The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1971

ALVARY BAPTIST C HURCH, ASHLAND - Rev. Doug Couch, missionary ap– pointee to Austral ia under Baptist Mid– M i ions challenged our people with the need for the gospel in that great land. A VO BAPTIST CHURCH - We held a "Summer in March" Adult party recently. Our people came in summer clothes and enjoyed a picnic supper ( in the church base– ment). A great time was had by all. BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH, BEDFORD - Many were blessed through our special evangelistic meetings . Guest speaker for these days was Evangelist Tom Baker. B EREA B APTIST C HURCH - Pastor Willetts has resigned as our pastor. A special service was held at which "tributes" were read concern– ing his fait hful ministry at Berea. Rev. Roy Gibbs of LaSalle, Illinois minis– tered here recently. Pray with us in calling a new pastor. FIRST B APTIST CHURCH, B LANCHESTER - Special services were held April 5-9. Guest speakers were pastors from this area. They included Rev. J os. Stowell, Rev. John Teeters, Rev. Mead Arm– strong, Rev. Nile Fisher and Dr. James Jeremiah. Our pastor, Rev. George Bates, has resigned. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, B UCYRUS - The Grand Rapids Baptist Bible Co11ege choir presented a concert at our church on Apri] 15. We are look– ing forward to having Missionary Doug Couch and his wife with us sometime during May. S UNSHINE BAPTIST CHURCH CAMBRIDGE - , Our church held a Dedication Service on Palm Sunday. Gl1est speak– ers for this occasion were Rev. David Shimp of Litchfield, Rev. }I. P. Ho 1se of Byesville and Rev. Ralph B ~l.ard of Paoli. Revival services ,1verl.! 4 MAY, 1971 We iri vite all of our OARBC pastors to place us on their m a i ling list. Send us your Church Calen– dars each week. Our mailing ad– dress is simply - Editor Don Mo f /at, Box No. 160, Xenia, Ohio - 45385. held with Rev. Gary Ballard of Eben– ezer Baptist Church, Bethesda, Ohio as guest evangelist. WHIPPLE A VE. BAPTIST C HURCH , CANTON - Recently we had Rev. Paul Bubar of Word of Life speak concerning their Bible Club program. On March 19 the Cedarville College Choir pre– sented a thrilling concert. GRACE BAPTIST C HURCH, CEDARVILLE - Our Missionary Conference proved a great success. It began with an "International Smorgasbord,, which was most unique! Missionaries Rich– ard Durham of the Philippine , Dave and Barbara Taylor of Brazil and the Joseph Weahs from Liberia along wi th Sam and Phil McMill an brought thrill– ing testimonies. Brother Bob Gro– macki r ecently gave a brief report of his trip to the H oly Land . B ETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH, CLEVELAND - On March 28 we began a seven– week Sunday School attendance pro– gr am - "CARRY THE LOAD" . We will be having our 60th Anniver– sary the weekend of May 8-9. C EDAR HILL BAPTIST C HURCH, CLEVELAND - We pl an this summer to hold "Five– Day Bi ble Clubs." Last year we reach– ed over 600 children through this means. Presently we are seeking to enlist workers. HOPE BAPTIST C HURCH, COLUMBUS - Excitement was high as a result of our "On Target" Sunday School con– test. Thi s ran from February 28 through April 11. Our choir was at Memorial Baptist in Columbus on March 23. IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, COLUMBUS - Special Evangelistic services were held April 25-30 with Evangelist Tom Williams of Colorado. Miss Linda Ma– son, a student at Cedarville College, is now a part of our staff. She will be working with our Sunday School and Youth leaders in both our Jr. and Sr. High groups. She is majoring in the field of Christian Education at Cedarville ollege. MARANATHA BAPTIST CHURCH, COLUMBUS - At a recent business meeting of the church, recommendations to pro– ceed with the planning of a new audi– torium and a new two-story educa– tion wing were approved. This recom– rnendation was passed with better than a 98% vote. We solicit prayer in be– half of our church as we move ahead vl ith this program. PINE HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH, COLUMBUS - W c praise the Lord for His con– tinued bless ing on our work. On Sun– day, March 21st a special ground– breaking service was held. We plan to erect a new education unit soon. EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, DAYTON - More than 304 of our people com– mitted themselves to endeavor to bring new people to our services. We called thi s our MOBILIZE I MARCH campaign. The Lord greatly blessed through the ministry of Evangelist Tom Williams. Our church gave him a "Love Offering' of $2 232.78. Need– less to say his ministry was greatly apprec iated ! K ETTERING BAPTIST CHURCH, D.\YTON - The ministry of Evangelist Mel Stadt proved a blessing to our people. We can highly recommend our bro– ther to the men of our OARBC fel– low hip. Our church has taken on some new missionary commitments. These are the new Blessed Hope Baptist Church of Dayton and Miss Marilyn Pitzer of Baptist Mid- Mis– sions . She plans on serving the Lord in Venezuela. WASHINGTON HTS. BAPTIST CHURCH, DAYTON Recently the Cedarville College choir presented a concert. Hearts were bJe ed! We prai e the Lord for our lovel y new building. These new class– rooms greatly help our effectiveness in the Sunday School and the Church program. HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH, EAST LIVERPOOL - Our pastor, Rev. John L. Moosey, recently toured the Holy Land. While he was away, Dr. Cleveland Mc– Donald Chairman of the Social Science Department at Cedarville Col– lege ministered in our church. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, ELYRIA - We continue to look to the Lord to lead us in the choosing of a new pastor. Recent speakers have been THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST • "