The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1962

:ront Interior of Emmanuel Baptist, Dayton North Bethel pastors meet - •arsonage ·is purchased >y Rocky River Church G race Baptis t Church, Rocky R iver >h io, recently was f aced with a n ur– ent matter when the owner reque ted o sse sion of a hom e tha t was r·ented or the pa tor and his f amily . The hurch had never owned a p arsonage ut concluded tha t it should purchase ne. So, wi th much concentra ted work nd pra yer, the appointed committee ound a ui table and practical hom e o recommend to the church . Thi s 1as accepted by t he church, and was o be effective fo r occupancy by vf arch 1. The new addre of R ev. f erbert . Webber is 19555 R iver – vood Avenue, R ocky River 16, Ohio . Rev. Gerald V. Smel er , Supt, of he Jeveland H ebrew Mi s ion , spoke 1t the church in J anuary. Chu rch begins visitation A visi tation pliogr am was begun at :alvar y Baptist hurch , Tiffin, of i\l1 ich J{ev. 1yron JJ, Wi lliams is :>a tor. l "he objective was to reach 111 1}1e l1on1es in a 20 lJlock ar ea ;1r und the church with a ospel \Vit– and an invi tation to the services. J>a tor \Villian1s co11duc tcd a n i 11- >lt uction cla for those w110 rcccntl}' ~ere a ed or desired to foll ov·l tile l...ord i 11 B lie er' Ba11r is111 . ul>ject co1 ider d ,,ver : Salvar- 1on, lie , r' I apt i 01, 11 11 r c J1 1 1nbersl1ip a11d l1 ri tian 1 ...i, ,ing. fh OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST - Pas tors of the or th Bethel Baptist Association met Feb. 5, for their second monthly ga thering at the Faith Baptist hurch , Van Weit, where H o,vaxd Andrus is pastor. At mro o'clock the meet– ing was called to order by l\tloderator Ralph Kerrunerer of Findlay \.\ri th 11 ministers and eight la)' people present . A good many local members came to en– jo:y the evening service, held after a felloivship supper at a local restaurant . First speaker was T. W esley Bliss, assistan t pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist hurch, T oledo, , vho spoke on "An In– vitation to the Infilling of the H oly spirit." H e emphasized that in these days there is need for a desperate dedication to Christ and the power to live it out. H e was followed by Pastor Bernard Horn of H omewood Baptist hurch, Lima, who poke on the need of self-examina– tion. Pastor H ovvard Andrus reminded the men of the l\1inistry of John the Bap tist and need of repentan ce today. Dr. Ketcham to speak in Ohio While a song was sung as a break between each message, our moderator suggested a fe\,v moments of discussion on the meaning of Rev. 22 : 19 as a bit of variety. It proved to be pretty much of a stumper and not many offered any explanation! That i t referred only to death did not seem ,,ery con, 1 incing. About the only thing "''e could say was that it did not say a saved man ,vas excluded, but that Bible deniers are de11ied their par t or share of the tree of life, which ,vould seem to mean that they could have been saved but inned av. 1 ay their oppor tunity. That \vould pre– suppose an unlimited atonement, \i\·hich a few extreme Calvinistic Bapti ts deny. Dr. R . T. K e tcham , N a tional Consultant, h a t h e fallowing peaking schedule in Ohio : M arch 4-11 H ayden Ave. Bapti t, 1740 H ayden Ave. , Ea t Cleveland 12, Ohio, Rev . Donald B. Woodby, p astor. Mar ch 25-A pr i 1 1 F o toria Baptist Church 524 W. Lytle, Fo toria, Ohio, Rev. Max Tucker , p a tor. T he closing afternoon message wa brought by Ralph T. ordlund of Fo - toria, who spoke on Rev. 22 :20, or hrist's Return . In the evening an im– promptu quartet sang - made up of pastors larence T o\.\'ll.Send, Ralph Ken1- merer, W esley Bli s and I Io,,'ard ndru . peaker vvere Pas tor T ownsend of Bo"vl– ing Green and Pastor Tucker of Fostoria. On our beaut iful campus over look ing Sa n Fra nc isco Bay, h ig h school grads can obta1r1- A CHRISTIAN EDUCATION FOR LIFE AND SERVICE B.A . and B.Th . degrees; Bible maior with minors in Theology Pastoral Education, Christian Education, Miss ions, Mus ic, Greek, Soci al Science, Education-Psychology, or the Humanities. Co·ope rative program s le ading to . B.S. and ~ -~ · d ~grees, a lso B.A . and M.B.A . or M.S. d e grees in Bus iness Adm1n1st rat1on . Write for free catalog, Dept . l ACCREDITED: AABC WESTERN BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE Rev. H. 0 . Va n Gi lder, O.D., Preside n t El Cerrito , Ca lif. Hill a nd Elm Street s MARCH, 1962, P ge 7