The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1965

unbury church is dedicated OrJ 1"'J t11n ,cr, 1ce" of ,race Bap- r I l l l1 L1 rch L1l t111hL1r~, Ohio. \\.- re c i u 11 Li .. 1, , J ti 11 e 6 a t the n1 r n i n g \\ r hip h ttr. Pc.1"t r \f art1n Holn1e br tight the dedi at1 n ·3ervice anJ .... t )f111er Pa tor 1e rge Zinn brot1ght 3 n1e age 1n ng. ~~ fell \\ "' htp dinner followed at the B1 g \\' alnt1t n er\ ation lub. .... Forn1er Pa "' tor Paul Mayo and Pa t r Lle\\ ell), n Thomp on of the Re) n ld burg Bible Mi·"' ion hurch t k. part in the afternoon ervice. Jrace Bapti t Church wa organ– ized on 1 une 6. 1959, when a group of Chri t1an met in the elementary '"'Ch ol for the purpo e of organizing an independent Bapti t church. Rev. Sunday School Contest successful for churches A Sunda,· School conte t between ., Graham Road Bapti t Church, Cuya– hoga Fall . and Grace Bapti t Church of Kent was held recently with Gra– ham Road Bapti t emerging a winner by le than one percentage point. The conte t was nip and tuck all the wa) v. ith fir t one church and then the other taking the lead. The a'.-erage percentage of increa e for bo th churche wa clo e to 20 per cent. At Graham Road, a total of 204 • • v1 1tor came during the ix week . Thi repr~:>ented everal hundred per– onal contact . v 1 it and phone call b,· the member . - Purpo e of the conte t was not onl)' to 1ncrea·~e attendance, but to retain them a') member . The overaIJ object1\ e wa to win them to hri t and build them up 1n the faith through the teaching of the Word of God . Cuyahoga Falls Re\;. and Mrs B C. Jenning re– cen tl)' held an open hou e a t their ne\.\' home at 4295 Ellsworth Rd., lO\\'. Man 1 1 per on~ had a part in AUGUST, 1965 PAGE 8 C,e rge Zinn led thi grot1p a·, a pa tor for a year and a half. Ot1ring thi time the grot1p ...moved to the IJegi n Hall for er vice . After Pa tor Zinn n1oved to edar– ville to further hi education at edar– ville ollege, Paul Mayo wa called a pa tor. Under hi~ mini try the pre ent church and par onage were begun. Pa tor Mar 1 tin Holme moved to Sunbury to begin hi mini try a pa~tor Oct. 5, 1964. The church has witne ed a growth in attendance of 60 per cent and added 19 new member in the pa t even month with even bapti m recently. the new home. Mr. and Mr3. Bobby Ho kin gave the lot on which to build Robert Thomp on wa the en– gineer and Walter Muzell and Ronald Fo ter did the building. Streetsboro extension work report is given In May 1960, under the leading of the Holy Spirit the Cedar Hill Bapti t hurch began a preyer meet– ing and Bible tudy in the home of a Chri tian in Street boro with a view toward tarting a fundamental Bapti t Church in that town J. W. Boye aid. Shortly thereafter Sunday ervice were begun. In October, 1962, a Regular Baptis t Church wa organ– ized. Since then they have continued to grow until in April, 1965, ,they averaged 77 in Sunday School and 67 in the morning service. In December, 1964, the Cedar HiJI Bapti t Church voted to guarantee repayment of a building loan to the Street boro church. With this as i t– ance they received a loan and on April 12 broke ground for their new building. M n' r tr t schedul d for Sept. 13 through 16 f h c I e 11 • s I{ · t r ·a I c n l " l'. 11 • s I s la ntl is s J1 etltil cLI fc r ScJ l . I - 1 f1 . S1)cakcrs l<lJ' lh • re trea t \viii l1c [)r. \\,ifl)l'l'l v\l·I 11 , 1,rc·~it.l cnt I ,ra n(I f{ .tfHll\ ll ~tJ) ti st llil1J i < oll cgc an I Sen, 111,tr an{I r11 cn1l1c1· ()f tl1e Counci l < I T"' l)t1rt ccn <)f 1J1 e 1 J{IJ( , inti J< cv. llcrnarc.l ll ancroft. \'ctcra11 111i ~sio na r} l<l the Phi1ip11incs un(l cr flW ~ a nll 1 1 rc1.,cntJy atJn1ini stralivc scc rc l~1ry ol the \\Ocratc<I Mi:,sions. ( ,o\l will he $ 10 which inc lu(IC • r n\trrance, n ntl ferry hoa t passage tc> anti fron1 the i\Jand. c>t only will there he a ri ch <;piritt1al experi ence for each ,nan prc<;ent ht1t aJ:.;o a goolf t1n1e of re~reation and fell wship. Tho e 1ntere tecl in attending n1av end their regi tration along wrth $3 to Pastor John R. Woocl, Calvarv Baptist Cht1rch Main and H igJ1 treet , Bellefontaine, Ohio, 431 J J. Newtonsville Rev. Glenn Greenwood was the ~v~ngeJ i·3t for two week of evangel- 1 tic meeting at the ewton ville Bapti t Church, ewtonsvilJe Ohio recently. Rev. Warren w. Allen. pa t.or , repor~ed there were 14 pro- fes ion of fa1th and 16 rededications. Sunbury church is host to Women's Missionary The Grace Baptis,t Church, St1n– bury, wa hoot to the West Moriah Felio~ hip Women's Missionary fel– low hip recently. Speakers were Mi s Florence Hagen of the Cleveland He– brew Mission and Mrs. Lois Todd of Hilltop Hou e, senior citizen' home, Barberton, and Rev. Clark Spauldino of First Baptist Church Lancaster. 0 Pa tor from the follow hip met for the day and had dinner with the wo– men group. Present were Mr. and Mr . CJark Spaulding Mr. and Mrs. orman Bo worth, Mr. and Mr . Jame Mc– Candle , Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Bill– ington, Mr. and Mr . John Law– head Mr. and Mrs. Paul William Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Field , Mr. and Mr . Dean Canterbury, Mr. and Mr . Earl ewkirk, Mr. and Mr . Harold n1ith, George Myer and Willian1 Bower . Cleveland Arthur Fetzer wa honored recent– ly with a Doctor~ Degree, bestowed upon him by Grand Rapid Bapt1 t Bible College and eminary for hi out tanding leader hip and ignificant contribution to the cau e of Bap– ti t Mi... ionary endeavor. THE OHIO JNDEPENDENT BAPTIST