The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1971

JJ' i,ivite all tJ/ 011r / t RB ,,nstors to ,,lacr. ,,~f o,, I I, e i r r11ailir1g list . ~·end ,,s yo11r /11,rclz Calc11- <ln1 s eaclz week. o,,, 111ailing ad– ,lress is si11ipl)' - Editor Do,, Mo I I at, Box No. 160, X e11ia, 0/zio - 45385. Dt1ri11g th\;: <.. ·11r1 tn1a - ew Year Holiday Season, ALL t t)ttr ,t1t1r l1c l1cld pecial ervice of one kind or an– "t 11 r. ho1rs .. ang forth Hi prai e , Chri tian film were , l10,, n. l hr1,t111as pla) \Vere pre ented, special mi ionary ft~r111g ,, re talen. te timonie were given and stirring - 111e age ~ deli, ered . . . and ALL with the one thought of e,alt1ng th Per on of our wonderful Lord! Br R. 1 H EIGHT B.\PTI T HURC'H– Rc, . l arr, l la, ton of Cle, eland led . . u, n " "crtc f e, a ngel i tic erv ice . "-' pecial music was presented by blind n~er. ~Ir" B tt, 1 Jean 1n1 . he both - ., ang and a con1panied her elf at either the piano or organ. Brother ims • ho,, ed picture of hi recent trip to 1'..orea. FIR T B. .\PTI T CHURCH, B LA. ·cHE TER - Our Ladie Nii sionary Group was pri,·ileged to have missionary Bill Fu co ( Bapt. Mid-Missions - Italy) peak to them. Hearts were blessed through his ministry. :I E SE mi ionary to Japan . On Feb. 20th our }'outh held their "H eart to Heart" Ban– quet. A great time was had by all. GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, CEDARVILLE - At a recent service, we gave part of the time over to our College-age young people. They did an excellent job! Our "Old Fashioned" service provided a blessing to all. Some of our folk dressed in old fashioned clothes. An old fashioned pump organ was used for the congregational sing– ing and our auditorium was lighted with old fashioned oil lamps. Recently s 2 s e S 2 s e s 2 11 11\N II l) t\PIISI II It II , ~11 IBt \\' • , i 11 b h av i n g a J i ssiona r y o 11- l 'l'"J lC • L1 ·gin11i11g ' "' l1rt1n r y 2C) a11 cl C<.1 nlit1t1i11g lhJ'{.lllgl1 th ' 24 th . Jj si fl .. n1 i s I r ~ c11t \viii be tl1 c "r11011 Wel.,– crs tl1, llt1 i11ir1gs. Mi · l'al 13arclay, tl1c t11 han1 · a1cl tl1c anou 11s. We wil l l-,cg i11 the confcrc11cc wi tl1 a "' Cl– io\: 111 J) ti PIJCr. M ARANA IJIA BAP"IIST fl R H , ( "or ..u rnus- l .. l1c Maranatl1a Bible Institttlc got tinder way t1nclay, J an. , rd . lasses meet each unday morning at 9: 30 and unday evening a t 5: 30. This is for folk of all ages . We are looking to the Lord to bless through this new minis try. WASHINGTON HTS. BAPTIST HURCH, DAYTON- A group of 13 5 of our people have igned up to read their Bibles in 1971. We are following the schedule put out by the American Tract Society. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, ELYRIA - Our young people took part in the Senior High Snow R etreat at Sky View Ranch. We had the privilege of having Rev. Don Worch of the Baptist Children's Home minister to u s recently. Our pastor, Rev. Wood– row McCaleb has been called of the Lord to accept the position of pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in Quincy, Illinois. It is with deep regret s 2 3 2 • ~ A lady wrote u s the other day and asked us a question we have been ., ~ asked a number of times before. "HOW COME THERE ISN'T ANY ti NEWS OF OUR CHURCH IN THE CALENDAR CLIPPINGS SEC– TION OF THE O.I.B. ?" There is only one answer that can be given. We just don't hear from ~ yo1,tr chi,rch. We print the news that is sent us. Pastor ... if you are not already doing so . . . PLEASE send us your church calendar each ~ week. Have someone in your church responsible to send us a report of lJ ti your church activities. All of us will h ave a better understanding of our ti OARBC Fellowship if more of our churches would send news! • ;;; 5 CAL\' ARY BAPTIST CHURCH, B UCYRUS - 3 5 ,ve are looking forward to our mis– sionary' conference in March. Guest speaker at that time will be Baptist ~lid - 1fissions, missionary Vernon \ eber. Brother \Veber serves the Lord in the Dominican Republic. He \\ 1 ill be ministering both in word and song. \\ 1 HIPPLE A \ ' E. BAPTIST CHURCH, CAt '!' TO,"'- Feb. 14 v.·as our All Day ~fission– aI1' Da) 1 with J ames Ruck (BMM), 8 FEBRUARY, 1971 ,3 5 ? 5 ;a 5 ? 5 ,3 5 missionary Larry Armstrong (ABWE– Australia) ministered to our people. H OPE BAPTIST CliuRCH, COLUMBUS - Some of our young people attended the Winter Retreat at Sky View R anch. Our College Young People were in full charge of one of our evening services. Mr. John Hilbert was the special speaker. Evangelist Hugh H orner brought stirring messages at our special Prophecy-Evangelism Con– ference which was held January 10 through 17. ' ? 5 ? c::: that we see him leave. The Lord richly blessed his ministry here. FIRST BAPTIST C HURCH, GALLIPOLIS - Recently, while Pastor Cole was on · vacation in Florida, we had three special speakers. They were Dr. Robert Gromacki, Professor of Bible and Greek of Cedarville College, Dr. Cleveland McDonald, Professor of Social Science and Chairman of the Division of Social Science of Cedar– ville College and our own Rev. Marion Williams. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST