The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1968

• • • tur,ied t o God from idols' ' 1 he f ,11 \\ ing is an c ·ccrpt fr n1 a rece nt le tter writtc11 11, i\1 1,, 1>at. ) K ing v h i. , e rving the L rd under Bapti st 1 l i- 1,,~i n" in Banga~ ti, entral African Republic. l ittl d t) \\ e rca li1e the ahy ma l (/ar k 11ess in which these (.'f heathen land dv ell ! OL1r Bihl chool pened F brt1ary 7th. \\'~ ha\ a total f 40 tude nt enr lled. (20 couple ) . On the open– ing day , w had then1 give te ti 1 monie . J) h ,v u r heart r joiced in what th ord had done. One testimony \ \> nt a fo llow - "Whe n I was a mall child my parent died o a r elative of my fathe r t ok me to c are for me. He did not know the true God, but r ather had a tick which was his idol. When he would h ave food to eat he would fir t give some to the tick and t alk to the stick, a king it to keep him and his hou ehold from danger and to bring money to them. I was taught thi until when I wa about 12 year old a p astor told me about God 's great love in sending His o nly Son, J esu , to the earth Who gave His life and blood £or me, etc. I then trusted Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour." Idol till play a big part in the hearts and lives of many Africans today. Thi past Sunday, Elda Long ( a fellow mis ionary ) and I attended one of our out station churches. The pa tor had kept some idols turned in by those who ca,me to believe in the one true God and His Son, Jesu Chr i t. (I had a ked the p astor to do thi o I could take some to show the folk in the U.S.A.) One idol is carved from wood. It i l 8V2 inche"' long and is in the h ape of a snake. T o tell at.l about it and all Hit. power " would take page . I t ha an added 'whi tle ' to cal l other pirit to it · h a a metal ring around its "neck" on which are hung mal l metal ring for each man who died a a r u lt of the cur e of thi idol. There is a mailer piece of carved wood with a knob handle which i rubbed o n the idol's back - the ame principle and effect of a n ouija board. Another item is a s.pirit house. A the name indicates, it is to house a p irit or more. I t consists of smal,l reeds tied together at the two ends, but bulged in the middle so there is room for the spirit. There is a little hole made to p lace food through which the pirit may eat. (The mice, ants, etc. get this !) The spirit house is hung inside the African house at the top of the door. Should it fall, only the man .of the house is permitted to touch it. But, before he can touch it, he ·mu t ki ll a ch icke n, goat or some other animal, take some of the b lood and put it on the spirit h ouse. Th is is to appease the spirit . The spirit house is then returned to its place above the door! Oh the darkness that covers them. . . the fears th at hold them! T here i uper tition on every hand! How we praise ,the Lord t or those who h ave come out of this darkness into the glorious light! We now seek to teach these ' '40" and other to become dis– ciple and in turn take the mes age of the go pel to their people! ''Faith is awakerzed by the MESSAGE, and the MESSAGE 1/1at awakens it com es through the Word o f Christ '' - Romans 10:17 (N.E.B.} Coulson Shepherd , Founder 12 The MESSAGE TO ISRAEL program haJ been p roclai111ing God's message to God's people fo r o ver 30 years on ,nore than 50 radio stations coast-t o-coast and in fo reign natio ns. M any Jews have been reached fo r Christ rhro ugh the radio 111in istry and by 111ail, correspo11de11ce courses and personal work . We d epend on God and the prayerful slelvardsh ip of H is people. Send fo r a free copy of our inforn1alive rnagazine , M essage 10 Israel . M E SSAGE TO ISRAEL, INC. Box 31, Patchogue, New York, N .Y. 11772 MAY, 1968 Kenneth Meyers , Radio Messenger GIFTS TO THE OHIO ASSOCIATION David Dye, Treas. 92 North Roys Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43204 FEBRUARY, 1968 Avon Baptist $ Be rea Baptist Berean Baptist, Oregon Bethe l Baptist, Toledo Bethel Baptist, Warren Bethl e hem Baptist, Cleve land Bible Baptist, Bedford Bible Ba ptist, Girard Bible Baptist, North Madison Bible Mission Bapt., Otsego (hon. ) Bible Mission Bapt., Reynoldsburg Brookside Baptist. , Cleveland Brown St. Baptist, Akron Calvary Baptist, Bellefontaine Calvary Baptist, Byesville Calvary Baptist, Massillon Calvary Baptist, Norwalk Calvary Baptist, Xenia Cedar Hill Baptist, Cleveland Chaffe, Stuart L., Cedarville Clintonville Bapt ist, Columbus Emmanuel Baptist, Lorain Emmanuel Baptist, Toledo Emmanuel Baptist, Xenia Euclid Ave. Baptist, Lorain Eucl id-Nottingham Baptist, Euclid Evansville Baptist, Niles Faith Baptist, Greenville First Baptist, Bowling Green First Baptist, Bryan (hon. ) First Baptist, Gallipolis First Baptist, Lancaster First Baptist, McDonald First Baptist, Rittman First Baptist, Strongsville First Baptist, Valley City First Baptist, Wellington First Regular Baptist, Bellefontaine Grace Baptist, Cedarville Grace Baptist, Kent Grace Baptist, Sunbury Grace Baptist, Willoughby Grace Baptist, Youngstown Graham Road Bapt. , Cuyahoga Falls Huntsburg Baptist Immanuel Bapt ist, Arcanum 5 .00 35.00 5.00 20.00 5 .00 5.00 60.00 40.00 20.00 86.65 20.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 60.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 20.00 10.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 20.00 43.50 35.00 10.00 50.00 30.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 13.00 J 50.00 l 5.00 5.00 ) l0.00 l 5.00 25.00 50.00 1 o.ocr Keisl e r, Walter H. , Huntington, W. 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