The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1962

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The 11 r of names could al o be used as a prayer reminder. ~IEi\fORJAL BAPTI T, Columbus .... ince our Jase report the folk of our church congregation have spent many anx1ou moments as \Ve have waited for reports from the doctors who " 'ere i n charge dur1 ng the ti me our pas tor was confined 10 the hospital. We are g lad to report that after about three vleeks in the hosp ital. cndergoing many tests and x-rays and exploratory surger,r, our pastor is back home He 1s agai n filling his pulpit which " ·as tilled by R e". Richard Bov:ser during our pastor's absence. A large crov."d gathered ac the Church on unday e\'ening, Dec. 1-, co enjoy the Christmas program, "The Three Gifts of Christmas... The follo"'ing unday eve– ning. Dec. 2<-1, the 30-voice choir of the church sang The Christmas Cantata, "Love Transcending·· There was also a large attendance at the Wacch ight Service Dec. 31 There ha, e been four adults saved since ?u r last report and five persons are await– ing Lhurch membership. Baptist Name Added To Church In Novelty 1·ht• R1verv1e\\' B1ble ( hurc h , o, cit}. 0 . recently added the name B,tpt1 ·t to 1ts r1,1me, t l1us 1 os1t1on1ng the cl1urcl1 by name as \\ell as by fait h an<.l 11ractice. The church 1s also ,, r1t1ng a ne,,, constitu t ion \\h1ch wil l clarify even more its adheren ('e to Baptist dist1 nct1ves. Pastor Ralph A. Lenz says they had a blessed )ear with sou ls saved and l ives surrendered to Chri st. At– tendance has been on the increase. The mid-v:eek prayer service is up 4 1 per cent above 1960; the Lord's D ay evening service is 18 per cenc above 1960; the Lord's D ay m orning serv– ice is up nine per cent above 1960. M issions g iv ing has gone up 319 per cent since J uly, 1959. HW e kno" r that our Lor d J esus Ch rist has made all these things pos– sible and v.te give Him all the glory," Pastor Lenz said. "In the sori ng we are goi ng to erect ( DV ) a S 10~,000 build ing for o ur expanding chu rch p rogram. . , FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH , New London The chu rch has once agai n sub– scr ibed to the Ohio Independent Bap– tise n1agazjne for all its m embership. T here are 60 subscribers in the ch urch. Hebron Association Launches Contest T he H ebron A ssoci;1cion consisting o f 3 3 ch urches is launching a six week Sun– day School contest beginning o n Feb. 18 through March 25. Theme of the contest is "Operation G rowth." This division is determined by the unday School at tend– ance average of each chu rch for the first n ine mon ths of 1961. W inoe:-s of the groups wi ll receive a p r ize for their ch urch. Before the contest a unday School con– ference was held in the Fi rst Baptist Cr1urch of Elyria Feb. 2 a nd 3. Speaker v.·as the Rev. N. W iens of Ka lamazoo, ~f ich . Along with messages by Mr. W iens On .our beau~ campus overlooking San Francisco Bay, high school grads c an o b tain- A CHRISTIAN EDUCATION FOR LIFE AND SERVICE. B~. and B:T~. degrees: ~ible ° ;laj.or with minors in Theology Pastoral Educat~on, Chr1 t1an Education, Missions, Music, Greek. Social s~icnce E:ducation-Psychology, or the Humanities. ' Co-ope rative prog1-aros l eading to B.S. and R.N. degrees, also B.A. and M.B.A. or M.S. degrees in Business Adtt.mis tration. Write for free catalog, Dept . 1 ACCREDl'l'ED: AABC WESTERN BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE Rev H. 0 . Van Gilder. D.D., President Hill and Elm Streets, EI Cerrito, Cal a - - \,·ere \Vorksho1 s fo r those atte ndi ng to in f<>I m them how to conduct the contest. JJastors a nd hr iscia n ,vc>rkers from the var ious ch urc hes conducted the workshops. 1~0 TORIA BAPTI T "D ays of D ecis1on'' meetings ,v ith Re,.,. Al Colwell , Eas tern Re;_)resencative of the General A~ociation of Regular Bapti st churches are planned for March 25- April 1 WHEELERSBURG vf!S IONARY BAPTI T The K alters, M id-M issio ns missiona r ies to lvf exico can obtain a car for 1,200 Green Stamp books. The chu rch is col – lecting books toward this project. Mrs. H olmes is in charge. T he church wa nes to gee its cho ir pews by Easter and also a unday School bus. MARANATH A BAPTIST, Springfield Since D ec. 19 , 1961, lvfarana tha Bap– tist has been broadcasting the gospel over the rad io. The broadcast , which features a message from the pas tor , R ev. Anhur H ouk, is heard each T uesday, T hursday, and Sat !.' rday at 9: 55 p .m. over WEEC-FM. 100. 7 m egacycles o n the FM dial . Wi th 77 ,O'JO wa tts of power this station is Ohi o's m os t powerfu l Christian radio . voice. FIRST BAPTIST, Medina The church heard repo rts from di fferent ~ colleges at tended by young people who we!"e home for Chr istmas vacatio ns. The N ew Year 's Eve service from 7 to 8 p .m . was conducted by the college young people with ma ny speci'31 num bers and testimonies. Then followed an hour of I singspira cion w ith the Litch field Bapt ist I church joi ni ng t he group for the rest of l the evening . The film, "G oal to G o" was shown followed by a social hour in r the ch urch basem ent. At 11 :30 p.m. everyone returned to the audi tori um for a commu n ion service a nd ( the n co prayer to begin the n ew year . FIRST BAPTI T , N iles A R ound-R ob in M issionary Conference,, was held Feb. 4-1 1 wi th seven churches , part1c1pating in eight days of special meetings i n each ch u rch. Those caking pa.rt were, Calva ry Baotist, Salem ; Berea n Baptist , Y oungstown; Eva nsville Baptist , Evansville; First Bap– tist, McD onald; Sharon Baptist, Sharo n, P a.; Trinity Bapti st, Cortla nd; Heig hts ! Baptist , Ease Liverp ool . Speakers were : R ev. Mu r ray H eron, Rev. James W ooster, Rev. Eugene McMil– lan , Dr. Alla n Lewis, Mr. J ohn R ouch, M iss Miriam Morin, Mrs. Mary Zouck, Dr. Kenneth Good , M r . Robert Card, Rev R eevis C lark. NEW RICHLAND BAPTIST , Belle Center A wa rchnight service was presented by