The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1965

Ground broken for $68,000 Troy Church round wa broken for a new church by member of the Troy Grace Bapti t Church. A two- tory cdu':ational unit will oon be under con truction a ,part of the building program which n1ay take five year to complete. The educational unit '" ill act a~ the auditorium and cla - roon1 facilitie until the church j con1pleted . The educational unit and a par on– agc will be built at an e -- timated co t t)f 68 ,000. Con itruction will tart a . oon a po ible. It i hoped it will l)c con1pleted by September. Rev . Erne t J. Virgint, pa tor aid the educational unit will eat J O per on with roo1n for 60 111ore in the overflow at the rear of the at1ditoriun1. Included in the plan are 15 cla - room , a kitchen, two won1en and t\VO men· restrooms. "The land wa ,purcha ed three year ago and the debt ha been paid ' Euclid-Nottingham • pastor resigns J George E. Huffman Rev. Geor ge E. Huffman, pa tor cJf the - uc lid-Nottingham Bapti t hurch for fi ve year ha res igned the uclid c hurch in ord er to acce pt the pastora te of the New Haven Baptist hurch in Indi ana. Rev. Huffman succeeded Dr Allen E. Lewis a~ pastor of the uclid- ottingham Church 1n May of 1960. l 'he church enjoyed a very happy and . atisfying rela tionsl1ip during Pa'i– tor H ufifn1an' tenure of ~ervicc. More than 600 public decision~ were re l:orded , with al111ost 300 addi tion to tl1c church. A111011g a few of the l1ighlights du, i11g Pastor Huff111an ''S r11i11is tr,' was t l1e 111e111orable O.A. R.B. . annual n1eeting in c.tol1er , J 960 in the l~t1c– lill- ottingl1a11 cl1urcl1. he Jiqt1jda– t1 )n oJ $22(),(}0() l1L1iltli11g 111ortgagc l)ll the r,1 e11t t,ui ltling gave altsc THE OHIO INDEPEND[N r BA P IS J aid Rev. Wright. The architect i the A ociated £ 11 - gineering of Indianapoli . Builder i:, the W. A. Gunter, Inc. of Day ton . Grace Bapti t w.as e tabli hed Apr il 18 1945 with 59 charter member s. Prayer meetings were held in three different locations prior to n1ovjng to the present addre . Rev. Wri ght . tarted hi pa torate Nov. 23, 1958. Fron1 l 946 until 1948 three pa tor ~erved the congregation . Those taking part in the ground breaking ceremonie are Mott Moon, Mt. Sterling Ky., n1e age; Berth a Miller pre ident of the Mi ion ar Guild breaking of ground : J an1e Virgint pre ident of You,th Fe ll ow- hip: Jack Reeder, Sunday Schoo l Su,perintendent ; Roy Wagner chair– man of Deacon ' Board · Rev. Ernesit J. Virgint, paSitor ; ,and Marvin Arthur , chairn1an of bui lding con1111ittee, ,pray– er and benediction. for much rejoicing. A vital improvement wa the co111 - pJete black-top paving of the chL1rch parking Jot for $13 000. The purcha e of a large new White Motor Sunday School bu wa another in1portant a et. In addition $50 000 ha·3 been accumulated in the building fund for the next tage of build_ing ,program with the target date of 18 month or le et for the groundbreaking. Five new missionary familie wer e added to the Mi·., ionary program for ub tantial support. A genuine inj ection of 111is ionary vi ion and saturation r e ulted fr o ,11 the triannual Baptist Mid-Mi ~ion Conference which the E uclid-Notting– han1 church hosted in the pring of 1964. Approxima tely 125 mi ion– arie and taff participa ted with the highlight being Ruth H ege' fir t-hand report of the Congo upri·"ing anLi n1assa~re. In November of 1964 a new pir it ua l mi I e tone wa joy f Lil 1., ex,perienced when a branch c httrch wa launched in Mayfield -Ly nd hur t area of r eater leveland . Rev. Huffn1 a11 bega n hi new n1i11 - i~ try a t the New H aven cht1rch un– c.J ay, Apr.ii 4. I 965. Bellefontaine At a Bible conf erence at ( ' al, 1 ar, Baptt~t Church, Bell efon taine, Re, Warren aber, Dr. Wilbur Welch, and Ilev. Bernarll Bancroft \\ ere speaker\. On a 1 ccent unLlay even– ing I I you ng people were haJ)tizeti Mrs. Pegg\ Bt1~h of the cl1ur t1 l1as recently made an albt1111 titlcJ "It took a Miraclc," the f)ro e\!d <)f ,.vt1ich ,viii go l1ack i11to 111issionar) \\ l)fk . BOOK REVIEW ' ' REVELA TIO ,n by Leh111an ' tr au. , Loi eaux Bro .. I nc.. 19 W . 2 1 t St. ew York 10. . Y. 380 pp. $4.50. Mo t OIB reader have h~aru or read of Dr . Lehn1an Strau , and . o a long review i~ unnece ary. F or 8 year he taught Old T e tan1ent Hi tor y at the Philadelph ia Coll ege t1 f Bi ble. and er ved a pa tor of Calvary Bapti t hurch of Bri tol Penn a., for l year'"'. The next five yea r he pa tored the Hi ghla nd Par k Bap ti t Church of Detroit and nO\V for near ly two year ha h~en in f u 11 -tin1c Bi ble conference \vork . Hi boo k on Revela ti on i a ~cril: o f lec ture . ancJ ,:,o ha a ll the at– trac ti ve ne and weakne of uch a book. It 111 u t nece ar il)' be . in1,ple and popul ar ra ther than profouncJ. It even kept in pu blica tion ··on1c 111i take in hi tory and o ther 11inor error that creep into al I publi·.: Litter ance : but the fair r eader wi ll overl ook uc h thing and enjoy all the good th ing he a)' , a ncJ profit by h i·~ abi I i ty to appl y prophetic t ru t h to da il y I iv ing and conten1porary prob len1 . It fo llow ful ly the prc– n1i ll enni al view th a t GARBC Bap- ti t love . - Ralph T . orluncJ . The Ohio Independent Baptist CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP . . . Whether you are a pas tor , mission – ary or church member, you 'll find that this magazine gives you the informa tion you need for fe1lo\vship. FOR STUDENTS AND l\1ISSION– ARIES ... Keep informed of yotn home church and i ts ac tivi ties. 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