The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1966

eport on • • • • • The 39th Annual O.A.R .B.C. con– ference held at the orton Baptist Church in Barberton i no\.\t a part of hi tor)'· We find it difficult in choos- ng v. 1 ordc; to tell of the wonderful in1e that \\. a had. Trul y the Lord n1et ,vi th u . 1 any were heard to ,a) 1 - "Thi was the be t conference on erence God. The Men' Forum, Jed hy D r. John Bal yo of Cedar Hill Baptist. Cleveland and Dr. Odgen, Preside nt of the Akron Bible Inst itute, pre- enting the ' ew Morality,'' was most enlightening. How ot1 r men need to be a,v ake1 ed to the .. atani c force" movi ng in ou.l· mid t in thi day. The i11ging wa terrific! The fe l– low. hip wa superb! It seemed that in ever y meeting the Holy pirit was directing. There was a blessed spirit of harn1ony throughot1t every sess ion. the !)lace ()f [{ cv. J()hn Strong. [:>ainec;ville and Rev. Earl Willett<;. Rerea. v. ho. e termc; had expired. A number of important re o]ution were pa, ed unanin1ou ly at the Ac;– <;ociational meetings. These appear elsewhere in thi<; i c;ue. We lament t he fact that out of 146 churche<; in our 0 .A.R.B.C. fellowship only 90 pa tor took time to send in a report. Thi .. is but 62 % of our f e 11 ow, hi p. It i. an improvement, however. over previous years. hut we really shot1 ld do much better than thi . ~ndrus and Dunham Check Program Ten ne\.\t chL1rches were received into our fe llow hip. Approximately 20 new pa tors were we lcomed into the tate. Reports fron1 the ecretary of our Council of Ten , our tate Mi. - . ionary the Editor of our State maga– zi ne. our Yot1th Director, Camp Pat– mo , cioto Hill s, our Women s Fel– low hip and the like ... all spoke of progres. and the ble sing of God. It ha been a glorious ye air. Registra– tion, at the conference were higher than in previou. year. . A special of– fering of 260.00 wa<; taken for Mr~. Pat , paulding. Dr . Olsen Challenged Hearts n years!'' --very mesc;age made it<; way into he heart s of the li<;teners. We were :hallenged to pray more, to c;tl1d y n1ore. to Jive holier livec;, to move on 111(1 ot1 t cia ring to clo exploi tc; for ot1r The names of Dr. Oti Holmes of Temple Baptist hurch , Port mottth and Rev. Willi an1 Ru e lJ , Fir t Bap– t i<;t hurch Blanche ter have been added to our Col1ncil of Ten to fill A pecia1 word of thank, i. ex– tended to Rev. Herbert T . White. pa. tor of the orton Bapti. t hurch. Brother \Vhi te and hi. people \\'ent 'all ot1t" in n1aking thi one of <.)ltr be. t conferenc e,·er! CONFERENCE BJ ~ I - I I l ~ I) I OB "D I 1' ~ herea • . . The Suprtn1c Court of our land has made it difficult for the la \: en fo r cernent agencies to proscc. ute c riminals: "herea ••• I here i'i a gene r.Jl lawl essness sv.eeping our Nation. ~een an dcn1onst r ation a nd v. idespread r iot in!! e,pecially on our Collegc a nd n ive r~i ty campuses: "her~a ••• M.any religious leaders ad\ oca tc such action b y preaching ..:t nd pracc ace: "her a~ . . . his trend fosters the goal of world Cornmunism: Ill I I Rl1 01~ \ l! I) ... ' J hat the 0 .A .H .. B.C. messengers meeting in 11 39th Annual Session, f> ctober 17-20, 1966 in Barberton . Ohio pledge their allegian ce t o la\•.' .tnd order ,tnd who lehea rted)} upJ>ort properly const itut ed aw Enforccn1ent Agencies whose duly 1L 1s 10 1na1ntain lav.• nnd ordt!r. HJli I - ' II \ I) I • PltOGR O PROP G '110 "her a •.• In the light of the e,er in ,casi n g trend ol J c urncnicisrn to a nu ·d '\\ orld Church " hich a tl cct o u, hurc hcs on the Jo al lev 1, and n uns r1p1u1 al n,1n1st1 y of [ •t u111eni ,ti l , a nge l– • n1 us the .1ns" er to rea tung the ,na sc 10, the ""hurch : HI Jt 1~1 JJ ,. \11 l h t v.e us n1e~seugc, at U1e () )\KB "' rueeu ng 1n B rbe1 Lon <>1110, C) tober 17 20, J 96, . . . w hilc , e \\'hole he rtcdl dis ppro,e of un r1ptur,tl u ngodl) l urnenh.:a l n i,, "~ re rnph 1ze our elte l 1n th · nit of tht• :,ip1r1t thr u h the cv. Birth, nd that u h lJ nn ) l,c e n ,u, aged a n t t cn11 hf 1ed in ur llov. lup h) attcnda n t• to a nd par 11c1pdttOn " the ff Ir oi our I cl!o \ hip b) au "h p,ore~ SUl:h llllll} I Ht I I I 1(1 ( I \ I 1, 111at ,h1lc v.c also Pl>O e • t11ncn1c l I an ch rn Ju h omus a n1aJor poruon f the t,reat on1 ,n, ion &her I al ne d ui the It •ht of the J>t 1>ulat1on c 1>h I n iind Ul: ompan) ang , 1h, to I c affu n1 our hehef Jn ~ r11 turat I ungch 111 the n1ean ror tt> l1111g tht' e n1 •\ nd thu1 th g1cttler need •~ for rnore lu al e.. I ~blarn ·111 il upu t hur ht 10 he cslabll ht d "h re tht ~ pcop1CJ are J ~led I It I I< t I C ll 1 \ cn1.:0111 ag ou, nbl II uc n to g1 e ut rno t l PP rt J P, 1an1 f P, u,,.. ,g 1t1on :1nd hkt nun1 tr1c T OHIO IND P t O t T BAPTI T RESOLUTIONS BJ CT - MOR LI Y \Ve the n1essenge r o f the Ohi o A ~sociat ,o n of Regul.1r B,\pt is1 ("hurc hcc., c1t our F ,tll n1ee t1ng 1n Barb e rt o n , Ohio. Octl,ber t "' 10. l 966. c xpress d eep concern ove, the ,no ral deg r,t<J .tt ,o n ,,,ecp,ng our l.lnd 1 hereforc. B • 11 RE ' OL'\ 14~0 that b ec,1u ... t the • 1 e ,\ lorJht, , 1u,t1f 1e, v1olal1on, n f B 1bhc.1 I ,tan<lard, of <..onduc t .ind , elteve the- 1nd1\: 1dual o f the I e,pon 1b1ht1e, of rehg1ou, ,ind p,1triL)ttc lo, ,line, ,t nd . bet.. ,1u ,e ·~ttu,t tto n l •t h1L, ' \\ herein d el 1,10 0, .ire decerrn1ned b\ particular ~t1u.1t1on, ra lhtr th ,l"l b, .10, rule,. ,, te.1r1ng do,,n the rnor,ll ,tdn<l,1rd o l lHII n ,1tinn , and our , ouch 1n p,u t11.. ul.u; .1nd hcLau,L \\t.. bcht.\C the B1hll." , I he \\' ord of t,od. to ht• the fin.11 rule L> l tai th .ind pr , aClllt the rt. tore ,, c c le,1rl, l ontlc1nn .,n, lt•n ien r} ,, lu h leads to the co,1upt 1on l l \tlLie t , nnd the 1ndl\1du.1l, a nd 1e,lff11n, \lllr bclit•I in the relt·vanc, of Htbliral on11n.1nt:ls \\ hirh le.td tt) happines-. nnd re~'.ll d . \ l BJt: "1' - Jtli• • J,\ ' It. t> \1 ·1, l~\ ' I he ()h iu 1\ :-.slh.:i,tt1on t)I H.l' •ular 8 apt1,1 hurrhe:-. al it, l·all nu.-·cti ng 1n Bnrberton. ()ha, (>ltobe, , ... ..,0 l'l66 , t,uld e pre..., )ls < h11 tiun s) rnp,llh \\llh the R e,. 1,,n J{ "'" P, 1-.le: 1nd his t\\\ 1n1n1 ~teri.tl o,np tnton... \\ ho ure i1npr1st:H1ed u, Helf .a,r J 111. \\ e re in lull ,tl:1.01d \\ith the princi ples thl', fl'p1csen1 .,nd 1grt•e \\Ith then1 ,n the tnithlul \\a111111 the h,,t g1,en or tht.• 1nen,1.e of Ron1,u11:-.n1 .,n I the l ·" u,nen1 al 1\1 0, ernent in thee I,,,~. \\ l' 1ecog r11ie th tt c;1. Cl'lt• Id ll"al nd pohll al leader are all t n re 1d to 1. n ede ,tnd tL ornpronu,1..: \\ 1th tl 1ne, and "t• , dnure lht u1 dgC \\ 1th \\ ht\;h ~l 1 1>,u le h.t c pOst'.d nd )ppo,ed tht~~e Roni \\ tll d trend . \\ e I cah~c tl1.lt 1101 unh in l l,te:r bul 1n othe1 ,luntrae, ther" 1 d, n g ~r tlh,t ll1blt: h he, ing hr, tldn 1111 lo e tht'-tr f1et'- h)n1 of pee ·h and a:-. e1nhl • ctnd " ,uongJ p11. t t th l I r Pa,~l n I h1 01npun1 n s are o e,t·1tl t11.•,1tcd. SlllJ I 1 - l{l•L OllllO ()l1 PPltl(l\llO B at r· J, ·d h thl llll'\ ng r of the () RH n1 ·ung 111 \nnu1l C onfer en e that "1.: e p1 our ,ppr· 1 11011 l the c rtl n 13 pll:-.t hur h of Bub ,tun )h10 dnd ht, p t r J{e lterh~1l J \ hllc to the u of th 1r I lou , f \\ 01 slup and the f llh ul ,tlt n ling to the 11 a dut 1es th,ll en ued ()u1 sin r th.1nk to th rn for th~,r u1 11 1t1on dn J 1 , 1ou, ( hns11 Ht ho!>.plt.dit\ DEC MBER 1966 PAGE 5