The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1969

B ck ,n a,I Jun our ditor I ..trned c ncern,ng a trip tak n b R(' and M,s . • nn th n, I(, , h\edin~, , Oh,o. Along , ,th ' Th n1 I\ , .;;" , ro i\\,. and Mrs. hrum. Broth r hrun, i(, ,, d aeon in the Fir t Bapti(,t Church , ,h re Brother Sn1el er (, , a pt1stor. \V asked for a report f their trip. It seemed to us that the best a to gi o this report to our readers was to ~har Broth r Sn,el'-er ' s letter telling of this jo ful e perionce. t.; c .. 1 r l l' 1 • I 1111 '-l) gl,11..i 11r \(it1r k..tnd letter ... ..1 1'-1 h'- tic 11 c t) hc\11 ll tell 011r l'" 1 , \ \ , ,1 r ' pre t; 11 tl, 1 n the 111 id t 1..)' [ \ B... ~ \\ e h.1, e - ~"' 5 cnr lled ! \\ e .. ll"C getting rcaJ\ f r th .. hur h ... ....... 111 the Park.'' ~er, i~c . he ~ '"ill be h ,1 i und.1) e, ening, ... Jul) and t1g11 t . l .. o. ,, ha, e the tent at the ..... Fair to rea h 100.000 in concen- trated ffort. \\'e c v t ,our prayer . The la t three week of April, Th ona and I along with Mr . and ..... i\1 r . Ra,· .. hrum fr 01 our church - \\ ent to f ian1i and flew to Quito, Ecuador. \\ e vi ited the work f HCJB. \,\'e a,v million of dollars ,, rth of building and equipn1ent God ha planted in that pot for Hi gl f)' . There are 150 mis -- ionarie and 200 national working with that ~tation and fellow hip. The Bible In- titute of the Air ha 18,000 enrolled from over 40 different countries. The tation broadca t 18 hour a day in 14 language . Thus, we praise the Lord for H i great work. I got to make 5 tape to be used in broad– ca t and will al o be sending other ermon . I had my fir t experience of peaking with an interpreter! Once I did thi at an Indian base and an– other time at a little Spanish church. \ e were taken to Shellmara to ee the hospital work and then the mi 1onary at the base which the five ~:oung men ( tho e slain by the Aucas) left to reach and die for the Aucas. From there we were flown to Ma– cuma. the !_and of the Headhunters o E ztador Rev . & Mrs . Ke nneth Smelser - the J i, roh Indi an . We met Frank D rown the famous mi ionary author and worker. Then we were taken to Lin1oncocha where we tayed 3 1 h day . Thi i the ba e for the Wycliffe Tran ,]ator . What a work is this! We were here with the Quitchua In– dian . Our own Bruce Linton, who i the pilot now for ,the Auea In– dian flew u over Auca land to see ~·Palm Beach ' and wave at Rachael aint and Auca and ee t•hat field. What a tremendou ble sing! l can te tify that any Pa 1:or will never be the same who goe to the mission field. We have pjcture and a tory and are ready to " do what He says for u to do. ' 1lhe work of God is great. Ju t to see the trans– mitter at Pifo and the generators at Pappal lacta and realize God's mi sion– arie are the fine t deeply dedicated mo t wonderful people on earth i such a ble si ng! We have pictures and will be glad to sl1oiv the ,n at conferences or wherever it will help the cause of 1nissio11s. (Ed. Note : Interested pas– tors n1ay contact Brother Smelser at First Baptist Cl1i1rch, 123 West Liber- ty St .. lvf edina , Ohio 44256.) Distinctively Bapti stic 8 AUGUST, 1969 ... that's the character of our literature! Presenting the grea t fu ndamenta l doctrines of Scripture to the pupil in language that he con understand . This Bible– centered, pupil-related literature that has the proper approach to the Scriptu res can be ordered today from Reg ula r Baptist Press. Send for free sample packet. Regular Baptist Press 1800 Oakton Boulevard • Des Plaines, Ill. 600 18 American Cou nci l Of Christian Chu rches To Meet In Columb us ..I~hc r=all ()11VC11lion ( th' Ar11cri- ta n ()t111ci l t)f hri sti,tn httrohcs \.viii l)e hclll in the t111iqt1e hri stophcr In n. I catcll at 3()0 l~. Hroacl , t. olt1111l1t1\. Ohio 432 15. '"f~hc date~ of the C'onvcnti n are Oct bcr 29-1 1. ~·1 he hL1rch Triumphan,t' ' wlll be the thcn1c for the onve ntion and ot1t landing pcaker5 from aero s the nation wi lJ be participating in the n1ajor addrec;c;ec;, 5eminar5, round table di cu ion5 making up thic; con– vention. An OLtt tanding mu<;ical pro– gram i being prepared a well as new up-to-date audio-vi ual . Pl an now to attend th is A CC Conven– tion in the F all and circle these d ates on your calendar as a reminder. American Baptist Convention Elects New President The fallowing are excerpts from an article given by Religious News Service, Seattle. The complete article appeared in Western Voice, Fort Worth Texas 6-19-69. Dr. Thomas Kilgore Jr. pastor of the Second Baptist Church, Los Ange– les has been eleoted the first black president of the American Baptisit Convention and rthe second black man to lead a predominantly white denomination. The choice of the convention's nominating committee he was elected by a vote of 1200 to 46 after one Jone hout of dissent prevented a unamious ballot. There were no other nominations . Dr. Kilgore called himself a "mili– tant with love ' and said he saw his - role as unifying the forces of blacks and whites rich and poor, young and old. Dr. Kilgore who received his the– ological education at Union Theolo– gical Seminary, N.Y., has been pastor of the Los Angeles church since 1963. Previously he served pastorates in ew York, North Carolina and Sounh Carolina. Dr. Kilgore said after 1 his elec– tion that he would like to see the black American Baptist "work in the community toward coalition with black militants." Dr. K ilgore sa id he was in favor of churches paying $500 million in reparation as demanded recently by black militan,t J ames Forman. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPT!ST