The Ohio Independent Baptist, June-July 1970

does the follow the initial contac s~ordbearer . up visitation after are made through Another a pect of Swordbearer i conference work which wa tarted the 1967-68 chool year. Mr. Merle Slabaugh, a staff member at Cedar– ville College who i the pon or of Sv-ordbearer , aw hi idea come to fruition with the Soul Winner Con– ference in the pring of 1968 with over 90 young people from the area churche . In the pring of 1969 the conference topics were dancing dat– ing. and music. Thirty-five young people attended the work hop of this conference. With more effor t and or– ganization the fall conference of 1969 met with a much greater uccess. Over 300 young people from churches at– tended ession dealing with ecumeni– caJism demoni m and communi m. Work has already been started on the conference for the fall of thi year, which will be concerned with ' 'The Relevancy of Christ." As a result of the e conference , Swordbearers has been a ked to be i11 charge of a conference for the Fundamental Bapti t Fellow hip of Huntington, West Virginia. Thi con– ference was held on April 11th and dealt with youth problem in today' oc1ety. Workshop were held in the afternoon and a rally concluded the conference that evening. Swordbearers number over 30 and go out and evening or an afternnon over week-end . The reward are eeing a oul accept Chri t, or eeing someone take notice of spiritual things for the first time, or seeing someone ma– ture in Christ. Swordbearer ·j part of the hri st1an service department. It is a part of the balanced life en- couraged at edarville College. Invades Italy With Gospels of John After more than a half-centt1ry of pioneerjng evangelistic work on six continer1t the Pocket esta111ent J eague entered the countr}' of It aJ)t he cit}' of aples, in partict1Jar. was cho e11 for thei r campaign beca t1sc it l,e t r J) re ented the natio11 as a ,,vhol c. .., ii i e fort lJegan on Fehruar)' 25 and la ted f< r r11ore tl1an thrt=e ~·eeks. \,./ell v 1 5( ,()00 1osr,els of Jo l1n ,, r fr~cJ} di tributed a nd tl1e ord f , d "a preacl1ed . P. I . l . n1i si 11- \ CJ \\CII rec i, d . h nd • u ,,. ere g1 ver1 an l) J)<. r- I UllJt I r J)l llU I th 10SJ "> } . 1 a11 8J) J mt a 11 I ll d ti c1si 11 for 111 j t 1 1111g I f 1111 '1 s th Ir • a 3 \ I lll J • H OHIO INDi::p NO NT BAPTIST Clldar\ltlk! College libr.ry ir~..m, The sc·riptural pattern is . . . ''fro111 /1ot1se to house''. A groLtp of Cedarville College's Sword/Jearers co111pare notes prior to enterinl~ a neu· area of l10111es to 11- 1 itness for Cl1rist . Tl1 e lives of tl1ese }'OLt ng people are being rtren r;tl1enecl spiritually as tl?ey engage in t/1is lvork of 111aking C/1rist k nol-i· 11 . T lie)' covet )1oi1r most earnest pra}•ers! TJ1e S}vordbearers r ecent!}' l1 elcl tl1eir fir \t off-ca111p11s co11fe1ence i,1 l/1111t111,!!– ton , West Virg inia. A pproxi111(1tel.v tH 1 en f)' st11clen ts 111(1cle tl1e tr1 fJ. T /1e co11/ere 1zce dealt 11 1 it/1 proble111s facing to(!(t)' 0 S .vout/1. Jtl,' (>rA !1(>p l\'l're /1eltl u·/11(/1 i11c /11tlell si1 c·/1 topic · as: TJ1 e Est(1b/is/1111et11 an(! tl1e Cl1r1 tian. c1e11c c, Evol11titJ11 a11(/ 1/1e C/1ristian; and ex and tl1e C/1r1.\t1at1. I t pr<>l'e<I tc> /,e (I reu·<1r(/i11g e\/Je11E 11ce. 0.1.B. Editor's Speaking Engagements Different one ha\ e ask. cu th a t \\c pre<:,cnt ot1r \Che<.tule of \J)cak1ng en– gage111en t ,. W e lt \ t here our 111cct Ing" for J l l Y a nc.l l C, "J . Jul ) 5 J .. 111111a 11t1cl B' tpt1 ,1 ( l1urch '1 o lc<.J o Ohio J ulv 6- 11 J lenlaur 1c '\ <.)Utl, ( <11111) , , W an,pun1, J>a. Jul )' J _ al, a1, l1,clc:1)er1lfc:nt l1urc l1 , 1 c\\ ( nsrle, J>a. Jul 1.- 17 .. k\\ic;,, J{ anlll, l ill - r~ht1rg hi ) Jul\ 19-_ ,itcl1 -C,t1n1c e (l it l( ( {)llf\.':rc.:n c:, 1 aglc: 1~1, c'r, 111..:11. 1\ t I g. _ I J I g J 1 I 1111 t ll 1 I I e l ) n– f 1 11 :1, ,cigt 110,, n, I l . ug. 9 rct Ra1)t1~t l1urch. Pinc \ 1 a1Je\. ~\\ '( ork ~\u o :::, I()- I ~ 13 a ) L) t 1 ( a, \ l L) r 1, i <1 ' ('\\ 't l)f k. 1-\u ~. _2-_ t) ( ~11111) \l 41ntll)tH11i. ..... ( }7."a 111il) \\ eel-.. ). l l\\()t)Hll. I ll. New Work In Pitsburg 'he ( ,race ll,111tist l ·ell()\\shi11 t1f t>it sl)tllg. l hit tlltl lL r tht• t 1,t tin1t t)n l,11"-11 1,. he, art J)I ~ 11tl\ ltt)l(ling 1t1cir s tr\11..:c.:s i11 tl1 l nttt:.lf < ' ht1r h )t hr1 t l1tulth11g I <1t I 111 l) t1tlliJ) t urg, )hi >. l1t, }1l>J'e 111 tl1 nc11 futur t 111, n J)trn1a11"nt I() Cclll,>11. I< , \\ , 11 n \ \ • '1 IJ( J t ) f \ ' ~ t t1 c 11 I t l ) l JUNE-JULY 1970 9 I