The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1970

Blessing At Hope Baptist Mr. Bill Atkins The pa t ix mont r. have brought a 1un1ber of accompli hments at Hope gapti .. hurch in Co)umbu , Ohio. During that time the church hired 1 fu11-time Chri~tian Education and \'outh Pastor, 'Aa in ~run1ental in ,elping to tart the Faith Bapti t hurch at Commercial Poi nt, 0 !-1io. Joubled i'" mi ion giving by adopting he Fai·h Promi e Plan. and aw a 15% rise in unday School attend- 1nce. The church al o e tab]i hed an ,,ening Sunday School for all ages, a\v 44 accept Chri t a thei r Saviour, ind doubled 1ts mid-'Aeek Awana Club >rogran1. In addition, a mid-week acation Jible chool that met once a week all un11ner 'A'as initiated. a Round Robin 8ible Quiz 'A'ith three other churche , as 1n1trated, and the church cele– Jrated it 51xth anniver ary. Bill Atkins. the new ( hri tian Ed )irector pastored for three year at arn,el Baptist hurch of ew traits– ille 01110 prior to going to Hope. i-Je i a graduate of Bob Jone ni- • ,ers1t y. J .. aitl1 Baplist ( hurch started uncler he fJOtl or J1ip of Hope i~ a\eraging SO in attendance. Sherman Church ecognized A I{ cognitior1 ou nciJ r11ct recc11 t- ) to e a111ine the <)11 titt1tior1 Ar– ie)~ of I aitt1 , o, 1 cnant a11cl 13}'- a" f tl1e J1er1na11 llaf)li t 11urch >f ort n , l11i • AJ t r :.-1 cl< e e - n-:unat 1 11 o l h e a 11101 ion v. a 111atlc hat th1 chu, ct1 IJe rcct gniz ti a a ,1 Jler I~ co11 t1tuted and clul, lf– •ai 1zcd J gular li aJ>lt L cl1t11c}1. 1 J1i >1 t 1011 v. a 11(1 .. d a11d ca rr1 cl J11 i111111 u I) I e, J a, Ii 111} l () f f I t I11 111 t 111 g. flt h fl I cted t I cl as 1111 I r - I e . It I> 11 J 1, a lcr~ H OHIO INDEP ND N SAP IST Interesting Facts Concerning Cedarville College allege and univer 1ties regttlarly prepare doct1111ent ca ll ed .. Sci t– Studie ." Cedar, 1 ille College i no e'(– ception and faculty n1ember and ad– mini tra :or wil I be publi hi ng a 11e'A edition next May, 1971. Reader of the OIB n1ight lJc in– tere ted in some of the far::t s about the college \vhich wi ll J.,c inclt1dec.l in the elf- tudy. All graduate take 24 qt1artcr hours in Bible. 190 young people will graduate in June 1971. Of the 82 n1en who graduat : d in June 1970. 1I are now in the cnter– ing cla of one erninary and evera l other. are attending ot!ier f unda 111ental eminaries. 100 gr ... dt1ate of the 1970 cla~ are now teaching in ("'hri tian Dtl}' School or public school . Cedarvi lle tt1de11ts pay over 90% of their total cos s a , Cedar– \.ille. The bt1ilding and cquip111cnt of the college are now worth over $4,500 000. 29r,{- of the Ceda rville faculty ~ old earned doctor·s degree . The L verage facul ty 1 1en1ber i~ 39 year old. Tl1e percen tage of drop-ottl con tint1es to decline - 40% of the la~t 1 ear· graduating cla s entered fot1r > ear ago a fre hmen: an ac– cep able tati tic for n10 t college ,. Faculty turn-over ren1ain lo\, a .. d average three per on a year. The library now contain 50.000 , ,0Jun1e -in 1961 the library con– ta ined 15 .000. Ea~h fiscal year ha ended \\ ith a balt nee in the la t five year . If :udent emplo) n1ent. loan . a11d gr" n 'A ere r II added together. tre\ \.\-Ould an1ou nt to 600.000 in • the J 970-71 acaden1ic \ 1 ear . ., The total budget for 1970-71 i over $2,200,000. Son1e type of financial aid are available to almo t every tudent - Mr. David Gidle 1 i the contact per on in tt1dent finJnci al aid. Al thot1gh fre hn1e11 abilitie on college enlrance te ~ con tinue to increa c. the college i comn1itted ~ o make provi ion for tuden: ,, ho have ome \Veaknes e in their aca– dc1nic backgrot1nd. ~tudent participa:ion 1n Chr1 tian ~crvice a ign111ent, i at an all– l1me high . The coJiegc of fer l-t. n1ajor Bible i~ one of the tronge t n1 .1JOr ~ .. 11<l tt c Bil11e f acultv incl tide three J r11cn \: ith Th.D. degree . Capsules of Life The great l1v1ng lessons taught by Christ 1n His parables used the common , everyday experiences of life His 1llustrat1ons and aptness of application came from the heart that sought only good for the listener and you the reader of today. The accounts of m1ss1onary bravery and true 1nc1dents 1n the lives of experienced Christians characterize the literature we publish for you Our take-home papers are planned to cover a broad area of Christian experience Your church can 011ly benefit from the read 1ng of these fine papers FOR MOMMY AND ME, PR!~ARY PAL, COURAGE, CHALLENGE, CONQUEST Orderlyofurfree Regular Bapti t Pre samp e rom 1800 Oakton Boulevard • De. Plaines. Ill. 60018 SPECIAL CHRISTMAS TRACTS ' Goel's Gift" and " Have You Receivecl God's Gi ft ?" Wr ite for suppl y to enclose wi lh Chri::i trn c1s cards and gif ts. You are welcon1e to as rnany as you can prayer fully distribu te. Have you considered Bible Tracts in your year end giving? Contributions are . d I 'bl · Paul J , Levin acknowle d ged wi th c1 tax ec uctl e rece1p1 SIBLE TRACTS, INC Box 508, 018-120, Waterloo, Iowa 50704 Pl ease sened the following free tracts: copies "God's Gi ft copies Have You Received? ' NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP Send additional 1nfor,nat1on $ enclosed for BI l I e Tra t n11 n Is t ry Please receipt DECEMB R, 1970 13