The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1971

Dr. Earle G. Griffith With His Lord In our J UNE-JULY issue we made mention concerning the homegoing of our friend and brother, Dr. Earl G. Griffith. Dr. and Mrs. Griffith had gone to Anderson, South Carolina to visit with their son Charles and his family. It was while at the table enjoying an evening meal on June 7 that he was taken with a severe stroke. By 8: 40 that evening be was in the presence of . his Lord. Dr. Griffith was known, loved and req,ected by thousands. He had many close friends throughout this country and all over the world. Funeral services were held in the Salem Baptist Church of Winston– Salem, North Carolina on June 14. Dr. Stevens, pastor and long time friend of Dr. Griffith, Rev. Robert D . - McCarthy, Dr . James T. J eremiah, Evangelist "Dusty 0 Rhoades and others shared in the service. Dr. Griffith was a man of wide in– tere~ts. He was referred to as "the golden-throated, silver-tongued orator and present day Daniel Webster in speech making.' ' In the battle of liberalism versus fundamentali sm he toolc his stand early. He was one of the founders of the eneral Associa– tion of Regular Baptist hurches and it 1rst president. In 54 ;'ears of hristian n1ini stry, 30 of them encompassed ~ 1 ork in theological training centers for young p ople. H e wa pre ident of Baptist Bible minary, J ol1nson ity, ew or,, for ten )'ears Public Relations 1r ctor o a tional Bible Insti tute, v. 1 or , ity, . Y. and ·ecutivc lie -J. re id nt o Pi dmont Bible ol- 1 g for 17 }' ar . H e , l o erv d as p tor in Tol do, }io; I! ri , Penna . od J oho on it)', e,.., orl". • l g d ' ct r' ' ,n, be mi d b) 1 an . ' ur ditor tl1an tl1e I ord or ont t I e 1 d ~li tl1 tl1i TH OHIO IND P NO APTIST \..,UI ic;5v ._, - Cedarvil\~, Ohio 45..,~--v Southgate Church Of Springfield Recognized A Recognition Council of nine pas– tors, eight laymen, our State Mission– ary, Rev. Earl Umbaugh and Rev. Harold Green met on May 25th to examine the Southgate Baptist Church of Springfield, Ohio. Officers elected for the Council were Rev. Kenneth Andrus, Chairman and Rev. Harold Green, Secretary. The pastor, Rev. Joseph Stowell, Jr. gave a brief historical sketch of the church and the Council then pro– ceeded with the examination of their Articles of Faith and Constitution. The Council moved and voted una– nimously to declare themselves satis– fied that the church is indeed a duly organized and constituted Baptist Church. Pastor and people were com– mended on their excellent work in preparing and presenting their Article's of Faith and Constitution. EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH of West Shore Rev. Wesley Bliss, Pastor M oving or Traveling through the Harrisburg, Pa. area? Stop and visit Emmanuel Baptist Church at 4681 E. Trindle Road, Mechanics– burg, Pa., just five minutes off the Pa. Tpk. Exict 17. A growing church, preparing to build, with a sou l winning/ Bible teaching ministry for all the family. Located in the middle of Harris– burg's West Shore, in the "Cradle of Democracy". Just 20 minutes west of Hershey and 25 min. north of Gettysburg. MOVING or TRAVELING PLAN A VISIT! Phones: (717) 737-1131 (717) 737-6529 The Word Of life T o Hold Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration A very special 50th Wedding Anni– versary celebr ation will be held for Rev. and Mrs. Clark Spaulding, Sr. in the Heritage Room of the Chiles and Sons-Laman Chapel of Memories, 1170 Shawnee Road, Lima, Ohio. This will be on Saturday, August 21 from 2: 00 to 5: 00 p.m. The entire family of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren will be present and a cordial invitation is extended to pastors and people of the churches, especially those in the Ohio area. Brother Spaulding just recent})' closed out his "ful l-time" ministry. He most recently served the Lord in the Sable Baptist Church of Aurora, Colorado where he mini tered for over five years. Many of his 4 7 )'ears of Christian service were pent minis– tering in GARB churches and camps . Rev. and Mrs. Spaulding are mo,,.. ing to Indianapoli . Indiana to be as– sociated with their on, Rev. Clark Spaulding, Jr. in the work of the orth Baptist Church. He "'ill be serving as the church' is1tation Pastor. They will be making their home at 1755 a t 52nd treet, In– dianapoli , Indiana - 4620 -. d UGU , 1 1 9