The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1966

VOL. 38 , NO. 7 Your State Missionary Rev. Earl D. Umbaugh Report on Churches A new church ha been ucce sfu 1- l)' tau nched at Pata kala. Ohio under the sponsor hip of the Bible Mi ion Baptist Church. Reynoldsburg. The church was officially organized on October 10. 1965 with 14 members v- ho transferred their member hip from the Reynold burg church. ince then five more have been added to the church with a record attendance of 63 in the ~unday Morning wor hip scr\ 1 ice. Rev. Gerald Fields. who wa ordained to the ministry la t De– cemher erves a~ the pa tor of thi c; church and also as a <;i<;ta nt to the l{eynoldsburg church. Rev. Fields i~ • The Ohio Independent Baptist a recent graduate of the Appalachin Bible In titute Fayettville, We t Vir– ginia. Much ground work was laid for the beginning of thi new church. A Thur day night Bible cla wa held for everal month beginning in December of 1963. "Uncle" Cal Beukama held a four night meeting, primarily for children, during Janu– ary of 1964. During April and May a two week Evangeli tic meeting wa held with Rev. Bob Cunningham with a record attendance of 61 on the closing night. A week of Daily Va– cation Bible School was held during the Summers of 1964 and 1965 with attendance running over 110 and a many as 135 attending the clo ing e ions. ervice are held in a vacat– ed cht1rch building formerly owned by the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The present outreach of the church inc111de nine week-night Bible clas e held in various homes. Calvary Bapti t Church, Chi llicothe i continuing to make good progres . Dr. Donald B. Hay , former A i t– ant at Tabernacle Bapti t Church, Hazel Park, Michigan, began hi du– tie a pa tor on November 14, 1965, with a week of vangeli tic Meet– ings. Attendance averaged 30 each evening and a teen-age boy accepted the Lord Je u hri t a hi~ aviot1r. A WORD from the EDITOR • • • e 'A'Ould like to express our ap– preciation to tho e of ) 'Ota v- 1 ho ha, 1 e n10 t graciou ly stat\;d that yot1 arc plea ed \Vitl1 tl1c work v.'e are doing on tl1e hio I ndepe11dent Ba pt isl. J elie,,e n1e it i n ea }' ta k ... l1t1t it is a11 e ~citing one! \Ve are l)LJSit.:.r tl1an , 1 e1 efore in all f ur l1ri - tian er,,ic . tand . . . l)ut ratli r \~le }1a , lea e d 11' t 111i ti n<.1 r- \\ ar r1o t co 111 J' 1 a i n i r1 g ~ p I a i 11 i rt g ! e, 11 11 ad 1 t t r r 111 • • 1111 1onar1e u r 11 1ng t n i n ,11 1 a 11 t la I d t }1, n i 11 g n1 gazi11 . Tl1i i r \\ ·1rd– djt 1 , J e 11tl)' 111 aid t )1 ~JJ Y, fl I t . . . J tl n p I flf Int u1 ' n n \\ J u n1 I ar un. ,, fJ l 1 1ucl1 lil tl1i I H OHIO IND p ND NI BAPTIS but inc;tcad of being a ~printur' ... here we are ... an ··e litttr! ' ' lJ1 eth– rcn, pray for ti ! 1 trttst ) 'Ott pastor · are cr1cot1ragi11g ., ot1r ) 1 ot1ng pcor>l in t ttr 0.1.B. Sul) cri 11t ion ontc ·t . \\' t.:. are ·o vet y an iot1 tl) gain n1 re st1l1scribe1 t() 1 he (). I. Ii . 1 t d oes 11 ' t t a k e a l t o f '-" or1' to g t folk t ) t1lJ crib . 111is io11ar , 111inde(l J1ur 11 is slt 11 si1111,I l) cat1 tl1 l)a tl>r is 111i it 11- ar 1r1indccl. JJiritt1al l1t1r 11 • . . <ii cl~ J"> piriltlall , ... is Sll 11 lJ - C,tl!l i l J">, ltlf is t n ,, Ill Ii,, s I \;ll in tl1 \ '1rcl . It i 1u, II trt1 , tl1~ t tl1 cl1t1r 11 that )1 ,, ,ln i11- t r t 111 111 . 1. ll . i l c all 1}1 Jld to1 l1i111 If i · i11t\S1 t d . \\ 1 t11 l) MAY, 1966 On July 2, the church held it fir t bapti mal ervice at Temple Baptist Church Port mouth. A week-end Mi ionary Conference wa held dur– ing Febrt1ary with Rev. Bill Large. A peak attendance of 50 came on aturday night with 44 for the Morn– ing Worship ervice. During the afternoon, the young people covered a ubdivi ion with go pel tract . During the winter month , the church went through a financial cri i . One f an1ily wa tran ferred to Texa . ome who normally work at con– truction were off work for everal week and other experienced eriou illne e . However, the pa tor report that all bill have been paid and the financial ituation i improving. The church i eeking the mind of the Lord concerning a permanent lo– cation and have pent ome time in– ve tigating po ible building ite . Mi ionarv Don Hare. home on ft1r- ., lough from Brazil, pre ented hi work one Sunday and Rev. Llewell,·n 'fhomp on held a fot1r day Bible Conference dt1ring March. The church ha been engaging in an ac– tive vi itation program v. ith the pa - tor n1aking abot1t 75 call a \\eek and the church participating 1n an rgan- ized calling progran1 n Thttr dcl\ night . A. Donald Moffat lit> ,, 1~11 th ,t , r 11· t t" r ir1 t) t1r 1 "1- ltl\\ l1iil c ltlLI gc t i11t r st l ! 111c a , ,, i.::: 11 ti r ()e.::: i1 I 1 n' t 1 ·1 it . I ' , gt, t 11 ... ,, s ,r u . . . t 11 , 11 , r ,, ill r a J it if tl1 i 11 1 t til r1l ' J t t}li.::;Jll t > Lil ' lll l th 'Jl r ·t l! l l f !!! A 1966 PA