The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1970

olumbus Area 'astors Voice 'heir Objections! The Fundamental Mini ter Fellow- p. Columbu Ohio wa di turbed nd rightly o!) with the recent nda) 1 openings of the major tores the Columbus area. They were de– mined to do something about it. e) drew up a resolution and had run in a number of local papers. One large store in the Columbus !a is Lazaru . They have topped eir Sunday opening . Rev. Wm. ock. Maranatha Bapti t Church, Jlumbu wrote them a letter com– ending them for their action. I n eir reply they said the followi ng ... am sure that you are aware of e nationwide trends toward Sun– l)' retailing. It was the pre sure of o e trend and our de ire to afford 1r customers added holiday shop– ng convenience that cau ed u to mporarily change our long tand– g polic} not to open our tore for 1s1ne on Sunday. Our deci ion ~a1nst year round Sunday retailing ba ed on advice and coun el from an} of our friends, in and outside f the clergy, who believe it to be amaging to the life style of C0lum– u . Although indications are that !tailing pressures will mount , it i ur intention to make every effort to old to our policy and re i t year sound unday openings where Laz- u tores are concerned .'' Brother Brock told u that one :1rgc merchant in his area had told in1 . . . ., he major1t) of unda}' u inc i done from 11 :45 to l :30 e ming))' as the churche let out their norning er,•ices:' lt has been noted hat tl1c ear tore has char1ged their our o that nov..' tl1C}' are open )fll} fro111 12:C>O to 5:00. Jt 111igli1 be a good thing for hurclie to ._ rite Lich store ab car ' { l,uck and 0111pan)' a11d l'cr1n}'S. )1rect ucl1 letter to: r-.ears, J{o bttck 1nd 1 1pa11) 925 So. H n1an Ave., l11cag , Ill I noi - 0()24 ; J . C. 1111) 1 11,an~ , 1301 A,, nuc ot h A11 rJca , ' \\ ' or ~, 1 e~'- rk IO J • \ , d fl i 1 ) ti r I cl t er tr d r fl t111 n t ) 11r tate Jegi - 1 r t 'f'H OHIO It D P ND NT BAPTIST We .pre ent here a copy of the re olut1on adopted by the Funda– mental Mini ter Fellowship, Colum– bu Ohio. These men hould be com– mended for taking this stand! FROM: FU DAME TAL MINIS- TERS FELLOWSHIP 1 Columbu OH IO. Re olution adopted December 15 1959. ' . The recent announcement and open- 1 ng of the major tores of Columbu every Sunday i a ft1rther tep in the realization of the complete irrever– ence on the part of America to any emblance of that which the Bible call the "Lord's Day'. I t i regrettable that our major retailer eem to find that they mu t follow the crowd. It would seem that the e large merchant could have been leader in tead of fo ll owing even at the risk of lo ing busine . We are aware that the present almo t uni– ver al opening of all tore in the Columbus area on Sunday i a matter of economic . H owever, it would seem that the Word of God the Bible, hould have omething to ay in thi matter . The Fundamental Min.i ter Fel- low hip of Columbu deeply regrets al l Sunday opening and the con– tinuing effort to make the "Lord' Day' ' ju t another day of the week. We would encourage all tore and merchants. e pecially tho e who can be leader , to recon ider their pre - ent po ition and thi every unday opening. We would urge all Believer to refrain from hopping on unday and a much a po ible t,o patronize retailer who remain true to a i day week. A thi re olution i printed. \\>e believe that we see the ugge ti on of thi s re olution begun in the annot1nce– mcnt b) ot1r leading retailer. The F. And R . La1art1s o .. that their tore. 'A 111 now be clo~ecl on tintia 1 We comn1end then1 for the11 lcudCr\hip and their \\ 1 ilhngnc to t,\ke '-tttcl1 a step - 1a)' tht') l1c the l1cg1n111ng for the others to folio\\. 1"hc Wortl ot C,otl \il) , ... 1{ 1gl1tcott\- 11ess cxaltcth a 11,1tion. l1t1t ,1n I\ a rCJ)roach to an)' pcO()lc." R 1gh t Ct)tt~– r1 s l1as to th) ,, 1th <..t)tlllt1ct ur f)J :>sent onl1t1ct 011 'u11Ud) 01)e11111g l1n 110 f)<)S il)ilit)' l1f J) >inti11g ll) rigl1t- ot1 nc s . "l he: 1lt1111bt1s area oulli l">c a11 c xa1111)le , })tit it \\ (ltllll takl; thl: >1)erati >rl \)t>tt1 r tailer a11ll 1>t: )J)l . J 111 1 c , l ader i11 tilt r ,, I'! I he al,c ,, pr\;, i ti r1a ragra11l1 s l1 ,, • l . It Didn't Work In Sweden At Al l!! . Swe~en. has been widely written up 1n per1od1cal as a nation far ad– \'anced in its liberal views of ex and ex education. The argument that restraint increases crime and immor– ality i contradicted by statistics in– dicating that there ha been a 97 percent increase in the juvenile crime rate between 1950 and 1965. Al– coholi m among the 15 to 17 year old increa ed 143 per cent between 1954 and 1959. Between 1955 and 1959 there were 1727 t1icides by juveniles. All other tati tics in the e ar<>a how a terrible increa e. • Your Vacation Bible School Can children • l " learn th rough exper i- Q ence the fu ll meaning of our • Lord ' s great commission (Mat t. 28:19,20)? Is it possibl e, i n your Vaca t ion B ible School , for chil dren to take their first step in wor ld-wide evangelism? Yes, indeed i t i s. A soecial PTL Partner's Plan program is now available to fill this very need. Each child is given the oppor– tuni ty to send a Gospel of John to some unsaved person-almost anywhere in the world A comple te selection of stimulating re– sources is available. Write today for full information. Mr. J. Edward Smith International Director Pocket Testament League 49 Honeck Street, Englewood, N.J. 07631 Dear Reader · Why not suggest to )' our pa~tor that you have a bundle lot' of THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST )ent to your church each month? 25 copie woul d cost but $25.00 per year . SO cop ie - $50.00. Minirnun, order - 1 S opies monthly - $15 . 00. Help us get ' ' bundle lotl.' ' into All of our hur hesl Th nk you kindly ••. Your FEBRUARY, 1970 11