The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1963

Your State Missionary ,, • t up your I c1n 00 on To be a success in any endeavor, a person needs to be aware of the opportunity before him. Jesu tried to arouse an awareness of this kind in his disciples when he said to them, ··. . . Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest." We need to know our opportunity in Ohio. There are 674 communities without a Regular Bap– tist Church. These communities range from a few hundred in population to over a half-million. There ar e 276 with a population of 1 000 to 5,000; 75 with a population of 5,000 to 10,000, 41 with a population of 10 - 000 to 25,000 and 18 with popula– tions of over 25,000. Most of these areas are within a radius of 40 miles of an already existing Regular Baptist Church. Perh~ps the Lord would like for you to be the instrument in Hi hand to meet the need in one of the e communities. Others use opportunity Others have taken note of the op– portunity. In 1925, the Assemblie of God had 909 churches but in the intervening years they have grown to over 10,000 churches and for the past ten years have started a church a day. The Southern Baptists have started 10 churches every day for the last two years and the Mormons, with their extensive home missionary program PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING By Jennie Wildon-Howell Not alone for the ripe11ed field Not a/011e for the harvest ) 1 iel<l, Not alone for the birds and flow'rs, Nol alor1e for tl1e si,n and s/1 0\.·v'rs W e'd Praise T/1)' N a111e, our fat /1er- God, T/1at 1,1,ou art Lortl of eart/1 a11d socl, 1'/1at ripe11ed grai11, at1d fr1 11t , a,1cl I lov.,'r Are S)'l11bols of 1'11)' 111ig/1t)' p<Jiv'r. l ;or all of t/1ese 01,1.r tl1a11ks i-ve'tl • raise J,1 grate/11/ sacrifice of /Jraise. or ti/cJ11e jc)r 1/1e love of f ri 1 11tl.\ , N()t alo11e for tl1e grief 1/1at e11ll.\, Not a/011e for tl1e /101,rs of 111irtl1 , Not alo11e for tl1e jO)'S of eart/1, Th OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST eyes, t 1e • s" e Rev. Earl D. Umbaugh are e tablishing two churche every three day . At the pre ent time our churche are reaching only 1 Y2 per cent of the population of Ohio. The population increa e is about two per cent per year. We would need to tart five churche a year just to kee,p our pre ent percentage ratio. .. It would take 250 churches at present attend– ance figures to reach 3 per cent of the population or about 800 churche to reach one per cent of the poula– tion. Thi s constitutes an opportunity and a re ponsibility to our Lord Je u Chri t and to tho e about u . Will you be a part of the problem or a ,part of the solution? We'd t/1ank Tl1ee for tl1e love of heav'n; We'd praise TIZ)' na111e for vict'rie • gtven; We'd praise Tl1ee for tl1e bed of pai11 ; For days of loss, and da, 1 s of gain. Tl1is is 1!1e offering i1,e'd bri11g; Tl1is "sacrifice of praise" l·ve' d si11g. Not alo11e for ,salvation l1ere, N (Jf alo11e for tl1e G O.\pel's c/1eer. Not alone for its lvo11dro11 polv'r To keep us i11 te111ptatio11' • /1011r , We'c/ 1!1a11k T/1ee f<>r tl1e !if e be)·o11<l: We'tl /Jraise 1,/,ee for tl1e Cl1ri\tit111 /JO/IC/; 11'e'd 1/1a11k a11cl praise 1-,l,ee. 0 011r 1 ... cJrtl, J"i't>1· ev'r)' /Jro,11ise i11 1,11)' li- 1 £Jrtl . f ""r>r 1/1ese lVe 1/1a11k '1.,!1t'e, J'ec1, a11ll 111ore; A 11tl lattfl, a,1,l lvorsl1i1,, a11tl at/ore. Another needy field Rev. J. Edgar Beckley, Jr., and Rev. Donald L. Rettger challenged the Bethany Fellowship about the Ea t Liverpool area as a needy field for new churches. Rev. Thomas Wright, secretary and trea urer of the fellowship wrote that it wa a challenge to all present and something to ,pray about and work toward . BETHANY FELLOWSHIP ACTIVE IN HUBBARD AREA A special called meeting of the pastors of the Bethany Fellowship in regard to the establishing of a new church in Hubbard resulted in plan being formulated with committee appointed and dates et for getting the church under way. The canvass of the town of Hub– bard was set for Nov. 2. Revival meeting were ,to begin Nov. 4, and Nov. 10 was et for the fir t service in the church. Camp Patmos s lides missing Harley Temple would like to locate ome Camp Patmo lide ,that were made everal year ago. He aid they are in a metal box and have been pa ed around Ohio churche and may be omewhere in the tate. If you know of the e lide or where they may be located contact Mr . Temple at 4430 Harri Road Breck - ville 41, Ohio. * ..;. ... -.!• .,. Two mark of a Chri tian: Giving and for-giv ing. CLEVELAND HEBREW MISSION Our 59th Year A staff of eighteen full-time or part-time worlcers ,vitnessing to our Lord's "brethren" in Ohio, West Virginia , Brazil; and other areas by radio and the mailing ministry. Our policy to cooperate ,vith local New Testa1nent churches in the ac– cepted methods of Scriptural evangel ism, and tl1e placing of ne\v converts We express our a11preciation to the pastors and fr1enlls in 51 of our Ohio Association Churches ,vho in the past }'ear l1ave hel1>ell n1ake thi\ n1inistry 1>ossible. Staff members are l1a1>I)}' to visit churcl1es in tl1e s11irit of Acts l 1· 4 to sl1a1e reports a11cl 111s1>1rat1onal 1nessages concer111ng tl1e 1111n1stry. \\ 1 rite for f1ee COl)Y "Trum1,eter for Israel 0 a quarterly devoted to Je,,visl1 Propl1ecies, Current Ne, •s about the Je\\'S and thrilling repo1ts f ron1 1nissionaries. Gerald \ l. S111e1ser, Supt . P.O. Box 3556, leveland 18, Ohio Page 3, NOVEMBER 196