The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1968

Resolution On Human Relations Editor' s Note : we received th e following from our broth e r Rev. David Lunney, Calvary Baptist Church, Norwalk, Ohio. In his letter accompanying th ;s resolution Brother Lunney said, " I am enclosing a copy of the " Resolution On Human Relations" which was unani· mously passed at a business meeting in our church last night. We are going to place this as an ad in th :-ee area newspapers, and although it is combating a local issue, it is a great national problem." " As a church, we felt it necessary to speak out on the issue of " open housing" even though the government of our nation at the present time is passing laws in regard to this issue." "I only wish that more churches of our association would do the same. It may cost us a great deal, even the loss of property or life, but it will never take away our eternal life which we have in Jesus Christ. ' ' « Re olu ti,on un animou ly pa ed at the Ca,lvary Bapti t March 13, 1968 hurch of Norwalk .t O VHEREAS the mini te rs of Huron Count y a nd the Vill age of Mil an h ave · een asked to endor e the "Re e lution o n Human Rela ti o n " to be mad e public 1rough the news medi a du ring the week of Ma rch 17, wi,th the fo ll owing ~ atement o n ' 'Open H ou in·g" : nd "The ,fol] owing c lergyme n pl ace them elve on r ecord as favo ring 'open housing' - the right of each individu al to live where ·his economic means make it possible for him to live, without any re triction as to race, creed, color ,or n•at ional origin. "The achievemen t of this goa,l is be t acoompli hed when people voluntarily agree to sell or rent their property to any financi ally quali f ied purchaser or itenant. 'Where voluntar y cooperation i resisted, we believe it lies within the province and responsibility o f government - munic ipal, tate, and federal - to adop t s,uch legi lation as wi II di scourage prejud,ic ial pr,aoti ces and insure 'open ·housing. ' " ffiEREAS, our p astor received an invitatiion to endor e the above r esolution, ad /HEREAS, t his resolution will be made public durin,g "Br,otherhood Week" ith its emphasis upon ·building a great union of all churche i,mpl y for an rganizational uni ty, without regard to the doctrinal di tinotives of the churches, od THEREAS, the modernistic churches are proclaiming a "Social Gospel" with s emphasis on "good works' ' as a means of salva tion, contr ary ito Eph esians :8-10, attempting to change man externally without a radicail change of the eart internally by means of the New Bir 1 th, contrary to the Word of God wh ich LYS, "For out of it ( the heart ) are the i ues of li fe" (Prov. 4:23), and again, .~nd he said, T hat which cometh ou t of the man, that defileth th,e man . For ·om within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adu,lteries, forni– itions, murders, thefts, covetousness, w ickednes deceit, la civiousne , an 1il eye, blasphemy, pride, foo lishne s; all the e evil thing come f ro,n1 within, 1d defile the man" (Mark 7 : 20-23), herefore be it ~OLV D, that we, the members of the Calvary Bapti t ht1rch of Norwalk, ·t fo~th the f o11owing tatement as to our convict ion: We believe in ' 'open housi ng" to the extent that each individu rul has a right to live where his conomic mean make it pos ible for hin1 to li ve, without any restriction as to race, creed, color, r national origin . We also believe in the right of the inclividual propert y owne1 to do with his p!iopelity as he d si res: the ri ght to refu e to r nt or ~ell to any and all persons. We also believe that the government, whetl1e r 111t1nicipaJ , state or fcder al has no right to fore ar1 1nd1vi duaJ property own r to rent or sell to ,ln) ir1dividt1al simply for the sake of inst1ring "open hot1sir1g." IE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Blessing At Grand Rapids Conference Ohio's Dr. John Balyo T he Lord ble ed the N inth Ann,ua] emi nary Bib,le Conference which wa held at the Grand Rapid Bap– ti t Bible College and eminary Jast February 19 through 23. Quite a number of our Ohio brethren attended the conference and all returned prai ing the Lord for the me ·age heard . One Ohio pa tor graciou ly ent u a detailed report but the material arrived too Jate to appear in our April i sue. Suffice it to ay, at this late date , that a good t ime w·as h ad by all! Al ong wit h other able Bible peak– er this year were two Ohio brethren , Rev. Woodrow McCaleb and Dr. John Balyo. Report have it that thi i o ne of the great time of piritL1 al refre h ing during the year. 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