The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1964

our St t Mis ionary Famili es meeting in look forwa rd to new Champion church By Earl. D. Umbaugh 1\ fc ,, f,1111 i l1c h,1, c licc11 111cct1ng a t l l1n111J il,n. l.1111\.1 . l(lt)k.1r1g for,, artl t(, t tlt' "t.1rt1ng ()t a nc,, ht1r h 1r1 ... t l1c 1 (',.1111n1t1n1t, ,..\ tcr11porar) or- ~.10 1. a t t 1n l1a, ht.:cn forn1eu \\ith tr . ... \\ c 1:\, r111th. n1 ticrnt r . tr.. . Rt1th - Rt1,, 1 anli. \,; re tar, . tr. Bi 11 \ il on, • tre,1~ttr~r ,1nd 1r. R \\ land, f 1nancial ,e retar, t their ec nd n1e ting th , , t1ted. that ,, hen their cht1rch 1 organiz d. to eel fell "'. hip with the Bethan, ociation. the Ohio - ia ti n and the General A ocia- t1 n of Regular Bapti t Churche . Th ) a l o voted to eek fellow hip ,,,1th the merican and International Council of Chri tian Churche . May 2-+ ha been et a the tentative date for their fir t unday Service with an area-\.\·ide canva to be taken the pre– ' iou week. The group ha been looking for a building ite and ha everal ite in Construction Begins on Newtonsville church A groundbreaking ceremony was held on March 1 at the ewton ville Bapti t Church ewton ville, Ohio \\-·here Rev. Warren Allen i pa tor. Con truction of the new building began on March 2. Located on eight tl1c area that ha, c been 1na<.lc avail– a b1 c t th c 111. n ti l th c ' can b LI i Id , one of the local chool will be ti cc.J a. a meeting place. ntil a few year ago, hampion \.va JU t a cro -road village but now ha 2.300 hon1c with a population f 10,000 people. It will undoubtedly continue to grow. Thi new church i needed to bring the go pel to hungry– hearted people in thi needy area. Pastor spoke of need Thi church found it beginning in the heart of the pa tor and people of Bethel Bapti t Church, Warren, Ohio. We have often heard Pa tor Romig peak of the need in Champion, a burden that wa hared by his ,people and one that re ulted in their vote to pon or this new church. Bethel Bap– ti t Church i not large averaging less than 200 in Sunday School and yet and one-third acres of ground the new tructure will be 38 x 74 feet. Plans call for a two-level building with sanctuary and Sunday School f acilitie . The young church, organized one and one-half year ago, recently had 158 in Sunday School. Members o f t he build ing committee of Newtonsville Baptist Church are left o right, Alva Wil key, Floyd Hargis, Ralph Christie, William lnabn,tt, and Rev. Wa rren A llen., pastor. One member not present ,s Oscar Mcintosh. PAGE 4 MAY, 1964 Rev. Earl D. Umbaugh they are willing to see their own fami lie , who live in the Champion area form the nucleu for thi new work. The e families along with a few other who live in the area will pro– vide not le s than ten families which i a good beginning group. In ad– dition to this, Pa tor Romig an– nounced to the group that he ha a li t of 92 people from the Champion I area who have attended Bethel Bap– tis t on one or more occasions that he is turning over as a prospect list for this new church. Sunday Services at Kent Exceed Expected Group Sunday, Apr il 5, marked the fir t Sunday services of the Grace Baptist Church meeting in the K ent State University H igh School Building of Kent, Ohio. "For everal week we had been praying," R ev. Glen E . Crabb, pastor of the new work said, "that the Lord would end to us no less than 50 people for our fir t ervices. ' When we took the Sunday School count we found that we had 49 in attendance including 27 adult . The Lord answered our prayers in a way that we did not expect when there were 61 ,people pre ent for the morn– ing war hip ervice. "Everyone pre ent experienced the ati faction of knowing that God. through Hi match1e grace, had e tabli hed till another church where the un earchable riche of God will go forth to a needy comn1unity." Men do not reject the Bible be– cause it contradict it elf but be– cau e it contradicts them. If people would think before the 1· ~peak, there would be a lot le car . THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST