The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1968

Annual 0. A . R .B.C. Con fere,zce Standing by the Bulletin Board of the Euclid-Nottingham Baptist Church are Dr. Carl Elgena and Rev. Pedro Angka ha n. Brother Elgena was guest speaker at o u r recent Fall OARSC Conferen ce. Presentl y he is serving as pastor of the Bethel Ba ptist Church in Cherry Hill, New Jersey . His m in istry a t the Confe rence .vas a bless ing to all. Ju st some of the fol k standing aro und! The weather was excellent. [ t was so warm that coat s were removed! The Missionary and School Ex h ibits were most attract ive. It was evide n t tha t g r eat care had gone into mak ing them ready for 1 he Conf e rence . Brother Angkahan gave h is personal tes t imon y d ur ing the Con– ference. Hearts were blessed as those present saw w ith their own eyes 1he result of our ABWE miss ionary endeavor. Once again we would t hank the Euclid-Not tingham Baptist Church and he r p a sto r, Dr . Wilbur C. Rooke fo r making our stay such a pleasant one. We repeat that which we said last month, namely, " It was one of t he best OARBC mee t ings ever!" Swordbearers On The March! With the advent of a new academic year the Swordbearers, an active Chri tian Service group on the Cedar– vi l]e College Campus are launching out on a new evangeli tic thrust. Throughout the past two years the J ... ord has been plea ed to bless this group with ministries in the area of tr:eet e\ 1 angeli m, the establishment of a new church, an Annual Soul– Winner Conference, and work with the high- chool tudents of our churches. \.\ 1 ith defi nite goals in mind and a ,,i ion of the needs in thi portion f the state, the wordbea re rs will be inten if}•ing their minis try in each of the above areas \Vith the main bjecti,,e of wi nning ouls to our I.Ard Je u hri t and ~o sec the e n Vt,)y-v. 1 on one incorporated into our locai Ba1,1i t l1 urchc . \Vhcr there is no uch funda111cn taJ chu rol1 to v.hicl1 tl1e e aved 011 can be referred , 1)1 • t1 .. n1pt wilJ l>e t orga11ize and begin a J c I, fund, n1er1tal Baptist cl1urich . ]! I th th c11u I pra) r thi gr up tl1,t of he I n )' al catc l1 a glin f tl1c " rdb nd c n1inu >. it 11 t 11 i r f unt 11 r 1011 rn OHIO u pl1 Id tl1 r . ion 11c rn- Jilt • 11 e • - f\ iJJ 111 l • National GARBC Leaders To Speak in Ohio Dr. Paul Jack on will be peaking at the Bethlehem Bapti t Church, 27250 Emery Rd. , Cleveland, Ohio on December 15th. Dr. R. L. Matthew will hold a serie of meeting at the alvary Bapti t Church in Findlay, Ohio - Dec. 8-12. Dr. R. T. Ketcham will be en- gaged in a Bible onference at the Emmanuel Bapti t hurch, e nia, Ohio - December 4-8. Baptist Bible Seminary Now Fully Accredited Bapti t Bible e11ir1,11 }, Clarks ~un1n11t , I'e1n ) 1,,ania. \\ a\ ,1ccept\:tl a a fu lly accred1teJ 111e111l)e1 l1) th\; ccredi ting sso 1at1011 f Btl)I )l- ieges a t 13 ' l\\' ~11til!tl1 a11nt1al 111ccl i 11g i 11 h icag . '"J ht: a er dit ati ) 11 \\ ill 111 a11 gre a t r ace JJta11 'l; f 1313S' I gr ~ anll t ra11sf r ,, rk a111 >11g th r >11 gt:s . ccr cJitiati 11 111 rt11 tl1 t a 11 tduc,t- t i 11,t l i 11 t i t t I t i n 11, , 1 I t1 n t l a11d J >Un 1 t p r , t·-iff f, ilit it: , r t1r an I l i i- i ti t gi, na lJI a t1ra n f ting i1 . Ii ll t lU 11 I l Sunbury Church Enioys Blessing God granted Pa tor Holmes and men1ber of the Grace Bapt i t Church o f unbu ry, Ohio a real piri tual Re– fre. bing on the Lord' Day (Oct . 13th ). Four per on made pr - fe ion of fai th in hri t a L rd and aviour and n1an 1 can1e to re– new their Covenant of n ecrati n to God. We b lie, e th1 i only th beginning of n1any gr at ble ing · that God ha in t re for ti ! n \\' adtitt ion to the cht1rch bt1iid1ng ha alre ,ld} been tarteJ \\htch ,,tll pfo– \ 1de neetieti "pace for . . ( ""l.1\, f0001\ 1ninistcri1ag 11Jorlcltvicie tlarougJ, 111i.ssio11aries <Juel µaltar~ • Orphans • Medical clinics • Hospitals • Disaster re lief • Leprosy clinics • Widows' homes • Rehab1l1tat1on of ·a ard girls 1n ore .tl ,11inistry of 0111pa s,011. ,, rit INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN RELIEF 01 H ODO E COLLIN 000 E J 10 - -- -------- - ~-.. - ~~ - r- ;=--- - ---:_- - ~ 1 68