The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1965

Teachers' meeting before going into classes. No doubt a test is topic of interest Merle Hammack, Rev. Harold Carpenter, and Rev. Donald Loomis Mahoning Valley Regular Baptist Bible Institute By Frank R. Chittock The air \\ a filled "with anticipation a·"' car from ome 16 area Baptist churche began to find their way to the econd 11ahoning Valle) Regular Bapti t Bible In titute. that ""a to be held at the Fir t Bapti t Church of . Tile . Ohio. A record en;-ollment had been pra) 1 ed for. God· an "':er wa-s, ..So be it!" Some 150 tudent regi tered for one. t\.\ o or three of the 13 course offered. T\.\'e]\·e facultv member , ~ one ecretar\ 1 and the chool\; dean J \\ 1 ere on hand to \ivelcome tho e in– tere ted in learning more of God' \\' ord and ho\\' to impart that teach– ing to other It i the de ire of local ..... pa tor· and church leader... that thi chool \.\'ill continue to grow and ) ield fruit from the vineyard of the area. There i no desire for thi chool to become an e- rabli hed col– lege or eminar, 1 : but that 1t would - ~ be the mean-- of a Teaclzers Trai11i,1g Pro 0 ra111. There i being offered for tho e inter.. ted an E.T.T.A. ( Evangi- APRIL, 1965 PAGE 8 cal Teacher Training A ociation) certificate. Some of the ubjects offered are: Bible Introduction, Theology Per– sonal Evangeli m, Child Study, Book ·.,tud)' of R evelation, . T. Survey, At1dio-Vi ual, Methods of Bible Study, Song Leading S. S. Admini - tration, Truth for New Convert , Mi - ion and Bapti t Hi tory. Thi ·3chool ha been a real help for the mall church that i not able to carry on an extended mini try of thi ort on it own. P erhaps this a rtisle may excite other a •"ociation , pa tor or people to ee uch an op– portunity offered to your area. Thi local chool run for 13 week , J anuar). February and March. En– rollment fee of $1 per hour credit i charged along with the price of the text book. R ev. T. Fred Htr3 ey, pa tor of the First Bapti t Church, and the dean of the chool, i already looking, pra 1 1 ing and preparing for the next chool y·ear. Dean T. Fred Hussey goes over the student enrollment with Miss Nancy Murray, Secretary. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST