The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1964

Dr. J. Irving Reese retires; was founder and director of FBHM Dr. J. Irving Ree e founder ant.I fir t general director of Fellow hip of Bapti t for Home Mi ion retired trom official re pon ibility a of April of thi year. He will devote all of hi time to mini try in Bible conference and evangelism. In 1941 the Lord led him to found FBHM. In 1947 he left the pa torate to become its first General Director– a real tep of faith. In two decade God has proven the wi dom of this \.enture in the obvious ble ing and growth of the mission. Dr. Ree c ha had over 50 years experience in the Gospel mini try a pa tor, evangeli t, Bible teacher, and mis ion director . He ha held pa torate in Penn ylvania, New York, and Ohio, the last being Fir t Ba,ptist Church of Elyria. He erved for everal terms on the Council of Fourteen of the GARBC. In 1963 Cedarvill e College honoree.I Mr. Ree e with the degree of Doctor of Divinity, a fitting recognition of faithful and effective mini try. • • • urpr1s1ng resu ts ga1ne • y series o The Blessed Hope Baptist Church in Springfield has found surprising resu]ts from a series of weekly ad placed in the Springfield Daily New and Sun every Monday. Titled ~'Thoughts for Living,'' it is edited by Rev. Glenn Greenwood, pastor of the church. The Rev. Mr. Greenwood was questioned about this program as to whether it is successful or not. The questions and answers follow: "God has given us many oppor– tunities to present the Go pel," Rev. Greenwood said, ' 'but are we capita'l– izing on them? The chief concern of the church should be reaching people for Jesus Christ. As pastor, I total up the number of people we reach each day through all our avenue of out-reach. We reach between 750,- 000 to one million people a day. One of our great weapons to reach ,people is through the newspaper." Q. Will you describe the style and ·dte of adver tising used in your local newspaper? A. We call it "Thoughts for Li v– ing", and the \J / e is two columns by ~ix inches. It is wri tten wi th an open– ing question to ca tch tl1e atten tion of tl1e reader. '"fh~n verses of scr iptL1rc ar\.! u ed to a11 wer it. Q. Wl1ere did y<Ju co11ceive tl1i s itica for t 11 i 111c:t J1od of advertising'! A. l r1 January, 1963 we 11ad Rev. piro I dhiatl1es fro111 the A111erican 1i sio11 to tl1e ,reeks s1Jeak to our peOJlle a11d v. 1 e were cl1~1ll nged to con– ~ider neVt' paper eva11geJi 111 . We were th fir t t , e\' r co,1 ider 1l1i ve11lt1re. Q . fl ,v., 111a11 1 J1eor,Ie or f, 111i]ic Jo )' u JlO si l,J)' co11l , ct l)}' tl1i ad? f H OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST wee s A. We reach 45,000 home w,ith the Springfield Paper and 3,000 with the New Carlisle Sun. We ,have the possibility of four more cities to put our ar ticle in their paper. Q. What i the cost per in ertion and how i it financed? A. $20.69 for the Springfield Paper and $6.60 for the New Carisle paper. T his is financed by our church and concerned as part of our mis ionary project. Q. What re pon e have you had and by what mean do the people u e to contact you? I it by phone, letter, per onal contact, church or other means? A. We have had a mo t gratifying re pon e to this mini try. People have come to the church a a re ult of thi mini try. Some of our article are now being printed in a devotional booklet publi hed by a certain group in the tate of Ohio. Q. Would you recommend thi medi a a an effective way to reach people with the Go ,pct? Would r adio be more effective? A. We would recon1n1end thi vcr}' h1ghly 5incc 1 t i'l a very 1nc pen~ivc n1ea nc; to preach the Go~pcl. We Hrc hroadca ting on foL1r radio ,tatior1, and fi nu hoth o f the\c n1cc.1 n"i t t) be effec ti ve. J tt\t rccc11tl) a prcacl1cr fro111 one of Olli ci ttc \ c,1 111c ,111ll visitetf 111c and is very conccr ncLl al1ot1 t Lt~tng tht \ sa 111e 1.11cthoLI 111 ht !') ci t~'· Perhaps . t1cl1 l1t1~ hce11 ir1cor– po1 atct.l by no\\' . I tr Last th,lt 111a11y (.;hurchcs get the ,,isio11 as to ,,vl1at a11 ht! done tJ1rot1gh the 111cdit1111 f ne\\'SJ1aper cvangclisr11 . Don't ,,,rit 011 l)ll tr \'Crsial st1l',jcc ts, J-,ttt jttst f)J c11t tl1c: J)f ciot1 ,os1.,el Jll\; age. Dr . J . Irvi ng Reese honored last yea r by Ced a rville College. A church member 1 s vacation By David E. Mathews A Chri t-honoring vacation will con ider: p'lace, activitie and ex– pen e. The Christi,an i never at liberty to go place and do thing that would di ;plea e the Lord.: Je u aid, ' I do alway those things that plea e Him." (John 8: 29) . The expenses for a vacation are never to be at the expen e of a Christian' Home Church. Never neg– lect your Home Church. All Church re pon ibilitie hould be properly cared for before leavjng, with all dutie in capable hand . hoo e a community for Sunday lay-over where you can attend a Bible-believing church. You need the fe'llow hip and you can encourage them by your pre ence. Daily devotion hould not be over– looked. Start the day with Bible reading and prayer, praying for the church back hon1e, the congregation and the Pa tor. There hould be a noticeable dif– f ercncc between a hri. t1an and a ··v. or ldl1ng" on v, cation BO\\ ) l1L1r hcacl anc.i g1\ e thank. bcfo1 c n1cdl"i Lea\ c a tra t 1n c, t:r) 111otcl, l1otcl. 1 c tdttr ,111t. gJ'-i \l,ttton ,tntl nt arb J "ctrk.cd car. He alert ltl gi\'C a rc,t,\)Il f or the ht>f1C tl1at 1" \\1tl1i11 ) ' t)LJ. \ ,lC,lltt)Jl tin1 ~ 1, 111t,,t ,,rofitabl) ll"iCLi 111 c,1tching tlJ> ()n ll1l,Je rcatii11g anti f)Id)cr. tl1t1, Llta\,i11g 11igl1 t111t"-) ( J {)J. • • O \ ' H 'H lJ()ll 1 ( ' l1ri tia11 1t.:tt1r11s a 11(i st re> 11ge1 i 11 \\' a~ 1, ~r )f • Lil: ~s fttl Ltnl"' , the JJirilLtall) r I r~sllell t }l l .. A f j t }l ' \11 il \ ' a atil>ll ,, itl1 ( ' f1ri t J ro111 ' hr ist . 11 t cl\\ t \ MA , 1964 PAGE 13