The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1970

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I "' t of the e c'1t1r"'l1c ... c ntacted \\ere in h11li- ~othc. \ an \\ ert. l 1 rba11a. ondon. 1111a- ha,, ne , ttth Toledo, Ketter- in~. and Or g n. hurche nl) re- c;tl, ptit on the budget for upport . na111eJ,, . I iller ~burg and Springfield. • ,,,er not included in the report. \\ hen all the fact and figure ,, ere in. the ore heet looked ome– th1ng like thi : ...T tal an1ount gi\ en by the Cal– ' 'ar) Bapt1 t Church to the new hur h progran1 in si.x )'ears: $ 16 000 Total gi\·en in one )'ear by eight ne\\ churche to the Lord' work : . . . 151 ,822 Total amount given in one year b, ne\\ churche to mi ion : . . . . 18.638 \ferage month})' inve tment by al\ ar) Bapti t Church to the new l 1 t I l'l h I 1I l) \l 1 : II l l : , j \ \l'l,ll!C lllt11lt 1 l) gi,tng 11 ll C\V • <: ll ll re ll~\ t 11\ISSl()ll\ . I . 5 51 A RETURN OF A BOUT SEVEN TO ONE! ..t) ,t1111 it a ll t 11 , tl1c~c eight l1t1rc l1l;s are a11nt 1a )I )- pt1tt i11g l1ack 111to 11i,'i1 n, 111o r c 1 1 ney than the 11cllcft1nt ai nc chttrch ha invc ted in tl1c progrc.1 111 1n i year. ! Thi diffcr– c11cc wi ll incrca e over the yea r as the 1 ord blc e and the, e churche or ,v and increa e the ir mi ionary budge t . I t hould be kept i~ mind that the e fi gt1re do no t include , eral other churche whi ch have been helped, or are current ly be ing l1elped, by the Bell efont aine church . eedle to ay, Pa tor Wood and hi people are sold on the ew hL1rch Program. F igure don't lie! Their inve tment in new churches in the State of Ohio ha paid they feel a rich dividend . ot all of the churche gro\v and pro per to the ame degree, but of the eight involved in thi report three currently have annual budgets in exce of $20,000 , and one i clo e to $30,000 . Four of the reporting churche have monthly mi ionary budget of $200 or more; and six of the eight have moved into new building ince receiving support from Bellefontaine. P a tor Wood realizes his church \Va not the only one supporting these churche during the inauguration period. His r eport does show what ble sing and dividend his people YOUR OPPORTUNITY 4 To Help Build A High School For Missionary Children PRAY FOR: School Building (ALREADY COMPLETED) Furni sh ings Dormi tory And Equipment (URGENT) Teachers (Short Term Teachers Wel comed) WHERE? Bangui Bapt ist High Schoo l Bangui, B. P. 900 Central Afri can Republic WRITE TO: Bangui Baptist High School Baptist Mid-Missio ns 4205 Chester Ave. - Cleveland , Ohio 44103 OCTOBER, 1970 I 1: l \ ~ r a Ii z "LI l 1 : , t 1 s " <) t t I 1 i r I art in 11 l 11i ng I L' g"t n "\V c l1u 1c l1 s stu,tcJ i,, th ll11ck \'.,, l n tc . ., I l1c 11 ,,1s t i11111,1rta nt I igt1rcs. ho\v.. c,,c r . Ht\: nl issi ng t f' ll ll1 the J'CJJOr l , a J>:.slt>r W<1(1<. I Cl) lll csscs. It is n )t k n <.l\ n l1ow 111n 11 ) ' r>rccious sot1l s have l1ccn sn c<.I throt1gl1 the 111i 1 isl ry ,t lhc:-;c eight ch t1rcl1cs. or is it knt>wn t1 ow n1 anv h o r11 c<; huvc hcc n rcachc(I \\t tth the (, 0~1)c l o J t1r1st; 11 r hew 11a 11y \ Ol tng pc pi e have already en– tered l ra1 n 1 ng fo r f tt 11- l isne ser vice f c.) r the I ord . or ca n it be csti111atetl \\ hat blc ~ing these cht1rches will lJr1ng to th eir co1nmun1tic ove r the yea rs a they stand a Iighthottscs to r God, procla iming the un ea rch– able riche of hri t. Brookside's Frontier of Faith Repl acing the annual Vacati on Bible School progr am with an ot1t– door Day Camp Program, "Frontier of F aith", on Brook ide' ix-acre de– veloped property, was initiated by Pa tor George W. O'Keefe, who ha~ experienced a director-teacher camp mini try throughout a even- tate area fo r nearly thirty years. Seventy-five camper of grades one through eight were registered at a fee of 50c per day. Exactly one-half of the camper were outside of our own Sunday School and church con– stituency from the immediate neighborhood of our church. Between 60 and 70 were in attendance for two consecutive weeks, July 6-18, 9:30- 3 :00 daily. Various age groups en– joyed overnighters in tents set up on the church property on each camp day Monday-Friday. A isting Pastor O'Keefe as · coun- elor were eleven of his Senior High youth, and a staff of eighteen men and women of the- church . A complete camp schedule was maintained: flag– r aising exerci e camp craft, sports, tournaments (volley ball, o f t b a 11, • basketball, kickball, tether ball, and croquet .) Lunch wa erved on the Chuckwagon and afternoon snacks coL1ld be purcha ed at the Trading Po t along with extra camp craft project . High I ighting the entire Day Camp progr am was P a tor O'Keefe's Bible mini try on the theme "Pioneer of Faith." The Bible le ons were en– hanced by camper and counselors p antomiming in an eight-foot Bible. with recorded Scripture, just before the teaching period and with a camp book containing lesson sheets to be worked on after the teaching. T ~venty decisions for salvation were 111ade by ca,npers! THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST