The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1968

\ )\ , ~ \ \ ~\ \ H=! - ( ~ ' WILBUR C. ROOKE - B.S. --. "My mother and father were Chri - tian and attended a Bapti t Church, o from early in life I was under the preaching of the Word and real– ized that I , too, needed to accept Him:· Thi i the te~timony of our brother Wilbur Rooke. How wonder– ful to be born of godly parent ! Brother Rooke studied at the U ni– ver ity of Georgia, the Moody Bib 1 le In titute, Wheaton College, (B.S. in Bible at Wheaton) Northern Iowa Univer ity, Winona Lake School of Theology, orthern Bapti t Seminary and McCormick Seminary. He h a pa tored in Belvidere, Illinoi - Waterloo, Iowa-Charle ton, W. Va. - Gary, Indiana - Bay C ity, Michi– gan and i pre ently at the Euclid- ottingham Bapti t Church in Cleve– land, Ohio. He currently erves on the Board of Tru tees at Cedarville College, the Baptist Bible Institute and the Baptist Christian School of Cleveland. The Rookes have two sons - John Andrew age 20 and Ben Gil– bert. age 18. The Lord is grea,tly bles ing hi pre ent ministry. He has done con– iderable travelling throughout the world, having made two trips to the Holy Land. Editor' Note - Special prayer is reque ted for Brother Rooke. He is APRIL, 1968 PAGE 8 l1~,vi11g ercal llil11cttlt\ \.Vith 111 "' c es . .... ~ ll '~"t'ntl\ 11l' '" ,tlttl 111g ll r:.td lc a'i th~,~, .... tl1.~ \ltti ng 11t),,1l1tl1t y tl1,1l the t,111c \ ill c n1c when he wi ll lc)\C h is ,ight con1plelc l ' . J>RA Y! C. RICHARD PHELPS - A.B. Rai ed in a Christian home, but far from the church and deep in sin! It wa at such a time as this, that an o ld brother one who was in the ministry, was able to leave such an influence that it cau ed our brother Richard Phelp to begin going to church once again. On one pattticular evening, along with ome other young people, h e attended ome evangelistic ervices in a neighboring city. In this ervice the mo t important of all de– cis ion , that of receiving Chri t as Saviour, was m·ade! Following conversiion came the call to service . Training w,as gained at the Bapti t Bible Ins titute ( now Ced,ar– v il le College ) . Later furtiher tudies were pursued at Young town Uni– ver ity from which he graduarted wii.t1h an A.B. degree in the f ield of history. Postgraduate work wa completed at Wittenberg U ni versity. Bro ther Phelp h as pa ttored the Novelty Community Church, Novelty, Ohio the Troy Baptist Church Garrettsvi 1 lle, Ohio - t he New Lyme Bapti t Church , Ney Lyme Ohio and i presently at ,the First Regular Bap– t ist Churoh in Bellefon 1 taine, Ohio. He has been at his present pastorate for over ix years. The Phelp h·ave fuur children - L innea, 10 Charle , 9 Lois, 6 - and Ruth 2. The Lord is ble ing in the work in Bellefontaine. Plans are now under– way to erect a new building. Three acres of land have already been pur– cha ed. Truly the Lord has been good! DONALD A. PARVIN - B.A. , B.D. We once h eard an evangelist say... "U nle s you know the exact place a nd d ate of your conversion, you can't be ure you are aved." Nothin·g could be farther from the truth than t hait! With our brother, Donald A. Par· vin, there is no knowledge as to either the place or date! As to his being aved, of this, he has no doubt! 111 fact, at a time when wiithout an) understanding 1 of the things of the Lord, he went to a OhriSttian College for his education. Here, t1hrou·gh the study of the Word of God, the Lord revealed Himself. Training was gained at The King' College where he earned a B.A degree. Seminary work was completec at Faith in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania earning his B.D. degree. He has served as Director of Music and Youth Work in Norith Chester Pa. pastored the First Baptis Church of Ogden, Pa. and is present· ly pastor of the Inunanuel Baptis C hurch in Columbus, Ohio. - The Parvins have two children - Donald, age 9 and Susan, age 7. His wife Irene i a substitute schoo teacher for the Columbus Publi< School system. She, rtoo is a graduatt of The King's Co1llege having earnec a B. A. degree in Psychology fo Counselling. In their present work, souls ar bei ng aved, missionary giving has in creased and the work in general i moving ahead. Both Brother Parvin and his wif are adept in the field of writin Mrs. Parvin has had ar.ticles appea in the Gospel Herald and the Mood Monthly. Both have contributed som very excellent articles to 'The Ohi Independent Baptist. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIS