The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1963

Evangelistic Team Evangeli t Paul Levin and Blind Singer Bob Findley, the nation' oldest evangeli tic team in point of ervice conducted meetings at La Grange Bapti t Church, Sunday April 14-21. letters to Editor .•,.•.·.····:··············································-·.·.·.·.·.················································· ········································· .. ···· :::::::::::·:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;:::::::::;:;:;:;:;:::;:;:::::::::::::, Used fo r poster To the Editor: Thank you kindly for the excellent cover age you gave us recently in the March issue of the Ohio Independent Baptist with r espec t to our Mortgage Burning Ceremony. You many be inter ested to know th at we u ed the current i sue of the 0 .1.B. to make a colorful display po ter encouraging folk to subscribe to our state mag- • az1ne. GEORG E E . HUFFMAN P a tor E uclid-Nottingham Bapti t Church ' 'A step of faith' ' Letter s to the Editor: In r egards to the State Mi ionary, it seems to me th at this h ad been r equested long ago but h ad been frowned upon because "other s'' had it in their program. Perhaps it make a difference who offer s the sugge tion. I think every F ellow hip hould have their own missionary working in their own ar ea. This is a start. What I wonder i , When will some one feel "called' ' to be the State Mi - sionary? When the committments reach five, six, or seven hundred doll ars? One OISTINCTIV we Baptist have excluded is, ' 'The Just shall live by F ai th .'' RAY F LI.. NG R H olloway, Ohio Here's an idea! One Ohio pastor tr ied a novel illea on h1s congregation during a recen t grour1d breaki r1g cere111or1y. 1'ry the plan so111cti1ne. he 1a tor clrovc out in tl1e cou1 tr}' , found an old breaking plow and llor– rowed it fro,11 the farmer. ,. l1en he lied a lo11g ro1)e to tl1e fror1 t of the 1, low at tl1e sccr1e of tl1c 11ew c11t1rc l1 site. o"' 1l1 e 11 ," tl1e J), tor said. ··r11is cl1L1rcl1 will not l>e a 011e-111a11 jol). I c l ' e ' t= f}' OJlc: tal"e a f)art , l)ttll to– g 111 r tll 11 f i11i 11 tile ta k i11 tl1e a1111; 111a1 ner.' ' THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Council of Ten meet at Northfield The Co uncil of Te n of the O h io Associa tion of Regula r Bapt if>t Churches me t March 25 at the No rthfiel d Bapt is t Church w he re Rev Lynn Rogers is pasto r. The co unci l reviewed the sta tus of t he mis– sionary program, pl anned the ann ua l mee t ing to be he ld October 15-18, and d iscussed othe r b us iness of the Oh io Associa tion . Pict ured le ft t o right a re: Rev. Gl e nn Gree nwood, youth di rec to r; counc il membe rs, Cla re nce Townsend , Dr. Edwa rd Mo rrell , Jr .; R. Ken neth Sme lser, T. Fred Hussey, ch a irma n ; Do nal d Mo ffat , Dr. J ohn Baylo, Ly nn Rog e rs, Dr. Howa rd G . Young , and Ea rl V. Wille tts . J ohn St rong, secre ta ry of the associa t ion , w a s ill w ith the fl u a t the time and cou ld not atte nd. Ohio Men's Retreat September 2, 3 , 4. Camp Patmos Watch for further information. A good choice There i a man in South Bend, Ind ., who i a victim of polio. Once a week he i permitted to leave hi iron lung for about four hour . For tich a hort period of time, he n1u t choo e to do omething very impor tant \.\ ith it. He doe . He pick St1nday for hi da) out of the iron lung and then goe to church with hi wife and children. GIFTS TO THE OHIO ASSOCIATION Lynn Roger , 7854 North Boyden Road , orthfield, Ohio - Trea 11rer MARCH F ir t Bapti t, Gallipoli .... ............................................................ . 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