The Ohio Independent Baptist, June-July 1970

Silver Anniversary Mortgage Burning • • .. • \• " • ... • , . . .,, • ,. ~ Dr. and !vfr . Wilbur C. Rooke celebrated their 25th v.edding anniver ary on March 23rd of thi year. They have two on : John, who i serving in the U . S. Army in Thailand and Ben, erving in the U. S. Army in Fort Lewi . Wa hington. Both young men volunteered for active ervice in January, 1969. The Grace Bapti t Church of Minford, Ohio (Rev. Thoma E. Wright, Pa tor) held a peci al 'Mortgage Burning Service' back in ovember of la t year . F ormer pa tor took part in thi ervice. It proved to be a great day ! Dr Rooke ha been pa toring the Euclid- ottingham Bapt1 t Chttrch, Euclid Ohio ince ovember 1965. The The church continue to grow. They are already over– cro,vded ! Pre ent plans are to build a new nur ery and purcha e n1ore ground. A contractor i advi ing u a to the ne t tep we hould take in our building program. Lord ha richl y ble ed his mini stry there. Pastor's Conference Cedarville will be holding it Third Annual Pastor's Conference Septem– ber 8- 11 . Guest Bible Teacher will be Dr . Warren W. Wier be of the Calvary Bapti st Church in Covington Kentucky. Hi theme will be, "The Pastor and His Books:' There will be four "work hop ." Rev. Donald Sewell. Emmanuel Bap– ti st Church , Toledo. Ohio wil] pre ent ' ·The Pastor and Vi itation. " Mr. Kenneth St . Ja1r, Bu ine s Manager, Cedarvill e o lJege will peak on "The J>a tor and Hi Per onal Finance ." l~ev. tanley Ball ard . A ociate Pro– fesso r in oc101og 1 . edarville ol - 1ege wi ll d1scu~ ~The Pa tor and ounselling." Mr. David Truit . Di– rector of You th and hri '°) ti an - duca– tion. Immanuel Baptist Church, Fort \\'a)'ne, Indiana - "The Pa~tor and H i Young J}eople. ,. edarville o]legc invi te every pa tor to at tend thi<; onference .. . 06 fl g 11e~t <>/ 1/1e (<>lieg e. here " ' il l be no cl1arge f Clr food or Jodgi ng. It is h ped t l1at n1an) ct1urcl1cs wil l ta ke it urJon t }1e111 elvc to end tl1c1r J>a tor. AVAILABLE FOR • • • Pulp it Supply and/ or Sermons in Song REV. GEORGE P. ZINN Rouie 3 1 Jiuber Road orwa lk , Ohi o - 44857 rel. (419} 662-9794 TH OHIO IND P NDENT BAPT IST ACCC Of Ohio Rev. Garri on E. Rice (Bedford , Ohio) , Pre ident of the Ohio Ameri– can Council of Christian Churche , wrote recently concerning the pro– gram and purposes of the A CC of Ohio regional. He tated , " ow we have reorganized our tate chapter of the A CC. ew officer were elected in Columbu during the ational onvention. It i our hope now that our Ohio brethren will ]et u he]p their churche in the e day of con– fu ion. We believe a united voice i needed and th at it will t1pport and trengthen the an1e tand taken loca l– ly by the churche . We have defin ed ottr purp e clea r! y. They are : J . T o fac ilita te co-operation a111ong true Bible-believing cht1rche in Ohio. 2 . o \ trengthen the testu11on) ot these churche : a. In the <l cf ense o1 the Ht 'l tor1c hris t1 an atth l1 . Ir1 clar1t }1ng ilua l i\\tte r11ora l an(l \pir– a f tec ting ot1r c l1urchcs c . In (>p11<.1sing a J)o,ta,v f al'ie ccun1cni~n1 d I n the t l isse111ir1atio11 of • I 11- f (>rr11a t ion hclJ)f ul lt., l)l 1 r t1ur J1es a11cl llllr au,t c: . l r1 s lt(>I> 1rt i11g the lll s titutillll 1 r , j tl n f llf Id,, , tlli 1. 1 l it: r , c1)a r , til1n l ) t cht11 11 d l1 l l Emily Post Says ... Emil Po t, noted authority on etique tte, ha thi to ay on a prob– lem that many tin1e pl ague hri - ti an today : " If yot1 have gue t on the Lord ' Day. you houJd invi te them to the ervice with you. I f the 1 reft1 e, po– litel y e cu e )'our elf and go to \<Vor– hip without then1. The)' hould be big enough to tinder tand that od come before n1en. . ... (from ' Excha nge", Vo l. XI , No . 3 ) tate, and free<lon1 of re– ligion. f. In peaking collecti\el) 1n the tate of Ohio on tho e •~ ue of con1111on 1ntcrc ·t . .3. ttpport the ational ( "' ( "' \\ hene\ er a11d \\ here , er po 1ble. Dt1r1ng the earl\ p,1rt ot r1r1l a \erie ot 1 1ec ti11g ,, a, hclLJ lec1tt1r111g Dr . , eorgc Hes, (.)f Bttn~er H ill . l llino1, . ~l e "f) ~e 111 f)t1rt,111<. ttth . r)r1ng t1elJ , 8 t1,, ltng , re~n. l eLl111a , ( ' <.) lt1n1l1u, , \\ hc~h.: r,t,ur(! ,111Li f ar i- ... t t ,1. Ohio AVAILABLE FOR • • Evange l1st 1c Meet ing~ Jnd Suppl y Preachi ng BRO. RAYMOND KEMPF 218 Ed~ t Ltntoln Av enue Ada , Oh io 45810 Phon e: (419) 634-4353 JUNE-JULY, 1970 11 I