The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1969

APRIL, 1969 VOLUME 41, NO. 6 Ce d a !~ v ; 1 , e B --- apt!st c Fo L olle~e r: ibra~y - C e d al.,. v i l l e O' • ' !l !. o 1 53 14 THE OHIO Cedarvil~ Co~ oo:e Library Cedarville, Ohio 4 531 4; Published by The Ohio Association of Regular Baptist Churches rom onvention • aim • • • • Wheelersburg Baptist Church The rnembers of the Wheeler burg Baptist Church and their pa tor, Rev. Donald rollimund ave prai sing the I...ord £ r \\'hat ha been ace mpli"hed. 'I i the ord's doing · and it is n1ar,,el us in ou1 e} 1 es." Ps . 118: 23 A riecent decision by the cioto _..,unty Court of mn1on Pleas, P rtsmourh, Ohio, a~ 1 arded the Wheel.. r burg Bapti t hurch clear 1itle and uil ion rto it churcl1 propert ,. e l1io Bapti t n 1 enti n (A111 ri- an pt· l) had Jong held an 11 <lg d n ti i n , iot 1 t in the pr pert ,. a 1910, T port ly to pr r,, J1 , rom b ing 1 a " n by a J i.i t g up, ~11 tru t f • rg n1z · l1urc 1 1110 pti t nt· n in 192 , turn r t ' t n. J 11 • qtl till the property to the church. Inclttd <l in thi quick de d was a c]au tiptt– Jating that 1f the chur ch hot1l<l e\rer cease coope~at1on \\fith th Ohio Bap– t1 t Con\ention, title to the pr( p r t)' would revert to th at c nventio11. Th~ Wheelcr "bt1rg c ht1 r ·h t)I)Cnl)' ,,i late<l thi re\' , rsionary clattse in Dec ·111ber 1945, \Vhen it \\' ithdr ,,, f1 )nl th Ohio and orther11 Bapt ist n,'en– ti 11 and joi11ed fell \\' h i1J ,vi th tl1e ,ener , 1 s cia tio11 f R gt1l, r Ba p- ti t l1 t1r ]1 . Ji r >n1 1 l tf1r 11gh 1 )7 tt1c onv ntion nc,, r 1 g, 11)' ......... rt it cl i n1 11 11 tir h 11r - p f.t)'. ]1at )' , r rt f Ill n h" f rtti tJ r1 p nd n 11 tl1 l1i1r 11' "lt rn 11 l I }1 1. 11, J Ille n, l _.A'-~'°" ( l1i l apti t n ' nt1 fjJ 11it in t tl1 1 r 11 ti l t it t }1 l1u1 11 t h Cil e ,, a tried Dcccn1b r 1~, 1 9o 7, b ,_ fore J11dgt,; l ,, 11 fho111p, n. he Ohtl) Bapt1 l ""t)11,ent1 n ,, ,1 1c-pt ,e11ll;<.l h\' 1t , tt rn~,, ,,h net: cul ., t l1e ht1rch'" 11gl1L ll le .. 1r t1tl . \ 1lh111 ~ a l t: , \ , , e l ' a f Le I l 11 ,1 l d a l t.: J 11 J g '-' ~l' hutllp 011 i1~J llllJ~~n}\. lte1 Ill )f ch n n !l , \!Hr· "' dt! l,1 ,,. J t1Jg ~ l h\_)n1p, )t1' ~ s11 t! ~l1r, Jt1 Jg R "'h lf\.l I... l 111c'- ha11 I :I l ,,,n ·111 'l>1 11 )11 11 J ·1nt1.. 1., 0, J 19 In l1i · pini 11 Jt1 lg ,1nt r stat d th'1l th \\' 11 It r bt1rg tictpti t h11r h' titJ t it pr I rt h 111 i l }lti lcli g in t t}1 Iii ll pti"t 11, 11ti 11 anti th t th 11ti, n 11 til b nj i11 f1 111 rting , 11 tl1 pr I rt . "'i11 1}1 }1i 11\ I ti O fl.: ll t ii i t l 1 i 11 t 11 t i I l 11 t t 11 ttl