The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1964

\atd yes. Twenty-two (9.4% ) aid no. and 85 failed to an wer. Thirty-three blanks were left empty on the question: Do you know /1ow a Baptist church is different fro ,n o ther chi,rches? Of the 285 r eplie , 91.2 % were affirmative, and 8.8% were negative. The relation hip of tiheir churches to the International Council of Christian Churche i not known by 49.5% of the group replying. Of the remaining half, 27.8 % indicated that their churches are memhers of the [CCC, and 22.7% are no t . When asked the question: D o you under– st and what the ! CCC is, what it stands for, what it does, and wh)' it was for111ed? 12.8 % answered y es; 15.2% answered vaguely, and 72% answered no. Personal plans for the future in– clude college for 240 ( 82.2 % ) of those replying to the question. Those not looking forward to college total 52 ( about 8.8 % ) . Of the 255 teens who were asked if they .plan to a ttend a Christian college, 70.6% an wered yes; 21 .6% answered no, and 7.8% said maybe. Can you name the five schools that are approved by the GARBC? Over three-fourths of the young people could not. More results of the questionnaire will be given in future issues of the OIB. In the meantime, our th ank goes to Rev. D onald Moffat, Cedar– ville, and Rev. Glenn Greenwood Springifeld, for their cooperation in the distribution of the questionnaires. And a great big THANK YOU goe to you super teens who completed them and turned them in. One thorn of experience i worth a whole wilderness of warning. * * * God does no t leave us her e to get used to the d ark , but to walk in the I... ight. Daughter of missionary couple in Japan is dead Carol Louise Zimmerman, 11-year– old daughter of the Rev. and Mr . Charles F. Zimmerman Baptist mi - sionarie from Cleveland ,at Fuku- hima-Ken near Tokyo, died of leu– kemia in a Tokyo hospital recently . Carol was born in Tokyo in 195 J after her parents took up their dutie under Baptist Mid-Missions. They re– turned to Cleveland in 1956 and went back to Japan in 1959. A memorial service for Car ol wa held at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Cleveland . Rev. Ryerse, Bapti t Mid– Missions, gave words of comfort to those at home as well as those mem– bers of the family in Japan (this service was put on t a,pe to send to the Zimmerman family); Mr. J ame A . Stitt, chairman of the Board of Elders r ead the scripture and led in prayer; Mr. Charles J. Graves, an uncle, read a biography of Carol ; and P a tor, Rev. Roy J . Clark gave a short timely sermon. {Concluded from page 3) editor. Articles carrying the e ditor 's by-line do not necessarily reflect the thinking of the Ohio Association of Regular Bapti t Churches . Whether you agree or disagree with my articles, I would a,ppreciate hearing from you, for only from this correspondence can. I ascertain your ideas. With your help we can make this an interesting added feature for the magazine and a more readable publioation for the whole family. I believe ther e is an active group of pastors and church members in our Oh.io Association. We have seen much accomplished in the la t few years : amp Patmo had a record enrollment la t ummer; edarvi lle ol lege h a shown ou t tanding growth in both property and tudent ; Hill– top Hou .. e, our hon1e for the aged , wa e tabli hed la t year and i now taking on res ident ; and a State THE CHILDREN'S GOSPEL HOUR, INC. Liv ingston , Tenn . Listen to station WSPD-TV ch. 13 - Toledo, Ohio - Sunday 8 :30 a .m . WEWS-TV ch. 5 - Cleveland, Ohio - Saturday 9 :30 a .m . WLW-C, Ch 4 - Columbus, Ohio - Sunday 7 :30 a .m. Presenting Christ to youth by radio and TV God is dnswer1ng prayer and more stat ions are accept ing the Children's Gospel Hour. We now have 39 hal f~hour prograrns and five prints o f each one. These programb make clear God's plan of salvation and the boys and girls of America should see then1. Henry C. Geiger, Executive Director fHE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Mi sionary was called and churche are being established. Yes we are an active group. But much more can be done! As you read these articles, use them where pos ible to do the work of the Lord. Let us then look forw·ard with an– ticipation to even greater things for the glory of God and the Lord Jesu Christ. Too many well-meaning people wait for the hearse to bring them to church. x,'. J... · ~ ~ .... The Sunday services perpare for Monday servings. The Bible Evangelist Who Believes and Preaches: • Th e Old Book • The Precious Blood • The New Birth • The Blessed Hope Rev. Leland G. Arntz Evangel is t ic and Pulpit Supply Ministry RR# 3, Hudson~· ille, Michiga n Hebrew Christ ian Society (An Independent Baptist Mission) 4486 Mayfield Road Cleveland 21, Oh io * * * PRESENTING CHRIST Th roug h mea ns of: • Literature Distribution • House-to-House Visitat ion • Bible Classes • Camp • Correspondence School • Radio WDLM Moline, Ill . WCRF Cleveland Speakers available to m inister in your Church Rev. Alan C. Metcalf, Director HOW TO PUBLISH YOUR BOOK Join our successful uthors 1n a compl e te nd reliabl~ publ1sh1ng program: pub· lic1ty adve rtising h1ndsome book, Speedy, efficient l>etv1ce. Send for FREE man– uscript re-port &. copy of Publish Y ur l ook. C A R l T O N , It E S S Dept. OIQ, 84 Fifth Av ., New York 11 , N. V. Page 13 , JANUA RY, 1964