The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1969

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RB r hit t and i=n 2 incc ha, c f\;\ 1c,, cd ) t1r need -- .. 1 1'-l gt11 icd , t)tl into the pre ent - ph .\ ... ) tir cht1rche pr b,1bl) -- pend enough c~1ch ,t:ar n n1i tak.e t pay for a ,c t ~t ad, ice th ) ,, ill never forget, but ,, h, n t p1ere11t the mi tak.e in- e.1d t ha, 1ng t learn by it? Per- hap ~ ur ~hurch ,, a on f tho e ,, ho paid a hand m fee to have plan ,.. and pee if icati n prepared fo r a hurch , ou could not build be- au e the c- "t \\ a out of your reach: r the land 1 ou purch ed will not upp rt a building of thi ize; or n1e ther rea on. You ay, "thi h uld ne, er happen. I have been through t\\ o building program and ,, e didn't ha\ e any trouble. ' Well good for , ou. but ju t ask around ~,ou and ~e \\ hat has happened to - n1e other . Total fee paid to church building Con ultant and Architect range any– ,, here from 5Ca to 14% of the total project co t. If you had to call on omeone to "'ork out the financing for ,,ou - and many of them do - ur,,~,, )'Our need . prepare plan and ~ pee . etc., etc.~ for a 500 000 l r j c L t • ~ \ 1 r l 1., l fl r a 11 f c es cl~ t ti ( I l"· s7{).()()0. \ t,1ggc1ing. 1ltlttpl .. tl,is 1,, tile tl\ltlll)ct' ..,f l1t1iltli11gs co n– ,t1 t1 ' lt'tl in the O l{ll alc)nc ,,n I \l)lt hl1,c llttite a ttll stt111. Why n t lttr 11 " n1c I th1 n1 nc int 111 re \t)tt I, l t)r C hr1st and more brf1nch ' httrchc'i ·> It ca11 l1e (inc. Bt1 il(i111g pr gran1'-I are c n1mon prol')lc111'i to all p1 ogre~ 1ve churche . f tcr \ c)tt reach a ppr imately 0% t , tl~ capaci t . you will eld m ee n1uch rapid gr wth after that. very Pa t r h t1ld kn w \: hat hi plant apacity •~ and be prepared to lead ht c ngregati n into a building pro– gran1 on tin1e. After the wal l are bulging i not the ti me to ay "'we ought to tart a building program. " Yot1 ·5hould b about ready to move int a new facility by that time. Our church propagation program Mr. Larry Wilson is a graduate Civil Engi– neer and lice nsed in the States of Ohio, West Virg inia and Michigan. His full time occupa– tion is designing churches for the Wells Construction Company. He is a member of the Berean Baptist Church in Oregon, Ohio (OARBC). He has personally designed church– es in Detroit, Toledo, Oregon and Dayton. THE CHILDREN'S GOSPEL HOUR., INC. 4 Livingston, Tenn. 38570 Presenting Jesus Christ to Youth by Radio and TV PRAY FOR THE SALVATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS The Ch ldren's Gospe l Hour is now on 72 rad io and 40 TV stations each week. Pray f hat more stations will take the program. The youth of America need to hear the Gospel now. Wr ite for further information. OHIOANS TAKE NOTE : Now being televised on WEWS-TV, Channel 5 of Cleveland each SATURDAY at 7 :00 a.m. and on WKRC-TV, Channel 12 of Cincinnati each SUNDAY at 7:30 a.m. Henry C. Geiger, Executive Director DECEMBER, 1969 ,(1t1 I ,1 1,, c l, 11 ·,v churcl1 ~s I r yea i g1ca 1. IJttt l)rctl , 011 it 111 an ,,c ,viii l e n"'ctli11g tw l\'c n·w t1t1ild ing n h cnr jLlSl ll k· .. 11 l'I .· "Jh, l, 1rg ·stnl1li sh ti c l1l1rc h ·s w1ll l I r,ancli11g <)r r l1t1il(ling also. s l thi i :, l1ig itc111 , 11 ·r ·v 'l' yc1 t1 g . I t" ge l l' l)Cl'l assistance at the pr 11e ti111c. not after Vvc hav J)tJrch,tsc<I l ,vh i tc 'ICJ)hant . 1=L1r the sr11all churches, why no (lcsign severa l t in it bt1ild1ng~ whict wol tl t l I 1t var1 u~ m,1 ter plans ,1nc tt\ thcn1 over and ver? Remember after a l1L1tlc.ling 1<; built y u knov. pretty cl \e \vhat it would cost tc (luplica te it. '"[hi would immediate)) let p pie kn w what they must ex pect to pay for the building the) need. More than a few churche have plit over a building program prob– lem they could not olve. A Pa tor hould not let a building program run /1i111. The Pa tor time i too valuable to pend a great deal of it trying to de ign a building. Let the profe .-:- ional do that. The Pastor m11 t be free to admini ter. Some per on in our A ociation fea r any cooperative effort uch a thi on an a ociati onal basi i too much like the Convention churches we eparated from. Not so! A ervice organiza tion i what you make of it. Thi i the time to do something to make God' money go a far as po ible not hy away becau e ome– one el e ha fai led at a job . The outhern Bapti t Convention ha a good Architectural Board. Their advice i free to all who eek it. apparently. Their information packet-=- are tremendou and none of their churche hould be without them, but they till do not fulfill the total need. _ The e ervice need not be en-- tirely free to be de irable. Indeed, mo t people appreciate what they pay for far more than they do a gift. Con ider the fol lowing common question : 1. I it really cheaper to build with a ba ement or should all of the bui lding be above ground? 2. How much i needed? What is optimum ize? 3. I the t ype of ceiling or roof ystem you choo e just a matter of ta te or are there economical and functional criteria to con– ider? 4. How much ' free engineering" i avai lable from equipment uppli er and when i it wi e to l accept it? (Continued on page 15) THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST