The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1964

Vol. 36, No. 12 Problems • 1n By Rev. Earl D. Umbaugh There are problem in the mini try a well a in every other endeavor 10 life. The e problem are often com– plex but mo t prob1em in a 1healthy church could 1be olved ju t by winn– ing two or three f,amilie to the Lord. Mo t of our pastor ,and churc·he are mi ionary-minded. Th.ey would Jike to ee an tincrea ed mi ionary budget and h·ave •a larger p,art in sending out to .the field tho e who have been accepted by our mi ssionary agencies but who cannot go beoause of Jack of upport. The winning of two or three familie to the Lord could be the solution to thi ,problem . The additional income ifrom tho e newly converted to hri S!t could be the factor t•hat would en 1 able you to increa e your mi ionary budget. Do you need more qualified leader to help c arry the organiZJational load of the work? The e can often best be fiou nd by winning ,two or three Pamilies to the Lord . The experjence The Ohio Independent Baptist of conver ion -the fe llow h,ip with o~her hr,i ti,an •and the urgen 1 cy of the go pel w.i ll challenge new Ohri - l1ian ,to become active partioipan,t jn the work of your c1hur 1 ch. Thi new life can re-vi~a lize the whole program of your churoh . Is ·there need for piritu,a l growth ,in ,tihe live of older hni iti1an ? A ·olution to t,hi problem could be t:he winning of two or ,three f1amilie to the Lord. A church wi Vh 1 a zeal for ev,angelism will ,have in it people who are developing ,in ,piritual tature. Obedience to the "go,, of the go pel wiJl replace tagn.aition wiith hri ~ti•an w1armth ,and growth. One time ·another pa tor challengctl me to a mon,th of vi ita tion . At the end of ithe montih we would take our familie out to a re tauflant for dinner and the lo ing pa itor would pick up the tab. Many hom.e were vi Jted , pro pect were f ou·nd ·and our wive enjoyed the even,ing out a,t the end of the month. On another occa ion we October, 1964 Rev. Earl D. Umbaugh covenanted with one another a nd with the Lord , thia t for a cer,tain length of time we woul cl not go to bed a t night until we had brought a t lea t one per on f ace to face with the ir need of alvati on and had don e our be 1 t to win th 1 at per on to the Lor<l on the pot . Severa l wer e 1 aved a nd month later we were ·nill rea,ping re ul,t from ,th at kind of concerted effort . ome may feel tha t thi kind of competition i un piPitu al but it i urpri ing wha t winn ing two or ,three fami1 ie to Chri t will do for yot1r churoh . 100 square mile·s for Ch 1 rist Berlin Heights church claims area in an every house canvass program Roy Leffel and L wrence Scha1z hold f he panel rHE OHIO IND p ND Nr BAPTIS The Regular Bapbi t hurch, Ber - lin Heights, Ohio, ha ju t c mplc ted a very . uccc ft1l D a ily Vacat,i n Bible ch o l, held in the evening, fro n1 7 ~o 9. here were cla C') f r all age\, including an adult cl 1 a~~. wi th the J)a~t r a\ teacher t1\ 1ng a char t. t) n ui \ J)Cn\a t1o nal tr t1th . ' he chu1 ch 1\ 111 the 11110\l, C)f an every l1otl \C can as~, CO\ cr1 r1g l ()() sqttar 111tlcs. ~1,c p1ctL1rc abO\ c bhu~ ~ tl1 n1ap, wi tl1 ti ac.., ns R \ l...c11cl and LAl \\' f'cncc c.: ha lz, l101L1111g ,tl1c J)an ). ' lai 111 ing tl1i area t >r l1rist . I l1e area, ,vi tl1 Ber lin l--t ,,igl,ts at it s c 11 t r, is Ji, itlelJ it1t () f()lll ' tttidrl r – se1.;tiL>1ls, l~ttcl1 s ti 11 l1as a l1airn1a11 and a er tar, , Thun1b tac k. , ,, ill in- ., dica te th h tl e • which \\ 111 nt1111hcr ab tit 1,200 rt1ral anti 300 t \\ n ho,11c . Ind1rc;ctl,, 111<.)re than 5,_()0 ~1cr, )O\ \\ 1Jl l1c C<.)ntactcd tl)llt)\\' tlf JJtt.)– !:.~a111 ~ ill l1c C OUl lCtt.::tJ. C )llta 'ti11g tl1c ~1r<)sflCl:t,, 1n ~ l11ch the p,1 lt)r an<.I l r\ R tlt:\. tl1c Jutte )11, 111tl tl1t'II \\ 1, c~ \\ 111 he ungc1gctl . .. ~ T l1c an, ct,._. 1, alit)ut ,r1t'-f >rtl1 cor11i1lc1c l h · LhLlfl"h l1a a tl tal rt: i d cn t • ac t i,, c 111 c t 11 t, crsl1 i J > f J 9 , \\ iPll a t tal t1l~llll) 'I sllJJ f 51 . l l1t t111d"1 ' c l1)t)I l1 ·ts i11\.r a tll tr>111 ~5 tt> 77 a11tl t llt'.f ,, lS a11 a, c rag ,1ltctllla11 • i1l lhl' l) \ .13 . . I s:. l 1 ra I r tllL' .. l1t11 c l1 . OCTOB R, 1964 PAGE 3