The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1969

• Pastors and Wives Receive Rich Blessings There \\ 1 ere 83 who regi tered for the PASTORS and WIVE RE– TREAT \\'hich wa held the early par t of October at KY VIEW RA~CH. A great time w as h ad by all! The food prepared by Mr . Wolff and her assistants was very good! The piritual food served o ably by Dr. Warren Wief'Sbe, thrilled our Yery oul ! Who can ever forget hi \\ ord s encouraging u to go from ..faith to fa ith' , from "grace to grace.,, from "strength to trength" and from "glory to glory' '. We were shov.n that the Christian i a 'Pil– grim. , who is to make ' 'Progress". Our thoughts were directed to \he man Abraham who cho e rather to ~er\'e the King of Salem th an the K ing of Sodom. We followed hi "Progress' ' from Watching, to Walk– in ~, to Worshipping and, finally. to Warring! The ladies had their own special n1eeti ngs as \vell. These were under the direction of Mrs. Kenneth Romig. Son1e very important problefil:S were di cu sed which proved most bene– ficial. It was agreed that it is not ea y to serve as a pastor's wife . . . but it is blessed! "'Reports were given concerru ng KY Vl cW RANCH. ' 'The L0rd hath done great thing-5. .. !' ' We were al o ho" n that thi wa a ,vonderful u1nn1er for all of our c amp . A grand total of 4361 young people and taff 11embers attended. There "ere 111any decisions for salvation and surrender . The Lord h as bl e ~ed i11 111an) 1 • wa)'S ..• bu t " there 1 yet n1uct1 more land to po sess!" G.A.R.B.C. Statistics Show Continued Growth The General Asr.ociat ion of Regul ar Bapti t Churche released tati tic for the fi cal year ending April , 1969. ixty-two new churches were received into the A, ocia ti on brin~ ing the tota1 number to 1,3~ l. fhe average member ·hip per church i li·.. ted as 141. Financial reports how that gi ft to mi s ion totaled $7, 132,476. Local church expenditure totaled $20,- 311 139. The per capit a mi ionar y giving wa $37.05. Building expan- ion reached $4,977.520. Total giv– in·g for all purpose amounted to $32 421 ,136. A con1pari on of the e figure wi t#h imilar one of the previous year hows an increase in mi ion giving $444.173 . Local current expense giving increa ed by $2 050 300. The Regular Baptists are so oalled hecau e of their distinotive hi toric po ition . They tand fortih,right]y on the his toric constitutional ground of se par ation of church and sitate, which i one of the everal hi tor ic Baptist di· tinctives. fhe As ooiation is church centered in its government and hold that the Holy Scripture are the final authori ty in all matters of f aith and practice . Extensive mis io nary effort and evangeli stic fervor are the ear– marks of this fundamentalist fellow- hip of Baptist churches. AVAILABLE FOR • • • Pulp it Supply and/ or Sermons in Song REV. GEORGE P. ZINN P.O. Box 496 Norwalk, Ohio - 44857 Tel. (419) 662-9794 Di tinctively Bapti tic ... that' s the character of our literature! Presenting the great fundamental 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 con be ordered today from Regula r Baptist Press. Send for free sample pocket. R gular Bapti t Pr ~~ ~ 1800 { akton Buult•va rtl • l)t•s Plainr.s, I ll. b00 18 TH OHIO IND PENOENl BAPTISl ~g- l VOL. 42, NO. 1 NOVEMBER, 1969 North Madison Church Builds Lovely Parsonage • • ' 'It is beautiful!" Open hou e wa held on Labor Day at the new par onage built by the congrega tion of Bible Bapti t Church in .. orth 1vfadison. P astor and Mr. . Roland Globig and family' moved into the hou e on April 3rd of th i year but nL1n1e rot1 con tn1c– ti on job delayed ho ld ing open hou e. The ne\v p ar onage i located at 5814 Honie tead Road. almo t d i– rect ly behind the church building l)ut on the cht1rch property. I t re– place a . mall ranch-type home purcha ed in 1955 wh ich ~ a ome fo t1 r n1il e-s fr n1 the church bt1ilding. .... T he ne\.\. h t l\C i a Jo, 1 cl) four– hedr om. two- tory hon1e ,vith 21 :2 bath "', ba en1ent. fnn1il) roon1. and ne-car garage. The hon1e i<; , alued at appro, in1atel 1 30.000.00. Io"t l the \\ Ork \Va done b} r11 mber ()f the congrt:gation \Vtth onl, ma on– r). c1r} ,,,all. an i f1ni h carpentr)' ,, or"- htrcci. hi nable l the a tt1al co<:it of the hon1e to hr t O\iderahl\ l~\" than 1t, apprai e I , altte. l)rai)c ,ltl<l curtn111') f0r the c11t1ce ci t)\\ ll\t,lll ~ \\ e1~ furni,h\!d b\ t,1, ~ t°'f • th~ <..;t1ntt c1 ~cl1(\)l cl,t,1..: \\htlc' 't11- l)tl1c1 c),1~s i>t l)Vi(l~tt a garb, g dis– Jll1sal t111it fc)r tl1e 1'.1tcl1 ~n . 1"11 • e11- I ir It )tlse is <11 l 'l\,;c.f ,vitll tl1~ c - 1..: pt ion "'f t ,v ) l,,ttl1s, kit l1e11 a11d l1a)l\\'H)'. r[ 'hc ,I lJigs nr tll )l'l 1.1ghl ' cnj > ring this Il \\' }1 llll , "' tl1 l - oin their f ttrtc ntl1 'e, r f 111ini tr b in tor1l1 f, Ii~ ,11 thi fall . NOVEMBER, 1969 3 I