The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1971

\ \ , l-l \ I 1 I~ 1 ll l Rl l l - 1\ ,r1c 1~, · t fering ,, L1, takcrt ~it )ttr lh. n g1,1ng D .. 1, ,er,,, c. Thi, n1 n) ,, , i1, Jed a111ong )ttr r111~,1ondr1c, 1 t'r , l hr1 t 11~1, l ~), c ffcring. R1l B\1.,llSl (HLR( H. B \ R ., TL)"\ - The pirit f the rd ble ed he~1rt ,. thr llgh ot1r ~pe 1al piritt1al l . tc ru,ade 111 ting . Gt1e t pea1'er ,, ~1 Dr. G1lhert t nholn1. Dir . of \ l1n1 terial Training and Exten ion, Bc)b J n L, n1, er it} . ·~The unri e Quartet.. brought pecial n1t1 ic dur– ing the ru ade. - BERL 1:,..; H EIGHT B .\PTI T CHURCH - Our nnual Thank giving Dinner ,, a held on ... To,. 21 ""ith approxi– n1atel)~ 60 people attending. The pecial peaker for the evening wa Ru ell Denni of andu k)' . A good time of fellO\\ hip wa enjoyed. FIR T BAPTI T CHURCH, BLA:-.:CHE TER - Re,·. Lee Turner mini tered to us ,,rhile Pa tor and 1r . Bate were a,, a,·. Our Ladie Mi ionary Chri t- • ma banquet \Va held the early part of December. (. AL \ 1 ARY BAPTIST CHURCH, BLCYRt; - ~Ii 1onar)' Wm. Fu co ministered here in i -ovember. Brother Vernon \\"ebber (BM~1-Dominican Republic ) ang and preached here on December 13. Our pecial Chri tma program \\ a held December 20. '\' HIPPLE A\iE. LE BAPTIST CHURCH, CA1 T01 T - \\ e held a ··Pound Sho\.\ er' for Canal Fulton Bapti t Church and "The R) 1 er e ··. i \ pecial C hr1stma project of our Lad1e 1Ii ionar) 1 Union is to purcha e 30 rug for the Bapti t Children' Home. Dr. Jeremiah and a mu ical group from Cedar\·1lle Col– lege mini tered here recentl)' . During 1 ro, 1 ember \\ 1 e d\\' a record high in attendance at pra1'er meeting! 4 JANUARY, 1971 JJ'e ;,,,,;,c llll ,,j ()Ill 0 .111~ JJ ,,asl<J1 ' to p/,1cc 11t 011 tl,cir 111oili1,g list. .. c,,,I 11s yollr l111tcl1 Calc11- <la1 \' eac/1 lveck. Oc,r 111aili11g ad– clress is si111pl) 1 - Eclitor Do11 A,J o ff a t, Box o. 160, X e11ia, 01,io - 45385. (1 l~ \ E B PTI T ( "HUR H, ( 1 l) \R ILl - f i ionar Larry rn1 trong of BW t ld ti c ncerning the ord leading hin1 an<l hi fan1ily to erve in LI ~ tralia . We held our Annual Old- Fa hioned Watch ight er vice. The lord ble ed. BETHLEHEM B APT I T C HURCH, LEVEL D - It Vv a our privilege to it under the preaching of Brother Gerald Smel– er of The Cleveland H ebrew Mi ion . Thi \Va at our Thank giving Day ervice. Al o mi ionary Vernon Web– ber (BMM - Dominican Republic) poke at our Mi ionary Conference. H OPE B APTIST CHURCH, COLUMBUS - On ovember 22, Mi sionary Doug Couch (BMM-Au tralia) and Mrs. Couch ministered to our people. Pas– tor Bo worth ha been bringing mes- age on Sunday evening centering around current topic . Recently he poke on the ubject, 'Capital Punish– ment - Yes or o." Beautiful slides of Switzerland Holland and Europe were shown by Rev. and Mr . Gerritt Buining. I MMANUEL B APTJ T C HURCH, COLUMBUS - We recently had a Mi ionary Food Shower. These good were given to local mi ionary families. Also, our Women· Mi sionary Group i end– ing monetary Chri tmas gifts to our mi sionary children. M ARA ATHA B APTIST CHURCH, COLUMBUS - Once again this year we will be ending special Chri tma letters to al l of our mi sionaries . Many write telling u the bles ing this i to them. PI .E HILLS B APTIST CHURCH, COLUMBUS - We have been doing a little re– decorating at our church. Our audi– torium will soon be covered with 11 ·nt1tilul II l<..:t C<l\' ring. < u, ncv. 1 S\lng l'l<)f)k ar, iv ll just 11 f ,re t,, i 1- 111as . ~, ,, , 1 lll'tl is lrlil I l,lc i11g the \\<lrk f r ,vl1i ch ,vc 1 rais" ll in1 . W\ Slll ,ION IJ1 s. 13,\l'IIS I II Jt JI • I),, rc>N - r l1c l .. ortl ri chl y lllesscll through ()ll r 1 iss i()n a , y ( on fcrcncc. W c heard J ack 1oc)rc irc>111 131 ,111) , Dr . ( huck 1{110<.l c\ f1 01n Africa, R1ch<1r(I Durh a1n Ir 111 tl1c J>hilip1,1 11c\ <lntl ottr ' tale 1ts') ionary, I~arl 1nl>augh. Pasto r c lLcr recentl y brought a very specia l 111c\~agc on tro11on1y. H1 · title for th1 me , age was ... HHow High 1 he ky?" hi provec.J a most t1nus t1- a l pre. enta tion of a me<; age on salva- • t1on . FIR. T BAPT1 T HUR H, LYRIA - Through the poken word and through a mo t intere ting lide-tape pre en talion , Mi ionary Doug ouch challenged our people concerning the need for the go pe l in the great land of Au tralia. FIR T BAPTIST CHURCH, LANCASTER - A Prophetic Bible Conference with Rev. Clay ton Gray a guest speaker wa u ed by the Lord to enlighten our people concerning the situation that exi ts in churches today. We highly recommend Brother Gray to other churche in our OARBC Fellowship. He also poke at our West Moriah Fellowship. This was held in our church. He spoke on the theme - "Bible Separation '. TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH, LORAIN - Rev. George Godfrey of Cincinnati, Ohio held a ix-day Soul W.inniog Crusade in our church. His ministry greatly challenged our people! Over fifty of our members have pledged to give two hours per week in the church vi itation program. Souls have already been won to Chri t as a re ult o( this calling in homes. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, M c DONALD - The Lord is ble sing in the work here! The la t Sunday in ovember we witne ed a beautiful baptismal ervice. There were twelve who were baptized. All of these and one other, who came by experience were re– ceived into our church member hip the fir t Sunday morning in December. FIRST BAPTIST CliuRCH, MEDINA - 'Good ews Meetings ' were held ov. 29 through Dec. 6. Gue t evangeli t was Brother Elvin Matti on. In early ovember we were privil- THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST