The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1963

Success Baptist by shown Churches use of plan to establish Regular where churches are needed • 1n 3. Meeting place committee - * * The American Legion build– ing eem to be the be t site to date. 4. Publicity - orm Bosworth a. 2 000 printed brochures con– taining information re. meet– ing place ( pos ibly a map sketch bowing location in town), biographical ketch of new pastor, order of serv– ice , list of spon or·ing churches. b. Suitable Go pel tracts and family survey sheets (2,000) c. Information to local p~per d. Window po ters for the 'local tores e. Send copies of the brochures to each of the fellow hipping churches in the N .I.F.R.B .C., requesting their prayer up– port and promotion of the canvas effort and evengel– i tic meeting. 5. Finance committee - Irwin Olson * * In charge of contacting area churche for po ible financial support of the new Regular Bapti t Church of Roche ter, Indiana. All checks to be made payable to the new church. All con– tacts by this committee mu t be made per onally for max– imum efficiency and result . DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE P·ASTOR It was clearly under tood that the nucleus would make the deci ion a to whom they would choose for their pastor. H owever, it would be wi e to have several name5; i11 mind for recommendations. It wa the con– sensus of the com111ittee that no pron1i . e could be n1ade to any p1 o– sp ct. Undoubtedly. whoever co111e~ will be forced by the circur11s tance') to ge11uinely trust od in a s lep of 5hccr faith. NEED OR MINIMUM MONTHLY BUDGET ltnda}' ~ c l10 l lilcratL1re and a11d record~ I ent tilitie P a l r ' al ry The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIS I l 5.00 75.00 2 (J .0() 430.0() 54 ),()0 areas POTENTIAL INCOME 1. Reali tic e timate of income per month from the intere ted fami- 1 ies. 1 2. Potential outside support per month ( amount compiled by e timate of po ible support from intere ted churche within a 30-40 mile radiu of the new work). 3. Remainder of necessary upport to be arou ed by the pa tor either in hi previou area of mini try or among our fellowsh~pping churche . ** It wa concluded by the teer– ing committee that if the new pa tor wa faithful in Scriptural in truction regarding tithing, the potential among the nucleus could oon mul itp'ly it- elf. PROGRAM FOR THE DAY • • • JANUARY 8, 1962. 9: 00 - 9: 30 - In pirational H<rJT - Rev. Thoma Younger. 9:30 - 10:00 - A ignments. 10: 00 - 12: 00 - Door-to-door can– vas. 12: 00 - 1: 30 - Sacklunche (Local committee compri ed of ladie of the nucleu to provide coffee and de ert) . 1 :30 - 5: 00 - anva . 5 :00 - 5: 30 - Report time. 5: 30 - 6: 30 - Supper in Re tau– rants. 7:00 - Evening meeting - KI K– OFF meeting for a week of evangel– i tic meeting with Dick Kilian , the evangeli t. * * SP CIAL EV AN ELISTI M ETINGS beginning on Monday evening, Jan. 8 through Sunday even– ing, Jan. 14, 1962. J an . 14th - the first service on the Lord' day. * ~ The PRO RAM FOR H DAY took the place of our regL1larly 5cheduled quarterly n1eeting for Llr sectional fellow hip of cht1rche\ ... thLt , a l.#1-0W HIP Wl H A PRO- J EC ! ! t>RINC' IJ>I .., l~ ar1J J)Hfl OPHIL that co11tr1l)t1te to tl1c \ttcce~ of tl1c .. PllOC,RA 1 of t,>flOP (, l l N ' ' tinder tl1e gracioLts t1and of 1od. l . I t)cal chL1rcl1 l1ascLl - ~pon– Sl1rcd l>} one or seve ral loca l cl1t1r lie, - ,111 tl1c gra~s-1 ot>l~ ll: cl 2. l ··sclf- i11itiati11g' - 1l1at is, \\' d > Ill)l 11tcr a fi ·ld t111lcss , l It> al JJast r r 1J, s tors r ,l grl>t11, l)f in– lli ridtlfl) fl!qlt St t\lt;; S f\' i S of Lllll' · ( .. , R , R 11..1 ) f> l{ < Jl_ C I)) 11 l I l l e l ~ AGATION" Committee). 3. We are not a home mis ion agency. a. We do not handle upport money . . . all check are made payable to the new church and ent directly to them. b. We do not position or place men on the field (we do not have a li t of approved' ' mi ionaries awaiting ap– pointment. 4 . All committee members ( that i , any "PROGRAM OF PROPAGA– TION" members and any on local level for any given pha e of the launching of new work) mu t be vitally and enthu ia tically intere ted in the "PROGRAM OF PROPAGA– TION ' . 5. New church i an independent entity - Regular Bapti t hurch - it i not a mi ion church of the 'PROGRAM OF PROPAGATIO " for any period of time at all. 6. Local advi ory committee. a. Experience and intere t gen– erate confidence. b. Valuable coun eling and ap– propriate indoctrination i po ible d Llring the fertile forn1ative tage of the new work. 7. Financial etup - the work (new local church) i upported, not the worker. ( the church upport hin1). by: • 9 Budget of local church rai ed a Tithe .. and offering of th nL1cleu . b. u pple111entary gift. fron1 pon ring chttr he ' . c. Per l1nal conta: t of 11C\\ pas tor ( I h i tr 111 ~,n- ot her geogrupht~ area) . d . M1\Ce llancot1~ t B,1pt1\t ::x– pa11sit)r1 1>1 l1g1 a111 t1 t I c"ip - llVC St,'\tC). I-~' Ll 11-t 111 l p ,.l "i l~) f ! 1(). nLIL .. l "t"111 li11g that 11t1clcL1" 111l1"t hav , a11 L)t gan1,ctl , \.:L'" ~l, \ 1"1t"l– t il)Il grogra111 to fL)llL)\\' - tll) 111.. a,1- ' 'nss 1 ~,ult~. 11 . Jl) \\ 1 itl1 a11 t111{lc:r s ta11 li11g ,vitl1 1t1L· 11t1 I ti~ !\tlli ' lr a l1L1r 11 s all\.) J)d~ ll)fS t}l ( flt:\\' \\'()l'k \\ ill ll ' l I RB( (; h l ll l 11 . (Continued on page 13) Page 5, AUGUST 1963