The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1971

• PJl'E HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH , (OLU~1BUS - A pecial Winter Bible Conference ,, ith Dr. Ernest Pickering, President of Baptist Bible Seminary warmed the hearts of our people. Brother Picker– in2 1s a dynamic speaker. The meet- .... ings \\ ere \,·ell attended . CAL \1ARY BAPTIST CHURCH . OSHOCTON - Recently Missionary Wm. Vander– oround (BMM) of Central African l: Republic presented his work. At a recent baptismal service we baptized six. We are now in the process of building a $50,000 Christian Educa– tion unit. Also, we are remodeling the pre ent church basement. Work is progressing in good style! EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, DAYTON - Spec1al meetings with Evangelist Tom Williams were held here. We re– cent}~, bought and paid (in full) for a church bus. We thank the Lord for His continued blessing on our work. \Af ASHI GTO HTS. BAPTIST CHURCH, DAYTON - We had missionary Miss Polly Strong ( BMM) of Central African Republ 1c speak and show pictures of her \\'Ork. •JRST BAP'fIST CHURCH, -:LYRIA - Recent speakers include Dr. Robert Gromacki of Cedarville ollege, Rev . harles Wood and Rev. Terry Rudd. \\'e wculd appreciate the prayers of other a we look to the Lord to lead us in choosing a new pastor . ~ AITlf BAPT IST CHURCH, GALI JPOLIS - Pa tor hapman "'as used of the I ord in peci al cvangcl i tic ervices at ttie Grace Gospel Cl1urcl1 i11 1 ar1- etta. Ohio. here are new face being en each unda)' at ot1r church. We I n the Lord fo1 the interest being 1n thi s new " 'Ork. f f J1AJ> I IS1 Ii H.Cli , JALLJPOLI - Ile, Ron1) ne Strickland ( BMM ), f{e, Jol10 enned) (A BW .. ) a11d I<.e, . \\ 1n. ]"' u co ( BMM) 111i11istcrcd }1ere rece11tly. ur enior Higl1 held 1J1e1r ' alentine BanqueL on I:eb. J . I e Ji arold reen and a girl ' trio Ji C R1: - froi11 edar 1J1e olJege " 'ere our guest f r tl1i ff ir. V\'e conti11ue to lool· ra eri ulJ)' tor tl1e 1nan o 1od' I 1ng to er,, a our J)a tor. \\' . pr II s l-!1111 f I ur A i ate Pa t or, ll Ii r I , i d 111 1n1ni tr) lhl .. d . R BA p I Ji Jl Ii r ntl re pr1 ileg d to 11 ' J Jiar Id ar , 1 d hi f a1 1il H · OHIO I D P t D f APTI ,f (BMM - Central African Republic) with us. Our Ladies Missionary So– ciety "adopted" their daughter Eu– nice, some four years ago when her parents returned to Africa. Presently, Eunice is a student at Grand Rapids Baptist Bible College and Seminary. She plans on becoming a nurse and hopes to return to Africa as a mis– sionar;'. Rev. and Mrs. Dark will be returning to Africa this July to begin their fifth term. GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, LONDON - We praise the Lord for a gift of $1,000 received recently. The donor v, ishes to remain anonymous. Pastor Morris is holding a series of member– ship classes. We covet the prayers of all for this work. FIRST B APTIST CHURCH, MEDINA - A special study - "The Jew In I aiah' ' was presented by Rev. Gerald Smel er (our pastor's brother) of The Cleveland Hebrew Mission. We voted recently to give Mr. Tim orthey a license to preach. Mrs. Faye Gooden remembered our church in her will. We received $2.547.66. P OLAND VILLAGE BAPTIST CHURCH- We will be having Editor-Evangelist Don Moffat with us for special meet– ings April 11 through 18. \\tork on our new building continues to move right along. T Evl PLE B .\P r1sT C HURCH, P ORTSMOLTH - At our annua l busi11e s n1eeting, \\'e voted to approve our 1971 C t1rre11t Expense B11clget. This tota I $81, 7 15 \Vith a !vf ,s J O Budget of 32, ':J 30. \~/e recently l1 ad Dr. H . 0. Van G i Ider s Lt ppl y the p 11 lpit whi le Pa$tor and Mrs. Hamilton were a\Va)' . llJRLF Mrss10 N B AJ>TJ T C HuRCH, ]{ EYNOLDSBURG - Mr. Tom Wills. \\'hose n1in1~tr} I\ building con~trt1c..t1on, \poke here re– ccntl)' . He rs going to C' entral African J{ epttblic ( Blv1 f\1 ). Cedar\ 1lle C'ollegc hoir presented a mu~1ca l p1 ogran1 ant: u11da,' evening The l... 0.1 d co11- ti11t1es to let u n11n1'->ter ot1r I ... Il.7 f~ a11ti I l C, ~l progran1 over radio .. lat ion W 01...-F 1 Monday throtigh l"r1d,l)' - 7:00 a.n1. and 5:00 p.111. 81 t s •I) H OPE BAP'l'I T lllJR 11 , ... PH.I 'GI I . 1 D - Our J)a tor l1ad 1l1e J)rivilege of ,,i iting the H c)I}' }... and. Duri11g l1is al> e11cc, J{ ev. 1 tirra)' l t1rdo h of ( edar, illc allege 111inist retl l1er . Jte, . 1 a ucker \\ a our JJccial s,,eaker f r our e 11 onf re11c • J\ un la ... 11 ol 011 ei e11c ,, itl1 l rle ttuJI , red 13arl ,... and 11arj ri Rai It f l{eguJar napti t Pr , a 11'-=l 1 r 11 - 7 . tl1er cl1 urcll in tl1e ar ·:i '" er i [l I 11 ded. Ef\-1MA UEL BAPTIST CHURCH1 T OLEDO - Au tralia was presented at our Lad1e~ Nliss1onary Meeting by Re" . and Mrs. Doug Couch (BMM) . Our Seventh Annual Missionary Confer– ence was held Feb. 28 through March 3. Rev. Guy King (HBM), Re" . Gerald Smelser (CHM) and Mi orma ulph (BMM) were our guest speakers. We praise the Lord for the continued increase in our Sun– d a) School attendance. WHEELERSBLRG BAPTIST CHURCH - A Missionary Fellowship Dinner \.\ as held on February 6. Missionar)· Willard Stull (AB\\.E) 1n Brazil \\ as guest speaker. Recently a gift of $50 wa designated for the pt1rcha e of a bunale lot ot -o cop es of the O.I .B. to be sent '" the church each month for a 1 ea r . We bel eve in this \\'ay our people wil cc ri1~ Lu have a better un– der tanding uf our OARBC fellow– ship. PTL Partners' Plan for VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Children respond eagerly to this direct and dramatic approach. One V.B.S. director wrote, after using the PTL Partners' Plan: ' ' A little boy came with his penny bank and pu t i t all in the Gospel of John Bank. He wanted others to know of Jesus.' ' PTL Partners' Plan materials i nclude; Gospels of John in various languages, films and f ilmstrips, pictures and stories, maps, radio tapes , and a speciaf bank to receive your ch ildren's offer,ng. Use th is unique plan to help children participa te in PTL's world-wide program of Scripture distribution and evangelizati on. Mr. J. Edward Smith, International Director POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE 49 Honeck Street, Englewood, N .J. 07631 MARCH, 1971 9