The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1963

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Ina n1t1ch a. ot1r 11olic) i\ to honor e\ er\ ent r uollar a. dcsig11atecJ b~ the Jonor. \\ are l1111ited in what \Ve an ti in th i area. Th i ~ 111 a y in vo1ve the 111i~ ionar) fr 01 )OLtr chL1rch \On1c tame. To n1eet th i neeJ \.\e l1a\'e jt1~t reated a ··Revvlvi11g Proper(\' t111(/ 8111/dit,l? Loa,1 F1,r1d" to be a<lr11ini . - tered h\ the General ouncil. Our ~O\.\ n church. Calvary Bapti t of rand Rapid . f ich.. ha tarted \\ ith a re pon ~e of I 00. If mo t of the cht1rche upporting our Mi .. ion could c.Jo omething. whether 25, : 0, I 00 .... or "' 200. the total would be of uf- f ic1ent ize to offer real a i tance for the earl) cage of man)' trtiggling work. . \Vould vott. \ ot1r Board and cht1rch .. .. plea. e pra) erfully con ider thi and end a gift to make tich a ftind a \\Orking realit) to the glor) of God ? When you end che gift to Bapti t ~1id- t1 sion . plea e de ignate for ··RE\'OLVl G PROPERTY A D B ILDl .G LOA F D.' ' Thank \ 'OU .. Ble\ 1ng\ on )'Ott. In Chri t. Reginald L. 1 atthew Chairman of C,eneral Cot111ci l One \\ onder ho\.\ n1an}· pa\tor~ h ,,e taken tin1e to pre ent th, to lheir I I1 1onar\ Comn1itlee. their " Board of Deacon or to their Church? Th i. i. a great problem. and the idea pre ented b) 1 Brother f atthe\.v~ i an e ·cellent olt1t1on. 1a) the l.ord cau e e\'er\' one of our Ohio ., ""hurche co do 'Omethi ng c1b0Ltl tl1i Page 8 , MARCH, 1963 ()ltr 1111,,1011a1 ics \\tll ~ agai11 l l 'rrif 1c ()(Ill, ,_ct ,,, gt\e lllClll \ ha t l1\?tr1 ,, t~ ~t n. Gathered from here and there ... Missionaries ordered to leave Sudan \ ' t ' H ' }? <>rk ( R .. S) e e11leen nitctl Pr . h>' lerian a11J Ref or111etl n1i ionar1 s tron1 lh Uni ted tate5 \\ ere or<lereu by the Lsdane e go ern– ,1,ent to leave that Mo len1 country l)\i Jan . 19. Ll nJer it\ new anti-Chri. - - tia11 111i~~ionary law. The tJdan law. which becan1e ef– t eccive in December. require that e,,er)' n1i. sionary ociety or mi ionary he Iicensed annually to carry on any ac ti vi t 1 . Under thi law church ~chool~ have been confi cated, re i– Jent n1i ionarie. expe lled. or arre ted, and contact re tricted between Chri - tian clerg} 1 men and the people. - (,ood ew Broadca ter Twenty missionaries believed to be in Cuba ~';t. Petersbz,rg, Fla. ( MNS) - "There are today po ibly not more than 20 mi. , ionarie in Cuba " ay an article in Mi ionary Dige t ( J ant1ary-March 1963). They are Brethren, Bapti t . Pre byterian , and l nterdenon1inational. Mo t of them are a ociated with Bible chool and ·eininari e .·· (Another . ource report that three A emblie · of God mi - ~ ionarie continue to work uninter– rtt pted on the i land.) The ar ticle, written b)' Dr . Sidne.. orreli and the Rev . Ro Ackerle of the United Worlc.l Mi ion, goe on to ay that ..a can1paign of Linofficial hara ment i being waged again t the Evangeli– cal C'hL1rch in Cuba.' ' For in tance, one Methodist pa tor in La illa · Providence wa beaten b}' member of the ... people' army" who had at in the rear of hi s congregation dt1ring a commun ion ervice. The apparent rea- on for the beating wa that the militiamen could not hear what the pa. tor had aid to n1en1bers kneeling at the a1 tar . The Article al. o noted that in e\.-erv er ice one or more G2 agen t ; or mili t iamen in civilian c lothing are pre ent. producing an almo t unbear– able pre sure on the pa tor. \Vho k.no "" \ that one n1i i11terpreted idea ' REV. DON MOFFAT c uld rnca11 pri <;on for hi111sclt anti po ~1hl for the mc1nbcrs <>1 his c<Jn– gregation. Correll ancl Ackerle ,Llso re,,t1rt u new law now in ef feet which will have deva ting ef f cct on the rc111ai n– i ng cht1rche . It reqt1ire the pay111er1L of 1 per cent of a ll church 1ncon1c. retroactive to the fi r!->t of Jan uar • ; 1959. The law al o reqt1ire\ tl1at each church pre ent to the gover111ncnt a , tatement Ii ~ting the name (lf each n1ember and the amot1nt of hi week ]) contribution. -Good ews Broadcaslcr Ghana president called ' 'Redeemer' ' T he Pre ident of Ghana, Kwa111e krumah, enjoy the popular title of O agyefo (The Redeemer). An of– ficial hymn of Ghana' 500,000 Youth Pioneers in honor of the pre ident contain the following lines: "Nkrumah never die , never dies, never dies, He forever live . Nkrumah will make you f i her of men If }' OU follow him." According to HIS magazine, when the Rt . Rev. Richard Ro eveare, Anglican bi hop of Accra, prote ted the indoctrination of n1all children with uch a parody of Christian teaching (with the upport of hi uperior, Archbi bop of We t Africa~ Cecil J . Patterson) , both ecclesiasti· cal leader were abruptly bani bed fron1 Ghana. Commeoting on the above, the Good ew Broadca ter write. . . . ·· eedle to ay, thi parody on Chri t and Hi aving work i bla - phemou . Pre ident krumah i not the fir t ruler who ha ought to tighten hi hold on hi · government b) 1 clain1ing deification . And he won't be the Ja t. (See Revelation I 3: J 4-18) But men are till men, and when death come for then1, they have to go. They are appointed to die and then to come into judgment before Goe.I ( Heb. 9:27). -Good ew Broadca~ter Pray for our missionaries THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST