The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1964

VOL. 36, NO. 4 Your State Missionary The canva·ss of '' Program • IS of An integral part of the method used by "The Program of Propaga– tion" in the starting of new churche is the area-wide canvass. If the new church is sponsored by one church or a group of churches within a radius of ten miles, the canvass is taken on the usual night et aside for house to house visitation. The ponsoring church provides a meal for the canvas ers at 6: 00 p.m. , baby sitters for the smaller children and group activities for the older children. Assignment and instructions are given out at 6:30 and at 7:00 the canvassers spread out across the area reporting back to the church by 8:30. Up to 1500 homes can be covered in a single evening and many prospects are found for the church. When the sponsoring churches are scattered over too wide an area to make an evening canvass effective, the canvass i taken during the day, sometimes on Monday or Tuesday Support p romised for new churches By Rev. B. C. Jenning s, pastor Graham Road Bapti t, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. It is a blessing 10 have Rev. Earl D. Umbaugh and his wife as member\ of he Graha111 Bapti t hurch. It n1ake a pastor feel Jike he has a pa tor too. ,. he Gral1a1n Road Baptist l1urcJ1 is in full accord with H fHE PRO 1JlAM l~OR J>ROPA A'fION.' ' \1\ 1 e decided i11 regular business ~cs– sion 0111 e weeks ago to contribute I00. lo each new cllurc l1 born in Ol1io a lo11g a fi11ance exi t , ~'l1en tl1e fio)Joy,,i11g conditio11 are 111et . 1 11 1 e 111u t l)e a ou11 I orgar1i- za li n . 2 l1e1e 111u t L,e a11 acceptabl a J.. (Con tinued on page 14) THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIS The Ohio Independent Baptist integral part P . ,, ropagat 101n and often on Saturday to give a better opportunity for those who work days to help. A devotional time i held at 9: 00 a.m., ins,tructions and assig,nment are given out at 9: 30 and ,a report hour and lunch hour is held at a pecified place at noon. Each can– vasser is encouraged to bring a snack lunch and the women of ,the new church provide coffee ,and dessert. Ma·ny things are accomplished by this concentrated effort. T,he entire community is alerted to the fact that a new Baptist Church will open its doors for a full schedule of services the following Sunday. The gospel i emphasized ,through the di tribution of tracts and personal witnes ing. Oftentimes people are saved during the canvass and become the fir tfruit of th is new church. Much leg work is elimi•nated for the new ,pa tor since as much calling i done in one day as 1 he could accom- FEBRUARY, 1964 - Rev. Earl D. Umbaugh pli h in a year. The new church i challenged to organize a continuing calling program to follow up the pros– pects ince a many a 125 to 300 pro pective families will be found in any given canv·a . The new church will feel a en e of onene with other Chri tians and churche who have come to help them. Laymen fron1 pon oring churche will feel that they are having a definite part in Chri tian ervice and will be en– couraged to pray for and give to thi n1i ionar 1 effort. Wilmington work is prog ressing The new work at Wiln1ington opened it initial church ervice with 37 in the morning ervice and 25 1n Sunday School. On the fir t Lord· day ervices, one woman profe ed hri~t as Saviour. Rev. Cecil Lewi 1~ the pastor of the new work a11d the church 1~ n1eeting 1n the ba e- Cedarville College students who he lped In the canvass a t Wil· n,ington, Ohio ment of hi newly purcha~ed ho111e. Churche in the ot1th Bethel s ·oc1ation along ~/ith stt1dcnt~ fro111 Cedarville College n1adc a can, as, at Wiln1i11gton the att1rda)' before a11d ~cr,,ice~ began J a11. 12. Jlra)' for tht \\'Ork. P ge 3 FEBRUARY 1964