The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1968

OARBC MEN'S RETREAT Plan have already been set up for ~ our 1968 OARBC MEN'S RETREAT which will be held at Camp Patmos. The date are June 6, 7 and 8 ... beginning Thursday evening and run– ning through Saturday morning. An out tanding ,and well known Bible Teacher Dr. Howard Sugden of Lan ing, Michigan will be gue st speaker throughout the RETREAT. Brother Sugden i mo t gifted in teaching the Word of God. The entire co t for the three day. is $10.00. Of thi amount $2.00 should be ent with your regi tration. The balance can be paid after arriving at Camp Patmo . All regi tration should be ent to Rev. D. R. Moore Swartz Road Baptist Church , 994 Swartz Road Akron, Ohio 44319 . La t year 100 men gathered for our Men' Retreat. It wa one of the best ever! Let u make thi one even better than that. Pa ·tor - it wouId be a tremendou boo t to your church if you could have about 15 or 20 of your men attending thi Men' Retreat. Plan on being there! The Ecumenical Movement An Excelle,11 Descriptio,t of the ecumenical movement i given by Dr. Herman A. Hoyt , in IF A "Voice' ' for Oct. 1967 in a "mu t" artic le: "Appearing on the cene in hri tendom i a gigan,tic religiou. o rganization. It i greedily reaching out to encompa peo ple and nat io n and tongue . It purport to repre~ent God to men. It feign. devoti on t ~ Chri t. It operate on the earth 1 y level. It center it e ffort on th "' ocial environment. ]t e nter in,to in– timate relation with human govern– ment . It capacity for reducing :' re ligiou faith to the lowe t common denominator and cutt ling all dif fe r– e n1tiating element i bringing togeth ... r into one y ten1 the trange t . wa rn, of con1municant ." THOT FOR TH E DAY : J what I am doing, fo r the glory of od or for the ati facti on of e lf? 1 it "My Utmo t fo r Hi Highe t?" Let u be ure and pare ome later regret . GREATEST POWER IN THE WORLD! "0£ SHAJ.L RECE1V£ POWER, wHeN THE HOLYSPIRIT IS COM£ UPON YOU: ANDY£SHALLEEMY WITNESSES?' (Acrs 1:a,R.~ ' . • ., .. .... ' • Used by permission of Tele-Bible Productions. E OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST PTl ~-c """""--- -- 1nvestment Plans for Christians PTL lnwestment Plans provide: • Immediate, generous Income r• turn guaranteed tor Ille • •ubstantlaf t.x reductions • freedom from Investment worrle•. YOU • receive Inc.me wftb unfallfn• r••· ularity • ,..we true peace of mind • are as.ured that your estate will provide Scriptures for mllllo1t• around the world. Eternity wlll reveal the spiritual ha1"Ye1t of your stewardship Write for our informative bootret ..A Plan ,0,, Faithful Stew•rds.. ALFRED A. KUNZ l1ttwnatfonal Director £merftus J. EDWARD SMITH International o;rector • Pocket Testament league, Inc. 49 Hned Street , En&lewood, N.J . 07531 R!>ms NEVER Changes! Out ide the city f Barbalha in eara tate in the interior of orth- ea. t Brazil a ign read thu : '·Halt here Mr. Prote tant! Barbalha of .. t. Anthony i alrea(i y evangelized.,, Recent event confirn1 thC' f ,let that Ron1e never change ' . Abot1t fifteen yea r ago the Go~pel work here wa top,ped by "iolent p r ect1tion and n10. t of the believer . cattered. ince January f 1966 the I cal Bapti · t cht1rch ha had it n1 eting in tt own bttilding relativ ly tinhara · i . In At1gt1\t bee, tl ,l c nvcrted pi 1cst can1e t o \P , k ( Re . H, nibal Pereira Ret\). n1t1ch feeling \\'a" ~ttrr~ti tip by lo al Ro111an leader ~ ,\tlti t)nc~ ,lga1n 1t wa~ thrca tcr1cti Lhat 111\!eti11g, w ttlti he \loncti . Pt)ltc i11tt:r, l''t1ti ,11 111 c11tcti tht \. I\\ c11l)'-t'n~ 111a lG d\,; ct ions f()f \<1l, 1 attt)t1 . 1a11\ 111 )re ,t\\ t) l c to c ,\111111 ~ th.,; trt1th. R ,,11e • is ,ti\\,\\\ the sa111' " - ailos?ate 111 tl l1g 111a . Cl)l'rttfll i11 lt1ings a11ti dt' 111 ti le> a tcrril) l\'.' li\! 'iti,,~, ( Rt'\'. 17 l 1/) . APRIL, 1968 PAGE 17