The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1965

VOL. 37, NO. 3 The Ohio Independent Baptist Evan·ge·lize or Fo 1 silize Ev·angelism is the key to a new church program in those sections of the country covered by our G .A.R.B. Churches. In some areas of the coun,try, where ithe gospel has been fully and freely preached and where people have predomin,anitly Baptist or Prot– estant backgr1ound, it is possi1ble to start a church just by .takin.g a canvas. Such a canvas will ,bring to ·light many Christian families, ei,ther unaffiliaited with or inactive m any local church. These families can be reactivated and drawn into ,the minis<try of a local church close to their ihom·e. These conditions do not generally exist in ,the Eastern, Nor,thern and Western sec– tions of our country so, .iif our churc·h– es are to succeed, they must be strongly evangelistic. This emphasis upon evangelism is in the finest tradition of the Chri tian Church. In Mark 16: 15 rwe read that Jesus said , ' '--Go ye into all the wor Id, and preach ithe gospel to every creature.' ' When persecution broke out in Jerusalem, upon .tbe stoning of Stephen, the Christians who were scattered abroad, "wenrt everywhere preaching (literally, evan,gelizing or gossiping) the word',. Paul commend– ed the Thessalonians in ithait from them "sounded out the Word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is pread ,abroad ..." . So much is this a part of ,the N ew Testa– ment method thait, during ithis age of grace, a church that is not a oul– winning church is an emaciated church and a hr1 tian, who is not a oul... winning hr1 t1an, is omething less han the kind of a ' hristi an that od expects him Ito be. The mini try of the church, in its u]1ir11ate purpo~e, is to train soul- winner . ln ph sian 4: 1 1, l 2 w di "' o,,er thi to be ,true. ome ' aved -1nen, wer end wed wi,th piritrual gifit a11d were gi,, n th n1inistr}' f HE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST By Earl D. Umbaugh an apostle, pr,ophet, evan,gel,is.t, pastor or ,teacher. Regar,dless of their ,office, the end result of their ministry was to bring ,Christians to the pl,ace of sp,irit– ual maturity, so th,at they could carry on rthe work of the ministry whic·h, in its simplest and finest state– menrt, is the ' 'edifyin,g of the ,body of Christ' ' or the 1building up of the body of Christ by ibrIDging the lost ,to the Saviour. Our new churohes must 1 be soul– winning churches. Our ;paistors must be soul-minning pastors. Our laymen must be soul-wiI111ing lay,men i,f we arie ito approximate God's purpose for ,our existence. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Umbaugh participate in crusade November 29-December 6, Rev. and Mr~. Barl D. Umbarugh were speakers for "Wary To Life Crusade' ' held at ,the Ambrose Bapitist Churoh, Fayefite, Ohio; Jo,hn W.axren, P tastor. Sund·ay ( 29) a if ell ow hip dinner was ienjoy-ed 1and a sin1g-spiration ser– vice in ,the 1af ternoon. Rev. Roberit T. Campbell ifam1ily, S.I.M. mi sion– aries on furloUJgh, ,brought a hort message. Rev. Earl D. Umbaugh com– p) eted ,the ,hour by br«iefing u on ,the tatu of new churches b eing tarted in Ohio; e pecially ,t:he one in the e mbryo tage at M,aumee, of the N onth Bethel di trict. Brother Umbaugh and Pa tor War– ren did daily vi itation and Mr . Um 1 baugh n1inis tered at a r e1ea5ed– timc Bible cla in ia local c hool. he al o poke at the Ladic Mis ionary Me ting. pec1al n1u ic wa featured n1ghtly, with a grot1p fro1n <l arv1ll ( ' li ege 111inistering at ~he Yottth Rally on 'aturday evening D spite th 5 8 dn ~h sn wtal l, i~) roads, cold t 1nperatt1rcs, anJ 4.,c. l1ool c l "' i11gs, the att ~nclancc \Vas g J ,111tl JANUARY, 1965 Rev. Earl D. Umbaugh each heart was ch allenged by the ser– v ices . The Holy Spirit worked a the Word was ,preached. D ec i ions were made concerning alvation· ,bapti m and church membership ; and re<ledi– c~tion. The churc 1 h fami ly profited greatly from ,vhe faithful mini try of the Umbaugh . The Church ,and P a tor Warren h eartily recommend the Umbaugh to our churches. New church in Kent, Ohio votes to buy four acres Grace Bapti t hurch of Kent , O.~ h a voted ,to purcha e fot1r acre of land one n1ile ea t of the Kent tate Univers.ity can1pt1 , the Rev. GI n . rabb, pa t r of the chur h aiti . he cht1rch wa organized in pril. I964, as a branch httr ,h f the Grahan1 Road Bapti t hur h, u} tl - hoga Fall . The n \ httrch ha\ grown fr n1 J ) n1ernbcr at th b gin n1ng to 4l active m 111b r b, the end o1 I 964. J n add1 t1on to J)lanning for a cht1rch btttltl1 ng 1n 196" , the cht11 ch l1 as as~ t1111cJ partial t1pport f 1111"\t l1 n- arie \c R \ . an,f Mrs. , t! r g (1 t)tl - frc ' antf th Re, ~tn tl Ir~ . Ruger 1c <tt11ar ,1. JANUARY , 1965 PAGE 3