The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1967

MARCH, 1967 A Very fmportant Letter Perhap )'ou've already received your . We refer to the le t ter ou r tate Mi sionary Rev. Earl Um- baugh. ent out to the pastor of our O.A. R.B.C. feJ1ow hip. It was a n excellent Jetter remi nd ing u of ou r goal ... twelve EW chu rche tart– ed in Ohio during the As ociational vear. . Brother U n1baugh a k the question . . . ' 'Do you have a few familie that are driving to your church from a community nearby where a new church could be started?' Thi i exact I y how our newer churches got under way. Pa tor and chu rche were v.1iJl1ng to give of their people, of their time and of their money . .. the result? A BRA D EW H URCH ! ince last October EW churches have been started in Val ley City and )ttawa. Another one will oon be Jetting under way, the Lord wi lling, n Westerv1Jle. Brother Umbaugh would Jike to 1ear from YOU! Like he aid in hi ettcr. . . '"Every EW CHUR H neans a new center of evangeli m ,vhere oul can be aved and a 1evl ourcc of upply for things )eing done through our As$ociation, ,01}1 at home and abroad." Give a]l he l1elp you can to our tale Mrs– ionary a he continues in this work! Just a Word of Explanation \\'e l1ave £ound in the work f ~j ting 1 l1 at i,r i ei thcr ., feast'' or far11i11e." 1 ither tl1ere i an ,tht111d– n e of 111 t\;riaJ or a Jack of it. ""J hi 11011th \\e £ind ot1r l\'C \\'ith tar I re n aterial tha11 "''e ca11 use. his ~ n La co111plai11t. \ e Ji it this cl}! Jn ti11 tl1e ar ticl \ ill appt!ar . . but 11 t i11 t]1i 1arc }1 j ue. W I 111, } u bear \\ itli ti a1ltl pray r u a t u r ,, 1 ) ' I) .. t ! Sub cribe to: l Ji i Jn p Jld I ( • 1 11 t nl) 2. p r )e I J3o l 0 I I ,l I 111 4 8 The Ohio Independent Baptist VOL. 39, NO. 5 Serving the Lord in Ottawa, Ohio In last mo nt h ' i ue lndepe11den t Baptist we ran a brief report concerning the Fir t Bapti t Church of Ot tawa Ohi o. T hi i one of our newe r chu rches in the S tate. Recently these folk call ed Rev. Reyno ld Balmer to erve a their pa tor. Brother Ba lmer is original]y from Macomb, IlJ inoi . He i a grad– uate of Bob Jone Univer ity. havi ng received hi M .A. in Bib le there. Mr . Ba lmer i a l o a gradt1ate of B. J .U. he i a HRuckcye' from birth. Rev. Balmer ha taught sch ol in I I Ii noi . Both he and hi f acnily have ~crvcd a\ 111is~ionarie 1n Pt1crto Rico . 22nd Annual Conference ' l"'hc 0111,tha BaptJ\l Bible 'ollcgc will l)c l1olcling 1t 22n(f nnt1al B1b]c onfercncc March () thr t1gh I(). ,uest SJ)Cakcrs are Dr. reti Brock, Jr. , D1 R()L°>ert '"f'. Kctcha111 and R , Kc1111eth ~lgcr1a. 1r . \ ' 1c1or l :ltJl)– l)ar I of ,tc111 13,tJ)tist B1l)I ')]– Jcgc \.\ 1 ill l1ring th ~J)c i,tl 111t1 ic. n nrtracti,,e l)r cl1t1r l1as I,~\.!11 J)J J),1r~tl 1,' J l1e J1u r }1 lltlil{fi11gs 111111itt JJlni11ing it. J roj t lt 11 IJ) 1\ i c.:= tilt fi11a11 ~ ar , f r l I ' 11 \\ C, 111r>t1 • h int re l - ed i11 ol)l<ti11i11g , l JJ)' 111a , a<I tr th ir I qu t 1 ) 111, 11, llHJ>li t Dil1I II g , IO _ J , 1 k 1\ , ., I l) ra k a JO . Pastor Makes V isit to Island of Haiti Rev. Bruce . tewart, Fir t Bap- ti t. hurch, Bowling Green, along with Rev. J ack Ma1anow ki, St. Peter burg, Florida recently held an evangeli tic campaign on the i land of Haiti. T hey had been invited by Rev. and :tv1r . Oran Bell who erve there a n1i ionarie under Bapti t Mid-Mi ion . H aiti i one of the poore t nation. in the world. It is a nation teeped in tiper tition and fear, yet there eem to be a hu nger for the Word of God. The church wa crowded every night. ome walked a far a thirteen mile to hear the tory of Je u and Hi love. A n1any a even hundred crowded the church on unday morn– ing and over ixty re ponded to the call to receive hri t a aviour. A word of appreciation hot1ld be expre ed to the congregation of the Fir t Bapti t Church in Bowling Green for not only allowing their pa tor to be away for the two \\ eek but al o for providing the finan e f r the lrip. We Are Sorry. . . ! Ot1r de ire i that ver 1\ tie t)( J the O. I.B. be free fro111 error! La t n1onth we ~()(>feel! e ran an ad for the JOH I TR IL IP. In– ,1dvcrentl1 it appe,1re(i a\ the 11 Hl– (J TR I I.~ 1P 1 h1~ bedtl t 1ft1 l can1p 1~ located r1ear l ,1n f1cl(I, Oh1t.1 or ft1II ir1fc)rn1attt)tl rcg,1rd1ng the 10 HI ( .. l "'R 11., IP. 1e,lti their J)r e~c11l tt(l "l1ich ,1i1pe,1r, 1r1 th1~ • I\\Lle. BIBLE TRACTS Witness ' Round-The-Clock In 52 Language!. Through the g1f ts of inter– es ted Chris tian~ we have been able to print over 92 n1illion Bible tracrs for FREE cli~rribution a r o u n d the Paul Levin world We ha e calls for over 20 n11llion addirional tract and your help ,s needed NOW. Can we aunt on YOU? For your FREE packet of gos pel tracts, write: Paul J. Levin BIBLE TRACTS, Inc. Bo 508 Dept 18126, Waterloo, I • 5070 Gift are Ta Deductible MARCti 1967 PAGE