The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1963

Another chapter is 7 8 churches added now history of GARBC; to fellowship at Omaha By Dr. Paul R. Jackson GARBC National Representative 11 tl1 r blc,,ctl ~1,"1i1tcr \\ ' '" ,vrit – rl~n intt, tl1c 111,tt)f\ t1f th~ , RB ' , , g~1tl1ert'J 111 111" ha 1L1r ()t1r '- ~ tlll 11nt1al {. ,)nferen e . l1e \CO e c,t tl1e r1re,cr1cc t the I ord. and the t1n1t\' )f the pl:L)plc ,, ere delightful rcJl1t1c The n1c.. age .. "' ere inf rma- c1, e. hJllenging and Biblical . ul , ere "a' ed. It '" a~ n w nder that the c ngregati nal inging under the leader "hip f Pa tor hole forn1ed an in piring part f the e ion . oul:i ,, er b 1ng ble ed e ion after e - ' i n. and the gladne and prai e of the pe pl \\ ere evident in their ing– ing. 1n their gi ing. and in their prayer • e 1 n . The bu ine period were brief, but th }' al o reflected the wonderful unity of the people, and the ble ing of the Lord throughout the pa t year. Seven– t)-eight churche were added to our fellow hip, bringing the total number of churche officially affi li ated with the G ARBC to 1100. Thi wa the large t number of churche received in one year in the hi tory of our A ociation. The new churche are located in 22 tate and the District of Columbia. Michigan brought 11 churche , California and Ohio brought 10 each and Indiana and ew York each. Tremendous messages The theme: 'For Such a Time a Thi - Thi Know Al o ' ' provided opportuni ty for ome tremendou Bible message some of which have been ummarized for you in the en– clo ed material. Dr. K etcham also brought one of hi characteristically powerful ermons, on the ubject ··Know Your Adver ary.' ' He de crib– ed Satan as the god of thi world declaring: Satan' master plan i to achieve in this world the best po - ible conditions that can be ob– tained apart from God. Satan doe n 't care how good you are. In fact the "gooder " the better. And he doe n 't care how religiou }' OU are. In fact the more re– ligiou5 the better. If you top ju t hort of becoming a Christ– ian, you are his big success. Dr. Ketcham continued: G od isn ·1 going to keep silence forever . One of the e days. He' comi ng back, then God ,vill bring Page 8, JULY, 1963 Presence of God sensed at gathering hcforc th at on of Hi ~ every bla~phcn1cr~ ever} deity-denier. ry f a l c pr phe t that ha to d in th churc he of J c u hri t and led the people down the broad wa to an endle doon1 . They will be there . Don ,t ever think that od ent Hi Son into the world to bear the hame, the calumny, the di grace and the manhandling, the brui ing and the b ....ating, the lying the pittle the beardplucking, and all the re t that Hi Son went through , without decreeing that one of the e day that ame Son will be exonerated and ever y claim of Hi vindicated. Available in print I wi h that all of you could have been there for all of the ble sing we r eceived ! Since you could not be we are haring ome of the e sum– marie . Other me age will appear in the Baptist Bulletin. Two manu- cript of every important message are available in our office and will be ma iled upon reque t : 'Know the Peril Facing Mi ions, ' by R ev. Bernard Bancroft i an excellent analysi and documentation and " Planning the Mi ionary Budget in the Local Church ,, by Rev. Reginald Matthew upplie invaluable material and sug– gestions. A third valuable me sage, The Program of Propagation, ' may be secured by writing directly to Rev . Je e Eaton , 356 Twillo Run , New H aven , Ind. The cost is 15c each. Thi is an outstanding presentation of the method and viewpoint for churches which desire to reproduce them elve in other churche of like fai th and order. If your church has not yet sent us your annual report will you plea e do so ver y soon. When these r eport are in we will upply you with the re– port of the As ociation. We tru t this will indicate further progress thi past year for the glory of our Savior . The report from our ix chool how that they now have a total of 1,767 tudent 134 faculty members, total valuatio n of $3 364,864.79, and total budget of $1,721,500. They both need and merit th.e whole-hearted 'ittppor t of ot1r c ht1rc l1 es a nd people! The repor t\ o f ur fi ve approved . . n11 c;1on" ,ire eqt1a lly e ncot1raging. They are now mini\lering in 44 foreign fie1ti<i be ide exten ivc work at home. a t year they received $4,- 237 445 .02. They have a to tal of l J 36 active mi ion ar ie , pluc:, 73 who are inactive or retired. pli, 98 accepte<I c·a,1clidates. Let u pray a nd give that the e 98 young people may oon be ou t yonder eeking the los t! Brethren , we have a great fellow- ·hip! I quite agr ee with one of our pa tor who ha ju t written me: "Mrs. M and I have ju t returned home from the 32nd Annual Conference of the G ARBC with a feeling of deep gratitude to God for rai ing up such a fel lowship and grateful for the privilege of being a part of it. Ever y e ion wa packed with ble ing. The entire conference was jus t what we needed for such a time as thi ., ' NEW SOUND SLIDEFILM AVAILABLE FOR SHOWING 'I s church FOR ADULTS ONLY?' i the title of a provocation new sound lidefilm produced by Scripture Press Publication , Inc. Wheaton, Ill. , and ava ilable for free showing. The 25-minute, full-color 1 produc– tion takes an often amusing and al– way challenging look at children in church . . . and at children,s church. Crusty old Dan Mitchell, the church cu todian , and young Pa tor Benson are the key figures in this story about the merits of an age-graded children, church program. You will nod know– ingly as you hear the pastor challenge Dan to it with his own grandchildren in church .. . and then chuckle a you ee the resu1ts. Produced by Cavalcade Produc– tions the new filmstrip contain J 60 frame filmed on Eastman's new, high speed Ektachrome film with a Nikon camera. The 33 1/3 rpm 12' ' LP record carrying the ound was made by the Columbia Broadcas ting System' re– cord division. In the narration, the part of the cu todian is played by Harry Elder while the part of the pa tor is taken by Ru R eed. To obtain thi new filmstrip for free howing in your church ee your Chri tian book eller or write, indicat– ing fir t and econd choice date , to: Scripture Pres Publication , Inc., 1 825 ollege Ave . Wheaton, Ill. The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST