The Ohio Independent Baptist, June/July 1971

Pastor Dunham Resigns Rev. and Mrs. Dunham Rev. Verne L. Dunham has resigned as pastor of the Euclid A venue Bap– tist Church in Lorain, Ohio. This will become effective as of July 1st. Brother Dunham has been most ac– ti,,e 1n the work of our OARBC fel– )owship. He served as Chairman of our Council of Ten, has been on several State committees, was Chair– man of the Hebron Association a num- . ber of times and is presently on the executive Board of the Grand Rapids Baptist Bible C allege and Seminary. The Dunhams began their pastoral ministr) in Cherry Creek, ew York in 1934. From there they moved to Westfield, •ew York in ·43. The) were - then cal led to Lorain. Ohio v. here they mini tcred from '46 through '59. The)' ne ·1 accepted a pastorate 1n Castile, c" Yori~ only to return to Lorain i11 "62. All told they have pent 21 ) ears \\'Orking in l ... orain. During these su1111ner months, Rev. and !v1 r . Du nl1a111 \\'ill be aca t1on– i ng irn •e,v York tate. Brother Dun– han1 1 gi, 1 i11g thought to e\'angel15tic "orl in n1aller cl1urches. However , he 1111ght consider a call to a sr11all cl11urch l1ou1d tl1e l....ord open sucl1 a door. ~'e tl1an ~ tl1e l .. ord for the e dear friend . 1r . Duni1a111 l1a be 11 erv " ct I e 1 n our \\f o 111 en' i1 i i o 11 ar ~ 111on for 1t1e tate of }3io. New ABWE Offices 1I e A 1 11on o B 1>t1 t for rid I ar g 11 n 1 no I nge1 l - atcd t l 5t11 rad I ac tr et in P 111 I d Ip il I I e 111 • 11 ffi h 1 en 11 o d to 111 1r 1 !\ bu1ld1ng l 1 _o prtng 1 I d, 11 rr) 1I tll, l O O Ii I IO I) d l- ed a ti1111g ut an t d 1 JI I READ THIS! Each month we run an ad for the Wells Construction Company. (See inside back cover.) These folk have just co~J?leted the P~land Village Baptist Church. Wholly un– sol1c1ted, we received the following letter from Rev. Robert L. Domokos. We thought it might be of intere t to our men. Especially would this be true of any who are con– sidering moving into a building program. 79 HILL ORIVE POLAND, OHIO 44514 ROBERT L . OOMOKOS, M I N tBTCR PHONE 757•3404 Rev . A Dona l d Moffat , Ed i tor Ohio I nde pendent Baptist Box 160 Xenia , Ohio 4 5385 Dear Brothe r Mo ffat : April 23 , 19tl Now that we h av e moved int o our new chur cl1 build ing we l ook back and analvze the pace of our pr ogr e ss . Mr . Or a, ~ell s , Pr es i dent of li\ c, lls Con s tructi on Company , wit h ,.,horn ,,e s i gned c onti: act h.is (lone .-n ,::;,c e ll 0nt j ob f or us . He, as:- o rn- aga in Chri s ti a ~ , was a lw~y s a gen tl emen llefor e us , and t o my knowl edge , has f1: lf ill cd , or 1.·1ill f u l f ill , ? 11 of ou r ,-:i si es . I hav e ,·101kec: \:i til con tr ,ctor s , as \'J" ll as f e r con tr c1.c t o r s , f a r t he l')as t t we lve yea r s . Some c ont rnc t or s we r e ~o r n - ag~i n Ch r is t inns ~nd o t he r s ,.,ere non - c·, ri s ti a n , an<l my hones t opi ni on i s t ha t Or an \Je lls i s hz r d t o bea t \\•hen bui 1 "i ng a c:1ur cl' . He '"or!~ed ve r ' cl osel y ,: it•1 our <'b 1 e Bu il ding Com:nitt ee Cha i rm<'n , i,1r . Kennet h 13n rth . In o ur fir s t ,•o r s!1 i p servi ce i n our ne,·: ~urt i tor ium ,..,c had 143 peool e . The b eautiful e<iifa c e i s a b l es..,ing t o us a ll, and t '1e connun ity o f Po l ~n~ Vill nge i s pr oud of our b11ild i no <S well . The re i s a h e~ lt hy re l ~ti on sh i p b \·:een t he col'llllun it y .-nd our chu r ch , and t l• i s \·:as ?cquired l <1 r ge l y t i r ough the a tt i t ude and sp irit o f Cr an and r r anlc .. 'e ll s du:i::i ng t he cons t r u c t i.on eriorl . f he b eau t y o f •he bu :il d ing i s n l 5:0 ·ue t o the ,• i sdOI'l nnd in i h t o f ou1 :"re' i t rt 1'1r. L.1\·: r \.:nce .• il son o f Oregon, Ohi o . !e a r c very t llanl,ful f o r ,·:ha t the Lor d hns done for u.s thr ough \-.'l llinr hea rt s ::u 1d \IOI"king httnnc . ~incer e l r i n Chr i.s1~ <.ou, r t L. Dornol,os . ras tor What Does A Pastor Do? ' J 1 1~ p, t r teacl1 , tl1 t1gl1 11 1nu t oli it l1i ,, 11 l e . 1-le l1 l , tl1ougl1 \lli tl1ot1t pill r knife H 1 11 et1,11es a 1, \\ ft 11 i l ' ' rk r, s 01 t1 1 ing f an d1t r , a l>il t a Jll11l > plier a11d nc rta1n r, le n1 11, a d corati pie or 1 ,ubli ft111 t1 n and 11 > 1 t1p1l d t b , 11 1 r . e tli st k, 111 r 1 1e 1, 1,le, l, t1r1e tl1e dead , 1 b r t on 1 tl1 , 110 rr , nd t d 111 nt t1 tl10 e ,, 11 111 , nd tr1 t t '"e t , he1 hid d 1 r not d ing 1 11 dut . lie plan pr gr, 111 , ap1> int n1111ittee , 11 n l1e ca11 get them; p nd 11 1d r bl um in e p111g p pl ut f a h ther hdlf t, n 1 11 )ie 1 , 1 ,ar r111 n nd pr a 11 1t n un<l } t tl1 l e , h d n'i h pp n t ha, an th r ngag ·m nt h n I nd ) h nut s ' h n s n 1 J , • I 1 1 • p r a r , , 11 t a J l> n d a ,l k ' n > n n1 o u 11