The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1967

found-Robin ~ issionary Conference Bobbett-Harris.Gustafson The Immanuel Bapti t Church of \rcanum. Rev. Warren Allen , pa tor long with the Faith Bapti t of ,reenvi lJe, Rev. Harold Green and rte Union Bapti t of Union, Rev. err}' Locher. held a very ucce ful ound Robin Mi ionary Conference lo, 1 ember 16-20. Participating mi - Jnar1es ( shown above) were Rev. ,len Gustafson, Ghana and Rev. V'ard Harri , Central African Re– ublic (B.M.M. ) a well as Rev. f eath Bobbett, iger ( E.B.M.) A {mpoc;ium was held a t a Saturday ight Rall y in the Arcanum church. his proved to be both informative rad challenging. ou l were saved nd young people dedicated them– :lve to the Lord for mi ionary ·rvice a a direct result of these 1eetings. Aissionary Sent Forth The Grace Bapt1 t hurch of un- :Jf)'. Rev. Martin HoJmes, pa tor, :ccntly experienced the JOY of 5end– g one of their own young people to foreign missionary ervice. Mr. ed .. airchild will he serving the ord in l "ehran, Iran. He is the fir. t 1 ionary to go Oltt fro111 the un– Jfj' churct1. He v. 1 ill work in Iran 1dcr tlie Jntcrnational Missions, Inc. i field is a difficult one and he • et }'Our ear11c t J)fa)'Cr. DECATUR FOUNDRY CO. INC. Division of J. L. Johnson & Sons Inc. 1 l 00 N. C lhoun Street Dec tu,, Illinois M nuf c turo '"" ltng Pot5 for M lie lJle Foundt ies BAP J IS A Riddle Each Month At our Men' l{etreat at "ciolo Hill , our brother Pa tor Ton, Wright, haron , Pa. confronted u with a number of riddle . H ow smart are you ? We're going to run one each month for the year 1967. Ju t so you won't get too di couraged we're putting the an wer to each riddle in the ame i ue. If you can't figL1re thi one ... ju t peru e the page ... and tucked away omewhere . . . you ·11 find it . Here i our fir t riddle . . . W /1at Bihie character was borri )·vi t /1ot1 t a so Lt I . . . later possessed c, sottl . .. ci11cl .vet diecl }t' ill1out c1 S<Jtt!? Most Effective Evangelistic Meetings Reviva l n1ee ting were held al Maranatha Bapti t hurch, pring- field thi past Fal1. Gue ·t evangeli t wa Rev. John Teeter . pa tor of the Emmanuel Bapti t Church , Xenia. The re were three fir t-time deci ions. Many Chri tian made dec i ion of urrender 10 thejr Lord. Two pecial njght brought Jarge c rowd . One of the e was · pack-,1- pew" night . Over 200 a ttended n1ak– in g the ch u;·ch I i t era 11 y ' f u 1 l" of people. On Friday night an empha i wa placed o n being ' 'o ld-fa hioned." Here agai n there wa an excell ent attendance. On "old-fa hi o ned" night Brother 1-eete r , P a tor Lone and many of the people dre ed in "o ld-fa hioned" c lothes. In hi me age the evange li t cmpha ized the need for the preach– ing of the ..old-fa. hi o ned" gospel. The meeting Jeft a real ir11pact upon the church . Many who attend– ed came to th e Maranatha ChL1rch for the fir\t ti111t. One ( 'hr1st1an, \avcd le<;<; than ,t montJ1 , b.. 0L1ght O\ er 40 friend" to the n1cet1 ngs. Pa'>tor l ...011c\ co r11n1entcd that there ~ec111\ Lo he tt certain cffcct1\rencss of another 1),t,t()r . serving dencell I ccrcrs a\ an C\' ,tngelt\t i1, \\. H\ C\ 1 111 the 1111111str)' of Jt)l1r1 during the \\Cck. Introducing Our New OARBC State Treasurer Mr. James Kirtland We ren1ind yot1 once again that the OARBC h ,1 a ne\v tate Trea urer . H e i. Mr. J an1e Kir tland. All gift\ ~hould be properly de ignated and ent lo Mr. J a. . K irt land, Box o. 56, Cuyahoga Fall Ohio - 44222. YoL1r ed itor i in a po ition to write concerni ng Brother Kirtl and having heen c lo el y related to hin1 and his f a1nil ) for ome year . He j ,t men1- ber of the C, rahan1 Road Bapti t hL1rch, erve there a Ft nancial ecretary. teache a enior H igh unday cho l la and i active i;) witne ing for Chri t. Both Mr . and 1r . Kir tland are graduate. of helton ollege. He received hi 1a ter of Bu 1ne d– mi ni tration Degree fron1 olun1b1a Univer it y. In graduating Jrom both helton and Colt11nbia he \.\. a OLtt– . tanding ,1 a tudent ha\ 1ng heen Ii ted in \Vho' Who n1 ng ~ tL1dent5 in An1cr1c,ln nivcr 1tics an(I ( ., <.11- lege. . H is a C."ert1fi c.l Public cot1ntant. he Kirtland ha,c lhr 'e ll)\Cl\ chilllren . There is 111L1ch 111orc th,1t ,,e , , () t ii li Ii k. c to ,, r i t c co r1cc r n 1 n g th 1, yC)t111g 111an. bttt Ir. K1rtlanti hi111,cll \\ <.1ttltl \lt<)ngl, tli,c1pi1ro, c l t:l ti~ l1e n1t1ch i11 ~)rtt,et for ut11 hrothcr cl\ he t cl ke\ (.) n t h l \ 11 C\ \ \ \ (.) f k f l) l' () u 1 1 e lI(.)\\ , I 1111 . \.\ l: '11 ~ c L) n l i ti .. 11 t that l1e \\ 111 ti() it ,t, "u11tt) the l... l tti 1 ' THE CHILDREN'S GOSPEL HOUR, INC. Livingston, Tenn . 38570 Present ing Jesus Christ to Youth by Radio and TV Now on WSPD-TV Ch. 13 - Toledo, Oh jo - Sunday 8:00 a .m . PRAY FOR THE SALVATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS Writ e A Card Of Thank To W PO-TV The Ch1ldr n s Gospel t lour 1s now on 60 radio and 24 TV st tlon e ch "''eek. Pray that n,ort: stations will take the progran1. The youth of An1eric need to he r the Gospel now \t\t'rite for further lnforn,ation Henry C. G ig r, E cutive Dire tor JANUARY 1967 PAGE 1