The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1962

1 ,l t' 1 l l l t t c ll ~I 1l l~ ) l I 1 OUR FELLOWSHIP I I , \ I l 1 , l (),, h n, • l; 1een 1 ,t lf\hn .,rr\tl.\ ftt1n1 F.ttr, ie,, • • ,, .Jt 't'\. ,, \, n n1eetin,!.!, lier<.:; t rt)Jll \,, t lllt 1 s (\ ,.l, n1l er 19. ·1·he nt· l, l n e ,, , the 1(' ' ' ,,l,H.h ,,c h.1,t.. h.1<l ,tt an en" t 1 n1t~t,nc, during tht t,st tu t 1 , ·1-he Lo1ll ~re-.itl, u,t~d 8r(>tl1rr • rrur., , n1in1,trv in th l1t-.1rtc:. of H1 • \ ,, n It )l le 1nd .1n1ong tl1e un~.1, Cll ,, ho • 1ttc.: n 1t:'- l , ll)R -\I -\\1 .,._i\.L1·. l~rte. }).1. H1, l1111t) tr1end ,, 111 be 1nrere red ;,, ki1 ,,1ng th.. 1t the Lord 1 bles 1ng h1: nt"'' ra tora re at the arden H eigl1ts B.11-"'t1.;t <. . hurc..h of Erie. 1. O\ . 2""' to Dec. .. re, 1, .. 11 er, tle ,, ere conducted by Re,. Lvnn Roger o t lorthf1eld. Ohio In tl1e a1te noon of Dec. 1 che church building ,, 1 d eJ1t:::i.ted. The message v;•as brought b, tre former pastor. Re" . Eric Larson, t nder "ho e labors 1t v;·as built. Pastor Robert L. Gilbert of Bethel Baocist Church, rhe mother church. led in che dedicatory prayer BIBLE BAPTI T, Bedford Tov. 19th and 26th the pulpit \vas fill– ed by Re,,. Alan Metcalf and Dr. Peter Olivero \\'h1le Pastor Edw. Morrell was rec0Yer1ng from an operation. Fo rtunately h1s recovery made ic possible for him to go to Columbus and keep his appoint– ment to speak ac the Youth Rally. Dec. 3rd he \Vas back in his own pulpit. LITCHFIELD BAPTIST Rev. C. Allen Taff, Western Repre– sencacive of the GARBC, will hold services Jan. 21-28 H e was once a pastor in Ohio -at tryker. FO TORIA BAPTIST upt. Gerald V . Smelser of the Cleveland Hebrew Mission spoke a t the morning service Dec. 10th and told of an unusually fruitful year in ] ewish evangelism. That evening Pascor Tucker preached and bap– tized three candidates for membership. LAGRA GE BAPTIST The blessing of the Lord was evident during a v..'eek of meetings with Evangelis t Paul Levin and Gospel Singer Bob Findley. l\.fany souls were saved and Christians re– dedicated to the Lord. The auditorium was filled every service. EUCLID- OTII GHAM BAPTIST, Cle,;eland Pastor George Huffman writes, "We as a church have been experiencing a blessed time of refreshing these 1-asc few weeks, particularly during the evangelistic cru– sade led by Bro ther Archie Veltman. Many Christians have been restored to warm fellov..·sh1 p v.."'ith the Lord and dozens of souls ha, e professed the Savior.' ' STREETSBORO 1fISSIO P asror Tesse C . Howell, Jr., finished a year of labor ac Thanksgiving time and re~c rts that an independent Baptist church v:ill s0vn be organized . He has done a gre? de3 l of calling in the homes and keot t~ching ou r distinctive doetrines to ~11 v, ho come so as co have an informed and de endable group with which to start a f!C ..1 ch, '"rli Kee,, on praying for him. A CORRECTION Dr R . T. Ketcham. our National Con– sultant. reports that the Conservative Bap- tist Fc)rci rn ~ r 1ssi<ln Sol icty ob jcctctl to the ,,.1\ ,,t.. 1t.:pc>rtt 1.I hi s cxpl.tn.ttions of tht• lt\tsc1n tor sr.11t1n.1J a ne,, (cl nscrvat1,c l3.tpt1c:.t l1s\1on ~ocie,y \X'e thought ,,c ~or I c straight ,, hen ,vt said, " o,v so1nc of thc111 arc st.1rt1ng a nc,v f ore1gn mis s1on bo.1r<l be".1usc tl1e old ,, 111 not demand c}1at all che1r ai1po1ntces l)el1cve ,n the 1)re– n11llcnnial ren1rn of hr1~t. · Brother hetcham ays chis 1s not \\ hat he said, so the mistake was ours as a reporter an<l not h1 . ~ hat he said ,,as that the old on- en at1ve Foreign tviiss, on Board refused co put a pre-millennial plank in their constitt.•tion, v:hich is true. He says that a a matter of faet, while the CBFM bas refused to put a pre-millennial plank in their constitution, they do require that belief of all those whom they send out. We are glad co hear that their practice is better than their constitution and sorry that we misunderstood both Dr. Ketcham and the CBFM practice. Of course, we find it difficult to understand wl1y chey don't put ic in the const itution, especially when the lack of it causes the organiza– tion of another mission board! MAILI G LIST GOE OVER 1600 Again we are o n the way up sub– scription-wise. D ec. 1 the number was 1603 and we are sure it is m ore by n ow. Cedar Hill , Cleveland, sent in 14 new subscriptions. N ew Harmony, outtl Olive, did a wonderful job and sen t in 16 new o nes, which muse be just about every family, coenti ng the old o nes chey already had. First Baptist of Lancaster sent in 5 new ones and sa did Calvary o f Massillon. The Bible Baptise Church of Bedford continued its policy of taking ic for the whole member ship. The following captai ns deserve special r ecognitio n : Mrs. Ford Radcl iff o f New H a rmo ny; Mrs. Glenn H o tchkiss, Northfield ; M rs . Edward Wright, Trinity, Lorai n ; Mrs. H . C. R o,eers. Memorial , Col umbus; a nd M rs. L. E. Nesbitt, P e n fiel d J unction, Lorain. Who else will get busy a nd h elp us welcome our new editor with 1700 or more subscriptio ns? : lvfMA UEL BAPTIST, Akron Pastor William A bsalom reports that the plans for their new building are com– plete. There wil l be nine moveable par– tition class rooms in the basement, and a sanctuary, baptistry and babyland on the ~econd floor. FIRST BAPTI T, Gallipolis Pastor H oward G. Young has already begun his fourth year at Gallipolis-years that have been marked with growth and improvements; and h e is looking forward co greater things in the future. PENFIELD JCT. BAPTIST, Lorain On November 19 ac 9 :00 p.m. the Pen– field J unction Bap tist Church was h ost to an area GARBC s ingspiration. Approximately 165 people enjoyed spe– cial numbers from Trinity Bapti st , Lorain and Euclid Avenue Baptise, Lorain. Rev. Norman H oag, pastor o f the h ost ch u r ch , led the congregational singi ng with J t1 11t:i ary J C(j2 PAGES - - • the cnlis,cd hel1, cJf J>astors I Toward ·1·hc.)1nJ)S<ln and ~1nith Also hcJi,ing v. 1 ere 1 ·cH11 Mason, an I I1Hf\.,f missionary to ~c>uth D,1koca, and Rod l3arnctt, ar<.--a f-Ii· 13 ,\ director. r>astor H oc1g askt"d for favorite songs and some tcsc1mon1es . A sJJccial feature was the l)Op<.orn testimony sess ion in which the testimonies couldn · t be more than four words long. Rev. canley mith closed the meeting with prayer and also asked the blessing on the refreshments, cider and donuts The young people then went downstairs co eat and fellowship with friends from other churches. FIRST BAPTIST, Spencer Rev. Paul Wehman of Elyria has ac– cepted a call to the pastorate of the Spen– cer church and we wish him and the church many blessings in che years ahead. We hope by next month his picture can be printed and news about himself and his family. We can say chat he served for some years as pastor of the B ible Bap– tise Che rch of M orrison, 111. AVON BAPTIST Pastor H om er E. Graven reports that 11 new members were added to che church in the month of November-9 of them by baptism. BEREA BAPTIST The Women's Missionary Union h eld a fellowship supper at which time g ifts were presented for missionary children and to the K outs Children's H ome, K outs, Ind. A watchnight servi ce was held following the regular evening service D ec. 31st. H ighlighting the evening was the pre– senta tion of a M oody science film. JOY CLUBS, JOY CLUBS! D oes your church have o ne o r m ore ] oy Clubs? Why no t send in news about them t o Edit or J ames R . J ohnson , Box 1 R4. Cedarville, Ohio? What are they? Well write t o J oy Cl1Jbs, Fellowship of Baptises for H ome Mission s, Box 45 5, Elyria, Ohio, and find ouc. Y ou may even g et a worker to come in and train some of your women to organize a nd teach the club. FIRST BAPTIST, Wauseon A Prophetic conference was h eld Dec. 1-3 with Dr . Arthur F. Williams o f Ce· darville College as the speaker. The Cru· saders' Quarter of the college, consisti ng of Vance Ashley, D ave Earnhart, Dave Fisher. Lynn Jeffso n and M arv H ollen· be:-k brought soecial m,,sic D ec. 2 and 3. It w?s a time of edification and inspiration for rhe local church. D ec. 31st Pastor Warren D . J acobs oreached his farewell messa~e. He will live at 429 W. Elm treet, Wauseon, and hooe) co return t o public sch0ol teaching until another church opens for him. We would commen d Bro . Jacobs to our ch u r ches. 1r·s REALLY COLD IN KOREA! If you have some clean, useable clothing to share with the poor of Korea in the rame of Christ, whv don ' t you send them r () T nternationa1 Christian Relief, 756 H addon Ave., Collingswood, N .J .?