The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1964

cht1rcl1 a nc.l al\O 11rc\ ic.lent of the l n– tcr - \ ar"ii l} Fcll O\.\'-. hi1) al 1·()lcc.l() ni– vcr\Jt). c \.\'<)ttlc.l like t he <)f hclJ) to the~e }ot1 ng people. ..Al o, we are in hearty agree111ent \.\'ith 1r . mbaugh· artic le on the Church Librar)'. We recently con– \ erted a par ely-u ed entry-way into a valuable library with bui]t in book– ,he] e and bench. The re pon e ha heen good and we now have n1 any hook. . and n1 agazi ne for all age. available for our people." Mrs. ( ' harJe Reed wri·tes. Martin E. Holmes Martin E. Holmes resigns Wheelersburg Church Rev. Mar tin E. Holme ha re- signed a\ pastor of Wheeler burg I3 apti~t Church f Wh ee ler . burg, 0 ., effective Aug. 30. Pa t r Ho lmes jLtst fini ·hed h i sixth }'ear a\ pa\tor. ince con1ing to ~he church they have received I 16 new members with two n1ore read)-' to receive the right hand of f c ll ow– shi p into the church. A large new addition, containing n nursery, four 5unclay chool roon1s, a pastor's st lid), adding ,to the 1nain auditoriu111 a11tl pr(1viding an adtli– ti cJniaJ auditoriLJJll upstairs has l1cen co11111l0ted. ' l he r11ain iauditoriL1t11 was cornpletcl) 1 re11ovated with new win – do\.\fs and ~arpeting being instal le I. I he front of the aL1ditoritun was co111 - pl tel)' redi.: igr1ecl. AJ)J)roxi111atel} 1 I ()()0 ~'Orth f r JJairs wer Llonc on the r· r onage. 1\II tl1i s i 11~1itl for . Jl a t ,r Hol111 Vw' ill l,c n10\ 1 i11g 10 the ,race l'aJ)tist hL1rcl1 <Jf "' unl1ltl'} , ., ct. to 1,e 11asl >r tl1erl'!. ' ' \ 1 ' lea, t, 111' •1 I ~ 1 f I v, • 111c1 D}' \VO nuer ti n1 n ri f JOd lll i11g 11 ::) re and 111e f lll Cin t J) J)le 1}1 ·1 t \\ e ha e c\' 1 i1r1 t," l)a tor ~i l111es ~aill. •11 1 u11 J>J a) r t 11 '1 l , ti ,, ii I l 1 ss TtiE OH IO IND P ND NT BAPTIST anc.I lcac.1 thc111 in th 0i r calling f a new 1 a"i l<.)r ancl that tl1cy will g<.1 o n l <.) greater height~ wi th (ioc.l." Dr. Otis Holmes called as pastor in Portsmouth Dr. Oti H olme of W.iJ ·on , arolina, began hi m1n1 try a pa - ,tor of Temple Bapti ~t hurch, Por,t - n1outh on hi 44th birthday Sept. 23. Dr . Holme gradL1ated fr om Bob J one Coll ege ait Cleve land Tenn ., with a Baohelor of Art degree in Bible in 1943 and immed iaitely jo inet.l 1 th e o pel Fellow hip As3oci·ation, organi zi ng V,ictory Prayer Band tlirougho ut th e tate of T ennes ee. The purpo e of tho c prayer groLtp wa to int _rcede in beh,l1f of OLtr n1cn fight ing on ba~,tle f ron,t around the world . He i m,arried to B liza beth Horne of Ca (' tle Wood, V,a. The couple ha ti.ree daughter : Elizabe1nh Ann e 15: laudia Su~an, 12 ; and Mary Ell en, 5. Dr . Ho Ime had b r ie.f pa tor ate .. dur,ing hi e,arl y min1i try ait th e Sin1onton Lake Bapti t hLtrc,h ( a ARB 111 i ion) near E lkh,art, In d.: the Grandview Bapti~:,t hurch f Dothan, Ala .~ and the Fir t B1ai:,ti ~1t ht1rch of . Charle~ton, S. aro lin,a, where ,he erved a A i tan't Pa tor under Rev. P,aul Prigden Sr. Hi main mini try ha been in three churche. in South Carolin a. It wa on Aug 25, 1958, that he came to the conclu ion th,at the Southern Bapti t Convention h,ac.l ch,anged from it ear ly in,tended prin– ciple a a group of autonomou elf– governing c hurche and wa r apidl y building a hier,archy wh1i(: h included ~,trong en1ph a i on the un crip,tt1ral co-operati ve Progran1 and gr wing modern i m in it chool . He re,al– ized ' 'no n1an can crve two n1 1 a ter ," and o he deitern1ined to pl ace hi fir t loya lty a nc.1 a ll egiance t o ur Lo r c.J Je\ Ll s hri t ·and H i. word , r c– l L1 ctant I y wi,thdr awing fr m the on– vcntion and re igning the fa~t-gr \.\ – ing ( 'alvary Bapti1.t hurch of C't)– IL1n1l11a , . Carolina. He then went to Wil \011~ . ( ' ar<)- 1 i n ,a a n d b cc a n1 c pa\ tor o t a I 1 t t Ie 111- depcndcnt 1 abcrnac le Bap ti st ( ' httrch with le\'-> than 5() 111en1bcr'-> Th e c l1L1rcl1 nov.·, ~1 }0ar5 later, l1a\ neat - Iy 4()( > n 1 c 11111 cr \ anc.i t h c ' unc.I a, SchO() I has a (.;f agcu J 2 c; Ohio Youth Rally day after Thanksgiving at Cedarville College North East Ohio Assn. has fafth annual meeting. The Fifth ·annual n1eeting of the orth Ea t Ohio A ociation of RegLt– lar Bapti t Churche wa held Sept. 8 at the H unt burg Bapti t htirch, Hunt burg. T1he A oc iaiti on meeting wa preceded by the a nnu al bu ine meeti ng at 7 :00 p.m. w,h ich wa at– tencled by even pa tor and 14 vot- . Ing n1e se nger . New officer e lected for ithc com– ing yea r were: Moderator, Pa ,tor ivf ar vi n Werbeach. ew Lyme: Vicc- 1 oder ator , Pa ,tor D avid McClain , 'iarrettsville: Secre~ary, Gordon Balcl– win, North Mac.J i. on~Trca L1rer, G r – tlon Pri ebe, Pai ne vill e; and Yot1th Direc tor , Berni e n1i th , North Madi– son . The A ~ociation n1eeti ng opened at 7:30 wi th 1 the A . ociation' ,then1e choru ' Accepted in the Beloved". led by ong leade r Berni e mith . Pa tor Ben Garlic·h gave a welcon1e f.ron1 the ho, t churc h and a r eport of the bu ine n1ee ting wa prese ntec. l by ~tr. n1ith . P,a tor Albert T a el, Perry, W·a ~ welcon1cd 1 as a new p·a tor to the a ociation and gave a few word of te itimony. pecial mu ic wa preented by Mr. . LaVerne Bo. – well, Bethel Bapti t hurc h, A hta– bLtl a. The me age wa given b Pa tor Donald B. Wood1by, H ayden Aventte Bap'1 i t hLI r ch. leve I and , LI ing the then1e, ' 'Four Anchor ,", taken fr n1 Act · 27:29. At the clo e of the ~cr vice the M derator. Pa tor R0Ja11u lobig of ort h Maui ·on, cal le<l the new officer f the A ociati n to the front f the at1ditoriu r11 and in– trod t1ccd then1 to the s ci,ati n nnc.l prayer wa ffcr l i for then1 ~lnu the c hL1rche , b}' ].> a tor John trong, J) ,1i ne. vi ll e. Donald Leitch ordained at Euclid-Nottingham 11< ther ()rclinat1on C<.)t1nctl 111ct nt tl1c call t)f tt1c l ' t1cltll - ,)ltingl1.1111 B a p t i "' t ( 11 l l rc h• ( ' It: \ c L.1 n l I. <) n Se r t 1, le.) cxn1111nc l)o11a1tl l cit\.. h. 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