The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1970

• On Our Front Cover ... are a few pictures taken at our 43rd annual OARBC conference which wa held at Ber.ea, Ohio la. t mon~h. Folk can be een milling about , following one of the service . Outgoing chairman of our Council of Ten Rev . Wm. Ru ell congratulate the neY.' cha irman, Rev. Lynn Roger . Two 'F ather and Son ' team took part in the meeting . They were ' The Smel er " and "The Greens". Bob Anthony can be seen leading the folk in inging. The Jadie ' dinner wa a ucce and our brother, Rev. Kenneth Andrus, did a wonderful job at the organ! Brother Earl Willetts, ho t p astor, and his people were mo t gracious and opened wide their hearts and their homes. The meeting were very well attended. E,,ening services aw the auditorium aJmo t fill ed to capacity. Over 500 ladie took p art in their meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Our OARBC now number 183 churche . Six new one were received. Under the fine work of our State Mi ionary, Rev. Earl Umbaugh we have een 50 ne,v churches come into our fellow hip within the p a t seven year . Approxi– mately 4500 of our young peopl e attended our camp thi ummer. Our Ohio Independent Bapti t magazine continues to grow! A special offering wa taken on Tuesday evening amounting to over 1800 which brought our OARBC general fund out of the red. It truly wa a wonderful :onference! VOL. 43, NO. 2 NOVEMBER Ordained To Gospel Ministry On Monday, eptember 2 1, 1970 ~ council compri ed of 10 1ne enger , including 6 pa tor 1net a t and b)' reque t of the Cedar Hill Bapti t hurch leveJand Height , Ohio. The council n1et to advi e the church regarding the advi ability of et ting M.r .. John Walborn apar t to the go pel m1n1 try. The moderator of the council wa the Rev. Dougla Couch and the clerk wa Rev. Robert Barrett. The council unanimou l )r recom– mended to the church that they pro– ceed with the ordinat ion. They al o commended Mr . Walborn for hi fine pre enta tion. The ordinati on ervice wa held in the Cedar Hill Bapti t ht1rch on Oc– tober 1, 1970. Building to Be Dedicated Pastors Were Blessed The Grace Bapti t Church of Cedar- 1iJ le, Ohio and their pa tor , Rev~ Wm. i3roughton are prai ing the Lord for heir lovely new educational building. l is a three-stor} affair whi ch beaut i– ull}' joins ,,vith the or iginal church .tructure. T his addi tion afford~ 27 ..lass rooms, a pastor 's study, church )ffice, librar}' nursery and re t roomc;. I he floor are carpe ted. o t in erection a\.erageu $ 11 .4 7 ,er quare foo t. he overal l co\t 1~ 13 l,000. At toda)' 's prices, they re– ·cived a great deal for thei r 111one}' . f hi an1ount is a sr11a ll figure co111- >ared to what otl1cr cor1tractors wot1ld 1a,,e charged. I l1e C<)111ractor and btiildcr is Mr. ,erett l.. o . li e i , 111e111l)er of the dar\ iJle c11urcl1. t>a tor Broughton nd h1 J>&;ople l1igt1l)' Tl:C<)111111c11tl our )J 01l1er a a l)uilcfl:r f cl1t1rcl1 s. ( I f \ r Jn tl1e Cedar\ ille at a, LJl"OJ) l))' nd l: it f r } ur Jf!) f 01 atl)' i11- ' sted J> rtj , 1,. I , 1 eret t l "' l) 11uil1r g addr i i11 J>I} eclc1r- JIJc , hi 45 J 4. J>la, df .. lo 11 Id a I' ial d l1ca- I l \ • 22. J J • J J) 11 at'I. Jl 1>r 11tat1, e Llr JI i I> .. t I 1 e g u st J> • k r. H OHIO It D P ND NT BAP IST J O\ct 200 111i111\ t cr fr<.)nl 13 diftc,ent ,tttlC\ gatl1e1t'cl at \~tl,tr,tllc olleoc', ~ ~ ...I hi1d r111Ltal Jla~ tors' ( 'c)nfcrcn~e <.)11 ~ci1tcn1b~r X I l. '\.'l1cdtllcll c,1cl1 \ t',tr in apJ)rcciation l<) the cl1u1chc"' fc>r tl1c C\Cl:IIC11t \llf)l)t)Il g1,t'll to ( 'etl11,1lle. '] "l1c n1ecti11g 11rovidecl a t1111c of sltttl), 1n~J)tt ~•ttc)n. tttlll ' 1111\tt.111 ft:11 ,, "'t11 1 . 'T'his )Car's fcatttr d J)t:ak.c1 ,,as 1 r. \ Varrl:n \\ 1e1,b\!, 1) .. l~ll)f L)f tl1c 'al,ar llaJ)tist l1urcl1 i11 C <lvi11gton , 1'.cntL1ck~ 1 • 1\ ssistinl! ,, 1th tht.: t )LJf In\, l)t 111ct.:tings ,, ere: 111 n SJ)c:Cializing i11 ti11a11ce \ i itation, l lun,cllir1g a11LI , l)lltl1 ,, )fk. ~1r. lien11ctl1 St. ( J, ir l{u i11 \l .. 1nagcr at Cllar,ille ( ,Jllt'gt l)llLlu ·tcll ..1 \\l,rk– sJ1 JJ 11ti1lecl ' l l1e ]la tor ancl J>l:!r l11al l i11a11 c;' l>t..:\trer1ll l)L)fl ' llll St,,ell f l 11u11anucl llaJ)ti t hu1 11 i11 I LllcLll), " ""111~ t>, st >1 dll I \ ' i itatil 11 :" I' , e1 cnLi Sranl )' liallarLI , 1\ o iat t>rL)fc or L f Jl h )}tlg at t:llar, ill lll g , •• 11 l 1 a t J' dll(I l un lli11g;' clll J I{ \ CJ'l.':l'lll I a, i I l J'llit, \ l)lltll I 11 \,.':{ r th J111n1 ·1 nt1 I JlaJ tit l1t1r 11 i11 t"l. \\' a 11c: Sf)l>kt: >11 ' l1c I' t r a11 I ) ltlh ." I r. Ja111 I . Jr 111ial1 , l'rcsiLl 111 >f Ccllar,ill tlll gt , 1\ I ·~ 11 t ftr th a1111L1, I , ffa,r. NOVEMBER 1970 3 I