The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1969

• • Th i r 111i11istr.v into \t•/1 ic/1 t li e L ore/ is leading oi,r brotl1er, R e,·. L. Clifton Miller, i 111ost icniqi,e. The ca111puses of oi1r colleues ancl 11niversities are v.,ide open 11zission fields! Brotl1er Miller is q11alified for his 1-vork. H e lzas an A .B. fro111 Cedarville College, a B .D. fro,n Grand R apids Bap– tist Se111i11ar_\' and an 1\1.A . fro111 ,\1 iarr1i Uni versity in Oxford, Ohio. I e e ows H e served a Pastor of t/1e First Baptist CJ1i1rcl1, Willo– wick, 0 /1io ivhic/1 h e resionecl in late Jitne to enter his neiv 111inistr}· 1111c/er Baptist Mid-Missions. ~o man ought to be neglected in >Ur plans to pread the Gospel. Thi nore than anything el e has burdened ne for the neglected masses of Col– ege and U niversity students, now 1umbering ·5even ( 7 ) milion in our 1ation. Scrip ture makes it quite clear hat the Church' ministry of evange l- n1 i to penetrate every portion of he human race (Lk. 24: 47· Act 1: 8) Rev. L. Cl ifton Miller 1 0 ection or strata of mankind is to be given preferential treatment. No ola , or group has any priority in the hearing of the gi£i of eternal life . Yet in a strange way, very unplanned I am sure, our witne sing efforts find their focus and thru~t in the d irection of the "middle cla s." We tend to eliminate the poor, on the one h and , and the rich and educated, on the other hand, for various reasons. All men are soul~, made in God' image fallen in sin's reality and capa– ble of re\pondi11g to t he Chliistian' witne by the H oly p irit's quicken- ing. e n1u t not continue the neglect th t h a long characterized our mi - ionar , outreach in which we imp]y b)' our inactivity in regard to inv lve– ment in r11ini trie of 1his nature that '\\ are a hamed f the 1 pel of }1ri t . . ." o corner of Americ ac1 cultl1r i o cu t off firon1 a tn1e TH OHIO tNDE#ENOeNT BAPTIST by L. Clifton Miller pa ionate ministry for Christ a the Caimpu . It i neither good exe– ge is or Mi rionary Administration to di'Sm i our respon ibilities for Campus involvemen t on the basis that ' not many wi e ... migh ty ... or noble are call ed" (Cor . 1 :26) or that it i God's will that nthe poor have the Gor·pel preached to them.. ." (M t. 11 :5 ) The p eudo-Ohri tian (known a li beral-Ch ri tian ) go to great length to promote the ir d i tor– t ion . The Romani t are alway to be found on the Campus , ..cene. Where is the man of God wit•h the Word of God repre enting the Church of God? T ell me where i the reali ty of our claim that we believe in '',the whole G-o pel fo r the whole woPld"? Whait feeb le excu e do you plan on offer– ing to our Lord the Chri t when at h is judgment eat (Rom. 14: 10) you explain your part in the fai lure of our mi ionary program to obediently go through the "open door' ' of Cam– pu evangeli m and Ch ri tian witne3 ? \Ve became expo ed to and con– cerned for the neglected ma e of tudents when we were involved in gradt1ate studies at Miami Univer ity at Oxford Ohio. For tho e who have never pent any time in a ecular and/ or state Univer ity, it i exc ed– j ngly difficult to en e either the need or the po sibi litie f a witne for Chri t. "Campus Bible Fellow h ip" of Bap- tir~ t Mid-Mis ion i a pecialized min– istry which will enable men and w - men who hear the call of God for th is particular and specific mini try to function with full freedom to obey all th ree parts of the Great C.om – misc;;ion (Mt. 28·19, 20) and~ recog– niz the priority of the local cht1rch. The mall evangelical wit11e s current– ly being carried on withi11 t?~ . nmpt1 conte t is sourc f r J 1c1ng bt1t in nearl y every instan e fall h 1 t in r . pect to two lem nt .. of "the \.\'hole coun 1 f 1 d' ' - l) 1., - liever's haptisnl hy tl1 111od f i n1- n1ersion as the in1medi , t P n f obed ience from the new convert and 2) the re pect of and commitment to the local ew Te tamen t church a the Divinely e tabl i bed place of wor- hi p and ervice. Tho e who have trong conviction of implementing the e truth in a campu mini try wi ll find perfect liberty in the family of Bapt i t M id-Mi ions. We will u e the approach of group Bib le tudie and face-to-face per on– al encounter with both the un aved and the believer with whom we tru t to have a mini try of con ervation. that i . that our own young people wi ll not be "lo~t'' to the cau e of C hri t. A large amount of excellent literature wi ll be placed in their hand. along with f fer of free corre pond– ence courses. Witnessing For Christ Ot1 r plJn ,11 all f r the u of the "'d1n11 r table' ' t <l"' pen ttr frtt:n(i htp\ '-" 1th th tt1dents \ h \ t! he~1rt \ the l rd begin" to open tl) th\! , pcl. Tot\ l11J11r ,\ h ~ ·111 b" )tlr 111 ,,111 effort 1n d ,1l1ng \\:ith ft)t agn "rt udent , l ht1:, ) t:,\1 thert= ,,,ill h o, ~1 1l)().000 ~tt1dt.::11t, fr ,111 all th 11.;1- ttL)n·~ Of the \\ l)t lU '-llltli)rll\g 111 l)llf , .. 11( I, . 'l ha, 1s a t1 e111 f\ il,tt, h 1\l– l 11gc ,ln<-i t)ppt rtt1nil\ tll l~.1chi11g tl1e l~,\d\!l" l)1 tll • \\ )t lJ \\. tth • tl lll n11111str 1 lt)r h11sr . l1t• s • s ll td •nl~ (Con t inued on pag 17) NOVEM E , 1969 9