The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1971

REV. NORMAN BOSWORTH An exodus and an ann iversary ~ere observe~ recently at Hope Bap– tist Church 1n Columbus, Ohio. The exodus is the announced re ig– nation of the pastor of the church , Rev. orman Bos" orth , who has re– signed, effect1, e September 26. Pastor Bos\\'Or th has enrolled a t Cedarvi lle ollege for the 197 1 Fall term to pursue postgraduate work toward a degree in Business Admi nistration. - He hopes to be able to assist 1n start– ing new churches during his two )'Cars at Cedarville. The anni,,crsar}' is the ~eventh an– ni,,ersar}' of the founding of the church. Re,,. orman Bosworth has been pastor of the church since it, in– ception. Hope Bapti t has experienc– ed e,,en )'Car of oulstanding gro\\'th and progre on the otit l1ea t side of olu111bu . l l1e fir t ervice v. as l1cld ir1 tl1e ba e111e11t of t l1e pa tor's }10111e wi tl1 13 persons pre ent. t1e cl1urcl1 ha 110" gro" n to ar1 enroll111e11t of 300 in . ~unda) cl1 ol. "o c1,arate bu1ld1ng Jlrogr n1 l1a, 1 c Jlro,,icled a lo el) 00 eat aud1tor1t1111 and t: lt•– c taonal fac1l1t1e caJ>abl o l1a11dlim1g 50 p r n 1n u111d )' t1ool . t1c u1ld1ng are lued t 200,0 O. Su b sc rib to: 2 .00 p e r y r T Oh io lnde p nde nt S pti t FOR A FRI ND 80 60 ni , Ohio 4 38 Program Completed The program for our 44th Annual OARBC conference has been com– pleted. G~est evening speaker for these meet1~gs - October 18, 19 and 20 - ~ill be Dr. James T. Jeremiah, President of Cedarville College. Other on the program include Rev. Don Sewell , Rev. Tom Wright, Sr. , Rev. Walter Banks, Rev. Wm. Broughto11, Rev. Carl Stephenson and Rev. David Marsteller. Also included in the program will be our State Missionary, your editor of .th.e 0 .1.B., other missionaries and M1ss1on Board executives . The conference will be held in t~e new b~autiful Calvary Baptist Ch~rch building in Beliefontaine. Ohio. Rev. John Wood is the host pastor . Elsewhere in this issue is word concerning housing. . The completed program will appear in our OCTOBER issue. Be sure to get in on the bl essing ! Attend the conference!! Register for it OW!!! Albany Pastor Ordained The Albany Bapt i t Church of Al– bany, Ohio was host to a council compo5ed of 16 messenger from eleven cht1rches affi li ated \\ ith the Ohio Associatton of Regular Bapti'>t C hurc..he~ "ho met July 27 to ex– amine Paul G. Willian1\, pu'>tOr of the cht1rch, as to his llualifications for ordi11a1ion to tl1e 1ospel 111ini tr)' . After a C,lreftil and lcr1gtl1)' se,– sion, dttring \Vhich llastor \Villia111\ sp()ke of his con\ 1 crsio11 and all to tl1e 111i11i try and presented a tl1orotigh doctrinal state111ent covering the ll c- tri r1e of tl1e criptttres, tilt: Ct t111 ii \ 'Otcd t1nar1i1110L1 I)' t ) re 0111111 "ncl t() tl1e ll,an)' lla1,1i t t1t1rcl1 that ll1 , r,r )ceed to rd, ir1 1t1eir 1> t r to tl1e c, p e I ,r, i n i t r)' . Ile,,. \ 1lli, 111 1\l)er11atl1}', p, t r I In1n1ant1 l llaJ)ti t l1t1r h in - lu111l,u , t1i , er, d a 111 d r, t r f ti1e otincil . Rev. ' orn1a11 B - " ortt1, p tor o 11 pe B, pt1st l1t1r 11 i11 olun1l>tt , f1i , r, , I rk f 'l l1e council . lban) 11apta t l1ur 11 pl ns l J> r ed at on , 1 l 11 th rd I n t 1 n f tll If p t r VOL. 43, NO. 11 SEPTEMBER, 1971 Now Serving In Ohio GIBBS BURNS Two new pastor are nov. a part of our OARBC fellow hip. The} are Rev· Roy F. Gibb and Re,. Ralph 0 . Burns. Rev. Gibb i serving the Lord 1n the Berea Bapti t Chtirch. He re– ceived h1 training at the ~11J\\ e t Bible College. t. Lou1 . 11 our1 and the ~alvar) Bapti t College ol Kan a Cit)', Mi. our1. Prior to com– ing to Berea, he pa tored three Reo– tilar Bapti t Cht1rche~. The e \\ e~ the Fir t Bapt1 t Church of Grafton. Ill1no1 . the Ftr\t Bapt1 t hurch ot Roxana. Illino1 and the Fir t Baptt t C' l1urch of La alle. Ill1noi Re, and ?\1r . Gibb ha,e fot1r ~h1ldren. Re". Bttrn , 1~ no,v p,1 toring the (1race Bapl1 t Cht1rch in \\ e,tlak.e Ohio Prior to LOn1ing to \\ e cl,1k.e. he ser\ed for nine \e.. 1r a~ r1 .. 1\tor ot the Fir t Bapt1,t ("ht1rcl1 in Btttler Penn\) l\ .. 1nia. \\ h1le there he carr,eJ on a radio 111i nt\tr) . ...., 1 \ e i 011 tht: Penn,\ I, ania \ "uLi. lu.111 of Rt:gl1lar B,11Jt1!'.it ( ht1r he, an I f r p'trt of tl1is 11111 \\,l\ 11 cl1.l11111 a11. llt: ha~ ,,rit- • t~n an l. \.cllc11t bt1oklet c11ti1led " or c,, (. ().1\ erts . 11 i ) ung hri "- t 1a11~' . l Regular Bapti t Pr s . His ccltt ati >Il, I ba kgr und in lud gr d- t1 a tir1g f 10111 Jlra ti al fJibl ra111111g t1 t 1, ~ ll riding \\ t rn 11ichiga11 LJ ni, er it and \\ 1}1eat n lleg . Re, . n I Ir . B tt rn ,, it h th i r three hildren , ill l Ii, ing , t 04 . \\'e t P rk Ori e, rtt1 1111:st I, hi - 44070. AVAILABL FOR ••• Pulpit uppl nd/ or rmon, on R V. GEO GE • IN Rout 3, Hub r Ro d or 11lk, Ohio - 7 on ( ) 072 T 1 71