The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1964

From our fe llowship churches "'''' ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~~~~~~~,~~~t~°':.t~~ .. ~\~1 Airplane Willed By Frank Wish Helps Provide Need For Field .....t'\ crnl , l'~\r" .. 11!'-''· ~ra11k. \\ 1,l1. \\ 110 ... " ·1 ,,, ,, tl1 tl1c l t)r'-l, \\ 1llcJ 111 a1r- p1a ·1c t tl1c ,ll\ ilr) R,1f1t1,t "'ht1rcl1. Bt'IIL'tl111ta111 '. ) • to bt: g1, en to Rev . ..... Ac11t't1cl t1~1,.1n ht · :1rr1\ • .11 n ft1rlot1gh '. r'-)111 Br.. 1211. ht · the ht1r h did la t t1111111er. Tl1e airplane gi, en by ·Ir . \\ 1. h ,, .. 1s a l Q:7 Piper Tri-Pacer. ,n "'e Br, zil1an la\\' pr hibit the 1111pl,rtat1on f u ed aircraft. it wa necc .. ar~' for J a111e Benefiel, of Bap– Ct~t ~1id-:i\1i ··ion . to trade fr. Wi h. plane in n a ne'vv one. Thi wa done la t \\ inter. and the plane now de tined for Brazil i a aule M-4, four-pa enger craft. The picture on our fr nt cover how mi ionary Benefiel and Pa tor John Wood with the plane at the Bellefontaine airport. Trading the u ed plane for a new Brookside Baptist Church has Anniversary Month The month of March found Brook– ide Bapti t Church Cleve., 'On The !arch,, in celebration of Anniversary Month, completing their fir t year in the city of even Hills, a uburb of Cleveland, Rev. George W. O'Keefe, pa tor announced. "Every month, ince the fir t of the year ha been marked by sub- tan tial increa e , numerically, finan– cially. and piritually; however, the month of March urpas ed them all as the average Sunday School attend– ance increa ed 25 percent and the average Church attendance increa ed one. Pa tor John ootl a1<.I , i nvolvcd ..1 llitfcrc11cc of 3,)00. 11 hL1l 1,500 t)f it hatJ been paitl off throttgh gift fr 111 other churchc and interc ted indi, idt1al , tintil March 15, when alvary Bapti t hurch ,paid off the balance. Pa tor John Wood aid the Bene– fiel' are due to leave for Brazil in J tine or July, going to Bra ilia, the capi tol and u ing the airplane to evangelize o u t 1yin g communitie . Pra}'er i reque ted for their mini try in thi very needy country. Other Bellefontaine re ident cur– rently on mi ionary work in foreign countrie include Mr. and Mr . Fore t Sidle, tationed in Briti h Columbia, and Mr. and Mr . Wilbur Shaw, sta– tioned in Haiti. 30 percent. The Building Fund giving was doubled for the month. De– ci ion for salvation and church mem– bership have been made every Sunday for the la t ten week , ' Pa tor O'Keefe said. The theme "On the March" was intere tingly developed by designating to each department of the Sunday School a piece of the whole armor of God (Eph. 6: 11-17), and placing the e upon a "Great Christian War– rior . The e pieces of armor were re– tained or forfeited weekly, according to increa e or decrea e in the de– partment attendance. Another high'light of the Anniver- Department Superintendents with department contest w inners holding cash awards in e nve opes. PAGE 8 MAY, 1964 snr)' ac t i,,itics \V~1 n sl! ric of s11cci, I 111eclings \Villi Tr . l~arl ,. ,riffi1l1. t' xcct1 ti vc vice 1,rcsiclcn l of l'i ct ll11cJ11 t llil1lc t)llcgc. Winston-Sal en,, N. ar. lso. n 111c1sl st1cccssfttl visitati n prc1gra111 wa~ i11itiatccl, which con tir1t1cs l t h c ,., rcscn t • w i th ca 11 i n g t ca 01. ,pcncl,ng the entire c.lay cac l1 'fht1rsclay 111 contac ting ah\cntcc, ancl prospects. Pastor George W. O'Keefe with Great Christian Warrior. Mahoning Valley Evening Bible School holds graduation exercises On Tuesday Evening, March 31, 100 diploma were presented to stud– ent successfully com,pleting the 13 week cour e held in the Fir t Bapti t Church of Nile , every Tue day even– ing from 7: 00 to 9: 45 p.m. In the absence of Pastor Fred HL1 ey, dean of the chool, Pa tor Donald Loomi of the Evan ville Bapti t Church pre ided over the graduation exerci e . Commenting on the enthusia m and support which the chool had received, Pa tor Loomi a ured the tudents that they could look forward to a continuation of the chool in the future. The following Churche were re– pre ented in the tudent body and faculty: Grace Bapti t Church and Struther Bapti t Tabernacle of Young town· Sharon Bapti t Church, Sharon, Pa. ; Bethel Bapti t Church Warren Ohio· Trinity Bapti t Church, Cortland, Ohio; Fir t Bapti t Church, McDonald Ohio· Evan ville Bapti t hurch, Evan ville; Fir t Bapti. t hurch, ile ; Bible Bapti t Church, Girard; Calvary Bapti t Church, Ht1b– bard, Ohio. The faculty wa compo ed of pas– tor and member of the pon oring churche . Mr . Georgia Smith ecre– tary of the Nile Ch11rch acted a regi. trar and ecretary. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST