The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1968

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Al o, the church covenant and articles of faith were adopted and work has been begun on the church consititution. As on as the organizational work is completed the group has voted to eek affiliation with the orth Bethel i\ ociation The Ohio A ociation of David Morris - Ordained A council of pa tor and mes- enger met on aturday, May 25, to examine for ordination David Morris, pa tor of the Grace Baptist Church of London, Ohio. Dr. Arthur Williams ~ a elected n1oderator and Pastor William Broughton erved as clerk fo r the council. U pon a recommendation of the council to the church, an ordination ervice wa held o n Tuesday evening, .\.lay 28 . The oharge to the church \\'a delivered by Pastor William Brock of the Maranatha Baptist Church in Columbus· charge to the candidate was given by Dr. George La\\ lor Professor in the Bible De– partment of Cedarville College. The ord ination sermon was delivered by P astor Ben Jennings of the Graham Road Baptist Church in Cuyahoga F al ls. Ohio . The ordaining prayer ,vas made by Rev . Mead Armstrong, a lso of the Bible Department of Cedarville College, and the right hand of fellowship and presentation of the certificate was made by Pastor William Broughton of the Grace 8 AUGUST, 1968 r' cgttl a r lla11ti st ht1rchc, ancl the ( ,c ,1 ' l'al '\ ,,(.)C l llt il tl or Rcgt1la r 13ap– l l \ ( ( ~l1t1rchc, 1 he ha\-vncc ,range l all . t111 f )t't 1\ 111anc.la Roac.l, is the 111cc ti11g pince for ttn c.lay ~ cr vice l1 11d f 1 the Pra', 1 cr I ct i ng ancl Bil, lc lttti y <.1 n \ cclnc c.1ay ni ght . l O , 01-110 - he Blc ~cd Ho 1Jc Bapti t httrch ha~ been 111cet– ing in the d \\int wn YM for 11n– day c rvice incc March lO with attcnd ,1ncc rL1nning from 50 to 70. Thi grot1p ha a pecial intere t in reaching J ewi h people with the go pel f hri t . Thi intere t i expre ed by witn ing to Jewi h fri end by hearing mi ionarie who are working an1ong the Jew and by etting a ide a porti o n of their offering on the fir t unday f each month for Jewi h evangeli m. Mid-week ervices are he ld in th,e home of intere ted f arnili e , a calling progra,m h as been in tituted and other intere ts in evan– geli rn, aero the city are being maintained. The group has voted to seek af filiation with the Ohio A socia– tion of Regular Baptist Churche , the General A ociation of Regular Bap– ti t Churches The American Council of Chri tian Churches and the Int'l. Council of Christian Churches. Pro– fessor Gale, Cedarville College is erving as interim pastor. ... Rev. Earl D . Umbaugh Bapti t Churob in Cedarville, Ohio. The Grace Baptist Church of Lon– don is a recently organized church in tigated in large measure through the activities of the Christian Service Department of Cedarville College. David Elmore - Ordained On June 10th a Council of Regular Baptist pastors and delegates met at the Beebetown Baptist Church in Brun wick, Ohio to consider the propriety of setting apart Mr. David Elmore, pastor of the Beebetown church, to the work of the Gospel ministry. Rev. Earl Willetts, pastor of the Berea Baptist Church, was modera– tor for the meeting. The Council was impressed with Brother Elmore's presentation of his conversion, call to the ministry and doctrinal convic– tions. They acted u nanimously in recommending to the Beebetown Baptist Church that they proceed with the ordination of their pastor. The Council consisted of 27 per– ons who represented 16 different churches. John Gayer - Ordained The Fir t Bapti st Church of Me dina, Ohio recen tly called a counci to examine one of it members, Mr J ohn R. G aye r, for ordina tion. 1-here w,ere 1 7 Bapti t churche, repre ented from the Me dina anc Akron area . After Ii tening to the candidate' te timo ny regarding hi conversion call to the ministry and doctrinal con viction it was recommended to tht church that they proceed with Broth er Gayer's ordination into the worl of the ministry. An ordination service was held or May 12th. Rev. John R. Gayer i, the son-in-law of Rev. and Mrs Kenneth Smelser of Medina. He i! presently serving as Ass't. Pastor a the Brown St(eet Baptist Cp.µtch u Akron where Rev. Dean Henry i~ pastor. Mrs. Gayer also had a par in her husband's ordination service She both played the organ for tht congregational singing and presentec a vocal solo. Gerald Fisher - Ordained The Wa hington Heights Baptis Church of Dayton, Ohio recentl) called an ordination council whicl: wa attended by 15 me sengers repre· senting eight churches of the Soutl Bethel As ociation. Rev. Earl LeibJ wa selected to be Chairman of the Council. After careful examination of Mr Gerald Fi her s background, testi· mony, call to missionary service and statement of doctrine, the Council agreed that he was very well prepared for the work to which the Lord i~ leading him. He plans on doing trans· lation work in the Chad district o1 Africa. Dr. Arthur William served ru moderator at the public recognition ceremony of ordination which took place on May 29th in the Washing· ton Heights church. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST