The Ohio Independent Baptist, June/July 1967

)n Our Front Cover ,, pict11re <Jf C ed<1r H ill B t1pti,\t 111rcl1. i-v l11c/1 is located at 1260 I ,far RcJad i11 Clevelatzd Hei~J11s. r. Jo/111 Bal_v(J is i t~ present pastor. 11/.r recet1tl_v tl1e_\ cor,-1ple1ed 1J1eir c111tift1l audit<,rit1111. 1 l1e) /1av e a,1 celle,11 arra_Y <>/ h,,ildinus. <J t/1at r rec1ders 111i.Rl1t k ,1o~i· 111ore c·o 11- r1zi11 !J tl1is sple,zclid testi1r1011r . i1 ·e t<Jte i11 f till fr<J111 a rece11t hr<Jc· /1ttre 11 <Jltt b,, tl1e cl1i1rcJ1 ... RIEF HI TORY OF F.-DAR HILL BAPTI H UR H In l b84. a smal I group o f devoted hri tian people met 10 a vacant ore building at Ea t I 00 tree t n uclid Avenue to tart what ha be– >me Cedar H ill Bapti t Church . oon the erected a church build- ., g at E a~t I 00 treet and edar venue. later moving to a larger tilding at ( edar and Ea t 89th treet ..... 1d final}~' · about l 935 :o a church Jild ing on Houg~ Ave nue at "' a t 2nd treet. In 1953 thi buildine 1r:1ed to the ground. during the n1e when we \.verc calling John G . alyo t,) becoo1e our pa<;tor. nde- ·rred. Rl.!v. Bal yo dt.c.epted the 111 \\1th the ob~ervation. " I am con1- 1g to a congregation. not a building." l1u5. " hi le " c 1net in tcn1 porary uarter at l:.a t 97th Street and l: L1- l1d A,enL1e. KL . Balyc> shared in lar1n1ng OL1r pre ent buildir1g on Auditoriu, of N w HE OHIO IND P ND t BAP fST Cedar Road. The church moved into thi hLtilding in February. 1956, ex– pecting ·omeday to build th e new main auditoriL1m ju t now erected. CEDAR HI LI., TODAY edar Hill ha grown ver the yea r\ from t~e 1nall handfu I of people who 5tarted in the vacant ·tore in I 4 ... grown to a point where th i new n1ain aud itoriu111 with it other facil itie are a welcome ad– dition to pre ent crowded quarter\. Bu t we do not boa t of being a " larl!e" congregation and find no par– ticular glory in growing for growth ·ake. About 350 fami lie are repre- ented in our member hip of 50 and the e people come faithful ly to regu– lar ervice , a ll year ' round. from a ll part of Greater leveland. and ev-en from area~ OLlt ide of uyahoga County. What attracts them? erlainl y not \imp ly our co nvenient location or Prand phy ical plant. Ba icaJl y. Cedar H ill n1embers w r hip here becau ·e of their f ir 01 be l i e f i n the tr tl th of o u r con ·er alive Bapti t doct :- ane and t 1 1eir de ire to wor hip with fellow be– liever~ of like faith . If edar H ill can clain1 any di tincti on. 1t 1\ at thi poi nt o f doctrine and faith . fn \Un1mary. ,,e accept the Bihle a\ the \, ord o f jod. infallible . ac– curate , free tro111 erro, . and the onl \' dccept ahie gu 1de f c)r al I pc1 \on, tt n– t l er a II c1 r cu n 1\ 1 d nce" 1 n la f c. \ \ 'e , ct \ d r Hill B pti t Chur h VOL. 39, NO. 8 JUNE-JULY, 1967 Dr . John G. Balyo 0L1r d trinc i\ " Bi ble ba ed. ' hri t centered, life related." Booklet. ot1t– li 11ing thi doctrine in more detail are available upon inquiry . Fron, the e buil.ding at the home ba e of our activitie, we ·pr ad th go pe I . . . t o ,t 11 "" h o 'A i 11 1 i t e n o r the radio each "veek (W R. :30 ,t. 01. . u n d a\ ) a n d \ 1a 27 of o ti r n1en1her\ no\\ 1n full time er ice a. n1 i ionarie\ thr t1ghoL1t r'1e \\ rid. Pr 1 n c i pa I act 1 v 1 t 1 e . 1 n ,tdd i t 1 on t t) t W() general cht1 rch \ er\ i e, each \\eek. 1nclt1de a ldrge Bible ch ol tor adLtlt\ ,tnci h1ldren. \\ ith 111t)rc thc111 5() ttp,thle te,tche,,. hert: ,lr~ 1~gt1lar \OUth dCtl\JlC\, \C\Cral Jttnh.11 ( hurc'ic,. rth ,1nd lt)t1lll~,, 11t1r,eric" {'>)Lt\ l1<)\\ cl11(i g11J~ dllll \\<.ll1l\!tl', t)t gd1111at tt)n, ,, hich 111e~t tlt11111~ th~ \\~Ck !\ , , e 11 a t l e n Li el t I ra \ e 1 11 1 cet 1 n g ~ach \\eLin t~,tl~t) c,eni11g 1" J)ll'f'Ctl alle f l lte ll <>11r <J/ l' <JH er a11ll tn l) )H l1\ \\H\S ~as l1-.:: l)f)l' Olli' ,ingl tlll' t 1nle1 ·sting. i111i,1 ,1 ta11t a11li ir1- s1>1r:i t1l>Ilal g ·r, , al '"'t1ur h 111~t·ting. \ lSlll)fs aru \\ ~1 Ill I anlf lal l\ b, .. fl>ll l1ll ell 0\ t'I'\ s "I' \ I • , Subscrib to: I 11 h I I 11 I I) ~ 11 lf " l l l 11 <l J l i s l ' 'FOR A FRIEND' ' 11 l Jl l JUN JUL 1967 PA