The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1965

• , t nt to pastor Bruce Snyder Re, . Brt1 c ) nlicr ha" recently hc- gt1r1 h r11in1 tr, '1\ 'iL l t.lllt to the .... J> .. 1,tl)f at the mn1ant1el Bapti t ' ht1rch. T ledo. Ohio. Re\. 1r . n) Jer replace Re, . T. We·~Ie 1 Bli \\ ho i no,, n1ini tering at the Cedar H ill Bapt1 t hurch. Cleveland, Ohio . Re, . Ir . n) der i a graduate of i\f ood,, Bible In titute and did further ., tud~ at Bob Jone Univer it)' . H e formerl)' held the po ition a~ Super– intendent of the Cit) Re cue Mi ion in outh Bend. Ind .. of which he i a nati, e re ident. Prior to hi coming to Toledo, Rev. \Ir . n 1 der v.·a for three )'ear pa tor of the Bible Bapti·--t Church in Au– burn . Ind. H e i married to Ellen R ead Snyder of Pl)·mouth. Ind. The Snyder have three children: Brenda 5 years, Bruce III. 3 \ ear and Brent month . ., Athens The Rev. Paul Williams of ile , Ohio. ha been called a pa tor of the South Cannon Baptist Church. H1 Fir t Sunday was Jan 31. Niles E, angel1st Don Winters, 150 Binns Bl\•d .. Columbus, was speaker at a Vt'eek of meetings Jan. 3-10 at Evans– ville Bapti t Church, iles. "God mightil 1 v. orked through this man in our church, ., P astor Donald R. Loom1=> aid. "and His hand of bless– ing i till being felt. Some 30 de– e ~ion \\ ere made for the Lord l O for saI,-ation:· Tiffin The fourth annual missionary con– ference at Calv.ar) ' Baptist Church wa Vt'ell attended and filled with ble - ing . Three repre entati"e from Evan– gelical Bapti t Ir s1ons .conducted the conference. John f1tchell. E per Ajaj. and Robert Richards. APRIL, 1965 PAGE 10 A11n x n1ort9age is paid at Berea Baptist Church l "l"ll . I ,,as nttt)thcr rc<I lctt r tin ill tllt hiSll)I (lf lite llllf )1 ns (ll C lll<)rtgag {)fl the a n11 'X ,, a·~ 1,~iicl in ft1ll. J)la11s arc 111f)\ 1 i11g tor\V:trtl f<lr tl1e crc\,; ti ,n ,1 a ne,v sa nc tt1nr\' . ., 1-, i tleCI' ,iri s' r .. n CH l11J)lllC11l rc - ccntl\1 111at kt~t.l tl1c "...:t.::le l1rati{)n {lf tl1c ftr,t a11n1vcr":1r\' of [>t {)llccr ,iris ir1 l3crca ll ,111ti,t ' l1t11 c h . a1111l)- ancl fric11cl, gathc1 eel to ,v1t11c'i, J> ilgr1n1·.'\, ( ' l)l()ni,t,. I~,,)l<.)rcri.; ancl gtttllC\ re- c i, c ,1c l11c, cn1cn l a\\ arll, a nll rank,. , er\ 1n1i1rc"·'\ivc part of the pro– grn111 \\ a the tc~t1n1011v hy tape f a f or111cr pioneer girl. the late M 1\~ J 0'1 n K i 11 ilea, n1 i\Sron ary to Thai I a ncJ. The annt1al 111i ionary conference of the cht1rch wa held 1v1 arch 28-3 I. 1 i·'\sionary pcaker were Rev. l.Jy- 111an C_, oehring - Brazil, Rev. ar l Hawkin<; - France, and Rev. Robert Haye - Ghana, all working wit h Bapti t tvtid-Mi ion·~. - Mr . Vi vian O' hell. Churches are participating in Sunday School contest Several churche are participating in an area Sunday School conte t. The·-- e include Hunt ·burg Baptist Church, Hunt burg, O.; Faith Bap– ti t Church P erry, 0.; Bible Bapti t Church, orth Madi on, 0. · Willow– H ayden, Willoughby, 0. · Riverview Bible Baptist, Novelty, O.; First Bap– ti t, Twinsburg, 0.; and Gra~e Bap– ti t Willoughby, 0. Each church has an attendance average between 100 and 200 MP3. Howard Lucht, of the Huntsburg Church aid. The goal is to increa e in attendance thus increa ing in ,points over their J anuary average. A trophy i to be awarded the church with the mo t point . The method of viritation being u ed by the Huntsburg Bapt i t C hurch, Mr . Lucht aid, involves children teaming up with adult whose name they drew. Vi itation, tele– phoning, and letter writing are ways of invitation. The contest extends from March 7 through April 11. Fostoria The Rev. Wilbur Rooke, of Bay City, Mich., and scheduled a the featured peaker at pecial meeting beginning March 15 at Fo toria Bapti t Cht1rch. Cleveland Dr. Ralph H. Stoll, pastor of Cal– vary Bapti·.:>t Church, Altoona, P a., wa gue t speaker for dedication er vice at Bethlehen1 Bapti t Cht1rch April 4. Evangelists hold meetings at First Baptist, Findlay l"' vangclist anll l rs. Ri chartl Kiliun (lr I lk ~1r( , ln(I. 111i11i l er cLI in l)ecia 11lcc tings f~cl. 7- Jll Hl J.'.i' irst TJ apti hltrc l1 J-i'i ntll ~t)' . ~ l1c la l St1n(la c)f the 111ecting aw the lnrge t al- tcncl ar1ce in the or11i ng WorshiJ s i 11 cc I as l l:,astcr . "The mini try of the Kili ans in me age and music lifted the <:i.piritual Jevel of the church as we]l as re- ulting in the salvation of one who been prayed for some time,' ' Pas tor Fred Crown, Jr. , said. A number of fir t time vi itors came to the <;er- • vices. Ministers meet to elect officers for coming year The Akron Area GARBC Min– i·.. ter' Fellow hip met March 1, in the YMCA, Akron. Officer for the coming year were elected. Rev. B. C. 1 enning of the Graham Road Baptist Church , wa elected Chairman. Rev. C . J. Bates was elected vice-chairman. Rev. Charles Teagle of the Crusade Baptist Church was elected secretary– trea urer. Rev. Louie DiPlacido of the Baptis t Church of Ma sillon was elected ,program chairman. Rev. Bates was elected publicity chairman. The group meets the fir. .. t Monday of each month at the Y for a time of prai e, prayer and fellowship. The young people of the Akron Area meet the third Saturday night of each month for a youth rally. Rev. William Harri s of the First Baptist Church of Rittman wa wel– comed into the fellowship at the March meeting. The youth rally was held in the Highview Bapti t Church, Dr. D . E. Luttrell pa,,tor, on Satt1rday, :tvf arch 20th. Gallipolis Evangeli t Bill Stevens ton, W. Va., i r-- lated as Fir t Bapti t Church, April 25 to May 2. of Charles– speaker at Gallipoli . THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST