The Ohio Independent Baptist, June-July 1970

Your State Missionary Reports ~ev. Earl Umbaugh iPRINGFIELD - The group that I ha e been work– ng ~ 1th during the pa t month are naking tead}' progre . The outh– ..ate Bapti t Church pringfield, be- 1an Sunday· ervice on April 5 in the Perrin Wood Elementary chool on ohn treet. Attendance ha been from io to 60 in most ervice with many oming from the immediate com– nunitv. An initial canva of the area .., va taken on April 4 with about 60 )eopJe participating. Tho e who help– ·d \\ere from Blessed H ope Bapti t ~hurch, Maranatha Bapti t hurch tnd Cedarville College tudent and ler onne]. The canva i being con– inued on Saturday afternoon and l]an are being made to follow up the le t pro pect . Al o, a letter i being ~ent to all visitor at the unday ervice . Rev. Jo eph Stowell, a 1966 ~edarville College graduate and a 970 graduate of Dalla Theological ,eminary has accepted the call to )aster thi neVv church and began hi ninistry on May 31. There are ten ami]ie forming the nucleu and they 1re anxiou to have an aggre ive nini try to the people on the outh– \ est side of Springfield. The e are 11 young couples carrying heavy re– ponsibil1ties in their daily employ– nent but dedicated to the ta k of caching a need} community - with he gospel. )EFIANCE - he Faith Bapt1c;t Church, De- iance began unday .service on a ter . unda)', March 29, in the D1 - bled \ 1 cterans Hall on the outh c;ide lf town. l "his is a fine building with n adequate auditor1un1 and everal 00111 for unda~' Scl100J cla e . gain. tl1ere are about ten f ami l1 ec;, 0111 nni t tcd to th is v.'ork. h1~ is a 'fOUfJ ot people \Vl10 Jo,,e the Word >f od ar1d are anxious to e tablish 11011g, f unda111ental te. tin1on~' for he I 01 d J e u hri · t i11 Defiance. )CfJ u tl1ougl1t i 1,eing g1ver1 to a > rnlanent Jocation anti the)' ar scck– ng tl1e 111inct of t l1e I or(l concerning • u1Jd111g ite. I 1 1 t "itl1 tl1en1 fo1 \ 1, ~ aturda}' nigh1 in Bil1le tud) , >1 1 111 1111g and 1>la1111i11g l?s il1n . )n 1'.U c att:1rcla 11igl1t , c1uring 11 1311)] hOlll \\ ti i(I J d u 11 u,lJ t a a I> r11-aga in 111 01- HE OHIO IND P ND NT BAPI IST ber hip, belie er' bapti m by immer - 100. how to finance a local church, the ecurity of the believer, the e~ Te tament office of pa tor, the office of deacon and other matter of peciaI 1ntere t in the formation of a new chu rch . Rev. Merl yn Jone a recent graduate of edarville ollege and Grace Theological eminary ha ac– cepted the call to pa tor this ne~, church. He began hi mini stry on May 3, driving to and from chool, and will move to Defi ance in earlv J une. Both the pa tor and people ar~ cnthu. ed about the pro pect of do– ing a Ia ting work for the Lord in the Defiance area. Mr . Jone i the daughter of Rev. Fred rown, pa tor of the Fir t Bapti t Church, Findlay, Ohio. MILLERSBURG - The Millersburg Bapti t Church be– gan Sunday ervice in the a tle Theatre. downtown Miller burg on Sunday April 5. Rev. George Zinn preached for the n1 the fir t u nday. Rev. Kenneth Carrol, A i tant Head– n1a ter, Ctiyahoga Valley hri tian Acaden1y. preached for them the next two unday . At the clo e of a Sun– day evening ervice, Brother Carrol report a young woman of Ron1an Catholic background accepted C'hri t a Saviour. After accepting Chri t. he expre ed her thank to the Lord for the providential circum tance that cau ed her to be in that ervice that night, for the tarting of thi new church and for Brother Carrol'. n1in– i. try to her and her ht1 band. Rev . Charle Lun ford ha accepted the call to pa tor thi cht1rch and moved to the field the la5t 'A'eek of pril. Brother Lt1n ford i from Bt1ffalo. ew York and is a graduate of Bapti t Bible eminary, lark umn1it, Penn- vlvani a. He i married, has fot1r children and ha taken three other c hiJ c1ren to raise . Mr. and Mr . Henr\ \Vo]f. Re 1dent Managers of k} ie\\ an1p. have been acti\ 1 C in the ,tart– ing of thi\ cht1rch anti ha\'e Jra,\ n together otl1er f r1end~ fron1 the co111- n1un1t\. \.\ ho are l1elp1ng thc111 1n th1, effort. 11 three {)f these nc,\ churct1es 11ecd 0111c alJ(litional 111011thl) 1 sUJ)– J)<>rt if tl1c pastors arc tc) ~ivc their Jtill ti111c to tl1e \\' t1rk. If tl1e I C>r I lea(ls , our l1ur 11 ll> h~IJl an,, t Ill: " of thcs 11e\\ cl1t1r l1c , lhrc>ugh ) >Ur 111i sit,na r ot1t-rcncl1, it ,, ill l, grate- J lJ 11 a f)J re id tl! 1. 0111e l)Jl itl r.lf ion is l cing gi, 11 t tl1t: 1arti11g ,t 11~,, c l1t11 h ,,t annl f ultt>n dll I in the J~i, r, i ,, tit n l f 1\kr 11 . \\'i ll ll pra)' that the Lord will give pecial direction a to \\-here the next ne\\ churche ot1ght to be tarted. It ma) be that }ou feel that a ne\v church ought to be and could be tarted 10 on1e community near you. If o. \\e wjll be glad to di cu thi \\'ith ,ou. Weekend Retreat At Skyview Ranch Off For A Good Time! Thirt)·-five young people of the Calvary Bapti t hurch, o hocton, Ohio recent]}' took part in a ,veekend retreat with the young people from the hili-Fre no Bible hurch. Thi vla held at kyvie'A Ranch. Accon1- panying the group were P a tor and Mr . lmore, fr . and Mr . Gar}' Leindecker and ~1r . Roberta Hughe . Pa tor Elmore and Pa tor Bo,·d • ( hiJ i-Fre no Bible hurch) \\ ere the ke)' peaker . The then1e for the con– ference \va " hri . t1an Living". The progran1 incl tided: 1. tudy in Bible l arking and 2. D1recti e In hri - tian l_iving. fil111 - "The cctt 'er" ,, a ho\, n. \'er,·one greatl)' en JO} eti the retreat! Canton Area Sunday School Contest The Rcgtilar Bapti"t [1n1\ter1al Fel– Jo,, ~hip of tl1e (,re,1ter anron -\re,1 <;pon,orec.l a \t'\ ,, eek tine.la, hool conlC"-l \\ l11ch cnllt.:ll on .. ..\prtl I_ I he cht1rcl1e, ,, ere c.i1, tliec.J 1nt<.1 l\\ ('I grt)t111, llf)Oll tht: h,l\l\ l)t till '-.,\111t.; \I \\ l'Ck a,tragc i1tle11c.t\11cc ()f l.l"-l ,c,1r. 1rc.1u11 ..... 0 1 C{)[l')l\{Ctl t)l th e "hlllChc, ,,1111 a11 ,l\C1,1ge l)f l -1()0 ,,l1tlt,; l,rc.)llI' l). _ tllll"e ,, 1tl1 a11 a, er ,tgc l)t I() I Ulltl lll) · he ,, 11111i11g cht1r ·11 i11 ,r u1, I ,, n thl' 1 1 cr r \ B·q.,tist l1u1\. l1 ( I, \ . <, . l{<.,lt ff, l)a t )r) .111 I i11 ,rl1tq1 l'. -· tilt 11-. l e ll :trHist htlf\..h )f ( an– ll n ( I~ '\. ,. l 1 h i1>1>s. (l st0r . 1 he f'llll't t iti )11 ,, ,ls ket n an I tl1e f) 11 j t () I t h 11 l st g "' ' I u 11,t.1 S 11, I l t: 11\: I i te"I l1 the 'Oil t ~ t . JUNE-JUL 1970 7 I