The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1963

From our fellowship churches ~~~~-~~ .. ~·~~~m~~~~~~,~ "Program of Propagation" results ·n a new church 11 l :;\.' l. \. It(,:;. f\)ttr ta111il1c, frt)111 tilt' J .. , ,: ai,11,t l ""' f1l1r"l1 t)I tic,. ) l1i t atl lit'c.i t\,gL' tl1cr 1t.1r till t' i11 c,~ ' t ~I l' 't' f ~.1rg.1111L.111g a 11c,, 111tlc– \. l l t c•1t B.11,11,t ~l1t1rcl1. f r a11k ll. t1i tl\' "-' k. 1,.1,t(,r 1f tl1c nc,\ ,, t)rk an- 11 ' l ) ll ' l'J , t th1, 111ccting a c n tilt1li n. ar t i , c f fa It h an li ch ti r h on\ n– i e 11 t ,\ere .. 1~,11ro,ctl. fhc gr LIP cal lctl 1l1c nL,, ht1r ... h. The Bihle Bapti . t ""' ht,rch of 1irard. Ohi . It then e - tcnllcd a all t th Re,. Frank R. (."' h1tt cl. ,, h in Jt1ne 1962 gradL1ated frL1111 the Bapti t Bible en1inary of J hn on Cit). .Y. • Bible Baptist Church, Gira rd, Ohio • Thi new church is a direct r esult of \.\ hat i called ..The Program of Propagation." Through God, leading in many dif– ferent areas , the Rev. Mr. Chittock heard of the program of propagation from the Rev. Je e G. Eaton pa tor of the Tew Haven Bapti t Church of Indiana. (A branch work of the Immanuel Baptist Church of F ort \.Va} ne, Indi ana. ) Mr. Chittock brought the program to the Rev. T. Fred Hu se 1 1 • pastor of the First Baptist Church _ iles, Ohio. (Pa tor Hu~ ey i the pre ent chairman of the Council of T en. ) Almost at once, the . 1 ion of a new church was seen by the Nile church. This vision spread to other area churches. The Betheny As oc. of Baptist 1n the Youngstown ar ea v.ras presented v.'ith a plan of operation. We must add too , this group of ten churches threw them- Page 10, MAY. 1963 I ! 4 ,l'·I, l' ' i11lt) tl1' 1)1 tlgra111 \\.-1tl1 grea t ' ' IJ.!()( . 1\ llCCl'\\,lry ,·ir ttlC fo, ~llC c,, ) , ~ht: c1t,, llf ,irard, 01110. \\a~ l1(1-.;c11 ,1, tl1c target c it,,,. 'l l1i ~ c it y f I ~.)t)O 1co11 lc ,v,1s w1thot1l a ll1l1l c 11rcacl1i ng Ba1)ti t work. ht1il(Jing \\, a'i t)h t a 111etJ, the grot1p of ... ftlllr fan1il1c'i Ltnitctl in pra) er anc.l I a i t 11 . a \.\ i 11 i ng JJ as tor. an ti 2 00 111011thl} t1pport f ron1 three area ch11rche . The e being the Fir t Bap– t1~t cht1rch f McDonald , the van - , ille Ba pti t cht1rch and the Fir. t Bap ti t church of ile . City-wide canvas A city wide canva wa made on March 16 with 150 willing area Bap– ti t folk calling on over 3 800 home ( calling time three hour . ) From thi urvey the new church ha 500 intere ted home to call back to. On March 18 through March 23 the local high chool auditorium wa u ed for an evangeli tic campaign with ix of the local pa tor acting a evangelists. On March 24 the new church threw open it door to the public with 40 people in attendance. On Sunday March 31 the attend– ance reached 45. Many per onal con– tact have been made with the net re ults thu far being even oul won for Christ. On April 20 a recognition council met . Dr. G. Arthur Wool ey presi– dent of the Baptist Bible Semin– ary was the gue t s,peaker. This new church is on fire for God~ May God Himself spread thi fire to you dear reader! We feel there are many 'Girard' areas in Ohio in great need of a Bible preaching Frank Chittock ll :1 1,t is t cht 11· fl . WJ1 t l<ln ' t .V<Jlt lo lk int l th is 1rogra 11, o f 1101)at~,l i(111 'l f>cr– l1a 1ls \ ' (ll l \Viii l1c the lcaLlcr in for111ing the Ill' l 11 c\.v IJ aJJtist c t111rc l1 i,1 Ol1i<..1. A n1c111 ""ho (locs wl1 a t he pleases I\ \C J(IOtll plcasctl with what he (loes. Northfield Baptist Church has missionary conference The Third Annt1 al Missionary C on– f crence of the Northfield Bap tist h Ltrch was held March I 0-13. In the opening ervi ce personal tcs ti– monic were given by the mi \c;ion– arie : Rev. William Stoner, hil c: Mr . H arry Ambacher and Dr. Donn Ketcham, appointee to East Paki- tan; Rev. George Haberer , Philip– .pine I land . The Bible me age each afternoon was given by Rev. Donald Drake, a si tant treasurer of ABWE. Slid ec; were hown of the different fie]d 5 and human interest torie and tati t– ics given. The ministry of the Word each evening blessed and challenged hearts along with the musical mini t– ry of ome of the missionarie . Ther e were four fir t-time urrender decis– ions made during the conference. NEWS IN BRIEF Berea Evangelical Baptist Mis ions was was featured at the annual missionary conference at Berea Bapti t Church, April 21-24. Speakers were mission– arie John Weeks, Martinique Don Zimmerman and Robert Richards, W. Africa. la Grange Church Hosts Cage Games The La Grange Bapti t Church sponsored a ha ketball tournament at Key tone High School Gym in La Grange, March 29 and 30, Mr . Lawrence Wil on reported. Twelve church teams of the Hebron A socia– tion namely Camden, Amher t, A h– land Broadway of Lorain, Elyria, orthfield, N o r w a 1 k, Roehe ter, Twin burg and La Grange partici– pated. Several churche had more than one team. orthfield was fir t in the conte t , Twin burg, econd and Elyria third. Roche ter won the sportsmanship trophy· and George Clift of the Camden squad was voted the mo t valuable player. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST