The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1971

New Pastor At Xenia, Ohio Mi ionary Intern hip Service ~111 r1lvary llc1r>ti st J1t1rc l1 of enin, hi( l1ns c· ,11 ·c l f{ cv. f{ :111clnll I . < ;,1,1,vcll t'l I) ' tJ1cir 11a s tor. lie I J 'g an 11 is n 1 i n is l r y t I 1 c r c c > 11 A t I g tJ t < ti, t)f thi s 'car. 011r (i r(llhcr is a 11alivc of New ()rk State 'A 1 l1crc l1c heltf r>aslo r,,tes al D1 c~~crvi ll c nncl Olean. l·Jc se rved l\l o ancJ one half yea rs in the nit cd .. talc avy dttring Worlcl War 11 and wl1d c stat1011ctl in cw York. sttt(licd a ( th c a l io na J B,h1 e I n \ l I t ti t c . 1:-1 e ~ll\o f ttrlhc rcd hi e; cdt1cation at Bap– ti. t Bible en1inary and ic; pre\cntly enrolled a l Ceda rv1llc ollege. Rev. a nd ~1r . aldwell are seeing the bl e i ng of the ord on their work in Xenia . They h ave a mo5t succec;c;. ful vL itation and oul winning pro– gram now underway . Too, the church ha inaugurated a bu mini try. Sever– al have united with the church by bapti m and letter. Rickard, Riggs Green and Callan l11 "1rder t pro, 1de a t1nique hort– ter111 ~ P'- ,tire to n1i ion life. edar– , lle ollege i 1n. t1tt1ting a 11 1onary .... l n· ern,h1p er\ 1 to begin the un1- n1er of 19- 1. t_T oder the direction of Dr. Don allan. hairman of the . thl ti Departn1ent. the er,,ice \\ 1 ill oper,lt thr ugh a con1n1ittee com– p ~d of Re, . H arold Green pa tor of the edar, ille College Fellow hip. Dr J ack Rigg . dvi or to the tudent n1i ion fellO\\ hip. and Jim Rickard, accountant from the ollege Bu ine Of fie . \\ ho \\'ill ac t a Trea urer. Plan are no,,· being made to end tour to H ong Kong and the Philip– pine thi coming ummer with op– portunitie to faculty and tudents at the College. The organization of the Missionary Intern hip Ser,·ice (MIS ) has a it obiecti,'e not on1,· a mean of ex- .. po ure to mi ion life on the p art of the faculty or tudent , but al o a mean of being of ervice in the mi - 1onar 1' outreach. Further objective of the ~IIS are to provide leader hip in etting up and controlling mis ion– a11· intern hip to add a universal di– men ion to the educational proce of Cedar\'ille College. to create within the indi,·idual a burden for lo t oul throughout the \\'Orld. and to further ... de, elop the kill needed in reach- · 1ng the lo t for Christ n in, 1 itation from the A ociation of Bapt t for World Evangelism Field ouncil in Hong Kong ha re– que ted that the College send a group o rudents to ,, ark 1n Bible chool , \ 1 i itation. and Camp Work in con– junction \.\'ith ABWE missionarie . Re\ 1 • Don foffat. editor of the Ol1io l11depende11t Baptist magaz1ne and a s JANUARY, 1971 f orn1er mi ionary will head up thi group. From the Philippine , invita– tion have been made for two group of ba ketballer to \.vork in conjunc– tion with campu and evangeli tic can1paign . The idea i to use basket– ball clinic and game a a means of drawi ng a crowd. The e young men \Vould then tell tho e who attend how Je u Chri t has changed them and given them purpo e in life. Each per on going will be required to rai e his or her own support ju t a the fulltime mis ionary does and would then ultimately report his ex– periences to hi upporting works. Selection of participants will be ba ed on talent Chri tian experience, recommendation , and personal inter– view by MIS committee member . A Good Report The Lord is richly bles ing the mini try of Rev. Wesley Bliss in the Emmanuel Bapti t Church of West Shore, Penna. Brother Blis served for a number of years as pastor of the Pine Hill Baptist Church in Col– lumbus, Ohio. In hi work at We t Shore, a good– ly number of souls have come to Chri t for salvation. Their attendance now runs at 300. This is double what it wa less than a year ago. Plans are now under way to erect a new church building come Spring of '71. Thei r new building will seat from 550 to 600. During his time at Pine H ills Bap– ti t in Columbus, Brother Blis~ was mo t active in the work of our OAR BC. YOUR OPPORTUNITY To Help Build A High School For Missionary Children PRAY FOR: ' School Building (ALREADY COMPLETED) Furnishings Dormitory And EqtJipment (URGENT) Teachers (Short Term Teachers Welcomed) WHERE? Bangui Bapt ist High Schoo l Bangui, B. P. 900 Central Afri can Repub l ic WRITE TO: Bangui Baptist High School Baptist Mid-Missions 4205 Chester Ave. - Cleveland, Ohio 44103 THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST