The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1964

VOL . 37, No. 2 The Ohio Independent Baptist Activities of State are varied during Missio,nary m<onth By Earl D. Umbaugh We would like to hare with you the ·activities of the pa t month. On ov. 1, I had the privilege of mini - tering the Word of God at both the morning and evening services at the Northside Baptist Chur~h, Lim·a, Ohio. On Monday, Nov. 2, I met the orth Bethel Pastors at Calvary Bap– tist Church in Bellefontaine. On Wednesday, I met Brother John Lawhead at Chillicothe, visiting a few families, and discussing the possibi lity of starting a new church in this city. That night I presented the new church program at Brother Law– hood's church, the Grace B1apti t Church, Minford . On Thursday, Mrs. Umbaugh and I visited Brother and Sister Colwell at their home in East Brady, Pa. On Friday I met with one of the Akron area pastors and then Sip en t three hours that night in Bible Study with one of our neighbors w,ho was recently saved. After the Saturday Morning Men's Prayer Breakfast at Graham Road Baptist Church, Mrs. mbaugh and I lett for a week-end of m1n1stry at the Bible Bapti t hurch, Seven Mile, Ohio. On Tue~da)', ov. 10, I spent the da}' with Brother Donald Rettger, Heights Baptist hurch, Ba~t Liver– pool , driving through commL1n1ty after co1nn1unity where there is no .ound gospel testimony and asking the Lord to 1 how us how a new c11urcl1 could be s~arte<l 1n at least one of these co1nr11unities witl1in the 11ext few 1non ths. 11 Wedne.. day nigl1t, 1 JJre entcd tl1e new cl1urch pr gran1 at tl1e al– \'ru y Baptist hlllich, lendenen, W. \ta. and til1e11 l1ad tl1 pi i, 1 ilege of 111in– j teri111g the \\'ord of ,od at the B 0 the– ll}' BaptJ t l1urol1, l1arleston, \V st 'e. on Frjcla)' 11igl1t and tl1ro1:1gl1out ttl'1e d }' 011 un 1 a)'. "'hi1e j 11 We t THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Virginia, we had the privilege of visi.ting severa l of the pastor of G.A.R.B.C. and una,£filiated churche . Mr . Umbaug,h accompanied me on thi trip and was invited to speak at the Ladie Mis ionary meeting ,and to the Senior Yout·h Group at Bethe– ny. On Tuesday, Novem1ber 17, I pre- ented the new church program to the bi-monthly fellows.hip of the churohe in the Ea t Moriah As ociaition, meet– ing at the Calv1ary Bap1tist Church, Byesville, Ohio, of w.hich Brother Harold House is the pastor. The next night I spoke at the Blessed Hope Bapti st Church, Colum1bus, as one of the peakers during their week of Revival and Evangelistic Conferenses. On Thursday morning, I met with the Extension Committee of the North Bethel As oci,ation at Bowling Green for further pl1anning for the proposed new church in the Toledo area. Fri– day wa pent at home, catching up on corre pondence and entertaining friend in our home ,that evening. After the Saturday morning ,prayer break– fa t at Graham Road Bap ti sit, I 'left for Urbana, Ohio, where I preached on Saturday night and throughout the d,ay Sunday at Grace Bapti t hurch. Bro,ther Ray Kaffenbarger i the pastor of this growing, sot1l– winning ohurch. On Monday night, I pre entctI the new cht1rch progran1 a 1t relate\ to the propo ed new church i11 the ~roledo area 1to the hurch Bo,trd of the (Jracc Baptist ( hurch, l ... 1111a, Ohio. On Tue~day night, Br other John lJawl1cad ar1d I n1cl with a 11t1clcL1\ ot JJeople at hillicothc ,vho hcJJ1c to start a 11ew churcl1 in tl1t;;ir cit)'. I JJf se11 l~d tl1e 11cV.' clltlr 11 JJro– gra111 at tl1e I~irsl Baptist l1u1\;l1 , SJJcncer, Tlr tl1er Pat1l Weh111ar1, JJa - tor, 011 Wed11es la) 1 nigl1t, O\'e111l)cf 2 - ancl tl1er1 we11l 11 >Ol for 'I"l1a11k - DECEMBER, 1964 Rev. Earl D. Umbaugh g1v1ng D,ay. On Sunday, November 29 I began an eight day Evangeli - tic Meeting at the Am bro e Bapti t Church, Fayette, Ohio, Brother John Warren pastor. We tru t that the end re ult of all that we do will be the winning of the lo it to Chri t and the ft1rtherance of His work aero otrr Fellow hip. Mr . Umbat1gh and I plan to take on1e time off for ·a vacation ,around the fir t of the 1 ear. We have been invited by the Field Council of the Bapti t Mid1v1 i ion Mi ionarie on the I land of St. l 11cia to pe11<.l on1e tin1e in JanLiar) \Vtth the111. Ot1r pl,ans now are to fly to an J t1an. Pt1erto Rico on Decen1ber 29, \pend 1ng a cot1plc of da) ~ \\ 1th R~\ .111tl ~lr~. C'ook. a11d ,thc11 go on tL) t. Lt1c1a on e,, Year's D<l) We \\'tll l1c con11ng back. the latter p1.l1 t ot J ,\ 11 tt arv. - 1 111c11tion tl11\ o that )' ti ,,,ill k11 ,v \\ h\ ) Ott can not gc.t i11 ,tc,t1ch ,,,ith 11 c.lttt 1r1g tl1at ti111c. It al l) \\' Otd l l)e 11 I JJf td l C) ti s if \Ve \. t)ttlll ~1a,, our s l1ellL1l~ ~1rrangc I for l 0b1 t1- ar)1 ' ltl I tJart ot \l~ir 11 l) fl)I' • lca, 1 i11g. l f )'Ott are i11 ter sLe I in a tl)' of t 11 > clntt~s \Ve \\'Otllll l)v glnll l l1t ·lr fr 111 'Ott l>vf ore t 11 vnll of D\: 1111) r. DECEMBER, 1964 PAGE 3