The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1965

New pastor begins work at Wheelersburg Baptist Donald Grollimund On J an. 24, Pastor Donald Grolli– mund began work a pa tor of the Wheeler burg Baptist Church, Wheel– er burg Ohio. The new pa'31tor came to Wheeler sberg afiter three year service as pastor of the Bethel Bapti t Church, Milwaukee, Wis. Following his boyhood in New Jer ey, Pastor Grollimund attended Wheaton College receiving the A.B. and M.A. degrees. He did graduate work at Wer3Jtminister Theologica·1 Seminary, Philadelphia, P a., and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort worth , Tex. Prior to his going to Milwaukee, Pastor Grollimund served churche in Pottsboro, Dai ngerfield, and J ack on– ville Tex. , and in Olney, Ill . During his ministry in Texa he erved a') both an associational and di stri c t officer and as bu5ine manager of the Dai ngerfield Baptis·t E ncampment Ground. Pa,) tor Grollimund recently com– pleted a term as president of the Lake hore Fundamental Minister ' Association of southwe~ tern Wi con- • sin. r1·11e (1rollimt1nds have three chil – dre11, Donald l{ . J 5, aro ly11, l O an d 1 avid 8. Jla tor ,rolli111L1nd said HI a r11 very t1ap1,y to l)e in tl1e s ta te of 01110 and to t,e in fellowshiJJ witl1 tl1c (lcgltlar Baptist cl1urcl1e of tl1 i s ta te." Portsmouth I r. John Walvoord, J)resider1t of all a rl h ological "c111i11ar)', wel l - 1· no\, 11 l1 illle teachc:r a11d author was J)Ca l er rece11tl)' , t er111)Je BaJ)ti t l1u1 c11, J> rt 111011tl1. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Rev. William F. Harris begins pastorate at Rittman Church William F. Harris Rev. Wil liam F. ,Harri began hi mini·.., try as Pa tor of the Fir t Bapt1i t Church , R ittman on F eb. 7. Rev. and Mr . Harri moved from the Fir t Bapti ·t Church of Cam 1 bridge ity Ind ., where he had pa tored for five year . Rev. Harri is a native of Zane - vi lle, and attended Denni on Uni– vers,ity at Granville and graduated form the Moody Bible In tituite , Chi– cago. He wa presently erving on the Council of Twelve of the Sta te F el– low ·hip of I ndiana Regular Bapti ts and had held ofifice in the entral Indi ana Regul ar Ba pti t Pa tor. ' Fel– low hip. Mrs. H arri s is a native of Waterloo. lowa, anc.l a gradt1 at e of the Moody Bible Institute. She ha·"' been active with the music group·"' of the cht1rch and al o in the Women' At1xil iary of the Sta te Regular Bapti ts. A program of remodeling and re– decorating the church at an1bridgc Ci tr had just been completed a cot1ple of 1nonth\ ago. Many in1provements were cor11plct– ed on the parsonage in Rittn1 an for their arri va 1 Tl1e Pa~lor '~ '.') tttli }' at the church wa paneled a11d car– peted anti new tlra pcs to the \¥i nLlow" rfhc n1 e111bcr\ of the cht1rch are to l1e co11g1altllatcd 0 11 their 111aking thc\C 1111 pro" c 111e 11 ts. Stryker I lie J{ cv. I <>t1glas la k·, tias l1l,;cn called to tl1c ~irsl 1 a11tis t l1ur t1. Stryker, ., a f)astor fr 111 l{o l1cster, 1 fl ti. LETTERS TO EDITOR Male cook wanted To The Editor: I wa a keel by the Council of IO to head u,p the tate-wide Men' Retreat for this yea r, and one of n1y big problem wi Jl be to find a profe ional male cook who will be wi lling to do t he cooki ng for u cl uring ,the retreat. Would )' OU be o kind to make an ap peal through "The Ohio In– dependent Baptist" magazine for 11ch a m.an? The dates are September 1 3 through 16. H e mu t be a Chri ti an ,and with adequate exper ience to hand le thi kind of job. Thank you for your kind co– operation. P a tor John R. Wood, Director State– Wide Men' Retrea t, Calvary Bap ti t Cht1rch, Be]lefonitaine, Ohio. Be llefontaine During la it year givi ng wa increa. - ed a•t Calvary Bapti t Church, Bel le– font aine, by nearly $3,000. The church aw mi·-- ionarie go back to their fi eld fu ll y equipped, new church furniture purcha ed and paid off the mortg·age. Teen--ager have come to accept Chri t a aviot1r a well a adult . The chltr~h at Maumee ha been added to the list by newly tarted cht1rche. -- along wi th . . . . . . 1ncrea e ,n mt. ,onary g1v1ng. West Moriah Association Meets in Sunbury church The P a ·tor's Fellow hip of the We -- t Moriah A ocia tion and the Cot1ncil of Tc-n of he Ohio A ~ o- ciation of Regular Bapti t ht1rche ~ n1e t in c ect1tive e ion all dav Mond ay, J a11. 11, in the race Bap- tist ht1rch of t1nbt1r 1 . The bt1 1ne s tinder con iderat1 r1 wa· the pt1rcha c f a Bapti t ot1th amp to be 1 cated 0111c\v h re in outhcrn Ohio to in1plc111cnt the one pre entl'r owr1eti, ·· a111p Patn1os'' locatcll on Kell · l~lanll in I ttkc l fJC f)t)tlttc~ lt1ncl1cor1 \\ a~ en JO\ ctl h\ all 1n the l1a~c111cnl f>,1 tl1c cht11ct1 1)a1\011agl: . "'hc1c \\.Cll! _ (1 l)tC l'lll i11clt1d111g J)a\tOr~ aric.l tl1~ir \\t\C\ 1-lo·~ t a11ll h \ll'\\ to th1" grl)tlll \\'ere J> astor a11d l rs . ·l arti1, .. . H c)lt11es l r '. Jeral I ttcklL"S ,\llll 11 s. Lis i,\111111 ill L f till" l,race l~ ' \f1 - t1st ( l1ttrl 11 . (Con't . on in ide back cover) MARCH, 1965 PAGE 9