The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1970

• Serving In Lorain The Emmanuel Bapti t Church, Lorain. Ohio have called Mr. Thomas foore. Jr. to erve as Youth Di– rector. He began hi work there on January 7, 1970. Brother Moore formerly served as the A si tant to the Pa tor in the he] ea H eight Bapti t Church At- lantic City ew Jersey. He i a graduate of Baptist Bible Seminar y Clarks Summit, Pa . Rev. and Mr . Moore have one daughter Marla JoAnne who i now 5Y2 month old . ''Thank You, Lord!'' H ow would yoit like to be the pastor l-v/10 receives the follolving fro111 one of /1is young people? I t l·ras received by our brother R ev . Garrison Rice of the Bible Baptist Cl1urcl1 in Bedford, Ohio and need– less to say it lvar111ed tl1e cockles of /1is heart! l AM A TEE AGER- I am a teenager in the Bible Bap– tist hurch and I had the privilege of sitting next to an adult hristian n1en1ber of thi church one evening . ervice. I learned a preciou thing. I Llsually talk during the service , but this night wa different. The ern1on u ually eem so very Jong because I just didn't pay atten– tion. 1·11i night I didn't talk and the ermon didn't seem long at all - and I got a real blessing too! This taught 111c a good lesson an<l since then I tr)' to it with n1y parents or a11other adult o that I an1 not tempt– ed 10 di tract others. I <lo hope and pra)' tliat 111ore of 111y teenage friend v. iii tart tl1e )'ear J 970 learning the le 011 I J1a, 1 e learned. 1 11 ard tl1a t t l1ere are sC\'Cral tce11- ager \\ 110 are drOJJping tit of OLtr ) utl1 gro111., l> cau tile)' [tr not learr i11g a11) 1 tl1ing al,ouL l1ri~l ( cOJ)- ut) . 1a}' ,od 1>1 1l1t: e t~c11agers o d d 11 t t 11 111 i 11 t 11 e It= on J 11 a c l arn d. la , d 1,J ot1 l a 1~1 ltJ 111 ) \JI 111m11i tr)' i11 tl1 c r11i11g \ ar. - 11 ,-i t ia11 7 ee11,1ge, JH OHIO INDEP ND NT BAPTIST Mortgage Burned Mr. Edgar Hart, Mr . Harry Ingle and Pastor Kenneth Andrus . The Ble ed Hope Bapti t Church of Springfield Ohio celebrated the burning of the mortgage on their building on Sunday night, J anuary 11 1970. The evening program in– cluded a r ecorded me sage f rom Mr. H erman H arvey, now of Danville, alifornia who for many year served o n the D eacon Board and was Chair– man of the Building ommittee when the pre ent building wa er ected. Two other member of that Building om– mittee participated in the ceremony \i\ ith pa tor Kenneth Andru . They were Mr. dgar H arper and Mr. H arr)' Ingle. Thi evening marked the beginning of a new building fund aimed at fini hing the building program begun 10 )'ear previ ti ly when the pre. ent edticational ttnit ~ a~ crecteti. Pl ans are drawn and a rrange111ent l:) are being n1ade tor the conc;,truct1on of the \anet tiary portion of the building. • • VOL. 42, NO. 5 • MARCH, 1970 Successful Banquet YOUTH FOR TRUTH held a most ucce ful weetheart Banquet and Ra lly on February 14 at Cedarville allege. There was a good attend– ance and the evening wa a time of 1tin and fellow hip. Too the food ~ a excellent! Young people \Vere heard to ay . . . "Thi wa great!', Top talent wa provided by the Me enger' Trio from Cedarville College. The 1970 King and Queen were chosen. Evangeli t Pau l Dixon brot1ght a tirring me age geared to youth. AVAILABLE FOR ••• Pulp it Supply and / or Sermons in Song REV. GEORGE P. ZINN P.0 . Box 496 Norwa lk, Ohio - 44857 Tel. (4 19) 662-9794 OPPORTUNITIES For FULL TIME CHRISTIAN SERVICE Need : • Christian Education Director and / or Youth Director • Principal for Christian Day School t, Third Grade Teacher Wri te: Rev. John D. Teeters l 120 South Detroit Street Xenia, Ohio 45385 - Di rinctively Bapti "' ti ... that ' s the charader of our literature! Presenting the great fundamental doctrines of Scripture to the pupil in language that he con understand . This Bible– centered, pupil -related literature that ha the proper approach to the Scriptures con be ordered today from Regular 8opt1,t Pres, . Send for free sompl pac~et. R gul~1r Bapti "' t Pr ~ · 1800 >aktun li(>Ull' \ ard • l)t's Pl, int Ill. >001 FEBRUARY, 1970 3