The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 1966

• • . ...l:'3 A G. .R.B.C. ior1 I Con ulta,,t Dr. R. T. Ketcham _At o t1r . .R .B. . conference in De~ ~Io1ne . I \\a lat )ear. Dr. R . T. k etchan1 . ati nal on ultant, tated pt1b]1 l) that he\.\. uld be retiring in June o f 1966. I t i difficult to in,agine a . .R.B.C. \\'ithout Dr. K etch am a the ational Con ultant. omehow the e t,, o are o entwined that to our \\ a 1· of thinking. they cannot be . eparated. The name 'Ketcham·· and the letter ·G.A. R .B.C .' are practi– call\ , 1 nonomous! ., ., fany thing have been written con– cerning Dr. K etcham. He ha been u ed of the Lord to challenge and Contributions to Home and Camp Inc. Martin E. Holmes, Treas. Sunbury Baptist Church Box 233 Sunbury, Ohio 43074 MARCH - 1966 Gifts to Hilltop House Central 3apt ist, SS, Columbus .. $ First Baotist, McDonald . .... ....... . Cedar Hill Baptist, Cleveland .. ..... . NorthfiE!1d Baptist .. ............ .. .... .. Fa ith Bcptist, Amherst .. .. ...... .. First Ch,istian Baptist, Coshocton ... . North Royalton Baptist S.S. ....... .. Memorial Bapt ist , Columbus ... .. ... . lmmanue Bapt ist, Arcanum .. .. .. Sharon B1ptist S.S., Sharon, Pa. ... . First Bap ist, Rittman . .. ........... . Emmanuel Baptist, Toledo ............. . Berea Ba ptist .. .. Cedarh ill Baptist, Cleve. (2nd gift) Calvary B1ptist, Norwalk . ...... Calvary Bcptist, Norwalk (2nd gift) Spencer Bcptist . . ................ . Penfield Jct . Baptist, Lorain ......... . Grace Baptst Lima ..................... .. JUNE, 1966 PAGE 12 5 .00 10.00 16.66 10.00 5 .00 2.00 10.00 15.00 10.00 5 .00 60.00 25 .00 25.00 10.00 10.00 5 .00 50.00 10.00 160.00 1l1c li\ l's , 1l1t)tts n11cl. . \\ 1l' lik tl1a t ,,h icl1 I r. l{ l,ll 11 l . 1 1 <l\\l'II <'I I ,l ·,,n,n. \\ .1, h1ngt<)11 1>1 :tCC(I 111 l1 is h.' 11 'I' l{) ti,~ l'·'"t{)t'S l)f tl1' ,. R ll . . I ·11,,,, ,11111... ''t\ a 11r ':1c J1 e1. I r . 1'.ct J1a111 is lt11itJll , in ever v \.Vay. 111 , ,cr111,1ns arc <.fi~lir1ctl\, (itffcrcnt f1t1n1 all <1lhc,". l-l c r>re,,chcs in \Ji - i11g 11ictt11c,· ,ln<.I r1c<.1 (1lc arc l1lc\ c(J i11 cithct l1cn ri11g thcn1 or rcacl1ng thc111 111 pr111t. 1 ,t11y o f lhc c 111es– '(1gc.;; have l1ec11 pt1 l , n b ok form anc.i have c nj ycd a wel l (leservecf 11<-1r>t1lc1rit • rt1nning into n1any ccli– t1on a nc.i arc , till go ing s trong. Perha p, Dr. Ke tchan1 ha, rendered one f hi. grcate t ervice lo the cat1 e f trt1th in hi bold a nd un- c n1pr n1i ing , ta nd for epa ra ti o n from a ll forn1s of apo ta y, and in chan1pioning the cau e of truth aga ins t error. ome people h ave mis– understood hi heart in thi matter , bt1t he h a never been willing to compromi e regardless of cost to him elf. The watchword of hi ]ife ha been unbending loyalty to truth a nd righteou ne a t a ll time . ' T ho e looking forward to attending the 35th Annual G.A.R.B.C. con– fe rence which is to be held in Grand R a pids Michigan, June 20-24 antici– pate great blessing . . . p articularly o n Wedne day evening when Dr . Ketcham will be speaking on the ubject: "Standing F ast!" Pla ns are being formul ated to m ake this Wed– nesday evening er vice a "tribute' to Dr. K etch am . Immanuel Baptist, Columbus ........... . T • ' t B t" t L . r1n1 y ap ts , ora1n .... .... .. ..... .. .... . Litchfield Baptist ..... . .... . ......... .. ... . Calvary Baptist, Painesville .... ....... .. . Grace Baptist, Rocky River ..... . ....... . LaGrange Baptist ......... .... .. ........ .... .. Calvary Baptist, Massillon ..... .. ..... . Huntsburg Baptist .... .... .. .... .. ....... . Ralph Nordlund, Fostoria .. .......... ... ... North Olmstead Baptist .. ...... .. .. ... . Hinckley Ridge Baptist, Hinckley ... . Calvary Bapt ist, Broadview Hgts• ... Total ........................ .. ................. $ MARCH - 1966 Gifts to Camp Patmos Northfield Baptist .. . .. ... .. .. . ..$ Sharon Baptist S.S., Sharon, Pa . .. ... . Bethlehem Baptist, Cleveland .... .. ... . First Baptist, Rittman ....... .. ......... .. .. Cedar Hill Baptist, Cleveland .... ... .. . Trinity Baptist, Lorain ........... .. ..... . Grace Baptist, Rocky River ......... .. .. . First Baptist, Gallipolis .. .. ..... .. .... .. .. Calvary Baptist, Salem . ..... .. ..... . Blessed Hope Baptist, Springfield .. .. North Olmstead Baptist ... .. .. ...... .. Evansville Baptist, N iles .. ..... .. ... . Hinckley Ridge Baptist, Hinckley... . Total ............ .. ..................... .. . $ 25 .00 5.00 10.00 15.00 25.00 20.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 20.00 608 .66 10.00 5.00 5.00 50.00 10.00 11.00 25 .00 15.00 9.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5 .00 175.00 Columbus Church Recognized 1\ chttrch rccclgni tion COLtnc il was l1c ltl 11 April I J to c a111inc the con– strlt1t1011 an(f ~lalcn1cnt of faith o f Mn, a nat ha Bapt 1c.; t . olu n1bt1s. J{ cv. We, 1111 ,s of the J>inc rlills Bapti st ' h.t1rch , ( o lt1111ht1 c.;, wac.; clcctc(I 'iccrc– t,try for this n1ceting. After c,irc f"t1I e a111ina li on , the ounci l movccl ancf voted t1na nin1o t1c:;ly to recognize the Maranatha Bapt i5t hurch a a duly o rganized Bapti t hurch . The~c folk are now taking the necessary s teps to affi li ate then, e lves with both ot1r late a nd National Fellow hip<;. Signs of the Times Twa the night afte r Chri tmas - Sunday night D ecember 26, 1965. In the anctuary of Manhattan' fa hionable Fifth A venue Presby– terian Church, and under the auspice of the Protestant Council of the C ity of ew Yo rk ( the same group that sponsored Billy Graham in New York ) Duke El lington and hi s jazz band, singer Lena Home tap dancer Bunny Briggs trumpet soloist ' 'Cat" Anderson, jazz drum soloist Louie Bellson and others put on a perform– ance of ' ecclesiastical" jazz, which the minister of the church hailed as a ' 'significant and hi torical spiritu al event." The program was video-taped and later sent across the country by the CBS network. From the mid-west a noted newspaper man wrote: ' 'Once we sent the church to the jungles; but now we bring the jungles to the churches.' ' Certain theologians have launched . the doctrine that "God is dead. " The National Council of Churches con– cedes that there is a ' 'rumor" that God might be alive, so it i financing a TV spot commercial campaign which says : ' Keep in circulation the rumor that God is alive." Other theologians are condoning sexual promiscuity and deviations. Sin has now become the "New Mor– ality. ' In the Protestant Pavilion at the Worlds Fair, the Protestant Council ran for two years a film which transferred the Holy Land into a circus lot and changed Chri t into a circus clown. All this - and vastly more, too - has parked a hue and cry across the Jand ,vHAT'S GOING ON I THE CHURCHES? A good que tion ! The Bible say : " . . . . FROM SUCH TUR AWAY. " ( II Tim. 3:5). -Fro,n Bible Baptist, Bedford. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST