The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1967

ea ching eu, e By Leeland Crotts Po ibly you have heard of Dial-A-Prayer, or Dial– A-Devotion, but have you heard of Jewi h Evangeli n1 by telephone? Picture with me a young Jewi h girl of . leve– land. Jeafing through the local new paper and 1n the per onal column he di cover a peculiar ad: "Abrahan1, I aac, and Jacob. Good new aboti t the Jewi h people. Call 291-3280... Upon calling thi number he hear , "Hell.o. friend. ' fh i i Leeland rott . of the Hebrew and hr1 t1an o– ciety with good new about the Jewi h people. In the e "eekl y announceme.,t we want to express the friend ~ip of ome of ot1r loca] Bapti t churche toward the J ew1 h con,munity. It i our purpo e that men hou]d know God's plan for their live and that they ho.uld exp~rience that per onaJ relation hip with God that King Dav1d had. ·.." 1 he me age goe on to di cu s varioL1 pas, age. wh 1ch re\eal Chri t a aviour and Mes iah. Great Interest Being Shown In the twenty-eight week that we have been u ing thi type of telephone mini try we have recorded an average f over 350 call per week. Many have written jn and ked for free Bibles and other literature that we offer. ne Jewi h boy write , "'A friend of mine ha told n1e ~f your weekJy recording about the Jewi h people. I ha e enjoyed them immen ely. They have given me m~ny new insight to think about. l would very much appreciate t, if }' OU would be o kind a to end me one of yot1r :opie of the ev, Testament.' 1 .. ince many were taking the time to find our h on1e )hone nun1ber and call u per onally, the Lord led u in 1dding thi mes. age to our recorded announceme~t . ·... If you would like to talk to u per onally concern1ng on1e of the e pa sages we have been di cu ing, plea c all this san1e nt1n1ber on hur\day epten1ber 29, he– \\'~cn the hour of 4 and 9 p.n1. and I will i1n wer and al " ' ith you per. onally." · h..:11 on Thursday, "eptemhcr 29, I began to an\we~ he phone. A Jewish lad y called anti a')ked, HWhat 1 roo1 yoLJ have that Jc u is the Mc siah?" An eleven year An Inquirer Li t n to th Go p I! OHIO I D P ND BAP I Brother Crotts Presenting the Messiah o]cl girl a ked, "Why do you ay that Je u i the on of God?" DL1ring thi time, vve were kept bu y with many intere ting and ometime difficL1lt qL1e tion . However, the n10 t an1azing call came from a 14 year old girl nan1ed atalie who a ked, 4 What i the Hebrew and hri tian ociety?" She told u aboL1t her intere t in hri tianity, and a hri tian Lutheran friend who had jn– flucnc,ed her life. This one Received Christ! In October, we again cho e a date to an wer the phone per onal ly. Again we received a call fron1 aitalie. he told us that after li tening to our telephone me age he had come to believe that Je u wa the Me iah. he indicated her piritual intere t and willingne to receive and con1mit her life to hri t. In December, we were able to meet atalie per onally and although the appoint– n1ent wa hort, he did een1 to be genL1ine in her belief. At the pre ent we are cone rn d about her hri tian growth and church affiliation. . The key to thi telephone n1ini try i that in the pr1vac 1 1 of their home, Jewi h people are calling u . hey arc al)le to learn about genuine hri tianity, about ot1r cht1rche abot1t our teaching and n10 t of all ab t1 t Ltr aviot1r ancl their le iah, the Lord Je ti hri t. The Possibilities are Limitless ! h po ibilitie of the teleph ne 111ini try are t.re– n1endou<;. lt i , de igned to 111ak con ta t with J e\\rl h people of all cla. e ' . It i e p cialJ y effect1\ e in I a ting Jc'A i<ih pec)ple who are open and already ha\e n1e 1n– terc\t 111 the ,o\pcl. [he I ., rd J e ti ·aid, ·· l\i h~t!f) hear 111 1 oic . ." We know that J C\\ i\h heep ,lrc hc,1r– ing ll1s \vc)rus ()\Cr Oltr telepho11c annot111 e111e11t, ,lnlJ '11 t'» shee J) "111 re p nd . We ~,ti111"1te that al1ot1t 9() 0 0 ()f tht)\t..: C,tlling art' Je\.vish \ ' OL111g J)t..:OJ)lc . f \ oldt:\l tlat1ght r, \\ hl) 1s 111 tlll,. ..J.tt1 gra~lc, has r11ct J e\\J\}1 chd(lrcn tl l ,chl)Ol \\}10 ,11~ ca lling us i egtila11 1 ar1tl re e1, 111g l)Ur 111~, ~tge. 111 tt:C~11t )ears, Je\.\t~h yt)t1r1g J)~"'J)le h,t\t: ~l1t)\\Il a11 t111t1stt'1l 111- terest 111 the C l1ristian ( •l>'-iJlt'l . I he,,. It> 11 t h:tvc rh f)J\:jL1 Ji c lf tJ1eir J>arcnt~ ,t11tl gra 11tlJJd1 ~11t" .~"olla Jt,,isl1 lllll}1 \Vt>rk J)r ·sen ts Lis ,, itl1 a nc,, an J c t.1t111g lll 11 11gc. . i,1c~ >lll' I cl r>lll)lle 111ini slt') ')Lil f l)c t•ff ti, l) llSt: f i11 l tJ1cr large itic:s, \\ L \\ i)I 111akt < \ aiJal I \tar 111 sag n tl tll ,s · i11tere tccf i11 J ~d hing 1l1cir Jc,,isll l 11 Jllllllll J\ grot&J) ()( llJl l'rn I l1ristidns fr )Jll >t11 l1t1r he: 111 t J 1 ;> i t \ t I a t n t1 a, l: a J r l d c x J) r es t tl 11 111 t r st 111 1 1 u 11 1;1g thi t, p • 1f I I phon mm1 tr . J 1011 , 1 mu _h f)J\ CJ ,111 I J'l'1rti iJldll fl 11 tile ()elf t f 1111 t1 l[ j n Je I 11 1h1 s 11111l1 tr 1st )Jlti11t1 111 1t fl t1, .. 11 • MARCH, 1967 PAGE 9