The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1968

I Ordination Prescnl Christ to the Jew lhrough The l.Jasl J ,1nttar y 28 th, pastor" antl 111cs '\C,ngc r \ f ro,11 J ntlcpcndent Ba pt is C hLarchc, 1 ro111 the Port c; rnot1th, Ohio ,t rea, n1cl in cot1nci 1 t1pon the i nvita t1 o n f ro n1 the M ,1dison Baptist Church to consider the prop~iety of ordai ni ni to the work of the go pet minh;tr) o t1r brother. Donald Noel. The coun– c il made recomn1endation that th~ •c ht1rch procaed Wfith Bro. Noel'~ o rdination. Hebrew & Ch ristian So ciety \f\l • king for th ... church, with the church t1nd through the church, B ptist Mid-Missions Tcsliinony to Israel In Cleveland, Ohio MISSIONARIES Rev. Leeland Crotts, Director Mrs. Leeland Crot ts, Mrs. Mildred Leech, Miss Carol Mciver -!205 Chester Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44103 MEN'S RETREAT June 6, 7 and 8 "'") 111c n1l.:n ha\e alre'"td) registered 1 ,. ~t1 r l1 RBC l 1 ' RETR H\,1\\ .1l1 11t '\ 0 ? 1 he d( tc for thi )' ar' retreat ~1rc June 6. 7 and ~. Regi tration ( al ng ,, ith the un1 of 2.00) hould be ent t Re,,. D . R. Moore, Swartz R ad Bapti t Church, 994 ,,,artz Road. kr n - 44319 . The remain– ing balance of .00 i to be paid after arri, ·ing at amp Patmo . Bible Teacher for thi year will be Dr . Ho~ ard ugden of Lan ing, 11ichigan. His mini try will warm , · ur heart. ~ P a tor hould encourage their men to attend. The)7, too, hould come \\ ith them. It will help you to get to kno,v your men better. Enjoy three \\' nderful day of good food , clean fun and ble ed fellow hip! P..T .. Lo In Vietnam The ietnam Teams of The P ocket Te tament League live in constant danger a they continue the ma s di tribution of cripture in the face of inten ified military activities throughout South Vietnam. ormal missionary work h as been eriou ly di rupted throughout tme countr}' and many national churches have been ruined. everthele the missionarie continue to cooperate in the important PTL mini try of dis– tributing Gospels and preaching the message of salvation in refugee camp pri ons. ho pitals. military installa– tions and on the treets and hou e– to-hou e. At one meeting in a children' · prison 2.000 Go pel were given out. Another 2.000 were placed in a catholic chooJ at it request. Four hundred were handed out in a public chool for girls and 2.350 in a public - chool for boy . Thou and more are distributed in the market places an<l the military camp<;. The PTL Team in Vietnan1 has ~el a goal of one million Go pel to be ... di tribute,j there in 1968. Thev CO\et ., ) o ur prayer~. MAf, 1Y6~ You Might Try Thisl Y ou know, the ame old 25 adults and a few kid . The ame little <l votion , the ame praye r reque t and th en drag off to our separate room for prayer. When wa the la t time you tried anything new on Wedne day night? For ome of u s, the la t new thing we did to help pra)'er meeting wa to divide into group o each could have their own prayer meeting prayer time with others their own age or interest. This was our problem until we faced it head on as a Board. What wa prayer meeting doing for our church? More realistically, what was the church doing for our prayer meeting? The answer was a startling: OTHING! Prayer meeting was the weakest meeting of t he church, dying of neglect . About that time Moody Monthly car ried a n article about a church that grouped its activities on Wednesday night to appeal to the entire family. After searching out the pros and cons of such an idea, it was launched on the first Wednesday night of October , '67. Prayer meeting came to life with new blood. Our schedule is the following: Choir, Boys Brigade and Pioneer Girls meet at 7: 00 p.m. ursery Toddler and Primary Church along with the Adult E lective Courses meet at 7: 30. At 8: 15 a bell is r u ng. All activities in the building cease for a twenty minute prayer session right in th e variou s groups. We have no opening as embly nor closing. We have plans for Prayer Bulletins each week, that will bring before all the groups the urgent missionary a nd local needs. H ow is it all working out? If you call having between 140 and 150 out to prayer and praise ervice a success, then I guess we could say that it has done extremely wel.l. It will do two th ings for the church: fir t , it will put more people to work teaching. (Bible discussion groups are ' in") and econd it will make Wednesday nigh t a 'Family P rayer ight. " (Retrain young people to Hthink" prayer meeting.) Amidst the unspeakable suffering and confusion of war in Vietnam, • • • Suggested by Rev. Douglas R. Couch, Grace Baptist Church, Westlake, Ohio • of mass evangelism and Scripture distribution. Remember our staff and their families in prayer. A million more Gospels for Vietnam is our goal for '68. J. EDWARD SMITH, International Director Pocket Testament Leanne 49 Honeck Street, Englewood, New Jersey 07631 ALFRED A. KUNZ, International Director Emeritus THE OHIO INDEP~NDENT BAPTIST