The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1966

Discusses Race Issues Rev. Fred Alexander. editor of the magazine ' Freedon1 ow" wa the peaker recently at the Grace Bapt i t ·hurch of Kent, Ohio. The Sunday chool hour wa levoted to a discu sion of current racial i .. ues e pecia lly n relation to the Chri . tian· respo n ibility ,to fulfill the !reat commi ion. At the regular church services Brother .\lexander spoke on the ubject ' The White Proh lem in .\merica' ' and "What Doe The egro Want?" May Make Millions Think 400 YEARS AGO Martin Luther ~a id, We mu t throw the printer nkpot at the devil .' '""Bhrough hi book , God brought t 1 he 0 rote tant Reform,ation and Europe emerged f rom the Jark age3! 40 YEARS AGO Leon Trot ky one of the father of Gomn1unisn1 )a id, ··The mo t powerful mean of propagating Co n1- 11t1ni~m 1s the small pocket pamphlet." TODAY During the Ia~t 25 year Church member hip in he U.S.A. ha increased 65 per cent the J ehovah Witnes e have increased 2,000 per cent. Literature ha 1een their key weapon. La t year they printed more th1a n i.()00 ton· o f their literature! TODAY Dr . Guy Pl ayfair, Director of Sudan Interior Mi ion ( largest faith mi ss ion in the world), say , ' [ believe OLtr ~o pel literature is having a greater impact for hris t on Africa than the coming of 5,000 new n1i ionarie<:,.'' TODAY A missionary in Latin America said , " ]n r ecent n1onth 1 have been a'~toni hed to find 90 per cent of ill converts in atin An1erica are either directl y or in– lirectl.. the r esult o f l1te~ature evangeli n1." A Valuable Lesson To Learn One day, when I was abot1t e1ght . I was pl ay ing hc– )id a,1 open window while Mrs. J:l rown confided to n1y 1101}1er a serious problen1 cor1cerning her son . When M 1 s. llro"'" had gone, J11)' n1other, re,tl11.:1ng I had hea rd every- h1ng, said, ·· 11 Mr . Brow11 had Jelt her purse here today, rA uld "'~ give it to an)'011e else?" .. 1 cot1r e r1o l,,, J J>li d. 1 ther co11 tint1cd: · Mrs. Brow11 left son1 thi11g r:I r 1,r '"Ciou than }1cr pt1r c toda)'. }1c left a s tory tl1a t uld 111, 111any 1,eoJI unl1apJ))'. lt is siill l1ers, cve11 1 ugh l1e left it ll re. \Ve l1a ll 11 ll giv it t a 11yl>11c. yotJ LJ1 der tand?" I did. And J J1av tt11 lcr t d vcr i11c tl1at n 0 11- I d 11c r ll it i car I g sip i 11 > t 111 i 11 1 gi v • 1 o , ) om . • ·1 111 r >n TH OHIO INDEPfNDE BAPTIST • Kent Church Reports Growth J>a <; tor (,lcn E. ( ' raht, report<; a st1h. tantial growth in the cht1rch·s work a n1ong the Kent State Univer<;ity tudent . Young people from J ndia. and ingapore. a well a several Negro Americans. are among tho. e regul arly in attendance. The church 1. also henefiting from two Young n1e n with the Navigator. Fe 11 ow. hip who are Ii vi ng with Pa tor Crabb a nd who act ively engage in campt1c;; evan g e I i. n1. Mission Leaders To Meet T n the above picture are seen leader of our variou G.A. R.B. C. approved mi ion agencie. Thi wa taken at their 3rd Annu ,ll n1ee ting held in December of 1965 at the Madi on Ave nue Bapti t Church , Cleveland , Ohio. A 4th AnnL1al Meeting i to be held thi. month o n December 15 a nd 16 at the Berea Bapti t Church Berea. Ohio. Brother Earl Willett js the ho t pa tor. l n a Jetter fron1 Rev. Bernard Bancroft Admini . tra- tive ecretary of The A ociated Mi ion , he h a, thi to ay regarding the. e n1eeti ngs. . . 'Th e men gather together each year for fe llow hip. n1t1tual inforn1ation. di scu , io n of comn1on problen1s ... 11ever fo r hi1si,1ess. The, e meeting have proven helpful to all. The all are a part of he A . . ociated Mi . ions. Church Receives Audio-Visual Aids 1 l1e I C\,Vi\ \Cnt1e Bapti \t ' ht1rch of l1eld a detii cu t1 t>n ,et \ 1c' to, nn ,\rt,\\ (.)f titliL) \ '1 ,t1al cqtt i J) r11c nt , hi c h c,1 111c to ther11 i11 tl1c..: ll)J 111 t)f ~l gift lL> tali 11g $ 1,()~5 .()(). I h1, con\J\lt'tl l)f .1 J ()111111 Bell a11tl lJ O\\ e ll f)fl)JCCll)I'. 1}11et: liltll -S lllf> ptOJe'tOl\, lhllC scr Cll~ l\\'O split 111111 prllJCClL)r s \\tth tahle ,c1t:etl\ 1 ll) I() ,c.1ce11. tl1rec f)Ortal)lc pl1 )tll)grar)hs ,ltlli fil111 stri11s \\ 1tl1 ll!(.;()fll S V' llllc(i 111 ~ Ct;SS ,f '* ()0. l{e\. C t1arl s l{t: 'll . J)n tl r )f l1t1r h, tat s 1t1 ,t a trai11i11g JJr )gra111 is n )\\ l) i11g start ti t > ctlt1 at tl1 tc,tc l1ing stalf atlll ) ' )t1tl1 I a lcrs i11 t}1 IJ rati n ·:.n t flf' J) >f' ll of tl1is (lti[11llt:nl. It is l> Ii\ 1 tl1,t 111 f tl1is ,, ill great I) 11t1a11 tl1 ,, ork c,f tl1t l1l1r 11 , n I t111- la, ~ l1t.)l>I. • DECEMBER , 1966 PAGE 11