The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1971

FAITH B APTIST CHURCH, GALLIPOLIS - The Lord bles ed and gave us good attendance at our special meetings ,vith Evangelist Editor Don Moffat. At our special dedication service, we had the joy of having Rev. George Zinn, Rev. Earl Umbaugh and Brother Moffat. We praise the Lord for our Jovely ne\v church building. ORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, LIMA - In the first four months of P astor La~head's ministry here, we have seen wonderful bles ing from the Lord. Our unday School has greatl y in– creased as has also our other services . Pra) er meetings have tripled in at– tendance. There has been a decided increase in givi ng as well. Souls h ave come to Christ for salvation and have been baptized. Other important de– cisions have aJso been made. One of those who came to Christ was a man of ninety years! GRACE BAPTIST CHU~H, Lo!\oo An offering was given to the Shep– herds Home and School. The Lord continues to bless in our Men s Mi s– sionary and Prayer Breakfast which 1s held each Sunday morning. A large gift of $700 was given to our church in memory of Mrs. Fannie Copeland who recently went to be with the Lord. FIRST B APTIST C HURCH , MEDl"J'A - Our special meetings with Evangel– ist Elvin Matti son proved a blessing. 1-Je both preached the Word and pre– sented the go pel in ong. Our co ll ege– age young people took full charge of one of our morning services. IRST BAPTIST CHURCH , Ew Lo oo l he Lord 1s ble~sing our work here. Average attendance 1s 60 over last year. Our one bus is br1ng1ng in 50 each Sunday. We have had over 30 people out for visitat1on on hur day nights. \.\'Clvc ,verc recently bapti7ed. A special baptisr11al service \.Vas held on ew Year's =ve. Almost every \veel' we }1ave the joy of ~ee1ng folk co 111 i 11 g to t1 r i t for sa I va l i o 11 ! OJtJ H 01 Jvt ·1 · I) l31\PTJS1' li Ufl "JI - pecial 111 e cl 1 n gs witt1 Major 1110111as as guc t speaker \.\' Crc 11cJd JanLiar}' 24 t h1 ougl1 29. We f)ra i e tl1e I ord for f fi l,Ie i11g 0 11 tl1e ,-.,ork here. llr attcnda11ce C{)fltinu tc> ir1- crcase. J>a tor ,oi d' tudic >Jl '·Wit- r1ess1r1g" ar 1>1 , 1 ir,g a great J1el11. J>o1 AND \ I JJ I AGE ]iAP 11 I Ill R JI~ J ce1>t 1011, U) go{) I prog, 1 lJei ng J 11 d ~ A O lJI I fl e \o\ l> U t Id t 11g l 11 0 U l - SJ d I n arJ) nclo ~ I. 1 l1cl1 ,-. rk 11 ti c.: 111l rior l1as l>ee11 urnd r \:\ a TH OHIO Ir.JD P NOENT BAPTIST and work on the heating, ai r-condi– tioning, \.\ iring, plumbing, etc. is pro– gre ing in fine fa hion. There is a need for a bit more money but we are confident the Lord will supply! (Philippians 4: 19) BIBLE MISSION B APTIST C HURCH , REYNOLDSBURG - Miss Ruth ephew (BMM-Africa) was with us in early January. Our young folk took part in the Winter Retreat at Sky View Ranch. Home Bible Classes are being taught by P astor Thomas and other piritual leaders in our church. The e are be– ing used of the Lord to help us all grow spiritually. They cover studie in Roman , John, Revelation, the Psalm , Joshua, Genesis, Proverbs, as well as, the parables and prophecy. Br.ESSED H OPE BAPTIST CHURCH, SPRJNGFJELD - Brother George Zinn presented a "Sermon In Song" here recently. Our Mi sionary Conference was held in early January with missionaries under Baptist Mid-Mission . Along with others who spoke were Dr . C. Ray– mond Buck, Northern Deputation Secretary and Brother Vernon Weber (Dominican Republic). GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, URBANA - Our Assistant Pas tor, Brother Jim Frantz is sending out a new paper each month called "The Go pel Crier". It is filled with news of our Church, our Sunday School and our Young People. There are brief re– por t . recipe , word from the pa tor and the like. lntere ted partie n1ay rece ive a copy each month by ending thei r name and address to THE GO P L CRI ER , Grace Bapti t ht1rch, 23 6 Bloomfield Ave., Ur– bana, Ohio - 43078. GRACE BAPI J T HURCH, W F5fl AKL- Dur1ng January we had a g u e t speakers. Dr. Ray111on(i Buck. Bapt1\t Mid-M1s \ 1on . Re\. Jan1e Con1 tock, hen an <.Ioah B 1 bI e C' o I I e g c • I{ e\ . C harlcs Woo(J. orthland B a p t 1 t ( hutch, (,rand Ra1)1d~. l\f1 ch1gc1 r1 and J{c\. Ralph 13 t1rn\, f·ir\t B a J)lt t 'l1t1rc.l1, 13tttlcr. Per1na . ,od I ble~ - ing J>astc,r and Irs. C oucl1 111 tl1c1r de J)U la tic,n \\'Ork. \Vti El~l -l!RSB R J Jl p·r,s r Ill R( II - So111conc rccen t I ' gave our c.. t1urch a ··t)undle lt)l sut,scri1,tio11 to 'fH .. O 111 O I I ) I I' I~ I) I ·r· lJ 1>·1I ·r·. \\' ,viii l1t.: 1eceivir1g , ·t)llnlll ~ lt.>t'' of 50 cOJ)i s ca h n1011tl1 for tl1c 'Car. 111 tl1i \~ a)' 011r J)C >11lc ,viii l)e 0111e l>ctter i11for111 d or1cer11ing ottr () R • J~ II ,,, l1iJ). 1 he I 01 t.l co111111Ll ~ lf> l)l 111 ,, c J k l1erc f lf ,vJ1i 11 \\ e Jl1" i ~ J Jjr11 . Available For Meetings EVANGELIST WHITE Rev. Herber t T. White, formerly pastor of the orton Bapti t Church in Barberton, Ohio (OARBC) and more recently pa tor of the Haw– thorne Bapti t Church in Tucker, Georgia ( Independent) has \\'ritten in– f arming u that he feel the Lord is leading him into the field of evangel– i m. His clo ing day a pa tor of the H awthorne Church \\a Sunda}', Janu– ua ry l 9, 197 I . Brother White graduated from Bob Jones Univer ity in 195 \\ith a B.A. degree. He ha pa tored ome tVvelve year during which tin1e he held t\VO to five Revival or Evangeli tic meet– ing each year. He ha engaged in radio work for O\ er fifteen \'ear . ., The Lord ble ed h1 n11ni tr)' both in Barberton and in Tucker. The church in Tucker, Georgia just com– pleted a ne\.\ $125,000 at1ditorium. Attendance during our brotl1er' n1in– i try there increa. e<l f ro111 le than l 00 to approx1n1ately 250. Intere\ted pa ' tor ,, rite E\ an- gelL t Herbert T. White, l 7 5 Rob1n– hill Court, Tucker, Georgia - 300 4. ----~\/v A ~I~----... YOUTH ASSOCIATION WE EK DAY BIBLE CLUBS Bible Centered Evangelistic Unifi d material Area Missionary W.DENTON REILLY 7511 W. B lmont Chicago, lllinois 606 4 IN1RODUCTORY FOLIO, e . 5.00 GIRL CLUB BO CLUB I J FEBRUARY 1971 9