The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1963

From our fellowship churches A sociation secretary r ports p rogress of • • state m1ss1onary program R \.'' 1 (,l,11 tt l1ng. "c "rc tar\' l) f the ... .. h1\, \ ,,l,(' ta t1, 1 ,t Rcgt1lar Ht1pti"l hl r~ .. l,('..... 1nt r 111~ tt" 1t tl1c 11ro- 1... · (.' , \.,t t l1c l1t1r1 ' tl t1f en i11 the I r '-'g·· .1r11 l, t .. 1 ~ta tc 11, ,s. i n, f}' . The Rl , . ~tr . tr 1ng ,, r1tcs ~ •· 1 h e (. l1t1 n "' tl f en ha.. in, trt1c tcd t l1c .. ha1r 111..1 n and the .. ec retar t ,, rite an ~1rt1cle f r the n1agaz ine re– g.. rd1ng the progran1 f a 111i ionary f ,r ot1r .. tate a "Ociation, after tudy f the ,, h le n1att r . They are making .. u h a tt1d} and are in the p roce f ,,,r it1ng a report to appear in the bruar\ i ue f the m agazine . " In the pecial e ion of the coun– cil a t 1edina the la t of October , in \\ hich all member were pre ent, th i matter wa o ne of the m a in item o n the agenda. Your prayer upport for the council in carrying out the d1recti\·e of the a ocia tion regarding the need of a tate mi ionary will certainl)' be appreciated . Let u also remember that the financi al upport of the churche will be neces ary in order to car ry out thi program. Therefore we tru t that thi matter will be kept befor e our church e . The Lord willing a detailed r eport from the chairman and ecretary will be in the February is ue of the magazine. " Walter Warfield Ohio-Missouri tate mi ionary, talked with the ed itor of the Ohio Independent Bap– t i t magazine a t the annual meeting about thi project . The Rev. W arfield said he would pr epare at the editor ' r equest , an ar ticle for the magazine expla ining the program, progre s and success . This article i planned for a future feature when it is completed. Northfield completes campaign orthfield Baptist just completed a ·~ Tew Life' ' Campaign wi th Evan– gelist Kenneth Dodson. It was a r eal ble sing to see Christians make life effect1ng decisions of dedication as well as nearly 30 pr ofess faith in Christ. Mr. D odson is a tireles work– er who r eally gives himself wi thout reservation for the cause of Christ and the salvation of precious souls. He preached 23 m essages in the ten– da)' campaign. f orning sessions wer e held particularly for the benefit of the night shift workers and any of the housev.'i,res who were able to attend· ' \VCRF used him on their "'Bread of Page 6 , January, 1963 l ,tl.... l r<.1gr,111, . at1tl l f ()t tr~c l1c 111 111 .... tcrc l t l1c v\' <)r<.I at each cvc 11111g "l'f\, ICC. ,\ c nccr lcll , 1"1ta li n ef fort pr cl; <.Ic l l th c a 11111a i g n . EI g ht y- n i nc ti i f - fcrc11t people look pa rt 1n the vi. ita– til)n that brot1ght 125 first-time " 1 1t r'i to the unda ch o l during the si wcel prior t the campa ign . T he t1nd a chool taff voted to ont1nt1c the weekly vi itation pro– gra n1 r ather than r evert to the bi– n1onthly program u ed for the la t ever al year . Reynoldsburg Progre i being made in the building program at Bible Mi ion Bapti t Church, Reynold burg. Ce- ment landing in basement tair poured , partition erected , dry wall put up, out ide door hung on north ide more floor laid in attic 350 feet of upply and return line for heating plant installed. Cleveland A Thank giving service with speci– al numbers including the Ladie Choir and the Junior Choral wa held at orth Royalton Baptist Church. G ue t peakers were Rev. and Mr . H arry Ambacher, A bland, missionary appointees to East Pakistan under ABWE. The Strongsville folks were invited too. Richard Chilcott was the MC . Bellefontaine church calls Rev. John R. Wood The Calvary Baptist Church, Belle– £ onta ine, has called Rev. John R. Wood 34, Ecorse, Mich. , to fill the pastora te vacated by Rev. James E. Rosner Sept. 6. Rev. Wood has been the pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, E.corse , Mich., for the pa t seven years. Rev. Wood was born in Chicago. At the age of 17, he entered the avy and was discharged in the pring of 1946. Following his discharge Rev. Wood enter ed the Moody Bible Institute while holding a part-time job as a fr eight traffic auditor . It was at the institute Rev. Wood met his wife, Anna Jean . Mrs . Wood ha a degree in Christian Education and is the ' other half' of the team. The Wood' have one son, Ronald. After graduation, Rev. Wood did pulpit supply work for the Moody Institute and continued in hi job of freight traffic auditor . Three year later he became a full- tir11c 111inistcr \\' ilh a 1,a toratc in < 1>,,,. l ncl. ft 'f' tl11cc years there he tt a nsf 'J'l'l'll to a t<.· 1111or ary p sitio11 c1 f ass istant 11t1stor i11 1 ...a J>ecr M ic l1 . JI 1, nc · t 111c>vc wns lo 11 is 1 rcscn t pa, to r '1 tc 1n J~corsc, Mich. John R. Wood During his tenure in Michigan , Rev. Wood was treasurer of the eastern Michigan G eneral Associ a– tion of Regular Baptist Churches (GARBC), camp director of the Detroit area youth camp, served on the board of the Christi an Witness to Jew A sociation and was chairman of the missionary Round-Robin con- ference. He loves to work with Young People, home visitation, and adapts himself to the local church and the tudying of the word basing his life' ambitions on John 3: 30, ' 'He must increase , but I must decrease. ' Rev. Wood as urned the full-time pastorate of the congregation in Bellefontaine Dec. 9. Emmanuel Baptist Church in Toledo hosts council Delegates from eight Regular Bap– ti t Churches, a t the call of Emman– uel Baptist Church Toledo, met Nov. 13 to con ider the propriety of etting apart Garwood K.niseley for the work of the Gospel ministry. Rev. Clarence Townsend was named moder a tor and Rev. Richard Phelp wa named clerk of the council . The candidate told of meeting the Lord about eight years ago through the prayer of ms wife and the r adio mini try of Rev. Oliver Green in bis personal testimony before the pa tor . He prai ed the Lord for Hi wonder– ful grace by which he h ad been de- The OH IO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST