The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1966

row Your Council of Ten ' • Rev. Woodrow Mccaleb D:d ~ u knO\\ that it i po ible tor a hild of G d to make Chri t ,i k'.> 8\ tir luke\i\arm li\e we can • nau eat the a\ ior. He indicate thi in Re, elation 3: 15 16 a He warn the hur h at Laodicea of their ter– rible 1n. \\'e read. "'I know thy \\ ork that thou art neither cold nor hot: I "'ould that thou wert cold or hot. o then, becau e thou art neither cold nor hot. I will pew thee out of n1, mouth .., ., The cur e of the Church of Je us hi IS( t,l,ld is f,llllltl i1 tJ1 Juke- \\ l,rn111css tJ I <. •<.' I'~ 11 ~,1d-l l t1 g l11 cl11IJr 11 . \\1, nr' sn\t:li nn,1 < 11 our ,, n t, 11 tl\'Cn l uf l1a,,c littl ' ( I' 11 0 l'.',,n .. 'r11 to l,t .. ,, l1at 1(ltl ,vn11t s t1 s tc> l, '. ,tn(i t '-' l' ,vl1 tl 1l)ll c h:,11 I · in- ll,c.,tcs i1 I I 1s , , tll ti \Vl' sht tllci cle_1! I <. l)c a l1ristian. l1t1t t<.1 l1c ar>atl1c t1 c .111ll t111cclnccr1 ~(I f\1r tl1c "vi ll o l 10 ll , till' \\<.11 k. tl l , cl I ancl the grea t 1111 ,– '\tl,n <.lf (1 cl<.I 111 the 1c<1ch1n g o f lo t '\lllll'-1. I\ l ll t a ll 'r l lll'()ll1rat i f1fc With the \\'l, 1 tl c1 I 1c)c.l. t1r l .. rc.i i · grieved ,, hen ,, c arc lt t kc\.\ a 1111. He call u t 1 l1c n fire. nncl to 1n, adc thi s w rld ,, 1th tl1e C, o~pc l, bt1t \.\' C h,1vc allowed " Ltr~c l, c~ to c ol off. a11d have pcr– n1 1ttcd the \.\ rl c.i to invade our lives t the e tent that 11any have no fire c1nd no lervcncy for the thing · of ("l1ri t . . hri t i. not talking here abou t i ing alvation, when He ay ' 1 \,\; ill pew thee out of my mouth " for alvation re t on Hi faithful– ne and not our ! But He i certainly t1gge ting here the disapproval of H i own who live at halfway house. Chri t want " us to be totally com– mitted, wholly dedicated all out for Him. Otherwi e, forget the whole bu ine and live like the rest of the Chri t-rejecting world who have never had their hearts set on fi re by God. Christ reminds us, "I know thy work !' He i keeping the records that one day each of u will f ace. How will it be wi th you, when you stand before Him? May the Lord et our hearts on fire anew for Him! Rev. Woodrow McCaleb Born in the tate of Tenne ee, he 1110\ed to 1ichigan at an early age, ,, here he found Chri t a Saviour at the age of 12. He pent nearly four year in the n1il1tar) 1 ervice fourteen months of \\'hich \.\ere in army ho pitals recover– ing from \\ ounds received in action in the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. Through this. the Lord dealt with his heart. and en ing the Lord's call to full time Chri tian er\ ice, our brother ought further training. He attended ~lar hall College during his military er ice. and graduated from the Grand Rapids Baptist Theological eminary in 1951. Mr . McCaleb has pa tored for the past 17 years in three churche : The Englishville Bap– ti t Church, parta, Michigan ; The Fi rst Bapti t Church of Fremont, Michigan, and for the past nearly ix years the First Bapti t Church of EJyria, Ohio. He presently serves on the Council of Ten for the St ate of Ohio, and on the Execut ive Board of the Grand Rapids Baptist College and eminary. The McCaleb are the proud parents of two daugh ter and two sons. COVER PICTURE 1'1ount A '->iniboine tands entinel-like with lovely Lake Magog at . oot. R1 1ng to a height of 11.870 feet above ea level, this peak ha been called 'The Iatterhorn of the Rockie .' Thi alpine wonder– land abound in beautiful pruce and larch tree Rocky Mountain flower . animal and bird . < C anad1an C,m,ernment Travel Bureau Pho to. ) The Ohio Independent Ba pti st ... Published Monthly by .. . THE OHIO A SSOCIATION OF REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCHES SECOND CLASS POSTAGE p1id a t Xe nia, Oh io . POSTMASTER: Please send Form 3579 to Mr. Stuart L. Chaffe Box No. 7 Ced a rville, Ohio 45314 Ed itorial Off ice: Box 7 Ceda rville , Oh,o Deadl ine f or !\Jews 10 th of each mon,h State Missionary Address: Rev. Earl D. Umbaugh 2150 Marhofer Avenue Stow, Ohio 44224 STAFF Editor . A. Donald Moffat Box o. 7 Cedarville, Ohio 453 14 Circulation Manager .. .. . . . . . Mr. Stuart L . Chaffe Box o. 7, Cedarville, Ohio 453 14 W om en 's Editor . Mrs. Inez 1\1ilner 2665 Can terbu ry Rd. C leveland H eights, Ohio 44 I 18 C hristian Education Editor ... . . . . .... .................... Mrs. Earl D. Umbaugh Council and Officers C hairman . Veme L . Dunham 1326 Euclid Ave., Lorain, 0 . 44052 S eta Y . .... Darrell Bice ecr -r . ... . . 511 H errick Ave. E ., Wellington , Ohio 44090 Treasu rer .. .. . . . H. R . Davison 23 Ives ter Lane, Arcanum, 0. 45304 Missionary Chr. B. C. Jennings 4295 Ellsworth Rd. , Stow, 0. 44224 Youth Director . . . . . Lynn Rogers 7854 . Boyden Rd ., orthfield, Ohio 44067 Education Chr. Firs t Baptist W oodrow McCa1eb Church , Elyria, Ohio 44035 Council of Ten Chairman Secretary . .... ...... ... ..... Verne Dunham, ...... . . ... ... .. .. Darrell Bice John Balyo Vernon Billington Robert Barrett B. C. Jennings Woodrow McCaleb Lynn Rogers Donald Sewell Earl Willetts