The Ohio Independent Baptist, June/July 1969

Busy In The Work Of The Lord Rev. Mel Stadt The Lord i greatly using our brother, Evangeli t Mel tadt in his \.\'Ork of Visual Church Evangelism. Recently he held meeting at the Emmanuel Bapti t Church in Toledo, Ohio (Rev. Donald J. ewell. P astor) . This was during their Vacation Bible School. 1,fany hearts were challenged! ' 'The tadt ·• make an excellent team. Mrs. Stadt i a fine piani t and organist. Brother tadt i a_ c~alleng– ing speaker, a fine accord1an1st a~d is extremely gifted in working with children. He ha held everal pa tor– ates and was Fjeld Representative for the Shepherds Home an,d chool. They held meeting at ~he Tr~y Baptist Church in Garrettsville. 0~10 and each night the attendance 1n– :rea ed. By the clo~ing night, the :hurch was full to 0\ 1 erflowing. ever- 11 decision were made even following lie meeting . Brother <;tc1dt is \'cry rnuch in dc– n1and. Pa~tors ecking to contact him ,hould write \ I i ual Church .. vangel- 01, I~ out e o. 2. 13 ox o. 29-l, Unio11 ro,,e, \\' i con~tn 53 l 8:?. BIBLE TRACTS An effective means of wit– nessing for Christ. For fREE sampl s of this r1nonth's featured 1racts and a list of radio stations carrying " Bible Tracts choes ' Vii rite BIBL RACTS, INC. Bo 508, Dept . 01859 W t rloo, lo 50704 O r 150 n11llion d1str1IJu t d to date. TH OHIO IND P ND N APTI W.B.B.C. Graduates Largest Class Western Bapti t Bible College has ent their 40-, 01ce a cappella choir into the Pacific • orthVve t. with out- tanding resp on e fron1 large and enthu ia tic cro\\ d at e\'ery top. Following that. the 40-piece Concert Band made an eight-da~f tour of outh– ern California. with equaJ]y large and enthusia tic crowd . We tern graduated it large t class on June 7, when 50 received diplomas and degree . Rev. H. Carrel Aagard, ABWE Philippine , formerly dean at We tern Bapti~t Bible Col– lege, was h onored with a Doctor– ate of Divinity at the Commencement exercises. Dr. Carl M. Sweazy, Ven– tura, California wa the Commence– ment peaker. WANTED Second grade teacher for Chri - tian Day School. Mu t be certified in the state of Ohio and belong to an Independent Bapti t Church. Write Xenia Chri tian Day chool. 1120 S. Detroit t., Xenia, Ohio. 45385 . Happenings at Grace In Cedarville It is a happenin{? 1v/1iclz bri,zgs /1c1pp111es'i that m1 ionari Kirby ( Ala k a). 1c!vfillen ( Central Afri– can Republic), Ankenmans ( on leave, Ea t Paki tan), and Hare (Brazil) have been \\ or hipping ~ 1th us dur– ing their ft1rlough }ear. I t is a /1appeni11g lvlzich brings l1app i 11es 'i that "''e baptized 18 and received 52 into the membership dur– ing the pa t twelve months. I t ir;; a /1appeni11f? lt·l1ich bri1z[?s /1appiness that we obtained a u ed bt1 for the u e of our \ ariou ,routh ., organization . Chri tian ervice clubs. etc. in recent month . I t is a /zap pel1ing lvhic/1 bri11 f!S l1appi11ess that we will have our larg– e<;t contingenc}· ever ( 48) at our youth camp thi urnmer. It i a /1appenin(? lvlzich bri,zgs l1appi11ess to plan for a ground-break– ing ceremony and con truction to begin on our educational building in June. Thi building will provide for 26 additional cla room libraf). ecretar) · office, pa tor' tud)', and f ello"' hip hall at a projected co t of , 130.000.00. J The Concern OfChrist II I • THE M Etv1BERSH IP - THE ~1E SAGE I I Tele Ible Production. Used by pern11 on o