The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1971

Celebrate Thirty Wonderful Years Rev. and Mrs. Martin E. Holmes of Grace Baptist Church, Sunbury, Ohio have just completed thirty won– derful years of married life. A special anniversary celebr ation was h eld for them in the home of their son . This being the time when gifts o f "pearl ' ' are given, Mrs. Holmes received a lovely pearl pendant and P astor Holmes a pearl tie tac. It was an "open house" affair. Many friends dropped in to congratulate the happy • pair. Change Of Pasto rs At Union Baptist Rev. Jerry Locher recently resigned as pastor of the Union Baptist Church. In his stead, the church has cal]ed one of her own members, Brother Charles J. Arnett. Brother Arnett is a charter member of the church and has served as a deacon under the church's first three pastors. He has prepared for the ministry under the tutorship of Rev. Locher and has completed the Sco– field Bible Course from the Moody Bible Institute. Our brother is a registered Profess– ional Engineer and a graduate of the University of Dayton. He is presently employed at a small electronic firm in Dayton, Ohio. He is married and has four chlidren. They are Sheri, David, Jack and Brenda. Under the leadership of Brother Loeber, the Union Baptist Church has gone through two building programs. Canton Area Sunday School Contest Nine of our churches took part in the Second Annual Canton Area Regular Baptist Sunday School con– test. This covered a six week period during March and April. All but one of these churches were less than six years old. The Millersburg Baptist Church, Rev. Charles Lunsford, Pastor, was the winner in Group I. They bad a 100 per cent gain over a base of 39. The Grace Baptist Church of Canton, Rev. Gerald D. Phipps, Pastor, won in Group II. They showed a gain of 13 per cent over a base of 126. Plaques were awarded a t a Sunda) School rally held at the Grace Baptist Church in Canton on May 16. R ev. Earl Umbaugh, our State Mi ionar)', was guest speaker for this occasion. THE CLEVELAND HEBREW MISSION P. 0. Box 18056, Cleveland, Ohio 44118 Founded 1904 FUNDt- NlENTAL - BAPTISTIC - EVANGELISTIC va11gelizing the "kins111en" of our Lord in Cleveland, Ohio Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 0 .. · IC .. RS.- eor e 11 . Dunn, Pr~sident e . O)' lar , i/ice P, esi<le,,t ev. er id 1, Smelse1 , Superi,,te1idet1t A. ul Tidball, Assi . S14pt . 41. .. rl I lfric , Sec'r·Treas. REFEilE S:- Dr. John C . Balyo, leveland, Ohio Rev. Paul Va11 Gorder , Atlanta , Ga . Rev. Vaughn Sprunger, South Be11d, l11d . Rev . Llovd Morris , Fli11t, r..ticb. Dr. Robi rt Ketch 1n, hicago, Ill . I r . Ra lph .. toll. 1 a n a ter. l 1 c1. _ Rev. Melvi1~ V. "=favc.'t }Juntington, W . V . Dr. Frank . T orrey, li a R ton, Fl . Dr. Kennetl1 l\1 steller, lladdon I Its., J. n t :t or our f EE cop of "The l rumpet r for 1, rael" our q ue f1t r mo a t.In d o t d t o th e or o f J 1, h vang l 1 1m 0 10 I D D N BAPTI T Serving The Lord At Shepherds, Inc. The Holmans Rev and Mrs. Stan Holman have recently resigned as missionaries to the Philippines under the Association of Baptist for World Evangelism to serve with Shepherds, Inc . The Holmans ministered in the Philippine Islands for four full terms. Brother Holman served as the Field Treasurer. In this capacity he not only handled the funds for the work, but also represented the ABWE in at least 20 different departments of the Philippine government. He taught in the Baptist Bible Seminary and In· stitute in Manila and did adtninistra– tive work as well. Mrs. Holman taught in the same school, as i ted her hus– band in keeping financial records for the mission and missionarie and served a ho te s in the Mi sion· Guest House. Both Stan and Jean were u ed of the Lord in travel]ing about among the Filipino people making Christ known. In their new work, our brother -will serve as the Bu ine Manager of Shepherds, Inc. Jean -will become the Christian Education Director being re– spon ible for the de\ elopment of the spiritual training progran1. They co, 1 et the continued prayer ot the Lord's people as they move into thi ne\\ area of service. The Holman have been member of the n1n1anuel Baptist ht1rch 1n Toledo, Ohio for ) ear . Canal Fulton Church Recognized 011 Jt1ne 2 1 l a COllOl.Il COil\l')llOg of e" e11 pa tor and tt: n n1e ,e11gt!rs tro111 c.1rC ' \ L htarches. a 11d ultr t ~1tc ~l 1 io nar ,, convened at th«! \ hippie A vcnt1 Bapt i~t ' l1t1r 11 i11 n ton. Ol1io. on b~ 11, l f of the ..1nal Fttlton l1 aJJt1 t ht1rcl1 . 1'1 l11~tor ' and tt1" 1 rd' le ad i1 g i11 tll forn1.. t i n of tl1e ana l .. t,lton Bapt i t l1t1r h , s giv n b , J>ast ) f \\ 1 i11i -. 111 R t1 11, f 1- 1 ,,, e l l> t t i 111 n fr 01 ll 11 l t1l1 n I I' t r D, vi d R r . I 1 un 1 l , 111in d tl1 n titl1ti n, art1 I f f itl1, and , n, nt f th l1t1r h t r \\ }1i 11 it, l lln n1111 ti , t gniz J tl1 l l 1 ult n B pt1 t t1t1r 11 , dul n t1tut d I pttst hur 11. AUGU , 1971 11