The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1968

150 onderful Years!! The Fir t Bapti t Church of ew }A ndon Ohio. organized with 20 to 25 n1ember in 1818, h~ been preach– ing the ame "old fa hioned Go pel" for 150 year ! Their pecial Se - quicentennial ervice to be held on . eptember 8th of thi year wiJJ he ) 'mbo1iz.ed with the replacing of ome original oil lamps in the front of the church. The first pa tor of thi group wa a man named Elder French. There have been 43 pastor in all. The present pastor i Rev. Donald H. J\f acKenzie. Rev. Grover L. Ketten– ring er\ ed Jonger than any of the others - a period of 24 years! The church, down through the year ~ ha een 1126 person profe~ s Chr1 t as Lord and Saviour. Present n1embership i 137 with an average unda}' School attend ance of 145. There have been 17 who were called 1 God into Christian service. The ..early h1 tory" of this church n1ake for intere ting reading. J u t to ~uote a few excerpt , we present the ono~' ing . . . "On March 31, 1847, Jo eph 1crrifie)d and hi wife Hul dah, for the con ideration of $30.00 soJd to the Tru tee of the Baptist hurch a tract of land ( for build– ing a 1eeting Hou e) . . . con– taining one-half acre. hi s 1 the land where the present church and par nagc land today." OLYMPIC AIRWAYS Host d By • nd Mr . Ch gl un I IJr1 0 10 I D ~------ First Baptist Church, New London ( Eel. <>fe: $30.00 f (>r 0 11e-l1alf acre in t/1e center of tow11 - olz, for tl1e goocl olcl days.I) 'On Feb. 12 1874 even were baptized by immer ion in the bap– ti try at the Bapti t Church ... on und ay afternoon a large concour e of people went to the 'running water' and witne ed eight more. These ceremoni had to be per– formed in the water over which the ice wa cut to allow the required pace u ed.' ' (Eel Note: Ma) 1 be tl1e 'good o!cl days' lvere11' t so goocl after c1lll Brr.II Ca,z ) 1 0 11 i111ag i11e - c11tt111g c1 /10/e i,z tl1e ic·e /<Jr er /Japt1s 111al service? TJ1ese u·er e R UGGED pio11ee1s') CHRISTIAN SOJOURN TO EUROPE AND THE BIBLE LANDS EGYPT, LEBANON, ISRAEL, GREECE AND ITALY Departing Oct. 17, 1968 J .unc J l'nnang::; \\lll be l our I Jrl~ tor. lie ha II ed and lld\cl•d t 1en~1~cl in tJ1 c,1r I l 11 c 1s 111 • crll I} p1 e ldt•nt of th J unda11on t I h • loga ,ll Ile ,tr h , u \ Ill 1>r fn f, 0111 t11s u1hor11 u, c knu\\ J d 1 ~ <lf the H1bh al nd }u~torJ al pl,l e >n th tour \ t hope ou an o "Ith u It \\111 be I thn1 th 1110 t dell htful , a at1 n h, c \er h d th 1110 t tunul un the n10 l p1r11uaJJ re \ rd1ng tfn1e h e c r I nl hr hur tit nl up >n r que t \ r II aJI nd > '0 The pecial e quicentennial er- vice actually begin eptember -+th and run on through the 15th. On the 4th at the 7: 30 p.n1. er\ ice it will be an ' 'Old Fa hioned Prayer Meeting." Thi v. i)l be in candlelight and folk will be dre ed up in old fa hion d clothe . The BIG day i the th f pten1- ber. It i called .. nniver ar 1 1 and Hom coming Lord' Da} .'' Dr J hn Reed of edar ille ollege i to be the gt1e t peaker. pt n1b r 10 through 15 the hur h will hold an ..Old Fa ~hi nt:d Bible onference v. 1th Re\ . n1. D. te\\'4rt a Bible Teacher.. t:I \ ,ce, ,viii begin • each ~, ~ning at 7: JO. , er)' fl(' 1s 1 r1, 1tcd ! down payment only and take up to 24 month to pay balance (about $34 per month.) Ot pay to· tal cost of an unpr~cedented low $798 for two full wee~s from tleveland. i ~t' ,tf ,in l' the an e:pu n ,H j-.:1 tr ,el , h1, .t 1 qu11it, tour I the Lrtdle f 1,111 z 111on nnd of hr1,tu1111t b-.: •n ,ff~re I for ,,ti• to the J?l'n r ti pubh , t ~u h n ren, 1 , hi I " pri e ior the I du ~ f the ba-.i tour. \ ir an I ,urfd a tr in'.'lp rt.1t1on far t 1 ,s hotel and II 111 I:-. art, 1nclu l~d thr nigh ul a ,, ell l"i our ght te1n tap~ 1nl n1t:cllng cr\ll:t: 'otl11ng do 1nore for , n11n1 It: lh o.,.pl•I th.1n 1 , 1sll h th 11 l n I ll1e 13{ ok ,, 111 l: rn I n ion and lu , hoJe 111101 ti , I I ha tf 11 1 ~u II 1lu bl , ht ,, int ll nd 1l \ II 1 1l h th~,~"' l nd 111 n L EP B , l 968