The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1970

On Our Front Cover ... i a picture of the Home Office of our General A ociation of Regular Bapti t Churche . It i located at 1800 Oakton Blvd. De Plaine IlJinoi . The building al o hou e our Regular Bapt1 t Pre . I f ever )'OU get to the C/1icago area, be sure to see it for ) 1 01,, rself. I t is a beel1ive of activif)' ... a bi1ilding well s·11ited to ,neet tlze needs of our F el– lol:1,ship. There are now 1400 churche in our GARBC. Our A ociation ap– pro"e five mi ion agencies number– ing 1399 active mi ionarie 76 in– acti, e and retired , and 148 newly ac– cepted candidate . The e labor in 52 foreign countrie and the United Christian Ed. Director l 1"hc .. 111r11anucl Baptist hurch of enia ha called Mr. Jerry Whet– .,, ne to er ve as Direc tor of Chri t1an ducation and to assist their pastor, Re\ 1 • Jol111 ,-1 ceter . ur brother and l1is wife }1a ,een 111e111lJer of : 111111 anuel Baptist hurcl1 or tl1rct! )'ear . ,. hC)' 1110\'ed o 'e11ia, llio ir1 19 ) J ro111 northern \11cl1iga11 i11 order tl1at J1 e n1igl11 at– end dar, 1 ille }leg~. "'he)' l1 a e 1 n 1110 l acti,e in tile v. rl" o t tl1e hurcl1 durir1g tlli ti111e. At 0 11c tiir1c l r, d as a d ac n . 1 r . \.\ 1 11et t n I al r r a 11 d t tic J 1 d , llc111 t nt111u fu1 tl1 l1r1 t1a11 J d11 atJ 11. ad)' int tile t,I ing. He • • • r tra111u1g 111 H OHIO IND P NO NT 8Af r1s1 tate . Total rece ipt for n1is ion la t year \Vere 7,505 ,844.57. The GARB a] o approve ix col- lege which have a total tudent en– rollment of 3 l 5 6 tudent . Full time faculty member number 162 and there are 37 who erve part-time. Fot1r ocial agencie are approved, a i al o The Bapti t Bt1ilder lub. Our national magazi ne i the Bap– ti t Bulletin, Dr . Merl e Hull , Editor. Every church in our Ohio A ociation of Regular Bapti t hurche hould be placing it in the hand of their people. They hou]d be given their people THE OHIO I DEPE DE T BAPTIST a well. State Youth Rally The OARBC State Youth Rally which wa held at Veteran' Memorial Auditorium in olurnbu . Ohio prov– ed a b]e ing to many. There were well over 1700 in at tendance. Evangeli. t P aul Dixon of Chatta– nooga, Tenn . wa the key peaker . Fifty-four deci ion we re recorded at the rally . These were for salvation and dedication. Featured thi yea r for the fir t tin1e wa a Teen hoir made up of 100 of our tale youth . A panel of f ot1 r pro– f e ion al n1en di cu sed "'Certainties tor Teens 1 oda, ''. Dr. C liffor<l John– son , Dean of cdarvillc oJlege crv– cd a Jlancl Moderator and Progra111 Master ot C'ere111onie\. Winner'> o f ou1 01110 '"'I alents 01 ' hr1,L' ' co11t cs l J)fC\C11tcd 0111e o l the pec1al 111U\tC I he rall, J)ro, cti a fina11cial ~uc c:cs . ·1~hcrc \.Vas a ~plc11tf1d \ I)trit t)l coc>J)era lit)ll 0 11 the J)art <Jt all. Your Editor - ••• J1 a SOJlle fl)) '11 tf ~tlcs . rl llt:)' are 1\ t1g. J () lllf'tlllg l1 S J)l . <J . l t:tli11gs >riginall)' s ·hl:dlllc I \\ ere c>nl, 1c– Cc11tl\1 a11cell ti l,c au e tile t>a lt r f ig;1 d . \\ 1 t:: \\Ottld like l l till tll St: (all <>r i11 J)L rt) . lr1ter · l ti J)d rti s tlld) con ta t u , 1 JJ x I ,(), ~ 11 i ct , OJ11l - 5. VOL. 42, NO. 9 AUGUST, 1970 Missionary To Alaska - Ordained An ordinat ion council con. i ting of 16 me enger fron1 eleven chttrche n1et on June 30 at the We t hicago A e. Bapti t Church. Detroit, Iichi– gan to exarninc Mr. John Bigelo\\. After careful e an1inati on the cot1n– cil recon1n1endcd to the church that they proceed \\ ith the ordination. Dr. Arthur Willia n1 poJ...e at the pecial . . evening erv1ce. Brother Bigelo,\; 1s a graduate ot edar'ville ollege. He and h1 \\ 1fe ,vith their t,,o littl e bo) \\Ill be , r,– ing the I ord under Bapt t\t 11Ll- i\l 1 - ~ions in 1a\ka. he} hope t<.) lett, e tor their fielti of er, tee in t1gt1\t. hO\\ e\er. thev \ttll tclOU 111 11eecJ ot • regula r 111onthl) \t1pport Our hrotJ1~r i\ a \er\ gooLl \f1CLl ~t't. P.l,tt)r, 111- tcre\tcd 1n hLl\ 1ng hi111 \11c,1J... ,ll tl1~11 churcf1C\ l1lcl} COill,tCt llllll ,lt th~ !t)l- I o\\ 1 n g ,1 tJ J I c, '> - Re, . J () h n 13 t g cl t),, • ..... ... I )781 \\ ,1\hl) ttr n Ol:lt'()it. l1"-l1igan ... - -i8218 New Faculty Members ( l'tfar,,tJJe < <.)llt~~t' )>1t•,1ti nt J ~l lllt' " ~ ' f . Jt}IL'llll,tl1 ,ll111()Ullll'\ thl' a {)J) )lllt - fll t' I1( t)f ll\C llC\\ f.tt.llft\ 11l~ll1l)t' I\ l)r . \\ 1 ,dte1 <.,riffitl1 J)r<.)f e~~t)l t)t lli lll ,~, I r. Ja ·k l<. tt - J)l't>fl' ,r >f l's fl t I >g J r. I > 1,h 1 • 1 I ·1 I s e: ct ) ld l I rc.)f >t ) 1al ' Cit' 11 • .:. I 1 . l)a, · \\ 1 c r 11er - c1 t . J r >f. o t I u 1c 1 1 • l . I ar I \i\ > 1 I a s ) 1 a t I) 1 t o t l\ J u 1 AUGUST, 1970 3