The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1969

The Local Church And Missionary Deputation Our brother, Rev. R. Kenneth Smelser, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Medina, Ohio is a pastor with a burden for MISSIONS and MISSIONARIES~ The foffowing article discusses the problem of ' 'The local Church and Missionary Deputation.'' Born from ex· perience are the suggestions listed below. They are good suggestions - worthy of being given one' s deepest consideration! In view of the fact that ( 1) all of u want to see many mi ionaries going to the field and (2) that there exists the deplorable sy tern of hav– ing these true servant write hundreds of letter . only to hear from three to nine in respon e, and (3) that then they mu t wait, wait, wait until they are able to go perhap several year later. WE SUGGEST: That \\:e educate publicize and try to 1n pire churche to change thi system and do the following: 1. Have the mi sionaries' home church, or the local church to whom they are first re pon i– ble, write sister churche tat– ing the following: a. What they are doing for the candidate. b. The field and mi ion under which t hey will erve. c. Facts about the candidate, which the individual would be too humble ( rightl y o) to tell. d. H peful dates for departure. 2. Let local churches offer their missionarie to i ter churches at furlough time. after a good re t, for reports from it heir field and f urlher deputation. 3. That letters be written over the sign ture of the Pastor and Clerk afiter vote of the church. ' 'Put the weight of the whole church behind the n1 i sion ary." 4. 1 hat 1he criptune l)e consid red, Act 11:22 '"fhe hurch at Jeru ale111 en t f rth.. .'' 5. Find a local church to take on a mi ionary IF hi own church is defunct or "dead' '; one of the many jobs of the mission agencie , as a Iai son between local churches and the field. Then that church proceed as above. CO CLUSIO : We hould hope that: All churche would read their mail and di cover the tremendou need which perhap , with many. only the pa tor know . All churches would an wer their mail with rejoicing whether they can help or not. And that need will be met with much increa ed promptne s. (Concluded from page 8) $ l .25 per per on. Just end in your re ervation a oon a you know you can attend, to Mr . J ames Jere– mi ah cl o Cedarville College. Date to remember are: aturday, January 11th at 10 a.m.; Saturday April 12th at 10 a. m. The Project now i $2,000 to care for the furni hing in the Admini tration Building Lounge...Re– ception Room. A vital need! Will you join u ? Plea e do! FRUIT COTTAGE. RING Here' an ea y alad wit h a party look - thrifty too! 1 o. 21/i can Fruit Cocktail (drai ned) 4 tb p. Lemon Juice 1h cup chilled evaporated milk or whipping cream 1 pkg. Lemon-Flavored Gelatin 1 pint Cottage hee e alad green Heat 1 cup yrup fron1 fruit c ck– tail. Di olve gelatin in it. Ad<.t lemon juice. Cool. Stir in cottage cheec;e. hill until slightly thickened . Whip chilled n1ilk or crea111 in chilled l,owl t1ntil thick. Fold 111 chee\e n11~– tt1re and add I1h ct1p~ dra1n~d cock– t a i I. ( hi 11 i n 8- i nch r 1 n g n, ol ll tl r1 11 l f.irr11. n111 lcJ ancl garn1,h with sal,t I greens and C()Cktail. er ves 6 <)r 8 per ons. Y , J>E f> f.J l~ - AK "" 1"1 13, ! ! are tleir1g r ceivecl fr n1 J i igl1 ch 1 J1111 i r a11d 11i r t in t1n111 r \\' rk n tl1c J t111i r ff , t , nip P. t1110... rJ t t!; a11d .00 per v., k I nding n1 n ~, r J)ro id d . r1n J 111 ~, lain an ~ JJpli~ ti 11 ll, \Vriting to: ,,. 1-)'nn Roger-- tl1 i Id 1:J Jlti 11 7 ' rtl · }' n fl ll1 i Id, J1i - 7 GIFTS TO THE OHIO ASSOCIATION David Dye, Treas. 92 North Roys Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43204 NOVEMBER, 1968 Ambrose Baptist, Fayette Avon Baptist Balmer, R. , Celina Berea Baptist Berean Baptist, Oregon Bethel Baptist, Toledo Bethel Baptist, Warren Bethlehem Baptist, Cleveland Bible Baptist, Bedford Bible Baptist, Girard Bible Baptist, North Madison Bible Mission Baptist, Reynoldsburg Brookside Baptist, Cleveland Brown Street Baptist, Akron Calvary Baptist, Bellefonta ine Calvary Bapt ist, Broadview Heights Calvary Baptist, Massillon Calvary Baptist, Norwalk Calvary Baptist, Sandusky Calvary Baptist, Tiffin Cedar Hill Bapt ist, Cleveland Clintonville Baptist, Columbus Emmanuel Baptist, Lorain Emmanuel Baptist, Toledo Emmanuel Baptist, Xenia Eucl id-Nottingham Baptist, Euclid Evansville Baptist, Niles First Baptist, Blanchester First Baptist, Galion First Baptist, Gallipolis First Baptist, Lancaster First Baptist, Rittman First Baptist, Strongsville First Baptist, Valley City First Baptist, Wellington First Regular Baptist, Bellefontaine Grace Baptist, Cedarville Grace Baptist, Kent Grace Bapt ist, London Grace Baptist, Sunbury Grace Baptist, Willoughby Grace Baptist, Youngstown Graham Road Baptist, Cuyahoga Falls Hebron Men 's Fellowship, Brecksville Huntsb urg Baptist Imman uel Baptist, Arcanum Lakeview Baptist, Dundee Lenox, Darrell E. , Columbus Maranatha Baptist, Spr,ngfield Memoria l Baptist, Columbus Midbrook Baptist, Brook Park Mogadore Bapti~t New Lyme Baptist New Richland Bapt i~t , Belle Center Northfield Baptist North Royalton Bapti t Norths ide Bapt is t, Lim Norton Bapt i)t, B rberton Shaton 8 ptist, Sh ron, P • South C na n Baptist, Athen Sw r t i Ro d Bapti t, Akron Te,nple Bapt i t, Port n1outh Trinity Bapti t , Lora in Union Bapti t Wheel rsburg B pti t Adv rt ising ubscr, t1on Honor r1un1 $ 10.00 5.00 10.00 35.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 30.00 60.00 10.00 35.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 60.00 20.00 10.00 25 .00 95.00 85.00 5.00 30.00 30.00 35.00 10.00 30.00 5 .00 5.00 10.00 13.00 50.00 5.00 15.00 5.00 5 .00 5 00 25 00 20.00 50.00 10.00 10 00 5.00 15.00 35.00 5.00 5.00 12.00 5.00 20.00 2.00 20.00 25.00 10.00 2.00 S.00 75.00 1 .00 10.0 20.00 2 0.00 29 .00 200.0 f te Mi ion r TOTAL 211 .00