The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1969

Bowling Green Church In Bui lding Program The ''Old'' And The ' 'NEW!' ' P1 tt1r d are the ·~ Id" and the '· new' ' of the Fir t Bapti t <..... hl.1rch in Bo\vl ing G reen. Ohio . H ere is rvhat once was ... a11d 1vl1at 0 0 11 sliall be! Our brother Rev. Bruce N. t \\ art. P tor of the Bowling Green Church wrJte the f 11 \\'ing . . . Bowling Green. The building wi11 have approximau 14,000 q. ft. of carpeted floor space. The auditoriu will eat 400 with an additional ,over~ow area seam 200. The Education,al Unit will have a capacity of 4( The auditorium will be set for air-conditioning. The t terior of rthe building will be brick and aluminum. '] construction oo t will be $200,000. Mr. Norman Br) of the Evangelical Church Building Corpor·ation is t ArchiJtect. Jesse Reese and Son of Lima, Ohio is t Contractor. .. .The Church v as establi bed and the building erected in l 0. Thi ame build ing has erved as the meeting place f r the congregation ever ince it e rection . Because of the limited facilities o f the building and the spiritual , ·i ion of the people, plan were made for a new buildin,g. ' The Church is presently holding services in the Ann building until the completion of the new building in t late summer." ' 'The original building, along with the parsonage, has been old and a new building i now under con t ruction. 'The new building i being constructed on a five acre piece of ground on Wintergarden Road just wesi of We rejoice with ·the folk at the Bowling Green Ohur and their pastor in this step forward. Does This Apply to YOU? A recent analysis taites : ' 'If you have reached your 70th birthday this may startle you~ if you are noit yet 70, perhap these f igure will encourage you to make ome changes. ' 'Stat istics show the average person of 70 h as spent: 3 years in education; 8 years in amusement; 6 years in eat– ing: 11 years in working· 24 years in sleeping; 5V2 ye ar in washing and dressing: 6 years in walking· 3 y ears in conversation: 3 years in reading, and 6 months in worshiping God!' ' Available for Meetings Rev. G ary C. Swigert, former As– sistant P astor of the Norton Baptist Church in Barberton and more re– cently P astor of the Bethel Bible Church in Mansfield Ohio h as writ– ten informing us that the Lord is leading him into the field of evangel– i m. He is available for meet ings now. F or further information, he can be contacted at 865 Cecilwood Road , Mansfield, Ohio - 44907 . 4 MARCH, 1969 Good News From Avon Church Things are really moviing ailong at the Avon Baptist Church where our brother, Rev. Arthur Cbris,tman is now pastor. The Church has recently ,finished painting the outside and inside of the building. Other ~mprovements are planned for the near fu,ture. Special meetings were held wJith Evangelist Billy Kellougih as gue t speaker. A total of 13 came to Obrist for alv,ation and 77 for deeper life. Thus far there have been ome 1 7 souls saved. Moody Literature For Viet Nam At the request of several chaplai serving in Viet Nam, Moody Litt ature Mission, the gospel literatt di tribution ar-m of Moody Bible ] stitute of Chicago, recently shipp near,ly 25 ,000 paperbacks to tha1 w, torn country to be disrt:riblllted amo U.S. servicemen. · The shipmen,ts, totaling more th $14,000 in retail value, includ 6,000 "Acorn' ' book.lets and su books as God Is for the Alcohoi Can I Trust M y Bible? and Beyo Combat. Present Christ to the Jew Through The Hebrew & Christian Society Work ing for the church, w ith the church and through the church, Ba pt ist Mid-Missions Testimony to Israel In Cleveland, Ohio MISSIONARIES Rev. Leeland Crotts, Director Mrs. Leela nd Crotts, Mrs. Mildred Leech, Miss Carol Mciver 4205 Cheste r Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44103 THE OHIO IND~PeNDENT BAPTI