The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1970

Practical Christianity Pa tor Garri on E. Rice of the Bible Baptist Church in Bedford recently deli,·ered a mes age on the wa hing of the disciples' feet by our Lord. In t he emphasized the need of our hav- ing love and compassion for others. As the congregation sang 'H elp Somebody Today' an appeal was made for his Ii tener to come down the 1isle and receive voluntarily a pre– pared assignment which would require of them both time and money. This assignment would lead them to some 1ct of kindness to be done in Christ's ame and for Hi glory. O\·er 40 people responded and took :!nvelopes containing as ignments. fhey ranged from buying a poor little ~irl a dress to commending the princi– Jals of our Baptist Chri tian Schools. 'vf issionarie and evangelists also were ncluded. It proved a blessing to all! ''Youth Emphasis Week' ' • 0 ; .. • ,.c, , .,. - ... Paul Dixon and Ken Nichols 1 he Bies ed Hope Baptis t Church 1eld its annual "Youth n1phasis h 1 eel·' ' v- i tl1 1~, ,a11gclist Paul Dixon as peaker. he 1nceti11gs \\'ere \\ell at- nd d a11d t}i c L .. ord blessed. One of the l1igl1ligJ1t was tl1e sing– ng of · 'J he ' c:\\' LJfe '"J rio." 1'l1e flJ J , 111eA1l>er ot BJe ed H ope, sa1 g ach e, ening. l1c D.t~ 1 10 11 Y 0L1tl1 t1oir fro,11 I 11111 anucl l~ar)ti l l1ur }1 lr e11t d 111u ic 011 '] J1t1rsda) 1 a11 J rid } nigl1t \\ itl1 , race J3aJlti t f d r iJ] llri111g,11g t l1 ir )' Llt 1 c l1oir i11g on \~ 1 ed11c: da}' 11 igl1t . .. J I er i 1or to I ifc tl1a11 L..i 1 ing" ti t}1 11 ar d th 111e sage , 111t1 ic , ndl 1 ti11 011i c 1 ri d it ut in a t t 1 \\ a . l ' n 1 icli l i t }1 utl1 t r for tit c1 urcl1. H OHIO INDEP NOENT BAPTIST Did You Notice Our New Cover? This is a "first" for The Ohio Inde– pendent Bapti t. A cover with COLOR! We are having 4900 copies of this issue printed. (A new high!) It cost us two cent per copy more to go to color. Do you like it? We chose GREEN because is speaks of Spring. It is also the color that depicts life ... ETERNAL LIFE! Cause For Reioicing The First R egular Bapti t Church Bellefontaine, Ohio, ha been experi– encing the blessing of the Lord in their mid t! For ome time they were without a pa tor. Attendance wa on a tead y decline and the pirit of the people at an all-time low. In September '69, Rev. Murray Murdoch, a profe sor at Cedarville College, agreed to erve as their In– terim Pastor. I t wa with hi coming that Heaven eemed to open and the Lord poured forth great ble ing . By October 8, the member of the church declared the work must pres on. By December 31, the n1ortgage on their property wa burned. Brother Chel ea tockwell wa with them D ecen1ber 8-14. There Vvere de– cision in every meeting. In the pa t five months o, er fifty have 111ade de– ci ion for ( ' hr1 t. We have een ot1r people anx1ot1 to \vork.. "i it and cal) . Changes Made At Wheaton Academy Wheato11 Acade111 , \\ 1 ill bcco111e i11- dcpc 11dcr1 t of tics ,vi t 11 \Vhc,1 to11 ol– Jege, efl'ec ti,,e 1arch J. '1 hl!', ac.ti( )tl is i11 resJJ011se to a rec1L1cst fro111 the c .. lfc111}' Iloartl (lf 'T'ru tee to t111tlcr– t nke cotllJ)I t rt: 1>onsil)ilit)' ft r tile O[l \:l'alion a11(I ad111ini trati(ln tlf tl1t: h() ,, • c orcli11g l() l1arl ~ trol, c:c:k , \\ 1 11 at 11 , cl1, ir111a n i the a tie 111 I> ard , th 11a111 J 111 lit l I ,, ill l) }1a11gcd l t Ile \\Ille, 1011 h fl l l e 11 Ji igJ1 lllJ ) . VOL. 42, NO. 6 • APRIL, 1970 Dr. Van Gilder Returns To Ohio Dr. H. 0. Van Gilder will be mov– ing back to Ohio in M ay to engage in a Bible conference mini tr) . He pa tored in Ohio for everal year . and it wa wh ile he ~ a p a tor of Central Bapti t hurch in Colun1bu that the Ohio A ociation of Indepen– dent Bap ti t Churche , a it \.\ a then called, ~'a or ganized at a tate-\\ ide meeting held in that church. H e later pa tored the Ten1ple Bapt i t hurch in P ort n1ot1th fron1 1932 to 1944. In 1944 he re igned hi Port 111outh pa torate to e tabli h the hon1e flic of the G RBC in hicago. and to er\ e a the fir t ational R pre cnta– ti ve of that bo{I}. In 194 he re 1g11ed that po ition to be 0111e pre ~1Jent t1f Wesrer11 Bapti'it Bible ( "'ollcgc, then loca ted 10 Oa k.l and. ' ,1l1t(>rn1"1 . tln otlice \v hic l1 he l1eltl tor 'it ,rccn , edr or nearl\ si }ea1 , incl' re~1gn1ng f1 111 the college, l1e h'1\ 11c.t\to1eli the f 11 'it Ba(lt1,t ( ' l1urch ot I l)' t, .. 1tt~\. 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