The Ohio Independent Baptist, June/July 1969

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FBHM i con– ideri ng the po !bility of putting a mi ionary in Cincinnati. 3. Re,·. Harr)· R an1. ey ha accepted the pa torate of the new church in D ay ton, Ohio. Thi i called the Ble ed Hope Bapti t Church and een1 to be making good progre . ...i. Meadowbrook Bap tist Church , Lima, i making excellent progre . Several have been aved, an at– tendance of 84 wa reached on a recent unday morning, a constitu– tion has been ad opted the church i fully organized and h ave called for a R ecognition Council for April 26. 5. The Fir t Bapti t Church Hud on, i making progress under the lead– er h ip of R ev. Karl Gettman. Sun– day ervices are being held in the local High School. An organiZJa– tional meeting will be held o n Thur day night, April 24th, after which a Council will be called . Attendance h as been over ithe 50 m ark on some occassions. 6. The First Baptist Church, Hart– ville , started unday Services on December 29th under the leader– ship of Mr. D on Bennett. They began with 20 for the first service but are averaging between 50 and 55. 7. Rev . Wm. Brock continues to hold a week-night Bible class in Marion Ohio. Attendance has reached 35 to 45 but Brother Brock feels that this group i not yet ready to be developed into a local church. 6 JUNE-JULY, 1969 8 ~ t'\ "-' ' ,\I ()I tl1~-- 11e\.v c l,t11 c l1cs arc Ill l)I Cl)l1(l'lll\)),\ll11g \1t11l )1n g J'>I" - gra111s. , 141cc l3ar>tt~l. l .. ntl 11 . h as c n 11 I ct c tl I l" l1 tt i ld in g and 11 a l1cc11 t111 q11g it \incc J an t1 ary. Pcrr 1 Baptist, ant n, will lJrcak gr t 111c.i in l a . ( alvary Bap,tic.;t, C hillic the. will l1rcak gr und a .. o n a. ht1 rch BiL1lding m- n1ittee can r 1 a e their n1 ncy t then1 . H ope Bapti t. o lun1bu , ha jt1 t completed their econd bttilding pr gra111 with a 500 eat audit rium . Berean Bapti t , Ore– gon, h ave their building under con- truction and hope ,to occupy it oon. Fir t Ba pti t, V alley City, Calvary Ba pti t Oberlin, Vienna Bapti t. Vie nna Grace Bapti t , We terville a ll expect to get their building under con truction ,this ummer. 9. Rev. Roy R am ey h as re igned from the Fir t Baptist, New Vienna and i working with ,the group until they can call a pastor. This group i looking forward to or– organizatio n and fellowship in OARBC. MY ACTIVITIE INCLUDE: 47 Churche spoken in 82 Me ages delivered 11 S. . clas e and You.th meetings 18 P astor or Churche visited 12 Ordination, Recognition Coun– cil and Service , Building D edi– cations Ground Breaking Serv– ices Receptions for new Pas- tor , etc. 5 Mi sionary Bible Conferences an,d Evangeli tic meetings 3 Conference attended (OARBC, Stat' Wl)t'k ·r . nnll t>a t<)rs at c(Ia I'\' i 11 c ) 'i 1cc t i 11gs l' 'latcll ll) L'tlarvill c.; (1 1 lcgc '"I .1 tt\lec l3()al'<.L 28 f\1i~ccllaneotts n1ccli ngc.; 1 W rk111g with Ohi o OJJCr,ltion OL1t -Rc~1ch 9 Sky View li clcs 3 ( " Ltncil of Ten Meet ings (apart 1 ron1 tho~c at Ann11al on- f erc nce) 3 1 Meeting wit,h grot1p<; in plan- • • n1ng e ions Travelled a to tal di c; ta nce of 23 846 mile . Salem Church Holds Dedication Service Heart were ble ed at the recent D ed ication ervice held in rt.he Calvary Baptist Church , a lem, Ohio. Rev. Arnold Olsen wa the gue$t peak.er . T\i\ 1 0 mi ionary pa tors of tJhi churoh w,h o h ave been re ponsible for its growth are Rev. Les lie Wells and R ev. Kennebh Mack. The work is m aturing o that anooher missionary h ould be able to bring this church to the tatus of full support within a very hort time. Ohio B.B.S. Alumni Meet The Bapti t Bible Seminary Ohio Alumni met for their Annual Meet– ing on April 26th at Sky View Ranch. After a n enjoyable time of recreation and fellow hip t he Alumni went into their bu ine s es ion. Among other items of business the following officer were elected for a two year term: Pre ident, Rev. Bruce N. Stew– art Bowling Green ; Vice-President, Rev . Bill Davis, Hubbard; Secret·ary– Trea ure r Mr. Alden Farner, Lan– ca ter . ESTABLISHING BAPTIST CHURCHES WHERE THERE W~RE NONE IN NORTHERN UNITED STATES AND IN CANADA HIAWATHA BAPTIST MISSIONS 2601 South 23rd Street Escanaba, Michigan 49829 THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST