The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1963

livered from a life of sin. In peak– ing of his call, Mr. Kniseley told of a great burden for preaching Christ that came upon him soon after his conversion. The candidate tated that the Lord gave him the ability to preach in answer to prayer and that he had held several evangelistic cam– paigns. In one of these campaigns he became acquainted with an inter– denominational work known as "Union Chapel ' located in Clays– burg, Penn. He was approached by this church about the matter of serv– ing as pastor. He turned down their offer but later accepted after much prayer and cons ideration of the Lord 's will in the matter. The candidate stated that he has been serving this group for three months now and has organized them into a Regular Baptist Church. After reading his doctrinal state– ment and extensive questioning by the pastors, a motion was made by Ralph C. Kemmerer and seconded by Brother Williams that the council recommend that the church proceed with the ordination of Mr. Kniseley. The motion was carried. A time of praise at Cedar Hill Baptist Cedar Hill Baptist Church observed Thanksgiving with their traditional 'Thanksgiving Ingathering held on the previous Wednesday evening. Some weeks before, every organized class, every department of the Sunday School was given a goal, and these gifts were presented by a skit or di - play of some kind depicting the need for this ingathering. This year it was for the Building Fund - for a new Church Audi– torium. The total goal wa $ 17,500 inc luding a goal given to Dr. Ba lyo on beha lf of the churc h for $5,000. his i a lways a hilarious time. ven Boys Brigad e, Junior hurch and T oddler voluntarily pa rtic ipa ted . The r ewa rd wo uld be a duc t by P a~tor Ba lyo and Mr . M ack , if we r eached our goal . R e\iults: when a ll wa~ in the to tal r eacJ1cd was $ I 8, 160.03 the vocal duet was lovcJ},. or a]J th is blcs ing of tl1e l .. ord we a rc lrt1f 1, gra teful . 'J'l1anksgiving 1nor ni r1g, the c l1urc h as– se r11bled as i'i custo1 1ar y f or thei r 10 o'clock J'r aisc crvicc wi th si ng– ir1g and test1111onies. ']"his is SLtc h • • a Jlrcc1ou t1n1e too. Galion A l \\'O V.'ec s revi, 1 a l ser, 1 ice was )1.;.Jd No'· 4-1 . v. 1 itt1 Or . "ho11a l... a\\ 1 re11c oJ t oocl)' li i l,J lns lit t1 t • a speaker. l ..adie. t i io11, f}' 1101 nd u ted , nn tt I "'l1a11k. gi,,ing i cat ra~\' rd oun L)' Ji 111 . The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIS Rev. Billy Carl Rice is Minister of Visitation Rev. Billy Carl Rice began his duties as Minister of Visitation at Temple Baptist Church, Portsmouth, November 4. The Rev. Mr. Rice is "almost' ' a native of Portsmouth since he was born and raised in Wittensville, Ky. He served four years in the Air Force a year of which was spent in Korea during that encounter. He was active in Christian circles all the time he was in the service. Upon receiving his honorable dis– charge he went to Wheaton College Wheaton, 111. While there he met and fell in love with Joanna, the daughter of the famous evangelist, author and editor, Dr. John R. Rice. They were later married and now have three children. Before and after graduating from Wheaton, Rev. Mr. Rice has been as– sociated with the Sword of the Lord Foundation ( about five years), worked briefly in selling with Sacred Record , Inc., and served for nearly two years a Ass istant Pas tor of Calvary Baptist, Wheaton. He was ordained by this church which i pastored by Dr. Walter Handford. Spencer On Nov. 10 all deacons and their wive and Pastor and Mrs. Paul Weh– man of Fir t Baptist Church, dined at the Oberlin Inn. Later they re– turned to the church for two in– teres ting travel film . Dr. Willi Virtue conducted a four– day Bible Conference Nov. 15-18. Theme of the conference wa ' The Christian Home." Subscriptions Brookside Bapti t sent in 103 ub– scription to renew the Ohio Inde– pendent Bapti t magaz ine for all it member . There are now 1641 paid ubscriber , an increa e con ider a b– ly over la t n1onth . F orty-three new ub cription were cnt in. Portsmouth Dr . J ohn R. Rice, evangeli~t, com- pl eted r evival er vices a t T en1pl e Bapti ~t hurch . her e wer e 38 r e corded conver s io ns, o ne for bapt1~111, three b)' letter , 20 redctl1ca tion~ dt1r– ing the r evival. Massillon a lvar)' Ba1)t1 t ( h u1c l1 of Mo ff itt Heigl1ts, i ccentl} conc ltu.J~u n \\Ct.: k of M ect i11g~ \ 1 r 11 ~vangcl1st lJ 11 Wint ers. M a ll)' t 111sa e I lle,1rd tl1 ~ ,os1 I. ''I "\-VO dcci. io11s \Ver(! 111d<lc for sal\ 1 at io11 ; or1c for r 11c\\' al of fello,,,_ l1i J). '" l{cv. \ i11tcr~ r11i11i~tr)' \\'Us a real d ,, hlessi11g to all . ltcr1dar1 \\'a goo , J a tor J t1tti iPl fl id said. North Madison Rev. George Zinn of Cedarville College ministered in song at Bible Baptist Church, North Madison. A Joash Chest offering was taken the following Sunday. Young people visited Huntersburg Baptist Church, Huntsburg for a singspiration. Cedarville Rev. and Mrs. Donald Moffat visited with their son Jack, and his wife Trudy at Winston-Salem North Carolina. Pastor Moffat spoke at both the Piedmont Baptist Bible Col– lege chapel service and in the even– ing at Salem Baptist Church of which Dr. Charles Stevens i pastor. Dr. Stevens is president of Piedmont Col– lege where Jack Moffat is studying. Warren A Bible school 'Victory Banquet" was held at Bethel Baptist, Warren, Nov. 30. A revival meeting i planned with Rev. Charles Boren, Jan. 20- Feb. 4. Rev. Kenneth T. Romig is pastor. Bedford People of the Bible Bapti t Church, Bedford collected dime in ovember for a missionary project. They agreed to underwrite the publication of Dr. Ketcham's book in Portugue e for di tribution throughout Brazil by the Regular Bapti t Pre of Brazil. Niles The First Bapti t hurch young people captured the travel trophy at the tate rally of Independent Bapti t young people at Bowling Green. There were 38 who travelled the 170 mile , one way, to the rally. Through a gif t of aving bond from the e t a te of Al Ferri , the church m ade plan t o redecorate it auditorium. Northfield Rev. Kenneth D od on , evang 11 t of Winona Lake, Ind . condt1c ted a '"New Life an1pa ign" a t orthfield Coming next month! A pecial f catur e n the F el_lo\\ - hip of Bapt1 ' t for H inc 11 ' ·1011 , Inc .. work 1n Ohio 1 planned f r tl1e F ebr t1ar} i ttc of the Ohio In– dependent Baptt ·t 111agaz1n t ~0111- piled b Rev. J l r \' ing Rec~e. t he art1 le tell abot1t cht1rcl1e\ e,tJh- 11 hcd 10 Ohio , r1<l the \\ t)r kcr 111 each . Re, . . J. 1.. \1 tt~ller, p.. 1,tor of t1 lt thcrs B,lt>t1st l ,1bcr11a ' lt;, Strt1- tt1ers ()hio, t1as st1r11 licd at L llr r - qttcs l ,l stC)f)' of hri tia11 ,, '-'I" 11 a cot111t, fair . }l is tclr ' tell ct "L)llt t 11 sll • ~~ o the \V rK a11 l h ,, it is )rga11izeLt . I)on' t 111is tl1 s f att1r ! Page 7, J nuar , 1963