The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1970

A ountain Top Experience A Report on our National GARBC Conference by Mrs. Earl Umbaugh 1an)' Vvho read thi have never been in the Rocky Mountain . The Rockie are at their be t in Colorado. There are 54 peak over 14,000 feet. The e mountain di pl ay wild flower , fore t . lake , river , creeks. beaver dam . rock . tundra, crag , glaciers ,vildlife and trout fi hing deluxe. The grandure of the mountain was onl v exceeded by the blending of the ., hundred of GARBC delegates voice rai ed in prai e to our God. Our Sav·1ou r \.\ a truly exalted a Cre– ator. Ruler and Coming King. The daily me ages by Dr. Erne t Pickering Pre ident of Bapti t Bible Seminary. \Vere exalting to our God ' 'Who Is'': ·'Who Rule "; "Who Create .. : and "Who Speak " to man through Hi creation and through Hi precious \Vord. The theme of the Conference "YE SHALL BE WIT ESSES ' wa be t et forth by our (Ohio·s) own Richard Sna\ ely~ Pa tor of Calvary Bapt i t hurch. Findla~', Ohio in hi mes age on Tue da} afternoon. HThe Reality Of A Lost Community". The me age can be ummed up in thi quotation, "'A'hen I ay I have the only answer to man· need then I make myself respon ible for the oul of men." There " 'ere 50 churche received bringing our member hip to 1400. 1 inety-nine Teen<; \J\·ere entered in the final of the Talent for hri t ontest. There were o, er 1500 dele– gate regi tered and over 350 Teen attended the ThLtr da)' and Friday e ions for the \'OU th . • here " 'ere deci ion for C hri 5t 111ade at the 111ectings on the apitol tep and 111any and varied dec1~1on~ "ere regi tercd al the closing ses ion 011 ~rida}' e,,cning when Lhe ::: va11geli t 0111 \~'ilJia111 poke. Conference next year will be June 28 through July 2 at Winona Lake Indiana. Plan now to go by arranging for your vacation for the e dates. There are many house-keeping and camping facilitie available at the e Conference ground . The following are a few te timoni al of Ohioan attending t he Conference. "The music provided by our chool group wa spiritual up– lifting Chri t exhalting and proper– ly prepared our heart for the min– i try of the Word . In other word , it accomplished its purpo e' ' . . . D on Krit eger, E1111rzanLtel Baptist, Toledo. ' 'On the chartered plane go ing out and coming back wa a plea ure because of the Chri ti an fellow hip, inging and no moking! I wa im– pre ed to know ther e were o many fine you ng people who have dedi– cated their talent to the Lord. H ow I pray that my granddaughter ( now a tudent at OSU ) will go to one of our Chri tia n ollege next vear. " ... Alice Collins, E,, clill Ave. ., Baptist. L orain , Ohio . 'It wa a ble ing to ee the Lord peaking to heart concerning the need of the Living Reality Radio Broadca t. $ 13 .000 wa received on Thur day night to help meet thi urgent need." Mrs. W111 . R . a_vl(>r. EL1clicl A re. Baptist, L orain, 0/1io. "Dr. Pickering' n1e age each r11orn1ng 'were jt1 t the ~piritt1al viti 111in needed to revitalize the inner man ." .. , Mis . Mar vi11 We,- [J e <i c I 1 • • J a c /..so 11 , 0 I 1 i o . ..Handing ot1t tract\ at the 111eet– i ngs on the Capitol <:,lep~ anti in the park ~ a\ a nc\.\ experience tor 111e. Mo\t people took the tracts, a fe,\ woL1ld not., ... M,., f lit, Mc1\Te1,, L tJr<11 t1 , 0/1io. Gallipolis Church Branches Out After 1111ucJ1 Jlr· ·~ er an I ceki11g tl1e 111i11d of the I ()rt.I it !1a l)l:Ctl the.! <.11..:sire o e,eral ar11ilie o l ·ir t l~, J)ti t l1urcl1 f ,alliJ>(Jli t() tart a lJran ·11 ,, rk. 1 v- ded c 11d1ti 11 f tl1e cJ v. 11tO\\ n cl1t1rcJ1 111ade tl1i a rcalit,, anti l1as lJtt.: n ~ full c 111111 11d d and e11d r d l>)' the congregatio11 ut a J)t: i,tll)' alle J 111e ~ti11g. J>r ll11111ldf) J>lan 01 a J> s il,l it'-= a ,i.ell n rg,u1iz<tti 11 arc alrcacl, Lllltl r- \\ a~ J t!\ J ser,t1 ( . )1aJl1111a11, l'a tt r of J ... j, t ll a11f i t l1a t, e11 nt1lht>, izc I lJ\ 111 t1ur 11 tot , 11 the ,i.e k1} I i ] tud cla , n It ll:ad 111 1t l>rgani2, ti Hl . J>J J>Ja) \\Jtl u f 1 , d dir ct1 11 111 all de ii 11 . OHIO IND PENO NT BAPTIST Excellent With Children Brother Andrus with ' 'Dick the Dummy' ' Dick is the little fellow on your left! The per on to the right i our brother Rev. Howard Andru . ( Ju ·t in ca e you didn t know!) Recently. it wa your editor ' privi– lege to hold a week of meeting in the Fir t Bapti t Church of Galion Ohio where Rev. Wilfred Booth i th~ pa tor. Each n1orning Brother Andru ~orked 'with the children. The open– ing Monday there ~'ere O in attend– ance. By the clo ing Friday. he had afn10 t 190 in hi n1eeting . goodly nun1ber came to C' hri t for alvation. Bro ther Andrt1 ha an e,cellent 1nini try among the children. He i a very good n1agician. aln10 t profe - ional a a ventriloqui t and i killed in holding the attention of children of al l age . They e pec1ally lik.e hi "M)'ster) Bo ". He i talented mu i– calJ} and perforn1 \\ ell \\ i th hi " , iol1 n and through the inging of , ocal nt1n1- ber . We can1e a\\ c1y fron1 the ,, eek. \ er,, • 111t1ch i111pre ed. ( ... a111p leader . \ ot1th ,, orker . pa5tor an(i other · 1ntere ted 1n reaching cl11l<lren \\ ot1J<.i Lio ,, ell to contact OLtr brother He "er, C\ a, pa tor ot the ortl1et1'-lt~r n B,lpt1,t ( ...hL1rcl1. 2705 \ 1rg1n1a , c , Kala111a- 100, f 1ch1gc111 - 4(Jl)04. ..... 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