th, 1960 co what was then called Faith Bible Church. It was rec– ognized as a Baptist church by a council J uly 11th and soon afterwards according co promise changed the na roe co Faith Bap tise Church . During the fi rst year nearly 25 % of the income has been sent co m1ss1ons. The average attendance was .3 7 in Sl! oday school and 39 co morning ~ 1 orship. Three believers have been bap– tized, bringi ng the membership to 16. A contest was held this fall, Sunday school in Orbit, and in October the average at– tendance was 48. HUNTSBURG BAPTIST N ov. 5th it was the privilege of the editor co fellowship with Pasror Garlich and hi s people in Sunday school and the morning service. The attendance was 163 a nd the music and spirit was heart-mov– ing. One woman came to be received into the church. BIBLE BAPTIST , North Madison Nov. 11th the Baptise Youth for Truth held its rally at North Madison, where Rev. Roland Globig is pastor. The spe– cial feature was Prof. George Zinn of Cedarville. Refres hments were served after the meeting. This is the you th or– g1.nizacion of the Northeastern Associ- . at1on. WELCOME TO T ODD TOWNSEND Nov. 3r d Pas tor Clarence and Shirley Townsend of Bowling Green were glad– cened by the arrival of another boy. By chis time he is geared right in as a regular member of the family! We excend con– gratulations. S. S. CONFERENCE PLANNED A big Sunday school con te~ence soon– sored by the Regu lar Baptist Press will be held at the First Baptist Church of M ;sha– waka, Indiana. The key speaker will be Dr. Clyde M . Narramore. This is close