The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1971

A VON BAPTIST CHURCH - Pa tor Chri tmann completed hi n1ini try here on Augu t 15. He and hi fan1ily are now erving the Lord under the Galilean Bapti t Mi sion. We covet the prayers of others as we seek a new pa tor. B EREA BAPTIST C HURCH - Each Sunday even ing 0L1r pastor, Rev. Roy Gibb , i ho1ding a Chris– tian Life 1 as . Thi i a tudy de- igned for tho e who wi h to study 'the foundational aspect of the Chris– tian life . FIRST BAPTIST HURCH, BOWL! G GREEN - Recent speaker during tor's ab ence have been Don Moffat and Rev. Kempf. P EOPLES B APTIST C HURCH , B RUNSWICK - our pas– vangeli t Raymond Evangelist Layton San1p on held pecial meetings and the Lord ble ed. The Cathedral Quartet wa wi th u in late July. Over 400 were in attend– ance ... the large t group o far for any of our church program . CALVARY B APTIST C HURCH , B UCYRUS - Recently we had the G rand Rapid Ensemble, as wel l as ' The H eralds" from the Moody Bible In titute. We anticipate blessing durir1g our vangel– istic Crusade. Thi s wil l be September 12-19 with Evangelist John Carrara. WHIPPLE AVE. BAPTIST CHURCH, CANTON - FBHM Mis ionary-At-Large, Rev. Charles Cuthburtson, told of hi s work in Florida, Rev. Gary Holman of Commercial Point Baptist ht1rch ministered here recently. GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, CEDARVILLE - We are looking to the Lord to ble during our Fall Evange1 istic meeting September 19 through 24. Brother Don Moffat, OIB editor and evangel– ist, will be declaring the Word . 6 SEPTEMBER, 1971 We invite all of o tir OARBC pastors to place us on I heir m a i l i n g I is t. Send us your Church Calen– dars each week. Our ,nailing ad– dress is simpl)' - Editor Don Moffat, Box No. 160, X enia, Ohio - 453 85. BETHLEHEM BAPTIST C HURCH , CLEVELA D - Our pecial meeting proved a great blessing. We were privileged to have Evangelist C. S. H enson lead these meetings. We had a high attenda nce of 197. The H ensons are most effec– tive in reaching children for Chri t. Our church ha purcha ed a "Mis ion– ary H onie' '. It wil l erve a living quarters for our mi ionarie whil e home on fu rl ough. CEDAR HILL B APTIST HURCH, CLEVELAND - Recent peakers have been Mr. Richard Fleming, Rev. Yot1ng, Rev. Al vi n Ro , Rev. bra Coleman and R ev. P au l Tidball. Our choir pre ent– ed John Peter on' cantata, "TH OU D OF I GI G". H OPE BAPTI T HURCH, COLUMBU - The Col legian Quartet from Bapti t Bible ollege ang here recently. Rev. Bob R ichard , who traveled ~ith the quartet, poke . P a tor Bo v.,orth wil l clo c out hi mini tr) thi n1onth. We covet the prayer~ of OIB reader concerning our calling a new pa tor. IMMANUEL BAPTIST HURCH , COLUMBUS - It wa our privilege to have as guest peakers Dr. H . 0. Van G1lder and Rev. & Mr . rn t. The ~rn t are ABW mi s ionarie who plan on ser vi ng the Lord in ew uinea. Our yoLtng people held a pecia1 camp night ervice at which time they told of the ble ing received a t amp P atmo . M ARANATHA BAPTIST HURCH , COLUMBUS - Pl ans have been made to begin con– s truction on our new auditorium. It is hoped tha t later an education build– ing with seven cla room will be real – ized. PlNE HILLS BAPTIST HURCH , COLUMBUS - Our special meeting with Dr. Leon Maurer of Indianapoli , Indiana proved a rich bles ing. Pastor, Rev. Frank uler, Jr . recently received an honorary Doctor of Divinity de– gree from the Illinoi s Baptis t College. As of August 30 we began the Ohio Baptis t College here at Pine Hill s . This i a night school endeavor to train local Christians. FAITH BAPTIST HURCH , COMMERCIAL POINT - We wi h to express our thank to our p astor and his wife - Rev. and Mrs. Gary Hohman for their dedica– tion. They have been with us for only one year but the Lord has used them in reaching our community. EMMA UEL BAPTIST CHURCH, DAYTO - Gue t speakers of late have been Rev. Jerry Locher and Missionary Larry Arm5trong. A ' Money Shower' was held for the Heath Bobbetts in Africa. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, ELYRIA - Rev. J ames Grier of Cedarville Col– lege ha agreed to ser ve as Interim Pastor until we find the man the Lord wou ld have u call as pastor of our church. Recently we were ble ed through the ministry of Dr. Arthur Willi ams. UCLID- OTT! GHAM B APT. CHURCH, EUCLID - Our 50 \ o ice you th choir pre ented two concert in ew York State re– cen tl y. They a l o were privileged to vi it iagara F al l . GRA D AVE UE BAPTIST CHURCH, FAIRBOR Our econd Annual Mi sionary onference wa a great succes . We were privileged to hear Rev. Gordon Wimer from the Chad, Africa and Rev. Ernie OJ en from Peru, South America . FIR T BAPTIST HURCH , GALION - While Pa tor Booth was away on vacation, Evangelist Ed. Morrell, Jr. and Editor/ Evangeli t Don Moffat mini tered here. FAITH BAPTI T C HURCH, GALLIPOLIS - -- Gue t peaker at one of our Sun– day ervices was Rev. Don Bond . He i erving the Lord at the headwaters of the Amazon under the As ocia tion of Bapti t for World Evangelism. FIRST BAPTIST HURCH , GALLIPOLIS - Recent peaker include Rev. Bruce Stewart of Bowling Green, Ohio. Rev . Delbert eer of Bapti t Mid-Mi s ion and Rev. John Green– ing of Philadelphia Penna. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST