The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1963

• • ome m1ss1onary wor • • • 1s a am, y pro1ect Report shows value of establishing churches · Tl1e Fellowship of Baptists for H orr1e M issiotzs is active!)' lvorking in the Ohio area as 1/1ese reports fro ,11 missionaries indicate. These churches started fro111 a small beginning, a Bible Class, Christian group, or a ho,ne church, bzlt 11ow are well on the l-Va)' to beco,ning self-sustaining Baptist churches - supporting other • • 111/SSlOns. • • • Rev. Do n Curtis and family Dona ld; Winnie; Roger; Kathy Joy; Stephen The Lord has really ble ed the work in Parkersburg, W . Va. , ju t acros the border from Ohio. We have been here now for three year . Many souls have been won to the I.ord by the power of the Holy Spirit as the Word ha been preached . The attendance at our little cl1 urch is J 00 now. Our church is the '"Bible Bap– tist hurch,' ' located at 4 I 00 y pre s St. We have a good propert} , big l)arking area, a base111ent building and 0111e very fine people attending. he devil ha "' brought 111a11y proble111s to us, son1e disappoint111ents, but prai e the I...ord, there is always vic– tor)' a we tru t H i,11 a11d kee1) on 1,r acl1i11g tl1e Word of od . At pre e11 t \.\'e arc i 11 a l1ouse to iiou e c arl\'ass. rf'hj j \\.1 }1a t fllakt: S a churcl1 gr "'' . We ha ..., 111a11) 1 f n1ili t: 011 tl1 list f r re-co11tact c111d )) fl.: t:Jlti,1g ih t: 11cl i11 a J cr - s 1 al ,,,a ,. 111 I rd , i I f r Lts ll r,o i11t tll l1igl1,,•a ,111cl J1edgcs an,t c 1111 I 1l1er1'il t c 111 i 11 ar1d ,, ,,,a11t THE OHIO INDEPENDE T BAP IST to obey Hi command. So pray with u for many more familie to be added to our church becau e the love of Calvary reache their heart . We rejoice in home mi ion work. lt i not the mo t plea ant at time - groundwork i rough. Yet we know tha t the Word never return to the Lord void. So praise Hi eternal name for victorie in Parker burg. Because of Calvary REV. DON CURTIS In Columbus .. ., ··come over to Engli h Village and vi it our Bible Class ,. aid Pa tor McKeever of Central Bapti t Chttrch of Columbu . Thi wa the beginning of OLtr con ideration and call to the ea)t i(ie of Columbu . After vi iting the Bible cla , we saw that the east ide of the capital of Ohio wa a tremendou field. The Southern Bapti ts have tarted over a dozen churche here ince the war, and with even GARBC churche in the Columbu area, none of them were reaching the ea t ide. Rev. George M}'crs, Mt '~tonar)'-Pastor Botl1 J)astor 1cKee,,er of c11tral Bapli t l1ur 11 a11d Ila tor Brl)Ck o l l111111anuel BaJ)ti ·t l1t1rc t1 , ,i~itcli tl1 area a11 c.i cr1cot1ragt!d tis to go ahc·, I. ~ro111 a ur,'C)' (lf oOlJ l10111es \\' c se- tlrt:ll co11ta t s. 111 111 t! r i a 11 B, l - t ists )fl f>l sell lll f re t f i]e 111c11t a r ) ' 1>}' gt>ing t tl1e t1 ' c" ot 1l1c \\ 1 oc>ll– l1t)ll I i 11 J> i 11 lli lls l 1 o L 1 ll nr l I. ll t , t, the Lord gave us the victory. Fir t ervices were held on Oct. 8, 1961 , wi th 61 pre ent for Sunday School and 44 for morning worship. From the very beginning, the bles ing of the Lord wa upon the work. Several GARB'ers tarted to come and be– came the leader in the work. Pa tor Thomp on of Reynoldsburg gave u ix people and Pa tor McKeever one. The church wa organized on April 25, 1962, with 26 member . The member hip now tand at 34. The Sunday chool average 114. with a record of 15 5. There are between 60 and 70 in the morning worship • erv1ce. Pine Hill i a big field. There are 500 homes here. Ju t outh of us they are building 900 new homes. To the north there i a project that will eventually have 300 new home . And we are the only church in the area now. One big victory wa our being able to buy , ix lot for a building site. Thi land i near the chool where we meet and al o near the bridge that connects thi area with olumbu proper. We are in the center of ever ything. Thi pring, if the Lord tarrie we tru t the Church Building Committee will be able to help u in putting up a building. Thi would greatly help the work. ' 'A great door and effec tual i opened unto n1e, and there are many adver, ari e .' ' A number of God' . George; Be tty; Timothy; Renee; Jonathan l)eo r,1~ l1a \ ' ~ l)ce1 ga1t1"-l c l t gl.t h\:"r i11 tl1is ,,ren . l l1c }l i 11t.. Hill~ B,11 1i t l1t1 r t1 is a rta l lt) ~1r1 t lcsti111 >11) t tl1c:: J)rnis, of tile I Orli . ' l tll l,a, e lJt: 11 s•tv ll ':ttlll sni11t l1a, lJ~ 11 ~tirrc'-1 tlJ) . fi )r all tl1i s , , ar\: gl'lli l l \ . (1 1 R Jl 1 l ) l R , I i i 11 ar -1 a t r Page 3, Febru ry 19 6 3