The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1963

Following thi que tioning. copies of hi doctrinal tatement were pa ed out. In Jight of this, Dr. Lewi moved that one ubject at a time be read and considered. This was econded by Pa tor Huffman and pas ed. Following nearly two hours' ex– amination. Dr. Lewis moved that the que tioning be terminated. Pa tor Clark econded it and it wa pa ed. After the candidate and guests bad left the room, a brief di cu ion fol– lowed. Then Pastor Camp moved that the council go on record as being sati fied with the candidate' account of his conver ion and call to ervice, his doctrinal beliefs; and that he be commended as to the tand he took and hi progre s made· and that the council recommend to the church that they proceed with his ordination ervice. It wa econded by brother Gerald Smel er and pas ed. Pa tor Morrell moved that appropriate pub– lications be notified. Brother Leonard seconded it and it was pas ed. The candidate and guest were then asked back in, and the moderator con– gratulated the candidate. Brother Smel er then moved that the meeting be adjourned. It was econded and passed. An ordination service was held Sunday evening, July 7. - Rev. Paul Schenck reported. Memorial Baptist Church has missionary conference The Memorial Baptist Church, Co– lumbu&, was the meeting place of the Columbu Area Mis ionary onfer– ence with the council meeting of Bap– ti&t Mid -Mi ssion , July 17-21. Rev. Vernon K. Billington wa the ho<;t pa tor. During the meetings 211 r egi tered, 27 candidate~ were exan1 ined, and eight olumbus area churche co– operated 1n the entertainment. Mu ic was in charge of Rev. Vernon Weber, missionary to the Do1ninican Republic. hose who participated arc, Rev. Joh11 McKillop, J amaica; Rev. Allen MacL..con, ~ranee : Rev. Wilfred Bootl1, "i rs t Baptist ( hurch, C,alion ; Rev. ho111as A. Lang, Jr ., irst Bapti~t l1urcl1, J{ andolpl1, . Y.; 1v1iss ,ladys I:.. Br1ines; 1, ev. 1>aul Beals; l'rcs1dc11t Allan E. L ..ewi ; Rev. W111. H. h,1111- 1,er , J>eru; Artl1ur ,. l~ct,cr; l{ cv. lJlJJlald 1-J. Walker, er1nar1y, l)astor H1lJingto11 ; Jt cv. Quc11ti11 KcrlO}'Cl', M . I . Assa111 , I11ditl ; a11(l l{t:V. Willia111 ,rit 1 in, Brazil . i ll)U l t an~Oll~ 0111 ef 11ce COOJ)Cl' - a t i11g c11urcl1cs ar , 1e111orial li a11ti t , lr111i:1a11t;1c:J Jia1,ti t, , 11d l'in l-l ills llapti t 1 OILIJ111)ll; Billi Jlar,ti t t)f C rL ,, it), l1i , and 11il>l lj si 11 he OHIO INDl.:PENDEN BAPTIST Bapti t of Reynold burg Ohio. 'The ho t church was e pecially ble ed," Pa tor Billington aid. "It mi ionary vi ion wa greatly in- crea ed." ANNUAL ASSOCIATION MEETING Oct. 14-17 at Emmanuel Baptist Church Toledo, Ohio NEWS IN BRIEF Elyria Rev. Gerald Smel er director of the Cleveland Hebrew Mi ion ,poke at Fir t Bapti t Church, Elyria, re– cently. Hebron Youth rally with Rev. Ronn Huff, ho t of radio program, Rev. Darre'll Bice as ong leader, and The roving mike with Lynn Roger wa held here. Cleveland Pa tor Roy J. Clark and hi family of Bethlehem Bapti t hurch were at Camp Chief Noonday near Grand Rapid , Mich. in Augu t. Pa tor Clark wa peaker at the Bible con– ference pon ored by the Inter- ity Bapti t hurch of Hazel Park Mich. Painesville Erie ide Bible Conference wa held at the Lake Erie ollege, Paine ville, through Augu t 11. Bethany Baptist Fellowship meets in Warren church The July meeting of the Bethany Bapti t Fel1ow~h1p of Regular Bapti~t cht1rche \Va5 held on the 22nd at the Bethel BaptL t hurch of Warren, Ohio, with l{ev. Kenneth Ron11g a~ ho t pa~tor 1 he afternoon 111ect1ng WU\ opened 1n pra}cr by Mr WillarLI carbrougl1. Rev. l~o1111g lcLI tl1c ·ong ~crvice. ]~here tollowcd a !)Ca\on of r1ra, c1 with pec1al rcqt1e")l\ fro111 each cl1t1rcl1 l1ei11g 111ade k110\v11. l{C\' 1{0111- ig tl1c11 srJokc 011 the 'ir1r1cr, ll iblc a11d 1 '11c C t1r1stia11 Bil1lc. He s11L)kt: fro111 11 ( l1r 011. 20: 1- 17. ' f'l1c11 l{e\ . H arolLi ar11c11tcr ~poke 011 Tc1111)et • ar1ce, co111patil)lc \ itl1 f)ttrit)' · He tt~etl s vcral crir>tt1rcs n11(l l1rt)t1gl1c ot1t !-ielf– co11lr >I, 1110,ll!rati )11, t111it) l1t1111ilit) Hild itllitl lf)' l)I' di)ig J\Ct. J\ l'llt\'\Ltl t i rll >f j t;ll )\\ 1 s l1i11 flfOl lOll lll \\Olli \\ a tljO) ~d l>)' 11 . ])a l fs flrc:s Ill ~ ' \;ft: Rev. Ro111ig, Rt;V . ·\ r1> 11tcr, Rev. Andrew Mar teller, Rev. Ray– mond Fredrick , and Rev. Tom Wright. The September meeting was to be at Nile with our new state mi ionary Rev. Umbaugh as the speaker. We hould remind our churche of the needed support for Rev. Umbaugh a the state missionary. Plan for the youth retreat were also di cu sed. The meeting was closed in prayer by Mr. Snyder. A fine upper wa served by the ho t church. Even ing service The evening service wa opened with a ong ervice led by Jim Romig. Rev. Frederick led in prayer. A quartette ang, compo ed of Rev. Car– penter, Rev. Mar teller, R ev. Romig, and Rev. Wright accon1panied by Tom Wright. Later three of the n1en ang in a trio and Rev. and Mr . Wr~ght sang and Time Wright ;played a piano oJo. A count of the churche wa taken and i a follow : Bethel 2 l: Sharon 3; McDonald 6; Grace Bap– ti t 3; Struthers l; Berean l; Grove City l . Rev. Andrew Mar teller brought the evening me age. He poke fron1 Re\ 1 • 3: 14-22. He mentioned five condition which are true in our churche toda) . There are four thing that make u lL1kewarm. Prayerle ne worldline . carele ne and elfi hne . The n1eet– i ng wa clo ed in prayer b 1 Re\. Raymond Fredrick . - Reported b 1 Tom Wright, Sec')'.-Trea . Marvin Wiseman mee ts with ordination council The Ordination ouncil n1eeting to examine Marvin Wi en1an ,va called to order by Rev. lenn Gree11\.\ ood, pa tor of Ble ed Hope Bapt1 ~t hurch. on J tine 16. 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