The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1963

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Th finan ial need eemed to be the mo t crucial problen1. and the chair– n1an and ecretar) \\'ere a ked to pre– pare an article for publication in the Ohi Independent Bapti t magazine, utlining the financial re.. pon ibilitie in,·olved in calling a tate mi ionary. Fina ncial respons ibilities The following tatement repre ent the joint opinion of the Chairman of the A.. ociation, T. Fred Hu ey and the ecretary John M. Strong. To ecure the ervice of a compe– tent. qualified tate mi ionary would require an annual alary with travel and hou ing expen e far beyond our pre ent income in the general fund of the A ociation. The major por– tion of thi money mu t of nece ity come from local churche in the A - ociation who are willing to place thi project on their budget annually. Some income would be forthcom– ing from occa ional pulpit upply and the po ibil i ty of the tate mi - 1onar} al o acting a camp director during the ummer month . Our tate trea urer, Pa tor Lynn Roger . prepared ome fact from pa t giving by the churches to the A oc1ation ~'hich clearly· reveal our limited income. At the present time l - churches send monthly gifts to the Ohio A sociation : ix churche end in gift quarterl) 1 : three end in gift annually and one send in gifts emi– annuallv. An additional ten churche .. .. end in gift apparently when there i a need made known to them. Ele,,en other churche have made a gift at one time during the period of the la t 14 month . Page 6 February 1963 lll'l l,t t' an, 1 111()\'L' 1s 111 ~t ( lc l1r tl1c ., ( l)llllCd l t "f ' 'll t<.) C,111 a lllatl l<) tht \ ,, ()t k. tllL' cl1t1rcl1c, <.1 f <.)ltr \\OCt a – lll)ll 111u,t 111tltc,1tc thctr l1ack1ng of tt11, 1111,~u.111,1r, 11r JCC l h\ placing the itcn1 (Jll their cl1t1rch btt(lget\ for ,, l1atc\ er a11nt1al a111oun t, the can g1, c . Wl1cnc r c ht1rc hc5 take ·uch ~ a \tep the trca L1rcr of the A. socia- ltt)t1 . hot1l<.J be notified . H e in turn car1 report to the uncil of Ten and ,, hen there i tifficient re pon e to clcarl) indicate tha t the financial need can be borne by the A ocia– tion. the ot1nc il of Ten can im– n1ell iatel take , tep to call a man to this p . ition. th e r1c1s~tf11 lity tl1at this n1ay l1c i11 - crca,c<.1. More b acking needed Bre thren, back tip your mandate with 111ore of thi5 kind of action an<.I it will not be long before yot1r cot111- ci l can pecdily proceed to find ,\ st1itable man for thi <; work. We therefore cal l Ltpon the churc he to act in thic; matter so th at the ouncil of Ten can go forward quickly in obedi ence to the Associa– tion ' mandate. Joint statement by T. Fred Hussey, chairman, and John Strong, secretary, tells about progress as well as problems in state missionary program A thi article wa being prepared a letter came to u from P astor R obert L. Sumner of the Temple Bapti t Church which warmed the heart . We print it in full. D ear Brother Hu ey: You will be grateful to learn that the Temple Bapti t Church has ex– pre ed its enthusia m in a tangible way regarding the Ohio Association of Regular Bapti t Churche ' propo al to place a full-time mi ionary on the field in the tate. At our An– nual bu ine meeting last Wedne - day night we voted to upport uch a plan with the amount of $50.00 monthly. The check will start com– ing to the tate trea ury in January. helping to build a re erve for when the man i elected and arrive on the field . We hope other will follow our ac tion ver y quickly. This i , in our judgment. a very valuable and im– portant tep in Regul ar Bapti t pro– gre in Ohio. Sincerely for Soul , R obert L. Sumner. Ch urch leads way The Temple Bapti t Church of Por tmou th , Ohio, ha led the way. Other are now following their plen– did example. The Fir t Bapti t Church of Bellefontaine under the leadership of P a tor C. Richard Phelp have indicated that they will be uppor ting a state mi sionary to the extent of 3.00 per month and List of commitments grows toward support for state missionary Rev. Lynn Rogers, treasurer of the Ohio As ociation of ReguJar Bapti t churche , gives us a Ii t of the recent budget commitments as the end of January . Rev. Allan Vine, pa tor of Fo toria Bapti t Church, announced in January that hi church added $50 per month to it budget for a State Mi sionary. Here i a Ii t of committments: Temple Bapti t , Portsmouth . $50.00 Fo toria Baptist . . . . . . ..... 50.00 Fir t Bapti t, Bellefontaine 3 .00 Fir t Bapti t, Bowling Green .. .' 7 .00 Bible Baptist, . Madison .... . 10.00 Fir t Baptist, Wellington . .. ..... . 5. 00 Northfield Bapti t ........... ... .. .. 10.00 Total monthly toward tate mi sionary program .......... $135 .00 Council of Ten to meet The Council of Ten Spring meet– ing i to be held March 25 at 10 a.m. at the orthfield Bap ti t Church. Guide for program Text month we will Ii t the re- pon ibilitie of a State Mi ionary and of the Council of Ten over the mi ionary. The e are only uggest– ion , but hould prove helpful in pro– curing a state mi sionary and con– ducting the work. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST