The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1962

• o. 11- 1 11" . 1 :..t) , . l l- ,"l. -- 1..... "\ - '\ J a11t1nry, 1 ()62 r11: lllF~R I-IIP F INANCES Dl l\TIS I., . 10 IE RE E IVED I, ll ""S 0. 11 Q) ...... ~ (.) (I) s:: <1> ~ ~ Q) 1=] ...... ~ ~ ~ ~ ..c:: :0 Q) Q) ~ Q) Cl) ~ 8 ~ A ...> I .. ocat1011 a 11d a111 of hurch A .+,,J ca -+,,.> ca (1) (1) C'd Q) >< Q) Q) ~ ~~ CwTent Building Missions Tota ~ ~ ~ A ~ ~ \\ !\lt .. , t )ll. F 11st Bapt1 t . . . . ·• . . . . . . 7 2 2 4 4 76 5,849 1,680 7 ,5~ 3 4 5 182 19 ,672 5,764 24,4: \\ t. ll111gtl)ll, Fir ,t Bnpti t 13 1 • • • • • • • • • \~ l1c. ~lt 1 .. l)t1rg. ,,·11 l r .. bt1rg \ I 1,s1011..l1'\ B,1pt1 t 1..., 6 3 1 5 4 408 9,150 3,883 4,494 17,5~ . . . . ., . . . . . . . . . . erlt~l. E 1l1111..l11t1cl Bapti t 16 1 4 188 9,900 55,000 2,000 66,5( • • • • • • • • • \.e111a. ..11, .. r, Bnpti t ............ 2 2 29 25 7,3f ) Ollllg~ t ) \\ 11. ~race l~ .. ~pti t • • • • • • • • 14 4 54 7,037 572 1,128 8 7 r ' Z .. 111c\,, ill . al, ..rr, • B,1pti t • • • • • • • • r T:\ L ...... . . .......... . .... 1,177 379 403 119 459 639 18,266 $1,127,973 $440,319 $545,104 $2,142,2~ .. "ot of Ed~tor: \, 1 hil ot1r clerk \Va quite troubled with the discrepancies in the report, the editor can say after four , em~· of xperience there ha been good improvem ent in following 1-ules . Only one church must h ave put do,, 11 · n1011e, , l1orro",·ed for their building a well as local gifts to it, so: confusing as that point is, we are learning. Other ma, " have put do,"n e p enditures under totals an cl gifts under tl1e other h eadings ; but only one such dif– fere11ce \\ ~ large- ome \J ere les than the addition would 'vvarrant and others a little larger ; but all in all it is a ood report. The same number of churches failed to r e port finances-27. Even so this year's missionary giving i up o, ·er . 40,000, and current expense up $20 ,000. Our baptisms are exactly the same as last year, but there ha,·c been more church roll cleaned up, so we register a total loss of 333. We wish all churches would at leas t report all n1embership statistics. We are sure our total ,v-ould be 20,000. EUGENE WILLIAMS WILL LABOR IN CLEVELAND Friends of Eugene and Enid Wil– liams ,vill be i.J.1terested in knowing that their furlough from Ghana has been extended another year to allow ~f rs. \\.Tilliams to overcome h er leu– kemia. They will be glad t o know that he has cornpletely r egained his health and will b e laboring among the X egroes in Cleveland, but will \>\'ant to continue t o pray for Mrs. \Villiams. The following report tells the story: The first week of October we came back to Cle, ·eland to counsel with the mission concerning our re turn to Ghana. After they received the medical report on Beth, the mission recommended that our furlough be extended for one year. The doctor still reports that Beth has leukemia. Since \Ve will be h ome another year, it ,vas suggested that we spend this time in some h ome mission work. I asked if we could work among the - ·egroes in Cleveland with Miss Gene,,a Fox. I will be helping in Bible classes and visitation work and al o youth work. Enid will h ave a Bible class in our home in Ashta– b11la. It \\' ill ta~e a few weeks for us to become established in the work ' ..e are staying in my mother's hot1se jn Ashtabula. We will be sav- ing money \\'hich will be put into a passage &ind for our return to Ghana next ye:tr. A REPORT ON COMPARISON At our annt1:tl m~eting in October our past treasurer , Rev. T. Fred Hussey, distribt1ted a comparison of inco1ne and expense the Jast seven years. It ,vas only for the association as su ch and did not include H ome and Camp, where the growth has h een great er. Ye t we print the r eceipts given in tha t cornpari– son, for we feel it is an encouragement to see there h as been improvement. Magazine Year General Fund Subscriptions Adv. Missions 1954-1955 $1.455.32 $1,989.85 $730.77 $119.26 1955-1956 1,360.01 1,807.02 601.20 174.50 1956-1957 1,.-324.69 1,750.20 600.27 132.01 1957-1958 3,227.10 1,954.62 654.77 219.38 1958-1958 3,226.41 2 ,485.45 613.55 102.09 1959-1960 3,575.19 2,445.97° 530.70 119.36 1960-1961 3)424.44 2,822.77° 681.74 329.13 O The last nvo }'ears income from subscriptions was actually abot1t equal, for the 19.59-1960 report represented only 11 months, while the 1960-1961 re– p ort represented 18. BRE.~KDO\V OF LAST YEAR'S DISBURSEME TS Editor's Salary . .... . . . .. . ... .. ... . . .. ..... .. . .. . . ....... ... $1,800.00 Honorarium . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.00 Mrs. Kautz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.00 I-Ionorarium Rev. Yo11nger -H anson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.13 Cost of Producing ~1aJ?:azine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,475.64 Office Expense (Postage, Stationery, cards, envelop es for magazine, Bank Charges ... . ... ..... . .. ... . .. ... . .... . . . . T elephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Travel and Lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.14 16.74 787.86 - - TOTAL . ...... . . ..... .. ..................... . .. . .. . ... $7,066.51 umber of churches ,vhich conb:ibl1ted this year, 62. Churches contribt1ting the year before, 67. . How many new and struggling churches could we help if all our churches would contribute? The IFCA in Ohio help their needy churches– why don>t we? ? ?