The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1966

DECEMBER, 1966 The Ohio Independent Baptist VOL. 39, NO. 2 A WORD from the EDITOR ... Thi n1o nth we apologize for not running our regular n1onthly mi ion– ary article. a well as, Mr ·. Um– baugh· page on Chri tian Education. You will note from even a casual read1 ng that thi i ue i "filled' with ne\v from our churches. ext n1onth' i ue will carry the nan1e of the winner in our Won1en 0.1.B. ub cription Conte t. We are n1ovi ng closer to the 2000 mark. YOU can help us make it! ub cribe for a friend today! At our State meeting in Barberton. it wa · agreed that we hould have but I I issue of the 0.1.B. per year. The Jul) 1 -Augu t will come out a one is ue. We appreciate thi as it will gi\ e u · time to care for other matter regarding the magazine . We have a need for advertisers. If 'OU would J1ke to run an ad in the page · of the O.I.B. , ju t write u and ~,e'IJ give you the co t per colun1n Norton Church Blessed by Conference Rev. Herbert T. White, writing in behalf of the member of orton Bapti t hurch, expres e their deep ppreciation for the pri vi lege of being ho t to our recent OARB confer– .. nce. He writes ...' o be ure there a n1uch work att ached to the i~ fair, lJul the blessing experienced . . having o many Chri tians of i c 111ind regarding the task of preac}1 i11g and winning the lo t to hri t ... 111adc it all wort h while ." '"I he conference. to hi111 and to hi s p pie, aff rded a l)etter unders tand– ng arld greater internst in Ollf Al B fell o\\' l1iJJ . B~other Whit nfor111 u tl1at tl1ere vlere 379 regis– r d (pa tors evangeli t a 11d vo ting n n r . Ar>1,r ·in1at ly 60 l1 cd , ernight accon1n1oc1, ti n . .J,,er)'01l n1ed r,J a d a I tht: ea1ing pl, c . A nun1h r f t} c " '11 > pen d tl1 ~ir 1 ,i i ing 111 ng I l1a, 1 e. - tl1 li>I i ng re iv . 11 in \ a n 1 111 l t co,, f r- t ' l ad in quit n1 1in1 . Pr a, 11 l r r inch. Real ly it i ·n't too expen ' ivc at all and it ure help · the 0.I.B. One thing more we covet your continued prayers a we travel about in meetings. God ha bles ed our mini try for which we prai e Him. We till have ome open date · for next Spring. Let u hear from you . . . and do have a Ble ed Holiday ea on! Barlow to Speak at Gallipolis The F ir t Bapti t hurch of Galli- poli , where Rev. Joseph Chapman i pa tor i planning a Chri itian Edu– cation Conference January 4-8. Rev. Fred Barlow i to be the n1ain peak– er. Work hop wi ll be held each even– ing excepting Friday at 6: 30 and 7 : 30. Program are to be ent to churche , in the area. 0.1.B. Subscribers Please Read This! You could help u ' ·ave n1oney if }' OU would keep a clo e watch on your expiration date which appear on the addre label which i pa ted to the front of your copy of the 0 .1.B. About a month or two before your sub cription expire · send u $2.00 tor a renewal. ure]y you want it 10 continue! Thi would ave our irct1- lation Manager a great amount of work. We woul(i ,tppreciatc st1ch co– operation! Midview Baptist Moving Forward 1 he. c folk recently \ otcd to JJt1r– cl1a c a new pulpit and co111n1t1nio11 l,tl1Jc \\-'hi cl1 \.·Viii 111atch tl1cir 11e\\' p \\'s. I o, the chttrch t()t)k dC t 1(111 10 pa)' for tl1eir J>nst )r's ( Re\. I ,1t11cn Ctl\;llCk) hL spitaJizatiOJ1. rf 11 l OIJ is lJI s ·i11g tl1i \\'t>rk. 111is i l11ar) 11f ft;n ,va }1 Id i11 o, 111h r. JtJ t 111i i 1r1ari \\ er R , . arl a11d Re,'. fldtll lien k. J)~ >pie, ctll i11 >Jlc f, 111il , J)J' >- I aitli ir1 l1ri t. Successful Campaign at Euclid-Nottingham Dr . Bill Rice, evangeli ' t fro111 Mu r– free boro, Tenn. concluded an 8 day erie of meeting October 30, to a packed hou e at Euclid- ottingham Bapti t Church, Euclid, Ohio. The Bible chool attendance that morning "'' as a record 834. CJ as after cla ,, exceeded it goal. A total of 33 de– ci ion for al vation were recorded a nd 15 reported to Pastor Wilbur Rooke for bapti m. church member– 'hip. dedication of life, etc. Mr Rice accompanied her hu band and interpreted al I the ervic in ign langu age to a group of ome 30 deaf people. One uch couple accepted Chri t a their Sav iour. Heart re– poiced a they evidenced the working of the Holy pirit! Change of OARBC Treasurer At our tate n1eeting held in Bc1r– berton. our br ther fr. Richard David ·on pre ·ented hi re ignation as trea urer of our OARB . Hi , rea on f r doing · \\ a hi 111anv ther re- ., <ipon ibilitie . It wa \vith greJt r - luctance that }ot1r 011ncil f Ten ace ptcd hi re ·ignat1 n \ e ,tn never tha nk. hin1 cnot1gh f r ·1 J()b "well tlone'" In ht ' f t:ad. the lt)fJ hd t\t1'-letl tlJ) 1r. J ar11c~ k.1 1tl,1r1d [111 b1othe1 \\ a\ ap1 rot1 hl:d dt1r1ng uttr t 1tc 111cct1ng and hl1~ co11 ented to t,tk.\." O\t~r th1~ \\rl)t l 8 1 t1thcr 11 tlan<l 1, '"t ( c1 t1fic f l)t1bl1.. ~cot1r1t,1nt. 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