The Ohio Independent Baptist

Report from your State Missionary - Earl Umbaugh 11LLER BURG- The propo eel new church at Mill– r burg ha organized a a fellow hip vith temporary office . Mr. Kenneth PRI .. ,FIELD- A n exploratory meeting wa held o n a recent Tue day evening at the Perrin Wood Elementary chool on John Street to eek the mind of the Lord concerning the advi ability of Bapti t Churcth. pringfield, Mar– anatha Bapti·st Church, pringfield and Grace Bapti t Church, edarville. Patter on. a local chool teacher ,f A TCH E 'T ER- 1a been elected moderator Mr. r-lenry Wolf. Re ident Manager at ik} iew Ranch i treasurer and \Ir . Edward T ylke i~ erving as ,ecretary for the group. Regular meeting are being held on Thur - da)' night at the Ranch in the home Jf Mr. and Mr . Wolf. The group tarting a new church on the outh– we t ide of town. Twenty..!one people. attended and after ome di cu ion, it wa,~ deci·ded that tihere wa uffici– ent intere t to take the next tep of The Manche ter Bapti t Chapel ha been meeti ng for everal month in the Grange Hal l on Manche. ler Road. Thi group tarted with a Southern Bapti t Affiliation but after everal month , withdrew from th1 affiliation and ought help from the Highview Avenue Bapti t hurch in Akron. After everal meeting it was felt wi e to eek a merger with the Port aige Lake Bapti t hurch. Both churche have voted to merge and will begin meeting in the Manche ter location early in January. tarting regular week night meeting . asking the Lord for two more iamilie before beginning un·day Tue day night wa elected a the be t night and the chool wa ecured for a n1eeti ng fron1 6: 45 p.m. to ervice . 1iller burg i a County eat town of 3.100 people and is ocated in Holme County with a populaton of 21,500. :00 p. m. each Tue day night. This proposed church will erve the outh– gate and unny]and ubdivi ion . It i being pon ored by Ble ed Hope Victory For Ohio! M • ' . '. . v s ~ . C H fJ I fl H JB ~ r GD D a LI The OARB churche of 1 orthwe tern Ohio engaged the \If ARBC churche of outhea~tern Michigan in a 7 week unday chool conte t and Ohio won 150V2 to I {)91 2. Theme of Che conte t wa football and each f the: churches used thic; spirit of competition to increa e their attendance. Berean Bapt1·,t in Oregon, Ohio won their cont c;t all 7 unda):~ and experienced an al l-time-high of 125. fit;rcan. one of --- mmanuel B,1ptist (T oledo) y ung branch churche wa·~ f unded in 1966 through the help of ot1r State !v1i ~iona ry Rev. J~arl n1baugh. l!efie~,n ran individual contests am ng n1en1bers I th ir unday ~ chool classes. The boy making the highc~t sc re \.Va awarded an Ohio \tat nivcrsity Joothall : A '"I (JJ{Af>J]I IJ BY W Ol)Y H Y ~s A D THI~ . I l AM J '"f 'lil~ A 110 ! I he girl '>11th the hig11e t score 'A'{) tl a tcrli11g silver Jootl1all charn1 l)race lct I e e v. 1 inn r , -- rd har1dler. J r. and 11 rri a n,1 1tl , ar hl v- n abo v. 1 it h t l1cir pr 1,e..,. 111 con t:> t \..\ a th l)esl ever tor lier an. I .... ast )'car's v rag , ttendanc "' , 77 . 1 "'}1a1 111 ~ans , 62.~ % i,1- cr c . l I ai yl: 1)1 I _J rd . TH OHIO tND PEND NT BAPTIST BIBLE LANDS PILGRIMAGE and ATHENS down payme nt onl y and t a ke up to 24 months to p ay ba la nce (about $25 per month !) Or pay tot a l cost of a n un· p reced e nte d low $570 . Hosts: DR. J. PHILLIP CLARK and DR. JOHN E. MILLHEIM Departing February 24, 1970 i\ P C IAL PILGRI TH Al\1ERI A r HURCH ! IAGE FOR ME lB R OF O IL OF CHRI Tl Here i a wonderful pportunit for you t e ·– per ience th Bible Land und r th guidance f two nationally kn wn and re·~pected hri~tian leader wh , becau e of their training , nd e. peri– ence, ar eqt1ipped to n1ak.e } Ltr j tirney ne f the n10. t . piritt1ally enriching perienc f ) t1r life. \iVal~ing \)\,here Jc t1 \\alked i H e .- p ri n e of any lifetime. Talking V\ 1th ftlb an I Jc\\ t\h leacler on the front of th \\ orld'. n1t1"t <.lt lt,,e<l pr ph tic probl n1 "'ill prov1 le fre"'h 1n ighl\ ab lu tely es ential to any Chri'it1an lender he price . hccat1 e of p inl air an i grot1n l arrangcn1ent'\, 1 t1nt1 tll 11) rea nable and can C\en b pL1t n a 1ne,p n ive pa 1 later arrangcn1t:nt Name Address Ci ty & State ---------- Zip Tel. No. Horne: _____ Business: ----- Deposi t $25 00 JANUARY , 1970 11 I