The Ohio Independent Baptist

• Christian Counseling Conference The First Bapti t Church in i\ledina, Ohio held a Christian Counseling Conference back in o– vember. ccording to Re, 1 • R. Ken– neth melser , Pastor of the church "It t '" . . . ,,·as grea . 1uest speaker during these day 1 s \\ as Dr. Earl . Goldsmith, Director of Crossroads Christian Counseling 111 Indianapolis, I11diana. He is a former Baptist preacher and is both a Jecturer and author. A great deal of his messages and ,,,ri tings contain- ed scripture! He has ,,·ritten "Introduction To Counseling' ' - "The dolescent and God's \i\lil1'' - "Premarital Counsel– inQ · - "l\ 1arriage Should Be H appy" and "Dr. Goldsmith Talks T o Your Daughter ( Son) About Sex". Besides the regular meetings at the church, Dr. Goldsmith vvas avail– able for private intenriews. H e is a member of the American P ersonnel a11td Guidance Association, and the hristian Association for P s) 1 chologi– cal Studies. He teaches Psychology, and Philoso1)h,r, as \\ 1 ell as Pastoral ounseling at the Indiana Bible ~ ..~llege. Pastor melser regretted the lack of interest on the part of some but said that in most . of the meetings there ,,ras a good attendance. He l1i oh] \ 1 recommends such a co11fer– ence 'to other churches. A RADIO PROGRAM with Worldwide Outreach Bible Trdct Echoes not only rninisters 10 a large radio audience dally, but promotes ' free gospel lit e rat u re around the world. Write today for station list and sarnple tr acts. BIBLE TRACTS INCORPORATED Box SOB, Wdterloo, low., 50704 11er 165 ,,1illion di,tributed k> date. H OHIO NO PENDENT BAPTIST Accepts New Position Rev. Harold Green of Greenville Ohio, a urned the new position of Director of Christian er, 1 ice at Cedar, 1 ille College on J anuar)' 1, 1970. Rev. Green received hi Th.B. in 1953 fron1 the Bapti t Bjble • em1nar, 1 • , The Falls Baptist Church of Fall Pennsy,lvania was hi fir t pastorate. A fter having erved there as a stu– dent pastor for approximately one year he moved to Gary Indiana to pa tor a mi ion churah, the Aetna Bapti t Church. He was pastor there for [our year . The Faith Bapti t Church of Green– v.ille, Ohio was tarted by Rev. Green in October of 1958. ince pastoring this church, Rev. Green ha erved on the Scioto Hill Camp Board, the organizing board of the ky View Ranch, and \Va~ elected to a .. econd tern1 on the Council of Ten our 0.A.R.B.C. Rev. and Mr . Green have fot1r children, Janet, Kathy, Dann, and Larry. Mrs Green 1s al o n. graclt1at of B.B.., the cla s of 1952. It Pay -- T Adveriti e ... in the pages f rf'l ll~ OHIO I D "' P ·No N BAPTI Send for ot1r Rate ard l~ditor, 0. 1.8 . - Bo N . 160 e11ia, Ohi - 45385 VOL. 42, NO. 3 JANUARY, 1970 Conference On Bible Prophecy Grace Bapti t Church of Troy re– cently hel·d a Prophetic Bible Con– ference. uch ubjects a " I rael and Her Land" The Ble ed Hope and the H ol,, Life", ' he Tin1es of the ~ Gentile '', "The Judgment Seat of Chri f' and the like were cli cussed. Gue t peaker for the conference included Pa tors of area Regular Bapti t Churche and everail Profes– or from nearby CedaTville College. Among tho e who attended were a number from liberal ohurche as wel) a ~everal Roman Catholic . Rev. John D. Yardlay, Ho t Pastor aid concerning the Conference . . . "It proved to be a tremendous bles ing to all." rl"'& 1jtJU etJ1te&"'1t&t:J ? rl~t rimeuUU. ?teed~ fu that really DO • .. Point Men To GOD ~ t,() !JI> 'I)) rtPti . ~ Btf.P * • J PO 80 X 4SS r H lRIA OHIO 44 0 5 JANUARY, 1970 3